Lawrence Mulaudzi lost a $1.2bn gas deal — for failing to pay a R725,000 debt to a soccer player — then seemingly lied under oath in court papers and later offered the footballer a cash settlement to try to get his deal with the state fuel company back on track.
A senior Bahamian police officer appeared in court on a murder charge on Wednesday in connection with the fatal off-duty shooting of a . citizen in the Caribbean island nation over the weekend, his lawyer said.
Russian attacks killed two people in Ukraine’s northeastern city of Kharkiv and the region around it and a strike on the Danube port of Izamil damaged port facilities and energy infrastructure, officials said.
The U.S. and Israel say they’ve depleted most of Iran’s missile arsenal, but its weapons — including controversial cluster munitions — are challenging even the most advanced air-defense systems.
NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Sweden’s chief of defense, Gen. Michael Claesson, about NATO, the wars in Ukraine and Iran, and Europe’s relationship with the United States.
US President Donald Trump, who has blasted mail-in ballots as “cheating”, cast his vote by mail in a special election in Florida in which a Democrat won the district in the state legislature that includes the president’s Mar-a-Lago resort.
Al-Ittihad rekindle their efforts to sign Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah and Everton forward Iliman Ndiaye is among the players being considered by Manchester United.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani is banking on savings from a delay he is seeking in the state mandate for smaller class sizes. He is also scaling back a commitment to expand a rental assistance program.
[Nile Post] The Katikkiro of Buganda, Charles Peter Mayiga, has advised African leaders that the continent’s true wealth lies in education, urging stakeholders across Uganda to prioritize quality learning.
The U.S. Postal Service plans to impose its first-ever fuel surcharge on packages (source paywalled; alternative source), adding an 8% fee starting in April as it struggles with rising fuel costs and ongoing financial pressure. The surcharge will not apply to letter mail and is currently expected to remain in place until January 2027. The Wall Street Journal reports: Other parcel carriers,...
New submitter haroldbasset writes: Canada’s Immigration Department rejected an applicant because the duties of her current job did not match the Canadian work experience she had claimed, but the Department’s AI assistant had invented that work experience. She has been working in Canada as a health scientist — she has a Ph.D. in the immunology of aging — but the AI genius instead described her...
Apple reportedly has full access to customize Google’s Gemini model, allowing it to distill smaller on-device AI models for Siri and other features that can run locally without an internet connection. MacRumors reports: The Information explains that Apple can ask the main Gemini model to perform a series of tasks that provide high-quality results, with a rundown of the reasoning process. Apple...
The administration has yet to find a candidate who aligns with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s agenda while avoiding his unpopular stance on vaccines.
A short-term funding bill enacted this week will ensure that more than 12,000 Floridians do not lose access to a program that helps pay for H.I.V. medications.