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Israeli lawyer Amit Soussana was abducted from her home on Oct. 7. She was beaten and dragged into Gaza by at least 10 men, some armed. When her period ended, around Oct. 18, she tried to put him off by pretending that she was bleeding for nearly a week.
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1 year ago Read more at The New York Times

The Opta Power Rankings are here to help you determine which men’s football leagues are statistically the strongest in the world. The ‘Top Five’ European Leagues have very much established itself in everyday football parlance over the past 20 years. In August, the Brazilian Série A was the only non-European league to break into the top 10 but Major League Soccer (MLS) has since followed suit after enjoying a massive climb up the rankings. There are four Mexican clubs to MLS’ three in the
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1 year ago Read more at The Analyst

IONIQ 5 N is Hyundai's fourth major World Car Awards win in the last three years. This is Hyundai Motor Company's fifth major World Performance Car award. Hyundai Motor company continues its winning streak at the World Car awards.
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1 year ago Read more at PR Newswire

Ilia Malinin's winning program for the men’s singles competition at the World Figure Skating Championships on Saturday had a lot of twists. The moody string music that opens the song had been playing for about 30 seconds when Mr. Malinine executed a quad axel in a costume.
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1 year ago Read more at The New York Times

Austin Head, a fitness trainer at Life Time fitness club in New York, challenged himself to achieve a title as he turned 30. The 30-year-old nabbed the record title for most lunges in an hour (male) as well as the farthest distance traveled by lunge in one hour. Instagram/Austin Head He raised a total of $7,599 — with $2,500 of it amassed during the hour-long record-breaking attempt.
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1 year ago Read more at New York Post

Chatham Baroque is presenting “In the Court of the King: Music of Bach and Marais” on April 5th and 6th. Featuring selections from 17th– and 18th-century composers, the concert brought listeners inside the music in a way rarely achieved by large symphonic halls.
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1 year ago Read more at pittsburghquarterly.com

Race Across the World returns to BBC One and BBC iPlayer from Wednesday 10 April. From northernmost Japan, they will cross six seas and eight borders, skirting the path of the volcanic ring of fire. The teams include: two mother and daughter duos, Brydie and Sharon and Sharon.
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1 year ago Read more at BBC.com

World Happiness Report (WHR) provides an analysis of happiness trends across different ages and generations in more than 140 countries. It finds that the well-being of 15- to 24-year-olds has fallen in North America, Western Europe, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and South Asia since 2019. For the seventh year in a row, Finland is the “happiest” country, followed by Denmark, Iceland, Sweden, and Israel. There are two new entrants in the top 20
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1 year ago Read more at IISD's SDG Knowledge Hub

In a Steam update, Europa creator Helder Pinto announced that Europa won't be ready to release in time for its previous April 16 release date. There's no new release date, but Pinto said it'll likely be this summer. In an accompanying YouTube video, Pinto gave some additional detail about the delay.
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1 year ago Read more at Gamesradar

World Financial Split Corp. (the “Fund”) announces results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2023. Increase in net assets from operations attributable to holders of Class A shares amounted to $0.29 million or $0.33 per Class A share. Cash distributions to Preferred Shareholders totaling $0.47 million. The Fund employs an active covered call strategy to enhance the income generated by the Portfolio.
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1 year ago Read more at Yahoo Finance