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For much of the season, the Boston Red Sox looked like one of the worst teams we’ve seen in Boston in quite a while. They were a pitiful 14 games under as recently as June 24, when they were 32-46. At the time, they were on pace for 96 losses. They haven’t lost 96 or more games since 1965. Alex Cora was long gone. Contenders were already eyeing players like Sonny Gray and Aroldis Chapman with the trade deadline looming in just over a month. Then the Red Sox swept the Yankees. In four games! Could it be proof of life? They dropped…

The Bay City Rollers are a Scottish pop rock band known for their worldwide teen idol popularity in the 1970s.They were called the “tartan teen sensations from Edinburgh”, and sold an estimated 120–300 million records worldwide, making them one of the best selling musical acts of all time globally.Famous hits included Bye, Bye, Baby and Shang-a-Lang.Among those who nominated the band was Gavin Murray, from Kilmacolm, who said Scottish rock music has a global appeal. He said a hall of fame “would certainly become a strong magnet for tourists… adding a certain boost to the economic vibrancy Sauchiehall Street needs…

Raheem Akingbolu Top players in Africa’s beverage industry have predicted a boom in the continent’s beverage economy if appropriate measures are put in place to prevent counterfeiting and supply chain disruptions. They have also called for  adequate stand against currency volatility and weak branding in the industry.  To this end, they called for aggressive investment in innovation, stronger brands and consumer intelligence if it is to unlock its full economic potential and withstand mounting economic shocks, industry leaders have said. The players made the call as fresh investor interest flows into the sector, with strong growth in coffee, tea, brewing, and…

As South Africa continues to navigate the complexities of the 21st century, a pressing concern looms large: the nation’s declining performance in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education. Global benchmarks consistently rank South Africa poorly in these critical areas, pointing to systemic challenges that require immediate redress if the nation hopes to thrive in an increasingly knowledge-driven economy.The ramifications of this educational shortfall extend far beyond academic statistics, as without a robust foundation in STEM, learners are inadequately prepared for careers in innovation, technology, and research — fields paramount to driving sustainable growth and enhancing global competitiveness.“Addressing these gaps…

President Bola Tinubu has declared that Nigeria must move away from exporting raw cocoa beans and focus on processing the commodity locally to capture more value from the global chocolate market. The president, represented by the Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Abubakar Kyari, stated this on Tuesday at the Cocoa Value Addition Summit 2026 in Abuja. The summit, themed “From Bean to Brand: The Bean in My Hand, The Brand in Our Future,” brought together government officials, cocoa-producing countries, investors, development partners, and industry stakeholders to discuss strategies for expanding cocoa processing and manufacturing across Africa. President Tinubu said…

Wale Igbintade Nigerian-American property investor and owner of Kings County Property Investment Limited, Alhaji Hameed Kasumu, has denied allegations portraying him as a land grabber, insisting that a Lagos High Court had affirmed his company’s ownership of the disputed Ikoyi property long before the criminal proceedings now pending against him. Kasumu was reacting to a media report titled “Arraignment of Alleged Land Grabber, Firm Stalled in Lagos,” which stated that his arraignment over alleged forcible entry and unlawful possession of a parcel of land in Ikoyi was stalled because of his absence in court. Speaking in Lagos, Kasumu criticised the…

…Raises concern over Dangote petrol pricing in dollars An energy expert has called on the Federal Government to strengthen its crude-for-naira policy, expressing concern over Dangote Refinery’s pricing of petroleum products in the United States dollar. Joseph Obele, a Lecturer at the Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Port Harcourt, and National Public Relations Officer of the Petroleum Products Retail Outlets Owners Association of Nigeria (PETROAN), expressed concern over the reported decision by Dangote Refinery to suspend the sale of petroleum products in naira and transition to dollar-denominated transactions. In a statement made available to BusinessDay in Port Harcourt, Obele said…

For months, artists and activists have been calling on the prime minister, Anthony Albanese, to act on the AI boom as datacentres pop up around the country. Today he made a major speech at the University of Sydney addressing copyright, the regulation of datacentres and the future of AI in Australia

The Bank of England governor has said he would have put off a meeting with Nigel Farage last autumn had the Reform UK leader’s £5m gift from a crypto billionaire been under investigation at the time.Andrew Bailey said he did not regret meeting Farage to discuss the Bank’s plans for cryptocurrency regulation last September, months before the controversial donation from the Thailand-based investor Christopher Harborne was revealed by the Guardian in April.However, Bailey said he would have considered delaying the meeting had the central bank known what it knows today: that a parliamentary inquiry would be launched over the undisclosed…

In the southeast of England, “we are seeing the emergence of new warmer climates”, explains Kendon. At the same time areas including Vale of York and Lancashire have similar temperatures now to those seen in Greater London in 1961-1990.”Think of this warming as moving north and uphill,” Kendon explains, highlighting that the UK is losing the coldest habitats from the tops of mountains.The impacts of extreme heat have been seen this summer, as people in many parts of the UK experienced days of above-average temperatures and high humidity.More than 2,700 people may have died from heat-related causes in England and…