Essex has appointed Rachel Lewis as the club’s first female chair of the board in its 150-year history. The former Olympic volleyball player replaces Jason Gallian with immediate effect after he resigned following “careful consideration” late last week. Lewis has served as Essex Cricket Community President for the past three years and now becomes the
Brazil recalled its ambassador in Buenos Aires after Argentina’s president attacked the Brazilian president as a “thief” and a “convict.” Javier Milei made the comments Sunday at a rally in Sao Paulo to launch the presidential campaign of right-wing candidate Flávio Bolsonaro, who will run in elections in October. Without explicitly naming Luiz Inácio Lula
Nigeria’s president has approved the country’s largest military expansion in recent times – an attempt to address the series of security challenges plaguing the nation. Bola Tinubu has given the green light to the recruitment of an additional 28,000 soldiers and the creation of four new army divisions, which will bring the total number to
On Friday, Western Cape High Court Judge Andre le Grange stopped the parliamentary committee from continuing its hearings “pending this court’s determination of the applicant’s review”, referring to Ramaphosa’s case against the panel. The ruling effectively buys Ramaphosa more time, during which time the president hopes to clear his name. In court, his legal team
Ghana’s main opposition party reacted with anger after one of its most influential leaders was sentenced to 20 years in prison, with hard labor, for illegal mining offences. The New Patriotic Party (NPP) alleged that the historic sentencing against Bernard Antwi Boasiako, the party’s Ashanti Region Chairman, was politically motivated. Boasiako, popularly known as “President
AI tokens are on the minds of many CFOs. The president of OpenAI predicts that within a year they will no longer be thinking about them. Bret Taylor, founder of AI startup Sierra and board leader of OpenAI, said many of the “problems” around tokenomics are because the AI market has not yet reached maturity.