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Israeli air attack near Gaza’s Maghazi camp kills one person and injures two others.Published On 23 Aug 202623 Aug 2026An Israeli air attack near the Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza has killed at least one person and wounded two others, Palestinian media reported.The attack took place near Salah al-Din Street on Sunday morning, according to the official Palestinian news agency Wafa.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listThe attack comes a day after an Israeli drone attack targeted the al-Hasanat family in the central city of Deir el-Balah, killing one person and wounding several others, Al Jazeera’s Ashraf Abu…

Although alcohol abstinence is associated with improved health outcomes, addiction researchers have theorized that brain changes that occur during abstinence may increase a person’s risk of relapse. To explore this theory, we studied how mice behaved after giving them long-term voluntary access to alcohol followed by a forced abstinence period. We found that a subset of the mice developed aversion-resistant alcohol intake – that is, they now drank alcohol despite the quinine we added to make it increasingly bitter. Moreover, compared to those who did not experience forced abstinence, these mice drank even larger quantities of the very bitter alcohol.…

It’s a weird state of the sport when the following sentence is true: One of the most important commitments of the college basketball offseason has transpired in late August.On Saturday night, Mark Mitchell, who previously played at Duke and Missouri, committed to play for Kentucky this season. In industry circles, Mitchell had been widely rumored as Lexington-bound in the past week and a half. On Friday morning, he received a temporary restraining order — via a Jefferson Circuit Court ruling in Kentucky — to pursue a fifth season of college basketball. He officially entered his name into the transfer portal…

It is a sticky, sweltering July afternoon, and I have accidentally found myself at a wake with Jorja Smith. I’m told that the pub where we have met, in the leafiest part of leafy south-west London, is usually a safe bet for an inconspicuous table. But today, sweaty black suits carrying pints drift between tables, and long queues snake round the bar.Dressed in a simple tank top, bare-faced with her hair scraped back, Smith is waiting for me when I arrive. “I’ve been waiting for my drink for ages,” she says. “But I feel bad saying anything because, you know…

One of the major talking points from the recently held Osun governorship election is the unflinching support of the Nigerian singer Davido for his uncle, Governor Ademola Adeleke. The election, Vanessa Obioha writes, has once again put their bond in the spotlight Since Governor Ademola Adeleke emerged victorious in his re-election bid last weekend, there’s been a renewed interest in his relationship with his nephew, the award-winning Nigerian singer Davido. On the internet, videos and photos of them together resurfaced, indicating that their bond didn’t just start yesterday. In one video, a younger Davido is being playfully interviewed while his…

Troops of the Joint Task Force, Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS), have killed a suspected bandit and arrested two suspected kidnappers in separate military operations in Benue State. The acting Media Information Officer of the task force, Ahmad Zubairu, announced this in a statement issued on Friday. Zubairu said troops, acting on credible intelligence, moved against suspected kidnappers operating an illegal checkpoint along the Jortar-Atume axis on 19 August. He said the troops engaged the suspected bandits in a firefight, during which one of them, identified by the nickname “Cool Nigga”, was killed. On arrival, the troops made contact with the…

Fedorov criticised bureaucracy in the UK and other countries supporting Ukraine for delays in supplying weapons.The UK is a longstanding supporter of Ukraine, spending £16bn supplying weapons since the war began. It was confirmed last week that British-made drones have been used to attack Russian targets.Fedorov said he was grateful for British support but blamed “bureaucracy and red tape” for delays in receiving promised equipment.”Governments are lagging behind the realities on the ground. It’s not only the issue for UK, but for other countries as well that announce some assistance and we are not getting it until the end of…

By Elizabeth Adegbesan The  Naira yesterday depreciated to N1,405 per dollar in the parallel market from N1,400 per dollar on Wednesday. But the naira appreciated to N1,347.5 per dollar in the Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market,  NFEM. Data  from the Central Bank of Nigeria,  CBN, showed that the indicative exchange rate for the naira fell to N1,347.5  per dollar from N1,351  per dollar on Wednesday,  indicating N3.5 appreciation for the naira. Consequently, the margin between the parallel and official markets widened to N57.5 per dollar from N49 per dollar on Wednesday. The interbank turnover at NFEM rose by 0.22 percent to…

A senior leader at OpenAI has said people should prepare to defend against “ongoing, persistent” cyber-attacks from AIs, as cutting-edge artificial intelligence models gain advanced capabilities to plan and launch offensives.The leading AI company this week announced a pause in development of its most advanced internal models amid rising safety fears, and Chris Lehane, its chief global affairs officer, said: “We are hitting a different chapter, a different moment within AI, in terms of what the capabilities of this technology can do.”He spoke to the Guardian after cutting-edge AI agents-in-training unexpectedly broke out of a supposedly secure “sandbox” environment, accessed…

A scheme that could see serious sexual and violent offenders confined to areas just a few miles wide after leaving prison will be launched in October, Justice Secretary Alex Norris has announced.Government ministers say this is designed to give victims greater freedom and further reduce the possibility of unwanted contactThe intention to introduce “restriction zones” for violent offenders who leave prison and who are on probation was first announced by the government last year.Probation officers will be able to limit where serious offenders can go for as long as it is deemed necessary. Those who breach their new boundaries could…