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EU unveils 210 billion euro plan to ditch Russian energy
The move comes as the block aims to reduce its dependency on Russian oil and gas imports.
WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2022, 20:44
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The move comes as the block aims to reduce its dependency on Russian oil and gas imports.
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The virus doesn’t usually spread easily and the risk to the UK population is low, officials say.
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Fragile ceasefire strained as rival PMs jostle for power amid talks in Cairo for future political process and elections.
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British citizen Alaa Abdel Fattah’s prison conditions are “inhumane”, the foreign secretary is told.
South Africa
Ideally, a 15kg carton of lemons takes 100, 113, or 138 lemons; with the current sizes, only 88 lemons fill up the boxes.
South Africa
Deputy Minister of Employment and Labour Boitumelo Moloi says there is an inter-governmental structure to monitor undocumented foreign nationals who expose their children to dangerous and hazardous work as a means of survival.
South Africa
The Communist Party of Swaziland called on “consistent mobilisation of the youth for total democracy”, against the backdrop of the assault of a student union leader by the military and police on Tuesday.
South Africa
The ongoing security personnel strikes continue to affect the one of the Matlosana Youth Care Centres in the North West.
World
Clashes between Tajik security forces and “terrorists” killed nine people and wounded two dozen in a restive region bordering Afghanistan and China, the interior ministry said.
World
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Wednesday criticized the Trump administration’s tariffs on China and voiced support for lifting the levies, in part to ease very high inflation pressuring the US economy.
World
Sgt. Vadim Shishimarin, 21, is facing the first war crimes trial since Russia invaded Ukraine. The Russian soldier could get life in prison for shooting a 62-year-old unarmed civilian in the head.
World
Britain’s Royal Mint has issued a commemorative 50 pence coin to mark the 50th anniversary of Pride UK.
Africa
Namibia could destroy at least 330 000 doses of the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine by October to add to the 318 000 doses, worth an estimated R27 million, that have already been destroyed since last year.
Africa
A study suggests that the virtual world platform could plug more than 40 billion US dollars into the African economy in its first decade.
Africa
They have been trapped in a zinc mine for the last month is still ongoing.
Africa
Paris St-Germain’s Idrissa Gueye refused to play in a match to avoid wearing a rainbow symbol in support of LGBTQ+ rights BBC Sport understands.
Business
Investec Property Fund may dispose of its stake in a pan-European logistics portfolio.
Business
Marius Reitz – bestuurder, Luno.
Business
Cobus de Bruyn – Hoof: Kliente waarde proposisies, Nedbank Landbou.
Business
Vusi Mona – bestuurder, Sanral.
Politics
Former Joburg Mayor Mpho Moerane has passed away. His family has confirmed this at the Milpark Hospital in Johannesburg.
Politics
Advocate Dali Mpofu, legal counsel to the Public Protector, Busisiwe Mkhwebane, has argued that suspending her while impeachment proceedings are ongoing would be punitive and damaging to her reputation.
Politics
The family of the former Johannesburg mayor and ANC Gauteng treasurer Mpho Moerane says he is unconscious.
Politics
DA deputy chief whip Siviwe Gwarube said this is an important step for transparency and accountability.
Sport
Legendary former Bafana Bafana defender Lucas Radebe has called for a major change in football administrative leadership with the looming South African Football Association elective congress.
Sport
The un-deserving Burger Odendaal’s final contribution for the Lions looks set to be his shocking off-load in last weekend’s Currie Cup derby at Loftus.
Sport
Rassie Erasmus just can’t help but tease World Rugby and the Director of Rugby was up to his old tricks this week.
Sport
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Education
“If you are black or a woman, you don’t see yourself fitting in,” a leading female physicist says.
Education
Two government advisers claim the subject seems ‘scary’ and ‘hard’, while academics warn of ‘mathematics anxiety’. Would changing a few names really help?
Name: Good question. Let’s go with “the discipline formerly known as maths”.
Age: About 2,500 years old.
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Education
The author, poet and playwright on why we should move away from Michael Gove-mandated lessons on fronted adverbials and back to unleashing the creative potential of children
I didn’t love reading at all when I was young. As a teacher, I loved it, and now as a reader, I love it. But I was put off the whole idea of words very early on.
Some years ago, I was made to do a key stage 2 (seven to 11...
Education
[The Point] We appreciate teachers now more than ever. Teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic has presented unimaginable challenges.
Lifestyle
Lifestyle
‘Don’t forget to thank God for your life,’ singer Makhadzi said after she escaped a shooting outside a gig over the weekend.
Lifestyle
Singers Rebecca Malope, Nomcebo Zikode, Winnie Khumalo and more stars have paid tribute to gospel singer Deborah Fraser this week.
Lifestyle
Meet the faces behind the ladies who made the Miss SA Top 30 list, announced on Monday 16 May. Take a look…
Entertainment
After watching the video which has now gone viral, tweeps have said that Quinton did not look like he was having a good time at the club.
Entertainment
If you’ve missed gawking at human cannonballs and unicycling clowns under a figurative big top while the smell of popcorn wafts through the air, you’re in luck: The Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey circus is being revived less than a decade after it shuttered.
Entertainment
Pearl Jam’s drummer Matt Cameron says his quotes in a “Rolling Stone” article that published about Taylor Hawkins’ final days were “taken out of context.”
Entertainment
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky appeared via video during opening night of the Cannes Film Festival in France, giving a speech about the importance of filmmaking in the midst of war.
Science/Tech
Some of more tech-savvy Democrats in the U.S. Senate are asking the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate identity-proofing company ID.me for “deceptive statements” the company and its founder allegedly made over how they handle facial recognition data collected on behalf of the Internal Revenue Service, which until recently required anyone seeking a new IRS account online to provide a...
Science/Tech
The way people buy automobiles is changing—so Honda and other manufacturers are adapting in kind.
Science/Tech
Napster has been acquired again, this time by two companies from the web3 sector: Hivemind and Algorand. “Dear friends, we are excited to share that we’ve taken Napster Group private, and to bring the iconic music brand to web3,” wrote Hivemind founder Matt Zhang on LinkedIn. From a report: “Volatile market and uncertain times often bring exciting opportunities. At Hivemind, we believe in...
Science/Tech
Zambia’s central bank said it refused to pay ransom to a group known as Hive that was behind a cybersecurity breach that caused minimal damage to its systems. From a report: “All of our core systems are still up and running,” Greg Nsofu, information and communications technology director at the Bank of Zambia, told reporters in Lusaka, the capital. “Not much sensitive data has actually been...
Motoring
Motoring
Motoring
Motoring
South African availability confirmed from the third quarter.
Health
Scientists and federal health officials are debating plans to pair coronavirus and flu vaccinations in the fall.
Health
Researchers analyzed the largest database of private insurance claims in the United States in the first four months after a diagnostic code for long Covid was created.
Health
Four years after the first buffer zone outside a clinic only two more have followed in England.
Health
International recruitment hits record high with nurse leaders warning about sustainability of trend.
Nature
Staff at a £14m recycling facility help manually sort through 85,000 tonnes of waste each year.
Nature
Efforts to protect these beautiful insects include driving electric tractors and hand-rearing them in a lab.
Nature
Rachel Hurst is a student at the University of East Anglia helping others to address their climate anxieties.
Nature
Scientists say more could have been done to make lateral flow tests widely recyclable.