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People sitting their driving theory test will soon need to swot up on life-saving cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) skills, the UK’s Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has decided. All road users are being encouraged to learn the basics and know how to use a defibrillator in an emergency. It’s hoped the questions, which will be added to the car and motorcycle theory test in early 2026, could prevent avoidable deaths. Drivers are often first on the scene when someone suffers a cardiac arrest, says the DVSA.Adding the information into the official learning materials means that the 2.4 million learner drivers…

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New York — The Africa-America Institute (AAI) is proud to announce the appointment of Felicia Appenteng as its new President and Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. Appenteng, who has served as Interim CEO since July 1, 2025, assumes the permanent leadership role after a comprehensive executive search led by the AAI Board of Trustees. “Felicia has demonstrated unwavering commitment, strategic vision, and deep understanding of AAI’s mission throughout her tenure at AAI,” said the organization’s Board Chair, Christal Jackson. “Her leadership, coupled with her global perspective and strong relationships across Africa and the diaspora, make her uniquely positioned to lead…

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Park Gyu-tae, the South Korean helmer behind 2022’s breakout comedy hit “6/45,” has inked a co-production agreement for his next feature “Saigon Oppa” during a high-profile cultural diplomacy event in Seoul. The deal was revealed at the Vietnam-South Korea Forum on Cultural Industry Development Cooperation, held during Vietnamese General Secretary To Lam’s state visit to South Korea. The forum was co-chaired by Vietnam’s Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Van Hung and South Korea’s Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Chae Hwi-young, with participation from Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son. The project…

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Olawale AdekolaBBC News in LagosWedaeli ChibelushiBBC NewsWireImage/Getty ImagesNigerian Afropop star Tems has told the BBC “people don’t really respect women” in her industry.The two-time Grammy award-winner told the BBC that at the start of her career, she struggled to be taken seriously.”I realised that there’s always a cost. There’s always a price that you pay. And a lot of those prices I wasn’t willing to pay and there wasn’t a lot of options,” Tems said.Afropop has gained immense global popularity over the past decade, but despite this growth it remains notoriously male-dominated.The industry’s so-called “Big Three” – Burna Boy, Davido…

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Motorists in Taraba State have expressed growing fear over rising water levels on River Namnai, where the collapse of a key bridge has forced commuters to rely on engine boats — a situation that has already claimed lives and property. The Namnai Bridge, linking Jalingo and Wukari, collapsed a year ago. Of all the affected federal roads at the time, it remains the only bridge yet to be reconstructed. The collapse has subjected hundreds of road users to hardship, as they are now ferried across the river on boats. Locals blame recent heavy rainfall for the increased water levels, which…

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When OpenAI launched GPT-5 last week, the company said the model would simplify the ChatGPT experience. OpenAI hoped GPT-5 would act as a sort of “one size fits all” AI model with a router that would automatically decide how to best answer user questions. The company said this unified approach would eliminate the need for users to navigate its model picker — a long, complicated menu of AI options that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has publicly said he hates. But it looks like GPT-5 is not the unified AI model OpenAI hoped it would be. Altman said in a post…

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FAQ Pages – The Hidden Tool for Improving Search Ranking The FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) page is one of the most important and underutilized resources on websites from an organic promotion perspective. While most website owners view the FAQ page as a solution for recurring customer questions, the reality is this page can become a powerful SEO tool that significantly improves website visibility in search results. The power in FAQ pages lies in their ability to answer specific questions people search for online, thereby capturing space in search results for a wide range of terms. Capturing Long Tail Searches with…

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A South Korean former tech executive accused of helping to spark a cryptocurrency crisis that cost investors more than $40bn (£31.8bn) has pleaded guilty to two criminal counts of fraud.Do Kwon was the boss of Singapore-based Terraform Labs, which operated two cryptocurrencies – TerraUSD and Luna – both of which collapsed in 2022, triggering a wider sell-off in the crypto market.The US says he was responsible for the failure of the two digital currencies, accusing him of “orchestrating a multi-billion dollar crypto asset securities fraud”.As part of the plea deal, prosecutors have agreed to refrain from seeking a sentence longer…

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