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BigNewsNetwork.com (sports) 

MLC: Ravindra, Head, Maxwell shine as Washington Freedom reach finals following win over San Francisco Unicorns

Dallas [Texas], July 26 (ANI): Washington Freedom registered an emphatic 7-wicket win over the San Francisco Unicorns in the Qualifier of the Major League Cricket (MLC) 2024 at Grand Prairie Stadium in Dallas on Thursday to reach the title clash. Rachin Ravindra's 4/11 helped the Washington Freedom bowl out the San Francisco Unicorns for 145 before chasing down their target in 16 overs, thanks to unbeaten knocks from Trav

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"He knows how I work, what my mindset is...": Suryakumar Yadav on relationship with India coach Gambhir

Pallekele [Sri Lanka], July 26 (ANI): Ahead of the first T20I against Sri Lanka, India's newly-appointed T20I captain Suryakumar Yadav opened up on his relationship with head coach Gautam Gambhir, with who he played in Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the Indian Premier League (IPL) earlier in his career. India's tour of Sri Lanka begins with a T20I on Saturday and consists of three T20Is and three ODIs each. Gill will be t

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Suicide Squad

At the end of the last century, hoping to drive the United States from Saudi Arabia, the home of Islam’s holiest sites, al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden sought to draw in the American military. He reportedly wanted to “bring the Americans into a fight on Muslim soil,” provoking savage asymmetric conflicts that would send home a More

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What Do the Polls Really Show About Venezuela’s Election?

This Sunday, July 28, Venezuelans will head to the polls in what has been framed as the opposition’s best chance to unseat President Nicolás Maduro, who has been in office since 2013. From the media coverage, one comes away with the impression of only two options: an opposition win, or massive pro-Maduro fraud. There are More

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The Science of Twins and the Human Fascination With Them

Fascination with twins and what twin studies tell us about human nature is universal. There is no question that behavioral and medical science advances have happened largely because twins yield a wealth of information just by being themselves. Twin research takes place at two levels: (1) Studies that are strictly for twins. Such studies examine the pros More

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China’s Lightning-Fast Renewable Triumphs

A few years ago, China’s climate envoy Xie Zhenhua and U.S. climate envoy John Kerry shook hands on a pledge to triple renewable energy by 2030. China took the challenge seriously, very seriously, it will meet its end-of-2030 emissions target this year (2014), six years early. In the blink of an eye, China is constructing More

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Huffingtonpost.co.uk 

Kamala Harris Narrows Gap With Trump In New Poll After Biden Drops Out

Vice President Kamala Harris appears to be reinvigorating voters.

A new poll conducted in the wake of President Joe Biden’s decision to end his reelection campaign found Harris, the new presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, in a near-dead heat with former President Donald Trump. 

The New York Times and Siena College poll released on Thursday determined that if the election were held immediately, 47% of likely voters would pick Harris and 48% would go for Trump. 

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BangkokPost.com 

'No place like home' as Thaksin turns 75

All roads led to Thaksin Shinawatra's family mansion in Bangkok on Friday as the convicted former prime minister celebrated his 75th birthday.

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The Unbearable Anthropocentrism of Our World in Data

How billionaire elites help fund an Oxford statistics lab that makes the destruction of Earth look just great. Roughly a decade ago, a 30-year-old economic statistician at Oxford University named Max Roser set out to transform the way we see the world using datasets. As he later described his mission in a statement of purpose,he wanted to instill “trust in ourselves” More

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Recreation Act Threatens Greater Yellowstone

The Madison-Gallatin region in southwest Montana is part of one of the most intact, diverse and wildlife rich areas in the temperate zones of the Earth called the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. There are 94 mammal species in these two ranges including the omnivorous grizzly bear and black bear, bobcat, lynx, coyote, fisher, wolf, marten, mountain More

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Biden And The Mirage Of American Democracy

Americans should tolerate no president invoking “the will of the people” to sanctify his crimes. Since late 2020, President Joe Biden has invoked “the will of the people” dozens of times to sanctify his power, including arbitrary decrees that were illegal or unconstitutional. Biden’s invocations did not prevent his re-election campaign from being terminated behind More

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France24.com (en) 

US arrests Mexican drug kingpins ‘El Mayo’ Zambada and son of ‘El Chapo’

With bounties of several million dollars offered for their capture, Mexican drug lords Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada and Joaquin Guzman Lopez, son of the infamous “El Chapo”, were at the top of the most wanted list for US authorities. The two leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel were arrested on Thursday after landing in Texas on a private plane. But as the cartel is one of the most powerful organised crime groups in Mexico, the power vacuum resulting from their arrests could trigger new bouts of violence.