Hull KR beat Brisbane to win World Club Challenge
Hull Kingston Rovers withstand a fierce comeback from Brisbane Broncos to win the World Club Challenge.
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Van der Merwe returns from Scotland wilderness with a point to prove
Duhan van der Merwe’s try-scoring X-factor makes him perfectly suited to return to the Scotland XV against Wales on Saturday, writes Tom English.
China’s Hottest App of 2026 Just Asks If You’re Still Alive
A bare-bones Chinese app called “Are You Dead?” — whose entire premise is that solo-living users tap daily to confirm they’re still alive, triggering an alert to an emergency contact after two missed check-ins — has rocketed to the top of China’s app store charts and gone viral globally without spending a dime on advertising. The app wasn’t built for the elderly, as many assumed; its creators...
Benni McCarthy addresses THOSE fat-shaming comments
Benni McCarthy has addressed being called ‘super size’ by management of his former Premier League club. Here’s what he said…
Family of Virginia Giuffre reacts to arrest of former Prince Andrew
NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Sky and Amanda Roberts, family members of the late Virginia Giuffre, now that the former Prince Andrew has been arrested by police in the U.K.
Eileen Gu – the ‘snow princess’ who divides opinion
Eileen Gu is the most decorated female Olympic freestyle skier in history, and a global superstar, but continues to divide opinion.
GB medal hope Atkin qualifies top for freeski halfpipe final
Team GB’s Zoe Atkin earns a score of 91.50 to qualify for the women’s freeski halfpipe final in first place at the 2026 Winter Olympics.
GB’s Atkin qualifies top for halfpipe final
British freestyle skier Zoe Atkin qualifies top for Saturday’s halfpipe final as she looks to add the Winter Olympic title to her World Championship crown.
Donald Trump Jr.’s Private DC Club Has Mysterious Ties to an Ex-Cop With a Controversial Past
The Executive Branch has a reported membership list that includes Trumpworld elites like David Sacks. A WIRED review of corporate filings reveals an under-the-radar player: a notorious former DC police officer.
Microsoft’s New 10,000-Year Data Storage Medium: Glass
Microsoft Research has published a paper in Nature detailing Project Silica, a working demonstration that uses femtosecond lasers to etch data into small slabs of glass at a density of over a Gigabit per cubic millimeter and a maximum capacity of 4.84 terabytes per slab. The slabs themselves are 12 cm by 12 cm and just 2 mm thick, and Microsoft’s accelerated aging experiments suggest the data...
Single nasal spray vaccine could protect against all colds and flus, researchers say
A Stanford University team have tested their nasal spray vaccine in animals but still need to do human clinical trials.
Why have the boards around the ice hockey rink changed colour?
BBC Sport’s ice hockey commentary team of Seth Bennett and Kent Simpson explain that the colour of the advertising boards around the ice have become lighter, because the goaltenders are struggling to pick the puck up off the backboards near the net.
Veteran dissident who refused exile released
Mikola Statkevich, who spent more than five years in prison in his native Belarus, is now recovering from a stroke at home, his wife says.
MUGABE SHOOTING: SAPS divers, K9 unit search Robert Mugabe’s son’s property after shooting arrest
The South African police have confirmed they are investigating a case of attempted murder after a son of former Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe was arrested in connection with the shooting of an employee at an upmarket Hyde Park residence.
Europe’s Labor Laws Are Strangling Its Ability To Innovate, New Analysis Argues
A new essay in Works in Progress Magazine argues that Europe’s failure to produce a Tesla or a Waymo stems not from insufficient research spending or high taxes — problems California shares in abundance — but from labor laws that make it devastatingly expensive for companies to unwind failed bets. According to estimates, corporate restructuring costs the equivalent of 31 months of salary per...
Growing worries over high-profile Kaizer Chiefs signing
Former PSL top striker Phumlani Mkhize has expressed disappointment over Khanyisa Mayo’s struggles at Kaizer Chiefs.
He told police his XL bullies were friendly – days later his mother-in-law was mauled to death
Ashley Warren is the first person in England and Wales to be prosecuted under XL bully laws.
The 10 Best Shows to Stream Right Now (February 2026)
Fallout, Neighbors, and Monarch: Legacy of Monsters are just a few of the TV shows we’re swooning over for February.
MUNICIPAL POLITICS: Ekurhuleni mayor’s reshuffle triggers political chaos and coalition tensions
Ekurhuleni faces uncertainty, with service delivery, governance and political stability at risk after Mayor Nkosindiphile Xhakaza’s late-night reshuffle on Tuesday was rejected by multiple political parties.
‘Pew Pew’: The Chinese Companies Marketing Anti-Drone Weapons on TikTok
On TikTok, Chinese manufacturers are advertising signal-blocking weapons with the breezy cadence of consumer lifestyle advertising.
Cape Town mayor backs N2 wall plans after Khayelitsha attack
Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has backed plans to build an N2 wall after another highway incident, this time outside Khayelitsha…