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Caracas, Venezuela – On the side of a busy road, waiting for a bus heading towards Caracas, Mairet Perez flicks through her phone, pointing at colleagues, friends and family from her home state of La Guaira.“Gone,” she says matter-of-factly, biting her lip, before moving on to other photos showing heaps of shattered concrete.Beneath the slabs are some of their bodies, she explains. Dozens of people are missing — or dead.The death toll following the twin earthquakes that hit Venezuela on Wednesday evening is creeping towards 1,500, with about 50,000 people registered missing on a crowdsourcing website.On the long journey from…

On the day that two devastating earthquakes struck Venezuela, Andreina Valerio rushed back from work to look for her almost two-year-old son, Santiago.He was with Andreina’s partner, Ramsés Mendoza, at her in-laws’ home in La Guaira.When she got there, she found the building in ruins. Her brother-in-law Samuel Mendoza was looking through the pile of rubble that used to be their apartment block. When I met Andreina outside a crumbling building on Saturday, she told me her son and partner were still trapped inside, along with her partner’s mother, father, grandparents and sister. But she had not given up hope.…

Scottie Scheffler held a one-shot lead over Collin Morikawa in the final round of the Travelers Championship as lightning and torrential rain halted proceedings at TPC River Highlands, with the world No 1 five holes away from victory.Scheffler had started the day one shot back of overnight-leader Viktor Hovland, who is out to secure his eighth PGA Tour victory and his first in 15 months. But the Norwegian appeared to wilt under the pressure, despite an imperious opening three rounds, with Hovland starting with a bogey on the first, after finding the rough with his tee shot. Hovland settled, making…

By Ayo Onikoyi Nollywood actor Deyemi Okanlawon has called on creatives across music, film, fashion, and other sectors to create works that can compete globally and inspire pride among Nigerians. Speaking on the Creativitea podcast, Okanlawon said the country needs more creative exports that showcase the best of Nigeria to the world and give citizens a stronger sense of national pride. “We need things that will make us proud to be Nigerians. We need our creative people to create things, music, film, fashion, whatever it is, that will go outside the shores of the country. People will celebrate us, we…

CBSE 10th Result 2026 Live Updates: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is expected to announce the Class 10 Second Board Examination Results 2026 shortly. While the board has not officially confirmed the date and time of the declaration, students who appeared for the improvement examination are advised to keep checking the official CBSE result portals for the latest updates.The second board examination was introduced as part of CBSE’s new two-exam system for Class 10, giving students an opportunity to improve their performance after the main board examination. Once declared, students will be able to access their revised scorecards…

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A man and his teenage son were found alive under the rubble in Venezuela on Sunday, in a town about 40km north of the capital Caracas, AFP journalists reported, as the death toll from last week’s twin earthquakes passed 1,450.The discovery of survivors in Caraballeda was made by French and American rescue teams nearly four days after back-to-back quakes of magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 struck, completely destroying nearly 200 buildings in the area.Interim president Delcy Rodríguez on Sunday praised rescuers for still pulling survivors from the ruins. “Today we have rescued people who are still alive, and therefore these efforts…

June 26, 2026, marked the third anniversary of the appointment of Mallam Nuhu Ribadu as National Security Adviser (NSA) by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. In the three years since that pivotal decision, Nigeria has witnessed a profound shift in its approach to combating terrorism, insurgency, and banditry, one defined by intelligence-driven precision, inter-agency harmony, financial disruption of criminal networks, and a pragmatic restoration of international partnerships. The results speak for themselves: thousands of terrorists and bandit elements neutralised, high-value leaders eliminated or captured across multiple states, the near-decimation of crude oil theft in the Niger Delta, and a reinvigorated Nigeria–United…

Bayo Adelabu resigned as Minister of Power in April 2026. He wanted to run for governor of Oyo State. He had done it and lost before. He was about to lose again. But he did not know because only hindsight is 20/20. The APC primary on May 22 delivered a landslide. And while Senator Sarafadeen Alli won with 578,143 votes, Adelabu managed 19,193. Adelabu cried foul immediately, alleging that election officials wrote arbitrary figures and held voting hours before the scheduled time. He said the process was rigged. But several weeks later, he has not said what he will do…

South Africa heads into Sunday’s FIFA World Cup Round of 32 clash against Canada chasing yet another piece of history, with head coach Hugo Broos insisting that the team’s remarkable rise has been built as much on trust and unity as on tactical discipline. Bafana Bafana have already broken new ground by reaching the knockout stages of the World Cup for the first time, having recovered from an opening 2-0 defeat to co-hosts Mexico. A hard-fought draw against the Czech Republic was followed by a memorable 1-0 victory over South Korea, courtesy of Thapelo Maseko’s winner, to seal second place…