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Israeli Culture Minister Miki Zohar has said he will pull state funding for the country’s national film honors, the Ophir Awards, after the Palestinian anti-war drama The Sea took top prize at the 2025 ceremony Tuesday night. Shai Carmeli-Pollak’s drama follows a 12-year-old Palestinian boy living under occupation in the West Bank who risks his life, dodging military checkpoints and the police, to go to the beach for the first time in Tel Aviv. Under the system set up by the Israeli Academy of Film and Television, the Ophir best film winner is also automatically Israel’s submission for the Oscars in…

Gunmen on motorbikes have shot dead 22 people, most of them attending a baptism ceremony, in an attack on a village in western Niger, reports say.A resident told the French news agency AFP that 15 people were killed at the ceremony in Tillabéri region, which borders Mali and Burkina Faso, before moving elsewhere and killing seven others.”While people celebrated a baptism ceremony, gunmen opened fire, sowing death and terror,” local civil rights activist Maikoul Zodi said on social media.Niger’s military government has struggled to contain jihadist violence in the region, carried out by groups linked to al-Qaeda and Islamic State.The…

Urban Company, India’s largest home services platform, stormed onto the public markets on Wednesday, opening 58% above its issue price after delivering the country’s most subscribed IPO of the year. The Gurugram-based startup, which connects users to at-home services ranging from beauty treatments to appliance repair, debuted on the Mumbai-based National Stock Exchange at ₹162.25 per share (approximately $1.84), up from its IPO issue price of ₹103. The offering, which opened last week, was subscribed over 100 times, meaning investors placed orders for 100 times more shares than were available, signaling robust demand from both institutional and retail investors. Urban…

In South Sudan, “systemic government corruption” and “brazen predation” on the part of political elites have created a human rights crisis that must be urgently addressed, the UN Commission on Human Rights in the country said in a new report issued on Tuesday. Based on two years of independent investigations and analysis, the report reveals how oil and non-oil revenues are siphoned off through opaque schemes and politically connected contracts. Meanwhile, millions of South Sudanese are denied basic services. “Our report tells the story of the plundering of a nation: corruption is not incidental, it is the engine of South…

The Israeli culture and sports minister Miki Zohar has vowed to cut funding for the Israeli Film Academy’s Ophir Awards after its top prize was given to “The Sea,” an Arabic-language drama about a Palestinian boy from the West Bank who risks his life to go to the beach in Tel Aviv. Israel’s top film honors, the Ophir Awards are voted on by the Israeli Academy of Film and Television which brings together nearly 1,100 filmmakers, producers and actors. In winning the Ophir’s best film nod, “The Sea” automatically qualified to represent Israel in the Oscars’ international feature race. “The…

Rwanda has recorded a resurgence of malaria after nearly six years of steady progress in reducing the disease. Between 2017 and 2023, cases had dropped by 90 percent, but infections have been climbing again since January 2024. In response, the Rwanda Biomedical Centre (RBC) will carry out indoor residual spraying (IRS) in 28 high-burden sectors in September and October. ALSO READ: Rwanda rolls out new malaria strategy after recording 87,000 cases in March Follow us on WhatsApp | LinkedIn for the latest headlines By July this year, the country had registered 91,169 malaria cases nationwide, according to RBC data. Of…

Sep 17, 2025, 04:00 AM ETManchester United midfielder Kobbie Mainoo is a January target for Newcastle United, while Real Madrid could bring Nico Paz back to the Bernabéu. Join us for the latest transfer news, rumors and gossip from around the globe.Transfers homepage | Done deals | Men’s grades | Women’s gradesTOP STORIES- Mourinho in Benfica talks after Lage sacking – sources- Sources: Amorim still has backing of United board- Struggling United to reveal scale of financial crisisManchester United’s Kobbie Mainoo started the Euro 2024 final, but has lost his place in the England squad with the World Cup less…

273 Lasaco Assurance Plc has announced a significant boost in its financial position after posting an 84 per cent growth in shareholders’ fund, which rose to N22.11bn in the second quarter of 2025, compared to N12.02bn in the same period of 2024. The company said the result reflects a stronger capital base and improved resilience in its operations despite rising costs and market volatility. The insurance firm disclosed this in a statement on Monday while releasing its unaudited financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2025. The report highlighted growth across insurance operations, asset base, and investment activities.…

Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir – A distraught Javid Ahmad Bhat fears he may lose the entire year’s earnings from the apples he grows.Two trucks bearing his apples worth more than $10,000 are among rows of stranded carriers that stretch for miles along a key highway connecting his city, Baramullah, in Indian-administered Kashmir to the remainder of India. Their tarpaulin covers bulge with crates of fruits that have begun to blacken and collapse under the weight of rot.“All our hard work for the entire year has gone to waste. What we painstakingly nurtured since the spring is lost. No one will buy…

A trip to the Allianz Arena offers Chelsea fond memories of the greatest night in their history, a meeting with two what‑might‑have-beens and a swift reunion with a player desperate to prove they were wrong to let him go.Perhaps Enzo Maresca will be feeling nervous if his team have to face Nicolas Jackson when they open their Champions League campaign against Bayern Munich on Wednesday night. There are plenty of examples of loanees coming back to haunt their parent club in the tournament and Jackson will not be short of motivation if he features against Chelsea less than a month…