A country already stretched to breaking point Start with the citizens the state already fails. Statistics South Africa puts official unemployment in the second quarter at 33.6 percent, with 8.5 million people jobless. Among those aged 15 to 34 the rate is 47.4 percent, which means 5 million young South
Reports that Washington and Moscow have discussed finding a US investor for Nord Stream, and arranging Russian gas sales to Europe, have revived one of the energy sector’s most contentious ideas. According to Reuters, US envoy Jared Kushner and Kirill Dmitriev, head of Russia’s sovereign wealth fund, have met in
Reports that Washington and Moscow have discussed finding a US investor for Nord Stream, and arranging Russian gas sales to Europe, have revived one of the energy sector’s most contentious ideas. According to Reuters, US envoy Jared Kushner and Kirill Dmitriev, head of Russia’s sovereign wealth fund, have met in
Artificial intelligence, robotics, sensors, cloud platforms and connected supply chains are increasingly being brought together into one operating environment. The result is a factory that can adjust to changing conditions rather than simply follow instructions. This shift is already moving beyond experimentation. Physical AI is also pushing automation into more
Artificial intelligence, robotics, sensors, cloud platforms and connected supply chains are increasingly being brought together into one operating environment. The result is a factory that can adjust to changing conditions rather than simply follow instructions. This shift is already moving beyond experimentation. Physical AI is also pushing automation into more
A significant new chapter in UAE trade policy opened on 6 October 2026, as the Economic Partnership Agreement between the United Arab Emirates and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) officially came into force. The deal establishes a preferential trade framework linking the UAE with five EAEU member states, Armenia, Belarus,
A Big Election Win, a Bigger Set of Problems Abiy’s Prosperity Party won 438 of 547 seats in the June 1 election, in which more than 54 million Ethiopians took part, according to the National Election Board. That is a dominant result by any measure. His new administration calls itself
For an industry built on the mantra of relentless forward motion, the past fortnight has been unusually sobering. OpenAI’s decision not to release GPT-6.1 Astra marks a rare moment where a frontier AI developer chose caution over competition, and the reasoning behind it says a great deal about where the
For an industry built on the mantra of relentless forward motion, the past fortnight has been unusually sobering. OpenAI’s decision not to release GPT-6.1 Astra marks a rare moment where a frontier AI developer chose caution over competition, and the reasoning behind it says a great deal about where the
When a co-pilot allegedly stabbed his captain and tried to send a Flydubai jet carrying 174 passengers plummeting into the Arabian desert on 30 September, the images that followed were the stuff of genuine heroism: an Indian pilot, badly wounded, forcing open a locked cockpit door with his last reserves