Coco Gauff crashes out amid day of first-round shocks

Presidents’ Day is a well-earned break, but it’s also a day where you can save big on some top-tier gaming hardware. Case in point, the RIG 800 Pro HX – a seriously comfortable Xbox and PC gaming headset – has just dropped back down to its lowest ever price at… Read Details ⇢

United States President, Donald Trump. (File photo) Modern racism went global after it was invented in the slave colony of Virginia, in what is now the United States, in the latter part of the 17th century. It is now being actively retrofitted through a set of right-wing networks that have… Read Details ⇢

US Vice President JD Vance at the Munich (Germany) Security Conference, February 14, 2025. WOLFGANG RATTAY / REUTERS Shaken, worried and sometimes outraged, the hundreds of representatives of Europe’s diplomatic and military elite who gathered at the Munich Security Conference over the weekend left the snow-covered Bavarian capital on Sunday,… Read Details ⇢

Paris Saint-Germain’s players have developed a newfound confidence and clinical efficiency following the loss of players like Neymar, Mbappé and Messi, a shift epitomised by Ousmane Dembélé’s transformation from wasteful finisher to ruthless goal scorer. Over the years, the team’s hyped-up, overpriced squads have racked up some of the most depressing… Read Details ⇢

A suspect has been arrested in the case of a corrections deputy who was shot and killed in south Florida last week. Kevin Benette, 32, was arrested on Thursday and faces charges of first-degree murder, according to Sheriff Ric Bradshaw, Palm Beach County Sheriff. Palm Beach County Corrections Deputy Basil Powell was… Read Details ⇢

DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, Kremlin confirms high-level meeting on restoring relations and potential peace talks on Ukraine for Tuesday. Two senior Russian officials will travel to in Saudi Arabia to meet with counterparts from the United States, the Kremlin has confirmed. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Yuri Ushakov, a foreign… Read Details ⇢

ExpressVPN has announced a major change to its Lightway protocol, recoding the protocol from C to Rust in a bid to revolutionize the VPN industry and create a “more secure and high-performing” Lightway for users. Modernizing the protocol to the Rust programming language while keeping the code open source ensures… Read Details ⇢

At a minimum, mining organisations must develop context-specific cybersecurity strategies tailored to their unique operational needs. (Photo supplied) The use of digital technologies are paramount for the South African mining industry to enhance effective, safe and sustainable operations, as well as to drive global competitiveness. The modernising of mining is… Read Details ⇢

“Dragon’s teeth” were deployed by the Lithuanian army in September 2024 to prevent the passage of Russian armored vehicles in the event of an attempted invasion. At the Lithuanian border, January 20, 2025. CHLOÉ HOORMAN / LE MONDE It was barely 3:30 pm and the sun was already setting in… Read Details ⇢