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102 Zambia is positioning itself as a major player in the global race for energy transition minerals, as international demand for graphite, lithium, rare earth elements, and columbite-tantalite is expected to surge dramatically by the year 2040. With electric vehicles, renewable energy technologies, and digital devices driving the need for these critical minerals, the southern African country is stepping up exploration and early-stage development in several provinces — aiming to grow exports, attract foreign investment, and create new jobs. In the graphite sector, significant discoveries have been made in Petauke, Lundazi, and Kapiri Mposhi, with two standout high-grade sites at…

Seventy-fifth session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa date Wed, 06/08/2025 – 12:00 elombatd@who.int Wed, 06/08/2025 – 10:27

What role does YouTube play in the lives of Australian families with children? As the federal government plans to include YouTube in its forthcoming ban on social media accounts for children under the age of 16, Guardian readers responded to a call out about their own kids’ use of the platform and what they thought of the ban.This is what they told us.‘Simply impossible to monitor’Parents frequently reported they were restricting their children’s use to shared areas by co-watching or through parental controls. But many said this was time-intensive and nearly impossible to maintain and were concerned about what content…

Asmara, 07 August 2025 – During seminars conducted by Eritrean communities in Riyadh and its environs, Saudi Arabia, and Cairo, Egypt, participants expressed their readiness and determination to strengthen organization, participation, and contribution to national development programs. At the seminar in Riyadh, Ms. Weini Gerezgiher, Chargé d’Affaires at the Eritrean Embassy, and Mr. Woldeselasie Gebremedhin, advisor to the Embassy, gave extensive briefings on the objective situation in the homeland and regional developments. Noting that the current stage Eritrea has reached is the result of the strong resilience and unity of the Eritrean people, the speakers called for conscious and active…

In an interview with Fox News, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Israel intends to take control of the entire Strip, but does not want to govern it.His comments came on Thursday shortly before Israel’s cabinet meets to consider his proposal to take over the Strip.“We intend to [take over] in order to ensure our security, remove Hamas [from] there, enable the population to be free of Gaza and to pass it to civilian governance that is not Hamas and not anyone advocating the destruction of Israel,” he said.He said in the interview that Israel does wants a security…

In the era of pervasive digitization and AI-driven operations, data centers function as the nerve centers of enterprises and society. That makes electrostatic discharge (ESD) safety, operational efficiency, and regulatory compliance non‑negotiable. Anti-static (ESD) flooring is a foundational layer of this reliability stack: get it wrong and you risk downtime, data loss, or even fire; get it right and you improve protection, airflow management, and lifecycle costs. Why Anti-Static Flooring Matters Protect Critical Equipment: Proper ESD floors dissipate static before it can damage chips or servers, ensuring long-term stability. Mitigate Operational Risk: Uncontrolled discharge can burn out components, corrupt data, or trigger…

In a bid to safeguard public health and youth welfare, the Kenyan government has unveiled a comprehensive policy framework aimed at reducing alcohol abuse across the country. The initiative, spearheaded by the National Authority for the Campaign against Alcohol and Drug Abuse (Nacada), introduces a range of proposed measures that reflect Kenya’s serious commitment to tackling the harmful effects of substance abuse. Among the proposed regulations are raising the minimum drinking age from 18 to 21, banning alcohol sales in supermarkets, restaurants, and public transport, and restricting online alcohol sales and celebrity endorsements. If implemented, alcohol will be sold only…

Jesse RogersAug 6, 2025, 06:20 PM ETCloseJesse joined ESPN Chicago in September 2009 and covers MLB for ESPN.com.CHICAGO — New Cubs reliever Andrew Kittredge experienced a wide range of emotions in the span of less than 24 hours, going from being booed off the mound Tuesday night to throwing an immaculate inning Wednesday afternoon against the Cincinnati Reds.Kittredge, 35, threw nine pitches in the top of the seventh inning Wednesday, striking out all three batters he faced. It was the first immaculate inning by a Cubs pitcher since Hayden Wesneski’s in 2022.It’s the first time Kittredge can recall throwing one.”I…

Thirteen months after David Ellison and Shari Redstone hashed out an $8 billion megadeal that would shift ownership of Paramount Global from the heir of a media mogul to the heir of a tech mogul, that merger finally closed on Thursday. As the Skydance team, led by Ellison as CEO and former NBCUniversal exec Jeff Shell as president, settles in, the former Paramount C-suite and senior management team have drafted their farewell memos, burnished their résumés and touted accomplishments in the face of a tumultuous few years since the merger of Viacom and CBS in late 2019. The company had…

South Africa’s state prosecutor has officially withdrawn charges against one of the farm workers accused of killing two black woman and feeding their bodies to pigs. Adrian de Wet was one of three men facing murder charges after Maria Makgato, 45, and Lucia Ndlovu, 34, were killed while allegedly looking for food on a pig farm near Polokwane in South Africa’s northern Limpopo province last year.Their bodies were then alleged to have been given to the animals in an apparent attempt to dispose of the evidence.Mr De Wet, 20, turned state witness when the trial started on Monday and says…