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Sean “Diddy” Combs has reportedly been placed in solitary confinement after being involved in a fight with another inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) Fort Dix, where he is serving a 50-month prison sentence. According to ABC News, citing a source familiar with the incident, the altercation began after another inmate made a remark to Combs, prompting the confrontation. Following the fight, prison authorities placed the music mogul in solitary confinement, the source said. It remains unclear whether the solitary confinement is a temporary disciplinary measure or if Combs will remain in isolation for a longer period. Combs is…

“Buyer beware” is one of the oldest principles in English law. Now, a pair of wide legged trousers from Zara is bringing the phrase back to the forefront of shoppers’ minds.On social media the £25.99 wide-legged trousers from the high-street retailer have earned the moniker “Zara death pants” thanks to a slew of videos showing wearers tripping over the leg of the trousers and injuring themselves.“These Zara pants need to come with a warning because now I have a fractured knee,” wrote one TikTok user below a video of them leaving hospital in a wheelchair.Some videos show wearers face-planting on…

Venezuela will withdraw from the International Criminal Court over the tribunal’s perceived bias, the nation’s foreign minister said Friday. The announcement comes amid an ongoing ICC investigation into alleged crimes against humanity committed under ousted Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro’s government. Caracas had informed the United Nations of its “firm and irrevocable decision” to withdraw from the ICC, Foreign Minister Felix Plasencia wrote on X. Interim leader Delcy Rodriguez, who took over after US forces ousted Maduro in January, had instructed the move, he added. “Venezuela considers that the Court’s actions reflect a demonstrated geographical bias, which has disproportionately concentrated its work…

Sunday Ehigiator OPay has revealed the technology infrastructure powering its digital payment platform, saying years of investment in engineering, security and payment systems have enabled it to process millions of transactions daily with a 99.9 per cent success rate while positioning the company to serve one billion users globally. The company disclosed this during its recent Media Parley in Lagos, where executives spoke with media stakeholders about the technology behind its financial services platform. Rather than focusing on products, OPay said the session aimed to showcase the engineering systems that support digital payments for tens of millions of Nigerians. Speaking…

I teach public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School and the Munk School at the University of Toronto. And it will come as no surprise to you that my students regularly use AI to complete their writing assignments. Doing so is a waste of their tuition money. But if their entire career is going to include AI writing assistants, why shouldn’t they embrace their future?The best way I’ve found to explain the dilemma comes from the AI researcher Daniel Meissler: it’s the difference between work and the gym.At work, if your job is to move a bunch of heavy things…

July’s full Moon is set to be a special one – Sophia Herod explains why.

Scotland claimed three medals in a magnificent 45 minutes in the pool to kick-start the hosts’ Commonwealth Games in fine style in Glasgow – and added a second gold of the day an hour later to almost take the lid off Tollcross in the city’s east end. Poster boy Duncan Scott started the rush, defending his 200m individual medley gold from Birmingham four years ago by slicing a chunk off his own Games record.Then Para-swimmer Stephen Clegg added silver in 100m freestyle S13 – with brother James fourth – after battling back from an injury-ravaged year.And Katie Shanahan upgraded her…

Ugandan dance group the Ghetto Kids are celebrating another milestone after appearing at the football World Cup final half-time show on Sunday – a life-changing experience summed up by 10-year-old Sierra as “very, very, very, very, very good”.Despite critics bemoaning the addition of a Superbowl-style show, external to the beautiful game’s biggest event, the children’s performance alongside global stars Burna Boy and Shakira was viewed by many millions around the world.Speaking to the BBC’s Newsday programme, members of the dance troupe and their manager say that rising from humble beginnings in Uganda’s capital, Kampala, then finding fame while balancing it…

The Ondo State Police Command says it has arrested four police officers seen in a viral video allegedly engaging in unprofessional conduct during a stop-and-search along the Lagos-Benin Expressway. Spokesperson of the command, Abayomi Jimoh, disclosed this while briefing journalists in Akure, the state capital, on Friday. Mr Jimoh gave the names of the officers as Elomore Sodayo, Adefila Adewale, Olorunfemi Opeyemi and Odusola Peter, all inspectors. The Video In the video, one of the officers who went through the vehicle documents of a driver and found them up to date, asked him to go and “do something better,” meaning…

The wife of a teacher killed in a high school shooting in Georgia two years ago told a court on Friday that the families of the four victims had been handed “a life sentence of grief and trauma” by the teenage student who murdered them.Shayna Aspinwall, whose husband Richard died at Apalachee high school, about 45 miles north-east Atlanta, on 4 September 2024, was speaking at the sentencing hearing for Colt Gray, 16, who earlier pleaded to 55 charges, including second-degree murder.Gray admitted during a state court hearing in Barrow county superior court in Winder, Georgia, that he carried out…