The final event of the Paris Games delivered a history-making performance from the U.S. women’s basketball team. The American women battled back from behind to win another gold medal over France to close out the 2024 Olympics. In a game that saw each team leading in points at different times throughout, the U.S. victory denied France its first-ever basketball gold and in the process the U.S. women’s team became the first in any sport to win eight straight Olympic titles. In a dramatic final game, the U.S. women’s basketball team will take home gold after beating France, 67-66. It was…
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Grammy-winning Nigerian singer, Burna Boy, has taken to social media to address the misunderstanding surrounding his recent album release announcement. On July 29, Burna Boy tweeted “Album dropping 12am”, which led many fans and media outlets to believe that his new album would drop on the same day at 12am.However, Burna Boy has now clarified on Sunday, August 11, that he never specified the date, only the time. In a follow-up tweet, he wrote: “Ladies and gentlemen, A valuable lesson on paying attention to detail. I said 12am, I never said what date. No be say I whine una o…
The problem is that 85 of the 194 countries surveyed by the WHO technical advisory group that came up with the new estimates don’t have good enough death registries for this to be a viable approach. Forty-one of those countries are in sub-Saharan Africa.For these countries, a team led by Jonathan Wakefield, a statistician at the University of Washington in Seattle, used the data from countries with complete death registries to build another statistical model able to predict total COVID deaths in any month from other measures, including temperature, the percentage of COVID tests returning positive, a rating of the…
Aug 7, 2024; Montigny-le-Bretonneux, France; Jennifer Valente of Team United States competes in the first round of the women’s team pursuit during the Paris 2024 Olympic Summer Games at Vélodrome National de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines. Mandatory Credit: Andrew P. Scott-USA TODAY Sports SAINT QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France — American Jennifer Valente won the gold medal in the women’s omnium to conclude Olympic racing at the National Velodrome on Sunday. Valente comfortably retained the title she won in Tokyo with a consistent performance across the four races. Poland’s Daria Pikulik ended with silver medal and New Zealand’s Ally Wollaston was third. Valente was part of…
Torrential rains trigger deadly landslide at a Kampala landfill, burying homes in Uganda’s capital.A landslide at a rubbish dump in Uganda’s capital, Kampala, has killed at least 18 people, authorities have reported as they continue to search for survivors. Police announced the death toll on Sunday, two days after torrential rain broke off a huge chunk of rubbish at Kiteezi, the city’s only landfill site. The landslide buried people, livestock and homes as residents slept. Authorities had reported eight confirmed deaths on Saturday, but the number of casualties has risen as rescuers dig for survivors. Authorities said on Sunday that…
Olympic boxing champion Imane Khelif has filed a legal complaint in France for online harassment after a rain of criticism and false claims about her sex during the Paris Olympics, her lawyer said Sunday. Khelif won gold Friday in the women’s welterweight division, becoming a new hero in her native Algeria and bringing global attention to women’s boxing. The complaint was filed Friday with a special unit in the Paris prosecutor’s office for combating online hate speech, alleging “aggravated cyber-harassment” targeting Khelif, lawyer Nabil Boudi said. In a statement, he described it as a “misogynist, racist and sexist campaign” against the boxer. It is now…
As co-chair of the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Network to Mobilize Investment for Clean Energy in the Global South, H.E. Dr. Rania A. Al-Mashat, Minister of Planning, Economic Development, and International Cooperation, participated in a meeting on the network with Mr. Samaila Zubairu, CEO of the African Finance Corporation. The meeting, which included several WEF officials, discussed the developments since the network’s launch in January at the Davos Forum. The discussion also focused on strategies to encourage clean energy investments and the preparation of a comprehensive guide for successful renewable energy solutions and practices, which will be reviewed at the…
Nigerian veteran singer, Paul Okoye, popularly known as Rudeboy, and his estranged wife, Anita, have sparked speculation after unfollowing each other on Instagram.The move comes amidst recent pregnancy rumors surrounding Rudeboy’s fiancée, Ivy Ifeoma.The couple, who parted ways in 2022 due to undisclosed issues, had seemingly moved on amicably, with numerous videos and photos of them co-parenting their children circulating online. However, a recent check of their Instagram accounts reveals that they are no longer following each other.Meanwhile, this development has raised eyebrows, especially considering Rudeboy’s recent engagement to Ivy Ifeoma, who sparked pregnancy rumors after posting a video on…
After almost two hours in Ukraine, Biden’s motorcade returned to Slovakia.The US first lady has been on a tour of Eastern Europe to meet with American troops and Ukrainian refugees.Earlier on Sunday, she met with volunteers in Slovakia assisting refugees and visited another school where children were making crafts projects for Mother’s Day.”The hearts of the American people are with the mothers of Ukraine,” Biden told the people gathered.The classroom was full of families whose husbands and fathers have stayed behind to fight in Ukraine.One woman told the pool reporter traveling with Biden that the first lady’s visit was encouraging.“It…
Week 1 of the NFL preseason continued on Friday night with three games.Here are five takeaways from Texans-Steelers, Falcons-Dolphins and Eagles-Ravens.Snapping issues overshadow Justin Fields’ debutFields’ Steelers debut, a 20-12 loss to the Texans, was overshadowed by center Nate Herbig’s disastrous game.The former guard was responsible for two failed snap exchanges. The operation looked much cleaner when rookie Zach Frazier took over as a member of the second unit. Fields finished 5-of-6 for 67 yards in three series before being pulled, but there was no clarity in Pittsburgh’s quarterback battle between Fields and Russell Wilson because of the miscues at…