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A mix of stories lead Wednesday’s front pages, including fresh hopes for changes to travel quarantine rules.

All you need to know from Euro 2020 with standings, results, remaining group fixtures and who awaits who in the last 16.

Scotland fans endure joyous highs and familiar lows as the Euros campaign ends in defeat by Croatia.

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases noted an increase of 575 hospital admissions reported in the past 24 hours.

Nearly 8 000 people living on and around the railway lines on Cape Town’s central line have been fingered as the spanner in the works in the battle to get the defunct route back up and running.

The state spent over R57 billion on state capture contracts involving the Gupta enterprise.

There are growing concerns as more people get arrested for violating the country’s COVID- 19 regulations. It means many will end up with a criminal record.

The legislation – which sought to make it easier for Americans to vote by post – fails in the Senate.

The United States government has seized dozens of US website domains connected to Iran, linked to what the US says are disinformation efforts, a US national security official told CNN.

Southern African leaders will meet in Maputo for the day-long summit, against the backdrop of an insurgency regional leaders have labelled as ‘terrorism’.

Zimbabwe expects to receive 2.5 million Covid-19 vaccines from China by the end of this month.

Rebel forces claim to have seized several towns, which the army has dismissed as “fake news”.

Trabzonspor’s Nigerian footballer Anthony Nwakaeme says he smiles at racists fans in order to silence them.

JSE-listed property fund welcomes the government’s planned easing of licensing regulations around independent or private renewable energy projects.

‘Double whammy’ sees City Bowl market under unprecedented pressure.

VALR has just launched an instant payments system that allows customers to send rands via mobile or email – at no charge.

Recovery in share price since 2019 and special dividend boost returns.

Concerns about socioeconomic well-being were the main reason why people voted for a certain political party.

The African National Congress (ANC) in the Eastern Cape is moving to quell tensions at branch level as there have been violent incidents already linked to branch meetings.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on South Africans to shed themselves of the culture of “not getting things done on time”, saying “it’s like a disease”.

Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has faced pressing questions in the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) about the escape of fugitive Shepherd Bushiri. The self-proclaimed prophet fled South Africa in 2020.

Luka Modric inspired Croatia to a 3-1 win over Scotland on Tuesday that took the World Cup runners-up through to the last 16 of Euro 2020.

England found an attacking spark to beat the Czech Republic 1-0 at Wembley on Tuesday and clinch top spot in Group D at Euro 2020.

Owen Farrell may be on the bench for the British and Irish Lions warm-up match against Japan in Edinburgh on Saturday, but coach Warren Gatland expects him to be a key figure in the combined side’s upcoming tour of South Africa.

The Lions veteran says SA Rugby’s decision to play the tournament over a double round has its challenges, but also illustrates that the governing body still acknowledges its importance.

Attempt to enlist schoolchildren in day celebrating British values criticised on social media

The government has been criticised on social media after supporting a campaign encouraging schoolchildren to commemorate “One Britain One Nation” day on Friday.

A tweet from the Department for Education said it was encouraging schools across the UK to celebrate the day and featured a link to...

Police officers at the University of Washington in Seattle, regarded as one of the nation’s most progressive cities, said they were the target of racist insults and harassment.

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MPs ought to be embarrassed by a stunt designed to whip up animosity without addressing real problems of inequality and disadvantage

The chairman of parliament’s education select committee has produced a report designed not to illuminate a problem but divert attention from it. Conservative MP Robert Halfon and his colleagues think that “white working-class” pupils have fallen behind...

Pretty Yende said she was ‘traumatized’ after being ‘stripped and searched like a criminal offender’ by police.

Fans are in absolute awe of Harriet Manamela’s stellar performance as a distraught Meikie on Monday night.

Julia Michaels has warned online trolls not to make comments about her appearance after posting a photo in which her armpit hair is on display.

Drinking coffee every day could help reduce your risk of developing or dying from chronic liver disease.

The world may hear from Britney Spears regarding her court-ordered conservatorship in a hearing on Wednesday.

Rachel Zegler is going from the West Side to Disney.

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Delegates will vote on a resolution pledging “all resources necessary” for efforts to unionize the retail giant.

The variant is gaining traction worldwide. But vaccines are driving down coronavirus case numbers in the U.S., and it’s unclear whether Delta will reverse that trend.

People ages 18 to 26 have been slow to get their shots, aides to President Biden said, ruling out the possibility of getting 70 percent of adults at least partly vaccinated by Independence Day.

His work in creating a method to build complex organic molecules applied to everything from pharmaceutical manufacturing to electronics.

More than 90 countries are using Covid shots from China. Experts say recent infections in those places should serve as a cautionary tale in the global effort to fight the disease.

Shenzhou-12 docked with the new Tiangong space station as part of China’s longest crewed mission to date.

China successfully launches the Shenzhou-12 capsule, containing crew for the country’s new space station.

A new study suggests killer whales may socialise with each other based on age and gender.

Thai has dedicated his life to educating the Vietnamese public about pangolin conservation.