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Sport

Renamed Super Giants retain Buttler and Ecclestone

Today at 15:07 PM, via BBC News

Manchester Originals are renamed Manchester Super Giants and retain Jos Buttler and Sophie Ecclestone for the 2026 Hundred season, with further signings also announced.

Sport

Bangladesh cricketers stage T20 league boycott

Today at 14:38 PM, via BBC News

Bangladesh’s players begin a boycott of all cricket after comments made by a national board director about T20 World Cup money, which have led to his removal.

Education

Liberia: From Classroom to Streets

Today at 14:18 PM, via AllAfrica

[New Dawn] Gbarnga — Each morning, as school bells ring across Gbarnga City and children in pressed uniforms hurry toward their classrooms, 10-year-old Kolu Sumo takes a different path, one that leads to the roadside.

Education

Kenya: Finland Education Scholarship Case Resumes in Nakuru

Today at 13:26 PM, via AllAfrica

[Capital FM] Nairobi — The Sh1.1 billion Finland Education Scholarship programme trial resumed hearings as the Director of Public Prosecutions unveiled the 137th witness at the Nakuru Law Courts.

Science/Tech

AI Models Are Starting To Crack High-Level Math Problems

Today at 15:00 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Over the weekend, Neel Somani, who is a software engineer, former quant researcher, and a startup founder, was testing the math skills of OpenAI’s new model when he made an unexpected discovery. After pasting the problem into ChatGPT and letting it think for 15 minutes, he came back to a full solution. He evaluated the proof and formalized it...

Health

How Can I Support a Depressed Friend?

Today at 12:00 PM, via New York Times

Our Ask the Therapist columnist, Lori Gottlieb, advises a reader who wants to help a struggling pal but is growing frustrated.