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Africa

Who has been called up for Afcon 2025?

Friday at 20:38 PM, via BBC News

Find out who has been called up for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco from 21 December to 18 January.

Education

Young unemployed to be offered work in construction and hospitality in UK

Yesterday at 14:34 PM, via The Guardian

About 350,000 new places to be offered to ‘neets’ with ‘sanctions’ levied for those who do not engage, says DWP

Young unemployed people will be offered training or job opportunities in construction, care and hospitality as part of a UK government scheme, but could have their benefits cut if they do not take up offers.

Pat McFadden, the work and pensions secretary, announced on Sunday that...

Education

Nigel Farage should apologise after racism allegations, says former watchdog head

Yesterday at 13:52 PM, via The Guardian

Kishwer Falkner says Reform leader should apologise to people who say he targeted them at school, even if he rejects being deliberately racist

Nigel Farage should offer an unreserved apology to people who allege he targeted them with racist or antisemitic behaviour while at school, the outgoing head of the government’s equalities watchdog has said.

Kishwer Falkner, a crossbench peer who has...

Entertainment

No-filter podcast stars SNG head to Mzansi

Today at 07:08 AM, via The Citizen

UK podcast stars Shxtsngigs, or SNG for short, are finally making good on promises and coming to Mzansi for unfiltered chinwags.

Science/Tech

Linguists start compiling first ever complete dictionary of ancient Celtic

Today at 07:00 AM, via The Guardian

More than 1,000 words used as far back as 325BC to be collected for insight into past linguistic landscape

It is not likely to be a hefty volume because the vast majority of the material has been lost in the mists of time. But the remnants of a language spoken in parts of the UK and Ireland 2,000 years ago are being collected for what is being billed as the first complete dictionary of ancient...

Science/Tech

All of Russia’s Porsches Were Bricked By a Mysterious Satellite Outage

Today at 06:36 AM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader shared this report from Autoblog:Imagine walking out to your car, pressing the start button, and getting absolutely nothing. No crank, no lights on the dash, nothing. That’s exactly what happened to hundreds of Porsche owners in Russia last week. The issue is with the Vehicle Tracking System, a satellite-based security system that’s supposed to protect against theft....

Science/Tech

Can This Simple Invention Convert Waste Heat Into Electricity?

Today at 04:40 AM, via Slashdot

Nuclear engineer Lonnie Johnson worked on NASA’s Galileo mission, has more than 140 patents, and invented the Super Soaker water gun.But now he’s working on “a potential key to unlock a huge power source that’s rarely utilized today,” reports the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. [Alternate URL here.] Waste heat…The Johnson Thermo-Electrochemical Converter, or JTEC, has few moving parts, no...

Motoring

Problems for Afrikaans Uber in South Africa

Yesterday at 10:23 AM, via TopAuto

While it recently celebrated its 1st birthday, Afrikaans e-hailing service Wanatu is being criticised for not fixing its buggy app and charging users exorbitant fees.

Motoring

Toyota unveils new Lexus LFA supercar

Yesterday at 07:00 AM, via TopAuto

Toyota’s luxury sub-brand Lexus has unveiled a successor to the legendary LFA supercar, with a twist.

Health

The Married Scientists Torn Apart by a Covid Bioweapon Theory

Yesterday at 12:00 PM, via New York Times

In 2020, a Chinese virologist fled to the United States, aided by allies of President Trump who sought to promote her unproven theories about the origins of Covid-19. Her husband still can’t find her.

Health

Chuck Kesey, Probiotic Yogurt Pioneer, Dies at 87

Saturday at 00:40 AM, via New York Times

The younger brother of Ken Kesey, the novelist and counterculture luminary, he turned a defunct creamery into what is now Nancy’s Probiotic Foods.