As the world grapples with cross-border challenges such as climate change, pandemic disease, cybercrime and income inequality, it may be tempting to look to the United Nations and other international organizations for solutions. Or is it time to change our modern thinking about the best way to address global problems? Justin Jennings thinks so. The curator of world cultures at the Royal Ontario Museum, Jennings is an associate professor in the department of anthropology in University of Toronto's Faculty of Arts & Science who has been researching different societies - some of them thousands of years old.

https://www.miragenews.com/toronto-researcher-taps-ancient-solutions-for-1069913/

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USMNT great Landon Donovan will join English club Lincoln City as a strategic advisor as part of a new investment deal.

https://www.espn.co.uk/football/united-states-usa/story/4412254/usmnt-great-landon-donovan-takes-role-at-english-league-one-side-lincoln-city

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CEEK VR ( CEEK ) traded up 0.2% against the dollar during the 24-hour period ending at 18:00 PM ET on April 14th. One CEEK VR token can now be bought for approximately $0.0888 or 0.00000291 BTC on major exchanges. Over the last week, CEEK VR has traded 3.2% higher against the dollar. CEEK VR has a market capitalization of $71.58 million and $4.94 million worth of CEEK VR was traded on exchanges in the last day. Here's how similar cryptocurrencies have performed over the last day: Toncoin (TON) traded up 3.

https://www.dailypolitical.com/2023/04/14/ceek-vr-ceek-achieves-market-capitalization-of-71-58-million.html

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China fined two pharmaceutical companies a combined 321 million yuan ($45.4 million) for monopoly practices as the country's only suppliers of ingredients for a drug that's crucial in emergency medicine. The State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) fined Hong Kong-traded Grand Pharmaceutical (China) Co. Ltd. 286 million yuan and Wuhan Huihai Medicine Co. Ltd., 35 million yuan, the market regulatory agency said Sunday in a statement.

https://www.caixinglobal.com/2023-05-30/china-fines-two-chinese-drug-ingredient-suppliers-454-million-102060061.html

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DermTech, Inc. ( NASDAQ:DMTK – Get Rating ) CFO Kevin M. Sun sold 4,988 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, June 7th. The shares were sold at an average price of $2.53, for a total transaction of $12,619.64. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer now directly owns 293,306 shares in the company, valued at approximately $742,064.18. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website . DermTech Stock Up 1.

https://www.dailypolitical.com/2023/06/09/kevin-m-sun-sells-4988-shares-of-dermtech-inc-nasdaqdmtk-stock.html

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Passengers arriving in Korea on a flight from China enter Terminal 1 of Incheon International Airport on Sunday. With China lifting its ban on group tours to Korea in August for the first time in six years, the number of passengers flying between Korea and China stood at 931,272 in August, according to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, which is 45 percent of the figure before the travel restriction was imposed. [YONHAP]

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Microsoft’s new Surface Laptop 13 offers exquisite hardware for $900, even though it’s more basic than the 13.8-inch. The crux of it is still Windows on Arm...

https://www.theverge.com/reviews/671554/microsoft-surface-laptop-13-inch-review

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Drew McKissickSouth Carolina GOP Chairman Drew McKissick, also co-chair of the Republican National Committee, says the Pledge of Allegiance at Rep. Jeff Duncan's Faith & Freedom BBQ fundraiser on Monday, Aug. 28, 2023, in Anderson, S.C. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard)

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Thomas White International Ltd. trimmed its position in shares of Barclays PLC ( NYSE:BCS ) by 53.0% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 170,323 shares of the financial services provider's stock after selling 191,750 shares during the period. Thomas White International Ltd.'s holdings in Barclays were worth $1,090,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period. A number of other large investors also recently modified their holdings of BCS.

https://www.dailypolitical.com/2023/03/12/thomas-white-international-ltd-sells-191750-shares-of-barclays-plc-nysebcs.html

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FILE PHOTO: Music executive Scooter Braun, left, appears with Justin Bieber at the World Premiere of 'Justin Bieber's Believe' in Los Angeles on December 18, 2013. Braun is one of the most recognizable names in the music business for his work as an executive, entrepreneur, and artist manager. Publicly, he's best known for two things: discovering Justin Bieber and purchasing the master recordings of Taylor Swift's first six albums, inspiring her to re-record them in an ongoing series called 'Taylor's Version.

https://entertainment.inquirer.net/515727/whats-going-on-with-scooter-brauns-artist-roster-heres-what-we-know-and-whats-still-speculation

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PGMOL is to investigate an alleged elbow by assistant referee Constantine Hatzidakis on Liverpool defender Andrew Robertson against Arsenal.

https://www.espn.co.uk/football/liverpool-engliverpool/story/4920487/pgmol-to-review-alleged-elbow-by-assistant-referee-constantine-hatzidakis-on-andrew-robertson

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A banner that asks in Spanish "Where are the disappeared detainees?" is unfurled over the Mapocho River by members of the "Coordinadora de Luchas y Memoria," or "Fights and Memory Coordinators" on International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances in Santiago, Chile, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. Thousands of people were killed or disappeared during Gen. Augusto Pinochet's 1973-1990 dictatorship. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

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Rosenblatt Securities reaffirmed their buy rating on shares of Arteris ( NASDAQ:AIP – Get Rating ) in a research note released on Wednesday, Benzinga reports. Rosenblatt Securities currently has a $21.00 price objective on the stock. Other equities analysts have also issued reports about the stock. Cowen decreased their price objective on shares of Arteris to $12.00 in a report on Tuesday, November 15th. Northland Securities dropped their price objective on Arteris from $20.00 to $16.00 and set an outperform rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday.

https://www.dailypolitical.com/2023/03/05/arteris-aip-buy-rating-reiterated-at-rosenblatt-securities.html

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AMC Entertainment Holdings stock conversionCustomers get refreshments before a movie at an AMC Theatres location in Washington, DC, USA, 25 August 2023. AMC Entertainment Holdings converted its preferred equity units (APEs) to common stock, 25 August, after completing a 10-for-1 reverse stock split. The move will allow the company to issue more shares later in an effort to pay down debts but raising investors' concerns holdings will be diluted. AMC stock was down 25 August, following the conversion and after closing down 26.

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VTB Bank Chairman Andrei Kostin listens to Russian President Vladimir Putin during their meeting in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, July 11, 2023. (Alexander Kazakov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP) POOL PHOTO

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President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. leads the distribution of confiscated smuggled rice to less-fortunate citizens in Zamboanga City on Tuesday, Sept. 19. PHOTO SCREEN GRABBED FROM RTVM ZAMBOANGA CITY — President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. said the government is targeting to have a bigger buffer stock of rice in the country to ensure sufficient supply of the staple food at a lower price. Speaking on Tuesday to beneficiaries of the rice distribution to indigent families at the warehouse of the National Food Authority (NFA) in Barangay San Roque here, the President said expanding the buffer stock will help ensure that consumers will not suffer the sudden spikes in the price of rice.

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1834122/bongbong-marcos-govt-to-increase-rice-buffer-stock

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The ACCC is encouraging businesses to review their standard form contracts and remove or amend any unfair contract terms before new penalties take effect. From 9 November, changes to the Australian Consumer Law will prohibit businesses from proposing, using, or relying on unfair contract terms in standard form contracts with consumers and small businesses. The changes will allow Courts to impose substantial penalties on businesses and individuals who include unfair terms in their standard form contracts.

https://www.miragenews.com/accc-urges-firms-to-amend-unfair-contracts-1081289/

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The competition continues in the Hangzhou Asian Games 2022 in 2023 on Monday, September 25 in Hangzhou, China. The Philippines has 396 athletes from 40 sports in this year's Asian Games. Some of those seeing action for Team Philippines on Monday are Tokyo Olympian Jayson Valdez in shooting, fellow Tokyo campaigner Kurt Barbosa in taekwondo, rowers Cris Nievares and Joanie Delgaco in the sculls final, Filipinos swimmers led by Kayla Sanchez, and tennis star Alex Eala in women's singles. Gilas Pilipinas Women coach Pat Aquino.

https://sports.inquirer.net/530531/live-updates-hangzhou-asian-games-september-25

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What does it take for a starting pitching prospect to torpedo off of global Top 100 prospect lists aside from injury? Jordan Balazovic showed us in 2022, when he spent his entire season in Triple-A St. Paul allowing 2.55 HR/9 innings, and finishing with a 7.39 ERA in just over 70 innings. It was quite the uphill battle to regain the lost prospect status, and that was before he suffered a broken jaw during an off-field altercation at the beginning of spring training, resulting in him being the first player sent out of Major League camp.

https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/st-paul-saints-news-rumors/balazovic-is-so-back-r14235/

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Skeena Resources Limited (SKE.V) ( CVE:SKE – Get Rating ) had its target price boosted by equities researchers at Scotiabank from C$16.00 to C$16.50 in a research note issued on Wednesday, BayStreet.CA reports. Separately, BMO Capital Markets upped their price target on shares of Skeena Resources Limited (SKE.V) from C$15.00 to C$16.00 in a research note on Thursday, April 6th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company's stock.

https://www.dailypolitical.com/2023/04/12/skeena-resources-limited-ske-v-cveske-price-target-increased-to-c16-50-by-analysts-at-scotiabank.html

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