Gunmen armed with explosives stormed Kuje Medium Security Prison on the outskirts of Abuja at about 10pm on Tuesday, freeing nearly 900 of the prison’s 994 inmates, government officials said. At least 443 of the 879 escapees were still missing late Wednesday, said Umar Abubakar, a spokesman for Nigeria’s prison service. One prison guard was killed in the attack and three others were injured. “They came in numbers, entered the prison and freed some of the prisoners,” Nigerian Defense Minister Bashir Magasi told a news conference near the prison on Wednesday morning....

Following talks in Madrid, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday agreed with his Finnish and Swedish counterparts a series of security measures that would allow the two Nordic countries to move forward in their bid to join the US-led alliance. “We will decide at the summit to invite Sweden and Finland to join,” said NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg of the two countries, which toppled decades of neutrality to apply for membership in mid-May....

Ontario Provincial Police tweeted Wednesday that a person driving 120 miles per hour on Highway 404 explained that he was going with the “flow of traffic.” The driver has now been charged with stunt driving, no insurance, failure to display two plates and improper use of busy vehicle lanes, police said. The speed limit on most Ontario highways is 110 kilometers per hour. As a general rule, drivers are advised to drive at the same speed as the traffic around them without exceeding the speed limit....

But a small group of people infected with the virus end up with something called long COVID. “Some of the most common symptoms of the condition after COVID-19, or as you said, long-term COVID-19, include shortness of breath, cognitive impairment, which people call brain fog, and fatigue,” said Dr. Janet Diaz. according to a post by the World Health Organization (WHO). “These are the three most common. However, there have been more than 200 symptoms that have actually been reported in patients....

Flip phones are a cooler and more affordable way to do flip phones, and after Samsung’s global dominance, Oppo wants a piece of the cake with the Find N2 Flip. Announced in China, the Find N2 Flip is also crucial for global markets, as this will be Oppo’s first foldable smartphone to make an appearance outside of China. not the same for the Find N2. The phone comes in three colors and a familiar design, except for the cover screen, which is noticeably larger than that of the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 4....

(Photo via Arabian Saluki Rescue – NL) Some animal rescue groups fear that countless dogs will starve to death or be killed if they are not allowed to enter Canada as a result of a recently announced policy. Last week, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency announced that starting September 28 — which is also World Rabies Day — it will block commercial dogs from entering the country. A commercial dog is defined as one intended for resale, adoption, breeding, breeding, show or exhibition, research and other purposes....

The designer and her supporters say ruling against her would force artists – from painters and photographers to writers and musicians – to do work that goes against their faith. Her opponents, meanwhile, say that if she wins, a number of businesses will be able to discriminate, refusing to serve black customers, Jews or Muslims, interracial or interfaith couples or immigrants, among others. The issue of where to draw the line dominated questions early in Monday’s high court hearings....

More than 30,000 residents in and around Sydney were told to evacuate or prepare to leave their homes on Monday as Australia’s biggest city faced its fourth, and possibly worst, round of flooding in less than a year and a half. Days of torrential rain caused dams to overflow and waterways to burst their banks, bringing a fresh flood emergency to parts of the city of 5 million. “The latest information we have is that there is a very good chance the flooding will be worse than any of the other three floods these areas have had in the last 18 months,” Emergency Management Minister Murray Watt said....

The Chinese company’s venture called ‘TikTok Shop’ launched in the UK last year, its first market outside of Asia. Brands and influencers go live and sell products through a clickable orange basket on the viral short video app’s screen. Live streaming commerce is seen as the future of shopping by social media platforms. They get a commission on sales, with competitors YouTube and Instagram rolling out similar features in Europe....

The Toronto Region Real Estate Board (TRREB) said 6,474 homes sold in the Greater Toronto Area last month, down 41 per cent compared to last June. As has happened in many parts of Canada, home prices in and around Toronto have soared during the pandemic as low interest rates have allowed buyers to stretch their budgets to buy more expensive homes. But that trend abruptly reversed in March of this year, when the Bank of Canada began raising interest rates....

August 21, 2018 Mr. Cohen, previously Mr. Trump’s personal lawyer and fixer, pleaded guilty to federal crimes and told a court that Mr. Trump instructed him to arrange payments to two women. The payments were made during the 2016 campaign to prevent the women from speaking publicly about affairs they said they had with Mr Trump. Immediately after Mr. Cohen’s admission, the Manhattan district attorney’s office launched an investigation into whether the payments violated New York state law....

“War mongering and despicable human being, Liz Cheney, hated by the great people of Wyoming (under 35!), continues to say, over and over again, that HER Fake Unselected Committee can bring CRIMINAL CHARGES against a President of the United States who got more votes than any sitting President in history,” Trump told Truth Social. “Even the Democrats didn’t know what he was talking about! Why doesn’t he press charges against those who rigged the election or those who didn’t properly protect the Capitol?...

Comment WIMBLEDON, England — Several waves of good feeling swept through Center Court Thursday afternoon that got complicated until they unraveled, not that anyone with a heart minded. Suddenly and all in a powerful hug on the net that piled up: the latest possibility in an impossible story, the extension of possibility to new areas of the world, a towering display of sport and a mother of two who hopes other women can see her and gain a little more sense....

Twitter has reportedly suspended Dr. Jordan B. Peterson after breaking his rules in a tweet about trans actor Eliot Page. Commentator Dave Rubin tweeted Wednesday: “The insanity continues on Twitter. @Jordanbpeterson has been suspended for this tweet about Ellen Page. She just told me she would” never “delete the tweet. Paging @elonmusk .. . ” Tesla co-founder and CEO Elon Musk has been vying for the platform in a series of negotiations throughout 2022 and appears to have been motivated to do so by the platform’s censorship history....

The company, which has taken legal action against the Gaming Commission after losing its next lottery license to Czech’s newcomer Allwyn, saw sales fall 3% to 8 8.1 billion a year as of March 31. He said most of the drop was due to a 7% drop in National Lottery Instants sales to 3, 3.4 billion. “This is largely due to greater competition for people’s attention and spending after the lifting of restrictions on Covid, followed by growing financial uncertainty in the latter part of the year,” Camelot said....

Forests burned and cities burned to the ground. Colleagues with amputated limbs. The shelling is so relentless the only option is to lie down in a trench, wait and pray. Ukrainian soldiers returning from the front lines in eastern Ukraine’s Donbas region — where Russia is waging a heavy offensive — describe life during what has turned into a grueling war of attrition as apocalyptic. In interviews with The Associated Press, some complained of chaotic organization, desertions and mental health problems caused by the relentless bombing....

Vasyl Bodnar, Ukraine’s envoy to Ankara, said on Sunday that the Russian-flagged Zhibek Zholy was unable to enter the port of Karasu on Turkey’s northern Black Sea coast. “We have full cooperation with the Turkish side,” he told Ukrainian television. “The ship was arrested at the entrance to the port.” Bodnar said Turkish authorities would decide on Monday how to deal with the vessel, which is the first cargo ship to be loaded at the port of Berdyansk on Ukraine’s Azov Sea coast since it was seized by Russian forces this year....

Russia’s state-controlled Gazprom cut capacity along the Nord Stream 1 pipeline to just 40% of usual levels last month, citing a delayed return of equipment serviced by Germany’s Siemens Energy in Canada. Canada has one of the largest Ukrainian diasporas in the world outside of countries bordering Ukraine and has successfully pressured Ottawa to impose increasingly tough sanctions against Russia since it invaded Ukraine in February. Ukrainian Canadian Congress (UCC) national president Alexandra Chyczij urged Trudeau, in a letter Wednesday, to see through Russia’s “obvious ploy” to divide Ukraine’s allies....

Vers 2 heures du matin de samedi à dimanche, un homme de 49 ans a été poignardé à mort à l’angle de la rue de l’Ourcq et de la rue de l’Oise dans le 19e arrondissement de Paris. L’homme, décédé sur les lieux, aurait été victime de deux assaillants, dont un homme de 20 ans qui a été arrêté et placé en garde à vue, tandis qu’un autre a réussi à s’enfuir....