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I started playing basketball when I was 14 years old in school in Kabul, Afghanistan. The Taliban made me a refugee twice – first to Iran as a child and now abroad for a second time. When my family returned to Afghanistan in 2003, I was the first generation of girls to go back to school and play a variety of sports.However, women’s basketball, and all sports, are not widely accepted in Afghan society, and as female athletes, we were frequently threatened by extremists. Holding a basketball or wearing sportswear was a radical act for me, so off the court,…

Fly Me to the Moon is a space-age romantic comedy starring Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum. At this point in cinematic history, there are nearly as many space-themed movies as there are stars in the galaxy. From The Martian to Interstellar to Galaxy Quest, space has always been central to audiences’ attention in sci-fi storytelling. But Fly Me to the Moon strays from standard space movie protocol by taking place almost entirely on Earth; it’s more of a down-to-earth romance than a tale of hard science or space exploration. When I first heard about the concept for Fly Me to…

Download the survey Real-time Payments Barometer for Small Businesses: Hospitality Edition Instant payments have become a mainstay for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in the hospitality industry. For example, more and more small businesses in the hospitality industry are using instant PayPal to make payments rather than traditional methods like clearing house direct deposit, credit card, or check. The speed of transactions is just one of the many benefits cited by small businesses in the hospitality industry. Despite this, nearly six in 10 small businesses in the hospitality industry still cite non-instant payment options as their most commonly used payment…

BALTIMORE, Maryland — Crime-fighting robots roam the streets? No, this isn’t the stuff of science fiction, but a real-life application of artificial intelligence that’s being used in hotels, casinos, shopping malls and police stations. ​”Three words: deter, detect and report,” Mark Santana Lee, co-founder of Knightscope, the company that makes the robots, told a group of about two dozen people who had gathered at Baltimore’s Northside Baptist Church to learn about the technology. You can see the robot in action in the video above from the 6pm newscast.Baltimore-based technology company X9 Intelligence sells Knightscope products and hopes to have the…

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday that Pakistan was trying to maintain its relevance through “terror” and a “proxy war” but its “immoral designs” would inevitably fail. The nuclear-armed South Asian neighbours have a tense relationship, with India accusing Pakistan of backing Islamist militants fighting for control of the decades-old Kashmir region, which both countries claim full and partial control over. Pakistan denies the accusations and says it is only offering diplomatic and moral support to Kashmiris seeking self-determination in the Muslim-majority region. Modi’s remarks came at an event marking 25 years since India and Pakistan fought a…

An Hour AgoStocks finish higher, Dow jumps more than 600 pointsStocks finish higher on Friday to cap off a volatile trading week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rallied 654.27 points, or 1.6%, to finish at 40,589.34. The S&P 500 climbed 1.1% to end at 5,459.10, while the Nasdaq Composite gained 1% to close at 17,357.88.— Samantha Subin2 Hours Ago3M heads for best day in more than half a century3M shares tracked for their best day in more than 50 years on the back of better-than-predicted earnings.The office suppliers maker jumped more than 21% in afternoon trading. If that holds through…

With farmer protests simmering again on the Punjab-Haryana border just months away from the Haryana state assembly elections, some farmer unions are rallying support for a march to Delhi to push for long-pending demands, including a legal guarantee for the minimum support price (MSP).Farmer unions spearheading the ‘Delhi Chalo March’ are currently awaiting the Supreme Court’s order on the Haryana government’s petition after the Punjab and Haryana High Court asked the Haryana government to open the Shambhu border, which was closed in February this year to stop protesting farmers from moving from Punjab to Haryana.read more”We are waiting for the…

Nationwide said Friday it plans to cut about 5% of its workforce over the next 12 months.Nationwide, the insurance and financial services company, said the job cuts will come from its general insurance business and technology teams. Its financial services business will not be cut. Nationwide said it expects layoffs from the cuts to be minimal.”Over the next 12 months, our (General Insurance) division and certain of its support functions, including technology, will be operating with reduced headcount overall,” Nationwide said in a statement. “This is due to a variety of factors, including employees voluntarily transferring to other roles within…

Less than a week before the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, Stephen Curry stood in front of his USA teammates and coaches and delivered some unforgettable news. “You’re going to be waving the flag in Paris, my friend,” Curry said, delivering his message to just one person in a packed room. Voted by his fellow U.S. Olympians, LeBron James will be the flag bearer for the U.S. men’s basketball team at Friday’s opening ceremony, becoming the first player to receive that honor from the U.S. men’s basketball team. Anthony Davis sat to James’ right, surrounded by…

Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderJuly 26, 2024 4:42 PM ETcloseMike Coppinger has covered boxing since 2010 for USA Today, Ring Magazine and The Athletic before joining ESPN in 2021. You can follow him on Twitter: @MikeCoppingerThe U.S. Olympic boxing team will face the same daunting task that has eluded the team in the past four Olympic Games: winning the men’s gold medal.Andre Ward was the last American man to win a gold medal at the Athens Olympics in 2004. Ward went on to have a Hall of Fame career as a pro athlete.Jamal Harvey is widely considered the best hope…