Election officials display a ballot paper while sorting and counting votes after polls close at a polling station during Zambia's general elections, including the presidential election, in Lusaka, Zambia, August 13, 2026.
REUTERS/Moses Mwape
Zambia’s post-election crisis deepensThe mineral-rich southern African nation is slipping into political crisis following last week’s disputed election, in which incumbent President Hakainde Hichilema won a second five-year term. In the days since, his government has launched a deadly crackdown on the opposition. On Friday, a former minister was [...]
AI systems work best when they reflect the languages people actually use. Through LINGUA Africa, the Microsoft AI for Good Lab and its partners are supporting 26 African-led projects spanning more than 50 languages and reaching over 500 million speakers across 47 countries. By investing in open language datasets, tools, and real-world applications, the initiative aims to make AI more accessible and relevant to communities across Africa.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney meet in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 6, 2025
REUTERS/Leah Millis
It’s official: the US and Canada are in a trade war, a remarkable rupture in one of the world’s closest alliances. After Canada withdrew from talks last Friday, the US applied a 50% tariff on roughly $20 billion worth of Canadian goods, including wine, furniture, dairy products, cement, clothing, fishing rods and hockey equipment. In response, [...]
Like many countries around the world, Singapore is experiencing a fertility crisis, with too few babies born to maintain the population level without net immigration, much less increase it. Last year, Singapore registered a record low rate of just 0.87 children per woman. At the same time, advances in healthcare that help people to live longer [...]
In his latest Quick Take, Ian Bremmer examines the collapse of US-Canada trade talks and what it reveals about President Trump’s growing political vulnerability. [...]
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