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‘Trump will be gone in three years’: Top US Democrats try to reassure Europe
Opposition politicians flocked to a summit in Munich to offer an alternative to America First – and stake a claim as future party leaders.
SUNDAY, 15 FEBRUARY 2026, 03:00

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Opposition politicians flocked to a summit in Munich to offer an alternative to America First – and stake a claim as future party leaders.

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Can boosting testosterone improve libido, or is much of the attention solely hype, profit, and placebo?

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With an annual growth rate of 3.1%, Manchester’s economy has performed twice as well as that of the UK as a whole.

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Goals from Curtis Jones, Dominik Szoboszlai and Mohamed Salah give Liverpool a comfortable 3-0 win over Brighton in the fourth round of the FA Cup at Anfield.

South Africa
Small bus operators contracted to the Gauteng Department will resume operations on Monday.

South Africa
The United Nations Development Programme in Egypt, in partnership with GSMA, has launched a high-level artificial intelligence capacity-building programme for policymakers in Cairo. The two-day training, held at UNDP Egypt’s headquarters, brings together senior government officials, regulators and representatives from key national institutions. Policymakers from Libya, Sudan, Tanzania and...

South Africa
Rwanda has signed a strategic agreement with Oracle to launch a nationwide digital skills development programme aimed at strengthening the country’s workforce in cloud computing, artificial intelligence and database technologies. The partnership, formalized through a memorandum of understanding between Rwanda’s Ministry of Information, Communication, Technology and Innovation and Oracle,...
South Africa
Ghana is using artificial intelligence and drone technology to shift mining regulation from a reactive model to a proactive and preventive system, a senior official said. Emmanuel Kwamena Ayeme, deputy chief executive officer of the Minerals Commission, said traditional inspection methods are increasingly inadequate in tackling illegal mining, environmental degradation and the challenges of...

World
Samantha Guthrie’s fame has helped turn her mother’s abduction into a national obsession.

World
The theft has left Germans with a strong sense that trust in institutions and the system has been shaken.

World
The crew blasted off from Cape Canaveral in a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft atop a Falcon 9 rocket.

World
Chinamaxxing is adding more gloss to the recent flourish of Chinese soft power.

Africa
President Cyril Ramaphosa says the army will work with the police to fight organised crime and illegal mining.

Africa
Somali Islamist militant group al-Shabab has staged several attacks in Kenya, prompting the border to be closed.

Africa
Search efforts are continuing for the missing passengers, who included children.

Africa
Madagascar’s disaster management says roads are inaccessible with trees uprooted, power poles down and ninety percent of roofs ripped off.
Business

Business
This is the iconic South African precinct that made R11 billion in one year.
Business

Business
KPMG South Africa has named Joelene Pierce as its next CEO starting 1 March 2026.

Politics
Mokgosi appeared before the North West Ad Hoc committee on Saturday to conclude his testimony.

Politics
Jacob Zuma who is the leader of uMkhonto Wesizwe Party, was expelled from the ANC in July 2024.

Politics
Sithole says her re-election to the leadership position shows confidence and renewal of the mandate.

Politics
She has been accorded a Special Provincial Official Funeral, Category 2.

Sport
Akshay Bhatia holds a two-shot lead after the third round of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am as fellow American Collin Morikawa’s round of 62 moves him into contention.

Sport
Scotland bounce back from their Six Nations defeat by Italy last week to blow England away with a bonus-point win in a pulsating Calcutta Cup at Murrayfield.

Sport
Scotland were at their wildly entertaining best in the Calcutta Cup win over England. This was their perfect day, writes Tom English.

Sport
Anthony Gordon could be heading back to Merseyside as Mohamed Salah looks set to leave Liverpool, Arsenal target Castello Lukeba, while Manchester United watch Serie A duo.
Education
Mr. Klein, who led an education technology company after running the New York City school system, met with Jeffrey Epstein over a period of several months in 2013.
Education
A Chinese king’s infatuation with a woman was seen as the reason that a golden age collapsed. Evidence suggests climate change and internal strife played bigger roles.
Education
A federal prosecutor said last month that ICE had made a “mistake” in deporting Any Lucia López Belloza, a college freshman in Massachusetts, to Honduras.
Education
A judge declared a mistrial after a jury could not reach a verdict in a case in which five current and former students were charged with felonies.

Lifestyle
When does Oscar Pistorius’s murder sentence expire? And will he be remembered as more than just the man who murdered Reeva Steenkamp?
Lifestyle

Lifestyle
Life goes on? Nadia Nakai – who dated the late rapper AKA – has teased the public with a romance with another music artist…

Lifestyle
Bittersweet: Reeva Steenkamp’s mother June has regained the memory of her ‘baby’, who was tragically murdered 13 years ago…

Entertainment
There were only nine minutes left when City defender Guehi delivered the decisive blow.

Entertainment
A total of R550 000 in jackpots is up for grabs tonight! Here are your winning Daily Lotto and Daily Lotto Plus results for 14 February 2026.

Entertainment
A total of R50 million in jackpots is up for grabs tonight. Here are your Lotto and Lotto Plus results for 14 February 2026.

Entertainment
Amakhosi finished third behind Zamalek and Al Masry.
Science/Tech
Recently a small crowd paid to watch robots boxing, reports Rest of World. (Almost 3,000 people have now watched the match’s 83-minute webcast.)The match was organized by Rek, a San Francisco-based company, and drew hundreds of spectators who had paid about $60-$80 for a ticket to watch modified G1 robots go at each other. Made by Unitree, the dominant Chinese robot maker, they weighed in at...
Science/Tech
Starting in 2009, the U.S. government have given car manufacturers towards reducing greenhouse gas emissions if they included “start-stop” systems in cars with internal combustion engines. (These systems automatically shut off idling engines to reduce pollution and fuel consumption.)But this week the new head of America’s Environmental Protection Agency eliminated the credits, reports Car and...
Science/Tech
To celebrate Valentine’s Day, EVA AI created a temporary “pop-up” restaurant at a wine bar in Manhattan’s “Hell’s Kitchen” district where patrons can date AI personas. The Verge notes that looking around the restaurant, “Of the 30-some-odd people in attendance, only two or three are organic users. The rest are EVA AI reps, influencers, and reporters hoping to make some capital-C Content…” But...
Science/Tech
A commercial about a lost dog being reunited with his family ignited concerns that a “Search Party” feature posed privacy risks. Ring parted ways with the tech company Flock Safety.
Motoring

Motoring
Following a major accident, the last thing people want to hear is the words “write off”.

Motoring
Lawmakers are cracking down on screen-dominated car interiors.

Motoring
Preventing smash-and-grab attacks requires drivers to be proactive and alert.

Health
A high number of elderly people on wards and respiratory cases in A&E prompt warnings from staff.
Health
Proponents of vaccines warn that the efforts will further dismantle the immunization infrastructure and lead to more outbreaks of disease.

Health
The plans are subject to a 12-week public consultation which starts on Friday.

Health
Scientists have discovered how to make people less selfish – slightly and temporarily – by stimulating two areas of the brain.