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CHESNEE, S.C. (WSPA) – The Spartanburg County Parks and Recreation Department will be making renovations to Bryant Road Park in Chesnee starting this winter with work set to continue through next spring. The construction period would overlap with the spring sports season for youth sports leagues, so a new facility, or multiple facilities, would need to be found. Danny Rising, co-president of Boiling Springs District 2 Youth Sports, said Bryant Road Park is in need of renovations and unfortunately, it will overlap with the spring sports season. “Parking has been a big concern. Restrooms have been a big concern and…
Workers produce chips at a semiconductor manufacturing company in Binzhou, China, on June 4, 2024.Noor Photo | Noor Photo | Getty ImagesBEIJING — The share of revenue from China for the world’s four largest semiconductor equipment makers, including ASML, is set to more than double from the second half of 2022 onwards, analysts at Bank of America said in a report on Monday.”China has accelerated its purchases of semiconductor manufacturing equipment with the aim of developing its own semiconductor manufacturing capabilities since the United States tightened export controls in October 2022,” the report noted.BofA’s analysis included Lam Research, ASML, KLA…
I’ve read up to page 1,154 of the Sunday Ticket court transcript, with 1,352 pages still to go.Much of the trial’s sixth day was dominated by live testimony from Brian Rolapp, the NFL’s chief media and business officer.The lawsuit focuses on whether the NFL, acting as an 32 independent company, set the price of its Sunday Ticket unfairly high, so expensive that a majority of fans wanting to watch out-of-market games would be satisfied with the “free” CBS and Fox games offered in their local markets. To that end, the plaintiffs have sought to prove that the NFL effectively set…
Voters are streaming into the bleachers of the gym at West Allis Central High School near Milwaukee, Wisconsin, ahead of President Joe Biden’s first campaign rally since leaving office and endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris as the party’s nominee. On a rainy Tuesday morning, check-in tables outside the venue were still covered by “President Biden”-branded tents used at pro-Biden-Harris events earlier this year. But inside the theater, the “President Harris” logo was projected onto the screen and upbeat tunes by artists like Lizzo and Stevie Wonder were playing from the speakers. Many Wisconsin voters eager to see Harris run say…
TANEE: Sara* risked everything for love and safety. She left her allegedly abusive husband, created an entirely new identity, took her two young daughters and travelled to Pakistan to marry her Instagram boyfriend. Now, an investigation report has been filed in TANEE against 23-year-old Sara for allegedly forging documents to obtain a passport and Pakistani visa under a false identity.According to a senior police official, the woman, originally from Uttar Pradesh, had moved to Thane last year to live with her mother to escape her allegedly abusive husband. She soon became friends with a Pakistani man on Instagram and eventually…
At the 37th Asia-Pacific Roundtable recently held in Kuala Lumpur, differences of opinion among Southeast Asian countries on the South China Sea issue were evident across panels, speeches and impromptu comments as delegates discussed opportunities for regional cooperation and the centrality of ASEAN in an environment of worsening great power tensions. Malaysian National Security Council Secretary-General Raja Dato’ Nusirwan Zainal Abidin said the South China Sea accounts for at most 4 percent of bilateral relations between Malaysia and China, after Malaysia downplayed the issue and reiterated its willingness to negotiate with China. Last April, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said he…
The tech layoff wave is still going strong in 2024. Following significant workforce reductions in 2022 and 2023, this year has already seen 60,000 job cuts across 254 companies, according to independent layoffs tracker Layoffs.fyi. Companies like Tesla, Amazon, Google, TikTok, Snap and Microsoft have conducted sizable layoffs in the first months of 2024. Smaller-sized startups have also seen a fair amount of cuts, and in some cases, have shut down operations altogether. By tracking these layoffs, we’re able to understand the impact on innovation across companies large and small. We’re also able to see the potential impact of businesses…
A’ja Wilson had a double-double by halftime to lead the U.S. national team to a win over Germany in their lone international Olympic prelude. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)Fresh off a loss to a WNBA all-star team, the U.S. women’s basketball team was back on track Tuesday in its only international warmup before the Olympics.The U.S. team headed to Paris after a comfortable 84-57 win over Germany in London and will next face Japan in Olympic group play on Monday.Two-time WNBA MVP A’ja Wilson, the favorite to win her third award this season, led the team with 19 points, 14 rebounds, two…
Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald J. Trump held a campaign rally at Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, Michigan on July 20, 2024. Bill Priano | Getty Images News | Getty Images”A Trump victory would likely intensify trade and economic hostility between the United States and China and accelerate trade and financial decoupling between the two countries,” said Eswar Prasad, a professor of economics at Cornell University.After Biden dropped out of the race and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris, who is widely expected to face Trump, Prasad and other experts said Harris’ approach to China would likely be…
Weeks of building panic among Democrats gave way this week to a historic influx of campaign funds for the presidential front-runner, Vice President Harris, as allied groups reported huge fundraising hauls amid jubilation from supporters.The Harris campaign reported Tuesday morning that it had raised more than $100 million from 1.1 million donors in the first 41 hours after President Biden announced he was stepping down. FF PAC (aka Future Forward), the largest outside group backing Biden, announced that it had pledged $150 million in donations within the first 24 hours after President Biden announced he was stepping down on Sunday…