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O’Sullivan chasing eighth Crucible title aged 50

Yesterday at 22:55 PM, via BBC News

In 2001, Ronnie O’Sullivan won his first World Snooker Championship. Now, a quarter of a century later, the Rocket is aiming for a record-breaking eighth title.

World

Iran says Strait of Hormuz is open

Yesterday at 22:30 PM, via NPR

Iran said the Strait of Hormuz is now open to all commercial traffic. We examine the possible global economic repercussions should oil and gas shipments start flowing again in significant numbers.

World

Gasoline could drop below $4 in coming days

Yesterday at 20:47 PM, via NPR

Gasoline costs should start to fall soon, although a full recovery to pre-war prices is expected to take months. That’s assuming that peace holds and traffic flows resume through the Strait of Hormuz.

Business

Small town up for sale in South Africa

Yesterday at 16:30 PM, via BusinessTech

A small town in the Karoo is going under the hammer next month, offering the change to own an historic authentic Karoo villages

Sport

Leeds run riot at Huddersfield to go top

Yesterday at 23:18 PM, via BBC News

Brodie Croft scores four of Leeds Rhinos’ 10 tries as they go top of Super League with a big win at Huddersfield Giants.

Sport

Liverpool to rival Man Utd for Wharton – Saturday’s gossip

Yesterday at 22:57 PM, via BBC News

Liverpool are set to compete with Manchester United for Crystal Palace’s Adam Wharton, Tottenham have agreement to sign Bournemouth’s Marcos Senesi, Newcastle United are prepared to sell Yoane Wissa, plus more.

Sport

Leinster hold off Ulster fightback in URC thriller

Yesterday at 22:41 PM, via BBC News

Leinster survive a stirring second-half comeback from Ulster to win a thrilling Irish derby in Belfast and move above their rivals in the United Rugby Championship standings.

Education

Nigeria: No Ban On Hijab During Utme, JAMB Insists

Yesterday at 13:40 PM, via AllAfrica

[Leadership] The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has reiterated that no candidate is prohibited from wearing the hijab during the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).

Entertainment

24 hours in pictures, 17 April 2026

Yesterday at 21:18 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

Gazing Into Sam Altman’s Orb Could Solve Ticket Scalping

Yesterday at 23:17 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: Sam Altman’s iris-scanning, humanity-verifying World project announced at an event in San Francisco on Friday that Tinder users around the globe can now put a digital badge on their profiles signaling to potential suitors that they’re a real human, provided they’ve already stared into one of World’s glossy white Orbs and allowed their eyes to be...

Science/Tech

Mozilla ‘Thunderbolt’ Is an Open-Source AI Client Focused On Control and Self-Hosting

Yesterday at 22:00 PM, via Slashdot

BrianFagioli writes: Mozilla’s email subsidiary MZLA Technologies just introduced Thunderbolt, an open-source AI client aimed at organizations that want to run AI on their own infrastructure instead of relying entirely on cloud services. The idea is to give companies full control over their data, models, and workflows while still offering things like chat, research tools, automation, and...