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The United Kingdom-backed Ayrton Fund has improved access to clean energy for 46 million people across emerging economies, mobilised more than £3bn in public and private finance and supported over 256,000 green jobs, highlighting the growing economic impact of international investment in clean energy innovation. The figures were contained in a statement issued on Monday ahead of the Ayrton-Oxford Academic Symposium at the University of Oxford. The symposium is convened by the UK Government’s Ayrton Fund in collaboration with the Africa-Oxford Initiative, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, the Transforming Energy Access Learning Partnership and UK Research and Innovation. The…

When Apple debuts the next generation of iPhones this week, they’re likely to come with an unwanted change: a higher price tag. A price hike from the supply-chain powerhouse would be the clearest sign yet that soaring memory costs have become unavoidable — with no end to the memory crunch in sight.Call it “chipflation” or “RAMageddon.” The shortage is reversing a decades-long decline in memory costs that helped make consumer electronics more powerful without making them dramatically more expensive. The terms “memory prices” and “memory shortage” appeared in 473 company transcripts last quarter, according to data provided by AlphaSense. The…

Bitcoin (BTC) sees its first weekly close above $80,000 since early May as clouds gather over the US inflation outlook.Key points:US PPI and CPI inflation numbers are due this week prior to the Fed’s Sept. 16 decision on interest-rate changes.Amid record currency interventions, analysis warns that Japan may not be able to sell US treasuries to help stabilize the yen in going forward.Bitcoin’s supertrend indicator delivers its first “buy” signal since late 2025, copying the previous bear-market recovery.CPI, PPI due as markets see 0.25% rate hike nextUS inflation data returns to the forefront this week after surprise employment data pressured…

Mariska Hargitay delivered an emotional acceptance speech while receiving one of two Creative Arts Emmy Awards for her directorial debut My Mom Jayne, referencing the late Gloria Steinem. “I’m utterly overwhelmed, as you can imagine. I just wanted to share with you that it took me a while … to realize that this was my story to tell. I didn’t think that I could direct it and so I just want to add something to Gloria’s pointer and that is about telling your own story,” Hargitay, 62, said on Sunday, September 6, inside Los Angeles’ Peacock Theatre. Steinem, a feminist…

The Nigerian Army has declared a notorious terror kingpin, Ifeanyi Eze, wanted. Eze, popularly known as Gentle De Yahoo, hails from Imo State, South-east Nigeria. He was earlier declared “captured” by the military authorities before resurfacing in January. A top military official confirmed to PREMIUM TIMES on Monday that the Nigerian Army issued the wanted notice. ₦30 million bounty The wanted notice, which has a photograph of Mr Eze, was circulated by the Joint Task Force in the South-east, known as Operation Udo Ka. The notice also bears the logos of the Nigerian Army and Udo Ka. Udo Ka is…

Martins Vincent Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan (VDM) The Nigerian Armed Forces, the Nigeria Police Force and the country’s intelligence agencies comprise thousands of dedicated officers and men who continue to confront terrorism, insurgency, banditry and organised crime under extremely challenging circumstances. Their collective sacrifices should not be overshadowed by allegations that remain untested or unsupported. The foremost responsibility of any government is to protect the lives and property of its citizens, maintain public order, and safeguard the territorial integrity of the state. In fulfilling these constitutional obligations, governments rely on security institutions — the military, police, intelligence agencies and…

All is set for Nigeria’s maiden Wheelchair American Football exhibition, with four teams expected to battle for honours on Thursday at the National Institute for Sports (NIS), National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos. The exhibition, organised by American Football Elite Development (AFEDEV), will feature Lagos Dynamos, Iron Invicta, Liberty Pioneers and Atlantic Chargers in a knockout format, with the winners of the semi-finals advancing to the final. The event follows more than two months of training by the participating athletes and is expected to provide an opportunity to showcase wheelchair American football to a wider Nigerian audience. AFEDEV said the exhibition is…

Lindsay Clancy, a 36-year-old former labour and delivery nurse from Massachusetts, United States, became the centre of one of the country’s most closely watched criminal cases after she killed her three young children in January 2023. PUNCH Online had reported that Clancy admitted to the killings but maintained that she was not criminally responsible because she was suffering from postpartum psychosis, a rare and severe mental illness that can occur after childbirth. Her trial ended in a mistrial on 4 September 2026 after a 12-member jury failed to reach a unanimous verdict. Lindsay Marie Clancy (née Musgrove) was born in…

Thanks to their ability to provide a smooth ride and quiet powertrain with ease, electric vehicles are a true shoo-in for the high-end luxury automotive segment. Rolls-Royce has the Spectre, Cadillac’s Celestiq is taking bespoke to a whole new level, and Mercedes has given the EQS the full Maybach treatment. From Volkswagen Auto Group, Bentley is just about to debut its 2027 Torcal, a spacious SUV that shares a platform with the electrified Porsche Cayenne.I recently got a quick ride in a heavily camouflaged preproduction Torcal as a way to experience it before its official debut toward the end of…

Singapore-based financial services group DBS and American financial services giant Citi completed the first weekend tokenized cross-border payment between Singapore and the US on Saturday.The two companies executed the transaction using tokenized deposits via the Swift Digital Ledger to bypass the constraints of traditional banking hours, DBS announced on Monday.The deposit was finalized in minutes, which DBS called a “significant improvement” from the industry norm of as long as two business days for traditional cross-border transfers.The transaction demonstrates how traditional banks are exploring blockchain rails for more efficient cross-border transactions while aiming to keep deposits inside banking channels. Standard Chartered…