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UK Athletics pleads guilty to corporate manslaughter

Today at 13:34 PM, via BBC News

UK Athletics plead guilty to the corporate manslaughter of UAE Paralympian Abdullah Hayayei who died in 2017 after a metal cage fell on him while training in London.

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Bad turn for petrol prices in South Africa

Today at 13:32 PM, via Daily Investor

Fuel prices in South Africa are set to rise in March, driven by surging global oil prices amid escalating US-Iran tensions and a rand that is unlikely to strengthen further against a resurgent dollar.

World

Morning news brief

Today at 12:03 PM, via NPR

A second U.S. aircraft carrier moved closer to the Middle East Thursday, President Trump’s Board of Peace held its first meeting, former Prince Andrew released after spending day in police custody.

Africa

Lobito Corridor: A new line for trade and investment

Today at 00:00 AM, via Mail & Guardian

The corridor is strategically significant given that Zambia, Angola and the DRC are home to some of the world’s most significant deposits of critical minerals

Business

Bad news about petrol prices in March

Today at 12:30 PM, via BusinessTech

Fuel price recoveries have deteriorated in the third week of February, making petrol price cuts in March increasingly less likely.

Politics

Steenhuisen faces palace revolt

Today at 00:30 AM, via Mail & Guardian

Senior Democratic Alliance officials are backing Western Cape agriculture MEC Ivan Meyer to replace the party leader as agriculture minister after its April federal congress

Education

Tanzania: Turning the Page On Literacy in Ludewa

Today at 13:10 PM, via AllAfrica

[Daily News] Dar es Salaam — IN the quiet corridors of primary schools across Ludewa District, a quiet revolution is taking place, one page at a time. For years, the Tanzanian education system has grappled with a learning crisis that exists despite high enrolment rates. Children are in classrooms, but are they learning?

Education

Should Child Welfare Be Called Over School Absences?

Today at 12:02 PM, via New York Times

Teachers are required to report cases of possible “educational neglect” to child protective services, but there is a growing movement to change that policy.

Science/Tech

Meet Scotland’s Whisky-Sniffing Robot Dog

Today at 13:30 PM, via Wired

Inside Dewar’s cavernous whisky warehouses, man’s best mechanical friend—a Boston Dynamics robot dog with an ethanol sensor for a nose—is on the hunt for leaky barrels.