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Supporters who were in Spain and fans back in Glasgow watch their team lose the final to Eintracht Frankfurt on penalties.

Many of Thursday’s papers analyse how soaring inflation will affect people’s lives in the UK.

A holiday rep who was unable to sing teaches himself then scoops two music awards.

A North West traditional healer has been given a life sentence for murdering his girlfriend.

Those involved in the R21.8-million City of Ekurhuleni tender fraud, which dates back more than a decade, have been handed sentences ranging from 10 to 15 years in prison.

The Western Cape High Court heard Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s application for interdicts against Parliament continuing with its impeachment process and President Cyril Ramaphosa suspending her.

Burundi’s approach to dealing with perceived enablers of armed opposition groups and suspected members has been condemned as “heavy-handed” by Human Rights Watch in a recently released report.

A large group of talented young musicians and their families have been evacuated out of Ukraine into Slovenia.

Juan Carlos left Spain in 2020 after he was linked to an inquiry into alleged corruption.

New York University bestowed the renowned pop singer with an honorary degree.

Namibia could destroy at least 330 000 doses of the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine by October to add to the 318 000 doses, worth an estimated R27 million, that have already been destroyed since last year.

A study suggests that the virtual world platform could plug more than 40 billion US dollars into the African economy in its first decade.

They have been trapped in a zinc mine for the last month is still ongoing.

Paris St-Germain’s Idrissa Gueye refused to play in a match to avoid wearing a rainbow symbol in support of LGBTQ+ rights BBC Sport understands.

Marks & Spencer says extra tax for online shops will mean lower investment in High Street stores.

Big increases are due next April but charities say soaring prices mean people need the money now.

Chain Trevor Sorbie says they are now spending thousands more each month.

Should one consider high dividend-yielding ETFs like the Satrix Divi?

The family of former Johannesburg mayor Mpho Moerane has once again expressed sadness and disappointment regarding false reports that he died on Tuesday.

Former Joburg Mayor Mpho Moerane has passed away. His family has confirmed this at the Milpark Hospital in Johannesburg.

Advocate Dali Mpofu, legal counsel to the Public Protector, Busisiwe Mkhwebane, has argued that suspending her while impeachment proceedings are ongoing would be punitive and damaging to her reputation.

The family of the former Johannesburg mayor and ANC Gauteng treasurer Mpho Moerane says he is unconscious.

For Seville, it was the hottest day of the year. For Eintracht Frankfurt it was one of the greatest nights in the German club’s 123-year history.

Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel expects the London team to face a period of “rebuilding” following the London club’s planned sale.

Al Ahly dropped two points in the race for the league title as they could only afford a 0-0 draw away to National Bank on Wednesday.

Orlando Pirates goalkeeper Richard Ofori believes the Buccaneers must win their CAF Confederation Cup final on Friday in order for their stunning run to be remembered.

Academics and student leaders tell committee black students and staff face ‘ingrained institutional racism’

Academics and student leaders have told MPs of their frustration at the denial of and the lack of practical action to tackle the “ingrained institutional racism” experienced by black students and staff on university campuses.

Nicola Rollock, a professor of social policy and race at...

“If you are black or a woman, you don’t see yourself fitting in,” a leading female physicist says.

Two government advisers claim the subject seems ‘scary’ and ‘hard’, while academics warn of ‘mathematics anxiety’. Would changing a few names really help?

Name: Good question. Let’s go with “the discipline formerly known as maths”.

Age: About 2,500 years old.

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The Department of Homeland Security suspended the work of a panel focused on the subject of disinformation. The group had provoked accusations of government overreach.

South African availability confirmed from the third quarter.

The case, the first in the U.S. this year, follows unusual clusters discovered in Europe and Canada.

Scientists and federal health officials are debating plans to pair coronavirus and flu vaccinations in the fall.

Researchers analyzed the largest database of private insurance claims in the United States in the first four months after a diagnostic code for long Covid was created.

Four years after the first buffer zone outside a clinic only two more have followed in England.

Staff at a £14m recycling facility help manually sort through 85,000 tonnes of waste each year.

Efforts to protect these beautiful insects include driving electric tractors and hand-rearing them in a lab.

Rachel Hurst is a student at the University of East Anglia helping others to address their climate anxieties.

Scientists say more could have been done to make lateral flow tests widely recyclable.