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If you’re a “Savage,” now you can say it with your chest. It’s no secret that Megan Thee Stallion loves her some anime; if her animated video for her hit single “Savage” didn’t tip us off, a perfunctory Google search of her name paired with “anime” instantly produces dozen of citations. We’ve even previously…

Given the current social climate, the idea of buying a home may be daunting, but it’s not impossible. Despite climbing home prices, the uncertainty of ...

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Former two-division UFC champion Conor McGregor is retired … for now.

Journalists need to value criticism of their work to the same degree they value press freedom, argues Julie Reid in this extract from ‘Tell Our Story: Multiplying Voices in the News Media’

Advocates of retaining Afrikaans as a language of instruction are blind to their own prejudices

Cape Town’s oldest roadhouse is hoping to make a comeback during the coronavirus lockdown. Nostalgia is the biggest seller

Public-private partnerships and big infrastructure builds have been suggested as ways to boost South Africa’s flagging economy. Another option to consider is green bonds, which would also help achieve climate crisis goals

It is clear that the democratic government has failed the taxi industry, not only now during the Covid-19 pandemic, but for decades.

Out of more than 25 000 schools in the country, 8 047 were in hotspots and 6 995 of these were public schools. And most of Gauteng’s and the Western Cape’s schools are in hotspots

The active case count of Gauteng surpasses that of whole countries. Workers at clinics report a ‘concerning’ relaxation of basic health protocols

Covid-19 is not the first health crisis to plague Snake Park. For decades the residents have lived with the mine, which they say blows clouds of dust into their homes

Volume 9, Number 1 (1989)

In 1849, at a time when classical liberalism was still the dominant ideological force and "economist" and "socialist" were generally—and rightly so—considered antonyms, Gustave de Molinari, a renowned Belgian economist, wrote, "If there is one well-established truth in political economy, it is this: That in all cases, for all commodities that serve to provide for the tangible or intangible need of the consumer, it is in the consumer's best interest that labor and trade remain free... Читать дальше...

What started out as free downloadable content for time-manipulation action game Superhot has blossomed into Superhot: Mind Control Delete, a new standalone game four times as large as the original. It’s launching on July 16 for PC, PlayStation 4, and PC, and owners of the first game get this new one for free.

AWS customers are using a range of cloud technologies to increase the pace of innovation, accelerate development timelines and help improve outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The rash of oil and gas bankruptcies in North America is set to continue for the remainder of 2020, a report by Haynes and Boone cited by Reuters shows. After the coronavirus pandemic and oil price war set in at the end of the first quarter, the second quarter began with a wave of bankruptcies in the oil and gas sector in North America, according to the report. There have been more than 18 producer bankruptcies in Q2 alone, according to Haynes and Boone—it is the highest quarterly figure since 2016 during the previous oil price crash. Читать дальше...

Watch This offers movie recommendations inspired by new releases, premieres, current events, or occasionally just our own inscrutable whims. This week: With Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch moving from July to October, we’re singling out other ensemble comedies to watch instead.

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Described by the company as a “precision-guided firearm,” the 500-Series rifle could revolutionize how armies all over the world prepare for war.

Here's What You Need To Remember: Ballistic computers will eventually be standard issue in Western armies. The ability to easily hit a target at 500 yards, even while standing or lying beneath a car, is a rifleman’s dream come true—especially if he didn’t have to train for years in order to do it.

During the 2014 Consumer Electronics Show... Читать дальше...

The ODT reports: Andrew Noone has been elected the new chairman of Otago Regional Council against a backdrop of protest. He is taking over from Marian Hobbs, who was voted out by councillors this morning. Councillors voted 9-2 in favour of her removal. Ms Hobbs abstained. Mr Noone, her replacement, was then chosen as chairman. […]

When Triple J ignored them, they played birthday parties. Now the northern beaches band is finally on the cusp of international success.

PC David Rathband suffered irreversible injuries and was left permanently blind, then tragically took his own life just over 18 months after being shot by Raoul Moat

In 2010 there was a police manhunt in Northumbria for Raoul Moat, a former prisoner who had gone on a two-day shooting spree just days after his release from prison

While the US Defense Logistics Agency and Department of Homeland Security have provided the essential mechanisms for placing military equipment in cops’ hands, they cannot be blamed for the internal culture cultivated in police departments for decades leading to them requesting such equipment and justifying it as necessary for their jobs.