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“Watch as Victor Koretzky keeps his slim overall title hopes alive with a thrilling win in the UCI Mountain Bike Cross-country Olympic race in Lake Placid.” Read the full article here

California Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed the Safe and Secure Innovation for Frontier Artificial Intelligence Models Act (SB 1047) today. In his veto message, Governor Newsom cited multiple factors in his decision, including the burden the bill would have placed on AI companies, California’s lead in the space, and a critique that the bill may be too broad.“While well-intentioned, SB 1047 does not take into account whether an AI system is deployed in high-risk environments, involves… Read the full article here

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Rishi Sunak, Conservative leader, has used a farewell address to party members to warn that the Tories will be consigned to the margins of politics for good unless they end their internecine feuding.“When we turn in on ourselves, we lose,” Sunak told activists in a low-key address on the first day of the party’s annual conference in Birmingham. “We must end the… Read the full article here

BNB is way below its all-time high when charted against Bitcoin, but that could soon change. Read the full article here

Girl Next Door alum Kendra Wilkinson clarified her recent comments about attending Sean “Diddy” Combs’ notorious parties, issuing an apology. “Sorry guys. I was just answering questions about Playboy Mansion parties and it all combined with Diddy party talk,” Wilkinson, 39, wrote via Threads on Saturday, September 29, alongside a car selfie. “I’ve only been to a few parties with him there back in the day.” She continued, “I didn’t have… Read the full article here

Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State has again attacked his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, saying, “It is only empty containers that make noise”. The governor’s latest attack on Mr Wike, the FCT minister, is in response to the minister’s claim that he (Wike) initiated the multi-billion Ring Road project in Rivers when he was the governor of the state. Mr Wike made the remarks on Saturday at a reception organised in his honour by the Rivers Ijaw People’s Congress. “I… Read the full article here

Following the steep fall in tomato prices across Nigerian markets and the accompanying losses recorded by farmers, the President of the All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), Ondo State, Abayomi Monilare, has counselled farmers on best practices to mitigate the loss. He urged farmers to calculate their planting time properly to avoid harvesting during a period of glut. Mr Monilare, who was just reelected as the association’s president for another term in office, spoke in a… Read the full article here

Nigeria, socially dislocated and economically prostrate, is marking its 64th birthday in doleful circumstances. It can be truthfully said that Nigerians have never had it so rough, as far as the hard times are concerned. But we all live on a diet of hope, a promise that there is light at the end of this dark tunnel. As Robert Green Ingersoll declares, “Hope is the only bee that makes honey without flowers.”  May our birthday not double as our death-day. I make that invocation… Read the full article here

The senator representing Borno South senatorial district, Ali Ndume, has again raised fresh concerns over the persistent problem of corruption in Nigeria, lamenting that Nigeria continues to celebrate individuals who steal public funds. Ndume stated this during an interactive session with newsmen in Kano on Sunday. He highlighted how societal values have contributed to the normalisation of ill-gotten wealth. The lawmaker expressed dismay that in Nigeria, those who embezzle public funds are… Read the full article here

The defunct Nelita duo, which consisted of Nelly and Anita, has emerged as the only former pair to produce two finalists in the Big Brother Naija ‘No Loose Guard’ reality show. DAILY POST reports that 14 pairs, a total of 28 housemates, were introduced on the show, which began on July 28. The housemates were later unpaired on September 2, forcing them to compete solo. Following the unpairing of the housemates, Nelita, on Sunday, September 29, became the only dynamic duo to produce two… Read the full article here