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The armed forces will receive new powers to shoot down drones that threaten military bases in the UK, the defence secretary will reveal. John Healey will use a speech on Monday evening to warn of the growing threat posed by unmanned aerial vehicles following an incursion into Polish airspace of 19 Russian drones in September…
An Amazon Web Services outage is causing major disruptions around the world. The service provides remote computing services to many apps, websites, governments, universities and companies. On Downdetector, a website that tracks online outages, users reported issues with Amazon Alexa, Amazon Prime, Snapchat, Ring, Roblox, Fortnite, online broker Robinhood, the McDonald’s app and many others….
Lakers center Jaxson Hayes avoided major injury on his right wrist after a hard fall in Fridayβs preseason finale as X-rays taken after the game came back negative and an MRI scan revealed what Hayes on Sunday called βa light sprain.β The 7-footer missed the second half of Fridayβs exhibition game with a right wrist…
In the opening moments of a new film called βDiamond Diplomacy,β Shohei Ohtani holds the ball and Mike Trout holds a bat. These are the dramatic final moments of the 2023 World Baseball Classic. The film puts those moments on pause to share the long and complex relationship between the United States and Japan through…
The government is announcing the creation of new V Levels qualifications for students age 16-19 in what is being billed as a major overhaul of the education system. The Department for Education says the aim is to give young people “new vocational qualifications tied to rigorous and real-worldβ―job standards”. Vocational education has been “an afterthought…
JERUSALEM Β βΒ Israel launched airstrikes Sunday in Gaza after what it said was a Hamas attack on its forces, adding to the two-year-old warβs death toll and rattling a delicate U.S.-brokered ceasefire that had brought a measure of relief to the beleaguered enclave. The day descended into finger-pointing as each side accused the other of violating…
The Chargers had the look. All-gold uniforms. Retro logos. Powder-blue end zones with script from the nostalgic days of Dan Fouts and Don Coryell. But their defense? As dead as disco when it counted most. Indianapolis Colts running back Jonathan Taylor, the NFLβs leading rusher, trampled the Chargers on Sunday with touchdowns of 23, eight…
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures held its fifth annual star-studded fundraising gala Saturday at its Wilshire Boulevard campus. An unrecognizable Kim Kardashian, Selena Gomez, Demi Moore and Elle and Dakota Fanning were among the celebrity guests at the event, which debuted in 2021 upon the film museumβs long-awaited opening. The gala raises funds for…
Government ministers have been outspoken and unequivocal in their outrage at the decision to ban Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from Aston Villa. The prime minister immediately described it as “wrong”, his spokesperson later describing Sir Keir Starmer as “angered”. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood, Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy and Communities Secretary Steve Reed were all involved…
WEEK 9 (All games at 7 p.m. unless noted) THURSDAYβS SCHEDULE CITY SECTION East Valley League Arleta at Fulton, 3:30 p.m. Monroe at Grant North Hollywood at Chavez Verdugo Hills at Sun Valley Poly Eastern League Huntington Park at South Gate South East at Legacy Exposition League Marquez at Manual Arts SOUTHERN SECTION 605 League…
