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Covid in Scotland: Restrictions on outdoor meetings to be eased
Nicola Sturgeon is expected to announce a limited easing of some lockdown restrictions at Holyrood.
TUESDAY, 09 MARCH 2021, 02:06
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Nicola Sturgeon is expected to announce a limited easing of some lockdown restrictions at Holyrood.
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Watch highlights as Bristol City move off the foot of the Women’s Super League as Ebony Salmon scored the winner in a thrilling encounter with Reading.
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Hundreds rally outside Minneapolis gov’t building where trial of former cop who kneeled on Floyd’s neck will be heard.
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The Nasdaq enters corrective territory Monday, offsetting stocks that had risen on US stimulus hopes.
South Africa
Eskom has warned that the power grid is under severe pressure and has urged people to turn off all unnecessary appliances.
South Africa
Financial constraints and the Covid-19 pandemic are the reasons for the police’s National Forensic Science Laboratories shortages leading to a backlog.
South Africa
Court Watching Brief Unit’s third quarterly report for the period between October and December 2020 provides insight into emerging trends related to the proliferation of gender-based violence and femicide (GBVF) in the province.
South Africa
Nehawu wants the Mpumalanga government to allocate more Covid-19 vaccine doses to healthcare workers in the province, saying the current number was to low.
World
The Biden administration has proposed to the Afghan government that they enter an interim power-sharing agreement with the Taliban in a letter from Secretary of State Antony Blinken to President Ashraf Ghani.
World
Over 600 people were injured in the huge explosion at a military base in the city of Bata.
World
In India, a U.S. citizen was arrested and prosecuted for allegedly breaking lockdown rules and spreading the coronavirus at the gathering of an Islamic revivalist movement. Now, he’s coming back home.
World
The Biden administration is granting temporary protected status to over 300,000 Venezuelans in the U.S., providing legal status to individuals who have fled the country — a shift in U.S. policy.
Africa
A Senegalese judge charged opposition leader Ousmane Sonko with rape and freed him from detention pending an investigation on Monday, after his arrest last week sparked the West African state’s worst unrest in years.
Africa
Child soldiers and other victims of convicted Congolese militia leader Bosco Ntaganda should get a total of $30 million compensation, International Criminal Court judges have ruled, in their highest ever reparation order.
Africa
More protests are planned as the popular opposition leader calls rape charges politically motivated.
Africa
South Africa’s Patrice Motsepe will become Caf president on Friday after Ahmad’s Fifa ban is reduced, but not overturned, by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
Business
The retailer is running low on dog and cat food pouches and warns the issue will be “ongoing” in 2021.
Business
If you have emergency funding that will be sufficient to cover your monthly expenses for at least six months, you may consider cancelling the cover.
Business
Ovex allows you to earn 8% a year on Tether, a US dollar-backed stablecoin, in addition to making risk-free profits from arbitrage.
Business
A basket of goods costing R100 in 1961 will now cost R9 700. Compare that to the deflationary power of bitcoin.
Politics
The ANC Top Six has maintained that there was no intention by former President Jacob Zuma to undermine the Constitution of the country by not appearing at the State Capture Commission.
Politics
Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane has opened a crimen injuria and contempt case against Transport minister Fikile Mbalula at the Brooklyn police station in Pretoria.
Politics
The African National Congress (ANC) is holding a media briefing on the latest developments regarding the party.
Politics
Former President Jacob Zuma has taken part in a virtual meeting with the ANC top six officials after an in person meeting at Luthuli House in Joburg failed to materialise.
Sport
Leeds boss Marcelo Bielsa is “disappointed” with how his side keep conceding headed goals following a 2-0 Premier League defeat at West Ham.
Sport
West Ham boss David Moyes says his side didn’t play well despite victory over Leeds United at London Stadium.
Sport
Manchester City priced out of Mbappe move, Klopp retains Liverpool support, Cavani to quit Manchester United, plus more.
Sport
Chelsea cemented their grip on fourth place in the Premier League as Kai Havertz finally delivered an influential display in their vital 2-0 win against top-four rivals Everton.
Education
The Biden administration will examine regulations by Betsy DeVos that gave the force of law to rules that granted more due-process rights to students accused of sexual assault.
Education
The public intellectual and professor of African-American studies will head to Union Theological Seminary in New York.
Education
My friend Christopher Heywood, who has died aged 93, spent more than three decades as a lecturer and senior lecturer in English literature at Sheffield University, during which time he spent a couple of years from 1966 lecturing in Nigeria. For a further 10 years from 1988 he taught English at various universities in Japan.
Christopher was born in Banhoek, South Africa, to Arthur Heywood, a...
Education
The 8-to-1 ruling said courts may hear suits seeking only nominal damages. Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., dissenting, said the majority had turned judges into advice columnists.
Lifestyle
Wondering what romance has in store for your star sign? Here’s a quick glance at your love horoscopes for today – completely free!
Lifestyle
The Duchess of Sussex has alleged racist conversations took place within the Royal Family regarding her son Archie’s skin tone.
Lifestyle
It was bombshells, sweet reveals and shocking claims as the duo spoke to Oprah Winfrey.
Lifestyle
Some 17.1 million Americans – one of the biggest TV events in the past year – watched Oprah Winfrey’s bombshell television interview with Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, broadcaster CBS said on Monday.
Entertainment
In an interview filled with one bombshell after another, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry revealed their fears and struggles with racism in the royal family. But one unlikely hero emerged in the saga: Tyler Perry.
Entertainment
Kathryn Hahn says she’s thrilled she got to play “WandaVision” villain Agatha Harkness, but says she never saw the role coming.
Entertainment
Nobel laureate and activist Malala Yousafzai is teaming up with Apple TV+ to bring empowering content to the streaming platform.
Entertainment
Eminem has released a new song in response to a TikTok campaign that tried to “cancel” him.
Science/Tech
Researchers from machine learning lab OpenAI have discovered that their state-of-the-art computer vision system can be deceived by tools no more sophisticated than a pen and a pad. The Verge reports: As illustrated in the image above, simply writing down the name of an object and sticking it on another can be enough to trick the software into misidentifying what it sees. “We refer to these...
Science/Tech
PayPal has announced that it plans to acquire Curv, a cryptocurrency startup based in Tel Aviv, Israel. TechCrunch reports: Curv is a cryptocurrency security company that helps you store your crypto assets securely. The company operates a cloud-based service that lets you access your crypto wallets without any hardware device. Curv also lets you set up sophisticated policies so that the new...
Science/Tech
It will be hard pointing to a specific line the Kremlin crossed that the US hasn’t crossed as well.
Science/Tech
In a bid to prove that its robot drivers are safer than humans, Waymo simulated dozens of real-world fatal crashes that took place in Arizona over nearly a decade. From a report: The Google spinoff discovered that replacing either vehicle in a two-car crash with its robot-guided minivans would nearly eliminate all deaths, according to data it publicized today. The results are meant to bolster...
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Health
An analysis of electronic medical records in California found that 32 percent started with asymptomatic infections but reported troubling aftereffects weeks and months later.
Health
The C.D.C. on Monday released long-awaited advice for immunized people, a glimpse at the next stage of the coronavirus pandemic.
Health
The temporary hospitals, which were largely unused, are being shut as patient numbers fall.
Health
The dramatic effects of the coronavirus pandemic on the travel industry and beyond are made clear in six charts.
Nature
Following the escape of an unknown number of subadult Nile crocodiles (Crocodylus niloticus) from a breeding facility outside of Bonnievale on Wednesday morning, CapeNature can report that in addition to the 27 already recaptured, a further seven crocodiles had to be euthanized last night and six more were spotted, but could not be recaptured as […]
Nature
By Lusanda Gqaza and Yanga Mbatana (Environmental Education Officers, De Hoop Nature Reserve) On 20 December 2013, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), proclaimed 03 March (the day of adopting the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, CITES, in 1973), as World Wildlife Day. This is a day that […]
Nature
World Wildlife Day is celebrated on 3 March every year as an opportunity to highlight the many beautiful and varied forms of wild fauna and flora and to raise awareness of the multitude of benefits that conservation provides to people. The Western Cape is a very special place with an abundance of unique and irreplaceable […]
Nature
AI software can now match footage of motorists throwing rubbish with their car’s number plate and issue an automatic fine .