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LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath may have told his party workers not to “get behind the curve” following the BJP’s dismal performance in the state in the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections, but stark differences between the party and the government have created anxiety among its members. With by-elections to 10 assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh looming, differences with the party’s central leadership are coming to the surface.Billed as a mini-election ahead of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls scheduled for 2027, the saffron party faces a monumental task of galvanising its demoralised ranks to take on the India…

Yes, please do it. Ride Apartment July 16, 2024 in 7:06 AM EST 2 min read Once upon a time, sporty ATVs roared through the countryside. They roared, stomped through dirt and mud, and sent so many people to the hospital that nearly every emergency room had a sport ATV ward. ATVs were pure fun for the psychopaths. But then, in an instant, everything except Yamaha disappeared from the face of the earth. They were the last of the Yamaha clan. But it looks like CFMoto is hoping to revive the category and bring sport ATVs back to glory with…

Shafaq News / A suicide bomber driving a vehicle packed with explosives attacked a Pakistani military base on Tuesday, killing eight soldiers and 10 militants. The attackers struck the base’s perimeter wall. The Pakistani military reported that suicide bombers rammed a vehicle into the outer wall of a military housing complex in Bannu city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, early Monday morning. The explosion caused part of the wall to collapse, destroying nearby infrastructure and killing eight soldiers. Following the attack, the military said security forces had killed 10 attackers. “The decisive and immediate response of the security forces averted a catastrophe,”…

* High temperature warning 11am to 8pm*Today’s Daily ChartIt’s a somewhat subjective rating of the weather for that day on a scale of 0 to 10.0/10: Even as this scorching heat draws to a close, this triple-digit repeat has no numbers.Quick Forecasttoday: Very hot, with storms possible during the day. Highs: 97-103.tonight: Very muggy. Low: 73-82.tomorrow: Very hot, with thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening. High: 95-100.Detailed forecastThe hottest heatwave of this summer so far will peak today, with temperatures approaching the 104 degree record set during the hottest summer of 1988. There may be some relief from sudden thunderstorms…

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If you’re feeling hilariously blasphemous, you can continue to believe that this U.S. men’s basketball roster is better than the Dream Team — bias toward recency is a very dangerous medicine — but the current team has bigger things to worry about than thinking about fictional matches between legendary players.Before America’s NBA players can compete against history, they must make memories of their own. Their combined accomplishments in the NBA might suggest this is one of the dreamiest teams of all time, but the mission of winning an Olympic gold medal is becoming more and more difficult. There’s no time…

The best thing about winning a major is that it can literally impact your entire career. Winning one major guarantees that you’ll continue to play in that major for years, or even decades, no matter what happens later in your career. But the opposite is also true: not winning a major can haunt you for the rest of your life.Tiger Woods hasn’t won the British Open since 2006, but he’s still won it three times, which is three times more than you, me and Colin Montgomerie. Monty is a highly accomplished professional player and Ryder Cup champion, but he has…

This article is an onsite version of the FirstFT newsletter. Subscribers can sign up for the Asia, Europe/Africa or Americas edition to receive the newsletter every weekday morning. See all newsletters here.Good morning, here’s what we’re going to cover today:But we start with a new super political action committee supporting Donald Trump’s run for President, which is backed by U.S. tech and business leaders. America Pak has raised more than $8.7 million since it was founded last month, according to public filings, including several $1 million donations from Silicon Valley investors who have publicly supported Trump in recent weeks.Palantir Technologies…

Islamabad: Pakistan’s government stepped up its demands against Imran Khan on Monday, announcing its decision to ban his political party over alleged receipt of illegal foreign funds, involvement in riots and “anti-national” activities that could see the jailed former prime minister charged with treason.Announcing the unexpected move, Minister of Information and Broadcasting Ataullah Tarar emphasised that Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and its leadership are working to undermine the country’s sovereignty and damage the country’s unity at the international level.”PTI and Pakistan cannot co-exist,” Tarar told a press conference here and added that the issue would be taken up before the…

Violence begets violence, as the old saying goes, and unless we change the way we talk and act about politics, America will suffer more violence.A 20-year-old man armed with an AR-15-style rifle attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump at a rally in western Pennsylvania on Saturday evening, resulting in a shootout that left the gunman and one spectator dead and two others injured, for reasons that are unclear.But I do recognize that the past decade has seen a resurgence of violent rhetoric in American politics, driven by Trump’s MAGA movement. The response of some MAGA supporters within the Republican…