Новости за 18.06.2024

BEIJING, June 18 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese Swimming Administrative Center announced the swimming, diving and artistic swimming squad for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games here on Tuesday.

My greyhound Tintilla has become desperately ill with cancer. I paid for a scan at the vet and when I rang my insurer I was told I was not covered because the policy was in the name of my deceased husband.

Britain’s blue-chip index overtook France’s CAC40 on Monday as Europe’s biggest stock market.

The mother of two injured herself to make it appear like she had been beaten and branded by her captors in November 2016.

A group of 50 people has decided to distribute heiress Marlene Engelhorn's fortune to various charitable organisations.

Serbias Filip Kostic ruled out due to knee injury

To understand the gravity of the legal decision against the banana company requires understanding its history.

Sports Mole takes an in-depth look at how Spain could line up for Thursday's Euro 2024 clash with Italy.

The Israeli PM announced the step days after his chief political rival, Benny Gantz, withdrew from the three-member war Cabinet.

The veteran actor lost his footing and fell from the stage during Monday evening’s performance

This palatial estate has a dark past, but hopefully a bright future.

The Anambra State Police Command said it has raided a camp belonging to members of the Indigenous People of Biafra and Eastern Security Network located in Ufuma, Orumba North Local Government Area of the state. A statement on Tuesday by the state police spokesman, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, also noted that four suspects were arrested. Ikenga

Neighbours rescued the man from the rubble of his home

The figure was some 13.1 percent lower than the same period last year, according to data published by the Building Societies Association.

Russian Pres. Putin is in N. Korea meeting its leader Kim Jong-un. Tom'w Putin will visit Vietnam. The US is none too happy w/Putin's int'l forays. A US embassy spokesman in Hanoi said, "no country should give Putin a platform to promote his war of aggression, allow him to normalize his atrocities and blatant violations of int'l law". As if the US hasn't committed wars of aggression, commits torture and violations of int'l law.

China protests Nancy Pelosis Tibet visit warns US of resolute measures

1. Self-driving cars found to be safer - except at dawn, dusk, or when turning, according to study  Sky News
2. A matched case-control analysis of autonomous vs human-driven vehicle accidents  Nature.com
3. Driverless cars are mostly safer than humans – but worse at turns  New Scientist
4. Autonomous Vehicles Are Great at Driving Straight  IEEE Spectrum
5. Study finds self-driving cars are safer than human-driven vehicles  EL PAÍS USA

What could offend a European's pride more than mocking their cherished national dish? Fans at Euro 2024 are taunting rival supporters without mercy.

Czechia has been the name promoted by the country’s government since a major decision in 2016

(240618) -- CHANGSHA, June 18, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A worker checks flood control materials at a warehouse in Changsha, central China's Hunan Province, June 18, 2024. China's meteorological authority on Tuesday issued a yellow alert for rainstorms in some areas of the country.

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