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The world champion said: “I’m shocked. I’m a little bit surprised to be here. It was probably one of the best laps I’ve done ever in my career.”One of those laps when everything came together. I had a good idea of what I wanted to do, it was whether it came together but my brain let me do it almost perfect. It’s one of those laps when you look at the time and go: ‘Oh, that was pretty good.”The session had started with predictions of a crash-fest, after drivers had been warning about the high-risk nature of the new Madring…

After the couple was spotted in Northern California with a child, multiple sources confirmed Baby Gaga Lady Gaga and her fiancé Michael Polansky have welcomed their first baby together, according to multiple reports. Earlier this week, the singer and Polansky were spotted strolling in northern California, with Gaga toting a baby in a front sling. Page 6, who published the photos of Gaga with the baby, first reported that Mother Monster was now a mother, with People also confirming the news Friday night. Baby Gaga’s name and gender was not known at press time; Gaga has not yet commented on…

Uganda’s King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV, long the world’s youngest monarch, has been buried among the tombs of his royal forebears as ⁠his Tooro kingdom looked to put ⁠a bitter succession battle behind ​it.Oyo’s appointed successor, the news anchor Edward Rukidi Kijanangoma, cast nine coffee berries into the grave at the Karambi Royal Tombs, marking the formal handover of power in the western Ugandan kingdom.Oyo made global headlines in 1995 when he took the throne at the age of three. Images of the toddler king wearing a crown and royal robes sparked curiosity and adoration around the world.King…

Emma Okonji The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has launched the Zero-Rated Data Access to Educational Platforms and Content initiative to expand access to learning resources, bridge educational inequalities and support the country’s long-term economic growth by investing in human capital. The Zero-Rated Data Access to Educational Platforms and Content, which was launched on Thursday, is a coordinated national approach to improving affordable and equitable access to digital education across Nigeria and is also aligned with Nigeria’s broader digital economy objectives. Under the initiative’s Operator-Sponsored Model, eligible users will receive up to 100 megabytes of free daily data allowance to access…

Friday’s market rally was not enough to flip stocks into the green last week as surging oil prices and bond yields stoked renewed concerns about inflation and the Federal Reserve’s next move. The Dow Jones Industrial Average , the S & P 500 , and the Nasdaq all pared their weekly losses in Friday’s trading — each with nearly 1% gains at the close — as crude and rates came off the boil. While able to break their four-session losing streaks, the Dow led the declines during the holiday-shortened week, falling 1.6%. The S & P 500 and Nasdaq lost…

There’s a flywheel here: The more units a company sells, the better deals it can negotiate with suppliers and the more money it can spend optimizing its manufacturing process. Larger sales volumes also allow a company to bring more components in-house. This allows the company to push costs even lower, which will mean more sales and even more money to invest in improving the production process. Over a few years, this flywheel helped DJI to dominate the global drone market. SemiAnalysis argues that Unitree is on track to do the same thing for legged robots. According to SemiAnalysis, Unitree has…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) spokesperson, Felix Morka, has tackled Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso over his offer to take care of Atiku Abubakar if the former vice-president withdraws from the 2027 presidential race. Kwankwaso, the running mate to Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), had on Monday appealed to Atiku to abandon his presidential ambition and support the Obi-Kwankwaso ticket in next year’s election. He cited Atiku’s age and health, adding that the former vice-president would be taken care of if the opposition ticket wins the presidency. Reacting in a post on X on Saturday, Morka questioned…

The temporary increase in champagne’s alcohol content is only expected to affect a small number of wines, a spokeswoman for the Comite Champagne told the BBC.During the second fermentation process, which gives champagne its bubbles, “a very small number of wines from this harvest could have slightly exceeded the regulatory limit of 13%, reaching around 13.1% or 13.2%”. “Therefore a decision was made to exceptionally and temporarily increase the regulatory limit to 15% – only for this year,” she said.The first grapes were cut in early August and the harvest expanded by the middle of the month, “the earliest ever…

On the ever of its Border War rivalry game against Missouri, Kansas dropped a rather unique hype video, and it went viral. The video made its way to the feed of Tigers coach Eli Drinkwitz, and that’s why he tried to twist the knife at the end of Mizzou’s 38-21 win Friday.”I was embarrassed for them, to be honest,” Drinkwitz said. “That’s why I tried to embarrass them at the end.”No. 23 Missouri’s late-game strategy caused some pushing and shoving among players and coaches from both teams when the game concluded. “We left Kansas bleeding again,” Drinkwitz said.  In the video,…

Naomi Klein’s new book starts on a mountaintop with two “faithful men gathering an audience to share their vision”. It’s a vision of a paradise city, gated at every entrance, no need for weapons there, everyone in it rich. One of the men has tears in his eyes as he describes its beauty. The opening scene of End Times Fascism, co-written with Astra Taylor, is not a metaphor, however. The men are Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff. The year is 2026, the mountain is Davos. The paradise city will be called New Gaza.The World Economic Forum get-together in Davos, Switzerland, has…