Cambridge Dictionary has put it out to the universe, naming “manifest” as its word of the year for 2024. Popularized by celebrities…
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World
‘We don’t want to leave anyone behind,’ says Google’s Alex Okosi on the company’s drive to cut data costs in Africa
In 2021, Google announced $1 billion of investment in Africa, aiming to enhance connectivity, drive innovation and support local entrepreneurs. Three years…
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World
Hong Kong to hear from jailed media tycoon Jimmy Lai for the first time in four years at his trial
Jimmy Lai, the pugnacious Hong Kong media tycoon whose now shuttered tabloid Apple Daily was a regular thorn in Beijing’s side, is…
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Brazilian police have arrested five people, including a former adviser to ex-President Jair Bolsonaro, over an alleged plot to assassinate President Luiz…
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A vital humanitarian organization said it will suspend activities in Haiti’s capital on Wednesday following a “series of threats” by local police,…
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The nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has rankled some abortion opponents,…
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The White House has still not released its visitor logs for July, the month President Biden gave up his re-election bid, leaving…
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If President-elect Donald Trump has his way, Tulsi Gabbard will be at the helm of U.S. intelligence and Matt Gaetz will be…
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Politics
President-elect Trump has considered buying Greenland: Here’s every proposal in American history
The incoming Trump administration has reinvoked chatter about the possibility of the United States purchasing Greenland, an idea floated during the president-elect’s…
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President-elect Trump isn’t reconsidering his nomination of Matt Gaetz to serve as his attorney general despite criticism over the pick and the…