The seven claimants, who include Sir Elton John and Liz Hurley, could potentially have to pay up to £25m more after losing their High Court privacy case. ...
Month: August 2026
South Africa’s Absa eyes fintech partnershipsSouth Africa’s Absa eyes fintech partnerships
The News South Africa’s Absa Group is seeking partnerships with fintechs in a strategy aimed at reaching new customers by embedding its services in apps they already use, a senior executive told Semafor. The strategy marks a pivot under group CEO Kenny Fihla. He hired Sitoyo Lopokoiyit, the former M-Pesa ...
Nigeria bets on grants to unearth mineral richesNigeria bets on grants to unearth mineral riches
The News Nigeria is betting on a grant program to spur the discovery of new commercial mining and processing opportunities as part of a broader strategy to secure a larger share of African mining investment, a government official told Semafor. The Solid Minerals Development Fund, a government agency, will issue ...
In Pennsylvania House race, it’s pink heels vs. drag queensIn Pennsylvania House race, it’s pink heels vs. drag queens
The News A fight over drag has broken out in Scranton, Pennsylvania, where Democratic Mayor Paige Cognetti is running for Congress against Republican Rep. Rob Bresnahan. It began with a photo of the mayor and a drag queen at the city’s 2025 Pride flag raising. It escalated with the congressman’s ...
Mystery surrounds US deportations to LiberiaMystery surrounds US deportations to Liberia
The News Liberia’s agreement to accept up to 1,200 deportees from the US remains shrouded in mystery a day after the first 20 arrivals landed in Monrovia, leaving many wondering what Liberia is getting in return. The Liberian government has insisted the deal is “not a transaction with a quid ...
White House’s messaging operation sidetracked by internal dramaWhite House’s messaging operation sidetracked by internal drama
As the midterms get closer, the White House is confronting another topic instead: internal drama. From speculation about press secretary Karoline Leavitt’s replacement, to coverage of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s wife getting unusually involved at the Pentagon, to further talk about President Donald Trump’s executive assistant, Natalie Harp, this week ...
Sycophancy in stereo as former Trump hater Michael Cohen loses his nerveSycophancy in stereo as former Trump hater Michael Cohen loses his nerve
Fawning, deferential, oleaginous – this was the Untruth and Reconciliation Commission as Trump called in to 77 WABC “Our next guest is a ‘racist’, a ‘conman’ and a ‘cheat’ – someone who behaves more like a ‘mobster’ than a president. Please welcome Donald J Trump!” That is how Michael Cohen ...
‘It is the riskiest film I’ve ever made’: Pedro Almodóvar on being the villain in his own movie‘It is the riskiest film I’ve ever made’: Pedro Almodóvar on being the villain in his own movie
As his new film Bitter Christmas is released, the legendary Spanish director turns his fire on Donald Trump, Will Smith, Netflix – and himself Black sunglasses indoors and a tufty cloud of cotton-wool hair: it can only be Pedro Almodóvar, bourgeois arthouse darling nonpareil and master of everything from screwball ...
Experience: I fell 12 metres and smashed my pelvis into piecesExperience: I fell 12 metres and smashed my pelvis into pieces
It was clear it was broken. I could feel the bones grinding together as the paramedics strapped me to a gurney Growing up in Utah, I was so active that my parents nicknamed me “The Blur”. My older siblings introduced me to rock climbing while I was still at primary school. By ...
‘Billy’s thriving’: family’s joy as boy who helped legalise cannabis medicine in UK turns 21‘Billy’s thriving’: family’s joy as boy who helped legalise cannabis medicine in UK turns 21
Mother of Billy Caldwell, who has severe epilepsy, celebrates son’s story while pushing for better access to prescription cannabis for families who need it When Billy Caldwell was a baby he was not expected to survive infancy. A severe form of epilepsy condemned his tiny body to daily seizures – ...