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Every night, 27-year-old Sahar Yona sleeps next to two phones and a laptop with the volume turned all the way up, so she can hear potential clients call at any time, she says.Yona is a residential and commercial locksmith based in New York City who’s available 24 hours a day because as a self-employed business owner, “every job counts,” she says. She wants to earn as much money and build her clientele at Locksmith Girl of NYC, which she launched under its current name in July 2025, as quickly as she can, she says.She has momentum on her side. In…

An academic at the Australian National University has accused it of a “hysterical” response to students using AI to cheat, as tertiary institutions rush to shore up the credibility of assessments.But a colleague warned Australia is in danger of “shipping our national intellectual capability” to companies in California and China if educational rigour is not restored.The Canberra institution is among the universities trying to counter the widespread use of AI amid concerns students are using the technology to cheat, or not adequately learning.The 2025 Australian Digital Inclusion Index found 78.9% of secondary and tertiary students were using generative AI.ANU has…

 Funmi Ogundare The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), in collaboration with Development Governance International (DGI) Consult, has launched a leadership, governance and management capacity-building initiative in Adamawa State aimed at strengthening health institutions and improving Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child, Adolescent Health and Nutrition (RMNCAH+N) services. The initiative, which began with a three-day workshop recently in Yola, forms part of the Enhancing Leadership, Governance and Management Capacities (ELGMC) project under the European Union-funded Strengthening Access to Reproductive and Adolescent Health (SARAH) project jointly implemented by UNICEF and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). The four-year SARAH project is being implemented in…

NATURE PODCAST 17 July 2026 Nature staff discuss the discovery of a four carbon ‘true sugar’ in interstellar space — plus, a formula inscribed on a wall reveals a Maya mathematician’s name.

The sides of the shuttle buses ferrying Open fans to Royal Birkdale are plastered with a picture of Tommy Fleetwood holding the Claret Jug.Everyone knows it is an AI-generated image. It is also a representation of the vision which has been in Fleetwood’s mind ever since he was a small Southport kid, who occasionally used to sneak over the fence at the iconic course.The reality is the 35-year-old Englishman has never got his mitts on the iconic trophy. He still might finally do that on Sunday, but his hopes were set back on Saturday by a couple of late bogeys…

Born in Sydney, Australia, to an Italian father and Australian mother, Natalie Imbruglia, 51, joined the cast of Neighbours at the age of 17. In 1997, she released her debut album, Left of the Middle, which gave her the global hit single Torn. She releases her seventh studio album, Algorithm, on 4 September. She lives in Oxfordshire with her son.What is your greatest fear?As an Italian, tinned spaghetti. As a child, I was once served it at someone’s house. It was quite frightening.Which living person do you most admire, and why?Alanis Morissette because, in my earlier career, she was a big influence on me and had a feistiness that you…

Team Nigeria has departed for the 15th African Archery Championships in Oran, Algeria, where the country’s largest-ever contingent will compete for continental honours from 21 to 26 July. The 18-athlete delegation, assembled by the Nigeria Archery Federation (NAFED), will compete across six divisions — Compound Men, Compound Women, Recurve Men, Recurve Women, Barebow Men and Barebow Women — under the auspices of World Archery Africa (WAAf). The federation described the squad as its most balanced team yet, reflecting the rapid growth of archery in Nigeria and the country’s increasing competitiveness on the continental stage. Team Nigeria squad Compound Men: Aliyu…

A so-called “ceasefire” agreed in October has not stopped the Israeli army’s attacks on the Gaza Strip.Nothing is off limits, including homes, tents sheltering the displaced and even funerals. The death toll is rising.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listIsrael says it is targeting Hamas fighters, but Gaza’s Health Ministry says most of those killed are women and children.The UN says Palestinians are stuck in a nightmare that’s difficult to reconcile with the existence of a truce. And talks to move the deal to the next phase have stalled.Presenter: Scott McLeanGuests: Gideon Levy –  Columnist at Haaretz newspaper and author…

Nigeria and Ghana have agreed to pursue coordinated action to address the resurgence of xenophobic attacks against African nationals across the continent. This comes amidst diplomatic tension between South Africa and many Sub-Saharan African countries caused by a recent wave of xenophobic violence. PREMIUM TIMES has extensively reported the intimidation and harassment of African foreigners by South African nationals. Nigeria and Ghana reached their agreement during a meeting on the sidelines of the ECOWAS Mid-Year Summit in Freetown, Sierra Leone, on Friday. Nigeria’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Sola Enikanolaiye, met with Ghana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Samuel Ablakwa,…

The United States Department of State has updated its global travel advisory, placing 23 countries under its highest warning level and urging American citizens not to travel to those destinations under any circumstances due to severe security risks or the limited ability of the US government to provide consular assistance. The advisory, published on Thursday and shared through the department’s TravelGov X account, classifies the affected countries as Level 4: Do Not Travel, the most severe category in the US travel advisory system. The State Department said Level 4 advisories are issued when local security conditions pose significant dangers to…