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A GUNMAN opened fire Wednesday on school children attending church in Minneapolis, killing two pupils and wounding 17 people, police said, in the country’s latest violent tragedy. Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara told a media briefing that the shooter, in his early twenties, sprayed bullets into the Annunciation Church as dozens of students were at Mass to celebrate their first week back to school. The church sits next to an affiliated school in the south of the city, the largest in the state of Minnesota. “Two young children, ages eight and 10, were killed where they sat in the pews,”…

RUSSIA has dangled the possibility of building a nuclear power plant in uranium-rich Niger – a vast, arid state on the edge of the Sahara desert that has to import most of its electricity. It may be deemed impractical and may never happen, but the concept is yet another move by Moscow to seek a geopolitical advantage over Western nations. Niger has historically exported the metal for further refining in France, but that is changing as the military-led country cuts off ties with the former colonial power. The uranium-mining operation operated by French nuclear group Orano was nationalised in June,…

SOUTH African opposition politician Julius Malema has been convicted of hate speech by the country’s equality court, following remarks he made at a rally in 2022. Malema, leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party, often sparks controversy in a nation where, 31 years after apartheid ended, racial tensions still linger. After an incident where a white man allegedly assaulted an EFF member, Malema said: “No white man is going to beat me up… you must never be scared to kill. A revolution demands that at some point there must be killing.” The equality court ruled that these remarks “demonstrated…

NIGERIAN star, Rasheedat Ajibade, has signed for Première Ligue giants Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) Féminines in a move that will see her team up with compatriot, Jennifer Echegini. “Paris Saint-Germain is delighted to announce the arrival of Nigerian striker Rasheedat Busayo Ajibade, who has joined the club on a deal that runs until 30th June 2027,” PSG wrote in a statement on Tuesday announcing the arrival of the Super Falcon. Following her unveiling, an excited Ajibade, who is fondly known as “Mummy G.O.,” described her move to France as a “major step” in her career. “I’m deeply honoured to be joining…

BORUSSIA Dortmund’s summer Premier League recruitment drive continued on Tuesday with the signing of midfielder Carney Chukwuemeka from Chelsea until 2030. England under-21 representative Chukwuemeka, 21, joins for a reported fee of 25 million euros ($29 million). He spent the second half of last season at Dortmund on loan, staying on as the club made the quarter-finals at the Club World Cup. Chukwuemeka played 17 times for Dortmund in all competitions, scoring once and impressed despite struggling with injury. In a statement, Chukwuemeka said he was “happy Borussia Dortmund is now my footballing home. I will give everything to make…

THE Israeli military is pushing deeper into Gaza City, destroying entire neighbourhoods and leaving Palestinian families with nowhere safe to go, as it seeks to seize the Strip’s largest urban centre, while an Israeli-induced famine grips the besieged enclave. An attack on a popular market east of Gaza City on Tuesday killed at least five Palestinians and injured many others. Sources at al-Ahli Arab Hospital told Al Jazeera that two women were among those killed. Videos verified by Al Jazeera showed Palestinians fleeing the as-Saftawi area, north of Gaza City, as Israel attempts to force close to 1 million residents…

BRAZIL said on Tuesday that the United States had revoked the US visa of the country’s justice minister, the latest official to be punished by Washington over the coup trial of former far-right president Jair Bolsonaro. The US State Department has yet to confirm the measure, which was announced by President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva at a cabinet meeting. “I wanted to express my solidarity and the government’s solidarity with my colleague (Ricardo) Lewandowski faced with the irresponsible gesture of the United States in revoking his visa,” Lula said. President Donald Trump has also imposed crippling 50-percent tariffs on…

A CHOLERA epidemic at a camp for Sudanese refugees in neighbouring Chad has killed 68 people since it broke out in late July, the Chadian health ministry told AFP on Tuesday. Chad is home to more than 850,000 Sudanese refugees fleeing the deadly civil war between Sudan’s army and the Paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which erupted in April 2023, according to the UN refugee agency. Many of those refugees are crammed into camps with little access to safe drinking water and healthcare, deficiencies the United Nations blamed on Monday for the waterborne disease’s rapid spread. “Since the first cholera…

BOTSWANA has declared a public health emergency as it faces a shortage of essential medicines and medical equipment. President Duma Boko made the announcement in a televised address on Monday, setting out a multimillion-dollar plan to rectify the supply chain involving military oversight. Managing the shortages would be “highly price sensitive due to our limited coffers”, he told the nation. The economy of Botswana, which has a population of 2.5 million, has been hit by a downturn in the international diamond market, as it is one of the world’s leading diamond producers. This strain, further fuelled by US aid cuts,…

NIGERIA and Liverpool’s 16-year-old Rio Ngumoha made history as the youngest scorer in the club’s history when he struck with virtually the last kick of a breathless encounter to snatch victory against Newcastle United at a stunned St James’ Park. The atmosphere was red hot, feelings running high after the Reds’ lengthy pursuit of the home side’s rebel striker Alexander Isak. And it got the drama it deserved as Newcastle rose off the canvas to rattle the Premier League champions, pulling back to 2-2 after being 2-0 down and despite having Anthony Gordon sent off in first-half stoppage time. Eddie…

ISRAEL has struck Nasser Hospital in the south of the Gaza Strip, killing at least 21 people, including five journalists, as well as medics and rescue workers, in the latest deliberate attack on civilians and the besieged enclave’s decimated health system. Monday’s attack, which killed journalists who worked for Al Jazeera, the Reuters and Associated Press (AP) news agencies, and others, was among the deadliest of a multitude of Israeli strikes that have targeted both hospitals and media workers over the course of the nearly two-year genocidal assault. It comes as Israel widens its offensive to heavily populated areas and…

PRESIDENT Donald Trump took to social media before meeting with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on Monday to threaten not to do business with Seoul because of a “Purge or Revolution” that he claimed was taking place in the country. But any prospect of a hostile Oval Office meeting evaporated after Lee heaped praise onto the U.S. president — lauding the decor, beseeching Trump to continue to help with Korean peace efforts and even suggesting a Trump Tower in North Korea. “We’ve known each other and gotten along very well,” Trump said, before adding, “It’s a great honor to…

BURKINA Faso and Mali did not send representatives to a continental military meeting hosted by Nigeria Monday as relations between the junta-led Sahel countries and their west African neighbours remain tense. Along with Niger also under military rule Mali and Burkina Faso withdrew from regional bloc ECOWAS in January, after forming their own Alliance of Sahel States (AES) as they battle long-running jihadist insurgencies. Niger, represented by embassy defence attache Colonel Major Soumana Kalkoye, was the only AES country at the African defence chiefs of staff talks, hosted in the Nigerian capital Abuja. Billed by Nigerian authorities as the first…

THE South African government is warning young women not to fall for social media recruitment drives promoting job opportunities abroad. This comes as a number of online videos by South African social media influencers advertising jobs for young women in Russia have gone viral. The authorities are investigating one promotional video by influencer Cyan Boujee, which has now been removed from her account. She describes a two-year “start programme” for young women at the beginning of their careers who want to acquire professional skills. A large number of young South Africans are jobless and many are desperate for work. In…

THE digital media space in the last few days has been awash with a series of false narratives bordering on the accountability, trust, and financial worthiness of some key political aides of the Kano State Government. One of the ill-intended narratives, most likely sponsored, was a publication on Daily Nigerian, a Kano-based online news platform, on August 22nd, 2025, which particularly drew government attention to the allegation of withdrawal and diversion of ₦6.5 billion from the state treasury. Central to the case of purported misappropriation, already under litigation at the High Court, is the Director General, Protocol Directorate, Kano State…

MANCHESTER United remain without a Premier League win this season after being held 1-1 at Fulham on Sunday, while a Jack Grealish-inspired Everton opened their new stadium with a 2-0 victory over Brighton. Ruben Amorim’s United were left to rue Bruno Fernandes’ wayward first-half penalty as they were pegged back at Craven Cottage. Rodrigo Muniz’s own-goal put United in front on the hour mark, but Emile Smith Rowe came off the bench to rescue a point for Fulham. Amorim is seeking an upturn on a disastrous 15th-placed finish last season, but so far his new £200 million ($270 million) forward…

HUDA Abu Naja lies weak and emaciated on a thin mattress in her family’s tent in a displacement camp in central Gaza’s Deir el-Balah. The 12-year-old Palestinian girl’s arms are painfully thin, and the bones on her torso are protruding from under her skin, a telltale sign of her acute malnutrition. “My daughter has been suffering from acute malnutrition since March when Israel closed Gaza’s borders,” Huda’s mother, Somia Abu Naja, tells Al Jazeera, stroking her daughter’s face. “She spent three months in hospitals, but her condition did not improve,” said Somia, explaining that she decided to bring Huda back…

THE United Kingdom on Sunday said criminals would be barred from pubs, concerts, and sports matches under new sentencing powers as part of its Plan for Change. It said that judges would be able to curtail offenders’ freedoms with driving limits, travel bans, and restriction zones confining them into specific areas. The changes are expected to toughen up community punishments to deter reoffending and force offenders back on the straight and narrow. It said that as part of the government’s work to do everything in its power to keep Britain safe, offenders coming out of prison and supervised by the…

THREE young Libyan sisters have drowned in a rubber boat carrying migrants in the central Mediterranean after waves of up to 1.5m (4.9 ft) repeatedly washed over the vessel, a German rescue charity has said. About 65 people were rescued, including the sisters’ mother and brother, as well as three pregnant women and a seven-month-old baby, RESQSHIP added. The “dangerously overcrowded” rubber boat had departed from Libya’s Zuwara city and “started taking on increasing amounts of water” a few hours later, the charity said. Libya is a major launching pad for migrants who make the treacherous journey across the Mediterranean,…

AT least 63 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza, medical sources tell Al Jazeera, as Israeli forces push deeper into Gaza City as part of their effort to seize the city and forcibly displace about one million people. Al Jazeera Arabic obtained footage on Saturday showing Israeli tanks advancing into the Sabra neighbourhood of Gaza City, signalling an expansion of the military’s ground invasion of the area. Sabra is near the besieged Zeitoun neighbourhood, which has been increasingly targeted by the Israeli army over the past week. A source at Gaza City’s al-Ahli Hospital told Al Jazeera…