Tech firms unveil plan for ‘space-based’ 5G network
The firms said they had carried out “multiple studies and simulations” and would now explore possible uses of the technology.
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Three arrested in probe into South Africa tavern tragedy
The owner will appear in court on August 19 on charges related to selling or supplying alcohol to minors, while the two employees have each been handed a 2,000-rand ($118) fine.
South Africa bar shootings death toll climbs to 20
Investigators are working to establish a motive and arrest the perpetrators of the Soweto shooting, police said in a statement.
Russia and Ukraine to hold Black Sea grain talks in Turkey
Ukraine is one of the world’s biggest exporters of wheat and other grain.
Sri Lanka: timeline of a crisis
Sri Lanka is mired in a deep political and economic crisis, and on Wednesday, the country’s president flew out of the country days after a huge crowd of protesters stormed his residence.
Africa’s fastest man Ferdinand Omanyala on a sprint mission for Kenya
Omanyala wears two wristbands on his right arm: one, made of black and green beads, bears the numbers 9:85, his season-best 100m time set in May.
The other, a bracelet crafted from leather and metal, is inscribed with 9:77, the African record he set last September. It made him the ninth fastest man ever, behind four Americans and three Jamaicans.
Russia reports first case of monkeypox
The surge of monkeypox infections has been reported since early May outside the West and Central African countries where the disease has long been endemic.
Paris 2015 attacker’s sentence stands after no appeal filed
They had 10 days to lodge any appeal after their sentencing, a deadline that expired at midnight Monday.
The rrial has been the biggest in modern French history, the culmination of a six-year international investigation whose findings run to more than a million pages.
More means less for Zimbabweans battling hyperinflation
Inflation soared to 191.6 percent in June, up from 60 percent at the beginning of the year, driving prices of goods ever upwards.
The rate dwarfs even the 41 percent inflation in war-torn Ukraine.
A kilo of choice beef now costs ZWL8,768 ($21.92) and five kilos of chicken drumsticks ZWL21,000 (US$65.22) — the equivalent to a civil servant’s average monthly salary.
South African police arrest two over weekend bar shooting
The police ministry described the arrests in a statement as “a first step of bringing to book all those who orchestrated one of the country’s bloodiest weekends”.
