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On an unusually crowded Fourth of July TV slate, ABC delivered a ratings upset. The network’s primetime special Nashville’s Star-Spangled Bash — the finale of a 24-hour “Disney Celebrates America” programming block — outdrew the annual Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks on NBC, which is usually the top program on Independence Day. ABC averaged 5.44 million viewers for the three-hour Star-Spangled Bash, beating the 4.94 million on-air viewers for NBC’s two-hour special. ABC’s win marks the first time since 2010 that a network other than NBC has led primetime on the Fourth of July Including replays, a Spanish-language telecast on Telemundo…

As part of activities commemorating the Idoma Centenary Plus Celebration, marking more than 100 years since the creation of the Idoma Division, the organisers have launched the Idoma Talent Hunt (ITH), a flagship youth empowerment initiative designed to discover, nurture and showcase exceptional talents from across Idoma land and the diaspora. The centenary celebration, themed “From Idoma Division to Benue South Senatorial Zone: Honouring Our Century, Forging Our Future,” seeks to celebrate the rich history, culture and achievements of the Idoma people while inspiring a new generation of excellence Conceived as one of the enduring legacy programmes of the Centenary…

Edelweiss Mutual Fund has suspended fresh systematic investment plans (SIPs) and systematic transfer plans (STPs) in seven overseas-focused schemes from July 10, saying it is nearing the overseas investment limit permitted under the industry-wide cap.The fund house, in a notice dated July 9, said the restriction will take effect from the close of business hours on July 10. Existing SIPs and STPs in these schemes will continue without any change.The move comes as the asset management company’s available headroom for overseas investments, based on the mutual fund-level limit applicable since February 1, 2022, is “nearing its threshold”, according to the…

NewsFeedNATO’s leaders left the Ankara summit with guns and live ammunition gifted to them by Turkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. But not everybody could take their present home.Published On 9 Jul 20269 Jul 2026Click here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo

Leaving the Sea of Azov is not necessarily a guarantee of safety from Ukraine’s drone strikes.Ukraine’s general staff released footage on Wednesday of a naval drone attack on a sanctioned tanker called Blue.The onboard footage shows the unmanned vessel evading fire as it approaches the tanker, before the video cuts out as it approaches the ship’s hull.Although the location cannot be confirmed, Ukraine said the incident occurred near Yalta, a Black Sea resort city in occupied Crimea.The tanker attacks coincide with continued strikes on Russian oil refineries, which have caused widespread fuel shortages across the country including in Moscow and…

ToplineSpaceX Elon Musk predicted SpaceX would send humans back to the Moon and Mars in the next five years and build permanent cities on the lunar surface in the next ten years—offering wildly optimistic targets for space travel in a recent interview with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott.The billionaire CEO said the company planned to land astronauts back on the moon in the next few years, before eventually building a permanent “metropolis” on its surface.”AFP via Getty ImagesKey FactsIn the interview with Abbott, who was guest hosting Sean Hannity’s talk radio show on Wednesday, Musk said he hoped to transport up…

Block has agreed to pay $45 million to settle claims brought by 46 U.S. states alleging that its peer-to-peer payments app, Cash App, failed to adequately protect users from fraud. State attorneys general said they found that Block misled users by falsely advertising that Cash App provided bank-like protections, including advanced fraud detection. Block denied wrongdoing. According to the states, Cash App allowed users to create accounts without a Social Security number or date of birth, and didn’t place limits on the number of accounts a person could open, making it easier for scammers to exploit the platform. The states…

Scrutiny is mounting on Reform UK’s finances.On Tuesday, amid an investigation by parliamentary standards into an undisclosed £5m gift, Nigel Farage announced he would resign and trigger a byelection in his constituency of Clacton-on-Sea.His statement came an hour after a deadline to respond to the Guardian’s latest investigation, which revealed that the £5m gift had been reported by bankers to the National Crime Agency (NCA) over money laundering concerns.The Guardian has also revealed he was not alone: transactions worth more than £1m involving other senior figures at Reform had also caused bankers to report their concerns to the NCA via…

Cells with a signal indicating the presence of too many chromosomesDEPT. OF CLINICAL CYTOGENETICS, ADDENBROOKES HOSPITAL/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Human eggs that contain too many or too few chromosomes can lead to miscarriage, IVF failure and conditions such as Down’s syndrome. Now, researchers have found that giving the eggs a single injection can substantially reduce the problem. The approach could eventually boost the chances of success for older women undergoing IVF. “It really seems like a big deal,” says Marcos Iuri Roos Kulmann at Nilo Frantz Reproductive Medicine in Porto Alegre, Brazil, who wasn’t involved in the new research. “To my…

Question: What is the maximum size of a tennis racquet? James in Dorset and David in LlanwnogJamie: Most standard tennis racquets are 27 inches in length. Some players play with longer ones, so a quarter or a half-inch more. The most you are allowed is 29 inches, but I don’t know anyone who gets near that!Question: Does the heat affect the tennis balls? Richard in PurleyJamie: I think it does, yes. It makes them travel faster through the air and they probably will be livelier off the bounce, because the surface will be reactive. It definitely helps them to fly…