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According to latest official figures, the 7.4 magnitude quake has left more than 200 dead and injured over 2,500, said UN Deputy Spokesperson Farhan Haq, briefing journalists in New York. Homes and public infrastructure have also been severely damaged. Humanitarian assessments are ongoing, particularly in the hardest-hit areas around Cali, Pereira, Manizales and Quibdo, where disruptions to communications, transport and public services continue to impede relief operations.Children face ‘growing risks’“Children have seen their homes and schools damaged and are facing growing risks as essential services remain disrupted in the hardest-hit communities,” said, UNICEF’s Country Representative, Tanya Chapuisat.The top children’s agency official in…

OpenAI has launched a new ChatGPT feature that could set off privacy alarms for Apple users. The AI chatbot can now scan through your iMessages if you allow it to. It can also read, write and send texts on your behalf, OpenAI announced in a post on X. Apple’s iMessage is the native messaging service for iPhones and other Apple devices. The new feature, called Apple Messages Plugin, is currently available only to users of ChatGPT Work and Codex on Mac desktops, not on mobile devices. You can choose whether to add the plugin, but you’ll have to go through…

US Court has allowed private FBI review and set August 28 deadline in ongoing Tinubu records case. NewsOnline Nigeria reports that United States federal court has reportedly permitted the Federal Bureau of Investigation to submit disputed records connected to President Bola Tinubu privately for judicial review in an ongoing Freedom of Information Act case. Washington-based lobbying firm Von Batten-Montague-York disclosed the development in a post on X on Friday. According to the firm, Judge Beryl Howell of the US District Court for the District of Columbia granted the FBI permission to provide the documents to the court in camera; a legal procedure that…

LJUBLJANA, SLOVENIA – Media OutReach Newswire – 22 August 2026 – On August 20, 2026, Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia, shone even brighter as it celebrated its renowned music festival. The youthful Wuxi Symphony Orchestra, hailing from Wuxi, China’s first UNESCO “City of Music,” stepped into the heartland of classical music for the very first time under the leadership of Artistic Director and Chief Conductor Lin Daye. Inside a packed Gallus Hall at Cankarjev Dom, a profound and heartfelt musical dialogue unfolded between East and West. As Slovenia’s largest international summer music festival, its stage saw the name of Wuxi,…

For neighbours and shop owners around the building he lived in, an unpainted and unplastered storey building, David Erubure is a web developer and IT expert. The house, which has about four flats, is in Izomo Idum Area of Warri, Udu Local Government Area of Delta State, southern Nigeria. Many of Mr Erubure’s social media followers probably believe that he runs a “successful” web hosting company. However, some of his actions became a subject of international investigation when many of the websites he hosted appeared in multiple fraudulent schemes. The Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK), in partnership with PREMIUM TIMES, carried out a…

•Amid claims of interference, factions emerge By James Ogunnaike, Abeokuta For Ijebuland, the wait for a new Awujale has become much more than a traditional succession exercise. It has evolved into a complex contest involving custom, law, family interests, institutional authority and allegations of political influence. More than a year after the death of Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona, the late Awujale of Ijebuland, the kingdom is yet to produce a successor. Instead, the process has been repeatedly suspended, challenged and reopened, with fresh disputes now emerging within the very ruling house expected to produce the next monarch. The latest crisis…

Jose Mourinho’s second spell as Real Madrid manager got off to a winning start as Carlos Espi scored a dramatic 90th-minute winner to secure a 2-1 victory at Espanyol. Real Madrid took the lead in the ninth minute when England midfielder Jude Bellingham headed in Arda Guler’s free-kick. Espanyol responded in the 30th minute, with summer signing Cala tapping in Javi Hernandez’s cut-back at the far post to make it 1-1. Real Madrid controlled much of the match and came close to taking the lead again on several occasions. Bellingham saw a powerful header pushed onto the bar by Espanyol…

UN Secretary-General António Guterres condemned the attacks, which significantly damaged homes and represents the latest in frequent Russian attacks on populated areas.In Kyiv’s Solomianskyi district, the strikes set ablaze the upper floors of a nine-story apartment building, killing seven people there and causing the mayor to declare a day of mourning, according to media reports.Across the area, about 20 residential buildings, a school, a children’s hospital and a kindergarten were also significantly damaged, local news outlets reported.“Attacks against civilians and civilian infrastructure are a clear violation of international humanitarian law, wherever they occur, and they must stop immediately,” UN Spokesperson…

The universe is full of cool and interesting things, like black hole stars and nightmare planets that get scorched by their host star. Now researchers have found a star that moves ridiculously fast, and it’s right in our celestial backyard, whipping around the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole. Say hello to S301, a star near the center of our galaxy that was discovered by researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics in Germany. It joins the massive catalog of more than 1.8 billion stars, but it has some properties that researchers believe make it special. The first, and…

Jose Mourinho’s second spell in charge of Real Madrid began with a last-gasp 2-1 victory at Espanyol in La Liga on Saturday, with substitute Carlos Espi pouncing in the 90th minute to grab the winner. Jude Bellingham opened the scoring in Los Blancos’ opening fixture of the season, and new signing Espi secured the points at the death after Alex Calatrava had levelled against Mourinho’s star-studded team. Back in charge of Madrid 13 years after leaving, Portuguese veteran Mourinho must bring the dressing room under control after the chaos of last season, and end Spanish champions Barcelona’s domestic dominance. Mourinho…