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Japanese filmmaker Shiori Ito spoke out about her sexual assault, while Indonesian human rights activist Kamala Chandrakirana documented assaults that authorities had denied. The Singapore Writers Festival 2026 headliners discuss the power of storytelling in exposing injustice.

Read the evening news roundup on an ADC lawyer’s defence of Atiku Abubakar’s candidacy, a court order for Faisal Maina, and the death of four UNN students. Read More: https://punchng.com/evening-recap-court-didnt-nullify-atikus-candidacy-mainas-son-to-begin-jail-term-other-top-stories/

Welcome to the Karnataka Today newsletter, your guide from The Hindu on the major news stories to follow today. Curated and written by Nalme Nachiyar.

Read a recap of top stories making headlines, including a court ruling on the ADC crisis, the IG cancelling police leave, and Canada’s residency plan. Read More: https://punchng.com/morning-recap-court-ruling-deepens-adc-crisis-ig-cancels-police-leave-other-top-stories/

A new observatory has opened in a remote Indigenous community in South Australia's far west. Proponents say it will boost tourism and cultural storytelling.

Read Wednesday’s evening news recap, including President Tinubu rewarding the Flamingos and a court declaring an ADC official’s resignation letter fake. Read More: https://punchng.com/evening-recap-tinubu-rewards-flamingos-court-declares-bala-adcs-resignation-letter-fake-other-stories/

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Read today’s top stories, including a UK councillor’s conviction over comments on Nigerians, ADC chairmen rejecting David Mark’s removal, and more. Read More: https://punchng.com/morning-recap-uk-councillor-convicted-adc-chairmen-reject-marks-removal-other-top-stories/

“La Bola Negra” has been taking the world by storm, with a star-making turn from first-time actor Guitarricadelafuente in the queer Spanish epic from directors Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi (known as Los Javis). The trio attended the Miami Film Festival, where Guitarricadelafuente was presented with the Virtuoso Award, while Los Javis received the Visiona

Sean Penn isn’t exactly a fixture on the regional documentary festival circuit. But SFFILM’s Doc Stories has a way of attracting high-profile supporters. On Saturday, Penn was at the fest’s Vogue Theatre in San Francisco to introduce James Marcus Haney’s “Black Sunflowers,” a documentary about a generation of young Ukrainians coming of age amid martial […]

Read the evening recap as Nyesom Wike promises councillors N10m to deliver wards in 2027 and Babcock University confirms a student in a viral video is aliv Read More: https://punchng.com/evening-recap-wike-promises-councillors-n10m-babcock-confirms-student-alive-other-top-stories/

Read the morning recap of top Nigerian stories, including a Lagos barber’s death after detention, the FG’s plan for a $500m loan, and more news. Read More: https://punchng.com/morning-recap-lagos-barber-dies-after-detention-fg-seeks-500m-loan-other-top-stories/

When it was announced, in 2017, that the Chilean writer-director Sébastian Lelio was to helm a U.S. remake of his 2013 breakout film “Gloria,” admirers of the original — and indeed of Lelio himself — had cause for concern. English-language do-overs of world cinema successes frequently go awry; furthermore, we had the cautionary tale of […]

To shoot their Oscar-contending film Still Standing, directors Víctor Tadashi Suárez and Livia Albeck-Ripka donned hazmat suits – for good reason. Their documentary, winner of Oscar-qualifying awards at Full Frame, the Seattle International Film Festival, and Aspen Shortsfest, explores homes left toxic by the catastrophic Eaton fire that tore through the Alt

From controversies surrounding prominent Nigerian pastors to political developments ahead of the 2027 general elections, several stories are making headlines. Read More: https://punchng.com/morning-recap-churches-deny-oil-wells-claim-inec-weighs-atikus-ticket-other-top-stories/

Saturday’s news cycle featured several major developments, from the EFCC’s revelation about billions of naira in illicit donations returned on the orders of RCCG General Overseer, Pastor Enoch… Read More: https://punchng.com/evening-recap-adeboye-ordered-illicit-funds-returned-tinubu-rallies-in-rivers-ogun-replies-afod-other-top-stories/

Some of the most compelling stories in contention for the Academy Awards aren’t unfolding across two or three hours. They’re being told in a fraction of that time. The race in the short film categories is taking shape, offering a showcase for emerging filmmakers, well-known talents and storytellers pushing the boundaries of what can be […]

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia author and photographer Len Wagg was on his day off 30 years ago when he discovered how powerful and poignant a war cemetery could be.

Menaces sur l'information revient ce matin sur une mort en direct, celle de Mano Shottas, fin 2024, au cours d'une manifestation contre la pollution au minerai de chrome. Dans ce volet d'une enquête plus large sur les entraves à la liberté des journalistes au Mozambique, Forbidden Stories, organisation qui poursuit le travail de journalistes assassinés, s'es

As the weekend begins, major stories making headlines on PUNCH Online include the divorce debate sparked by failed marriages among prominent pastors, President Bola Tinubu’s criticism of Peter Obi… Read More: https://punchng.com/morning-recap-pastors-marital-woes-spark-divorce-debate-tinubu-mocks-peter-obi-other-top-stories/

Tosin Samuel, CEO of TSpices Kitchen, speaks with Damola Adedigba about turning her passion for food into a business, rejecting lucrative deals that conflict with her values and her ambition to take Nigerian cuisine to the world. Read More: https://punchng.com/i-tell-stories-about-our-culture-heritage-through-food-vlogger-samuel/

This weekend's Sao Paulo Grand Prix is in many ways the first page of the first chapter of the next championship battle.

Top headlines this morning include a Federal High Court judgment nullifying the David Mark-led National Working Committee of the African Democratic Congress and the process that produced former… Read More: https://punchng.com/morning-recap-court-ruling-threatens-atikus-2027-bid-outages-hit-four-states-fct-other-stories/

Science matters, but so do the people behind the data. National Geographic Explorers make the case for conservation stories that connect research with lived experiences.

The Federal Government’s criteria for selecting beneficiaries of its N50,000 emergency relief support, President Bola Tinubu’s return from Saudi Arabia and the Flamingos’ historic qualification for… Read More: https://punchng.com/morning-recap-fgs-n50000-relief-selection-criteria-tinubus-return-flamingos-wcup-feat-other-top-stories/

Timorese artists have captured their history, language and culture in three new albums and a single released through the Wantok Musik Foundation.

Read the evening’s top stories: How to get free NIN slips, Atiku’s 2027 subsidy promise, Lamine Yamal’s UCL record, and Tinubu’s return from Umrah. Read More: https://punchng.com/evening-recap-free-nin-slips-yamals-ucl-record-other-top-stories/

EXCLUSIVE: Horrible Histories star Dominique Moore has launched a development talent agency for kids. DMA Talent opens with around 10 clients including Waffle’s After School Club actor Sienna Grey Moore along with an agent, Geri Spicer, and employees focused on wellbeing and safeguarding. From age six to adulthood, DMA Talent will work with specialists and [

Read the top Nigerian stories, including the EFCC’s discovery of an illegal refinery in Ogun and clashes among Peter Obi’s 2027 support groups. Read More: https://punchng.com/morning-recap-efcc-uncovers-illegal-refinery-obi-supporters-clash-other-top-stories/

The Federal Government has commenced the disbursement of N50,000 monthly cash relief to vulnerable Nigerians under its emergency intervention programme. Read More: https://punchng.com/evening-recap-fg-begins-n50000-payments-falcons-earn-caf-nominations-other-top-stories/

Read a recap of top Nigerian stories, including the killing of three homeless men in Lagos and President Tinubu’s $100,000 reward for each Super Falcon. Read More: https://punchng.com/morning-recap-three-homeless-men-shot-dead-in-lagos-super-falcons-receive-100000-each-other-top-stories/

Walkley Award-winning journalist Kate McClymont spoke with three of the five complainants in the Alan Jones trial, which initially sparked a police investigation into the former radio broadcaster.

The US native explains how a fanciful Covid dream led to her becoming a leading Irish food publisher

Google's Dreambeans, its latest AI experiment, now supports 13 Indian languages.

Ιστορίες ανθρώπων που δημιουργούν, προσφέρουν, ξεπερνούν δυσκολίες, αναλαμβάνουν πρωτοβουλίες και συμβάλλουν σε θετικές αλλαγές γύρω τους, φέρνει ξανά στο προσκήνιο το Good Stories Summit, το οποίο επιστρέφει για τέταρτη χρονιά, την Παρασκευή 6 Νοεμβρίου 2026, στο Ωδείον Αθηνών. Στη σκηνή θα ακουστούν ιστορίες ανθρώπων και συλλογικών πρωτοβουλιών από όλη την

The Federal Government has introduced a USSD-based credit service to help Nigerians access loans for needs including food and solar power, while the UK government has unveiled new rules requiring… Read More: https://punchng.com/evening-recap-fg-unveils-ussd-loans-uk-migrants-face-10-year-wait-other-top-stories/

Clíona Ní Anluain and Rosemary Day’s thoroughly researched works coincide with centenary of RTÉ Radio forerunner’s founding

EXCLUSIVE: Current affairs producer-directors Gesbeen Mohammad and Robin Barnwell, who between them have scooped Emmys, Peabodys and BAFTAs, are launching an indie dedicated to “taking on the stories of the year.” Sisu Pictures kicks off with two docs airing on the same night in the shape of the BBC’s Iran: The People’s Story and Channel […]

As a new week begins, PUNCH Online brings you some of the major stories making headlines across health, security, politics, metro and business. The Federal Government has warned heads of public institutions against inflated contracts and procurement violations, threatening sanctions for breaches of the Public Procurement Act. Meanwhile, the Independent Natio

Five stories worth your time from our extended colleagues at CIO, Computerworld, Macworld, and PCWorld.

Pastor Enoch Adeboye of the Redeemed Christian Church of God has talked down accusations directed at him of purportedly carrying a placard in a prayer walk during the time of former President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration. The Presidential Campaign Council of the opposition party — the African Democratic Congress — has challenged the All Progressives Co

The police procedural will be ending after its forthcoming 20th season on Paramount+.

Read today’s top stories, including South-West ADC leaders’ revolt against Atiku and APGA candidates’ fears over the Soludo-Tinubu pact ahead of 2027. Read More: https://punchng.com/morning-recap-swest-adc-leaders-revolt-against-atiku-apga-candidates-fear-protest-votes-other-top-stories/

One is a curious cat who wonders why people around him appear to be dressed like clouds. The other is a parrot mafia boss caught in a power struggle with a rival bird on the streets of Abu Dhabi. They might seem like unlikely ambassadors for Emirati culture, but comic book writer Noora Al Awadi believes both characters can introduce international readers to

Safely out of Oleshky after enduring years in the combat zone and a harrowing 24-hour journey, weary civilians reunited with family and friends.

Read the evening news roundup: Atiku’s son pledges 10 buses for Tinubu’s 2027 campaign, Sowore is barred from a marathon, and INEC rules out an election sh Read More: https://punchng.com/evening-recap-atikus-son-backs-tinubu-sowore-barred-from-marathon-inec-rules-out-election-shift-other-stories/

The Tokyo International Film Festival’s Tokyo Talk program presented a masterclass with Zeze Takahisa, director of the festival’s opening film, “Sukiyaki.” Held before a full-house crowd at Tokyo Midtown Hibiya, the talk focused on Zeze’s early “pink” (softcore porn) and indie films, followed by questions about his more recent work. Born in 1960 in Oita […]

Read a recap of Nigeria’s top stories, including the biting heatwave, the dispute over an attack on Omoyele Sowore in Ekiti, and labour’s transport allowan Read More: https://punchng.com/morning-recap-heatwave-bites-hard-sowore-ekiti-attack-fgs-transport-allowance-debate-other-top-stories/

Read the evening news recap: Omoyele Sowore disputes the police account of an Ekiti incident, and the FG begins its N50,000 monthly cash support. Read More: https://punchng.com/evening-recap-sowore-disputes-police-account-fg-begins-n50000-support-other-top-stories/

In the older neighbourhoods of the UAE, some of the most important spaces were often the narrowest. Winding between homes, connecting courtyards and leading towards markets or mosques, passageways formed an essential part of everyday life. In Arabic, they are known as sikka. Our Arabic word of the week refers to an alleyway, lane or narrow street, particular

Watermelon Pictures co-founders Badie Ali and Hamza Ali, who had a high-profile 2025-26 Oscars season with their International Feature Film nominee The Voice Of Hind Rajab and shortlisted titles Palestine 36 and All That’s Left Of You, are back on the awards trail with documentary American Doctor. The film centers on three American physicians of […]

With Halloween falling on a football Saturday, we take a haunted trip to the sport's spookiest places.

Read today’s morning recap on top Nigerian stories, including INEC’s decision on Adebutu’s ambition and scholarships for Toluwanisings’ children. Read More: https://punchng.com/morning-recap-adebutu-gwarzo-govship-ambitions-in-limbo-toluwanisings-children-get-scholarship-other-top-stories/

From subconscious finger sniffing to rats driving cars, New Scientist staff have reported on many weird, wild or utterly bonkers discoveries and inventions in the 70 years since we began

The Seven Mysteries of Honjo are a group of once-famous ghost stories and urban legends tracing back to the Edo Period.

Read the evening recap of top stories: A philanthropist offers scholarships to Toluwanisings’ children and Imo APC insists on Uzodinma’s candidacy. Read More: https://punchng.com/evening-recap-philanthropist-offers-toluwanisings-children-scholarships-imo-apc-insists-on-uzodinma-candidacy-other-top-stories/