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Sport

Sundowns punish Pirates, log lead reduced

Today at 21:27 PM, via The South African

Betway Premiership champions Mamelodi Sundowns have shown Orlando Pirates who’s boss with a 2-1 win at the FNB Stadium.

Sport

Wales consider bringing in fly-half Costelow

Today at 21:01 PM, via BBC News

Wales consider bringing in Scarlets fly-half Sam Costelow and uncapped Leicester wing Gabriel Hamer-Webb for the Six Nations visit of Scotland.

Education

Liberia: Lisa Concludes High-Level Engagement With Academia and Regulators

Today at 19:55 PM, via AllAfrica

[New Dawn] The Liberia Standards Authority (LiSA) has concluded a high-level engagement session with representatives from academia and various regulatory bodies, aimed at strengthening collaboration between the authority and its institutional partners.

Education

South Africa: How Kraaifontein High Boosted Its 56 Percent Matric Pass Rate to 89 Percent in Two Years

Today at 19:52 PM, via AllAfrica

[Daily Maverick] Many no-fee schools in South Africa don’t have the resources to provide the academic and non-academic support that learners and staff need. Through working together as a school community and mobilising the support of nonprofit organisations, Kraaifontein High School managed to increase its matric pass rate by more than 30 percentage points in two years.

Education

Britons living in Europe face repayment hikes amid Reeves student loans row

Today at 17:43 PM, via The Guardian

Exclusive: UK graduates working in Germany and Belgium – and possibly other countries – informed of rises as salary threshold is cut

Britons living in some European countries face a huge rise in their student loan repayments later this year, the Guardian can reveal, in a move that threatens to trigger a fresh backlash for Rachel Reeves.

UK graduates working in Germany and Belgium – and...

Science/Tech

Andrew Yang Warns AI Will Displace Millions of White-Collar Workers Within 18 Months

Today at 21:25 PM, via Slashdot

Andrew Yang, the former presidential candidate and longtime Universal Basic Income advocate, published a blog post this week warning that AI is about to displace millions of white-collar workers in the U.S. over the next 12 to 18 months, a wave he has taken to calling “the Fuckening.” Yang cited a conversation with the CEO of a publicly traded tech company who said the firm is cutting 15% of...

Motoring

Major warning for Chery owners in South Africa

Today at 15:23 PM, via TopAuto

The Chery Tiggo 7 has received a poor NCAP crash-test result, raising questions about the safety promises made by manufacturers in South Africa.

Health

How Microbes Got Their Crawl

Today at 18:00 PM, via New York Times

In the oceans and on land, scientists are discovering rare, transitional organisms that bridge the gap between Earth’s simplest cells and today’s complex ones.