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Commonwealth Games faces uncertain future ahead of centenary editionA tanker carrying close to one million barrels of Russian oil has grounded off Oman's Hallaniyat Islands nature reserve, creating an oil slick covering approximately 390 square kilometres. Oman's government said Monday it is working to address the leak near a protected area home to Arabian Sea humpback whales and Socotra cormorants.
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A tanker carrying close to one million barrels of Russian oil has grounded off Oman's Hallaniyat Islands nature reserve, creating an oil slick covering approximately 390 square kilometres. Oman's government said Monday it is working to address the leak near a protected area home to Arabian Sea humpback whales and Socotra cormorants.
18 hours ago · Citizen Digital →
Meta will face a federal trial starting this week brought by four US states (California, Colorado, Kentucky, and New Jersey) alleging the company deliberately made Instagram and Facebook addictive for children. The attorneys general are seeking restrictions on how the platforms operate for minors and up to $1.4 trillion in penalties.
10 August 2026 · Citizen Digital →
FIFA has condemned what it describes as "a concerted and ongoing effort" to undermine the governing body and president Gianni Infantino, amid a shelved private investment plan and allegations from a British newspaper that he paid off a lover while at UEFA.
9 August 2026 · Citizen Digital →
The Telegraph has accused Gianni Infantino, who served as UEFA secretary general from 2009 to 2016, of paying off an alleged lover and using his influence to secure a promotion for a UEFA employee with whom he was in an intimate relationship. Infantino has categorically denied the allegations.
9 August 2026 · Citizen Digital →
British newspaper The Telegraph has accused FIFA president Gianni Infantino of paying off an alleged lover while he was UEFA secretary general (2009–2016) and using his influence to secure her promotion. Infantino has categorically denied the allegations; UEFA confirmed a departure payment and MBA tuition fees were made to the employee, stating the payments complied with regulations at the time.
9 August 2026 · The Standard →
Flock, a surveillance start-up, has installed more than 100,000 license plate reader cameras across the United States, but a grassroots movement is fighting back over privacy concerns, with activists systematically disabling the equipment. Opponents say the cameras infringe on American privacy and civil liberties, and anti-Flock activists have created crowdsourced maps of camera locations and shared techniques to disable them.
9 August 2026 · The Standard →
President Zelensky made his first official visit to Serbia, a European country closely aligned with Moscow, to bolster international backing as Russia intensifies attacks on Kyiv. The visit comes as diplomacy stalls over four years into the war and both sides escalate long-range strikes causing rising civilian casualties.
8 August 2026 · The Standard →
Rising lake waters in Kenya's Rift Valley, driven by extreme rainfall linked to climate change, have forced tens of thousands of people to higher ground, while crocodiles and other wildlife move into inhabited areas and pose increasing danger to families and local businesses.
6 August 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Israeli military forces raided the Qalandia refugee camp next to Jerusalem on Wednesday, with about a dozen armoured jeeps deployed. Eight people were reported injured; the military said the operation targeted terrorist elements and wanted individuals, while residents have expressed fears of eviction amid growing tensions.
6 August 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Glasgow hosted a scaled-down 10-sport Commonwealth Games in 2026 at £160 million, down from £780 million in Birmingham four years earlier, after Victoria withdrew as planned host in 2023. Ahmedabad will host the centenary games in four years with an expanded programme.
3 August 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Google announced a new feature allowing Google Earth users to generate AI visualizations on top of satellite imagery using its Nano Banana 2 image-generation technology, but researchers and open-source intelligence experts have warned it could enable bad actors to create realistic geospatial fakes and misuse a key fact-checking resource.
1 August 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Adidas CEO Björn Gulden said the prevalence of pink boots worn by players at the World Cup was "a coincidence," noting it was unexpected that different brands opted for the same color. The apology came as Adidas reported quarterly core profit of 574 million euros, missing analyst expectations by about 8 percent due partly to World Cup marketing costs.
30 July 2026 · Citizen Digital →
President Donald Trump promised to "hit back hard" at Iran after it attacked US bases in Jordan on Wednesday, reigniting Middle East conflict and prompting oil prices to jump five percent amid fears of supply disruptions. Saudi Arabia and the US announced strikes on militant bases in Iraq, while Israel accused Iran-backed Hezbollah of violating a ceasefire.
29 July 2026 · Citizen Digital →
New AI platforms including Sinai.ai, My Smart Book, and Amazon's Audible feature are allowing readers to interact with e-books and audiobooks via chatbots that answer questions about characters, historical context, and other story details drawn directly from the book's text.
27 July 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Thousands of foreign workers have left South Africa in recent weeks following deadly anti-migrant protests and intensified immigration enforcement, leaving farms, factories, and households struggling to fill labour gaps, particularly in fruit and grape harvesting.
26 July 2026 · Citizen Digital →
A Vietnamese cargo vessel with 62 crew members sank near Yongshu Reef in the South China Sea, according to Chinese state media. Of the crew, 39 were rescued and 23 remain missing; Chinese and Vietnamese vessels are conducting search and rescue operations.
26 July 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Young people protesting in New Delhi over education system changes and exam irregularities found workarounds like peer-to-peer messaging when India's government cut mobile internet services for eight hours within 1.5 kilometres of the protest site.
25 July 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Tech firms are rolling out advanced smartphones with AI agents that can execute tasks like ordering food and composing messages via voice command. At least three firms displayed such "agentic phones" at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai, with smartphone maker Nubia unveiling its NaviX Ultra powered by ByteDance's Doubao chatbot.
19 July 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Ugandan prosecutors have withdrawn a case against two women in their 20s arrested in February for kissing in public under the country's 2023 Anti-Homosexuality Act, which imposes penalties up to life imprisonment for consensual same-sex relations. A human rights lawyer welcomed the decision but said it should never have reached court, and called for the law to be repealed.
17 July 2026 · The Standard →
The United States launched a wave of strikes against Iran on Wednesday after reimposing a naval blockade, resuming fighting nearly a month after both sides had signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at ending Middle East conflict. Iran's Revolutionary Guards said they targeted the US Fifth Fleet in Bahrain, while US President Donald Trump threatened to expand strikes next week to hit power plants and bridges unless Tehran returns to negotiations.
16 July 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Boris Nadezhdin, the only anti-war Russian politician planning to run in September parliamentary elections, was detained and said Tuesday the Kremlin wants to "crush" his campaign. He has been summoned to court on administrative charges of "displaying extremist symbols" and was previously declared a "foreign agent" by authorities.
15 July 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Kenyan politicians are hiring armed thugs for as little as $4 per day to break up rival rallies and attack protesters ahead of next year's elections, according to a Nairobi-based research firm. Goons, often drawn from impoverished communities, are increasingly employed in dozens or hundreds at a time, with police frequently turning a blind eye.
13 July 2026 · The Standard →
Faith Kipyegon says she is recovering from a hamstring injury and plans to use the 3,000m at the Diamond League meet in Monaco as a springboard for the rest of the season. The Kenyan, who has three Olympic and four world 1,500m titles, finished third in the mile in Eugene and said she was running at 98 percent of her capabilities.
10 July 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Washington became the world's most polluted major city after a massive Independence Day fireworks show featuring 850,000 fireworks launched in 40 minutes, according to IQAir data. Fine particulate matter spiked dramatically during the display, which was delayed by over an hour due to a thunderstorm.
7 July 2026 · Citizen Digital →
The UN's children's agency reported that the war between Sudan's army and the Rapid Support Forces has killed or injured at least 330 children in the first six months of 2026, with more than 200 killed and at least 100 maimed, mostly in Kordofan and Darfur. UNICEF noted that children are being killed and injured in homes, on roads, in markets, and while accessing education and healthcare.
7 July 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Overnight fighting between inmates from two drug gangs at Negombo Prison killed 26 people, including seven guards, and wounded more than 100, officials said Monday. The Justice Minister described it as the country's deadliest prison riot in years.
7 July 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Gunmen killed at least nine farmers and kidnapped "several" others in a raid on farmlands outside Kakangi village in Kaduna state, northwestern Nigeria. The attack follows a pattern of escalating raids by jihadists and criminal gangs on farming communities in northern and central Nigeria.
6 July 2026 · Citizen Digital →
The Dutch Football Association has filed a complaint with the public prosecutor over racist messages posted on social media following the Netherlands' penalty shoot-out loss to Morocco in the World Cup round of 32, with much of the abuse directed at black Dutch players.
3 July 2026 · Citizen Digital →
European automakers called for British vehicles and car parts to be included in the "made in Europe" definition under new EU rules tying companies' access to public money to minimum thresholds for EU-made parts. The ACEA car lobby argues that the European automotive industry operates an integrated value chain with the UK even after Brexit.
2 July 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Danish photojournalist Klaus Thymann was arrested in Uganda on Monday over alleged wildlife-related offences while meeting authorities over permits for environmental work in the Rwenzori Mountains, according to officials and local media. The arrest came days after Uganda's army chief ordered the shutdown of a leading independent media group.
1 July 2026 · Citizen Digital →