Yolande Du Preez

Senior journalist and sub-editor at Africa Community Media.

India and EU to finalise free trade agreement by year-end

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India aims to finalise a free trade agreement with the EU by the end of the year, focusing on mutual benefits and strategic partnerships.

Amazon unveils its first quantum computing chip

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Developed by the AWS Center for Quantum Computing at the California Institute of Technology, the new chip can reduce the costs of implementing quantum error correction ...

EU was born to 'screw' US, Trump says

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Trump's month back in the White House has been marked by soaring friction between Washington and its European allies.

Under pressure, EU to take axe to green rules

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The issue has taken on acute urgency with US President Donald Trump pushing an America First strategy that risks a trade war with the EU.

More than 250,000 sign petition to strip Musk of Canadian citizenship

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The tech billionaire was born to an affluent South African family in Pretoria before immigrating to Canada and acquiring Canadian citizenship via his mother Maye ...

Apple says to invest $500 bn in US as Trump tariffs bite

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The Silicon Valley-based giant said it was its "largest-ever spend commitment," which comes as tech companies battle for dominance in developing artificial intelligence ...

China's Alibaba to invest $50bn in AI, cloud computing

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In a landmark move following Jack Ma's meeting with President Xi Jinping, Chinese tech giant Alibaba announces its largest-ever technology investment of R921 billion, ...

Most USAID workers to be fired or placed on leave

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All other staff directly hired by USAID will be placed on administrative leave globally.

Musk says all US govt staff must justify their work or lose jobs

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Musk, the world's richest person and Trump's biggest donor has led the effort to fire swaths of the government workforce.

Trump aide warns Zelensky to stop hurling 'insults', start negotiating

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The US national security advisor warned Ukraine's leader to stop hurling "insults" at Donald Trump.

China's Tencent says trialling own AI reasoning model alongside DeepSeek

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Tencent on Monday said it had started trialling its own artificial intelligence reasoning model.

Scientists warn of climate threat to chocolate

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Failed harvests helped drive a meteoric rise in cocoa prices since late 2023 on the London and New York markets where this commodity is traded.

Elon Musk heads group trying to buy control of OpenAI: report

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Elon Musk is leading an investment group offering $97. 4 billion for the non-profit that controls OpenAI, marking a new front in his war with the ChatGPT-maker, ...

China imposes tariffs on US energy, autos in trade war retaliation

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US President Donald Trump on Saturday announced sweeping measures against major trade partners Canada and Mexico, with goods from China hit with an additional 10 ...

OpenAI announces new 'deep research' tool for ChatGPT

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OpenAI, whose ChatGPT fronted generative AI's emergence into public consciousness in 2022, said its new tool accomplishes in tens of minutes what would take a human ...

Google Maps to show 'Gulf of America' to US users

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Google said the changes align with its policy of following official US government geographic designations through the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), ...

Alibaba launches advanced AI model to rival GPT-4

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The launch follows Chinese startup DeepSeek's recent release of models that stunned Silicon Valley and challenged assumptions about US dominance in the booming AI ...

Dubai airport clocks record 92. 3m passengers, extending hot streak

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The figure surpassed the previous high of 89. 1 million in 2018, Dubai Airports said, despite regional tensions caused by the Gaza war and last April's unprecedented ...

DeepSeek breakthrough raises AI energy questions

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The AI revolution has come with assumptions that computing and energy needs will grow exponentially, resulting in massive tech investments in both data centres and ...

Mitsubishi Motors shares plunge on Nissan-Honda merger report

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This partnership was joined by Mitsubishi Motors in August.

Slew of satellite projects aims to head off future wildfires

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Tech-focused groups are launching new orbiters as space launches get cheaper, while machine learning techniques will sift the torrent of information, fitting it ...

Instagram courts TikTok stars during turbulent times

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After officially increasing the allowed length of videos and adding a new editing tool, Meta recently began letting TikTok creators earn as much as $5,000 over the ...

Trump Davos address lifts S&P 500 to record, dents oil prices

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In a much-anticipated video appearance at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Trump pushed for lower interest rates and said he would cut taxes for companies investing ...

Brazil drought lights a fire under global coffee prices

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Arabica coffee, the most popular variety, in December reached its highest price since 1977, listed at $3. 48 (R65) per pound on the New York Stock Exchange.

Ex-Real Madrid footballer Coentrao implicated in illegal seafood business

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The 36-year-old retired from professional football in 2021 and moved into fishing.