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Trump says NATO’s refusal to help on Iran is “very foolish mistake”

Today at 21:10 PM, via Daily Maverick

WASHINGTON, March 17 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Tuesday said the United States had been informed by most of its NATO allies that they did not want to get involved with the country’s military operation in Iran, a move he described as a “very foolish mistake.”

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Uganda: Pearl Bank Donates to Islamic University in Uganda

Today at 20:06 PM, via AllAfrica

[Nile Post] Pearl Bank has donated water tanks and assorted food items to Islamic University in Uganda (IUIU) in celebration of Ramadan and Women’s month season that are key highlights during this season.

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Ghana: Paramount Chief of Atebubu Seeks Getfund Support for Education Infrastructure

Today at 19:52 PM, via AllAfrica

[Ghanaian Times] His Royal Majesty Ohempon Dr. Yeboah Asiamah, Paramount Chief of Atebubu and President of the Atebubu Traditional Council, on Wednesday paid a high-level courtesy call on the Administrator of the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund), Mr. Paul Adjei, to seek support for critical educational infrastructure in the Atebubu Traditional Area.

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China Ramps Up Scrutiny of Meta’s Acquisition of Manus

Today at 21:12 PM, via New York Times

The country appears to be cracking down on people linked to the acquisition of Manus, a Singapore company with Chinese roots, as President Trump prepares to visit Beijing.

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Samsung Ends $2,899 Galaxy Z TriFold Sales After Just Three Months

Today at 21:00 PM, via Slashdot

Samsung is reportedly ending sales of the Galaxy Z TriFold just months after launch, likely due to “high production costs” and limited supply. 9to5Google reports: The Galaxy Z TriFold launched in South Korea barely four months ago, arriving in Samsung’s home market ahead of a larger debut in the U.S. and other markets in January. The $2,899 smartphone brought an entirely new form factor to the...

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Sir Anthony Leggett obituary

Today at 20:59 PM, via The Guardian

Physicist who won a Nobel prize for his work on superfluids and superconductors at Sussex University in the 1970s

The launch in the 1950s of Sputnik, the world’s first artificial satellite, played an unexpected but important role in propelling Anthony Leggett towards his 2003 Nobel prize for physics. Leggett, who was to become a world-leading researcher in the field of low-temperature...

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Nvidia Expects To Sell ‘At Least’ $1 Trillion In AI Chips By 2028

Today at 20:00 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang threw out a lot of numbers — mostly of the technical variety — during his keynote Monday to kick off the company’s annual GTC Conference in San Jose, California. But there was one financial figure that investors surely took notice of: his projection that there will be $1 trillion worth of orders for Nvidia’s Blackwell...