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Fenerbahce are ready to make an ambitious move to sign Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford ahead of AC Milan’s Rafael Leão and Crystal Palace’s Ismaïla Sarr, while Barcelona are closely monitoring the progress of negotiations between Manchester City and Real Madrid over the signing of midfielder Rodri. Join us for the latest transfer news and rumors from around the globe.Transfers home page | Men’s summer grades | Women’s gradesTrending rumorsManchester United forward Marcus Rashford is likely to move on this summer. Jose Breton/Pics Action/NurPhoto via Getty Images- Fenerbahce are ready to make an ambitious move to sign Manchester United forward Marcus…

Ariana Grande is making it clear that her upcoming break was not a reaction to anything and was planned in advance. During a performance at the United Center in Chicago on Monday night, Grande took a moment to address the audience and speculation around her persona. “So basically, the announcement that was made yesterday was not a reactive or impulsive thing,” she told her fans at the Chicago stop of the Eternal Sunshine Tour. “It is something that I had decided to plan that I had quietly made a long time ago and it’s a decision that was made from…

A Metro Bank customer has told of his fight to get more than £14,000 back after its systems failed to stop a fraud involving the AI chatbot Claude.Zoli Rutter, a businessman from Sussex, had a total of £14,244 taken from his bank account. The scam involved fraudsters buying credits to use Claude.When Metro Bank messaged Rutter to ask whether an attempted transaction was legitimate, he replied “no”, but the criminals were able to make a series of subsequent transactions of between £90 and £200.The fraud is the latest to be linked to Anthropic, the company behind the Claude family of AI tools.In…

Kemi Olaitan in Ibadan The Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP), Oyo State Council, yesterday berated the management of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology Teaching Hospital, Ogbomoso, andEmmanuel Alayande University of Education, Oyo, over what it described as their alleged refusal to implement approved pension increases for retirees by Governor Seyi Makinde. This is just as it threatened to stage protests in the two institutions from August 18 if they failed to implement the governor’s directive, insisting that the action of the affected managements amounted to disobedience of constituted authority. The state Secretary of the union, Olusegun Abatan, while addressing journalists…

Twenty five states sued President Donald Trump’s administration on Monday over a wave of tariffs against dozens of countries.The US says the tariffs, which range between 10% and 12.5%, were imposed due to trading partners – including the UK, China and the European Union – failing to properly tackle forced labour.In a legal document seen by the BBC, the coalition of Democratic states said the decision was “arbitrary, capricious, and contrary to law.”In response, White House spokesman Kush Desai said the US is “using its lawful authority” to address practices that burden American businesses.Desai added that any foreign countries failing…

Sanae Takaichi, Japan’s prime minister, speaks during a press conference at the prime minister’s office in Tokyo, Japan, on Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026. Kiyoshi Ota | Via ReutersJapanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has pushed forward with her plan to slash the consumption tax on food, which reportedly would be the first time the tax will be cut since its implementation in 1989 if she succeeds. On Tuesday, the ruling Liberal Democratic party advanced the bill through key committees, with Nikkei reporting Takaichi wants cabinet approval by this month, and for the bill to be tabled in parliament in the autumn.Takaichi…

Removable panels on the Lego Icons Hubble Space Telescope provide a look at the instruments and equipment inside. Credit: LEGO Removable panels on the Lego Icons Hubble Space Telescope provide a look at the instruments and equipment inside. Credit: LEGO As part of its storied history, the Hubble telescope was visited by astronauts five times, first to correct for an optical flaw and then to upgrade its capabilities. This Lego model is configured to reflect the Hubble’s current configuration, following its fifth servicing in 2009. Included in the build are the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS), Cosmic Origins Spectrograph (COS),…

The federal government has announced a seven-week roadmap, including a call for memoranda on how to seamlessly transition Nigeria from a unitary policing system to one that allows for state police. Presidential spokesperson Bayo Onanuga, in a statement sent to PREMIUM TIMES, said the “Presidential Working Group on the proposed National Policing Bill has invited Nigerians to submit memoranda and policy proposals as part of efforts to establish a comprehensive legal and operational framework for state policing.” President Bola Tinubu has made the creation of state police one of his cardinal programmes to address insecurity across Nigeria. PREMIUM TIMES reports…

As Ian Machado Garry prepares for the biggest fight of his career, he pinpoints a change he made to his diet five years ago as being crucial to his rise in the UFC.Despite a winning debut in the promotion against Jordan Williams, behind the scenes Machado Garry had been struggling with his physical health.During weight cutting for his fights, the Irishman says he caught a number of bugs and infections because his immune system was depleted.It was then that Machado Garry decided to transition to a vegan plant-based diet – and the 28-year-old has not looked back since.After winning nine…

A representative for the US actress and singer told People magazine on Monday that the star would be taking a “well-earned break” after her appearances led to “endless, ongoing public scrutiny”.The actress and singer told the audience on Monday that she wanted to speak directly to her fans because “sometimes when a story comes out that isn’t directly from me, it can get a little blown out of proportion.”She added: “No matter what noises exist out there, nothing will be able to distort my reality or be more real to me or not as real to me as this love…