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STONE AGE: Lab diamonds vs mined – how much does love cost?

Yesterday at 23:08 PM, via Daily Maverick

The diamond sector enters 2026 battered by falling prices, shrinking retail demand and a surge in cheaper lab-grown stones. The industry’s response is to sell nation building, social impact and scarcity itself.

South Africa

PwC Survey Finds Africa’s CEOs Cautious on Innovation Despite Strong AI Ambitions

Yesterday at 20:16 PM, via iAfrica

Only 13% of chief executives in Africa are willing to tolerate high risk in innovation projects, even as 55% say innovation is critical to their business strategy, according to a new survey by PwC. The findings highlight a widening gap between ambition and execution among business leaders across the continent. PwC’s 29th Global CEO Survey, […]

Africa

Africa Cup of Nations 2027 set for June-July slot

Friday at 17:18 PM, via BBC News

Afcon 2027 will be held in June and July next year and reports the finals could be delayed are “totally unfounded”, says African football boss Patrice Motsepe.

Sport

Chelsea keen on Murillo – Monday’s gossip

Yesterday at 22:52 PM, via BBC News

Murillo has suitors in London and on Merseyside, his Nottingham Forest team-mate Morgan Gibbs-White could be heading to Manchester, and Everton remain keen on Fulham’s Harry Wilson.

Sport

Arsenal put four past Wigan in FA Cup

Yesterday at 22:27 PM, via BBC News

Watch highlights as an early flurry of Arsenal goals saw them ease to a comfortable victory over Wigan to reach the fifth round of the FA Cup.

Education

Senegal: Senegal University Suspends Student Associations Following Deadly Clashes

Yesterday at 17:19 PM, via AllAfrica

[RFI] Senegal’s largest university has suspended student associations after violent demonstrations over unpaid grants led to the death of a student. The victim’s family has called on the judiciary to clarify the circumstances of his death after an autopsy report circulating on social media showed multiple traumas.

Education

We owe it to every victim of Jeffrey Epstein to better protect British women and girls. And we will | Jess Phillips

Yesterday at 17:00 PM, via The Guardian

I am furious that women and children have to endure a crisis like this for progress to become politically possible. But I will seize this moment

Jess Phillips MP is parliamentary under-secretary of state for safeguarding and violence against women and girls

Jess Phillips calls for Epstein files to be catalyst for long-term legislative change

It always takes a calamity – a dreadful murder that...

Education

I fear that Labour’s special needs revolution will instead be a catastrophic letdown | John Harris

Yesterday at 15:03 PM, via The Guardian

Refocusing provision into schools is, apparently, all about ‘inclusion’. It doesn’t take much to see the real reasons – and the impact on children and parents

Where is this government heading, and who is now in charge? Keir Starmer looks even weaker than he did a week ago, uncoupled from the aides who wrote his scripts and picked his fights, and only still in his job because the cabinet and...

Science/Tech

Sam Bankman-Fried Requests New Trial in FTX Crypto Fraud Case

Yesterday at 23:35 PM, via Slashdot

While serving his 25-year prison sentence, “convicted former cryptocurrency mogul Sam Bankman-Fried on Tuesday requested a new federal trial,” reports Courthouse News, “based on what he says is newly discovered evidence concerning his company’s solvency and its ability to repay all FTX customers for what prosecutors portrayed as the looting of $8 billion of his customers’ money…”Bankman-Fried...

Science/Tech

‘Babylon 5’ Episodes Start Appearing (Free) on YouTube

Yesterday at 21:34 PM, via Slashdot

Cord Cutters News reports:In a move that has delighted fans of classic science fiction, Warner Bros. Discovery has begun uploading full episodes of the iconic series Babylon 5 to YouTube, providing free access to the show just as it departs from the ad-supported streaming platform Tubi… Viewers noticed notifications on Tubi indicating that all five seasons would no longer be available after...

Science/Tech

DNA Mutations Discovered In the Children of Chernobyl Workers

Yesterday at 20:34 PM, via Slashdot

Researchers performed genome sequencing scans on 130 people whose fathers were Chernobyl cleanup workers. Comparing the scans to control groups, they found evidence for the first time for “a transgenerational effect” from the father’s prolonged exposure to low-dose ionizing radiation. ScienceAlert reports:Rather than picking out new DNA mutations in the next generation, they looked for what...