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Mahmoud Khalil announced on Monday that he’s sued Columbia University, accusing the New York City school he attended of a years-long history of anti-Palestinian discrimination, indifference to harassment, and retaliation.Khalil, a US green card holder of Palestinian descent, was a graduate student at Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) when he was arrested at his university apartment by federal immigration agents in March 2025, the first of a number of foreign nationals that the Trump administration has detained and sought to deport over their pro-Palestinian advocacy.In a lawsuit filed in the southern district of New York, Khalil and…

President Bola Tinubu’s attendance at the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York remains uncertain, with a source familiar with Nigeria’s planned delegation indicating that Vice-President Kashim Shettima may once again lead the country’s delegation. The Presidency has not publicly confirmed whether Tinubu, who is currently on a three-week vacation in Europe, will travel to New York for the annual gathering of world leaders happening between September 22 and 28, 2026. However, a document seen by BusinessDay, which contains a list of officials expected to attend the UNGA, does not include the President. The list,…

The Steam Frame headset is here, and it may not surprise you: it was supposed to cost less than $1,059. “We set out to come out with a device that would have been far more affordable, but the global RAM market, the global storage market have impacted us the same way they’ve impacted everybody,” Valve developer Jeremy Selan told the BBC. “We fought hard to get it even to this price.”I haven’t yet seen Valve say whether it’s selling the Steam Frame at cost, like the company confirmed it was doing with the $1,049 Steam Machine living room PC. But…

The House of Lords is currently debating the government’s Representation of the People Bill which caps the amount British people living overseas can donate to political parties at £100,000.The bill also states that those who moved back to the UK would have to wait for at least a year before donating more than £100,000.The legislation states that donors must have been registered as in the UK by 25 March 2026 in order to avoid the cap.It is not currently clear exactly when Delo and Harborne returned to the UK.Education Minister Georgia Gould told the BBC’s Today programme the government was…

The Nigerian government has flagged off new incentives aimed at increasing the utilisation of maternal and newborn healthcare services as part of efforts to reduce maternal and neonatal deaths in Nigeria. The incentives were launched by the First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, on Monday at the State House, Abuja, as part of the Maternal and Neonatal Mortality Reduction Innovation Initiative (MAMII). The Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare said the incentives are intended to address barriers preventing women and newborns from accessing timely, high-quality, life-saving healthcare services. In a statement signed by the Assistant Director, Information and Public Relations, Ado…

Scientists at the Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute (Stevens INI) at the Keck School of Medicine of USC have uncovered evidence that two neighboring types of brain tissue may work together to support thinking abilities later in life. Their findings suggest that the condition of the brain’s local communication pathways could influence how strongly gray matter loss affects cognition. The study, published in Alzheimer’s & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer’s Association, included brain imaging and cognitive testing from 459 adults aged 60 and older living in communities across India. The research is among the first to…

Eli LedermanSep 14, 2026, 01:10 PM ETCloseEli Lederman covers college football and recruiting for ESPN.com. He joined ESPN in 2024 after covering the University of Oklahoma for Sellout Crowd and the Tulsa World.Multiple AuthorsTennessee starting tight end Ethan Davis suffered a season-ending ACL injury in Week 2, Vols coach Josh Heupel announced Monday.Davis recorded touchdown receptions in each of No. 15 Tennessee’s first two games this fall before the senior from Atlanta limped off the field in the second half of the Vols’ 45-24 road win at Georgia Tech on Saturday.Davis, who missed most of preseason camp last month with…

Fun comes with a big F.U. in this outrageous and frequently pant-wettingly funny aliens-are-among-us comedy from David and Nathan Zellner. Their last film, Sasquatch Sunset (2024), seemed hard to top, taking two high-profile indie stars — Jesse Eisenberg and Riley Keogh — and rendering them entirely unrecognizable under head-to-foot Bigfoot costumes, with a freewheeling script made up entirely of grunts and gibberish. What would they do for an encore? Well, this, a ridiculously starry gonzo romp that invites an international A-list cast to jump off a cliff in the pursuit of the most eccentric kind of entertainment. That everyone commits…

.Says Nigerian Jollof rice best in Africa Charles Ajunwa The First Lady of Lagos State, Dr. Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu, has declared open the 22nd Akwaaba African Travel Market, describing Nigerian Jollof Rice as the best in Africa. Dr. Sanwo-Olu, who declared open the travel fair held at Eko Hotels, Victoria Island, also participated in the tasting of Jollof rice prepared by 15 chefs, which had three young chefs she trained that took part in Lagos Boy Child Initiative. Sanwo-Olu, at the event also attended by the governors of Enugu and Akwa Ibom states, Dr. Peter Mbah and Pastor Umo Eno who…

Europe must develop its own AI technology and build more datacentres in order to nullify the threat of being cut off by the US or China, according to the president of the European Central Bank.Christine Lagarde said the continent needed AI models – the technology that powers AI tools such as chatbots – that were “good enough” to carry out most tasks and run from domestic datacentres. If Europe invests in its own AI tech, said Lagarde, “the threat of being cut off loses its force”.AI is being built elsewhere, the ECB boss said in a speech in Vienna, with…