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For years now, horror fans and critics have grown increasingly and understandably impatient with the tendency of genre films to orient their scares toward a clearly conveyed central metaphor.The real monster in these movies is parenthood, personal trauma or that old horror-movie standby, grief. Writer-director Zach Cregger is no stranger to this line of thinking; his 2022 horror movie Barbarian is very much a spooky-creature-in-the-basement movie for the #MeToo era. Now Cregger has returned with a movie that may well stymie anyone who has been trained by the last decade to search for an easy-to-track allegory within their viscerally depicted…

Political and religious figures in Malian city of Timbuktu have welcomed the return of ancient manuscripts that were removed to the capital, Bamako, more than a decade ago to prevent them from falling into the hands of militants linked to al-Qaida.According to a UN expert mission, jihadists destroyed more than 4,000 manuscripts and as many as nine mausoleums after occupying the desert city in 2012. Workers at the state-run Ahmed Baba Institute used rice sacks to smuggle the remaining documents out of the city a number of ways, including by donkey cart and motorcycle.Mali’s military junta began returning manuscripts on…

69 The Ethiopian Ministry of Agriculture has announced a new legal framework aimed at protecting the country’s fish resources and regulating fishing activities nationwide. The move comes after years of unregulated fishing, which experts say has led to illegal practices, overfishing, and a decline in rare fish species. Speaking in Addis Ababa during the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Fisheries Monitoring and Control Centre meeting and IGAD Fisheries Forum held on Tuesday, August 6, Dr. Fasil Dawit, Head of the Fisheries Development Desk at the Ministry, said the new rules will make fishing more sustainable. Dr. Fasil explained that while…

The organising committee for the Los Angeles Olympics says some deals are already in place for the 2028 Games.Organisers of the Los Angeles Olympics will sell naming rights for a handful of its venues in deals expected to bring multiple millions of dollars to the 2028 Games while breaking down the International Olympic Committee’s long-sacrosanct policy of keeping brand names off its arenas and stadiums.The organising committee announced the landmark deal Thursday, saying contracts were already in place with two of its founding partners – Honda, which already has naming rights for the arena in Anaheim that will host volleyball,…

Government says blast happened in ‘depot for war remnants’; monitoring group says base used by ‘non-Syrian fighters’.An explosion at a depot for unexploded ordnance on the outskirts of Idlib city in northwest Syria has killed at least four people, state media has reported, without identifying its cause.News agency SANA, citing the Health Ministry, reported at least “four dead and five others injured” in the blast, which occurred on Thursday.The Ministry for Emergency and Disaster Management said in a statement that the “large blast” occurred “in a depot for war remnants”.War monitor the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said that…

Our world is getting hotter. Summer heatwaves are so frequent, they’re stretching the bounds of what we think of as summer. Hot-and-bothered home working and sweaty, sleepless nights are now alarmingly common.The Guardian’s journalism is independent. We will earn a commission if you buy something through an affiliate link. Learn more.Get a good fan and you can dodge the temptation of air conditioning. Air con is incredibly effective, but it uses a lot of electricity … and burning fossil fuels is how we got into this mess in the first place. Save money and carbon by opting for a great fan…

OPEC+ is opening the oil taps again, while Donald Trump’s tariffs target Russian crude buyers.OPEC+, which includes Saudi Arabia and Russia, has agreed to another large production hike in September.That’s despite a warning by the International Energy Agency, the extra barrels could tip the market into oversupply later this year.US President Donald Trump’s tariffs have targeted Russian crude buyers.But whether those tariffs are imposed depends on the outcome of trade negotiations with India and China.And even more so on talks over a peace deal in Ukraine between Washington and Moscow.Can the US and Europe break China’s grip on rare earths?Plus,…

Attendants union says there is still time to reach an agreement, as airline warns 100,000 passengers affected by Friday.Air Canada says it is at an impasse with its negotiations with the union representing its flight attendants and has announced that it will be pausing all its flights on Saturday morning.Air Canada said on Thursday it expects to cancel several dozen flights by day’s end and approximately 500 flights by the end of Friday, affecting 100,0000 passengers, in advance of a planned Saturday strike by its unionised flight attendants.The Air Canada executives were speaking at a news conference that ended abruptly…

Minister of information and communication technology Emma Theofelus on Tuesday unveiled the official logo and theme for this year’s commemoration of Heroes Day, set for Katima Mulilo on 26 August. The new logo and theme ‘Built on Bravery, Bound for a Prosperous Future’, will be used for the next five years during Heroes Day commemorations. Theofelus at the launch said August is a month of deep reflection for Namibia, marking the sacrifices made by men and women in pursuit of the country’s independence, beginning with the historic Battle of Ongulumbashe on 26 August 1966. She said at the heart of…

People paying privately for weight loss drug Mounjaro in the UK face a rise in the cost of the treatment after manufacturer Eli Lilly said it was increasing the list price of the drug by as much as 170%.It means the suggested price for a month’s supply of the highest dose of the drug will rise from £122 to £330, although the rise for lower doses will be smaller. More generally, retailers who sell the drug may be able to negotiate discounts to the list price, so it is possible the impact on consumers will be limited.The announcement does not…