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South Africa

Government strengthens migration management

Today at 17:04 PM, via SAnews

Government strengthens migration management

The Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) on Migration has developed an implementation plan to strengthen migration management, focusing on improved border infrastructure, access to social services, registration of small businesses and informal traders, and a review of asylum and refugee procedures.

The IMC unveiled the plan during its media...

South Africa

King Enock Makhosoke II Mabhena remembered as a transformative leader

Today at 16:33 PM, via SAnews

King Enock Makhosoke II Mabhena remembered as a transformative leader

Deputy President Paul Mashatile has described His Majesty King Enock Makhosoke II Mabhena as a transformative monarch and a mighty tree who cared a lot about people.“King Makhosoke II Mabhena was a transformative Monarch who prioritised education and health for the betterment of his people, guided by ancestral...

Africa

Ethiopia’s Tsegay handed four-month doping ban

Friday at 15:46 PM, via BBC News

Former two-time world champion Gudaf Tsegay is banned for four months after admitting the presence of a prohibited substance in an out-of-competition test.

Education

UK government announces £132.5m after-school clubs package

Yesterday at 23:30 PM, via The Guardian

Funding for extracurricular activities comes as ministers prepare to introduce social media restrictions for under-16s

The government has announced a £132.5m funding package for after-school clubs as ministers prepare to introduce expected restrictions on social media use for under-16s.

The programme is designed to expand access to enrichment activities in schools, with funding for clubs...

Education

Pioneering UK Nerve Lab harnesses AI to map effect of children’s screen time

Yesterday at 13:00 PM, via The Guardian

Other projects include developing tools to help visually impaired people navigate video games

Parents are constantly being told to limit their children’s screen time. But when it comes to deciphering which films or TV shows are best suited to developing minds, the guidance remains largely one-size-fits-all. A relatively slow-paced programme such as Bluey offers a very different viewing...

Science/Tech

How America’s Energy Department is Building a National Platform for Doing Science with AI

Today at 17:34 PM, via Slashdot

America’s Energy Department “wants to build a single national platform for doing science with AI,” reports Communications of the ACM:It is called the Genesis Mission, and the idea is to connect the country’s 17 national laboratories, their supercomputers, scientific datasets, and a growing layer of AI models and agents into one system researchers can access. The DOE has taken to calling it ‘a...

Science/Tech

Blizzard Sues To Take Down Another Private World of Warcraft Server, Project Ascension

Today at 16:34 PM, via Slashdot

“Blizzard Entertainment is continuing its crusade against private World of Warcraft servers,” reports the gaming news site Aftermath: The company filed a new lawsuit on Friday in a California court against the makers of Project Ascension, alleging copyright infringement, Digital Millennium Copyright Act violations, and other claims. Blizzard Entertainment claims that Project Ascension is a...

Science/Tech

Antidepressants and antipsychotics could serve as alternatives to opioids, study finds

Today at 14:00 PM, via The Guardian

Medications that target depression, anxiety and poor sleep could help treat pain without opioids’ addictive properties

A range of other medications could serve as alternatives to powerful opioids for pain relief in emergency departments, according to a new study.

The review paper examined non-opioid medications available in the emergency department at San Francisco general hospital and examined...