[This Day] The Boston Consulting Group (BCG), in its new report, themed: 'Financing Women's Digital Entrepreneurship: A Pathway to Closing Africa's Economic Gender Gap' has revealed that women's economic participation in Africa has fallen 0.6 percentage points below 2022
[New Times] African leaders have called for a major rethink of how the continent finances development, manages natural resources and positions itself within the global economy, saying Africa must strengthen economic sovereignty and reduce dependence on fragmented financing
Social media users complained of hate speech mainly from France, followed by Belgium and Italy.
The device aims to reduce false alarms, cut unnecessary hospital visits, and expand access to prenatal care in low-resource settings.
India’s first Morgans Originals hotel is an all-suite property bringing Italian dining, a Japanese-style listening bar and longevity-led wellness to Mumbai.
Time is running out for EU powerhouses to change their ways, or risk missing legally-binding commitments to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
A surprising new approach to depression treatment is showing early promise — not by targeting brain chemicals, but by calming the immune system. In a small clinical trial, researchers found that an anti-inflammatory drug normally used for rheumatoid arthritis appeared to ease
The NZ$3.5 billion (S$2.63 billion) in new funding will include extending the life of Anzac-class frigates and acquiring new drones.
Since the US–Israel war against Iran began in late February, images of giant billboards in Tehran have been ubiquitous across traditional and social media. These billboards have been placed in some of the busiest and most visible parts of the city, and are constantly being
By Jana Choukeir, Enas Alashray and Phil Stewart DUBAI/WASHINGTON, May 28 (Reuters) - Iran's Revolutionary Guard said on Thursday it targeted a U.S. airbase after the U.S. military carried out what a Washington official said were strikes targeting an Iranian drone operation
By Francois Murphy VIENNA, May 28 (Reuters) - The trial of a 21-year-old man over a foiled Islamist attack on a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna in 2024 enters its final day on Thursday, with the defendant, Beran A, having already pleaded guilty to the main charges including
When the body runs low on protein, the gut sends powerful signals to the brain that reshape cravings and push animals to seek essential amino acids instead of sugar. Researchers say this newly discovered gut-brain network could transform our understanding of appetite,
The prosecutor has 30 days to appeal the court’s sentence.
Global average temperatures are likely to continue at or near record levels this year and for the next four years afterwards, the United Nations warned Thursday. The 11 hottest individual years ever recorded all happened from 2015 onwards and the UN's weather and climate agency
The strikes come despite a ceasefire between Tehran and Washington as the two countries hold peace talks.
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[World Bank] Ethiopia is transforming from an import-dependent market into a pharmaceutical manufacturing hub. After becoming the 9th African nation to reach WHO Maturity Level 3, local production now exceeds 40% of medicine supply. This WBG feature examines how regulation, the
According to the US Central Command, its forces struck four Iranian one-way attack drones posing a threat around the Strait of Hormuz and a ground control station in Bandar Abbas 'that was about to launch a fifth drone'.
[African Arguments] For decades, Africa's place in the global oil economy was not merely subordinate; it was designed to be so.
[RFI] Nairobi - France came to Nairobi last week with a message it has been trying to land for years: that it wants to be Africa's partner, not its patron. At the Africa Forward summit in May, Emmanuel Macron made that case again. Not everyone was convinced.
The live-in personal assistant to the actor has been sentenced to 41 months in prison, capping a multi-year legal saga surrounding the actor's death.
They have been quarantined since returning on May 15.
Several groups of women and children who spent years in a Syrian camp have returned in recent months.
Be more strident and ambitious, take on economic inequality, and progressive voters will reward you as they have the UK’s Greens Tarik Abou-Chadi is a professor of European politics at the University of Oxford European Green parties have been through a phase of stagnation and
Global temperature record could be broken as soon as 2027, with El Niño expected later this year A record-breaking hot year is almost certain by 2030 as the climate crisis intensifies, the UN’s World Meteorological Organization has warned. With an El Niño event expected later
May 28 - Kuwait's army said on Thursday that its air defences were intercepting hostile missile and drone threats, but did not say where they were coming from.
This includes the Guar Kepah archaeological site, the Penang Tanjong dialect and asam laksa.
Five of the seven divers have been found alive so far, but none have been rescued yet.
The United Nations Memorial Cemetery holds more than 2,300 soldiers from 14 nations.
Australian police charged on Thursday a woman linked to the Islamic State group with membership of a terrorist organisation and entering a known conflict zone. Hundreds of women from Western nations were lured to the Middle East as IS gained prominence in the early 2010s, in
Duterte is facing charges relating to a long and bloody war on drugs in which thousands were killed.
The charge follows the return to Australia of several women and children connected to suspected ISIS fighters.
Federal prosecutors on Wednesday charged a Google employee with insider trading on Polymarket. In a seven-page complaint filed in federal court in the Southern District of New York (SNDY), the Department of Justice (DOJ) alleged that 36-year-old Michele Spagnuolo, a software
The van, which had a maximum capacity of nine passengers but was carrying 16, hit the rear of the truck while on an expressway in Henan province in the early hours of Thursday (May 28).
The government vowed to boost capital spending on defence, schools and hospitals while keeping a tight grip on new operating spending.
The A$2bn case, which centres on contamination at defence sites, is the largest ever brought by the government.
ABC News led the 47th annual News Emmys with eight wins, including the top prize for outstanding live news program — the fourth consecutive victory for “ABC World News Tonight With David Muir.” But coming on strong was a Disney sibling: Nat Geo, which won seven News Emmys
Subdivided flats are being phased out after a law to regulate them came into effect in March.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has reportedly launched a criminal investigation into E. Jean Carroll, who accused President Trump of sexual assault, according to multiple reports. CNN was the first to report Wednesday night that the DOJ’s probe focuses on whether Carroll
The so-called forever chemicals have been found to cause health problems including boosting the risk of cancer.
The longtime Google employee was charged in New York for allegedly breaking insider trading laws.
