Tech giant Meta, which owns Facebook, plans to invest up to 65 billion dollars in projects related to artificial intelligence (AI) over the course of this year. On the table will be the construction of a giant data center and an increase in hiring for Meta's AI team. The company plans to use...
US President Donald Trump yesterday suspended all US foreign assistance programs for 90 days. The measure aims to re-evaluate global spending. The measure, criticizes the foreign aid sector, saying it is not aligned with American interests and values and contributes to global instability. "Does that make America safer?
Last year, 204 more people became billionaires around the world, bringing the total number of tycoons to 2,769, according to an Oxfam report. The growth rate of billionaires in 2024 was three times higher than the previous year. Together, the fortunes of billionaires total 15 trillion dollars. The growth was two...
Donald Trump was sworn in as President of the United States yesterday with promises to end the "invasion" of illegal immigration, one of his main campaign themes, at a rally in Washington on the eve of his inauguration. "We're going to end the invasion of our borders," said Trump, quoted by the international press, before...
Donald Trump will be sworn in today as the 47th President of the United States of America (USA) in Washington, after being re-elected in the last presidential elections. Trump returns to the White House, where he served his first term from 2017 to 2021. In his last speech before taking office, Trump said yesterday that he would repeal...
The United Bank for Africa, UBA, through the Tony Elumelu Foundation, Africa's leading philanthropic organization, has announced the opening of applications for Africa's largest Entrepreneurship Programme 2025. The opportunity is also open to young Mozambicans who will be able to sign up and take part in the transformative initiative, aimed at fostering job creation,...
The draw for the African Cup of Nations (CAN Morocco 2025) will take place on January 27 in Rabat, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has announced. In a statement published on its official website, CAF confirmed the dates for this continental competition, which will be held from December 21, 2025 to January 18...
Former Finance Minister Manuel Chang was sentenced this Friday to eight and a half years in prison, including the six years he has already served, as part of the hidden debts case. Chang was convicted of involvement in a fraud related to loans of 2 billion dollars, which he was ultimately unable to repay,...
The US Supreme Court has unanimously decided to uphold the law banning TikTok in the United States as of Sunday, unless the social network is sold by ByteDance, the Beijing-based parent company, to an investor outside of China by then. According to a publication in the Portuguese newspaper Negócios, in a...
The death toll from the abandoned gold mine in Stilfontein, South Africa, has risen to 78. The number of people rescued alive has also risen to 166. 11 of the illegal miners rescued are known to be Mozambican. On Tuesday (14), AFP reported that more than 20 illegal miners had been rescued...