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Donald Trump, who has regularly attacked the press over its coverage of him and his presidency, praised journalists for doing an “amazing job” as he addressed the White House correspondents’ dinner.A day after the Trump administration abandoned, for now, an extraordinary bid to subpoena reporters over their coverage, the US president attended the rescheduled White House correspondents’ dinner – an annual celebration of press freedom – in Washington on Friday evening.It came three months after the original event was scrapped in April when a man fired a shotgun at a security checkpoint outside the ballroom.The president continued to attack the…

In south-west France, authorities have evacuated around 200,000 people after wildfires ripped through the Gironde and Landes regions.In the early hours of Saturday, four towns near Bordeaux were evacuated “as a precaution”. The towns were Saint-Médard-en-Jalles, Saint-Jean d’Illac, Martignas-sur-Jalles, and Saint-Aubin de Médoc, which Le Monde reported had a total population of 58,400 residents. The Gironde blaze, described by local prefect Sophie Brocas as an “XXL fire”, has burned through more than 19,000 hectares (46,000 acres) of forest and destroyed about 80 homes.Officials evacuated the entire Cap Ferret peninsula on the south-west coast, with hundreds escaping by boat after flames…

Cybersecurity experts have suggested areas in which Nigerian companies, regulators, and other entities can strengthen their digital resilience and prevent prevailing cyber attacks. The experts spoke against the backdrop of recent incidents of cyber attacks recorded across the country. The rapid adoption of digital technology has transformed Nigeria’s corporate landscape, making financial services, business registration, and other transactions faster and more convenient. However, this digital transformation has also exposed organisations to growing cybersecurity threats, with public and private institutions reportedly experiencing cyber incidents in recent months. Among the most prominent cases are allegations by a hacker known as ByteToBreach, who…

This event is the latest in a string of worrying and weird examples of AI agents going rogue.In recent research, the UK’s AI Security Institute (AISI) found frontier AI models are so fixated on completing tasks they “cheated” in tests to achieve their goals.The research from AISI came with this worrying warning: “A model that pursues a goal through unintended or unauthorised means may cause harm, particularly in high-stakes use cases.”Inevitably, this OpenAI hack has further fuelled fears of what could happen if AI agents are let loose. Could they go rogue on a larger scale and cause some sort…

By Omeiza Ajayi Presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress ADC, Atiku Abubakar, has described former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s allegation that he bribed the late Rt. Hon. Ghali Umar Na’Abba to impeach him as politically motivated, aimed at boosting the electoral fortunes of Obasanjo’s preferred candidate ahead of the 2027 presidential election. In a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu, on Friday, Atiku said: “Coming at a time when the political landscape ahead of the 2027 general election is taking shape, the obvious objective is to besmirch my person and reputation and confer an undeserved…

When people think of Alan Turing, they might imagine he was arrogant, isolated, humourless, tortured. A better way of remembering the father of modern computing would be, an academic argues, as “playful, funny, cheeky, literary, and someone who really liked sex”.The Cambridge University English literature professor Sarah Dillon has transcribed and studied a little-known short story that Turing wrote in the year after his arrest in Manchester for gross indecency.Her conclusion challenges the popular understanding of Turing as an “isolated mathematician”. The short story, she said, shone light on a man who loved literature, was enjoying life and was not…

Jul 24, 2026, 08:19 PM ETNEW YORK — Shohei Ohtani is scheduled to throw another bullpen Saturday at Citi Field, but Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said he doesn’t expect the two-way superstar to return to the rotation by next week.”That’s too early. I feel very good that it won’t be next week,” Roberts said Friday before the opener of a three-game series against the New York Mets.”Every player wants to get back out there and do what they do. But I think he understands it’s not about July, it’s about October. So, we’ve already taken a lot of…

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey stormed the box office with a staggering $124 million opening weekend domestically, proving there’s still a huge appetite for ancient myths on the big screen. The film has quickly become one of the biggest cinematic events of the year, sparking renewed interest in Homer’s nearly 3,000-year-old epic and sending related books soaring up Amazon’s bestseller charts. Bestselling ‘Odyssey’ Books View more + I caught the film on opening weekend and, having studied classical literature…

I would like to begin by giving thanks to Almighty Allah for His infinite mercies, for granting us life and good health to witness this Grand Reception and Celebration of the renomination of His Excellency, Senator Kashim Shettima, GCON, Vice-President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, by His Excellency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces as his running mate for the 2027 Presidential Election on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). When the organizers of this occasion invited me to speak on the theme: “Celebrating the Re-nomination of Vice President Kashim Shettima”, I accepted…

Sonam Wangchuk’s journey from a remote Ladakh village to becoming an acclaimed engineer and education reformer continues to inspire millions across India and beyond.