News South Africa

‘A minor can never consent to sex,’ warns expert amid alarming spike in sexual abuse by teachers

South Korea’s coast guard launched an investigation into a ferry that ran aground overnight, arresting the first officer and an Indonesian crew member for suspected gross negligence, officers said.

A fire that forced the evacuation on Thursday of the site hosting the UN’s COP30 climate talks in Belem, Brazil, has been brought under control, causing no injuries, tourism minister Celso Sabino said.

The girl hid in a toilet; another managed to sneak away. Security forces are still trying to rescue the 24 girls who were abducted in northwestern Nigeria.

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia — The Director General of the Civil Service Agency (CSA), Josiah F. Joekai, Jr. has urged graduates of the Adler University Class 2025 to go boldly, calling on them to take what they have learned, wrap it in purpose, and go out there and change the world.

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia — Former University of Liberia student leader and current Special Assistant at the Ministry of Justice, Siaffa Bahn Kemokai II, has called on veterans of the Student Unification Party (SUP) to reclaim ownership of the movement and recommit themselves to its ideological foundation.

[FrontPageAfrica] Margibi County — A Liberian educator Prince S. D. Marley has called on graduates of the Unification Town YMCA Community High School in Lower Margibi County to cultivate self-confidence as they pursue higher education.

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Google’s meme-friendly Nano Banana image-generation model is getting an upgrade. The new Nano Banana Pro is rolling out with improved reasoning and instruction following, giving users the ability to create more accurate images with legible text and make precise edits to existing images. It’s available to everyone in the Gemini app, but free...

It is a time of superlatives in the tech industry, with historic profits, stock prices and deal prices. It’s enough to make some people very nervous.

An anonymous reader shares a report: Epishine, a company that makes solar cells optimized for indoor lighting, has announced its technology is being used in a new remote control for Google TV devices, as spotted by 9to5Google. The remote will rely on rechargeable batteries instead of disposable ones, and thanks to the use of solar cells on both sides it may only run out of power when it gets...

ByHeart, the maker of the product, has been linked to an outbreak of illnesses among infants that led to their hospitalizations.

A previous version denied a link between vaccines and autism. It now echoes the doubts about that conclusion voiced by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

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

The virus circulating this year is more virulent and has been spreading faster and earlier than usual.

Eskom and the City of Johannesburg are still in discussions about how the metro will resolve its outstanding debt, says CEO Dan Marokane.

A peer-reviewed study, published in the journal Nature, found that the carbon emissions stemming from 111 of the world’s biggest fossil fuel producers resulted in at least $28 trillion in economic losses in the three decades to 2020, writes Nick Hedley.

The challenging global context has not deterred our commitment to the Just Energy Transition Partnership, writes the International Partners group.

Three organisations have partnered to showcase and display a block made from recovered glass and building rubble waste.