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Made in Palestine

Today at 05:00 AM, via Al Jazeera

Made in Palestine is a documentary short set inside the Hirbawi textile factory.

Africa

Nigeria win to book spot in Wafcon quarter-finals

Yesterday at 23:44 PM, via BBC News

Nigeria net a late winner against Botswana to become the first side to book a place in the quarter-finals at the 2024 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations.

Politics

Mchunu: Murmers of a cabinet reshuffle

Yesterday at 16:10 PM, via Mail & Guardian

Parties have called for the president to take action regarding allegations against the police minister

Sport

Wenger defends ‘fantastic’ Club World Cup

Today at 00:34 AM, via BBC News

Arsene Wenger responds to Jurgen Klopp’s claims that the Club World Cup is “the worst idea ever invented”, saying teams are in favour of the “fantastic competition”.

Education

Nigeria: Just-in – FCT Primary School Teachers Suspend Strike

Yesterday at 20:16 PM, via AllAfrica

[Leadership] Public primary school teachers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) will return to classrooms on Wednesday, July 9, 2025, after the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) suspended its nearly four-month-old strike.

Science/Tech

It’s 12ft tall, covered in feathers and has been extinct for 600 years – can the giant moa bird really be resurrected?

Today at 06:00 AM, via The Guardian

Colossal Bioscience is adding the extinct animal to its revival wishlist, joining the woolly mammoth, dodo and thylacine. But scepticism is growing

Standing more than three metres (10ft) high, the giant moa is the tallest bird known to have walked on Earth. For thousands of years, the wingless herbivore patrolled New Zealand, feasting on trees and shrubs, until the arrival of humans. Today,...

Science/Tech

AI-Trained Surgical Robot Removes Pig Gallbladders Without Any Human Help

Today at 05:30 AM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: Automated surgery could be trialled on humans within a decade, say researchers, after an AI-trained robot armed with tools to cut, clip and grab soft tissue successfully removed pig gall bladders without human help. The robot surgeons were schooled on video footage of human medics conducting operations using organs taken from dead pigs. In...

Science/Tech

Ohio City Using AI-Equipped Garbage Trucks To Scan Your Trash, Scold You For Not Recycling

Today at 04:02 AM, via Slashdot

The city of Centerville, Ohio has deployed AI-enabled garbage trucks that scan residents’ trash and send personalized postcards scolding them for improper recycling. Dayton Daily News reports: “Reducing contamination in our recycling system lowers processing costs and improves the overall efficiency of our collection,” City Manager Wayne Davis said in a statement regarding the AI pilot program....