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WASHINGTON — Bob Woodward knows a thing or two about political scandals that could bring down a president.The famed journalist, who helped expose the Watergate scandal in 1972, told MSNBC on Friday that President Joe Biden’s debate performance was “so bad, so awful” that something must have happened to ruin it.”I think the answer here is to report, to actively seek an explanation for what happened here,” Woodward said. “We don’t want it to come out in some book or memoir a few years from now, or even a decade from now. We need to know now.”more:Ben Carson said Trump…

Down icon An icon in the shape of a downward angle. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and the Patriot system. Jens Büttner/Reuters Israel may transfer up to eight Patriot missile batteries to Ukraine.Israel is upgrading its air defense capabilities and is considering retiring its older Patriot batteries.Ukraine has long been keen to acquire more of the $1 billion U.S.-made Patriot systems. The United States is in talks about the possible transfer of up to eight Patriot air defense batteries from Israel to Ukraine, which would be a major boost for Ukraine in its fight against Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invading forces.According…

The EyeControl device is fitted to the patient. (Photo: EyeControl) Israeli Medical Technology Company Eye Control We have developed innovative solutions to address the communication and personal needs of ALS patients.Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a devastating, chronic disease that eats away at nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord. Patients’ condition gradually worsens, causing a loss of muscle control, severely affecting their ability to speak, move, breathe and eat.EyeControl’s wearable device also allows patients on ventilators to communicate with family and medical staff through eye gestures and bone conduction headsets. Additionally, this innovative medical technology improves the quality…

Article informationJoe Biden’s stunningly poor performance in Thursday night’s debate has spread panic, confusion and even sadness among the Democratic Party, including among those close to the president.Serious discussions are currently underway between party leaders, the White House and the Biden-Harris campaign about various options, one of which is whether Joe Biden should withdraw from the presidential candidacy.Democratic Party officials, political activists and people close to the president paint a picture of Democrats with serious concerns about the caliber of their candidate and whether he or she can beat Donald Trump in November.Some of the president’s allies I spoke to…

Pakistan’s Hamza Khan put on a stellar performance for the home crowd as he won the boys’ under-19 category at the 31st Asian Junior Squash Championships Final in Islamabad on Saturday. Last year’s world junior champion easily defeated Malaysia’s third seed Haris Daniel in three straight sets, 11-5, 12-10, 11-9. Daniel’s admirable fight for the gold medal was trumped by Khan’s sportsmanship in embracing him in a congratulatory embrace immediately after his victory. The talented Khan remained unbeaten throughout the tournament, defeating Hong Kong’s Lee Ting Hang in the qualifying round and then his compatriot Anas Ali Shah in the…

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images Former President Donald Trump speaks at a rally at Greenbriar Farm in Chesapeake, Virginia, on June 28, 2024. CNN — Donald Trump’s top advisers are planning a major overhaul of the Republican platform, significantly scaling it back and refocusing the GOP on the policies of the former president’s second term. A Thursday memo from Trump campaign managers Chris LaCivita and Susie Wiles criticized past platform plans as too long and too heavily influenced by special interests and outside groups. A “clear, concise and understandable” platform would be easier for voters to understand and harder for political opponents…

Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Election Commission has urged authorities to prepare for presidential elections in the coming months, media reports said on Saturday. The Election Commission had previously announced that the presidential election would take place between September 17 and October 16. All relevant government agencies for logistics and preparations, including manpower, vehicles, polling stations and printing, have been mobilised, an Election Commission statement quoted Election Commission Chairman RMAL Ratnayake as saying. According to news portal NewsFirst.lk, Ratnayake has written to the government’s media office, police, Ceylon Electricity Board, National Water Supply and Drainage Board and other agencies, and asked district…

Ennan Zhai, an engineer and researcher at Alibaba Cloud, shared a research paper on GitHub, revealing the cloud provider’s design of its data center for LLM training. Titled “Alibaba HPN: Data Center Network for Large-Scale Language Model Training,” the PDF document outlines how Alibaba will use Ethernet to enable 15,000 GPUs to communicate with each other.Typical cloud computing generates consistent but small data flows at speeds below 10 Gbps. LLM training, on the other hand, generates periodic data bursts that can reach up to 400 Gbps. According to the paper, “This characteristic of LLM training makes Equal-Cost Multi-Path (ECMP), a…

With the United States Men’s National Team suffering a shocking defeat on Thursday and their Copa America hopes in serious jeopardy, let’s quickly list the expected low scores: Tim Weah’s shocking calls (especially in the VAR era) unsurprisingly earned him the lowest score of the match, 1.27, followed closely by referee Ivan Burton (2.26), who lost control of the game, and Gregg Berhalter (2.63), whose job could be in jeopardy if the underdog USA Men’s National Team doesn’t advance past the group stage by beating a better Uruguay side on Monday night. However, there was at least one outstanding performance…

This year’s annual joint Philippine-U.S. military exercise, Balikatan (April 22-May 10), broke a lot of new ground. So did China’s response to it. The training grounds and weapons deployed demonstrated the link between the disputed zones of the South China Sea and the Taiwan Strait. A surge in Chinese vessels in the exclusive economic zone west of Manila and another violent maritime incident over a disputed reef have revealed Beijing’s defiance of the alliance’s show of force. The show of military force and the reaction to it have raised tensions in turbulent waters and called into question the deterrent value…