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A Chinese national dubbed “one of the most prolific sex offenders of all time” by British police was sentenced to life in prison on Friday.

Russian officials said on Friday that debris from a Ukrainian drone hit a nuclear power plant a day earlier, temporarily causing the station to reduce its output.

MK Party MP Des van Rooyen has been appointed as the official opposition’s parliamentary caucus leader, replacing John Hlophe, who was suspended for promoting none other than Van Rooyen to chief whip without party leader Jacob Zuma’s approval.

Live Scottish Masters football from Aberdeen as players of yesteryear take to the pitch.

The student, the president of the school’s College Republicans club, said he reported immigrant carwash workers. Now he is facing online attacks after nine of the workers were detained.

In an extraordinary 12-page letter, James E. Ryan described the pressure campaign leading to his resignation as akin to a “hostage situation.”

[Ghanaian Times] The University of Ghana (UG) has officially launched the 100 Years of Highlife Music in Ghana celebration, marking a century of the country’s most iconic musical genre.

[Vanguard] The House of Representatives has directed the Federal Ministry of Education and the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) to suspend the planned commencement of Computer-Based Testing (CBT) for the 2026 examination with immediate effect.

BrianFagioli writes: Logitech has confirmed a cybersecurity breach after an intruder exploited a zero-day in a third-party software platform and copied internal data. The company says the incident did not affect its products, manufacturing or business operations, and it does not believe sensitive personal information like national ID numbers or credit card data were stored in the impacted...

According to CNBC, JPMorgan Chase has secured deals ensuring it will get paid by the fintech firms responsible for nearly all the data requests made by third-party apps connected to customer bank accounts. From the report: The bank has signed updated contracts with the fintech middlemen that make up more than 95% of the data pulls on its systems, including Plaid, Yodlee, Morningstar and Akoya,...

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: On Thursday evening, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman posted on X that ChatGPT has started following custom instructions to avoid using em dashes. “Small-but-happy win: If you tell ChatGPT not to use em-dashes in your custom instructions, it finally does what it’s supposed to do!” he wrote. The post, which came two days after the release of OpenAI’s...

She maintained a triangular correspondence with the two men, who overshadowed the significant contributions she made to the field of psychoanalysis.

A gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy caused complications to the liver, prompting a review of its use for younger patients.

Under the plan, the company will dissolve and its owners, members of the Sackler family, will pay as much as $7 billion of their personal fortune to states, localities, tribes and others harmed in the opioid crisis.

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.