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Jeanie Buss is contesting the sale of her family’s stake in the Los Angeles Lakers, setting up a potentially long and public fight inside a family that has owned some portion of the marquee NBA franchise for 47 years. The Buss family, as first reported by ESPN on Monday, is set to sell its 17.8% stake to Bob Iger and Josh Kushner. Iger and Kushner bought a majority stake in the Lakers from Mark Walter last week in a shocking $12.5 billion deal. Jeanie’s five siblings (Joey, Jesse, Jim, Johnny and Janie) are all reportedly in favor of selling. The family has had…

Bill Rasmussen set out to create a local sports channel in his home state of Connecticut. Instead, he changed the global television landscape. Rasmussen, the founder of ESPN (Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) died following a lengthy illness on Tuesday. He was 93. When asked about the legacy of his long-ago boss, Bob Ley, SportsCenter‘s first full-time anchor, opened with a very recent anecdote to describe the last 47 years of sports media: “The Lakers wouldn’t be worth $12 billion rather for Bill Rasmussen,” Ley told The Hollywood Reporter. Talk about a full-circle moment. Rasmussen was a pioneer of the…

VIYA Health, the exclusive distributor of Incepta Pharmaceutical’s WHO PreQualified Family Planning solution, DMPA SC, in Nigeria, had strategic discussions with the Oyo State Primary Healthcare Board to expand access to quality, affordable family planning services across the State. The Stakeholder Engagement session was held on Thursday, 6 August 2026, at the Oyo State Primary Healthcare Board, State Secretariat, Agodi, Ibadan, Oyo State. The meeting focused on expanding access to Medogen SubQ, a World Health Organization prequalified (WHO PQ) Family Planning product produced by Incepta Pharmaceuticals. Medogen SubQ’s WHO prequalification demonstrates quality assurance signaling adherence with stringent international standards, strengthening…

President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday received briefings from the Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ola Olukoyede, and the Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Muttaqha Darma, at the State House, Abuja. The trio discussed the management and disposal of houses seized nationwide by the anti-graft agency, the State House media office revealed in a statement and photo release late Tuesday. It read, “Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Olanipekun Ola Olukoyede, and Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Muttaqha Rabe Darma, met with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on the management and disposal of…

Racism is a sleight of hand game. The best way to understand it is by exploring what my Yoruba ancestors call ìlara. In my culture and language, we say “ìlara ko gbo ògùn.” Ilàrá does not respond to medication or a cure. It is desiring someone’s essence out of profound admiration, even love, but in a manner that is twisted by the idea of scarcity; hence the need to obtain it by all means. It is the tragic, corrupted pilgrimage of a misplaced spirit seeking the beautiful essence of another that it doesn’t realise it already possesses within its own…

For decades, Nigeria’s economic fortunes have been disproportionately tied to crude oil, leaving the country vulnerable to volatile global prices, production disruptions and external shocks. But as President Bola Tinubu’s administration pursues an economic reset under the Renewed Hope Agenda, the Nigerian Export Promotion Council is increasingly positioning non-oil exports as a practical pathway to a broader, more resilient economy, James Emejo writes. If anything, the significance of NEPC ’s interventions goes beyond taking Nigerian products to foreign markets. From supporting women-led businesses and training thousands of prospective exporters to developing agricultural clusters, securing international certifications, opening markets and tackling…

On Tuesday, OpenAI announced a new batch of security policies focused on containing security incidents while models are being tested. The new safeguards include more detailed monitoring of models during the development process, as well as greater emphasis on alignment and security during the post-training process. “As models become more capable, the risks associated with developing and testing them internally also grow,” the company said in a blog post. “Our standards for monitoring, alignment, and security must stay ahead of those risks.” The new measures are one of the first public changes in OpenAI’s safety practices since the immediate aftermath…

In just 22 days, Jason Arday went from Cambridge’s youngest Black professor to the centre of an extraordinary media storm. He was accused of plagiarism, a claim he denied all the way to his death last week. Al Jazeera’s @marahrayan attends a vigil in London held in his memory.Published On 18 Aug 202618 Aug 2026Click here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo

A £1.5m project to build a new nature reserve for a town on poor quality, unmanaged meadows will start next month.The Kennet Valley Wetland Reserve will be constructed on about 16 hectares (40 acres) of land at Undy’s Meadow, on the northern edge of Hungerford and close to the River Kennet.The Town and Manor of Hungerford, the charity that organises its Tutti Day celebrations, is behind the plan.Kate Edwards, from the charity, said the nature reserve will be a “very special thing”.”It’s going to be a proper nature reserve; it will be somewhere you can go and sit quietly,” she…

Spain World Cup winner Rodri said he is ready to “feel that excitement again” after completing his move to Barcelona from Manchester City.The 2024 Ballon d’Or winner has signed a four-year contract at the Nou Camp after Barcelona agreed to pay a fee in the region of £65m, returning to Spanish football for the first time since he left Atletico Madrid in 2019.”I’m very happy and excited about this new stage in my career. It’s a fresh challenge, a chance to experience new things and feel that excitement again,” Rodri said.”I’ve come to a hugely ambitious club that really suits…