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Sadie Sink will also appear in an as-yet-undisclosed role, although we know she’s likely playing the main villain, and Zabryna Guevara will reprise her Daredevil: Born Again role as Sheila Rivera. We may also see Florence Pugh’s Yelena, and the comic book characters Boomerang, Tarantula, and Ramrod, because we can’t just have a simple, straightforward superhero story anymore, it seems. This final trailer focuses on how Peter/Spidey got here, giving us a few highlights from the prior trilogy—including the tearful farewell between Peter and MJ, in which he vows to come find her. But when he does track MJ down,…

Fire breaks out amid Spain’s third heatwave of the summer, with temperatures forecast to rise above 40C.Published On 21 Jul 202621 Jul 2026Hundreds of Spanish firefighters have been battling a wildfire near the capital Madrid, the latest in a series of wildfires to have erupted over the summer as the country faces its third heatwave of the year.More than 600 firefighters and troops, backed by 29 aircraft, spent a sixth day battling the blaze on Tuesday as it raged north of Madrid.The fire has burned roughly 30,000 hectares (74,000 acres)  and forced about 1,200 people to be evacuated from their…

The Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare has called on Nigerians to strengthen support for breastfeeding by creating enabling environments for mothers at home, in communities, healthcare facilities and workplaces. The ministry made the call in a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja by its Assistant Director of Information and Public Relations, Ado Bako, ahead of the 2026 World Breastfeeding Week. The global event, observed annually from 1 to 7 August, will be commemorated this year under the theme, “Breastfeeding for a Sustainable Start in Life: Strengthen What Works.” Mr Bako said the theme highlights the need to build…

Hugh Freeze spent three years at Auburn searching for an answer at quarterback and never found one. That shortcoming was a big part of his demise. When Alex Golesh was hired to replace Freeze at the end of last season, his first major move was to bring his quarterback from South Florida with him to the Plains. Byrum Brown represents a different kind of quarterback situation than the ones Auburn has dealt with in recent years. Brown has no experience at the Power Four level, but he arrives as one of the most accomplished Group of Six quarterbacks in the…

Afrilition sets out a critical pathway towards African excellence… Afrilition is about a systemic realisation of Africa as a global community that exemplifies diversity and alignment, not in competition or comparison with other peoples or parts of world, but focused on the authentic evolution of its own possibilities and purposes. My new book, Afrilition: 21st Century African Manifesto got released and put on Amazon  on the 14th of July. It is a reflection of a lifetime of understanding the meaning of Africa that matters to and excites me. The late US commentator and media pioneer, Tony Brown, who also hosted…

Mediators are racing to secure a truce between the United States and Iran, hoping to interrupt a cycle of retaliation that is becoming deadlier and increasingly likely to spill into a wider regional conflict, according to experts.Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei on Monday confirmed that mediators were actively trying to prevent further escalation, although he declined to divulge any details.His comments came as Axios reported that Qatar, Egypt, Pakistan and other regional mediators had presented both the US and Iran with a proposal that would halt the fighting for 10 days and create space to revive an…

The US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, walked into the Senate on Tuesday to defend the Trump administration’s $87.6bn supplemental funding request, facing lawmakers furious that the US-Israel war on Iran is costing far more than the White House has admitted.Hegseth and the chair of the joint chiefs, Gen Dan Caine, faced the Senate appropriations committee, chaired by Susan Collins of Maine, as the Pentagon said it was running low on cash to keep the fight going. Of the total request, $67.1bn of the request is earmarked specifically to keep the war effort funded.It was the pair’s first sustained public questioning…

Kazakhstan has stopped sending oil through a pipeline to a key Russian export terminal on the Black Sea following Ukrainian attacks on tankers planning to load there.The Caspian Pipeline Consortium ordinarily transports more than a million barrels a day from Kazakhstan’s oilfields, or about 80 per cent of its total output, to waiting ships at the port of Novorossiysk. The landlocked country relies on this route for most of its oil exports. But a spate of attacks this month has deterred ships from sailing to the marine terminal, causing the CPC’s operators to shut in operations, according to three oil…

Swedish electric and autonomous trucking company Einride has agreed to acquire EV charging startup Flipturn in an all-stock deal worth $38 million. The acquisition — Einride’s first as a publicly traded company — will expand its EV-charging ecosystem as it works to scale its electric trucking business. The deal is expected to close this month. Flipturn, which employs 17 people, will continue operating with the same team, a company spokesperson confirmed. Flipturn, founded in 2022, raised $15.5 million in venture capital to build an EV-charging software platform that can communicate with any EV charger over the Open Charge Point Protocol,…

Following the shortlisting of 89 candidates for the conferment of the prestigious rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria for the 2026 exercise, analysts are calling on the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, to sanitise the selection process to restore the rank’s dwindling glory, Davidson Iriekpen writes. Last month, the Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee (LPPC) shortlisted 89 candidates for the conferment of the prestigious rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) for the 2026 exercise. The list comprises 77 legal practitioners under the advocacy category and 12 academics who have advanced to the final stage of the annual SAN…