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The US president says Gulf allies and Tehran urged him to delay planned strikes.By Al Jazeera Staff, AFP and ReutersPublished On 2 Aug 20262 Aug 2026United States President Donald Trump has said that negotiations with Tehran are set to begin on Monday after he decided to hold off on new strikes on Iran in pursuit of a deal.Trump said on Sunday that a plan was in place for the US to launch “the biggest attack since World War II” against Iran but that he halted it to give diplomacy a chance.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list“Obviously, they don’t…

The management of Lekki Port, promoters of Lekki Deep Seaport, welcomed the Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brigadier General Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd.), to the port on a familiarisation visit aimed at strengthening collaboration in securing Nigeria’s maritime gateway and combating illicit drug trafficking through the nation’s ports recently. During the visit, Marwa toured the port facilities and engaged in strategic discussions with the Lekki Port management, focusing on their shared commitment to enhancing port security, facilitating legitimate trade and safeguarding Nigeria’s supply chains. The NDLEA, having been one of the first security agencies…

To test these new ideas, researchers are exploring the infant universe through simulations. “There’s actually been really remarkable progress since Webb launched, really in the last year or so, on numerical simulations,” Somerville told attendees, adding that these new simulations “perhaps are more appropriate and more informative for interpreting observations in the high-redshift universe.”As these models improve, JWST is documenting more and more galaxies. By comparing what it sees in the early universe to simulations that attempt to explain why, researchers are inching closer to uncovering the true nature of cosmic dawn.“We can try to match the best analogue of…

Andy Burnham has pledged to be “relentless” in tackling small boat crossings after tens of thousands of migrants entered the Spanish territory of Ceuta, and he said “safe routes” for refugees were necessary to tackle trafficking gangs.Speaking during a visit to Dover, the prime minister said he had been assured by the Spanish prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, that approximately 98% of the estimated 50,000 people who entered Spain’s north African territory of Ceuta last week had now been returned to Morocco.But while that dealt “substantially” with the immediate issue, “of course there’s a broader issue about the Schengen area and…

On the flight home from Chicago, as he reflects on the 4-2 loss to Leeds that ended Liverpool’s United States tour, manager Andoni Iraola will have plenty to think about.The first-half display was arguably the best since the Spaniard took charge, but the second was categorically their worst as they conceded four times without reply inside 25 minutes.Iraola did make a raft of changes at the break and in the second half but that is no excuse for the way they capitulated against Daniel Farke’s side.Their lack of squad depth and physicality was alarmingly exposed and Iraola will be concerned…

Ariana Grande is to withdraw from public appearances and will no longer star in an upcoming musical production in London when she ends her Eternal Sunshine tour next month.A representative for the US singer, 33, told People magazine that she “will be taking a step back from visibility” when the tour ends, after her appearances led to “endless, ongoing public scrutiny”.The company behind a revival of Stephen Sondheim’s Sunday in the Park with George, due to play at the Barbican in 2027, confirmed that she would no longer be part of the production and had its “complete understanding and support”.Grande’s…

Femi Fani-Kayode In 1988 Mr. P.W. Botha, who was President of the apartheid South Africa from 1984 till 1989, said the following: “Black people cannot rule themselves because they don’t have the brain and mental capacity to govern a society. Give them guns, they will kill themselves. Give them power, they will steal all the government money. Give them independence and democracy, they will use it to promote tribalism, ethnicity, bigotry, hatred, killings, and wars!” These choice words coming from this racist Afrikaaner and white supremacist appall me. They have been entrenched in the inner recesses of my spirit and…

Former Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, has blamed parents for driving examination malpractice in Nigeria, saying they play a greater role in encouraging the practice than the candidates themselves. Speaking during an interview on ThisDay Live on Sunday, Oloyede described parents’ involvement in examination fraud as the most painful aspect of his decade-long tenure as JAMB registrar. According to him, many parents deliberately expose their children to dishonest practices in a bid to secure admission into tertiary institutions. “The most painful period of my experience in JAMB had to do with the level…

More than 100 artists, writers and scientists have called for the UK government to save the “world’s clearest eyes on the sky”, after funding for thenetwork of radio telescopes at Jodrell Bank Observatory was slashed.New Order, the Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield and the poet laureate, Simon Armitage, are among those calling on the new prime minister, Andy Burnham, to save the deep space observatory which includes the Grade I-listed Lovell telescope, prized by astronomers who study galaxies, star formation and planets beyond the solar system.Last week the observatory’s funder, UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), said it would withdraw funding for…

For months, I have been after Amazon CEO Andy Jassy to give us “line of sight” into something that can explain why they’re is spending so much money building out all of these data centers. I wanted to know if this is just some sort of rainbow without a pot of gold, or whether there really is a there there. It’s among our biggest positions in the Club portfolio, and I was getting pretty darned antsy that I was into a far more dicey situation than when we first bought the stock almost a decade ago. So, I kept hammering…