# Workers extending a cremation ground in northern Sri Lanka have helped uncover the country’s largest known mass grave, containing the remains of 572 people, including children and infants. The remains were found in the Chemmani area after work began in February. Archaeologists also recovered personal items, including a baby’s milk bottle. The discovery has […]
# Die Kommissie vir Geslagsgelykheid het ‘n ondersoek van stapel gestuur na magsverhoudings tussen geslagte in die Oos-Kaapse wetgewer. Ondersoek sal ingestel word na bewerings en kommer oor afknouery, teistering, intimidasie, seksuele teistering, magsmisbruik en vergeldende optrede. Die kommissie sal kyk na hoe klagtes aangemeld, ondersoek en hanteer word en of daar voldoende stelsels is […]
# Rowing: The Fitzroy River in Queensland, Australia, home to about 500 saltwater crocodiles has been chosen as a rowing venue for the 2032 Brisbane Olympics. “Salties” live in fresh and salt water and can grow to more than six metres long. The river has passed an assessment for rowing and canoe sprint events. Three-time […]
# Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has rejected warnings that artificial intelligence could lead to humanity’s extinction, calling them “doomsday narratives”. Huang told CBS News there is a zero-percent chance AI will end the world by 2030, saying scaring people is irresponsible. His comments come amid growing concern about increasingly powerful AI systems. Former Anthropic researcher […]
# New research suggests people are speaking about 28-percent fewer words each day than they did in 2005. Researchers analysed recordings from more than two-thousand people in 22 studies conducted between 2005 and 2019, finding that daily speech declined by about 338 words a year. The drop was even greater among people under 25. Psychologists […]
South Africa’s proposed new rules for cross-border cryptocurrency transactions could put billions of rand in investment at risk. The chief executive of the global crypto exchange company VALR, Farzam Ehsani, says at least 2.2-billion-rand in potential foreign investment in South African crypto businesses has already been put on hold. The amount includes a proposed 1.6-billion-rand […]
# Evacuation orders have been issued in parts of the Tokyo region as powerful Typhoon Dujuan approaches Japan’s Pacific coast, bringing torrential rain and strong winds. The Japan Meteorological Agency warns conditions could worsen rapidly as the storm moves closer to the capital. More than 300 millimetres of rain has fallen since Saturday in parts […]
# Die Forum for South Africa het sy nasionale leier en president, Tebogo Mashilompane, as burgemeesterskandidaat vir die Madibeng-plaaslike munisipaliteit in Noordwes aangekondig. Die party sê die benoeming weerspieël sy verbintenis tot verantwoordbare en deursigtige plaaslike regering. Mashilompane se veldtog sal konsentreer op verbeterde dienslewering, skoon bestuur, verantwoordelike aanwending van openbare hulpbronne en ekonomiese geleenthede. […]
# Die voorsitter van die Staatsdienskommissie, Somadoda Fikeni, sê die nuwe Wet op die Staatsdienskommissie sal die liggaam se onafhanklikheid van staatsdepartemente versterk. Fikeni het aan die media gesê die kommissie sal oor ‘n onafhanklike sekretariaat en uitgebreide bevoegdhede beskik om bestuurspraktyke te ondersoek. Sy mandaat sal ook plaaslike regering, staatsbeheerde maatskappye en ander staatsentiteite […]
