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The world is on pause for the next few weeks as we celebrate the return of the Olympic Games, which means we’ll have nothing to watch but the world’s best athletes competing in tests of the human body (oh, the horror). Undoubtedly, though, some of you are going to get a little crafty.

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Scouting Report: My freezer is stocked with restaurant quality soup dumplings thanks to this new brand which makes pork, pork and shrimp, and chicken options.

From "Shrek" to "Mean Girls," some of the most famous movies are filled with easy-to-miss details, cleverly disguised references, and background gems.

To stand out in a car-loving town like Albuquerque, one devoted gear head put two years into making this 1952 pickup truck look like nothing else on the road.

China’s attempts to support specific industries have been a mixed bag—and when they succeed it often isn’t for the reasons many observers, both critics and supporters, tend to think.

A bill that would offer Americans a refundable tax credit on the purchase of a new electric bicycle was just introduced in the Senate by Ed Markey (D-MA) and Brian Schatz (D-HI). The bill is called the Electric Bicycle Incentive Kickstart for the Environment, or E-BIKE Act for short, and it’s the companion bill to one introduced in the House of Representatives earlier this year.

Still unsure about when the next payment arrives or how to unenroll? We have the answers.

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RSL host the Rapids in the first game of the 2021 Rocky Mountain Cup

Courtesy Loudoun United

Loudoun faces a vulnerable yet dangerous opponent ahead of a busy week.

1. Covid vaccines routinely thrown in the bin as not enough people are coming forward  Telegraph.co.uk
2. Australia secures another 85 million doses of the Pfizer Covid vaccine to be used as booster jabs  Daily Mail
3. Spacing Pfizer COVID jabs boosts antibody levels: UK study  Al Jazeera English
4. 10 of Your Biggest Delta Variant Questions Answered  Bloomberg
5. Home canteens and other lockdown hacks for parents  Eternity News
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Aly & AJ are all grown up, and you can hear it in their music. Not that they didn't always pour their hearts into singing, but now, "We've actually experienced a lot of...

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Kris Osborn

F-22,

While this certainly sends a message to deter any potential Chinese aggression and demonstrate support for Taiwan, the presence of the F-22 also brings a few tactical and operational variables to mind.

The Pentagon is blitzing the Pacific with the addition of as many as twenty-five combat-ready F-22s to Guam, a clear display of 5th-Generation air dominance power poised to respond quickly in the event of some kind of fast-emerging conflict. 

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Kyle Mizokami

Russia,

Traditionally, torpedoes use propellers or pumpjets for propulsion. Shkval, on the other hand, uses a rocket engine.

Here's What You Need To Know: A noisy—but effective—weapon, Shkval smashes the paradigm of undersea warfare. A 200 knot torpedo is a very attractive capability, and as naval competition heats up in both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, we may see even more navies adopting supercavitating designs and adjusting their undersea tactics accordingly. Читать дальше...

The 6th Annual Baseball for All Nationals tournament held over the past week was billed as the largest girls’ baseball tournament in U.S. history, drawing nearly 600 players aged 8 to 19 on 50 teams.

In the rural town of Russell, one hotel has helped attract more than 200 newcomers who embrace, and are embraced by, the local community. ‘We are all one community,’ says the mayor.

Can we ever really know the world?

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Rachael Ostovich didn’t care that the odds were against her going into her fight against Paige VanZant in the BKFC 19 main event.

Being forced out of their jobs at the height of the pandemic last year turned out a blessing in disguise for some people.

State lockdowns to stop the spread of coronavirus will leave workers hundreds of dollars out of pocket even after government payments, with those in Sydney’s south-west and retail staff across Melbourne among the worst affected.

The goal of driving cases down to zero has now been replaced by talk of ‘containing’ the virus and easing restrictions where possible.

Free weekly horoscope for each star sign from renowned astrologer Hedy Damari. Forecasts for the week ahead in life, love and career.

Nitram is sparking an uncomfortable and confronting conversation about Australia, guns and our culture - but it’s a discussion we need to have.

Liberal MP Kevin Conolly told a Christian lobby group NSW was “a little different” to other states that had legalised euthanasia.