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West Africa: Political Party Activist Granted Bail Over Alleged False Publication

[MFWA] An activist of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) in Ghana, Prince Aboagye, has been granted bail by an Accra Circuit Court following his arrest over alleged offensive and false statements about former Vice-President, Dr…

Sudan: Civilians Killed in Wave of Attacks Across Blue Nile, Kordofan As Sudan's Conflict Widens

[Darfur Network for Human Rights] A series of attacks across Blue Nile and Kordofan states this week left dozens of civilians dead, including children, as fighting between the Sudanese army, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), and allied…

South Sudan: Arms Smuggling - a Key Threat to South Sudan's December Elections

[ISS] South Sudan's fragile transition is increasingly shaped by forces beyond its borders that drive illicit arms flows into the country.

Africa: AU, U.S. Envoy Discuss Aussom's Future Amid Funding Uncertainty

[Shabelle] Mogadishu -- The head of the African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM) met the acting U.S. ambassador to Somalia in Mogadishu to discuss the mission's future as it faces growing financial uncertainty…

4 little-known Google Calendar tricks I use to plan my workweek - and save time

If you're only using Google Calendar to track events, you're missing some of its most useful features.

Overhaul of portfolio management services: What SEBI has proposed and what it means for investors

The Download: an organ transplant breakthrough, and homegrown Chinese chips

This is today’s edition of The Download , our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Supercooled kidneys have been transplanted into pigs in a “landmark achievement” When it comes to…

Gold medallists make it to Glasgow as vibes champions after sports axed

Their sports of diving and table tennis may have been brutally cut from the 2026 slate, but Anabelle Smith and Milly Tapper have still made their way to the Glasgow Commonwealth Games.

250 Eiffel Towers' worth of waste: The AI boom's toxic hardware problem

Chips, servers, cables, and more could compound an already massive problem - here's who it affects and what's being done about it.

Experts warn ChatGPT's Workspace Agent Builder can be hijacked to create malicious AI workers

Zenity Labs found AgentForger, a flaw in OpenAI’s ChatGPT Agent Builder Malicious links could instantly deploy rogue agents that exfiltrate sensitive data without user prompts OpenAI patched the issue by removing the risky URL parameter…

Woman loses $200,000 Google job, becomes award-winning filmmaker: ‘Zero regrets’

Should you use AI for a task? Here’s a simple way to decide | Bruce Schneier

Sometimes, what matters isn’t your output but what you put into the process. Think of it like work v the gym I teach public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School and the Munk School at the University of Toronto. And it will come at no…