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Dallas [US], July 5(ANI): Dozens of the top domestic players in the United States have gathered in Houston for the first Major League Cricket (MLC) pre-season camp, with overseas stars set to arrive later in the week. The Lone Star State's own Texas Super Kings and the five other MLC teams, the Los Angeles Knight Riders, MI New York, San Francisco Unicorns, Seattle Orcas and Washington Freedom, will practice across two ve

Carly Johnson, from  Stockport, Manchester, says she takes the confusion as a compliment but does find it awkward when men ask her about her 'hot friend'.

The Kremlin is trying to take control of the Wagner Group’s Middle Eastern empire.

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Japanese architect Toyo Ito has completed Gaia, a six-storey business school at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore that is built almost entirely from mass timber. According to Nanyang Technological University (NTU), the 43,500-square-metre development is "the largest wooden building in Asia" in terms of the volume of timber used. Toyo Ito & Associates designed Gaia

I knew I wanted to be deliberately vague, as to whether something was actually happening. For many people across the world and across time periods, there isn’t always this strong delineation between fantasy and reality.

Paul Scharre expands on his FP cover essay.

Population models suggest there would be even more megafauna in Europe now than 130,000 years ago if it weren't for modern humans

I had double glazing installed in January 2022. I paid partly in cash, partly by bank transfer. After completion of the job, lots of problems came to light.

Pennsylvania Democratic Sen. Bob Casey’s campaign says he raised more than $4 million in the last three months — his best fundraising quarter ever. Casey’s campaign said Wednesday the fundraising result beats the previous best quarter of his career by more than $1.2 million. Casey gives Democrats a strong candidate in what's expected to be a difficult 2024 campaign to keep their 51-49 Senate majority. Casey's reelection bid awaits a Republican challenger. One Republican who may run is ex-hedge fund CEO David McCormick. Читать дальше...

Ayurdhi Dhar interviews Nandita Chaudhary about children’s lives across cultures, the problems with global aid agencies and their interventions, psychology’s bias in the study of children, the limits of attachment theory and more.

Unlike NBA teams that charter flights, WNBA teams primarily fly commercial per the collective bargaining agreement. The league has said it would cost about $25 million to charter for the entire season or approximately $2 million per team.

An increasing number of religious leaders who see protecting the environment from corporate damage as a crucial task for modern churches and faith groups.

When a foster dog named Chica goes missing in Brooklyn’s Evergreens Cemetery, the animal tracker Jim Tierney gets to work, in a short documentary by Sean Paulsen and Brad Wickham.

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A massive underground deposit of high-grade phosphate rock in Norway, pitched as the world’s largest, is big enough to satisfy world demand for fertilisers, solar panels and electric car batteries over the next 100 years, according to the company exploiting the resource.

Helena is poised to host the fifth Ookii Sora Pop Culture Convention Friday.

It may now be easier to get pregnant using the sperm of a deceased loved one. The practice is controversial—but it’s not inherently wrong.

With Geno Smith enjoying a career renaissance and offseason investments in the NFL Draft and free agency, let's take a look at the 2023 Seattle Seahawks odds.

It’s summer, which means that some Black celebs are on the beach, going to dinner parties, and running around town with their friends! Other Black celebs are out on the picket line, supporters members of the Writers strike! Here’s what some of our favorite people are doing!

“UPMC’s monopoly powers have gone too damn far,” Representative Summer Lee said during a press event earlier this year.

The famous climate pattern El Niño could usher in a new hottest year on record and will have domino effects on the world’s weather.