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Sinfield knighted and six Lionesses made MBEs

Today at 23:30 PM, via BBC News

Kevin Sinfield has received a knighthood in the King’s Birthday Honours while six of England’s Euro 2025-winning squad have been made MBEs.

South Africa

Mauritania and World Bank Expand WARDIP Programme to Include AI Infrastructure and Skills

Today at 19:06 PM, via iAfrica

Mauritania and the World Bank have agreed to provide additional financing under the West Africa Regional Digital Integration Program to expand its scope to include artificial intelligence infrastructure, the country’s digital ministry announced. The agreement was reached during a working session between Minister Ahmed Salem Bede and a World Bank delegation led by Michel Rogy, […]

Business

Have you been mis-sold car finance?

Today at 14:41 PM, via BBC News

Martin Lewis has advice for those who have or who are planning to put in a car finance mis-selling claim.

Sport

Rooney and Cann disagree on Bosnia goalkeeper incident

Today at 23:43 PM, via BBC News

Former assistant referee Darren Cann and Wayne Rooney disagree over the red card incident involving Bosnia-Herzegovina goalkeeper Nikola Vasilj, with Rooney arguing the goalkeeper should have been sent off for his challenge on Canada’s Tani Oluwaseyi.

Education

Sudan: Minister of Higher Education Inspects Nile University

Today at 13:15 PM, via AllAfrica

[SNA] KHARTOUM — The Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Professor Ahmed Modawi Musa, affirmed that the ministry is moving steadily to implement its policies aimed at returning higher education institutions to their original premises and resuming full academic activity, noting that field visits are intended to assess the progress of the educational process and ensure its...

Education

Nigeria: Soludo Names Onwualu Pro-Chancellor of Ojukwu Varsity

Today at 12:54 PM, via AllAfrica

[Vanguard] AWKA — Anambra State Governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, has inaugurated the eighth governing council of the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University (COOU), appointing Professor Peter Onwualu as Pro-Chancellor and chairman of the council.

Education

Sudan: Sudanese Ambassador in Doha Meets Qatari Minister of Education and Higher Education

Today at 12:37 PM, via AllAfrica

[SNA] DOHA — The Ambassador of Sudan to the State of Qatar, Badr-Eddin Abdullah, met on Wednesday with the Minister of Education and Higher Education of Qatar, Lolwah bint Rashid Al-Khater, to discuss prospects for cooperation between the two countries in the fields of education and higher education, and ways to strengthen and develop them.

Science/Tech

ShinyHunters Hacked 100+ Organizations By Exploiting an Oracle PeopleSoft 0-Day

Today at 23:20 PM, via Slashdot

ShinyHunters claims it exploited a critical Oracle PeopleSoft zero-day to compromise more than 100 organizations, including the University of Nottingham, where it says it stole 40GB of student and billing data. “ShinyHunters posted the UK university on its data leak site on Tuesday before publishing the stolen files later that same day, presumably because the school refused to pay the extortion...

Science/Tech

Google Sues Chinese Cybercrime Operation That Used Gemini AI To Send Scam Texts

Today at 22:00 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Google is suing to dismantle the infrastructure behind an alleged massive AI-powered cybercrime operation. On Friday, the tech giant announced a lawsuit against an alleged Chinese cybercrime network called Outsider Enterprise, which Google says uses AI in its campaigns to send scam text messages impersonating Google and other brands to steal...