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England trained at their Pennyhill Park facility in Surrey on Monday, as they prepare to take on South Africa at Twickenham on Saturday. Steve Borthwick will be looking for a response from his side, following Autumn Nations Series losses to New Zealand and Australia. The Wallabies’ 42-37 victory at Allianz Stadium last Saturday was England’s fourth successive defeat – although three of those reverses have come against the All Blacks. There is reason for optimism though, as the two most recent defeats have been narrow ones and England might have won both without much complaint from the opposition.…

With less than a week to go before Senegal’s snap legislative elections, the opposition and the government are battling for control of the capital, Dakar. Activists from the opposition coalition are canvassing door-to-door across the city — while government supporters are offered culture. Both sides say they are confident of victory. “We’re in a very good frame of mind. We feel that the Senegalese people are beginning to have this awareness, even among those who voted for the party in power during the presidential election,” says Amanekh Seck, an activist with the opposition coaltion. However, supporters of President…

African immigrants across the United States and Canada are raising alarm as both countries prepare to tighten their immigration laws, a shift that coincides with the anticipated return of former President Donald Trump to the White House. With Trump leading in the polls and advocating for stricter immigration measures, African communities are bracing for a future where their dreams of a better life in North America may become even harder to achieve. In the U.S., the prospect of Trump’s return to power has many African immigrants worried about the potential reinstatement of harsh policies from his previous tenure, including…

The majority of strokes could be prevented, according to new guidelines aimed at helping people and their doctors do just that. Stroke was the fourth leading cause of death in the U.S. in 2023, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and more than half a million Americans have a stroke every year. But up to 80% of strokes may be preventable with better nutrition, exercise and identification of risk factors. The first new guidelines on stroke prevention in 10 years from the American Stroke Association, a division of the American Heart Association, include recommendations for people and doctors that reflect…

From Pennsylvania to Florida to Texas, areas with high numbers of Hispanics often had little in common on Election Day other than backing Republican Donald Trump over Democrat Kamala Harris for president. Trump, the president-elect, made inroads in heavily Puerto Rican areas of eastern Pennsylvania where the vice president spent the last full day of her campaign. Trump turned South Texas’ Rio Grande Valley, a decadeslong Democratic stronghold populated both by newer immigrants and Tejanos who trace their roots in the state for several generations. He also improved his standing with Hispanic voters along Florida’s Interstate 4 corridor linking the Tampa Bay area…

For Ghanaian language preservation and digital inclusion, Google Research Africa, in partnership with the University of Ghana (UG), University College of London’s (UCL) Global Disability Innovation has launched a project to develop speech recognition technology for indigenous Ghanaian languages. The initiative, named Tekyerema Pa, aims to enhance communications for individuals with non-standard speech patterns due to conditions such us Down Syndrome, Stroke, Cerebral Palsy, and Parkinson’s Diseases. The project, Tekyerema Pa focuses on creating a robust language database for popular Ghanaian languages such as Asante (twi), Ewe, Dagaare and Dagbani. Speech recognition technology enables computers and devices to understand…

Erykah Badu has been given the fashion icon award by the Council of Fashion Designers of America. She accepted the title in Manhattan earlier this week, and says she’s honoured. “It means a lot to be celebrated as a fashion icon because I expressed myself most clearly through the way I dress. The way I approach life has a lot to do with what I’ve chosen to wear or how I’ve chosen to show up. Yeah. And that expression is sometimes very contagious to others, ” she said. Badu will feature in the upcoming film, the piano lesson, alongside Samuel…

Bad weather and poor roads can make getting life-saving drugs to remote parts of Kenya a challenge. Now, a company is taking to the skies with drones to deliver medical supplies to those in need and doing it more quickly. “Rains actually make access to these facilities via traditional modes of delivery very daunting,” said Samuel Sineka, pharmacist and Partnership Director of Zipline. “We are able to overcome these barriers, leveraging aerial logistics to serve people, even when they are not able to access essential commodities via traditional ground transport.” In Kisumu County, a drone carrying HIV drugs and…

Former Manchester City defender Benjamin Mendy has won the majority of his £11-million claim for unpaid wages against the four-time reigning English champions. Mendy took City to a two-day employment tribunal in Manchester last month, claiming the club had wrongly stopped his £500,000 a month salary when he was remanded in custody in August 2021 after being charged with sex offences. Tribunal judge Joanne Dunlop ruled on Wednesday that Mendy is entitled to a multi-million pound payout for unauthorized deductions from his wages by the club. Judge Dunlop concluded that a suspension the France international received from the Football…

American presidential elections are a moment when the nation holds up a mirror to look at itself. They are a reflection of values and dreams, of grievances and scores to be settled. The results say much about a country’s character, future and core beliefs. On Tuesday, America looked into that mirror and more voters saw former president Donald Trump, delivering him a far-reaching victory in the most contested states. He won for many reasons. One of them was that a formidable number of Americans, from different angles, said the state of democracy was a prime concern. The candidate they chose…