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Good games obscure their emotional underpinnings with enjoyable gameplay, but the best let you be a little bastard while you do it.Bad Magpie, the debut game from London-based indie studio Milktooth, follows the proud tradition of players controlling animals committing misdemeanor chaos, like Untitled Goose Game. They’re joyful exercises in cutting loose and making life minorly worse for everyone else. But there’s a thematic throughline to Bad Magpie that ties into a very human experience. “The idea [for Bad Magpie] came out of a very sad place: One of us was going through heartbreak, another of us had a loss in…

SpaceX went public this week in the largest IPO ever, making CEO Elon Musk the world’s first trillionaire. Despite its name, SpaceX has been emphasizing the potential of its costly AI business, and competitors OpenAI and Anthropic may soon follow with their own public market debuts. So on the latest episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, Kirsten Korosec, Sean O’Kane, and I discussed what’s looking like a hot IPO summer. “We have SpaceX not only sucking up just a huge chunk of the money that’s available on public markets, but also really stress testing the limits of what a public company…

Real Madrid have agreed a deal with Chelsea to sign Spanish defender Marc Cucurella after the World Cup worth 55 million ($63 million), according to reports. The left-back, 27, joined Chelsea from Brighton in 2022 after coming through La Liga champions Barcelona’s academy and moving to Getafe. Real Madrid president Florentino Perez appointed Jose Mourinho as coach this week after he was reelected earlier in June, following two seasons without winning a major trophy. Los Blancos are set to sign Liverpool defender Ibrahima Konate at the end of his contract at Anfield and have been linked with Bernardo Silva and…

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The Ondo State Government has promised to secure the release of Chief Adeniyi Adelana, the Baale of Ode Oriya Village in Owo Local Government Area, who was abducted by suspected gunmen on Saturday. This is contained in a statement issued on Sunday in Akure by the Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Mr Idowu Ajanaku. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports that the 60-year-old community head was abducted by gunmen at his residence in Ode Oriya. Ajanaku said that security agencies, including the Police and Amotekun Corps, had launched coordinated search and rescue operations to secure the victim’s freedom. “The Ondo…

Rivers United FC are set to complete the signing of midfielder Blessed Iyamu, DAILY POST reports. Iyamu is expected to put pen to paper with the Pride of Rivers in the coming days. He was scouted by Rivers United following an impressive campaign with Kun Khalifat FC in the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) last season. Iyamu made 18 appearances and scored one goal for the Owerri-based club last term. Rivers United are targeting reinforcements to challenge for the title and improve their continental performance. Iyamu’s arrival is expected to boost the team’s attacking options. Rivers United and Rangers will…

The New York Knicks have won their third NBA Championship, ending a 53-year wait with a 94-90 victory over the San Antonio Spurs. The Knicks won the best-of-seven series 4-1 and showed great fight throughout, coming from behind in all four of their wins. It is their first title since 1973. In Game 5 at Frost Bank Center, the Knicks once again had to fight back. They trailed by 16 points in the second quarter and were still down by 10 early in the fourth quarter before producing another strong comeback. Jalen Brunson led the way and was named Finals…

Media personality Daddy Freeze has reacted to the controversy surrounding his choice of outfit to the late actor Alex Ekubo’s service of songs, saying he wore black because he viewed the occasion strictly as a mourning event. He made the clarification during an Instagram Live session on Sunday, amid backlash over his decision to appear in black attire at the event. Ekubo, who died on May 11, 2026, at the age of 40 after battling advanced metastatic kidney cancer, was honoured with a Service of Songs on June 10, 2026, at The Monarch Event Centre in Lagos. The invitation specified…

Hundreds of thousands of people in Afghanistan face hunger and poverty. The country suffers from repeated floods and earthquakes, declining humanitarian funding and two crises along its borders. Logjams and logisticsFor many Afghan schoolchildren, the fortified biscuits distributed by the World Food Programme (WFP) are often the most nutritious food they will receive all day. But getting the supplies into the country is a logistical minefield.Take, for example, the 397 metric tons of this key nutritional boost, intended for some 172,000 students, shipped from Indonesia’s Surabaya port, part of a US$3.5 million contribution from the Government of Indonesia to support WFP…

Ikeja Senior High School, Lagos, has emerged winner of the second edition of the World No Tobacco Day Inter-School Debate Championship 2026, clinching the N200,000 top prize in a keenly contested competition that brought together schools across Nigeria. The grand finale of the championship, themed “Unmasking the Appeal: Countering Nicotine and Tobacco Addiction,” was held on Thursday at Supreme Education Foundation Schools, Magodo GRA, Ikeja, Lagos. A total of 21 schools from Lagos, Ogun, Osun, Enugu and Adamawa States featured through the preliminary stages, where each team was required to submit five-minute video entries showcasing their understanding of tobacco and…