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A medallist with Team GB in 2014, bobsleigher Joel Fearon is preparing for his third Winter Olympics after coming out of retirement to compete for Jamaica.

BBC Sport pundits Wayne Rooney and Alan Shearer believe referees are “petrified” of making decisions without the “safety net of VAR,” after the officials decided not to award a penalty for a potential handball by Lucas Digne in the FA Cup fourth round tie between Aston Villa and Newcastle.

Newcastle United beat Aston Villa in the FA Cup fourth round in a match dominated by a number of controversial decisions without VAR.

Small bus operators contracted to the Gauteng Department will resume operations on Monday.

The United Nations Development Programme in Egypt, in partnership with GSMA, has launched a high-level artificial intelligence capacity-building programme for policymakers in Cairo. The two-day training, held at UNDP Egypt’s headquarters, brings together senior government officials, regulators and representatives from key national institutions. Policymakers from Libya, Sudan, Tanzania and...

Rwanda has signed a strategic agreement with Oracle to launch a nationwide digital skills development programme aimed at strengthening the country’s workforce in cloud computing, artificial intelligence and database technologies. The partnership, formalized through a memorandum of understanding between Rwanda’s Ministry of Information, Communication, Technology and Innovation and Oracle,...

A landmark election in Bangladesh ended years of disputed polls, and now the winners face pressure to tackle corruption and a battered economy.

NPR’s Lauren Frayer arrived in London after years in India, and she’s been covering Britain with the legacy of empire in view.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio delivers a keynote speech at the annual Munich Security Conference; European stakeholders are reassured but still wary.

The former US president didn’t name Trump, but lamented the lack of “shame” and “decorum” among public officials.

President Cyril Ramaphosa says the army will work with the police to fight organised crime and illegal mining.

Somali Islamist militant group al-Shabab has staged several attacks in Kenya, prompting the border to be closed.

Search efforts are continuing for the missing passengers, who included children.

Madagascar’s disaster management says roads are inaccessible with trees uprooted, power poles down and ninety percent of roofs ripped off.

This is the iconic South African precinct that made R11 billion in one year.

KPMG South Africa has named Joelene Pierce as its next CEO starting 1 March 2026.

Mokgosi appeared before the North West Ad Hoc committee on Saturday to conclude his testimony.

Jacob Zuma who is the leader of uMkhonto Wesizwe Party, was expelled from the ANC in July 2024.

Sithole says her re-election to the leadership position shows confidence and renewal of the mandate.

She has been accorded a Special Provincial Official Funeral, Category 2.

Scotland were at their wildly entertaining best in the Calcutta Cup win over England. This was their perfect day, writes Tom English.

Anthony Gordon could be heading back to Merseyside as Mohamed Salah looks set to leave Liverpool, Arsenal target Castello Lukeba, while Manchester United watch Serie A duo.

Scotland delivered a magnificent Calcutta Cup triumph for under-pressure head coach Gregor Townsend, according to captain Sione Tuipulotu.

Bayern Munich striker Harry Kane strikes from distance against Werder Bremen to become the first Englishman in history to score 500 professional goals in official matches.

When does Oscar Pistorius’s murder sentence expire? And will he be remembered as more than just the man who murdered Reeva Steenkamp?

Life goes on? Nadia Nakai – who dated the late rapper AKA – has teased the public with a romance with another music artist…

Bittersweet: Reeva Steenkamp’s mother June has regained the memory of her ‘baby’, who was tragically murdered 13 years ago…

There were only nine minutes left when City defender Guehi delivered the decisive blow.

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Amakhosi finished third behind Zamalek and Al Masry.  

Epibatidine is about a hundred times more potent than morphine, and derived from frogs native to South America

• Russia killed Alexei Navalny with frog toxin, UK and four European allies say

Epibatidine, the dart frog toxin Britain says was used to kill Alexei Navalny, is about a hundred times more potent than morphine.

The extremely toxic nicotine-like substance was first derived from the...

Following a major accident, the last thing people want to hear is the words “write off”.

Lawmakers are cracking down on screen-dominated car interiors.

Preventing smash-and-grab attacks requires drivers to be proactive and alert.

A high number of elderly people on wards and respiratory cases in A&E prompt warnings from staff.