The title fight atop UFC 305 is given all the headlines for the event, but heavyweights Tai Tuivasa and Jairzinho Rozenstruik are looking to steal the show. As two heavy-handed strikers who both average fewer than nine minutes per fight in the UFC, Tuivasa and Rozenstruik were always expected to have one of the most exciting brawls of the night. At the UFC 305 pre-fight news conference, the two confirmed that would be the case when prompted by a reporter.The reporter asked Rozenstruik if he planned to “stand until someone falls” with Tuivasa, which the heavyweight began to answer before…
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At least two countries outside of Africa have reported mpox cases after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that the virus had become a “public health emergency” earlier this week. A relatively new strain of the virus known as clade 1 has been spreading in African countries since 2022. Earlier this year, it was reported that the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was experiencing the biggest outbreak of the disease ever recorded, with tens of thousands of people infected as of June. The government of DRC had declared it an epidemic in December 2022. Last week, the Africa CDC reported…
The NYPD is searching for a 14-year-old suspect following a stabbing early Thursday on a subway train in midtown Manhattan sending two victims to the hospital, police said. The attack happened on a southbound ‘Q’ train at the 42nd Street-Times Square station around 6:54 a.m. Thursday, according to the NYPD. Police said a 24-year-old man was stabbed in his left hand and a male teenager was stabbed in the torso. Both victims were taken to Bellevue Hospital in stable condition. Officers are looking for a 14-year-old male suspect who left the scene wearing an all-black shirt and pants. Police said…
CASTRIES, St Lucia – The 2022 Population and Housing Census marks a significant milestone in the Central Statistical Office’s (CSO) ongoing statistical activities in unraveling the demographic, social, and economic dynamics of our small island developing state (SID). Conducting a population and housing census (PHC) is a comprehensive, complex, and costly statistical undertaking to provide a snapshot of a country’s population distribution at a specific point in time. Census data serves as a benchmark for a country’s demographic statistics, from the national level down to the smallest statistical geographical unit, the “enumeration block” (EB). The 2022 census was the first…
Chelsea Football Club have confirmed the exit of its winger, Diego Moriera, to RB Strasbourg on a permanent deal just a few months after he joined the London club.The news of his departure was confirmed on the official website of Chelsea on Friday, August 16, 2024. According to reports from Stamford Bridge, Diego Moriera has been sold permanently with no option of returning.Moriera joined Chelsea during the 2023 summer transfer window, but he failed to break into the club’s first team under Mauricio Pochettino. However, he had the privilege of playing one game for Chelsea, which was the Carabao Cup…
Going nearly two days without a Brandon Aiyuk update has been out of character for this space, based on the news volume this situation has produced this summer. John Lynch offered another one, discussing the sides’ enduring extension talks rather than any trade possibility.The 49ers are believed to have trade parameters set with the Steelers, but that seems like the organization’s backup plan. After all, it would be challenging to replace Aiyuk, given the timing here. And the 49ers are gunning for an elusive Lynch-Kyle Shanahan-era Super Bowl title. Aiyuk represents a central part of that equation, and the 49ers are still…
The Lebanese Health Ministry says Israel struck a residential building in Nabatieh city in the south of the country.At least six people have been killed following an Israeli air attack on a residential building in Nabatieh city, in southern Lebanon, the Lebanese Ministry of Health said. The Health Ministry said early on Saturday that three people were also seriously wounded in the latest attack by Israeli forces. Lebanese media have reported a higher death toll of eight people killed in the attack, but that figure could not be independently verified. Israel’s military, which posts regular updates on its air force…
Abby Parks had never heard of parvovirus when she began feeling flu-like symptoms in late April, followed by joint pain and a rash. Parks, 27, a special education teacher in Springfield, Illinois, was about 18 weeks pregnant and had been feeling very sick with a fever for days, but tests for Covid and strep came back negative. The school nurse, who had been seeing students with “really rosy, red cheeks,” suggested Parks might have the same infection. “I got progressively sicker,” she said. “I was in bed with a fever for four or five full days.” When blood tests given…
By Dr Su-San Chang, Lead Shepherd, Agricultural Technical Cooperation Working Group Women are often overrepresented in seasonal, informal, part-time, and low-wage work with limited access to social protection. It is critical to invest in economic empowerment of women in small-scale agriculture through various means such as education, training and financing, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization. First and foremost, small-scale farmers generally face many challenges. However, women in small-scale farming face multiple constraints beyond those of male farmers. Women tend to be invisible to policymakers because they are not seen as productive as men. They often are expected to…
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