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Sep 17, 2025, 08:58 PM ETThe WNBA playoffs are underway, but no team is going quietly.On Tuesday, both the Seattle Storm and Indiana Fever won to force their series to a decisive Game 3. And the longest winning streak in the WNBA came to an end.Facing elimination, Seattle rallied at home from a 14-point deficit to upset the Las Vegas Aces and end their 17-game winning streak. Earlier Tuesday, the Fever held court to knock off the Atlanta Dream.The first round continues Wednesday (8 p.m. ET, ESPN) on the other side of the bracket.The best-of-three first round is a 1-1-1…

Ione WellsSouth America correspondent in Brasília andLeandro PrazeresBBC News BrasilWatch: Brazil’s Lula talks Trump, US tariffs and oil in BBC interviewBrazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has told the BBC in an exclusive interview that he has “no relationship” with US President Donald Trump.Lula has frequently criticised Trump, but this is the clearest signal yet that he thinks communication between him and his US counterpart is now broken.Even though the US has a trade surplus with Brazil, Donald Trump imposed 50% tariffs on Brazilian goods in July, citing the trial on coup charges of Brazil’s right-wing former president Jair…

ECOWAS Resident Representative to Liberia, Ambassador Josephine Nkrumah, says national development and youth empowerment cannot be achieved without a deliberate focus on mindset transformation. Speaking during a radio interview with journalist Varflay Kamara, Nkrumah stressed that discipline, hard work, honesty, and the pursuit of excellence are essential values that shape strong nations. “It doesn’t matter how much you want a job or start a business if you don’t have the right mindset, you will fail. A nation that is not intentional about mindset development, whether at home, in schools, in churches, sports, or the workplace, risks losing its future,” she…

James GallagherHealth and science correspondentJeff Dowling/EMBL-EBIResearchers developed the code for the AI model which looks for patterns in people’s medical recordsArtificial intelligence can predict people’s health problems over a decade into the future, say scientists.The technology has learned to spot patterns in people’s medical records to calculate their risk of more than 1,000 diseases.The researchers say it is like a weather forecast that anticipates a 70% chance of rain – but for human health.Their vision is to use the AI model to spot high-risk patients to prevent disease and to help hospitals understand demand in their area, years ahead of…

Enzo Maresca blasted the officials after Bayern Munich made the most of Jonathan Tah avoiding a red card and gave Chelsea a rough introduction to life back in the Champions League.Chelsea’s head coach did not hide his anger with the Spanish referee, José Sánchez Martínez, for only booking Tah for a cynical challenge on João Pedro during the first half at the Allianz Arena on Wednesday night. Maresca was insistent that the Bayern defender should have been sent off after bringing João Pedro down during the buildup to Cole Palmer’s goal for Chelsea, who ended up opening the league phase…

We are Rae and Will AKA raeandwill, a clown duo who specialise in mime – so asking us to write about the 10 funniest things we’ve seen on the internet is technically considered a hate crime. But if the endless scroll of other people plugging their clown shows has taught us anything, it’s that we have to maintain our digital facade or risk being unbooked and unblessed. And if there’s one thing the world desperately needs more of, it’s clown shows. (We aren’t joking.) So here we are.Will thinks the internet is a demonic, vacuous hole that is slowly stripping…

new video loaded: Palestinians Flee Gaza City as Israel Expands Its OffensiveBy Axel Boada•September 17, 2025Mohammed Al-Bayari packed up his belongings as he prepared to leave Gaza City after the Israeli military expanded its ground assault in the area.

Israel’s culture minister, Miki Zohar, has announced that funding for the Ophirs, the country’s national film awards, would be cancelled after The Sea, a film about a 12-year-old Palestinian boy, won the best feature film prize.In a statement on X, translated by Israeli news media, Zohar said: “There is no greater slap in the face of Israeli citizens than the embarrassing and detached annual Ophir awards ceremony. Starting with the 2026 budget, this pathetic ceremony will no longer be funded by taxpayers’ money. Under my watch, Israeli citizens will not pay from their pockets for a ceremony that spits in…

In the early hours of the morning, Baraka, a young boy, wanders through the streets of Goma. He takes a wrong turn and runs into bandits. Back home, his father flicks through TV channels while his mother counts bags of flour. No one speaks. The silence is broken only by crackles on the radio.Baraka and the Unpredictable Life of Goma is published in The Continent, a pan-African e-paper By evening, Baraka is sitting on the shore of Lake Kivu, looking south to Bukavu and east towards Rwanda, finding no hope in either direction.This is the opening to Baraka and the…

Shooting took place in a rural part of the US state.Published On 17 Sep 202517 Sep 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareAt least three police officers have been killed and two injured in the state of Pennsylvania.Pennsylvania State Police Commissioner Christopher Paris told the media on Wednesday that five officers were shot – three fatally.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listPennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro was rushing to the scene of the shooting in North Codorus Township, about 185km (115 miles) west of Philadelphia.Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday said he is also heading to the scene and urged on…