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The players struggled on the pitch during Thursday’s match. [Reuters]UEFA have announced that plans are underway to improve the quality of the pitch at Frankfurt Arena following problems with the surface during England’s draw with Denmark.During the Euro 2024 Group C match at home to Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt, players struggled with the poor condition of the pitch.Shortly after the start of the match, large chunks of grass were strewn across the field and after the match groundskeepers were seen filling buckets with grass.”A detailed maintenance plan is being drawn up ahead of future matches at the venue to address…

The all-sports award recipients used state titles to rise to the top last season, especially the big-school winners, but in the 2023-24 season, the depth of each of the recipients’ programs makes the difference.Winter Haven dominated the latest three spring sports to win Ledger Magazine’s Big School All-Sports award, beating out George Jenkins and defending champion Lake Wales.McKeel dominated Lakeland Christian decisively in the fall and winter, then pulled off an LCS upset in the spring to beat the Vikings and claim the small school championship.It was Winter Haven’s eighth win, but their first since 2017, as the previous six…

When James Davison Hunter publishes a book, people need to take notice. Hunter’s 1991 book The Culture Wars: The Battle to Define America He offers one of the most useful and commonly used metaphors for political change in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. His new book, Democracy and Solidarity: On the Cultural Roots of America’s Political Crisisdoes the same for the present, pointing to the most fundamental question our nation must face and answer: Can our democracy survive when the cultural wellsprings of social solidarity have dried up, when we can no longer generate a common mythology that…

Google partners with Pakistan to build smart classrooms and digitally transform the education system ISLAMABAD: Google and Pakistan’s Ministry of Education on Thursday announced a partnership to provide access to education to millions of students across the country, digitally transform Pakistan’s education system and build smart schools, state media reported. According to UNICEF Pakistan, Pakistan has a staggering 26.2 million out-of-school children, the second highest number in the world. Last month, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif declared a state of emergency on education in the country, hoping to ensure access to education and improve educational opportunities for out-of-school children. Prime Minister…

CNN — Russia and North Korea signed a mutual defense pact this week, sending ripples across the region, with South Korea convening Moscow’s envoy on Friday and Japan and the United States expressing serious concerns. The defense pact, forged against the backdrop of Putin’s brutal war against Ukraine, is the most significant agreement Russia and North Korea have signed in decades and is seen as something of a revival of a 1961 Cold War-era mutual defense pledge. The agreement was signed on Wednesday during Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to Pyongyang, where he was given a lavish welcome by North…

Narendra Modi’s reelection for a third term as Prime Minister of India is sending ripples through financial markets. Indian stock markets are showing signs of correction as his NDA coalition won by a narrower margin than expected. Concerns may also emerge about the impact of social welfare schemes on economic growth. However, we are optimistic that the current government can balance these priorities.Also read: Here are investors’ top priorities when choosing a mutual fund, report reveals common misconceptions Given this interesting backdrop, Indian retail investors will need to adopt well-informed strategies to effectively navigate the volatile post-election period.How the election…

Down icon An icon in the shape of a downward angle. Russian President Putin and Vietnamese President Trum Lam. Kristina Kormilitsina/Sputnik/Kremlin/Reuters Russian President Putin visited Vietnam and the two countries signed more than a dozen agreements this week.Following the strengthening of ties between Washington and Hanoi in 2023, Vietnam giving a warm welcome to Putin would not look good on the US.Relations between Vietnam and Russia date back to the Soviet era and have sentimental value. Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court, nevertheless paid a two-day visit to Vietnam and received a warm welcome.The…

Polish medical technology company Quantum Innovations has raised around €10 million in its second funding round. A team led by Grzegorz Swirski, MD, PhD, has developed the world’s first sensor technology to monitor organs during surgery and transplantation. Advances in medical technology have significantly improved the success rate of cardiothoracic surgery and reduced complications and mortality. Surgery, especially involving internal organs, requires extreme precision and continuous monitoring – capabilities that are not available with the tools and equipment currently available. Quantum Innovations aims to fill this gap. The company’s Heart Sense solution enables real-time ECG monitoring directly from the surface…

Bitcoin has caught a summer cold. Will the stock market catch a cold too?The world’s most valuable cryptocurrency has fallen about 9% since surpassing $71,000 earlier this month and is now below $65,000, which could be a bad sign for the broader market, warns Barry Bannister, chief equity strategist at Stifel. Bannister said that since 2020, “excess liquidity from the massive COVID-19 relief grants has caused Bitcoin to soar. Nasdaq 100, ” he wrote. The indicators are: S&P 500, Major holdings include technology giant Nvidia. , Microsoft , apple , Amazon , alphabet , Meta Platform , and Broadcom .…

Workers assemble the Wuling Hongguang Mini EV, an all-electric microcar manufactured by SAIC-GM-Wuling, at the joint venture automaker’s factory in Qingdao city, eastern China’s Shandong province, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021.Future Publishing | Future Publishing | Getty ImagesBEIJING — China has spent $230.8 billion over a decade developing its electric vehicle industry, according to an analysis released Thursday by the U.S. Center for Strategic and International Studies.Scott Kennedy, China business and economics director at CSIS, said the government’s support amounts to 18.8% of total electric vehicle sales from 2009 to 2023. He noted that such spending as a percentage of EV…