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A new iOS app called Awake, designed specifically for heavy sleepers who must complete missions to turn off their alarms, launched Monday. The app is only available to users with the iOS 26 update, which also came out on Monday.  Unlike traditional alarm clocks that can be silenced with a simple tap, Awake is intended to actively engage users’ brains to ensure they fully wake up. Once the alarm sounds, users must complete a series of interactive missions to turn it off.  These tasks include a variety of challenges, such as rotating the iPhone, completing a set of push-ups, or…

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – Last week, former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was found guilty of attempting a coup and sentenced to just over 27 years in prison.A panel of Supreme Court justices on Thursday found that the 70-year-old had sought to overthrow democracy and hang onto power despite his 2022 electoral defeat to current President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listFour out of five justices voted in favour of convicting Bolsonaro and his fellow defendants. Justice Luiz Fux, in the sole dissenting vote, said there was not enough evidence to find Bolsonaro guilty…

Calvin Harris, the Scottish music producer and DJ, has accused his financial adviser of stealing $22.5 million to fund a “boondoggle” real estate project in Hollywood. Harris alleges that his adviser, Thomas St. John, induced him to invest in CMNTY Culture Campus, a 460,000 square foot development that was to include recording studios, office space and artists’ lounges. According to an arbitration demand, St. John, who served as Harris’ financial adviser for 13 years, began developing the project around 2020. Harris’ lawyers allege that the project ran low on cash in 2023, and that St. John turned to Harris to…

145 Nigeria and Angola have renewed their diplomatic ties with the signing of key agreements to fight drug trafficking and promote cultural exchange. The agreements were reached during the 5th Session of the Nigeria-Angola Bilateral Economic Joint Commission, which took place in Luanda, Angola, from September 9 to 12, 2025. This was the first time in 24 years that the joint commission was held. According to a statement by Magnus Eze, the Special Assistant on Communication and New Media to the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, the agreements cover cooperation in combating the production, trafficking, and abuse of narcotic…

Moscow and Minsk insist, however, that the drills are defensive, adding that Western security concerns are ‘nonsense’.Russia has showcased some of its advanced weapons while conducting a joint military drill with Belarusian troops amid heightened tensions with NATO countries following alleged violations of the airspaces of Poland and Romania by Moscow.Approximately 7,000 troops, including 6,000 Belarusian soldiers, participated in exercises held at locations in Belarus and Russia.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listRussia conducted a test strike with a Kalibr missile from the nuclear submarine named Arkhangelsk in the Barents Sea during the joint Russia-Belarus “Zapad” military drills, Russian…

ReutersThe US treasury secretary has said Washington reached a “framework” deal with China on the ownership of TikTok’s American operations.Scott Bessent said the framework was set in trade talks in Madrid to pave the way for US ownership. He added that US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping would “complete” the deal on Friday.Trump said on Truth Social that the talks had “gone very well”, while China confirmed a framework agreement but said no deal would be made at the expense of Chinese companies’ interests.A deadline is looming for the Chinese owner of TikTok to find a buyer…

Miller again vows to ‘dismantle and destroy’ what he calls ‘domestic terror movement’ in wake of Kirk’s deathRachel LeingangVance is now talking with Miller about “about all of the ways that we’re trying to figure out how to prevent this festering violence that you see on the far left from becoming even more and more mainstream”.First, Miller shared how Charlie Kirk was ever-present after Trump won last November. Kirk was in the campaign or transition office daily, getting into the weeds of policy ideas, Miller said. He was so excited about all of us being here, and we would be…

My friend Rhoda Kalema, a politician and women’s rights activist, who has died aged 96, was known as the “mother of Uganda’s parliament”.When her husband, William, a minister in the government of Milton Obote, Uganda’s first post-independence leader, was murdered by Idi Amin’s thugs in 1972, Rhoda, though now a single mother of six children, decided to enter politics herself. In the interim government that followed Amin’s removal in 1979, she served as deputy minister of culture and community development.In 1980 she was a founder member of Yoweri Museveni’s Uganda Patriotic Movement, and in 1989 was elected as the National…

Two stores at the Tarkwa women’s market in the Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipality of the Western Region last Monday caved in, following a blast at an abandoned mine shaft belt. The incident, which occurred on Monday night, has been linked to activities of illegal miners operating along the stretch of the old shaft which runs across the municipality. Traders and residents have expressed concern that the continuous operations of illegal miners along the Tarkwa belt pose a threat to lives, critical overhead power installations, and national security. Follow us on WhatsApp | LinkedIn for the latest headlines A journalist, Ms Esi Brew,…

Drs Chris and Xand sit down with Professor Stella Volpe, the Head of the department of Nutrition, Food and Exercise at Virginia Tech in the US.