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John Cena vs Cody Rhodes headlined WrestleMania 41.Rich Freeda/WWE via Getty ImagesWWE’s eclectic portfolio of partnerships doesn’t get closer to he center of a Venn Diagram than its budding collaboration with Supercell’s Clash of Clans. Already a titan in its own way, Clash of Clans has amassed over two billion lifetime downloads. The popular game was recently voted the Greatest Mobile Game of all Time by the followers of Pubity.Now, in a follow-up to a successful partnership in 2025, Clash of Clans has teamed up with John Cena to turn his forever-memed “You Can’t See Me” catchprase into a mobile…

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OpenAI is at the center of another agent swarm incident. Researchers say the company’s internally deployed agents took over an obscure German-language wiki in May and June, using it to coordinate on evaluations and swap methods to evade OpenAI’s own controls (OpenAI has not yet confirmed the swarm came from the company). The revelation surfaces days after METR and Redwood Research published their account of July’s Hugging Face breach. In July, a swarm of OpenAI agents worked together to escape their sandbox during a cybersecurity evaluation and break into Hugging Face’s servers. A subsequent swarm then picked up techniques from…

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Who: Arsenal vs ChelseaWhat: English Premier LeagueWhere: Emirates Stadium, London, United KingdomWhen: Sunday, August 6, at 2pm (13:00 GMT).How to follow: Al Jazeera Sport will bring you all the build-up ahead of our live coverage from 10:00 GMT.Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta is relishing ‌the prospect of facing longtime friend Xabi Alonso in the Premier League for the first time ⁠when the defending champions ⁠host Chelsea on Sunday.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listBoth sides have made perfect starts to the season, with Arsenal and Chelsea both taking six points from their opening two matches.Arteta and Alonso, both 44, grew…

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Four projects have been nominated in the environmental category in BBC Radio Devon’s Make a Difference Awards.The Growing Well Garden in Bow, the Sampford Peverell Tree Wardens in mid-Devon, Shallowford Farm on Dartmoor, and Sustainable Hatherleigh are being recognised for making their communities more eco-friendly, wilder and healthier.They are doing this in a range of ways from planting trees and growing vegetables, to leading bug hunts and rediscovering nature.The winners of the Make a Difference awards are due to be announced on 24 September at Buckfast Abbey.

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Callum Lang bagged an early brace as Preston edged past local rivals Blackburn 2-1 at Deepdale.The 27-year-old opened the scoring with a poacher’s finish in the ninth minute before nodding in a 28th-minute second. Stanley Mills accidentally halved the arrears early in the second half with an unfortunate own goal on just his second Preston start but his team held on for their first win of the season. Preston fell behind early on in their last match with Bristol City and Daniel Iversen had to make vital saves twice in the opening five minutes here, first backpedalling to claw Yuri…

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In news that might not surprise anyone, Liam and Noel Gallagher skipped the Venice Film Festival press conference for their upcoming Disney+ documentary “Oasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger” on Saturday. The two brothers — who reunited last year for their massive “Live ’25” tour after a 15-year feud — arrived on the Lido in a boat, took photos for the film’s photocall and then left before the conference. Asked during the presser why the Gallaghers weren’t on hand, co-director Will Lovelace said: “They were here a second ago having their photograph taken, so they are here,” but did not…

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Born in Dublin, Sebastian Barry, 71, published his first novel in 1982. In 2005 and 2008, A Long Long Way and The Secret Scripture were shortlisted for the Booker prize; three of his other books have been longlisted. Barry has twice won Costa book of the year and he was laureate for Irish fiction. Tomorrow he discusses his latest novel, The Newer World, at Queen’s Park book festival in London. He is married with three children and lives in County Wicklow.When were you happiest?Purely and unconsciously, living on Greece’s Paros aged 25. Exhausted and happy, when our babies were small.What…

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The attack on a crowded road comes amid fierce clashes across Taiz and Hodeidah and rapid civilian displacement.At least four civilians have been killed and nine others injured in a Houthi missile strike on a crowded road in southwestern Yemen, according to Yemen’s state-run Saba news agency.The attack by the Iran-backed group on Saturday targeted a gathering of civilians along the strategic Heijah al-Abd road, south of Taiz city, Saba said, quoting local and medical sources, and comes amid heavy fighting across key front lines in the Taiz and Hodeidah governorates.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listThe escalation follows…

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Dozens of people dressed in black and wearing balaclavas blocked the road at the port of Dover in Kent, forcing closures in both directions on Saturday morning.Kent police said they were were in attendance and engaging with the protest, which the Port of Dover described as a “public order incident”. No arrests were made during the incident. Responsibility for the demonstration appears to have been claimed by an anti-immigration group with links to the far right.The behaviour of the participants and the travel disruption they have caused has been condemned by the government. Traffic in and out of the port…

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By Omolabake Fasogbon Marketing communications firm, SBI Media Group has marked its 13th anniversary with a community health outreach in Kosofe Local Government Area, Lagos.  The organisation distributed free presbyopia-medicated glasses to thousands of residents facing age-related near-vision impairment. The gesture aligns with the group’s .strategy of pairing business growth with direct corporate social responsibility (CSR) interventions in host communities. Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, SBI Media Group, Rotimi Bankole said the anniversary provided an opportunity for the agency to reflect on its achievements and consider how to create value beyond its business. “This anniversary allows us to reflect on our…

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