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The condition of one of Nigeria’s most critical highways has been getting worse for years and recently it ground to a complete halt for days. Al Jazeera asked people on the Benin-Agbor-Asaba road how they view this infrastructure crisis.Published On 29 Aug 202629 Aug 2026Share People stranded for days on dilapidated Nigerian highway on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo
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Ezra Sosa has entered the chat amid his Dancing With the Stars costar Rylee Arnold’s ongoing drama over her Next Pro cameo. Rylee, 21, appeared on the Monday, August 24, episode, in which she teamed up with contestant AJ Pritchard for a routine in the semifinals. During the episode, Rylee openly claimed to the judges that AJ, 31, was too critical during rehearsals. In response, AJ’s fiancée, Zara Zoffany, defended the British dancer via social media. “[Rylee] — @aj11ace wouldn’t have had to critique you in the first place if everything had been right,” Zara, 32, claimed via Instagram comment.…
Will the Edmonton Oilers need to find a penalty killer? Bob Stauffer: Edmonton Oilers forwards Matthew Savoie and Mattias Janmark will miss training camp, and both were to be a part of their penalty kill. The Oilers do have some salary cap space and they could possibly look to sign a UFA with some PK experience. (Goaltender Frederik Andersen and defenseman Alec Regula will also be missing training camp) Montreal Canadiens Adam Engstrom has generated some interest Arpon Basu of The Athletic: (mailbag) Montreal Canadiens prospect, defenseman Adam Engstrom‘s name has been out there, and he’s come up in trade…
As rescue operations continued on Friday, the office of Nepal’s Prime Minister Balendra Shah said “additional” personnel were on the ground to speed up recovery efforts.It added that a 1,200-strong team has been deployed “along the riverbanks from Rasuwa to Chitwan” and “to all possible locations along the affected areas”.Chinese President Xi Jinping chaired an emergency meeting of officials to co-ordinate rescue efforts, according to Chinese state news agency Xinhua.Kamal Kishore, special representative of the UN secretary general for disaster risk reduction, urged countries to support response efforts.The US previously promised $500,000 (£367,982) in aid for communities affected by the…
New York City’s Department of Finance is sending a second wave of pied-à-terre tax letters to roughly 10,800 property owners, even as it mails a very different kind of letter to other owners from the first round, telling them, in effect, never mind. Roughly 17,000 owners received a notice this summer warning they might owe the surcharge, which applies only to non-primary residences amounts, with a rate of 0.8%–1.3% on homes over $5 million and 4%-6.5% on condos and co-ops over $1 million. But 1,210 are now being cleared outright, according to new court filings disclosed this week. The reason…
Jane Fonda and her Committee for the First Amendment organization are defending Mark Ruffalo after he spoke out against the Paramount and Warner Bros. merger. “Mark Ruffalo has a First Amendment right to speak out about politics, powerful corporations and this dangerous merger — full stop,” Fonda, 88, said in a statement via Instagram on Tuesday, August 25. “Calling his criticism antisemitic is a smear to delegitimize criticism of the merger and to distract from the question Paramount would rather not answer: should one company be allowed to accumulate this much power over our movies, television and news?” The 9…
Chelsea manager Xabi Alonso said he left Enzo Fernandez out of the squad to face Luton because he had to do ‘what is best for the team.’ Alonso said in the build-up to the Carabao Cup tie that he expected Fernandez to play. Chelsea had set a deadline of last Friday for Manchester City to sign the Argentina international. However, they are still said to be open to a sale if they get at least £120million and are able to sign a replacement. But the midfielder was surprisingly not involved as Alonso fielded a strong team against League One opposition.…
A federal judge in the United States is facing a formal complaint over anti-Palestinian comments and alleged association with Islamophobic groups, in a case that highlights growing concern about possible pro-Israel bias in the judicial system.Florida lawyer Katherine Giannamore filed the judicial complaint against District Judge Roy Altman earlier this month, accusing him of eroding “public confidence in the integrity, impartiality, and independence of the federal judiciary”.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listThe complaint, filed with the Eleventh Circuit Court, also says Altman used judicial resources to promote Israel, including by making media appearances from his chambers in Miami.“Since at…
Universal Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment have formally added a claim to their copyright lawsuit against Suno accusing the AI music company of circumventing YouTube’s anti-downloading technology.The amended complaint – which you can read here – was filed on Tuesday (August 25) in the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts.It follows an August 18 order in which Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV granted the labels leave to bring the claim, under Section 1201(a) of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.However, in a second August 18 order, Saylor denied the labels’ separate bid to add 61,026 recordings to the…