Новости за 08.08.2024

Annette Echikunwoke was denied a chance to represent Nigeria at Tokyo 2020, but has now won an Olympic silver medal for the United States.

Tim Price and Vitali jump the Worcester Avenue Brushes at Badminton in 2024. Big names and previous winners are among the British open championship entries at this weekend’s Festival of British Eventing. Previously held at Gatcombe Park, this year the championships will be running at Hartpury in Gloucestershire, alongside the venue’s NAF Five Star International Hartpury Horse Trials (8–11 August).. The British open championship was abandoned owing to […]

Transurban and the NSW government have started complex negotiations that will have major consequences for the tolls Sydney motorists pay.

At 11:07 AM, the Nifty Bank, Nifty Auto, Nifty Realty, and Nifty Financial indices were trading less than 0.30 per cent lower each, as compared to a 0.50-per cent decline in the Nifty 50 index

The Pentagon is in the midst of a massive $2 trillion multiyear plan to build a new generation of nuclear-armed missiles, bombers, and submarines. A large chunk of that funding will go to major nuclear weapons contractors like Bechtel, General Dynamics, Honeywell, Lockheed Martin, and Northrop Grumman. And they will do everything in their power to keep that money flowing. This More

Deductors, collectors won't face higher tax rates under sections 206AA and 206CC for transactions up to March 31, if the deductee or collectee died on or before May 31, 2024

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) monetary policy committee (MPC) has voted to keep the repo rate unchanged at 6.5%.

Some analysts are skeptical about consumption actually being stimulated, saying that positive wage growth will not necessarily guarantee that.

[New Zimbabwe] Two Zimbabwean athletes at the 2024 Paris Olympics, Makanakaishe Charamba and Tapiwanashe Makarawu have progressed to the 200m finals.

Tayla Brailey allegedly sent sexual videos to a student of hers before inviting him over to her house and abusing him, according to court documents.

The Top 10 Clint Eastwood movies have been ranked on IMDb, and No 1 is "the greatest achievement in the history of cinema" according to Quentin Tarantino.

Royal biographer Angela Levin said the Duchess had a car crash interview, claiming that she was "screaming" at staff and "very annoyed" about the whole thing.

NEET PG Admit Card 2024: The NEET PG Admit Card for the August 11 exam will be released today on nbe.edu.in. Candidates should have their application number and date of birth/password ready to check and download their NEET PG admit cards once they are available, scroll down for more details.

Last month was the second hottest July for the planet on record, breaking a 13-month period when each month was warmest, which had been in part fuelled by the warming El Nino weather pattern.

Seasonal low pressure is affecting the area, with the weather remaining mainly fine on Thursday and temperatures not expected to exceed 38C inland. Temperatures along the coast will range from 31C to 34C and in the highest mountains will peak at 31C. Winds will be gentle to moderate breeze, 3 to 4 Beaufort. On Thursday […]

Sunita Williams could have to stay in space till February

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Hunter Biden, the son of US President Joe Biden, has received millions of dollars from a Romanian entrepreneur in order to influence the US government during his father's vice presidency, court filings have revealed.

The Central Bank of Nigeria has auctioned $876.26m to end users whose bids were submitted by 26 commercial banks in the apex bank’s latest attempt to strengthen the ailing naira. The policy impacted the foreign exchange market on Wednesday as the naira appreciated against the United States Dollar, trading at N1,596.52/$ from N1,601/$ it traded

Representative Cori Bush, a progressive black woman from St. Louis, MO who is a member of the “Squad” and has been a powerful voice in Congress for poor people, women’s rights, healthcare, housing–and Palestine, just lost her primary because pro-Israel lobby groups flooded the race with outside funding. Her loss is a tremendous blow to More

The Election Commission of India reviewed preparations for assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir. Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar and his team met political parties and officials to assess readiness ahead of the Supreme Court's deadline. The three-day visit included discussions with police, civil administration, and enforcement agencies, culminating in a review meeting and press conference in Jammu.

Indian-American Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi has condemned the recent violence in Bangladesh, including the brutal targeting of Hindus, saying an interim government that will be sworn in should end the unrest across the country and bring its perpetrators to justice. An interim government led by Nobel laureate Mohammad Yunus is set to take oath in Bangladesh on Thursday. As Bangladesh prepares to swear in its interim government, I urge all government officials, the new administration and police chief... Читать дальше...

Paris 2024 Olympics day 13: marathon swimming, athletics, taekwondo, diving and more – live  The GuardianView Full coverage on Google News

About 2,000 anti-racism protesters turned out for a peaceful protest in Brighton on Wednesday.

EXCLUSIVE Resident techie Adam Cailler created the best gaming set up using a series of products you wouldn't normally expect to put together . . . and it all just worked (mostly)