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LONDON, ENGLAND – Sunday, August 6, 2023: The trophy on display before the FA Community Shield match between Manchester City FC and Arsenal FC at Wembley Stadium. Arsenal won 4-1 on penalties. (Pic by David Rawcliffe/Propaganda) Manchester United are the most successful club in the history of the FA Community Shield, having won the competition 21 times. The Red Devils became the first club to lift the trophy when they defeated Queens Park Rangers in the inaugural edition in 1908. The first meeting between the two sides ended in a 1-1 draw on April 27, 1908, forcing a replay several…

….Marvelous Benjy, Tony Tetuila, Baba Fryo, 9ice, African China, Korede Bello also performed By Benjamin Njoku Eko Hotels and Suites, Lagos was more than just a venue last Sunday night. It was filled with lovers of old-school music, nostalgia, and a massive celebration of a legend. The crowd didn’t just come to party or mark Daddy Showkey’s 50 years on stage. They came to reconnect with the icons who ruled the airwaves in the 90s and early 2000s. And they got exactly what they expected. From the first beat to the last, the concert delivered pure nostalgia. Old-school anthems filled…

Low voter turnout has been reported in some polling units across Osun State in the ongoing Saturday governorship election. This was based on reports from the Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID)’s Situation Room. At 11:37 a.m., only security agents, Accord Party and APC agents, and INEC ad hoc staff were seen at Polling Unit 028, Open Space Motion Ground, OAU, in Iremo/Ajebandele Registration Area, Ife Central Local Government Area. Similarly, at 11:44 a.m., less than 200 voters were in the queue at Polling Unit 001, UMC Primary School, Ijeda, in Ijeda/Iloko Registration Area, Oriade Local Government Area, while…

To make a 2075 prediction a probability, we must engage these matters critically with emotional intelligence and design a system that will make our diversity prosper. It starts with the willingness to understand objectively and critically who Nigeria is. The Nigerian state is often underestimated in its complexity and how deep it is in its diversity, as well as complexity. Like most deeply diverse entities, it requires a truly humble understanding, complemented with an intentional, as well as adaptive engagement. Unfortunately, by virtue of the success of its colonial indoctrination, there is a constant desire to validate or invalidate Nigerian…

Indian PM said the Maoist-influenced Naxalite armed rebellion is largely gone, but its ideological backers still pose threat.Published On 15 Aug 202615 Aug 2026India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said the country has largely eliminated a Maoist rebellion which it battled for decades but still faces a threat from the movement’s ideological backers.Speaking on India’s Independence Day on Saturday, Modi said India had succeeded in “getting rid of armed Naxals” – referring to members of the Maoist-influenced Naxalite movement that challenged state authority across swaths of central and eastern India.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listHowever, he said “dimagi…

BANDAR ABBAS, IRAN – AUGUST 10: Two youths sit on the shoreline as ships are seen anchored in the Strait of Hormuz on August 10, 2026 off the coast of Bandar Abbas, Iran. (Photo by Ali Saeedi/Getty Images)Getty Images | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesIran rebuffed U.S. President Donald Trump’s claim that the Strait of Hormuz would soon become U.S. territory, as a ship in the crucial waterway was reportedly struck and negotiations with Tehran appeared no nearer to resuming.”The Strait of Hormuz has been Iranian, is Iranian, and will remain Iranian; this strait will only be closed and…

The court documents relating to the Anthropic case revealed the project of ingesting old books was referred to in internal company communications as “Project Panama.”The documents indicated the company’s aim was to “destructively scan all the books in the world”.Destructive scanning is the process of shipping books to locations where they can be digitised at an industrial scale. It includes removing a book’s spine so all the pages can be scanned rapidly – and the remains recycled.”A lot of mystery surrounds Project Panama,” Manley, from Barter Books, says.”The name is new to me, but the reality of the project is…

Taiwan has long prepared for a Chinese military invasion, but wars in Iran and Ukraine are exposing new potential threats.Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz has raised fears China may emulate its tactics in the Taiwan Strait.Beijing has always claimed Taiwan as part of its territory and with the US caught in the Iran war, there are fears they would not come to Taiwan’s aid.A blockade by China would have dire global consequences for a world dependent on Taiwan’s semiconductor industry.101 East investigates Taiwan’s preparations for a maritime blockade and meets the residents determined to never surrender.Published On 15…

One of the earliest applications of ‘AI scientists’ was to research AI itself.Credit: La Pico de Gallo/GettyArtificial intelligence has made leaps in AI research itself, finding ways to make existing algorithms smarter — or writing new ones. But computers are not yet ready to replace their makers, according to a study posted on the preprint server arXiv1 in late July.“I don’t think full automation of open-ended research is on the horizon right now,” says Sayash Kapoor, a computer scientist at Princeton University in New Jersey and a co-author of the preprint.The effort to fully automate the scientific process, from idea…

First Test, Darwin (day three of five)Australia 198: (Smith 71; Mahmud 6-55) and 161-4 (Green 43*; Mahmud 2-33) Bangladesh 426: (Tanzid 101, Shanto 84, Miraz 65; Hazlewood 6-89)Australia trail by 67 runsScorecardSpinner Mehidy Hasan Miraz took the crucial wicket of Steve Smith as Bangladesh moved closer to a historic first Test victory in Australia on day three in Darwin.Smith, so often Australia’s talisman, chipped a leading edge straight back to the off-spinner to depart for 44 and leave his side 122-4 in their second innings.Australia safely batted out the rest of the session but they face a tough task to…