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Key eventsJon Rahm tries he very best to salvage that par at 6. He powers out from the rough to the right of the fairway, from 70 yards to seven feet. But he doesn’t commit to the putt, which dribbles by apologetically. His second bogey of the day, and he slips to -1, much closer to the projected cutline than the lead. (The cut looks likely to be level par, maybe +1.)ShareSo who is this unexpected presence sitting in a share of second on the current leaderboard? Andy Bull has your back.ShareTrouble for Jon Rahm on 6. His drive ends…

Businesswoman and media personality Sophia Momodu has initiated legal proceedings against actress and reality television star Caroline Hutchings, popularly known as Caroline Danjuma, over an alleged defamatory publication on Snapchat, demanding a public apology, compensation and N10 billion in damages. The pre-action notice, which surfaced on social media, dated 14 July 2026 and issued by Ahonaruogho, Ahonaruogho & Co. (Paradise Law Firm), was signed by Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Prince (Dr.) Richard Oma Ahonaruogho, on behalf of Ms Momodu. According to the four-page memorandum, Ms Momodu, the mother of Afrobeat singer Davido’s first child, contends that members of the…

PREMIUM TIMES earlier reported that Mary Habila, who was attached to Dave Umahi, was brought in dead to the David Umahi Federal University Teaching Hospital, Uburu, Ebonyi State, on 27 June. The post Umahi gives more revelations about relationship with Mary Habila appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.

Troops of the Joint Task Force North West, Operation FANSAN YAMMA, have rescued nine kidnap victims, recovered 56 rustled animals and arrested a suspected terrorist during separate operations in Katsina State. The Media Information Officer of Operation FANSAN YAMMA, Lt. Col. Aliyu Danja, disclosed this in a statement on Friday, saying the operations were carried out across different parts of the state based on credible intelligence. According to him, troops of Sector 2 rescued the nine victims—three women, four men and two children—during a fighting patrol in Faskari Local Government Area. He said preliminary investigations revealed that the victims were…

A key robodebt whistleblower is suing the Australian government, alleging she was threatened before she appeared at a royal commission and was warned that her testimony “could cost you your job”.Services Australia whistleblower Jeannie-Marie Blake has filed proceedings in the federal court, alleging her department made repeated threats against her before and after her explosive evidence to the robodebt royal commission.Blake, a compliance officer at the agency’s Mornington office in Victoria, was on the frontline during the rollout of the robodebt scheme.Sign up for the Breaking News Australia emailShe was involved in an initial pilot and was in the compliance…

MAIDSTONE, England — Izzy Woodrow is a believer.Four weeks ago, he joined the small but growing number of Brits who have bought a Chinese-made vehicle.”I’ve got a car that I enjoy driving [and is] super comfy. It’s very quiet and the fit and finish is great and the technology experience is enjoyable ” Woodrow said during an interview at Lipscomb Cars in Maidstone, England. The Geely dealership southeast of London opened within the past year.It’s part of a trend, as sales of Chinese-made autos have been surging in the United Kingdom.  In 2015, Brits bought just 384 Chinese vehicles imported into…

The co-inventor of Apple’s FaceID and Vision Pro technology has spent the past six years building a frontier artificial intelligence model that could one day help decode electrical activity in the brain to diagnose cognitive disorders.Now Gidi Littwin’s startup, Hemispheric, has raised $52 million in funding after gathering data on 100,000 people’s brains to train deep-learning models to examine the brain without the need for invasive procedures.Littwin left Apple in 2020, looking for a change. He found it when his Hemispheric cofounder, Hagai Lalazar, cold-messaged him on LinkedIn. Lalazar had begun to develop artificial intelligence to study the brain without…

Who: France vs EnglandWhat: FIFA World Cup 2026 – third-place playoffWhere: Miami Stadium in Miami, Florida, the United StatesWhen: Saturday at 5pm (21:00 GMT)How to follow: We will have all the build-up on Al Jazeera Sport from 18:00 GMT before our live text commentary stream.Still reeling from heartbreak, France and England face off in a World Cup match neither would have wanted – a third-place playoff offering little more than a figurative bronze medal.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listFirm favourites to add a third World Cup title, in-form France were outclassed by stalwarts Spain in the semifinals, while England’s agonising six-decade…

Commonly used sweeteners can directly interfere with the growth of bacteria that help support a healthy gut, according to laboratory research from the University of Cambridge. The strongest effect appeared when researchers combined isosteviol, a sweetener used by the food and beverage industry, with the antidepressant duloxetine. Together, the two compounds sharply reduced the growth of two important bacterial species associated with digestive health, blood sugar regulation, and immune function. The scientists caution that the experiments were conducted in a laboratory rather than in people. More research will therefore be needed to determine whether the bacterial changes lead to meaningful…

West Ham captain Jarrod Bowen has pledged his future to the club despite their relegation from the Premier League. Bowen was linked with a move away from the London Stadium following West Ham’s plunge into the Championship last season. But the 29-year-old England forward has promised to stay with West Ham after pondering his future in the close-season. “There’s a lot of thinking time over the summer and a lot of things that go on in your head,” he said. “For me I look in years and years to come of when I retire, what’s going to bring me the…