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Down icon An icon in the shape of a downward angle. Clinton Liberty and Abubakar Salim as Hal’s Adam and Arin in “House of the Dragon.” Ollie Upton/HBO In “House of the Dragon” we were introduced to Hal’s brothers, Adam and Arryn, who serve in the Velaryon fleet. In Fire and Blood, the brothers are pivotal characters.Here’s what happens to them in the books and what could potentially happen on the show. Warning: Contains spoilers for “House of the Dragon” Season 2, Episode 2, and the book “Fire and Blood.”This week House of the Dragon introduced another new character worth…
After recording a significantly improved performance in the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections compared to 2019, the Indian National Congress is set to begin a series of strategy meetings within the party to prepare for state assembly elections scheduled for later this year in Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir.Indian National Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and MP Rahul Gandhi are scheduled to begin strategy meetings with leaders from Jharkhand on Monday. The meetings in Maharashtra, Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir will be held between June 25 and 27. “We are committed to continuing the momentum in our favour and…
The president’s political surrogates were spread across Sunday talk shows in preparation for next week’s televised debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump, which could help the incumbent Democratic president and former Republican president capture the attention of voters who are still undecided or disinterested in November’s election.But the candidates are taking surprisingly different approaches, with Biden holed up at Camp David preparing for the debate and Trump’s personal lawyer, Bob Bauer, reportedly representing him in the mock debates.Bauer told Politico last week that his job is to “give as accurate a picture as possible of how the other person…
A tornado watch was lifted late Sunday night in New Hampshire after multiple storms had triggered several severe thunderstorm and tornado warnings during the day. A tornado watch was initially in effect statewide until 8 p.m. and extended to 10 p.m. for the southern two-thirds of the state, but was lifted after sundown as the tornado threat decreased. Early Sunday, one storm moved across southern New Hampshire from Keene to Portsmouth over a two-hour period. The storm triggered multiple tornado and severe thunderstorm warnings, including around Keene and later near Manchester, before dissipating over the ocean around 7:15 p.m. Other…
Noah Lyles isn’t satisfied with just one bronze medal in the 200 meters at the Tokyo Olympics. On Sunday, he’ll take another step towards adding Olympic gold to his trophy case.Lyles will headline Sunday’s Olympic Track and Field Trials with the men’s 100-meter final at Hayward Field at 10:49 p.m. ET. He will first run in the semifinal, scheduled for 8:48 p.m. ET.He told reporters after the first round that his goal is to break 9.8 seconds in his second-best event (the 200 meters). Other finals scheduled for Sunday include the women’s 400 meters, the men’s 3,000 meters steeplechase, the…
JD.com founder Richard Liu, during a recent video conference with his office staff, added a warning to his words of encouragement: His company has no room for anyone who wants work-life balance.”We have employees who like to enjoy life, who put life first and work second. I understand that you don’t want to work hard, and it’s everyone’s choice. So I can only say that you are not our brothers, but just passers-by,” Liu told those in attendance, according to an audio recording posted on social media. “We shouldn’t work together.”Liu said the Chinese e-commerce group will step up efforts…
CHICAGO — Aside from the WNBA Finals, this was the biggest game in league history.There have been some great games over the years, and I don’t mean to downplay them, but the Indiana Fever’s first visit to the Chicago Sky since drafting Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese and Camila Cardoso offered a glimpse of the league’s future. And it was a great one.The game was intense. First, the Fever missed a chance to decide the game with two seconds left, resulting in the Sky winning 88-87. Reese had his best performance as a pro, scoring 25 points and grabbing 16 rebounds.…
The unidentified woman posted on her now-blocked Douyin account that a young man surnamed Yang had had sex with her, scammed her out of money, and then dumped her.A half-naked woman storms into a university campus to embarrass her ex-boyfriend. Photo: XShe walked around the university grounds and buildings completely naked, shouting his name with the intent of maximally embarrassing him and rendering him “socially dead.”At the time of writing, the school has not responded to the incident.”She paid a very high price to get revenge on someone who didn’t deserve it,” one online observer said.”She was more ashamed of…
by AFP-Relax News Published June 24, 2024 US real estate tycoon Frank McCourt is seeking to buy TikTok in a bid to save the internet from the giant platforms he firmly believes are corrupting society and putting children at risk. AFPMcCourt is best known in the United States as the former owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team, but in Europe he is the current owner of the legendary soccer club Olympique de Marseille, which counts French President Emmanuel Macron among its fans.McCourt has long been a vocal critic of the power of big tech platforms, accusing them of…
Draymond Green doesn’t have much sympathy for former Detroit Pistons coach Monty Williams. And there’s good reason for that. Detroit fired the 52-year-old Williams after the team finished with an NBA-worst 14-68 record in the 2023-24 season, and he signed a then-record six-year, $78.5 million contract to become the Pistons’ coach a year later. The Warriors forward spoke about Williams’ firing on the latest episode of “The Draymond Green Show” and tried to explain the meaning of Detroit’s decision. “They hired him with the biggest contract in NBA history and then fired him the next year,” Green said. “They had…