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Paid the ultimate price, only for a half-baked Bill

Today at 06:15 AM, via Mail & Guardian

The new whistleblower Bill is progressive but the consultation period (which closes on 14 May 2024) should be used to push for improved legal aid access, stronger independent support structures, robust data security, additional support measures and pre-emptive protections

South Africa

President Ramaphosa undertakes Working Visit to Spain

Yesterday at 21:25 PM, via SAnews

President Ramaphosa undertakes Working Visit to Spain

President Cyril Ramaphosa undertook a Working Visit to the Kingdom of Spain on Wednesday night.“His Excellency President Cyril Ramaphosa is this evening undertaking a working visit to the Kingdom of Spain, where the President will have an audience with the King of Spain, His Majesty Felipe VI, and a bilateral engagement with...

Sport

Currie departs role as Portadown manager

Today at 06:12 AM, via BBC News

Niall Currie leaves his role as Portadown boss with immediate effect with two games of the Irish Premiership season remaining.

Sport

Why both Champions League semi-finals are hard to call

Today at 00:57 AM, via BBC News

Champions League analysts Stephen Warnock, Nedum Onouha and Julien Laurens look at why the semi-finals between PSG & Bayern Munich and Atletico Madrid & Arsenal are both really hard to call who will win.

Sport

Is Slot still searching for his ideal Liverpool starting XI?

Today at 00:49 AM, via BBC News

Champions League analysts Stephen Warnock and Nedum Onuoha feel Arne Slot’s Liverpool do not have a definitive starting XI and style of play like other clubs around Europe, following their elimination from the competition at the hands of PSG.

Sport

Is Arteta right in talk around Arsenal form?

Today at 00:41 AM, via BBC News

Champions League analysts Stephen Warnock, Nedum Onouha and Julien Laurens believe Mikel Arteta is trying to “convince” the Arsenal fanbase that concerns around his team’s form are overblown, after Arsenal qualified for the semi-finals in nervy fashion against Sporting.

Education

English councils need to hire 1,400 more educational psychologists, says report

Today at 01:01 AM, via The Guardian

Rising demand from children with special needs means the £140m required could come from government grants

Councils in England need to hire 1,400 more educational psychologists at a cost of £140m to meet demand from children with special needs such as autism, according to a new report.

Research by the Education Policy Institute (EPI) found huge regional variations and chronic shortages in...

Lifestyle

[Watch] Malema shows PDA to wife in court

Yesterday at 22:54 PM, via The South African

What divorce? EFF leader Julius Malema hugged and kissed his wife, Mantoa Matlala, in court during his pre-sentencing hearing…

Entertainment

Pappas’ departure would be a tragedy for DA

Today at 06:00 AM, via The Citizen

It would be a tragedy if insider talk proves true and Pappas’ imminent departure is the result of friction with Dean Macpherson.

Science/Tech

Effect of ‘gamechanger’ Alzheimer’s drugs ‘trivial’, review concludes

Today at 02:00 AM, via The Guardian

Data assessed from 17 clinical trials of anti-amyloid drugs found no ‘meaningful effect’ on cognitive decline

Drugs that have been hailed as a gamechanger for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease make no noticeable difference to patients, according to an extensive review.

The analysis of clinical trials in people with mild cognitive impairment or mild dementia found that the effects of...

Science/Tech

Boston Dynamics’ Robot Dog Can Now Read Gauges, Spot Spills, and Reason

Today at 01:00 AM, via Slashdot

Boston Dynamics has integrated Google DeepMind into its robotic dog Spot, giving it more autonomous reasoning for industrial inspections like spotting spills and reading gauges. Spot can also now recognize when to call on other AI tools. IEEE Spectrum reports: Boston Dynamics is one of the few companies to commercially deploy legged robots at any appreciable scale; there are now several...

Motoring

New electric buses coming to Cape Town

Yesterday at 16:25 PM, via TopAuto

The City of Cape Town has announced that it will soon take delivery of its first electric buses for the MyCiti service.

Health

Nature Is Still Molding Human Genes, Study Finds

Yesterday at 17:00 PM, via New York Times

Some researchers hold that evolution hasn’t much altered humans in the past 10,000 years. A new analysis of ancient DNA indicates that natural selection continued to shape hundreds of genes.

Health

In Defense of Dumb Dogs

Yesterday at 16:00 PM, via New York Times

Your pet is (probably) not a genius, and that’s OK.