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THURSDAY, 25 DECEMBER 2025, 15:50

Africa

Mbeumo & Wissa ‘inspiring’ – Ouattara

Yesterday at 00:11 AM, via BBC News

As he competes at Afcon 2025 with Burkina Faso, Dango Ouattara says Bryan Mbeumo and Yoane Wissa inspired him to become the latest African to star for Brentford.

Education

Ukrainian refugee leaves UK sixth-form college that urged her ‘to study Russian’

Today at 10:34 AM, via The Guardian

Kateryna Endeberia says teachers made the ‘hurtful’ request when she had difficulty with other subjects

A Ukrainian refugee has been forced to drop out of sixth-form college after she said she was put under pressure to study Russian.

Kateryna Endeberia moved to Stoke-on-Trent after fleeing Ukraine in 2022, after the start of Russia’s invasion.

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Science/Tech

Bitcoin Miners’ Pivot To AI Has Lifted Bitcoin-Mining ETF By About 90% This Year

Today at 15:00 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Wall Street Journal: It’s harder than ever to mine bitcoin. And less profitable, too. But mining-company stocks are still flying, even with cryptocurrency prices in retreat. That’s because these firms have something in common with the hottest investment theme on the planet: the massive, electricity-hungry data centers expected to power the...

Science/Tech

Blood test could predict who is most at risk from common inherited heart condition

Today at 15:00 PM, via The Guardian

Exclusive: Scientists find a way to forecast hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, which affects millions worldwide

Scientists are developing a simple blood test to predict who is most at risk from the world’s most common inherited heart condition.

Millions of people worldwide have hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), a disease of the heart muscle where the wall of the heart becomes thickened. It is...

Science/Tech

Concerns about ageing society ignore huge opportunities, says population expert

Today at 14:00 PM, via The Guardian

Sarah Harper says society must create new ways of living and working amid potential ‘silver economy’

Concerns over an ageing population are overblown and society should learn to celebrate and capitalise on its “massive cohort of healthy, active, older, creative adults”, a leading population expert has said.

While pundits and pressure groups have raised concerns over falling fertility rates,...

Health

What Is a Grief Attack?

Tuesday at 12:02 PM, via New York Times

Sudden surges of anguish can accompany intense mourning. That’s not unusual, experts say, and sometimes even helpful.