A Lagos technician found a hidden language tool while fixing a customer’s old phone, setting off a test of an unprecedented offline translation library. The software now handles 104 languages without an internet connection, including 67 spoken in Nigeria.
Turkey’s power operator has warned that planned outages could affect 1.1 million homes if a fast-moving solar storm disrupts the grid on Sunday. The notice followed a court ruling on compensation for greenhouse growers, while scientists say officials may be understating the risk.
A new Mexican football competition meant to withstand hotter playing conditions began with a 104-minute delay after its pitch-cooling system flooded the field in Mérida. The failure has alarmed sports and climate experts just as officials warn that an El Niño pattern could make next year’s heat and water pressures worse.
St Lucia’s health ministry has suspended an automated clinic-priority system after a delivery van struck a communications cabinet and knocked it offline at Port Azure General Hospital. Staff switching to manual triage found 21 patients had been assigned later appointments than their symptoms and medical histories warranted.
A recall of 18,400 streaming devices has led to evidence that a Belgian platform counted brief previews and duplicate household profiles as viewers. The disputed figures helped sell advertising and promote a hit series as one of the country’s biggest streaming successes.
A chance check by a local election volunteer has exposed the largest recorded case of political posts being wrongly downgraded on an Austrian social platform. The discovery comes three weeks before voters choose a new parliament, with officials warning that millions of readers may have missed campaign messages.
A Swiss research director resigned on Friday after her institute withheld an alarming assessment of unrest beneath Yellowstone, including a disputed scenario in which an eruption could begin within a month. US officials say there is no sign an eruption is imminent, but the data behind the warning have not been publicly explained.
Six athletes were hauled from the Nile after two rowing shells overturned during a Cairo regatta on Friday, prompting anger over a rescue boat’s failure and questions about how competitors were paid. The Nile Oar Council has suspended the event and ordered a review of records that listed some rowers as unpaid trainees.
A protest over a monthly power-bill surcharge has forced Belgian supplier Lysandria Power to suspend the fee and repay 28,400 households. The company says a billing-system change duplicated the charge for customers whose meters were replaced — a fault it says went undetected for two years.
Actor Dorian Vardis has announced a new political movement to stop a government plan that would centralise water contracts on 18 Greek islands. His sudden entry has turned a technical bill into a test of whether a celebrity can reshape the country’s next election — and whether his campaign has answers beyond its headline issue.
A sudden, unexplained sea surge has jolted Portugal’s coast twice in a week and thrown a proposed €310 million emergency fund into a diplomatic fight. Lisbon says ports need protection now; Germany says Europe should not pay for a cause scientists have yet to identify.
A Swiss reinsurer says an audit has uncovered a CHF 1.15 billion (about €1.2 billion) gap in its catastrophe reserves, forcing it to suspend its dividend and seek fresh capital. The announcement came as a powerful Pacific storm approached islands covered by the company’s policies.