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🔹 Corruption a tightening noose around South Africa’s neck

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Corruption a tightening noose around South Africa’s neck The Mail Guardian

In the words of Nelson Mandela, ‘Our hope for the future depends also on our resolution as a nation in dealing with the scourge of corruption’

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🔹 DRC: More than 300,000 civil servants eligible to new retirement plan

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DRC: More than 300,000 civil servants eligible to new retirement plan | Africanews

DRC: More than 300,000 civil servants eligible to new retirement plan | Africanews

The long-awaited retirement of civil servants could finally resume, the Congolese government spokesperson announced on Monday.

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🔹 Nigeria: Katsina Govt Announces Date, Place of Buhari's Burial

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Nigeria: JUST IN: Katsina Govt Announces Date, Place of Buhari's Burial - allAfrica.com

Nigeria: JUST IN: Katsina Govt Announces Date, Place of Buhari's Burial - allAfrica.com

Katsina State Governor Dikko Radda announced this while addressing journalists at the Government House on Monday.

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🔹 xAI starts offering Grok to US government agencies

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xAI starts offering Grok to US government agencies

Just days after apologizing for Groks recent hard turn toward antisemitism, xAI has announced a suite of AI products for government use.

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🔹 Anthropics Claude chatbot can now make and edit your Canva designs

Read more: https://www.theverge.com/news/....706637/canva-anthrop

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Canva users can now create, edit, and manage their designs by describing their requirements to Anthropic’s Claude AI.

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🔹 GM’s Final EV Battery Strategy Copies China’s Playbook: Super Cheap Cells

Read more: https://www.wired.com/story/gm....s-final-ev-battery-s

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General Motors’ homemade version of the low-cost power option favored by China’s auto industry will hit three years before its super-energy-dense tech arrives—and could bring affordable US EVs sooner.

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🔹 Prime Day event drove over $24B in U.S. e-commerce sales, gen AI traffic was up 3,300%

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Prime Day event drove over $24B in U.S. e-commerce sales, gen AI traffic was up 3,300% | TechCrunch

Prime Day event drove over $24B in U.S. e-commerce sales, gen AI traffic was up 3,300% | TechCrunch

Amazons Prime Day, which leads to an overall boost to U.S. e-commerce thanks to competitive sales, saw a significant increase in retail traffic driven by

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🔹 Trump threatens Russia with tariffs if war on Ukraine isn’t resolved

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Trump threatens Russia with tariffs if war on Ukraine isn’t resolved - France 24

Trump threatens Russia with tariffs if war on Ukraine isn’t resolved - France 24

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🔹 Cover Story newsletter: How we chose the cover image

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