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Here are the key events on day 1,277 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.Here is how things stand on Sunday, August 24:Fighting Russian forces launched a drone attack on a minibus in Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region, killing a 59-year-old man and wounding five others, according to a Ukrainian official. A wave of Russian attacks on Ukraine’s Kherson also killed a 69-year-old man, wounded 17 people, and damaged a school and an administrative building in one district, local officials said. Russian forces launched 448 attacks on 17 settlements in Ukraine’s Zaporizhia region in a single day, according to Ivan Fedorov, the head of…

When Amazon hired the founders of AI startup Adept last year, it was one of the first examples of what became known as a reverse acquihire — a deal where a large company hires key startup team members and licenses its technology, rather than acquiring the startup outright. Adept’s co-founder and former CEO David Luan subsequently became the head of Amazon’s new AGI Lab, and while Luan’s recent interview with The Verge is ostensibly focused on Amazon’s vision for AI agents, reporter Alex Heath also asked him about the reverse acquihire trend. Luan replied that hopes to be “remembered more as…

On a rainy August morning in Gunjur Sambuya, the green stretches freely. Maize stalks rise tall beside cassava plots, and vegetable beds lie open near the market, all unfenced yet untouched. In this Gambian village, crops grow in peace, without wire, without sticks, and without fear of goats or cattle devouring them. This rare sight is not a miracle of nature, but the result of a social pact that binds the community together. Here, the farmers plant anywhere they wish, confident that their neighbors’ animals will not trespass. Alkalo Edrissa Touray, the village head, explained the foundation of this trust.…

Bobby Berk is addressing controversy that arose after he announced his new show with HGTV just a day after Netflix revealed Queer Eye will end with season 10.  A former member of the streamer’s rebooted series, Berk served as the Fab Five’s design expert through season one to eight, before he departed from the show ahead of its ninth installment. He will now star in the new series Junk or Jackpot? via HGTV, though the announcement notably came on July 10, a day after Netflix announced Queer Eye is set to conclude after its forthcoming 10th season.  “I have to…

Report comes a day before US President Donald Trump’s summit with his South Korean counterpart, Lee Jae-myung, in Washington, DC.North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has overseen the firing of two new air defence missiles, state media reported, announcing that the tests showed the weapons had “superior combat capability”.The report on Sunday comes a day before United States President Donald Trump meets his South Korean counterpart, Lee Jae-myung, in Washington, DC.North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said the tests, which took place on Saturday, showed that the missiles demonstrated a “fast response” to aerial targets such as attack drones…

The joint operation carried out by the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), the Sokoto State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), the Goronyo Local Government Authority, and local community divers has rescued 41 persons and recovered four bodies from the recent boat mishap in Goronyo, Sokoto State, saying the death toll increased after another body was retrieved on Friday. “A funeral prayer was conducted in accordance with Islamic rites before the victim was laid to rest,” the statement released by NEMA’s Head, Press Unit, Manzo Ezekiel, on Friday, said. “NEMA’s Director General, Mrs Zubaida Umar, commended…

The John F. Kennedy Medical Center has strengthened its electricity supply with the arrival of two high-capacity generators, an 800 KVA and a 650 KVA, aimed at ending frequent power disruptions that have long hampered operations at Liberia’s largest hospital. Procurement Director Telewoda Kennedy described the purchase from the People’s Republic of China as “a major relief,” noting that the package included spare parts to support maintenance for the next year. Both generators are equipped with automated transfer switch systems to guarantee uninterrupted power for critical medical services. “Reliable electricity is vital for patient care, surgical operations, and overall hospital…

SPOILER ALERT: This article contains spoilers for Season 1 of “Long Story Short,” now streaming on Netflix. The adult animated sitcom “Long Story Short” begins with a family grieving the loss of a matriarch. But because the show uses a non-linear structure that jumps around in time, it takes about half the 10-episode season before we realize the show is about the same family grieving another loved one. In the first scene, set in the 1990s, the Schwooper family — Naomi (Lisa Edelstein), Elliot (Paul Reiser), and their children Avi (Ben Feldman), Shira (Abbi Jacobson) and Yoshi (Max Greenfield) — drive home…

Jul 20, 2025, 06:26 PM ETUnited States midfielder Gio Reyna has completed his transfer to Borussia Mönchengladbach from Bundesliga rivals Borussia Dortmund, the clubs announced Saturday.Reyna, 22, has signed a three-year contract through the summer of 2028.For Reyna, it means an end to his six-year stay at Dortmund, where he began his professional career after leaving New York City FC’s academy.It represents a fresh start for Reyna after his initial sizable promise was stalled by a series of injuries and a struggle for first-team minutes.”Borussia are a fantastic, big club,” Reyna said in a statement. “I’m delighted that the transfer…

There are growing fears of an imminent stock market crash – one that will transform from a dip to a dive when euphoric headlines about the wonders of artificial intelligence begin to wane.Shares in US tech stocks have fallen in recent weeks and the prospect is that a flood of negative numbers will become the norm before the month is out.It could be 2000 all over again, and just like the bursting of the dotcom bubble it may be ugly, with investors junking businesses that once looked good on paper but now resemble a huge liability.Jerome Powell, the Federal Reserve…