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In the first Prime Minister’s Questions since Sir Keir Starmer announced his resignation, there was an air of tension and the atmosphere had an edge, with the speaker warning the leader of the opposition Kemi Badenoch about her language. But another exchange stood out – between the New Forest West MP Sir Desmond Swayne and the Prime Minister.The Conservative MP’s point (and these are his exact words) – “I hope there is still time in which the Prime Minister will be able to enlighten his party as to the moral of the cautionary tale of Jim who ran away from…

The National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), in collaboration with the Global Fund and key implementing partners, will convene a national close-out meeting on 25 June to reflect on the achievements, lessons learned, and lasting impact of the COVID-19 Response Mechanism (C19RM) investments in Nigeria. The meeting, to be held in Abuja, will bring together representatives of the Federal Ministry of Health, state governments, development partners, civil society organisations, implementing partners, healthcare workers, and other stakeholders who played critical roles in implementing the C19RM grant between 2021 and 2025. The Global Fund’s COVID-19 Response Mechanism was established to…

Nature, Published online: 24 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01720-4A sense of déjà vu.

Day 2 of the 2026 NBA Draft begins Wednesday night from Brooklyn with the New York Knicks on the clock at No. 31 and several notable college players remaining on the board. Among those who didn’t hear their names called in the first round are Duke’s Isaiah Evans, North Carolina’s Henri Veesaar and Arkansas’ Meleek Thomas. They shouldn’t have to wait too long to hear their names called on Wednesday.Other big-name players expected to be drafted in the second round are Purdue’s Braden Smith and BYU’s Richie Saunders. Smith set the NCAA’s all-time assist record during his senior season, while Saunders suffered…

I come with a warning to all football fans: if you’ve been enjoying the World Cup enough to think, “I’d like to re-enact this on a football video game”, do not go to Netflix and play Fifa World Cup: Launch Edition, the officially licensed game of the tournament, which streams via your smart TV or computer. Developed by the virtually unknown Delphi Interactive, it’s a juddering, dated calamity, with sluggish controls (via your phone, once you’ve downloaded the app) and commentary courtesy of Clive Tyldesley that delivers all the excitement of a robotic train station announcement.Until this, it was largely…

After I wrote a few weeks ago about the allure of the travel cake, Genevieve Ko, an editor at New York Times Cooking, got in touch. She shared some of her favorite recipes for cakes that hold up well when ferried via train, plane or automobile. Consider one-bowl molasses-chocolate cake, carrot-orange olive oil cake, a swirly marble cake or a lemon-spice visiting cake (visiting cake!). And also consider the additional good things below.On this week’s list:1. Where and when is this art from?2. Make it a club3. Teen angst revisited4. In a theater, laughing5. Wikipedia collage6. Naming the moon1.Where and…

President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday called on African nations to abandon the long-standing practice of exporting raw minerals and importing finished products, warning that the continent would remain trapped in poverty unless it embraces industrialisation, value addition and regional cooperation. Tinubu said Africa possesses the resources needed to power the global energy transition but must move beyond being a supplier of raw materials to becoming a centre for manufacturing, processing and innovation. The President, who was represented by the Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake, at the opening ceremony of the fifth African Natural Resources and Energy Investment Summit…

Woman in Syrian detention camp returning to AustraliaThe home affairs minister, Tony Burke, has revealed the woman held in a Syrian detention camp who was issued a temporary exclusion order, barring her from entering Australia, has applied for and been granted a return permit.Burke said the woman will be under “every possible condition” – including monitoring where she lives, works, if she studies, and will be restricted from using any telecommunications device including a mobile phone or pay phone, unless she gives 24 hours notice and provides a reason for use.Speaking to ABC’s AM program, Burke said she was the…

Today’s NYT Strands hints and answersCredit: New York TimesLooking for help uncovering words in today’s NYT Strands puzzle? Look no further! Below, you’ll find some extra clues and other help to get you started in your quest.The days have been hot, sun beating down, and I’ve been a little drained from the heat and from all these vacation activities. In fact, not long after typing that last line I had to lay down for a little afternoon siesta. Now I’m back and only a little blurry from the nap. Let’s solve this Strands!Looking for Wednesday’s Strands? Check out our guide…

The fund manager Geoff Wilson, a prominent public critic of the government’s tax changes, has deleted an inflammatory AI-generated video he reposted from a rightwing nationalist account portraying Anthony Albanese and Jim Chalmers taking money from white Australians and giving it to recently arrived migrants wearing Islamic face coverings.Wilson said he had not watched the full video before sharing it or examined other accounts, some of whose content he reposted on Wednesday morning – which included content relating to the QAnon conspiracy theory – and deleted his posts after being contacted by Guardian Australia.“Once the inappropriate associations were identified, I…