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Over 1,000 historical artifacts carted away in California museum heist

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Authorities in California are investigating the California museum heist that saw more than 1,000 historical artifacts stolen from the Oakland Museum of California’s off-site storage facility. The incident happened just days before a similar high-profile theft at Paris’s Louvre Museum, where thieves made off with priceless Napoleonic jewels. The burglary occurred in the early hours […]

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ESPN, ABC, other Disney networks pulled from YouTube TV after failed negotiations

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Disney’s popular TV networks, including ESPN, ABC, FX, National Geographic and Disney Channel, have gone dark on YouTube TV after contract talks between Disney and Google failed to produce a new licensing deal. Both companies confirmed the development late Thursday in separate statements, with YouTube TV announcing on X (formerly Twitter) that the networks were

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Britain’s King Charles has stripped his younger brother, Prince Andrew, of his royal titles and ordered him to vacate his Windsor residence, Buckingham Palace announced on Thursday.

Trouble at the palace: King Charles strips brother, Prince Andrew, of royal titles and privileges

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Britain’s King Charles has stripped his younger brother, Prince Andrew, of his royal titles and ordered him to vacate his Windsor residence, Buckingham Palace announced on Thursday. The move deepens the royal fallout from Andrew’s association with the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The 65-year-old, who earlier lost his title as Duke of York,

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U.S. President Donald Trump has said he is considering possible military action in Nigeria, including air strikes or the deployment of troops, to stop what he called the killing of large numbers of Christians.

Trump sets 7,500 annual refugee limit, lowest in US history

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The Trump administration has announced a drastic cut to the U.S. refugee limit, setting the ceiling at just 7,500 for the 2026 fiscal year, the lowest in American history. The figure marks a sharp decline from the 125,000 admissions allowed under President Biden. According to a notice published Thursday in the Federal Register, most of

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Paris police have arrested five more suspects linked to the Louvre heist, bringing the total number of arrests to seven, according to Paris Public Prosecutor Laure Beccuau.

Louvre heist: Five new suspects arrested in connection with theft

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Paris police have arrested five more suspects linked to the Louvre heist, bringing the total number of arrests to seven, Paris Public Prosecutor Laure Beccuau said. Their identities have not been made public. Beccuau told RTL on Thursday that one of the newly detained suspects was identified by DNA found at the scene: “He was

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Bank MD jailed in Adamawa as Justice Benjamin Lawan Manji sentences Bonghe Microfinance Bank’s Grace Andreas Karka to five years imprisonment for stealing N32 million from her own bank.

Bank MD steals N32m from own bank, bags five-year jail term

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Justice Benjamin Lawan Manji of the Adamawa State High Court has convicted and sentenced the Managing Director of Bonghe Microfinance Bank, Grace Andreas Karka, to five years imprisonment for stealing N32 million from her own bank. According to a statement by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and made available to the press on

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has recovered and returned multimillion-naira assets from a self-styled native doctor and fraudster to his victim, Mr. Daniel Babatunde Attiogbe, in Ibadan, Oyo State.

Power pass power: EFCC nabs native doctor, returns crime proceeds to victim

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has recovered and returned multimillion-naira assets belonging to a fraud victim, Mr. Daniel Babatunde Attiogbe, after nabbing a self-acclaimed native doctor who defrauded him in Ibadan, Oyo State. According to a statement by the EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale, the assets were handed over to

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Russia tests nuclear underwater drone, Putin hails success

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Russia has successfully tested its new nuclear underwater drone, Poseidon, President Vladimir Putin announced on Wednesday, calling the weapon impossible to intercept. Speaking at a meeting with soldiers wounded in Ukraine, Putin said the Poseidon operated on nuclear power for the first time during a test on Tuesday. He described the drone as “unmatched in

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Amazon AWS data centers in UAE damaged by drone strikes, along with a facility in Bahrain, disrupting cloud services and prompting recovery efforts amid Middle East conflict.

AWS down again, Microsoft Azure too, renders over 90% of the internet unusable

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A massive cloud outage on Wednesday involving Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure disrupted access to major websites and applications worldwide, briefly rendering much of the internet unusable. The AWS outage marked the second in just a week, affecting several apps built on its infrastructure. It coincided with a global Azure failure, compounding the

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