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Arsenal concluded their pre-season tour of Spain and Ireland with a 3-1 defeat to Spanish side Real Betis at Dublin’s Aviva Stadium on Wednesday. Real Betis raced into a two-goal lead through Riquelme and Nelson Deossa before Piero Hincapie pulled one back for Arsenal with a header from Christos Tzolis’ corner. Former West Ham United midfielder Pablo Fornals restored Betis’ two-goal advantage before the break with a long-range strike as the La Liga side secured victory. A post match report on the club’s website disclosed this. The visitors opened the scoring inside 10 minutes after a corner evaded Arsenal’s defence…

Linus Aleke in Abuja Troops of Joint Task Force (North East) Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) have recovered an ISWAP propaganda camcorder and uncovered the identities of several top terrorist commanders following a successful intelligence-led operation against ISWAP/ISIS enclaves in the Lake Chad region of northern Borno State, marking another significant breakthrough in the ongoing counter-insurgency campaign. The operations led to the recovery of several technical devices and other high-value intelligence materials, including a camcorder allegedly used by ISWAP terrorists to record propaganda videos and document their operational activities. The military said forensic exploitation of the recovered devices produced actionable intelligence,…

Tesla Megapack batteries during a tour of the Elkhorn Battery Energy Storage System in Moss Landing, California, U.S., on Monday, June 6, 2022. Nic Coury | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesSpaceX ramped up spending on energy products from CEO Elon Musk’s other trillion-dollar company, Tesla, during the period ending June 30, 2026, financial filings revealed. Musk’s aerospace and defense tech conglomerate purchased $295 million worth of Tesla Megapacks, or battery energy storage systems, that SpaceXAI has been installing to help power its Colossus data centers in the Greater Memphis area. The second-quarter purchases bring SpaceX’s half-year total spending on Tesla Megapacks to…

The likes of Darth Vader, Spider-Man and Moana are about to become TikTok stars for the first time – at least now on an official basis – after Walt Disney struck a “first of its kind” deal with the booming short-video platform.In an acknowledgment of the influence fan-made content now has in the entertainment industry, a select group of creators will be allowed to use characters and memorable scenes from Disney’s back catalogue.It is the latest sign of the irresistible rise of short-form vertical video, where users consume content via their phone screens without flipping it round to watch in…

Reopening the Strait of Hormuz is essential to bringing down the cost of living in the UK, Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband has said as he met his US counterpart Marco Rubio.The Labour minister is in Washington for his first official one-on-one meeting with Rubio.The pair were expected to discuss the war in Ukraine and the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Miliband was invited to the US capital by Rubio after they met on the sidelines of a foreign ministers’ summit in the Philippines, where the former Labour leader made his debut as foreign secretary.The White House was reported to be concerned…

What allows people to keep working toward a goal when the challenge becomes more demanding? Researchers at Nagoya University in Japan have identified a brain mechanism that may help explain how motivation is maintained. Their study found that orexin neurons play an important role in sustaining and regulating motivated behavior. The findings were published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS). Loss of motivation is common in conditions such as depression, addiction, and ADHD. Even so, scientists still do not fully understand the brain processes that contribute to these motivational difficulties. Orexin…

Algeria booked their place in the quarter-finals of the 2026 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations after a commanding 2-0 victory over Kenya on Monday, while hosts Morocco finished top of Group A following a goalless draw against Senegal. The North Africans delivered a clinical first-half performance against the Harambee Starlets, scoring twice inside the opening 23 minutes before comfortably seeing out the contest to finish second in the group with six points, one behind unbeaten Morocco. Captain Marine Dafeur handed Algeria the perfect start in the 14th minute with a stunning long-range free-kick that flew beyond Kenyan goalkeeper Lilian Awuor.…

By Enitan Abdultawab Big Brother has unveiled Aikou’s role as one of the Gambits of season 11, instructing the housemate to keep his true identity a closely guarded secret. During his diary session on Wednesday, Big Brother revealed to Aikou that he is one of two of the season’s gambits, reminding him that his assignment comes with strict conditions and also warning him against revealing his role to the other housemates. “Aikou, you are the Gambit. From this moment on, your identity as the Gambit must remain a secret,” Big Brother told him. A visibly stunned Aikou appeared taken aback…

The National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN), Enugu State chapter, has commended the Federal Commissioner representing Enugu State at the Federal Character Commission (FCC), Hon. Peter Ogbonna Eze, popularly known as Eze Mbanabo, for what it described as his outstanding commitment to youth empowerment and human capital development. In a statement signed by the Chairman of the council, Comrade Barth Ebuka Okoh, the youth body lauded Hon. Eze for creating unprecedented opportunities for young people across Enugu State through his office at the FCC. According to the NYCN, many youths from the state have secured federal employment opportunities under Eze’s…

Dr Erica Schwartz was confirmed by the US Senate as director ‌of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a rare win for the Trump administration after a string of failed attempts to fill senior health posts.Schwartz was confirmed by a ⁠51-44 vote that broke largely along party lines, with Tim Kaine of Virginia the sole Democrat to support her nomination.Donald Trump’s third pick to run ​the CDC, Schwartz is set to take the reins of the agency after a tumultuous period of leadership turnover, and amid public concern over an outbreak of cyclosporiasis and Robert F Kennedy Jr’s…