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Worst MLB record ever? White Sox open with historically low win total and comical futures odds
4 days, 1 hour ago

Worst MLB record ever? White Sox open with historically low win total and comical futures odds

New York Times  

Longtime Chicago White Sox announcer Hawk Harrelson used to have a saying along the lines of “You win 60 games, you lose 60 games, it’s what you do with the other 42 that matters.” The 2024 White Sox proved that saying wrong — emphatically. On BetMGM, the White Sox’s win total line is at 49.5 — the lowest in the …

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Crown of iconic Queen Victoria statue damaged at Cubbon Park
1 week ago

Crown of iconic Queen Victoria statue damaged at Cubbon Park

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: The crown of the iconic Queen Victoria’s statue at Queen’s Circle in the city has been damaged. Heritage Beku, which first raised an alarm, in its X post said, “We are deeply shocked to find the crown missing from the statue. We hope it’s not a case of vandalism, and that the crown is returned and restored.” Dr Umesh, …

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This watch was carved from a meteorite that hit Earth a million years ago
2 weeks, 5 days ago

This watch was carved from a meteorite that hit Earth a million years ago

CNN  

CNN — In watchmaking, heritage matters. But while rival European horologists vaunt the traditions of their centuries-old workshops, design duo Toledano & Chan’s new creation has a longer history altogether: It was carved from a meteorite that slammed into Earth around 1 million years ago. “You often see meteorite dials; they are not uncommon on watches,” Toledano told CNN via …

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After IPL pay rise, Marco Jansen rattles Sri Lanka with career-best Test figures
3 weeks, 5 days ago

After IPL pay rise, Marco Jansen rattles Sri Lanka with career-best Test figures

India Today  

Marco Jansen produced his career-best Test figures as he was unplayable with the red ball on Day 2 of the first Test between South Africa and Sri Lanka at the Kingsmead in Durban. Jansen took seven wickets and conceded just 13 runs as his career-best effort orchestrated Sri Lanka's massive collapse in their first innings with the bat. SA vs …

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Native Americans press Biden to designate three new national monuments in California
1 month ago

Native Americans press Biden to designate three new national monuments in California

LA Times  

A Native American-led coalition is pressing the Biden administration to designate three new national monuments in California, with some fearing the chance to protect these areas from mining, drilling and logging could be jeopardized after President-elect Donald Trump takes office Jan. 20. In addition, the Fort Yuma Quechan Indian Tribe is seeking to establish the 390,000-acre Kw’tsán national monument on …

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Unfurling the Indian National Flag: Republic Day 2024 and the Tricolour's Story
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Unfurling the Indian National Flag: Republic Day 2024 and the Tricolour's Story

News 18  

The article provides a detailed historical overview of the Indian National Flag and its significance. It highlights the evolution of the flag from its origins in Kolkata to its current form. The colours and symbols on the flag are explained, emphasizing their meanings and symbolism. The article also mentions the significance of the National Flag in celebrating India's rich cultural …

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Lord Delamere, Kenyan grandee whose ancestors were at the centre of the decadent Happy Valley set
2 months, 1 week ago

Lord Delamere, Kenyan grandee whose ancestors were at the centre of the decadent Happy Valley set

The Telegraph  

The 5th Baron Delamere, who has died aged 90, was head of a family once described by Rupert Wright in The Spectator as “the Kennedys of Kenya”, not only on account of their wealth and glamour, but because, like the Kennedys, they were not short on scandal. Hugh Cholmondeley, who inherited the Delamere title after Kenya achieved its independence, lived …

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The Illuminating Fungi: Unveiling the Secrets of Light and Life
2 months, 2 weeks ago

The Illuminating Fungi: Unveiling the Secrets of Light and Life

The Hindu  

This article delves into the fascinating world of fungi, exploring various aspects of these remarkable organisms. From the captivating light-emitting compounds that attract insects to the crucial role of symbiotic root fungi in nutrient exchange, the article provides a comprehensive overview of fungi's ecological significance and their diverse adaptations to various environments.

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Fall kills climber and strands partner on Wyoming’s Devils Tower
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Fall kills climber and strands partner on Wyoming’s Devils Tower

LA Times  

A climber fell to his death while rappelling down Devils Tower, leaving his partner stranded without a rope on the face of the Wyoming geological formation. The stuck climber was rescued unharmed after crying out for help Sunday evening, Devils Tower National Monument Superintendent Doug Crossen said Wednesday. Standing with sheer sides almost 870 feet above the surrounding countryside and …

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2024南京马拉松报名开启 收获新合作伙伴支持
3 months, 2 weeks ago

2024南京马拉松报名开启 收获新合作伙伴支持

China Daily  

中国日报9月7日电（记者 孙晓晨）记者从赛事组委会官方获悉，南京银行·2024南京马拉松暨大运河马拉松系列赛（南京站）将于11月17日上午7:30在南京奥林匹克体育中心鸣枪起跑！这一备受期待的世界田联精英标牌赛事即将拉开帷幕。从顶尖高手到大众跑者，从巅峰竞技到全民健身，所有选手都将在属于自己的南马旅程中，领略南京虎踞龙蟠的城市风采，追溯马拉松的历史记忆。 今年赛事依然将从南京奥林匹克体育中心东门起跑。（赛事组委会 供图） 过去七年，南马坚持在传承中求变、在创新中发展。作为"世界田联标牌路跑赛事精英标赛事"，今年的南京马拉松将全新升级再突破，迈上自我超越新征程。 在延续往届赛事经典路线的同时，2024南马对部分赛段了进行了优化调整。在42.195公里的奔跑途中，远眺紫金山的绿意、俯瞰玄武湖的碧波、穿越600多岁的明城墙、瞻仰孙中山先生雕像……邂逅山水城林，感触千年文脉。 2024南京马拉松赛事路线进行了优化。（赛事组委会 供图） 此外，为打造顺畅的出发体验，让选手们更好地感受这条绝美赛道，本届南马将采用「分枪发令」的起跑方式。具体分枪信息将于赛前公布。南马今年的参赛报名已于9月6日开启预报名，9月13日截止。各项目额满抽签，抽签结果将于9月25日公布，并采用"候补退出机制"，已中签的选手可以放心退出，未中签的选手也将拥有参赛的机会。 本届南马将延续30000人的总规模，其中马拉松项目24000人，迷你健康跑项目6000人。全部赛事名额分为精英运动员名额和大众选手名额两部分，其中迷你健康跑仅有大众选手名额。 顶级合作伙伴加入 在周六举行的赛事发布会上，组委会也公布了赛事组织筹办工作的重大利好消息——知名运动品牌New Balance成为2024南京马拉松顶级合作伙伴，品牌将与赛事组委会紧密合作，共同打造这场国内顶尖马拉松盛事，携手推动国内马拉松及跑步文化的发展，助力跑者在追逐梦想的过程中实现不凡的自我表达。 作为南京标志性的"城市文化名片"，南京马拉松自创办以来，便以其穿越古城墙、跑过秦淮河的独特赛道，成为国内外跑者向往的马拉松赛事。全球知名百年运动品牌New Balance拥有从1906年至今深植于品牌的跑步基因，秉承着"制造卓越，不断突破"的精神，坚持为专业跑者及跑步爱好者们提供卓越产品。本次New Balance与南京马拉松的首度携手，是New Balance首次赞助国内的世界田联精英标牌赛事，这场顶级品牌与赛事的合作是对马拉松精神和跑步文化传承的共同致敬。 发布会现场，New Balance大中华区市场总监韩诗怡女士代表品牌表达了本次南京马拉松合作的重要意义和赛事圆满开展的期许。在New Balance看来，南京作为一座充满包容、平等与创新的城市，在此诞生的南京马拉松承载和展示出的文化精神，与New Balance的理念"Run your way. "十分契合。New Balance始终致力于推广跑步文化，支持全球跑步运动的发展。通过此次合作，New Balance将以品牌专业优势与资源，全面助力提升南京马拉松赛事体验，并陪伴每一位怀抱梦想的跑者在南京马拉松的赛道上"Run your way. "。 发布会上，New Balance展示了为本次南京马拉松参赛者精心设计的专业参赛服。整体设计简洁、大气，在色彩上采用了紫色，诠释了南京马拉松的所有参赛跑者坚韧不拔、勇于突破的精神。同时，New Balance将启用严谨的测试选拔和培训机制为南京马拉松选拔出一支配速精准、稳定的官方配速员队伍，并为其提供高性能的FuelCell 跑鞋系列和Race Day Pack竞速跑步系列服饰等专业装备，以助力提升马拉松赛事品质，并带给跑者更好的奔跑体验。 除此之外，New Balance细致并周到地为志愿者设计了短袖T恤和长袖外套两款工作服，为赛事的顺利进行提供了有力保障。为了迎接在11月17日到来的鸣枪起跑，New Balance将继续利用其深厚的跑步专业经验和资源，为赛事的每一个环节注入更多可能性，全面提升每一位跑者的赛事体验，帮助他们在南京马拉松的赛道上实现自己的跑步梦想。 "Run your way. "是New Balance对跑者的承诺与激励。New Balance坚信，跑步不只是一项运动，更是一种生活态度，每个人都有自己独特的奔跑方式，每一种奔跑都值得尊重和鼓励。秉承这一理念，New Balance 正通过一系列的积极行动，陪伴每一位跑者享受跑步、享受生活。接下来，New Balance不仅会在南京马拉松的赛道上引领跑者稳竞向前，还将在赛事期间举办一系列丰富的活动，为南京马拉松注入崭新的主场体验。 【责任编辑：高琳琳】

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Independence Day 2024: Know all about Indian National Flag's history and the man behind it
4 months, 1 week ago

Independence Day 2024: Know all about Indian National Flag's history and the man behind it

Hindustan Times  

Our Indian flag is the tangible national identity, representing India as a sovereign, democratic republic. The national flag is symbolic of India’s strength, a beacon of collective pride and true Indian spirit. Madam Bikaji Cama unfurled the second national flag in the International Socialist Congress at Stuttgart in Germany, as an appeal for support for Indian autonomy and agency against …

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WK Kellogg to close Omaha plant, downsize in Memphis as it shifts production to newer facilities
4 months, 2 weeks ago

WK Kellogg to close Omaha plant, downsize in Memphis as it shifts production to newer facilities

Associated Press  

WK Kellogg Co. is closing one U.S. cereal plant and downsizing another as part of a plan to consolidate its operations in newer facilities. WK Kellogg said it will increase production and invest in new infrastructure, equipment and technology at its plants in Battle Creek, Michigan; Lancaster, Pennsylvania; and Belleville, Ontario. Battle Creek-based WK Kellogg said the plan will result …

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Keir Starmer's first speech as UK's PM: 'Will rebuild Britain...brick by brick'
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Keir Starmer's first speech as UK's PM: 'Will rebuild Britain...brick by brick'

India Today  

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he would lead a “government of service” on a mission of national renewal in his first official remarks Friday after his Labour Party swept to power in a landslide victory after more than a decade in opposition. “My government will fight every day until you believe again,” Starmer said as supporters cheered him on …

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Flashback and fast forward
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Flashback and fast forward

The Hindu  

News announcements often bear a ring of novelty. The news thrust of External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar’s visit to Colombo on June 20, 2024, was a bilateral commitment to expedite India-backed projects in Sri Lanka. Chidambaram Pillai’s Swadeshi Steam Navigation Company operated a steamer service between Tuticorin and Colombo over a century ago. Venkatachalapathy, who spent years combing through archives …

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Country’s oldest female voter casts her ballot in Fazilka dist
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Country’s oldest female voter casts her ballot in Fazilka dist

Hindustan Times  

Ferozepur Country’s oldest female voter casts her ballot in Fazilka dist The country’s oldest female voter, 118-year-old Indro Bai, cast her vote in Fazilka district under the Ferozepur parliamentary seat on Saturday. Born in Pakistan on January 1, 1906, Indro Bai later migrated and settled in Fazilka, Punjab. Her grandson, Avinash Singh, shared that Indro Bai, a widow, has eight …

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A magnificent Mysorean and his flying machines
7 months, 4 weeks ago

A magnificent Mysorean and his flying machines

Hindustan Times  

As an exercise in self-control, let us desist from speaking today the two topics uppermost in the Bengalurean mind – the weather and voting day – and speak instead of the deep human yearning to ‘slip the surly bonds of Earth, and dance the skies on laughter-silvered wings.’ Let us speak, in particular, of a remarkable aviator from Mysuru, who, …

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Major Berlin show marks 250th anniversary of German Romantic painter Caspar David Friedrich's birth
8 months ago

Major Berlin show marks 250th anniversary of German Romantic painter Caspar David Friedrich's birth

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A major show of Caspar …

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Two Bletchley Park codebreakers who helped end WWII celebrate their 100th birthday together at a joint party
9 months, 1 week ago

Two Bletchley Park codebreakers who helped end WWII celebrate their 100th birthday together at a joint party

Daily Mail  

Two codebreakers who worked at Bletchley Park and helped to end the Second World War have celebrated their 100th birthdays together. Gwenfron Picken and Kath Morris pictured with Captain Huw Williams MBE DL RLC at their joint birthday party in Port Talbot The pair worked in the iconic huts and blocks of the top secret mansion in Buckinghamshire, which housed …

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Jim Crow 2.0: As US elections near, new efforts to suppress Black votes
9 months, 1 week ago

Jim Crow 2.0: As US elections near, new efforts to suppress Black votes

Al Jazeera  

In the days and months leading up to today’s presidential primary in Georgia, activists have been on the ground in African American neighborhoods across the state working to prevent a rollback of voter rights that they say harkens back to the Jim Crow era. After record voter turnout flipped the state from deep red to barely blue in the 2020 …

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Putin’s name has become a byword for cowardice
10 months ago

Putin’s name has become a byword for cowardice

The Independent  

Alexei Navalny’s name will become a byword for courage. Amoosh Griffiths Address supplied Good riddance to the Tories Attempting to explain the Tories’ crushing defeats in the Kingswood and Wellingborough by-elections, Rishi Sunak declared that “midterm by-elections are always difficult for governments”. Sasha Simic London All art is political The recent article by Anthony Anaxagorou, regarding the news that Arts …

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All Blacks and Flying Fijians will play rugby test in San Diego in July
10 months, 3 weeks ago

All Blacks and Flying Fijians will play rugby test in San Diego in July

Associated Press  

SAN DIEGO — New Zealand is playing a home test abroad for the first time when it faces South Pacific rival Fiji at San Diego State’s Snapdragon Stadium on July 19. “It’s a massive step for New Zealand rugby, bringing a home test over to the States,” said Ma’a Nonu, the All Blacks great who recently re-signed with the San …

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Swadeshi Steam: V.O. Chidambaram Pillai and the Battle against the British Maritime Empire
11 months, 1 week ago

Swadeshi Steam: V.O. Chidambaram Pillai and the Battle against the British Maritime Empire

The Hindu  

Chidambaram Pillai took on the might of the British in the early 20th century when he started a shipping company under colonial rule. Inspired by Bal Gangadhar Tilak, he started the Swadeshi Steam Navigation Company in 1906 in a bid to promote indigenous enterprise. Venkatachalapathy has written and edited over 30 books in Tamil, apart from authoring many books in …

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Editorial: Biden should protect more of California’s mountains and deserts as national monuments
1 year ago

Editorial: Biden should protect more of California’s mountains and deserts as national monuments

LA Times  

Samantha Alvarez of Boyle Heights stands near Millard Falls at the base of the San Gabriel Mountains. One would create Chuckwalla National Monument on 660,000 acres of federal land next to Joshua Tree National Park, an area mostly south of Interstate 10 stretching from the Coachella Valley to the Colorado River. The two proposals in Northern California would add 13,753 …

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What's on
1 year ago

What's on

China Daily  

Colorful wind Having grown up in Changchun, Jilin province, oil artist Wang Jianguo centers his work around the distinctive landscapes and social life of northeastern China. An ongoing solo exhibition at the Yunnan Art Museum, Soft Wind on the Earth, brings dozens of Wang's oils to Kunming, in which he introduces people in the southwest to the changing views of …

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