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Mensik collapses on court as heatwave continues

Today at 20:13 PM, via BBC News

Jakub Mensik collapses on court and Novak Djokovic swelters for almost four hours as players are made to work hard on another hot Paris day at the French Open.

Africa

Eswatini’s oil reserve gamble

Today at 03:25 AM, via Mail & Guardian

Eswatini has signed a $300 million agreement with Taiwan to build a massive strategic oil reserve but the project is raising difficult questions in a country battling deepening poverty, soaring unemployment and allegations of elite enrichment

Africa

PSG’s Hakimi in Morocco squad despite injury

Yesterday at 22:29 PM, via BBC News

Morocco captain Achraf Hakimi is named in the Atlas Lions’ World Cup squad despite the injury he sustained in the Champions League semi-finals against Bayern Munich.

Politics

ANC NWC resolve to show Tolashe the door

Today at 12:03 PM, via Mail & Guardian

The decisions follows the working committee’s meeting on monday where it resolved that Tolashe should resign as an MP and the president of the ANC’s woman league

Sport

Price and Clayton’s quest for all-Welsh showdown

Today at 20:30 PM, via BBC News

Jonny Clayton and Gerwyn Price are vying to set-up an all-Welsh Premier League darts final amid talk of another showdown between Luke Littler and Luke Humphries.

Education

‘A tax on ambition’: graduates tell all to student loans inquiry

Today at 18:01 PM, via The Guardian

Treasury select committee hears that interest rate and repayment terms are ‘extortionate’ and ‘not reasonable’

Thousands of graduates have told an official inquiry their horror stories and bad experiences relating to student loans, underlining what the chair of an MPs’ committee called massive levels of “frustration and upset”.

Amid an ongoing row over the ballooning cost of degree course...

Science/Tech

Roku Updates Its UI For the First Time In a Decade

Today at 20:00 PM, via Slashdot

Roku is rolling out its first major homescreen update in a decade. The UI doesn’t look too dramatically different, but users will notice more personalization-driven changes, including frequently used apps, “top picks,” household-specific layouts, and recommendations based on viewing habits. Rest assured, Engadget adds, “Everything is still in various shades of purple and Roku City is still...

Science/Tech

Tech CEOs Are Apparently Suffering From AI Psychosis

Today at 19:00 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: There is a certain wildness in the tech industry these days that both mimics previous eras of large changes, like cloud computing (runaway costs in the early days), and is like nothing we’ve ever seen before (record revenues accompanied by mass layoffs). One possible explanation: tech executives, especially CEOs, are collectively suffering...

Health

‘When I was 14 I thought I was dying’

Today at 15:43 PM, via BBC News

BBC Radio Sheffield presenter Ellie Colton’s symptoms of endometriosis started when she was a young teenager. But she wasn’t diagnosed until she was 24.

Health

Endometriosis: ‘I thought I was dying’

Today at 10:43 AM, via BBC News

The BBC’s Ellie Colton shares her experience of living with endometriosis – and meets a scientist hoping to cut the length of time it takes to be diagnosed with a simple new test.