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Tributes to Joshua team members after fatal crash

Yesterday at 23:27 PM, via BBC News

Tributes have been paid to two of Anthony Joshua’s “close friends and team members” after they were killed in a crash in Nigeria, in which the British heavyweight boxer was injured.

Africa

The best players who never won Afcon?

Saturday at 11:04 AM, via BBC News

As two-time runner-up Mohamed Salah begins another tilt at the Africa Cup of Nations, BBC Sport Africa profiles top stars who never lifted the trophy.

Sport

Bournemouth eye Johnson – Tuesday’s gossip

Yesterday at 23:25 PM, via BBC News

Bournemouth identify Brennan Johnson and Abdul Fatawu as potential replacements for Antoine Semenyo, Liverpool want to wait until the summer to sign Marc Guehi, and Everton are interested in Manchester United duo Kobbie Mainoo and Joshua Zirkzee, plus more.

Sport

Forest ask for VAR audio after Man City defeat

Yesterday at 22:07 PM, via BBC News

Nottingham Forest have asked to hear the VAR audio as they consider making an official complaint following the Premier League defeat by Manchester City.

Sport

When are Bafana Bafana in action next?

Yesterday at 21:53 PM, via The South African

Bafana Bafana are still in the AFCON thanks to their 3-2 win over Zimbabwe. They will face one of the teams in Group F.

Education

The Guardian view on the National Year of Reading 2026: time to start a healthy habit for life | Editorial

Yesterday at 20:25 PM, via The Guardian

A Children’s Booker prize, library cards for newborns and a major campaign – initiatives to encourage a love of books in children are a cause for celebration

Reading to children from a young age leads to greater happiness, educational success, empathy and social mobility – no wonder the government wants to encourage everyone to do it more. To this end, next year has been decreed the National...

Science/Tech

Stingless Bees From the Amazon Granted Legal Rights in World First

Yesterday at 23:22 PM, via Slashdot

Stingless bees from the Amazon have become the first insects to be granted legal rights anywhere in the world, in a breakthrough supporters hope will be a catalyst for similar moves to protect bees elsewhere. From a report: It means that across a broad swathe of the Peruvian Amazon, the rainforest’s long-overlooked native bees — which, unlike their cousins the European honeybees, have no sting...

Science/Tech

After a Decade of Dead Ends, $70 Million Rides on Locating Flight MH370

Yesterday at 22:40 PM, via Slashdot

More than a decade after Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 vanished over the Indian Ocean en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, the marine robotics company that located Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Endurance is preparing to resume its hunt for the missing Boeing 777. Ocean Infinity, a UK and US-based seabed survey firm, began searching a 15,000 sq km priority area in the Indian Ocean in February but...

Science/Tech

How Windows 10 Earned Its Good Reputation While Planting the Seeds of Windows 11’s Problems

Yesterday at 22:02 PM, via Slashdot

Windows 10’s formal end-of-support arrived in October, and while the operating system is generally remembered as one of the “good” versions of Windows — the most widely used since XP — many of the annoyances people complain about in Windows 11 actually started during the Windows 10 era, ArsTechnica writes. Windows 10 earned its positive reputation primarily by not being Windows 8. It restored a...

Science/Tech

Americans Are Watching Fewer New TV Shows and More Free TV

Yesterday at 21:26 PM, via Slashdot

Americans are settling into streaming habits that should worry Hollywood executives, as new Nielsen data analyzed by Bloomberg reveals that not a single new original series cracked the top 10 most-watched streaming shows in 2025 — the first time this has happened since Nielsen began publishing streaming data in 2020. The shift extends beyond original programming as free, ad-supported streaming...

Health

Claire Brosseau Wants to Die. Will Canada Let Her?

Yesterday at 12:00 PM, via New York Times

Ms. Brosseau says mental illness has made her life unbearable. She wants a medically assisted death. Even her psychiatrists are split over whether she should have one.