Headlines- Iran will retaliate with attacks against "nine countries" if the United States strikes Iranian military bases or "petrochemical" facilities, according to an adviser to Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei.
- At least 58 recruits were killed and over 200 others were injured when the Houthis launched three ballistic missiles at a training facility in Yemen's Shabwa governate. The death toll is anticipated to rise.
- After unrest, French authorities impose curfews in some areas of Paris, northern cities, and Nice.
- After looting damaged thousands of businesses over the weekend, French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu warned on Monday that he was ready to declare a state of emergency as authorities struggled to contain ongoing violence.
- Paul Mackenzie, a self-proclaimed preacher, and 28 accomplices were found guilty by a Mombasa, Kenya, court on Monday of killing 190 children and one adult as members of a well-known Christian starvation cult.
Tag: Digital Economy
India’s Vast Rural Areas Connect to...
Millions of Indians now have access to new digital technology thanks to an initiative to expand internet access throughout the nation. A payments system is one of them, and it is transforming how business is conducted in the vast rural areas of the nation
Africa’s E-Commerce Projected to 56 Percent...
During the COVID-19 pandemic, online sales increased significantly, especially in some regions of Africa, where, according to industry analysts, online trade is expected to increase by more than 50% over the next three years. But there are several challenges obstacles in the way of the continent’s potential in the digital market
E-Commerce Worldwide
E-Commerce worldwide hit $876 billion in the first quarter of 2021, according to the Adobe Digital Economy Index. Consumers are continuing to purchase online even as stores reopen
New Generation of Digital Influencers Emerge...
A new generation of digital influencers is emerging in Brazil’s favelas, or shantytowns, where some people are showing that the reality of their poverty is no longer something to be dressed up or hidden
A Village Benefits as India Links...
India spends billions of dollars on social welfare support for the poor but corruption, fraud and inefficiencies often prevent the benefits from reaching them. But now, the government is starting to transform the way it gets welfare to the poor by linking welfare programs to the world’s biggest biometric identity project under which more than one billion people have been given biometric cards. Anjana Pasricha reports on how residents of a rural hamlet in the northern Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh are benefiting after it switched from cash to digital payments