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With terrific chutzpah, black-comic flair and cool, cruel unsentimentality, screenwriter Austin Kolodney and director Gus Van Sant have made a true-crime suspense thriller set in the 1970s, tapping into the spirit of both Sidney Lumet’s Dog Day Afternoon and Network. Apart from anything else, it is a reminder that in that post-Kennedy, post-Watergate age, plenty of lawless and febrile things happened that would now be considered phenomena purely attributable to social media.In 1977, an Indianapolis businessman named Tony Kiritsis, with many acquaintances in the police department, kidnapped a mortgage broker named Richard Hall, and tied Hall’s neck with a “dead…

Lawyers for five men deported by the US to Eswatini, formerly Swaziland, said they are being denied proper access to their clients, who they said are being imprisoned illegally.The men from Vietnam, Jamaica, Laos, Yemen and Cuba have criminal convictions, but had all served their sentences and been released in the US, their lawyers said. The US deported them to the small southern African country without warning in July, claiming they were “depraved monsters”.The US has sent migrants to several third countries, as Donald Trump’s administration ramps up deportations. Eight men were sent to South Sudan in July, Rwanda accepted…

Chinwendu Iroegbu and Prudence Enema (Lead writers) A recent study drawing on data from the 2018 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) examined the relationship between women’s access to health insurance and maternal mortality. The findings were significant, for every 1% increase in health insurance enrolment among women, maternal mortality dropped by more than 50%. This raises an important question, if inadequate funding has been a bottleneck in Nigeria’s health sector, what possibilities might emerge if the model of health financing were reimagined? This is where innovative approaches such as Health Impact Bonds come in. Health Impact Bonds are an…

Pamela MaldonadoSep 2, 2025, 10:10 AM ETClosePamela Maldonado is a sports betting analyst for ESPN.Week 1 didn’t just shake up the scoreboard, it rewrote the betting board. The Heisman Trophy race saw massive swings, with favorites tumbling and new names climbing, while the national title picture remains as murky as ever.LSU made noise, Texas stumbled and Ohio State survived, but nobody separated themselves from the pack. Between rising quarterbacks, fading narratives and shifting odds, the futures market looks wide open, if you know where to buy in.Biggest Heisman Trophy line moves after Week 1Garrett Nussmeier: +800 Last week: (+900)Nussmeier has…

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President Prabowo Subianto will join international leaders to attend the Victory Day parade in Beijing after initiating canceling his trip.Published On 2 Sep 20252 Sep 2025Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has left for China to attend a Victory Day parade after initially cancelling due to days of massive protests against rising inequality, his presidential spokesperson Prasetyo Hadi said in a statement.The Indonesian president will join more than 25 leaders – including North Korea’s Kim Jong Un and Russia’s Vladimir Putin – to attend Wednesday’s parade in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square to mark 8the 0th anniversary of Japan’s defeat in World War II.Prabowo…

111 Uganda Equity Bank in Fort Portal has renewed its promise to empower small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), describing them as the backbone of Uganda’s economy and a vital driver of job creation and trade. The bank made the announcement during an engagement event in Fort Portal, where senior executives outlined strategies to strengthen SME growth and resilience. Speaking on behalf of Equity Bank’s Managing Director, Mr. Gift Shoko, the Director of Public Sector and Social Investments, Catherine Psomgen, underlined the bank’s deep commitment to Uganda’s business community. According to her, SMEs remain central to the country’s growth. “SMEs are…

NewsFeedGaza’s beaches once symbolised leisure and escape. Now, one particular beachfront is a makeshift camp for thousands of displaced Palestinians. Families face dire shortages of food, water, and shelter. Al Jazeera’s Hani Mahmoud reports from Gaza City.Published On 2 Sep 20252 Sep 2025

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureRight, enough golf chat; it’s time to wrap up our coverage now. We’ll have a report on Alcaraz’s win shortly, and reports on the night action much later, but in the meantime here’s Bryan’s take on Pegula’s win. Many thanks for your company as always; Daniel will be here tomorrow to take you through the remaining quarter-finals. Bye!ShareAlcaraz is being interviewed on Sky now. Laura Robson asks if Tim Henman can join the golf match with Garcia. Alcaraz reveals Henman is NFI. “We just set up a round with…

HBO Max may not have the shine it once did, but the streaming service (previously just Max) is still home to some of the best TV shows of the past 25 years, from The Sopranos and The Wire to Game of Thrones and The Leftovers.Whether you’re a longtime fan of the “it’s not TV” cable network or a HBO Max newbie trying to figure out where to start, the shows below should give you plenty upon which to feast your eyes.Looking for more recommendations? Head to WIRED’s guide to the best TV shows on Netflix, the best TV shows on Amazon Prime, the best TV shows on Disney+,…