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Madonna paid tribute to her late Ray of Light producer William Orbit, saying in an Instagram post that he gave her “a magic carpet to fly on.” “I had an epiphany when I met you and started working with you,” she writes today. “I realized that music did not have to fit into categories or genres. So we created our own.” See the post below. Orbit, who won a Grammy for his on Madonna’s multiplatinum album Ray of Light and also worked with such other artists as U2, Britney Spears, No Doubt and Blur, died July 23 at the age…

Artificial intelligence is changing how we work, learn, play, think and relate to one another. It is already transforming medicine, education, scientific discovery and economic productivity. Used well, AI could expand human capability on a scale few technologies in history have achieved. But the same technology can also deepen inequality, industrialise misinformation, amplify political division and make it increasingly difficult to distinguish authentic human communication from synthetic persuasion. They can help citizens understand their world or manipulate what citizens believe about it. The defining question, therefore, is what kind of societies will AI help us build? For Nigeria, that question…

NewsFeedAt least 200 people have been evacuated after a wildfire broke out near Italy’s Lake Garda. Authorities said the fire started in the municipality of Tignale on the western shore of the lake. Lake Garda is one of the country’s most popular tourist destinations.Published On 8 Aug 20268 Aug 2026Click here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo

Linus Aleke in Abuja The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Olufemi Oluyede, has commended troops across all theatres of operation for their discipline, resilience and unwavering commitment to the defence of the nation. Oluyede also praised the sustained collaboration between the Armed Forces, other security agencies, local security groups and relevant stakeholders. According to a statement by the Director of Defence Media Operations, Major General Michael Onoja, the CDS said the synergy had continued to produce positive results in the ongoing campaign against terrorism, kidnapping and other forms of criminality. The Defence Chief also commended the media for its…

President Joe Biden stands with his son Hunter Biden after the president arrived at the Delaware Air National Guard Base in New Castle, Delaware, June 11, 2024.Anna Rose Layden | ReutersFormer President Joe Biden’s prostate cancer has spread further, his son Hunter Biden said in a BBC interview, offering a stark update on the 83-year-old’s health.”It’s really, really hard, and it’s really sad to watch… I wish he would complain more, because it’s not good,” Hunter Biden said in the interview. “The cancer has spread, is metastasized into his bones and further. It’s very painful. It’s very debilitating in many…

For decades, scientists had theorized that the sun’s surface must be crisscrossed by tiny plasma vortices, generated by the interaction between its intense magnetic fields and the constantly flowing superheated material. This week, the world’s most powerful solar telescope has just confirmed this.The latest image captured by the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope, located at the summit of Haleakalā volcano in Hawaii, shows for the first time evidence of the so-called Kelvin-Helmholtz instability, a physical phenomenon first predicted more than a century ago.The image, shared by NASA, is not the most spectacular view of the sun, but it is one…

Nearly 10,000 people were referred to the government’s anti-terrorism scheme, Prevent, in the year to September 2025, Home Office figures show, a record number for the programme.Figures show 10,293 referrals were made in England and Wales for 9,957 people – up by 39% from the previous 12 months and the highest number in a single year since records began in 2015.Where the age is known, 393 referrals were for children under 10, the largest proportion concerned 11 to 15-year-olds at 36%, followed by 16 to 17 year-olds at 13% of referrals. The Home Office said the spike was in part…

There is also a belief that greater regulation alone will achieve little.Too much conservation work currently relies on philanthropists’ cash and devoted volunteers, those in the sector say, and much more languishes on the to-do list due to a lack of money.The federal government directly spends about A$700m on nature protection, a fraction of the A$33bn – or 1% of GDP – conservationists say it should be. That is an eyebrow-raising figure, people like Paul Elton concede, but one they argue is reasonable.According to his research – which the government disputes – more than A$26bn is still being spent on…

Wigan had suffered shock home losses to Castleford Tigers and Huddersfield Giants this season and Toulouse opened the scoring after just four minutes when Ulberg cut inside from the right to go over.But the hosts responded in the 10th minute when Eckersley punched a hole in the Toulouse line to register their opening score.Wigan’s second try eight minutes later was all about the brilliance of French. The Australian half-back jinked his way over for a fine try to score for the fourth successive game and take his points tally for Wigan to 501.Toulouse conceded too many penalties and Wigan crossed…