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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…

The transition to owning an electric car is in its final phase: our electricity supplier is set to install a smart meter in conjunction with a special tariff that will allow us to charge the car cheaply in the dead of night. After that, all I have to do is live long enough to see a return on my considerable investment.In the meantime – as sometimes happens in the course of my work – I need to interview some eminent scientists. In my experience eminent scientists are easy to reach – they tend to be attached to academic institutions that readily provide…

Houthi forces have taken control of the island of Mayun – also known as Perim – tightening their grip on the eastern coast of the Red Sea and giving the group a strategic foothold in the Bab al-Mandeb Strait.The takeover was confirmed on Friday by a senior military official of Yemen’s internationally recognised government and a Houthi official, according to The Associated Press news agency.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listAnalysts say the seizure represents a significant military advance that, if the Houthis can consolidate, could reshape their conflict with Saudi-backed forces in Yemen while benefiting their backer Iran…

Chuks Okocha in Abuja Former senator representing Kogi West, Dino Melaye, has warned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) against inviting Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), for questioning over alleged financial crimes. Melaye spoke at the ADC All Support Groups town hall meeting in Abuja, where he criticised calls for the anti-graft agency to reopen investigations into allegations against the former vice president. The town hall, organised under the theme ‘Together We Can Build the Nigeria We Desire’, focused on grassroots and polling-unit mobilisation, vote protection and the inclusion of youths, women and support groups in…

Construction workers stand in front of a multi-unit residential housing development in Encinitas, California, October 6, 2025.Mike Blake | ReutersAmerica’s housing industry is under pressure to build more homes with a shrinking pool of skilled labor. Robotics and automation offer one potential answer, but the biggest gains so far are not coming from humanoid robots replacing workers on construction sites.They are coming from narrower applications: machines that prevent mistakes, coordinate trades, and automate repetitive work, along with factories that move more of the construction process into controlled environments, say industry experts.The United States is short roughly 1.2 million homes, according…

Shalom, Victoria from Techpoint here, Here’s what I’ve got for you today: dLocal can now operate directly in Ghana How Mushin shaped this founder CreditChek enters Uganda with acquisition Disney+ brings R49 streaming to TVs dLocal can now operate directly in Ghana dLocal has taken a more direct route into Ghana’s payments market after its Ghanaian subsidiary, dLocal Ghana Limited, secured an Enhanced Payment Service Provider (EPSP) licence from the Bank of Ghana. The approval, announced on September 9, 2026, means dLocal can now operate directly in the country instead of relying on local intermediaries for its Ghana-related transactions. The…

File image. The Presidency has said that Atiku Abubakar’s plan to subsidise crude for local refineries failed when it implemented under former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s administration. Read Also: Atiku backs Dangote, says subsidy proposal only for local refineries Otega Ogra, Senior Special Assistant to President Bola Tinubu on digital and new media, made the point while reacting to the proposal by the former vice-president for a production subsidy for local refineries. Ogra wrote on X (Twitter): “Excuse me, sir. Nigeria already tried your production-subsidy to local refineries idea while you were Vice President. We know the shambolic results of that production subsidy.…

Ramsey Nouah, Chidi Mokeme, Adunni Ade and others headline an ambitious thriller where seemingly respectable neighbours are anything but ordinary. The post MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Ordinary People’ has all the ingredients, but too much on its plate appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.

Callum Styles earned West Brom a point as they came from behind to draw 1-1 against QPR in the Sky Bet Championship at The Hawthorns.