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The Nassau County stadium that hosted the India vs Pakistan match on June 9 is set for demolition after the T20 World Cup in New York ended on Wednesday with a win for India vs USA.The stadium, built in less than 100 days, has been criticised for the sloping nature of the pitch, which has tended to be unpredictable. “After the final match is played at East Meadow on June 12, the stadium will be dismantled, the parts shipped back to Las Vegas, another golf event will be held and Eisenhower Park will return to normal but will be left…

DALLAS — As a Delta Airlines jet roared down the runway, an air traffic controller at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport suddenly started yelling expletives and ordered the pilot to stop the takeoff roll.Air traffic controllers saw an American Airlines plane accidentally cross the same runway and into the path of the accelerating Delta flight. JFK is one of 35 U.S. airports equipped with devices that track planes and vehicles on the ground. The system alerted the tower to the danger last year, potentially saving lives.The National Transportation Safety Board and many independent experts have said pilots should…

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Chinese Premier Li Qiang met with New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon in Wellington on Thursday, where the two leaders stressed their ability to respectfully disagree as “good friends,” though there was little public disagreement.Li, China’s number two, will be the first Chinese premier to visit New Zealand since Li Keqiang’s visit in 2017. Australia and MalaysiaChina’s Foreign Ministry announced the visit this week, which coincides with a dwindling of tensions between China and Russia. Australia and China This has caused trouble in relations between the two countries in recent years.After the meeting, Luxon and…

CNN — When the Group of Seven nations gathered on Italy’s rocky Adriatic coast for their annual family photo shoot on Thursday, the picture did not feature leaders at the height of their political power. Instead, the leaders gathered in Puglia’s luxury resort find themselves nearly all weakened at home by elections, scandals and fading influence. The anti-incumbency sentiment sweeping the Western nation of olive trees and swimming pools creates enormous risks for global geopolitics. This annual gathering of the world’s major economies has rarely been so overshadowed by political weakness in nearly every member state, raising questions about how…

Ekion TechnologiesThe Cambridge-based developer of niobium-based fast-charging battery materials has successfully raised £29 million in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Volta Energy Technologies, a specialist investment firm in battery and energy storage technologies, with participation from existing investors CBMM, BGF and Cambridge Enterprise Ventures. The investment will enable Echion to execute on its go-to-market strategy to accelerate mass adoption of its innovative niobium-based XNO® anode material in real-world applications. Echion marks Volta’s first investment in a European headquartered company and Volta’s role as lead investor in the Series B positions Echion as a growing UK…

The National Garden Bureau discovered that gardening trends for 2024 may be on the way after online searches for terms like “front yard” and “entryway makeover” spiked last winter.A spring survey of 1,400 gardeners by Monrovia Nursery found similar results: interest in re-creating front yards is on the rise.Katie Tamoney, Monrovia’s chief marketing officer and trendspotter, thinks this could be something of a sequel to the COVID-19-inspired backyard sanctuary project.”During the pandemic, many people invested in their backyard spaces, where they spent more time,” she says. “Now their attention is shifting to their front yards.”NGB Executive Director Diane Blazek suspects…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Top advisers to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and Democratic President Joe Biden will hold a series of meetings with top U.S. business leaders on Thursday, offering widely differing views on the economy.Trump is scheduled to speak at the Business Roundtable at about 11 a.m. local time (15:00 GMT) at the group’s headquarters in Washington, DC, according to two sources familiar with planning for the event. The group, which represents more than 200 CEOs, also plans to host Biden’s White House chief of staff, Jeff Zients, earlier in the day.Meanwhile, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will speak at…

Prominent Texas evangelical pastor Dr. Tony Evans has stepped down from church leadership.Evans, senior pastor of Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship in Dallas, Texas, said in a statement posted on the church’s website Sunday that he was resigning because of “sins” he did not name.”The foundation of our pastoral ministry has always been to follow God’s Word, which is the highest standard of absolute truth that we must follow,” Evans’ statement read. “When we fall short of that standard because of sin, we must repent and restore our relationship with God. Several years ago, I fell short of that standard, and…

BARI, Italy (AP) — The summit of the Group of Seven nations opened Thursday with a consensus to support a U.S. proposal. $50 billion loan to Ukraine They are using frozen Russian assets as collateral and signalling strong support for Kiev even as the European political chessboard shifts to the right.Diplomats confirmed the agreement had been reached before the leaders arrived in southern Italy for the three-day summit, which will also see Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy sign a separate bilateral security pact with U.S. President Joe Biden.Beyond the Ukrainian War Pope Francis The pope will be the first to address…

The letters are a response to David Wigger’s opinion piece published in Outlook magazine, “Calls for Reform of the PC(USA) Investiture Process.” As a psychiatrist and Presbyterian clergy member, I agree with the Rev. David Wigger’s article “Calling for Reform in the Presbyterian Church’s Ordination Process.” Not only does the current process reflect a decades-old approach, it also fails to adequately address the mental health needs of those entering the ordination profession. The struggles inherent in seminary, the ordination exam, and the pastoral preparation process are still fresh in my memory, and from my experience serving on a pastoral preparation…