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South Africa

LIVE | Senzo Meyiwa murder trial

Today at 11:12 AM, via SABC News

The Senzo Meyiwa murder trial is continuing  in the High Court in Pretoria on Monday.

World

Five dead in suicide bombing in Pakistan

Today at 09:00 AM, via BBC News

Authorities have described the attack as a “foiled terrorist plot”, noting that the attackers were gunned down at the gate.

Africa

Sri Lanka & Zimbabwe in Pakistan 2025

Yesterday at 21:01 PM, via BBC News

Fixtures, results and scorecards from Sri Lanka’s ODI tour of Pakistan, and the Twenty20 tri-series that follows which also involves Zimbabwe.

Education

University students in England get two-thirds of funding of a decade ago, analysis finds

Today at 08:00 AM, via The Guardian

University leaders says planned levy on international student fees will leave many institutions even worse off

University students in England get just two-thirds of the funding they would have received a decade ago, after inflation and government cuts have reduced the resources available for teaching, according to vice-chancellors.

University leaders said the situation was likely to get worse...

Education

Tanzania: Tanzania Fast-Tracks Completion of 65 New VETA Colleges By 2026

Today at 05:59 AM, via AllAfrica

[Daily News] Morogoro — THE Tanzanian government is fast-tracking the expansion of technical and vocational education to equip young Tanzanians with practical skills, with a focus on constructing and upgrading infrastructure at Vocational Education and Training Authority (VETA) colleges.

Education

Nigeria: 50 Pupils Kidnapped From Nigerian School Escape Captivity

Today at 05:58 AM, via AllAfrica

[RFI] Fifty of the more than 300 students kidnapped from a Nigerian Catholic school last week have escaped, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) said Sunday, as Pope Leo appealed for them all to be immediately released.

Science/Tech

How An MIT Student Awed Top Economists With His AI Study – Until It All Fell Apart

Today at 11:34 AM, via Slashdot

In May MIT announced “no confidence” in a preprint paper on how AI increased scientific discovery, asking arXiv to withdraw it. The paper, authored by 27-year-old grad student Aidan Toner-Rodgers, had claimed an AI-driven materials discovery tool helped 1,018 scientists at a U.S. R&D lab. But within weeks his academic mentors “were asking an unthinkable question,” reports the Wall Street...

Science/Tech

A smarter path to FSCA compliance

Today at 11:02 AM, via ITWeb

Compliance shouldn’t feel like an annual scramble. It should be continuous, understandable and actionable, says Mauritz du Toit, CEO of Infotech Integrated Solutions.

Health

U.S. Introduces New Female Crash-Test Dummy Standards

Today at 01:04 AM, via New York Times

A female crash-test dummy to replace an outdated model largely based on male proportions would improve safety for women, who face higher fatality and injury risks on the road, officials said.