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Meanwhile, Tkachenko said a 14-year-old was killed in a separate attack in the Boryspil district while Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko said a two-year-old had died after a Russian drone crashed in Obolonskyi.He added that five people, including an 18-year-old girl, were injured in fresh strikes on the capital on Saturday morning. Five people have been killed across the country over the past day, according to local officials.Zelensky reported further overnight strikes in Odesa, Dnipropetrovsk, Sumy and Zaporizhzhia, as the Ukrainian army said it had shot down 233 Russian drones.In Russia, local officials said two people had been killed and 25…

The exterior of Goodyear’s “Motor City Garage” concept retail store inside one of the tire manufacturer’s Detroit tire shops.Courtesy GoodyearDETROIT — Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. CEO Mark Stewart sits in the vehicle bay of a tire shop where the company is launching a new retail experience for customers.There’s a freshly painted black facade on the revamped Detroit store, with the words “Motor City” added in white flanking Goodyear’s winged foot logo. It’s been dressed up for a private event in connection to a nearby annual car festival called the Woodward Dream Cruise.But despite the stylish touches, it’s still a…

What do you want from a flip phone when it’s closed? A simple interface, perhaps notifications and a widget or two, for handling the basics? Or a fully fledged Android experience shrunk down for the Flip form factor? For years, Samsung has insisted on the former, even as some fans — and Razr rival Motorola — have pushed for the latter. With the Galaxy Z Flip 8, Samsung has given in.Although the Z Flip 8’s hardware is almost unchanged year-on-year, Samsung has fundamentally rethought how this phone is meant to be used when shut. The cover screen feels more like…

Last season, 26-year-old Norris delivered McLaren’s first drivers’ title since Lewis Hamilton won it in 2008.Published On 29 Aug 202629 Aug 2026Reigning F1 world champion Lando Norris has committed his long-term future to McLaren after signing a contract extension that will keep him at the team until 2030.The new deal announced on Saturday comes less than a week after Norris secured back-to-back wins with victory at the Dutch Grand Prix, rekindling the British driver’s hopes of a successful defence of his world title.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listIt includes an option for a multi-year extension beyond 2030, McLaren…

The Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Iziaq Salako, has called for increased investment in radiopharmaceutical therapy to strengthen cancer care and advance precision medicine in Nigeria. Mr Salako made the call at the International Symposium on Radiopharmaceutical Therapy (ISRT) event held on Friday in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the World Association of Radiopharmaceutical and Molecular Therapy (WARMTH), International Centres for Precision Oncology Foundation and Chris Oyakhilome Loveworld Medical Centre, organised the two- day event. NAN reports that the symposium targets better, more accurate and personalised cancer diagnosis and treatment for people in…

A $4.3bn space telescope that Donald Trump tried to kill is set to lift off from Florida early on Sunday as Nasa embarks on the next stage of its quest to unlock the secrets of the universe.The Nancy Grace Roman space telescope survived two rounds of proposed White House budget cuts, and will embark on a million-mile journey into deep space from a launchpad at the Kennedy Space Center at 7.26am ET, barring late technical issues or intervention from Florida’s notoriously capricious summer weather.Searching chiefly for exoplanets and clues about planetary formation, it is set to join the Hubble and…

Tristan H. CockcroftAug 27, 2026, 07:16 AM ETCloseTristan H. Cockcroft is senior writer for fantasy baseball and football at ESPN. Tristan is a member of the FSWA Hall of Fame. He is also two-time LABR and four-time Tout Wars champion.Multiple AuthorsStress. Who needs it?Fantasy football draft day is a fun time, one of the highlight days of the entire season. And yet, year after year, so many fantasy managers sweat the small stuff, specifically which draft slot they’ll draw.Whether that results from a desire to draft a very specific first-round target, demanding you draw a draft slot early enough in…

..Burns Boy, Davido, Wizkid, Rema, others battle for supremacy By Benjamin Njoku The countdown to the 18th Headies has officially begun in Toronto. The journey started with “The Headies: Road to Toronto,” a pre-awards media briefing and reception hosted by the Deputy High Commission of Canada in Lagos on Friday evening. The event gathered stakeholders from entertainment, media, business, government and the wider creative economy to discuss the global rise of African creativity and how to turn it into stronger business and investment opportunities. Founder and CEO Ayo Animashaun said the move to Toronto under the theme “Africa to the…

Olusegun Samuel in Yenagoa  The KEFFESO Host Communities Development Trust (HCDT) said it recorded significant progress in governance, financial oversight, infrastructure delivery and community development in 2025, with its project portfolio achieving 78 per cent execution. KEFFESO which represents Koluama, Ezetu, Foropa, Fish Town, Ekeni, Sangana and Opu-Okumbiri/Okumbiribeleu/Oginibiri is the HCDT of the NNPC Limited/FIRST Exploration & Petroleum Development Company (FIRST E&P) Joint Venture, operator of PML 53 and OML 54. Presenting the Board of Trustees’ report at the 2025 Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, the Board Secretary, Dr. Matthew Sele-Epri, said the Board strengthened oversight through regular…

The Trump administration’s immigration crackdown is eating into sales at US fast-food restaurants, eroding a source of growth the industry long relied on.Sales growth at chain restaurants slowed sharply in 2024 and 2025, according to researcher Technomic. McDonald’s said this month it would slow its pace of store openings, while Wendy’s and Subway have closed hundreds of locations over the past year. The shift comes at a difficult time for fast food, with inflation taking a bite out of disposable income.With the birth rate below replacement level for most of the past 50 years, the US has relied almost exclusively…