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News24 | OUTsurance to deploy another R1.2bn to Irish venture

Today at 06:00 AM, via News24

OUTsurance expects to deploy another €60 million (R1.2 billion) to its Irish venture over the next six years as it continues to evolve into a fully fledged multi-national property and casualty insurer.

Africa

Nigeria’s kidnapping crisis

Yesterday at 12:06 PM, via Mail & Guardian

Nigeria has a mass kidnapping problem, and March has been an especially horrific month

Business

TC Chetty on why professionalism matters in the built-environment arena

Today at 04:04 AM, via Moneyweb

The head of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors in South Africa discusses the organisation’s drive for greater professionalism, accountability and ethics in the broader property sector. He also weighs in on the ‘tragic’ fortunes of Tongaat Hulett.

Sport

Ampadu eyes date with destiny and history

Today at 00:33 AM, via BBC News

Wales midfielder Ethan Ampadu will become the youngest Wales player to reach 50 caps if he faces Finland in Thursday’s Euro 2024 play-off.

Education

Robin Okey obituary

Yesterday at 21:35 PM, via The Guardian

My friend and colleague of 50 years, Robin Okey, who has died aged 81, was emeritus professor of history at the University of Warwick. He was a remarkable person in so many ways.

In 1966, Robin was one of the first appointments to the history department at the newly founded University of Warwick, holding the positions of lecturer, senior lecturer and professor of history until he retired in...

Education

Did you solve it? Lewis Carroll for insomniacs

Yesterday at 18:57 PM, via The Guardian

The answers to today’s puzzles

Earlier today I set these puzzles by Lewis Carroll, who as well as writing books like Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, was also a prolific puzzle setter.

1. The Chelsea Pensioners

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Science/Tech

Musk defends his use of ketamine

Today at 05:48 AM, via TechCentral

Elon Musk said that his prescribed use of ketamine alleviates periods of low mood and is in the best interest of investors.

Science/Tech

EPA Bans Chrysotile Asbestos

Today at 05:30 AM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Associated Press: The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday announced a comprehensive ban on asbestos, a carcinogen that kills tens of thousands of Americans every year but is still used in some chlorine bleach, brake pads and other products. The final rule marks a major expansion of EPA regulation under a landmark 2016 law that overhauled...

Science/Tech

US and Japan push for ban on nuclear weapons in space with UN security council resolution

Today at 04:03 AM, via The Guardian

UN chief António Guterres says risk of nuclear war has escalated and that ‘humanity cannot survive a sequel to Oppenheimer’

The US and Japan are sponsoring a UN security council resolution calling on all nations not to deploy or develop nuclear weapons in space, the US ambassador has announced.

Linda Thomas-Greenfield told a UN security council meeting that “any placement of nuclear weapons...

Health

When Medicaid Comes After the Family Home

Saturday at 15:56 PM, via New York Times

Federal law requires states to seek reimbursement from the assets, usually homes, of people who died after receiving benefits for long-term care.