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Japan’s Diet starts 150-day session, with LDP funds scandal in focus

[ad_1] Japan's parliament convened a 150-day ordinary session on Friday, with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida set to be grilled over a political fundraising scandal that has continued to rattle his ruling Liberal Democratic Party.During the Diet session through June 23, the government's response to a powerful earthquake in central Japan on New Year's Day is also likely to be a key item on the agenda, as the disaster-hit areas will accelerate efforts toward reconstruction, lawmakers said.The government and the ruling […]

January 26, 2024

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Rwanda: Witchcraft – Players Who Ended Their Careers Prematurely

[ad_1] Witchcraft is making headlines in Rwandan football for wrong reasons where players and coaches are believed to use 'juju' to harm their teammates while others believe in the powers of using witchcraft to win matches. This has left President Paul Kagame unimpressed to the extent that he decided to stop attending local football matches at stadiums. There are cases of players whose careers are ruined by witchcraft and they were forced to call time on their football journey as […]

January 26, 2024

Japan

Tepco delays removal of melted nuclear fuel at Fukushima plant

[ad_1] The operator of the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant said Thursday it has given up on a plan to begin retrieving debris that contains melted nuclear fuel at the facility's Unit 2 reactor by March, due to technical difficulties.Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (Tepco) now aims to start the process by October this year at the plant, where reactors were severely damaged by the loss of cooling functions triggered by the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami […]

January 26, 2024

Africa

Africa: Blinken Wraps Up Four-Nation Africa Tour, Commits to Ongoing Security, Economic Partnership

[ad_1] State Department — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Thursday the United States will continue intensive engagement with African partners in hopes of resolving the ongoing conflicts in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Blinken held talks Thursday with Angolan President Joao Lourenco in which they discussed "concrete ways" to achieve "a durable peace" in the DRC's conflict-ridden eastern region. These discussions come against a backdrop of escalating tensions between Rwanda and the DRC, marked by several alleged cross-border […]

January 26, 2024

Africa

Africa: Nonprofits Say African Food Producers Enjoying Rising Revenue, Better Farm Supply

[ad_1] Nairobi — Climate change has hit African farmers and food processors hard in recent years, making agriculture and the raw farm products that food companies depend on more unpredictable. However, an organization that promotes food security in Africa says farmers and processors are creating a more resilient food system by adapting to the new climate and creating a better infrastructure to minimize losses after the harvest. Over the years, international organizations partnering with experts, food processing companies and governments, […]

January 26, 2024

Africa

Africa: Start-Ups Powering Up Africa’s Solar Energy Ecosystem

[ad_1] They are increasingly offering advanced energy solutions to the majority of people across Africa facing blackouts, brownouts and poor electricity supply Often referred to as the "Sun continent," Africa receives more hours of bright sunlight than any other continent. But even with 60 per cent of the world's solar resources, Africa has only one per cent of solar generation capacity, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). Due to energy production and infrastructure challenges, many African countries regularly deal […]

January 26, 2024

Africa

Africa’s Savannah Elephants – Small ‘Fortress’ Parks Aren’t the Answer – They Need Room to Roam

[ad_1] Africa is home to about 410,000 savannah elephants (Loxodonta africana), most of them living in southern Africa. Over 290,000 elephants (70%) are spread across 103 protected areas which vary in size, connectivity and protection. In a recent research paper we explored how elephant populations across southern Africa performed under different conservation approaches. This work formed part of the Conservation Ecology Research Unit at the University of Pretoria, where we focus on science-based, cost-effective approaches to elephant management. Our study […]

January 26, 2024

Africa

Africa Now ‘Global Epicentre’ of Terrorism – UN Chief

[ad_1] In just a matter of years, Africa has become the "global epicentre of terrorism", with groups such as Da'esh, Al-Qaida and their affiliates exploiting local conflicts and fragilities to serve their own ends, the UN Secretary-General said on Wednesday, calling for violent extremism to be rooted out. Speaking at a meeting in New York on counter-terrorism initiatives across the continent, António Guterres said terror groups were "shredding the social fabric of entire countries with the blades of violence, mistrust […]

January 26, 2024

Japan

Taiwan builds own AI language model to counter China’s influence

[ad_1] When asked who won the recent presidential election in Taiwan, the world’s most advanced Chinese-language chatbot gives a confusing answer."Lai Ching-te,” Baidu’s Ernie Bot accurately says. But then it adds: "No matter how the situation in Taiwan changes, the basic fact is that there’s only one China” — a comment that echoes what Beijing’s diplomats said after the U.S.-friendly candidate won the race to be the next president of the island China wants to someday rule.The political slant to […]

January 26, 2024

Japan’s Diet starts 150-day session, with LDP funds scandal in focus

Rwanda: Witchcraft – Players Who Ended Their Careers Prematurely

Tepco delays removal of melted nuclear fuel at Fukushima plant

Africa: Blinken Wraps Up Four-Nation Africa Tour, Commits to Ongoing Security, Economic Partnership

Africa: Nonprofits Say African Food Producers Enjoying Rising Revenue, Better Farm Supply

Africa: Start-Ups Powering Up Africa’s Solar Energy Ecosystem

Africa’s Savannah Elephants – Small ‘Fortress’ Parks Aren’t the Answer – They Need Room to Roam

Africa Now ‘Global Epicentre’ of Terrorism – UN Chief

Taiwan builds own AI language model to counter China’s influence

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