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The New York Times said that a group of its journalists received subpoenas from the Justice Department after their report on the lack of certain security features on Donald Trump‘s new Air Force One. The Times said that those who received subpoenas included Julian E. Barnes, Eric Lipton, Tyler Pager and Eric Schmitt, who reported this week that there were security concerns about the new Air Force One, as Trump left the NATO summit in Turkey in the old aircraft. That included the lack of antimissile capabilities in the new aircraft, a Boeing 747-8 that was donated by the government…

Acting President, Nigerian Hotel and Catering Institute and Chairperson, National Technical/Mirror Committee of Tourism and Related Services, Prof. Wasiu Adeyemo Babalola, speaks on how tourism contributes to national development, knowledge gap in hospitality industry, among other issues. Charles Ajunwa brings the excerpts: Are there efforts to bridge the knowledge gap in the hospitality industry? Yes, significant efforts are being made to bridge the knowledge gap in Nigeria’s hospitality industry. Professional bodies, academic institutions, regulatory agencies, and industry practitioners are increasingly collaborating to provide capacity-building programmes, certifications, executive training, and continuous professional development initiatives. The integration of technology, artificial intelligence, revenue management, sustainability…

• Eight terrorists arrested, some others killed • Tinubu, Makinde, APM, PDP faction excited •President vows justice for killed teacher * Uzodimma, Abiodun hail Tinubu, harp on more support for security agencies *Oyo governor to receive rescued victims today Deji Elumoye, Chuks Okocha, Linus Aleke in Abuja, Chiemelie Ezeobi in Lagos and Kemi Olaitan in Ibadan Relief swept across the country yesterday as pupils and teachers abducted nearly two months ago from schools in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State regained their freedom following an intensive intelligence-led joint security operation that led to the arrest of eight suspected terrorists…

The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) has disclosed that the Bombardier Challenger CL-601 aircraft involved in last month’s Asaba road landing aborted its initial approach to the airport before making a second attempt that ended on a site near the runway. The bureau disclosed in its preliminary investigation report released on Friday, providing the first official sequence of events leading to the incident on 10 June. According to the report, the aircraft, registered as N989BC and operated by VMO Aero Limited, was on an Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) flight from Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, to Asaba Airport when the…

Apple filed a lawsuit against OpenAI on Friday alleging the artificial intelligence firm stole company trade secrets in a move to create its own hardware device.The suit claims OpenAI poached Apple employees, coaxing them to hand over confidential material, product designs and other tightly held information.“Recently, significant evidence has emerged suggesting individuals employed by OpenAI wrongfully took Apple’s secret and confidential information regarding our unreleased technologies, processes, and products,” an Apple spokesperson said in an email.Drew Pusateri, a spokesperson for OpenAI, said the company was reviewing the court filing. “We have no interest in other companies’ trade secrets,” he added.…

The Chancellor tells Laura Kuenssberg she will be handing over a stable economy to the incoming PM.

Eight-year-old Marvellous gripped a worn pencil tightly as she wrote on a single sheet of paper, kneeling on the bare concrete floor of an unfinished compound in Karshi, a satellite community on the outskirts of Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city. Around her, four younger siblings sat barefoot, watching every movement of the pencil. Among them was a two-year-old toddler with mucus running from her nose. The children barely noticed the visitor. Because she is a minor, this reporter did not interview Marvellous directly. When asked if her parents were around, she quietly disappeared into the unfinished building behind her and returned…

Mount Etna has fascinated geologists for decades. The towering volcano on the Italian island of Sicily is the most active in Europe, erupting several times a year, yet scientists have never fully understood how it formed. Now, researchers from the University of Lausanne (UNIL) have proposed a new explanation that could change that. Their study suggests Mount Etna may have formed through a rare volcanic process unlike the one behind any other large volcano on Earth, making it potentially one of a kind. More than 500,000 years old and rising more than 3,000 meters (9,800 feet) above sea level, Mount…

Key eventsWICKET! Amy Jones c Ghosh b Rana 52 (England 131-5)Nooooo! Amy Jones does not kick on, she gets caught between front and back foot as Rana gets one to bounce off a lenght, the inside edge is clipped and Ghosh takes a simple catch at short leg. India have their fourth wicket of the morning just before lunch.Share37th over: England 130-4 (Sciver-Brunt 37, Jones 52) Now then! Sciver-Brunt blocks out three dots to Charani but then decides enough is enough and hoicks her into the stands on the leg side for SIX!Share36th over: England 123-4 (Sciver-Brunt 30, Jones 52)…

TV presenter Dermot Murnaghan has died, a year after he revealed he had been diagnosed with stage four prostate cancer.The former BBC, ITV and Sky News journalist was 68.”It is with great sadness that the family of Dermot Murnaghan announces that he passed away at home in North London earlier this morning,” his family said in a statement posted to his X account. “He died peacefully with his family at his side.”A fixture on British TV news across five decades, he presented flagship programmes including the ITV Evening News and the BBC News at Six and Ten.Murnaghan was a main…