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Harry and Meghan sign new multi-year Netflix deal

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Harry and Meghan

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have announced they are extending their deal for films and TV shows with Netflix.

This has been described as a “multi-year, first look deal”, which would give Netflix a first option on proposals from Prince Harry and Meghan’s Archewell production company.

It’s a looser arrangement than their previous deal, but it disproves claims that the Sussexes and Netflix are going to completely part company.

Meghan said that she and Harry were inspired by the partnership with Netflix to “create thoughtful content across genres that resonates globally, and celebrates our shared vision”.

It’s not known how many years the deal is set to last or what financial arrangement is attached. The previous deal, launched in 2020, was believed to be worth about $100m (£75m).

The announcement comes ahead of the second series of the cookery show, With Love, Meghan, being screened later this month.

Audience figures from Netflix showed the first series was not even in the streaming service’s top 300 most popular shows in the first half of 2025.

With Love, Meghan, a lifestyle series which showed Meghan cooking with celebrity friends, had 5.3 million views. In comparison, the most-watched programme on Netflix during that time was the drama Adolescence with 145 million views.

A previous Netflix documentary, Harry & Meghan, recounting the couple’s departure from their lives as “working royals”, had a bigger audience, with 23.4 million views following its launch in December 2022.

From one room in Takoradi to building food empire in Accra –The Inspiring Story of Charly D

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Charly D

In a cramped single room in Takoradi, seven people shared space, meals, laughter, and dreams. Among them was Charlotte Derban better known today as Charly D, a name now synonymous with hard work, creativity, and resilience in Ghana’s food and entertainment industry.

“We were poor, but we were rich in love and determination,” Charly recalled in her candid conversation on Kwaku Manu’s Aggressive Interview. “I told myself very early that I would not allow where I started to determine where I’d end up.”

Daughter of a ‘trotro’ driver and a cook, Charly’s childhood was defined by sacrifice and struggle. Growing up with her parents and five siblings in a one-room home, she learned the value of hard work early.

At just seven years old, she began selling pastries to help support her family, becoming the breadwinner at a tender age.

In her early adult years, Charly’s life took a glamorous turn when she won the Miss Vienna Beauty Pageant in Takoradi. The crown came with a brand-new car, but she made a daring and strategic choice—she exchanged the car for $5,000 in cash.

That single decision became the seed capital for her entrepreneurial journey, funding the launch of what would become her biggest breakthrough.

Determined to rewrite her family’s story, Charly relocated to Accra. With her $5,000 savings, boundless determination, and a sharp business instinct, she started Charly’s Restaurant and later Swift Breakfast and Lunch, a vibrant eatery known for its warm atmosphere and delicious meals.

Not only did she migrate for her own future, she brought her entire nuclear family from Takoradi to Accra, creating stability and opportunities for them.

From the girl who once sold pastries on the streets, Charly D has become a job creator, employing young Ghanaians and offering them a decent source of income in an industry often plagued by instability.

Today, Swift Breakfast and Lunch boasts two successful branches in Accra, serving as both a business and a platform for youth empowerment.

Charly’s journey mirrors the resilience of countless Ghanaians who rise from challenging beginnings to build thriving enterprises. In a country where youth unemployment is a pressing challenge, her success is proof that vision and courage can turn even the smallest opportunities into life-changing ventures.

Internet fraudsters fund many Nigerian artistes -MI Abaga

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MI Abaga

Veteran rapper, MI Abaga, has claimed that proceeds from internet fraud, popularly known as “Yahoo Yahoo,” fund a significant number of Nigerian artistes.

Speaking in a recent interview, MI said the link between the music industry and illicit funds is “an indictment” on the country. “There’s a lot of controversy when people talk about Yahoo Yahoo because a lot of artistes, that is the funding that they have,” he explained.

According to the rapper, the heavy reliance on foreign investment and money from questionable local sources reflects a lack of sustainable, legitimate financing structures for Nigeria’s creative sector.

“What I’m trying to say is that it’s an indictment on our country that we have such talented musicians and that the major funding for the industry comes from the West and this other industry.”

He painted a hypothetical scenario: “It’s an indictment. It shows that something is wrong. Hopefully, we can do better. Think about it: let’s even say I’m a Yahoo boy, I’m not, but let’s say I was and I just made ₦100 million. Okay, I’m now a criminal who made ₦100 million but still don’t have to give it to an artiste, I can blow it however I want, or I can put it in real estate.”

Nollywood producer Nosa Rex apologises to Ghanaians after movie piracy rant

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Nosa Rex

Nollywood director, Nosa Rex has taken to social media to apologise to Ghanaians for his recent outburst over a television station pirating his movie.

According to Nosa, his movie, ‘Prince of Peace’ was illegally broadcasted by a Ghanaian TV channel. In a video posted on his social media platforms on August 12, 2025, Nova criticised Ghanaians about the issue.

He referred to Ghanaians as “stupid” and warned that piracy will lead the country’s entertainment sector to continue to deteriorate.

The filmmaker’s comments went viral and became topic for discussion in some entertainment shows in Ghana.

After the reactions from Ghanaians, Nosa Rex in a post on August 13, 2025, clarified his comments and apologise.

He explained that his harsh words were not aimed at the people of Ghana as a whole, but specifically at the television channels involved in piracy.

“I see that so many people are misinterpreting and misunderstanding the video. The insult in that video was directed to the TV stations. I mean, why would I insult the entire Ghana? It doesn’t even make sense. I’m looking forward to come and see you people. You know what that means,” he said.

Nosa stated that he was angry because he was frustrated with the problem of piracy. He maintained that it demonstrates a lack of regard for skill and diligence when someone’s creative work is stolen and exploited without their consent.

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Cameroonian allegedly scammed of $650,000 in a fake gold deal 

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The Accra Circuit court complex

The Circuit Court in Accra, presided over by Her Honour Basilia Adjei-Tawiah, has remanded two foreign nationals and granted bail to a third accused person in a case involving an alleged attempt to defraud a Cameroonian national of over half a million dollars, in a fake gold deal.

The three accused persons – Alpha Yagouba Diallo, 34, and Aboubacar Sidik Sanoh, 50, both Guinean nationals and Oluwatosin Macdonald Onanuga, a Nigerian resident in Ghana, are facing charges of conspiracy to commit a crime and defrauding by false pretences, contrary to Sections 23(1) and 131(1) of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29).

While Diallo (A1) and Sanoh (A2) have been remanded into custody, Onanuga (referred to in court as A3) pleaded not guilty and was granted bail in the sum of GH¢50,000 – with two sureties.

One of the sureties must justify the bail amount with either movable or immovable property and both must be residents in Ghana.

The court also ordered Onanuga to deposit his travel documents, including a valid passport, at the court registry and report every Tuesday to the case investigator.

The court directed the registrar to write to the Judicial Service headquarters to request a French interpreter, as Diallo and Sanoh have opted to communicate in French.

The case has been adjourned to August 28, 2025.

Facts of the Case

According to the prosecution, led by ASP Christopher Asante Ahoku, the complainant, Basil Njingti Fonkor, a Cameroonian based in Dubai, alleged that on August 5, 2025 while transiting through Kotoka International Airport from The Gambia to Dubai, he raised an alarm leading to the arrest of Diallo and Sanoh.

The two were allegedly attempting to flee with a box that was purported to contain 10 kilograms of gold.

Fonkor claimed he had paid US$62,000 as part payment for the gold, which had been sold to him by the accused in The Gambia, for a total agreed price of US$650,000.

Upon arriving at KIA and while queuing for arrival processing, the two accused attempted to abscond with the box.

They were intercepted with the help of Ghana Immigration Service and later handed over to the police on August 8, 2025.

Police investigations revealed that although Diallo and Sanoh claimed the box contained gold, it was found to hold only three ordinary hammer heads, confirmed by M&C Gold and Precious Metals Laboratory in East Legon.

Onanuga, the third accused, reportedly told police that he was contacted by a man known only as “Kieta” from The Gambia, to receive Diallo and Sanoh in Accra and arrange their accommodation.

However, investigators argue that since the layover in Accra was only four hours, there was no legitimate need for the two to exit the airport – suggesting that Onanuga’s involvement was part of a larger plan to defraud the complainant.

According to the police, investigations are ongoing.

Man accused of faking his death to avoid rape charges, found guilty of sexual assault

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The man accused of faking his death

A Rhode Island man accused of faking his death and fleeing the United States to evade rape charges was found guilty Wednesday of sexually assaulting a former girlfriend in his first of two Utah trials.

A jury in Salt Lake County found Nicholas Rossi guilty of a 2008 rape after a three-day trial in which his accuser and her parents took the stand. The verdict came hours after Rossi, 38, declined to testify on his own behalf. He will be sentenced in the case on Oct. 20 and is set to stand trial in September for another rape charge in Utah County.

First-degree felony rape carries a punishment in Utah of five years to life in prison, said Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill.

“We are grateful to the survivor in this case for her willingness to come forward, years after this attack took place,” Gill said in a statement Wednesday night.

Utah authorities began searching for Rossi, whose legal name is Nicholas Alahverdian, when he was identified through a decade-old DNA rape kit in 2018. He was among thousands of rape suspects identified and later charged when the state made a push to clear its rape kit backlog.

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German states debate who invented sausages

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Sausages

A row has broken out between two German states, Bavaria and Thuringia, as to who can lay claim to inventing the Bratwurst sausage. Until now, the “Wurstkuchl” tavern in Bavaria has claimed to be “the oldest Bratwurst stand in the world.”

Die Wurstkuchl is situated on the Stone Bridge in Regensburg on the Danube River. The oldest documented evidence of a cook or a food stall at the Stone Bridge is said to date back to 1378.

But now, historians in Erfurt, Thuringia’s state capital, have come across a document from 1269 that mentions people who rented a building with a meat-roasting stand (Brathütte) and a roasting pan (Bräter) – more than 100 years earlier than the Regensburg sausage stand.

Historians are now looking for the site in Erfurt where the sausage stand once stood. No restaurant there has claimed the title of oldest Bratwurst stand.

Previously in Thuringia, the earliest written reference to Bratwurst dated back to 1404. It described how “1 groschen for bratwurst casings” was spent in the town of Arnstadt.

Meanwhile in Regensburg, the Wurstkuchl is continuing to make its sausages.

On their website, it says “much has remained the same” since the Middle Ages, with “the open charcoal grill, the homemade sausages made from pure pork ham, the sauerkraut from their own fermentation cellar and the well-known Wurstkuchl mustard.”

In response to the report of an earlier sausage stand, the Wurstkuchl’s landlady Alexandra Meier told German BR24 TV: “To be honest, it doesn’t bother us at all.”

She said she was proud that her family makes sausages and that people come because of the quality of the products. “I don’t think people will say, ‘I’m not going there anymore because it’s only the second oldest.”

It is not the first time there has been a row about Bratwurst.

The Bavarian towns of Regensburg and Nuremberg both used to claim the oldest sausage stand title. Eventually, a decision was ruled in Regensburg’s favour.

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EU sending wildfire help to Spain as death toll rises

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Wildfire in Spain

The European Union is sending two planes to help Spain tackle raging wildfires, after the country activated an EU disaster assistance mechanism for the first time.

Spanish Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska told local media he had requested two water bomber aircraft from the EU to be deployed to the worst-affected areas.

The help comes as a third person died due to injuries sustained battling a wildfire on Thursday morning.

Spain’s state weather agency Aemet has warned that a heatwave will continue until Monday, with temperatures set to exceed 44C in some areas, raising concerns that the wildfires will spread further.

In an interview with Cadena SER on Wednesday, Grande-Marlaska said he had requested two Canadair water bomber aircraft.

“At the moment we don’t need the two Canadair planes urgently but given the weather forecast, we want to have those planes in our national territory as soon as possible so they can be used, should they be necessary,” he said.

“At this time, the government does not rule out requesting more firefighters.”

Thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes in Spain, with a further 700 moved out of the western city of Caceres on Wednesday, according to the country’s civil guard.

A volunteer firefighter died in hospital in the north-western region of León on Thursday, after suffering severe burns.

He became the second volunteer to die as a result of a fire in the region and the third person to die in total. Another man died near the capital, Madrid, on Tuesday.

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Russia pounds Ukraine, boosts army as world braces for Putin-Trump talks

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Putin to meet Trump

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s announcement that he would meet with his United States counterpart in Alaska to discuss a settlement in Ukraine triggered a diplomatic flurry between Ukraine and its European allies – all of whom have been left out of the discussion.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has warned that Putin is not earnest about peace as the Russian army continues to pound away at Ukraine.

“There is no indication whatsoever that the Russians have received signals to prepare for a post-war situation,” Zelenskyy said, citing recent intelligence, in his Monday evening address to the Ukrainian people. “On the contrary, they are redeploying their troops and forces in ways that suggest preparations for new offensive operations.”

European leaders have also warned US President Donald Trump against trading away Ukrainian land.

“Until Russia agrees to a full and unconditional ceasefire, we should not even discuss any concessions,” said Kaja Kallas, the European Union’s foreign policy chief.

Putin and Trump will talk one-on-one first, with only translators present, before participating in meetings with delegates, a Russian official said on Thursday, adding that there will be a joint news conference later on in the day.

As Russia confirmed the Alaska meeting, its army pounded away at Ukraine, seizing the village of Yablunivka in the eastern Donetsk region on Saturday.

Some 535 Russian drones and missiles rained on Ukraine during the week of August 7-13. Ukraine intercepted just under two-thirds of them; and Moscow’s forces launched eight missiles against Ukraine, five of which got through its defences.

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Household Chores That Can Help You Burn Calories

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Washing Car

Clean Up, Burn Calories

Hate going to the gym? You can burn calories when you do chores around the house or in the yard. Non-exercise activity thermogenesis, or NEAT, includes energy you burn doing anything except sleeping, eating, or exercise. House or yard work can boost your metabolism and help manage your weight.

Vacuum Carpets and Floors

Pushing your vacuum cleaner around every room in the house requires some serious calories. Vacuuming for 30 minutes zaps 99 calories if you’re 120 pounds, 124 calories if you’re 150 pounds, and 166 calories if you’re 200 pounds. Do dance moves or lunges while you push to pump up the burn.

Mow the Lawn

Using a push mower, not a riding mower, creates a decent workout. It can be a power mower, don’t worry! Mowing the lawn for 30 minutes uses about 135 calories for a 125-pound person and 200 calories for a 185-pound person. An old-school, non-powered mower requires 30 to 40 calories more per half hour.

Wash the Car

Skip the drive-thru car wash: Fill up a bucket with soapy water and give your ride’s exterior and windows a thorough cleaning to work up a sweat. Washing the car by hand for 30 minutes burns 135 calories if you weigh 125 pounds and 200 calories if you weigh 185 pounds.

Make and Change the Beds

If you have several bedrooms in your house, don’t let them stay messy. Changing the linens takes some energy. Stripping and remaking beds for 30 minutes torches 187 calories if you weigh 125 pounds and a whopping 300 calories if you weigh 200 pounds.

Play With Your Children

A fun family workout is good for your body and spirit. Even if you only do a little work, 30 minutes of play time burns 120 calories if you weigh 125 pounds and 178 calories if you weigh 200 pounds. Ramp up to serious horseplay, and you’ll zap 30 or more extra calories per outing.

Rake and Bag Leaves

Is your lawn littered with fallen leaves or clippings? Grab your rake! A half-hour of raking the lawn uses up 120 calories if you weigh 125 pounds and 178 calories if you weigh 200 pounds. Bag the leaves, too, and you’ll double the calories you burn per session. Who needs a yard service?

Clean Up After a Meal

Everyone loves eating a home-cooked meal, but if you hit the sofa once it’s time to do the dishes, you’ll miss a great workout. 30 minutes of washing dishes by hand and cleaning up the kitchen with moderate intensity gets rid of 187 calories if you weigh 125 pounds and 300 calories if you weigh 200 pounds.

Empty the Gutters

Yes, it’s easier to hire someone to climb up a ladder and clean the gunk out of your home’s rain gutters. But if you do this chore yourself, you could burn about 150 calories in 30 minutes if you weigh 125 pounds and 222 calories if you weigh 200 pounds. Install new storm windows, and you’ll double those numbers.

Walk Your Dog

Take your four-legged buddy for a stroll and you’ll both benefit. Walking for 30 minutes at just 4 miles per hour, or a 15-minute mile, chews up 135 calories if you’re 125 pounds and 200 calories if you’re 200 pounds. Rev up to 4.5 miles per hour, and you’ll burn 150 calories at 125 pounds and 222 calories at 200 pounds.

Get Into the Garden

Just 30 minutes of pulling weeds cuts 139 calories for a 125-pound person and 205 calories for a 200-pound person. Plant some new trees for even more exercise: It burns 135 calories if you’re 125 pounds and 200 calories if you’re 200 pounds. Gardening is also a great way to strengthen and build muscles.

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