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Fair fun is back in Niagara County

Wivb.com 

LOCKPORT, N.Y. (WIVB) -- The sights, the sounds and the tastes are all back this week at the Niagara County Fairgrounds. On Wednesday, the fair kicked off with their annual farm city breakfast, with five days full of fair fun ahead. "It's just a great community interaction with everyone here that can enjoy the day [...]

This 2,000 foot skyscraper is completely abandoned

Boing Boing 

Goldin Finance 117 is a 2,000-foot "ghostscraper" located in Tianjin, China. Construction began on the building in 2008 but, after several stops-and-starts, ended in 2015 just shy of the building's completion. Now, Goldin Finance 117 is the world's tallest abandoned building. — Read the rest

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Key budget bill passes House

BangkokPost.com 

A supplementary bill which seeks to increase the budget for the current fiscal year by 122 billion baht to partially fund the government's digital wallet handout scheme sailed through its third and final reading in the House of Representatives on Wednesday.

Progressives sound alarm on Shapiro VP talk

TheHill.com 

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) is facing growing pushback from progressives even as his stock rises in the Harris veepstakes conversation. They are sounding the alarm on his past position on school vouchers and say that his stance on the Israel-Hamas War could highlight a divide in the Democratic Party that could impact the November...

Paris Olympics: Nadal, Alcaraz's hope for gold ends on bitter note

BigNewsNetwork.com (sports) 

Paris [France], August 1 (ANI): The US pair Austin Krajicek and Rajeev Ram ended Spanish stars Carlos Alcaraz and Rafael Nadal's hopes of a gold medal in the men's doubles event at the Olympics at Philippe Chatrier Court. In the quarter-finals, Alcaraz and Nadal were outplayed by the US pair in straight sets following a 6-2, 6-4 defeat. Seeded fourth, Krajicek and Ram looked well set against the star Spanish duo. They con

"He's very inspirational for every athlete: Praveen Chithravel on Neeraj Chopra

BigNewsNetwork.com (sports) 

Chateauroux [France], August 1 (ANI): Ahead of the start of the Athletics campaign in the ongoing Paris Olympics, India's long jumper Praveen Chithravel said that Javellin thrower Neeraj Chopra is an inspiration for every athlete. Neeraj Chopra will be in action during the men's javelin throw, with the qualifiers scheduled for August 6 and finals taking place two days later. He is the defending champion in the men's javel

Olympic Men's Golf Competition: Preview, Best Bets

BigNewsNetwork.com (sports) 

(Photo credit: Jack Gruber-USA TODAY Sports) The favorites to win gold in the Olympic Men's Golf Competition will have a distinct advantage when the competition begins Thursday at Le Golf National about 25 minutes outside of Paris. The course also played host to the 2018 Ryder Cup, where Team Europe led by Rory McIlroy and Jon Rahm beat anAmerican squad that included current World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler and No. 2 Xander

US State Department expresses condolences over deaths in Wayanad landslides

BigNewsNetwork.com 

New Delhi [India], August 1 (ANI): The US State Department expressed condolences on the massive landslides in Kerala's Wayanad, in which over 160 people have been killed. The number of people who died in the landslides that struck the hilly areas of Meppadi in Wayanad district on Tuesday following incessant rainfall has gone up to 167, the Kerala Revenue Department said today. "Deeply saddened by the recent massive landsl

Age Friendly Fund Now Open

Scoop 

Applications are now open for the Age friendly Fund, a programme that provides grants for projects to promote the inclusion and contribution of older people in community life. The Fund makes one-off grants from $5,000 up to $15,000 and will be accepting ...