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Greater belief inspiring British progress – Cairess

Today at 19:22 PM, via BBC News

Emile Cairess says British athletes now have the “belief” that they can compete with the world’s best before he targets Mohamed Farah’s national record at the 2026 London Marathon.

Sport

Celtic to appeal against Trusty red card

Today at 19:28 PM, via BBC News

Celtic will contest the decision to send off defender Auston Trusty in Sunday’s 2-2 Scottish Premiership draw against Hearts at Tynecastle.

Education

Rwanda: Universities Roll Out EU-Backed Digital Logistics Training

Today at 19:32 PM, via AllAfrica

[New Times] Rwandan universities have partnered with European institutions to roll out a new European Union-funded project aimed at upgrading logistics and transport education through digital skills, modern laboratories and industry-linked training, in a bid to better prepare graduates for a fast-changing labour market.

Education

Rwanda: UR Welcomes 422 New Mastercard Foundation Scholars, Celebrates First Cohort of Graduates

Today at 19:32 PM, via AllAfrica

[New Times] University of Rwanda (UR) has welcomed 422 new Mastercard Foundation Scholars while celebrating the graduation of 38 students from the program’s first cohort, marking key milestones in a decade-long partnership aimed at developing the next generation of transformative leaders, through supporting young Africans to access quality education and cultivate their leadership potential.

Science/Tech

Television Turns 100

Today at 20:10 PM, via Slashdot

Television marks its centenary today, exactly 100 years after Scottish inventor John Logie Baird first demonstrated his electro-mechanical system to journalists and members of the Royal Institution in a cramped attic workshop above what is now Bar Italia in London’s Soho. On January 26, 1926, small groups of visitors climbed to 22 Frith Street and watched fuzzy images of a ventriloquist’s dummy...

Science/Tech

How a 15,000-Person Island Stumbled Into a $70 Million AI Windfall

Today at 19:30 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader shares a report: From Sandisk shareholders to vibe coders, AI is making — and breaking — fortunes at a rapid pace. One unlikely beneficiary has been the British Overseas Territory of Anguilla, which lucked into a future fortune when ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, gave the island the “.ai” top-level domain in the mid-1990s. Indeed, since...

Science/Tech

Fixing Retail With Land Value Capture

Today at 18:50 PM, via Slashdot

The independent coffee shops and quirky boutiques that make neighborhoods like Hayes Valley in San Francisco or Williamsburg in Brooklyn desirable are caught in a frustrating economic trap: they create value that ends up in the pockets of nearby homeowners rather than their own cash registers. An essay in Works in Progress magazine argues that when an interesting new store or restaurant opens,...

Science/Tech

SKC Capital Announces Upcoming G4 Token IEO Amid Strong Market Interest

Today at 18:47 PM, via Tech Financials

Global — SKC Capital today announced the upcoming Initial Exchange Offering (IEO) of the G4 Token, as market interest continues to build ahead of its official launch. The announcement comes at a time of heightened global economic uncertainty, with the G4 Token attracting significant attention from both institutional and individual investors. Since its launch, the […]

Health

What does it take to be a prison officer?

Today at 15:30 PM, via BBC News

In a recent survey, 72% of prison officers say they are frequently stressed at work, 42% say they have been assaulted at least once. So what motivates them – and how do they cope?