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Prichard Colon suffered neurological damage that required emergency surgery following a boxing bout in 2015.Published On 14 Aug 202614 Aug 2026Former boxer Prichard Colon has died at the age of 33, 11 years after sustaining life-changing brain injuries in the ring.The Puerto Rican was one of the sport’s rising stars when he was left comatose for 221 days following a fight with United States boxer Terence Williams in 2015.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listThe super-welterweight bout in October 2015 was awarded to Williams in the ninth round on disqualification after Colon’s team removed his gloves, with the fighter…

The 78-year-old British widow threatened with removal from Sweden after 21 years has said she has been left feeling sick with worry after being told she had lost an appeal against deportation in a ongoing row over the country’s handling of Brexit.“I am in shock. I feel sick. An individual’s life is at stake at my age. It is hell. I have done nothing wrong. I don’t take anything from this country. I am self sufficient, I put money in this country, have no criminal record,” said Joyce Thomas from her home in Sweden on Thursday.Her plight, first revealed by…

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Microsoft has released security patches to address a Windows zero-day vulnerability known as “LegacyHive,” disclosed after the July 2026 Patch Tuesday. The security flaw was disclosed by a security researcher who uses the “Nightmare Eclipse” handle in protest of Microsoft’s bug bounty and vulnerability disclosure practices. Nightmare Eclipse published a LegacyHive proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit hours after the July 2026 Patch Tuesday security updates were released, claiming it exploits a security vulnerability in the Windows User Profile Service. However, unlike previous exploits they released, the LegacyHive PoC requires additional credentials, making it harder for threat actors to weaponize the vulnerability. “Microsoft…

Multicoin Capital has exited its disclosed stake in Forward Industries, the largest Solana treasury company, according to SEC filings.The crypto investment firm had been one of the three lead investors, alongside Galaxy Digital and Jump Crypto, behind the $1.65 billion financing that launched Forward’s Solana treasury strategy in September 2025. The three sponsors collectively committed more than $300 million, while Multicoin co-founder Kyle Samani became Forward’s chairman.Less than eight months later, Multicoin Capital Management, Multicoin Capital Master Fund and managing partner Tushar Jain reported zero beneficial ownership in Forward. A May 8 Schedule 13D amendment marked the filing as the…

A recent study on the ecological impacts of a tailings dam failure in Zambia’s Copperbelt Province in 2025 finds that highly toxic substances such as arsenic, lead and zinc were released into the Kafue River system.As a result of the spill at Sino-Metals Leach Zambia’s mine, millions of liters of acidic mining waste were released into waterways connected to the river.The assessment links the incident to the death of wildlife and the contamination of soils and water sources in the region.Sino-Metals Leach Zambia says it has initiated cleanup measures, but communities still reside on contaminated land, according to civil…

Pyongyang has accused the US of pushing the world ‘to the brink of nuclear war’.Published On 14 Aug 202614 Aug 2026North Korea has denounced major United States-South Korea military drills set to start next week as a provocation that heightens tensions on the Korean Peninsula.The US-Japan-South Korea military cooperation is turning into a nuclear alliance, and North Korea will respond to a new level of threat with a new level of deterrent, a spokesperson for North Korea’s Foreign Ministry said on Friday, according to Pyongyang’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listPyongyang routinely denounces military…

Zelenskyy moved his reshuffle plans forward so he could offer the ambassadorship to Yulia Svyrydenko, the outgoing prime minister, according to a former senior Ukrainian official and a Republican foreign expert familiar with the background to the shake-up. But she declined, disrupting his plans.  “It is no secret that I counted on and offered Yulia Svyrydenko the post of ambassador to the United States,” Zelenskyy said at a press conference in late July. He added that he was looking for a candidate with the highest possible qualifications: “a person at the level of a deputy prime minister, minister, or prime…

Nigel Farage did not turn up to savour his victory in the by-election he triggered himself.Overnight he told a rally of Reform UK supporters he had been advised there was an “organised campaign to disrupt and degrade the result” and wanted to avoid being “demeaned and humiliated by nobodies”.When the official result did come in hours later, it confirmed the Reform UK leader had indeed won this by-election convincingly with 22,239 votes, but without any serious opposition after the other main parties did not put up candidate.Farage’s allies say he has been both emboldened and re-energised by this race, and…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.JPMorgan Chase terminated its banking relationship with Polymarket last year over regulatory concerns, underscoring enduring cautious sentiment towards prediction markets. JPMorgan notified Polymarket that it needed to find a new bank in October, according to people familiar with the matter. Polymarket is now working with a new lender, the name of which could not be learnt. At the time, Polymarket was banned from allowing US customers to use its platform following a 2022 enforcement action by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission for operating…