Meta launches AI-powered humanoid robotics division
Meta’s new robotics team will develop consumer humanoid robots using Meta’s Llama AI foundation models…
Microsoft-backed robotics startup eyes $39.5b valuation
Figure AI estimates its humanoid robots could be ready for home use within a few years…
The roots of Donald Trump’s fixation with South Africa
Last week, President Donald Trump signed an executive order stopping all aid to South Africa and offering refugee status to white South Africans. The order decried “government-sponsored race-based discrimination, including racially discriminatory property confiscation” and accuses South Africa of a “shocking disregard of its citizens’ rights.” It specifically called for the resettlement of...
Recent-hires targeted for HHS firings as part of workforce downsizing
Workers hired within the past two years are among the likeliest to lose their jobs as the Department of Health and Human Services and other federal agencies have begun downsizing…
Health CS Urges Parents to Vaccinate Girls as Kenya Rolls Out Single-Dose Cancer-preventive Vaccine
Kenya has officially adopted a single-dose Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine as part of its intensified efforts to curb cervical cancer. Health Cabinet Secretary Deborah Barasa urged parents and caregivers to ensure that girls aged 10 to 15 receive the vaccine, which is crucial in preventing the deadly disease…
Central African Republic soldiers kidnapped by mercenaries, advocates allege
BANGUI, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC — Human rights advocates and politicians in Central African Republic claim soldiers who disappeared after being detained last month were kidnapped by mercenaries backed by Russia. The Kremlin has in recent years deepened ties with the gold- and diamond-rich country’s military and government…Security expert calls for oversight in foreign aid amid USAID aid freeze
Tribune Online Security expert calls for oversight in foreign aid amid USAID aid freeze A security expert and chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Amb. Nurain Mumuni has called on the international agencies operating in Nigeria to carry out their humanitarian support without undermining the security of the host communities…
Governor Buni, UN strategise on durable solutions for IDPs in Yobe
Yobe State Governor and Chairman of the Lake Chad Basin Governors’ Forum, Mai Mala Buni, today held fruitful discussions with the United Nations and Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Mohamed Malick Fall, on measures to strengthen development partnerships with the state government. The Director General of Press and Media Affairs to the Yobe State Governor…
USAID Terror Funding: Humanitarian Aid Must Not Undermine Host Community’s Security- Expert
A security expert and chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Amb. Nurain Abayomi Mumuni has called on the international agencies operating in Nigeria to carry out their humanitarian support without undermining the security of the host communities. Mumuni made this call in the wake of a recent indictment of US aid agency…