Private equity firm veritas capital has thrown its hat into the ring, extending an offer to acquire Blackberry. Blackberry, once renowned for its iconic business smartphones, has undergone a transformation over the years. The company pivoted away from its smartphone business, instead focusing on software for cars and cybersecurity. The private equity firm, with a penchant for government-focused tech investments, has made an offer to acquire blackberry in its entirety. Details of the offer remain confidential, but sources indicate that Blackberry is actively engaged in discussions with other potential buyers as well.

Veritas capital offers to buy Blackberry

On Friday, there was a widespread loss of energy, which the electricity distribution company Kenya Power attributed to "a system disturbance."

Kenyan minister apologises after main airport hit with power outage

The military in Niger deposed the nation's democratically elected president, Mohamed Bazoum, exactly one month ago. Following Mali, Guinea, and Burkina Faso, Niger had its fourth military coup in West Africa since 2020 on Wednesday, July 26.

Niger's military Junta supporters celebrate coup's one month

Just weeks before Special Counsel Jack Smith filed charges against former President Trump for allegedly handling classified documents, the White House counsel's office met with a key member of his staff, raising serious doubts about coordinated legal actions against President Biden's likely opponent in 2024.

Biden staffers met with Special Counsel Jack Smith’s aides before Trump indictment

Days after Yevgeny Prigozhin, the commander of the Wagner mercenary group, and some of his lieutenants were rumored to have perished in an aircraft crash, President Vladimir Putin ordered the group's warriors to swear loyalty to the Russian state.

Putin orders Wagner fighters to sign oath of allegiance to Russia

Niger: Citizens gather to celebrate one month of Junta rule

The news that Kaja Kallas' husband owns a portion of a business that has continued to operate in Russia since Moscow invaded Ukraine put her under pressure to quit on Friday.

Estonia PM Kallas under pressure to quit over husband's Russia ties

According to local authorities, a white man wearing a mask shot and killed three Black persons in a store in Florida, in the south of the United States. The man, who is believed to be in his 20s but has not yet been identified, entered the Dollar General store armed with a handgun and an assault-style rifle while wearing body armor, according to the sheriff's office in Jacksonville.

US: Gunman kills three black people in Jacksonville

Nadine Dorries, a former minister and Tory MP, resigned from the Commons after accusing Rishi Sunak of "demeaning his office" by criticizing her.

UK: Tory MP and former Minister Nadine Dorries resigns

The decision to expel the ambassador was made in response to acts taken by the French government that were "contrary to the interests of Niger," according to a statement from the foreign ministry established by the junta. It claimed that among them was the envoy's denial of a request to speak with Niger's new foreign minister.

Junta: Response to France's action's contrary to Niger's interests

Later this month, US Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo will travel to China to meet with top Chinese officials. On Tuesday, the US Department of Commerce revealed that Raimondo would visit Beijing and Shanghai from August 27 to 30.

Raimondo's four-day visit to Shanghai and Beijing to begin on Sunday

It is one of India's most ambitious space missions the race to land on the moon. India is set to make history by joining the elite space Club of Nations to land on the lunar surface. Chandrayaan-3 will land soon on Wednesday informed ISRO though its social media handle.

Chandrayaan-3: After soft-landing on moon, ISRO to study sun from afar

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has arrived in Greece for a historic visit. Both countries are hoping to boost their bilateral ties.

India-Greece announce strategic partnership

For the first time, the Y chromosome has been entirely sequenced by researchers, revealing data that may have repercussions for the investigation of male infertility and other health issues. Less than 1% of the DNA from what scientists refer to as "modern humans" and neanderthals is different.

Researchers fully sequence the Y chromosome for the first time

Anyone who crosses Putin either dies or disappears, or is jailed. The Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin has died in a plane crash. This comes 2 months after Wagner led an unsuccessful mutiny against Putin's aide. Why did Putin wait so long to strike?

Wagner Chief killed on Kremlin orders?

As scores of armed police guard the national results center, the scene of terrible violence during the previous election five years ago, Zimbabweans wait anxiously for the results of the general elections.

EU: Acts of violence and intimidation amid elections | Zimbabwe Elections

On Thursday, passengers aboard a local Myanmar flight from Tachileik to Yangon assisted a pregnant woman in giving birth to a girl.

Myanmar: Passengers help woman deliver baby girl mid-flight

A top police official has confirmed that Vikas Malu, the director of the Kuber group, was one of the passengers in the Rolls Royce that caught fire after colliding with a fuel tanker in Haryana's Nuh district on Tuesday. The driver and the helper of the heavy truck were killed when an oil tanker being driven on the wrong side collided with a speeding Rolls Royce on the Delhi-Mumbai-Baroda Expressway in Nuh district, according to authorities. The accident happened within the boundaries of the Nagina police station, close to Umri Village.

Nuh, Haryana: Speeding Rolls-Royce crashes into oil tanker | India

On Saturday, Indian Space Research Organization's Telemetry, Tracking and Command Center in Bengaluru's Peenya industrial district was visited by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. PM Modi met with Isro scientists there and expressed his congratulations on the Chandrayaan-3 lander's successful landing on the Moon's surface on August 23.

India: PM Modi lauds Chandrayaan-3 heroes, announces August 23 as 'National Space Day'

The inability of the museum to effectively heed earlier warnings "must ultimately rest with the director," according to the British museum's director since 2016, Hartwig Fischer. Now, he is no longer in his job.

British Museum director Hartwig Fischer quits over stolen treasures

A terrifying image of a strange naked "wolf man," who authorities think has lived in the woods for at least five years, was taken on Tuesday by hikers in Germany's Harz Mountains.

Mysterious naked 'wolfman' spotted in Germany's Harz mountains

Donald Trump's election campaign for 2024 has now made money off the viral images by putting them on t-shirts and coffee mugs, just after the first-ever mug shot of a former American president was made public.

US: Donald Trump's Georgia mugshot becomes a campaign symbol

The highest average temperature the Milano Brera weather station has ever recorded since it began keeping track of temperatures in 1763 was 91.4 degrees Fahrenheit on Wednesday. The previous high for the city in northern Italy was 91 degrees, which was set in 2003 during a deadly heat wave that claimed more than 70,000 lives throughout Europe.

Heat in Northern Europe breaks previous record set in 2003

In response to a claim made by the spokesperson for China's foreign ministry that Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India had requested that President Xi Jinping of that nation speak with him, Indian official sources have clarified that it was China that had made the request.

Beijing: Border issue not all of India-China bilateral relations | India-China Border Talks

A successful launch to the International Space Station from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 3:27 a.m. EDT on Saturday, August 26, put a crew of four from four different nations in orbit.

NASA sends four astronauts to international space station

On Friday, the Danish government unveiled a draft that might outlaw public Quran burning. The action sends a "important political signal" to the rest of the globe, according to Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen on Danish radio.

Denmark proposes bill that could see ban on Quran burnings

On the eve of the 15th BRICS Summit, Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in Johannesburg and expressed his congratulations to Iran for joining BRICS. China, according to Xi, is prepared to step up its collaboration with Iran on the BRICS and other multilateral platforms in order to promote the strong and healthy growth of multilateralism.

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi hails invitation to join BRICS

In a major development in the field of nature conservation, environment leaders from 185 countries gathered in Canada's Vancouver on Thursday to launch a global fund for protecting the nature from catastrophic events like climate change.

Financial boost to conservation efforts

The coronavirus pandemic and rising inflation has pushed close to 70 million more people in Asia's developing countries into extreme poverty. An Asian development bank report shows that 155.2 million people in Asia's developing countries lived in extreme poverty last year. That's about 67.8 million more people than would have been the case without the covid-19 pandemic and the cost-of-living crisis.

Extreme poverty rises in Asia

During a visit to Kyiv on Thursday, the Norwegian prime minister stated that Norway would contribute F-16 combat aircraft to Ukraine, joining an initiative spearheaded by the Netherlands and Denmark.

Norway gives F-16 jets to Ukraine, joining Denmark, Netherlands

Spicejet, one of India's budget airlines, is facing a storm of financial challenges. As the airline battles a legal dispute with its former owner, the stakes have risen even higher with a court order demanding payment.

Spicejet's troubles deepen as payment deadline looms

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