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Bayern keen on Villa’s Rogers – Sunday’s gossip

Today at 22:44 PM, via BBC News

Bayern Munich are keen on Aston Villa’s Morgan Rogers, Curtis Jones is preparing to leave Liverpool, and Real Madrid are considering appointing Jose Mourinho again.

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Iraola bowing out in style – where will he go next?

Today at 20:00 PM, via BBC News

Any suggestion of distraction following Andoni Iraola’s decision to leave Bournemouth was firmly dismissed by his players in their statement victory against Newcastle.

South Africa

University of Pretoria AI Professor Brings African Perspective to UN’s First Global Scientific Panel on Artificial Intelligence

Today at 19:14 PM, via iAfrica

For nearly a decade, Prof. Vukosi Marivate has been working to ensure that Africa shapes artificial intelligence rather than being shaped by it. His appointment to the United Nations Independent International Scientific Panel on Artificial Intelligence — the first global scientific body of its kind — has given that mission an international platform. Selected from […]

Africa

Six African athletes blocked from transfers to Turkey

Thursday at 16:58 PM, via BBC News

World Athletics rejects the applications of 11 elite athletes to switch their nationality to Turkey as the requests were “part of a coordinated recruitment strategy” by the country’s government “to attract overseas athletes through lucrative contracts”.

Business

South Africa’s best-kept secret is out

Today at 13:00 PM, via BusinessTech

Eva August, the CEO of Century 21 South Africa, says buyers and investors are starting to flock to KwaZulu-Natal’s North Coast.

Sport

Wilkinson pleased as Wales find a way to win

Today at 21:43 PM, via BBC News

Rhian Wilkinson is pleased to see Wales grind out victory despite a below-par performance in their Women’s World Cup qualifier in Albania.

Education

Nigeria: No Ban On Hijab During Utme, JAMB Insists

Yesterday at 13:40 PM, via AllAfrica

[Leadership] The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has reiterated that no candidate is prohibited from wearing the hijab during the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).

Science/Tech

Fewer US College Students Major in CS. More Choose Data Science, Engineering

Today at 22:34 PM, via Slashdot

“From 2008 to 2024, the number of four-year computer science degrees granted rose about fivefold…” reports the Washington Post. Then in 2025 CS suddenly dropped from the fourth-largest undergraduate major to sixth, they report (citing data from the nonprofit National Student Clearinghouse, which compiles numbers from 97% of U.S. universities. The 54,000-student drop was “the biggest one-year...

Science/Tech

US Congress Fails to Pass Long-Term FISA Extension, Authorizes It Through April 30

Today at 21:34 PM, via Slashdot

Yesterday the U.S. Congress approved “a short-term extension” of a FISA law that allows wiretaps without a warrant for surveilling foreign targets, reports CNN — but only until April 30. Republican congressional leaders had sought an 18-month extension, but “failed to secure” the votes after “clamoring from some of their members for reforms to protect Americans’ privacy.”The warrantless...

Science/Tech

30 WordPress Plugins Turned Into Malware After Ownership Change

Today at 20:34 PM, via Slashdot

Wednesday BleepingComputer reported that more than 30 WordPress plugins “have been compromised with malicious code that allows unauthorized access to websites running them.”A malicious actor planted the backdoor code last year but only recently started pushing it to users via updates, generating spam pages and causing redirects, as per the instructions received from the command-and-control (C2)...

Science/Tech

Fructose Isn’t Just Sugar. It Acts More Like a Hormone

Today at 19:34 PM, via Slashdot

Slashdot reader smazsyr writes: A new review says we’ve had fructose wrong for decades. The nine authors, led by Richard Johnson at the University of Colorado Anschutz, argue that fructose “is not just another calorie.” It is a signal. It tells the liver to make fat and brace for a famine that never comes. That made sense for a bear fattening up on autumn berries. It makes less sense for a...

Health

The Help That Many Older Americans Need Most

Today at 11:02 AM, via New York Times

With shortages of medical professionals and an aging population, thousands of community health care workers prevent older adults from falling through the cracks.