In a world first, South Africa grants patent to an artificial intelligence system
On closer inspection, the patent is anything but mundane. That’s because the inventor is not a human being – it…
On closer inspection, the patent is anything but mundane. That’s because the inventor is not a human being – it…
Zuma has unspecified surgery and remains in hospital with more operations planned days before the corruption trial. Jailed former South…
The Philippines’s already stretched healthcare system is under more strain as the country reports its second-largest daily increase in COVID-19…
The Ethiopian government had said the reason for the ceasefire was conditional: to allow farmers to farm where – according…
The United Food & Commercial Workers, the Communications Workers of America and the United Auto Workers resigned from the National…
While presenting its figures for mid-2021, the operator – which recorded a turnover of more than €3bn over the period,…
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called on the Taliban to immediately halt its offensive in Afghanistan, warning that the…
The judge believes the moratorium is illegal but argued her ‘hands are tied’ by a previous ruling by a higher…
Plans by Ethiopia to add mobile financial services as a sweetener in the sale of its second telecom operator licence…
Jake Davison, who described himself as an ‘incel’, killed five people in a rare mass shooting, including a young girl.…
In this week’s pick of some our favourite discussions over 2020-2021, we revisit the ten-year anniversary of Egypt’s revolution on…
Armed group ISIL claims responsibility for the attack in a statement on an ISIL-affiliated website. A roadside bomb exploded in…
This is part 5 of a 5-part series. The product emerged after 15 years of study at Côte d’Ivoire’s Yamoussoukro-based…
Disturbances break out after 56-year-old Afghan dies of heart attack while waiting in the dusty heat to enter Afghanistan. Pakistani…
The World Health Organization (WHO) has urged China to share the raw data from its earliest cases of the coronavirus,…
Torrential rain left 21 people dead and forced the evacuation of nearly 6,000 people in the province of Hubei. Five…
Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas visits southwest border, says US facing ‘toughest challenge’ amid pandemic. The United States is encountering “unprecedented”…
Officials in the United States are moving towards recommending COVID-19 booster jabs for people who have been vaccinated as data…
“Today, I am back from prison, we must move forward. I propose allowing Affi to continue holding his current position.…
Unrest breaks out in Ankara after a Turkish national was stabbed to death in a fight between locals and migrants.…