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The Local Organising Committee for the upcoming 2024 World Igbo Culture, Language, Heritage, and Tourism Summit has been inaugurated. The committee, inaugurated in Asaba, the Delta State capital, vowed to ensure that the event becomes a resounding success. Speaking at the event, the Chairman of the occasion, former Inspector General of Police, Mr Mike Okiro,

The Lagos State Government is set to commemorate the 2024 World Breastfeeding and Maternal, Newborn, Child, and Adolescent Health Plus Nutrition Week. The state said it would be implementing interventions geared towards promoting exclusive breastfeeding and improving health-seeking behaviours, particularly among mothers and children under five years. While speaking on the government’s preparations for the

Athlete of the Week: Phil Pedano & Evan Rowane

Once every year or two a movie comes along that brings fresh energy to the found-footage horror movie, a terrain that’s been mercilessly, repetitiously over-tilled since “The Blair Witch Project” broke out a quarter-century ago. Unfortunately, “In Our Blood” does not capture that prize for 2024. Though a notch above the subgenre’s norm in terms […]

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1. Meta's advertising growth is proof that hefty AI spending is already paying off  CNBC
2. Meta shares surge after tech giant reports $13.5bn profit  Al Jazeera English
3. Meta beats Q2 expectations but warns of 'significant' spending expansion in 2025  Yahoo Finance
4. Meta earnings: Stock rises as the Facebook parent gives upbeat outlook  MarketWatch
5. Watch These Meta Price Levels as Stock Pops on Earnings Beat as AI Spending Pays Off  Investopedia

Terence Crawford faces Israil Madrimov this weekend | Photo by Mark Robinson/Matchroom Boxing/Getty Images

Terence Crawford faces Israil Madrimov this weekend, plus Canelo, Shields, and more!

PARIS — Novak Djokovic is back in the Summer Games singles quarterfinals for the fourth time in five appearances at the Olympics. What he really wants, of course, is a gold medal, pretty much the only significant achievement missing from his remarkable resume. Djokovic, a 37-year-old from Serbia who is the top-seeded man in Paris,

Donald Trump thanked a chart about immigration for sparing his life from an attempted assassin during his first public appearance in Pennsylvania since the the shooting earlier this month, eliciting odd reactions on social media.

By Ryan McMaken

The Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) announced today that it will maintain the current target policy interest rate (the federal funds rate) of 5.5 percent. The committee has now held the rate at this level since the end of July 2023.

According to the FOMC’s press release: "The Committee does not expect it will be appropriate to reduce the target range until it has gained greater confidence that inflation is moving sustainably toward 2 percent. Читать дальше...

Nestle Nigeria Plc has graduated 10 youths from its Technical Training Centre, reaffirming its commitment to youth empowerment and skills development in Nigeria. Nestle Nigeria’s outgoing Factory Manager, Ibukun-Olu Ipinmoye, disclosed this at the ‘Nestle Technical Training Centre graduation’ held in Ogun State on Wednesday. Ipinmoye congratulated the graduates for their dedication over the past

Follow Mail Sport's live blog for the latest scores, team news and updates as Arsenal take on Liverpool and Chelsea take on Club America in pre-season action in the US.

Aussie fans have turned on the Matildas after they crashed out at the group stage of the Paris Olympic Games by losing to the USA - with some posting comments that are too awful to print.

Demi Lovato‘s directorial debut finally has a release date! The 31-year-old entertainer is co-directing the upcoming documentary feature Child Star alongside Nicola Marsh, which was first announced in March 2023 and is set for a Hulu release. “I’m so proud to make my directorial debut with this documentary that sheds light on the complexities of [...]

Sag-Aftra strike: 'They're crushing human beings beneath their feet'  BBC.comView Full coverage on Google News

The embattled Provost of the Federal College of Education (Technical), Akoka, Lagos, Dr Wahab Azeez, says those calling for his removal from office had personal interests. “Those behind the crisis are doing it to frustrate me so that I can resign, but I stand for justice,’’ Azeez told the News agency of Nigeria in Lagos

By Peter C. Earle

Barely halfway through 2024, the rapidly rising tower of US public debt has reached yet another milestone. Two hundred and six daysafter reaching $34 trillion, America’s debt pile has reached $35 trillion. To put this in perspective, the debt at the end of World War II was about $259 billion, making the current debt more than 135 times that amount. The US has now borrowed amounts larger than the combined GDPs of China, Japan, and Germany.

It is increasingly... Читать дальше...

MoonDogs drop Game Two to Minot 11-4, splitting the series.Mankato struggled on the mound tonight allowing 13 walks and making Minot's day at the ... - Northwoods Mankato MoonDogs

1. Tatum returns to lineup: Takeaways from Team USA's win over South Sudan  ESPN
2. USA vs. South Sudan: LeBron James, Team USA roll to dominant win to improve to 2-0  Yahoo Sports
3. Steve Kerr Explains Why Joel Embiid Didn't Play a Single Minute vs. South Sudan  Sports Illustrated
4. US tops South Sudan 103-86 at Paris Olympics, earns spot in men’s basketball quarterfinals  The Associated Press
5. LeBron, USA Beat South Sudan: Group Results Ahead of 2024 Olympic Basketball... Читать дальше...

Sauget, Ill. - The Gateway Grizzlies saw a 3-1 lead slip away in the top of the sixth against the New Jersey Jackals, but batted around and scored fou... - FL Gateway Grizzlies

Bastion Health has called on actuaries to champion transparency and foster industrial collaboration to enhance the insurance and pension sector. In a statement made available to our correspondent, the Managing Director of Bastion Health Naomi Aduku, disclosed this at the National Risk Compendium program at the University of Lagos on Wednesday. Bastion Health is a 

USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack told reporters that the aid “is not compensation for anyone’s loss or the pain endured, but it is an acknowledgment by the department.”

Washington DC [US], August 1 (ANI): The United States, on Wednesdaty (local time), termed Iran as a regime that has "time and again" been the "largest and greatest exporter of terrorism" not just in the Middle East but broadly. The US State Department alleged that Tehran has a track record of "suppressing its own people" as well as funding, promoting, encouraging, and malignly destabilising action across the region. "Iran

Aussies are going wild for a sleek backless top from Kmart Australia - and it only costs $18.