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• De 12e Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards (AMVCA 2026) vonden plaats op zaterdag 9 mei 2026 in Lagos, Nigeria, en markeerden een van de meest glamoureuze evenementen in de geschiedenis van het Afrikaanse entertainment. • Sterren hielden emotionele acceptiespeeches tijdens de ceremonie, waarbij ze persoonlijke reizen en prestaties binnen de industrie belichtten te midden van een sterrenregen op de rode loper. • Het evenement vierde uitmuntendheid in de Afrikaanse film, tv en muziek, en trok in het hele continent brede aandacht vanwege de productiekwaliteit en culturele betekenis.

Thomas Shaknovsky botched the surgery of William Bryan, 70, who died on the operating tableA Florida surgeon who is facing criminal charges after allegedly removing a patient’s liver instead of his spleen has said he is “forever traumatized” by that person’s death.In a deposition from November that was recently obtained by NBC, 44-year-old Thomas Shaknovsky described the death of 70-year-old William Bryan as an “incredibly unfortunate event that I regret deeply”. Continue reading...

• One year after the May 2025 Singapore general election, Prime Minister Lawrence Wong's People's Action Party (PAP) evaluates its performance amid global challenges including a Middle East energy crisis. • PAP secured a resounding victory with 65.57% vote share, winning 87 of 97 parliamentary seats, while the Workers' Party retained its 10 seats. • Wong had warned of 'storm clouds' from international conflicts, which have now materialized, testing the new government's policy execution on economic stability and security.

Cassian Joubert was partially delivered at 25 weeks for procedure and placed back in mother’s womb before birthA Florida infant is said to have been born twice after undergoing what was an innovative, likely life-saving surgery that involved a partial delivery weeks before his mother then gave birth to him.Cassian Joubert’s remarkable story was recently first told publicly by his mother and father – Keishera and Greg Joubert – in a 1 May video published on social media by the Orlando Health Women’s Institute, which employs the surgeon that led the baby boy’s prenatal operation. Continue reading...

Plans to install tougher netting and window grilles set back because walls cannot take extra weight, prison governors sayWeak and crumbling walls in Victorian prisons are hampering attempts to halt drones from delivering drugs and weapons to inmates.Plans to install tougher netting and window grilles to stop drones from entering have been hampered because the walls have been unable to take the extra weight, prison governors said. Continue reading...

While interest rate rises can’t affect the surging price of oil caused by Middle East turmoil, they are still the Reserve Bank’s best – and only – tool to fight inflationFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastOne economist is calling it the “Hormuz hike”.There’s a nearly 80% chance that the Reserve Bank will deliver a third straight interest rate rise on Tuesday, according to financial markets.Patrick Commins is Guardian Australia’s economics editor Continue reading...

Report calls for tough action to combat ‘escalating and unsustainable burden’ of liver-related problems in EuropeGovernments in Europe should impose much higher taxes on alcohol and unhealthy food to tackle the continent’s 284,000 deaths a year from liver disease, experts say.Taxes on those products should rise sharply enough for the money raised to cover the huge costs they place on health services, the criminal justice system and social services. Continue reading...