Dallas guard Luka Doncic, who left the Mavericks' Thursday game due to a left thigh strain, gave a pessimistic assessment of his condition postgame. 'It's not good,' he said. As for how long he might be sidelined, Doncic said, 'It's been going for a week, maybe more. Just can't really push how I like.' Doncic is scheduled to undergo an MRI exam on Thursday to assess the damage. The ailment wasn't new, as Doncic said he has played through the discomfort for at least five games. On Wednesday against the host New Orleans Pelicans, he struggled in the second quarter, missing all five of his shots.

https://sports.inquirer.net/500043/luka-doncic-on-injured-thigh-its-not-good

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Research from Monash Business School's Australian Consumer and Retail Studies (ACRS) latest Retail Sustainability Spotlight has found that over half of Aussie shoppers say sustainability is an important factor when making a retail purchase. Despite the increases to our cost of living, the research confirms Australian shoppers are becoming more conscious of what they buy; voting for sustainable products, with their wallets. Leading this research is Stephanie Atto, Research and Strategy Director at Australian Consumer and Retail Studies.

https://www.miragenews.com/research-high-living-cost-doesnt-deter-1066116/

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A caretaker holds monkeys at a zoo in Karachi on July 21, 2023, after being recovered from illegal traders. (Photo by Asif HASSAN / AFP) KARACHI—A baby monkey caused chaos in a Pakistan court after escaping from a troop presented as evidence in a case of wildlife smuggling, officials said. Two men were intercepted outside Karachi on Thursday trying to smuggle 14 baby monkeys in crates usually used to transport mangoes. But when they were brought to court on Friday, one of the monkeys escaped—causing chaos as staff tried to tempt it down from a tree.

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Toussaint and Imbert Family (TAMARAC, Fla.) -- An American couple visiting Haiti is being held at ransom after being kidnapped from a bus nearly a week ago, according to their family. Jean-Dickens Toussaint and his wife, Abigail Toussaint, of Tamarac, Florida, were in Haiti to see ailing relatives and attend a community festival when they were kidnapped Saturday while traveling on a bus from Port-au-Prince, their family said. A family friend who met the couple at the airport to escort them was also kidnapped, their niece, Christie, who declined to give her last name, told ABC Miami affiliate WPLG.

https://wadk.com/world-news/ce9a7420b0cb6e21e78a85d2966abfba

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Saratoga Research & Investment Management cut its position in The Coca-Cola Company ( NYSE:KO – Get Rating ) by 1.5% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 135,452 shares of the company's stock after selling 2,070 shares during the period. Saratoga Research & Investment Management's holdings in Coca-Cola were worth $8,616,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

https://www.dailypolitical.com/2023/06/01/saratoga-research-investment-management-reduces-position-in-the-coca-cola-company-nyseko.html

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14:33 UTC+8, 2023-06-05        Shanghai Mayor Gong Zheng met with a delegation from the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce, Hong Kong, led by President Choi Koon-shum on Saturday. on Saturday. Shanghai Mayor Gong Zheng shakes hands with Choi Koon-shum, president of the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce, Hong Kong Shanghai Mayor Gong Zheng met with a delegation from the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce, Hong Kong, led by President Choi Koon-shum on Saturday. Gong introduced the economic and social development of Shanghai, stating that Shanghai and Hong Kong have a long history of exchange and cooperation between two glamorous cities.

https://www.shine.cn/news/metro/2306051582/

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Emergency responders work the scene of a fatal bus crash, in Wawayanda, New York, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023. | NBC New York via AP MIDDLETOWN, N.Y.— A charter bus carrying high school students to a band camp veered off a New York highway and tumbled down an embankment Thursday, September 21, 2023, killing two adults and seriously injuring several others, officials said. The bus was one of six in a caravan taking the marching band, color guard and dancers from Farmingdale High School on Long Island on a beloved annual trip to a camp in Greeley, in northeastern Pennsylvania.

https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/528954/two-killed-as-bus-carrying-students-crashes

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ProMetic Life Sciences Inc. ( OTCMKTS:PFSCF – Get Free Report )'s stock price crossed below its fifty day moving average during trading on Thursday . The stock has a fifty day moving average of $5.47 and traded as low as $5.47. ProMetic Life Sciences shares last traded at $5.47, with a volume of 200 shares traded. ProMetic Life Sciences Stock Performance The stock's 50-day moving average is $5.47 and its two-hundred day moving average is $5.47. ProMetic Life Sciences Company Profile ( Get Free Report ) Prometic Life Sciences Inc operates as a biopharmaceutical company with two drug discovery platforms that focuses on unmet medical needs in the field of fibrosis and orphan diseases.

https://www.dailypolitical.com/2023/07/15/prometic-life-sciences-otcmktspfscf-shares-pass-below-50-day-moving-average-of-5-47.html

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We, the undersigned civil society organizations, condemn the three-year prison sentence handed down to human rights researcher at the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) and academic Patrick George Zaki for his writings highlighting the hardship and discrimination faced by Coptic Christians in Egypt, such as himself. On July 18, 2023, following a trial rife with due process violations, an Egyptian emergency state security court handed down a three-year prison sentence to Patrick on trumped-up charges of spreading false news.

https://www.miragenews.com/civil-society-groups-condemn-sentencing-of-1049161/

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A man has been charged after allegedly deliberately setting fire to a police vehicle outside Goodna Police Station, yesterday, September 11. Police will allege the fire started in the carpark just off Church Street around 1.20pm. Officers extinguished the fire shortly afterwards and no one was injured in the blaze. A 38-year-old Goodna man has been charged with arson. He is expected to appear before the Ipswich Magistrates Court today, September 12.

https://www.miragenews.com/police-lay-arson-charge-goodna-1082010/

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Baldwin Investment Management LLC increased its holdings in Tractor Supply ( NASDAQ:TSCO – Get Rating ) by 34.4% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 6,780 shares of the specialty retailer's stock after buying an additional 1,735 shares during the period. Baldwin Investment Management LLC's holdings in Tractor Supply were worth $1,525,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

https://www.dailypolitical.com/2023/05/22/baldwin-investment-management-llc-raises-holdings-in-tractor-supply-nasdaqtsco.html

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ANTIPOLO—Poy Erram is expected to miss some action for TNT in the PBA On Tour after spraining his right ankle in losing its initial assignment of the exhibition series to NorthPort on Friday here. It was Erram himself who made that estimation following the injury which happened with less than eight minutes left in the Tropang Giga's 99-90 defeat inside Ynares Center when he and teammate Paul Varilla were challenging Paolo Taha's layup attempt. 'It's really sore. It's like I swallowed a large ball,' said Erram in Filipino.

https://sports.inquirer.net/512806/pba-tnt-big-man-poy-erram-sprains-ankle-out-for-few-weeks

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Mogy Joel R Investment Counsel Inc. grew its stake in Union Pacific Co. ( NYSE:UNP – Free Report ) by 1.6% during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 61,374 shares of the railroad operator's stock after acquiring an additional 949 shares during the quarter. Union Pacific comprises approximately 1.1% of Mogy Joel R Investment Counsel Inc.'s portfolio, making the stock its 29th biggest holding. Mogy Joel R Investment Counsel Inc.

https://www.dailypolitical.com/2023/09/09/union-pacific-co-nyseunp-shares-purchased-by-mogy-joel-r-investment-counsel-inc.html

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PancakeSwap ( CAKE ) traded 0.6% lower against the US dollar during the 1 day period ending at 18:00 PM Eastern on July 8th. PancakeSwap has a market cap of $312.52 million and approximately $15.16 million worth of PancakeSwap was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours. Over the last week, PancakeSwap has traded 8.4% lower against the US dollar. One PancakeSwap token can now be purchased for approximately $1.47 or 0.00004860 BTC on major cryptocurrency exchanges. Here's how other cryptocurrencies have performed over the last 24 hours: KILT Protocol (KILT) traded 0.

https://www.dailypolitical.com/2023/07/08/pancakeswap-trading-down-8-4-over-last-week-cake.html

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CEBU CITY, Philippines—Jayson 'Smasher' Mama outclassed Robert 'Super Inggo' Paradero in the battle of former world title challengers last Tuesday, June 6, 2023, in the main event of the fight card promoted by Sanman Boxing in T'Boli, South Cotabato. Mama beat Paradero via unanimous decision after 10 rounds. The victory improved the 26-year-old Mama's record to 11 wins (10 by knockouts) and one defeat. Mama, one of Sanman Boxing Gym's banner boxers, extended his winning streak to three fights since his 2021 loss to Sunny Edwards of the United Kingdom for the International Boxing Federation (IBF) world flyweight title in Dubai, UAE.

https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/508569/jayson-mama-wins-in-battle-of-former-world-title-challengers

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Rafizi Ramli ISKANDAR PUTERI, May 28 (Bernama) -- The government has not planned to revise the economic growth forecast this year following the depreciation of the ringgit's value in the last two weeks. Economy Minister Rafizi Ramli said, however, the government will continue to monitor the development in the movement of the local currency. He added that the depreciation of the ringgit over the past two weeks was largely influenced by discussions on the United States (US) debt ceiling which had also affected market sentiment.

https://www.bernama.com/en/business/news.php?id=2193211

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The Miss International pageant promises 'one dynamic final show' next month. Image: Facebook/Miss International MANILA, Philippines—The Miss International pageant heralded its upcoming 61st competition with the hashtag #MissInternationalOurTimeHasCome on different social media platforms, and it was followed by the posting of the 2023 delegates' photos and profiles. 'It's our time! Our time has come. It's our turn! It's no longer them,' Stephen Diaz, the Filipino head director of Miss International pageant organizer International Cultural Association (ICA), told INQUIRER.

https://entertainment.inquirer.net/519383/miss-international-pageant-says-our-time-has-come

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Aull & Monroe Investment Management Corp lessened its holdings in The Walt Disney Company ( NYSE:DIS – Get Rating ) by 15.6% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 8,831 shares of the entertainment giant's stock after selling 1,629 shares during the period. Aull & Monroe Investment Management Corp's holdings in Walt Disney were worth $767,000 at the end of the most recent quarter. A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the business.

https://www.dailypolitical.com/2023/05/04/aull-monroe-investment-management-corp-has-767000-holdings-in-the-walt-disney-company-nysedis.html

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The Alliance for the Family Foundation Philippines, Inc. continues to take a strong stand against the passing of the divorce bill into law. Even though the divorce bill has yet to be deliberated in plenary by the Senate and the House of Representatives, we once again appeal to our esteemed legislators to carefully study the serious adverse effects of passing this bill into law. Marriage is not a mere transaction but a covenant that offers a joyful union that also requires heroic self-sacrifice.

https://opinion.inquirer.net/166648/marriage-is-a-covenant-not-a-transaction

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FIFA+ is now available to more fans around the world than ever before The announcement comes as the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023™ continues apace, and an exciting suite of content from the tournament will be available across the platform The landmark expansion is testament to FIFA's commitment to innovation and using digital platforms to grow fandom globally FIFA has announced a ground-breaking expansion of FIFA+ as it becomes available on five new connected TV apps: Samsung TV, LG, VIDAA, Amazon Fire, and Android TV, and five new FAST channel platforms: Samsung TV Plus, LG Channels, VIDAA Channels, The Roku Channel and Rakuten TV.

https://www.miragenews.com/fifa-expands-to-connected-tv-fast-channels-1053829/

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