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The US government says it has revoked some licences that allowed US chip makers to export certain goods to Chinese technology giant Huawei. The Department of Commerce did not specify which permits were cancelled but the move follows Huawei’s release of an AI-enabled computer powered by a chip created by Intel. US-based chip maker Intel […]
TikTok has filed a lawsuit aiming to block a US law that would ban the video app in the country unless it is sold by its Chinese parent company. In the filing, the social media company called the act an “extraordinary intrusion on free speech rights” of the company and its 170 million American users. […]
It is a spring evening in Germany’s eastern city of Cottbus, and dozens of people have crowded into a small venue to hear a man who once dubbed himself the “friendly face” of National Socialism (Nazism). Two other men with prior links to extremist groups are also in the room, including a candidate for forthcoming […]
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North Korea’s former propaganda master Kim Ki Nam has died at the age of 94, said state media. He died due to old age and “multiple organ dysfunction” for which he had been receiving treatment since 2022, said KCNA. He had spent decades leading propaganda efforts in the totalitarian state, including building a personality cult […]
Presidential candidate Ally Angula says she will pay every Namibian aged between 18 and 59 a monthly allowance of N$1 750 if elected as head of state in the forthcoming November national elections – a plan which would cost more than N$2,6 billion each month, or N$32 billion annually. Experts, reacting to the manifesto Angula […]
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has presented Namibia with meritorious awards for the country’s remarkable performance lowering mother-to-child transmission of HIV and reducing hepatitis B. Based on set criteria, the WHO has awarded Namibia a ‘silver tier’ status for progress on reducing hepatitis B, and a ‘bronze tier’ for the significant reduction of HIV. The […]
Swapo says it has no money to organise an extraordinary congress, which some members are legally pursuing to elect a new party president, following the death of Hage Geingob on 4 February. Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has since been endorsed as Swapo’s presidential candidate in the absence of a congress, sparking constitution violation claims and calls for […]
President Nangolo Mbumba is still consulting on the way forward regarding the private member’s bills passed by both houses of parliament last year. In July last year, the National Assembly swiftly passed the private member’s bills comprising the marriage amendment bill and the definition of spouse bill with minimal amendments, garnering overwhelming support from both […]
Police inspector general Joseph Shikongo has poured cold water on assertions that police promotions favour the country’s dominant tribes. He was speaking at the graduation ceremony of 1 060 cadets at Oshakati yesterday. Shikongo said some people believe the Namibian security cluster comprises a certain tribe only, which is not the case. “Today is testimony […]