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NFL NationAug 24, 2026, 06:00 AM ETCloseNFL Nation is made up of 32 team-specific reporters who cover the NFL year-round across ESPN.com, ESPN television shows, ESPN Radio, ESPN+ and social media platforms. It was established ahead of the 2013 season.Multiple AuthorsEmailPrintOpen Extended ReactionsAll 32 NFL teams have one more preseason game this week. And then they all must cut their rosters down to 53 players by Sunday at 6 p.m. ET.Who will make each team? Which front offices have tough decisions on deck at specific positions? Where might each lineup be deepest and thinnest this season? And which players need…

And his appeal has since spread across the pond. EsDeeKid’s tour will begin in North America in September, before ending in December with two hometown shows in Liverpool.For fan James, the anonymity element is “amazing”.”I work in event promotion, I think giving yourself an aesthetic, something to cling to, something that people can watch is really important in the music industry, it makes you stand out,” he says.Decked out in a bright outfit to see EsDeeKid, fan Zari says the rapper’s presence is “very mysterious”. “But that’s the good thing about him, it’s what brings people towards him, we’re all…

Femi Otedola, the chairman of First HoldCo Plc, acquired 95.7 million new shares in the banking group, taking his stake in the company to 27.70 per cent. In a regulatory filing signed by the group’s Company Secretary, Abiola Baruwa, on Monday, Mr Otedola purchased 95,699,240 additional shares at N131.48 per share, valued at N12.58 billion. The additional share purchase represents 0.21 per cent of the company’s outstanding shares and was made through Calvados Global Services Limited. After the purchase, Mr Otedola now holds about 12.14 billion shares in the financial institution, representing 27.70 per cent of the company’s outstanding shares.…

United States Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Monday laid out plans for the “economic asphyxiation” of Iran, expanding Washington’s secondary sanctions threats and warning of dire consequences for countries that decline to join the pressure campaign. Bessent’s address comes almost six months into a war on Tehran that has ground to a stalemate, with stalled peace talks and Iran preventing most traffic through the crucial Strait of Hormuz. “Around the globe, our objective is to sever every economic lifeline that sustains this tyrannical regime until Tehran stands alone,” Bessent told a press conference. “We are going to hold everyone accountable,…

Mass kidnappings highlight Nigeria’s security crisis in the north as elections approach.Published On 24 Aug 202624 Aug 2026Kidnappers have released a video of what appears to be a large group of people being held captive by armed men in a forested area in Nigeria.The video emerged on Sunday, two days after gunmen abducted as many as 600 worshippers during Friday prayers at a mosque in Dekera village in Nigeria’s north-central Niger state.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listThe incident comes as Nigeria prepares for presidential elections in January, with security likely to be high on the agenda due to…

Governments, development banks, investment funds and businesses attending the 17th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD COP17) have announced $1.3 billion in new and pipeline financing for land restoration and drought resilience across 23 countries on five continents. This was announced on Monday during the plenary meeting at the COP17 venue in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia’s capital. The announcement of the finance mechanism placed rangelands at the centre of a growing global investment push, with Mongolia using its presidency of COP17 to advance financing for the ecosystems that dominate much of its landscape and support…

Social housing tenants will be evicted if they fail to keep their gardens well maintained under a Reform UK government, the party has announced.Lee Anderson, the party’s chair, said that if Reform came to power it would insist that those in social rented homes would be required to keep their properties decorated and gardens looked after.The plan is part of a wider policy that would throw out any foreign national from their existing social home, and prioritise young married couples who were born in Britain for new housing.Anderson told a press conference on Monday: “If you go back in time…

Cookies produced from upcycled plastic may sound like something straight out of a dystopian sci-fi plot. But researchers say that they have succeeded in creating such a product as part of a Nasa-funded project aimed at feeding astronauts on future space missions.The technology uses specially designed yeasts to transform plastics and agricultural waste into edible proteins, fats and flavourings. The resulting slurry is passed through a 3D printer to create a disc-shaped “cookie”.“My lab works on developing technologies for plastic upcycling,” said Dr Lahiru Jayakody, a microbiologist at the Southern Illinois University Carbondale, who led the project. “We thought, why…

Key eventsPreambleGood evening and welcome to live coverage of Fulham v Chelsea at Craven Cottage. A west London derby, involving the last two managers of Real Madrid, should a solid entertainment option, especially as the alternatives on UK television include Street Cops: Catching the Yobs, Donnie Swaggart* and a repeat of Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) in which Marty says his grave is being disturbed, and Jeff uncovers a plan to kidnap the heir to a fortune.Álvaro Arbeloa and Xabi Alonso will surely last longer in SW6 than they did in Madrid, where a P45 was luzzed in their direction after…

Teletubbies IP owner WildBrain has bought Personality AI in an $11 million cash and stock deal to create safe conversational AI experiences for kids in partnership with IP owners. Personality AI, launched a year ago, has tech tools to create interactive characters using generative AI. WildBrain and the AI product maker will work with IP owners to create interactive experiences across toys, apps and platforms via licensing agreements. Amid mounting concerns about kids growing up with AI “friends,” WildBrain, a Canadian kids and family entertainment company, told The Hollywood Reporter that Personality AI products are not open-ended platforms, but are…