There has been plenty of rain, sweat and tears shed at the Paris Olympics this week. But the pool at the heart of La Defénce Arena has suffered a drought of world records that has athletes and officials scratching their heads. After five days, Paris 2024 has seen only a single world record fall in a swimming event. That compares with six new swimming world records set at Tokyo in 2021 and eight at Rio in 2018. Even the much-hyped women’s 400 metre freestyle – billed as the “race of the century” – failed to topple any personal bests from…
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On 31 July, NCB signed the AFC along with Wing Commander Helen Smyth who co-signed on behalf of the Ministry of Defence (MOD). The signing was facilitated by North Tyneside Council, Employer Recognition Scheme Gold Award holder, and fervent advocate for the armed forces community. NCB was launched in 2017, after the fusion of the Credit Union for South East Northumberland and Tynedale Community Bank. The Community Bank works on a membership-based system, and aims to offer a sustainable source of lending for individual and SMEs. NCB made pledges to the armed forces community: no one from the armed forces…
“The international community must work together to prevent any actions that could make the conflict much bigger and wider very quickly,” Rosemary DiCarlo, UN Under-Secretary-General for political affairs said, warning of skyrocketing tensions in the wake of the killing of a top Hamas leader in Tehran earlier in the day. The killing came against the backdrop of Israeli strikes against southern Beirut, following an apparent strike in a village in the Israeli-occupied Golan, and intense exchanges across the Blue Line, which separates Israeli and Lebanese armed forces. The incidents claimed several lives, including those of children. Rosemary DiCarlo, Under-Secretary-General for…
“The Secretary-General believes that the attacks we have seen in South Beirut and Tehran represent a dangerous escalation at a moment in which all efforts should instead be leading to a ceasefire in Gaza, the release of all Israeli hostages, a massive increase of humanitarian aid for Palestinians in Gaza and a return to calm in Lebanon and across the Blue Line,” UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said in a statement issued on Wednesday. “Rather than that, what we are seeing are efforts to undermine these goals,” he added. Escalating tensions On Tuesday, Israel launched an airstrike on the densely populated…
For the first post-COVID Olympics, there are some major changes now in place at the Paris 2024 Games. First of all, there are no physical tickets for visitors. All tickets are digital, but spectators can separately purchase an additional paper souvenir ticket for their event. While this is significantly a COVID legacy, it’s also a sign of the times, as more of the Olympic Games moves into the digital world. If we dig deeper, we see how the DNA of this transformation is a story about data and its expansion – and how the ability of the Olympics to grow…
The missile that struck a building in southern Beirut on Tuesday, killing Hezbollah’s senior military commander Fuad Shukr, had been widely anticipated. Three days earlier, a Hezbollah rocket – which had no doubt missed its military target in northern Israel – struck a football pitch in the Israeli-controlled Syrian Golan Heights. Twelve young people between the ages of ten and 20 were killed. With the Beirut strike targeting a single Hezbollah leader, Israel carried out its pledge of a “harsh response” while also keeping it relatively contained in terms of the conflict between the two sides. What had not been…
World Triathlon, the governing body for international competitions in the sport, uses a different threshold set at 900. Overexposure to E-coli can lead to illnesses like intestinal infections and conjunctivitis, but also more serious health conditions like hepatitis A. Following encouraging results from sampling conducted on Tuesday, the authorities decided to go ahead with the triathlon on Wednesday morning, despite concerns over accuracy, given the 21.5 hour delay between the water sampling and when results come in. But the delayed results also showed safe levels of E-coli. “The samples taken yesterday between 5am and 6am showed levels of E-coli between…
Open this photo in gallery:From left, hip-hop trio Mo Chara, Dj Provaí and Móglaí Bap riff on their stage personas and day-to-day personal lives in Kneecap.SuppliedKneecapWritten and directed by Rich PeppiattStarring Naoise Ó Cairealláin, Liam Óg Ó Hannaidh and Michael FassbenderClassification N/A; 105 minutesOpens in select theatres Aug. 2Critic’s PickA meta-contextual music-world biopic whose success relies upon one giant bet paying off big, the new comedy Kneecap is a riotous delight that will have even the most staid audiences ready to flip the bird.When writer-director Rich Peppiatt first decided to make a fictionalized movie chronicling the rise of the controversial…
Employer: Pace Enterprise LLC, operating as Pace Realty Group 4005 SW 50th Ave. Amarillo, TX 79109 Investigation findings: A U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division investigation found the owner of Pace Enterprise LLC – operating as Pace Realty Group – misclassified 37 maintenance workers and parts runners as independent contractors and, by doing so, failed to pay them overtime for hours over 40 in a workweek, a violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act. Additionally, the employer failed to keep legally required records.Back Wages recovered: $75,061 in overtime wages and…
The Medical Research Council (MRC), in collaboration with the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), has provided £28.5 million in funding to establish the Human Functional Genomics Initiative programme. It aims to advance our understanding of how genomic variation influences human physiology and how it changes over time and in disease. Who is leading the new initiative? Professor Jonathan Mill from the University of Exeter Medical School will lead the initiative as its newly appointed Director. He will also contribute to shaping and supporting data coordination and integration in functional genomics both as part of the initiative and alongside…