Annette Young is pleased to welcome Nina Wilen, Director of the Africa Programme at the Egmont Institute. According to Ms. Wilen, the insurgency in Mali reflects shifting power balances across the Sahel. What we are witnessing is not simply a surge in…
UAE to leave OPEC amid Hormuz oil crisis, a blow to Saudi Arabia – The Washington Post
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If you’re sick right now, then this is probably what you’ve got
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Pro-Putin TV brute APOLOGISES to glam star he branded a ‘harlot’ as her viral attack on regime leaves Kremlin scrambling
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Trump Justice Department indicts former FBI chief James Comey again
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South Africa withdraws its first draft national AI policy after revelations that it contained fictitious sources that appeared to have been AI-generated (Nellie Peyton/Reuters)
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South Africa withdraws its first draft national AI policy after revelations that it contained fictitious sources that appeared to have been AI-generated — South Africa has withdrawn its first draft national …