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The federal health department has raised concerns about the use of AI scribes by doctors as the health regulator considers the need for safeguards around the technology.AI scribe tools record, transcribe and summarise conversations between doctors and patients for medical notes, and have boomed in popularity in the past 18 months.According to an online poll by the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP), use of AI scribes by doctors in Australia nearly doubled from 22% in August 2024 to 40% in November 2025.Companies offering the technology to practitioners say it has been used hundreds of millions of times across…

Nigel Farage’s spokesman has denied fresh allegations the Reform UK leader may have broken parliamentary rules, after reports the MP failed to declare benefits provided by an ally.The Sunday Times says George Cottrell supplied support, external including security and social media staff who worked on Farage’s online content in the year before he was elected. It also claims Farage used a property rented by Cottrell, who was convicted of fraud in the US, near Buckingham Palace.Farage is already facing a parliamentary probe over a £5m gift from a billionaire Reform UK donor which was not registered. He has argued that…

Suspected bandits on Friday evening blocked the Bakori–Guga road in Katsina State and abducted at least nine travellers returning from a weekly market, a community leader and local residents have reported. The attack reportedly occurred around 5 p.m. at Dawan La’ila, a section of the road linking Bakori and Guga communities, where the gunmen intercepted the vehicle conveying the passengers from the Bakori market. A community leader, Mahadi Danbita, told PREMIUM TIMES in a telephone interview on Saturday that the attackers stopped the vehicle and whisked away nine passengers. He said four of the abductees were residents of Guga while…

SILVIS, Ill. (AP) — Lucas Glover chipped in for eagle early and made a birdie late, his only two sub-par holes Saturday for a 2-under 69 that was just enough for him to share the lead with Lee Hodges in the John Deere Classic that now has plenty of possibilities.Hodges had four birdies in a six-hole stretch on the back nine of the TPC Deere Run for a 67 to join Glover at 16-under 197 going into the final round.Nine players were within four shots of the lead, a group that ranges from 50-year-old Zach Johnson to NCAA champion Preston…

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. There’s lots to celebrate this weekend, as America marks its 250th anniversary, with parades, fireworks and patriotic performances across the country. But the U.S. is also at a crossroads of sorts, as a fraught economy and increasing political tensions threaten to upend the very freedoms Americans are celebrating. At the center of it all: Donald Trump, the nation’s current and 47th president, who has bulldozed his way to power, no matter who — or what — he leaves…

The disowned director-general of the non-existent Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC), Adeniyi Adeyemi, has taken down his social media accounts and personal websites amid growing public scrutiny.  Checks by PREMIUM TIMES showed that Mr Adeyemi’s main Facebook account, @Emperor2019, which contained information about his activities, is no longer accessible.  Also, the website linked to his Facebook profile is not accessible at the time of filing this report. The presidency is accusing Mr Adeyemi of forging a government appointment letter and parading himself as the DG of the non-existent PFIPC.  PREMIUM TIMES previously reported that the Chief of Staff to President Bola Tinubu, Femi Gbajabiamila,…

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru, ABUJA President Bola Tinubu, on Saturday in Abuja, reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to prioritising interfaith dialogue and promoting peace, harmony, and tolerance among Nigeria’s diverse religious communities. Read Also: Photos: One dead as Police rescue kidnapped Ekiti CAC worshippers The President made this statement while receiving in audience Archbishop Paul R. Gallagher, the Secretary for Relations with States and International Organisations of the Holy See, at his residence in Abuja. Archbishop Gallagher was ushered in by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Bianca Ojukwu. President Tinubu said interfaith dialogue is the only path to addressing the country’s…

On Thursday morning, a small group of advocates gathered outside the United States federal courthouse in San Diego, California.One of them pointed to a poster of a young man in a US Navy uniform, three golden medals pinned to his chest.”This is my brother, Benito Miranda Hernandez, US Navy veteran,” said James Smith, the founder of Black Deported Veterans of America.Smith and the other advocates had organised the demonstration on behalf of Hernandez, who was miles away at that moment, stuck in an immigration detention facility.Brought from Mexico to the US as a baby, Hernandez had completed three tours of…

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has set a target of investing at least $1.5 billion in Nigeria over the next three years as it expands its operations in Sub-Saharan Africa. The projection was disclosed by the EBRD’s Managing Director for Sub-Saharan Africa, Heike Harmgart, and the bank’s Country Director and Head of Nigerian operations, Hamza Al-Assad, during the official opening of the bank’s first office in Sub-Saharan Africa in Lagos on Friday. The investment target follows the bank’s entry into Nigeria in October 2025, which highlights the financial institution’s confidence in the country’s private sector and investment…

With the kind of incongruous decisions and “rascality” emanating from the courts in recent months, judicial analysts believe that an urgent intervention by the National Judicial Council has become imperative to prevent justice for sale, Davidson Iriekpen writes Less than a week after the Court of Appeal lambasted Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court in Abuja for ordering the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to deregister five opposition political parties, Justice Isah Dashen of the Federal High Court sitting in Lokoja has set aside its earlier judgment directing the same INEC to register the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) as a…