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Belgium’s Thomas Detry recorded six birdies in the first 14 holes to jump out to an early lead during the second round of the U.S. Open at Pinehurst (Jared C. Tilton)Belgium’s Thomas Detry recorded three consecutive birdies to jump out to an early lead in the second round of the U.S. Open on Friday, while former leader-tied Patrick Cantlay prepares to tee off at Pinehurst.Starting on the back nine, Detry, ranked 55th in the world, birdied the 11th, 12th and 13th holes before bogeying the 14th hole, but then birdied the first, third and the par-5 fifth hole to finish…

NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) captured images of China’s Chang’e-6 sample return spacecraft on the far side of the moon on June 7. Chang’e-6 landed on June 1, and about a week later, LRO passed over the landing site, capturing images of the lander perched on the rim of an eroded crater 55 yards in diameter. The LRO camera team calculated the coordinates of the landing site to be approximately 42 degrees south, 206 degrees east, at an altitude of approximately minus 3.27 miles (minus 5,256 meters). The Chang’e 6 landing site is located at the southern end of the…

New Atlantists June 14, 2024 • 1:02 PM ET Print this page Does China already think it can easily take over Taiwan? Think again. by Brian Karg “All media is propaganda, we are just more honest about it,” reads the social media profile of Marshal Zhao, a member of the People’s Armed Police Propaganda Department. China’s strategy often relies on deception, but like many authoritarian regimes, the Chinese Communist Party often says exactly what it is doing and why it is doing it. It is through this lens of propaganda and political warfare that China watchers should analyze the People’s…

BEVs, PHEVs and hybrids accounted for approximately 20% of the total new vehicle sales market in Canada for the third consecutive quarter. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images) (Smith Collection/Gado via Getty Images)BMO economists say gasoline demand in Canada could peak this decade as sales of electric and hybrid vehicles trend upward.Sales of battery electric vehicles (BEVs), plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEVs) and hybrid vehicles fell slightly in the first quarter of 2024 amid declines in nearly every category, regardless of fuel type, according to Statistics Canada.But the overall trend points to a “major shift toward all three combinations” of vehicles, said…

For the first time since 2019, the NASCAR Xfinity Series returns to Iowa Speedway.Justin Aladjar is the only driver entered with a history of winning in the Xfinity Series at this 0.875-mile track in Newton, Iowa. He did so in June 2018. Gregg Powell has completed flips on multiple continents and won multiple NASCAR races. Details for Saturday’s Xfinity race at Iowa Speedway (All times Eastern Time)start: The command to start the engines will be given by Hy-Vee Director Sheila Lang at 3:28 p.m. … The green flag is scheduled to wave at 3:35 p.m.Pre-race: Garages will open at 7:30…

NEW DELHI: The outstanding issues regarding the proposed free trade agreement (FTA) between India and the UK will be taken up after the UK general elections, a senior government official said on Friday.Issues that need to be resolved include tariffs in areas such as electric vehicles, alcoholic beverages and services.”The outstanding issues to conclude the agreement will be resolved once the general election in the UK is over,” L. Satya Srinivas, additional secretary at the Commerce Department, told reporters here.The UK general election will take place on July 4th.India and the UK began FTA negotiations in January 2022 to strengthen…

Supporting small manufacturers Interestingly, middleware has been around for a while, but many in our industry, especially manufacturers, don’t seem to understand its value. For example, many startups bemoan the cost of integrating their technology with enterprise platforms like Software House C-Cure or Genetec Security Center. It’s true that many of these enterprise platform companies ask for significant fees to certify the integration, but without the integration, smaller startups would struggle to gain end-user adoption. That’s where middleware companies come in: they’ve already built back-end application programming interface (API) connectors and firmware for these large companies that allow other companies…

Credit: Dmitry Burlakov / Shutterstock On this many of us would agree: Our politics have become more partisan than ever before, and people with opposing views see each other as mad foreigners. Intense anger scares me, and not just in other people’s anger: I have strong opinions myself, and can hyperventilate when I read opinions that clash with my own. Article continues after ad I have two questions: Why am I overreacting so much? And how can I humanize people? I started thinking about this more seriously after the 2016 election, when the hatred between the opposing candidates reached an…

The two-time defending champion Las Vegas Aces will be on the road to make the playoffs if their opening game is played this weekend.The WNBA season is off to an outstanding start, with teams already in the second quarter of their schedule. The Suns set a franchise record, starting the season 9-0 and sitting atop the standings. The Mystics started 0-12 but finally got a win over Atlanta on Tuesday. New York, Minnesota and Seattle round out the top four, while Chicago, Los Angeles and Indiana will compete for the final playoff spot. The All-Star Game is looming on July…

Daniel Slim/AFP/Getty Images Downtown Milwaukee photographed on April 8, 2024. CNN — Democrats are seizing on Donald Trump’s description of Milwaukee as a “terrible” city, seeking to make the former president pay a political price for insulting the most populous region in a key battleground state that will host the Republican National Convention in July. “In some of the states that are decided at the very end, it could be that Donald Trump ends up losing the election,” Cavalier Johnson, the Democratic mayor of Wisconsin’s largest city, told CNN’s Laura Coates on Thursday night. The Democratic National Committee said Friday…