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Max Matza & Christal HayesBBC NewsIan YoungsCulture reporterWatch: Taylor Swift appears in Travis and Jason Kelce’s podcast ‘New Heights’Taylor Swift has revealed details of her new album and given a rare insight into her relationship with boyfriend Travis Kelce during a highly anticipated appearance on his podcast.The pop superstar used the interview on New Heights, co-hosted with Travis’ brother Jason Kelce, to announce that her 12th album, The Life of a Showgirl, will be released on 3 October.She also discussed how she and Travis got together and their life together, as well as subjects ranging from reclaiming the rights to…

Three mining technicians have been rescued while 22 remain missing following the collapse of a gold mine in Tanzania’s northwestern Shinyanga region, local authorities said Tuesday, August 12. The incident occurred on Monday during maintenance work on the mining shafts at the Wachapakazi Gold Mine, which is owned by a group of young people, according to Julius Mtatiro, Shinyanga district commissioner. “Rescue operations led by defense and security forces are ongoing to locate the remaining 22 technicians trapped under the rubble,” Mtatiro told Xinhua in a telephone interview. The three survivors were rescued 32 hours after the collapse, he said.…

A Nigerian startup, Ubenwa Health, is using AI to analyse baby cries for birth asphyxia detection with 96 per cent accuracy The conversation on Artificial Intelligence in Africa largely falls into two camps. One faction believes the continent cannot afford to be left behind and must focus all resources on becoming up to speed with AI advancement. The other thinks it a distraction, willing the continent’s efforts be focused on more existential problems like hunger, electricity, and health. While I admit that our more pressing problems are indeed pressing, I am inclined to tilt more on the side of those…

Negotiations to secure a global treaty to combat plastic pollution were in limbo as talks entered their final day after dozens of countries rejected the latest draft text.With time running out to seal a deal among the 184 countries gathered at the United Nations in Geneva, the talks’ chair, Luis Vayas Valdivieso, produced a draft text based on the few areas of convergence, in an attempt to find common ground.But the draft succeeded only in infuriating virtually all corners, and the text was immediately shredded as one country after another ripped it to bits.For the self-styled ambitious countries, it was…

Simon JackBusiness editorRolls-RoyceArtist’s impression of a small nuclear power stationRolls-Royce’s plan to power artificial intelligence (AI) with its nuclear reactors could make it the UK’s most valuable company, its boss has said.The engineering firm has signed deals to provide small modular reactors (SMRs) to the UK and Czech governments.AI has boomed in popularity since 2022, but the technology uses lots of energy, something which has raised practical and environmental concerns.Rolls-Royce chief executive Tufan Erginbilgic told the BBC it has the “potential” to become the UK’s highest-valued company by overtaking the largest firms on the London Stock Exchange thanks to its…

About R1-billion in replacement funds expected imminently, but more may be approved In response to US funding cuts for South African health services and research projects, National Treasury has provided the National Department of Health with hundreds of millions of rands in emergency funds. Spotlight and GroundUp take a look at how precisely the government intends to spend this money. Health minister Aaron Motsoaledi recently announced that National Treasury had released roughly R753-million to help plug the gap left by US funding cuts to South Africa’s health system. Another R268-million is also being released in the following two years for…

Late-night hosts talked about Donald Trump’s rambling Truth Social posts and Taylor Swift’s new album announcement.Seth MeyersSeth Meyers opened Tuesday’s Late Night with a recap of Donald Trump’s effort to take over the metro police in Washington DC. During Monday’s announcement that the federal government would deploy national guard troops in the city, Trump said that he wanted residents to feel safe going to the store to buy a newspaper. “You think I need to go to the store to buy a newspaper? Is that right after my milk gets delivered?” Meyers laughed.During the same press conference, Trump also discussed…

Good morning. The slogan “black is beautiful” rang out from civil rights marches in the US and UK during the 1960s and echoed through liberation struggles across the global south. It became a rallying cry against racist beauty standards that had long cast Black skin, facial features and hair as undesirable.These movements urged pride in what had been denigrated for centuries, and their message was not limited to people of African or Caribbean heritage. Calls to embrace natural beauty resonated across Asia and much of the global south, directly challenging the colonial belief that lighter skin conferred greater worth.Yet decades…

The United States has announced it is revoking the visas of Brazilian, African and Caribbean officials over their ties to Cuba’s programme that sends doctors abroad, which Washington has described as “forced labour”.The US named two Brazilian Ministry of Health officials, Mozart Julio Tabosa Sales and Alberto Kleiman, who have had their visas revoked for working on Brazil’s Mais Medicos, or “More Doctors” programme, which was created in 2013.In a statement on Wednesday, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said sanctions were imposed on officials “involved in abetting the Cuban regime’s coercive labour export scheme”, which he claimed “enriches the…

AI risks entrenching racism and sexism in Australia, the human rights commissioner has warned, amid internal Labor debate about how to respond to the emerging technology.Lorraine Finlay says the pursuit of productivity gains from AI should not come at the expense of discrimination if the technology is not properly regulated.Finlay’s comments follow Labor senator Michelle Ananda-Rajah breaking ranks to call for all Australian data to be “freed” to tech companies to prevent AI perpetuating overseas biases and reflect Australian life and culture.Ananda-Rajah is opposed to a dedicated AI act but believes content creators should be paid for their work.Sign up:…