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The on-again, off-again relationship between the Olympics and baseball is heading toward another reconciliation in 2028. That leads to the inevitable discussion of what the rosters could look like. Commissioner Rob Manfred said last month he was open to the possibility of major leaguers participating, but recent history suggests some obstacles. Baseball was dropped after the 2008 Games, returned in 2021 in Japan, then was left out this year in Paris. The sport returns for the Los Angeles Games four years from now. At the Tokyo Olympics, Major League Baseball only allowed players not on 40-man rosters to play —…

This year’s class of Disney Legends was inducted into the company’s version of the hall of fame in a ceremony Sunday at The Honda Center in Anaheim, California, as a part of the D23 fan convention. Ryan Seacrest hosted the show, which will be available to stream Monday on Disney+. Disney bestowed “legends” status on 14 artists, including Harrison Ford, Angela Bassett and Miley Cyrus, who have shaped the company. The honorees, who the company says have had a “significant impact” on Disney’s legacy, include director James Cameron, iconic film composer John Williams, Jamie Lee Curtis and Kelly Ripa, among…

Vietnam’s newly appointed party chief set to visit China next week Vietnam’s top leader To Lam will visit China next week in his first foreign trip since his appointment as general secretary of the ruling Communist Party earlier in August, three officials familiar with the matter told Reuters. The move would confirm the close ties between the two communist-run neighbours, which have well developed economic and trade relations despite occasionally clashing over boundaries in the energy-rich South China Sea, a crucial commercial waterway that Beijing claims almost in its entirety – irking several countries in the region. Lam, who is…

Former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki has died. The technology and business executive was 56 years old. In a Facebook post Wojcicki’s husband, Dennis Troper, broke the news. Wojcicki lost her battle with lung cancer. “It is with profound sadness that I share the news of Susan Wojcicki passing,” he wrote. “My beloved wife of 26 years and mother to our five children left us today after 2 years of living with non small cell lung cancer.” Wojcicki leaves behind her husband and four children. One son, Marco Troper, died earlier this year. “Susan was not just my best friend and…

Former President Donald Trump will sit down for an interview on Monday night with Elon Musk, one of the world’s richest men. Musk announced the interview Sunday on X, formerly Twitter, after Trump had teased it last week in a post on his social media platform, Truth Social. Musk owns X, and is also the founder of SpaceX and Tesla. He did not give any mention in the brief post of what would be discussed in the interview, other than it would be “unscripted with no limits on subject matter.” The interview between Trump and Musk comes as the former…

The people of Botswana were given the afternoon off work Friday through a presidential decree so they could celebrate its first gold medal at the Olympics. Sprinter Letsile Tebogo’s win in the 200 meters on Thursday night in Paris was a moment to cherish for a southern African nation of 2.4 million people that’s largely made up of desert. Botswana is maybe better known for being one of the world’s top diamond producers. Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi gave everyone a half-day national holiday in recognition of Tebogo’s victory and to “pause and celebrate him,” his office said. Before the 21-year-old…

The National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) says that the Moon, as a celestial body, occupies a unique position in the orbit and helps provide better understanding of the universe.  Dr Bonaventure Okere, Director, Centre for Basic Space  Science and  Astronomy (CBSSA-NASRDA), who said this in an interview in Abuja on Thursday, August 8, 2024, explained that the moon’s interaction with the Earth made it an important part of the solar system. “The moon plays several important roles such as stabilising the tilt of the orbit, causing seasonal changes, influencing tides and aiding nocturnal animal navigation. “Studying the moon…

Stress can make people feel sick, and bacteria in the gut might be to blame, according to a study1 in mice. The research suggests that a stressed brain directly shuts down specific glands in the gut, affecting gut bacteria and the body’s broader immune system. The study “is a technical tour de force”, says neuroscientist John Cryan at University College Cork in Ireland, who reviewed the study. Most work on the gut–brain connection has focused on how bacteria affect the brain, so Cryan welcomes research into how psychological states can exert ‘top-down’ control of bacteria. “It’s a really cool part…

A record-breaking expedition to drill into rocks at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean has given scientists their best glimpse yet of what the Earth might look like underneath its crust. Researchers extracted an almost uninterrupted 1,268-metre long sample of green-marble-like rock from a region where Earth’s mantle — the thick, interior layer that makes up more than 80% of the planet’s bulk — has pushed up through the sea floor (see ‘Deep-sea drilling’). The samples, described on 8 August in Science1, offer unprecedented insights into processes that lead to the crust’s formation. We had that story in our head”…

The funds will be used to finance projects in the renewable energy sector aimed at mitigating climate change; The initiatives will be targeting the eight West African countries that hold equity in BOAD (www.BOAD.org): Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Niger, Senegal, Togo, Mali, and Guinea-Bissau. A €100 million operation to finance projects addressing climate change mitigation in West Africa through the subscription of the first hybrid bond issued by a multilateral bank with this exclusive purpose. This is outlined in the agreement signed by the Italian Climate Fund, managed by Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP) on behalf of the Ministry…