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Tokyo-based SBI VC Trade will begin accepting applications Thursday for a Japanese yen-denominated stablecoin lending service offering an initial annualized rate of 3% on JPYSC lent for 12 weeks.Customers will lend JPYSC to the SBI Holdings subsidiary from Thursday and receive the tokens back with a lending fee at maturity, the company said in a Monday press release. At the advertised rate, the gross return over the 12-week term would be about 0.69%, before tax.The company said the product pays more than the 0.325% to 1% annual rate SBI cited for ordinary yen deposits. Still, it is not a bank…

Us Weekly has affiliate partnerships. We receive compensation when you click on a link and make a purchase. Learn more! Sunscreen’s main purpose may be to protect your skin, but it’s much more than that — any product you apply to your face should make you feel good. What’s the point if it doesn’t bring you joy? That’s how Julianne Hough feels about her favorite sunscreen. The multihyphenate has waxed poetic about the EltaMD UV Daily Tinted Broad Spectrum SPF 40 for years. Hough has always believed in the importance of taking care of her skin and putting it “first.”…

President Bola Tinubu has said the life and legacy of the late former President Muhammadu Buhari who died on 13 July, 2025, has continued to speak to Nigeria, saying his transformation from military ruler to civilian democrat marked him out as a rare figure in the nation’s history. He urged political leaders and public officials to emulate the late former president by upholding the values of honesty, simplicity and self-discipline in the discharge of their responsibilities. Speaking on Monday in Abuja during a prayer session marking the first anniversary of Mr Buhari’s death, the Nigerian leader, who was represented by…

Nigeria’s federal system presupposes an implicit alignment among the three tiers of government in the pursuit of coordinated growth and national development. Yet alignment is never automatic. In public policy, as in life, very little happens spontaneously. Every enduring system is built on relationships of cause and effect—authority and responsibility, action and consequence, effort and reward, incentives and sustained commitment.Development is not Spontaneous. Communities invest because they expect returns. Businesses innovate because incentives reward productivity. Individuals acquire skills because opportunities exist to improve their livelihoods. Governments pursue reforms when institutional arrangements encourage performance and hold them accountable for results. In…

The Operation Clean and Healthy Anambra, otherwise known as the OCHA Brigade, has cracked down on illegal street trading and environmental violations, carrying out a major enforcement and decongestion exercise across markets in Ogidi, Afor Igwe Umunnachi, Oye Agu Abagana, Nkpor and surrounding areas. During the operation on Monday, the agency demolished several shanties and illegal structures obstructing drainage channels. Goods displayed in violation of the state’s environmental regulations were also confiscated. It was gathered that the exercise was aimed at sanitising the affected areas and discouraging residents, traders and developers from continuing the dangerous and unlawful practice of building…

iOS 27 escaped the developer world today with the launch of the first public beta. I’ve been testing the new operating system since early June, looking for quirks and seeing if it can live up to the hype Apple promised in the keynote.This year’s iOS upgrades are what one might call a Snow Leopard update. That means it’s light on new features and instead focused on fixing things that were broken and speeding up processes across the OS. App launches, Photos search results, and AirDrop transfers should all be faster. The Messages app now supports in-line replies and end-to-end encryption…

Bitcoin (BTC) starts the new week with a bump as traders brace for more macro volatility.Key points:Bitcoin gets knocked back toward $62,000, but a trader is already eyeing the end of the bear market by September.A new BTC price “death cross” forms the latest signal that the bear market may have just months left to run.The US-Iran war is back as the Strait of Hormuz closes to oil traffic, prompting risk-asset headwinds.US CPI and PPI data is due out, while Fed chair Kevin Warsh will outline future policy to lawmakers.A major distribution event involving midsize Bitcoin hodlers shows fractured sentiment…

Crystal Kung Minkoff claimed she “always felt very uncomfortable” around former Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Annemarie Wiley’s now-estranged husband, Marcellus Wiley. “At my last reunion — in which it was her first season and only season — I had made sure to request that he was not allowed to be there,” Crystal, 43, claimed during the Monday, July 13, episode of her “Humble Brag” podcast. “I called production and I made sure. I was going to insist, but apparently they already asked him not to come.” During RHOBH season 13, Crystal and Annemarie, 42, did not get along.…

Governor Monday Okpebholo of Edo State has pledged to award N1 million to each Edo indigene who returned home as a victim of xenophobic attacks in South Africa. The money is to support their accommodation and resettlement. Mr Okpebholo announced this while addressing a group of returnees at the Festival Hall of the Edo Government House in Benin City on Monday. According to him, the success of the returnees has started, as many of them possess knowledge and skills in different areas that will enable them to survive. “Once you identify what you want to do, come to us. We…

The dynamics of how God uses resources to position people have confused the church for ages. Does God send resources to us? Does He give us ideas to get resources? If I give my tithe and offering, am I automatically qualified for resources? There are many twists around this subject. Time as a spiritual tool of positioning in the hands of God Satan is always trying to fight your time. He asked the wise men WHEN Jesus was born. Whoever controls your time controls your life. Why? Time is life — life is time. And the best way to control…