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Representative Hakeem Jeffries, Democrat of New York and the minority leader, met privately in recent weeks with Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law and top outside adviser, and discussed potential areas of common ground, according to five people with knowledge of the meeting.The rare engagement was held in a private space in New York City, offered up by a mutual friend of the two men, according to two people with knowledge of the meeting and a third who was briefed on it. They and others were granted anonymity to discuss a meeting about which they were not authorized to speak publicly.Through…

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has commenced Basic Life Support (BLS) training for health workers in seven public hospitals, as part of efforts to strengthen emergency response and reduce preventable deaths in the territory. This was disclosed in a statement issued on Saturday. The four-day American Heart Association (AHA)- certified training is being held at the Conference Hall of Asokoro District Hospital, Abuja, following the National Council on Health’s approval to implement the National BLS Training Programme nationwide. Health workers from Asokoro, Maitama, Wuse, Gwarinpa, Kuje, Kubwa and Nyanya hospitals are participating in the training. The programme is designed…

The logical question the ninety‑day committee must answer before drafting a single page is simple: What is the relationship between its new mandate and the frameworks that already exist? Is the new Strategic Defence Operations Plan intended to replace NACTEST, the NCMD, and the NCTC Strategic Plan? Will it sit alongside them? Is it a military‑specific operational layer beneath the broader national security architecture? If so, how will coordination be ensured? When the Presidential Spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, announced that President Bola Tinubu had constituted an eleven‑man committee to develop a National Threat Assessment and a Strategic Defence Operations Plan within…

Scott Jamieson ended a 14-year wait for a DP World Tour title with an emotional home victory at the Nexo Championship, as overnight leader Shaun Norris faded after being given a mid-round penalty.Jamieson overturned a two-shot deficit during an eventful final round at Trump International Golf Links, where a five-under 67 saw him finish on 11 under and two strokes clear of England’s Matthew Jordan. The Scotsman mixed a lone bogey with six birdies – including four in a five-hole stretch around the turn – to pull clear of a congested leaderboard and claim a first DP World Tour title…

Halloween’s Michael Myers is one of film’s most feared boogeymen, responsible for some of the most brutal on-screen deaths in horror cinema. US video game developer Illfonic looked to reproduce those terrors in its upcoming title Halloween: The Game, with gruesome killings a major focus of the gameplay: for instance, you can stomp another player’s head through a toilet seat, or fry their brain by throwing them through a television screen.But Australians will not be able to play Halloween: The Game, because it has been refused classification by the Classification Board, which means it is banned from sale within the…

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian says Iran has stood firm despite what he calls a full-scale economic, military, and security war.Published On 23 Aug 202623 Aug 2026Click here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo

New Delhi, India – Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s first trip to India has been put on hold, highlighting the strained ties between the two South Asian neighbours since the July 2024 student-led uprising that forced Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to flee the country.Since coming to power in February, Rahman – the son of Hasina’s archrival, the late Khaleda Zia – has aimed to improve ties with India. But a press conference conducted by Hasina, who lives in India in exile, has riled Bangladesh.Dhaka says that the August 5 press conference has “vitiated” the atmosphere, adding that “a propitious environment…

Traders celebrating at the New York Stock Exchange on April 15, 2026, as the S&P 500 closed above the 7,000 level for the first time.NYSEEqual-weight ETFs are having a moment. The investing approach isn’t new, but it has moved into the spotlight this year as many of the large-cap stocks that have driven a disproportionate share of core stock market index performance in recent years have lagged. Allocating to equal-weight ETFs — which give every company in the underlying index the same share, rather than market-weight ETFs that mirror the core index itself — enables investors to maintain exposure to…

China’s “Manned Space” program issued a terse announcement on Sunday regarding its much-anticipated Chang’e 7 lunar exploration mission. The agency stated: “In keeping with the principle of proceeding prudently and reliably, and ensuring absolute success, after a comprehensive assessment it has been determined that the Chang’e 7 mission does not meet the conditions for launch and therefore cannot be carried out during the planned launch window this year.” The Chinese message offered no explanation for the cause of the delay from the Wenchang Space Launch Site, located on an island in the South China Sea. Consisting of a lunar orbiter,…

By Luminous Jannamike, ABUJA The African Democratic Congress, ADC, has described President Bola Tinubu’s 2027 campaign council as a ‘rehabilitation centre’ for persons facing unresolved corruption allegations. Read Also: Full list of APC Presidential Campaign Council members The opposition party said the appointments raise a simple question: what happened to the corruption cases involving some of those being brought back into the political fold? In a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, the ADC some inclusions, some persons had faced EFCC prosecution over alleged financial malpractices. “If they have been cleared, the government should show how and…