Top African Ports Miss Refuel Gain

    African ports are struggling to capitalize on a surge in shipping traffic as the Middle East conflict disrupts other key global trade routes. Bloomberg’s Chief Africa Correspondent Jennifer Zabasajja explains on Horizons Middle East & Africa. (Source: Bloomberg) Source link

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    Kaptur, Merrin set for House rematch in Ohio

    Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio) and former state Rep. Derek Merrin are projected to win their respective primaries on Tuesday, setting up a rematch in November after the longest-serving woman in Congress narrowly defeated Merrin in 2024. Kaptur — who has represented Ohio’s 9th Congressional District since 1983 — ran unopposed, while Merrin defeated a crowded……

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    Pentagon Signs AI Deals With Google, OpenAI, Nvidia, Microsoft, Amazon and SpaceX

    In brief Pentagon signed AI deployment deals with eight firms, including Google, OpenAI, and SpaceX. The AI systems will operate on classified networks at the highest security levels. The Pentagon’s internal AI platform shows rapid early adoption across the department. The U.S. Department of Defense said Friday it has entered agreements with eight technology firms,…

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    U.S. and Iranian officials hold separate talks with Pakistan’s PM amid fragile ceasefire

    Open this photo in gallery: U.S. Vice President JD Vance, center, walks with Pakistan’s Chief of Defence Forces and Chief of Army Staff Field Marshall Asim Munir, left, and Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar after arriving for talks with Iranian officials in Islamabad on Saturday,Jacquelyn Martin/The Associated Press U.S. and…

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    here’s how he transformed science

    The ‘maverick’ scientist Craig Venter — who led a race to decode the human genome, pioneered a genome-sequencing method still used today, created the first organisms with synthetic genomes and sailed around the world recording microbial diversity — died on 29 April, aged 79. Venter is most well-known for leading a commercial effort to generate…

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