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Sitting for longer than half an hour at a time each day raises the risk of dying from cancer, a study suggests.Researchers who tracked more than 90,000 people over a decade found that sitting or lying down while awake for more than 30 minutes in one period each day was associated with an increased risk of cancer death. The risk increases for every additional hour of continuous inactivity, the findings suggest.However, the researchers also found breaking up periods of sedentary behaviour longer than 30 minutes with bursts of physical activity could help reduce the risk. Getting up every half-hour, even…

INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Lamine Yamal knew. “Once we reach our level — and we will — we’ll be almost unstoppable,” he said this week.Spain didn’t quite look unstoppable in this 3-0 win over Austria in the FIFA World Cup round of 32, but they did look like Spain again. And that’s a warning sign to every other team at this tournament.In three group games, there’d been a sense that Spain were in second gear, held back by injuries, and nullified by opponents who disrupted their rhythm. There’d been moments of quality, when Yamal helped put four goals past Saudi Arabia,…

Questlove, who knows a thing or two about talk shows, is developing his own: The Next Move. The show will replicate the Roots drummer’s own celebrity game nights, according to Variety, in which he and three guests play Uno, Jenga, and other games all while chatting about their lives, interests, and work. People will be able to view the first episode on Questlove’s new Do You Want More?! digital channel, which already hosts his Questlove Supreme podcast. Later, the show will be available via Amazon. “Out of all my social experiments, game nights have been some of my favorites in…

Former Principal Secretary to the Anambra State Government, Sir Willie Nwokoye, has been named the recipient of the Anambra Man of the Year (AMTY) Community Service Icon of the Year Award, in recognition of his outstanding contributions to community development, public service and humanitarian initiatives. Nwokoye, an indigene of Amawbia, is being honoured for decades of dedicated service spanning journalism, investment banking, public administration and grassroots community development. He served as Principal Secretary to the Anambra State Government from March 18, 2014, to 2022, becoming the longest-serving occupant of the office after completing an uninterrupted eight-year tenure under the administration…

Microsoft has introduced a new set of AI tools for educators and students and released the third edition of its annual AI in Education Report, which highlights growing AI adoption in schools and additional training preferences.According to the report, more than half (58%) of education leaders said their schools are implementing or expanding AI use, while more than three-quarters of educators and school leaders reported increased AI use over the past year.The report also found strong demand for AI education. While most educators, school leaders, and students believe AI skills will be important in the future, 77% of students and…

Moira Deeming launches court challenge as Victorian Liberals consider her fateVictorian MP Moira Deeming has launched an 11th-hour court challenge against her own party before a meeting to decide her fate after she made an assault allegation against a former leader, AAP reports.Deeming has lodged a legal action against the Liberal’s Victorian president, Brian Loughnane, which is listed to be heard in the state supreme court this morning. Loughnane and other Liberal executives are planning to meet on Friday evening to determine Deeming’s candidacy after she made a police complaint against Matthew Guy, the opposition’s public transport spokesperson, alleging he…

Former Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has emerged as the leading candidate to replace Julian Nagelsmann as Germany head coach, with reports claiming the German Football Association (DFB) is preparing to part ways with the 38-year-old following another disappointing FIFA 2026 World Cup campaign. According to German tabloid Bild, Nagelsmann was offered a severance package worth €7 million ($8 million) during a three-hour meeting at the DFB headquarters in Frankfurt on Thursday. Read Also: Paraguay knock Germany out of FIFA 2026 World Cup Nagelsmann, whose contract was extended in January 2025 until 2028, has come under intense pressure after Germany crashed…

A story widely accused on social media of being written using AI has gone on to win the overall Commonwealth short story prize.Jamir Nazir’s story The Serpent in the Grove went viral after being named as a regional winner in mid-May, with critics on X and Bluesky claiming it showed “obvious markers” of AI use. The literary magazine Granta subsequently pulled out of its long-running agreement to publish the Commonwealth winners.In the wake of the controversy, the Commonwealth Foundation conducted a review of the regional winners, which it said involved looking at drafts, time-stamped documents and notes. “We are satisfied…

Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy has announced she and her department are leaving Elon Musk’s X platform.Explaining her decision in what seemingly will be her last post on X, external, Nandy said the platform “isn’t healthy for our democracy or our communities and I don’t want to support it”. “A platform originally designed for free speech and expression now favours abuse and misinformation over meaningful debate,” she wrote.Responding on X,, external Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch said “DCMS [the Department for Culture, Media and Sport] is supposed to counter and deal with misinformation, not run away because it’s all too much.”The culture…

The African Group of Negotiators Experts Support (AGNES) has urged the Nigerian government to accelerate the nationwide implementation of clean cooking initiatives. The call was made on Thursday by AGNES Nigeria Country Director David Awolala during the official kickoff workshop for the project, “Integrating E-Cooking in Nigeria’s Clean Cooking Policy Implementation Plan and Funding Proposals.” The project is being implemented in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Environment, the Presidency’s National Council on Climate Change (NCCC), the Federal Ministry of Power, the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC), and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). The group argued that scaling…