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TUESDAY, 24 FEBRUARY 2026, 00:27

World

Ukraine enters fifth year with no end in sight

Yesterday at 23:04 PM, via NPR

The war in Ukraine enters its fifth year this week, with millions of Ukrainians displaced, hundreds of thousands of soldiers killed, and little change on the battlefield.

Business

Rand on shaky ground

Yesterday at 15:59 PM, via BusinessTech

The rand is “treading water” around R16 to the dollar at the moment, as global uncertainty has markets in a ‘wait-and-see’ mode, and tensions in the Middle East push traders into gold.

Sport

Team GB’s Winter Olympians land back in the UK

Yesterday at 18:18 PM, via BBC News

Team GB’s athletes have arrived home from the Winter Olympics after their most successful Games ever. They won five medals, including three golds, to finish 15th in the medal table.

Education

Communication is key to the chances of Send reforms succeeding

Yesterday at 21:46 PM, via The Guardian

Bridget Phillipson and her team are making sure MPs and the public grasp the need to overhaul the special educational needs system

In her first week as a cabinet minister Bridget Phillipson held a meeting for new Labour MPs with one subject – special educational needs. Almost 100 MPs came to that first meeting.

There were new MPs for whom the issue was personal to their own families – Jen...

Education

What are the Send changes in England likely to cost and what are the hurdles?

Yesterday at 21:21 PM, via The Guardian

Parents and teachers will be wondering what resources ministers can secure for Labour’s revamp of system

• Fewer children in England to get EHCPs by 2035 under Send overhaul• Parents of children with Send give changes in England a mixed response• The impact of Send changes in England: four likely scenarios for children

There is always an extra cost to delivering a tailored service, which is how...

Education

Nigeria: Biodun Jeyifo (1946-2026): in Memoriam

Yesterday at 20:58 PM, via AllAfrica

[Premium Times] In addition to his research and teaching, Jeyifo was highly involved in academic unionism and diverse publishing activities.

Science/Tech

ASML Unveils EUV Light Source Advance That Could Yield 50% More Chips By 2030

Yesterday at 23:57 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Researchers at ASML Holding say they have found a way to boost the power of the light source in a key chip making machine to turn out up to 50% more chips by decade’s end, to help retain the Dutch company’s edge over emerging U.S. and Chinese rivals. ASML is the world’s only maker of commercial extreme ultraviolet lithography (EUV) machines, a...

Science/Tech

IBM Shares Crater 13% After Anthropic Says Claude Code Can Tackle COBOL Modernization

Yesterday at 23:10 PM, via Slashdot

IBM shares plunged nearly 13% on Monday after Anthropic published a blog post arguing that its Claude Code tool could automate much of the complex analysis work involved in modernizing COBOL, the decades-old programming language that still underpins an estimated 95% of ATM transactions in the United States and runs on the kind of mainframe systems IBM has sold for generations. Anthropic said...

Motoring

8 new Toyota cars coming to South Africa

Yesterday at 17:00 PM, via TopAuto

Toyota plans to release at least 8 new cars in South Africa, ranging from a GR supercar to a “baby Prado” Adventure SUV.

Health

Another C.D.C. Vaccine Skeptic Steps Down

Yesterday at 19:47 PM, via New York Times

Dr. Ralph Abraham, the agency’s principal deputy director, has called the Covid vaccines “dangerous.” Other skeptics have recently left federal health roles.

Health

How a Horse Whinnies: With a Whistle and a Song

Yesterday at 18:00 PM, via New York Times

Horses, with their high-pitched whinnies, seemed to buck the trend of larger animals producing lower sounds, but a new study explains the mechanics behind the noises a horse makes.