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American Olympic champion Masai Russell has shattered Tobi Amusan’s women’s 100m hurdles world record, clocking a stunning 12.09 seconds at the Zurich Diamond League on Thursday. Russell lowered Amusan’s previous world record of 12.12 seconds, set by the Nigerian at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, by three hundredths of a second. Amusan was on the track to witness her record fall but responded with an impressive performance of her own, running a season-best 12.23 seconds to finish second. The Nigerian, who had held the world record for four years, produced her fastest time of the season as…

US trade officials downplay French language dispute, calling claims fabricated.Published On 27 Aug 202627 Aug 2026Canada’s top trade negotiator with the United States, Dominic LeBlanc, says he “welcomes” a shift in the US position on “discoverability”, “labelling” and “measures to promote French language and Canadian culture” not being subject to US tariffs.LeBlanc praised the move in a post on Thursday on X and added that Canada is looking “forward to further constructive U.S. clarifications on their other positions, which would create the possibility of a mutually beneficial trade agreement”.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listAl Jazeera reached out to…

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has accused three workers in Ogoja, Cross River State, of attempting to traffic their employer’s two-year-old for sale. Oba Joseph, head of operations for the Cross River Command of NAPTIP, told the News Agency of Nigeria in an interview on Thursday in Calabar. Mr Joseph ‌⁠‍‍⁠‍⁠⁠‌‌⁠⁠‍‌‍‌‌said the agency received a call on Monday about the incident, which occurred in Ogberia Ochoro community, where three suspects allegedly took a two-year-old child while attempting to move him to another location for sale. According to him, the suspects claimed they had worked…

…As 17 states rolls out State Electricity Regulatory Commissions (SERC)   The National Council on Privatisation NCP, has disclosed that it has installed roughly 668,000 meters, about 60% of available meters rollout under Phase 1 of the $500 million World Bank-financed Distribution Sector Recovery Programme (DISREP).   Under the Presidential Metering Initiative (PMI)  the NCP was mandated to close the electricity metering gap and eliminate arbitrary estimated billing for registered customers across Nigeria.   The Council revealed this at the second meeting for the year 2026, chaired by the Vice President Kashim Shettima, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.   Ayodeji…

And with that … we’re going to wrap up for the night (or day, depending where you are). If you want to watch the Grand Theft Auto VI extended look yourself, at 9pm ET/2AM BST it will have passed its inconvenient period of Netflix exclusivity and will be viewable on YouTube via Rockstar’s channel. Thanks for joining us, and roll on 19 November …ShareUpdated at 22.03 CESTFor me, as a Miami Vice fan of olde, all I really want to do in this game is drive a black Ferrari Daytona Spyder along an endless highway while In the Air Tonight plays…

The government estimates that 20% of waste in England is illegally managed. In the Waste Crime Action Plan, external, launched under Keir Starmer’s administration, the government said the Environment Agency would step in “on an exceptional basis to clear sites where that waste presents an untenable risk to the public and the environment”.Private landowners whose land is used for illegal waste dumping are normally expected to pay for the clear-up.Last week, Prime Minister Andy Burnham announced a nationwide crackdown on waste crime and plans to clean up three more of the largest illegal tips in England.In total, six supersites have…

Argentina midfielder Exequiel Palacios has become the first World Cup winner to sign for Ipswich Town after joining from Bayer Leverkusen. Palacios, 27, left the Bundesliga club for an undisclosed fee and has signed a four-year contract with the Premier League newcomers. He was part of the Argentina side that both won the World Cup in 2022 and reached the final this summer while he also won the Copa America twice with his country. “This is a club with great ambition and I am excited to play football in England and compete against some of the best clubs and players…

“Jolene” and “9 to 5” were Parton’s most-played songs since she died on Tuesday Dolly Parton left behind an illustrious catalog when she died on Tuesday following a brief battle with cancer. As soon as the news of her death hit, fans tuned into the beloved superstar’s music, sparking a 2,222 percent bump in U.S. streams since Monday, Aug. 24, according to Luminate. Unsurprisingly, Parton’s most-streamed song after her death was the vulnerable classic “Jolene,” which earned 2.7 million on-demand streams in the U.S. on Tuesday alone, marking a 1276.15 percent increase. The track is also one of the country…

A Florida grand jury has found that the administration of the governor, Ron DeSantis, “misappropriated” $10m in taxpayer money from a Medicaid settlement into the Hope Florida Foundation, a charity with ties to DeSantis’s wife, before the money was reportedly “funneled” into “two political action committees”.In the grand jury report, which remains sealed but was obtained and published by CBS News Miami on Wednesday, the grand jurors wrote that “we conclude that these funds were misappropriated as part of a sophisticated scheme to fund political activities” but said that they found “insufficient evidence to charge anyone criminally”.The grand jury report,…

.Says scale, frequency of the attacks have become intolerable, proposes $5bn funding support from reserves to tackle insecurity *Demands release of El-Rufai Adedayo Akinwale im Abuja The Minority Caucus of the House of Representatives has called on President Bola Tinubu to take a decisive action to end the banditry and terrorism in northern Nigeria. The caucus in a statement issued Thursday, and jointly signed by its Leader, Minority Caucus, Hon. Fredrick Agbedi and its Spokesperson, Hon. Afam Ogene expressed grave concern over the worsening security situation across Northern Nigeria. To this end, it called on Tinubu to take immediate, decisive…