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EXCLUSIVE: International sales and distribution agency Lightdox has acquired Giuseppe Schillaci’s documentary Auber 89 ahead of its world premiere at the Giornate degli Autori‘s Notti Veneziane (Venetian Nights), a sidebar of the Venice Film Festival. The nonfiction feature examines the experience of Fatsah Bouyahmed, a French Algerian actor who suffered memory loss after an accident. When the filmmaker discovered archival footage of Bouyahmed from his childhood and youth in the Aubervilliers social housing estate outside Paris, he invited him to view it and that triggered a process of reconnecting Bouyahmed with his past. “As Fatsah revisits the footage forty years…

Raheem Akingbolu Royal Salt Limited,  makers of Mr. Chef Salt, has concluded its nationwide Mr. Chef Market Runz to 20 Millionaires  ampaign, rewarding more than 520 Nigerians through one of its largest consumer engagement initiatives to date. The campaign culminated in a grand finale in Lagos, where 20 lucky consumers were each presented with N1 million, amounting to a total of N20 million in grand prizes. The winners received their ceremonial cheques in the presence of Royal Salt Ltd management, key distributors of Mr Chef Salt, media organisations,  agency partners, and  guests. Beyond the grand prize winners, the campaign delivered value to hundreds of…

Linus Aleke in Abuja The Federal Government has reinforced its defence and security partnership with the United States Government with a view to deepening military-to-military relations and strengthening counter-terrorism cooperation between Nigeria and the United States. The Minister of Defence, General Christopher Gwabin Musa (Rtd), stated this during a high-level bilateral engagement with the United States Government in Washington, D.C. During a strategic meeting at the Pentagon, the Defence Minister was joined by a high-powered Nigerian delegation that included the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr Taiwo Oyedele; the Chief of Defence Staff, General Olufemi Oluyede;…

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif accused India of illegally suspending the Indus Waters Treaty and called Pakistan’s water resources a “red line.” He also said Pakistan would respond to any future challenge, referencing the May 2025 war with India.Published On 14 Aug 202614 Aug 2026Click here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo

One specialist arbitrage trade on a metal commodity is evolving into a real-time gauge of U.S. tariff risk. Copper — seen as a broader economic barometer, with the industrial metal a key component in construction, electronics and transportation — has been on a tear for more than a year, with futures reaching a record high of almost $6.90 per pound last week.The spread between U.S. COMEX futures and London Metal Exchange prices has historically been used by physical traders, banks, hedge funds, producers and consumers to profit from temporary price differences and hedge against price risk between the two markets.The…

Clip earbuds are an exercise in compromise. It’s an inherent aspect of their design — and physics. They can be more comfortable for people that don’t like something jammed in their ear, but sound response suffers. Ambient awareness is great because you can easily hear the sound around you, which means to hear your own music the buds need to be turned up and potentially leak sound out to your neighbors. For what they offer, they can also get pricey, with popular pairs from Bose, Sony, and Shokz reaching $200. The CMF Clip Pro, though, are under $100, and while…

It ended, perhaps fittingly, on a rather baffling note. After 34 days of campaigning to regain the parliamentary seat of Clacton on England’s south coast, Nigel Farage, the leader of the Reform UK party, declined to turn up to the town’s leisure centre to hear himself declared the winner and MP. It was quite the thing. The last high-profile winning candidate to fail to enjoy his moment of victory was Bobby Sands in 1981. The IRA man had his reasons: he was on hunger strike in a prison in Northern Ireland, and went on to die 26 days later.Instead Farage…

A young commercial motorcyclist was reportedly killed by a falling tree on Abak Road, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, on Thursday, raising concerns over the management of aged and potentially dangerous trees along major roads in the state capital. The incident occurred opposite the Cultural Centre during heavy rainfall in the early hours of Thursday. Witnesses told PREMIUM TIMES that the motorcyclist, who was reportedly on his way to begin his daily business, was struck by the tree at about 7 a.m. Videos reviewed by PREMIUM TIMES also showed a man lying lifeless by a fallen tree with a motorcycle by…

City and Chelsea are already not on great terms after the circumstances around Maresca’s exit from Chelsea and move to City.He was frequently butting heads with the Blues’ owners in his 18 months in charge and on 1 January left the club.They were fifth when he left and ended up 10th – with Xabi Alonso having already replaced Maresca’s replacement Liam Rosenior this summer.At the time Maresca’s exit was referred to as mutual but he has since said he resigned – and admits it “opened a path” for him to move to City.It was always widely reported he was the…

Hollywood actress and singer Selena Gomez is being sued by five investors who backed Wondermind Global, a mental health business she founded with her mother.Shareholders are claiming the pop star failed to fulfil promises that she would be “actively building” the brand, saying her “abject dereliction of her duties” has left the company in a “state of financial calamity”.The lawsuit seeks to recover around $1.2m (£890,000) it claims was invested as well as costs and damages.The BBC has contacted Wondermind and Gomez’s representatives for comment.Gomez, who rose to fame as a child actor before moving into pop music, set up…