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Federer has won eight of his 20 Grand Slam titles at Wimbledon. [Reuters]Roger Federer has rejected the notion that he plays tennis “easy”, insisting that his success is mainly down to “grit” and hard work.Federer, one of the sport’s most accomplished athletes, attempted to set the record straight during his commencement speech at Dartmouth College in the US.The Swiss pastor said he traded in the shorts he had worn “almost every day for the past 35 years” for a robe that “made it difficult to move around” when he received his doctorate in humanities from a university in New Hampshire.The…
Pakistan’s jailed former prime minister Imran Khan on Tuesday alleged that the media has been silenced by the government and that dissenting journalists have been oppressed in the country for the past two years. Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan (file image) (Reuters) {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} Khan has been lodged in the high-security Adiala Prison in Rawalpindi since his arrest 10 months ago in connection with several cases, several of which he has been convicted of. Date and Krikit, stay late! Watch the game with Krikit anytime, anywhere. Here’s how “In Pakistan, media has always been vulnerable to state…
(Reuters) – Confidence and hiring plans by U.S. small businesses rose in May to their highest levels this year, but the looming U.S. presidential election pushed uncertainty to a four-year high, a survey released on Tuesday showed.The National Federation of Independent Business said its Small Business Optimism Index rose 0.8 percentage points to 90.5 last month, marking the second consecutive monthly increase after falling to its lowest level since December 2012 in March.Despite the increase, it marked the 29th consecutive month that the index has remained below its 50-year average of 98. The NFIB’s Uncertainty Index rose nine points to…
Down icon An icon in the shape of a downward angle. Patrick Singh fired one of his employees after discovering that he was working for another company during working hours. Patrick Sing Patrick Singh fired one of his employees who was secretly working remotely on the side.He told how he caught the employee and why he decided to fire him. He said overemployment was “unethical” and hurt worker productivity. This essay is based on an email conversation with Patrick Singh, co-founder and CEO of a business process outsourcing and remote recruitment company. Metrical, headquartered in Barcelona. There are 10 full…
by Peter S. Goodman ✓ Link copied to clipboard! The COVID-19 pandemic has raised alarms on many fronts around the world. First and foremost was the fear of a new virus ravaging the world. But as the world went into lockdown to curb the spread of the virus, other concerns emerged, including securing supplies of face masks, ventilators, computer chips, auto parts, and even toilet paper. What the pandemic has revealed is the fragility of global supply chains. The New York Times Global economics correspondent Peter S. Goodman explores these fault lines and how they emerged in his new book,…
Subscribe to “The Y’all,” weekly news about the people, places and policies that define Texas, produced by Texas Tribune journalists in communities across Texas. Skyler Wight has noticed an increasing number of abandoned oil wells being resurrected and bubbling above the surface on his West Texas ranch in recent years, and last week he discovered his largest well yet.Gaseous water was bubbling up from the ground, flowing a quarter mile down the road and into a pasture on the edge of his property.”It’s a lot stronger than other rivers,” Wight said. “It’s getting worse, there’s no question about it.”It’s the…
USA vs India ICC T20 World Cup 2024 2024 Live Streaming: Rohit Sharma’s India team will face USA in a T20 World Cup 2024 Group A match on Wednesday, aiming to clinch a place in the Super Eight.Of all the teams who have played on the treacherous pitches in New York, India have emerged as the team that has handled the conditions best. Despite losing by 119 runs on Sunday, India staged a stunning comeback to beat Pakistan by six runs. Another win could see India consolidate their top spot in a group that has contained a few surprises. Meanwhile,…
Rep. Elise Stefanik has positioned herself as a champion in the fight against anti-Semitism since the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7. Having made headlines last December when she asked college presidents whether calling for genocide against Jewish students violated their codes of conduct (an exchange kindly packaged for us by Stefanik’s office), the New York Republican has also been hailed as an ally by some liberal Jews. Since then, she has questioned more college presidents and public school leaders about anti-Semitism. According to Politico, she “raised more than $7 million in the first quarter of this year, garnering…
While competitors Google, Microsoft, OpenAI, and Meta are vying to take the lead in the generative artificial intelligence (gen AI) race, the world’s third-largest technology company, Apple, has been conspicuously absent. But that’s no longer the case.At its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2024 event on Monday (June 10), Apple finally entered the battle of the AI generation with the clever marketing name “Apple Intelligence.”But Apple, two years behind the race, is in no rush to become a leader in generational AI.The Cupertino-based company takes a balanced approach to deliver next-generation AI capabilities with user privacy at its core, and…
Antonio Morales, Ali Wasserman, Chris VanniniWith just a month to go until EA Sports’ College Football 25 returns for the first time in a decade, a large portion of the college football community is dusting off their consoles and getting ready to hit the sticks again.Chris Vannini, who played the game in Orlando a few weeks ago, wrote extensively about what to expect from the new version: Now, let’s take a look at which teams we’re most excited to see play against:let’s start.Chris Vannini’s picksAlabama: Jalen Milroe is really good at two things: scrambling and throwing the deep ball, which…