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Hockey at Paris 2024: Women’s Pool B Preview
The 12 best teams (men’s and women’s) from around the world are converging in Paris as we countdown to the final few days till the start of the Hockey competition at the Olympic Games Paris 2024! Each team comes with the aim of standing on the Olympic podium, while only one can claim the gold medal at the end of the Games.
The predictably racist and misogynistic attacks on Vice President Kamala Harris, now the presumptive Democratic nominee for president, came from equally predictable sources. “She does not speak well, she does not work hard,” said former Trump spokesperson Kellyanne Conway on Fox News on Sunday. “She should not be the standard-bearer for the party.” Republican vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance went with the same “lazy” trope, adding a not-subtle “welfare queen” allusion to Harris. “What the... Читать дальше...
Democrats, for the first time in weeks, have momentum. Kamala Harris has clinched the nomination. Democratic voters are overwhelmingly supportive of her candidacy. She raised $231 million in 24 hours, and just held the biggest rally of the entire campaign. Democrats are energized, unified, and hopeful. There’s an immense outpouring of gratitude to President Biden for passing the torch. And every Democrat can and should feel justifiable pride in our party, which for once actually behaved like a... Читать дальше...
What a stunning summer. A debate that rocked the political world as no other debate has in the history of presidential campaigns. An assassination attempt that nearly took one candidate’s life. The other candidate finally admitting the inevitable and leaving the race. No one could have predicted any of these things, and they suggest that more shocks are coming. But surely some things are predictable, and what may be predictable is this: that by late October and early November, most voters will... Читать дальше...
There is a type of man who appears again and again in the conversations in Polly Barton’s Porn: An Oral History, in which Barton interviews 19 people about their views on and experiences of porn. A man who is well versed in feminist theory and takes care to enthusiastically perform his solidarity with women but who also, in private, watches and masturbates to the kind of porn which one might find online by searching “gang-banging a slut who was gagging for it, etc” as Barton puts it in one conversation. Читать дальше...
President Joe Biden’s sudden decision to drop out of the presidential race shook up the political world not simply by scrambling the contest and giving moribund Democrats a new charge of energy. As important for professional and cocktail-party pundits alike, it also kicked off a round of that favorite quadrennial pastime, veepstakes speculation.
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Art is hot at Kolman & Reeb Gallery, NE Sculpture Gallery Factory and Bockley Gallery.
A viral video shared by a British tourist exposed the mad dash some holidaymakers get caught in to secure a prime spot in front of their hotel pool.
A gigantic, weather-defining current system could be headed to collapse. Peter and Susanne Ditlevsen had a simple yet controversial question: How much time might we have left to save it?
Former President Donald Trump has lately been trying to distance himself from Project 2025, claiming it was cooked up by the “severe right” and that he doesn’t know anything about it. But it turns out the severe right is coming from inside the house. Kevin Roberts, the self-proclaimed “head” of Project 2025, has a book […]
This article is from The Spark, MIT Technology Review’s weekly climate newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Wednesday, sign up here. Truckers have to transport massive loads long distances, every single day, under intense time pressure—and they rely on the semi-trucks they drive to get the job done. Their diesel engines spew not…
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The group — now known as APT45 — has targeted information stored in U.S. government nuclear facilities and research institutions, as well as missile systems, uranium processing and other R&D intel.
His business has been recognised for its role helping Transnet fix its equipment woes to clear port backlogs
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A fresh Mandiant report documents North Korea's APT45 as a distinct hacking team conducting cyberespionage and ransomware operations.
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This is what you need to know about when the 2024 Paris Olympics start and end, along with key games and events on the schedule.
In his address to Congress, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu criticized pro-Palestinian protests in the U.S., calling protesters "useful idiots."
The vice president can't afford to repel supporters of Israel, a key Democratic constituency, as she works to win back some voters alienated by President Biden's policy on the war.
Roma reportedly agreed a £21m deal with Juventus this summer, only for it to be put on hold amid interest from both Tottenham Hotspur and... The post Report: Roma agree £21m deal for winger, but it is on hold amid Spurs and Chelsea interest appeared first on The Spurs Web - Tottenham Hotspur Football News.
Bernhard Langer ahead of the 2024 Senior Open Championship at Carnoustie. | Getty Images
Four-time Senior Open Champion Bernhard Langer will have to fight through the pain this week at Carnoustie.
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