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Lufthansa faces major flight disruptions on Thursday due to strikes

Today at 21:30 PM, via Daily Maverick

FRANKFURT, Feb 10 – Major flight disruptions are likely on Thursday at Lufthansa Group’s LHAG.DE core German airline, its freight arm Lufthansa Cargo and its short-haul carrier CityLine after two separate unions called for strikes by pilots and cabin crew.

Africa

M23 rebels welcome SANDF departure from Monusco

Today at 17:43 PM, via Mail & Guardian

M23 president Bertrand Bisimwa accused the UN Organisation Stabilisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo of failing the people of eastern DRC

Sport

Stokes has successful surgery on broken cheek

Today at 21:52 PM, via BBC News

England Test captain Ben Stokes says he has had successful surgery on the broken cheek he sustained when hit by a ball while coaching Durham’s academy.

Sport

Mouat & Dodds miss out on curling bronze

Today at 21:09 PM, via BBC News

Jen Dodds and Bruce Mouat suffer Winter Olympic heartbreak in the mixed doubles curling for the second time in four years after losing out on bronze to hosts Italy.

Sport

Snoop Dogg to attend Swansea game for first time

Today at 21:07 PM, via BBC News

Snoop Dogg will attend a Swansea City game for the first time since becoming a co-owner of the Championship club when they face Preston North End later this month.

Education

‘So shameful’: backlash as US national monuments conform to Trump’s rewrite of history

Today at 17:00 PM, via The Guardian

From Pennsylvania to Montana, the White House’s war on ‘woke’ has targeted US monuments that address topics like racism and Indigenous history

Blank spaces now exist where a series of panels about enslavement once appeared on the walls of the President’s House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The site, which honors the home of George Washington and John Adams, is a major landmark that bore...

Education

Nigeria: Our Investment in Education Is Yielding Results – Governor Namadi

Today at 16:24 PM, via AllAfrica

[Premium Times] The governor made this assertion while presiding over a basic education stakeholders roundtable meeting convened to review progress, challenges, and opportunities within the basic education sub-sector, held at the Government House, Dutse, on Sunday.

Science/Tech

Google’s Personal Data Removal Tool Now Covers Government IDs

Today at 22:00 PM, via Slashdot

Google on Tuesday expanded its “Results about you” tool to let users request the removal of Search results containing government-issued ID numbers — including driver’s licenses, passports and Social Security numbers — adding to the tool’s existing ability to flag results that surface phone numbers, email addresses, and home addresses. The update, announced on Safer Internet Day, is rolling out...

Science/Tech

The US Is Flirting With Its First-Ever Population Decline

Today at 21:01 PM, via Slashdot

The U.S., whose population the Census Bureau did not expect to start shrinking until 2081, may record its first-ever decline as early as this year because of the Trump administration’s accelerating immigration crackdown. Census data released in late January showed US population growth slowed to just 0.5% in the year prior to July 2025 — the lowest rate since the pandemic — as net migration fell...

Science/Tech

NLRB Dismisses Case Brought by Fired SpaceX Employees

Today at 20:41 PM, via New York Times

The National Labor Relations Board, having accused the company of unfair retaliation in 2024, now says it has no jurisdiction over Elon Musk’s space company.

Health

Inside Health

Today at 12:00 PM, via BBC News

Is NHS dentistry on ‘life support’?