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Lionel Messi delivered a breathtaking performance, propelling Inter Miami into their first-ever Leagues Cup final with a resounding 4-1 victory over Philadelphia Union on Tuesday.  The match saw Miami facing one of their toughest challenges since Messi’s arrival just a month ago, but Miami burst out of the gate with Josef Martinez finding the net in the third minute, converting ...

Brazil forward Neymar has joined Saudi Pro League side Al-Hilal from French champions Paris St-Germain. The deal for the former Barcelona player, 31, is understood to be worth about 90m euros (£77.6m) plus add-ons. LEARN AND TRADE FOREX WITH GOLIGFX WATCH THE VIDEO BELOW: “I’ve achieved a lot in Europe and enjoyed special times, but I have always wanted to ...

Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has responded to criticism over the decision to explore possible military intervention in Niger over last month’s coup. He insisted that this, and the ultimatum given to Niger’s military coup leaders to reinstate the ousted president, was the Ecowas regional bloc’s decision and not a Nigerian mandate. It comes as Mr Tinubu, who is also the ...

The Moroccan navy intercepted more than fifty migrants from sub-Saharan Africa off the southern coast of Morocco on Tuesday, amid a growing number of deadly illegal crossing attempts to Spain, a Moroccan military source said. “A Royal Navy unit on patrol off Tan-Tan on Tuesday assisted 56 would-be irregular migrants from sub-Saharan Africa aboard a makeshift boat,” the military source ...

The Guinness World Record (GWR) has announced that the longest rap marathon (individual) lasted for 48 hours, 1 minute and 10 seconds. The GWR revealed the record holder is a Japanese called PONEY. PONEY set the record in Koto, Tokyo, Japan, between 22nd and 24th April 2023. LEARN AND TRADE FOREX WITH GOLIGFX WATCH THE VIDEO BELOW: Read the GWR’s official ...

Nigeria has cut its electricity supply to Niger, AFP learned on Wednesday from a source close to the management of the Nigerien Electricity Company (Nigelec), in line with the sanctions decided by the West African neighbors of Niger destabilized by a coup. “Nigeria disconnected since yesterday (Tuesday) the high voltage line that carries electricity to Niger,” the source said. A ...

The former president of Ivory Coast Henri Konan Bédié has died. He was 89. Mr Bédié took over as the country’s second head of state after the death of Felix Houphouet-Boigny in 1993. But allegations of widespread corruption and an economic slump led to him being ousted in a military coup in 1999. Despite being born into a relatively poor ...

Apple (AAPL.O) is likely to report a dip in iPhone sales in the April-June quarter as shoppers held out for a new model in a slow economy, making it important for the company to detail how it is using artificial intelligence to augment growth, analysts said. The world’s most valuable firm will wrap up Big Tech earnings on Thursday, with ...

French President Emmanuel Macron received, Wednesday (June 21), his counterpart from Chad, Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno for talks, on the eve of the so-called summit for a New Global financial Pact. Restructuring debt and reducing poverty by getting the UN 2030 Sustainable Development Goals targets back on course will top the agenda. Climate will nevertheless be the main driver of ...

Instead of traditional gold bands, Czech couple Jiri and Ondrej Vedral exchanged smart rings on their wedding day. Smart rings are wearable electronic devices with functions similar to smartwatches. They typically allow the user to monitor his or her heartbeat, and make a contactless payment. It’s a fast-growing tech sector, reported to be seeing global sales rise by 21% a year. ...