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Boy, 15, arrested after teacher injured at school
Police were called to Milford Haven Comprehensive School in Pembrokeshire on Thursday afternoon.
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Police were called to Milford Haven Comprehensive School in Pembrokeshire on Thursday afternoon.

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World Anti-Doping chiefs will investigate claims male ski jumpers are injecting their penises in a bid to improve sporting performance, if a complaint is made.

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Leicester City are docked six points by the English Football League for breaching financial rules.

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It’s been days since 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie disappeared in the middle of night from her home in Arizona.

South Africa
The devastated victims, including the elderly, say they depend on donations from locals for food.

South Africa
It is not clear where the lions have escaped from.

South Africa
Over 30 cattle are showing strong symptoms of the disease and have been put under quarantine.

South Africa
The deaths were recorded during flooding across the province.

World
Israel declines to comment on the allegation its planes sprayed glyphosate over an area with extensive farmland.

World
Julia Loktev’s documentary My Undesirable Friends follows young independent journalists covering Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.

World
Ski mountaineering will make its Olympic debut this year, the first winter sport to do so since 2002. Skeleton, luge, ski jumping and moguls are also getting new events.

World
As Nigeria battles multiple security crises, a single attack in the west left more than 160 people dead and raises new questions about who’s really in control.

Africa
MSF says a government air strike hit its hospital after another of its health facilities was looted.

Africa
Epstein considered approaching Mugabe about a new currency in 2015 – the latest batch of files show.

Africa
Shops and homes were torched in an attack on two villages in the western state of Kwara, a lawmaker says.

Africa
The 53-year-old, once widely seen as the second most powerful person in Libya, was killed by “our unknown gunmen”.

Business
Some 109 jobs will be cut at the company’s headquarters and distribution centre in Scotland.

Business
An international giant has broken ground on a R2 billion investment in South Africa, a new malting facility in the best-run municipality in Gauteng.

Business
The steel structure was lowered into place at the new reservoir in a 72-hour continuous operation.
Business

Politics
Brigadier Matjeng’s testimony at Madlanga Commission will resume on Friday.

Politics
Kohler-Barnard, who is a member of Parliament, is testifying before the Ad Hoc committee.

Politics
Ramaphosa vows tighter security for Madlanga Commission witnesses after Pretorius targeted.

Politics
Ramaphosa told the media that at right time he’s going to respond to all the recommendations.

Sport
Orlando Pirates coach Abdeslam Ouaddou has made a clear statement: there’s no room for lazy strikers in his thriving game model.

Sport
Despite beating Kaizer Chiefs 2-1 in the Nedbank Cup, Stellenbosch coach Gavin Hunt sees Betway Premiership title challengers in Amakhosi.

Sport
Beset by delays, concerns and last-minute building works, the Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena finally opened its doors to Olympic crowds on Thursday.

Sport
It is impossible to fully understand the magnitude of the crash that killed 23 people, eight of them Manchester United players, until you work for the club, says women’s coach Marc Skinner.
Education
[Ghanaian Times] AFRICA stands at a pivotal moment in its education journey. Across Nigeria, Ghana, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda and other countries across the continent are working to improve their domestic education systems. However, pressures stretch across the entire system, threatening the very heart of education. UNICEF warns that six million more children may be left out of school over the...

Education
The government is due to publish plans to reform the special educational needs system in early 2026.
Education
[New Dawn] Buchanan, Grand Bassa County -February 5, 2026: In a quiet coastal city far from the bustle of Monrovia, Liberia’s judges gathered for something that had not happened in more than a decade: a week-long judicial training designed to strengthen competence, accountability, and access to justice.
Education
[Ghanaian Times] PRESIDENT John Dramani Mahama has directed the National Investigation Bureau (NIB) to conduct a full-scale probe into allegations of improper practices in the award of government overseas scholarship.
Lifestyle

Lifestyle
The youngest and oldest Kardashian-Jenner sisters mimic the iconic picture of Hollywood stars from yesteryear.

Lifestyle
Cape Town may soon get a new appointment-only Home Affairs office in the CBD, offering an alternative to the busy Barrack Street branch.

Lifestyle
‘Leading pageant for married women’ Mrs South Africa has unveiled the semi-finalists for the 2026 pageant. Here’s all we know…

Entertainment
Transport yourself to a sun-drenched paradise with the timeless classic margarita cocktail.

Entertainment
The mother pleaded guilty to assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm, assault and child neglect.

Entertainment
Its name now confirmed, the i3 will make its world debut in the second half of this year.

Entertainment
Chippa announced Nwabali’s exit via a statement on Thursday.
Science/Tech
Western Digital this week laid out a roadmap that stretches its 3.5-inch hard drive platform to 14 platters and pairs it with a new vertical-emitting laser for heat-assisted magnetic recording, a combination the company says will push individual drive capacities beyond 140 TB in the 2030s. The vertical laser, developed over six years and already working in WD’s labs, emits light straight down...
Science/Tech
Amazon plans to use AI to speed up the process for making movies and TV shows even as Hollywood fears that AI will cut jobs and permanently reshape the industry. From a report: At the Amazon MGM Studio, veteran entertainment executive Albert Cheng is leading a team charged with developing new AI tools that he said will cut costs and streamline the creative process. Amazon plans to launch a...

Science/Tech
‘Giveaway’ competitions on WhatsApp and Telegram for retatrutide and other drugs described as ‘extremely dangerous’
Hidden-market promoters of weight-loss drugs are running social media “giveaway” competitions that offer powerful, unlicensed medicines as prizes.
The Guardian has been monitoring WhatsApp and Telegram groups promoting substances such as retatrutide – a medicine unlicensed in...

Science/Tech
As fewer people choose to pair up, let alone marry, it could be that our species’ mating patterns are moving closer to the natural order
Monogamy, you may have heard, is in crisis. Fewer people are in relationships, let alone opting to be in one ’til death. And even those who have already exchanged vows seem to be increasingly looking for wiggle room. “Quiet divorce” – mentally checking...

Motoring
Volkswagen’s once-popular city van, the Vivo Xpress, is returning to our roads.
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Health
Research says that our health can suffer when we don’t experience enough physical contact. Here’s how to get more.
Health
Food makers will now be able to claim that their products have “no artificial colors,” so long as they use dyes that are not petroleum based.
Health
Joseph Yracheta was in charge of a repository that compiled and protected tribal health data. Then its funding was cut.

Health
Four Britons have died after contracting gut infections on the archapeligo since last year.