Why Space Technology Matters for Africa’s Sustainable Future

By Kwaku Sumah As Ghana prepares to host the maiden Ghana Space Conference 2025 in Accra this October, one may ask themselves, why should a developing country like Ghana invest time, energy, and resources into space science and technology? The...

Algeria : Tebboune Pledges to Raise Wages and Social Benefits, Including for Retirees

Expectations were high ahead of President Abdelmadjid Tebboune’s latest periodic interview with national media—and the anticipated announcements did not disappoint. The commitment to increase wages and social benefits, starting in 2026, was...

Why Space Technology Matters for Ghana’s Sustainable Future

As Ghana prepares to host the maiden Ghana Space Conference 2025 in Accra this October, one may ask themselves, why should a developing country like Ghana invest time, energy, and resources into space science and technology? The answer lies not in...

Wildfires are getting deadlier and costing more. Experts warn they’re becoming unstoppable

Wildfires tore through central Chile last year, killing 133 people. In California, 18,000 buildings were destroyed in 2018 causing US$16bn (A$24bn, £12bn) in damage. Portugal, Greece, Algeria and Australia have all felt the grief and the economic...

Qatar: Estithmar, Al Bidda team up with Siemens to drive smart, sustainable solutions

Estithmar Holding and Al Bidda Industries & Services signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Siemens to strengthen cooperation on developing integrated smart and sustainable solutions across key sectors including healthcare, energy,...

Estithmar, Al Bidda team up with Siemens to drive smart, sustainable solutions

Estithmar Holding and Al Bidda Industries & Services signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Siemens to strengthen cooperation on developing integrated smart and sustainable solutions across key sectors including healthcare, energy,...

Strengthening Wheat Security in WANA through Climate-Resilient Germplasm Selection

Held under the TREATY SBP initiative, the International Soil-Borne Pathogens (SBPs) Workshop (17–20 June 2025) marked an unprecedented scientific and political milestone for wheat security in West Asia and North Africa. Organized within the TREATY...

Estithmar Holding, Al Bidda Industries & Services sign MoU with Siemens to advance smart, sustainable solutions

DOHA: Estithmar Holding QPSC and Al-Bidda Industries & Services signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Siemens to strengthen cooperation on developing integrated smart and sustainable solutions across key sectors, including healthcare,...

Estithmar Holding and Al Bidda Industries & Services sign MoU with Siemens to advance smart, sustainable solutions within its global expansion strategy

Doha, Qatar: Estithmar Holding Q.P.S.C. and Al-Bidda Industries & Services signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Siemens to strengthen cooperation on developing integrated smart and sustainable solutions across key sectors including...

Lagos Chamber of Commerce, Afreximbank Partner To Support Nigerian SMEs

The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has partnered the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) to support the participation of Nigerian Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) at the Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF2025) held in...

G20 Parliamentary Speakers’ Summit examine the impact of debt on low-income countries

Officials at the G20 Parliamentary Speakers’ Summit (P20) used their first session on Thursday to examine the issue of debt sustainability, with several officials highlighting a call for a change in how low-income countries are allowed to manage...

Why human history is a story of mass movement

Migration is often seen as a crisis, with headlines on “refugee floods” and tightened borders. But without it, continents would be empty, cultures stagnant, food bland, and cities lifeless Migration is often treated as a crisis of the present. The...

Culture BitesHejaz railway revival: a healing track for the region

This week on Culture Bites, hosts Enas Refaei and Farah Andrews tell the story of the famous Hejaz railway, as Turkey, Syria and Jordan prepare to bring a section of it back to life. Back in the 1900s, Sultan Abdulhamid II of the Ottoman Empire...

Algerian Deglet Nour season is about to start

Algerian Deglet Nour dates are arriving on the market. "This season marks a significant improvement on the previous one, in terms of both volume and quality," says Ahmed Mayof, an Algerian exporter. © Ahmed Mayof According to Mayof, the...

Bright Side Stories: Youth from 40 Countries Join Financial Security Olympiad in Russia

The final stage of the International Olympiad on Financial Security opened at Siberian Federal University in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, with 600 students from 40 countries, including BRICS, CIS, SCO, Africa, Latin America and the Middle East. Moscow...

Work on $8.2bln Italy-Tunisia-Algeria power link to start in 2027

Work on the €7bln ($8.2bln) Medlink cross-border electricity interconnection project linking Italy, Tunisia and Algeria is expected to start in 2027, according to a report by Algerian daily Elkhabar. The project’s engineering design is complete...

Halloween is coming up frighteningly fast. Here's a list of chill-filled New Orleans events

The coming weeks are filled with scary affairs. Choose the ones that have just the right fear-factor to suit your fancy. HAUNTED HOUSES DELAPORTE MANOR: Part escape experience, part haunted house, the Delaporte home and those who enter the house...

Review: “One Battle After Another” Pits DiCaprio Against the Government

In “One Battle After Another,”writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson shows us America as it is, and America as it should be. The film depicts police raids on Latino-owned businesses in a sanctuary city, undercover cops throwing Molotov cocktails to...

Youth 4 Sustainability’s Beyond Borders program empowers global youth

Abu Dhabi: Youth 4 Sustainability (Y4S), Masdar’s global platform for nurturing future sustainability leaders, has launched its Beyond Borders program, aimed at providing practical sustainability learning and real-world impact. The first edition...

Why are vegans so philosophically confused?

The solar panel fitter was eating his fried breakfast when the talkative vegans came into the kitchen. They surveyed his plate of bacon, eggs, sausage and black pudding with a look of disgust before helping themselves to cereal, which they doused...