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Oriarehu Bonny Organisers of the Kwara Tech Fest 2026 are set to hold the maiden edition of the event in Offa to provide global technology, investment and innovation opportunities. The two-day festival will connect founders, developers, investors, institutions, sponsors, exhibitors and emerging talent while presenting Kwara as Nigeria’s next technology frontier. Scheduled for October  this year, the festival is being convened by MoiPayWay Technologies Limited to strengthen Kwara’s position in Nigeria’s technology and digital economy. In a statement, the Chief Executive Officer, MoiPayWay Technologies Limited, Damilola Parkinson, said the event is expected to bring together technology leaders, startup founders, investors, developers, students,…

The sale of gaming giant Electronic Arts (EA) for $55bn (£41bn) to a group of buyers including Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) has been finalised.The American company is known for making and publishing best-selling games such as EA FC, formerly known as Fifa, The Sims and Mass Effect.The investors, who include Affinity Partners – led by President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner – are taking EA private, meaning all of its public shares will be purchased and it will no longer be traded on a stock exchange.It is thought to be the largest leveraged buyout in history, meaning a…

Disagreements remain in second day of resumed talks over disarming Hezbollah and Israeli withdrawal from South Lebanon.Published On 5 Aug 20265 Aug 2026Lebanon and Israel are holding a second day of United States-brokered talks in Rome over Israel’s withdrawal from southern Lebanon, but the session is unlikely to yield further pullbacks as the two sides remain split over disarming Hezbollah, according to a senior Lebanese official.The negotiations on Wednesday are the second day of the second round of talks in Rome and the seventh overall, following five sessions in Washington. They aim to shore up a fragile ceasefire and build…

When cows belch and fart they release methane, which is warming the planet, but how does this compare with the digestive gases emitted by wild animals? A new study shows that deer add the greatest amount of methane to the atmosphere, but compared with domesticated livestock their total contribution is minuscule.Methane is a potent greenhouse gas, which has been rising rapidly in recent years, but it is hard to pin down exactly where it is coming from. Like domesticated cows, wild ruminants such as deer, moose and llamas rely on bacteria to help them break down the fibrous plants they…

LATROBE, Pa. — Does Aaron Rodgers still have what it takes to finally capture that elusive second Super Bowl ring? For Steelers defensive back Brandin Echols, that question is downright laughable. “Oh yeah, of course,” Echols told CBS Sports following Tuesday’s training camp practice. “Sometimes, he calls out stuff I’m doing, and I’m like, ‘Bro, how’d you even call this out? I didn’t even show an inch of what I’m gonna do!’ That just shows the type of IQ he has for the game.”   New Steelers running back Rico Dowdle, who previously played with Dak Prescott in Dallas, hasn’t needed much…

I’ll be honest: I was prepared to grit my teeth through Sterling Point, Prime Video’s newest coming-of-age offering, which I dismissed as another by-the-numbers high-school drama. The show follows a type-A teen on a journey of sun-dappled self-discovery, escaping her native New York for an idyllic getaway on a picturesque Canadian island. It’s an unassuming, summer camp-style narrative, but in the style of last year’s seasonal phenomenon that was series three of The Summer I Turned Pretty, it manages to transcend the limits of its YA niche, revealing itself to be quite juicy.Protagonist Annie (Ella Rubin) is a highly strung…

A place in Sunday’s final and qualification for next year’s Africa U20 Cup of Nations will be at stake when Nigeria’s Flying Eagles take on hosts Côte d’Ivoire in a mouthwatering WAFU B U20 Championship semi-final on Wednesday evening. The defending champions head into the last-four clash at the Stade Charles Konan Banny in Yamoussoukro determined to keep their title defence alive, but they face their toughest test yet against an Ivorian side that has won all its matches without conceding a goal. Nigeria booked their place in the semi-finals as runners-up in Group B despite a disappointing 2-0 defeat…

Every Palestinian born in the West Bank before the start of the occupation in 1967 has witnessed the extent to which Israel has transformed the landscape through spatial planning, military closures, and settlement, infrastructure and road construction. Sixty years on, what used to be a straightforward journey from point A to point B within the West Bank has become an arduous and frequently hazardous undertaking.As a foreigner living in the West Bank in the 1980s and visiting it off and on ever since, this transformation revealed itself in incremental leaps and bounds, on each occasion provoking a shock of recognition…

Monsoon downpours cause floods and landslides as climate change and El Nino disrupt rainfall patterns.Published On 5 Aug 20265 Aug 2026Floods and landslides triggered by monsoon rains have killed more than 100 people across India since July, according to official data, with thousands forced to flee flooded homes.The annual monsoon brings rain that farmers depend on, but scientists say climate change is making it increasingly deadly across South Asia.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listThis year’s toll spans several states. Assam has been hit hardest, with at least 87 dead, and Sivasagar district alone accounting for 47.Kerala has recorded…

AMD’s stock plunged in premarket trading on Wednesday despite posting earnings that beat expectations, as investor enthusiasm for the Nvidia challenger waned.The stock was last down 8.7% in premarket trading.The market jitters come despite AMD revenue climbing 50% to $11.54 billion in the second quarter, ahead of analyst expectations of $11.28 billion, in a sign of the company’s central position in the market for AI chips.Data center sales drove much of the company’s growth, up 107% on an annual basis to $6.7 billion, which the company attributed to central processing unit and graphics processing unit sales.But while second-quarter earnings came…