Ti Gong Parents take their children for stretching exercises under the direction of professionals at Shanghai Jiahui International Hospital on Sunday. With a series of marathons planned for the city in coming months, local medical experts are launching pre-marathon lectures and training courses to help runners be better prepared and avoid sports injuries. Running and marathon is increasing in popularity among Chinese in recent years, however, the overall prevalence of physical exercise is still low in the nation.

https://www.shine.cn/news/metro/2304098437/

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The net income of listed mining company Nickel Asia Corp. (NAC) reached P1.7 billion in the first semester of 2023, a decline of 55 percent from P3.8 billion in the same period a year prior as lower metal prices slashed revenues. NAC, in a disclosure on Thursday, reported that revenues declined by 8 percent to P10.9 billion from P11.8 billion year-on-year. The firm's attributable net income for the period would have been 33-percent lower at P1.8 billion from P2.7 billion if the equity interest in the Coral Bay and Taganito high-pressure acid leach (HPAL) projects were excluded.

https://business.inquirer.net/413875/weak-china-demand-hits-nickel-asias-profits

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MILAN - Italy plans to ask Apple to issue a software update for iPhone 12 users in the country, according to a government source, after the U.S. company offered to make similar changes in France to end a row with regulators there over breaches of radiation exposure limits. - Reuters

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Urban Edge Properties ( NYSE:UE – Get Rating ) and Firm Capital Property Trust ( OTCMKTS:FRMUF – Get Rating ) are both real estate companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings and risk. Profitability This table compares Urban Edge Properties and Firm Capital Property Trust's net margins, return on equity and return on assets. Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Urban Edge Properties 4.

https://www.dailypolitical.com/2023/06/16/contrasting-urban-edge-properties-nyseue-firm-capital-property-trust-otcmktsfrmuf.html

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University of the Sunshine Coast "With brain fingerprinting, we've established MRIs already have the capability of screening for mental health risk factors. This is only going to improve in the future, as the way we detect and track mental illness advances with wearable technology and developments in AI," said Professor Hermens. "Once brain scans can reliably predict mental health problems at early stages, I think there's a case to be made for subsidising and increasing access to brain scans, given the huge burden and financial cost to Australia.

https://www.miragenews.com/www.miragenews.com/brain-study-reaches-milestone-revealing-future-1040620/

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In the language of fraternities, they are called 'barbarians.' This derisive term is used to describe people who are not members of tightly-knit 'brotherhoods' that charge as an admission fee the steep price of being beaten on the posterior of the applicant's thighs, or sometimes buttocks, with a wooden paddle. The result is always, at least, heavy bruising and hematoma. Sometimes, the heavy beatings result in fractures. And every now and then, the price an initiate tragically pays for the dubious honor of being called a 'brother' is the ultimate one: his life.

https://opinion.inquirer.net/161515/the-real-barbarians

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KHARTOUM — Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) said they had taken control of the presidential palace, the residence of the army chief and Khartoum international airport on Saturday as clashes erupted with the army in an escalating power struggle. In a statement, the RSF also said they had taken over the airports in the northern city of Merowe and El-Obeid in the west. Gunfire could be heard in several parts of Khartoum and eyewitnesses reporting shooting in adjoining cities. A Reuters journalist saw cannon and armoured vehicles deployed in streets, and heard the sound of heavy weapons fire near the headquarters of both the army and RSF.

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1756901/sudan-paramilitaries-say-they-have-seized-presidential-palace

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The latest book from journalist and bestselling author David Grann details the true story of a 1741 shipwreck that he believes has 'surprising resonance … with our own contemporary, turbulent times.' When a squadron of ships left England in the fall of 1740, with secret hopes of capturing a Spanish galleon filled with gold, they had little idea what might befall them. They were overloaded with men, many who were old and infirmed. They were equipped with rudimentary navigation tools. And none of them had ever sailed around Cape Horn, the southernmost tip of South America, which we now know is one of the most treacherous seas on the planet.

https://www.mprnews.org/episode/2023/06/30/a-historical-swashbuckler-from-author-david-grann

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Shares of iClima Climate Change Solutions ETF ( NYSEARCA:CLMA – Get Rating ) shot up 0% on Monday . The company traded as high as $16.12 and last traded at $15.81. 203 shares were traded during trading, a decline of 58% from the average session volume of 483 shares. The stock had previously closed at $15.81. iClima Climate Change Solutions ETF Stock Performance The business has a 50-day moving average price of $15.81 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $15.81. Receive News & Ratings for iClima Climate Change Solutions ETF Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for iClima Climate Change Solutions ETF and related companies with MarketBeat.

https://www.dailypolitical.com/2023/05/24/iclima-climate-change-solutions-etf-nysearcaclma-shares-up-0.html

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The average price of pre-owned housing units across 70 Chinese cities continued to slide in June despite hundreds of government policies to prop up the sluggish real estate market. In first-tier cities, average pre-owned home prices fell 0.7% from May, data published Monday by the National Bureau of Statistics showed. The decline was 0.3 percentage points sharper than the drop in May. Prices in second and third-tier cities dropped 0.4% last month.

https://www.caixinglobal.com/2023-07-18/chinese-pre-owned-housing-prices-slide-again-in-june-102076654.html

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MANILA, Philippines—Bryan Bagunas is hoping for the best for the Philippine men's volleyball team in the 32nd Southeast Asian Games. Although he will not see action in the biennial meet due to his wedding in June, Bagunas encourages the rebuilding national team to keep fighting when it tries to return to the podium in the Cambodia SEA Games starting on May 3. 'Laban lang kasi nakita ko naman sila nung naki-tuneup sila sa amin sa Taiwan. Kahit yung mga bata nandoon yung skills nila. Sobrang eager nilang makapaglaro sa SEA Games,' Bagunas, who was part of the historic 2019 silver medalist in the 2019 biennial meet, told reporters.

https://sports.inquirer.net/506421/bryan-bagunas-to-sea-games-bound-ph-team-keep-fighting-play-with-heart

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Conmebol chose Paraguay as the venue for the 2021 Women's Libertadores Cup, to be played between November 3 and 18

https://riotimesonline.com/brazil-news/mercosur/paraguay/paraguay-will-host-the-womens-libertadores-cup-2021/

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Ark ( ARK ) traded down 1.9% against the US dollar during the 24 hour period ending at 18:00 PM ET on May 21st. Ark has a market capitalization of $47.58 million and $543,006.41 worth of Ark was traded on exchanges in the last day. During the last week, Ark has traded up 0.5% against the US dollar. One Ark coin can currently be purchased for approximately $0.27 or 0.00001027 BTC on major cryptocurrency exchanges. Here is how related cryptocurrencies have performed during the last day: Belrium (BEL) traded down 0.

https://www.dailypolitical.com/2023/05/21/ark-trading-0-5-higher-over-last-week-ark.html

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Crown Castle ( NYSE:CCI – Get Free Report ) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday. The real estate investment trust reported $1.05 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.79 by ($0.74), Yahoo Finance reports. The business had revenue of $1.87 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.86 billion. Crown Castle had a return on equity of 22.12% and a net margin of 23.81%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 7.7% on a year-over-year basis.

https://www.dailypolitical.com/2023/07/21/crown-castle-nysecci-releases-quarterly-earnings-results-misses-estimates-by-0-74-eps.html

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XRP ( XRP ) traded up 74.9% against the US dollar during the 24 hour period ending at 15:00 PM ET on July 13th. One XRP coin can now be purchased for approximately $0.82 or 0.00002589 BTC on exchanges. XRP has a market cap of $43.04 billion and approximately $8.39 billion worth of XRP was traded on exchanges in the last day. Over the last seven days, XRP has traded 75.1% higher against the US dollar. Here's how similar cryptocurrencies have performed over the last day: KILT Protocol (KILT) traded up 5.

https://www.dailypolitical.com/2023/07/13/xrp-xrp-market-capitalization-tops-43-04-billion.html

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PHNOM PENH—Jocelyn Ninobla has become an iconic figure in women's poomsae after collecting three gold medals in the Southeast Asian Games all on her own. The 26-year-old shared her blessings this time by bringing along Aidaine Laxa and Nicole Labayne to victory in the recognized poomsae contest at the 32nd SEA Games. 'I was highly motivated to win because I want them (Laxa and Labayne) to experience how it feels to win a gold medal,'' said Ninobla, the women's individual poomsae champion since 2017 in Malaysia.

https://sports.inquirer.net/509735/sea-games-2023-philippine-womens-team-strikes-gold-in-recognized-poomsae

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Mark MargolisFILE - Mark Margolis attends a special screening of "Louisiana Caviar" at iPic Cinema on Monday, Feb. 26, 2018, in New York. Margolis, who played murderous former drug kingpin Hector Salamanca in 'Breaking Bad' and then in the prequel 'Better Call Saul,' has died at age 83. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP, File) 022618122692, 21334631, FILE PHOTO

https://n.news.naver.com/mnews/article/077/0006001171?sid=104

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Lynn, who is about to lead his 101st expedition across the Kokoda Trail, said: 'The decline in management started after Australian Government officials shifted responsibility for the management of the Kokoda Trail from PNG Tourism to the PNG Conservation Environment Protection Authority (CEPA). 'Since then, the Trail has been managed as a socio-environment resource rather than as a tourism enterprise,' said the Kokoda tour operator. 'When it was managed by PNG Tourism, trekker numbers increased dramatically by 1,440 percent from 365 per year in 2002 to 5,621 in 2008.

https://www.looppng.com/png-news/call-inquiry-kokoda-trail-management-118176

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The Sweet Caroline Tour: A Tribute to Neil Diamond is returning to New Zealand to treat us to an unforgettable musical journey, celebrating the hits of Neil Diamond from 6 November–16 December 2023. Since its miraculous debut tour in New Zealand 2021, the production has gone on to wow international audiences across Australia, Canada and Singapore. Talented multi-instrumentalist Zac Coombs will return in the lead role with his uncanny rendition of Neil Diamond. Flanking him on stage will be a full seven-piece band comprising musicians from South Africa, the UK, New Zealand and Australia.

https://www.thecoast.net.nz/whats-on/the-sweet-caroline-tour-a-tribute-to-neil-diamond-is-returning-to-nz/

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Ninety One North America Inc. lifted its stake in Meta Platforms, Inc. ( NASDAQ:META – Free Report ) by 2.6% in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 25,666 shares of the social networking company's stock after purchasing an additional 661 shares during the period. Ninety One North America Inc.'s holdings in Meta Platforms were worth $5,440,000 at the end of the most recent quarter. Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of META.

https://www.dailypolitical.com/2023/07/15/ninety-one-north-america-inc-boosts-stock-holdings-in-meta-platforms-inc-nasdaqmeta.html

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