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The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has reaffirmed that there is no going back on the ban of small volume alcoholic drinks in the country. The NAFDAC Zonal Director, South-east, Festus Ukadike, made the vow in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu on Friday. Mr Ukadike said the crackdown had already began targeting manufacturers and distributors of small sachet alcoholic drinks. He said the next stage after the enforcement was to mop up the remaining alcoholic products currently in the market. He also said that businesses would not be affected…

An F-35B fighter jet crashed near a US Marine Corps base in San Diego on Friday morning, sparking a small fire that first responders doused.The pilot, who has not been publicly identified, sustained non-life-threatening injuries, according to a statement from the Marine Corps Miramar air base. “The pilot ejected, was transported to a local medical facility in stable condition for evaluation and treatment of non-life-threatening injuries,” the Marine Corps said in an updated statement.It’s unclear what led to the crash, which officials characterized as a “Class A mishap”. That’s the most severe mishap category, used when the damage totals more…

Washington, DC – A Senate committee hearing this week has once again shone a spotlight on the political divisions over the United States government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.Wednesday’s hearing, held by the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, continued years of criticism, mainly from Republicans, against immunologist Anthony Fauci, who led the government’s response to the pandemic.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listSpearheaded by committee chair Rand Paul, several Republicans rehashed claims that the virus that causes COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, emerged from an infectious disease lab in Wuhan, China, and did not naturally transfer from animals to humans.Stephen Morrison,…

U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro on Friday moved to dismiss an indictment charging U.S. Olympic canoeist David Hearn with vandalizing the Reflecting Pool of the Lincoln Memorial, writing in a court filing that damage to the pool’s sealant was the result of a “flawed installation.”Pirro, in a court filing in D.C. Superior Court, said her office received information and evidence after the charges were filed that “significantly undermine the evidentiary basis for the indictment.”Hearn had been charged with felony destruction of property in early July, with Pirro saying at a press conference that he “violently” ripped up part of…

The cosy house-sorting sim has become a much-loved staple of the PC indie scene. Titles such as Unpacking, A Little to the Left and Momento charm players with their detailed interiors and quiet narratives of lives lived and shared within the same four walls. For Clean Start, Polish developer Serious Sim has taken a different approach – here you play as domestic cleaner, Lena, an immigrant who has arrived in an unspecified western country with little knowledge of the local language, and a family to support back home.From here, you’re tasked with cleaning a series of houses and apartments, polishing…

Three western states in the United States would take less water from the Colorado River under a federal proposal to stave off a crisis in the beleaguered waterway.On Friday, the US Bureau of Reclamation issued a proposal that would spare four other states from facing mandatory cuts for now.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listIt is meant to be flexible, allowing deeper cuts in drier times while giving the states more time to collectively agree on how to manage the dwindling resource that flows through dams to produce hydropower.The Lower Basin states of Arizona, California and Nevada could together…

July looks like it will be one of the warmest on record for much of the UK.The Met Office’s provisional statistics up to 30 July show Wales on course for it warmest July for mean temperature, which is the average across each 24-hour period.By the same measure, England looks on course for its joint warmest July and Northern Ireland its third warmest.Scotland is not on course for mean July temperatures within its top 10.Whilst maximum temperatures have not set records, July’s high so far being 35.5C at Wisley in Surrey on the 9th, compared to July’s record of 40.3C set…

The Nigeria Cricket Federation (NCF) has announced a 14-man Junior Yellow Greens squad for the 2028 ICC U-19 Men’s Cricket World Cup Africa Qualifier Division 2, with the team set to battle for a place in the next stage of the qualification campaign in Rwanda. The continental qualifying tournament will take place from 9 to 15 August, during which Nigeria will compete against Uganda, Ghana, hosts Rwanda, Mozambique, and Sierra Leone for promotion to Division 1 and to keep alive their hopes of reaching the ICC U-19 Men’s Cricket World Cup. The squad will be captained by Rahmon Ali, who…

When “The Devil’s Mouth” director Jeff Wadlow met the cast of his bloody shark movie, he made one thing clear. “‘Listen, this is going to be the most physically demanding job you’ve ever had. Not just because of the stunt work and all the underwater work, but the fact that when you have a simple dialogue scene, you’re going to be treading water,’” Wadlow recalls telling Kathryn Newton, Lana Condor and the rest of the ensemble. Written by Aja Gabel and Myung Joh Wesner, “The Devil’s Mouth” was named to the Black List back in 2019. Newton and Condor lead…

Methodology Producing this list began with identifying criteria against which stores would be judged, including inventory, curation, proprietorship, customer service, ambience, location and payoff — would visiting be worth it, even if nothing was bought? After scouring recent and archival shopping coverage in The Times, and seeking recommendations from Styles reporters, editors and contributors, nearly 90 stores across the five boroughs emerged as contenders.A team of eight Styles reporters and editors first eliminated stores that did not meet the criteria. Then, over months of deliberation, we whittled down the rest by visiting them all in person, sometimes more than once.…