Arsenal midfielder Granit Xhaka compromised his side’s faint hopes of a top four finish in the Premier League as the Swiss midfielder’s embarrassing mistake gifted Burnley a 1-1 draw..
The 85-year-old Tibetan spiritual leader scrapped plans to receive the injection at home, opting instead to travel to a clinic. “More people should have courage to take this injection,” he said.
On the second day of a landmark trip to Iraq, Pope Francis traveled to the the city of Najaf to meet Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, before visiting what is believed to be the birthplace of Abraham.
Senegal opposition leader Ousmane Sonko has been held in custody at a court hearing, two days after his arrest sparked the country’s worst violence in years.
Rwanda has began its Covid-19 vaccine campaign, becoming the first nation in Africato use pharmaceutical company doses that require ultra-cold storage.
BMW is the most searched for car brand in South Africa, the Toyota Hilux is the most desired car model and online vehicle searches have grown by an impressive 54.1%, according to some of the findings contained in the latest bi-annual AutoTrader Car Industry Report.
In Italy, a research lab has come up with an antibody treatment for Covid-19 that developers say will be 80 times stronger than the one given to ex-US President Trump in hospital.
The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Parliament says it will be lodging a formal complaint with the SAHRC against the ANC and EFF for what it calls a race baiting by the two political parties.
The JCC has ordered that the Chief Justice apologise unconditionally and retract statements relating to South Africa’s stance on Israel that he made during a webinar hosted by the Jerusalem Post in June 2020.
India’s Ravichandran Ashwin says life in a coronavirus bio-bubble made players bond better as they bounced back from an opening-match loss against England to clinch the Test series 3-1 on Saturday.
Spinners Ravichandran Ashwin and Axar Patel took all 10 wickets on Saturday as India crushed England inside three days to win the fourth Test and seal the series 3-1.
Arsenal head coach Mikel Arteta says he’s “frustrated” after his side’s 1-1 draw against Burnley, which saw a penalty for a deliberate handball overturned by VAR.
TS Galaxy head coach Owen Da Gama says Cape Town City attacking midfielder Mduduzi Mdantsane would be “number one” on his list if he was in charge of Bafana Bafana.
Gavin Williamson’s department will have paid a total of £615m to the French company despite warnings about its capacity to deliver
Gavin Williamson, the education secretary, is facing criticism for awarding another £190m contract to a company blamed for the problems with a school meals voucher system that left families without food during the first lockdown.
[Vanguard] Sequel to the West African Examination Council, WAEC, cancellation of Literature -in-English, papers 2, 1 &3 nationwide, taken by private candidates in 2021- First Series West African Senior School Certificate Examination, WASSCE, the body has announced a new date for the examination.
[Vanguard] Ilorin — There is tension in Kwara State, as Baptist Conference and Evangelical Church Winning All, ECWA, have told the state government that they would resist the wearing of the hijab (veil) in their schools by all legitimate means and also demanded the immediate return of their schools.
California health officials set new rules on Friday that would allow Disneyland and other theme parks, stadiums and outdoor entertainment venues to reopen as early as April 1, after a closure of nearly a year due to the coronavirus pandemic.
They couple, who have relocated to the United States, agreed last month they would not return to their roles as senior royals and said at the time ‘service was universal’
Kim Kardashian on Friday called out those who bully and body- shame others, recalling her embarrassment when she was attacked for gaining 60 pounds during her first pregnancy.
“Algorithms are meaningless without good data. The public can exploit that to demand change,” argues a new article in MIT’s Technology Review (shared by long-time Slashdot reader mspohr):Data is fed into machine-learning algorithms to target you with ads and recommendations. Google cashes your data in for over $120 billion a year of ad revenue. Increasingly, we can no longer opt out of this...
A difficult pregnancy meant the only item I dared buy for my unborn child was a book. When she arrived we read it to her every day
Nine years ago, I gave birth to a little girl. And now that little girl has grown into a bookworm. It began, as all stories about books should really begin, in a bookshop. I was several months pregnant and I picked up an American picture book I had never come across...
Long-time Slashdot reader lee1 shares a new article from Linux magazine:The danger and irritations of the modern web have unleashed a movement dedicated to creating a safer and simpler alternative. The old Gopher network and the new Gemini protocol have emerged as building blocks for this new “small Internet.” Anyone who has used the World Wide Web (WWW) lately knows that something bad is...
Evidence suggests that some sexual and gender minorities — especially people of color — are hesitant to get vaccinated due to mistrust of the medical establishment.
He set out to create an ice cream substitute for people who keep kosher. He created a phenomenon, also loved by vegans, diabetics and people with milk allergies.
Evidence suggests that some sexual and gender minorities — especially people of color — are hesitant to get vaccinated due to mistrust of the medical establishment.
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 […]
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 […]
On the weekend of 19-21 five 2020 Matric learners were hosted by CapeNature and world-renowned adventurer Riaan Manser at the De Hoop Nature Reserve. These five matriculants; Jama Paliso, Hannah Chetty, Abdullah Seedat, Silondukhule Nquma and Lucy can der Meulen were the runners up in a campaign that saw five other students join Manser on […]