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London -Al-Yurae– The United Kingdom imposed new sanctions on Thursday on Russia's military intelligence agency GRU, and summoned Moscow's ambassador, after an official inquiry concluded that Russian President Vladimir Putin bears "moral responsibility" for the killing of...
London (AFP) – Microsoft is facing a complaint in the European Union filed by a non-profit organisation alleging it illegally stored data on Palestinians used for Israeli military surveillance. The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) confirmed Thursday it...

Shares in French bank BNP Paribas plummet after US verdict

Paris (AFP) – Shares in France's biggest bank, BNP Paribas, sank more than seven percent in trading on Monday, following a US court verdict late...

Gold reaches record highs and threatens supremacy of US dollar

The price of an ounce of gold soared past $4,000 on Tuesday, as investors move towards the safe-haven asset in response to mounting debt...

Wildcat Petroleum terminates Sudan acquisition amid security concerns

LONDON - Wildcat Petroleum Plc (LSE:WCAT) has terminated its proposed acquisition of Sudan-based Wildcat Gold & Mining Trading & Multi Activities Company Ltd (WGMT)...

Swiss gold refining sector stung by US tariffs

Zurich (AFP) – The first casualty of a hefty 39-percent tariff on Swiss imports into the United States may be gold refining, after it emerged...

AI search pushing an already weakened media ecosystem to the brink

New York (AFP) – Generative artificial intelligence assistants like ChatGPT are cutting into traditional online search traffic, depriving news sites of visitors and impacting the...

Smuggling Accounts for 52% of Production… Sudan Aims to Produce 80 Tons of Gold This Year

The Sudanese Mineral Resources Company revealed on Wednesday that it is targeting production of 80 tons of gold this year, after seeing nearly a 16% growth...

‘Stuck in limbo’: Over 90% of X’s Community Notes unpublished, study says

Washington (AFP) – More than 90 percent of X's Community Notes -- a crowd-sourced verification system popularized by Elon Musk's platform -- are never published,...

Trump kills US agency funding Africa infrastructure

Washington (AFP) – President Donald Trump's administration on Wednesday ordered the closure of a US agency that invested billions in African and other developing countries'...

Zain Sudan Announces Money Transfer Service Without a Bank Account

Zain, the telecommunications company, has announced the launch of an innovative financial service called “Bede,” which enables users to conduct financial transactions without the...

US-funded Arabic network Alhurra ends broadcasts after Trump cuts

Washington (AFP) – Alhurra, the Arabic-language network created by the US government after the Iraq invasion, said Saturday it would cease broadcasts and lay off...

Italian paper prints fully-AI edition, but not to ‘kill’ journalism

Rome (AFP) – In a world first, an Italian newspaper is printing a fully AI-generated edition for a month in what its director said Thursday...

Trump admin begins mass layoffs at Voice of America

Washington (AFP) – President Donald Trump's administration on Sunday began mass layoffs at Voice of America and other US-funded media, making clear its intent to...

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