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Hawthorn were blown away early by Melbourne at the MCG but gave coach Sam Mitchell enough cause for optimism despite a 54-point defeat.

NURSES TEMPTED BY JOB OFFERS Since the 1950s, money sent home by nurses abroad has been a big earner for the Philippines economy. At the end of 2021, around a third of the more than 900,000 registered nurses in the Philippines were working abroad, according to the advocacy group Filipino Nurses United. Remittances from nurses bring in around US$8 billion to the economy every year, about 25 per cent of all remittances, which together account for some 9 per cent of gross domestic product. At the end of 2022, some 170,000 nurses were working in private and public health facilities…

Here’s a look at the life of Charles Taylor, former president of Liberia and convicted war criminal.Personal:Birthdate: January 28, 1948Birthplace: Arthington, LiberiaBirth name: Charles TaylorThe African Exponent WeeklyEvery week, get a digest of Top African News and Articles from The African Exponent.Sign UpFather: Nelson Taylor, judgeMother: Zoe TaylorMarriages: Victoria Addison-Taylor (Unknown-present); Jewel (Howard) Taylor (1997-2006, divorce)Children: with Victoria Addison-Taylor: three girls; with Jewel (Howard) Taylor: McArthur Taylor. It is reported that Taylor has several other children.Education: Bentley College, Massachusetts, BA Economics,1977Other Facts:Taylor stole or diverted nearly $100 million of Liberia’s funds while in power, according to the New York Times.…

Germany on Saturday announced its largest weapons package yet for Ukraine, promising more tanks, armored vehicles and substantial air defense systems as a widely anticipated Ukrainian counteroffensive looms.The 2.7 billion euro package, or about $2.95 billion, amounts to roughly as much as Germany’s total military aid contribution to Ukraine since the war began and was announced as Ukrainian officials have said they are in the final stages of preparations for a counteroffensive. But Germany’s defense ministry did not specify when the new weapons would be delivered to the battlefield.“We all wish for a speedy end to this terrible war waged…

Uncertainty reigns after Title 42 expires – CBS News Watch CBS News Title 42, the pandemic-era policy which allowed authorities to expel those who entered the U.S. unlawfully, has expired, with U.S. authorities bracing for an influx of migrants as a result. Officials said there were about 25,000 migrants in Customs and Border Protection custody Friday. Nicole Sganga reports from the Texas border city of Brownsville. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On

Federal Reserve financial stability experts are on the lookout for weaknesses after a year of rising interest rates — and as they survey the potential risks confronting the system, they are increasingly watching office loans and other commercial real estate borrowing.Fed officials have lifted borrowing costs rapidly over the past year — to just above 5 percent from near-zero in early 2022 — to cool rapid inflation by slowing the economy. So far, the fallout from that abrupt change has been most obvious in the banking sector. A series of high-profile banks have collapsed or faced turmoil in recent weeks…

Global index provider MSCI has dropped two Adani Group stocks from its India equities benchmark, in a move analysts said could spur investor outflows of almost $400mn and complicate plans for share sales by the sprawling Indian conglomerate.The latest setback for the industrial group owned by Indian billionaire Gautam Adani follows months of grappling with accusations of fraud and stock price manipulation made by short seller Hindenburg Research, which at one point lopped off more than $150bn from the market value of Adani’s listed companies.The allegations, which Adani denies, also spurred greater scrutiny from index providers over how much of…

UBS has prioritised integrating Credit Suisse’s investment bank and accelerating cost-cutting, while a decision on the future of its Swiss domestic business is expected within months, according to people involved in the planning.UBS’s takeover of its ailing rival is due to be completed in the coming weeks, at which point its newly refreshed senior management team will set about overseeing the biggest bank integration project since the financial crisis.Executives will move first on bringing the two investment banks together to “create clarity on day one” and avoiding “two people going out and calling institutions to sell the same products”, said…

Image Source: PixabayThe Ethereum network has recovered after suffering from two performance issues in the past 24 hours that resulted in blocks not being finalized. In a Friday tweet, pseudonymous Ethereum developer Terence.eth revealed that the network has resumed finalizing blocks, adding that clients, the software that runs Ethereum nodes, are releasing updates to address the issue.”Mainnet just finalized but not out of the woods. Clients are releasing patches today. Stay tuned,” Terence.eth said. The blockchain experienced what is being described as technical issues on Friday that caused the network to stop finalizing blocks for over an hour. It was the second such…

Five years ago, a small group of cancer scientists meeting at a restaurant in a deconsecrated church hospital in Mainz, Germany, drew up an audacious plan: They would test their novel cancer vaccine against one of the most virulent forms of the disease, a cancer notorious for roaring back even in patients whose tumors had been removed.The vaccine might not stop those relapses, some of the scientists figured. But patients were desperate. And the speed with which the disease, pancreatic cancer, often recurred could work to the scientists’ advantage: For better or worse, they would find out soon whether the…