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Lamine Yamal’s 19th birthday started with a kickabout with his mates and took in a show. He played the lead role himself, taking centre stage before a packed house in the World Cup semi-final pre-match press conference. Walking in, he peeled back his tracksuit top like Superman to reveal the gift that he got: a huge white gold and diamond chain BA Baracas would have been proud of.“Actually, no, I bought this for myself so it doesn’t count as a gift,” he said, flashing a smile at the room of journalists who he thanked for accepting the invitation to be…

Taylor was among the A-list guests that the rap legend brought during his three anniversary concerts You can’t knock Teyana Taylor‘s hustle. On Monday, Taylor reflected on her career and thanked Jay-Z a day after sharing the stage with him during his third and final night of his Yankee Stadium residency on Sunday. Taylor helped kick off the “Extra Innings” show by coming out to do Mary J. Blige’s part on “Can’t Knock the Hustle,” the acclaimed track from Jay-Z’s 1996 debut album Reasonable Doubt. In a heartfelt message shared on Instagram alongside photos from Sunday night, Taylor said that…

“I’m not going to wake her up,” I hiss at my 12-year-old son who’s standing half naked in a dark corridor of a Victorian house. “Please, Mum. She said we could come at any time! I don’t want to get Lyme disease,” he begs.The Guardian’s journalism is independent. We will earn a commission if you buy something through an affiliate link. Learn more.This is not the kind of drama I was expecting when I signed up to a family walking holiday in Exmoor. A few meltdowns about an extra mile or a blister perhaps, but not a night mission to one…

Huda and her two children aged 10 and 12 had been living in two rooms in a London hotel for six months when they were told with just a few days’ notice they would be moved. The 41-year-old engineering graduate from Tunisia fled death threats from extended family and is waiting for an asylum application to be processed.The Home Office had decided that Staycity, the hotel the family was staying in, would be closed as part of a government pledge that asylum seekers would be moved out of hotels and into military barracks or other forms of shared housing. The…

The principal of Community High School, Ahoro-Esinele, in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State, Rachael Alamu, has recounted how kidnappers forced abducted pupils and teachers to undertake repeated night-time treks through dense forests for nearly two months as they constantly fled security operatives searching for them. Mrs Alamu narrated the ordeal during an interview with journalists at the Oyo State Government House in Ibadan on Monday after she and 43 other victims were formally handed over to the state government following their rescue on 10 July. She said the abductors frequently relocated the captives whenever they suspected security forces…

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The Labor MP Ed Husic says any moves to water down copyright law to benefit AI companies would be “going against the ethos” of the party and undermining the principle of “a fair day’s pay for a fair day’s work”.Husic also urged his colleagues to place stricter rules on the big tech firms or be “doomed to failure”.Ahead of Anthony Albanese’s major speech on artificial intelligence on Wednesday, the Media Entertainment & Arts Alliance – the union for journalists, artists and creatives – called on the government to enact tougher new copyright rules to prevent creative works being taken to…

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has invited the European Union (EU), the United States Embassy, the British High Commission, Yiaga Africa, the Transition Monitoring Group (TMG), and other election observer groups to monitor its 2026 National Officers’ Elections scheduled for July 18.  In letters signed by NBA President, Mazi Afam Osigwe, SAN, the Association said the observers’ presence would strengthen confidence in the transparency, credibility and integrity of the electoral process.  Osigwe described the NBA as Africa’s largest professional Association of Lawyers, noting that it has consistently upheld constitutional democracy, the rule of law, human rights and institutional independence. He…

The principal of Community High School, Ahoro-Esinele, in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State, Rachael Alamu, has recounted the harrowing 56 days she and more than 40 abducted pupils and teachers spent in captivity, revealing that the kidnappers repeatedly beat some of the children while blindfolding, handcuffing and chaining the male captives. Mrs Alamu spoke with journalists on Monday  shortly after military formally handed her and other survivors over to the Oyo State Government following their rescue. She described the ordeal as one of the most traumatic experiences of her life. While she escaped physical assault, she said many…

Sir Nick Faldo believes Bryson DeChambeau has “zero clue of strategy” when it comes to playing links golf.DeChambeau is looking to end his unwanted run of missing the cut in his last three starts at the major championships with a big finish at The Open at Royal Birkdale this week. Despite his woes at this year’s PGA Championship, The Masters and the US Open, DeChambeau has enjoyed a great season on LIV Golf, winning both LIV Golf Singapore and LIV Golf South Africa in March. At last year’s Open Championship, the American long driver finished tied for 10th, but endured…