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Trent Rockets handed Welsh Fire a first defeat of the season in The Hundred in a one-sided affair at Sophia Gardens.The visitors chased down a below-par target of 123 with 28 balls to spare, Ben Duckett seeing the Rockets to victory with an unbeaten 52. The start of the Rockets’ chase was not fluent by any means but the Fire bowlers were sloppy, giving away four free-hits in the powerplay and seven in total. Duckett faced the first four, only finding the boundary once, but he and Finn Allen (33) still managed to move the visitors onto 42-0 after 25…

A good outfit and glam combo isn’t enough to save Rachel Chinouriri from an existential downward spiral at the club on her latest single, “One Song Away From Crying.” “She’s never looked better and she’s never felt worse,” the British singer and songwriter sings on the record, which offers the first glimpse into her upcoming second studio album, I Think I Spoke Too Soon, out Oct. 16. “‘One song away from crying’ is about the precipice of a night out where you know you need to leave and have to make a decision,” Chinouriri shared in a statement. “It’s a…

Note: Map shows the area with a shake intensity of 3 or greater, which U.S.G.S. defines as “weak,” though the earthquake may be felt outside the areas shown.  All times on the map are Philippine time. The New York Times Several moderately strong earthquakes — ranging in magnitude from 5.0 to 5.4 — struck in and near the Philippines on Wednesday, according to the United States Geological Survey.The first temblor happened at 9:16 p.m. Philippine time about 2 miles northeast of Balangonan, Philippines, data from the agency shows. At least two subsequent quakes struck in the Philippine Sea east of…

The Lagos State government has confirmed the arrest of a suspect over the alleged intimidation, assault and attempted dispossession of a widow following the death of her husband in Ikorodu. The Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency (DSVA) disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday, saying it swung into action after receiving reports on Tuesday about the woman’s ordeal. According to the agency, the widow alleged that members of her late husband’s family had threatened her life, physically assaulted her and attempted to take over properties belonging to her and her children. The agency withheld the widow’s identity, who…

Nume Ekeghe Liquidity in  banking system declined sharply by 18.4 per cent last week as monetary tightening by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), offset sizeable market inflows, highlighting the monetary authority’s continued determination to contain excess liquidity and inflationary pressures. According to the Financial Markets Dealers Association (FMDA) Weekly Market Snapshot, system liquidity fell to N3.78 trillion from N4.63 trillion recorded in the previous week following the impact of CBN’s Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) debits, a private Open Market Operations (OMO) auction and the Federal Government bond auction conducted by the Debt Management Office (DMO). The report noted that the…

OpenAI has revealed that a cyber-attack carried out by a rogue AI agent had more than one victim.The ChatGPT developer said the agent – an autonomous tool able to carry out sequences of commands without human help – had located and used logins to access four other unnamed “publicly-available services” in addition to the US startup Hugging Face.It said the activity was not at the severity or scale of what occurred at Hugging Face, a company that hosts a database of AI models. The agent, powered by two OpenAI models, had evaded control and attacked the startup during an internal…

Stanley Nkwocha, in this piece, asks if the presidential candidate of the Nigerian Democratic Congress, Peter Obi, actually negotiates one-term of four years on behalf of the South East or in his personal capacity ahead of the 2027 polls? Peter Obi’s latest political posture raises a question that should concern every sincere believer in the long-standing quest for a Nigerian president of Igbo extraction: did he negotiate four years for Ndigbo, or did he negotiate it for himself? That question has become necessary following recent reports of a possible political understanding between Obi and Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso ahead of…

Untreated cavities send thousands of young children in the United States to emergency departments each year. Because hospital doctors usually cannot repair the underlying dental problem, some children continue to suffer from pain and infection, while others eventually need surgery under general anesthesia. A low-cost liquid known as silver diamine fluoride, or SDF, may offer a much simpler option. Dentists apply it directly to a cavity with a small sponge-tipped applicator, a process that takes only a few seconds for each tooth. The treatment can stop decay without drilling, injections, or sedation. A Long-Used Treatment Gains Stronger Evidence SDF has…

Fifa has opened disciplinary proceedings against Argentina over their behaviour after their World Cup final loss to Spain and throughout the tournament.Last week, the world governing body appointed a disciplinary and ethics prosecutor to assess what happened after the final whistle at the New York New Jersey Stadium, with multiple Argentina players and backroom staff involved in altercations with Spain players following their 1-0 loss in July.On the recommendation of the prosecutor, Fifa will investigate Argentina players Nahuel Molina (two counts) and Leandro Paredes (three counts), and Argentina assistant coach Roberto Ayala (one count) for alleged assault under article 14…

BTS, the biggest pop act in east Asia, have withdrawn themselves from the 2027 Grammy awards, intimating that their decision is due to the addition of a new award for best Asian pop music performance.Writing on Instagram, each of the South Korean group’s seven members said: “We have decided not to enter the Grammys this year. I hope that music can be heard and loved for what it is, rather than being divided by region or language.”The comments are a striking – if gently worded – rebuke of the Recording Academy’s new category announced last month.The decision to add the…