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The Narcotics Control Commission (NARCOC) has urged the general public to deal directly with the commission in the acquisition of cannabis licences and not any other entity. According to the commission, “it has not authorised, accredited, or certified any individual, group, or association to facilitate, broker, or secure the acquisition or issuance of cannabis licences.” The Commission, in a press statement issued and signed by the Acting Director of Public Affairs and International Relations, Mr Francis Opoku Amoah, had therefore, cautioned prospective applicants of cannabis licences against the payment of application fees to unauthorised individuals and institutions. “NACOC cautions all…

Published On 4 Sep 20254 Sep 2025Authorities in Argentina have opened a criminal investigation into the daughter of a former Nazi official and her spouse after an 18th-century painting stolen from a late Jewish art dealer was recovered from one of their properties.Prosecutors announced the probe on Thursday, which will focus on Juan Carlos Cortegoso and his wife Patricia Kadgien, whose father was the fugitive Nazi officer Friedrich Kadgien.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listThe elder Kadgien died in the late 1970s. He spent the final decades of his life in Argentina, having fled Germany at the end of…

Investors are clearly bullish about former Salesforce co-CEO Bret Taylor’s AI agent startup Sierra. Sierra, which helps enterprises build customer service AI agents, announced it raised a $350 million funding round on Thursday. The round, led by earlier investor Greenoaks Capital, values the startup at $10 billion, according to a company blog post that confirmed an earlier report from Axios on Wednesday. Sierra was founded in early 2024 by Taylor and longtime Google alum Clay Bavor. The company claims to have landed hundreds of customers, including SoFi, Ramp, and Brex, among others, in its 18 months of operation. Sierra has…

Heavy rains, flash-floods and cloudbursts have battered much of Northern India in recent weeks, killings hundreds of people and displacing more than a million.

Seoul, South Korea – Go Kyoung-min, 34, a nurse at Severance Hospital in Seoul, found a new sense of balance in her life during the first half of this year.As the mother of twin daughters born in 2021, Go often felt guilty about not spending enough time with her children because of work.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listBut after opting into the four-day workweek offered by her workplace, Go was able to spend more time with her family, attending daycare events she had previously missed and relying less on her in-laws for childcare.Severance is the first hospital in South…

England’s poor form in white-ball cricket continued as they were beaten by South Africa to lose the second one-day international and the series with a game to spare.Though not nearly as one-sided as the hammering at Headingley on Tuesday, a five-run margin did not reflect the nature of the contest.Set 331, which would have represented the highest successful chase in an ODI at Lord’s, England fell short on 325-9.The series defeat is England’s first since Harry Brook took charge of the white-ball team at the beginning of the summer, and their fifth in six ODI series since the 2023 World…

Chris BaraniukTechnology ReporterBoston MetalMaking steel using electricity is less carbon intensive than traditional methodsAn activity centre for babies and toddlers, an Indian restaurant, an indoor golf centre – and a mini experimental steel plant. These businesses are among those that make up a small retail and industrial estate in the city of Woburn, Massachusetts.”People are dropping off their kids. That kind of shows you an extreme example of what the future of steel looks like,” says Adam Rauwerdink, vice president of business development at US-based green steel start-up, Boston Metal. “You can be making steel and sharing a parking lot…

The Union of African Journalists, in cooperation with Egypt’s Supreme Council for Media Regulation and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has concluded the 61st Training Programme for African Journalists at the Council’s Media Training and Studies Center in Cairo. The three-week programme brought together 21 journalists from 18 African countries including Tanzania, Algeria, Congo-Brazzaville, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Djibouti, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Morocco, Mauritania, Nigeria, Chad, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and South Africa, alongside five Egyptian journalists representing leading outlets such as Al-Dostour, October Magazine, Middle East News Agency, and Al-Mal. Two presidents of national journalists’ syndicates,…

There is a well-trodden line about assessing the trustworthiness of online bargains: if it looks too good to be true, it probably is. It comes to mind when looking at the extremely unusual way in which Morrissey is apparently seeking to offload his business interests in the Smiths. This is not like the forensic and formal processes behind huge catalogue sales in recent years such as Sting, Bob Dylan, Queen, David Bowie, Bruce Springsteen, Pink Floyd or Paul Simon.A post on Morrissey Solo – the outlet for all official Morrissey communiques – says the singer has “no choice but to…

Germany begin their World Cup qualifying group with defeat by Slovakia, the third straight loss for four-time winners.Published On 4 Sep 20254 Sep 2025Four-time world champions Germany suffered their first away loss in a World Cup qualifier after their shock 2-0 defeat by hosts Slovakia in their opening qualifier for the 2026 tournament.The Germans, who have set a goal of winning the 2026 World Cup, had never before lost a World Cup qualifier on the road, and they have now lost their last three consecutive matches, following defeats by Portugal and France in the Nations League in June.Recommended Stories list…