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THURSDAY, 25 DECEMBER 2025, 22:58

Africa

Mbeumo & Wissa ‘inspiring’ – Ouattara

Yesterday at 00:11 AM, via BBC News

As he competes at Afcon 2025 with Burkina Faso, Dango Ouattara says Bryan Mbeumo and Yoane Wissa inspired him to become the latest African to star for Brentford.

Education

Ukrainian refugee leaves UK sixth-form college that urged her ‘to study Russian’

Today at 10:34 AM, via The Guardian

Kateryna Endeberia says teachers made the ‘hurtful’ request when she had difficulty with other subjects

A Ukrainian refugee has been forced to drop out of sixth-form college after she said she was put under pressure to study Russian.

Kateryna Endeberia moved to Stoke-on-Trent after fleeing Ukraine in 2022, after the start of Russia’s invasion.

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Science/Tech

Wall Street Has Stopped Rewarding ‘Strategic’ Layoffs

Today at 21:01 PM, via Slashdot

Goldman Sachs analysts have identified a notable shift in how investors respond to corporate layoff announcements, finding that even job cuts attributed to automation and AI-driven restructuring are now causing stock prices to fall rather than rise. The investment bank linked recent layoff announcements to public companies’ earnings reports and stock market data, concluding that stocks dropped...

Science/Tech

Chinese Social Media Users Criticize Authorities in Rare Sign of Dissent

Today at 20:00 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader shares a report: Chinese social media users criticized two key government policies, rare signs of public dissent in the country where the internet is heavily censored. The death of the former head of China’s one-child policy agency — which for decades forced women to carry out abortions and sterilizations — sparked criticism of the demographic effort, with one netizen...

Health

What Is a Grief Attack?

Tuesday at 12:02 PM, via New York Times

Sudden surges of anguish can accompany intense mourning. That’s not unusual, experts say, and sometimes even helpful.