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The FDA says contaminated lettuce has been removed from the market after nearly 13,000 linked cases.Published On 11 Sep 202611 Sep 2026United States health authorities have officially declared the nation’s largest recorded outbreak of cyclosporiasis over, after contaminated iceberg lettuce sickened nearly 13,000 people across 21 states.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Friday it is confident that all recalled lettuce linked to the outbreak has been removed from the market.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listThe CDC has recorded 12,883 cases linked to the outbreak, including 570 hospitalisations and two deaths.Symptoms of a cyclosporiasis infection…

Published On 11 Sep 202611 Sep 2026To mark the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks, Americans gathered to remember the nearly 3,000 people killed when hijacked planes struck the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a field in Pennsylvania.The most prominent event on Friday was arguably at Ground Zero, the site in New York City where the landmark World Trade Center, known as the Twin Towers, once stood.The buildings collapsed after two commercial jets crashed into them as part of the hijacking. A memorial and museum now sit at the site. During Friday’s ceremony, relatives of victims read…

By UdemeAkpan Elektron Energy, a developer and operator of embedded power infrastructure, has unveiled its Victoria Island Power (VIPL) project, a 40-megawatt embedded power network designed to provide dedicated and more reliable electricity to businesses in one of Lagos’ upscale commercial districts. The company opened the project to customers and business leaders recently at its Victoria Island Power Customer Experience Day, giving stakeholders an opportunity to inspect the facility and receive technical briefings ahead of commissioning. The project, being developed in collaboration with Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) and under a licence from the Lagos State Electricity Regulatory Commission (LASERC),…

Cham reap sour, Victoria from Techpoint here, Here’s what I’ve got for you today: Zambia’s Zoyk gets DRC payments approval Ghana pushes to meet 5G deadline Lesaka profits surge ahead of Bank Zero deal X changes how creators get paid Zambia’s Zoyk gets DRC payments approval Image by Freepik Zambian fintech Zoyk is taking its payments business into the Democratic Republic of Congo after receiving authorisation from the Banque Centrale du Congo (BCC) to offer payment aggregation services through Zoykpay. The announcement yesterday, September 10, gives the company a formal regulatory path to prepare for commercial operations in the DRC,…

The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) warns that the figure is rising ‘by the hour’ as it calls for safe humanitarian access.Published On 11 Sep 202611 Sep 2026More than 46,000 people have been driven from their homes in Yemen in the wake of the latest escalation in fighting between Houthi rebels and government forces, according to United Nations data.The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) warned that the figure is rising “by the hour” in a statement issued on Friday.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listThe UN agency called on all parties to the conflict to guarantee safe humanitarian access…

Osteoporosis causes thin, porous bones that are prone to fracture, but a promising cell therapy might offer a way to strengthen them.Credit: Dr Tony Brain/SPLThe ten older women had, between them, broken their bones dozens of times, often after little more than a stumble. But after receiving a single infusion of their own bone-marrow cells, treated in the laboratory to help the cells penetrate bone tissue, the women’s fractures all but stopped.Before treatment, the women — the participants of small clinical trial reported1 today in Cell — experienced fractures in their spines, hips, arms and other bones every year or…

Key eventsRazaullah hit 81 from 73 balls and the 21 year old has the dashing good looks of a golden days movie star. He speaks to Sky Sports in Urdu with a beaming smile on his face. Urooj Mumtaz translates. double quotation markI just had to bat,” he says “You were the ones who enjoyed it.” “I was planning to take it long and deep. They bowled in the slot so I was eyeing it up. This is just a journey at the start. I am enjoying it thoroughly. There was no point I was scared.” ShareTest Match Special’s Andy…

It might be the first time that a soloist at the Last Night of the Proms is simultaneously giving another performance in another London venue. Playing With Fire is an installation that lets the pianist Yuja Wang be in two places at once – or perhaps in two universes. Nine pieces of music conjure nine luminous dreamworlds for an audience wearing VR headsets: Disney’s Fantasia on steroids.A collaboration between the pianist, the director Pierre-Alain Giraud and artist Gabríela Friðriksdóttir, produced by Vive Arts and Atlas V, it has already been seen in Cannes, Paris and Shanghai, and now has a…

The recently signed Nigeria-China Aquatic Products Protocol represents a significant development in Nigeria-China relations and provides a practical demonstration of what a properly structured strategic partnership can deliver. More than an agreement concerning the export of fish and other aquatic products, the Protocol creates an important platform for expanding trade, attracting investment, developing aquaculture, transferring technology, creating employment, and strengthening Nigeria’s emerging Blue Economy. A particularly important feature of the Protocol is that it creates tariff-free market access for eligible Nigerian aquatic products into the Chinese market, providing Nigerian producers with an important competitive opportunity in one of the world’s…

Five people were killed and 40 others injured when a coach carrying Dutch tourists in eastern Switzerland crashed this week, police said on Friday. The accident happened at 4:45 pm (1445 GMT) Thursday between the communes of Susch and Zernez in the far-eastern canton of Graubunden. The coach “veered off the road in a construction zone and overturned”, Graubunden police said in a statement, adding that “of the 45 adults on board, five died”. Three people had also been seriously hurt, while 37 others had suffered moderate or minor injuries, police said, adding that an investigation had been opened into…