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Former Australia batter Aaron Finch likened England’s recent coaching and captaincy upheaval to a ‘circus’ and says many Australians have been watching things unfold from afar ‘giggling’ at their old rivals.Ben Stokes sensationally announced his retirement from international cricket during his side’s final Test match of their series defeat by New Zealand in June, with head coach Brendon McCullum later dismissed as head coach of the red-ball side. The Test side are therefore set for major changes amid a slump in form, having lost seven of their last nine matches. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player…

As The Odyssey surpasses $300M after a record opening weekend, conservative critics should be eating their words. On Tuesday’s episode of The View, panelist Whoopi Goldberg called out social media trolls who have been “losing their minds over the cast” and are “still trashing the movie” amid its box office success, responding to a video of Ben Shapiro complaining that it’s “stupid to cast Elliot Page as a dude” in the Christopher Nolan adaptation. “Listen, a lot of conservatives who see this are going to feel the same way. That’s okay,” she prefaced. “But I don’t understand. Why go see…

ANC by failing to implement Paragraphs “4”, “5”, “8”, and “9” of its “Freedom Charter”, by submitting to White monopoly capitalism, by refusing to decolonise the economy and society, and by pointing fingers at African immigrants as the cause of the poverty and underdevelopment of Black Africans, should be held responsible for the Afrophobia and xenophobia in South Africa! No more, no less. My charge against the African National Congress (ANC) is that primarily, it is causing the recurring Afrophobia and xenophobia violence in South Africa The mythical International Court of Human Conscience and the African Court of Ubuntu are…

Saudi media confirms vessel hit in Red SeaA Saudi-owned ⁠vessel was targeted ⁠while ⁠sailing in ​the Red Sea, ⁠causing a fire at the front ⁠of the ​ship, ‌the Saudi ‌state news agency ‌SPA reported on Thursday, citing an official source at the ‌General Transport Authority.The source was quoted as saying all ​crew members aboard the Encelia were safe and that authorities ⁠had taken necessary ​measures ​to secure ​the vessel and ​crew ‌and ​protect ​the marine environment.The report came after Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis said they had carried out missile and drone strikes on two Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea…

Insight Editions’ “Filming the Odyssey: Inside the Making of Christopher Nolan’s Modern Epic” and “The World of the Odyssey: A Visual Journey” books.Insight EditionsTwo books highlighting the making of Christopher Nolan’s adaptation of Homer’s epic The Odyssey are being produced by Insight Editions for late summer and fall releases.Written and directed by Nolan and starring Matt Damon as Odysseus, the Greek king of Ithaca, The Odyssey opened in theaters last weekend and earned $123.5 million domestically. Combined with its international receipts, made $264 million worldwide July 17-19. Through Tuesday, the film has earned nearly $163.7 million and $164.1 million overseas…

U.S. Treasury secretary Scott Bessent doubled down on his warnings to Chinese AI companies on Wednesday, saying that sanctions remain on the table after a White House official accused Moonshot of improperly distilling Anthropic’s Fable model.  Model distillation is a common AI training technique in which a smaller model learns from the outputs of a larger one. While this process can infringe on intellectual property rights, it’s also widely used as a legitimate optimization method.  “Open source is not open season on American IP,” Bessent posted on X. “When [Chinese] firms conduct covert, industrial-scale distillation attacks that cross the line…

DAHIRU HASSAN KERA urges the people to use their good judgment There’s an African caution, perhaps even a prayer point, that says: may what happened before never happen again. For Kebbi State, this prayer has suddenly become a very urgent one against what appears to be a determined attempt to repeat on our state what was done to Nigeria. On Wednesday, July 15, 2026, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) secured the final forfeiture of 48 properties worth over ₦220 billion linked to a former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, who is also…

Antibiotic resistance is becoming one of the most serious dangers facing modern medicine. As bacteria evolve, drugs that once worked reliably can lose their effectiveness. This makes common infections harder to treat and can increase the risks associated with routine surgery, cancer care, and other medical procedures. Researchers worldwide are searching for ways to stay ahead of these rapidly changing microbes. One promising strategy is not to invent a completely new antibiotic, but to help existing drugs work again. This is the idea behind antibiotic adjuvants, which are companion molecules that do not kill bacteria directly but instead restore the…

Lukhan Salakaia-Loto has earned an immediate Wallabies recall in Les Kiss’s first big statement as newly-installed coach.The crash-and-bash lock was named in the Super Rugby Pacific team of the year after providing supreme service for Kiss at the Queensland Reds this season.But he has been an eye-catching exclusion from departed coach Joe Schmidt’s squads, both for last year’s British and Irish Lions tour and the recent three-Test Nations Championship games.He played for the Barbarians in the United Kingdom and in Brisbane club rugby this last month, and has now been thrust back into the fray for Tests against Eddie Jones’…

In cinemas, the film’s global takings include £12.6m from the UK – making it the second-biggest opening weekend in the country so far this year, behind Toy Story 5.In the process, The Odyssey broke the record for the highest takings in an opening weekend for a film on Imax screens in the UK, according to industry publication Screen Daily, external.The three-hour epic, which stars Matt Damon, Tom Holland and Anne Hathaway, was the first theatrical release to be shot entirely with Imax 70mm film cameras.While there are more than 50 Imax screens in the UK, only three are showing it…