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Rebellions begin with long, slow accumulations of kindling, followed by a spark. In the case of England’s Peasants’ Revolt in 1381, the firewood was a combination of a pandemic known as the Black Death, which decimated half of Europe’s population but was especially fatal for citizens living in poverty; a regent, King Richard II, whose inexperience and over-reliance on bad-actor advisors resulted in regime-wide corruption; and heavy taxation rates (that benefited the aristocracy, naturally) needed to pay for an unpopular war with a foreign country. The spark was an incident in the rural town of Brentwood, just outside of Essex,…

As a West Country lad from the Somerset borders, I believe cheddar should come from Cheddar. The village boasts England’s largest limestone gorge, at three miles long and almost 400ft deep, and the stable low temperatures, high humidity and unique microbiome of its caves are perfect for maturing this famous cheese.But good cheddar can be hard to find, not least because it’s a British kitchen staple that’s often sold as a loss-leader and produced by industrial creameries. The resulting generic block of cheese is pleasant enough, but if you want something with a complex flavour profile, crunchy calcium lactate crystals…

A single mother of two, Sandra Okpara, has recovered N1,640,200 she mistakenly transferred into an account linked to Pastor Jerry Eze’s Streams of Joy International, a day after a video appeal she posted online went viral. Okpara had said in the video, shared on social media on Friday, that the funds did not belong to her but to people she was expected to pay, and appealed to anyone connected to the church to help trace the money. She said, “This money is not my money. I cannot do offering of 1,640,200. Please help me trace the accounts.” Okpara told PUNCH…

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called for an overhaul of global governance, saying Global South countries are impacted by decisions they are unable to shape. Opening the BRICS summit in New Delhi, he urged leaders to replace the ‘pyramid of privilege’ with a more equal system.Published On 12 Sep 202612 Sep 2026Share India’s Modi calls for empowerment of Global South at BRICS Summit on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo

The European Investment Bank (EIB) Boost Africa initiative has channeled €108m into innovative early-stage enterprises across Sub-Saharan Africa over the past decade. The programme has attracted nearly €400m in additional private investment and created approximately 15,000 jobs. European Union Ambassador to Nigeria and ECOWAS Gautier Mignot revealed the figures on Wednesday during a media briefing in Abuja. He emphasised that the programme extends beyond capital injection to build the foundational infrastructure necessary for emerging startups to scale sustainably. “Nigeria is one of Africa’s most dynamic entrepreneurial ecosystems, and we believe that supporting innovation and enterprise is essential for sustainable economic…

This story originally appeared on Mother Jones and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.On Friday, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of a lawsuit against the city of Jackson, Mississippi, which alleged the city knowingly let residents drink lead-contaminated water.The lawsuit, first filed in 2022, says the contamination violated Jacksonians’ constitutional right to bodily integrity. Donald Trump–appointed judge Kurt Engelhardt disagreed. “The Constitution does not provide redress for every governmental wrongdoing,” Engelhardt said. “Defendants’ actions allegedly deprived Plaintiffs of clean water and guileless information. These deprivations, while grievous, do not infringe upon any deeply rooted constitutional…

Schools in Northern Ireland must give girls the choice to wear trousers as part of their uniforms as well as for PE and games, according to revised guidelines.From next year schools would no longer be able to prohibit female pupils from wearing trousers, Paul Givan, the country’s education minister, said on Friday. “Today, I am taking that decision, that will be formally communicated, schools will be hearing from me,” he told the BBC.A law passed last year that was aimed at reducing the cost of uniforms gave girls the legal right to challenge schools that banned them from wearing trousers.However,…

Brian WindhorstSep 11, 2026, 07:00 AM ETCloseESPN.com NBA writer since 2010 Covered Cleveland Cavs for seven years Author of two booksMultiple AuthorsAdam Silver, now in his 12th year as NBA commissioner, has dealt with plenty of changes and challenges during his tenure. But Monday and Tuesday’s board of governors meeting in New York represents an inflection point for the league. And his leadership will play a major role.There are a few main agenda items that could set major events into motion that, in some cases, have been years in the making.Most of the work by Silver and the league office…

Liam Neeson was in his home in upstate New York in late 2017 when he was sent a link to a New York Times article about a shameful episode in Ireland’s history. Almost a decade on and he tells Variety he’s “still coming to terms with my reaction to it.” The piece, written by Dan Barry, laid bare the shocking revelations from a Catholic home for mothers and babies in County Galway on Ireland’s West Coast, where over the course of several decades until the early 1960s almost 800 infants and children had been buried in unmarked graves, unceremoniously dumped…

The Plateau State Government has called for an investigation into an altercation involving Vehicle Inspection Office (VIO) officials on an enforcement operation along Ahmadu Bello Way in Jos. The incident, captured in a video circulating on social media, shows the VIO officials involved in a confrontation, prompting the state government to condemn what it described as an affront to constituted authority. The Commissioner for Transport, Davou Jatau, in a statement issued by his office, urged security agencies to investigate the incident, establish what led to the confrontation and identify those responsible. The commissioner said anyone found culpable should face the…