Dr. YOU received the Order of Civil Merit, Cheong Stripe, for his contributions to higher education, internationalisation, and sports development.
Former Myongji University President Byong-Jin YOU received the Order of Civil Merit, Cheong Stripes, on the 29 August. The Order of Civil Merit, the highest honour a private school faculty member can receive, recognises his contributions to national and social development in various fields, including education, research, university innovation, internationalisation, and sports diplomacy.
Dr. YOU has distinguished himself not only in the educational field but also in the sports world. He has served as Executive Committee Member of the International University Sports Federation (FISU), member of the Organising Committee for the 2003 Daegu Summer Universiade, Chairman of the Korea University Sports Committee (KUSB), Vice-Chairman of the Korea University Sports Council (KUSF), Head of the Korean Delegation for the 2015 Gwangju Summer Universiade, Member of the Organizing Committee for the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics, and Vice Chairman of the Organising Committee for the 2024 Gangwon Winter Youth Olympic Games, contributing to the development of sports both domestically and internationally.
A strong advocate of FISU values
The International University Sports Federation’s President, Leonz Eder, sends his warm congratulations. “Former FISU EC member Prof. Byong-Jin YOU has always been a strong advocate of FISU values in Korea and has contributed significantly to both the World University Games and WUC being held in his home country. With his academic background and extensive network, he has helped FISU achieve a high profile in Korea.”
Dr. YOU began his career as an educator in 1978 as a professor of business administration at Kwandong University. He served as president of Kwandong University and then as president of Myongji University, leading the development of higher education in Korea for over 40 years.
The winners of the Women’s World Cup will take home more prize money than Australia received for winning the previous men’s version following a huge boost to the prize fund.
The eventual champions of the tournament, to be held in India and Sri Lanka from the end of this month, will take home £3.3m, compared to the £2.96m Australia got for winning the men’s World Cup in 2023.
That sum is up from the £980,000 Australia won for taking the previous Women’s World Cup in 2022.
Overall, the total pot is worth £10.26m, a significant increase on the £2.59m fund for the tournament in New Zealand three years ago. By comparison, the total fund for the 2023 men’s World Cup was £7.39m.
The eight-team tournament begins in Guwahati on 30 September with a meeting between co-hosts India and Sri Lanka.
England open their campaign at the same venue, against South Africa on 3 October.
International Cricket Council chairman Jay Shah said: “This increase in prize money is a landmark moment for women’s cricket and reflects our clear commitment to its long-term growth.
“Our message is simple, women cricketers must know they will be treated on par with men if they choose this sport professionally.
“The uplift underscores our ambition to deliver a world-class World Cup and to inspire the next generation of players and fans. Women’s cricket is on a remarkable upward trajectory, and with this step we are confident the momentum will accelerate.
“We call upon all stakeholders, fans, media, partners and member boards to join us in championing the women’s game and ensuring it receives the recognition and respect it deserves.”
With the group stage of the men’s 2025 European Basketball Championship (better known as FIBA EuroBasket) entering its decisive phase, teams are battling fiercely for a top-four finish in their groups — the key to securing a spot in the knockout rounds and keeping their dreams of being crowned champions of Europe alive.
Group play wraps up on Thursday, 4 September, with the Round of 16 tipping off on Saturday, 6 September.
Read on to see which teams have already booked their place in the next phase.
Kolo Muani is perhaps best known for a chance he missed – the 120th-minute effort for France against Argentina in the 2022 World Cup final which was so brilliantly saved by the leg of Emiliano Martinez.
However, the fact he was in that position indicates what sort of player he is and why Spurs have moved to sign him on loan.
Kolo Muani is two-footed, has a knack of finding space in the area, and standing 6ft 1in is good in the air.
He has scored regularly at most places he has played – 10 goals in 22 for Juventus, and 26 in 50 for Frankfurt. He only netted 11 in 54 for PSG, but many of those appearances were as a substitute.
Kolo Muani provides a silkier alternative to the more physical style of Richarlison, who started Tottenham’s defeat by Bournemouth as the central striker.
And the Frenchman is also capable of playing anywhere across the front-line, ensuring valuable depth for Spurs as they aim to compete at home and in Europe.
Palestinian civilians wait in line for hours for the distribution that could only serve a small number of people, in Nuseirat Refugee Camp, central Gaza, on September 01, 2025. . Photo: Moiz Salhi/Anadolu/Getty images
In recent days, Israel has commenced new attacks on Gaza, with humanitarian aid playing a key role in its forced expulsion of Palestinians.
Long before 7 October 2023, Israel had a system in place that allowed it to inspect all consignments of aid to Gaza and to open and close access to the territory.
In 2006, Dov Weissglas, a senior advisor to the then Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert, explained that ‘the idea is to put the Palestinians on a diet, but not to make them die of hunger’. Hamas had won the Palestinian Authority general elections, and Israel and Egypt had imposed a blockade on Gaza that restricted imports, exports, supplies of electricity, water, and humanitarian aid, and Palestinians’ freedom of movement.
In a CMI report published in 2022, we showed how the blockade had caused a large proportion of Gaza’s inhabitants to become dependent on international aid, in particular aid provided by UNRWA.
Catastrophic food insecurity
On 9 October 2023, two days after the attacks in which over 1,200 Israelis were brutally murdered, Israel’s defence minister Yoav Gallant ordered a total blockade of Gaza: no electricity, food or fuel was to be allowed in. Since then, most of Gaza’s inhabitants have been forced to flee and more than 60,000 Palestinians have been killed, including more than 18,000 children.
The starvation of Gaza is a deliberate policy. For almost two years, Israel has regularly tightened its system of border controls, often making undocumented claims that Hamas has stolen humanitarian aid.
There have only been brief periods when the number of trucks entering Gaza each day has approached 500-600, the number that the UN calculates is necessary to fulfil basic needs. Since Israel reimposed a total blockade in March 2025, the daily numbers have nosedived. UNRWA has 6,000 truckloads of aid stuck in Egypt and Jordan.
At the same time, the Israeli attacks have destroyed homes, agricultural land and essential infrastructure and the Israeli military has killed very large numbers of aid workers and medical personnel.
Figures from the IPC (Integrated Food Security Phase Classification) show that 132,000 children under 5 in Gaza are acutely malnourished, and that half-a-million people are in phase 5, ‘catastrophic malnourishment’, i.e. famine. We have now reached the threshold at which the numbers of people dying of hunger can quickly become much higher.
A shadow war against UNRWA
In parallel with the border closures, Israel has dismantled a large and functional aid system that was led by the UN, with UNRWA taking a central role, and has dramatically exacerbated the humanitarian catastrophe.
As we documented in a PRIO report, UNRWA, with its 400 aid distribution points across Gaza, served as the backbone of the UN-led humanitarian operation. Other organizations used UNRWA’s infrastructure as the basis for their own operations. UNRWA was able to perform this role due to its many decades of experience in Gaza, the trust of the local population, and its many thousands of local employees.
In January 2024, on the same day that the UN’s International Court of Justice found that there was a risk of genocide in Gaza, it became public that Israel accused UNRWA of being infiltrated by Hamas and alleged that 12 of its employees had participated in the 7 October attacks. Rapidly, and in the absence of any evidence, many countries suspended funding of UNRWA.
Many donors resumed funding following a UN report, but UNRWA’s largest donor, the United States, stopped all payments. The next phase in the dismantling of UNRWA came in autumn 2024, when Israel passed two laws outlawing UNRWA.
In our research article Israel’s shadow war against UNRWA we concluded that the Israeli laws banning UNRWA could be seen as an attack on the UN, on the existence of UNRWA, on the Palestinian right of return, and also as part of the genocide and forced expulsion of Palestinians.
When the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants for the Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and for Gallant, on charges including deliberate starvation, which is a war crime, the United States responded by imposing punitive sanctions on the ICC.
During 2024, the IPC and several other humanitarian organizations warned of the danger of famine. Although the humanitarian operation until March 2025 never met the levels of need, it did provide some protection against famine and may have helped to limit the effectiveness of the forced expulsion.
Deadly humanitarian aid: Gaza Humanitarian Foundation
In May 2025, the Israeli-American Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) became operational, and Israel somewhat relaxed its total blockade after new reports of famine.
Several international organizations were allowed into Gaza, but UNOCHA reported in August 2025 that the amount of critical aid – food, medicines and tents – that were being allowed in was far from the amount necessary to prevent famine. The GHF has only distributed 60 truckloads of aid each day.
The GHF operates under the protection of the IDF and is an element in Israel’s military tactics. At the distribution points, young men race to grab boxes of aid in what are chaotic and degrading ‘death traps’. So far, the IDF and American security guards have killed more than 1000 aid-seekers by the four GHF distribution points.
UNOCHA also describes Israeli attacks on Palestinians guarding aid convoys; the storming of UN convoys by ordinary Gazans, and the theft of aid consignments by armed and/or criminal Palestinian groups. The storming of convoys is linked to food shortages, the unpredictability of access to aid, and the sky-high prices of goods that are available for purchase.
Lawlessness is prevalent in Gaza and it is extremely difficult to deliver aid to the people who need it most.
What now?
UNRWA is still operating in Gaza with local employees who provide medical and other basic services that are not dependent on imports. The United States Congress is expected to outlaw the provision of funds to UNRWA. In the face of legislative bans, a decline in donors, and shrinking budgets, the organization may collapse, with dramatic consequences.
Recently Israel has also withdrawn the accreditation of a number of international humanitarian organizations, and restricted the access of international employees to Gaza.
According to Human Rights Watch, the GHF is funded by the United States and ‘unknown sources’. In parallel with the attacks on Gaza City, we can envisage that the United States will increase its support for the GHF and the number of aid distribution points will increase.
Leaked information suggests that UN organizations may be forced to cooperate with the GHF and breach their humanitarian principles in order to prevent mass starvation.
New, large-scale Israeli attacks are currently taking place in Gaza, and approximately one million Gazans who have sought refuge in Gaza City are at risk of siege, air and ground attacks, and massive destruction. People who don’t flee will be categorized by Israel as potential terrorists.
Where will the Palestinians go? The assumption is that the IDF will force them southwards and towards the GHF’s operations. There the GHF can serve as a mechanism to promote forced expulsion, either to small zones, a so-called ‘humanitarian city’ at the border with Egypt, or ethnic cleansing, referred to as ‘voluntary emigration’ out of Gaza.
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This text was first published in Norwegian 23 August 2025 by forskning.no
Translation to English: Fidotext
The dengue outbreak has intensified in the twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi, with over 300 cases, as 19 new cases have emerged within the last 24 hours.
Out of 8 fresh cases in Islamabad within 24 hours, two were reported from rural areas and six from the urban ones.
In Rawalpindi, 11 new cases were confirmed during the last 24 hours, bringing the city’s overall tally to 144.
Currently, 51 patients are under treatment in different hospitals across the district.
Meanwhile, the district administration has stepped up its anti-dengue operations. As part of the campaign, 1,517 sites have been sealed and more than 3,000 challans have been issued against violations.
Visitor numbers and donations declined in 2024 when compared to previous years, the zoo said
Costs must be cut and more money raised for Jersey’s only zoo after a loss of £4.8m in 2024, bosses have said.
Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust (DWCT) said in its latest report that visitor numbers had dropped from 209,474 in 2023 to 175,940 in 2024. It also saw its donations from people and businesses fall.
Members of the DWCT voted against its board of trustees resigning in 2024 after an extraordinary general meeting was held over concerns about how the zoo was operated.
The directors said it had been a “challenging time financially”.
“While most income sources tracked in line with previous years, there was a marked decline in donation income, welcome coupled with an increase in expenses, largely due to economic volatility, high inflation rates and statutory raises in minimum and living wages,” they said.
The DWCT said it had managed to spend less than its budget, despite investment in new facilities which included a gorilla enclosure.
It added that it was a critical time for the organisation and that it wanted to find ways to make it more efficient while raising more money.
“Our focus during 2025 and beyond is on financial sustainability through cost reductions, operational efficiencies and considered investment to support income generation,” the directors added.
The total lunar eclipse on 7 September 2025 will be visible from the UK as the Moon rises, meaning the Moon will already be eclipsed when it emerges above the horizon.
In fact, totality will have ended about 15 minutes after the Moon pops up above the horizon (as seen from the centre of the UK).
Credit: Diana Robinson Photography
That means, if you want to photograph the 7 September lunar eclipse from the UK, you’ll want to catch it as close to the horizon as possible.
How the 7 September total lunar eclipse will look from the UK at 20:00 Credit: Pete Lawrence
There are many ways to photograph a lunar eclipse and, as you’d expect, some methods work better than others.
Of course, the wild card will be the weather, which caused a lot of issues for much of the UK during the lunar eclipse in March 2025.
All we can do is keep our fingers crossed and hope for crisp, clear, haze-free skies this time around.
Fortunately, with the final partial phase lasting just over an hour, there’s a decent window of opportunity to capture something worthwhile.
A man uses a smartphone to take picture of a blood moon through telescope during a total lunar eclipse in Goyang, northwest of Seoul, on November 8, 2022. (Photo by JUNG YEON-JE / AFP) (Photo by JUNG YEON-JE/AFP via Getty Images
Using a smartphone
A smartphone is perfectly acceptable for photographing a lunar eclipse, but the Moon’s apparent diameter of around half a degree will result in a small lunar disc.
Yes, you can zoom in with your phone, but the best results will come from staying within your phone’s optical zoom range.
Beyond that, you’re into digital zooming territory, which is no better than enlarging the image in post-processing using an image editor.
The software increases the number of pixels in the image by interpolating between actual recorded data, filling in gaps with synthetic information.
Get more advice with our guide on how to photograph the Moon with a smartphone.
Lunar eclipse imaged by Michael Shapiro, Farmington Hills, Michigan, USA, 8 August 2022. Equipment: ZWO ASI 294 MC Pro camera, Celestron Evolution 8 telescope and mount
Camera and lens
A better bet for photographing a lunar eclipse is to use a dedicated camera fitted with a lens of at least 400mm focal length on a full-frame sensor.
This setup will allow you to capture the Moon as a detailed disc with visible surface features.
Mounting the camera on a fixed platform – or, even better, a tracking mount – will help you achieve excellent, sharp images.
The bright lunar surface that is exposed after totality won’t typically require long exposures and so is unlikely to be subject to trailing.
However, if you allow the bright surface to over-expose, you should be able to pull out some of the beautiful umbral colours in the darker part of the shadowed regions.
For this, you’ll need slightly longer exposures, which is where a tracking mount becomes especially useful.
Lunar Eclipse by William Doyen, Lower Normandy, France, 28 September 2015. Equipment: Bresser 200/800mm Newtonian, EOS 600D
Planetary camera
Another method is to use a planetary camera setup with a wide enough field of view to be able to capture the entire Moon in a single frame.
Planetary setups typically use multi-frame imaging, collecting numerous shots of the same target over a short period of time.
Software such as AutoStakkert! (freeware) can then analyse, quality-assess, register and stack the frames to generate a final image with a higher signal-to-noise ratio than the individual frames.
The trick here is to make sure you don’t extend the capture session too long, otherwise the movement of Earth’s shadow will blur the edge more than usual.
Find out more in our guide to stacking images of the Moon.
6 tips for photographing the September 2025 lunar eclipse
Plan your location
Credit: Pete Lawrence
Keep an eye on the weather and, if you’re prepared to put in a little extra effort, identify some alternative locations that might be clear in case you’re clouded out.
Pick sites with unobstructed views in the required direction. From the centre of the UK, the Moon rises at azimuth 100° or just south (right) of east.
Practise, practise, practise
Credit: Pete Lawrence
Choose your setup(s) and practise with the Moon on evenings ahead of the eclipse, especially if you intend to relocate on eclipse day.
As a bare minimum, use a DSLR or equivalent with a 400mm or longer lens.
Take your phone for atmospheric shots too, such as the Belt of Venus into which the Moon will rise.
Prepare your camera lens
Credit: Pete Lawrence
On evenings before the lunar eclipse, focus your lens as accurately as possible on the Moon.
Then, with the lens set to manual focus, use a length of low-tack electrical tape to secure the focus ring so it can’t rotate.
When the Moon rises on 7 September, the show will already be under way, so you need to be as ready as possible.
Identify where the Moon will rise
Credit: Pete Lawrence
To pinpoint exactly where the Moon will appear, visit your chosen location on a night before the eclipse.
Wait for the sky to darken and Saturn to become visible.
Set your camera’s clock accurately (ideally using UT), then take a wide or mid shot of the horizon where you expect the Moon to rise, exposing to capture stars.
Use a stargazing app
Credit: Pete Lawrence
Download your images and inspect their EXIF headers using freeware like FastStone.
With a planetarium app, identify stars near the horizon and their azimuths by entering the shot’s date and time. Note the azimuths of visible horizon features.
Using the same app, confirm where the Moon will rise on 7 September.
Give yourself plenty of time
Credit: Pete Lawrence
On the night, set up in good time.
Don’t be surprised if the Moon doesn’t show when expected: low haze can easily hide it. Binoculars will very helpful.
Use a low to mid ISO and an aperture around f/8–f/11. Short exposures will capture the bright surface, but try longer ones to reveal colour in the shadowed regions.
If you photograph the 7 September 2025 lunar eclipse, share your images with us by emailing contactus@skyatnightmagazine.com
Arsenal left-back Oleksandr Zinchenko has joined Nottingham Forest on a season-long loan with Strasbourg winger Dilane Bakwa also signing in deal worth more than £30m.
Forest had been trying to bring in Javi Galan from Atletico Madrid but were unable to complete the deal and moved swiftly for Ukraine’s Zinchenko.
The 28-year-old has made 91 appearances for Arsenal since joining from Manchester City for around £30m in 2022 and becomes Forest’s 12th summer signing.
Chief football officer Ross Wilson said: “Alex’s pedigree speaks for itself. He was a big part of an extremely successful Manchester City team and played an important role for Arsenal in recent years.
“He brings invaluable experience to Nottingham Forest, and we are delighted he completes our incoming signings this summer.
“We have worked extensively all summer to ensure we have a competitive squad that has a blend of youth and experience, ready to compete in all competitions.
“Alex is a great addition to the team and we are very confident he will have a big impact, on and off the pitch.”
Bakwa, 23, has signed a five-year-contract to help take Forest’s spending to around £180m.
The France Under-21 international has made 71 appearances for Strasbourg since joining from Bordeaux two years ago.
Bakwa said: “I am so happy to have signed for this legendary club. I am grateful the club and the owner have given me this opportunity.
“The ambitions of everyone here motivates me and I didn’t hesitate once I heard there was interest.”
Zinchenko was the second left-sided player to move to the City Ground on deadline day after Forest signed Botafogo defender Cuiabano.
The 22-year-old has signed a four-year-deal at the City Ground to become the fourth Botafogo player to join the club this summer.
Goalkeeper John Victor, striker Igor Jesus and defender Jair Cunha have all arrived from Brazil.
