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Typhoon Podul crossed southern Taiwan on Wednesday with wind speeds of up to 110mph (177km/h), equivalent to a category 2 hurricane.Podul had developed a week earlier, near the Northern Mariana Islands, and tracked west across the Philippine Sea, achieving typhoon status on Tuesday before making landfall in south-east Taiwan the following day.Podul whipped up high waves along the east coast, where a man died after being swept away while fishing. As the storm travelled overland, it dumped large amounts of rain across the south of the island, with 440mm recorded in parts of Pingtung County, causing widespread flooding and agricultural…

Reducing electricity costs is commendable and should remain a primary objective for state regulators. However, genuine progress will likely come from addressing deeper systemic issues. In this report, analysts Abdulmalik Ishola and David Segun-Peter examine the conundrum in the Nigerian power sector. There is nothing more Nigerian than a good “reform.” In the 2000s alone, Nigeria experienced reforms in policing, pensions, local government administration, and taxation–to mention a few. Occasionally, we even revisited the same sector twice, notably with pensions in 2004 and 2014, and electricity in 2005 and again in 2023. The latest round of electricity reform, introduced by…

Medan, Indonesia – Indonesia is celebrating 80 years of independence from Dutch colonial rule, but not everyone is in a celebratory mood, and an unusual protest movement has rallied around a cartoon pirate flag.The flag, which features a skull and crossbones wearing a straw hat, has been spotted adorning homes, cars, trucks, motorcycles and boats across Indonesia.Popularised by the hit Japanese anime One Piece, the flag has even been flown beneath the Indonesian flag – known as the merah-putih (red and white) – which is widely raised throughout the month of August in the lead-up to Independence Day on Sunday.In…

Chris Waddle: They’ve got a great squad. They bought a lot of players last year and it has taken time for them to get the balance right, but you saw things come together when they won the Club World Cup and I am really expecting them to kick on. They won’t walk it, but they are going to create chances and score a lot of goals.Nedum Onuoha: They’ll be part of the title race for longer this season than the last. Under Enzo Maresca they have a clear way to play and players who are constantly improving. They’ll be a…

Suzanne BearneTechnology ReporterXYZ FilmsSwedish movie Watch the Skies was dubbed into English using AIFinding international films that might appeal to the US market is an important part of the work XYZ Films.Maxime Cottray is the chief operating officer at the Los Angeles-based independent studio.He says the US market has always been tough for foreign language films.”It’s been limited to coastal New York viewers through art house films,” he says.It’s partly a language problem.”America is not a culture which has grown up with subtitles or dubbing like Europe has,” he points out.But that language hurdle might be easier to clear with…

new video loaded: At Least 185 People Killed in Devastating Flash Floods in PakistanBy Meg Felling•August 15, 2025Rapidly melting glaciers and abnormally heavy rain have led to deadly flash floods in Pakistan, killing over 500 people since late June. Officials expect the death toll to rise as the monsoon season continues.Recent episodes in Natural DisastersShow more videos from Natural Disasters

What do you consider to be the end of Jason Bourne? For connoisseurs, Bourne’s story definitively ended in 2007’s The Bourne Ultimatum, which masterfully wrapped up the story that began five years earlier with The Bourne Identity. For the less discerning viewer, it ended with 2016’s scraggy and inconsequential Jason Bourne. For the three people who watched the USA Network’s 2019 series Treadstone, it ended there. So which is it?Trick question, because Jason Bourne is never actually going to end, ever. This week, NBCUniversal has won a bidding war to acquire all non-publishing rights to Robert Ludlum’s Bourne and Treadstone…

NewsFeedUS President Donald Trump says he and Russian President Vladimir Putin made progress during three hours of talks in Alaska to resolve the Russia-Ukraine war, but that there’s “no deal.”. Putin said they are “ready to work” on outstanding issues.Published On 16 Aug 202516 Aug 2025

Michael BuchananSocial affairs correspondentGetty ImagesThe former diplomat Baroness Valerie Amos has been chosen to lead a rapid review into maternity care in England.Announcing her appointment, Health Secretary Wes Streeting said that she had “an outstanding record of leadership and driving change” and would “uncover the truth”.But a leading group of families say the investigation is “doomed before it has started” due to the behaviour of NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care. They’re urging Mr Streeting to “get a grip”.There has been no announcement of which NHS Trusts will have their maternity services investigated as part of…

Once upon a time, the industry was drowning in games like this. Single-player, story-led action experiences with a weekend’s worth of choreographed set pieces and an open world glazed with a fine mist of collectibles … But here in 2025, the age of the Battle Pass and live service forever games, Hangar 13’s solo adventure about Sicilian crime families feels almost as dated as its 1900s setting.In fact, The Old Country has few new ideas to contribute to the cover shooter genre, nor to the Mafia series itself. Hangar 13 already produced a remake in 2020 of the original Mafia:…