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On a filthy summer’s night in Glasgow, Amy Hunt defied almost everything the elements dared to throw at her. The track was so wet that her fingernails were submerged underwater as she lined up. Her start was so horrendous it could have carried an X-certificate. And she spent most of the women’s 100m final sloshing through puddles. It was nearly enough.But while she hit top speed late in the race, it was too late to catch the New Zealander Zoe Hobbs, who ran the race of her life to take Commonwealth Games gold in a personal best of 10.93sec.For Hunt…

Latin Mafia‘s revolution with Fred Again.. will be livestreamed. The Mexican trio have linked up with the global DJ to put the finishing touches on their joint mixtape. All the action is now being captured in a YouTube livestream. “Without a doubt, [Fred Again..] is one of the brightest musical minds that we have met,” Latin Mafia’s Milton de la Rosa tells Rolling Stone before the livestream. “It’s been a crazy experience to work with him because he’s a very talented person.”  Latin Mafia went on Fred’s radar after he declared himself a fan of their debut album, 2024’s Todos…

The National Chairman of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), David Mark, has welcomed the Court of Appeal judgement nullifying the Federal High Court’s earlier ruling deregistering the party. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Peter Lifu, a judge of the Federal High Court, ordered on 15 June that INEC deregister ADC and four other political parties, saying they failed to satisfy the constitutional requirements for their continued existence. The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Tuesday overturned a lower court’s judgement deregistering the five parties ahead of the 2027 general elections and other off-cycle polls coming up within…

Funmi Ogundare  The Coalition of Non-State School Associations, in collaboration with SEED Care and Support Foundation, has called on state governments to fast-track the implementation of the National Policy on Non-State Schools in Nigeria (NPNSN), warning that its slow domestication, could undermine efforts to improve access to quality education for millions of Nigerian children. Speaking at an accountability dialogue and press conference in Lagos, the Executive Director of SEED Care and Support Foundation, Olanrewaju Oniyitan, explained that the group had in July 2025 launched the first national policy on Non-State Schools (NPNSN) tracker, an evidence-based accountability tool designed to monitor…

Riyadh says its targeted attacks were done in coordination with the US military.Published On 29 Jul 202629 Jul 2026Saudi Arabia has carried out targeted strikes against Iran-backed armed groups in Iraq, in coordination with US Central Command (CENTCOM), according to a statement released by the Saudi Ministry of Defence.The statement said the strikes early on Wednesday were “in response ⁠to recent drone attacks“.It said that Saudi air defences had “intercepted and destroyed several drones that attempted to target petroleum facilities in the Eastern Province and Riyadh regions…. launched from Iraqi territory and carried out by Iran-aligned terrorist militias”.“The Kingdom emphasizes…

E. Jean Carroll walks outside Manhattan Federal Court, for the second civil trial after she accused former U.S. President Donald Trump of raping her decades ago, in New York City, U.S., January 25, 2024. Brendan Mcdermid | ReutersPresident Donald Trump and the Department of Justice on Tuesday separately asked the Supreme Court to overturn a civil court verdict that ordered him to pay the writer E. Jean Carroll $83.3 million for defaming her while denying her claim that he sexually assaulted her in a New York department store dressing room in the mid-1990s.”This is the first case in our Nation’s history…

Firefighters in France are confronting a phenomenon never seen in the region before: fire clouds. It’s a sign of the intensity of the blazes burning—and how climate change is upping the odds that they appear.A wave of fires has swept over France and Spain, sending hundreds of thousands fleeing. Firefighters on the front lines are facing what a spokesperson for the French firefighter association told AFP said was an “operational impossibility”—in other words, a “natural force beyond our control.”As evidence of how out of control the wildfires in France are, look no further than the skies where the blazes have,…

Football’s world governing body announces plans to sell stakes of up to 20 percent in the World Cup and other events.Published On 29 Jul 202629 Jul 2026FIFA has proposed a plan to sell stakes in the World Cup and other events to private investors, provoking a furious response from the European football governing body, UEFA.Under the plans announced by FIFA on Tuesday, a $20bn subsidiary would be created to run the World Cup and other events.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listWorld football’s governing body said it would retain a majority share in the new FIFA Forward Enterprise, offering…

Global funding for HIV programmes has recorded its largest single-year decline since international scale-up efforts began, raising urgent concerns over the future of HIV treatment and prevention, according to new reports released by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). The reports, unveiled on Monday at the 26th International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2026) in Rio de Janeiro, show that international donor funding fell by 25 per cent in 2025—marking the sharpest annual decrease since global HIV financing began expanding. UNAIDS and KFF, an independent US-based health policy research organisation, attributed the decline almost entirely to a sharp reduction in…

Artificial intelligence is fast becoming embedded in hospitals and healthcare clinics. Yet, with the benefits of AI tools come fresh patient-safety risks — and questions about who is responsible when things go wrong.Conventionally, responsibilities in health care are clearly delineated. Clinicians must provide a set standard of treatment. Institutions must organize safe treatment processes. Manufacturers must deliver non-defective medical devices. Regulators and bodies involved with licensing and credentials can intervene if any of these parties fall short of expected standards. And courts can assess which party is liable if patients are harmed.An incoming wave of medical AI tools is set…