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World Athletics is within “touching distance” of carrying out gene testing on all female athletes before the start of the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo.Rules requiring all athletes in the female category of world ranking events to take a one-time gene test came into force at the beginning of September.World Athletics says the sex screening – which detects the presence of a Y chromosome – is to protect the integrity of women’s competition.Speaking on the eve of the championships on Friday, World Athletics president Sebastian Coe said at a media conference: “We were on 95% the other day, we’re inching…

Erika Kirk, the widow of rightwing activist and provocateur Charlie Kirk, said in a statement Friday evening that her late husband’s message and mission will be “stronger, bolder, louder and greater than ever” and that her “cries will echo around the world like a battle cry”.“I loved knowing one of his mottos was ‘never surrender’,” she said of her late husband. “We’ll never surrender.”Charlie Kirk, the co-founder of the hard-right youth organization Turning Point USA, died after being fatally shot while speaking at an event hosted at Utah Valley University (UVU) on Wednesday afternoon. The event was the first in…

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Nardine Saad andMax MatzaTurning Point USACharlie Kirk’s widow, Erika, has given a tearful address in which she thanked first responders for trying to save her husband’s life after he was fatally shot on a Utah university campus.In a livestream, standing beside her husband’s empty chair that he used during podcast tapings, she quoted the Bible and spoke about his love for President Donald Trump, Vice-President JD Vance, the United States, and the couple’s two children.Kirk, a right-wing activist, was shot dead on Wednesday during an open-air speaking event in Orem, Utah. His suspected killer, Tyler Robinson, was arrested on Thursday…

From AmsterdamRecommended if you like Adrian Sherwood, ESG, Hidden OperatorUp next New charity single benefitting Plant een Olijfboom released 20 SeptemberDevon Rexi make tripped-out, percussion-heavy rhythms that are as sexy as they are strange. Though the Amsterdam-based group have only released two EPs and maintain an elusive online presence, they have developed a steady cult following in guitar and dance music circles alike.Formed around 2022 by Nushin Naini and Nic Mauskovic (who also releases music under the alias Nicolini), the mutating band draw on a range of influences dating from the 70s: the percussion, sax and funky bass recall New…

ReutersThe former first lady is promising to “modernise” Ivory Coast, should she win the electionFormer Ivory Coast First Lady Simone Gbagbo has gone from hiding in a bunker in an attempt to avoid arrest to defiantly announcing she will run for president.In an extraordinary comeback, the controversial 76-year-old was this week surprisingly allowed to contest October’s elections, calling on supporters to help “build a new nation”.For years, Gbagbo worked side-by-side with her ex-husband Laurent, and was considered to be the power behind his throne. Now, with a criminal conviction and a divorce behind her, she takes centre stage as a…

249 The Federal Government has said that Nigeria’s creative industry is ready for massive investment, calling on local and international stakeholders to take advantage of opportunities in arts, culture, tourism, and entertainment. The Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Arts, Culture, Tourism, and Creative Economy, Mukhtar Mohammed, made this call in Abuja on Thursday during a press conference to announce the 2025 Creative Economy Week. He explained that the creative industry is one of Nigeria’s strongest sectors and has become a major driver of influence, job creation, and economic growth. According to him, Nigeria’s creative industry is more than…

Sep 12, 2025, 09:01 PM ETSIOUX CITY, S.D. — John Daly made it into the PGA Tour Champions record book Friday for the wrong reason. He took a 19 on the par-5 12th hole at the Sanford International.He also broke his personal record by one shot. Daly took an 18 on the par-5 sixth hole in the 1998 Bay Hill Invitational when he hit 3-wood into the water six straight times.Details were a little unclear from Minnehaha Country Club, where the PGA Tour Champions does not have a laser system to record shots.Daly did not immediately respond to a phone…

Media pundits, journalists, and academics, including MSNBC commentator Matthew Dowd, have also been fired or targeted over their comments about Kirk. Executives from Comcast, which owns NBC Universal, sent out an email to employees seemingly referencing Dowd’s dismissal over an “unacceptable and insensitive comment about this horrific event. That coverage was at odds with fostering civil dialogue.” In response to a request for comment, Comcast redirected WIRED to the aforementioned letter.Red Hood is also not the only cultural product being disappeared in light of Kirk’s death. Comedy Central has decided not to rerun the South Park episode “Got a Nut,”…