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Sabalenka’s superior serve helps her past spirited Osaka
World number one Aryna Sabalenka advances to her fourth consecutive French Open quarter-final with a hard-fought night session win over Naomi Osaka.
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World number one Aryna Sabalenka advances to her fourth consecutive French Open quarter-final with a hard-fought night session win over Naomi Osaka.

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BBC Scotland News has collated all of the goods bought by ex-SNP chief executive Peter Murrell in his £400,000 embezzlement.

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Mystery remains around the meaning behind the art more than 17,000 years later.
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The US faces a pivotal moment in its 250-year journey toward a fairer political order, grappling with how to celebrate or deny its complex history.

South Africa
This follows his election to chair Parliament’s Impeachment Committee

South Africa
Steenhuisen says 14 million more doses of FMD vaccinations have been secured.

South Africa
Four people, including a 15-year-old passerby, were killed in a tavern shooting in Kanana.

South Africa
Two trucks and a light motor vehicle collided side by side at Crown Interchange.

World
The two patients had recently returned from the DR Congo and Uganda respectively.

World
Trumps says Israel and Hezbollah will stop fighting after Iran stops talks with U.S. over Israeli operations in southern Lebanon, Gaza

World
Iran says it is suspending all talks with the U.S. due to Israel’s expanding occupations in Lebanon and Gaza.

World
Huge crowds formed outside a shopping centre in China to see Pursuit of Jade’s Zhang Linghe.

Africa
Egypt’s Farida Khalil beat competitors twice her age to become world champion in modern pentathlon at the age of 14 after the sport was revamped.

Africa
Tensions have been rising in South Africa in recent weeks following several anti-migrant protests.

Africa
Maj Gen Rabe Abubakar’s kidnapping highlights continuing security challenges facing parts of the country.

Africa
According to media reports, the team’s departure for Mexico on Sunday has been delayed due to an “administrative bungle”.
Business

Business
The AI company behind Claude is set to offer the public shares of stock sometime this year.
Business

Business
The Department of Basic Education has gazetted the official changes to the salary tables for teachers in South Africa for 2026.

Politics
IEC has announced plans to meet with Rise Mzansi to seek clarity on the terms of its loan.

Politics
ANC members gather in protest after conference postponed and nullified over voting irregularities.

Politics
Parties in the GNU supported Gana’s nomination, while the Progressive Caucus, which comprises the MK Party, EFF, African Transformation Movement and UAT, backed Wonderhoy Mahlatse

Politics
Parliament’s Impeachment Committee is meeting this Monday afternoon.

Sport
Ireland followed up Sunday’s win over Pakistan in the T20I Tri-Nations Series by beating West Indies for the first time in that format in a dramatic finish at Clontarf.

Sport
Chelsea’s Marc Cucurella linked with a return to Spain, Liverpool keen on teenage RB Leipzig forward Yan Diomande, and Newcastle face competition for Atalanta right-back Marco Palestra, plus more.

Sport
Chelsea reject multiple approaches for promising young defender Josh Acheampong who the club consider one of their ‘untouchables’.

Sport
SAFA’s administrative shortcomings threaten to overshadow the hard work of Bafana Bafana players and the technical team.

Education
About 20 students report anonymous late-night phone calls from men who ‘intimidated, demeaned and belittled’ them
The University of Manchester has launched an investigation after about 20 female medical students complained of receiving anonymous phone calls in the middle of the night from male callers who intimidated and sexually harassed them.
The calls have been going on for at least three...
Education
[Leadership] A high-powered presidential delegation led by the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, has arrived in Ogbomoso, Oyo State, following the abduction of pupils and teachers from schools in the Esiele and Yawota communities of Oriire Local Government Area.
Education
[ANGOP] Luena — Angolan historian and researcher Eloy Satchitomeno, in the city of Luena, Moxico Province, has advocated for the need for African countries to strengthen the teaching of African languages in their education systems as a way to preserve the continent’s cultural values.
Education
[ANGOP] Luanda — The Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Republic of Angola to Serbia, Eduardo Octávio, recently encouraged Angolan students residing in Serbia to be committed to their studies, in order to contribute to the development of the country.

Lifestyle
Dream of nature, yet find it surprisingly difficult to switch off outdoors? Here’s why connecting with nature can be hard.

Lifestyle
Higher petrol prices and longer commutes are changing home-buying habits, boosting demand in these well-located property hotspots.

Lifestyle
Experts say a number of factors are now driving South African home-buyers towards smaller, more well-located properties.
Lifestyle

Entertainment
Bafana Bafana finally left South Africa for the Fifa World Cup after a visa snag delayed the National team’s departure.

Entertainment
Catch up on the biggest stories of Monday, 1 June 2026 that you may have missed, in our simple daily news update.

Entertainment
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Entertainment
The warrant officer testified that he was treated as a suspect in the case.
Science/Tech
Florida’s attorney general has sued (PDF) OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, alleging the company prioritized growth and market value over user safety and failed to adequately warn about risks tied to ChatGPT. The lawsuit, the first by a U.S. state over OpenAI safety concerns, is separate from a criminal investigation the state opened into OpenAI in April. Variety reports: In the 83-page complaint...

Science/Tech
Company asks US government to release army of sterile male mosquitoes to lower number of illness-spreading bugs
Google wants to “stop bad bugs with good bugs”, and it’s not talking about coding. The tech company has asked the US government for permission to release up to 32 million sterilized mosquitoes in California and Florida.
As part of its successful “Debug” program, Google is tapping...
Science/Tech
Anthropic says it has confidentially filed an IPO prospectus with the SEC, “setting up a potentially historic share sale for investors ready to jump into artificial intelligence,” reports CNBC. The move puts Anthropic ahead of OpenAI’s expected filing and follows explosive reported growth, a massive new valuation, major infrastructure deals, and ongoing tensions with the Pentagon over its...
Science/Tech
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Politico: Anthropic has extended an invitation to the European Commission granting the EU’s cyber agency access to its powerful AI hacking tool Mythos, according to a Commission official familiar with the process. The AI firm made the formal invitation after a meeting with the Commission in San Francisco last Thursday, the official said, adding the EU...
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Health
Emma Barnett shares her life-long struggle with endometriosis – a disease affecting one in ten women of reproductive age, which causes excruciating, often debilitating, pain.
Health
Thousands of mysterious containers lie scattered across northern Laos. These “death jars” may have provided a form of communal interment, archaeologists reported.

Health
IAVI, Moderna and the University of Oxford are all working on new vaccines.

Health
Women tell the BBC presenter how endometriosis affects their lives, as she challenges ministers to take action.