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Utah gets the Winter Olympics again

NPR (npr.org) 

Utah will host the 2034 winter Olympics, an honor it first had in 2002. The announcement came on the same day the state celebrates its founding by Mormon leader Brigham Young. There are critics and memories of a 2002 bribery scandal.

Price index of vacant land dips in Q2

BangkokPost.com 

The price index of vacant land in Greater Bangkok declined in the second quarter of this year compared to the first quarter, primarily due to the slow economic recovery and a downturn in the residential market.

5 Movies Where The Main Character Was The Villian

Thought Catalog 

“You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain.” Protagonist versus antagonist. Hero versus villain. It’s a tale as old as time, and the basic schematic of every story.

Report: Man United ‘Still Pushing’ to Complete £100m Double Transfer Raid

EPLIndex | Premier League stats & Blog 

Man Utd Transfer Ambitions: A Summer of Big Moves and Big Exits Manchester United’s summer transfer window is shaping up to be a mix of high-profile pursuits and strategic exits. According to an exclusive report by TeamTalk, the club is keen on bolstering its squad with two significant acquisitions: Matthijs De Ligt from Bayern Munich […]

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New shingles jab ‘delays onset of dementia’ - The Times

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  1. New shingles jab ‘delays onset of dementia’  The Times
  2. NHS shingles vaccine targeting herpes zoster virus could significantly delay onset of dementia, study suggests  Sky News
  3. Study raises hopes that shingles vaccine may delay onset of dementia  The Guardian
  4. Evidence mounts that shingles vaccines protect against dementia  New Scientist
  5. Shingles vaccine ‘may prevent dementia’, research finds  Financial Times

Big rewards and risks ahead as SA’s e-commerce sector nears billion-plus transactions yearly

Engineeringnews.co.za 

Amid a growing digital landscape characterised by increased Internet connectivity and smartphone use, as well as a pronounced shift towards online shopping, the South African e-commerce sector is undergoing significant development and is projected to exceed R400-billion in value by 2025, driven by an anticipated one-billion-plus transactions a year, says Accenture sales and commerce lead for Africa Mushambi Mutuma. As of 2023, almost 44-million South Africans were connected to the Internet, compared with 25-million in 2013. Читать дальше...

Chloe on real world limits

Scoop 

Chloe Swarbrick writes: Not only are our climate and environment the obvious foundation for any kind of economy, but the scientific fundamentals for life on earth as we know it are hard science, like gravity. Economics, on the other hand, is social science. It’s laden with a number of theories that have been shown false […]

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