Skip to Content

FRIDAY, 08 MAY 2026, 19:00

World

Colombia’s rogue hippos could find refuge in India

Today at 18:24 PM, via NPR

In Colombia, a plan to cull Pablo Escobar’s invasive hippos is challenged by an Indian billionaire’s offer to relocate dozens of the animals to India’s wildlife reserve instead.

World

Return of Palestine Marathon attracts thousands of runners

Today at 14:51 PM, via BBC News

Thousands of people have taken part in the Palestine Marathon and Half Marathon which returned to the West Bank city of Bethlehem after a two-year pause because of restrictions over the Gaza War.

Sport

Big win for DStv Springbok fans in South Africa

Today at 18:12 PM, via The South African

DStv and Multichoice’s new parent company, CANAL+, has renewed its domestic broadcast rights agreement with the South African Rugby Union.

Education

Sexual harassment more than twice as prevalent at England’s top universities, analysis finds

Today at 16:39 PM, via The Guardian

Harassment reported by 35% of students at ‘high tariff’ institutions compared with 17% at those with lowest entry grades

Students at England’s leading universities were more than twice as likely to experience sexual harassment than those at “lower tariff” institutions, according to analysis.

Data from a national survey of undergraduates shows that 35% of students at “high tariff”...

Education

Liberia: Cuaaa Breaks Ground for Agape Clinic At Cuttington University

Today at 12:51 PM, via AllAfrica

[FrontPageAfrica] Suakoko — The Cuttington University Alumni Association in the Americas on Thursday broke ground for the construction of the Agape Clinic at Cuttington University’s main campus in Suakoko, marking what officials described as a significant step toward strengthening healthcare delivery for students and surrounding communities.

Science/Tech

BlockDAG New Product is Live Now: The Only Crypto You Need While the Solana Price & Avalanche Price Move Sideways 

Today at 19:00 PM, via Tech Financials

The current trajectory of the Avalanche price and the explosive recovery of the Solana price have long dominated investor headlines, serving as benchmarks for market health and retail momentum. While these established giants fight for dominance, savvy investors are already hunting for the next big crypto that offers more than just theoretical scalability.  This search […]

Science/Tech

Chrome Silently Installs a 4GB AI Model On Your Device Without Consent

Today at 18:00 PM, via Slashdot

Longtime Slashdot reader couchslug shares a report from That Privacy Guy’s Alexander Hanff: Two weeks ago I wrote about Anthropic silently registering a Native Messaging bridge in seven Chromium-based browsers on every machine where Claude Desktop was installed. The pattern was: install on user launch of product A, write configuration into the user’s installs of products B, C, D, E, F, G, H...

Health

The Global Story

Today at 11:00 AM, via BBC News

When conversation drifted into fantasy, one man grabbed a hammer and prepared for war.