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Esports are booming in Africa – but can its infrastructure keep pace?
On a recent Sunday afternoon in an upmarket neighbourhood of Nairobi, Daniel Badu was rapidly pressing the screen of his mobile phone, headphones wrapped around his head, his elbows resting on a pillow.
Badu and his four teammates in the Aura 233 team, all decked in black-and-yellow kits and …
Post Office costs defending itself at Horizon inquiry exceed £130m
Post Office executives have spent more than £130m of taxpayers’ money defending the company at the long-running inquiry into the wrongful prosecution of more than 900 workers, figures show.
The company’s annual report reveals that the company’s legal and running costs from the start of the inquiry in September 2020 …
Liaison committee day. This was Kier Time. He’d dreamed of it for most of his life
An appearance before the liaison committee – the supergroup of select committee chairs – is usually something that strikes fear into any prime minister. Sleepless nights. Panic attacks. Boris Johnson was so phobic that he frequently binned his invitations to show up. Not that it did much good. He was …
‘These water companies have got a damn nerve’: anger in England as 58,000 homes lose supply while bills surge
“It feels awful,” said Samantha Hargreaves as she trundled her bottle-laden trolley past queues of cars waiting for drinking water in an Asda car park. It was the second year in a row that her water supply had been cut off shortly before Christmas, and she was loading up her …
Why are Amazon workers on strike – and what does it mean for Christmas deliveries?
Amazon
warehouse workers across the countriesare on strike
after the company refused to start contract negotiations with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.Though it’s been well over two years since the first Amazon warehouse union …
Ofwat opts for expediency. It’s time for water companies to stop bleating | Nils Pratley
Who are the men convicted over rape and assault of Gisèle Pelicot?
Warning: this article contains descriptions of
rape and sexual assault
Fifty men went on trial alongside Dominique Pelicot in connection with the drugging, rape and assault of Gisèle Pelicot. On Thursday at the culmination of a months-long trial in the southern French city of Avignon, they were convicted and …
UK arts and media reject plan to let AI firms use copyrighted material
Writers, publishers, musicians, photographers, movie producers and newspapers have rejected the Labour government’s plan to create a copyright exemption to help artificial intelligence companies train their algorithms.
In a joint statement, bodies representing thousands of creatives dismissed the
on Tuesday that would allow …Most pregnant women and unborn babies who contract bird flu will die, study finds
Caused by influenza A viruses, a severe strain of bird flu known as highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H5N1) is spreading …
Inflation fears trump growth concerns among Bank of England’s MPC members
There was no doubt in the City that the Bank of England would
. An increase inannual inflation last month
and asharp rise in wages in the autumn
meant its monetary policy committee (MPC) was widely expected to hold …