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WASHINGTON — US attack helicopters on Wednesday struck several targets used by Iran-backed militants to fire rockets at bases housing American troops in northeastern Syria, the US military's Central Command said.

Leon Edwards' muay Thai coach shuts down the notion that his knockout of Kamaru Usman was luck, but admits it was improbable.

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NEOM, the company behind the proposed £830billion 75-mile-long skyscraper city say they would harvest the data of their citizens in exchange for 'financial rewards'

The dispute has seen cleansing workers at 14 local authorities walk out over a previous 5% pay offer.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Cheektowaga woman was sentenced to three years of probation for selling fake COVID-19 vaccine cards to an undercover trooper. The New York State Department of Health began an investigation after it received information that 24-year-old Kaiyah S. Heinrich of Cheektowaga was selling fake vaccine cards through her Facebook account. On [...]

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Australia's national carrier posted its third consecutive year of losses before tax of $1.19 billion Australian dollars.

By Jesse, Jordan Breeding Published: August 25th, 2022

An MBA is a pretty useful thing to have, especially for those pursuing a career in business. But this kind of degree is typically expensive — often north of $100k — and students are expected to devote themselves fully to their studies, which isn’t reasonable for people already working. 

The average U.S. retail price of a used Class 8 vehicle in July inched past $90,000 to tower over the year-ago price, but it also dipped slightly from the month before to extend the market’s ongoing softening, ACT Research reported.

Why praising the Most High requires a physical body.

Visit the Kodaiji Temple in Tokyo, Japan, and a six-feet-four, 132-pound robot priest named Mindar will give you a 25-minute sermon on Heart Sutra. Mindar’s ability to preach suggests a near future where artificial intelligence (AI) robots broadly replace human religious leaders.

Christian churches may soon be considering how AI and smart machines can shape their liturgies. One case in point is a Christian AI musician created by Marquis Boone Enterprises. Читать дальше...

The Final Score is among us as the landmark series Animal Kingdom comes to an end.

Swiss UBS strategists predict that oil will rebound to $125 in the coming months as fundamentals point to higher prices, spare capacity is ebbing and inventories are at multi-year lows. In a Thursday research note, UBS responded to Saudi comments to the effect that OPEC+ could cut production at any time, citing a “disconnect” between fundamentals and oil futures prices.  The bank also noted coming disruption to oil markets when a European ban on Russian seaborne oil imports goes into effect in December. Читать дальше...

When, early this year, the U.S. Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS)  throttled the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) authority to reduce carbon emissions on the grounds that Congress should pass a law specifically addressing the problem, we imagine that lobbyists who worked for the electric utility industry, so assiduously skilled in delaying any climate action, took the cynical advice offered by the Financial Times’ resident PR expert, Rutherford Hall. He advised clients to “position... Читать дальше...

A two-story + loft wooden house for a couple who works in the city. The site is pentagon-shaped sitting on a corner surrounded by roads in three directions. The stream that flows nearby and the road that extends straight to the site allow the wind to blow through, but at the same time, many people and cars pass by, so we needed to think about privacy. In addition, it is an area with a risk of flooding, and a plan that also serves as flood control was required.

Here are five things business owners can do now to help set themselves up for success during and after a recession or economic slowdown.

Raising houseplants offers a slew of psychological benefits, plus they look pretty when properly cared for (and there are plenty of low-maintenance choices for the lazy and forgetful). But as anyone who has acquired a few of them will tell you, once you discover you enjoy the experience of caring for a houseplant,…

There hasn’t been a true North American International Auto Show since January 2019. After that show concluded, organizers decided to move the event; the 2020 festivities were slated for June of that year. But of course, by the time summer 2020 came around, the world was a very different place.

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Marcus Buchecha | ONE Championship

Marcus Buchecha was considered the best grappler on the planet for years, collecting a total of 13 world championships in jiu-jitsu and two ADCC gold medals among other accomplishments. He won’t rush things in MMA, but is confident that he will be called ONE heavyweight champion one day.

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Good afternoon. Here’s the latest news you need to know in Chicago. It’s about a 5-minute read that will brief you on today’s biggest stories.

This afternoon will be mostly cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms and a high near 79. Similar weather will continue into tonight with a low near 66. Tomorrow will be mostly cloudy with a high near 75.

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