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Infected blood victims to get £100,000 compensation
After a decades-long campaign, more than 4,000 people across the UK will get interim payments.
WEDNESDAY, 17 AUGUST 2022, 03:43
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After a decades-long campaign, more than 4,000 people across the UK will get interim payments.
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Punjabi Lehar is helping reunite those who were separated by India’s partition in 1947.
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Around 20,500 Jews out of an estimated 165,000 Russian Jews, have moved from to Israel since March.
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Cyclists facing speed limits and the death of singer Darius Campbell Danesh leads Wednesday’s papers.
South Africa
Police are searching for two suspects after a woman and two of her children were shot at, killing one child, while driving in Midrand, north of Johannesburg.
South Africa
The South African Weather Service has issued a warning for damaging winds between Cape Columbine and Plettenberg Bay from Wednesday into Thursday.
South Africa
According to Agriculture Minister Thoko Didiza, the disease has been detected on farms, feedlots and communal areas in KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, North West, Gauteng, Mpumalanga and the Free State.
South Africa
The child disappeared from near her Elsies River home in February 2020 and more than a week later, police arrested the accused in the Eastern Cape. He led police to her body in a storm water pipe, along the N1 highway, near Worcester.
World
Experts behind the project claim the technology for “de-extinction” already exists, but others are sceptical.
World
She largely left the spotlight before the 2016 election of Donald Trump, who has become her key ally.
World
The president hails the $700bn (£579bn) bill as the “final piece” of his long-stalled domestic agenda.
World
Back in 2017, a doctor in Nigeria noticed how fast a local outbreak of monkeypox was spreading. He tried unsuccessfully to warn the world that Nigeria’s outbreak could spread globally.
Africa
Raila Odinga has rejected the results of Kenya’s presidential election calling them “null and void”.
Africa
Gambia’s women gardeners are helping the huge waste problem by turning organic waste into fertilisers.
Africa
Ruto becomes Kenya’s first sitting deputy president to succeed the incumbent following competitive elections.
Africa
As tallies pointed to a narrow victory for Ruto, supporters of his rival Odinga began to allege that forms were altered.
Business
The National Lotteries Commission has been overwhelmed with corruption over the past few years.
Business
Turnaround time on applications is an average of two years, with many simply needing to be signed off by the relevant minister.
Business
We first try to help, says bank – but others believe its conduct could bring agriculture to its knees and affect food security.
Business
The average 16 to 24-year-old watches TV for 53 minutes a day compared with nearly six hours for over-65s.
Politics
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) in Tshwane says it will be laying criminal charges against Tshwane Mayor Randall Williams at the Brooklyn Police Station in Pretoria on Wednesday.
Politics
The Section 194 Committee looking into the fitness of Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane to hold office has declined her request to subpoena President Cyril Ramaphosa to appear before it.
Politics
Ace Magashule is likely to deploy the same tactics in Free State to save his political career from the doldrums
Politics
The president’s evidence is not necessary to determine whether she is guilty of misconduct, the section 194 committee concludes
Sport
A former Bucs flop has secured a move to newly promoted Motsepe Foundation Championship side MM Platinum, famously known as La Masia.
Sport
Watch the best of Tuesday’s Hundred action as Manchester Originals hosted Welsh Fire at Old Trafford.
Sport
Welsh Fire’s David Payne is caught out by the Manchester Originals’ quick-thinking wicketkeeper Phil Salt, who hits the wickets from about 15 yards for a brilliant stumping.
Sport
Cape Town City and Maritzburg United still can’t seem to win after the two sides played to a 0-0 draw at Athlone Stadium on Tuesday night.
Education
Children’s charities urge Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss to deliver reforms to “flawed” care system in England.
Education
[GroundUp] Some classrooms at Bantuvukani Primary School in Lamontville have broken windows and ceilings. Others do not have doors.
Education
[Premium Times] The union’s president said the University Transparency and Accountability Solutions (UTAS) has been cleared for use by the government.
Education
[Foroyaa] Banjul, August 6th 2022:-The Gambia and Cuba will soon sign a Memorandum of Understanding in the field of Higher Education with the purpose of further strengthening the links of collaboration between the two sister countries.
Lifestyle
The Silverball Retro Arcade, a low-slung building along the boardwalk in New Jersey beach town Asbury Park, is not your typical museum.
Lifestyle
French fashion house Balenciaga is literally selling shoelaces as earrings – and charging a whopping R4000 per pair!
Lifestyle
Celebrated designers Gert-Johan Coetzee and Palesa Mokubung will be showcasing their work at the Free State Fashion Week in September.
Lifestyle
Dineo Ranaka topped the Twitter trends list after her Kaya FM co-anchor Sol Phenduka broke his silence on their radio drama,
Entertainment
There seems to be more fights and family drama on the cards for new parents, Babes Wodumo and Mampintsha, in ‘Uthando Lodumo’ season two.
Entertainment
Manti Te’o used to be revered.
Entertainment
Italian cinema icon Gina Lollobrigida will run for the Senate in her country’s elections next month, weeks after celebrating her 95th birthday.
Entertainment
Kristin Chenoweth managed to leave host Steve Harvey speechless after she got “Wicked” on a recent episode of “Celebrity Family Feud.”
Science/Tech
For the second year in a row, Arizona and Nevada will face cuts in the amount of water they can draw from the Colorado River as the West endures an extreme drought, federal officials announced Tuesday. The Associated Press reports: The cuts planned for next year will force states to make critical decisions about where to reduce consumption and whether to prioritize growing cities or...
Science/Tech
Multiple people who appear to be employees of Microsoft have exposed sensitive login credentials to the company’s own infrastructure on GitHub, potentially offering attackers a gateway into internal Microsoft systems, according to a cybersecurity research firm that found the exposed credentials. Motherboard reports: “We continue to see that accidental source code and credential leakages are...
Science/Tech
An anonymous reader quotes a report from NPR: Stephen Flavall makes his living by playing video games to an audience of thousands on Twitch. When he first started streaming, he only had about fifteen people at a time watching him. He liked how he could engage with a small community, cracking jokes while people cheered him on. Unfortunately, the vibe changed as his popularity grew. “Around 200...
Science/Tech
Tesla’s Supercharger stations that are open to non-Tesla electric vehicles are deemed “illegal” in Germany due to the lack of kWh counter on the units. Electrek reports: Handelsblatt reports that Tesla’s Superchargers are considered “illegal” because they don’t have a visible kWh counter at the stations (translated from German): “Every charging station at which charging current is billed...
Motoring
Damage suffered was deemed to be the worst in Toyota’s global history with the automaker being forced to write-off about 4 000 flood damage vehicles.
Motoring
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Health
A new study from the C.D.C. provides more details about a polio case detected in New York last month, and reports that the virus was in the state’s wastewater in April.
Health
The B.C.G. tuberculosis vaccine may protect against Covid-19 and other infections by broadly bolstering the immune system.
Health
Actor Rose Ayling-Ellis worked on the creation of the doll, saying “it’s quite powerful” and “such a big deal.”
Health
The agency issued a final rule that took years to complete and opens the door to cheaper, more accessible devices without a prescription or medical exam.
Nature
Authorities suspect a toxic substance is to blame, but the cause of the mass death is still unknown.
Nature
Hot temperatures and strong winds formed a ‘firenado’ in California on Wednesday.
Nature
Meltwater flows from the glaciers, which may be set for their highest mass losses in 60 years.
Nature
Macro photographer Geraint Radford says insects have a bad reputation, but they’re “funny”.