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The friend of the 17-year-old girl allegedly murdered in Thailand reported her missing to police and then visited the condo of the Australian man charged over her death.Security footage images obtained by the Guardian shows the friend at the apartment of Simon Peter Carman. The footage is time stamped 1.49pm on Friday 26 June, although it is not clear whether the time stamp was added manually.Carman, 45, was charged on the weekend with the alleged murder of Thunchanok Donhomla, whose body was found in a suitcase near railway tracks in Pattaya, on Thailand’s eastern gulf coast, in the early hours…

• Says it has received, vetted over 700 petitions in disputed primaries • Declares current candidate line-up as absolute • Party’s governors meet Yilwatda over 2027 polls Adedayo Akinwale in Abuja The leadership of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), yesterday, said after reviewing the report of its appeal committee, which looked into the numerous petitions that trailed the party’s primary elections nationwide, the chances of several initial winners had ultimately been altered. APC revealed that it received and vetted over 700 petitions from aggrieved members following the conclusion of the party’s primaries. It said the review by the National…

Associated British Foods Plc reported falling sales at its Primark budget fashion chain, as the conglomerate prepares to separate its clothing and food divisions.

Now a protected species, beavers were once widespread in Britain, but they were hunted to near-extinction by the 16th Century.A nationwide scheme to reintroduce the animals is being run by Forestry England, in collaboration with Natural England and the Beaver Trust.The animals in the Wyre Forest have built many dams that help to reduce flooding, since moving into the enclosure, including one stretching 30 metres.”We’ve now got probably about eight to ten smaller dams that have been built,” Boles added.”Some of them are really quite small and dinky if you like, so they might be some of the younger beavers…

US player Serena Williams waves as she leaves the court after being defeated by Australia’s Maya Joint during their women’s singles first round tennis match on the second day of the 2026 Wimbledon Championships at The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, southwest London, on June 30, 2026. (Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP) / Serena Williams’ bid for a fairytale return to Wimbledon was shattered by Australia’s Maya Joint as the American legend’s first singles match in four years ended in a 6-3, 6-7 (6/8) 6-3 defeat on Tuesday. Williams has captured the imagination of the…

The band pushed back two dates at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas Rush announced that its remaining two dates of a four-show run at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas, have been postponed after lead singer and bassist Geddy Lee was diagnosed with laryngitis and bronchitis. In a statement shared on Tuesday to Rush’s official Instagram account, the band said that the June 20 and July 2 shows will now take place on July 11 and July 13, respectively. Lee was advised by doctors to “rest and recover before returning to the stage,” said the group. “This is incredibly…

I moved into my new house 14 months ago, and soon afterwards applied to ScottishPower, with whom the solar panels are registered for a feed-in tariff (Fit), for transfer of ownership of the panels and the tariff.After many emails back and forth, I got a response saying they had all the information required.That was 10 months ago and I’ve yet to receive any payment. I should be owed more than £1,000 by now.DC, North YorkshireScottishPower’s glacial approach to Fit transfers is already familiar. In March, I reported on a widow who was deprived of the payments she was due because…

When the Legislature passed the Master Plan for Higher Education in 1960, it envisioned a seamless, three-level system that would provide high-quality and low-cost instruction benefiting both those seeking careers and society as a whole. Under the plan, community colleges would specialize in preparing students for transfer into the University of California and California State University, plus offer vocational and adult education classes. The state university system would offer bachelor and master’s degrees in education, engineering and other professional fields. The UC would be the venue for research and award not only bachelor and master’s degrees but doctorates. It never quite worked…

The Nigerian naira traded relatively stable against the United States dollar at both the official and parallel foreign exchange markets on Wednesday, July 1, 2026, as the gap between the two markets remained narrow. Data from the Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market (NFEM) showed that the official exchange rate stood at approximately ₦1,380.17 to the US dollar on July 1. The rate reflects continued stability in the official market after the Central Bank of Nigeria’s recent efforts to improve liquidity and transparency in the foreign exchange system. The Central Bank of Nigeria publishes the NFEM rate as a volume-weighted average derived…

The shaking seemed to come from nowhere. In a moment captured by fishers off Venezuela’s Caribbean coast, two earthquakes struck seconds apart. Plumes of dust appear where buildings once stood in the recording as the camera rises and falls with the swell. The men rapidly head for the shore in search of their families. “I’m shaking,” says the cameraman.Since the quakes struck last Wednesday, the search for missing loved ones has not stopped for scores of Venezuelans. Officially, more than 1,700 people have died. But tens of thousands remain missing: desperate relatives are walking up and down streets lined by…