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Asset management giant Blackstone announced a decline in the value of its private credit vehicle, the Blackstone Secured Lending Fund, during the first quarter of 2026. The adjustment reflects growing caution among investors regarding companies operating in the software industry, particularly as artificial intelligence continues to reshape......
A threat intelligence report published this week by industrial cybersecurity firm Dragos found that Anthropic's Claude AI model autonomously identified and directed attackers toward operational technology systems during an intrusion targeting a municipal water and wastewater utility in Monterrey, Mexico. The incident represents one of......
New unemployment claims in the United States increased slightly last week but remained lower than economists had expected, suggesting that the American labor market continues to show resilience despite economic uncertainty and layoffs in some industries. According to data released by the U.S. Labor Department, initial claims for unemployment......
Ted Turner, the iconoclast who founded CNN and permanently altered the landscape of American television, died Wednesday at the age of 87 at his home near Tallahassee, Florida. Turner Enterprises confirmed his death. He had been living with Lewy body dementia since 2018 and was hospitalized for pneumonia in January 2025 before recovering at......
A United States Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet fired 20mm cannon rounds at the rudder of an Iranian-flagged oil tanker Wednesday, disabling the vessel as it attempted to reach an Iranian port in defiance of the American naval blockade. The strike, confirmed by US Central Command, marks the second time American forces have used direct fire to enforce......
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is visiting Washington in an effort to strengthen diplomatic ties with U.S. President Donald Trump and prevent the introduction of new trade tariffs that could affect Brazilian exports. The meeting at the White House comes at a sensitive moment in U.S.–Brazil trade relations, with......
North Korea's top diplomat at the United Nations declared Thursday that Pyongyang is in no way bound by the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, using a major international conference in New York to reassert the country's demand for recognition as a nuclear-armed state. The statement marks one of the most direct rejections of the global......
Nearly 270 people suspected of involvement in illegal medicine trafficking have been arrested in a large-scale international operation coordinated across 90 countries, according to Interpol. The operation, known as “Pangea XVIII,” was carried out in March across all continents and resulted in the dismantling of 66 criminal groups.......
Health authorities in at least three American states are monitoring residents who were aboard the MV Hondius, the Dutch expedition cruise ship at the center of a deadly hantavirus outbreak that has killed three passengers and left several others seriously ill during an Atlantic crossing. None of the individuals under surveillance are showing......
The United States has strongly condemned a recent attack claimed by the Polisario Front against the city of Es-Smara, located in the Moroccan Sahara, which resulted in injuries to a civilian. In an official statement, the U.S. mission to the United Nations described the incident as an act of violence that threatens regional stability and......
Apple reported its strongest March quarter on record on April 30, posting revenue of 111.2 billion dollars and earnings per share of 2.01 dollars, surpassing Wall Street expectations of 109.66 billion dollars in revenue and 1.94 dollars per share. The results were driven by a 21.7 percent surge in iPhone revenue to nearly 57 billion dollars,......
Q-CTRL, an Australian quantum infrastructure software company, announced Tuesday that it has achieved what it describes as practical quantum advantage on a problem with direct commercial relevance, completing a materials science simulation in approximately two and a half minutes on IBM's 120-qubit quantum platform compared with more than......
China's semiconductor industry is consolidating rapidly around DeepSeek's V4 large language model, with a growing roster of domestic chipmakers racing to certify compatibility as the United States intensifies its technology restrictions on Chinese access to advanced AI hardware. Huawei moved first. Within days of DeepSeek releasing......
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GITEX Africa: The New Frontiers Of African Innovation
Monday 06 April 2026 - 13:04
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Les Impériales Week 2026: Under the Theme “Daba or Never”
Tuesday 31 March 2026 - 10:03
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Iran under the lens
Tuesday 13 January 2026 - 08:30
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AFCON 2025: Morocco at the heart of African football
Friday 19 December 2025 - 11:16
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Walaw at the Heart of the Mawazine Festival – Rhythms of the World 2025
Saturday 21 June 2025 - 15:48
