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London, United Kingdom — On his fourth day as prime minister, Andy Burnham did not stay at Downing Street in London. Nor did he go to Manchester, the home of Number 10 North. He went to Glasgow.Hours before King Charles and Queen Camilla opened the 2026 Commonwealth Games, Burnham held his first in-person meetings with Scotland’s First Minister John Swinney and Wales’ First Minister Rhun ap Iorwerth. The talks were meant to demonstrate, in Burnham’s own words, that growth is needed “in every postcode across the whole of the UK”. A meeting with Northern Ireland’s First and Deputy First Ministers,…

Nigeria’s leading business and management consulting firm,pcl., has officially launched the 2026 pcl. State Performance Index (pSPI), a comprehensive intelligence report designed to transform how governments, investors, development partners, policymakers, researchers, businesses, and citizens understand and evaluate state-level performance across Nigeria. The 2026 pSPI arrives at a time when evidence-based governance has become more critical than ever, particularly as Nigeria approaches another election cycle. The 2026 pSPI provides a credible, data-driven assessment of the progress, strengths, opportunities and development priorities of each of Nigeria’s 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory. Unlike conventional rankings that focus solely on league tables,…

Perhaps Karim Adeyemi’s move to Barcelona should not come as a surprise even if usurping Lamine Yamal as the team’s star left-footed right-winger is impossible. After all, it was Hansi Flick, Barca’s head coach, who gave Adeyemi his debut for Germany.The hope is that his old coach can spark something new in a player whose vast potential has been obvious for years but is yet to truly explode. This is an opportunity for Adeyemi to become the player that Flick and many others have long suspected he could be. He was still a teenager with Red Bull Salzburg when Flick…

Luxbox Films has acquired the world sales rights to Mariano Llinás‘ epic five-and-a-half -hour documentary “Life of Jorge Luis Borges,” which will world premiere at the Venice Film Festival in the Open – Non-Fiction section. The film forms a biography of Argentine writer and poet Jorge Luis Borges, working from an exhaustive review of the papers he left, the books he read, and the places he went to. The film is also “an attempt to decipher a very peculiar life: someone who lived like a hidden, underground warrior, whose cause was literature, literature conceived as a kingdom and as a…

When I was struggling to sleep in a heatwave, diving into a 6ft slab of memory foam didn’t exactly sound like the answer. Memory foam is renowned for trapping heat, and the more “sinky” the foam, the more heat you’d expect it to trap. Less comfort layer, more boiled marshmallow.The Guardian’s journalism is independent. We will earn a commission if you buy something through an affiliate link. Learn more.However, the foam used by Panda in its flagship mattress topper genuinely seems to break the mould. It has the cosy feel of conventional memory foam, but it eased my night sweats so…

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A South African court ruled on Friday in favour of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s bid to pause impeachment proceedings against him over a scandal involving half-a-million dollars stashed in a sofa at his ranch. Ramaphosa asked the Western Cape High Court to stop the work of a parliamentary impeachment committee until his review of a November 2022 report that found he “may have committed” serious violations and misconduct. Ramaphosa has denied any wrongdoing and ruled out resigning over the incident since the allegedly undeclared stash of foreign currency came to light after it was reported stolen in 2020. “Pending the determination…

The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has directed all relevant agencies to collaborate with Enugu Air to determine the cause of Thursday’s runway excursion at Benin Airport. Mr Keyamo disclosed this in a post on his official X account on Friday, stating he had been briefed on the incident. “I have been duly informed that the incident with Enugu Air yesterday in Benin is that the aircraft skidded off the runway after landing successfully,” the minister wrote, noting that the occurrence is defined in aviation as a “runway excursion.” He confirmed that everyone on board the aircraft…

ToplinePresident Donald Trump’s new “forced-labor” related tariffs prompted pushback from major trading partners including the European Union, Australia, Brazil and others who deemed the new levies as unjustified and said the White House has failed to clarify the reason for imposing them.Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks during a ceremony to sign into law a bill establishing a line of credit for companies affected by new tariffs imposed by the U.S. government.Anadolu via Getty ImagesKey FactsSpeaking at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ summit of foreign ministers, European Commission Vice-President Kaja Kallas said the forced-labor argument can’t be…

Donald Trump has announced that about 200 entities have signed on to his non-binding “Ratepayer Protection Pledge”, expanding a voluntary commitment which claims to ensure US consumers will not bear the cost of the AI datacenter build-out.Trump delivered remarks on Thursday at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) headquarters, alongside Lee Zeldin, the agency’s administrator, and Chris Wright, the energy secretary. Other attenders included governors who signed on to the pledge, including Brian Kemp of Georgia, Mike DeWine of Ohio, Spencer Cox of Utah and Jeff Landry of Louisiana.The pledge, first announced in March, was initially signed by seven tech companies:…