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Just days after its debut at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, the Caribbean island nation of Curaçao has been officially recognised by Guinness World Records as the smallest country by population to ever qualify for football’s global premier tournament. On Tuesday, Guinness World Records presented the official certificate to the President of the Curaçao Football Federation, Gilbert Martina, in Houston, USA. With a population of just 156,115 at the time of qualification, Curaçao surpassed the previous record held by Iceland, which had approximately 350,000 during its 2018 qualification. In a statement, the GWR said, “The smallest country (by population) to…
The Project Aura glasses collaboration between Xreal and Google is now one step closer to being something you can buy. Reservations for the second Android XR device, now dubbed the Xreal Aura, are available for $99 starting today, with a full launch in the US, UK, Japan, Canada, and South Korea expected sometime this Fall.The Xreal Aura follows Google’s first Android-powered XR device, the Samsung Galaxy XR headset, which launched at $1,799 in October 2025. We still don’t have a full price for the Aura — which Google has previously described as “a headset masquerading as glasses” — but Best…
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance, whose application under the European Union’s Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) framework is under consideration, has generally deferred responding to a report that the company’s licensed activities in the region could be at risk.In a Tuesday blog post, Binance said that Greece’s Hellenic Capital Market Commission (HCMC), one of the regulators responsible for overseeing MiCA, had completed its review of the crypto exchange’s application and “considered it compliant with MiCA requirements,” subject to review at the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA). The post came just a few hours after Reuters reported that EU regulators were preparing…
Taylor Swift wasn’t in the house for Travis Kelce’s “New Heights” live show in Los Angeles, but she did make a cameo. According to a video shared via X by The Hollywood Reporter, Travis and brother Jason Kelce closed their Monday, June 15, event at the Orpheum Theatre with a clip of Taylor, 36, feeding Travis by hand — complete with airplane noises. “Jason and Travis Kelce close their #NewHeights live show by playing a video of Taylor Swift feeding Travis, who is often teased on the show for being a picky eater,” The Hollywood Reporter wrote alongside the clip,…
The Kogi State Government has confirmed the killing of Kachala Batijo, a suspected bandit leader accused of masterminding the recent attack on Government Secondary School (GSS), Iluke, in Kabba/Bunu Local Government Area of the state. The Commissioner for Information and Communications, Kingsley Fanwo, disclosed this on Tuesday during an interview on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily. He said the suspected bandit leader was among several criminals eliminated during a coordinated security operation involving multiple security agencies. Mr Fanwo said intelligence reports had earlier identified Mr Batijo as the leader of a group plotting attacks on schools across Kogi State, prompting authorities…
Part I of this essay examined developments at the frontline of healthcare delivery, particularly in primary healthcare and maternal health. Those areas matter because they are where citizens most directly experience the strengths and weaknesses of the health system. They are also where the consequences of failure are often most severe. A functioning primary healthcare centre, a skilled birth attendant, a timely referral, and access to emergency care can mean the difference between life and death. Yet the primary healthcare centre and the maternity ward do not exist in isolation. The quality of care available within them is shaped by…
For more than two decades, Ricky Weir’s quest to reconnect with his Nigerian heritage remained a deeply personal journey marked by unanswered questions, painstaking research and emotional discoveries. Today, the former president of the Jersey Football Association can finally call himself a Nigerian citizen. The Scottish-born football administrator, philanthropist and author recently received his Nigerian passport, bringing to fruition a 26-year search to trace the roots of his late father, who was born in Nigeria. Mr Weir, founder of the Jersey to Africa Football Foundation, arrived in Lagos last week to receive an award and continue his grassroots football development…
Former Chief of Staff to late President Muhammadu Buhari, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, diplomat Moudjib Djinadou, and Dimas Garba have called on African leaders and citizens to embrace self-rediscovery as a pathway to the continent’s progress, arguing that decades of reliance on imported political, economic and governance models have failed to deliver desired development outcomes. Speaking at the launch of Renegade Africa: All it Takes to Be African, written by Djinadou, a former United Nations official and founder of the Itumo Institute, a think tank based in Porto-Novo, Republic of Benin, on Tuesday at the Savannah Centre for Diplomacy, Democracy and…
Cape Verde goalkeeper Vozinha has emerged as one of the biggest stories of the 2026 FIFA World Cup after his inspirational display against Spain earned him global recognition and a massive increase in social media followers. The veteran goalkeeper’s Instagram following surged from just over 50,000 before Cape Verde’s opening World Cup match against Spain to more than 7.6 million within 24 hours of the encounter. Vozinha played a pivotal role as World Cup debutants Cape Verde stunned football fans by holding Spain to a goalless draw in Atlanta on Monday, securing the nation’s first-ever point at the global tournament.…
The primary wide-angle camera on the Pocket 4P features a new 1-inch 4K sensor paired with a 20mm-equivalent focal length f/2.0 lens offering 17-stops of dynamic range. That’s a small but useful bump over the cheaper Pocket 4’s 14-stops of range when capturing footage using DJI’s D-Log 2 color profile. The Pocket 4P’s secondary camera pairs a much smaller 1/1.28-inch sensor with a 60mm-equivalent f/1.8 telephoto lens with 3X optical zoom, 6X lossless zoom using sensor cropping, and 12X zoom using digital enhancements.The Luna Ultra’s primary camera features a 1-inch 8K sensor and a secondary telephoto camera with similar zoom…
