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Iran, Trump’s threats and the Brics security test

Today at 10:44 AM, via Mail & Guardian

United States President Donald Trump has turned Iran-US negotiations into a test of Brics power after threatening to destroy Iran’s bridges and power plants unless Tehran accepts Washington’s terms and reopens the Strait of Hormuz. The warning places China and Russia before a defining question. Can the multipolar order protect one of its strategic members […]

South Africa

Police probe Booysen home robbery

Today at 09:48 AM, via SABC News

Police are searching for suspects following a robbery at Jerome Booysen’s Bellville South home…

South Africa

Law enforcement to intensify road safety compliance over long weekends

Today at 09:37 AM, via SAnews

Law enforcement to intensify road safety compliance over long weekends

The Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) has identified high-risk areas across all provinces to ramp up coordinated, intelligence-led law enforcement operations over the next two long weekends, as traffic volumes are expected to rise.

Authorities will increase the visibility of police patrols to ensure...

Sport

RIP | SAFA mourns the passing of Richard Lata

Today at 09:39 AM, via The South African

The South African Football Association has expressed its sadness following the passing of former Benoni United player Richard ‘Litre’ Lata.

Education

Officials too slow to act on falling pupil numbers in England, says watchdog

Today at 08:01 AM, via The Guardian

Demographic changes will cause a glut of school places, according to National Audit Office report

A failure to account for England’s falling birthrate is leading to a glut of school places and a potential £1bn fall in pupil funding over the next three years, according to a National Audit Office report.

The government’s spending watchdog said the Department for Education started to...

Education

Texas can require public schools to display Ten Commandments, court rules

Today at 01:49 AM, via The Guardian

Appeals court ruling is a victory for conservatives who have long sought to incorporate more religion into schools

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Texas can require the Ten Commandments to be displayed in public school classrooms, a US appeals court ruled Tuesday in a victory for conservatives who have long sought to incorporate more religion into...

Education

How to Save Academia

Yesterday at 23:00 PM, via New York Times

A Yale report offers some honest self-reflection on where the university went wrong.

Science/Tech

FBI Looks Into Dead or Missing Scientists Tied To Sensitive US Research

Today at 09:00 AM, via Slashdot

Federal authorities are now reviewing a string of deaths and disappearances involving scientists tied to sensitive U.S. aerospace and nuclear work, though officials have not established any confirmed link between the cases. The FBI says it “is spearheading the effort to look for connections into the missing and deceased scientists,” adding that it “is working with the Department of Energy,...