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MONROVIA — .Dozens of angry workers at Liberia’s Ministry of Transport staged a protest Tuesday at the ministry’s headquarters, demanding the immediate cancellation of a controversial deal between the Government of Liberia and a newly introduced Lebanese company, Liberia Traffic Management (LTM). The staffers, holding placards with slogans like, “Stop Hurting Your Own People,” and, “We Cannot Sell Our Sensitive Data to a Lebanese Terrorist,” accused the company’s owner of being affiliated with Hezbollah, a group internationally classified as a terrorist organization and currently engaged in conflict with Israel. In a strongly-worded petition presented to the media, the protesting workers…

Saquon Barkley has declined an invitation to join Donald Trump’s council on sports, fitness, and nutrition, which is being revitalized under an executive order.Barkley, the 2,000-yard rusher for the Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles, was on a list of sports personalities that included golfers Bryson DeChambeau and Nelly Korda, WWE executive Paul “Triple H” Levesque, football Hall of Famer Lawrence Taylor and retired New York Yankees great Mariano Rivera.Barkley confirmed on Monday that he had declined the invitation.“A couple months ago, it was brought to my team about the council,” Barkley told reporters after Monday’s Eagles practice session. “So I’m…

This summer the technology secretary, Peter Kyle, announced he was considering a two-hour “screen time” cap on children’s use of social media apps – a proposal that is not just insufficient, it’s outdated.Though appropriately placed at the start of the summer holiday – a time when kids’ screen time can increase, along with the onus on parents to ensure the safety of such engagement – Kyle’s announcement is linked to somewhat stale screen time guidance. We should indeed be thinking about moderating time on screens, but the proposed cap addresses only the quantity of consumption, not the quality. Fortunately, as…

Here are the key events on day 1,258 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.Here is how things stand on Tuesday, August 5:Fighting Three people were killed in a Russian attack on the Stepnohirsk community in Ukraine’s Zaporizhia region, the local military administration said on Telegram. Russia launched 405 attacks on 10 settlements in the region in the past day, the administration said on Monday. Russian drone attacks killed three people in the Chuhuiv district of Ukraine’s Kharkiv region, the regional prosecutor’s office said. The victims included a man killed when Russian drones caused a fire in his home in the village…

The 42-year-old was detained by the British Transport Police after disembarking from a flight from Portugal.Police in the United Kingdom have arrested the anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant activist Tommy Robinson on suspicion of assault, following an attack last month at London’s St Pancras station.The far-right campaigner, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, was arrested at about 6.30pm (17:30 GMT) on Monday evening at Luton airport, which is located north of the English capital.Robinson had just landed there on a flight from the Portuguese city of Faro.His detention comes a week on from the alleged assault at one of London’s main railway…

There’s that nagging voice again: “Put the phone away. No, really this time.” But we don’t; 84 percent of Americans say that they are online either several times a day or “almost constantly.”“On your deathbed, what kind of life do you want to look back on?” said Catherine Price, the author of “How to Break Up With Your Phone,” when we asked her how to stop the constant scrolling. “One in which you spent your time with people you love and on things that brought you meaning and joy? Or one that you spent staring down at your phone?”So how…

Hyojung KimBBC Korean in HapcheonBBC/Hyojung KimLee Jung-soon, 88, is one of many nuclear bomb survivors who now lives in Hapcheon, South KoreaAt 08:15 on August 6, 1945, as a nuclear bomb was falling like a stone through the skies over Hiroshima, Lee Jung-soon was on her way to elementary school.The now-88-year-old waves her hands as if trying to push the memory away.”My father was about to leave for work, but he suddenly came running back and told us to evacuate immediately,” she recalls. “They say the streets were filled with the dead – but I was so shocked all I…

The NFL Players Association has elected a veteran entertainment labor figure as its interim leader after former executive director Lloyd Howell resigned in July. On Sunday the players’ union announced that they had appointed former SAG-AFTRA national executive director David White to the vacant leadership position following a “a comprehensive, player-led process.” The move follows Howell’s resignation in a cloud of controversy on July 17 after two years as the union’s top staffer. “We have full faith in David to take the union forward and operate in the best interests of our membership. David has spent much of his career…

People coming off obesity jabs like Wegovy and Mounjaro should have check-ups for at least a year to make sure they don’t pile weight back on, new advice for the NHS says.It’s not uncommon for people to regain most of what they shed once they stop treatment, experience shows. The guidance, from health assessment body NICE, warns weight management is a long-term journey, not a short-term fix.Patients may need extra support and a plan for how to stay at their new weight, such as eating healthily and hitting the gym or going for walks, it says.In England alone, obesity affects…

A conflict over alleged illegal sand mining in Kartong has reignited deep divisions within the coastal village known both for its thriving fishing community and growing appeal as a tourism destination. On Wednesday, 30th July 2025, Foroyaa reporters visited the area to investigate mounting claims that a group of local truck operators–namely Lamin Jamba Jammeh, Lamin Bojang, and Mansour Tabally–are behind an unsanctioned sand mining operation threatening both the environment and community cohesion. What they found was a village at odds with itself: the Village Development Committee (VDC), the Alkalo and his Council of Elders, and a group of truck…