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Sep 19, 2025, 05:40 AM ETJonathan Kuminga’s agent, Aaron Turner, told ESPN that Kuminga is prepared to take the $7.9 million qualifying offer unless the Golden State Warriors improve their current offers.”There’s a lot of upside,” Turner said in an interview with the Hoop Collective podcast. “He wants to pick where he wants to go. So the QO is real for sure.”The Warriors have presented Kuminga with three separate frameworks, as ESPN reported earlier this week. The most lucrative is a three-year, $75.2 million deal with a team option on the third season. It guarantees Kuminga $48.3 million in the…

Frank GardnerSecurity correspondent, Istanbul, andThomas MackintoshBBCMI6 is launching its own dedicated portal on the dark web in the hope of attracting new spies online, notably from Russia. Secure messaging platform Silent Courier aims to strengthen national security by making it easier for the intelligence agency to recruit, the Foreign Office said.Potential agents in Russia and around the world will be targeted by the UK, it adds.The announcement is expected to be confirmed in a speech in Istanbul by the outgoing MI6 chief Sir Richard Moore on Friday morning.Later this month Sir Richard is due to hand over to Blaise Metreweli.…

new video loaded: ‘HIM’ | Anatomy of a ScenetranscriptBacktranscript‘HIM’ | Anatomy of a SceneThe director Justin Tipping narrates a scene from “HIM,” featuring Marlon Wayans and Tyriq Withers.“Hi, My name is Justin Tipping and I’m the director of “HIM.” “I’m going to need a little volunteer.” Mr. White. I got you. “My man!” This is the moment in the film where Isaiah White, played by Marlon Wayans, is going to teach Cameron Cade, played by Tyriq Withers a lesson in how to be a great quarterback. In this lesson, I did a lot of research about quarterback drills that hone…

A collaboration between African and American researchers and a community living in one of the most hostile landscapes of northern Kenya has uncovered key genetic adaptations that explain how pastoralist people have been able to thrive in the region.Underlying the population’s abilities to live in Turkana, a place defined by extreme heat, water scarcity and limited vegetation, has been hundreds of years of natural selection, according to a study published in Science.It shows how the activity of key human genes has changed over millennia and the findings place “Turkana and sub-Saharan Africa at the forefront of genomic research, a field…

10 The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Mr. Felix Ogbe, has called on leading Nigerian oil and gas service providers to direct more of their expertise and investments into the deepwater segment of the industry, where global opportunities are expanding. Ogbe made this appeal during an inspection tour of the facilities of West African Ventures Nigeria Limited (WAV) at the Federal Ocean Terminal, Onne, Rivers State. The tour covered the company’s fabrication yard, machine shop, and jetties. He stressed that while Nigerian firms have established their presence in onshore and shallow-water operations, they must…

Abuja — The Senate Committee on Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Area Councils and Ancillary Matters has appealed to striking resident doctors in the FCT to suspend their ongoing industrial action, pledging to intervene directly with the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, to address their grievances. During an emergency meeting held yesterday with leaders of the FCT chapter of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), the committee, led by its Chairman Senator David Jimkuta (Taraba South), acknowledged the legitimacy of the doctors’ concerns and promised immediate engagement with relevant authorities. Jimkuta said: “We are pleading with you, return to work and…

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureQ1: 11 mins remaining: Geelong 0.1.1 – Hawthorn 2.2.14Jack Ginnivan snaps the Hawks second after intense pressure deep in the forward pockets forces a hurried grubber from Oisin Mullin. The Hawks efficiency near goal has been the difference so far. Conor Nash wraps Mullin up in a tackle to earn a free kick but his left-foot snap from long range is rushed through for a behind.ShareQ1: 13 mins remaining: Geelong 0.1.1 – Hawthorn 1.1.7Max Holmes dribbles a shot off the outside of his boot from the boundary line but…

Looking for an impressive gaming monitor to match your powerful desktop? The 32-inch version of the Samsung Odyssey G8 (8/10, WIRED Recommends) is currently marked down from $1,300 to just $1,100. Only the beefiest gaming rigs can dream of powering its 3,840 x 2,160-pixel resolution at the full 240-Hz refresh rate, but those who can will be hard-pressed to find anything stronger.Photograph: Brad BourquePhotograph: Brad BourquePhotograph: Brad BourquePhotograph: Brad BourqueSamsungOdyssey OLED G81SF 4K 240Hz Gaming MonitorI got to spend some time with the 27-inch version of this panel and was extremely impressed with its incredible image quality, whether watching movies…

Geneva — A new report on South Sudan rebukes the country’s political elites for systemic government corruption and brazen predation, and the UN Human Rights Commission says it must be urgently addressed. Issued on Sept. 16, the report is titled Plundering a Nation: How Rampant Corruption Unleashed a Human Rights Crisis in South Sudan. The report is based on two years of independent investigations and analysis by the commission on the world’s newest country. Follow us on WhatsApp | LinkedIn for the latest headlines It documents how oil and non-oil revenues are siphoned off through opaque off-budget schemes and politically connected…

What makes some souls linger on Earth, long after their mortal lives have ended? According to Netflix’s Haunted Hotel, the new animated comedy from Rick and Morty and Krapopolis creator Matt Roller, it has to do with unfinished business — a lost item never found, a bucket-list item never checked off, an anxiety never quelled. What makes some shows linger in the mind, long after the end credits have rolled? Here, too, Haunted Hotel furnishes an answer, albeit probably not the one it intends. Despite a solid cast and some decent jokes, the series rarely rises above the level of…