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Naascu eyes stronger 2025 season

Sports.inquirer.net 

As St. Clare College stamped its class via record fashion in men’s basketball, the National Athletics Association of Schools, Colleges and Universities (Naascu) gears up for a stronger season this year. NAASCU president Dr. Ernesto Jay Adalem said the league hopes to harness the best sporting talents outside the older collegiate leagues like the UAAP

'Wrong' data increases confusion over reducing ethnic civil war risk

Phys.org 

The use of territorial self-governance seems to decrease the risk of ethnic civil war in some cases and to increase it in others. This has led to claims that arrangements designed to manage such conflicts—like federalism, autonomy, and decentralization—constitute a paradox.

Vintage travel guide accidentally becomes masterpiece of tourist horror fiction

Boing Boing 

Is Collins' Pocket Interpreters: France (1937 edition) the most pessimistic phrasebook ever published? What was meant as a practical tool for British tourists instead became an accidental masterpiece of travel anxiety literature, suggesting that a trip to France was less about seeing the Eiffel Tower and more about navigating a gauntlet of pickpockets, stalkers, and blood loss. — Read the rest

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Critical incident declared at Gloucestershire Hospitals amid 'immense' strain on services - Gloucestershire Live

Sports - Google News (uk) 

  1. Critical incident declared at Gloucestershire Hospitals amid 'immense' strain on services  Gloucestershire Live
  2. Public asked to help 'incredibly busy' hospitals  BBC
  3. Several NHS trusts in England declare critical incidents amid rise in flu cases  Sky News
  4. NHS trusts declare critical incidents due to ‘exceptionally high demands’ in A&E  The Guardian

Live updates: Wildfires spread across Los Angeles

Vox 

Wildfires are raging across Los Angeles, turning the skies red, destroying homes and businesses, and blanketing the region with smoke and debris. The largest fire is in Pacific Palisades, which has grown to nearly 3,000 acres as of Wednesday and forced tens of thousands of people to evacuate. Three other major fires have engulfed Los […]

The unusually strong force behind the apocalyptic fires in Los Angeles

Vox 

Sustained powerful winds reaching nearly 100 miles per hour are driving fast-moving wildfires near Los Angeles, spewing smoke, destroying homes, closing roads, and forcing thousands of people to evacuate.  The Palisades fire along the coast near the Santa Monica mountains has burned more than 5,000 acres as of Wednesday afternoon. The Eaton fire near Pasadena […]