Tech billionaire Elon Musk’s startup Neuralink, an American neurotechnology company that develops implantable brain-computer interfaces, has received approval from the United States (US) regulators to test its brain implants in people. On Thursday, Elon Musk’s brain-implant company Neuralink received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), a federal agency of the US Department […]
On Wednesday, Dmytro Kuleba, the foreign minister of Ukraine, called on African nations to abandon their positions of neutrality on the conflict between his country and Russia. On Wednesday, Kuleba made his remarks in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia. He stated that Ukraine was “very upset that some African countries chose to abstain,” and […]
Aisha Buhari is the outgoing First Lady of Nigeria. The lady is also a Nigerian beauty therapist. She is the wife of Muhammadu Buhari. She is always in the limelight for various reasons. Recently, Aisha Buhari handed over important documents related to the duties of First Lady to the wife of the Nigerian President-elect, Mrs […]
WhatsApp, a centralised instant messaging and voice-over-IP service application owned by United States tech conglomerate Meta, has rolled out a feature that will allow users to edit their sent messages. You can edit sent messages on WhatsApp on Android and iOS devices within 15 minutes. It is available for WhatsApp users across the world. You […]
Rached Ghannouchi, the head of the Tunisian opposition, has been arrested, and his daughter, Yusra Ghannouchi, has spoken out against her father’s detention, blaming the present administration of President Kais Saied as being responsible for egregious violations of human rights. She, along with other family members of Tunisian opposition activists jailed in a government crackdown, […]
The meeting between Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita and his Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba, which took place on Monday in Rabat, is a step towards increasing the level of bilateral collaboration. It was the first time that a foreign minister from Ukraine has been to Morocco in the thirty years since diplomatic relations were established […]
Saudi Arabia and the United States have mediated a seven-day cease-fire between the warring factions in Sudan. Representatives from both Army Chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his former deputy Mohamed Hamdan Daglo signed the ceasefire agreement in Jeddah, where they also promised not to seek any military advantage before it begins at 21:45 local time […]
AB de Villiers, a South African famous international cricketer, thinks that Virat Kohli, an Indian international cricketer and the former captain of the Indian national cricket team, is the real GOAT (Greatest of All Time) of RCB (Royal Challengers Bangalore). AB de Villiers, one of the highest-paid cricketers in South Africa, has reacted to Virat […]
According to security and local sources, AFP was informed on Friday that two attacks by suspected jihadists in central-eastern Burkina Faso resulted in the deaths of twenty civilians, including women and children. The incidents took place between Monday and Wednesday. A local official informed AFP that on Wednesday, “armed groups carried out an incursion into […]
The nation of Sudan finds itself at a crucial crossroads, where a myriad of possibilities teeter on the precipice, carrying profound implications for its future. As we examine the complex landscape of this war-torn nation, two distinct scenarios, illuminated by recent analysis, emerge as pivotal in shaping Sudan’s trajectory. In one, we encounter the ominous […]
After at least 85 people were killed in ongoing skirmishes between herders and farmers in central Nigeria, officials stated Thursday, May 18, that over 3,000 people had been forced to flee their homes as a result of the violence. The unrest broke out on Monday, May 15, with an early death toll of 30 in […]
Twitter is gearing up to take on YouTube as it introduces a long-format video upload feature for verified members of the microblogging site. On Thursday, Elon Musk, the owner of Tesla, SpaceX and Twitter, announced that Twitter Blue subscribers can upload 2-hour long videos on the microblogging site. Twitter videos have upscaled from 2GB to […]
The United Nations estimates that more than $3 billion is necessary for humanitarian aid and refugees in Sudan, where the situation has worsened due to intense fighting since the middle of April. According to the United Nations’ most recent projections, the amount of money required for humanitarian help alone has increased to $2.6 billion from […]
At least three people were killed in Senegal on Tuesday during demonstrations in support of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko. The demonstrations took place before Sonko was scheduled to attend a rape trial in Dakar, which has since been postponed. The judge in charge of the criminal chamber of the Dakar High Court decided to postpone […]
Shubman Gill, an Indian international cricketer who plays for Gujarat Titans in the Indian Premier League (IPL), is the only cricketer in history to reach the triple-digit score in four different forms of cricket in the same year. India’s shining star set history by scoring a century in Test, ODI (One Day International), T20I and […]
The United States of America has stated that it has initiated the process necessary to deny visas to individuals who were responsible for disrupting the most recent general elections in Nigeria. Secretary of State Antony Binken issued a statement that was posted on the website of the United States Department of State, stating that “the […]
The major opposition party in Ghana elected John Dramani Mahama, the country’s former president, to be its candidate for the presidency in the election scheduled for 2024. Over the course of the weekend, delegates to the National Democratic Congress (NDC) cast their ballots in a series of primaries to elect a candidate for both the […]
The new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Twitter, Linda Yaccarino, has said that she is prepared to build Twitter 2.0 and take the business to new heights along with billionaire Elon Musk. Linda Yaccarino will start her position as the CEO of Twitter in six weeks. She will focus on the business operations of Twitter. […]
In March 2023, Ethiopia and Somalia were hit by flash flooding caused by torrential rains, which resulted in the deaths of dozens of people and affected 300,000. The region had been suffering from an acute drought for almost three years before the deluge that caused so much damage. According to a study from Crop Monitor, […]
Elon Musk has named Linda Yaccarino, an American media executive, as the new CEO (Chief Executive Officer) of the micro-blogging social networking site Twitter. She is set to take over from billionaire Elon Musk as Twitter CEO in the coming weeks. She would oversee business operations at Twitter. Musk claimed that she would start her […]