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Evacuation flights leave Tenerife after cruise ship virus outbreak

Today at 20:44 PM, via Daily Maverick

TENERIFE/MADRID, May 10 (Reuters) – Groups of passengers and crew disembarked from a cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak on Sunday to be evacuated to their home countries where they will isolate according to national protocols to prevent further spread of the disease.

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Ukraine, Russia trade accusations of violating US-backed ceasefire

Today at 20:39 PM, via Daily Maverick

May 10 (Reuters) – A U.S.-mediated ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine appeared under serious strain on its second day on Sunday, with both sides accusing the other of violating the deal through weekend attacks.

South Africa

Madlanga Commission hearings to focus on drug seizures

Today at 18:59 PM, via SAnews

Madlanga Commission hearings to focus on drug seizures

The Madlanga Commission’s hearings in the week ahead will continue to focus on drug seizures by South African law enforcement agencies, as well as the handling and theft or disappearance of narcotic substances in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng.“This is a continuation of the testimony of several witnesses last week, including the...

Sport

Arsenal edge closer to total after late West Ham drama

Today at 21:05 PM, via BBC News

Leandro Trossard’s 83rd-minute goal is enough to give Premier League leaders Arsenal a dramatic 1-0 win, as West Ham United are denied an injury-time equaliser by VAR at the London Stadium.

Education

‘One of the greatest invisible tragedies’: is the loss of childhood imagination inevitable?

Today at 17:00 PM, via The Guardian

We have created the most stifling and sanitised imaginative space conceivable for children, says teacher Brendan James Murray. Today true imagination has become a radical act

The six children sit together at the waterline in roaring wind. Seagulls dip and strain, beating their wings against the gusts as, far below, waves crest, thump, whisper. A girl, scarcely three years old, stands suddenly...

Education

I knew my writing students were using AI. Their confessions led to a powerful teaching moment | Micah Nathan

Today at 15:00 PM, via The Guardian

The problem wasn’t just the perfectly polished, yet mediocre prose. It’s what’s lost when we surrender the struggle to translate thought into words

I have been teaching fiction writing at MIT since 2017. Many of my students last wrote fiction in middle school, and very few have experienced a proper workshop, so at the start of every semester I offer these directions for writer and reader...

Education

How Students Interact With A.I. Is What Matters

Today at 15:00 PM, via New York Times

Readers discuss artificial intelligence and writing in the classroom. Also: President Trump’s latest assault on science; election workers.

Science/Tech

GM Secretly Sold California Drivers’ Data, Agrees to Pay $12.75M In Privacy Settlement

Today at 20:35 PM, via Slashdot

“General Motors sold the data of California drivers without their knowledge or consent,” says California’s attorney general, “and despite numerous statements reassuring drivers that it would not do so.” In 2024, The New York Times “reported that automakers including GM were sharing information about their customers’ driving behavior with insurance companies,” remembers TechCrunch, “and that...

Science/Tech

Amazon Relents, Lets its Programmers Use OpenAI’s Codex and Anthropic’s Claude

Today at 18:34 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader shared this report from Futurism:In November, Amazon leaders sent an internal memo to employees, pushing them to use its in-house code generating tool, Kiro, over third-party alternatives from competitors. “While we continue to support existing tools in use today, we do not plan to support additional third party, AI development tools,” the memo read, as quoted by Reuters at...

Science/Tech

The Guardian view on the WHO pandemic treaty: the west’s fantasy negotiations have put the world at risk | Editorial

Today at 18:25 PM, via The Guardian

After five years of deliberation the global south has forced the question that defined the Covid crisis: who will get the vaccines?

The Covid-19 pandemic did deep and lasting damage to the international political system. Countries in the global south are keenly aware that the established order let them down. They received vaccines later, in smaller numbers and often at a higher price than rich...