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UK Launches First Full-Sized Autonomous Bus Service With Top Speed Of 50 Miles Per Hour – The route, which crosses the Forth Road Bridge, is able to carry as many as 10,000 passengers each week, public transport firm Stagecoach says. [cnbc]
Hitler Speech And Nazi Slogans Played On Austrian Train’s Loudspeakers – Passengers on an Austrian train running from Bregenz to Vienna were shocked when they heard a recording of an Adolf Hitler speech play over the train’s loudspeaker system on Sunday. [cnn]
Ramaphosa Set To Join African Mission To Broker Peace Talks Between Ukraine, Russia – After more than a year of war in Ukraine African leaders have decided to spearhead and facilitate what they hope could be the beginning of peace talks between Russia and Ukraine. [dailymaverick]
These Are All The New BEE Targets For Businesses In South Africa – The Department of Employment and Labour has gazetted the draft sectoral employment equity targets for designated businesses in South Africa for public comment. [businesstech]
Dresden Jewellery Heist: Five Jailed Over 113m Euro Jewel Theft From Museum – Twenty-one pieces of jewellery – including more than 4,300 diamonds – were stolen from the Green Vault Museum in Dresden in 2019. On Tuesday, five men were convicted of the heist, which involved a car being set on fire. [sky]
New Zealand fire: Six Dead And 30 Guests Missing After Horror Blaze Rips Through Hostel – A huge fire broke out at Loafers Lodge in central Wellington in New Zealand, with 30 people missing and at least six people dead. Local media reports the blaze may have been started deliberately. [mirror]
CoCT Retains The Lowest Unemployment Rate In South Africa – While the City of Cape Town retained bragging rights to the lowest unemployment rate of any metro in the country, there is still much to be done to address the issue in the city as thousands in the workforce remain without a job. [capetownetc]
Human DNA Can Now Be Pulled From Thin Air Or A Footprint On The Beach – Footprints left on a beach. Air breathed in a busy room. Ocean water. Scientists have been able to collect and analyze detailed genetic data from human DNA from all these places, raising thorny ethical questions about consent, privacy and security when it comes to our biological information. [cnn]
Europe Takes Aim At ChatGPT With What Might Soon Be The West’s First A.I. Law. Here’s What It Means – A key committee of lawmakers in the European Parliament have approved a first-of-its-kind artificial intelligence regulation — making it closer to becoming law. [cnbc]
Cape Town Man Bags R40m Powerball Jackpot, Via Banking App – A Cape Town man is smiling all the way to the bank after he bagged more than R40 million in the Power Plus jackpot. [iol]
Woman Arrested After A Bunch Of Cocaine Fell Out Of Her Fake Pregnant Belly – A man and woman were charged with drug trafficking after several pounds of cocaine fell out of a fake pregnant belly the woman was wearing during a traffic stop in South Carolina, according to police. [vice]
WATCH | Thabo Bester Appears Virtually From Jail Wearing A R19k Burberry Hoodie – It’s alleged that Bester ran a multimillion-rand company from inside jail before his escape in 2022. [timeslive]
Less Than 20% Of SA’s Grade 4 Pupils Can Read For Meaning, Minister Blames Covid – The PIRLS 2021 report paints a grim picture of South Africa’s education system. [citizen]
Cape Extortionists Demand 30% Stake In Projects But City Fights Back With Special Investigator – Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis joined cleaners in Kosovo in Samora Machel where solid waste contractors were threatened with extortion. [iol]
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