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Summary of today’s supreme court rulings The supreme court ruled in favor of the Trump administration’s bid to strip temporary protected status (TPS) from hundreds of thousands of Haitians and Syrians, who were legally in the US and protected from deportation. In another boost to Donald Trump’s unprecedented hardline crackdown on immigrants, including many who have lived legally in the US for years, the court issued a 6-3 ruling powered ⁠by its conservative-leaning majority. The decision leaves Haitians and Syrians in the US on TPS vulnerable to deportation even if they have applications for other forms of immigration status in…

The Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID) Annex, Lagos, has uncovered an alleged ₦16.17 million pregnancy scam and recorded breakthroughs in recovering hundreds of counterfeit cosmetic products. The Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) in charge of the FCID Annex, Simeon Akpanudom, disclosed this on Thursday while briefing journalists on the department’s operational achievements between 30 March and 25 June. Mr Akpanudom said the department had intensified efforts to combat economic crimes, fraud, human trafficking, and attacks on critical national infrastructure. According to him, one of the major cases under investigation involves allegations of obtaining money by false pretences, cheating, conspiracy,…

“The Bear” Season 5 title treatment.FX/HULUThe Bear, starring Jeremy Allen White, Ayo Edebiri and Ebon Moss-Bachrach, is back with its fifth and final season Thursday night, and most Rotten Tomatoes critics are fulfilled by what they’ve seen.Created by Christopher Storer, The Bear debute on FX and Hulu in June of 2022 with Season 1, which was followed by Seasons 2, 3 and 4 in 2023, 2024 and 2025, respectively. The Bear quickly became a Primetime Emmy Awards mainstay, with 49 nominations through Seasons 1 to 4 and wins for Best Comedy Series for Season 1. Forbes‘Supergirl’ Rotten Tomatoes Reviews Say…

As AI agents become increasingly capable of handling tasks on behalf of users, fintech companies are beginning to explore how AI systems can move beyond answering questions and into taking actions, including making purchases, booking services, and managing financial transactions. Paystack is now bringing that idea into payments with the launch of Paystack Index, an early-access product developed by Paystack with support from TSG Labs. The launch is the first public product to emerge from TSG Labs since Paystack announced the creation of The Stack Group in January 2026. The holding company brings together Paystack, Zap, Paystack Microfinance Bank, and…

Former President Barack Obama said he believes President Trump’s attacks on him are “an obsession” and that Mr. Trump “knows better” than to insult him to his face.In an interview released Wednesday on All The Smoke podcast, Mr. Obama was asked how he continues to “take the high road” under Mr. Trump’s unrelenting, yearslong preoccupation with him and his family.“Look, you got to ask him what it is — the obsession,” Mr. Obama told the podcast hosts, former NBA players Matt Barnes and Stephen Jackson. “I obviously, you know, have a room in his head — a suite — in…

Buoys for the US Ocean Observatories Initiative rest on a ship deck.Credit: Woods Hole Oceanographic InstitutionAs the RV Marcus G. Langseth sails across the Pacific Ocean this month, researchers are dropping robotic ‘floats’ into the sea to measure chlorophyll levels and other biogeochemical properties of the water. With a powerful El Niño weather system set to unfold later this year, such observations are crucial for understanding how the ocean will change. But these high-tech floats face an uncertain fate.The devices, which are part of a global flotilla called Argo, were paid for by the US National Science Foundation (NSF). Their…

Former multi-weight world boxing champion Floyd Mayweather’s planned exhibition against Greek kickboxing star Mike Zambidis in Athens on Saturday is off, according to federal court filings obtained by ESPN. The pay-per-view event was to be held at the Telekon Center at the OAKA Olympic Complex in Athens. Events company CSI, which is suing Mayweather in connection with planned bouts against Mike Tyson and Manny Pacquiao, had sought an injunction in the Southern District Court of New York to prevent the Zambidis exhibition. In a letter to the court, ESPN reported, attorney Melissa Glass said the Mayweather-Zambidis event will no longer…

In the press materials for Phoebe Bridgers’ return, the 31-year-old US singer talks about taking time to make her third album after coming to feel “a little world-weary” about public life. Who could blame her? Bridgers became a figure of invasive parasocial behaviour from fans after her spooked, sad second album, 2020’s Punisher, resonated with life under lockdown and made her a superstar. In recent years, young women making introspective and ornate indie-rock songs have risen to startling, pop star levels of fame and scrutiny – and none more so than Bridgers, her Boygenius supergroup with Julien Baker and Lucy…

The authorities in Kenya effectively shut down the capital, Nairobi, on Thursday, blocking highways and deploying security forces to pre-empt an annual protest that has become a focus of opposition to President William Ruto.June 25 has emerged as a significant — and tense — date in Kenya’s political calendar, after security forces killed dozens of people on that day two years ago during a protest against a government finance bill that would have raised taxes.On Thursday, fears of unrest and possible police violence forced most shops, businesses and schools to close, replacing the city’s usual bustle with an eerie quiet.…

…Tasks stakeholders on heritage preservation, creation of job opportunities for youths …Commissions remodeled Premier Hotel Ibadan President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Thursday, said every realistic measure, including international collaboration, is being taken to ensure that the kidnapped victims in Orire Local Government of Oyo State are safely brought home without harm or avoidable loss of life. President Tinubu, who gave the assurance at the commissioning of remodeled Premier Hotel, Ibadan, stated that Government is seriously addressing the upswing in banditry, kidnapping and associated criminalities across the nation. This is as the President asked for the preservation of heritage, embrace of…