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Matthew Perry’s assistant sentenced to 41 months in prison

Today at 10:04 AM, via SowetanLIVE

The personal assistant who injected ‘Friends’ star Matthew Perry with a fatal dose of ketamine was sentenced to 41 months in federal prison on Wednesday, bringing to a close the prosecution of five people who admitted to playing role in the actor’s death.

World

In court as Matthew Perry’s assistant sentenced

Today at 06:13 AM, via BBC News

The live-in personal assistant to the actor has been sentenced to 41 months in prison, capping a multi-year legal saga surrounding the actor’s death. ​​

Africa

Eswatini’s oil reserve gamble

Yesterday at 03:25 AM, via Mail & Guardian

Eswatini has signed a $300 million agreement with Taiwan to build a massive strategic oil reserve but the project is raising difficult questions in a country battling deepening poverty, soaring unemployment and allegations of elite enrichment

Africa

PSG’s Hakimi in Morocco squad despite injury

Tuesday at 22:29 PM, via BBC News

Morocco captain Achraf Hakimi is named in the Atlas Lions’ World Cup squad despite the injury he sustained in the Champions League semi-finals against Bayern Munich.

Politics

ANC NWC resolve to show Tolashe the door

Yesterday at 12:03 PM, via Mail & Guardian

The decisions follows the working committee’s meeting on monday where it resolved that Tolashe should resign as an MP and the president of the ANC’s woman league

Sport

Bradley ‘making progress’ in injury recovery

Today at 09:05 AM, via BBC News

Northern Ireland manager Michael O’Neill says Liverpool defender Conor Bradley is “making progress” but would not put a timeline on his return from injury.

Science/Tech

The connectivity debt trap

Today at 09:51 AM, via ITWeb

Connectivity debt is not always obvious when it’s created, but the risk is lurking beneath the surface, waiting to rise up at the most inopportune time.

Science/Tech

Perfect Randomness Realized For the First Time

Today at 09:00 AM, via Slashdot

ETH Zurich researchers say they have generated certified “perfect randomness” for the first time by using a quantum Bell-test setup with two entangled superconducting chips connected by a 30-meter cooled link. “In the long term, this work could play a similar role in digital security as atomic clocks do for timekeeping: a physically certified source of randomness that other systems can rely...

Health

KFF’s Chief Executive to Retire

Yesterday at 21:01 PM, via New York Times

Drew Altman, who transformed KFF from a little-known family foundation to a major source of U.S. health policy research, will step down at the end of the year.

Health

‘When I was 14 I thought I was dying’

Yesterday at 15:43 PM, via BBC News

BBC Radio Sheffield presenter Ellie Colton’s symptoms of endometriosis started when she was a young teenager. But she wasn’t diagnosed until she was 24.