Anemos, a one-of-a-kind sail cargo ship operated by French carrier TOWT, has departed on her maiden...
(240819) -- RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 19, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A dragon dance show is staged at the Copacabana Fort in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Aug. 17, 2024.
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Investors appear to have got over the turmoil that beset trading floors earlier in the month as a string of data suggested that worries of a US recession had been overdone. Powell's talk at the annual Jackson Hole symposium in Wyoming -- which also gathers together financial leaders and policymakers -- will be pored over, with hopes that he will flag an interest rate cut when Fed officials meet next month. "Investors and analysts alike will be paying close attention to any signals from Fed officials... Читать дальше...
© Provided by Xinhua Richard Allen, the project director, showcases the use of the "City in Time" app in Hong Kong on July 15, 2024. (Xinhua/Zhu Wei)
The Sensex and Nifty saw substantial gains as US recession concerns eased, driving a global stocks rally. Pravesh Gour from Swastika Investmart recommended strategies for stocks like CDSL, Hindustan Zinc, and Paras Defence based on their recent performances and technical indicators. Specific resistance and support levels were also identified for these stocks.
We have to score 4 more points in 5 games than one of the three sides on 26 points, and at least a point more than Leigh at the same time. Our points difference isn't great so we might even have to score more points than that. To have a shot we'll probably have to win at least four games as the worst of the teams 4 points ahead of us would only need to win 2 in the same time. If we don't win by much we'd likely have to win all five games to sneak in.
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The 1999 release of The Mummy directed by Stephen Sommers is yet another instalment in the mummy genre following Boris Karloff’s famous 1932 version The Mummy. The 1999 film stars protagonist Rick O’Connell (Brendan Fraser) as the maverick, streetsmart adventurer, Evelyn Carnahan (Rachel Weisz), a book-smart scholar, and Imhotep (Arnold Vosloo), the film’s antagonist. Set in the early parts of the twentieth century, the film centres around re-awakening a mummy (what else?!) cursed in antiquity. How does this movie rate in historical accuracy? Читать дальше...
Fresh off perhaps its most dramatic finish in its existence, a sudden-death, in-the-dark Sunday at Mayakoba that produced a spike in viewership, LIV Golf passed through Las Vegas for its second event in as many weeks. It once again offered a $25 million purse, with $4 million to the individual winner, plus $5 million in prizes for the team competition.Dustin Johnson picked up the big prize for the third time in his LIV Golf career, emerging from a crowded final-round leaderboard with three birdies... Читать дальше...
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Taco Bell believes it can add another 6,000 units in the U.S. | Photo: Shutterstock.Taco Bell wants to get bigger in the U.S. And it has a goal: McDonald’s.The Mexican fast-food chain, the fourth-largest brand in the U.S. according to Restaurant Business sister company Technomic, believes it can grow domestically through unit development and building in-store sales. In both cases, it is looking to the largest chain in the U.S. as its gold standard. “We think there’s going to be thousands more Taco Bells in the U.S.,” Chris Turner... Читать дальше...
Community colleges’ ease of access, relatively low cost and opportunities for under-resourced students, coupled with their high dropout rates and spotty record of upward transfers, have given higher education’s underdog a mercurial reputation.However, with a quarter of Gen Z students between 14 and 18 considering community college, and less than half believing they need four years of postsecondary education to be successful, its potential for higher demand is probable. Similarly, community colleges... Читать дальше...
Die Deutschamerikaner errichteten ihm, dem ehemaligen preußischen Offizier und späteren Generalinspekteur der amerikanischen Armee, dem Freund und Kampfgefährten Washingtons, am Rande des großen Exerzierfeldes von Valley Forge — heute eine nationale Gedenkstätte — 1915 ein Denkmal. Es sollte die historische Bedeutung von Steubens der Nachwelt ins Gedächtnis rufen. Zwei Jahre später traten die Vereinigten Staaten gegen das deutsche Kaiserreich in den Ersten Weltkrieg ein. Die damit entfesselte antideutsche... Читать дальше...
Biographie Steuben: Friedrich Wilhelm August Heinrich Ferdinand v. St., General im Dienste der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika, wurde am 15. November 1730 zu Magdeburg, wo sein Vater, welcher damals preußischer Ingenieurhauptmann war, in Garnison stand, geboren. Als dieser einige Jahre später, bei Beginn des polnischen Thronfolgekrieges, in das russische Heer trat, für welches die Kaiserin Anna von König Friedrich Wilhelm II. einige tüchtige Ingenieurofficiere erbeten hatte, nahm er seine Familie mit... Читать дальше...
Ein monumentales Denkmal am Lafayette Square in Washington erinnert an ihn, noch heute wird er alljährlich im September mit einer prunkvollen Parade auf der Fifth Avenue in New York gefeiert– Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben (1730–1794) ist der wohl berühmteste Deutsche in den Vereinigten Staaten. Nicht zuletzt dank ihm »erlangten die vormals 13britischen Kolonien ihre Unabhängigkeit«, meint auch der ehemalige amerikanische Botschafter in Berlin JohnC. Kornblum über die »Symbolfigur der deutsch-amerikanischen... Читать дальше...
U.S.Asa petition seeking "real justice" crosses thethresholdthat will demand a public response as high up as the White House, here's a look back at the small city's long history of corruption, from a Justice Department investigation to rape survivors just now coming forward with tales of the police discouraging them from speaking out.By Alexander Abad-SantosJanuary 7, 2013This article is from the archive of our partner .Corruption: It's at the heart of the controversy over the rape case in Steubenville... Читать дальше...
Three firms backed by SoftBank have made solid debuts in the past week, in a positive sign after the Vision Fund fell to a loss of ¥204.3 billion in the June quarter.
Marin County seemed riveted in October 2020, when a group of demonstrators toppled and damaged the Junipero Serra statue on the premises of Mission San Rafael. Serra was a Spanish-born Franciscan friar who founded the California missions during the period of Spanish occupation in the late 1700s. He was canonized as a saint by Pope […]
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On Sunday, opposition parties criticized the government's decision to hire public servants through lateral entry, arguing it would remove reservations for SCs, STs, and OBCs. The BJP defended the move, stating it aims to introduce transparency in a practice initiated under the Congress-led UPA. Opposition parties including the Congress, Samajwadi Party (SP), and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) accused the BJP of using this method to appoint their ideological allies to high positions discreetly.
Chinese and Philippine vessels collided on Monday during a confrontation near a disputed shoal in the South China Sea, the two countries said.
Tom Kim during the 2024 FedEx St. Jude Championship. | Photo by Matthew Maxey/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images
Twenty-two-year-old Tom Kim will miss next week’s BMW Championship, thanks to an agonizing finish in Memphis.
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