U.S. fencer disqualified for not facing transgender rival
A fencer was disqualified from a U.S. women’s foil event for refusing to compete against a transgender opponent in an incident that has gone viral online. The situation… © Japan Today
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Court throws out suit against Lagos-Calabar coastal road project
Justice Akintayo Aluko of the Federal High Court in Lagos has struck out a suit against the construction of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal road project, filed by some indigenes of the Okun-Ajah community and other concerned property owners in the area. The lawsuit, marked FHC/L/CS/1488/2024, was dismissed on the grounds of lack of jurisdiction. Following…
The Fire This Time
Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair We live in perilous times. The mobilizing passions of fascism are no longer a distant echo of history—they are here, surging through the United States like an electric current. We are in a period of social, ideological, and racial cleansing. First, the notion of government as a democratizing public good…
Burkina Faso make history with quarterfinals, World Cup qualification
Burkina Faso have made history as the first team to secure qualification for both the 2025 CAF U-17 AFCON quarter-finals and the 2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup. The West African side are amongst the favourites of the tournament, with five podium finishes to their name. The former champions lifted their first title in 2011 in…
Pentagon watchdog to review Hegseth’s use of Signal app to convey plans for Houthi strike
The Pentagon’s acting inspector general announced Thursday that he would review Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s use of the Signal messaging app to convey plans for a military strike against Houthi militants in Yemen. The review will also look at other defense officials’ use of the publicly available encrypted app, which is not able to handle…