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In what has come to be referred to as the Great Power Competition (GPC), malign, revisionist powers, like the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and Russia, challenge nations and institutions across the globe. As FBI Director Christopher Wray said in 2020, “China is engaged in a whole-of-state effort to become the world’s only superpower by any means necessary.” Extensive, well-documented, publicly available, year-over-year evidence exists, ranging from intellectual property theft to data-collection efforts to transnational repression... Читать дальше...

Denzel Bentley produced another early night at a familiar site. The heavy-handed middleweight flattened Derrick Osaze in the second round of their TNT Sports main event. Osaze was dropped and counted out at 2:27 of round two Saturday evening at York Hall in Bethnal Green, England. Bentley fought at this venue just three months ago, […]

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Tottenham Hotspur manager Ange Postecoglou reveals that full-back Djed Spence is set to remain with the club for the 2024-25 season.

(Gary, IN) The rain had dried out and the field was playable for game five between the RailCats and the Railroaders. Gary had dropped their fifth game... - AA Gary SouthShore Railcats

Fanatics Fest has been filled with legends and Hall of Famers in all major sports, but the crowds were largest for the WWE talent that arrived Saturday.

1. LNER train strikes: Aslef says staff morale is ‘in the gutter’ over ‘toxic’ dispute  The Independent
2. LNER train drivers to stage weekend strikes across three months  BBC
3. Labour urge ASLEF and LNER to meet ahead of fresh train strikes over working conditions  Sky News
4. When are strikes happening in August and September?  The Telegraph
5. LNER train drivers announce strikes every weekend till mid-November  Channel 4 News

Train drivers working for LNER between Edinburgh and London will walk out for 11 weekends straight

During a Saturday campaign rally in Pennsylvania, Donald Trump asserted that he was "much better looking" than Vice President Kamala Harris. Jonathan Capehart, joined by Sen. Laphonza Butler (D-Calif.), looks at Trump's other personal attacks on his 2024 opponent.

After a world premiere in Tribeca’s international narrative competition, Slovenian director-writer Sonja Prosenc brings her third feature, the social satire “Family Therapy,” to contend in Sarajevo. The filmmaker’s latest provides an absurdist spin on the premise of Pier Paolo Pasolini’s “Teorema,” as the arrival of a handsome, young stranger disrupts the dynamics of an unpleasant, nouveau […]

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“The most popular soccer league in the world returns on Friday at the Theatre of Dreams as Fulham visits Manchester United. If it feels like the soccer season is never-ending after the European Championships, Copa América, and Olympicinternational tournaments all summer, you’re correct. Just 89 days after Manchester City won a fourth straight Premier League […]

Man was arrested in connection with the shooting death of a woman in California.

Vice President Kamala Harris’ weird stepdaughter, Ella Emhoff, is pushing the controversial drug Ketamine as a means for managing pain.

(Photo credit: Tim Heitman-USA TODAY Sports) The University of Houston announced the hiring of Eddie Nunez, formerly of the University of New Mexico, as its athletic director on Saturday. The school announced the five-year contract for Nunez, including the title of vice president for intercollegiate athletics. Vice president was a title he previously carried with the Lobos following a promotion in 2021. Nunez will be fo

A return to the court for Caitlin Clark led to the Indiana Fever star getting winded early on in the game after taking some time away from basketball.

The decision to nominate Pheu Thai leader Paetongtarn Shinawatra as the new prime minister signals that Thaksin Shinawatra, the party's de facto leader, will go all out to rebuild a support base to fend off the People's Party (PP), according to a political analyst.

The hat featured in 1984's “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom” was expected to fetch between $250,000 and $500,000, according to the item's online description.

A decision by online auctioning giant eBay to stop accepting American Express credit cards due to what it calls "unacceptably high" processing fees officially took effect on Saturday.

HOUSTON — All-Star left-hander Garrett Crochet can’t be sure how long he’ll pitch whenever he takes the ball now. Just one more thing to cope with when facing major-league lineups.

Ilkay Gundogan is reportedly seeking an exit from Barcelona after just one season at the club. He joined the club last summer from Premier League champions Man City.

A Texas woman was awarded a Guinness World Records title for the surprising contents of her mouth -- a 3.11-inch-wide tongue.