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Though it has weakened to a severe tropical storm, it still presents a risk because of the huge volume of moisture within its rain bands.The storm is expected to gradually diminish in its intensity as it moves north-west.On Sunday morning, the centre of the typhoon reached Hangzhou City in Zhejiang province, Chinese state media reported. Forecasters said the typhoon would move to eastern Anhui on Monday, and to the northern Yellow Sea from the Shandong Peninsula on Tuesday. More than 1.7 million people were evacuated in Zhejiang and thousands more in neighbouring provinces, state media said. Schools, work and outdoor…

McGregor said he had no issues with his leg throughout training camp ahead of his showdown with Max Holloway Jul 12, 2026 at 2:03 am ET • 1 min read LAS VEGAS — Conor McGregor walked out of the T-Mobile Arena immediately after his loss in the main event of UFC 329 and straight into a waiting car. The Irishman suffered a right leg injury, suspected to be a torn ACL by doctors according to Dana White, and could not continue. McGregor, entering the fight off a five-year layoff, built much hype and anticipation around his return on Saturday, hoping to…

A new exhibition of work by LS Lowry will “bust a few myths” about the Mancunian artist, who the show’s co-curator says is still wrongly derided for being “naive and uncultured”.LS Lowry: the Theatre of Life features 140 paintings by the artist, who captured working-class life in the industrial north-west of England during the early and mid 20th century.A Guardian review from 1948 described him as “direct, unpretentious and refreshingly honest”, but the stripped-back nature of his paintings have led to his work being misinterpreted, according to one of the curators behind the show, which opens on 24 October.“What we’re…

Opeyemi Adamolekun “There is no justification for the existence of the judiciary, except in its existence for the defence of the citizen to put his vies across ith all potency, for him to vent his feelings and his success in the public for him to feel and breathe the air of freedom around him.”  – Kayode Eso, JSC A caveat: I’m not a lawyer, so I am not voting in the upcoming Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) Elections. I understand that a while ago, a senior lawyer at the bar and a junior lawyer were contesting for the NBA presidency. They belonged…

Organisers of the inaugural National Intermediate Games (EKO 2026) unveiled the official logo and mascot on Saturday, describing the ceremony as a major milestone in preparations for the youth sports festival, scheduled for 1 to 15 October. The unveiling took place at the Marriott Hotel in Ikeja and was attended by officials of the National Sports Commission (NSC), the Lagos State Sports Commission (LSSC), members of the Main Organising Committee (MOC) and the Local Organising Committee (LOC). Speaking after the ceremony, the Director-General of the Lagos State Sports Commission, Lekan Fatodu, said the unveiling underscored the state’s readiness to host…

How coverage of the supreme leader’s funeral exposed the limits of familiar narratives about Iran.Once again, the Strait of Hormuz is at the centre of the latest escalation in the war between Iran, the United States and their allies. The ceasefire collapsed just days after millions of Iranians took to the streets to pay homage to late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. Hundreds of foreign reporters and social media influencers were granted rare access to Iran to cover the funeral, signalling just how carefully Tehran is calibrating its media messaging.Contributors: HA Hellyer – senior fellow, Royal United Services InstituteSamira Mohyeddin – host,…

MultiChoice has  formally become a full subsidiary of Canal+, marking a new phase in the evolution of one of Africa’s leading pay television operators. In a statement, yesterday, David Mignot, Chief Executive Officer of Canal+ Africa and MultiChoice, said the integration positions MultiChoice within a global media organisation with an extensive international footprint. MultiChoice is now a full subsidiary of a truly international media group operating in 70 countries. The group was founded in France, is listed in London and Johannesburg, and has a strong African presence with operations in more than 45 countries,” Mignot said. The statement underscores the…

Roleplaying games are often defined by excess. Storylines that span dozens of hours, side quests so big they could be their own game, massive worlds that require complex maps to explore, and casts so big you start forgetting character names. That’s part of what makes these games feel like epic adventures, but it can also make them intimidating, particularly if you have limited spare time. Dosa Divas, on the other hand, manages to capture much of that same feeling in a package that spans less than 10 hours. And it does it with a bold sense of style and a…

Rachel Reeves has urged Andy Burnham to arrive in Downing Street with a “worked through plan”, saying the incoming prime minister will be tested quickly by a range of incoming “shocks and challenges”.In what could be one of the first female chancellor’s final major interviews while in No 11, Reeves said Burnham should remain focused on the priorities that first brought him into politics.Burnham’s bid to become Labour leader and prime minister has been backed by 322 of the party’s 403 MPs, leaving him just one short of the number required to make it mathematically impossible for a rival to…

Inside the 2026 World Cup’s refereeing storm It is unworthy that the 2026 World Cup’s defining narratives centre on manipulation and political string-pulling rather than footballing brilliance. I am no conspiracy theorist, yet the mounting evidence suggests something is amiss. But the more I look at the facts and evidence that have piled up over the last month, the clearer a certain picture is emerging: something about this tournament does not sit right, and it is not the football. Are the goalposts being shifted? Are the referees on call to Gianni Infantino? Has football become the ultimate political tool? Let’s…