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Bandit Raid Kills Seven, Abducts 12 in Sokoto's Tofa Village
Suspected bandits attacked Tofa village in Rabah LGA at about 1am, killing seven people and abducting 12; several animals were also seized.
World
Market Fire Kills 11 in Babuda, Destroys Around 40 Homes and Shops
A blaze at a market in Babuda, Central Papua, killed 11 people, including six children, and razed about 40 homes and shops.
World
Fireworks Blast Kills At Least 10 During Village Festival In Temascalcingo
At least 10 died and about 60 were injured after fireworks at a Santa Maria Canchesda festival ignited pyrotechnics stored in the village church.
World
Five Die After Amazon Air 767 Overshoots Runway at Miami Airport
An Amazon Air Boeing 767-300 overshot the runway at Miami International Airport after flying from San Juan. Five people died and five were injured.
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Business
P&G Acquires Thorne, Bolsters Premium Health Portfolio
Procter & Gamble will buy Thorne from L Catterton’s Flagship Fund, pending regulatory approval, to strengthen its premium wellness offering.
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Novartis Pelacarsen Miss Shrinks Multibillion-Dollar Lp(a) Market
Pelacarsen cut Lp(a) but failed to reduce heart attacks or strokes in a late-stage trial, denting Novartis and raising the stakes for Amgen and Eli
Wistron Prices $1.47 Billion Global Offering, Shares Slide Over 6%
Wistron priced a $1.47 billion global depositary receipt offering that will dilute about 7.29% of shares and knocked the stock down over 6%.
Dangote IPO Could Push NGX Toward ₦225 Trillion Market Value
The Dangote refinery's planned IPO values the company at ₦65.22 trillion and could lift NGX to about ₦225 trillion. Offer opens 14 September 2026.
Tech
Xiaomi Ships Arm Mali G2-Ultra NX, Bringing PC-Grade AI Graphics to Phones
Xiaomi’s 18 Fold debuts the Mali G2-Ultra NX, a GPU with hardware neural graphics for AI upscaling, frame generation and denoising.
Tech Signals
Arm CEO Says Chip Shortage Slows AI Progress Toward Cancer Cure
Sep 7, 2026
OpenAI's Astra Adds Opaque Recurrence, Prompting Safety Scrutiny
Sep 7, 2026
Huawei Unveils Mate XT2, First Tri-Fold With Built-In Privacy Display
Sep 7, 2026
Apple Expected To Reveal Foldable iPhone Ultra, Buyers Face Over $2,000 Cost
Sep 7, 2026
Grindr to Pay £26m to Settle Claims It Shared Users' HIV Status
Grindr will pay £26m in two instalments to settle UK class-action claims over sharing users' HIV status. The company denies liability.
EcoFlow Shrinks River Power Stations, Boosting Energy Density for Day Trips
The River 260 Gen4 and 520 Gen4 cram 256Wh and 512Wh into much smaller bodies using LFP cells, improving portability, UPS use, and charging options.
Entertainment
New Documentary Reveals Rich Life Beneath North Sea, Reframes Conservation Debate
A seven-year film compiles decades of patient diving to show seals, kelp forests, tuna and orcas beneath the North Sea’s turbid surface.
Entertainment
Oasis Documentary Captures Comeback Euphoria, Leaves Rift Unexplained
Don't Look Back In Anger records Oasis' 2025 reunion stadium highs, but the film avoids the causes and consequences of the brothers' long split.
Art & Design→
Kendall Jenner Buys 1955 Alexander Calder Earrings, Spurs Interest in Artist Jewelry
Kendall Jenner purchased a 1955 hammered-silver Alexander Calder earring pair from London gallerist Louisa Guinness while in Venice.
Ian McDiarmid Delivers a Titantic, Heartbreaking Lear, Elevating Sheffield's Crucible Production
Edith Head Redefined Hitchcock's Costume Language With Notorious
Books→
Paul Smith Publishes Memoir, Promotes Patience as a Business Strategy
Threads: My Life in Style frames Sir Paul Smith’s rise from a tiny Nottingham shop to 20-plus Japanese stores, with humour and slow growth as his
Parin Somani’s LOSD Launch Raises Profiles of 26 Game Changers at Harvard
Authors Risk Losing $3,000 Anthropic Payouts as Publishers and Agents Claim Shares
Fashion→
Designers Abandon Clean Girl, Retailers Shift to Messy, Gardening and Goddess Looks
SS27 pivots from minimalism to tactile maximalism: slogan tees, gardening-core aprons, raffia accessories and draped goddess silhouettes.
Rihanna Recasts Fall Neutrals, Making Quiet Colors Feel Maximal
Tokyo Fashion Week Expands International Roster as Domestic Shows Thin
Society→
Benefit Rhetoric Has Normalised Hostility and Violence Against Disabled People
Mik Scarlet says decades of 'benefit scrounger' rhetoric have normalised hostility, producing vandalism, assaults and social exclusion for disabled
Calm Parenting Builds Children’s Emotional Intelligence, Says Psychologist Juli Fraga
Michiko Tomioka Recommends Seven Japanese Foods to Reduce Inflammation Risk
01Sanitation and Cars Make 'No White After Labor Day' Obsolete02Jane Birkin Reframes Fall Dressing, Simplifies Autumn Layering03Unidentified Murder Reframes Hong Kong True-Crime Obsession as Playful Meta-Comedy04Phoebe Bridgers Challenges Red Carpet Grooming With Unshaven Legs at Venice05Ever Anderson Boosts Profile at Venice Festival With Dior and Vintage06Red Carpets Shift as Jennifer Lawrence and Amal Clooney Balance Summer and Fall Style07Venice Red Carpet Reasserts Power, Shapes Season's Fashion Narrative08Curtain Crop Emerges As Fall’s Most-Requested Cut, Signalling Low-Maintenance Androgyny09Robert Pattinson and Suki Waterhouse Take Best‑Dressed Crown at Venice Film Festival10Archive of 9/11 Missing Posters Goes Public for 25th Anniversary
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Premium Editorial
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Top 10 African Startup Cities in 2026
Lagos retained its position as Africa’s highest-ranked startup city as only Lagos and Cairo entered StartupBlink’s global top 100 in 2026.
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Top 10 Africa's Best Investment Destinations for 2025/2026
This time on The Axis List, Seychelles and Mauritius retain top spots, Nigeria drops 9 places, Tanzania overtakes Kenya per based on RMB's 2025/26 rankings.
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Hubble Captures Decagon Around Saturn’s South Pole, APOD Publishes Image
APOD posted on 8 September 2026 a Hubble image titled "Decagon Around Saturn’s South Pole," now available in the APOD archive.
DESI Data Suggests Dark Energy Evolved, Forcing Rethink Of Dark Matter
Measurements hint the cosmological constant peaked 2 billion years ago, prompting renewed interest in coupled dark-matter and dark-energy models.
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