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SEATTLE, WASHINGTON – AUGUST 23: Manager Craig Counsell #11 of the Chicago Cubs looks on against the Seattle Mariners at T-Mobile Park on August 23, 2026 in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images)Getty ImagesChicago Cubs skipper Craig Counsell has established himself as a trusted dugout leader, bringing the experience of his successful Milwaukee Brewers tenure to a team that has quickly returned to National League contention. His willingness to make creative roster decisions has become a defining part of his tenure in Chicago, though he very rarely compares one of his players to anyone else in Major League Baseball.“Chicago…

Female athletes are pushing back against a sports-betting ad featuring actress Sydney Sweeney, which is being slammed for sexually objectifying women in sport.Published On 15 Sep 202615 Sep 2026Share Athletes share ‘what women in sport look like’ to rebut Sydney Sweeney ad on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo

Urbanization is usually judged by what is built, but it should also be evaluated according to what it hollows out. Around the world, increasing numbers of people are moving to cities — 67% of the global population is projected to live in urban areas by 20501. But this trend is about more than people relocating.The rural regions that migrants leave behind are being steadily dismantled. Globally, up to 400 million hectares of land have been abandoned since the 1950s2 and up to half of the world’s rangelands (large expanses used as grazing land for livestock) are considered degraded3. Meanwhile, growing…

London has missed out to Nairobi in the bid to host the 2029 World Athletics Championships.The decision, which means an African city will host the event for the first time, was confirmed at a World Athletics council meeting in Budapest.World Athletics president Sebastian Coe said Nairobi had presented “a compelling and emotional bid”.”We were fortunate to have four outstanding bids for 2029 and 2031, and this was not an easy decision for the council,” said Coe.”With this decision today, we continue to fulfil our mission of growing athletics worldwide with the hosting of our World Athletics Championships in Asia, Africa…

Behind Tom Templar’s shoulder as we talk over video call is a poster for The Wicker Man, the 1973 cult folk-horror film set on a remote Scottish island, whose sunniness conceals – inevitably – a dark secret. It’s fitting, because Templar is the singer of Green Lung, the breakout British metal band who immerse themselves in British mythology. The forthcoming Necropolitan, their fourth album devoted to the folklore of the isles, takes its inspiration from the “Magnificent Seven” London cemeteries built in the 1830s and 40s, and from the Necropolis railway, which transported the dead out of the city. No…

Readership is rarely an accident of history; rather, it is the deliberate intersection of rigorous preparation, unwavering integrity, and an unyielding commitment to the public good.As Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (rtd) marks his 73rd birthday, the Nigerian public space pauses not merely to celebrate an age, but to honor an enduring institution of public administration.Across decades of service—from the elite corridors of military command and complex state governance to his current crusade cleansing the nation’s bloodstream of illicit drug cartels—Marwa has remained a shining example of what happens when a patriot treats public office as a sacred trust.Born on…

Ninety-four newly recruited officers of the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) have graudated from the Academy of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) after receiving training in basic investigation and enforcement. The four-week training programme ended with a ceremony held at the EFCC Academy in Karu, Abuja, on Monday. At the ceremony, CCB Chairman Abdullahi Bello announced the results of the assessment conducted during the training. He said 94 officers completed the assessment. While 32 officers scored 80 per cent and above, 50 scored 70 per cent and above. “Three officers scored 90 per cent and above,” Mr Bello…

Lucy Letby inquiry report to be published after repeated delaysThe findings of the long-awaited Thirlwall inquiry – set up to examine how the former nurse Lucy Letby was able to murder babies at a neonatal unit over a two-year period – is set to be published early this afternoon.Letby, now 36, was convicted of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder seven more in 2015 and 2016, when she worked as a nurse in the neonatal unit of the Countess of Chester hospital.She was sentenced to 15 whole-life orders, and was twice denied permission to appeal against her convictions in…

Kevin Warsh, chairman of the US Federal Reserve, walks the grounds during the Kansas City Federal Reserve’s Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium in Moran, Wyoming, US, on Friday, Aug. 28, 2026. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesIt’s not going to be one and done.A majority of respondents to the CNBC Fed Survey now forecast at least two hikes over the next one year, with a third predicting three or more. It’s a stark change from last month when just 46% expected a hike ahead. That’s grown to 86% with 55% expecting more than a single hike.Since last month,…

The Mr. Green bodega sits on a busy stretch of Bedford Avenue in Brooklyn, New York. Near the counter, you can buy the usual assortment of candy, gum, rolling papers, and soda. You can also purchase tiny vials of injectable peptides. So we did. And then we sent them to a lab.Mr. Green is one of several shops that went viral this summer for selling peptides, a broad class of amino acids touted for their ability to aid in everything from weight loss to injury recovery. For $376.20, we acquired four varieties: PT-141, for low libido; BPC-157, for healing and…