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*England’s Three Lions fail to hold on to lead as Albiceleste fight back to win Duro Ikhazuagbe  Lionel Messi inspired Argentina to fight back from a goal down to beat England 2-1 last night at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium  in  Atlanta to set up 2026 World Cup final against Spain on Sunday. Like the South Americans did against Egypt  in the Last 16  when they were two goals down with barely 10 minutes to end of the game but went on to score three goals in 11 minutes to progress, the Albiceleste conjured two goals in five minutes to end England’s dream of the cup…

By Obas Esiedesa, Abuja Global oil prices surged by 14 per cent to almost $85 per barrel yesterday as the escalating conflict between the United States and Iran intensified fears of prolonged disruptions to global crude supplies. Brent crude, the international benchmark, climbed to $84.37 per barrel, up from $76.01 on Sunday, extending a sharp rally that began on Monday, driven by renewed military hostilities between the US and Iran, and growing concerns over the security of crude exports from the Middle East. The latest increase follows the exchange of fresh attacks between the United States and Iran from Saturday till…

Dozens of Meta employees have sued the social media company over claims that it used artificial intelligence tools to tag workers for mass layoffs. The workers allege that those AI tools targeted them after they asked for protected or maternity leave or disability accommodation.The lawsuit, filed Monday in federal court in the northern district of California, points to Meta’s workforce reduction of about 8,000 employees earlier this year. Meta is the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp. The suit alleges that Meta used a “constellation of internal artificial intelligence systems”, including AI performance ratings and keystroke- and activity-monitoring data,…

NewsFeedWildfire smoke turned skies orange over Toronto and the rest of Ontario, as hundreds of wildfires continue to burn across Canada. Toronto recorded the world’s worst air quality among major cities because of the haze.Published On 16 Jul 202616 Jul 2026Click here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo

As an aviator, Wally Funk, who has died aged 87, was a trailblazing pioneer for women, breaking barriers for eight decades of a remarkable career. “Aviation has been my whole life; I eat and breathe it,” she said in her 2020 memoir, Higher, Faster, Longer (written with Loretta Hall).She earned her pilot’s licence as a teenager, at 20 was the US military’s first female flight instructor, in 1971 became the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) first female flight inspector, and three years later was the first woman instructor for the National Transport Safety Board (NTSB). But hanging over these accomplishments was…

England’s forward #09 Harry Kane reacts after losing the 2026 World Cup football tournament semi-final match between England and Argentina at the Atlanta Stadium in Atlanta on July 15, 2026. (Photo by Odd ANDERSEN / AFP) Harry Kane said he was “gutted” for England and their fans after his team were beaten 2-1 by defending champions Argentina in the World Cup semi-finals on Wednesday. Anthony Gordon’s strike had put the Three Lions on the cusp of a first men’s World Cup final since they lifted the 1966 trophy but Lionel Messi inspired a dramatic turnaround in Atlanta. He set up…

The tenor Karim Sulayman and guitarist Sean Shibe together bring a microcosm of world heritage to the concert platform: English, Japanese, Scottish, Lebanese and American. Their recital programme Broken Branches offers similarly a multitude of perspectives, both remembered and imagined. Its title comes from a poem by Sinan Antoon on being an Iraqi refugee in New York, set to music in 2022 by Layale Chaker – a song that came at the end of a sequence beginning with Li Beirut, a powerful lament for the Lebanese capital. Yet if that suggests a programme that’s heavy going, this performance ultimately leaned…

The police in Cross River State have launched a public sensitisation campaign against jungle justice, urging residents to hand criminal suspects to the police instead of taking the law into their own hands. The campaign, led by the police spokesperson in the state, Sunday Eitokpa, comes amid recurring incidents of mob violence in the state, including recent killings of suspected criminals and persons falsely accused of offences. In a video shared on his Facebook page about a week ago, Mr Eitokpa was seen addressing residents through a public address system at what appeared to be a market square. “Justice, not jungle justice.…

The Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) has commenced another round of striking off companies from Nigeria’s register of incorporated entities, placing 100,000 companies at risk of deregistration over failure to meet statutory filing obligations. In a public notice issued Wednesday, the commission said the exercise, tagged Batch Six, affects 100,000 companies whose names have been published on its website. “The affected One Hundred Thousand (100,000) companies can be accessed at the Commission’s website,” CAC stated. In February, CAC said that it struck off more than 400,000 companies from Nigeria’s corporate register in 2025 over inactivity and non-compliance with regulatory requirements. It…

“From here to anywhere” is the motto of Debert’s business park, but it feels like the middle of nowhere.Just 113km (70 miles) north of Halifax, Nova Scotia, on Canada’s east coast, it was once a military base where thousands of soldiers trained during World War Two. Now it’s a mix old buildings and empty parking lots, bordered by thin, coniferous woods.But there is promise of a luxurious and glamorous future in the large grassy hump popping up at one end of the park. Canadian crypto mogul Jonathan Baha’i plans to convert the 64,000 square-foot nuclear bomb shelter into crisis-proof condos…