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BigNewsNetwork.com (sports) 

"Nice to get away quickly": Travis Head

Southampton [UK], September 12 (ANI): Australia's opener Travis Head expressed satisfaction with his performance and the team's overall strategy following their 28-run victory against England in the first T20I in Southampton on Wedsnesday. Head, whose rapid innings set the stage for Australia's total, shared insights into his approach and the team's dynamics. "Nice start. Nice to get away quickly. I just tried to score,"

Open Culture 

Why You Can Never Tune a Piano

Grab a cup of coffee, put on your thinking cap, and start working through this video from Minute Physics, which explains why guitars, violins and other instruments can be tuned to a tee. But when it comes to pianos, it’s an entirely different story, a mathematical impossibility. Pianos are slightly but necessarily out of tune. […]

Business Standard 

Share of foreign born in US at highest rate in more than a century: Survey

The percent of US residents who were foreign-born last year grew to its highest level in more than a century, according to figures released Thursday from the most comprehensive survey of American life. The share of people born outside the United States increased in 2023 to 14.3% from 13.9% in 2022, according to estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau's annual American Community Survey, which tracks commuting times, internet access, family life, income, education levels, disabilities, military service, and employment, among other topics. Читать дальше...

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com (sports) 

Afghanistan vs New Zealand Test faces complete washout

Persistent rain has severely impacted the only Test between Afghanistan and New Zealand in Greater Noida, marking four consecutive days without play. This match, Afghanistan's first Test at their adopted home ground near New Delhi, risks being abandoned. The venue’s inadequate facilities have come under scrutiny for failing to handle prolonged adverse weather conditions.

Business Standard 

Jr doctors in WB continue 'cease work', sit-in over medic's rape-murder

Junior doctors on Thursday continued their sit-in outside the West Bengal Health Department's office as well as their 'cease work' over the alleged rape and murder of a young medic at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. The agitating doctors have been demonstrating outside Swathya Bhavan', the state health department headquarters, for over 40 hours. The government had Wednesday rejected their demands for Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's presence and a live broadcast as preconditions for talks to resolve the impasse. Читать дальше...

BBC News (UK) 

'We can't give up hope for our wee boy'

The parents of a toddler waiting for a liver and bowel transplant are pleading with parents to have the conversation about what they would do in the same situation.

BangkokPost.com 

Thailand's consumer confidence drops to 13-month low

Thai consumer confidence dropped for a sixth consecutive month in August to a 13-month low, weighed by concerns about slow economic growth and higher living amid uncertainty over a new government's policies, a survey showed on Thursday.

Sports.inquirer.net 

Creamline sets out to complete trailblazing PVL triple crown

Creamline’s date with destiny gets an answer on Thursday when the Cool Smashers try to complete what would just be the first Grand Slam in Premier Volleyball League (PVL) history. Or, it can also be that the Cool Smashers will fail to achieve that for the third time in their glorious history. No team has