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Tariff fears are hurting World Cup merchandise orders at Shang Yabing’s Chinese knitwear factory, where racks of scarves bear the logos of national teams from Ireland to Tanzania. Manufacturers in China’s export hub Yiwu would normally already be inundated with World Cup orders ahead of next summer’s football tournament, this time hosted by the United […]

Three Russian MiG-31 fighter jets violated the airspace of NATO member Estonia over the Gulf of Finland on Friday and remained there 12 minutes, Tallinn said. The alleged incursion comes at a moment of increased tension on NATO’s eastern border, after Poland last week complained that around 20 Russian drones overflew its territory. Moscow denied […]

A US medical panel handpicked by President Donald Trump’s health secretary made its first alteration to the standard childhood vaccine schedule on Thursday, as public health experts fear more changes that flout prevailing medical advice are in the pipeline. The Advisory Committee on Immunisation Practices (ACIP) was revamped to reflect anti-vax advocate Robert F. Kennedy […]

  The UK’s foreign intelligence service MI6 on Friday launched a “dark web portal” to try to recruit spies in Russia and around the world by offering a them secure communication channel. The “Silent Courier” portal lets anyone with access to sensitive information relating to terrorism or hostile intelligence activity to securely contact the UK, […]

  The US Centre for Disease Control and Prevention and the African Field Epidemiology Network have deployed a rapid response team to Zamfara State to help combat a cholera outbreak. Since the outbreak began on January 15, the state has recorded more than 11,000 cases with a 1.6 per cent case fatality rate, the Public […]

  Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola said his side can ill afford a repeat of the “under-14s” defending that saw them thrashed 5-1 by Arsenal in February. Guardiola’s men travel to the Emirates again on Sunday, already trailing the Gunners and defending champions Liverpool in the Premier League title race. City lost two of their […]

Femke Bol retained her world 400 metre hurdles title on Friday in an event that two-time Olympic champion and world record holder Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone opted to skip. Dutchwoman Bol blazed home in a time of 51.54 sec in Tokyo, ahead of American Jasmine Jones and Slovakia’s Emma Zapletalova. It marked the end of another successful […]

  Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, will address residents on Friday in a statewide broadcast. Fubara disclosed this while addressing journalists at the Government House in Port Harcourt, the state capital. He said he would speak to Rivers residents at 6 p.m. “We are going to the state by 6 p.m.,” Fubara stated. READ ALSO: Rivers […]

  The Israeli military on Friday said around 480,000 Palestinians have fled southwards from Gaza City since late August, as it presses its ground offensive in a bid to seize the territory’s largest urban centre. When asked by AFP for a figure since the end of August, the military said: “The estimate is approximately 480,000.” […]

  An elderly British couple detained in Afghanistan for almost eight months were released on Friday, the Taliban authorities said, after pressure built to free the pair due to fears over their health. Taliban officials have refused to detail why Peter Reynolds, 80, and his wife Barbara, 76, were arrested in February as they were […]

  The Federal Capital Territory chapter of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has suspended its indefinite strike. The President of the chapter, George Ebong, who disclosed this to Channels Television, said that members were expected to resume work on Monday, September 22, 2025, at 8 a.m. Ebong explained that the suspension followed the […]

  Hollywood director Tim Burton and Italian actress and model Monica Bellucci are separating, they announced Friday in a statement to AFP. “It is with much respect and deep care for each other that Monica Bellucci and Tim Burton have decided to part ways,” they said in a joint statement. Bellucci confirmed her romance with […]