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Every day, thousands of motorists, commercial bus drivers and commuters travel along the Apapa-Oworonshoki Expressway, one of Lagos’ busiest transport corridors. For many, the journey is defined by slow-moving traffic and the endless stream of trucks travelling to and from Nigeria’s busiest seaports. Hidden beneath that daily movement, however, is a problem many road users never notice. Along several stretches of the expressway, drainage channels meant to carry run-off water are clogged with plastic bottles, nylon bags, food packs and other refuse. In many places, the waste has almost buried the drains, leaving stagnant water trapped beneath it. During a…

Key eventsWow, Arthur Fery just won’t go away … or Dimitrov keeps thinking the job is done, losing focus. I nip to get a drink, return, and find the Brit’s broken back for 4-4 in the fourth, then he holds to love and suddenly a bit of scoreboard pressure is in his favour: Dimitrov must hold to stay in the set.ShareWe’re on serve in both our active sets, Fery missing a line backhand at 3-3 30-15 and Dimitrov probing the slice before waiting for a ball to hit, a forehand whipped to the corner giving him break point. And doesn’t…

Deep within the cavernous Banshee Labyrinth in Edinburgh’s Cowgate, robed monks stand ominously on stage after midnight. It’s 2024, halfway through the Edinburgh fringe, and nobody really knows what’s happening. But in this dungeon-like sweatbox we’re about to experience a work in progress that is equal parts joyous and utterly unhinged.The Guardian’s journalism is independent. We will earn a commission if you buy something through an affiliate link. Learn more.Two years on, Underground Monk Show is back. While some shows arrive at the fringe with a clear elevator pitch, this one is still impossible to define. “It’s so funny because that’s…

Millions of mourners have attended the funeral ceremonies of Iran’s former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, as have representatives of several dozen countries — presidents, prime ministers, foreign ministers, parliament speakers and more.Yet as the multiday event weaves its way through Iran — the procession will then pass into Iraq — residents across Tehran have spoken to Al Jazeera about one person whose absence has, to many, been more striking than the presence of everyone who has turned up: the country’s current Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listMojtaba Khamenei has not been seen in public since…

Note: Map shows the area with a shake intensity of 3 or greater, which U.S.G.S. defines as “weak,” though the earthquake may be felt outside the areas shown.  All times on the map are Chile Standard Time. The New York Times A moderately strong, 5.1-magnitude earthquake struck in the South Pacific Ocean on Monday, according to the United States Geological Survey.The temblor happened at 12:15 p.m. Chile Standard Time about 35 miles west of La Ligua, Chile, data from the agency shows.As seismologists review available data, they may revise the earthquake’s reported magnitude. Additional information collected about the earthquake may…

Jensen Huang, chief executive officer of Nvidia Corp., speaks next to a Vera Rubin Ultra Kyber Compute Tray and a Vera Rubin Ultra Kyber NVLink MidPlane during a keynote address at the Nvidia GTC conference in San Jose, California, US, on Monday, March 16, 2026. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesNvidia’s next marquee product — the Kyber rack-scale architecture designed to house its 2027 Rubin Ultra chips — has been delayed by more than 12 months to 2028, according to research firm SemiAnalysis, the latest in a string of reported setbacks raising questions about the AI giant’s product roadmap.Nvidia rejected…

Commission is the single most contested number in ride-hailing. It is the line item drivers see every day, and the one that quietly decides whether the work is worth doing. PairRide has chosen to compete on exactly that number, launching with a 7% commission it describes as among the lowest available in Nigeria. To see why that is provocative, look at the spread. Established platforms in the Nigerian market have historically taken commissions of around 20% or more per trip. A cut to 7% is not a tweak; it is close to a different business model. PairRide’s framing is as…

With his personal funding once again under media scrutiny, Nigel Farage, the leader of the rightwing Reform UK party, is adamant he is the victim of an “establishment plot” trying to stop him from reaching Downing Street.This time, Farage is facing questions about support for his lifestyle from the convicted criminal George Cottrell, just months after it was revealed by the Guardian that he also took £5m from the cryptocurrency billionaire Christopher Harborne as a personal gift.The accusation that shadowy actors and political opponents within the establishment are against him are being levelled not only by Farage, but by a…

United States President Donald Trump has explained why he asked FIFA to review the red card shown to American striker Folarin Balogun, saying the decision would have unfairly denied one of the team’s best players the chance to feature in a crucial World Cup knockout match. Speaking to reporters after FIFA suspended the implementation of Balogun’s automatic one-match ban, Mr Trump defended his intervention, insisting the incident that led to the striker’s dismissal was simply an accidental collision between two players. “I saw the play,” Mr Trump said. “I’m a person who loves sports and was a good athlete. I…

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