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A new cinematic adventure fantasy revolving around the iconic female warrior character doesn’t have much to live up to, considering that the 1985 version starring Brigitte Nielsen and Arnold Schwarzenegger isn’t exactly beloved even among genre fans. Which makes it all the more disappointing that MJ Bassett’s version turns out to be so lackluster, especially considering that its star, Matilda Lutz, proved so impressive in 2017’s equally physically demanding and skin-baring Revenge (directed by future Oscar nominee Coralie Fargeat). Hampered by the sort of low-budget production values that make it seem more suited for cable television, Red Sonja is receiving…

Plans shared with defence contractors also show a new missile field in the American Midwest, according to report.The administration of United States President Donald Trump has circulated plans for its $175bn “Golden Dome” missile defence system, revealing a possible new missile field in the Midwest and details of the project’s plans to shoot down missiles in space, the Reuters news agency reports.According to a series of slides, titled “Go Fast, Think Big!”, presented to some 3,000 defence contractors in Huntsville, Alabama, last week, Reuters says that plans for the Golden Dome include three layers of missile interceptors, radar arrays and…

SA dangles blueberries and pork in a bid to avert the US tariff blow. South Africa has offered easier market access for American blueberries, poultry and pork in a revised trade offer to the US Trade Representative on Tuesday, 12 August. In a fortnight, container-loads of the exports will hit the waters from Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and Alabama from three American ports. This is the cornerstone of a multi-pronged revised offer that SA hopes will stave off punitive tariffs of 30% that are steadily being implemented, and which have already cost jobs and contracts. Will it be enough…

Some residents of Bwari in Bwari Area Council of the FCT Fridayhave benefited from the federal government’s free eyeglasses initiative on Friday, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. NAN reports that the initiative, spearheaded by the Federal Ministry of Health with support from partners, including the area councils, aims to tackle presbyopia in adults aged 40 and above in the community. Dr. Ehiemere Goodluck, Program Manager of the Eye Care Unit at the FCT Public Health Department, told NAN that the initiative is a continuation of President Bola Tinubu’s distribution of five million pairs of glasses to Nigerians. The…

100m champion Sha’Carri Richardson addresses domestic violence arrest and apologizes to boyfriend Christian Coleman.Sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson has addressed her recent domestic violence arrest in a video on social media and issued an apology to her boyfriend Christian Coleman.Richardson posted a video on her Instagram account Monday night in which she said she put herself in a “compromised situation”. She issued a written apology to Coleman on Tuesday morning.“I love him & to him I can’t apologize enough,” the reigning 100-meter world champion wrote in all capital letters on Instagram, adding that her apology “should be just as loud” as her…

London-based Nothing’s latest gadget is a set of over-ear headphones that throws out the dull design norms of noise-cancelling cans for an attention-attracting look that is a cross between a 1980s Walkman and Doctor Who’s Cybermen.The Guardian’s journalism is independent. We will earn a commission if you buy something through an affiliate link. Learn more.The large, semi-transparent cans are certainly a statement piece on your head, with an outer design covered in details, dot-matrix print and physical buttons, but sadly stopping short of the flashing LEDs of the company’s phones.The unconventional design has a rather more conventional price, costing £299 and…

Cryptocurrency entrepreneur faces up to 25 years in prison over the $40bn collapse of the TerraUSD and Luna tokens.South Korean cryptocurrency mogul Do Kwon has pleaded guilty to fraud in the United States in a case tied to the $40bn collapse of the TerraUSD and Luna tokens.Kwon, the cofounder of Singapore-based Terraform Labs, entered the plea at the Southern District of New York on Tuesday, according to court filings.Kwon admitted to one count of conspiring to commit commodities fraud, securities fraud and wire fraud, and one count of committing wire fraud.As part of his plea, the crypto entrepreneur agreed to…

Park Gyu-tae, the South Korean helmer behind 2022’s breakout comedy hit “6/45,” has inked a co-production agreement for his next feature “Saigon Oppa” during a high-profile cultural diplomacy event in Seoul. The deal was revealed at the Vietnam-South Korea Forum on Cultural Industry Development Cooperation, held during Vietnamese General Secretary To Lam’s state visit to South Korea. The forum was co-chaired by Vietnam’s Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Van Hung and South Korea’s Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Chae Hwi-young, with participation from Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son. The project…

Olawale AdekolaBBC News in LagosWedaeli ChibelushiBBC NewsWireImage/Getty ImagesNigerian Afropop star Tems has told the BBC “people don’t really respect women” in her industry.The two-time Grammy award-winner told the BBC that at the start of her career, she struggled to be taken seriously.”I realised that there’s always a cost. There’s always a price that you pay. And a lot of those prices I wasn’t willing to pay and there wasn’t a lot of options,” Tems said.Afropop has gained immense global popularity over the past decade, but despite this growth it remains notoriously male-dominated.The industry’s so-called “Big Three” – Burna Boy, Davido…

An American paediatrician who volunteered in the Gaza Strip says the injuries inflicted on Palestinian aid seekers at sites run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) suggest that Israeli forces there shot the men and boys deliberately, by targeting and maiming specific body parts on specific days.Ahmed Yousaf made the comments to Al Jazeera from the Jordanian capital, Amman, on Tuesday, hours after returning from Gaza, where he had spent two and a half weeks working at Al-Aqsa Hospital in central Deir el-Balah and al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City.The doctor said he witnessed “mass casualty incidents” from Israeli shootings at…