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Italy: Minuzzi; Muzzo, Sillari, Rigoni, D’Inca; Stevanin, Stefan; Turani, Vecchini, Seye, Tounesi, Duca, Sgorbini, Veronese, Giordano (capt).Replacements: Gurioli, Stecca, Maris, Fedrighi, Ranuccini, Bitonci, Mannini, Granzotto.South Africa: Roos; Dolf, Mpupha, Qawe, Malinga; Janse van Rensburg, Tose; Charlie, Gwala, Latsha, Booi (capt), Lochner, Solontsi, Mcatshulwa, Hele.Replacements: Gunter, Ngxingolo, Mdliki, Ubisi, Makua, Jacobs, Ngwevu, Webb.

Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani has been injured in a car accident in the US state of New Hampshire, his security guard has said.Giuliani’s car was struck from behind at high speed while travelling on a highway, according to a statement posted on social media. “He was diagnosed with a fractured thoracic vertebrae, multiple lacerations and contusions, as well as injuries to his left arm and lower leg,” the statement from security guard Michael Ragusa says. Giuliani, 81, became known as “America’s Mayor” after leading New York through 9/11. He later became an adviser and then personal lawyer…

When does a gambling habit become a gambling problem? Is it when you’re down to your last wadded-up banknote, which you keep stuffed in your sock till all else has been spent? Or maybe it’s that extreme moment you’re forced to fake your own death, just to throw off your creditors. Surely things have gotten out of hand when the British government sends a private detective (who looks an awful lot like Tilda Swinton) all the way to Macau to collect the fortune you swindled from an unsuspecting old lady to subsidize your addiction. In “Ballad of a Small Player,”…

Sharon BarbourHealth correspondent, BBC North East and CumbriaSupplied Baby Saskia had the typical measles rashNowhere in the north-east of England and Cumbria has the childhood measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccination rate of 95% needed to achieve the “herd immunity” at which point disease does not spread, latest figures show.Middlesbrough has the lowest rate in the region at 82.5%, but up from 77.9% the previous year.The mother of one child – too young to have the MMR but who could have been protected by herd immunity – said the experience of her having measles at the age of seven months…

The Directorate of Water Resources Management and Planning (DGPRE), through its Tambacounda Water Resources Brigade, has released its latest daily hydrological bulletin, highlighting significant changes in the water levels of the Gambia River and its tributaries, Seneweb reports. According to the bulletin published this Thursday August 28,, several localities–most notably Kédougou and Mako–are experiencing a general upward trend in river levels. In Kédougou, the Gambia River reached 4.93 meters, representing a sharp rise of 1.40 meters in just 24 hours. While the alert threshold is set at 7 meters, the rapid increase has prompted officials to call for heightened vigilance…

Aug 31, 2025, 02:27 PM ETNEW YORK — Tennis player Sorana Cirstea said the trophy she received after winning a recent women’s tournament was stolen from her New York hotel room while she was playing in the US Open.Cirstea pleaded for the trophy’s return late Saturday night, two days after she was eliminated from singles play in Flushing Meadows.Editor’s Picks”Whoever stole my Cleveland trophy from room 314 at The Fifty Sonesta please give it back!” Cirstea wrote in an Instagram story. “It has NO material value, just sentimental value. It would be [greatly] appreciated!”Cirstea, a 35-year-old from Romania, won her…

While we’re talking about the display, make sure your Pixel is using the highest screen resolution. In Display & touch, scroll down to Screen resolution and choose Max resolution. It may eat up more battery life, but you paid for a high-quality display! Use it. Smooth display sits right below, but it’s finally enabled by default, allowing your phone to hit a 120-Hz screen refresh rate.Enhance Your Lock ScreenPhotograph: Julian ChokkattuThe lock screen is fairly customizable. Head to Settings > Display & touch > Lock screen to customize how notifications appear (compact or full list), hide silent notifications, hide sensitive…

It’s a journalist’s role to stay behind the scenes. But sometimes, a reporter’s extraordinary life becomes the story itself.Such is the case with Brent Renaud, an award-winning documentary film-maker who was the first American journalist killed, at the age of 50, in the Russia-Ukraine war. His life and death are captured in a new, intimate documentary that debuted in Los Angeles at the 21st annual HollyShorts film festival earlier this month.The film, entitled Armed Only With a Camera, is directed by Craig Renaud, Brent’s younger brother, who worked alongside him for more than 20 years, and produced by the photojournalist…

My friend Brian Oosthuysen, who has died aged 87, was a religious studies teacher and house master at Archway school in Stroud, Gloucestershire, for almost 20 years, and at various other schools before that. He hailed from South Africa, but came to the UK in the early 1960s to study divinity, staying for the rest of his life.Born in Port Elizabeth, he was the son of William, a cleaning supervisor on South African Railways, and Emily (nee Nowell), a shoe factory worker. His mother died of tuberculosis when he was 11, and he and his sister, Patty, were largely brought…

351 The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) and the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd (NNPC Ltd) have agreed to establish a technical committee aimed at enhancing governance in Nigeria’s extractive sector. This move follows a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed by both parties for data exchange, training, and compliance with the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) Standard. The agreement came after a meeting on Thursday in Abuja between Dr. Orji Ogbonnaya Orji, the Executive Secretary of NEITI, and Mr. Bayo Ojulari, the Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) of NNPC Ltd. The newly formed partnership is designed to address the…