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Cape Town takes another step to dump Eskom

Today at 20:39 PM, via Daily Investor

Cape Town has issued a tender seeking proposals from electricity traders as it moves to establish a panel of suppliers to help power South Africa’s second-largest city.

Sport

Vonn needs more surgery but ‘feels more like herself’

Today at 20:42 PM, via BBC News

Lindsey Vonn says she is “finally feeling” more like herself but will require at least two more operations on the broken leg she sustained in a crash at the Winter Olympics on Sunday.

Education

One Last Chat With David Brooks

Today at 20:09 PM, via New York Times

Before leaving The Times after 22 years, David Brooks responds to readers’ questions.

Education

Liberia: Liberian Students Celebrate Cambridge Exam Triumph With Honors Ceremony

Today at 19:27 PM, via AllAfrica

[FrontPageAfrica] Paynesville City — Sixteen students from Dekwwaoh International School of Excellence known as D-Wise, left Liberia for six weeks in Nigeria to sit the prestigious Cambridge examinations. Nine returned with outstanding credits, a result administrators hailed as “exemplary” and a turning point in the school’s three-year Cambridge program.

Education

San Francisco teachers strike ends as tentative deal reached with district

Today at 18:32 PM, via The Guardian

School district says students will return next week after teachers demanded higher wages and more health benefits

San Francisco teachers who have been on strike over wages and family health benefits have reached a tentative agreement with the school district.

The San Francisco unified school district (SFUSD) says schools will reopen to staff on Friday and to students on Wednesday after two...

Education

Justice Department Sues Harvard for Admissions Records

Today at 18:23 PM, via New York Times

The Trump administration appears to have renewed its pressure campaign against Harvard since President Trump backtracked this month on a possible settlement with the Ivy League school.

Science/Tech

FTC Ratchets Up Microsoft Probe, Queries Rivals on Cloud, AI

Today at 20:31 PM, via Slashdot

The US Federal Trade Commission is accelerating scrutiny of Microsoft as part of an ongoing probe into whether the company illegally monopolizes large swaths of the enterprise computing market with its cloud software and AI offerings, including Copilot. From a report: The agency has issued civil investigative demands in recent weeks to companies that compete with Microsoft in the business...