Nigerian hip-hop royal Ice Prince has dropped a new track, aptly titled Long Azz Rap Song, following the release of his fourth studio album, Fire & Ice. The song is a showcase of Ice Prince’s lyrical prowess as he delivers extended verses with energy and precision.Long Azz Rap Song features Joules Da Kid and long-time collaborator Loose Kaynon. The track is over 8 minutes long, offering a marathon of bars, rhymes and punchlines. Ice Prince’s delivery is impeccable, and he effortlessly switches between different flows and styles. Joules Da Kid and Loose Kaynon also contribute impressive verses, adding to the…
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Bryce Young is officially damaged goods. The Carolina Panthers quarterback, drafted No. 1 overall in 2023, lost his starting job this week after a disastrous start to the season. The Panthers are 0-2, while Young has completed just 55 percent of his passes, thrown three interceptions and failed to throw a touchdown pass. The former Alabama star will watch Sunday’s game from the bench, the first game of his young career in which he will serve as a backup. Young is talented, there’s no doubt about that. Yes, he’s small at 5-foot-10-inches, and sure, hindsight says the Panthers should have…
As the people of Lebanon come to terms with the attacks on communication devices that killed and maimed many, the Israeli public seems divided between elation over the attacks and nervousness over potential repercussions. In a region where nerves are at breaking point as Israel’s war on Gaza approaches a year, this escalation is the latest in a series of concerning developments. In addition to killing at least 41,000 people in its war on a blockaded enclave, Israel has traded threatening repartee with Iran, bombed Yemen in retaliation for a Houthi drone attack, and traded fire near-constantly with Hezbollah throughout.…
The federal Bureau of Prisons says it has increased staffing in recent months to make up for staggering shortfalls at the troubled New York City jail where Sean “Diddy” Combs is awaiting trial after pleading not guilty Tuesday to sex trafficking charges. The agency’s push to fix the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn comes as detainees, advocates and judges have continued to raise alarms about “dangerous, barbaric conditions,” rampant violence and multiple deaths. Some judges have refused to send people to the jail, the only federal lockup in the nation’s biggest city. Combs’ lawyers are pushing to have him moved…
President of the ECB, at the 2024 Michel Camdessus Central Banking Lecture organised by the IMF Washington, DC, 20 September 2024 By Christine Lagarde Central banks are public institutions with powerful tools, but the way these tools affect the economy is constantly changing. This uncertainty comes, in part, from the famous “long and variable” lags of monetary policy transmission. It typically takes 18 to 24 months for a change in interest rates to have its peak effect on the economy and inflation. But there are also more fundamental issues that affect the transmission of monetary policy, which were identified by Federal…
Here are seven players who idolize arguably one of the biggest football icons in the history of the game, Lionel Messi. Lionel Messi is widely considered one of the greatest football players of all time and has inspired countless young athletes worldwide in addition to leaving an enduring mark on the sport with his extraordinary abilities and accomplishments.It is no surprise that the youngsters in the world of football in the world today look up to him with many having their minds set on emulating him and also playing alongside him.Who are the footballers who idolize Lionel Messi?Messi’s story, which…
Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s night at Bristol Motor Speedway was anything but routine, but the Hall of Famer came across the line seventh. A solid qualifying effort netted Earnhardt Jr. the 13th starting spot on the grid, but radio issues immediately after the drop of the green flag relegated Earnhardt to the mid-30s in the running order. After exchanging his helmet and radio, Earnhardt Jr. discovered that he no longer had his glasses, which had inadvertently been taken by the team on the first pit stop of the race. After clawing his way back to a 20th-place finish in Stage One,…
As the war enters its 939th day, these are the main developments.Here is the situation on Saturday, September 21, 2024. Fighting Four people were injured after a Russian missile attack on the Ukrainian port city of Odesa. Governor Oleh Kiper said some port facilities and an Antigua-flagged civilian vessel were also damaged. Ukraine’s air force said 61 out of 70 Russian attack drones and one out of four missiles across 13 regions of Ukraine were destroyed. Some 70,112 Russian soldiers have died in Ukraine since the full-scale invasion began in February 2022, according to the BBC and the independent Russian…
A jury has awarded $116 million to the family of one of five people killed in a no-door helicopter that crashed and sank in a New York City river, leaving passengers trapped in their safety harnesses. The verdict came Thursday in the lawsuit over the death of Trevor Cadigan, who was 26 when he took the doomed flight in March 2018. It was, family lawyer Gary C. Robb said Friday, “a death trap.” “They just completely misled the public about the ability to get out in an emergency” from the harnesses, which were store-bought fall-protection gear envisioned for construction workers,…
OTTAWA, Canada – Canada is contributing CAD 250,000 (approximately CHF 158,000) to the Standards and Trade Development Facility (STDF) in 2024 to support sustainable economic growth, poverty reduction and food security. The donation will help developing economies and least-developed countries (LDCs) improve their sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) capacity and participate more actively in global trade. World Trade Organization (WTO) director-general Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala expressed her appreciation for Canada’s generosity. “I thank Canada for its longstanding commitment to the STDF. Canada’s contribution will allow the STDF to advance agricultural innovation, facilitate safe trade, and promote global food security. This support is necessary…