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Halfway into the 2026 MLB season, the Mets have fired manager Carlos Mendoza. They made the announcement Friday after getting swept by the Cubs in a four-game series at Citi Field earlier this week. The Mets (34-47 at the 81-game mark) have struggled consistently this season, starting with a 12-game losing streak in April. Andy Green will serve as the club’s interim manager for the remainder of the 2026 season.Mendoza, who was hired ahead of the 2024 season, led the Mets to the playoffs in his first year, when they lost to the eventual champion Los Angeles Dodgers in the NLCS. The…

Lionel Richie has postponed his next two concerts on advice from his doctors after cutting short his concert in St. Paul, Minnesota earlier this week. “Under advisement by doctors to rest and return to full health, Lionel Richie has postponed his next two concerts,” a statement from the singer’s team read. “Lionel is heartbroken to postpone these two shows and cannot wait to be back performing for his fans.” The impacted shows are Richie’s June 26 gig in Chicago and June 27 in Columbus, Ohio; rescheduled dates were not announced at press time. The singer is expected back on the…

The Federal High Court in Lokoja, Kogi State, on Friday, set aside its earlier judgement directing the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to register the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) as a political party. The judge, Isah Dashen, held that all relevant parties must be heard before any substantive decision can be made in the matter. The court upheld the application filed by the Peace Movement Party (PMP), ruling that the party was a necessary party to the suit. According to the judge, the earlier judgement was constitutionally defective as it was delivered without hearing from all interested parties. He declared…

An unusual wave of anticorruption arrests targeting senior officials in Iraq has resulted in the seizure of tens of millions of dollars – rousing public opinion across the country and bringing renewed attention to the decades-long problem of financial corruption.The Iraqi Supreme Judicial Council on Tuesday said cash seized in an investigation into alleged corruption linked to detained Oil Ministry Undersecretary for Refining Affairs Adnan al-Jumaili had risen to about $86m. It added that 70 properties, 21 vehicles and about three kilogrammes (6.6 pounds) of gold jewellery had been seized.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listThe judiciary said the…

Iran reaffirmed on Friday its claim to being a central authority in managing marine traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, a day after its forces struck a container vessel there, temporarily halting shipping through the critical waterway.The strike on the vessel, the Ever Lovely, a container ship that was passing near the Omani side of the strait, appeared to be the first known Iranian attack on a commercial vessel since the signing of a preliminary peace agreement between Tehran and Washington last week. It laid bare the challenges to restoring prewar levels of traffic through the strait.Although the United States…

Former CEO of Apollo Global Management Leon Black arrives to testify at a closed-door interview with the House Oversight Committee on Capitol Hill on June 26, 2026 in Washington, DC.Kevin Dietsch | Getty ImagesFormer Apollo Global Management CEO Leon Black, in prepared testimony for a House committee on Friday, said notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein duped him out of more than $60 million in financial advisory fees by falsely claiming that they were tax-deductible.Black says he had no involvement in Epstein’s sex-trafficking operation and did not pay him for access to women.He said that he was misled by Epstein’s Jekyll-and-Hyde…

One of the best deals this ongoing Prime Day has been on Apple’s latest flagship headphones. The AirPods Max 2 are still available for a heavily discounted price of $399 ($150 off) at Walmart, even though they sold out at Amazon.Since the Amazon deal kicked and Walmart is out of stock on one of the Max 2’s five colors, it seems this deal is not long for this world. Even discounted to $399 the AirPods Max 2 are still pretty expensive, but it’s a much better price for some fancy headphones. The sequel version of the AirPods Max look the…

NewsFeedTwo powerful earthquakes have ripped through Venezuela in a rare ‘doublet’ shock – with magnitudes of 7.2 and 7.5 striking just seconds apart near the Caribbean coast. Al Jazeera’s @Lina_Serene explains.Published On 26 Jun 202626 Jun 2026Click here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has threatened to embark on a nationwide solidarity strike if the ongoing industrial dispute at the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex (OAUTHC) is not resolved. In a statement on Thursday, the health body expressed support for resident doctors who commenced an indefinite strike last week. The association, said the industrial action by the Association of Resident Doctors, OAUTHC (ARD OAUTHC), which began on 22 June, followed months of unresolved welfare and workplace concerns that management allegedly failed to address. NARD described the crisis as avoidable, blaming it on what it called the…

Harmful algal blooms, the most severe ecological hazards worldwide, terminate abruptly within a few days. In this work, we identified that iron-catalyzed active lipid peroxides predominantly trigger individual cell ferroptosis and drive the population …