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With a smart doorbell, your front door’s communication skills go from 1980s landline to 2023 smartphone. Combining a motion-activated camera with a microphone, speaker, and doorbell, a doorbell camera sends alerts to your phone to show you who’s calling without you having to open the door or even be at home. Whether you’re curled up on the couch, hard at work in your office, or sunning on a beach in the Bahamas, a smart doorbell camera keeps you in touch with what’s happening on your… Read the full article here

Receive free UK privatisation updatesWe’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest UK privatisation news every morning. Almost 35 years after Margaret Thatcher sold off Britain’s water industry, the prime minister denouncing her opponents as “weak” left-wingers, the sector is facing its biggest crisis and is posing serious problems for her present-day Conservative counterpart.On Wednesday, Rishi Sunak’s government was preparing contingency plans for a… Read the full article here

Stablecoin has a lot of potential to harm emerging markets and developing economies, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) claimed in its latest Financial Stability Report, released June 28. The report listed six threats that stablecoin presents.The RBI has been a steadfast critic of cryptocurrency, but it was particularly articulate about the problems it sees with stablecoin “from an EMDE [emerging markets and developing economies] perspective.” It listed six specific problems, even… Read the full article here

1000-Lb. Sisters star Tammy Slaton showed off her dramatic full-body weight loss for the first time since she underwent gastric bypass surgery in summer 2022. After the TLC personality, 36, shared her slimmed down figure via Instagram on Tuesday, June 27, donning a floral maxi dress, her fans took to the comments section to praise her body transformation. “Where did Tammy go? 🧐 You look incredible!” one Instagram user wrote. Another chimed in: “🔥🔥 GIRL YESS… Read the full article here

Journalists in Akwa Ibom State have decided to boycott the activities at the Akwa Ibom House of Assembly. The decision is contained in a communique issued on Wednesday in Uyo after the monthly congress of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Akwa Ibom State Council. The reason for the boycott is the appointment of a non-journalist as the press secretary to the speaker of the Assembly, according to the communique which was signed by the NUJ chairperson in Akwa Ibom, Amos Etuk, the NUJ… Read the full article here

African leaders in Ukraine. Picture credit: Valentyn Ogirenko/Reuters. Indeed, facilitating an end to the Russian-Ukraine war must be seen in a positive light. Africa and the international community would definitely benefit from a truce between the two conflicting countries. The war is a major distortion of the existing global international economic order and political system. Though, Africa failed to use the moment to renegotiate its status and become more assertive and relevant in… Read the full article here

Barring any last-minute change, President Bola Tinubu is expected to be in Ogun State on Thursday, July 29. The President, who is presently in Lagos State for the Eid-el-Kabir celebration, would be in Abeokuta to meet the Alake of Egba, Oba Adedotun Gbadebo and the Awujale of Ijebu, Oba Sikiru Adetona. An aide to Governor Dapo Abiodun, Babatunde Olaotan, confirmed the president’s visit in a notice he forwarded to members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogun State. While… Read the full article here

Former Chelsea star Florent Malouda has stated his view on why top players are leaving Chelsea this summer. The former France international said that the club are selling ‘better’ players to rival clubs because those players do not believe in the vision and project under Todd Boehly. Jorginho joined Arsenal in January, while Mateo Kovacic just joined Premier League team Manchester City, and Kai Havertz is set to sign for the north London side. The Blues are having a clearance sale this… Read the full article here

The Russian mercenary group that briefly threatened President Vladimir Putin’s authority has for years been a ruthless force-for-hire across Africa, protecting rulers at the expense of the masses.  That dynamic is not expected to change now that the group’s founder, Yevgeny Prigozhin, has been exiled to Belarus as punishment for the failed rebellion. The Wagner Group brutalizes civilians in the Central African Republic, Mali, and… Read the full article here

“Any political process that takes the views of every stakeholder is definitely a frustrating long-term slow process, normally,” says Freeman Mbowe, Chama Cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo Party, or Chadema (Party for Democracy and Development) party chairman, speaking to The Africa Report.“You don’t ask for what you want and get it at the same time, you have to negotiate. There are lots of give-and-takes in the process,” he says.Chadema’s chief points of negotiation… Read the full article here