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Spoilers follow for the first season of Dark Matter.First, a reminder of where the story left us. Based on the novel of the same name, Dark Matter follows Jason Dessen (Joel Edgerton), a physics professor in Chicago who is living a relatively normal and contented life with his artist wife Daniela (Jennifer Connelly) and teenage son Charlie (Oakes Fegley). In another world, a different version of Jason decided to forgo that family life in pursuit of his dream, which was apparently to build a gigantic box that allowed people to travel to other parallel universes. But that alt version of…

•Accuses ex-VP of lacking basic understanding of his newfound policy prescription By Johnbosco Agbakwuru, Abuja ABUJA—The Presidency has again taken a swipe at former Vice President and presidential candidate of African Democratic Congress, ADC, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, over his alleged flip-flops on petrol subsidy, accusing him of political posturing. It also said Atiku was “suffering from a lack of basic understanding of his newfound policy prescription.” Recall that Atiku had said he would return fuel subsidy to assuage the suffering of Nigerians, if elected. But his aide, Paul Ibe, stated on Tuesday that the former vice president would return fuel…

A common sweetener used in products such as chewing gum, toothpaste, jam, yoghurts and ice-cream has been linked to an increased risk of strokes, heart attacks and death.Xylitol is a sugar alcohol present in some natural foods in very low amounts. It is also added – often in amounts 1,000 times higher – to artificially sweeten foods, beverages and oral care products.Despite its growing use, the long-term health impacts of xylitol have never been widely studied.In the largest study of its kind, researchers found high blood levels of xylitol were associated with an increased risk of major adverse cardiovascular events.…

Key eventsWe will hear from more managers this afternoon but let’s check in with some stories you may have missed.ShareChelsea’s Xabi Alonso has also been chatting to the media before his team take on Brighton on Sunday. Here are some highlights: On Enzo Fernandez potentially leaving the club: “We have been talking about speculation, sorry, but I’m not the one who talks too early. We will see what happens. We want to be ready always.” On how his squad is shaping up as the transfer window heads for its conclusion: “I think overall the balance of what we have is…

Apple TV is the latest streamer to raise rates, announcing this morning that the monthly subscription price for the service will increase in the U.S. for new and existing subscribers as of August 28. The new monthly price is now $14.99 (from $12.99) and the annual price is now $119 (from $99). Existing subscribers will be notified approximately one month prior to being charged the new price.   The Individual tier of Apple One — all of Apple’s subscription services in one plan — is now $21.95 (from $19.95). The streamer last raised prices a year ago, in August of…

By Kehinde Olaosebikan When history is written about 21st-century trade, Nigeria’s name will appear not just as a market of over 230 million people, but as a country that helped write the rules. At the centre of that story is the Comptroller General of Nigeria Customs Service, Dr. Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, MFR- the first Nigerian, and third African, to be elected to lead the World Customs Organization, WCO. His re-election on July 4, 2026, for a second term to lead the 74-year-old Council was not a coincidence. It was validation. The world looked at what Nigeria was doing at its…

It has been six months since February 28, when the US and Israel shocked the world by launching missile strikes on Iran, killing Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and several senior Iranian officials in Tehran, as well as scores of children in a school in Minab, southern Iran.US President Donald Trump then claimed the conflict would only last “four to five weeks”.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listIn the months since, the war has erupted on several other fronts, reaching as far as the Caspian Sea. It has triggered a global oil supply crisis as the US and Iran…

Rupert Murdoch’s online channel TalkTV is facing criticism after it did not disclose that a journalist who travelled to Britain in a small boat for a documentary was a Reform party member and activist.The channel revealed the “world exclusive” this week, stating that the treacherous journey had made the former builder turned journalist Christian Drogan the first British man “to invade his own country”.The documentary, Invading Britain: The Undercover Migrant Returns, was released on TalkTV’s YouTube channel. It showed a year-long effort to board a small boat and cross the Channel from France into England.Small boat crossings are the most…

BRONX, NEW YORK – DECEMBER 21: New York Yankee general manager Brian Cashman speaks to the media during a press conference at Yankee Stadium on December 21, 2022 in Bronx, New York. (Photo by Dustin Satloff/Getty Images)Getty ImagesThe New York Yankees entered this season with the same objective that has defined the franchise for generations: win the World Series. But with the organization approaching two decades without a championship, the pressure surrounding the front office has continued to grow, particularly for general manager Brian Cashman.The Yankees have remained consistently competitive, but that has not stopped fans from growing more anxious,…

We’re all escaping something when we play video games. Mostly it’s the drabness of real life, where we don’t get to command kingdoms using armies of dragons, win Champions League trophies with our local team, or inhabit the body of an improbably speedy hedgehog.Sometimes I play them because I want to escape from the version of me that gets paralysed by depression, and boy has the black dog been sniffing at my bits recently, because the Atlantic Ocean is separating me from my wife for a few months. For 30 years she has been the light that banishes that darkness,…