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Mikel Arteta says Arsenal are actively looking for more new signings in the transfer market but admits there is only a small pool of available players who can take them to the next level.The Gunners were frustrated in their attempts to land Vinicius Junior, who chose to sign a new contract at Real Madrid, and also missed out on the signing of another top target Morgan Rogers, who joined Chelsea from Aston Villa earlier this summer. Arsenal completed the £75m signing of Bruno Guimaraes on Saturday, with the Brazil international making his first appearance for the club in Wednesday’s friendly…

The Zurich International Film Festival unveiled highlights from its gala program Thursday, with a selection of “auteur cinema for a broader audience” in the words of festival boss Christian Jungen —that should further cement Zurich’s position as a key international stop for awards season. The gala lineup includes several of this year’s buzziest titles, among them Peter Farrelly’s I Play Rocky, Beth de Araújo’s Josephine starring Channing Tatum and Gemma Chan and Possible Love, the new drama from acclaimed Korean director Lee Chang-dong (Burning). I Play Rocky, starring Anthony Ippolito as a young Sylvester Stallone, will have its world premiere…

A surrogate mother who traveled to Texas, where abortion is illegal, claiming she was pressured to end the pregnancy after the discovery of a severe heart defect, gave birth on Wednesday to a baby boy.The child’s biological parents, Nausheen Gilkar and Omar Ahmed of California, confirmed the birth through their lawyer, while denying they forced McKenna West, who is from Alaska, to undergo an abortion, the Texas Tribune reported.“Our clients’ child was born earlier this morning and he is now receiving medical care provided by a team of pediatric experts,” Lee Budner, an attorney, said in a statement to the…

Telstra has paid its chief executive, Vicki Brady, $6.8m for the year ending in June, after docking 20% of her bonus in response to the network’s nationwide outage in July.The company reported financial results on Thursday. Its board met on Monday and decided to cut Brady’s bonus by $607,000 – but she still took home a $700,000 pay rise as she was awarded a total of $6.1m the year before.Telstra has faced heavy political criticism for its handling of the outage, which it has blamed on the lack of a software update on a key time-keeping system. The incident was…

All Elite WrestlingCredit: All Elite WrestlingAs All In London nears, the latest episode of AEW Dynamite aired on Wednesday, August 12, from Las Vegas to showcase the latest build. From more Continental Cup matches to a title defense, there was plenty of in-ring action for fans to sink their teeth into.Kevin Knight defended the TNT Championship against Chris Jericho in one of the biggest matches of his title reign, especially with a defense against Darby Allin awaiting him at All In. Jon Moxley and Jack Perry also headlined Dynamite in a Continental Cup match, with the winner advancing to the…

It’s almost time for the Made by Google keynote, where the company will show off the brand-new Pixel hardware it announced today. Like last year, it’ll be a celebrity-packed live show, though Trevor Noah is hosting instead of Jimmy Fallon. If the 2025 show was any indication, today’s broadcast might be something of a cringefest.If you’ve been following tech news this morning, you already know a lot about the new Pixels. Press and creators were able to publish extensive hands-on impressions of the new hardware hours ago, and you can read our coverage of the Pixel 11 phones, their new…

A partial solar eclipse illuminated Paris’s sky over the city’s iconic Eiffel Tower. Though the eclipse was only partial in France and other parts of Europe, it was total in Greenland, Iceland, and Spain.Published On 13 Aug 202613 Aug 2026Click here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo

Dr. Adegbajo Odedina once planned to join the wave of Nigerian doctors leaving the country. But he walked away from that plan and from a comfortable life abroad to come home with a mission. Faced with Nigeria’s staggering child and neonatal mortality rates, the pediatrician and neonatologist set out to build something different: a hospital that treats only children.  What started as a modest 9-to-5 clinic in GRA, Ikeja, has grown into Haven Pediatrics, a 24-hour mono-specialist facility. Here, there are no adult wards. Just pediatric consultants, a NICU, and every sub-specialty a child might need, all under one roof. …

The adult brain may have a greater ability to repair itself after injury or certain autoimmune diseases than scientists previously believed. In experiments with mice, researchers at the University of Zurich found that specialized support cells can repopulate damaged parts of the brain in an unusual way. Rather than moving entire new cells into the affected area at first, they send newly formed cell nuclei there. Glial cells play essential supporting and nourishing roles in the brain. One type, known as astrocytes because of their star-shaped appearance, is especially important for healthy neuron function. Astrocytes provide nerve cells with nutrients,…

The top stories and transfer rumours from Thursday’s newspapers…Premier LeagueArsenal have held further talks over a deal for Aston Villa defender Ezri Konsa but remain short of Villa’s valuation for the England defender – Daily Mail Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player We take a look at the best of Ezri Konsa’s during the 2025-2026 Premier League campaign with the England defender being linked with a move to Arsenal Tottenham insist they are not pursuing a deal for Monaco’s former Arsenal striker Folarin Balogun – Daily Mail Arsenal are weighing up a £38m bid for Gabriel…