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Ribeiro’s superb solo goal helps Sundowns sink Pirates
08 Feb 2025
A brilliant solo goal from Brazilian Lucas Ribeiro for South African Premiership leaders Mamelodi Sundowns was the highlight of a 4-1 win over second-placed Orlando Pirates on Saturday. Victory in the top-of-the-table clash watched by a capacity 50,000 crowd in Pretoria took Sundowns nine points clear of Pirates midway through the 30-round championship. Sundowns are […]
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Leverkusen lose ground on Bayern with Wolfsburg stalemate
08 Feb 2025
Bayer Leverkusen dropped eight points behind league leaders Bayern Munich after a scoreless draw at Wolfsburg on Saturday, setting up a potentially season-defining duel between the top two next weekend. Bayern’s 3-0 win over Werder Bremen on Friday, their seventh straight league win, increased the pressure on Xabi Alonso’s defending champions, who host the leaders […]
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Apple’s new research robot takes a page from Pixar’s playbook
08 Feb 2025
Last month, Apple offered up more insight into its consumer robotics work via a research paper that argues that traits like expressive movements are key to optimizing human-robot interaction. “Like most animals,” starts the report, “humans are highly sensitive to motion and subtle changes in movement.” To illustrate its point, Apple pays homage to Pixar, […]
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Daly late show helps England edge France in Six Nations thriller
08 Feb 2025
Replacement Elliot Daly’s try a minute from time helped England to a thrilling 26-25 Six Nations win over France at a rainswept Twickenham on Saturday. Fin Smith, starting his first Test at fly-half, had to add the conversion to edge the hosts ahead for a win to ease the pressure on beleaguered coach Steve Borthwick. […]
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Man City survive Orient scare, Newcastle beat Birmingham
08 Feb 2025
Kevin De Bruyne spared Manchester City’s blushes with a late strike to beat third tier Leyton Orient 2-1 in the FA Cup fourth round on Saturday, while Newcastle also came from behind to win 3-2 at Birmingham. Pep Guardiola’s troubled side were rocked when Jamie Donley’s long-range effort came back off the bar and rebounded […]
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Donald Trump offers ‘refugee resettlement’ to white South Africans over SA’s land expropriation act
08 Feb 2025
United States (US) president Donald Trump has issued an order for the prioritisation of white Afrikaner South Africans through the US refugee programme. Essentially, Trump is accusing the South African (SA) government of discriminating against Afrikaners through the newly signed land expropriation act, and is offering a home for them in his country. The order […]
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Elon Musk said he’s not interested in acquiring TikTok
08 Feb 2025
Elon Musk recently said he is “not chomping at the bit to acquire TikTok.” Musk made those remarks during an interview at the WELT Economic Summit on January 28. A video of the interview was published today. The interview came after President Donald Trump delayed a law requiring parent company ByteDance to sell TikTok or […]
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Urgent Action Needed on Disparities in Teaching Admission Requirements
08 Feb 2025
Namibia’s education system is undergoing significant changes, particularly in how pupils transition into higher education. Previously, Grade 12 served as the sole exit level for pupils aspiring to enter higher education institutions (HEIs). However, with the introduction of a new curriculum, pupils now exit at either Grade 11 or Advanced Subsidiary (AS) level. This shift […]
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Ex-Meta employee sues for sexual harassment
08 Feb 2025
Welcome back to Week in Review. This week we’re diving into Google quietly removing its pledge to not build AI weapons for surveillance; how Elon Musk and DOGE are facilitating the biggest breach of U.S. government data; researchers who were able to re-create a premium “reasoning” model for $50; and more! Let’s get into it. […]
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Key Factors Driving the Persistent DRC Crisis
08 Feb 2025
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has faced persistent conflict for decades, particularly in its eastern regions, where armed groups, including the M23 rebels, continue to operate. Accusations of Rwandan and Ugandan involvement in supporting these rebels and violating Congolese territorial sovereignty have further complicated the crisis. A key factor perpetuating instability is the illegal […]
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The New Marriage Act: Testing Namibia’s Commitment to Its Constitution
08 Feb 2025
The new Marriage Act was published in the Government Gazette in late 2024, although it will only come into force on a future date set by the minister of home affairs. Its publication has given rise to a new round of public debate about its constitutionality. There are two key constitutional issues to consider. Same-Sex […]
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AI pioneer Fei-Fei Li says AI policy must be based on ‘science, not science fiction’
08 Feb 2025
Fei-Fei Li, the Stanford computer scientist and startup founder sometimes known as “the Godmother of AI,” has outlined “three fundamental principles for the future of AI policymaking” ahead of next week’s AI Action Summit in Paris. First, Li said policy must be based on “science, not science fiction.” In other words, policymakers should focus on […]
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The President is Correct, But is He Sincere?
08 Feb 2025
President Nangolo Mbumba seems to be striking a lot of the right notes in 2025. He told Cabinet colleagues this week that those who were not re-elected should not hang around begging and hoping for government jobs. Two weeks ago, Mbumba supported the demarcation commission’s decision not to carve Namibia into more regions than the […]
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Italy hand sorry Wales another dismal defeat in Six Nations
08 Feb 2025
Italy sent Wales spiralling deeper into crisis on Saturday after triumphing 22-15 in the Six Nations and handing their sorry opponents a record-extending 14th consecutive Test defeat in front of delighted fans in Rome. Ange Capuozzo scored the hosts’ only try at a soaking Stadio Olimpico with Tommaso Allan’s quality kicking also condemning Wales to […]
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Autodesk CTO Raji Arasu calls for diversity in the teams building AI
08 Feb 2025
To give AI-focused women academics and others their well-deserved — and overdue — time in the spotlight, TechCrunch has been publishing a series of interviews focusing on remarkable women who’ve contributed to the AI revolution. Raji Arasu, the CTO of Autodesk, said that she’s been using AI for “multiple decades” to solve software-related challenges. “When traditional […]
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