Category: World

US aviation regulators have determined that a software glitch affecting some Boeing 737 Max aircraft does not constitute a flight-safety issue, removing an immediate regulatory concern surrounding the programme. The Federal Aviation Administration said on Friday that its Corrective Action Review Board had completed an assessment of the problem and concluded that pilots retain full control of the aircraft if the anomaly occurs. The agency said flight crews receive clear and unambiguous cockpit indications, enabling them to recognise and manage the

Ghana and the Philippines have agreed to expand trade and investment cooperation, establish a chamber of commerce and organise business forums as Manila prepares to open its first resident embassy in Ghana later this year. The commitments emerged from talks between Ghana’s Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa and Philippine Secretary of Foreign Affairs Ma. Theresa P. Lazaro on the sidelines of the 81st United Nations General Assembly in New York. Ghana’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the planned business forums would

Paramount Skydance Corp has told prospective lenders it expects to deliver more than $6 billion of annual cost savings within three years of completing its Warner Bros. Discovery acquisition, placing the synergy target at the centre of efforts to contain the combined company’s heavy debt burden. The company expects to capture about 30% of the projected savings during the first year after closing, rising to roughly 70% in the second year and reaching the full run rate in year three, disclosures

Republican candidates in several closely contested US races are urging President Donald Trump to bring the war with Iran to a swift end, widening a party split as soaring fuel costs and voter dissatisfaction intensify pressure ahead of November’s midterm elections. The shift is most visible among Republicans who had previously supported Trump’s military campaign or opposed congressional efforts to restrain it. Mike Rogers, the Republican Senate candidate in Michigan, and Representative Ashley Hinson, the party’s Senate candidate in Iowa, have

Iranian officials have privately voiced doubt that Tehran and Washington can reach an agreement ending hostilities and restoring normal traffic through the Strait of Hormuz before the US midterm elections in November, even as Qatari mediators pursue indirect negotiations in New York. The pessimism follows President Donald Trump’s rejection at the weekend of Iran’s seven-day proposal for reopening the waterway and restarting negotiations. Officials familiar with Tehran’s thinking said distrust between the sides remained deep and differences persisted over the sequence

Africa should build artificial intelligence around problems faced by its communities rather than import technological priorities designed elsewhere, a member of a United Nations-backed scientific panel has said. Girmaw Abebe Tadesse, a member of the Independent International Scientific Panel on Artificial Intelligence and head of Microsoft’s AI for Good Lab in Kenya, said countries should identify the challenges they want to address before deciding what technology, infrastructure and data they require. Speaking in Nairobi as global leaders and technology executives gathered at

US President Donald Trump said on Sunday he expects negotiations with Iran to resume this week, keeping a diplomatic channel open after rejecting Tehran’s proposal for a seven-day process to halt fighting and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Trump said US negotiators were likely to engage Iran again as Qatari mediators continued efforts to narrow differences between Washington and Tehran. The president said Iran wanted an agreement, but its terms were not acceptable to him and represented conditions Washington might have

Brandon McNulty won the elite men's road race at the UCI Road World Championships in Montreal on Sunday, becoming the first American to take the title since Lance Armstrong in 1993. The 28-year-old completed the 273.4-kilometre race from Brossard to Montreal in six hours, 17 minutes and four seconds after launching a decisive solo attack with about 33 kilometres remaining. Australia's Michael Matthews took silver 13 seconds behind, while the Netherlands' Mathieu van der Poel claimed bronze on the same time

Bill Gates has urged Congress to impose mandatory safeguards and monitoring on advanced artificial intelligence, arguing that voluntary industry controls are inadequate as increasingly capable systems raise cybersecurity and other catastrophic risks. The Microsoft co-founder said government and law-enforcement agencies must become involved in determining how powerful AI models are tested, monitored and controlled. Speaking in a taped NBC Meet the Press interview aired on Sunday, Gates said legislation was necessary because self-regulation alone could not provide sufficient protection. “No one thinks

Police evacuated homes near RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire on Sunday and arrested several men on suspicion of offences under the Explosives Act after declaring a major incident in the nearby village of Whelford. Gloucestershire Police said an Army specialist explosive ordnance disposal team was examining a number of vehicles as officers maintained a cordon around the affected area. Residents from several properties were moved to a nearby leisure centre while emergency services carried out their operation. The force said it believed the

China has agreed to buy at least 10 million metric tonnes of US coal in 2027 and the same amount in 2028, adding a concrete energy commitment to a wider package reached during President Donald Trump’s talks with President Xi Jinping in Washington. The White House disclosed the coal pledge after Xi’s three-day state visit, alongside an agreement to pursue more favourable tariff treatment for $30 billion of non-sensitive goods in each direction. The measures are being advanced through the US-China

Ecobank Group has set a $2.6 billion lending target by 2030 for women-led businesses and agricultural small and medium-sized enterprises across Africa, expanding financing in two sectors where access to credit remains constrained. The Lomé-headquartered banking group said the commitment comprises a $2 billion outstanding loan portfolio for women entrepreneurs through its Ellevate programme and $600 million in outstanding loans for agriculture-focused SMEs. The targets were announced at the Ecobank@40 Media Conference in Lomé, Togo, as the group concluded its 40th-anniversary

Kenya has strengthened its disaster financing framework by integrating disaster risk reduction and climate adaptation spending into national budgeting, giving policymakers a clearer view of how public money is being used to build resilience. A case study published by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction on September 25 details how the National Treasury introduced a disaster and climate budget tagging and expenditure tracking system. The mechanism brings climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction into public financial management rather

African Union Commission Chairperson Mahmoud Ali Youssouf has urged African and Arab governments to turn longstanding political commitments into practical programmes, calling for a revitalised partnership ahead of its 50th anniversary in 2027. Addressing the 10th Ministerial Meeting of the Coordination Committee of the Africa-Arab Partnership on Friday, Youssouf said the two regions needed to move decisively from declarations to implementation. He identified completion of the Joint Africa-Arab Action Plan, firm timetables for priority projects and sustainable financing arrangements as immediate

President Donald Trump has moved to cancel $810 million in spending authorised by Congress, invoking a disputed budget mechanism days before the federal fiscal year ends. The White House announced the package on Friday, saying the administration was using a “pocket rescission” to eliminate unspent money across 11 funding accounts at seven departments and agencies. The largest reduction is $567 million from Health and Human Services programmes serving refugees, asylum seekers and other non-citizens. The action immediately reopened a constitutional and statutory

Hawaii’s Big Island braced for life-threatening flooding and damaging surf as Hurricane Nolo moved slowly north towards the state, prompting emergency preparations and warnings that exceptionally heavy rain could persist through the weekend. Nolo was a Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of about 105 mph early Saturday, positioned roughly 155 miles south of South Point and moving north at only a few miles per hour. Forecasters expected the hurricane to turn westward while remaining south of the Hawaiian Islands,

Green SM has begun pilot operations for its fully electric taxi service in Amsterdam, making the Netherlands its eighth market worldwide and its second European market after Denmark. The mobility company held a technical opening on September 25 and said the trial would initially cover Amsterdam’s Centrum, West and Zuid districts. Operations are planned to extend progressively to Oost, Noord, Nieuw-West and Zuidoost as the company tests demand, operating procedures and service standards before a wider commercial rollout. Green SM said the