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Kenny Macleod, co-founder of McCallum Bagpipes of Kilmarnock, explained how since 1998 the company has significantly expanded its operations. It makes and sells more than 2,000 sets of bagpipes every year to home and overseas customers. And their clients incude such stars as Madonna, who featured the pipes on her world tour.
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Bethan Morley put in a storming last leg to earn bronze for Great Britain in the mixed relay at the World Athletics Cross Country Championships in Belgrade, Serbia. The British quartet were down in eighth at the halfway point with Kenya and Ethiopia well in front, but Adam Fogg made up ground on the third leg. It is Great Britain's first medal at the Championships since the junior women won bronze in Bydgoszcz in 2013.
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Robertson/Mink 2-2 Brecel/Evans Robertson at last shows his class. A break of 45 seals the frame and sees the match end a two-all draw. Mink misses an easy yellow into the left middle and then Brecel a red into the yellow pocket. The defending champions now have the biggest break of the game.
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Jacob Kiplimo and Beatrice Chebet of Kenya successfully defended their world cross country titles in Belgrade on Saturday. It's just the fifth time in history that both the senior men and women's champions have retained their titles at the championships -- the first since Ethiopian duo Kenenisa Bekele and Tirunesh Dibaba did in (2005/06) Kiplimilliono made it three successive world crowns for Uganda -- Joshua Cheptegei winning the
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Samuel Kibathi won double U20 men’s gold at the World Athletics Cross Country Championships Belgrade 24. Ethiopia’s Sewmehon Anteneh made his way to the front of the pack on the second lap, followed by Simba Samuel Cherop, Sailas Rotich and Dolphine Chelimo. By the end of the second 1.9km lap, Erot led from fellow Kenyans Kipkemei and Rotich.
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The Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) is the most powerful current on Earth, encircling Antarctica and influencing the global climate. Over the last few decades, observations show that it has been speeding up. Scientists were uncertain whether this was a result of human-caused warming or a natural pattern. This study reveals a strong link between the ACC’s speed and Earth’s overall temperature, much like a thermostat.
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Kenya’s Beatrice Chebet successfully defended her senior women’s title at the World Athletics Cross Country Championships Belgrade 24. She became the first senior female athlete to win the title back-to-back since Tirunesh Dibaba in 2006. The 24-year-old broke away from Lilian Kasait Rengeruk just 400m from the finish line to win 31:05. Margaret Chelimo Kipkemboi won bronze in 31:09.
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China remains a leading economic engine among major economies with a 5.2-percent growth last year. China's national innovation index ranked 10th in the world in 2023, up three slots from a year before. The dynamic environment is accelerating the emergence of new growth drivers.
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1 year ago Read more at Xinhua

The National WWII Museum in New Orleans filmed the memories of that generation. Every day, 131 World War II veterans die, the museum estimates. Advertisement Out of the 16.1 million who served in the war, only 119,550 — less than 1 percent — are still living.
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This year will see a few updates that impact players in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Teams from League of Legends (LoL) Esports and players from Teamfight Tactics (TFT) will be allowed to participate in the esports World Cup (EWC) in Riyadh this summer. We’ll launch new servers in the middle East in 2024. Participating in the EWC The EWC is not an official LoL event, Riot will not be involved
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