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The UK has appropriated its last working steelworks, following fears its former Chinese owners would shut it down.Published On 17 Jul 202617 Jul 2026Beijing has warned the United Kingdom that its nationalisation of British Steel has “severely undermined” Chinese companies’ confidence in investing in the UK.The UK nationalised the loss-making company on Thursday in what the government said was a move taken to protect national interests.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listBritish Steel is the only source of primary steelmaking in the UK. It supports approximately 2,700 jobs across its main steelworks in Scunthorpe and across the wider supply…

The Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) is to launch the Nigerian chapter of the global Women in Anti-Money Laundering, Countering the Financing of Terrorism and Counter-Proliferation Financing (AML/CFT/CPF) Network on 6 October, as part of efforts to strengthen women’s leadership in the country’s fight against financial crimes. The initiative will be championed by the Chief Executive Officer of the NFIU and Nigeria’s National Correspondent to the Inter-Governmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA), Hafsat Abubakar Bakari, according to a statement issued by the agency on Wednesday. The NFIU stated that the initiative reflects Nigeria’s commitment to promoting…

The most infamous financial scandal in US presidential history – the 1920s Teapot Dome affair – involved then president Warren G Harding’s interior secretary, Albert Fall, taking roughly $400,000 in bribes. Adjusted for inflation, that’s about $6m today. Last year, Donald Trump made at least $2.2bn; his single year of income is on the order of 200 to 300 times larger than the bribe that defined “presidential corruption” in the American imagination for a century.It’s taken for granted that Trump flogs items like Bibles and gold sneakers as a way to wring more money from his loyal base. But of…

Andy Burnham will promise a new path for Britain in a speech as he becomes the new Labour leader on Friday.The Makerfield MP will be confirmed in the role at a special party conference in central London, ahead of taking over from Sir Keir Starmer as prime minister on Monday.In his speech, Burnham will say that when he is in Downing Street, the government will be “unashamedly Labour in our priorities” and have the “courage to fix the big things that politics has neglected”.Burnham cemented his status as the sole leadership candidate after being backed by 379 Labour MPs and…

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The top stories and transfer rumours from Friday’s newspapers…ENGLANDThomas Tuchel was unhappy with what he saw from Kobbie Mainoo in training in the build-up to the Ghana group game. The Manchester United midfielder was set to feature amid Declan Rice’s fitness concerns. – Daily Mail Argentina were stunned by England’s response to taking the lead in their World Cup semi-final and were shocked by the defensive nature of Thomas Tuchel’s substitutions. – Independent Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Sky Sports’ Rob Dorsett explains why Thomas Tuchel has defended his tactics, blaming England’s ‘DNA’ for the…

The National Year of Reading should be extended to a National Decade of Reading, an education committee inquiry into reading for pleasure has concluded.The government should also commit to a National Reading Guarantee that would ensure all children have regular opportunities to enjoy reading, the committee argues.The Reading for Pleasure inquiry was launched last November in response to a sharp decline in the number of children reading for pleasure.National Literary Trust CEO Jonathan Douglas told the committee that this year’s National Year of Reading should be “turned into a decade of reading to sustain the foundations that are being laid”,…

NewsFeedIranian social media accounts, and local sources allege that US strikes caused casualties and hit civilian infrastructure including an airport and a key bridge. The US says it is conducting strikes for the sixth day in a row to ‘further degrade Iranian military capabilities’.Published On 17 Jul 202617 Jul 2026Click here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo

Recently, the Ecobank Pan African Centre in Lagos hosted Inside Africa Fashion 54 (IAF 54), a landmark exhibition bringing the fashion stories, textiles, and craftsmanship of all 54 African countries into one physical space. Founded by cultural archivist Tejumola Maurice-Diya of The Fashioned Museum, IAF 54 is the result of nearly two years of documenting Africa’s fashion heritage country by country. Her goal: preserve these stories from an African perspective before someone else tries to claim them. In this interview with MARY NNAH, Maurice-Diya shares discoveries from the field, like learning that Aso Oke began as a wound dressing material and later evolved into ceremonial cloth. She talks about why young Africans…

CANADA – 2025/08/07: In this photo illustration, the SoftBank Group (Soft Bank) logo is seen displayed on a smartphone screen. (Photo Illustration by Thomas Fuller/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesAsian tech stocks tumbled on Friday as a fresh rout in U.S. semiconductor shares spread across Asia, underscoring growing worries about AI spending.Shares of SoftBank dropped 9.2%, while chip equipment maker Tokyo Electron lost 9% and Advantest slid 9.4%, tracking steep overnight losses on Wall Street. Japanese memory chipmaker Kioxia plunged over 14% after a federal jury in Texas on Thursday ordered the firm to pay…