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Entrepreneurs fight pile-up of garbage in the West Bank

Yesterday at 23:24 PM, via NPR

Israeli restrictions on movement in the West Bank are impeding garbage trucks from reaching landfills, leaving Palestinians living amid mounds of trash. Two Palestinian entrepreneurs are trying to change this.

Robots Are Building Clay Homes In Texas Using Dirt From the Ground

Yesterday at 22:59 PM, via Slashdot

A startup south of Austin is using robots to build homes out of clay pulled directly from the ground, reports a local news station:The materials are gathered on site, mixed, and placed on a build plate. From there, a robot lowers from above, picks up the clay with a claw, carries it to the wall and drops it into place. Later, the same robot switches tools, using a hammer attachment to pound the...

ANALYSIS: Joburg rows, swims and stumbles towards 4 November poll

Yesterday at 22:16 PM, via Daily Maverick

Six months before the 2026 local government elections, the DA seems to have stolen a march on opposing parties in the Johannesburg race as its mayoral hopeful, Helen Zille, sets the agenda with a series of campaigning tricks.

Three passengers dead after suspected hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship

Yesterday at 21:52 PM, via The Guardian

Further three people taken ill, including 69-year-old Briton reported to be in intensive care in South Africa

Three people have died after a suspected hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship sailing in the Atlantic.

One case of hantavirus infection had been confirmed and there were five additional suspected cases, the World Health Organization told Agence France-Presse on Sunday.

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