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By 2023, the major hyperscalers (Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Meta) operated close to 992 data centres globally, with capacity having doubled in just four years

The hidden costs of AI’s data-centre boom’

By 2023, the major hyperscalers (Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Meta) operated close to 992 data centres globally, with capacity having doubled in just four years

Imbalance: The call for the United Nations Security Council reform is not just as an adjustment of seats and vetoes.  Photo: United Nations

The case for the reform of the UN

The two proposals reveal that reform debates are marked by a deeper theoretical divergence over whether global legitimacy hinges on balancing power or modernising institutions.

DhoM: Ms. Mirka Wendt, Mr. Jerzy Kotwica, Ambassador Pekka Metso

Finland celebrates national day with vision for deepened South African partnership

The Embassy of Finland in Pretoria marked its National Day on 2 December 2025 with a gathering that underscored both celebration and diplomatic intent. Hosted by Ambassador H.E.…

President Cyril Ramaphosa

South Africa’s wrestling match with Trump

South Africa has laid a solid foundation as G20 chair, undeterred by the US’s disruptions

US President Donald Trump said this week that the tariff is meant to address the trade imbalance between South Africa and the US. (Photo: Evan Vucci/AP/picture alliance)

MPs from around the world urge Trump to revoke order on SA

The group said the US president’s decision to suspend aid to South Africa was a regressive assault on the country’s sovereignty

The Nordic model holds some insight into how to close South Africa’s yawning income and wealth gap. Photographer: Tomi Setala/Bloomberg via Getty Images

From Helsinki to Joburg: Lessons in equality

The Nordic model holds some insight into how to close South Africa’s yawning income and wealth gap

Nancy Karigithu is one of seven contenders pitching for the top job at the International Maritime Organisation

Kenyan aims to be first woman, African to lead UN maritime body

Nancy Karigithu is one of seven contenders pitching for the top job at the International Maritime Organisation

A view of a Finland flag (C) and two North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) flags waving at the Finnish Foreign Ministry in Helsinki, Finland on April 04, 2023. Finland officially joined NATO on Tuesday (April 4) as Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto handed the signed accession treaty to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. (Photo by Jakob Johannsen/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

The consequences of Finland’s Nato move

Finland has joined Nato at a critical stage and Putin’s reaction will involve a range of measures, both military and technological

Prioritise: Education on the African continent is riddled with problems, which Graça Machel says is because policies change too frequently. (Finbarr O’Reilly/Reuters)

Continuity is key to fixing education

​The M&G went to the World Innovation Summit for Education to find out how other countries are dealing with education problems similar to SA’s

South Africa has dropped to number 31 out of 180 countries surveyed in the 2019 World Press Freedom Index. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

SA drops in World Press Freedom rankings

South Africa has dropped three places in the Press Freedom Index

Doin’ it for themselves: Five years ago the Jamaican women’s team was nonexistent but it has since come back to life and is competing once again. (Ronald Martinez/Getty Images/AFP)

Get up, stand up: Jamaica rises

Banyana’s face-off against the Reggae Girlz is an opportunity to leave the Cyprus Cup in the past

All gender but zero representation

Amnesty accuses Nordic states of failing rape survivors

An Amnesty report says flawed legislation, harmful myths and gender stereotypes had resulted in "endemic impunity" for perpetrators

These days, when he’s not drilling his team in minus 38-degree weather, Amokachi is home in Nigeria making brand videos or lobbying for African sides. (Paul Childs/Action Images/Reuters)

‘A black coach doesn’t say no to Europe’: What happens next for Daniel Amokachi

Daniel ‘The Bull’ Amokachi was one of African football’s first household names, powering Nigeria to Olympic glory in 1996

IEC chair Pansy Tlakula’s case highlights the clash of public versus private interests.

World Economic Forum: Gender inequality widening after decade of progress

In recent years, women have made significant progress towards equality in a number of areas but the global trend now seems to have made a U-turn

Thaw point: Finnish President Sauli Niinisto

Icy relations chill Finland

The country’s president is all too aware of the consequences of the meltdown in relations between Russia and the West.

Nokia has since dived headlong into change – and is yet to surface.

Finnish and klaar with the euro

Euroscepticism stalks Finland, the only country in the monetary union that has a stable rating.

Finland’s Prime Minister Jyrki Katainen gives a speech during an economy day of Germany’s conservative Christian Democratic Union.

Canny Finns weather euro storm

Tough-dealing Finland, not Greece, could be the first member to quit the monetary union, writes Josephine Moulds.

Finnish polls show Niinistoe in the lead for presidency

Finnish polls show Niinistoe in the lead for presidency

Conservative Sauli Niinistoe is on course for victory in the second round of Finland’s presidential vote on Sunday, with polls giving him a wide lead.

Nokia: Apple to pay royalties

Nokia: Apple to pay royalties, patent disputes end

Nokia said on Tuesday its competitor, Apple, has agreed to pay royalties for using Nokia technology in its devices, ending their patent disputes.

Nokia files new patent violation complaint against Apple

Nokia files new patent violation complaint against Apple

Nokia said on Tuesday it was filing a fresh complaint against Apple for patent infringement in "virtually all" of Apple’s devices.