April 26, 2026
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The suspect arrested in the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting on Saturday (Apr 25) was identified by a law enforcement official as Cole Tomas Allen, a Los Angeles-area man who appears from social media sites to be a Caltech graduate working as a part-time teacher and game developer. The official said Allen, approximately 31 years of age,…
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Swiss International said that a flight from Delhi to Zurich had to abort its takeoff early on Sunday (Apr 26) after an engine issue, adding that four passengers and one crew member were injured. The airline did not elaborate, but the Economic Times reported that one of the engines had caught on fire as the plane…
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US Secret Service agents bundled Donald Trump from the stage as shots rang out Saturday evening (Apr 25) at a media gala, in what the president later described as an attack by a “would-be assassin”. Armed guards opened fire at the gunman who charged through security checkpoint just outside the ballroom of the hotel where…
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Millwall winger, Femi Azeez has pledged his international allegiance to Nigeria, MEZIESBLOG reports. Azeez, who was born in England to a Nigerian father and Spanish mother, is eligible to represent the three countries. The 24-year-old has, however, opted to play for the Super Eagles after he was approached by the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, according…
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Arsenal on Saturday created two records after beating Newcastle United 1-0 in the Premier League. Eberechi Eze scored the game’s only goal to give the Gunners all three points against Newcastle at Emirates Stadium. The win over the visitors moved Mikel Arteta’s side to the top of the Premier League table with three points ahead…
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The recent threat by the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission, NBC, to sanctions broadcast organizations, comprising radio and television outfits, in Nigeria over declining standards in news and political analysis has not gone down well with some Nigerians, including the Nigerian Union of Journalists, NUJ, the umbrella body of all media practitioners in the country. A few…
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Leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has revealed that the opposition alliance can shake President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, but not everyone in the alliance will stay till the end. In a statement signed by his media aide, Osho Oluwatosin, Primate Ayodele made it known that the decision to field one candidate among…
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Good morning from MEZIESBLOG! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. Leaders of the leading opposition political parties on Saturday announced plans to present a single presidential candidate for the 2027 general election. The resolution was adopted on Saturday at the national summit of the opposition political party leaders held in Ibadan, Oyo state. 2.…
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New York sued the Trump administration for withholding more than $73.5 million in highway funding over the state’s decision not to revoke commercial driver licenses given to illegal aliens. New York Attorney General Letitia James and Gov. Kathy Hochul, both Democrats, said the legal challenge Friday seeks to reverse the decision by the Transportation Department…
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Tickets for this summer’s football World Cup final have gone on sale for more than $2m each. FIFA’s official “resale/exchange marketplace” website for the match on 19 July shows four seats available for $2,299,998.85 (£1.7m). Buying all four of those tickets for the showdown, at the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, would set you back $9.2m (£6.8m).…
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Today in Global History: The Enduring Legacy of April 26th Every date on the calendar carries its own unique weight of history, but April 26th stands as a particularly dramatic crossroads of triumph and tragedy. From the quiet villages of 18th-century Europe to the bustling metropolises of modern Asia, from the frozen remnants of the…
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Microsoft and Meta, the company behind Instagram and WhatsApp, are planning to make significant cuts to their respective workforces as spending on artificial intelligence (AI) finds a new high gear. Meta said it was laying off about 8,000 workers, or about 10% of its workforce, in a bid to make efficiency savings as it ramps up…
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