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The Punch 

LASG harps on benefits of exclusive breastfeeding

The Lagos State Government is set to commemorate the 2024 World Breastfeeding and Maternal, Newborn, Child, and Adolescent Health Plus Nutrition Week. The state said it would be implementing interventions geared towards promoting exclusive breastfeeding and improving health-seeking behaviours, particularly among mothers and children under five years. While speaking on the government’s preparations for the

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Variety 

‘In Our Blood’ Review: A Murky Mystery of Disappearances In a Southwestern Community

Once every year or two a movie comes along that brings fresh energy to the found-footage horror movie, a terrain that’s been mercilessly, repetitiously over-tilled since “The Blair Witch Project” broke out a quarter-century ago. Unfortunately, “In Our Blood” does not capture that prize for 2024. Though a notch above the subgenre’s norm in terms […]

Google.com 

Meta's advertising growth is proof that hefty AI spending is already paying off - CNBC

  1. Meta's advertising growth is proof that hefty AI spending is already paying off  CNBC
  2. Meta shares surge after tech giant reports $13.5bn profit  Al Jazeera English
  3. Meta beats Q2 expectations but warns of 'significant' spending expansion in 2025  Yahoo Finance
  4. Meta earnings: Stock rises as the Facebook parent gives upbeat outlook  MarketWatch
  5. Watch These Meta Price Levels as Stock Pops on Earnings Beat as AI Spending Pays Off  Investopedia

Sports.inquirer.net 

Djokovic reaches Paris Olympics quarterfinals, Medvedev out

PARIS — Novak Djokovic is back in the Summer Games singles quarterfinals for the fourth time in five appearances at the Olympics. What he really wants, of course, is a gold medal, pretty much the only significant achievement missing from his remarkable resume. Djokovic, a 37-year-old from Serbia who is the top-seeded man in Paris,

Eurasia Review 

US Fed Holds Target Interest Rate Steady: This Won’t Last Much Longer – Analysis

By Ryan McMaken

The Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) announced today that it will maintain the current target policy interest rate (the federal funds rate) of 5.5 percent. The committee has now held the rate at this level since the end of July 2023.

According to the FOMC’s press release: "The Committee does not expect it will be appropriate to reduce the target range until it has gained greater confidence that inflation is moving sustainably toward 2 percent. Читать дальше...

The Punch 

Nestle empowers 10 graduates

Nestle Nigeria Plc has graduated 10 youths from its Technical Training Centre, reaffirming its commitment to youth empowerment and skills development in Nigeria. Nestle Nigeria’s outgoing Factory Manager, Ibukun-Olu Ipinmoye, disclosed this at the ‘Nestle Technical Training Centre graduation’ held in Ogun State on Wednesday. Ipinmoye congratulated the graduates for their dedication over the past

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«Just Jared» 

Demi Lovato's Hulu Doc 'Child Star' Sets Release Date, Celebrities Being Interviewed Revealed

Demi Lovato‘s directorial debut finally has a release date! The 31-year-old entertainer is co-directing the upcoming documentary feature Child Star alongside Nicola Marsh, which was first announced in March 2023 and is set for a Hulu release. “I’m so proud to make my directorial debut with this documentary that sheds light on the complexities of [...]

The Punch 

Personal interests behind calls for my removal – Provost

The embattled Provost of the Federal College of Education (Technical), Akoka, Lagos, Dr Wahab Azeez, says those calling for his removal from office had personal interests. “Those behind the crisis are doing it to frustrate me so that I can resign, but I stand for justice,’’ Azeez told the News agency of Nigeria in Lagos

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Eurasia Review 

$35 Trillion — And Counting – OpEd

By Peter C. Earle

Barely halfway through 2024, the rapidly rising tower of US public debt has reached yet another milestone. Two hundred and six daysafter reaching $34 trillion, America’s debt pile has reached $35 trillion. To put this in perspective, the debt at the end of World War II was about $259 billion, making the current debt more than 135 times that amount. The US has now borrowed amounts larger than the combined GDPs of China, Japan, and Germany.

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OurSports Central 

MoonDogs Drop Game Two to Minot and Split the Series

MoonDogs drop Game Two to Minot 11-4, splitting the series.Mankato struggled on the mound tonight allowing 13 walks and making Minot's day at the ... - Northwoods Mankato MoonDogs

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Tatum returns to lineup: Takeaways from Team USA's win over South Sudan - ESPN

  1. Tatum returns to lineup: Takeaways from Team USA's win over South Sudan  ESPN
  2. USA vs. South Sudan: LeBron James, Team USA roll to dominant win to improve to 2-0  Yahoo Sports
  3. Steve Kerr Explains Why Joel Embiid Didn't Play a Single Minute vs. South Sudan  Sports Illustrated
  4. US tops South Sudan 103-86 at Paris Olympics, earns spot in men’s basketball quarterfinals  The Associated Press
  5. LeBron, USA Beat South Sudan: Group Results Ahead of 2024 Olympic Basketball... Читать дальше...

OurSports Central - Frontier League 

Grizzlies Bounce Back, Beat Jackals to Even Series

Sauget, Ill. - The Gateway Grizzlies saw a 3-1 lead slip away in the top of the sixth against the New Jersey Jackals, but batted around and scored fou... - FL Gateway Grizzlies

The Punch 

Bastion urges actuaries to promote transparency

Bastion Health has called on actuaries to champion transparency and foster industrial collaboration to enhance the insurance and pension sector. In a statement made available to our correspondent, the Managing Director of Bastion Health Naomi Aduku, disclosed this at the National Risk Compendium program at the University of Lagos on Wednesday. Bastion Health is a 

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BigNewsNetwork.com 

America will stand with allies in defending themselves against Iranian threats: US State Department

Washington DC [US], August 1 (ANI): The United States, on Wednesdaty (local time), termed Iran as a regime that has "time and again" been the "largest and greatest exporter of terrorism" not just in the Middle East but broadly. The US State Department alleged that Tehran has a track record of "suppressing its own people" as well as funding, promoting, encouraging, and malignly destabilising action across the region. "Iran