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Congolese President Denis Sassou Nguesso’s election success will extend his nearly 42 years in power.Published On 17 Mar 202617 Mar 2026Republic of Congo President Denis Sassou Nguesso has been re-elected for a fifth consecutive term, extending his nearly 42 years in power, according to provisional results.On Tuesday, Interior Minister Raymond Zephirin Mboulou announced on state TV that Sassou Nguesso received 94.82 percent of Sunday’s vote.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listState television also reported turnout of 84.65 percent; however, many polling stations in the capital, Brazzaville, on Sunday had short lines or no lines at all.Sassou Nguesso, 82, was…

Trustpilot is reported to be pursuing partnerships with large eCommerce companies as AI-driven shopping gains traction. In an interview with Bloomberg News [paywall], chief executive Adrian Blair said that AI agents acting on behalf of consumers require lots of information about the businesses they’re willing to interact with. He said the most effective systems will rely on datasets like those held by Trustpilot, adding that the company aims to work with major eCommerce sites to make greater use of its data. Trustpilot expects its operating margin to reach 30% by 2030, with the improvement linked partly to the use of…

Listen to this article | 4 minsinfoIsraeli airstrikes have rained down on three neighbourhoods in Beirut, Lebanese state media reported, as the beleaguered nation says more than one million have been displaced since this punishing front in the wider regional war began more than two weeks ago.“A series of raids and artillery shelling targeted southern towns at dawn,” Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA) said on Tuesday.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list“Israeli warplanes carried out two airstrikes targeting the Kafaat and Haret Hreik areas” in the capital Beirut and another airstrike on a residential apartment building in the Doha Aramoun area, NNA…

The US Treasury has published several documents designed for the US financial services sector that suggest a structured approach to managing AI risks in operations and policy (see subheading ‘Resources and Downloads’ towards the bottom of the link). The CRI Financial Services AI Risk Management Framework (FS AI RMF) comes with a Guidebook [.docx] which gives details of the framework, developed by a collaboration among more than 100 financial institutions and industry organisations, with input from regulators and technical bodies. The objective of the FS AI RMF is to help financial institutions identify, evaluate, manage, and govern the risks associated…

United States President Donald Trump has said “numerous countries” have told him “they’re on their way” following his appeal for an international naval coalition to secure the Strait of Hormuz amid the US-Israel war on Iran.Trump made the statement on Monday after over the weekend calling on a handful of countries to join the coalition. However, he did not identify any of the countries in question.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list“Numerous countries have told me they’re on the way. Some are very enthusiastic about it, and some aren’t,” Trump said.When subsequently asked which countries had pledged to join,…

NTT DATA has announced an initiative to deliver NVIDIA-powered platforms designed to give organisations a repeatable, production-ready model for scaling AI.The offering integrates NVIDIA’s GPU-accelerated computing and high-performance networking with NVIDIA AI Enterprise software, including NeMo and NIM Microservices, into a full-stack agentic AI platform that can be deployed in cloud and edge environments. The architecture covers the full AI lifecycle of model training and enterprise application development inside a governed framework.Abhijit Dubey, CEO of NTT DATA said there is a change in how enterprises approach AI deployment. “By integrating NVIDIA technologies into our enterprise AI factories, we’re giving clients…

Tokyo’s move comes as oil prices remain elevated amid the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz.Listen to this article | 2 minsinfoPublished On 16 Mar 202616 Mar 2026Click here to share on social mediashare2Shareplus2googleAdd Al Jazeera on GoogleinfoJapan has begun releasing oil from its emergency reserves amid the global energy crisis sparked by the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz by Iran in response to US-Israeli attacks.The release was announced on Monday in a notice published in the Japanese government’s official gazette.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listJapanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi last week announced plans to unilaterally release 80 million barrels of oil from stockpiles amid supply concerns due to…

Pressure grows on the US president’s administration as war costs spiral and the mission’s endgame remains unclear.Listen to this article | 3 minsinfoPublished On 15 Mar 202615 Mar 2026Click here to share on social mediashare2Shareplus2googleAdd Al Jazeera on GoogleinfoThe United States has spent $12bn on its war against Iran since launching joint strikes on the country with Israel on February 28, Trump’s top economic adviser said, as domestic concerns grow over the Middle East conflict’s burgeoning economic impacts.Kevin Hassett, director of the White House National Economic Council, gave the figure on CBS’s Face the Nation on Sunday saying it is the latest…

Democratic US Senator Chris Van Hollen argues that the US-Israel war on Iran ‘is making America and our allies less safe’.Israel’s leaders have finally found a United States president “stupid enough and reckless enough” to join them in a war against Iran, argues US Senator Chris Van Hollen.Van Hollen, a Democrat, tells host Steve Clemons that the US capacity to degrade the Iranian military has never been in question. “The question is to what end, both in lives and treasure,” he says.On the attempts by Israeli and US officials to frame the war as a holy quest, Van Hollen argues…

Mastercard has completed its first live, authenticated agent-based payment transaction in Singapore, a milestone that advances autonomous AI commerce from proof of concept to everyday use.Announced on March 4, 2026, the transaction was carried out in partnership with DBS and UOB, two of Southeast Asia’s largest banks. In the demonstration, an AI agent booked a ride to Singapore’s Changi Airport through hoppa, a global mobility provider, with the booking facilitated by CardInfoLink’s AI agent, which connects to hoppa’s taxi and airport limousine network.The basis of the transaction was Mastercard Agent Pay, the company’s framework for secure AI-initiated purchases. Each transaction…