Author: Max Smith

Britain's only disabled-only competitive racing team gathered at Snetterton Racecourse in Norfolk over the weekend to compete in the BritCar Trophy Championship with able-bodied drivers. The BBC met the driver of his team BRIT to hear how motorsport provides equality for people with physical and psychological problems.”There's nothing stopping us from being the fastest.”Noah Cosby, 19, from Towcester, Northamptonshire, always dreamed of competing in motorsport.Then, in March 2021, everything changed when she fell while jumping and broke her hip. The 16-year-old was paralyzed from the base of his ribs down.”I felt like I lost a big part of myself,” he…

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Written by Lei WeeSINGAPORE (Reuters) – Asian stocks fell on Monday, gold prices tumbled as risk sentiment took a hit after Iran's retaliatory attacks on Israel raised concerns about escalating regional conflict and alarmed traders. Rose.The dollar has hit a new 34-year high against the yen, as there is a growing expectation that interest rates will remain high for a long time due to persistent inflationary pressures in the United States.MSCI's broadest range of Asia-Pacific stocks outside Japan comes after Iran launched explosive drones and missiles toward Israel late Saturday in retaliation for Israel's alleged attack on its Syrian consulate…

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amazon prime video fall out The TV series debuted in mid-April 2024 to critical acclaim, and interest in the film now appears to be increasing due to this response. fall out Source material: Popular video game series. As recently pointed out, SteamDBinterest in fall out The number of games has more than doubled in the last week, and the number of concurrent players for all games has increased. Fallout: New Vegas has received its fair share of love, hitting over 10,000 concurrent players in recent days. fallout 76 The number of concurrent players has also increased to nearly 30,000. The…

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China's He Jie won the gold medal at last year's Asian Games (William West)Organizers of the Beijing Half Marathon announced on Monday that they were investigating after footage widely shared online showed three African runners deliberately allowing China's He Jie to win.Video clips from Sunday's race showed Kenyans Robert Ketel and Willy Mnangat, Ethiopia's Dejen Haile and home runner Hee approaching the finish line.The three African runners can be seen pointing towards the finish line and waving forward while appearing to slow down.The 2023 Asian Games marathon gold medalist won by one second.The four remained close together throughout the 13-mile…

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Forge Institute's Lee Watson (left), along with professor Philip Huff, say Arkansas is “at the culmination of a national revolution in cybersecurity and grid resiliency.” (Steve Lewis) Armed with a $5 million federal grant and a regiment of interested students, an Arkansas university is building a cyber defense hub and talent pipeline to thwart computer attacks that have crippled hospitals, schools and businesses. is building. The primary focus of this effort will be protecting the United States' power system. The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Preparedness has allocated funding for further work at the…

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Financial markets reacted subduedly to Iran's firing of hundreds of missiles and drones toward Israel on Saturday, but oil and stock futures traded nearly flat on Sunday night. Major US stock indexes rose 0.2-0.3%, while oil prices fell 0.2-0.4%. West Texas Intermediate crude oil remained below $86 per barrel, and Brent crude oil was near $90. Analysts had previously predicted that Brent oil prices, already up 20% since the start of the year before the attacks, could top $100 a barrel. The price of gold, traditionally considered a safe-haven asset, was flat at $2,375 an ounce, still below its all-time…

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The Dash don't seem open to the idea of ​​letting Maria Sanchez go before the deadline later this week. (Ira L. Black – Corbis/Getty Images)Just months after signing the largest contract in National Women's Soccer League history, Maria Sanchez wants out of Houston.The Dash winger has requested a trade from the franchise ahead of the deadline later this week, according to ESPN's Jeff Kassouf. Both the trade window and transfer window close at midnight ET on Friday.Sanchez was a restricted free agent this offseason. She then agreed to a three-year contract worth up to $1.5 million, including bonuses and a…

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(Bloomberg) — Apple's iPhone shipments fell 10% more than expected in the March quarter, reflecting weak sales in China despite a broad recovery in the smartphone industry.Most Read Articles on BloombergThe company shipped 50.1 million iPhones in the first three months, according to preliminary figures from IDC, which was below the average of 51.7 million expected by analysts for the same period compiled by Bloomberg.The Cupertino, California-based company has struggled to maintain sales in the world's largest smartphone market since the latest generation iPhone debuted in September. Sales have been weighed down by the resurgence of Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.,…

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