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England snatched the victory on Saturday with a last-minute drop goal by Marcus Smith. It would have been a travesty had they lost after dominating for long periods against the title-chasing visitors. Clive Woodward and Lawrence Dallaglio described it as the team's best performance of the Six Nations by a country mile.
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2 years ago Read more at The Straits Times

Yasmina Zaytoun of Lebanon was the first runner-up among 112 contestants in the competition held in Mumbai, India’s financial and entertainment capital. 3 After the reigning Miss World, Karoline Bielawska of Poland, passed the crown to her, Pyszková waved to the large crowd at the Jio World Convention Center and hugged some of the other contestants.
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2 years ago Read more at New York Post

Maia Ramsden came off quite the warm-up - the World Athletics Indoor Championships Glasgow 24. She ran 4:25.13 to win the NCAA mile title and smash a championship record of 4:27.18. There was no surprise when Georgia’s Christopher Morales-Williams won the men’s 400m in 44.67.
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2 years ago Read more at World Athletics

Durham created a world record by beating Mashonaland Eagles by 213 runs in the final of Zimbabwe’s domestic T20 competition yesterday (March 9) The Eagles lost two wickets in their first over, including that of Zimbabwe captain Craig Ervine. It was only the fourth-ever instance of a team winning a match by more than 200 runs. Durham have never won the T20 Blast back home in England.
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2 years ago Read more at Wisden

motorcycle carrying between 4 and 5 kilograms (9 to 11 pounds) of explosives went off in Peshawar. The motorcycle detonated prematurely, police said.
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2 years ago Read more at The Washington Post

China’s automobile industry achieved a historic milestone in 2023, with production and sales figures hitting 30.161 million and 30.094 million units respectively, crossing the 30 million threshold for the first time. According to a manufacturing talent development guide, it is projected that by 2025 there will be a shortfall of approximately 30 million skilled workers across ten critical manufacturing sectors. Since joining FAW in his early 20s, Yang has specialized in numerical control technology and mastered skills. In 2016, he became a trainer and
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2 years ago Read more at Associated Press of Pakistan

AFRICA’s financial technology leaders are gathering in Washington DC, US, on the sidelines of the IMF/WB Spring Meetings on April 17, 2024. The Africa Fintech Summit is an exclusive gathering of 150+ ecosystem movers, policymakers, finance and treasury ministries. This April’s summit takes place on the first anniversary of Prosper Africa’s Tech for Trade Alliance, a multi-billion dollar initiative launched at last year’s AFTS.
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2 years ago Read more at Realnews Magazine

Kanika Kapoor recently dropped her debut Afrobeat song featuring Nigerian artist Ria Sean Legit.ng on the new track Koka. Kanika is a hugely popular Indian but, to a large extent, an unknown quantity in Nigeria.
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2 years ago Read more at Legit.ng

We prioritize the church in our hearts and our habits. It’s easy to stay with a church when it’s hard to stay. You can get out of it if you’ve been stuck on “have to” for too long, ask God to raise your head. In Ephesians 3:13, Paul says he’s “the stewardship of God”.
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2 years ago Read more at Desiring God

The world’s biggest celebration of Pacific culture returns this weekend (March 9-10) at Western Springs. You never miss the New Zealand International Film Festival, love ballet, take the kids to museums, art galleries. We’re so proud of it yet in New Zealand society we get so little opportunity to really show it. This is Public Interest Journalism funded by NZ On Air.
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2 years ago Read more at The Spinoff