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South Africa

Steve Biko inquest adjourned to March

Yesterday at 21:02 PM, via SABC News

The postponement is to sort out legal representation for both persons of interest in the inquest.

Africa

‘Emotional’ Mourinho should apologise – McCarthy

Yesterday at 13:43 PM, via BBC News

Benni McCarthy says Jose Mourinho should admit his “mistake” following the Benfica manager’s post-match comments after Real Madrid’s Vinicius Jr claimed he was racially abused.

Africa

Lobito Corridor: A new line for trade and investment

Yesterday at 00:00 AM, via Mail & Guardian

The corridor is strategically significant given that Zambia, Angola and the DRC are home to some of the world’s most significant deposits of critical minerals

Business

Trump vows new 10% global tariff after crushing loss

Yesterday at 21:03 PM, via BusinessTech

US President Donald Trump said he would sign an order imposing a 10% global tariff after the Supreme Court struck down the bulk of the levies he imposed last year.

Sport

Canada and USA to meet in charged Olympic finale

Today at 00:59 AM, via BBC News

Milan-Cortina 2026 has been one of the most dramatic Winter Olympics in history – in sporting and political terms – so it is appropriate that the final medal event could be the most explosive of all.

Education

Five former education secretaries urge Labour MPs to back government’s Send reforms in open letter

Yesterday at 20:33 PM, via The Guardian

Exclusive: David Blunkett and Estelle Morris among those calling plans a ‘once in a generation chance’ to fix system

Five former education secretaries have made a joint appeal to Labour MPs to back the overhaul of special education provision in English schools, calling it “a once in a generation chance” to fix a failing system.

The open letter is signed by David Blunkett, Estelle Morris,...

Education

Amid Trump crackdown on Chinese students, one US university appears to block them altogether

Yesterday at 16:00 PM, via The Guardian

Purdue says no ban on Chinese students exists, but reportedly rescinded dozens of offers after warnings from legislators

Several universities have scrapped partnerships with Chinese institutions in recent months as a direct result of pressure from US legislators. But no university appears to have gone as far as Purdue University in Indiana.

Students and faculty at the public university say that...

Lifestyle

US nomad praised Cape Town’s quality of life

Yesterday at 22:55 PM, via The South African

A US nomad has given the public a look at his life in Cape Town, where he claims housing, food and the cost of living are ‘affordable’.

Entertainment

Lions prepared for firing Sharks pack in URC derby

Yesterday at 20:01 PM, via The Citizen

The Lions will have to improve their set-piece showing drastically if they want to beat the Sharks in their URC clash at Ellis Park on Saturday.

Science/Tech

Goldman Sachs Launches AI-Free Index

Today at 01:20 AM, via Slashdot

Goldman Sachs has launched an “S&P ex-AI” index (SPXXAI) that tracks the S&P 500 stocks not related to AI, offering investors a way to “hedge their exposure to the AI trade,” reports Axios. From the report: “Excluding ‘AI enablers’ from the passive benchmark would eliminate the noise introduced by the AI hype,” Louis Miller, head of the firm’s equity custom basket desk, wrote in a note to...

Science/Tech

Wikipedia Blacklists Archive.today, Starts Removing 695,000 Archive Links

Today at 00:40 AM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: The English-language edition of Wikipedia is blacklisting Archive.today after the controversial archive site was used to direct a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack against a blog. In the course of discussing whether Archive.today should be deprecated because of the DDoS, Wikipedia editors discovered that the archive site altered...

Science/Tech

Phil Spencer Retiring After 38 Years At Microsoft

Today at 00:00 AM, via Slashdot

Xbox chief and Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer is leaving Microsoft after nearly 40 years at the company. “Meanwhile, Xbox President Sarah Bond, “long thought by many both inside and outside of Microsoft to be Spencer’s heir apparent, has resigned,” reports IGN. From the report: The new CEO of Microsoft Gaming will be Asha Sharma, currently the President of Microsoft’s CoreAI product....

Health

A Cancer Detection Test Fails in Major Study

Yesterday at 16:25 PM, via New York Times

A closely watched clinical trial in Britain that screened blood for early detection of cancer did not show a reduction in later stages of the disease.