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One WNBA rookie has the basketball talent, marketing ability and pure flair to deserve a spot on the U.S. Women’s Olympic Basketball Team in 2024.And that’s not Caitlin Clark.Clark’s longtime rival, Angel Reese, didn’t cause the same uproar as Clark by being omitted from the official 12-man U.S. team, but is better suited as an alternate member of the five-on-five team in Paris.The heated comments follow a wave of opinions following Clark’s perceived neglect at the Olympics, but the arguments in favor of Reese are based on the realities of roster construction and the state of the WNBA season, where…

Police intervention led to the halting of a marriage between a 12-year-old girl and 72-year-old Habib Khan in the Pakistani town of Charsadda after police arrested the groom and the “nikah khwan” (person performing the marriage ceremony), but the girl’s father escaped.According to ARY News, a case has been filed under the Child Marriage Act against the girl’s father, a 72-year-old man, and the “Nikkah Khwan.” Despite laws against child marriage, such cases continue to occur across Pakistan.The girl’s father, Alam Saeed, reportedly agreed to sell his daughter to the old man for 500,000 Pakistani rupees.Child marriage cases on the…

Gervonta Davis showed his former power in his first fight in 14 months (Photo: Steve Marcus/Getty Images)Gervonta Davis is still undefeated, the WBA lightweight world champion and one of the sport’s best knockout artists.”Tank” defeated unbeaten title challenger Frank “The Ghost” Martin with a brutal knockout in the eighth round to improve his record to 30-0 with 28 knockouts. It was Davis’ first fight in 14 months, but he fought like he had never been away from competition.Davis set up the climactic blow with an uppercut, leaving Martin stunned and defenseless, then dropped him to the mat with a left…

Permanent tattoos are the most powerful form of self-expression that have been around for centuries. There are many reasons why people get tattoos, but in the past few years, especially since COVID-19, there has been a growing trend of memorial tattoos as people have unfortunately lost loved ones and want to keep their memories forever. As a tattoo artist, I have had the opportunity to create many such pieces, each telling a different story that honors a cherished memory. In this article, I will be sharing more about minimalist tattoos and black, grey and color portrait art, two popular memorial…

President Joe Biden left the G7 summit for George Clooney in less than 24 hours. Biden left Italy late on Friday night and arrived in Los Angeles early Saturday morning ahead of an evening fundraiser with a star-studded lineup that included former President Barack Obama, talk show host Jimmy Kimmel, Clooney and actress Julia Roberts.The Biden-Harris campaign said it had raised $28 million by Saturday night’s event, a record for a single Democratic fundraiser and surpassing the $26 million the Biden campaign raised in New York City in March with Biden, Obama and former President Bill Clinton. President Biden stands…

Chinese biopharmaceutical company Sinovac has hit back after reports that the US military was secretly waging an anti-vaccination campaign. COVID-19 Crisis to destroy credibility China’s vaccineHe called the Pentagon’s plan a “misguided attack with devastating consequences.”A Reuters investigation published on Friday found that 300 accounts now known as “X” were created on Twitter in the summer of 2020 to slam the quality of Chinese-made masks and testing kits, as well as the Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine, the first to be made available in the Philippines.According to reports, tweets from these accounts often included the hashtag “#Chinaangvirus,” which means “China is a…

Ben Blanchard and Anne WangKAOHSIUNG, Taiwan (Reuters) – China sees the annexation and “elimination” of Taiwan as a national cause, Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te said on Sunday, telling cadets at the island’s top military academy they must know the enemy and not succumb to defeatism.Since taking office last month, Lai has faced constant personal attacks from China, which considers Taiwan its territory and has called him a “separatist.” China conducted military drills around Taiwan shortly after Lai took office.Lai has said only the Taiwanese people can decide Taiwan’s future, and has repeatedly offered to meet with Beijing but has been…

Get your free copy of Editor’s DigestFT editor Roula Khalaf picks her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Pakistan has benefited from the export ban imposed by India, the world’s largest rice exporter, and is selling record volumes of rice to the global market. Rice exports from Pakistan, the world’s fourth-largest rice exporter, surged to about 5.6 million tonnes in the 11 months to the end of May, up about 60 percent from the same period last year, according to official figures. Pakistan’s rice exports increased to $3.6 billion during the period from $2 billion in July-May 2022/23. The previous record…

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Screams of joy turned to screams of terror minutes after a ride at an Oregon amusement park malfunctioned, leaving more than two dozen people hanging upside down 50 feet for about 30 minutes.The Atmosphere ride, described as an “extreme attraction that will wow audiences,” in Portland’s Oaks Park came to a halt at its highest point around 2:55 p.m., the park said in a statement. Paramedics arrived about 15 minutes later and worked with park staff to lower the 28 ride-mates to the ground as spectators applauded, according to Portland Fire Rescue.One rider with a pre-existing medical condition was taken…