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Juventus have agreed a deal with Tottenham for Guglielmo Vicario to join on an initial loan after the Italian side decided against a move for Aston Villa’s Emiliano Martínez.Vicario is set to leave Spurs having lost his place as Roberto De Zerbi’s No 1 to Antonin Kinsky, with the agreement with Juventus containing an option to make the Italy goalkeeper’s move permanent next year for £8.6m. Martínez had been linked with the Turin club after Villa agreed a deal to sign Parma’s Zion Suzuki for around £30m but Juventus saw a €10m offer rejected over the weekend and decided to…

Tributes are flooding in for Hayden Panettiere, the Scream and Heroes star who has died aged 36. David Arquette and Melissa Barrera, who appeared on screen with Panettiere in the Scream franchise, all took to social media to post messages. Arquette, who plays the loveable Dewey in Scream, posted simply: “I love you Hayden,” while Barrera, who acted with Panettiere in Scream VI, wrote: “Rest in peace sweet Hayden.” Selma Blair, the Legally Blonde and Hellboy actress, wrote: “Blair wrote: “I love you. Don’t be gone. Please,” before following up with two similar messages. Blair had a small uncredited role…

The African Union’s (AU) decision to reopen its Sudan liaison office signals a commitment to resolving the war that has ravaged the country for over three years. It also shows that the organisation is unwilling to cede ground in the crisis to external actors. The AU and many international and regional organisations withdrew their staff in April 2023 when fighting erupted in Khartoum. AU personnel were relocated to its headquarters in Addis Ababa, forcing the organisation to conduct virtual shuttle diplomacy with Sudan’s warring parties. While AU liaison offices typically focus on conflict prevention, peacebuilding, regional integration and advocacy, the…

In the past month, three earthquakes of magnitude 7 or above have struck Indonesia, Colombia and Mexico, killing hundreds of people. In June, two powerful quakes seconds apart levelled swaths of northern Venezuela.The run of disasters has prompted a question asked after every cluster of big earthquakes: Is the Earth shaking more than it used to?In this visual explainer, Al Jazeera examines a decade of earthquake data to see how 2026 compares and explains how and where earthquakes strike.The 10 largest earthquakes of 2026According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), there are about 20,000 earthquakes recorded globally each year,…

US President Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy Jared Kushner has arrived in Israel, where he is expected to meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday.It comes after Kushner held rare talks with Hamas to discuss the implementation of the US-backed Gaza peace plan.Last month, Trump’s Board of Peace said it had reached agreement for the “complete disarmament” of Hamas and other armed groups in Gaza. Last week, Israel rejected Trump’s 15-point plan, which also calls for Israeli troops to withdraw and for Gaza to be rebuilt under a new civilian Palestinian administration. Eight Muslim countries issued a statement on…

Peter Thiel, a venture capitalist and co-founder of Palantir and PayPal, appeared in the Epstein files, with the latest release showing correspondence between and about the two.Stephanie Keith | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesOil producer Vista Energy jumped in premarket on Monday after it was revealed that billionaire Peter Thiel’s hedge fund had acquired a stake in the Argentine company.Thiel Macro LLC reported that it owned almost 1.2 million American Depository Shares of Vista Energy, worth about $76 million, as of the second quarter ending June 30, according to a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Filing published on Friday.…

So nearly half a decade after the onset of the Ukraine War, the Western launch market has not changed much. Ariane 6 has made a difference for Europe, but for the rest of the commercial launch industry, a holding pattern remains as Falcon 9 backstops all. What about the next generation? Vulcan and New Glenn are heavy lift rockets, but beyond them, a new generation of US medium-lift vehicles is in development. The smallest is Stoke Space’s Nova rocket, which is intended to be fully reusable with a capacity of up to 7 tons to low-Earth orbit. Stoke’s chief executive,…

Governor Adeleke of Osun State. Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State said he has instructed the state’s Attorney-General to withdraw the suit filed against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, over the freezing of the state government’s bank account. Read Also: Why Adeleke won again in Osun Adeleke said this in an interview with Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, hours after he was declared winner of the August 15 governorship election. Governor Adeleke had slammed a N2 billion suit on EFCC over what he termed the unlawful freezing of the state’s Federal Statutory Allocation Account. Read the full story HERE. Asked during…

We turn our attention this week to one of the sky’s smallest constellations. High overhead from the UK after darkness falls, Lyra, the lyre, is easy to find thanks to the brilliant white star of Vega.The chart shows the view facing south and looking up towards the zenith from London at 22:30 BST on 17 August.As the fifth-brightest star in the night sky, Vega forms one corner of the summer triangle, with Deneb in Cygnus, the Swan, and Altair in Aquila, the Eagle, marking the other two.Having located Vega, the rest of the constellation is easy to trace even though…

The preseason is in full swing, and given that we’ve been starved for football ever since Super Bowl LX, folks are chomping at the bit to dissect every last second of this slew of exhibitions. While we applaud the eagerness, let’s remember that these games don’t actually count towards a team’s chances of pushing for a playoff berth. That said, there is plenty to glean from these games when we dig a little deeper than simply the final results. With this being a period of the NFL calendar where you need to sift through the storylines a bit more to find any true…