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Kuwait bans the import of alcoholic beverages, but bootleg liquor is sold with no oversight or safety standards.Kuwaiti authorities have arrested 67 people accused of producing and distributing locally made alcoholic drinks that killed 23 people in recent days, including a Bangladeshi national said to head the criminal network, the Interior Ministry has said.In a statement on X late on Saturday, the ministry said it seized six factories and another four that were not yet operational in residential and industrial areas.A Nepali member of the criminal group told authorities how the methanol was prepared and sold.Kuwait, a Muslim nation, bans…

Abuja — The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has issued a 21-day ultimatum to the Federal Government to address a series of unresolved issues affecting the polytechnic education sector, warning that failure to do so may result in industrial action that could disrupt academic activities nationwide. Among the Union’s key demands is the establishment of a dedicated regulatory body — the National Polytechnics Commission — similar to those governing universities and colleges of education. ASUP expressed disappointment over what it described as delays in the legislative process required to actualize the commission. Speaking to journalists in Abuja on Friday,…

Officials say about 10 people rescued after accident in African country’s northwestern region.Rescuers are searching for more than 40 people who are missing after a boat capsized in Nigeria’s northwestern state of Sokoto, according to authorities.Nigeria’s National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said on Sunday that its Sokoto operations office had deployed a response team to support rescue efforts following the “tragic boat mishap”.NEMA’s director general, Zubaida Umar, said the agency responded after “receiving reports that a boat conveying over 50 passengers to Goronyo Market had capsized”.NEMA said in a statement shared on social media that about 10 people had been…

One man is dead and another is in hospital with serious wounds after a shooting outside a Sydney pub which police described as “outrageous” and “brazen”.Emergency services were called to the Harold Park hotel on Ross Street in Forest Lodge in Sydney’s inner west at about 6.40pm on Sunday.New South Wales police said two people had been shot multiple times by unknown assailants who left the scene by car.One man died at the scene while a second was treated by paramedics for gunshot wounds. He was in a critical condition on Monday morning after finishing a second round of surgeries.In…

The White Lotus creator Mike White made a rare appearance at HBO Max’s Nominee Celebration on Sunday to celebrate season three’s 23 Emmy nominations and shed some light on his unique process. Joined by stars Parker Posey, Jason Isaacs, Natasha Rothwell, Sam Rockwell, casting director Meredith Tucker and a virtual Carrie Coon, White explained that when he’s putting together the group of actors for a new season, “It feels like it works best when it’s sort of like an orchestra, and you want different voices and you want a whole variety. I also feel like that when it comes to…

Wedaeli ChibelushiBBC NewsGemma HandyBBC News in St John’sEPATrinidad and Tobago pays tribute to the nation’s Afro-descendant community on Emancipation Day, which marks the ending of slavery throughout the British EmpireAugustine Ogbo works as a doctor, treating patients in clinics across the striking Caribbean island of St Lucia.When he returns to his home in the coastal town of Rodney Bay, he clocks in for his second job – as the owner and solo chef of a Nigerian takeaway.”Egusi soup and fufu, that’s more popular… they love jollof rice too,” Dr Ogbo says, reeling off a list of his customers’ favourite dishes.The…

Here are the key events on day 1,271 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.Here is how things stand on Monday, August 18:Politics and diplomacy The leaders of several European countries announced that they will accompany Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to meet with United States President Donald Trump at the White House on Monday to discuss ending Russia’s war on Ukraine. The leaders accompanying Zelenskyy will be: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, French President Emmanuel Macron, United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Finnish President Alexander Stubb, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte.…

Alexa PhilippouAug 17, 2025, 02:27 PM ETCloseCovers women’s college basketball and the WNBA Previously covered UConn and the WNBA Connecticut Sun for the Hartford Courant Stanford graduate and Baltimore native with further experience at the Dallas Morning News, Seattle Times and Cincinnati EnquirerUNCASVILLE, Conn. — Indiana received another gut punch Sunday when guard Sophie Cunningham suffered a knee injury in the second quarter of their game against the Connecticut Sun, but the Fever did what they’ve been accustomed to all season in the face of adversity: fight.Following Cunningham’s injury, Indiana mounted the largest comeback in franchise history, erasing a 21-point…

Think of Bluetooth trackers and safety in the past few years and your first thought might be the misuse of Apple AirTags and similar devices against women in domestic abuse and stalking cases.Alongside collaborative initiatives to counter and shut down these malicious uses (such as the IETF’s Detection of Unwanted Location Trackers, or DULT, standard), tracker makers themselves are flipping the script, turning tech that has been used to monitor women against their will into tech that protects them.In mid-July, Seattle-based Pebblebee announced a new, free SOS safety feature, named Alert, for its $35 Clip Bluetooth tracker which, like the…

Frank GardnerBBC Security CorrespondentGetty ImagesIt is quite possible that Monday’s meeting in the White House could prove even more crucial to the future of Ukraine – and for all of Europe’s security – than last Friday’s US-Russia summit in Alaska. On the surface, that Putin-Trump reunion seemed to live down to every expectation. There was no ceasefire, no sanctions, no grand announcements. Were Ukraine and Europe about to get cut out of a deal cooked up behind closed doors by the world’s two foremost nuclear powers?Not, apparently, if Ukraine and its partners can prevent it. The presence of Sir Keir…