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The 2026 FIFA World Cup ended with Spain lifting the trophy after a month of football action across the United States, Canada and Mexico. Following the tournament, Easywin Nigeria concluded its World Cup promotional campaign with the presentation of a brand-new motorcycle to the winner of its grand prize draw. The campaign, organised in collaboration with OPay, ran throughout the World Cup and featured prediction contests that gave football fans the opportunity to test their knowledge of the tournament while competing for prizes based on their match forecasts. According to the organisers, participants competed for a share of a ₦100…

Former River City actor Iain Robertson has been jailed for nine years for raping a woman and assaulting two others.The 45-year-old, who played Stevie O’Hara in the BBC soap, was convicted of five offences, including domestic abuse, against the women between 2004 and 2019.During his trial at the High Court in Glasgow, Robertson was referred to by witnesses as “violent” and “controlling”.Lady Drummond told Robertson, who appeared via video link from Barlinnie prison, that his behaviour had a “long lasting and life-changing” impact on his victims.The judge said they now suffered from anxiety, fear and flashbacks and had problems with…

.Says he’s obsessed with presidency for diplomatic immunity to evade potential legal issues abroad Deji Elumoye in Abuja The Presidency on Thursday formally reacted to recent steps reportedly taken by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar to report President Bola Tinubu to the United States President and State Department.In his latest act, Atiku’s lobbying group in the US submitted petitions to President Donald Trump and the US State Department over a civil forfeiture case from 1993.The Presidency in a reaction via a statement issued by presidential spokesperson, Bayo Onanuga, said it is baffling and disappointing that Atiku who has sought the…

Australia demands removal of ‘unjustified’ US tariffsJosh ButlerWe’ve just got a statement from Australia’s trade minister, Don Farrell, in response to the 12.5% tariffs to be levelled by the United States. double quotation markThese tariffs are unjustified, inconsistent with our free trade agreement, and should be removed. Australia’s measures to combat forced labour and modern slavery are among the strongest in the world, and we are recognised globally, including in the US, for our leadership. ShareUpdated at 00.48 CESTKey eventsAndrew MessengerMore detail on first suspected H5 bird flu case reported in QueenslandQueensland has reported its first suspected H5 bird flu case,…

A Florida teen whose lawsuit claimed Meta’s platforms were to blame ⁠for his depression ⁠and anxiety ​dropped his case against the company just days before the trial in Los Angeles was ⁠set to start, his attorneys said on Wednesday. It was the latest in a series of high-stakes lawsuits against social media companies for allegedly designing addictive products that lead to the harm of children.The lawsuit, brought by a 15-year-old boy known as ⁠RKC, originally named four defendants, Google’s YouTube, Meta’s Instagram, Snap Inc’s ​Snapchat and ByteDance’s TikTok. YouTube and TikTok ‌settled in June and Snap reached a tentative settlement…

On Monday, while the cameras were fixed on that famous black door in Downing Street, something important was happening 165 miles away. A small team of officials and advisers were walking into an office building in Manchester to set about the remaking of the British state.This was the beginning of No 10 North: the first major act of this government and what I hope will be seen as its most defining.Over the course of the past 40 years, Britain has taken a series of wrong turns. In the 1980s, political power was centralised, economic power was privatised and communities were…

Space datacenters proposed by SpaceX, Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin and others would release staggering levels of pollution that would probably alter the Earth’s atmosphere and be “catastrophic” for the planet, space industry experts and environmental groups warn in a new petition demanding a review of their impacts.Tech companies have collectively proposed millions of “orbital datacenters” and are pressing forward with plans, which require Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approval. Among other issues, pollution from satellites and rockets burning up upon re-entry appears to be accumulating in the stratosphere at alarming levels. The spacecraft release black soot, rare metals, aluminum oxides and…

Andy Murray and Jack Draper appear to be working together once again after the 24-year-old was forced to miss out on Wimbledon earlier this month.It was revealed in May that the three-time Grand Slam champion had joined Draper’s team, after Draper had split with his former coach Jamie Delgado. Murray had imposed some conditions on their coaching arrangement, explaining in an interview with The Sun that he would only be working with Draper’s team for “a few weeks” and nothing had been confirmed past Wimbledon. Twitter This content is provided by Twitter, which may be using cookies and other technologies.…

Johnny Depp made a surprise appearance at San Diego Comic-Con on Thursday — in his full Ebenezer Scrooge regalia. Depp plays Scrooge in the upcoming Paramount movie, “Ebenezer,” directed by Ti West, which debuts in theaters this November. The actor appeared outside of a shop called “Scrooge and Marley” in San Diego’s Gaslamp district around 2:30pm, but fans began congregating at the location just after noon for a sneak peek at whatever the studio had planned to promote the film. First, Christmas carolers came out and performed a medley to cultivate a Yuletide spirit on a balmy 80-degree afternoon. Then,…