Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov told CNN that if necessary, Ukrainian forces will continue to attack the Russian-occupied Crimean peninsula and the Crimean bridge with the aim of disrupting enemy logistics. All of these targets are official because hitting them will reduce the Russians’ ability to fight us and help save Ukrainian lives. – emphasized the head of the ministry. He believed it was a simple tactic to disrupt Russia’s logistics lines, preventing their troops from getting more ammunition, fuel, food, and more. So let’s use this trick against them – Reznikov said in a ..read more

For nearly eight years, Pan Gongsheng has overseen one of the largest money funds in the world: China’s $3 trillion in foreign exchange reserves. Now he will run the country’s central bank, and play a more powerful role in the Chinese economy. Mr. Ban, a prominent economist, was appointed on Tuesday as governor of the central bank, the People’s Bank of China. He had already been appointed as the bank’s Communist Party secretary on July 1st. It will be the first time in five years that someone has held two big jobs, giving Mr. Ban huge political leverage over the financial system of the world ..read more

Danger! Champions Tournament Courtesy of Jeopardy Productions, Inc. / Sony Pictures Television annual Danger! The Tournament of Champions may be less than a few champions. Several of the big winners of the 2022-23 season say they will not participate in the tournament while the writers’ strike continues. Danger! It employs Writers Guild of America members, and the syndicated game show plans to draw on material from previous seasons (39’s worth) as it begins taping for the 2023-24 season, according to sources. Hollywood Reporter. The Tournament of Champions is usually taped in late August ..read more

A NASA mission has observed a supermassive black hole that is directing its high-energy jet at Earth. Don’t panic yet. As frightening as this cosmic event is, it is located at a very safe distance of about 400 million light-years. Actively feeding supermassive black holes, including the ones at hand, are surrounded by swirling disks of matter called accretion disks that gradually fuel them over time. Some of the material they do not ingest is then directed towards their poles, where it is subsequently detonated at near-light or relativistic speed. This creates very energetic and bright electr ..read more

Kevin SeifertESPN staff writerJuly 25, 2023, 02:08 PM ET2 minutes to read Egan, Minnesota — Minnesota Vikings pass nurse Danielle Hunter reported to training camp Tuesday and decided to turn it down amid ongoing contract talks with the team. Hunter will not be a full participant at the start of training camp, however, in part because he has skipped all Minnesota offseason practices, including the mandatory minicamp. But the contract status of Hunter — who is set to earn $5.5 million this season, well below the veteran rushers’ market value — still looms large in the future. Vikings general ma ..read more

Threads are about to get even more useful as Meta has started rolling out the option to see a timeline of posts from people you follow. Many observers said this was a key feature Threads needed to truly compete with Twitter, which has long been a vital source of real-time information. But as Twitter owner (sorry, X) Elon Musk continues to reduce his app to rubble, Threads seems like a more viable destination for the latest news and updates. You will need to update to the latest version of the thread to see the time feed, but it may not appear to you right away. To switch between the For You a ..read more

General Motors’ second-quarter earnings came in better than expected. What’s more, the company Starch Financial guidance. The stock was rising in Tuesday’s trading. GM (Stock ticker: GM) mentioned Adjusted earnings per share were $1.91 and operating income was $3.2 billion in the second quarter on sales of $44.7 billion. Wall Street was looking for earnings of $1.87 per share and operating income of $3.2 billion on sales of $42.1 billion. In the last year a quarterGeneral Motors Corporation (Ticker: GM) reported adjusted earnings of $1.14 and operating profit of $2.3 billion on sales of $35.8 ..read more

Update to the latest…: Venice Film Festival President Alberto Barbera announced the line-up for the 80th edition of the event this morning. We’ll update the list as the movies are revealed, so check back for more below. You can also watch the live broadcast here. While Venice has weathered Covid with aplomb, never being forced to cancel during a pandemic while adjusting to new protocols, it faces a challenge of a different kind this year given the ongoing WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. A major launchpad for award season and a major media opportunity for talent, lower footfalls are expected with ..read more

This artist’s concept depicts the star PDS 70 and its inner protoplanetary disk. New measurements by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have revealed water vapor at distances less than 100 million miles from the star — the region where rocky and terrestrial planets may form. This is the first detection of water in the terrestrial region of a disk already known to host two or more protoplanets, one of which is shown in the upper right. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, Joseph Olmsted (STScI) The discovery shows that there is a reservoir of water available for terrestrial planets that might coalesce the ..read more

Last updated: July 25, 2023 at 06:17 UTC+02:00 We’re just two days away from the upcoming Galaxy Unpacked event, where Samsung will launch the Galaxy Z Fold 5 and Galaxy Z Flip 5. We’ll also see the launch of the Galaxy Watch Series 6, along with the Galaxy Tab S9, Galaxy Tab S9+, and Galaxy Tab S9 Ultra. To promote the Galaxy Unpacked event, Samsung recently lit up the famous Seoul Tower in Korea. For the first time, Samsung Galaxy Unpacked event held across major stores in Seoul (South Korea), including Samsung Store Gangnam, Samsung Store Cheongdam, and Samsung Store Daechi, located in G ..read more