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Anyone reluctant about getting a jab should “think about other people” and do it, the monarch adds.

Leicester are dumped out of the Europa League in a shock home defeat by Slavia Prague.

A bill to give ministers maternity pay will change, after peers reject the use of the term “person”.

The warrant of arrest has been stayed until his next court appearance, says National Prosecuting Authority regional spokesperson Luxolo Tyali.

The Bonteheuwel parents arrested in November on charges of killing their eight-month-old son made a brief appearance in the Bishop Lavis Magistrate’s Court in Cape Town on Thursday.

The Gauteng Department of Health will close and decommission the Nasrec Field Hospital at the end of February, says Health MEC Nomathemba Mokgethi.

Police say the 42-year-old mother of five attempted to kill two of her children after being fired from work on a farm in Groblersdal.

The murder of exiled Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018 continues to overshadow relations.

John Geddert, who headed the 2012 women’s gymnastics team, had also been accused of human trafficking.

Alexei Navalny’s aides suggest the anti-corruption activist may have been sent to a prison camp.

Police in Cameroon have arrested nine people on suspicion of homosexuality, most of them at an HIV/AIDS care centre, an LGBT rights lawyer said.

Officials said previously 10 people were killed and 47 were injured in Tuesday’s attack when jihadists fired rocket-propelled grenades.

The African Union is backing calls for drugmakers to waive some intellectual property rights on Covid-19 medicines and vaccines to speed up their rollout to poor countries, the head of its disease control body.

Liquid Telecom, majority owned by telecoms tycoon Strive Masiyiwa, raised $840 million in a bond sale to refinance debt and expand further into Africa.

But the booking platform warns it is still too early to predict how many travellers will return in 2021.

Heightened scrutiny from the taxman should encourage a buy and hold strategy when it comes to cryptocurrencies.

Regulatory and professional bodies should play their part.

Capital investments estimated to have declined 18.4% in 2020.

Television news broadcaster, eNCA says its reporter’s action during the coverage of Budget Speech was not racially motivated or with malicious intent.

Former president Jacob Zuma will only meet ANC leaders if deputy chief justice Raymond Zondo recuses himself from the state capture commission

The guidelines must be ‘timeless, uniting and not capable of being abused,’ says ANC veteran

Economic Freedom Fighters leader, Julius Malema, is seeking a tough sanction from the Supreme Court of Appeal in Bloemfontein against former party MP, Thembinkosi Rawula.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored twice including a late winner as Arsenal qualified for the last 16 of the Europa League.

Shola Shoretire becomes the youngest player to appear for Manchester United in Europe as they reach the Europa League last 16.

England great Charlotte Edwards has become the first female president of the Professional Cricketers’ Association.

Chris Morris said he wants to follow in his father’s footsteps by playing for the South African province that dad Willie represented for 12 seasons.

Minister says neither tests nor masks will be compulsory and it will be up to parents to decide

Headteachers fear that the reopening of England’s schools could be undermined because parents will not consent to Covid testing for their children and because guidance on the wearing of face masks in classes is unenforceable.

The warnings came after a slew of education announcements from the...

A-level and GCSE students give their verdict on the new system announced for results in England this year

How will teachers decide exam grades in England this summer?

The education secretary, Gavin Williamson, announced on Thursday that teachers would get sweeping powers to decide exam grades in England this year. The move, which covers A-level and GCSE students, has raised concerns about grade...

What we know so far about the plan to replace in-person exams with teacher assessments

After cancelling this summer’s A-level, GCSE, BTec and vocation qualifications, the government in England has finally confirmed that teachers will award final grades.

Why has it taken so long?

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Pop superstar Lady Gaga is offering a$500 000 reward for the return of her French bulldogs Koji and Gustav that were stolen in Hollywood, a source familiar with the matter said on Thursday, after reports that her dog walker was shot.

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The first season of Netflix’s Ginny & Georgia ended on a dramatic cliff hanger.

The Golden Globes are celebrated as a star-studded party, but this year they’ll air under a pair of clouds — one due to the difficulty in staging a free-wheeling awards show during a pandemic, the other lined by fresh allegations about questionable ethical practices involving the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the group that hands out the trophies.

The current Spider-Man and directors of “Avengers: Endgame” reunite on “Cherry,” but that’s the only conspicuously super thing about this grim adaptation of the bestselling book. Tom Holland’s kinetic performance is impressive, but it’s in the service of an uneven film that too self-consciously works at mirroring the form of a novel.

Jill Biden offered Kelly Clarkson advice amid her divorce from Brandon Blackstock.

The best time to buy is when the season is winding down. It’s not just cold-weather picks, but backpacks, headlamps, sporks, and more.

Two new studies are being hailed as proof that vaccinated people can doff masks and pod-hop worry-free. But not so fast.

The New York Times would like to hear from parents and adolescents who are dealing with mental health challenges.

During the pandemic, there was a dramatic increase in exposures to hand sanitizer reported among kids under 6, U.S. poison center data shows.

“If I accept the vaccine,” one cancer patient says, “it will be with a strong feeling of guilt that at best I will be prolonging my life for a few months or years.”

Narrative medicine programs teach doctors and other caregivers “sensitive interviewing skills” and the art of “radical listening” to improve patient care.

Planned UK first hopes to be looking for extraterrestrial life within five years.

Climate change could destroy “entire cities” in a matter of decades, says Sir David Attenborough.

The health of on estuary is a description of the condition of an estuary and are driven by two key drivers, water quality and quantity. Rain falling on the land eventually makes its way to a lake, river, stream, estuary, or ocean. Some rainwater flows slowly, in a thin layer called sheet flow across the […]

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