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Daver Karnosky/Daily Mining Gazette Houghton first baseman Romi Mattson waits for a throw at first base during the first game of a doubleheader against Marquette on Saturday at the Houghton High School softball field. HOUGHTON — After losing four straight against tough opponents on the road, the Houghton Gremlins returned home Saturday looking for some bounce back. In a doubleheader against the Market Sentinels held at Houghton High School softball field, the team fell behind in the first inning of both games, but came back to win both games, 5-1 and 9-4. Gremlins coach Mel Baker…
BUDAPEST, Hungary — Chinese leader Xi Jinping will spend most of his five-day tour of Europe this week in two small countries in the eastern half of the continent. The region has been used by the Chinese government as a springboard to expand its economic ambitions in Europe.After starting his first European tour in five years with a stop in Paris on Monday, Xi will then visit two countries with authoritarian leaders who are pro-China and said to be close to Russian President Vladimir Putin.Nationalist conservative leaders Viktor Orbán of Hungary and Aleksandar Vučić of Serbia as mainstream European leaders…
As Pakistan continues to face a major economic crisis, Kissan Ittehad Pakistan has announced that thousands of farmers will take part in nationwide demonstrations against the ongoing wheat crisis. Protests are scheduled to begin in Multan on May 10th.Now, the reason behind this protest is the fact that wheat rates have plummeted in the Pakistani market and are shockingly below the support price of PKR 3,900 per 40 kg. The crisis prompted farmers to stage demonstrations in Lahore and several other Pakistani cities last month.In response, the government launched a crackdown on the protests, arresting several farmers who took part.…
The U.S. and Philippine militaries on Monday fired missiles and artillery against hypothetical “invader” forces during war games on the northern Philippines coast, days after both governments opposed China’s “dangerous” actions in regional waters. It fired.The move comes amid escalating clashes between Chinese and Philippine vessels around the shallow waters of the South China Sea, which is claimed by Manila, and increased Chinese air and naval activity around the nearby autonomous island of Taiwan. Thousands of troops are conducting land, sea and air exercises. . U.S. troops converging on sand dunes on the northwest coast of Luzon, about 400 kilometers…
Prime Minister Narendra ModiLok Sabha Election 2024 Live Updates: Political parties have intensified polling activities ahead of voting in the third phase of Lok Sabha polls on May 7. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday addressed a poll rally in Uttar Pradesh’s Etawah, the stronghold of the Samajwadi Party, and later addressed a roadshow. Temple city of Ayodhya….read moreHe then reached Bhubaneswar on Sunday night for election campaigning. He is scheduled to hold public meetings in Brahmapur and Noranpur on Monday. A total of 94 Lok Sabha seats from 12 states and union territories will go to polls on May…
In this photo provided by Mammoth Mountain Ski Area, snowboarders ride on Sunday, May 5, 2024 in Mammoth Lakes, California. Peter Morning/Associated Press hide caption toggle caption Peter Morning/Associated Press In this photo provided by Mammoth Mountain Ski Area, snowboarders ride on Sunday, May 5, 2024 in Mammoth Lakes, California. Peter Morning/Associated Press TRUCKEE, Calif. — A weekend spring storm flooded the San Francisco Bay Area, closed mountain passes in Northern California and set a single-day snowfall record for the season in the Sierra Nevada on Sunday. The wet weather system had largely subsided out of the state by Sunday…
image caption, Posters of candidates such as Success Mathra (C) and Mahamat Devi (R) can be seen in the capital.1 hour agoChad is set to become the first African country currently ruled by military regimes to transition to democratic rule with Monday’s presidential vote.The move marks the end of a three-year transition period imposed after long-time leader Idriss Deby Itno died suddenly while fighting with rebels.But there is skepticism that this will make a difference, as his son and successor, General Mahamat Devi, is among the favorites to win.Prime Minister Success Masra is one of his nine challengers and is…
A new study analyzing downloads of productivity tools on Google Play shows that the overwhelming majority of mobile users turn to their smartphones to lead their work lives and schedule their daily tasks. Ta.According to a SplitMetrics report, the top apps in the business and productivity categories have amassed a staggering 4.7 billion and 55 billion downloads, respectively. Microsoft’s LinkedIn leads the business category with a whopping 1.5 billion lifetime downloads, followed by video conferencing giants Zoom (1.1 billion) and Microsoft Teams (426 million), followed by OfficeSuite (195 million). followed by Indeed (188 million).Google is leading the way in the…
It’s been just over a year since Kering introduced Madeline, a ChatGPT-powered shopping assistant that consumers can use to search for products and get product recommendations on KNXT. KNXT is an e-commerce site secretly used by luxury conglomerates as a testing ground for digital innovation. .At the time, KNXT promoted it on Twitter (since renamed to X) as the end to the endless scroll for the perfect luxury item. The reality was less dramatic. In early testing, Madeline’s answers proved to be limited and robotic, suggesting products that weren’t necessarily the best fit for the occasion and sounding like marketing…
WASHINGTON (AP) – After a student leader of the historic Tiananmen Square protest movement runs for the 2022 New York Congressional election, Chinese intelligence operatives are investigating mistresses and tax issues that could undermine the candidate’s candidacy. Little time was wasted in enlisting the help of a private investigator to find the suspect. the prosecutor says. “Violence will be okay, after all,” the operative ominously told the contact. When an Iranian journalist and activist living in exile in the United States aired criticism of Iran’s human rights abuses, Iran was listening. According to the Department of Justice, members of an…