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Lotte Kopecky has won the UAE Tour plus Strade Bianche, Nokere Koerse, and the Trofeo Binda. As one of four SD Worx-Protime riders standing tall atop the current UCI rankings, she trails only teammate Demi Vollering. She is enjoying a season unrivalled throughout the peloton to this point.
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1 year ago Read more at Cyclingnews

Canada's Brad Gushue will play for gold at the world men's curling championship in Schaffhausen, Switzerland. Scotland qualified for the semifinal game with an 8-4 qualification win over the United States earlier Saturday. Canada beat Scotland 8-4 earlier in the tournament to gain the tiebreaker.
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1 year ago Read more at CBC.ca

World Central Kitchen aid workers Saifeddin Issam Ayad Abutaha, John Chapman, Jacob Flickinger, Zomi Frankcom, James Henderson, James Kirby and Damian Soból were killed by Israeli airstrikes on April 1. Wallace began the clip by acknowledging that he wanted to deliver a personal opinion as part of his “Tell Me Why I’m Wrong” segment.
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1 year ago Read more at TheWrap

The 2024 SAMBO World Championships took place from 3-5 April in Yerevan, Armenia. The FIAS announced the opening of the tournament. Armenia is claiming its own place in the world of sports.
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Lotte Kopecky sprinted to the Paris-Roubaix Femmes title in a thrilling finish on Saturday. Team SD Worx - Protime's Belgian rider won the fourth edition of the women's one-day classic cycling race. Elisa Balsamo finished second while Pfeiffer Georgi pipped Marianne Vos to third place.
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1 year ago Read more at FRANCE 24 English

John Alfred Tinniswood, 111 years and 224 days old, has officially claimed the title of world’s oldest living man. The great-grandfather is 117-year-old Maria Branyas Morera and lives in Spain. He was born the same year the Titanic sank.
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1 year ago Read more at KTVZ

Festival season is right around the corner and seasonal workers are needed at Henry Maier Festival Park. Seasonal workers will be needed from May through October for a variety of special events including Summerfest. Officials say festival season generates more than $260 million in economic impact for Milwaukee.
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a war of attrition is meant to create the conditions to drain, exhaust and weaken an opponent. The feeling of numbness, of paralysis among Palestinians is one of the aims of the Israeli “attrition” strategy. As the Israeli conquest of Palestinian lands, resources and lives intensified, so did Palestinian struggle. I wrote a piece for the Guardian titled Why are Palestinians protesting?
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1 year ago Read more at Al Jazeera English

Microsoft’s AI for Good Lab is launching its new book, “AI for Good, Applications, in Sustainability, Humanitarian Action and Health”. The book offers a series of deep dives on the lab’s projects, conducted with outside researchers, non-governmental organizations, and other experts. “We need to make sure that we understand the data that we’re using,” Juan Lavista Ferres said.
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1 year ago Read more at GeekWire

AI is more likely than not to offer a roadmap out of humanity's worst impulses and create a better, more equitable world. This view is a world away from some prominent tech leaders who have darkly warned that AI will overtake human intelligence within a few years.
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1 year ago Read more at CNBC