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The star power of women’s sports is shining brighter than ever.Last year, the basketball sensation Caitlin Clark helped lift the Indiana Fever to an astonishing 265 percent increase in attendance over the previous season. The international phenom Ilona Maher and her teammates electrified crowds at the Paris Olympics when they secured the first U.S. medal ever in rugby sevens. Women’s sports leagues like the N.W.S.L. and W.N.B.A. broke records for TV viewership and attendance. And this year, Nike chose to feature exclusively female athletes in its first Super Bowl ad in 27 years.Whether you are a longtime fan, or just…

New data has revealed an alarming trend in women opting to forgo vital medications due to cost pressures, with calls for the PBS co-payment to be slashed.

While the port project has been largely stalled by the fighting, Kyaukphyu is also the site of a completed China-backed power plant and natural gas pipeline, as well as a naval base. A Rakhine-based charity leader, speaking on condition of anonymity, said “there is a need for healthcare and medicine for those displaced”. A junta spokesman could not be reached for comment, while an AA spokesman did not respond to a request for comment. China has invested in the coastal state, which neighbours Bangladesh, under its Belt and Road Initiative founded in 2013 to expand its international trade footprint. However,…

Here are some of the highlights from Donald Trump’s speech to the US Congress.

Reactions from conservatives on social media poured in after President Donald Trump spoke for about two hours in his address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night.After Trump’s speech lasted 1 hour and 39 minutes, conservatives took to social media to praise the president and criticize the Democratic response, including Democratic Rep. Al Green’s removal from the room for interrupting Trump’s address. “Peak Trump,” former Trump campaign senior adviser Tim Murtaugh posted on X. “That’s what that was.””Who else feels like they could run through a wall for America after that,” Trump administration senior advisor for the U.S. Agency for Global…

Some Washingtonians are displeased after learning the days are numbered for the current look of the Black Lives Matter Plaza situated near the White House. Protesters were at the plaza on Tuesday night, FOX 5 DC reported, after Mayor Muriel Bowser posted about the “evolution” of the plaza to X, saying it will be a part of DC’s America 250 mural project, “where we will invite students and artists to create new murals across all eight wards.””The mural inspired millions of people and helped our city through a painful period, but now we can’t afford to be distracted by meaningless congressional…

Canada’s spy agency warns that colliding global developments make the Arctic an “attractive, strategic and vulnerable destination” for foreign adversaries seeking to establish a presence in Canada. A newly released Canadian Security Intelligence Service assessment flags the environment, critical infrastructure, economic activity and geopolitics as converging factors making the region susceptible to threats from abroad.It sees resource extraction projects, increasing ship traffic, the building of ports and possible militarization of the Arctic as some of the avenues nefarious actors could use to gain a foothold in the region.Once established in the North, rivals could use these opportunities to “generate substantial…

Hall of Famer Jimmy Johnson announced his retirement from Fox Sports, where he served as an integral part of its NFL Sunday pregame shows for decades, yukking it up weekly with Terry Bradshaw, Howie Long and host Curt Menefee.Johnson’s retirement is not much of a surprise as, at 81 years old, there had been an expectation he would call it quits soon. In recent years, he had cut down his time at Fox’s Los Angeles studio and worked remotely from Key West, Fla., for shows. During the Super Bowl pregame in February, Fox had a tribute to Johnson, using AI…

A bushfire in the Cape Range National Park in Exmouth has been upgraded to a watch and act warning with a possible threat to lives and homes.The alert was upgraded at 6.30pm on Wednesday night due to changing weather conditions.The bushfire was moving fast in a northerly direction and was not contained or controlled.The watch and act alert is in place for people in Cape Range National Park, North West Cape, Exmouth and surrounds, including the townsite, the Exmouth Gulf airport, and people travelling on Minilya-Exmouth Road.The Department of Fire and Emergency Services has warned there is a possible threat…

“RED CARPET” Malaysian Economy Minister Rafizi Ramli said the collaboration would enable Malaysia and Arm “to build a complete supply chain in advanced industries such as AI (artificial intelligence) data servers, autonomous vehicles, IoT (internet of things), robotics and others”. He said that around 10,000 local semiconductor engineers would be trained under the deal. Dedi Iskandar, Asia Pacific regional director at datacenterHawk, said the agreement would make Malaysia “as one of the elite countries in Asia Pacific that possess advanced AI chip design capabilities other than Taiwan and Singapore.” “Malaysia is laying the red carpet and showing the world that…