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For some workers, nearly 90 percent of their tasks will be automated by generative AI models, while for others, these innovations will only improve their productivity but not replace their them as employees.

The first outcome of the deal signed this week by the Rwanda Atomic Energy Board (Raeb), will be the construction of a demonstration Dual Fluid nuclear reactor in the country, to be operational by 2026.

The Wall Street Journal previously reported that China had prohibited officials at central government agencies from using iPhones, and Bloomberg later reported that Beijing planned to extend the ban to government-backed agencies and state companies.

Berlin’s Museum of Prehistory and Early History has been carrying out research on around 1,100 skulls from what was known as German East Africa since 2017, with the aim of eventually returning the remains to the relevant countries.

The host, President Samia Suluhu Hassan told an audience on Thursday it was sort of shameful for 250 million Africans, out of the continent’s 1.3 billion to go hungry every day, today, when Africa holds 65 percent of the world’s arable land. “We have an urgent obligation to bring change on this issue,” she told the Africa Food Systems Forum 2023.

The legislators were dismayed that the regulator of such a sensitive docket opted to remain silent, yet the shocking practice may result in harmful, and even life-threatening, side effects to humans.

But while the number of coloured balls placed in the “yes” column shows no shortage of enthusiasm, experts say the long-promised future of autonomous cars remains some way off.

Debt-for-nature swaps are essentially an arrangement between a country and its bilateral or commercial lenders to write off part of its debts or waive interest. The amount saved is then used for nature conservation and climate change mitigation programmes.

The bank’s Energy Sector Management Assistance Programme (ESMAP), in a report assessing the impact that EVs will have on power systems, says the increased adoption of electric mobility may worsen the challenges facing developing countries’ power systems.

A new study by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) shows that the magnitude of drawbacks suffered by these countries after climate-related events is far worse compared to their peaceful peers.