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First responders searched homes and buildings on Tuesday for possible victims of a powerful tornado that ravaged several north-eastern Wisconsin communities.The Fox Cities region, which is home to more than 100,000 people in the cities of Appleton, Menasha and Neenah, was left in shambles by Monday’s twister, with homes leveled, cars flipped and power lines and trees toppled.“The depth of the tornado and its impact is incredible, devastating. We’re really still at the assessment stage,” the Winnebago county executive, Gordon Hintz, said at a news conference on Tuesday.David Chew, 55, said a tree smashed through his roof in Menasha, and…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.The controversial plan by Fifa to spin out a new commercial entity and sell a stake to investors has prompted a fierce backlash from lawmakers, including Britain’s new prime minister, fan groups and European football’s governing body Uefa. On Tuesday, Fifa announced it would form a new company, dubbed Fifa Forward Enterprise, and seek to sell a roughly 20 per cent stake that values it at about $20bn. Talks are already advanced with Thrive Eternal, an investment vehicle run by Joshua Kushner, brother…

Spur Intelligence, a cybersecurity startup based in Lake Mary, Florida, has raised a $200 million round led by Insight Partners. Spur, founded by two former Defense Department engineers in 2017 — five years before ChatGPT’s public launch — was prescient. The startup’s tech helps enterprises distinguish legitimate human users from increasingly well-hidden bot traffic to help identify fake users and threats. “As sophisticated criminal VPNs, residential proxy networks, and anonymization infrastructure proliferate, organizations are increasingly operating with a critical blind spot: they can see the activity, but not the infrastructure behind it,” Insight’s Thomas Krane said in a written statement.…

Abusive chanting against immigrants has become a feature of football matches in England, according to new data from Kick It Out.Last season 39 reports of anti-immigrant chanting were made to the anti-discrimination charity, more than the previous two seasons combined. Phrases such as “stop the boats” and “send them back” were reported as being heard “at all levels of the game”, as part of a growing trend of discriminatory “mass chanting” at matches, Kick It Out said.The growth in anti-immigrant rhetoric was consistent with a broader rise in reports of discrimination, at matches and online. Kick It Out received 1,744…

By Enitan Abdultawab Big Brother Naija Season 11 housemate Usaku Bantai, popularly known as Bluethopia, has revealed the inspiration behind her unique nickname. Speaking during her diary session with Big Brother on Tuesday, the housemate disclosed that the name was inspired by Disney’s animated movie Zootopia, which she said she enjoyed watching. According to Bluethopia, she decided to personalise the title by combining it with her favourite colour, blue, creating a name that has since become part of her identity. “I really loved the animation, then I decided to use it to merge my favourite colour, which is blue. Since…

The Inspector-General of Police, Tunji Disu, has directed police officers nationwide to channel cases involving terrorism financing, banditry and other financial crimes to specialised units. He said this was part of efforts to strengthen intelligence-led policing and curb criminal activities. The IGP disclosed this on Tuesday at the Force Headquarters, Abuja, during a meeting with the leadership of the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit. He said the directive was informed by the changing nature of crime, which increasingly relies on illicit financial transactions across borders. “The dynamics of crime is changing daily everywhere in the world, and within seconds monies are…

Published On 28 Jul 202628 Jul 2026Hundreds of mourners have paid their respects to the late Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina.The Republican lawmaker and key ally of President Donald Trump unexpectedly died on July 11.Graham was elected to the US Senate in 2002 and was re-elected in 2008, 2014 and 2020. In 1994, he was elected to ⁠the US House of Representatives, the lower house of the US Congress, for South Carolina’s third congressional district. He recently served as chairman of the Senate Budget Committee. Graham also served as a member of ‌the Senate Committee on Appropriations, the Senate…

The Abuja Electricity Distribution Plc (AEDC) has announced the promotion of 547 employees and the approval of 579 step increments following the successful conclusion of its 2025 performance appraisal exercise, reaffirming the company’s commitment to recognising excellence, rewarding performance and building one of Africa’s most admired workplaces. The milestone, it said in a statement, reflects AEDC’s deliberate investment in its people as the company accelerates its transformation into a customer-centric, high-performing electricity distribution company with global standards and pan-African aspirations. Speaking on the development, the AEDC Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Chijioke Okwuokenye, described the announcement as another significant milestone in…

NewsFeedGraffiti has marked the walls of Rome for millennia. Now, as one content creator builds a following cleaning spray-painted walls, his videos are fuelling a wider debate over heritage, street art and where the line between the two should be drawn.Published On 28 Jul 202628 Jul 2026Click here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo

Much like paper must be folded into the correct shape to create an origami sculpture, proteins inside cells must form precise three-dimensional structures before they can function properly. As prediabetes advances toward diabetes, this delicate process can begin to break down. Misfolded and defective proteins accumulate inside cells, creating stress that can damage the pancreatic cells responsible for producing insulin. Researchers from Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute and the University of Michigan reported new details about this process on June 1, 2026, in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Their findings reveal how insulin-producing cells coordinate protein…