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Why Mo Amer jokes to survive

Today at 22:03 PM, via Al Jazeera

Mo Amer built a career turning identity into comedy, but as politics intensify, can humour still cut through?

World

News24 | UN Security Council set to authorise 20 000-troop Gaza force

Today at 20:38 PM, via News24

United States President Donald Trump has said he expects a US-coordinated international stabilisation force to be on the ground in Gaza “very soon” as part of his post-war plan for the enclave, which is still suffering a full-blown humanitarian crisis amid continued Israeli bombing.

Education

Students and faculty at over 100 US universities protest against Trump’s attacks

Today at 22:05 PM, via The Guardian

Student, national and local groups across US organized day of action to condemn Trump’s assault on academic freedom

Students, faculty and staff at more than 100 campuses across the US rallied against the Trump administration’s assault on higher education on Friday – the first in a planned series of nationwide, coordinated protests that organizers hope will culminate in large-scale students...

Education

When a Vietnam Protest on Campus Turned Deadly

Today at 18:35 PM, via New York Times

In May 1970, National Guard troops clashed with students at Kent State University in Ohio. Four students were killed, and nine were injured.

Lifestyle

Why are Springboks NOT wearing green and gold?

Today at 20:47 PM, via The South African

Why are the Springboks ditching green and gold to wear white against France – and on the 100th test cap milestone for captain Siya Kolisi?

Science/Tech

James D Watson, co-discoverer of DNA’s twisted-ladder structure, dies aged 97

Today at 22:13 PM, via The Guardian

Nobel prize winner shaped medicine, crimefighting and genealogy but later years marred by racist remarks

James D Watson, whose co-discovery of the twisted-ladder structure of DNA in 1953 helped light the long fuse on a revolution in medicine, crimefighting, genealogy and ethics, has died, according to his former research lab. He was 97.

The breakthrough – made when the brash, Chicago-born...

Science/Tech

Direct File Won’t Happen in 2026, IRS Tells States

Today at 22:00 PM, via Slashdot

NextGov: The IRS has notified states that offered the free, government tax filing service known as Direct File in 2025 that the program won’t be available next filing season. In an email sent from the IRS to 25 states, the tax agency thanked them for collaborating and noted that “no launch date has been set for the future.” “IRS Direct File will not be available in Filing Season 2026,” says the...