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The alumni of Progressive Secondary Grammar School, Tede, Oyo State, are set to launch a N1.5bn development fund for the school’s 50th anniversary in 2026. Read More: https://punchng.com/oyo-school-alumni-to-launch-n1-5bn-development-fund/

FCMB and Mastercard have launched AgroPass, a digital platform to expand access to finance, markets, and services for smallholder farmers across Nigeria. Read More: https://punchng.com/fcmb-mastercard-launch-digital-platform-to-expand-farmers-financing/

SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Yonhap) -- North Korea has staged a weapons demonstration featur...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 (Yonhap) -- U.S. Pacific Command (PACOM) said Thursday that ...

The app connects to Instagram to build a virtual closet from photos you’ve already shared, or lets you add items manually by snapping a photo, recording a quick video, or uploading images from your camera roll.

Ministry of Awesome's vision to increase the density of New Zealand's startup ecosystem has led to the establishment of a national Startup Hub Network in Christchurch.

Young Storytellers, the nonprofit that supports writing development programs in Los Angeles public schools, has established the Jamie Tarses Fund to pay tribute to the late ABC and NBC executive and help support the organization’s work. Young Storytellers recruits volunteers from the entertainment industry and others with writing experience to work with stud

The US tech giant is investing $15bn in a huge new data centre project in northern Finland.

Dream is grounded in real physics and construction standards. Just as LLMs learn from text, Dream's world model is trained on more than 100 million square feet of building data gathered from permit archives across the United States.

Existing members can renew their health and accident insurance policies, while new applicants can register for the scheme until November 30, 2026; the web portal and the updated mobile application allow NRKs from anywhere in the world to enrol in the scheme and access its services online

Inspired by the history of Indian Coffee House, the technology enterprise owned and operated by the professionals who work in it will focus on health-care IT and medical coding

<p>Party aims to build a ‘significant national publishing operation’ as first edition of the Reformer is distributed</p><p></p><p>Reform UK has launched what it is calling a newspaper, featuring large pictures of Nigel Farage, which the party hopes will replace mainstream media for its supporters.</p><p>Though the party is hiring qualified journalists to wri

<p>Authorities allege company may have breached Finnish environmental laws by forgoing required impact assessment</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2026/oct/22/finland-google-felling-trees-datacentre">‘Pure arrogance’: anger in Finland as Google illegally fells 250,000 trees for datacentre</a></p></li></ul><p>Finni

Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy said he was directing the state’s Department of Public Safety to determine “whether criminal charges or civil action are warranted.”

Just a few hours into launch, Phantom Blade Zero is already a hit game on PC. There was considerable hype behind the game as it was estimated that it had sold 1 million units before launch, and at the time of writing, it has peaked on Steam with 723,876 concurrent players. That's an impressive start for the game, and considering that it's also available on P

Joey King (“Bullet Train,” “The Act”) and Oscar-nominated LaKeith Stanfield (“Judas and the Black Messiah”) are set to star in “Safe Space,” a provocative sci-fi comedy about toxic relationships from Independent Spirit Award-nominated filmmaker Gillian Wallace Horvat (“I Blame Society”). French sales outfit Lucky Number is launching sales on the project at t

The federal government says it is launching a road map to boost competition and choice within Canada's telecommunications sector.

Elizabeth Banks, eat your heart out.

The Backstreet Boys have moved into competitive gaming with a celebrity-owned team, and a search for the players who will represent their new Backstreet Gamers Team. Nick Carter, Howie Dorough, AJ McLean, Brian Littrell, and Kevin Richardson join GGL as celebrity team owners, building a franchise that will compete against other teams led by T-Pain, […]

SEOUL, Oct. 29 (Yonhap) -- Defense Minister Kang Shin-chul on Thursday denounced...

BAFTA has launched a review after its trustees were accused of potentially breaching UK charity law by accepting free guest tickets to awards ceremonies. During BAFTA’s annual general meeting this week, Michael Pritchett, an independent film producer who serves as the elected chair of BAFTA’s membership council, raised concerns about whether trustees broke r

Police say a 60-year-old man is missing after he was reportedly swept off the roof of a vehicle that had "become stuck in floodwater" near Santa Teresa, with police now searching for him with drones and divers.

The only thing that hasn’t changed are the eye-popping views of the Story Bridge.

SEOUL, Oct. 29 (Yonhap) -- The Office of National Security at the presidential o...

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The attack is the latest in a series of major drone assaults targeting the Moscow region.

Director Lee Chang-dong’s beautiful genre mash-up, Possible Love; Dario Argento’s Giallo classic, Suspiria; and Sophy Romvari’s accomplished debut, Blue Heron, are some of the titles Japanese cinephiles can catch this week at Cineyama, one of the country’s buzziest new indie cinema venues. Located in Yamanashi Prefecture, just outside Tokyo, CineYama is a un

On Tuesday, defense contractor Anduril and chipmaker Qualcomm announced a partnership to build laptops entirely in the United States, starting with a single model in 2027. They also announced a "long-term goal" of pushing the computer industry to create "a fully domestic supply chain." Even a single Made-in-USA laptop would be a surprise, because no […]

&nbsp;&nbsp;KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 29 &mdash; Umno has confirmed its political cooperation with PAS and Perikatan Nasional (P...

Google has released its latest frontier model, Gemini 4 Carbon, offering "significant gains" in coding, agentic tasks, and cybersecurity. In an announcement on Wednesday, Google highlights Carbon's top spot on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index (v5.0) benchmark, with Claude Opus 5.5 and GPT-6 Astra trailing behind. The new Gemini 4 Carbon model offer

The frontier lab is lifting the curtain on how users spend money on its models ahead of a planned IPO.

“We’re not trying to be a better lawyer; we’re trying to help lawyers be better,” according to a FluxCap co-founder.

The Lord of the Rings Online, an MMO based on the popular fantasy series, got its latest expansion today, some 19.5 years after the game was originally released in 2007. The new expansion is called The Wolves of Mordor, and as its name suggests, the expansion is focused on the werewolves of Mordor who are going after the people who took down their master, Sa

Apple's new touchscreen MacBook Pro starts at $2,899.

Get ready for Season 1, with new maps, modes, events and rewards across Multiplayer and DMZ. Explore the unforgiving corridors of X01, wield new weapons and attachments, acquire new Operator Skins, Weapon Blueprints, DMZ Survival Kits, and more. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Season 1 goes live on November 6 New Multiplayer maps and […]

The new wearable is the first of its kind to run on the Android XR platform.

Apple has already had a busy week. On Monday, it announced a new iPad Mini with an upgraded OLED display, and on Tuesday, we got M6 chip upgrades for the MacBook Pro and iMac. The Macs are the definition of iterative updates - they're quiet refreshes that look just like their direct predecessors. But today […]

Property Exit, a platform specialising in real estate investment and exit solutions, has officially launched in Egypt with the support of Gateway Financials, a consultancy firm specialising in feasibility studies, investment advisory and asset valuation. The platform aims to provide buyers, investors and property owners with a more structured approach to eva

OTTAWA — A stronger alliance between Canada and the European Union would only include a financial commitment if either side joins specific programs in either jurisdiction, a senior government official said Wednesday.

Sony announced a new Prism Collection line of PlayStation 5 accessories today that revisits "the iconic see-through trend of the late '90s in a fresh, modern way" for its DualSense wireless controllers and matching console covers for the PS5 that reveal some of their internal components. The Prism Collection is launching with three color options […]

Under the campaign, the corporations would undertake a month-long drive to address local civic issues, with priority given to repairing roads and improving junctions

EXCLUSIVE: OneTwoThree Media is launching worldwide sales ahead of the AFM on the sci-fi feature Life 2.0, written and directed by Star Trek alum Michael Dorn (Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine), who also stars. Dorn is joined in the film by fellow Star Trek franchise vets Marina Sirtis (Star Trek: […]

Mr Wong suggested that countries start with a "practical and flexible approach" to AI governance.

Jennifer Lawrence launched Mes° hair care with three products: Multitask Repair Mask, Off-Duty Restyling Serum and Good Roots Volume Mist. If you buy the bundle, you get $10 off.

Free Fire India was originally set to launch in September 2023, but Garena postponed its release.

The Rideau Hall Foundation said Wednesday that more than 4,000 contributions have been made toward its $50-million fundraising goal.

Amazon had plenty of new gadgets to share at its Echo hardware event this year, along with updates to the AI-powered Alexa Plus after it became available to everyone in the US in February. But the big news this year is screens: devices with big, beautiful ones, and those that lack them entirely. There’s the […]

You can tell Amazon's Alexa Photo Frame which images you want to see.

Meta has launched a "tamagotchi-style" pet game called Waddle World, with virtual creatures that chat with users and create doodles to illustrate conversations. According to its Apple and Play Store listings, the "16-bit pet care game" is not really a game, but "a daily journal disguised as a pet." Users should talk, not type, with […]

Democrats have promised a wave of probes into the Trump administration if they win back the House.