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One hundred dollars will buy you 8 pounds of glitter; 10 Domino’s pizzas; 406 miniature disco balls from Temu; or 100 cans of Coors Light. For a friend’s birthday party one year, Ayla D’Silva spent $100 on sour candy and made a “sour candy salad.” Even sweeter was that she didn’t have to foot the bill — the money came from Partiful.As a college ambassador for the startup, D’Silva got a small stipend every month to throw a party on her college campus. There were very few rules and no metrics to hit on RSVPs or ticket sales, she says…

Bitcoin (BTC) saw flash volatility into Monday’s Wall Street open as markets reacted to tech company Strategy’s new BTC sales.Key points:Bitcoin reacts sharply to news that Strategy had sold nearly 3,600 BTC.A rebound during the US trading session failed to recoup more than half of the day’s losses.Strategy may reveal a compensatory BTC buy, an analyst suggests.Bitcoin erases holiday gains on Strategy saleData from TradingView showed BTC/USD dropping to near $61,000, sparking daily losses of more than 4%.BTC/USD four-hour chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingViewA rebound at the start of the US session pushed the price higher before settling around the $62,000 mark…

Us Weekly has affiliate partnerships. We receive compensation when you click on a link and make a purchase. Learn more! European summer style is having a major moment, and you don’t need a passport to embrace the look. Even if your vacation plans simply include a weekend getaway, these inspired dresses will instantly transport your wardrobe from where you’re based to the Coast. Whether you’re drawn to a French girl-inspired striped midi, a lemon-print maxi worthy of Lake Como or a breezy linen dress that looks straight out of a seaside boutique, there’s something here for every summer occasion. We rounded…

The Edo State Government has reunited Peter Guobadia, a 53-year-old deportee from the United States, with his family after rescuing him in Benin City while experiencing severe mental distress. The intervention followed his referral for urgent medical and psychiatric care, underscoring the state government’s commitment to protecting vulnerable persons and facilitating their rehabilitation, recovery and reintegration into society. The Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Eugenia Abdallah, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in Benin, highlighting the government’s efforts to support vulnerable residents. Mrs Abdallah said the intervention followed Mr Guobadia’s rescue…

No fewer than 15 persons died in an auto crash at the Muslim Cemetery area on the Ogbomoso–Oko Olowo corridor of the Ilorin-Jebba Expressway, Kwara. The Kwara Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Mr Kabir Kazeem, confirmed the incident in a statement made available to newsmen, on Monday in Ilorin. Kazeem said that the fatal crash, which occurred at about 2.32am, involved a lone DAF XF truck with registration number GWL 274 XC. The sector commander said that 48 male occupants were involved in the crash, with 15 persons confirmed dead, 17 sustaining varying degrees of injuries, while…

We’ve got another special episode of Decoder today, recorded at the Cannes Lions advertising festival in the South of France. I’m talking with Ali Berman and Raina Penchansky, who run the Creators division at United Talent Agency.UTA is an enormous talent agency. Half the people you’ve ever heard speak or perform or who show up anywhere have UTA agents representing them. For full disclosure, that includes me! UTA handled the sale of the forthcoming Decoder book. Which means I paid them money, making this a reverse conflict of interest. Now you know.Anyhow, that has nothing to do with Ali and…

The United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued a broad regulatory blueprint for retail financial services, warning that retail financial services are hurtling toward total automation driven by autonomous “agentic AI.”The landmark report, “AI and the future of retail financial services,” spearheaded by executive director Sheldon Mills, details a structural shift away from periodic, human-led decisions toward continuous, automated financial services that could increasingly rely on programmable financial infrastructure.“The central shift is from human-led, episodic financial activity towards services that are AI-enabled, continuous and delegated,” Mills wrote. In January, the FCA launched a review into the implications of advanced…

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Nigeria’s evolving security partnership with the United States is no longer defined by troop presence but by something less visible—and potentially more consequential: intelligence, information, and global integration. While recent headlines have focused on the partial withdrawal of US troops, Thursday’s remarks by the Commander of US Africa Command (AFRICOM), Dagvin Anderson, reveal a deeper shift—one in which Nigeria is emerging as both a proving ground and a strategic node in a new model of counterterrorism and transnational security cooperation. Mr Anderson was speaking to journalists at a post-conference briefing following the African Chiefs of Defence (ACHOD) conference held in Luanda, Angola, between 30…

The Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation (OAGF) says the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC) does not operate any account with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), adding that no public funds or salaries have been paid to the organisation. The latest clarification was issued by the director of public relations at the OAGF, Bawa Mokwa, amid controversy over the status of the PFIPC as a Nigerian government entity. Earlier on 11 June, the Chief of Staff to the Nigerian President, Femi Gbajabiamila, said in a disclaimer that the purported activities of the so-called ‘Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion…