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The Russian composer Rodion Shchedrin, who created the celebrated ballets Anna Karenina and the Carmen Suite, has died in Germany at the age of 92, Moscow’s Bolshoi Theatre said on Friday.He and his wife of 57 years, the legendary ballerina Maya Plisetskaya, dominated the Soviet and Russian cultural scene for the latter part of the last century. She died in 2015.Shchedrin’s work ranged from choral music and concertos to opera and ballet, blending Russian folk influences, classical traditions and avant garde technique. His 1972 ballet Anna Karenina remains a staple for major theaters around the world.The Bolshoi Theatre, where Shchedrin…

With sex work (prostitution) legal in some parts of Europe, one place in the US and many parts of the world, questions about legalization abound. Will decriminalization help women who are just trying to make a living or create victims from trafficking and sex tourism? The revival of Jeffrey Epstein’s deeds heightens and crystallizes such human rights questions. Recently, the New York Post NYC highlighted mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani’s pro-sex work legalization stance and its related fallout and backlash. The story quotes critics who say they fear New York will “devolve into a hedonistic den of iniquity” if Mamdani wins…

In another victory for the right wing, a criminal case against ex-interim leader Anez has been annulled.Published On 30 Aug 202530 Aug 2025Right-wing Bolivian opposition leader Luis Fernando Camacho has been released from jail after spending nearly three years in pretrial detention for his role in unrest that led to the 2019 ouster of then left-wing President Evo Morales.As the political right’s momentum accelerates ahead of a presidential election run-off in October, Camacho returned to a hero’s welcome in the eastern province of Santa Cruz after his release on Friday from a maximum-security prison near La Paz.Thousands of supporters waved…

An extensive earthen wall is being built around the besieged Sudanese city of el-Fasher and is intended to trap people inside, according to research from Yale University.From satellite images, the university’s Humanitarian Research Lab has identified more than 31km (19 miles) of “berms” – as the raised banks are known – constructed since May in territory outside the city occupied by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).El-Fasher, under siege for more than a year, is the last major foothold in Darfur for the army, which has been battling the RSF since April 2023.The Sudan Doctors Network has told the BBC…

247 Nigeria is losing about 400,000 hectares of forest every year to unchecked deforestation, a development that charcoal industry stakeholders say threatens both the sector and the country’s environmental commitments. The National President of the National Charcoal Producers, Dealers, Exporters, and Afforestation of Nigeria, Mr. Babatunde Edu, disclosed this at a stakeholders’ meeting held in Abuja on Thursday. Edu, while addressing participants, said the trend had reached an alarming level and called for urgent enforcement of compliance across the sector. “We gather not merely to discuss, but to act. The charcoal sector in Nigeria stands at a critical juncture. On…

The Health Policy Advisor at World Health Organisation Country office has underscored the importance of environmental surveillance in this era of increasing global health threats. In light of this, he affirmed that the latter must be integrated into ‘our broader health systems and health security architecture, including disease control, water and sanitation, and One Health approach generally. Selassi Amah D’Almeida was speaking on Wednesday on behalf of the WHO Country representative at the start of a three-day stakeholder capacity building forum organized by the Ministry of Health with support from WHO Country office on environmental health surveillance. The event, underway…

World Athletics president Lord Coe says athletes are “overwhelmingly supportive” of the gene test which is being introduced for those wanting to compete in the female category.In March, the governing body approved the introduction of a one-time test for the SRY gene – which is part of the Y chromosome and causes male characteristics to develop – to be applied for world ranking competitions.The test is only required to be taken once and can be conducted via a cheek swab or blood test. If the result shows negative for the Y chromosome, the athlete is eligible to compete in the…

Before the launch of the Pixel 10, the Pixel 9 regularly dipped to $599, the Pixel 9 Pro dropped to $749, the Pixel 9 Pro XL was on sale for $899, and the Pixel 9 Pro Fold hit $1,499. I wouldn’t buy these devices unless they were at those prices again or lower.How Long Is Your Pixel Supported?AccordionItemContainerButtonThe Pixel 10 series, Pixel 9 series, Pixel 8 series, Pixel 9a, and Pixel 8a will get seven years of Android OS upgrades and security updates. The 2023 Pixel 7a will receive three years of Android OS upgrades and five years of security…

Kabiru Marafa, a former senator who represented Zamfara Central Senatorial District between 2011 and 2019, announced his resignation in a communique issued on Friday by his political base, the Senator Kabiru Marafa Consultative Forum, after a two-day meeting held in Kaduna. Kabiru Marafa, the Zamfara State Coordinator of Tinubu-Shettima Campaign Organisation in the 2023 presidential election has resigned his membership of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Mr Marafa, a former senator who represented Zamfara Central Senatorial District between 2011 and 2019, announced his resignation in a communique issued on Friday by his political base, the Senator Kabiru Marafa Consultative Forum,…

If you’ve loved a Danish film in the past 20 years, there’s a good chance it was written by Anders Thomas Jensen. The wildly prolific Danish screenwriter has been a co-author with Susanne Bier — on the Oscar-winning In a Better World (2010), as well as Brothers (2004) and After the Wedding (2006), both of which got U.S. remakes) — Nicolaj Arcel (The Promised Land from 2023) and Kristian Levring (2000’s The King is Alive), while still regularly churning out darkly comic gems as a writer-director. He started with 2000’s Flickering Lights, where four inept crooks hole up in the…