July 2023
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Senator Shehu Sani has insinuated that the poor are the worst hit by the current economic hardship, while the rich are insulated from economic woes. Sani, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and former lawmaker, made the assertion via his verified Twitter handle on Tuesday. Sani wrote: “In our country, the rich are…
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A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Tuesday granted the immediate past Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele bail. The court granted Emefiele bail in the sum of N20 million and a surety in like sum. This followed a two-count charge of illegal possession of firearm levelled against him by…
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An American model moved to Ukraine to become an “emotional support stripper” for troops fighting against Russia. Fan-Pei Koung, 33, is a beauty pageant competitor and erotic star from Houston, Texas. She says her OnlyFans account doesn’t require any subscription fee for Ukrainian fighters and she describes herself as a “globe-trotting girlfriend”. She says her…
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UEFA Champions League third qualifying round draw ceremony was held Monday in the House of European Football in Nyon, Switzerland. The draw pitted the winner of the Galatasaray – Zalgiris match against either Bulgaria’s Ludogorets or Slovenia’s Olimpija Ljubljana in the next stage. To qualify for the UEFA Champions League group stage, teams must first…
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Experts from the UN’s nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), observed mines on the periphery of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, Director General Rafael Grossi said Monday. Europe’s biggest nuclear power plant has been under Russian military and operational control since March 4, 2022, roughly two weeks after it launched its offensive against…
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The UK government announced Monday that it is financing the construction of a high-speed electrified railway in southern Türkiye. The announcement came from the UK government’s export credit agency, UK Export Finance (UKEF), which has underwritten €781 million ($872 million or £680 million) for the project. The construction will enable Turkish conglomerate Ronesans Holding to…
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Oil prices climbed on Tuesday over fears of tightening global supply as the August output cuts of OPEC+ oil-producing countries approach, coupled with anticipation of more Chinese economic stimulus. International benchmark Brent crude traded at $82.65 per barrel at 10.08 a.m. local time (0708 GMT), a 0.20% gain from the closing price on Monday of…
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From China in the east to the US in the west, the world is under the grip of scorching heat waves and catastrophic extreme weather events. The disasters unfolding are rooted in several reasons, not least the increasing impact of rising global temperatures – currently around 1.2 degrees Celsius (2.2 degrees Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial levels.…
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Saudi football club Al Hilal have made a world record £259m bid for Paris Saint-Germain striker Kylian Mbappe. Sky Sports News reported at least five clubs have contacted the French club in recent days about signing Mbappe – with Premier League sides among those interested. The 24-year-old has been put up for sale by the French champions, who have…
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Touching down at 9.15am, this Tui flight from Rhodes to Birmingham wasn’t scheduled – instead, the first of several emergency repatriation services scrambled to rescue British tourists. 124 passengers were onboard – some too upset to talk, but those who could described a terrifying situation. “Pretty horrific to be fair,” said James Jones, who’d been…
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Wildfires like those we’re seeing on the Greek islands are not unusual at this time of year, experts say – but there’s a warning that the effects of climate change are making them more frequent and ferocious. Professor Stefan Doerr, director of the Centre for Wildfire Research at Swansea University, says places like Rhodes have…
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By now you will have seen the images of airports packed with tourists hoping to return to the UK, safe from the fires burning through Rhodes. Among those lucky enough to have made it home are Damien and Karen Townsend – but not before a call so close they thought they “were dead”. The couple,…
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As repatriation flights begin shuttling stranded tourists home, the anger facing holiday companies is mounting. In one shelter near Rhodes Town, reporters met British holidaymakers who were flown onto the island even as resorts were being evacuated. People like Jason Robinson, whose group spent £6,000 per person for a Greek holiday only to be taken…
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BBC newsreader George Alagiah has died at the age of 67, his agent has said. The Sri Lanka-born journalist – the face of BBC One’s News At Six since 2007 – was diagnosed in 2014 with stage four bowel cancer, which had spread to his liver and lymph nodes. He endured two rounds of chemotherapy…
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Many of us struggle to make love work, and a common reason for that is self-sabotaging in our relationships. Diane Arbus states, “Love involves a peculiar unfathomable combination of understanding and misunderstanding.” It can feel deeply distressing and painful to struggle with self-sabotage in relationships because we are relational beings and often want deep intimacy…
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Former Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba wants to help tackle the UK’s cost of living crisis, telling news reporters that ending poverty is “the goal” of a new ethical fund he is launching. In an exclusive interview Pogba, 30, recalled queuing with his mother at food banks when he was growing up in France. “I…
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