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FRIDAY, 13 MARCH 2026, 20:21

Africa

One house, two faiths, one fasting season

Yesterday at 14:40 PM, via BBC News

Ramadan and Lent haven’t overlapped since 1993 and couples like Olanrewaju and Kaosara in Nigeria are observing them together.

Sport

Dickens and Cacace world title fight finely poised

Today at 19:54 PM, via BBC News

James ‘Jazza’ Dickens defends his WBA super-featherweight title against two-time chasing Anthony Cacace at a sold-out 3 Arena in Dublin on Saturday – a measure of how far both men have come.

Education

Phillipson accuses lawyers of exploiting parents of children with special needs

Today at 18:22 PM, via The Guardian

Education secretary has claimed lawyers’ criticisms of her department’s policy changes are motivated by profit

Lawyers have been accused of exploiting parents of children with special needs by the education secretary, Bridget Phillipson, who claimed their criticisms of the government’s policy changes were motivated by profit.

Speaking at the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL)...

Education

‘It’s like a giant book club’: how schools are getting children excited about reading again

Today at 12:00 PM, via The Guardian

In the National Year of Reading, teachers say a culture of enthusiasm, from dress-up days, story time and book clubs, can reverse a national decline

Ajmal, 7, is an avid fan of the InvestiGators comic books. They feature two crime-busting alligator secret agents called Mango and Brash. “It’s really funny,” he says, then outlines the plot of his current favourite in exhaustive detail.

Wren, 8,...

Education

His Harvard Lab Was Thriving. Then Came the Cuts.

Today at 11:00 AM, via New York Times

Will Mair, who studies aging, lost almost all his research funds when the White House cracked down on Harvard. He was wholly unprepared for the upheaval that followed.

Entertainment

24 hours in pictures, 13 March 2026

Today at 20:15 PM, via The Citizen

Through the lens: The Citizen’s Picture Editors select the best news photographs from South Africa and around the world.

Science/Tech

Meta Delays Rollout of New AI Model After Performance Concerns

Today at 20:00 PM, via Slashdot

Meta has delayed the release of its next major AI model after internal tests showed it lagging behind competing systems from Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic. The New York Times reports: The model, code-named Avocado, outperformed Meta’s previous A.I. model and did better than Google’s Gemini 2.5 model from March, two of the people said. But it has not performed as strongly as Gemini 3.0 from...

Science/Tech

Live Nation Execs Brag About ‘Robbing’ Ticket Buyers In Slack DMs

Today at 19:00 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Pitchfork: Earlier this week, the U.S. Department of Justice and Live Nation reached a settlement in the DOJ’s antitrust lawsuit against the concert giant. During the trial, which lasted only a week, representatives for Live Nation had moved to exclude a collection of Slack direct messages from 2022 between two of the company’s regional directors from...

Health

How Safe Is Plasma Donation?

Today at 18:07 PM, via New York Times

Two recent deaths tied to for-profit clinics in Canada raised concerns about the health effects of having plasma drawn as often as twice a week.

Health

E.P.A. Moves to Weaken Limits on Ethylene Oxide

Today at 17:32 PM, via New York Times

The gas, ethylene oxide, plays a crucial role in sterilizing medical devices. But long-term exposure is linked to several types of cancer and other ailments.