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AS Saint-Étienne stopped Nantes forward Moses Simon from equalling club legend Emiliano Sala’s record in a thrilling 2-2 draw on Sunday, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. Simon was close to matching the Argentine’s long-standing record as the player with most goals or assists in five consecutive matches. Simon has been impressive for the Canaries since the start of the season, demonstrating a high level of consistency in the previous four games… 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.Founders Fund, the venture capital firm co-founded by billionaire investor Peter Thiel, is backing a nuclear start-up aiming to produce the fuel used to power the latest generation of reactors, as artificial intelligence groups look to atomic power to meet their electricity needs.The venture, which is at an early stage but is already staffed by nuclear industry… Read the full article here

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said that only AI will have the speed to fight AI-produced fake information. Read the full article here

After six years of marriage, Gwyneth Paltrow and Brad Falchuk appear to be as loved up as ever. Paltrow, 52, took to social media on Sunday, September 29, to celebrate her wedding anniversary with Falchuk, 53, sharing a photo of the couple kissing aboard a paddleboard. Sporting a black bikini and damp hair while wrapping one arm around the writer and director, who was dressed in black-and-white swim trunks, Paltrow simply captioned the Instagram post,… Read the full article here

Akpabio’s comment on Nigerians’ suffering The Senate resumed plenary last Tuesday after about two months of annual recess. The plenary commenced with a welcome address by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, who acknowledged that Nigerians struggle to survive due to President Bola Tinubu’s economic reforms. Mr Akpabio said the National Assembly knew that Nigerians were grappling with the harsh realities of inflation, high cost of living, unpredictable markets, and economic… Read the full article here

Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) According to the communique in which the MPC’s decision was communicated, the committee was exercised by worries about the direction and pace of the core measure of inflation. Reporting on movements in the Consumer Price Index for August, the National Bureau of Statistics estimates that core inflation rose by 27.58 per cent on an annual basis. In July, the core measure of inflation, which strips out the effects of supposedly volatile farm produces… Read the full article here

The President of the Nigerian Cardiac Society, Augustine Odili, says over 20.5 million people die of heart disease every year, with more than 75 per cent occurring in low- and middle-income countries. Mr Odili, a professor and an expert in heart diseases, made this disclosure in a press release issued on Sunday as part of the society’s activities to mark the 2024 World Heart Day. The theme of the day is “#UseHeartforAction#”. He explained that the day which the World Heart… Read the full article here

The people of Agu Umabor community, in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State have sent a Save Our Soul message to Governor Peter Mbah. This is following the devastating gully erosion which has cut off the community from the remaining parts of the state. In a statement made available to journalists on Monday, signed by Abonyi Gilbert Emeka and Ogbu Christopher, the President and the Secretary General, respectively, of Agu Umabor Elites Group, they begged the governor to urgently… Read the full article here

Nigeria midfielder, Raphael Onyedika is up for Club Brugge’s Player of the Month for September, DAILY POST reports Onyedika will battle four of his teammates for the individual accolade. The four other players nominated for the award are; Captain Hans Vanaken, Christos Tzolis, Gustaf Nilsson and goalkeeper Simon Mignolet. The 23-year-old featured in all of Club Brugge’s five league games in the month. DAILY POST recalls that Onyedika won the award in April. The defensive midfielder will… Read the full article here

Search and rescue teams in Nepal’s capital picked through wrecked homes on Monday after waters receded from monsoon floods that killed at least 192 people around the Himalayan republic. Deadly floods and landslides are common across South Asia during the monsoon season from June to September, but experts say climate change is making them worse. Entire neighbourhoods in Kathmandu were inundated after the heaviest rains in more than two… Read the full article here