Guns are out against journalist and activist Hopewell Chin’ono following a social media tirade between him and the Citizen Coalition for Change (CCC) foot-soldiers. Chin’ono posted on his twitter handle saying the opposition was not raising its voice on the Gold Mafia documentary hence it is “dead as a dodo”, …
Read More »Singapore Frets Over ‘Unidentified People’ Who Boarded Tanker Off Ivory Coast
A Singapore-registered oil tanker has been boarded by “unidentified persons” about 300 nautical miles (555km) off Ivory Coast in the Gulf of Guinea, the city-state’s port authority said. The Gulf of Guinea was long known as a hotspot for global piracy, with insurance firm Beazley offering the “Gulf of Guinea …
Read More »Cyclone Freddy Death Toll Jumps To Over 1,000 In Malawi: President
The death toll from Cyclone Freddy has risen sharply to more than 1,000 people, Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera said on Wednesday, as the southern African nation continues to recover from one of the deadliest storms to hit the continent in the last two decades. Cyclone Freddy left a trail of …
Read More »Powerful Paramilitary Force Mobilises In Khartoum, Other Cities: Sudan Military
The Sudanese army said on Thursday that a para-military force headed by General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo had mobilised troops in the capital Khartoum and other cities – a move that raises the prospect of confrontaion with the armed forces. The army said in a statement that the Rapid Support Forces …
Read More »China Races To Regulate AI After Playing Catchup To ChatGPT
After playing catchup to ChatGPT, China is racing to regulate the rapidly-advancing field of artificial intelligence (AI). Under draft regulations released this week, Chinese tech companies will need to register generative AI products with China’s cyberspace agency and submit them to a security assessment before they can be released to …
Read More »Heads To Roll As South Africa’s ‘Houdini’ Thabo Bester Returns To SA
If this were the plot of a movie, it would be too far-fetched to be believable. South African authorities have taken over management of a maximum-security prison run by a private British security firm after a high-profile convicted murderer was accused of faking his own death in a fire, then …
Read More »China’s Exports Surge As Economy Rebounds From ‘Zero COVID’
Chinese exports rise for the first time in six months, soaring 14.8 percent year on year. China’s exports surged in March as the world’s second-largest economy continued to rebound from Beijing’s harsh “zero-COVID” pandemic policies. Total exports soared 14.8 percent year on year, customs data showed on Thursday, the first …
Read More »North Korea Missile Launch Sparks Confusion In Japan
A missile launch by North Korea sparked confusion in northern Japan, where an evacuation order was issued and then retracted within 30 minutes. Sirens blared across Hokkaido and residents were told to “evacuate immediately” on Thursday morning. Authorities later said the missile did not land near the island and withdrew …
Read More »Pentagon Leaks Suggest US Spying On UN Chief
The US believes the UN Secretary General is too willing to accommodate Russian interests, according to fresh revelations in classified documents leaked online. The files suggest Washington has been closely monitoring Antonio Guterres. Several documents describe private communications involving Mr Guterres and his deputy. It is the latest from a …
Read More »Science: Can Gene Editing Kill Deadly Diseases?
Two clinics sit adjacent to one another in a new hospital in a medium-sized city in the developed world. In one, a family waits for a long-scheduled appointment. Their daughter suffers from a rare inherited disease. One of her genes encodes for a protein that doesn’t perform its functions normally, …
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