International

The Group Chairman of United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, Tony Elumelu, has embarked on a multi-country African tour aimed at deepening the bank’s strategic partnerships with governments and private-sector…

The Graça Machel Trust is pleased to announce Mrs. Aishah N. Ahmad, CFA, OFR,former Deputy Governor (Financial System Stability) of the Central Bank of Nigeria, as the new Chair of…

Crossed Wires: Forget AI — China’s rare earth chokehold is the real arms race Like most people, I assume, I have cursorily read about “rare earth minerals” and was vaguely aware…

Researchers in Japan may have found a way to tackle one of space exploration’s most pressing problems — orbital debris. The neat part is that they won’t even need to…

Over 14,000 pieces of junk are clogging up low Earth orbit, but this number could be reduced by a new invention that involves a satellite using the plasma exhaust of…

The Aqua Luna Junk is one of the most recognisable landmarks in Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour. With its vivid red sails, this traditional Chinese junk has come to represent the…

Cheap ultra-processed food behind rise in overweight children, with one in 10 now obese globally, says Unicef. More children around the world are obese than underweight for the first time,…

A council in south Wales will go ahead with its plan to ban unhealthy food adverts in certain public spaces. Vale of Glamorgan Council will become the first local authority…

Arm Holdings has hired Amazon artificial intelligence (AI) chip director Rami Sinno to bolster its plans to develop its own complete chips. Sinno was responsible for helping to develop Amazon’s…

Google is unleashing its most powerful Gemini model today, but you probably won’t be able to try it. After revealing Gemini 2.5 Deep Think at the I/O conference back in…