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Vatican stresses only pope may approve bishop consecrations to safeguard apostolic ties to Jesus’s original disciples.Published On 2 Jul 20262 Jul 2026The Vatican says priests and lay Catholics who are part of a breakaway right-wing Catholic group that ordained bishops without Pope Leo XIV’s approval are in schism with the wider church and are now excommunicated.In a decree on Thursday, the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, the top watchdog authority for the 1.4-billion-member Roman Catholic Church, also warned Catholics globally that the Swiss-based Society of St Pius X is now celebrating the sacraments illicitly.Recommended Stories list of 4…

ProjKonnect, Nigeria’s leading edutech firm, has formally announced the launch of the Gemnex App, which is an AI-driven platform designed to provide equitable access to tailored academic learning for tertiary students across Nigeria. The recent AI-driven advancement, which features seamless integration with WhatsApp, underscores the organisation’s enduring dedication to facilitating streamlined access to high-quality educational resources. Commenting on the significance of the Gemnex App launch, Founder, ProjKonnect, Paul Ojo, stated that the digital platform remained an innovative response to the educational gaps that have long constrained the academic potential of Nigerian students. “The fundamental rationale behind the creation of the…

OpenAI is reportedly in early stage talks to give a 5% stake in the ChatGPT developer to the US government as artificial intelligence companies attempt to smooth relations with Donald Trump’s administration.The OpenAI chief executive, Sam Altman, has argued that giving the US public a financial stake in the company is the best way to share the benefits of AI, according to the Financial Times, which cited two unnamed people familiar with the discussions.The proposal would also involve other US AI companies giving a similar stake to the government, the FT reported, although it is not clear yet whether companies…

President Trump is trying to use the levers of the federal government, along with personal influence over state and local lawmakers, to reshape the rules governing the 2026 midterms and future elections in extraordinary ways.Many of these efforts have been blocked by courts, stymied by the Constitution or stopped in Congress. But the relentless assault by the president on the electoral process — both administratively and rhetorically — is likely to sow doubt and lay groundwork for extensive challenges to election results.Agencies and officials across the federal government have, at the direction of Mr. Trump, undertaken dozens of actions grounded…

Adeniyi Adeyemi, the man accused of forging government appointment letters and parading himself as Director-General of a non-existent Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC) and Presidential Economic Advisory Council (PEAC), has spoken to PREMIUM TIMES from hiding, insisting the presidency is only trying to silence him. Mr Adeyemi, who spoke to this newspaper on Thursday, denied wrongdoing and said the government’s actions amounted to a “defence mechanism” against him. “You know the government we have. They are just playing a defence mechanism to shut me up. My organisation was set up in 2024,” he said. When asked to meet in…

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Last month, German cinematographer Florian Hoffmeister wrapped on Edward Berger’s latest, The Riders, starring Brad Pitt, and returned to Germany, although not his home base of Berlin, but the small town of Marburg, where he was awarded the Marburg Camera Prize.  Established in 2001 and presented by Marburg University, the award recognises and celebrates the work and careers of cinematographers. The honoree travels to Marburg, where they take part in a three-day academic conference based around screenings of their work. They are also given a 5,000-euro cash prize. Previous winners of the award include Ed Lachman, Hélène Louvart, and Agnès…

The FCT High Court in Maitama, Abuja, on Thursday, granted senior lawyer Mike Ozekhome permission to travel for a medical trip to the United Kingdom for a period of six weeks. The trial judge, Chizoba Oji, ruled that Mr Ozekhome must return his passport to the court on or before 26 August 2026. The judge also adjourned Mr Ozekhome’s forgery and impersonation trial until 28 September. On 27 February, the office of the AGF arraigned Mr Ozekhome and his co-defendant, Ponfa Useni, on 12 counts of forgery and impersonation, which stemmed from a messy battle over property ownership in the…

NewsFeedVideo captured the moment the Taal Volcano in the Philippines erupted, sending a column of ash and steam 1,200 metres into the air, triggering huge waves across its crater lake. The eruption lasted almost five minutes.Published On 2 Jul 20262 Jul 2026Click here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo

AI agents will soon have the ability to match the capabilities of human traders, Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev predicts.The power of agentic technology — AI that can carry out tasks for users — has been touted as potentially transformational by many in the tech sector, with industry giants including OpenAI and Anthropic racing to develop such products.Robinhood unveiled tools in May that allow AI agents to trade stocks and make purchases on users’ behalf. “The idea behind agentic trading…[is] every capability a human can do will be available to an AI agent,” Tenev told CNBC’s Karen Tso on Thursday. “I…