Author: Elizabeth Jenrola Oso

Liverpool has permitted Darwin Núñez to enter talks with Al-Hilal as the Saudi Pro League club moves closer to agreeing on a transfer fee for the Uruguay international striker. Negotiations between Liverpool and Al-Hilal are ongoing, but a deal is expected to be finalised swiftly should Núñez express willingness to make the switch. The 26-year-old, who made only eight Premier League starts last season, has attracted limited interest from European clubs due to the high financial demands involved. Both AC Milan and Napoli explored a move but ultimately walked away from negotiations. Liverpool originally signed Núñez from Benfica in 2022 for an initial…

The US House Oversight Committee has issued subpoenas to former President Bill Clinton, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and several former attorneys general and FBI directors, demanding testimony concerning the “horrific crimes perpetrated by Jeffrey Epstein”. The committee’s Republican chairman, James Comer, dispatched the subpoenas on Tuesday, following bipartisan support for two motions approved last month. The move comes amid rising pressure from Donald Trump’s supporters, who have expressed outrage over the Department of Justice’s refusal to release further details regarding Epstein, the disgraced financier who died in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. The subpoenas have…

Hundreds of firefighters are struggling to contain a fast-moving wildfire sweeping through southern France, in what has become the country’s largest and most intense blaze of the summer. One woman has died and nine others have been injured, as the inferno scorched through 13,000 hectares of the Corbières hills in the Aude department. The wildfire ignited on Tuesday afternoon in the village of Ribaute and quickly spread through the dry, wooded terrain inland from the Mediterranean, near the Spanish border. The area, known for its picturesque vineyards and medieval villages, has been left devastated. Local authorities described the fire as…

More vapes than ever before are being found washed up on Britain’s coastlines, as plastic pollution continues to choke the nation’s beaches, according to the Marine Conservation Society (MCS). The charity, which today launches its annual Great British Beach Clean (running 19–28 September), revealed that last year over 15,000 volunteers took part, carrying out more than 1,200 beach litter surveys. Findings from these efforts are painting a grim picture, one where plastic pollution is on the rise in worrying new forms. Vapes, in particular, have seen a notable surge. Of the volunteers surveyed, 19% reported an increase in discarded vapes,…

A Russian nuclear submarine base located in the country’s remote far eastern region sustained damage last week following one of the strongest earthquakes to strike the area in decades, The New York Times reports, citing satellite imagery. Photos taken by Planet Labs, a commercial satellite imaging company, revealed visible damage to a floating pier at the Rybachiy submarine base on the Kamchatka Peninsula, a strategic facility for Russia’s Pacific Fleet. The images show a section of the pier having broken away from its mooring point. No other significant structural damage was detected in the satellite footage. Magnitude-8.8 earthquake becomes one…

Elizaveta Krivonogikh, the 22-year-old believed to be the secret daughter of Russian President Vladimir Putin, has broken her silence in a series of cryptic but emotionally charged posts online. Known publicly by the alias Luiza Rozova, the art school graduate has resurfaced on social media after years of silence. Rozova alludes to “the man who took millions of lives and destroyed mine,” a scathing comment interpreted by many as a direct criticism of her alleged father. While she stops short of naming Putin, the context strongly suggests the Russian leader is her target. The Proekt investigative team first revealed her…

In a significant tightening of immigration policy, the United States is set to introduce a pilot programme requiring tourist and business visa applicants from selected countries to post bonds of up to $15,000. The move, unveiled by the State Department, is aimed at reducing visa overstays but could effectively price out many prospective travellers. According to a formal notice, the 12-month pilot will target nationals from countries with high rates of visa overstays, inadequate identity verification systems, or those offering citizenship for investment schemes with minimal or no residency obligations. Applicants from these countries may be asked to deposit $5,000,…

Covid-19 is once again on the rise across the United States, just as children return to school and federal officials move to restrict access to updated vaccine boosters. While the current uptick is progressing more slowly than previous surges, health experts warn it is still too early to determine the potential scale or severity of this late-summer wave. Several key indicators, including wastewater analysis, test positivity rates, and emergency room visits, point to a steady increase in infections. According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 26 states, particularly in the South and Midwest, are currently experiencing…

A Moldovan court has sentenced Yevgenia Gutsul, the pro-Russia leader of the semi-autonomous Gagauzia region, to seven years in prison for funnelling Russian money to finance a now-banned political party. The high-profile ruling, delivered on Tuesday, marks a turning point in Moldova’s effort to curtail Russian influence and will likely heighten already strained relations with the Kremlin. Gutsul, 38, was convicted of systematically channelling undeclared funds into Moldova between 2019 and 2022 to support the pro-Moscow Șor (Shor) party, which was founded by Ilan Shor, a fugitive businessman currently living in exile in Moscow. Shor was sentenced in absentia last…

Google has taken a significant step towards the long-term goal of artificial general intelligence (AGI) with the unveiling of Genie 3, a cutting-edge AI system capable of generating realistic virtual environments from simple text prompts. According to Google DeepMind, the company’s artificial intelligence research division, the model is a foundational piece of technology designed to help train robots, autonomous vehicles, and intelligent agents by simulating the real world. Described as a world model, Genie 3 can create immersive, physics-based scenarios such as skiing down a mountain or navigating a warehouse, all generated instantly in response to user instructions. The model…