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Ukrainian drone strikes hit energy infrastructure in southern Russia overnight, killing one person and triggering fires at oil and gas facilities in the Krasnodar and Volgograd regions.

Crews erected scaffolding on Friday as onlookers gathered into the evening, though storms delayed the work until Saturday.

The annual event marks the King’s official birthday and features more than 1,400 members of the armed forces.

BBC Scotland looks at the midfield conundrum facing Scotland boss Steve Clarke.

Makerere University has reaffirmed its commitment to embracing artificial intelligence as a catalyst for research excellence, innovation and institutional efficiency, while calling for robust safeguards to protect research integrity and academic quality. The commitment was made during an online webinar on “Adoption of Artificial Intelligence in Research Management at Makerere University,”...

Bubacarr J.B. Touray, a Gambian-born PhD immunologist and former Medical Research Council scientist, has launched Seedmap — an AI-powered academic counselling platform designed to help immigrant and first-generation students navigate education and career pathways with the personalized guidance he says he lacked growing up. Touray arrived in the United States from a village in The […]

An AI-powered patient monitoring system known as IMPALA is significantly reducing child deaths in Malawi’s under-resourced paediatric wards, with two participating hospitals recording between 40% and 51% fewer deaths over a recent 12-month period. “Before we could have four deaths in a week or 15 days, but now we record maybe one death,” said Blessings […]

MTN Group is targeting R30 billion in “value creation” from artificial intelligence over the next three to five years, with roughly half expected to come from using AI to run the business more cheaply and the balance split between consumer and business applications. Setting out the plan at the group’s capital markets day on Wednesday, […]

The World Cup officially kicked off this week – but alongside the football, there are questions around heat, cost, the environmental impact and travel restrictions.

The statement said “significant progress” had been made into crash which left 260 people dead a year ago.

The protesters warn wasteful government spending risks driving the country into bankruptcy.

Patnala Suresh and his wife were looking forward to celebrating their 15th wedding anniversary this month.

Sylvester Muigai Ndung’u was in Nanyuki to fetch a school uniform on Tuesday, his mother says.

Bola Tinubu was addressing the nation on Democracy Day, marking the return to civilian rule in 1999.

Former captain Dean Furman says South Africa were “miles off it” in their World Cup opener against Mexico, as many on the continent ‘hate-watch’ Bafana Bafana.

The taunting reflects anger from parts of the continent over reports of xenophobia in South Africa.

Eleri Williams started out selling her dad’s old football shirts and has just opened her own shop.

Mashatile is expected to visit Skeen Primary school and the civic group and Women of Peace

Hill-Lewis highlights the city’s achievements over the past term, including job creation

The 11th Tsietsi Donald Mashinini Memorial Lecture.

His remarks come as the SACP in Limpopo holds its provincial congress at Tivumbeni College

Emma Raducanu overcomes an injury scare to beat Kamilla Rakhimova 6-3 7-5 and join fellow Briton Katie Boulter in the Queen’s semi-finals.

After topscoring with the bat for Scotland, Kathryn Bryce makes an impact with the ball, taking a superb one-handed catch to remove Ireland’s Alana Dalzell for six in their opening match of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup at Old Trafford.

British pole vault record holder Molly Caudery is ruled out for the rest of the season after having emergency spinal surgery.

Scotland secure their first T20 World Cup win thanks to a 40-run victory over Ireland in the Old Trafford opener.

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...

The inquiry will continue to finalise its report for submission to the president.

The province reassured residents that service delivery would not be affected while Lesufi is away.

The DA in Gauteng has raised concerns about Emfuleni’s new MMCs.

Londie London’s brother, Mongezi, talks family dynamics, the pressures of fame, and what he learned about himself filming Life With Londie.

The company’s response to the launchpad blast has become a key test for Artemis III

As Blue Origin tells it, the most spectacular launchpad explosion in recent memory, which destroyed its pioneering New Glenn space rocket last month and severely damaged almost everything around it, was merely a blip.

“We will fly again before the end of this year. Gradatim Ferociter,” Dave Limp, the...

The rest of Dyson’s promised 2026 vacuum lineup is here, from the new Dyson V16 Piston Animal to an updated version of the favored Dyson V8 Cyclone.

As World Cup action kicks off, we look at the physics of the beautiful game.

Children can test the new miniature replica of an MRI machine on different toys.

The aim of the Hele Road ward is to give students hands-on experience with equipment and patients.

Patients have been urged to only attend A&E if their condition is life-threatening or serious.