Intel targets commercial 5G deployment “before 2020”
Intel said its 5G Mobile Trial Platform will begin to support the non-standalone new radio (NR) standard when it becomes available later this year, describing the announcement as “an industry…
Google mulls buying Taiwan mobile device vendor HTC
Google was reported to be eyeing HTC’s smartphone business, as the troubled device vendor saw a massive drop in sales for August 2017. According to reports originating in the Taiwanese…
North Korea calls its sixth nuclear bomb test ‘gift package to US’; vows to send more
A top North Korean diplomat on Tuesday warned that his country is ready to send “more gift packages” to the United States as world powers struggled for a response to…
India is most corrupt Asian country, Vietnam second, says Forbes
If the statistics furnished by the Transparency International (TI), an anti-corruption global civil society organisation, are anything to go by, India has a long way ahead to fulfil one of…
China bribe lands ex-Minister in jail, may face up to 10 years term
A New York banker who served as mining minister of the West African country of Guinea was jailed seven years at the weekend for laundering bribes from Chinese companies. Mahmoud…
Cannibalism scare terrifies South Africa community, Police arrest five, villagers admit eating human flesh
Fear has gripped the village of Shayamoya in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province after the discovery of a decapitated body. The family of Zanele Hlatshwayo, 25, who has been missing since…
Why Trump’s security adviser, Gorka, resigned
President Donald Trump’s fight against terrorism could suffer a setback following the resignation of a White House counter-terrorism adviser Sebastian Gorka. Gorka, seen as an outspoken and combative defender of…
Ambassador dies in swimming pool
A pall of grief has enveloped the diplomatic community as Russia’s ambassador to Sudan, Mirgayas Shirinskiy, was found dead in the swimming pool at his home in Khartoum, the Sudanese…
AfDB debars state-owned China firm for road project fraud in Africa
A China state-owned enterprise was debarred for at least a year by the African Development Bank (AfDB) Tuesday for lying about its past experience. Chongqing International Construction Corporation (CICO) “engaged…
Funmi Iyanda goes on stage for Oya Chronicles
Media personality, Funmi Iyanda, will be on stage at Kachette 347 Old St, London EC1V 9LP on Sunday, August 27 for Oya Chronicles: In Conversation With My Mother. The enchanting one night…