Messi buys fifth-tier Spanish club Cornella
Argentina World Cup winner Lionel Messi becomes the new owner of Catalan club Cornella.
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Google’s AI Mode Update Tries to Kill Tab Hopping in Chrome
Google latest update to AI Mode in its Chrome browser is designed to keep the chatbot-style search tool always around once you start an online search journey.
Anthropic Rolls Out Claude Opus 4.7, an AI Model That Is Less Risky Than Mythos
Anthropic released Claude Opus 4.7, calling it its strongest generally available model and an improvement over Opus 4.6 in areas like software engineering, instruction-following, tool use, and agentic coding. But the company says it is “less broadly capable” than the restricted Claude Mythos Preview, “which Anthropic rolled out to a select group of companies as part of a new cybersecurity...
Mkhwanazi ‘cannot deny’ giving Matlala free VIP passes to use in Ekurhuleni
Suspended Julius Mkhwanazi has told the Madlanga Commission that he cannot clearly deny issuing letters that claimed the city had an “endless relationship” with Vusimusi “Cat” Matlala’s company.
‘My son died alone, scared, and in pain’
A Dudley nursery, its owner and nursery worker are being sentenced over baby Noah Sibanda’s death.
Mayo’s goal sparks confidence but will Kaizer Chiefs keep him?
Khanyisa Mayo boosted his confidence by scoring against Magesi, with Chiefs coach Khalil Ben Youssef backing the striker.
‘I’m not a criminal’ – Mkhwanazi denies sending EMPD cops to ‘commit armed robbery’
Precious stones valued at R14.9 million were allegedly taken from the home of Peter Prinsloo.
Gayton McKenzie’s Sport, Arts and Culture snubs traditional festivals for Formula One and Olympics
The Department of Sport, Arts, and Culture has failed to explain why it’s prioritising events such as Formula One and the Olympics over vital cultural festivals, jeopardising opportunities for emerging artists and literary voices.
New report exposes corruption, bribery and abuse in SA’s asylum system
Corruption revealed to occur at multiple stages of the asylum process, including applications, permit renewals, document collection and interactions with law enforcement
An Afrikaner Ambassador: Roelf Meyer and the reversal of history
Ramaphosa has sent the man who helped dismantle apartheid to defend the post-apartheid order against the administration trying hardest to undo it. The choice is shrewder than it looks, and more uncomfortable than Pretoria will admit.
News24 | Burundi minister found dead in car in murky circumstances
A Burundian minister has been killed in what the government said on Thursday was a car accident, with sources saying the cause of death was unclear and would be investigated.
Social supermarket opens to cut food bills
The store, in Mablethorpe, buys surplus stock so it can keep prices low.
Nigeria: Bouesti Celebrates Rapid Growth, Produces 60 First Class At 2nd Convocation
[This Day] Ado Ekiti — The remarkable growth and rising academic profile of Bamidele Olumilua University of Education, Science and Technology, Ikere-Ekiti (BOUESTI) will take centre stage as the institution graduates 1,645 students at its second convocation ceremony, with 60 of them earning first class.
Nigeria: Eksu’s 104th Inaugural Lecturer Challenges Religious, Cultural Bias Against Women
[This Day] Ado Ekiti — A Professor of Sociology of Religion at Ekiti State University, Ibiyinka Adesanya, has called for a sweeping re-evaluation of long-standing religious and cultural perceptions that place women in subordinate roles, urging a more balanced and informed theological approach.
Nigeria: Albouze – Nigeria’s Digital Learning Revolution Is Transforming Higher Education
[This Day] Nigeria’s higher education system is undergoing a far-reaching digital transformation through the nationwide deployment of the Blackboard Learning Management System across public tertiary institutions.
Nigeria: Fawehinmi and the Iron Will to Make Uniabuja World-Class Institution
[This Day] As the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Abuja, Prof Hakeem Fawehinmi, presided over his maiden congregation meeting, where he shared his vision for the institution, Raheem Akingbolu, who has been following the activities of the professor of Clinical Anatomy and Biomedical Anthropology since he took the mantle of leadership, reckons that he appears to be getting it right despite...
Chris Walton obituary
My friend and colleague Chris Walton, who has died aged 69 of brain cancer, was a biologist and lecturer at Cranfield University, Bedfordshire. He had a passion for getting things to work in the real world; consequently he was widely regarded by his colleagues as an honorary engineer.
Chris studied volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in matrices including breath, sweat, blood, urine and faeces,...
GLP-1 use is influencing the middle-class food basket in South Africa
With 1 in 20 South Africans already using or considering weight-loss drugs like Ozempic, new data shows a major shift in shopping habits.
24 hours in pictures, 16 April 2026
Through the lens: The Citizen’s Picture Editors select the best news photographs from South Africa and around the world.
A complex set of negotiations to end Israel’s overlapping wars
Lebanon ceasefire part of complex web of Mideast negotiations, from Iran to Gaza
News24 | Arsenal ex-goalkeeper Manninger dies after car struck by train
Former Arsenal goalkeeper Alexander Manninger, who played for Austria at Euro 2008, died on Thursday after his car was hit by a train, his former club Red Bull Salzburg said.