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US carmakers accuse EU of blocking pick-up truck sales

Today at 15:00 PM, via SowetanLIVE

US carmakers have accused Brussels of keeping their largest pick-up trucks, including the Ford F-150, the Chevy Silverado and the Ram 1500, off European roads, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday.

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So far, so close: The shy constellation that mirrors Table Mountain

Today at 14:56 PM, via Daily Maverick

In Cape Town’s ‘Deep South’, on a moonless night, you can witness a quiet conversation between a remarkable entity and her cosmic counterpart. And it tells an ageless story about our connection with Hoerikwaggo.

South Africa

BBBEE policy a critical component of SA’s democracy

Today at 14:35 PM, via SAnews

BBBEE policy a critical component of SA’s democracy

Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Parks Tau says the Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment (BBBEE) policy remains a critical component of South Africa’s constitutional democracy and the process of rebuilding the country.

The Minister said this when he was in conversation about the overall state of the South African economy...

Education

Rightwing group PragerU thinks ‘western civilization is in danger’. Their plan? Infiltrate US schools

Today at 14:00 PM, via The Guardian

As teachers eagerly adopt its free lesson plans and the White House boosts its videos, the non-profit’s leaders are intent on one goal: attracting young people to conservatism

In the fall of 2013, a silver-haired conservative radio host named Dennis Prager flew to Texas to woo a pair of rightwing billionaires. A few years earlier, Prager had co-founded a digital education non-profit, Prager...

Science/Tech

How games capture the awe and terror of cosmic isolation

Today at 13:40 PM, via The Guardian

As real astronauts vanish behind the moon, games have long tried to evoke the fragile quiet of drifting through space

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Last week’s launch of the Artemis II space mission was a stunning spectacle, the 17-storey-high rockets erupting into cacophonous life before wrenching the craft through the Earth’s atmosphere. But the images...