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Britain’s Amy Hunt charged to 200m glory to secure her second gold medal of the European Championships as Dina Asher-Smith settled for bronze in Birmingham.Hunt, who won 100m gold on Monday, reeled in rival and compatriot Asher-Smith down the back straight to cross the line first in a season’s best time of 22.19 seconds.With the women’s and mixed 4x100m relay events left to race, the 24-year-old remains on course to fulfil her goal of “being iconic” to become the first athlete to win four European Championship gold medals in the same tournament.Ireland’s Rhasidat Adeleke set a new national record as…

When Mariska Hargitay was announced as host of the 2026 Emmys, the Law & Order: SVU star seemed like a surprising choice: After all, she’s not a comedian or a TV host like most awards show emcees. And it seems like Hargitay herself was surprised, even “shocked,” when she got the call to host, particularly since it came from a top NBCUniversal exec. “I was backstage, doing my play, and I was about to go on and I got a call,” Hargitay said on Thursday’s Today show of getting the ask while performing in Every Brilliant Thing on Broadway. “It…

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) has applauded the Federal Government’s signing of the Deep Offshore Oil and Gas Projects Incentives (Tax Remission) Order, 2026, describing it as a landmark reform that will enhance Nigeria’s competitiveness for deep offshore investment. President Bola Tinubu approved the order on Tuesday as part of efforts to attract large-scale investments into Nigeria’s deep offshore oil and gas sector. In a statement issued on Thursday, NNPC said the new order establishes a transparent, predictable, and globally competitive fiscal framework for qualifying greenfield deep-offshore developments. The company said the framework would provide the certainty…

Supporters of Andrew and Tristan Tate gathered outside a Miami detention centre ahead of their bail hearing, chanting, doing push-ups and calling for their release. The Tates are facing extradition to the UK where they face charges including rape, sex trafficking and assault.Published On 13 Aug 202613 Aug 2026Click here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo

SOStainabilityWeekly Edited by Oke Epia, E-mail: sostainability01@gmail.com  | WhatsApp: +234 8034000706 Spotlight SOStainability began this Green Ledger Series by spotlighting six federal government entities with clear mandates, direct and indirect responsibilities in Nigeria’s burgeoning carbon market ecosystem. These were the ministries of environment; industries, trade, and investments; the National Council on Climate Change (NCCC); the Financial Reporting Council (FRC); the Nigeria Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC); and the National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA). We continue this part of the series with a focus on the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA).   The NSIA has done notable groundwork in…

Apple has sent out a new batch of notifications to customers who it suspects have been targeted with spyware capable of hacking into their devices. The tech giant sends out these notifications on occasion to alert its customers that their iPhones, iPads, or Macs might have been compromised with spyware typically used by governments. Apple told TechCrunch that it sent out the notifications on Thursday to users targeted in 110 countries. Apple says to date it has notified customers in over 150 countries, giving some context to how far government-used spyware has spread around the world. In a new support…

Fagan said Scottish Labour had to “change more than the faces at the top”.The South Scotland MSP said the party had to be bold and get “squarely on the side of the working people of this country”.”I am standing to unite our party, to back our movement, to seize this moment and rebuild Scottish Labour as a party for working people of Scotland,” he said.Fagan said Scottish Labour needed to rediscover its “courage, boldness and imagination”.”Let Scottish Labour decay, and when Labour decays, Scotland decays,” he said.He called “caution and division” the party’s “deadly enemies”, saying “boldness, courage and unity…

HomeScienceVol. 393, No. 6812Hidden costs of China’s straw-burning banBack To Vol. 393, No. 6812 Full accessLetter Share on Hidden costs of China’s straw-burning banXinhui Feng, Qirui Zhang, […] , Yan Li, and Yimin Wang+1 authors fewerAuthors Info & AffiliationsScience13 Aug 2026Vol 393, Issue 6812p. 667DOI: 10.1126/science.aej7857 PREVIOUS ARTICLEInside the world of aspiring octopus farmersPre…

Nigeria’s Junior YellowGreens strengthened their chances of returning to Division One after defeating hosts Rwanda by seven wickets in Kigali. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the ICC U19 Men’s Cricket World Cup pathway qualifier match was played at the Gahanga Main Oval, Kigali. Nigeria dismissed Rwanda for 79 runs in 23.1 overs before reaching 84 for three in 15.2 overs. The victory keeps the Junior YellowGreens firmly in contention, with two matches remaining in the qualification campaign. Nigeria’s bowlers dominated from the outset, preventing Rwanda from building any meaningful partnerships throughout their innings. Emmanuel Oladejo spearheaded the…

A smiling woman steps on to the weighing scales in front of the stage. She is glamorous with bobbed blond hair, gleaming nails and a trendy red trouser suit. She is exactly 84kg, she states. It is an opening gesture reminiscent of an old-school diet club like the one her mother first took her to at the age of eight.Letícia Rodrigues’s show is autobiographical, albeit dramatised through a character called Gorda who, like her, is Brazilian and has been deemed overweight for most of her life. So she is planning to lose the fat in each of her shows. The…