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Russian President Vladimir Putin told his nation that he had ordered that bloodshed be avoided during a weekend armed rebellion and offered Wagner fighters to join the army or leave the country after their mutiny. He spoke as Moscow appeared to show a business-as-usual approach in the aftermath of the dramatic rebellion staged by Wagner that rattled his more than two-decade rule. “From the start of the events, on my orders steps were taken to avoid large-scale… Read the full article here

Former Senator representing Edo South District, Matthew Urhoghide, has blamed the loss of the Peoples Democratic Party candidate, Atiku Abubakar, at the February 25 poll on the in-fighting between the National Chairman of the PDP, Iyorchia Ayu, and the G-5 governors as well as the sudden exit of Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, from Read More Read the full article here

Iga Swiatek rallied from a set down to claim an ultimately comfortable 5-7 6-2 6-0 win over Tatjana Maria at the Bad Homburg Open.The world No. 1 looked in trouble on the German grass when dropping the first set, but the Pole warmed to her task and made short work of sets two and three to claim victory in one hour and 52 minutes.Wimbledon is looming large on the horizon, and victory in Bad Homburg was Swiatek’s first on grass in 2023.WimbledonSwiatek ‘open-minded’ about grass season, expects… Read the full article here

Microsoft was looking at acquiring both Bungie and Sega, according to internal documents from the FTC v. Microsoft hearing. In an email seen by The Verge, Xbox chief Phil Spencer wrote to both Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and Microsoft CFO Amy Hood, requesting a strategy approval to approach Sega Sammy over a potential acquisition of its Sega gaming studios.“We believe that Sega has built a well-balanced portfolio of games across segments with global geographic appeal, and will help us… Read the full article here

Receive free Commercial property updatesWe’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Commercial property news every morning. New York City’s largest office landlord has agreed to sell a stake in a prominent tower that gives it a $2bn valuation, a modest markdown from its previous price that came as a relief to a commercial property market beset by vacancies. SL Green will sell the 49.9 per cent stake in Manhattan’s 245 Park Avenue building to Japan’s Mori… Read the full article here

As asset tokenization continues at a rapid pace, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and 11 financial institutions examined infrastructure models to facilitate tokenized asset trading. The key to unlocking the full benefits of the technology is open and interoperable digital asset networks, the MAS said in its Project Guardian report released June 26.Project Guardian identified options for platform type, asset type and network access with an eye to best practices. It used three test… Read the full article here

Falling “in love” with more than one contestant is a cautionary tale in Bachelor Nation, but as Charity Lawson gears up to relive her journey on season 20 of The Bachelorette, she insists it can happen to anyone. “I advise everyone — if you don’t believe it, test it out for yourself. I don’t know when you have the opportunity to be the Bachelorette or Bachelor, but try it in the real world [and] you’ll find out,” the 27-year-old exclusively told Us Weekly ahead… Read the full article here

Ex-President Muhammadu Buhari failed to remove subsidy on petrol as directed in the Petroleum Industry Act because, among other reasons, doing so would have cost his party the 2023 general elections, an aide has said. Mr Buhari’s spokesperson, Garba Shehu, in a statement on Monday, said taking such an action close to the general election could have been detrimental to the ruling party, APC. “The Buhari administration in its last days could not have gone the whole way because the… Read the full article here

Strong indications emerged on Monday that Nigeria’s former Minister of State for Health, Muhammad Pate, may make the ministerial list of President Bola Tinubu. Mr Tinubu, who was sworn in as Nigeria’s 16th president in May, is yet to send the list of his ministers to the National Assembly as required by law. As stipulated by law, Mr Tinubu is expected to forward the list of his preferred cabinet members to the parliament within 60 days of his assumption of office. But almost one… Read the full article here

Former Governor of Bauchi State, Isa Yuguda, has backed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s removal of fuel subsidy, saying previous administrations lacked the political will to implement its removal. He stated that the removal of the subsidy was long overdue. Yuguda regretted that discussions held in the past on fuel subsidy removal by previous administrators were just a ‘talk show’ and a ‘motion without a movement.’ The former minister of state for transport, made known his stance… Read the full article here