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32 The Africa Centre for Nature-Based Climate Action (AC4NCA) has pledged to work closely with Ghana’s newly created Ministry for Climate Change and Sustainability to tackle the country’s growing climate challenges. A delegation from the Centre, led by its Global Lead, Samuel A. Jinapor, Member of Parliament and a well-known climate advocate, paid a courtesy call on the ministry in Accra. The team commended the government for creating a dedicated ministry to focus solely on climate change and sustainability, describing it as a bold step. Mr. Jinapor said the Centre was committed to supporting Ghana in advancing nature-based solutions and…

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Matt BowenSep 3, 2025, 10:37 AM ETCloseMatt Bowen is a fantasy football and NFL writer for ESPN. He joined ESPN in 2015, writes regularly for ESPN+ and spent multiple years on “NFL Matchup.” After graduating from the University of Iowa, Matt played safety in the NFL for St. Louis, Green Bay, Washington and Buffalo over seven seasons.Week 1 of the fantasy football season is more about player usage than schemes or game plans. Sure, the coaching matters, and so do the individual matchups. But when we set our lineups for this week, we want to base it on the volume…

Apple’s Siri overhaul may include an AI-powered web search tool with technology powered by Google’s Gemini, according to a new report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. The iPhone maker, which has been criticized for falling behind in the AI race, delayed its long-awaited Siri update until 2026. In the meantime, the company has been scrambling to determine whether its own AI models alone will work well enough to make its upgraded Siri competitive with the AI answer engines available today from tech companies like OpenAI, Perplexity, and Google. Per Bloomberg, Apple could be turning to Google for a solution to its…

NBA says it will open an investigation into a report that Clippers paid Leonard $28m for no-show job at a company.Published On 4 Sep 20254 Sep 2025The NBA said on Wednesday it will investigate if a $28m endorsement contract between Kawhi Leonard and a California-based sustainability services company allowed the Los Angeles Clippers to circumvent league salary cap rules, following a report by journalist Pablo Torre.The Clippers strongly denied that any rules were broken and said they welcomed the league’s investigation.The probe will focus on ties between Leonard, the Clippers and a company called Aspiration Fund Adviser, LLC, which filed…

A pro-democracy coalition, the Renewed Hope Interest Defenders, has thrown its weight behind President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s economic reforms, including the removal of fuel subsidy, support for local refineries, and executive orders aimed at boosting investment in the oil and gas sector. The group, however, demanded the immediate removal of the group chief executive officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Bayo Ojulari. The convener of the group, Obed Agu, who addressed a press conference in Abuja, said their third quarterly review session showed that Tinubu’s policies were “bold, decisive and already easing the burden of Nigerians through…

The recent suspected cholera outbreak that broke out and killed some residents in Tureta town, the headquarters of the Tureta local government area of Sokoto State, is undergoing investigation. Reports from the area indicate that several people have died from a cholera outbreak in the town over the past few days following a mass exodus of people fleeing their villages due to attacks by gunmen in their communities. The commissioner for Health, Dr Faruku Umar Abubakar, though confirmed there was an outbreak, was quick to downplay the alarm of cholera, killing scores of residents. Dr Abubakar, reacting, said, “The suspected…

Suriname v PanamaThere are only three automatic places available via the Concacaf World Cup qualifiers because the USA, Mexico and Canada have secured their spots as hosts, although the two best runners-up head into the inter-confederation playoffs. Suriname have made it to the final round of qualifying only once before and will be hoping to kick off their campaign with a victory when they host Panama in Paramaribo on Thursday. Managed by the former Netherlands goalkeeper Stanley Menzo, they have been steadily climbing Fifa’s rankings since allowing players born in the Netherlands with Surinamese heritage to represent the national side…

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureEurope shouldn’t be naive about Russia’s ‘destabilising, confrontational’ force, Nato’s Rutte saysNato’s secretary general Mark Rutte is speaking at the IISS Prague Defence Summit now.He says he wants to talk about the need to increase European military capabilities to keep the continent safe.He says Europe needs to respond to “Russia and China investing heavily to build up and modernise their militaries” at “a remarkable, I might say, at a staggering rate.”He says this equipment is being used against Ukraine, and while the alliance is “working to end this aggression…

The Ukrainian film-maker Alexander Rodnyansky was once at the very centre of Russia’s cultural life. Over two decades he ran one of Russia’s biggest media conglomerates, produced some of the most celebrated films in recent Russian history – including the Oscar nominees Leviathan and Loveless – and helped bring Russian cinema to international prominence.But since the invasion of Ukraine, Rodnyansky said, he has witnessed a huge shift in Russian cinema. “The most popular genre in Russian cinema today is fairytales,” the 64-year-old told the Guardian. “They adapt all the stories we grew up with. There’s no single social drama, no…