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France and Paraguay meet in the 2026 World Cup Round of 16 on Saturday. Les Bleus are the favorites to win this tournament after sweeping aside all of their opponents so far. They beat Senegal 3-1, Iraq 3-0, and Norway 4-1 during the group stage, before cruising to a 3-0 victory over Sweden in the Round of 32. Captain Kylian Mbappe has already scored six goals, while Ousmane Dembele is on four and Bradley Barcola has two. Playmaker Michael Olise has also provided five assists, so France’s attack is firing on all cylinders right now. Since falling 4-1 to USA in their opener,…

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Deji Elumoye in Abuja President Bola Tinubu has felicitated the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, on his unanimous re-election as Chairperson of the World Customs Organisation Council during the organisation’s 147th and 148th Council Sessions in Brussels. The President, in a release issued yesterday by his Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, described the re-election as a historic endorsement of Adeniyi’s visionary leadership and Nigeria’s growing stature in global customs administration. Tinubu said his recent approval of CGC Adeniyi’s tenure extension as Comptroller General of Customs was informed by his conviction that the reform momentum…

Zelensky said on Saturday morning that the targets hit in St Petersburg and the surrounding region were about 850km (528 miles) from Ukraine’s border.The extent of the damage was not immediately clear, but a video posted by the Ukrainian president showed a drone flying towards a target and a huge column of black smoke billowing from the area after the strike.The BBC later verified that St Petersburg’s oil terminal was hit.Ukraine’s military described the terminal as “one of the largest” in Russia, capable of producing 12.5 million tonnes of petroleum products per year.The military also said a key naval base…

David Rubenstein, Carlyle Group co-founder and host of Bloomberg’s The David Rubenstein Show, shares with David Gura his motivation behind, what he terms, “patriotic philanthropy,” focusing on preserving key historical documents and monuments in the United States. (Source: Bloomberg)

About 14 years ago, Chrissi Kelly lost her sense of smell. She had traveled to the Czech Republic to visit family and caught some virus. Months later, when she still couldn’t smell, she made the rounds to doctors, including her general practitioner and an ear, nose and throat specialist, trying to find answers. She was diagnosed with anosmia (smell loss), and like many patients with her condition, was told she’d have to learn to live with it. But for her, the loss was catastrophic. “After about six months of complete loss, I was just climbing the walls, and I did…

Ahmed, who came to the UK in the late 1960s, held dual British and Pakistani citizenship at the time he was convicted.His British citizenship was stripped by the courts after he was jailed, and it was expected he would be deported when his sentence was complete.Earlier this week, victims of the gang were told provisions under the Immigration Act 1971 barred the removal of any Commonwealth citizen who arrived in the UK before 1973 and had been in the country for five years.The BBC understands the UK government is considering whether the 1971 law could be changed through an amendment…

Dr Peter Jones has spent the past 30 years immersed – quite literally – in bogs, fens and wetlands, trying to help save the planet and earning himself the nickname The Bogfather in the process.These landscapes are now at the forefront of the climate crisis and Jones has been making an offer that policymakers are finding hard to refuse, a nature-based solution that tackles climate change, flooding, wildfires and biodiversity loss all at the same time.Peatlands store 30% of Wales’ land-based carbon, despite covering only 4% of the surface, but they are about 90% degraded, meaning they leak greenhouse gases…

Key eventsZak Brown believes the McLarens will be OK: “We’re not ninth and 11th – famous last words.” He reckons they will be faster by Hungary.ShareHats off to Lawson who went second fastest, but plenty of drivers declared after their first quick times. Norris wound up in 11th … The Landostand will be restless.ShareQ1 eliminationsOcon, Bottas, Colapinto, Perez, Stroll and Alonso go out.ShareRed Bull going nicely, Hadjar fastest and Verstappen splitting the Ferraris.ShareHe had to use new tyres to be sure of avoiding the bottom six, and that could cost him later. Maybe he could gamble in Q2 in the…

Revolutionary rap albums, rock classics, celebrations and protests The American flag has spent 250 years fluttering over battlefields, front porches, moon landings, and hot dog eating contests, but it has also enjoyed a prolific side hustle posing for album covers. While Old Glory sometimes appears on albums with hand-on-heart sincerity, it’s more often been reimagined, re-stitched, wrapped around rappers, or otherwise subjected to treatment that would make a high school civics teacher red, white, and blue with rage. That’s because musicians aren’t content to use the flag for simple patriotic window dressing. It has been appropriated as a symbol of…