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Doubling the leave to remain timeframe for care workers to 10 years is “cruel and unconscionable”, according to workers rights campaigners who back a Home Office minister’s proposal to exclude the cohort from the government’s immigration plans.Mike Tapp is at the centre of a political row with the home secretary, Shabana Mahmood, after writing an article in which he said migrant care workers should be excluded from plans to retrospectively change the length of time people must work before they can permanently settle in the UK.Mahmood has called on Keir Starmer to sack him, and restricted Tapp’s access to sensitive…

Canada defeated South Africa 1-0 in the opening match of the 2026 FIFA World Cup Round of 32, securing their place in the Round of 16 after a dramatic stoppage-time winner. The encounter was evenly balanced for most of the game, with South Africa producing a disciplined defensive display and frustrating the Canadian attack. Canada controlled possession and pushed forward in search of a breakthrough, while South Africa looked dangerous on the counterattack and appeared set to force the contest into extra time. Canada’s Nathan Saliba was shown a yellow card during the tense encounter as both teams battled fiercely…

By Pius Ayinor Basketball in the South East has continued to show growth and development with every passing month in the last few years. It was indeed a full weekend of activities from June 5 to 7, 2026, for many young basketballers scattered across the South East region of Nigeria. There is something ironic about this part of the country when it comes to the game of basketball. At best, the East had always served as a good scouting place for players, but without major clubs and events, the outlook is changing with visible programmes that have aligned them with…

Bona Film Group’s historical war epic “Crossing” captured the top spot at the mainland China box office during the June 26–28 weekend, opening with RMB79.3 million ($11.7 million), according to data from Artisan Gateway. Commemorating the 90th anniversary of the Long March, the film has brought its cumulative total to $12.8 million. Directed by Xu […]

The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority has confirmed a multiple-vehicle accident involving two articulated trucks and a private car at TREM inward Gbagada along the expressway. In a traffic update posted on its official X handle on Monday, the agency said emergency responders had been mobilised to the scene and recovery operations were underway. “A multiple-vehicle collision involving two articulated trucks laden with cargo and one private car has occurred at TREM inward Gbagada along the Expressway,” LASTMA stated. The agency added that, “A tow truck has been mobilized to the location, and recovery operations are currently in progress.” LASTMA…

*Says they needed extra plane to evacuate terrorists’ electronic devices seized, 199 jihadists killed in a single raid *Discloses materials confiscated being analysed by American intelligence  *Nigerian raid was like a movie, says top security official  *Blames ungoverned spaces for occupation of Islamists in Africa  *Reveals over 1,000 jihadists killed by Trump administration so far  Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja  The United States has disclosed that the cache of seized materials from terrorists during its recent raid in Nigeria was the largest haul of enemy electronic equipment recovered since the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. According to the US government, it had…

The joint unions of the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (Nimet) are set to shut down aviation activities on Wednesday, July 1, 2026, as a result of the failure of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) to comply to a ministerial directive on 10 percent remittance. The Nimet Unions Joint Action Committee (NJAC), in a letter dated June 26, 2026, signed by the Secretaries of AUPCTRE, ANAP and SSASCGOC, Hishaq Ibrahim, Okerafor Romeo and Ogidi John, respectively, with the reference number: JAC/015/AUPCTRE/ANAP/SSASCGOC and copied the Minister of Aviation and the Director-General, Nimet, accused the management of NAMA of disobeying Festus Keyamo,the Minister…

Artificial intelligence and technology stocks have become a driving force on Wall Street and, unbeknownst to most Australians, a growing part of their retirement savings.The so-called “magnificent seven” – chip maker Nvidia, Google owner Alphabet, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Facebook owner Meta and Tesla – are, for better or worse, increasingly part of the portfolios offered by superannuation funds.The average Australian super portfolio now has an estimated 12% of its investments in AI-related companies due to the massive growth of tech stocks in recent years, experts say.Many portfolios are even invested in Elon Musk’s mission to Mars through SpaceX, according to…

An HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) anti-fraud crackdown that stripped 23,000 families of their child benefit failed to “adequately consider” the policy’s impact on claimants, an official report has found.The report by the National Audit Office followed HMRC’s decision to suspend payments after flight records provided by the Home Office purportedly showed thousands of parents had emigrated.The initial introduction of the scheme was suspended at the end of last year after an expose by the Guardian and the Belfast investigative website The Detail showed thousands of those parents had simply gone on holiday but the Home Office had no record…

Astronomers led by Northwestern University have uncovered an unusual feature surrounding the famous “Pink Planet”: skies filled with salty clouds. For more than a decade, the ancient world, known for its pinkish haze, has remained one of astronomy’s enduring mysteries. As one of the coldest planetary-mass companions ever directly imaged, it is so faint that scientists have struggled to analyze its light from Earth. Now, observations from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have revealed an atmosphere packed with exotic chemistry and clouds unlike any previously observed. The findings provide some of the first direct evidence that salt clouds can…