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Basketball passion meets Olympic passion as Team USA features a men’s 3×3 team looking to bring home a gold medal for America and show the world where the best of basketball lies. One of the players is Colorado Springs native Canyon Barry, the son of Hall of Famer Rick Barry, who played basketball at Cheyenne Mountain. “I think wearing the USA logo on my chest is the greatest honor in basketball,” Barry said. “I feel so blessed to have had this opportunity, and now I just want to make my country, my family and everyone proud and bring home a…
(Bloomberg) — GameStop Corp. shares are set to crash when trading opens on Monday after a Reddit account that helped power 2021’s meme-stock boom posted a position in the company’s shares worth $116 million.Most read articles on BloombergA screenshot posted by Keith Gill, known on Reddit as DeepF-Value, on June 2 showed the purchase of 5 million shares at $21.27 apiece. It was the account’s first post in three years. The screenshot also included, but was not able to be viewed, 120,000 call options worth $65.7 million expiring on June 21, which would allow Gill to buy the stock at…
Image caption, Beijing and some Western countries have increasingly traded accusations of espionage.Article informationauthor, Kelly Ngrole, BBC News1 hour agoChina has accused Britain’s secret intelligence service, MI6, of recruiting Chinese civil servants as spies.China’s Ministry of State Security said in a post on its official WeChat channel that MI6 operatives had turned a Chinese man, identified only as Wang, and his wife, also surnamed Zhou, against Beijing.Both men worked in “core secret” departments at Chinese government agencies. The ministry alleges that MI6 began lobbying Wang when he studied in the UK on a Sino-British exchange programme in 2015.The department claims…
Temperatures in Southern California will rise over the next few days, bringing the first real heat of the season. The National Weather Service is warning parts of the interior and desert South that temperatures will rise, possibly reaching 90 degrees or even 100 degrees Fahrenheit in some areas. Wednesday is expected to be the warmest day of the week, according to the service. NBC4 meteorologist Shanna Mendiola said the warming is expected to start starting Monday. “This is the first time we’ve seen such heat this season so there will be an increased risk of heat exposure.” see nextFirst heatwave…
Borussia Dortmund will wonder how it came to this, but just ask Bayern Munich. Manchester City might also lend a sympathetic ear. The defeated finalists are just the latest to be blindsided by a Real Madrid side.Bayern were still believing they would go to Wembley until the 88th minute of their Champions League semi-final second leg at the Bernabeu, after City had 33 shots in the quarter-final second leg but still lost on penalties. For Dortmund, the moment came and went in the first 45 minutes of the Champions League final. Edin Terzic’s team had seven of eight shots from…
Sign up for breaking news emails to get free real-time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox.Sign up for our free email updatesPiers Morgan came to Donald Trump’s defence after he became the first president in US history to be convicted.On Thursday (May 30), a jury in Republican politician Donald Trump’s hush money trial found him guilty on all charges, making him the first convicted felon to run for the White House.Stars including Robert De Niro, Barbra Streisand and Stephen King reacted to the news and expressed their joy shortly after the verdict was announced.But one person isn’t happy…
Where should the hospitality industry direct its technology investments? Cloud computing? Artificial intelligence? Retiring legacy technology? What are the priorities? Is enough investment being made? A recent Amadeus survey on technology investment trends in the hospitality industry revealed that 70% of IT decision makers plan to make a “medium” investment in technology in the next year, while 24% plan to make a “significant” investment. The rapid pace of change, coupled with the many existing technological challenges facing the industry, makes for some interesting discussions at industry events.At Mews Unfold held in Amsterdam last week, several issues and challenges were discussed,…
OntexJune 3, 2024, Aalst, Belgium – Ontex Group NV [EURONEXT: ONTEX]Ontex, a leading international developer and manufacturer of care products and solutions, has announced that it has completed the sale of its Pakistan operations to ASAIA Holding FZ. The transaction includes Ontex’s factories and operations in Pakistan.Ontex CEO Gustavo Calvo Paz said:I “We are pleased to have completed this sale and strengthened our focus on our core retail brands and the healthcare market. I would like to thank our team in Pakistan for their contributions to our business and wish them all the best as they embark on this new…
China’s top intelligence agency has Espionage The case of a Chinese couple who, while working for the government, passed information to the British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6).This is China’s Ministry of State Security (MSS) The first incident involved MI6, and came amid a national movement against espionage in the country.Besides the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the only other spy agency the MSS has publicly named is MI6 – otherwise the description used was simply “some country” or “a foreign spy agency”. 05:29China executed scientists for espionage in 2016, documentary reveals 10 ‘shocking’ casesChina executed scientists for espionage in 2016,…
India Lok Sabha elections live coverage: Clashes broke out between supporters of the Trinamool Congress (TMC), Indian Secular Front (ISF) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) across India during the seventh and final phase of the Lok Sabha elections on June 1. (PTI)Live updates on 2024 Lok Sabha elections: Welcome to our live blog! The lengthy process of India’s 18th Lok Sabha elections concluded on Saturday. The seventh phase of voting across seven states and the union territory of Chandigarh took place in 57 constituencies, including the high-profile Varanasi constituency in Uttar Pradesh, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi is seeking…