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THURSDAY, 05 FEBRUARY 2026, 19:37

Sport

Winter Olympics 2026

Today at 19:30 PM, via BBC News

Coverage of the women’s ice hockey competition in the 2026 Winter Olympics.

Sport

GB’s Richardson wins keirin for second European title

Today at 19:24 PM, via BBC News

Great Britain’s Matt Richadson wins keirin gold, while Katie Archibald and Anna Morris claim madison silver on the final day of the European Track Cycling Championships in Turkey.

Sport

Gavin Hunt shares big thoughts on Kaizer Chiefs

Today at 18:40 PM, via The South African

Despite beating Kaizer Chiefs 2-1 in the Nedbank Cup, Stellenbosch coach Gavin Hunt sees Betway Premiership title challengers in Amakhosi.

Education

Ghana: An Investment in African Education Is an Investment in a Brighter Future

Today at 17:19 PM, via AllAfrica

[Ghanaian Times] AFRICA stands at a pivotal moment in its education journey. Across Nigeria, Ghana, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda and other countries across the continent are working to improve their domestic education systems. However, pressures stretch across the entire system, threatening the very heart of education. UNICEF warns that six million more children may be left out of school over the...

Education

Liberia: Liberia’s Judiciary Revives Judicial Education With Peer-to-Peer Training

Today at 13:04 PM, via AllAfrica

[New Dawn] Buchanan, Grand Bassa County -February 5, 2026: In a quiet coastal city far from the bustle of Monrovia, Liberia’s judges gathered for something that had not happened in more than a decade: a week-long judicial training designed to strengthen competence, accountability, and access to justice.

Education

Ghana: President Directs Probe Into Cash-for-Scholarship Claims

Today at 12:37 PM, via AllAfrica

[Ghanaian Times] PRESIDENT John Dramani Mahama has directed the National Investigation Bureau (NIB) to conduct a full-scale probe into allegations of improper practices in the award of government overseas scholarship.

Lifestyle

Mrs South Africa 2026: Semi-finalists revealed

Today at 16:02 PM, via The South African

‘Leading pageant for married women’ Mrs South Africa has unveiled the semi-finalists for the 2026 pageant. Here’s all we know…

Science/Tech

Western Digital Plots a Path To 140 TB Hard Drives Using Vertical Lasers and 14-Platter Designs

Today at 18:45 PM, via Slashdot

Western Digital this week laid out a roadmap that stretches its 3.5-inch hard drive platform to 14 platters and pairs it with a new vertical-emitting laser for heat-assisted magnetic recording, a combination the company says will push individual drive capacities beyond 140 TB in the 2030s. The vertical laser, developed over six years and already working in WD’s labs, emits light straight down...

Science/Tech

Amazon Plans To Use AI To Speed Up TV and Film Production

Today at 18:01 PM, via Slashdot

Amazon plans to use AI to speed up the process for making movies and TV shows even as Hollywood fears that AI will cut jobs and permanently reshape the industry. From a report: At the Amazon MGM Studio, veteran entertainment executive Albert Cheng is leading a team charged with developing new AI tools that he said will cut costs and streamline the creative process. Amazon plans to launch a...

Science/Tech

Unlicensed weight-loss drugs marketed on social media as ‘prizes’

Today at 18:00 PM, via The Guardian

‘Giveaway’ competitions on WhatsApp and Telegram for retatrutide and other drugs described as ‘extremely dangerous’

Hidden-market promoters of weight-loss drugs are running social media “giveaway” competitions that offer powerful, unlicensed medicines as prizes.

The Guardian has been monitoring WhatsApp and Telegram groups promoting substances such as retatrutide – a medicine unlicensed in...

Science/Tech

Why is monogamy is in crisis? The animal kingdom could give us some clues | Elle Hunt

Today at 17:29 PM, via The Guardian

As fewer people choose to pair up, let alone marry, it could be that our species’ mating patterns are moving closer to the natural order

Monogamy, you may have heard, is in crisis. Fewer people are in relationships, let alone opting to be in one ’til death. And even those who have already exchanged vows seem to be increasingly looking for wiggle room. “Quiet divorce” – mentally checking...

Health

What Does It Mean to Be Touch-Starved?

Today at 18:06 PM, via New York Times

Research says that our health can suffer when we don’t experience enough physical contact. Here’s how to get more.