# The UK government has announced that it would extend a policy allowing the use of foreign seasonal agricultural workers for another five years, seeking to improve damaged relations with farmers. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said in a statement the move will give farms “a pipeline of workers and certainty to […]
# An unknown disease has killed more than 50 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with 419 reported cases since 21 January. The World Health Organisation’s Africa office said the first outbreak was discovered in the town of Boloko, in the northwest of the country. According to reports three children ate a bat and […]
# African countries appointed three ex-leaders to oversee a push for peace in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo while an International Criminal Court prosecutor also arrived to investigate the upsurge in violence. Former Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta, ex-Ethiopian prime minister Hailemariam Desalegn and ex-Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo have been appointed facilitators of a new peace […]
# Die Franse president Emmanuel Macron sal vandag mede-EU-leiers inlig oor sy samesprekings met die Amerikaanse president, Donald Trump, voor die noodberaad oor Europese steun vir Oekraïne. Antonio Costa, wat aan die hoof staan van die Europese Raad wat die 27 lidlande verteenwoordig, het op X aangekondig hy het ‘n videokonferensie met Macron belê om […]
# UK prime minister Keir Starmer makes a high-stakes visit to the White House tomorrow to try to convince US president Donald Trump to provide security guarantees for Ukraine as part of any ceasefire agreement with Russia. He will seek to build on French president Emmanuel Macron’s visit to Washington on Monday, when he warned […]
# French President Emmanuel Macron will brief fellow EU leaders today on his talks with US President Donald Trump, ahead of an emergency summit on European support for Ukraine. Antonio Costa, who heads the European Council representing the bloc’s 27 member states, announced on X he had convened a videoconference with Macron to prepare for […]
# Ondersoek word ingestel na ‘n video wat met kunsmatige intelligensie geskep is, van die Amerikaanse president Donald Trump wat Elon Musk se voete suig, nadat dit in die hoofkwartier van ‘n Amerikaanse staatsdepartementgebou gespeel is. Die video was gister vlugtig op skerms by die Amerikaanse Departement van Behuising en Stedelike Ontwikkeling. ‘n Onderskrif is […]
# Die grootste bank in Singapoer verwag om oor die volgende drie jaar vier-duisend poste te besnoei namate kunsmatige intelligensie meer pligte oorneem wat tans deur mense verrig word. ‘n Woordvoerder van DBS Bank het aan BBC gesê die vermindering in die arbeidsmag sal natuurlik plaasvind namate tydelike en kontrakposte tot ‘n einde kom. Permanente […]
# An AI-generated video of US president Donald Trump sucking Elon Musk’s feet was shown inside the headquarters of a US government department, prompting an investigation. The video was briefly played on screens at the US Department of Housing and Urban Development yesterday. An inscription that read “Long Live the Real King” was superimposed over […]
