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Kyiv in sanctions push as NATO states on Europe’s eastern flank take preventive action after Moscow’s air incursions.Published On 20 Sep 202520 Sep 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareUkrainian Volodymyr Zelenskyy is preparing to meet US President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York City next week in a bid to urge him to impose stronger sanctions on Russia.The Ukrainian president shared his plans on Saturday, as Russia intensified attacks on his country following air incursions into Europe’s eastern flank that have sparked anxiety over a potential spillover of the ongoing war…

Bayern Munich maintained their flawless start in the Bundesliga by beating Hoffenheim 4-1 away on Saturday after Harry Kane netted two penalties and bagged his ninth hat-trick for the German league leaders.It was Kane’s second hat-trick of the campaign, after a second-half treble in their season opener against RB Leipzig, and he moved five clear at the top of the scoring charts with eight league goals in four matches.The victory moved Bayern up to 12 points while Hoffenheim are six points behind in eighth place.With Christian Ilzer’s Hoffenheim in the ascendancy, Vincent Kompany’s Bayern looked as if they might be…

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt appeared on Fox News today and said that an agreement has been reached — but not signed — that would see TikTok’s U.S. operations spun out under majority American ownership. Leavitt said Americans will hold six of seven board seats in the restructured TikTok, and the short-form video app’s algorithm will be U.S.-controlled, according to Bloomberg. “So all of those details have already been agreed upon, now we just need this deal to be signed and that will be happening, I anticipate, in the coming days,” Leavitt said. Bloomberg also reports that a senior…

Tunis, Sept. 19, 2025 — President Kais Saied chaired a cabinet meeting, on Thursday, at Carthage Palace. He pointed out that “Tunisia is being targeted because of its unity,” reiterating that “it will remain resilient against traitors and collaborators who seek to undermine the State and sap its resources.” He called for a new vision for state governance, laying emphasis on national awareness during this period. He underlined that “authority belongs to the people, and laws must be effectively implemented rather than left idle on shelves.” The Head of State spoke of an ongoing struggle between the State and a…

In an overcrowded pop market, where artists are encouraged to maintain a constant presence and stream of what’s depressingly termed “product”, south London singer-songwriter Joy Crookes’s career has progressed in a curious series of fits and starts. After releasing a series of EPs, she ended 2019 as a hotly tipped act: appearances on Later … With Jools Holland, nominated for the Brits Rising Star award, placed high in the BBC’s Sound of 2020 poll, invited to support Harry Styles on tour. But the latter was nixed by Covid, and her real commercial breakthrough didn’t arrive for nearly two years: released…

389 United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) has announced its financial performance for the first half of 2025, showing a profit after tax of N335.53bn. This represents a 6.06 per cent rise from N316.36bn recorded in the same period last year, despite a drop in profit before tax. The results, released on Thursday through the Nigerian Exchange Limited, showed strong growth across UBA’s business segments, driven by increased customer deposits and higher interest income. The bank’s gross earnings grew by 17.28 per cent, reaching N1.608tn as of June 2025 compared with N1.371tn in June 2024. Interest income also recorded significant…

Six of seven board seats for TikTok’s US operations will be held by Americans, White House press secretary says.Published On 20 Sep 202520 Sep 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareA deal between Washington and Beijing for the Chinese parent company of video-sharing app TikTok to sell its US operations would see the formation of an American-majority board, the White House has announced.“There will be seven seats on the board that controls the app in the United States, and six of those seats will be Americans,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told Fox News on Saturday.Recommended Stories list of…

Good morning. It is with immense pride that I stand before you today to witness and officiate the grand opening of Cleanergy Solutions Namibia’s Hydrogen Dune Project at Walvis Bay in the Erongo region. This occasion is a defining milestone in Namibia’s journey towards a sustainable and prosperous future. Today, we are not merely launching a project — we are declaring Namibia’s ambition to play a leading role in the global clean energy transition and positioning Namibia as a key player in the production of green hydrogen and its derivatives. This project aligns with the National Development Plan Six and…

After a call with Chinese President Xi Jinping, US President Donald Trump says an agreement is on the way.Millions of TikTok users in the United States will be relieved to hear President Donald Trump say that China had agreed to approve a deal on the future of the social media platform in the US.With US politicians worried that TikTok poses a national security threat and spreads propaganda, Congress passed a bill last year that banned the short video app unless its Chinese owner, ByteDance, sold its US business.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listBut Trump had extended the deadline…

Meta has used back-to-school pictures of schoolgirls to advertise one of its social media platforms to a 37-year-old man, in a move parents described as “outrageous” and “upsetting”.The man noticed that posts encouraging him to “get Threads”, Mark Zuckerberg’s rival to Elon Musk’s X, were being dropped into his Instagram feed featuring embedded posts of uniformed girls as young as 13 with their faces visible and, in most cases, their names.The children’s images were used by Meta after their parents had posted them on Instagram to mark their return to school. The parents were unaware that Meta’s settings permitted it…