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A telescope in Chile has captured evidence of the impact caused by part of a SpaceX rocket slamming into the moon while travelling at 8,690km/h (5,400mph).The European Southern Observatory’s (ESO) Very Large Telescope observed “spectral lines” – a colourful illustration of the sodium and lithium gas – in the plume of lunar dust stirred up by the impact.The ESO telescope recorded these “chemical fingerprints” of the plume, which were visible for five to 10 minutes, the observatory said. The plume measured a few tens of kilometres in size, according to Carl Schmidt, an astronomer from Boston University’s Center for Space…

Mikel Arteta revealed his players were “fuming” after Arsenal produced a sloppy performance as they were beaten 3-1 by LaLiga side Real Betis in a pre-season friendly in Dublin.The Gunners fell behind when Kepa Arrizabalaga came out and failed to claim a corner, allowing Rodrigo Riquelme to score at the back post. Nelson Deossa added a stunning second from long range. Arsenal pulled one back when an inswinging corner from new signing Christos Tzolis was headed over the line by Piero Hincapie but Betis restored their two-goal lead when Pablo Fornals found the bottom corner following a misplaced pass by…

The Lagos State Government, FirstBank, and Zenith Bank are among the public- and private-sector institutions supporting the second edition of the QEDNG Creative Powerhouse Summit. Also supporting the summit are the Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS), Fidelity Bank, Polaris Bank, the Africa Soft Power Group and Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG). The announcement was made on Wednesday by Mighty Media Plus Network Limited, publishers of the online newspaper QEDNG. QEDNG Creative Powerhouse Summit 2.0 is themed Creativity, Culture and Nigeria’s Next Chapter. It will hold on 11 August, at the Radisson Blu Hotel, Ikeja GRA, Lagos. The summit will bring…

An Israeli strike that killed Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil and injured her colleague Zeinab Faraj in April was a war crime, three rights organisations said on Thursday.Investigations from Human Rights Watch (HRW), Amnesty International and Legal Agenda showed that Israel deliberately and directly attacked Khalil and Faraj, with apparent knowledge that they were civilians. The organisations called for the attacks to be investigated as war crimes, while HRW called for states to halt arm sales to Israel and put targeted sanctions on Israeli officials responsible for ongoing crimes.Deliberate attacks on civilians, which both journalists were, is a war crime. Israel…

With just 12 weeks to go until his first budget, new chancellor John Healey is seeking ways to ramp up public investment, without busting the Treasury’s fiscal rules – and some economists are urging him to be bold.As he settles into No 11 Downing Street, the former defence secretary’s most immediate challenges concern day-to-day government spending.These include the need to pay for Andy Burnham’s VAT cut on energy bills and to fill the £5bn funding gap in the defence investment plan left by his predecessor Rachel Reeves – which helped prompt Healey’s resignation earlier this year.Healey could opt to meet…

By Peter Egwuatu The Nigerian Exchange (NGX) Group Plc has declared an interim dividend of N1.30 per ordinary share for the six months ended June 30, 2026, following a strong first-half financial performance driven by increased trading activity and higher investment income. In a statement, the Group reported that revenue surged 118 per cent to N17.60 billion in the first half of 2026 from N8.08 billion in the corresponding period of 2025, while total income rose 96 per cent to N19.34 billion. The strong performance was underpinned by a sharp increase in market activity, with transaction fee income jumping 169 per…

“Really?” Those hopes were dashed during Schwartz’s confirmation hearing last month when she repeatedly failed to answer questions directly and say with conviction that she would push back on Kennedy’s anti-vaccine and anti-science agendas. Perhaps the most disturbing aspect of Schwartz’s testimony came when senators repeatedly asked her what she would do if (or when) she’s put in the same position as Monarez. Schwartz responded as if it hadn’t happened and would never happen. “I do not believe that the president or the secretary would ever do what you just mentioned,” she told Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) at one point,…

The NDC presidential candidate, Peter Obi, and his running mate, Rabiu Kwankwaso, (BBC) * Say they spoke truth to power *Urges Tinubu to embrace constructive criticism By Vincent Ujumadu The presidential candidate of Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, Peter Obi, and his running mate for the 2027 election, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, have defended the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria, CBCN, and John Cardinal Onaiyekan for speaking truth to power when they met President Bola Tinubu at Aso Villa in Abuja penultimate Tuesday. They described the development as the growing intolerance of dissent by the federal government. Recall that the Presidency had…

Cell lines and cultureHAP1 cells were cultured in Iscove’s modified Dulbecco’s medium (IMDM) (Thermo Fisher Scientific) supplemented with 10% heat-inactivated fetal calf serum (FCS) (BioSell) and 1% penicillin–streptomycin–glutamine (PSG) solution (Thermo Fisher Scientific). 293T (HEK293T), A549, HeLa, U2OS, BJEH and HCT116 cells were maintained in Dulbecco’s modified Eagle’s medium (DMEM) (Thermo Fisher Scientific) supplemented with 10% heat-inactivated FCS and 1% PSG. SH-SY5Y cells were maintained in DMEM supplemented with 15% FCS, 1% PSG and 1 mM sodium pyruvate. K562 cells were maintained in Roswell Park Memorial Institute 1640 (RPMI) medium (Thermo Fisher) supplemented with 10% heat-inactivated FCS and 1% PSG. K562…

Joe Ward had the world at his feet. He was an amateur boxing sensation, he had a golden future laid out before him. Until disaster struck, over and over again.In 2011 Ward made history, becoming the youngest Irish boxer to win a gold medal at the senior European Championships. Even at that early stage hype was building for what Ward could accomplish at the London Olympics. But at the 2012 qualification event, tucked away in Trabzon in Turkey, the teenage Ward lost a contentious decision to the host nation boxer. Captivate This content is provided by Captivate, which may be…