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FRIDAY, 21 NOVEMBER 2025, 10:13

Business

National shutdown hitting South Africa today

Today at 09:02 AM, via BusinessTech

Friday, 21 November, marks the day of a planned national shutdown across the country, with thousands expected to down tools and stop working to bring attention to gender-based violence.

Education

Spain has too rosy a view of Franco’s regime. Let’s remind ourselves of its horrors | Giles Tremlett

Today at 07:00 AM, via The Guardian

Little is taught about the murderous, incompetent dictatorship – and now almost one in five young people say Franco was good for the country

At first sight, few suspected that Francisco Franco might become a strongman capable of imposing a brutal dictatorship across four decades. He was a short, squeaky voiced army officer with a shaky grasp on non-military matters and zero charisma. Yet he did...

Lifestyle

Meet your new Miss Universe, Fátima Bosch!

Today at 08:57 AM, via The South African

Miss Mexico Fátima Bosch was crowned Miss Universe 2025 at the finale of the pageant held in Thailand on Friday 21 November.

Science/Tech

Moss Spores Survive 9 Months Outside ISS

Today at 09:00 AM, via Slashdot

alternative_right shares a report from Phys.org: Inspired by moss’s resilience, researchers sent moss sporophytes — reproductive structures that encase spores — to the most extreme environment yet: space. Their results, published in the journal iScience on November 20, show that more than 80% of the spores survived nine months outside of the International Space Station (ISS) and made it back to...

Health

Is Scalp Care the New Big Beauty Trend?

Yesterday at 12:00 PM, via New York Times

Consumers are increasingly fixating on their scalps, turning to head spas, pricey treatments and products to combat thin hair and irritation.