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TUESDAY, 16 DECEMBER 2025, 23:34

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EU drops 2035 combustion engine ban as global EV shift faces reset

Today at 21:00 PM, via Daily Maverick

STRASBOURG, Dec 16 (Reuters) – The European Commission unveiled a plan on Tuesday to drop the EU’s effective ban on new combustion-engine cars from 2035 after pressure from the region’s auto sector, marking the bloc’s biggest retreat from its green policies in recent years.

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Trump sues the BBC for $10 billion over speech edit

Today at 20:51 PM, via Daily Maverick

Dec 15 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump sued the BBC for at least $10 billion in damages over edited clips of a speech that made it appear he directed supporters to storm the U.S. Capitol, opening an international front in his fight against media coverage he deems untrue or unfair.

Sport

Watch The Whole 10 Yards

Today at 22:04 PM, via BBC News

Patrick Mahomes injured, Broncos aiming for top seed in the AFC and who will win the NFC?

Education

UK to rejoin EU’s Erasmus student exchange programme

Today at 20:09 PM, via The Guardian

Exclusive: British students will be able to participate in EU-wide scheme from January 2027, sources say

An agreement to rejoin Erasmus – the EU’s student exchange programme – is expected to be announced on Wednesday as part of the UK government’s drive towards closer relations with Brussels.

The final details of the announcement were agreed by the two sides on Tuesday, with a plan to allow UK...

Education

Sudan: UNDP Completes Training Program for Small Business Owners in Al-Gadarif

Today at 19:47 PM, via AllAfrica

[SNA] – The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has completed its plan to fund capacity-building courses on the credit guarantee system and financial literacy for small business owners. The programme was implemented in partnership with Al-Ibda’a Bank for Microfinance in Al-Gadarif state.

Education

‘A shifting system’: concerns over students’ civil rights rise as DoJ changes priorities

Today at 18:00 PM, via The Guardian

Under Trump, the department that once rooted out race- and disability-based discrimination has begun opening investigations over antisemitism and transgender policies

The 10-year-old was dragged down a school hallway by two school staffers. A camera captured him being forced into a small, empty room with a single paper-covered window.

The staffers shut the door in his face. Alone, the boy...

Lifestyle

Tributes pour in for DJ Warras

Today at 20:33 PM, via The South African

Fans, friends and colleagues have posted messages and tributes after DJ Warras was shot and killed in Johannesburg CBD.

Entertainment

Broos not happy despite Bafana victory

Today at 22:16 PM, via The Citizen

‘Let’s say I am happy with the result … but we can play much better,’ Broos told SABC Sport.

Entertainment

24 hours in pictures, 16 December 2025

Today at 20:12 PM, via The Citizen

Through the lens: The Citizen’s Picture Editors select the best news photographs from South Africa and around the world.

Science/Tech

Utah Leaders Hinder Efforts To Develop Solar Energy Supply

Today at 22:50 PM, via Slashdot

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox signed two bills this year that ended solar development tax credits and imposed a new tax on solar generation despite solar power accounting for two-thirds of the new projects waiting to connect to the state’s power grid. The legislation passed by the Republican-controlled Legislature has already had an impact. Since May, when the laws took effect, 51 planned solar...

Science/Tech

MI6 Chief: We’ll Be as Fluent in Python As We Are in Russian

Today at 22:10 PM, via Slashdot

The new chief of Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service told officers this week that they must become as fluent in programming languages like Python as they are in foreign languages like Russian as the spy agency adapts to what she described as a space between peace and war. Blaise Metreweli, MI6’s first female chief and previously the service’s director general of technology and innovation,...

Motoring

Major airport in ruins in South Africa

Today at 13:00 PM, via TopAuto

The once-bustling Thaba ‘Nchu Airport, opened in 1988 as one of Bophuthatswana’s flagship infrastructure projects, now stands as a stark symbol of a local economy that has long since stalled.

Motoring

Good news for European carmakers

Today at 07:00 AM, via TopAuto

The European Union is preparing to relax its impending ban on combustion engine vehicles, a decision that will influence the cars made by brands like BMW, Mercedes, and VW.