Новости за 07.05.2020

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Add Conor McGregor to the list of fighters who have a problem with the UFC ranking system.

A Cape Town women’s group is using coded text messages to help victims of gender-based violence and abuse get out of harm’s way

Staff members claim they are fall guys for the failure of the Ingonyama Trust Board, which manages large swathes of KwaZulu-Natal

The Free State ANC blames lockdown for no disciplinary action against Nkosinjani Speelman

Independent retail analyst Syd Vianello says going under business rescue does not mean Edcon will be saved, “it simply gives business rescue practitioners a chance to work out how they can save the company”

"Each day of this lockdown highlights our broken, and uneven society. What we cannot do is retreat into our silos and see the world solely from our view of it. "

Inspectorate finds serious overcrowding at ‘Sun City’ centre, putting inmates at risk of Covid-19

‘You give us the word, we give you the money.’ Without tithes from congregations, churches find it difficult to pay salaries and do community work

I now go to meetings barefoot and in my shorts. And it cuts what we pay for MPs to travel. We should keep it this way post-Covid

Talking to people who live in the Booysens informal settlement, it is hard to tell what has been more brutalising; the metro police’s rubber bullets — whose lesions still mark the faces, backs and legs of residents — or the fact that they have resorted to finding food in the nearby rubbish dumps. The two […]

Coronavirus task force to shift focus, April jobs report expected to be worst in history, and college students connect farms with needy food banks.

There’s anti-cheat software, and then there’s the program Valorant’s got under its hood. When the game’s closed beta first launched, the clandestine anti-cheat was always running in the background. Now players can disable it when they’re not playing Riot’s 60 percent more wizard-y version of Counter-Strike, but it’s…

Mother's Day, handled.

Thousands of people around the world have volunteered to be deliberately exposed to COVID-19, potentially speeding things up for vaccine testing.

Newstalk ZB reported: Crown Law documents leaked to Newstalk ZB say the Government’s lockdown was unenforceable. Attorney-General David Parker, however, says the document was a draft – and “not the considered advice of Crown Law”. If the Government really is trying to claim the leaked document was just a draft, and the final advice was […]

EXCLUSIVE: Local government leaders fear the coronavirus pandemic will have a knock-on effect on the housing crisis if they run out of time to build replacement council houses

All Lyft drivers and passengers will soon be required to wear masks, the company said Thursday. The app will also prompt users to avoid the front seat and keep windows open for fresh air. More »

The secretive Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), which develops high-tech weaponry for the US military, is attempting to create a purpose-built unmanned warship. Observers have noted it bears a curious resemblance to the wedge-shaped Imperial Star Destroyers from the “Star Wars” franchise.

A massive street brawl involving some 100 individuals, including multiple officers with New Jersey’s Jersey City Police Department, recently prompted an internal investigation by the department.

A HEARTWARMING tribute was once again awarded to carers and frontline workers by people around the UK, who showed their support for those risking their own lives to save the country from the coronavirus pandemic.

Jeremy Stephens faces Calvin Kattar on the pay-per-view portion of Saturday's UFC 249 fight card.

For those seeking a comments section for everyday life, Nextdoor is the ticket. Or you can offload your old exercise bike or source a killer recipe, like he did.

It has now been nine weeks since the last round of League of Ireland…

DeShone Kizer is currently a man without an NFL country. To continue his football career, Kizer may have to go to a different one. Via 3downnation.com, the Toronto Argonauts have claimed the negotiating rights for the 2017 second-round pick who was cut earlier this week by the Raiders and went unclaimed on waivers. Kizer started 15 [more]

On May 5, supporters of the Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) claimed that Turkish unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAV)...