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Slovenia referendum rejects assisted dying law for terminally ill adults
Slovenia’s parliament had approved a law in July, allowing assisted dying after a 2024 referendum supported it.
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Slovenia’s parliament had approved a law in July, allowing assisted dying after a 2024 referendum supported it.

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Milorad Dodik, who wants Republika Srpska to break from Bosnia, said victory of Sinisa Karan would be ‘my victory too’.

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The peer and former prime minister is calling for more men to be screened for the disease.

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Cristiano Ronaldo, 40, rolls back the years with a stunning overhead kick in Al-Nassr’s 4-1 win over Al-Khaleej in the Saudi Pro League.

South Africa
The two-day summit, which ended on Sunday, was held on the African continent for the first time.

South Africa
Residents have experienced sewer spillages in the area since 2023.
South Africa
An Eastern Cape Department of Transport official died in an accident on the N2 near Kei Bridge on Sunday afternoon.

South Africa
Lamola praises the host broadcaster for keeping South Africans informed, educated throughout the G20

World
U.S. and Ukrainian officials are negotiating a contentious peace plan in Geneva that would require major concessions from Kyiv.

World
Yaroslav Trofimov of The Wall Street Journal explains why he thinks that the U.S., Russia, and China have entered a new nuclear race.

World
The G20 closed in Johannesburg without a ceremonial hand over to the U.S., its next chair, after Washington boycotted the summit.
World
Israel said it killed Hezbollah’s chief of staff in an air strike on Lebanon’s capital on Sunday, hitting an apartment building in an operation the militant group said crossed a red line.

Africa
Fixtures, results and scorecards from Sri Lanka’s ODI tour of Pakistan, and the Twenty20 tri-series that follows which also involves Zimbabwe.

Africa
The authorities in landlocked Ethiopia have ratcheted up rhetoric over access to an Eritrean port.

Africa
AS FAR beat debutants ASEC Mimosas 2-1 in the African Women’s Champions League final to become continental champions for the second time.

Africa
The prime minister is aiming to support British business on his trip to Johannesburg.
Business

Business
Christo Wiese, one of South Africa’s most successful businessmen, discusses his relationship with Johann Rupert and shares his views about the Stellenbosch Mafia.

Business
The land now known as Africa’s richest square mile was originally built and owned by property development company Rapp and Maister, in partnership with brothers Hilliard and Eli Leibowitz.

Business
Walmart has opened its first store in South Africa, and BusinessTech has compared its prices to those of the nation’s largest retailers.

Politics
The ANC has also welcomed the adoption of the Leaders’ Declaration this weekend.
Politics
President Cyril Ramaphosa has emphasised that a resilient world can only be achieved through inclusive economic growth, strengthening global partnerships, and reforming international institutions, highlighting the need for global preparedness.

Politics
Magwenya says SA is confident it will find common ground with the US through G20 Troika
Politics
The G20, under South Africa’s presidency, has reached a consensus on adopting a summit declaration, though the details remain under wraps until it is published.

Sport
MOTD pundit Danny Murphy explains why Eberechi Eze will be walking on air for a few days after his hat-trick for Arsenal against Tottenham – and things will be different further ahead too.

Sport
Chelsea and Arsenal in race for Murillo, Man Utd want to keep Murillo while trying to lure Antoine Semenyo, Ibrahima Konate holds off on new Liverpool contract and Federico Chiesa is primed for return to Italy.

Sport
Man Utd head coach Ruben Amorim says he will consider the club’s needs first when deciding if Kobbie Mainoo and Joshua Zirkzee can leave in January.

Sport
World number one Jeeno Thitikul defends her title at the season-ending CME Group Tour Championship by holding off fellow Thai Pajaree Anannarukarn by four shots.

Education
Exclusive: Jason Clare says new powers will ensure information is ‘accurate, comprehensive and representative’ to help government deliver ‘evidence-based reforms’
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Labor is quietly advancing plans for universal childcare in Australia, with new laws to require private operators to hand over sensitive commercial data needed to design a...

Education
The bespoke agreements are full of peril for the universities, allowing the federal government to quietly exert control
In October, President Trump proposed a compact for higher education, a federal takeover of state and private institutions thinly disguised as an offer of preferential funding consideration. Most of the initially targeted universities rightfully have rejected Trump’s unlawful...

Education
Held back by Covid and then phased out by AI, Britain’s so-called Neets are desperately seeking a secure future. Who will offer them hope?
Another week, another set of sobering economic numbers. Last Thursday, the Office for National Statistics published its latest quarterly estimate of the number of 16- to 24-year-olds who are so-called Neets – people not in education, employment or...
Education
Students and alumni set aside rivalries at the 141st Harvard-Yale football game on Saturday to summon support against attacks on higher education under the Trump administration.

Lifestyle
Springbok Malcolm Marx’s wife Kirsta believes his World Rugby Player of the Year award was a long time coming…

Lifestyle
Springboks coach Rassie Erasmus has zoned in on Wales, whom South Africa will play in their inal test match next weekend…
Lifestyle
South Africans are demanding the Springboks hire an official anthem singer after another performance received a bad review…

Lifestyle
Zombie, who? Springbok supporters showed love to coach Rassie Erasmus after hijacking Irish folk song ‘Zombie’ at the Aviva Stadium…
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Science/Tech
Theia crashed into earth and formed the moon, the theory goes. But then where did Theia come from? The lead author on a new study says “The most convincing scenario is that most of the building blocks of Earth and Theia originated in the inner Solar System. Earth and Theia are likely to have been neighbors.” Though Theia was completely destroyed in the collision, scientists from the Max Planck...
Science/Tech
In October cryptologist/CS professor Daniel J. Bernstein alleged that America’s National SecurityAgency (and its UK counterpart GCHQ) were attempting to influence NIST to adopt weaker post-quantum cryptographystandards without a “hybrid” approach that would’ve also included pre-quantum ECC. Bernstein is of the opinion that “Given howmany post-quantum proposals have been broken and the...
Science/Tech
“Three years ago, Google removed JPEG XL support from Chrome, stating there wasn’t enough interest at the time,” writes the blog Windows Report. “That position has now changed.”In a recent note to developers, a Chrome team representative confirmed that work has restarted to bring JPEG XL to Chromium and said Google “would ship it in Chrome” once long-term maintenance and the usual launch...

Science/Tech
The prehistoric birch tar found in Estonia contained traces of saliva that were analysed by genetics experts
A piece of stone age “gum” chewed by a teenage girl 10,500 years ago has been discovered by archaeologists in Estonia.
The Institute of History and Archaeology at the University of Tartu discovered that the prehistoric birch tar had impressions of teeth marks and traces of saliva.
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Motoring
If the budget is tight, there are plenty of used MPVs and SUVs available for under R250 000.

Motoring
Verstappen’s win reduced the Norris’ lead in the standings to 42 points as Oscar Piastri finished fourth.

Motoring
More power, auto box and other upgrades make pocket rocket proper rally car for the road.
Motoring
Health
A female crash-test dummy to replace an outdated model largely based on male proportions would improve safety for women, who face higher fatality and injury risks on the road, officials said.
Health
A diabetic 10-year-old girl slipped into a coma during a trip with her family and was brought to the hospital after she had died, the authorities said.

Health
Hundreds of peopling attending singing groups are being taught songs and breathing techniques.
Health
The 150-year-old drugmaker is the first company in health care to hit the milestone.
Nature
Eskom and the City of Johannesburg are still in discussions about how the metro will resolve its outstanding debt, says CEO Dan Marokane.
Nature
A peer-reviewed study, published in the journal Nature, found that the carbon emissions stemming from 111 of the world’s biggest fossil fuel producers resulted in at least $28 trillion in economic losses in the three decades to 2020, writes Nick Hedley.
Nature
The challenging global context has not deterred our commitment to the Just Energy Transition Partnership, writes the International Partners group.
Nature
Three organisations have partnered to showcase and display a block made from recovered glass and building rubble waste.