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Salah has played for the senior national team for 14 years and his importance to Egypt is such that high-ranking government officials have been known to get involved when he has been injured.”I even had calls from Egypt’s Minister of Health,” recalls Dr Mohamed Aboud, the national team’s medic, about the time Salah suffered a serious shoulder injury in Liverpool’s defeat to Real Madrid in the 2018 Champions League final, leading to speculation he could miss the World Cup in Russia a few weeks later.”I told him not to panic, everything is going well.”Speaking from his medical clinic in the…

WIRED spoke with the Texas state representative, who is hiding out in Illinois along with his colleagues in an attempt to stop Republicans from enacting an unprecedented redistricting plan.

The federal government has taken fresh decisions on cases of unruly conduct involving Ibom Air passenger, Ms Comfort Emmanson, and that of ValueJet, King Wasiu Ayinde Marshal (KWAM1), also known as K1 De Ultimate. The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Mr. Festus Keyamo, SAN, in a statement on Wednesday stated that he had conferred with Ibom Air to withdraw criminal charges against the passenger. Emmanson was involved in an altercation with an Ibom Air’s air hostess during an Uyo-Lagos flight on Sunday. Several footages on various social media platforms showed the passengers assaulting the crew member while in the…

Elena Ferrante’s beloved Neapolitan novels are heading to Turkey. Wildside, The Apartment, Fremantle and Fandango are partnering with OGM Pictures to produce the first scripted format adaptation of the internationally acclaimed drama “My Brilliant Friend.” The Turkish adaptation is scheduled to begin production later this year. Ferrante’s four-novel cycle, which explores decades of friendship between two women from 1950s Naples, became a global television sensation when HBO and RAI brought it to screens in 2018. The series concluded its run last November after four seasons of widespread critical praise. The original series was created by Saverio Costanzo and produced by…

Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev, his late father and predecessor Heydar Aliyev and some of their closest political allies hail from Nakhchivan.The name of this tiny, mountainous and underdeveloped Azeri area sandwiched between Armenia, Iran and Turkiye sounds unfamiliar to those outside the strategic South Caucasus region.But Nakhchivan’s name and geopolitical significance resurfaced after United States President Donald Trump hosted a White House summit between Azeri and Armenian leaders on Friday.Azerbaijan’s Aliyev and the Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan signed a preliminary peace deal to end the decades-long conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh.In the early 1990s, ethnic Armenians in the Nagorno-Karabakh region broke…

97 Bolt, one of Africa’s largest ride-hailing companies, has announced that its top 50 drivers in Nigeria earned an average of N9,662,105 in the first half of 2025. This translates to an average monthly income of N1,610,351, which is higher than the N1.2 million monthly average recently reported by rival platform, inDrive, for the same period. According to Bolt, the figure is based on gross trip income, which includes bonuses and incentives. The company said the drivers who achieved this earnings level consistently maintained high ratings, accepted ride requests promptly, and completed a large number of trips. The General Manager…

Chances are that if you ask anyone who’s tried the majority of dating apps, they’ll tell you that modern “romance” is plagued by situationships and futile connections. Swiping culture has brought modern dating into an era of emotional non-commitment that hinges on ghosting and avoids honest conversations.  As for the latest generation of daters, Gen Z in particular, this frustrating ambiguity is largely making them want to give up altogether. Decoding mixed signals in your bestie group chat and getting gaslit for having standards just isn’t it anymore. Gen Z daters are looking for something bold, vulnerable, and increasingly rare:…

Sam Altman is in the process of co-founding a new brain-to-computer interface startup called Merge Labs and raising funds for it with the capital possibly coming largely from OpenAI’s ventures team, unnamed sources told the Financial Times. The startup is expected to be valued at $850 million. A source familiar with the deal tells TechCrunch that talks are still early and OpenAI has not yet committed to participation, so terms could change. Merge Labs is also reportedly working with Alex Blania, who runs Tools for Humanity (formerly World) — Altman’s eye-scanning digital ID project that “allows anyone to verify their humanness,”…

French President Emmanuel Macron has acknowledged the violence committed by his country’s forces in Cameroon during and after the Central African nation’s struggle for independence.It followed a joint report by Cameroonian and French historians examining France’s suppression of independence movements from 1945 to 1971.In a letter to Cameroon’s President Paul Biya made public on Tuesday, Macron said the report made clear “a war had taken place in Cameroon, during which the colonial authorities and the French army exercised repressive violence of several kinds in certain regions of the country”.”It is up to me today to assume the role and responsibility…

Nairobi — In a country plagued with many challenges that cut across healthcare, education, and youth unemployment Kenya’s debt profile needs to be carefully examined for necessary fiscal adjustment. This will enable optimal utilisation of the country’s budget. Kenya’s budget is funded mainly through domestic revenue and foreign debt. Its prudent therefore if Kenya’s cumulative income is allocated in a manner that reflects attention to the various problems that face our country. Areas such as healthcare of the nation, education and food security of our people must be prioritised to ensure the people come first. Continuous borrowing for large infrastructure…