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Argentina’s forward #10 Lionel Messi is lifted by teammates as they celebrate after winning the 2026 World Cup round of 16 football match between Argentina and Egypt at Atlanta Stadium in Atlanta on July 7, 2026. Photo by Odd ANDERSEN / AFP. By Prisca Sam-Duru For a good number of football lovers across the globe, football is simply about competition, just like every other game. For owners of the clubs or countries whose teams are playing in tournaments, be it local or international, and of course, the players themselves, it is about victory. Read Also: ‘Foul is foul’: FIFA reacts to allegations…

The changes also see the departure of long-serving presenter Norman MacLeod, after almost 40 years with the company.In a statement he said: “I’ve had an incredible career at STV, working alongside some truly wonderful colleagues who have made it so special.”I’ll miss the team enormously, but the time feels right to embark on a new adventure.”The exact format which will be broadcast from Monday is being kept under wraps. It is understood the distinct content for the north will include some regional news plus sport and a separate weather forecast.The part of the programme which will be shown in both…

The Mount Rushmore National Memorial, South Dakota, is a 1,278-acre or 517-hectare tract seized from the Sioux Nation of India. Into its mountain face are sculpted the 18-metre or 60-foot-high figures of four former United States (US) Presidents. They feature founding President George Washington, main drafter of the 4 July, 1776, Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson, leader of the Union in the US Civil War, Abraham Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt, credited with developing the country. It is a monument dedicated to 150 years of the Declaration. It took the sculptor, Gutzon Borglum, son of Danish Mormon immigrants, fourteen years, from…

Newbury College and UCN embraced its higher education students and apprentices at its Skills Expo 2026 and Apprentice Awards, writes Isla Kirby.At the Monks Lane campus, employers, parents, tutors, development coaches and support teams attended the event to recognise the hard work of all students and apprentices who are already impacting their industries.The award winnersAt the Skills Expo, students were given the opportunity to present their innovative, career-focused projects, showing off their ability to apply the knowledge from programmes to the workplace.A wide range of subjects were represented, including art and design, access to higher education, manufacturing and electrical engineering,…

Meta has said ⁠it is discontinuing an AI feature launched this week that allowed users to generate images using public Instagram ⁠accounts, after drawing widespread ⁠criticism over ​privacy concerns, including from a Hollywood union.“Our intent was to provide a useful creative tool and to give people control ⁠over whether their public content could be referenced in this way,” Meta said in a statement.“We’ve heard the feedback that ⁠this feature missed the mark, so it’s no longer available,” it said.Meta, owner ​of Facebook and Instagram, had launched ‌Muse Image on Tuesday, its ‌first image-generation model from Meta Superintelligence Labs. The feature,…

The Federal High Court in Abuja has affirmed the powers of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) to investigate consumer complaints relating to airline ticket pricing, dismissing a suit filed by Air Peace challenging the commission’s authority. The FCCPC disclosed this in a statement on Friday, saying the judgment was delivered by Justice B.F.M. Nyako on 29 June. According to the commission, the case arose from its request for information from Air Peace in January 2025 following widespread complaints by passengers over sharp increases in airfares on some domestic routes in December 2024. Air Peace had argued that…

U.S. federal cybersecurity agency CISA said it did not have a prepared response plan for how it should handle a cybersecurity incident in May, after an investigative reporter notified the agency that a contractor had publicly exposed sensitive keys and credentials for accessing U.S. government systems. CISA, the Homeland Security unit tasked with defending federal networks and helping to safeguard critical infrastructure, revealed Friday in a postmortem report that its staff “had to spend time building [a playbook] during the early stages of the incident.” The agency said it is important to prepare playbooks for “all anticipated needs” to ensure…

The BBC’s political editor reflects on Widdecombe’s life after the former government minister’s death.

The economies of countries where many people work in farming will be hit the hardestImago/Alamy Global warming-fuelled heat and drought is already hitting yields of maize, wheat and soybeans to the tune of $20 billion a year, a study has estimated. This could rise eightfold, to more than $160 billion by 2100, unless we slash emissions. While the financial losses will be greatest for big producers such as the US, the impacts will be felt most in the lowest-income countries, where the majority of the population works in farming, says Yi Ling Hwong at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)…