Former NBA first-round pick Usman Garuba has joined Real Madrid on a three-year contract, the Spanish team announced in a press release. The move had long been expected. Reporting in May indicated that Garuba was expected to sign with Real Madrid this offseason, but he responded by saying he had yet to make a decision. In mid-July, Spanish reporter Carlos Sanchez Blas (Twitter links) said that the free agent had a long-term deal in place with Madrid, and that time Garuba didn’t deny it, so we’ve just been awaiting formal confirmation from the team. The 23rd overall pick in the 2021…
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One person has died and six are missing after a superyacht capsized off the Sicilian coast in the Mediterranean on Monday at about 5am (03:00 GMT) after it was hit by stormy weather caused by a “waterspout” – or mini tornado – according to Italian authorities. The cruise had reportedly been undertaken to celebrate the acquittal of British tech tycoon Mike Lynch, who has been missing, in a fraud trial in the United States in June. His co-defendant in the trial, Steve Chamberlain, who was also acquitted in June, was killed after being hit by a car on Saturday. Here’s…
New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez is slated to resign by the end of the day Tuesday, about a month after a jury convicted him on federal bribery charges. Menendez signaled his resignation last month in a letter to Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy, who said Friday he’s tapping a former top aide to succeed the three-term incumbent. George Helmy will succeed Menendez until the November election results for the Senate seat are certified late in the month, the governor said. At that point, Murphy said Helmy will resign and he’ll name the winner of the election to the seat. The stakes in the Senate…
The ECOWAS Commission through the Directorate of Free Movement of Persons and Migration conducted a Cross Border Cooperation Project Monitoring and Evaluation exercise from 14-19 August 2024, in Wellingara-Ba, The Gambia, to assess the level of implementation of the Wellingara-Ba Lumo (Market) project. The Wellingara-Ba Lumo project, being financed by the ECOWAS Commission under the ECOWAS Cross-Border Cooperation Support Programme (ECBCSP), is developed by the Gambian Ministry of Trade, Industry, Regional Integration, and Employment which houses the ECOWAS National Office, in collaboration with the Mansakonko Area Council. The purpose is to convert the local market in the area to a…
YoungstaCPT Cheers ’31 Y?RS AHEAD OF TIME’ Mixtape Reception. YoungstaCPT has taken a moment to reflect on the overwhelming success of his latest mixtape, ‘31 Y?RS AHEAD OF TIME,’ celebrating its impact and the support it has garnered. YoungstaCPT Cheers ’31 Y?RS AHEAD OF TIME’ Mixtape Reception The mixtape which was released 4 days ago has widely accumulated passable streams on DPS and the Capetown rapper thanked his supporters for their unwavering support towards his music. Taking to X, the Wes-Kaap chanter stated that he has never been the most streamed or the most popular in SA hip hop but his level…
Fish-eating giant spiders the size of rats are making a comeback in the UK, experts have said.Thousands of fen raft spiders (Dolomedes plantarius) have been reported across the UK, in East Sussex, Suffolk, and Swansea. Between 2010 and 2015, four new populations were established in the Norfolk Broads through a translocation programme. The spiders were almost extinct in 2010, but conservationists have carried out extensive work to bring back the species.The RSPB say the scary arachnids are set to have their best year on record at a number of nature reserves.The conservation charity revealed that the most recent survey estimates…
The Atlanta Falcons have received some flack for giving quarterbacks Kirk Cousins and Michael Penix Jr. little playing time in preseason, but head coach Raheem Morris feels it’s not worth the risk. “[It’s not about] me protecting myself for a decision we made together,” Morris said Monday during an interview with FanDuel’s “Up & Adams.” “It’s about protecting our assets.” Cousins isn’t expected to play in preseason. Penix, meanwhile, played in the preseason opener against the Dolphins but sat out in their second game vs. the Baltimore Ravens on Saturday. He isn’t scheduled to play in the preseason finale vs.…
Collins Jumaisi, who is accused of dismembering 42 women’s bodies, breaks out of a police station along with 12 others.A manhunt is under way in Kenya after the escape from a Nairobi police cell of a man police claim had confessed to murdering and dismembering 42 women. Collins Jumaisi Khalusha, 33, described by police as a “vampire, a psychopath” after his arrest on July 15, broke out on Tuesday morning along with 12 undocumented Eritrean migrants, Kenya police spokeswoman Resila Onyango said. The breakout was discovered when officers made a routine visit to the police station cells at about 5am…
Queens deadly hit-and-run The NYPD is looking for two women involved in a multi-vehicle accident in Queens that killed one man and injured another. QUEENS – The NYPD is looking for two women they say were involved in a NYC hit-and-run crash that left a pedestrian dead in Queens. The crash happened on Tuesday around 12:30 a.m. near the intersection of Horace Harding Expressway and Casino Boulevard in Queensboro Hill. A hit-and-run crash left a pedestrian dead in Queens, the NYPD said. According to police, a U-Haul truck and a white Honda sedan collided, and as a result, a 56-year-old…
AI is becoming a new member of society according to results from a new Kaspersky (www.Kaspersky.co.za) survey titled ‘Excitement, Superstition and great Insecurity – How global Consumers engage with the Digital World’ (https://apo-opa.co/3WRj99J). The study also found that today artificial intelligence is taking on new roles in fields where it can succeed and be trusted by humans. Based on statistics from Similarweb (https://apo-opa.co/46WpO7u), ChatGPT, one of the world’s most popular chatbots, garnered 153 million visits in the first month after its launch in November 2022, and peaked at 2 billion visits in April 2024. In light of the rapid advancements…