
The Data Centers Have Arrived at the Edge of the Arctic Circle
As AI labs gorge themselves on compute, data center operators are flooding north in search of cheap and plentiful energy.
TUESDAY, 03 MARCH 2026, 17:55

As AI labs gorge themselves on compute, data center operators are flooding north in search of cheap and plentiful energy.
Universities from Harvard to Hampshire have admitted significantly more students with disabilities over the last decade, as diagnoses for A.D.H.D. and anxiety increase.

The U.S. and Iran have a long history of tensions, including a CIA-led campaign to topple Iran’s prime minister in 1953 and the taking of American hostages in 1979.

The company that runs the biggest stock exchange in Africa has posted a record financial performance, and a special dividend to shareholders along with it.

The OU has capitulated to a pro-Israel lobby group about the use of the term ‘ancient Palestine’. The wider context is impossible to ignore
The west is in the midst of the most serious assault on free speech and academic freedom since the heyday of McCarthyism seven decades ago. For years, we were told the danger came from the left: oversensitive students, censorious activists, no-platforming...

Capitec is getting ready to demonstrate its first self-service kiosk for customers to apply for a Smart ID—with hundreds more to come.
Turkish FMD vaccines arrival scales up national vaccination drive
Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen has confirmed the arrival of a major consignment of 1.5 million Dollvet Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) vaccines at OR Tambo International Airport on Sunday, 1 March 2026.The shipment, imported from Turkey, was facilitated by Dunevax as the authorised agent.The Department of...

The SA team have clawed their way out of difficult situations on multiple occasions at the T20 World Cup.

Parliament’s legal team says he is still under examination

Foreign Office sources say no evacuation was imminent but the government is preparing for potential scenarios.

At least 100 people arrested for serious crimes are roaming the streets or are in hiding after escaping from police stations or while in transit in SA last year
Fuel will increase by between 20c and 65c per litre on Wednesday as a rise in oil prices over the past month counters the strengthening of the rand.

Kuwait’s ministry of defence confirmed “several American fighter aircraft came down this morning”, with crews “unscathed”.

Millions of Israelis have sought safety in shelters after Iran launched retaliatory attacks on Israeli cities following the death of Iran’s supreme leader.

Hundreds of thousands of travelers have been stranded by the outbreak of war with Iran.

Three U.S. service members have been killed in ongoing Middle East operations as U.S. and Israeli strikes pound Iran and Tehran answers with successive waves of missiles and drones across the region.

What are the Trump administration’s apparent goals in Iran and how likely is it that military force will achieve them? NPR’s Leila Fadel talks to the Quincy Institute’s Trita Parsi.

People in Iran describe what it’s like inside the country after the killing of the country’s supreme leader and amid continued airstrikes from the U.S. and Israel.

As Iran launches retaliatory strikes on U.S. military assets in the Middle East, how do Gulf nations respond? Leila Fadel speaks with Yasmine Farouk of the International Crisis Group.