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Two people have died in the United States after contracting Cyclosporiasis, marking the first known deaths linked to the country’s largest recorded outbreak of the disease. Cyclosporiasis is an infection of the intestine caused by a parasite that thrives in human waste. The deaths were recorded in Michigan, the state hardest hit by the outbreak. Reuters reported on Monday that the state health authorities said both patients had serious underlying medical conditions that may have been worsened by the infection and the severe dehydration associated with the illness. The US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said it had…

The Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID) has announced seven Nigerian media organisations as the inaugural beneficiaries of its Local Media Sustainability Fund (LMSF), a flagship initiative designed to strengthen the long-term sustainability of independent local media across West Africa. The announcement comes at a critical moment for journalism across the region. Local media organisations are increasingly operating in an environment marked by declining advertising revenues, changing audience consumption patterns, the dominance of global technology platforms in the digital advertising market, and tightening international support for media development. While funding has traditionally focused on supporting journalism projects and investigative…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.OpenAI has accused Apple of waging a “careless, aggressive and oddly personal lawsuit” in a blog post rebutting the iPhone maker’s claims that the AI start-up stole top-secret information.“We do not have, nor want, any of their trade secrets,” the ChatGPT maker wrote on Monday evening, accusing Apple of “making vague accusations” and “trying to change their narrative”.The post marks the latest escalation in a dispute that began last month when Apple filed a lawsuit claiming OpenAI had stolen hardware designs as…

Open earbuds are having a bit of a moment right now, and Nothing is the latest company jumping on the trend. Its budget sub-brand has introduced the CMF Clip Pro, CMF’s first open earbuds that are designed to provide comfort and sound quality for people who don’t want to sacrifice their situational awareness.The $99 CMF Clip Pro is available starting today in the US, and comes in three color variations: white, black, and orange (which are described as light gray, dark gray, and coral, respectively). That’s the same price as Nothing’s Ear 3A and original Ear (a) buds, so you’re…

Madeleine Finlay travels to the Rothbury estate in Northumberland, in north-east England. It’s a piece of land that has been in the same family for 700 years, but now it has been put up for sale and the UK’s Wildlife Trusts are trying to raise £30m to secure it intact. To find out what makes the area so special, Madeleine speaks to Katy Barke, the head of nature recovery for Northumberland Wildlife Trust. She also hears from Sam Turner, a professor of archaeology at Newcastle University, who is trying to work out how the land has been used across the…

President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Team Nigeria on its outstanding performance at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, praising the athletes for their resilience, determination and commitment throughout the competition. In a statement issued on Tuesday by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, the president said the team’s performance reflected the values that define the Nigerian spirit. Team Nigeria finished the Games as Africa’s highest-ranked nation and seventh overall on the medals table with 24 medals comprising 10 gold, seven silver and seven bronze. President Tinubu commended the athletes for representing the country with honour and…

The noise inside London’s Victoria Palace Theatre as Leslie Odom Jr. makes his entrance is deafening. Very few performers could produce a reaction like this — from the usually polite, etiquette-obeying British crowds — on the West End. His return as Aaron Burr, the slippery frenemy of our titular founding father, is history in the making: For the first time since Lin-Manuel Miranda’s musical hit the city nearly a decade ago, a cast member from the original Broadway production is gracing the stage. From July 3 until Sep. 5 this year, Odom Jr. is showing fans a whole new side to him.…

The Anatomy of Supernatural Rest Supernatural rest is one of the most misunderstood concepts in the body of Christ. Too often, believers equate rest with passivity, viewing it as a state of complete inactivity where one folds their arms and waits for sovereign interventions. In the economy of the Kingdom, however, rest is not the absence of work; it is the absolute certainty of results. It is a state of spiritual equilibrium where your labor is perfectly aligned with divine systems, ensuring that every seed sown yields its corresponding harvest in the right season and in the right quantity. To…

When you make a firm decision, you often discover new energy and the discipline needed to pursue change. So if there are things you want to remove from your life, decide today. I want to encourage and challenge you to reflect on your life. Think deeply about the things in your life that you do not like. The areas you wish were different. The patterns you want to break. The situations you want to change. Now, take a sheet of paper and write them down. On the other side of the paper, write the exact opposite, the things you truly…

This article is an on-site version of our Energy Source newsletter. Premium subscribers can sign up here to get the newsletter delivered every Tuesday and Thursday. Standard subscribers can upgrade to Premium here, or explore all FT newslettersHello and welcome to Energy Source, coming to you from London.Extreme heat is not only making life uncomfortable across Europe but is also beginning to hit the continent’s economy, with drought threatening Hungary’s power supply and disrupting trade along Germany’s Rhine river.Hungary is preparing for electricity rationing after record-low water levels on the Danube river forced the country’s only nuclear power plant, which supplies up…