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At first glance, there is little logic in calling elections from a position of such weakness, but that is exactly what French President Emmanuel Macron did when he called surprise parliamentary elections in France after being humiliated by the far right. After Marine Le Pen and her popular rival Jordan Bardella’s National Coalition suffered a crushing defeat to Macron in Sunday’s European elections, Macron could have done nothing, reshuffled his cabinet or simply changed course by abandoning controversial plans to tighten immigration controls and tighten regulations on unemployment benefits. Instead, the risk-taking Mr Macron, who became president in 2017 at…

At first glance, there is little logic in calling elections from a position of such weakness, but that is exactly what French President Emmanuel Macron did when he called surprise parliamentary elections in France after being humiliated by the far right. After Marine Le Pen and her popular rival Jordan Bardella’s National Coalition suffered a crushing defeat to Macron in Sunday’s European elections, Macron could have done nothing, reshuffled his cabinet or simply changed course by abandoning controversial plans to tighten immigration controls and tighten regulations on unemployment benefits. Instead, the risk-taking Mr Macron, who became president in 2017 at…

The Roanoke Times The Virginia Tech women’s basketball team will host Radford University on Dec. 15, while the Virginia Tech men’s basketball team will host Naval College on the same day.The Roanoke Times obtained contracts from Tech for these two games, as well as several other non-conference games that Tech has yet to announce.Tech will pay Radford University $25,000 for the women’s basketball game on Dec. 15. Tech defeated rival New River Valley College 85-40 last season.The Tech women’s team will host Coppin State University, which is a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, on Nov. 16. Tech will pay…

“The Curse of Oak Island” and “When Calls the Heart” were the top two non-sports shows broadcast on cable TV in 2023-2024. A+E Networks/History Channel, Ricardo Hubbs/Hallmark ESPN ran a promotional campaign in the mid-2000s called “Without Sports,” which argued that without athletics (and, of course, ESPN’s in-depth sports coverage), the world would be a less interesting and connected place. The 2024 campaign will ask: “Without sports, would anyone watch cable TV?” The answer is yes, but it will be far fewer than the abundance of live sports available through cable and satellite providers. Nielsen’s seven-day ratings for the 2023-24…

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The Paris Olympics are happening this summer, and some of the brightest basketball stars will be representing their countries, with the U.S. Women’s National Basketball Team undoubtedly taking center stage.But closer to home, the next generation of future stars will be hitting the ground running in their own international tournaments and beginning new chapters in their basketball journeys.The USA Basketball Women’s U-18 National Team is participating in training camp from June 8-12 in Colorado Springs.The up-and-coming players have just a few days to work on team bonding and morale before heading to neighbouring South America, Colombia.The…

While firefighters were battling a large blaze at a residential building in Miami, a man who worked there was also found shot inside, authorities said.The fire was reported around 8:15 a.m. Monday at the Temple Court Apartments, according to Miami Mayor Francis Suarez.The mayor called firefighters’ actions “heroic” after they rescued more than 40 people, including some who had escaped from balconies. He said there was an “explosion” after the evacuation.Authorities are working to determine how many of the apartment complex’s residents, most of whom are elderly, were home when the fire began.Firefighters work to extinguish a fire that broke…

Calls grew Saturday for Colorado Republican Party Chairman Dave Williams to resign as the GOP chair of one of the state’s largest counties sought to oust him from his party’s top position.”This is a heavy-handed move, but what Dave has been doing these past few months is no longer acceptable,” Jefferson County Republican Party Chairwoman Nancy Pallozzi told Colorado Politics after filing a petition Friday calling for a vote to fire Williams.”He’s not speaking for the Republican Party, he’s speaking for himself,” Pallozzi said.Williams told Colorado Politics he’s not going anywhere.Pallozzi said he believes Williams crossed a line last week…

Nearly two years after OpenAI ignited the race to build generative artificial intelligence into products, Apple entered the fray on Monday, revealing plans to roll out the technology to its more than 1 billion iPhone users around the world.During a two-hour presentation at its futuristic Silicon Valley campus, Apple announced that it plans to use generative AI to power a system it calls “Apple Intelligence,” which will prioritize messages and notifications, provide writing tools that can proofread and suggest what users write in emails, notes and texts, and lead to a major upgrade to Siri, Apple’s virtual assistant.Apple’s plans to…

For almost three decades, Basel’s List Art Fair has kicked off the most important week on the art world calendar and become a popular venue for young, daring galleries to show cutting-edge work. But this year’s show is looking very safe, suggesting dealers are playing it safe in a tough market.When the 29th edition of the List opened at 11am today, a crowd of collectors and industry professionals from Europe and Asia, fresh from Zurich Art Weekend or morning flights, gathered. The fair returns to Hall 1.1 of Messe Basel in 2021, relocating from the cramped former Wartec brewery, and…

Four college lecturers in eastern Iowa are recovering after being attacked while traveling in China. The four Cornell lecturers were stabbed over the weekend while visiting a park in Jilin, China, according to the university. The lecturers were traveling as part of a partnership with a Chinese university, Cornell President Jonathan Brand said in a statement sent to Cornell students. “We have learned that four Cornell lecturers who teach as part of a partnership with a Chinese university were seriously injured while accompanying faculty from the partner school on a daytime visit to the park,” President Brand wrote. “We have…