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To play this content please enable JavaScript or try a different browser.Video captions, Keir Starmer speaks at his first Cabinet meetingArticle informationauthor, Jennifer McKiernanrole, BBC News Political Reportertwitter, Jenny McKiernan6 July 2024 10:48 BSTUpdated 1 hour agoPrime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s government began work on its first day in power after winning a landslide victory that upended 14 years of Conservative rule. Speaking from 10 Downing Street on Saturday morning, Prime Minister Sir Keir welcomed the new top team, saying: “There’s a lot of work to do so now it’s time to get to work.”In his first speech as Prime…

* Heat warning 11am – 8pm | Heat warning Southern Maryland and parts of the Bay counties*It’s a somewhat subjective rating of the weather for that day on a scale of 0 to 10.3/10: It’s not noticeably better than yesterday.today: Hazy, hot and humid. Afternoon storms possible. Highs: Mid to near 100.tonight: Mostly sunny. Low humidity. Low: 73 to 79.tomorrow: Mostly sunny. Not too humid. Highs: Low to mid 90s F.Today, the average high temperature in the city will rise to 90 degrees. This will continue through July 27th. So it’s no surprise that it’s going to get hotter. However,…

Speaking to Xi at their meeting on Wednesday, Putin praised the growing importance of the Shanghai alliance while saying relations between the two countries had entered a “golden period” based on the “principles of equality and mutual benefit.”” [SCO] “China has firmly established itself as one of the important pillars of a fair and multipolar world order,” he said.Zeno Leoni, lecturer in defence studies at King’s College London, said Russia and China do not necessarily agree on the role of the SCO but are working together to strengthen it as a counterweight to Western “hegemony”.”Beijing and Moscow have tendencies to…

MANILA, Philippines — Chinese coast guard troops attacked Philippine troops with axes and knives last month, ramming a vessel on a routine mission resupplying a Philippine base in disputed shallow waters of the South China Sea, severing one sailor’s thumb.A week later, the Philippines was bracing for the United States, its longtime ally and defense partner, to withdraw from global affairs as Donald Trump rises to power ahead of the November presidential election.U.S. President Joe Biden, 81, put in a faltering performance in the first debate of the season against President Trump, 78, and the right-wing populist’s sudden rise in…

LAS VEGAS — In the early hours of June 22, Greg Matson sat at the long bar at the Westgate SuperBook, highlights from Friday’s game playing on giant screens stretching from left to right.But he was focused on his smartphone, propped horizontally on top of a video poker machine, watching a live Korean baseball game, as he boasted to his customers about the 11-plus runs the NC Dinos had scored in a game against the SSG Landers, with the Landers leading 9-3 in the top of the fourth inning.The KBO watched intently as always.Occasionally, bartenders and other patrons would ask…

While authors like Ratan Sharada have effectively highlighted the BJP’s shortcomings in their articles on the 2024 election results, little attention has been paid to how the “Break India” ecosystem has exploited these weaknesses to nearly achieve its goal. Minhas Merchant, in his May 16, 2024 article, argued that it would be in the West’s interest to see Modi finish below 300 seats in 2024, but did not elaborate on the strategies the ecosystem may have adopted to achieve its goal.my First Post In my May 31, 2023 article, I explored how the Deep State employs the “die by a…

KAIST startup Panmnesia (whose name means “the power to perfectly remember everything you think, feel, encounter and experience”) claims to have developed a new approach to boosting GPU memory.The company’s breakthrough technology makes it possible to add terabytes of memory while maintaining reasonable performance levels using cost-effective storage media such as NAND-based SSDs.But there’s a problem: the technology relies on the relatively new Compute Express Link (CXL) standard, which has yet to be proven in widespread applications and requires specialized hardware integration.Technical challenges remainCXL is an open standard interconnect designed to efficiently connect CPUs, GPUs, memory, and other accelerators, allowing…

Down icon An icon in the shape of a downward angle. Former drug trafficker Laureano Ubiña will leave Spanish courts in 2023. Adrian Ilagho/Europa Press via Getty Images Netflix has been ordered to remove a sex scene depicting a Spanish drug trafficker, The Times of London reported.Laureano Ubiña said he was portrayed as a violent and impotent character in the crime drama “Cocaine Coast.”Ubiña also claimed the show had caused him “psychological damage.” A Spanish drug smuggler has sued Netflix, forcing the company to remove a sex scene from the hit series.Last year, Laureano Ubiña filed a lawsuit against Netflix…

TV BRICS International Media Network launches a media project on the latest technological developments and world-class scientific discoveries made in Russia. The TV series “Laboratorium” (from the Latin laboratorium “laboratory”) will present the achievements of university and academic science, tell about successful scientific and technological enterprises and reveal the image of a modern scientist.The show will premiere on TV BRICS on July 10, 2024. After airing in Russia, the Laboratorium series will be translated into English, Chinese, Portuguese and Spanish and distributed to TV BRICS media partners around the world.The Laboratory series includes 13 episodes of 13 minutes each, each…

Down icon An icon in the shape of a downward angle. President Joe Biden has repeatedly said he will not withdraw from the 2024 election. Andrew Harnick/Getty Images President Joe Biden has vowed he has no plans to back down.Meanwhile, some donors and elected officials are urging him to resign.If Biden changes his mind, the final push is likely to come from his own small base. President Joe Biden has made it clear he has no plans to withdraw from the 2024 race.Biden rallied with supporters in Wisconsin on Friday, continuing his efforts to hang on to power as a…