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Geochemical signatures of hotspot lavas suggest that their mantle sources are compositionally distinct, but their source locations remain elusive. Mapping hotspots to their deep origins is complicated by the presence of interconnected, low–seismic …

Tottenham captain Cristian Romero has confirmed he is leaving the club ahead of his move to Atletico Madrid being announced. Atletico have agreed a deal worth in the region of £34.2m (€40m) for Romero, while Spurs retain a 15 per cent sell-on clause. In a post on Instagram, Romero bade farewell to the fans and said he had achieved his dream of leaving his name in the club’s history as the captain of the side that ended Spurs’ 17-year trophy drought. Instagram This content is provided by Instagram, which may be using cookies and other technologies. To show you this…

[This story contains spoilers up to episode four of The Shards.] Igby Rigney was a big Ryan Murphy fan when the audition came to him for the lead role in The Shards. The process took a couple of months and, after landing the pivotal part, he dove head first into the book by Bret Easton Ellis on which the FX adaptation is based. Rigney still hasn’t met Ellis, who co-wrote the first two episodes with Murphy and then took a step back in what has been described as a “godfather-y approach” with the nine-episode adaptation that Murphy and Ellis plan…

President Bola Tinubu (PHOTO CREDIT: X @aonanuga1956) There was one question in Zacch Adedeji’s Channels Television interview on Sunday, 9 August, that deserves to survive the noise around the interview. “Anybody who says he is coming,” the Executive Chairman of the Nigeria Revenue Service said, “just ask them, ‘What will you do differently?’ It is not just saying buffer. Buffer as what?” It was an arresting question. Perhaps it is more useful to turn it towards the government itself. What can the Tinubu administration do differently now? Some of the most consequential economic reforms of the past three years have…

Abbott shares new Texas initiative to prevent student abuseWatch Texas Gov. Greg Abbott discuss his student safety initiative and how it came about.The Texas Education Agency released its 2026 A-F Accountability Ratings for San Angelo-area school districts.San Angelo ISD and Grape Creek ISD both maintained a C rating, while Wall ISD dropped from an A to a B.The ratings are based on student achievement, school progress, and closing performance gaps between student groups.Despite overall district ratings, Central HS earned a B, while Wall HS and Grape Creek HS both received A ratings.The state released report cards for three San Angelo-area…

The arrest comes weeks after Trump criticised Jeanine Pirro for dropping charges over damage to the Reflecting Pool.Published On 14 Aug 202614 Aug 2026A woman has been arrested and charged with two felonies over the vandalism of the World War II Memorial in Washington, DC, weeks after President Donald Trump publicly rebuked his own US attorney over a separate vandalism case at the nearby Reflecting Pool.US Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro said on Friday that Melissa Farris, 41, had been taken into custody and charged with depredation of US property and destruction of veterans’ memorials.Recommended Stories list…

The police in Enugu State, Nigeria’s South-east, say they have arrested 12 kidnappers who separately collected $98 million and N30.5 million ransoms and then killed a female victim in the state. The Commissioner of Police in Enugu State, Bitrus Giwa, disclosed this during a press briefing and parade of the suspects at the State Police Headquarters on Friday. Mr Giwa said the kidnappers were arrested through “human and technical intelligence-led operations conducted in different parts of the country.” The commissioner said the suspects were arrested on various dates in June, July and August 2026 in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja,…

By Emma Ujah & Rosemary Iwunze The National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) has announced seven more insurance companies that have scaled the recapitalization hurdle, following a 14-day period granted to eight insurance companies for final verification and regulatory review With this development, forty-eight (48) insurance companies and two (2) reinsurance companies have been confirmed and verified as compliant with the Minimum Capital Requirements stipulated under NIIRA 2025 and applicable insurance laws and guidelines issued by the Commission. The regulatory agency said in a statement in yesterday that with the latest announcement, the Nigerian insurance industry recapitalization exercise had been concluded. The latest to…

Nigel Farage’s attempt to draw the sting from inquiries into his financial affairs appeared to have backfired on Friday as the standards watchdog reopened its investigation and MPs from all sides condemned the needless byelection.The Reform UK leader declared victory in the Clacton vote as he was returned with an increased majority and gained more votes than in 2024, saying he had “stuck two fingers up at the entire political establishment”.However, parliament’s standards commissioner immediately reopened an investigation into whether he should have declared a series of gifts provided to him shortly before the last general election.These include a £5m…

The federal government has called for increased African-led research, stronger partnerships and sustainable financing to improve the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of hepatobiliary cancers. The Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Iziaq Salako, made the call at the fifth Africa Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Cancer Consortium (AHPBCC) Conference on Thursday in Abuja. Mr Salako, who was represented by Ali Gombe, director of clinical services, National Institute for Cancer Research and Treatment (NICRAT), said African countries needed evidence that reflected their populations, disease patterns and health system realities to guide effective cancer interventions. He called for greater investment in research covering epidemiology,…