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THURSDAY, 04 JUNE 2026, 06:42

Africa

Mayor cancels DR Congo friendly over Ebola concern

Tuesday at 21:28 PM, via BBC News

DR Congo’s international friendly against Chile in Spain next week is cancelled after authorities raise health concerns over the Ebola outbreak in the African nation.

Education

Smartglasses and earpieces may worsen exam cheating in schools, says Ofqual

Today at 06:00 AM, via The Guardian

Stronger checks likely to be needed in England to safeguard reputation of GCSE, AS and A-levels, says Ian Bauckham

Cheating in exams could be magnified by the new generation of wearable hi-tech devices such as smartglasses or invisible earpieces, according to England’s qualifications watchdog.

Ian Bauckham, the head of the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (Ofqual), also...

Education

South Africa: Student Teachers in South Africa Face a Stressful Career – How to Prepare Them Better

Today at 05:36 AM, via AllAfrica

[The Conversation Africa] South African teacher education qualifications are expected to comply with the Minimum Requirements for Teacher Education Qualifications. But evidence points to gaps in teacher competence and the quality of instruction. Many students who enrol for teaching at South African universities have lower grade 12 results than those studying other degrees. This means...

Lifestyle

[Watch] Comedian nails Home Affairs skit

Yesterday at 23:47 PM, via The South African

Comedian Kevin Fraser has been praised for his hilarious, but ‘triggering’ skit of inside a Home Affairs office…

Science/Tech

Heatstroke, sports washing and VAR psychology: the science of the World Cup – podcast

Today at 06:00 AM, via The Guardian

It’s just a week until the first whistle of the 2026 World Cup. To mark the occasion, Madeleine Finlay talks to Ian Sample about the science behind the tournament. It’s likely to be one of the hottest ever World Cups, and scientists have written to Fifa asking it to reconsider its heat mitigations for players and referees. Dr Oliver Gibson of Brunel University outlines their concerns. Also...

Science/Tech

Demand Is Booming For New No Tech, Repairable Tractor

Today at 05:30 AM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from 404 Media: The secondary market for decades old, low-tech John Deere tractors has been booming for years as farmers have sought reliable tractors that they can actually fix without having to deal with John Deere’s repair monopoly. A Canadian company has seen that demand and came up with a radical thought: What if they made a new, repairable, “no-tech”...

Science/Tech

Fedora Linux 43 Exposes 20-Year-Old Microsoft Outlook Security Failure

Today at 01:00 AM, via Slashdot

BrianFagioli writes: Fedora Linux 43 users upgrading to the latest Dovecot mail server discovered something rather unsettling: some older Microsoft Outlook configurations may have been silently ignoring SSL/TLS settings for POP3 email connections for years. According to a Fedora community blog post, affected Outlook clients reportedly continued using insecure port 110 connections even when...

Health

An Uncertain Path for Americans Exposed to Ebola

Yesterday at 21:24 PM, via New York Times

Despite long-established procedures for bringing Americans home for monitoring and treatment, the Trump administration has not said that it will allow those at risk of Ebola back into the country.

Health

Genital herpes rising in England

Yesterday at 14:08 PM, via BBC News

New cases of genital herpes are increasing in England, bucking an overall fall in sexually transmitted infections (STIs), the latest data shows.