Israeli Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu attends a special session of the Knesset, Israel's parliament, to approve and swear in a new right-wing government, in Jerusalem December 29, 2022. REUTERS/Amir Cohen/Pool/File Photo Jerusalem — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will undergo surgery to implant a pacemaker, his office said in a statement early on Sunday, just days after he was discharged from hospital following a health scare. 'Prime Minister Netanyahu will tonight undergo a procedure to implant a pacemaker at Sheba Medical Centre at Tel Hashomer,' the statement said.

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CEBU CITY, Philippines — Exciting taekwondo action will take over the SM Seaside City Cebu tomorrow as the 2023 Regional CPJ Taekwondo Championships unfolds at the City Wing atrium. Close to 500 taekwondo jins will strut their wares in the regional championships, which will last until Sunday. Meet organizer, Tony Del Prado, the chairman of the Philippine Taekwondo Association (PTA) Region-7 and Visayas told CDN Digital that this is their biggest tournament to start the year. Besides being the first PTA taekwondo tournament of the year in the Visayas, the tournament will also mark the relaunching of the innovative Philippine Taekwondo's electronic scoring system for the kyorugi (sparring) competition which takes place on Sunday.

https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/491690/regl-taekwondo-tourney-opens-march-4-at-sm-seaside

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BW LPG Limited ( OTCMKTS:BWLLY – Get Rating ) saw a large decline in short interest during the month of February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totalling 100 shares, a decline of 50.0% from the February 13th total of 200 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,500 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.1 days. BW LPG Stock Performance BWLLY stock remained flat at $9.60 during trading on Friday. The firm's 50 day moving average price is $8.01 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $7.

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Waitlist now open at jurassicworldexhibition.com.au Tickets on sale at 10am, Thursday 27 July, 2023 Sydney, Australia (17 July) Jurassic World: The Exhibition is a family-friendly exhibit of massive proportions based on one of the biggest blockbuster franchises in cinema history. Visitors walk through the iconic "Jurassic World" gates, explore richly themed environments, encounter a life-sized brachiosaurus, velociraptors, and the most fearsome dinosaur of all, the mighty Tyrannosaurus Rex. Guests will be able to imagine what it would have been like to roam amongst these breathtaking creatures, and even interact with baby dinosaurs, including "Bumpy" from the popular animated series Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous from Universal Pictures, Amblin Entertainment and DreamWorks Animation, currently streaming on Netflix.

https://www.miragenews.com/jurassic-world-exhibition-roars-into-sydney-for-1047755/

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JABSOM Interim Dean Lee Buenconsejo-Lum and CDC Director Rochelle Walensky Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( CDC ) Director Rochelle Walensky spoke to future doctors and faculty in a special forum at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa John A. Burns School of Medicine ( JABSOM ) during her visit to Hawaiʻi in March. Walensky's talk touched on parallels between her role as head of the COVID-19 pandemic response and her first year as an internal medicine resident during the AIDS epidemic in the 1990s; dealing with biases of being a woman in medicine and academia; and lessons learned during her career.

https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2023/03/23/cdc-director-talk-at-jabsom/

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CS Tan 4.9 / 5.0 This book is the result of the author's many years of experience and observation throughout his 26 years in the stockbroking industry. It was written for general public to learn to invest based on facts and not on fantasies or hearsay....

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MANILA, Philippines — The National Police Commission (Napolcom) is lacking about 50,000 police personnel, its vice chairperson and executive officer Alberto Bernardo said on Wednesday. During the Senate committee on public order and dangerous drugs hearing, Bernardo said that they currently have 71,000 patrolmen and patrolwomen. 'Ngayon po kasi may 129,000 [manning positions] ang patrolmen at patrol women. Subalit, nasa 71,000 pa lang po ang patrolwomen at patrolmen doon,' Bernardo said. (Currently, we have 129,000 manning positions for patrolmen and patrol women.

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Cam Miller, Abdul Carter, Daequan Dixon and Johnny Hardy had interceptions and No. 7 Penn State took advantage of five Illinois turnovers to beat the Illini 30-13. The Nittany Lions overcame a sub-par effort by Drew Allar, who completed just 16 of 33 passes for 208 yards, and the offense. The second-year quarterback connected on 78% of his passes in his first two games. Luke Altmyer was intercepted four times before he was benched, and running back Josh McCray lost a fumble for Illinois, which has lost two straight.

https://www.mymotherlode.com/sports/college-sports-general-news/3228748/no-7-penn-state-defense-gets-five-takeaways-and-pulls-away-from-illinois-in-30-13-victory.html

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Barbie Forteza. Image: Instagram/@niceprintphoto via @barbaraforteza 'A diamond's gotta shine' — This was what Barbie Forteza had to say after she had a solo walk on the GMA Gala 2023 red carpet and went against prior expectation that she would be bringing a date with her.  The actress, who has created a buzz after she went alone to the event, addressed this as she responded to Twitter user @ShowbizBanter, through Forteza's Twitter page on Sunday, July 23. ' Going solo,' it said, showing individual photos of Forteza, her boyfriend Jak Roberto and her love team partner David Licauco at the event.

https://entertainment.inquirer.net/510672/barbie-forteza-on-going-solo-at-gma-gala-a-diamonds-gotta-shine

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MANILA, Philippines — Senator Raffy Tulfo filed a resolution seeking to investigate the 'costly' procedures in securing a driver's license from the Land Transportation Office (LTO). The lawmaker described the method as 'anti-poor.' 'There have been issues with the process of obtaining driver's licenses, particularly the requirement to take a Theoretical Driving Course and Practical Driving Course with an LTO-accredited driving school,' Tulfo's resolution read. Applicants who take the theoretical and practical driving courses for light vehicles supposedly pay P5,000.

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1765200/tulfo-seeks-senate-probe-on-costly-steps-in-getting-drivers-license

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Swan Hill District Agricultural & Pastoral Society president Reg Packer is looking forward to a "real humdinger" of a show in 2023.

https://www.theguardian.com.au/community/open-invitation-to-have-a-go-in-ag-show

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John Roberts, chief justice of the US Supreme Court. (photo: Sarah Silbiger/Bloomberg) Chief justice's latest trick to ward off oversight ploy of a royal, not a judge Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern / Slate 27 April 23   Last Thursday, Sen. Dick Durbin invited Chief Justice John Roberts to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee about, well, to put it directly—the Supreme Court's diaphanous ethics regime. On Tuesday evening, in his letter to Durbin in which he declined the invitation , Roberts finally named the problem : 'Testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee by the Chief Justice of the United States is exceedingly rare, as one might expect in light of separation of powers concerns and the importance of preserving judicial independence,' he wrote.

http://rimcountrygazette.blogspot.com/2023/04/dahlia-lithwick-mark-stern-king-roberts.html

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Xenia Hotels & Resorts ( NYSE:XHR – Get Free Report ) updated its FY 2023 earnings guidance on Wednesday. The company provided EPS guidance of $1.42-$1.60 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $1.42. The company issued revenue guidance of -. Xenia Hotels & Resorts also updated its FY23 guidance to $1.42-$1.60 EPS. Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth A number of research firms have recently weighed in on XHR. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their price objective on shares of Xenia Hotels & Resorts from $13.

https://www.dailypolitical.com/2023/08/05/xenia-hotels-resorts-nysexhr-issues-fy-2023-earnings-guidance.html

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The legacy of the World Tourism Day 2023 celebrations will live on in the shape of greater investments in the sector's sustainability and a shared commitment to spread the benefits the sector delivers even more widely. Announced during the World Tourism Day celebrations in Riyadh, "Tourism Opens Minds" will showcase the powerful role that tourism plays in bridging cultures and promoting a more interconnected and harmonious world. To mark the launch, delegates gathered in Riyadh were presented with a special Pledge calling on them to actively work to promote new and under-appreciated destinations.

https://www.miragenews.com/tourism-opens-minds-initiative-transforms-1094101/

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High-level Taliban delegation to meet US representatives in Doha for talksTaliban's security patrol in Kabul, Afghanistan, 30 July 2023. A high-level Taliban government delegation will meet with representatives of the United States this week in Doha to hold talks on issues of mutual interest, foreign ministry spokesperson Abdul Qahar Balkhi said in a statement. The US state department on 26 July said that Washington?s special representative for Afghanistan, Thomas West, and special envoy for Afghan women, girls, and human rights - Rina Amiri - would meet with Taliban representatives in Qatar to discuss critical interests in Afghanistan.

https://n.news.naver.com/mnews/article/091/0009484829?sid=104

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Young goalkeepers are not usually thrust into the spotlight early in their careers, but here are some U23 prospects who are making a name for themselves.

https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/40249085/who-top-young-goalkeepers-europe

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Radio Caca (RACA) traded up 0.2% against the U.S. dollar during the 1 day period ending at 13:00 PM E.T. on August 27th. Over the last seven days, Radio Caca has traded 1.9% lower against the U.S. dollar. Radio Caca has a total market capitalization of $32.56 million and $1.75 million worth of Radio Caca was traded on exchanges in the last day. One Radio Caca token can currently be bought for $0.0001 or 0.00000000 BTC on major exchanges. Here is how similar cryptocurrencies have performed over the last day: Get Radio Caca alerts: Binamars (BMARS) traded down 4.

https://www.dailypolitical.com/2023/08/27/radio-caca-raca-price-reaches-0-0001-on-exchanges.html

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MEXICO CITY — Mexico's army welcomed a new search puppy on Wednesday, gifted from Turkey following the death in the line of duty of a Mexican rescue dog who had been helping to find survivors of February's massive earthquake near the Syrian border. The three-month-old German Shepherd will join Mexico's famed canine unit, specialized in helping locate survivors in a country prone to earthquakes and other natural disasters. The black and beige fur-ball with perky ears and outsize paws has been named ‘Arkadas' – meaning 'friend' in Turkish – following an online vote.

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1764838/turkey-gifts-mexico-adorable-pup-after-a-rescue-dog-was-lost-on-quake-duty

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(LEAD) defense minister-NK launch (LEAD) S. Korea, U.S. working together to search for and salvage sunken parts of N. Korea's space rocket(ATTN: RECASTS 2nd para; UPDATES with more remarks in paras 4-5) SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and the United States are currently in coordination to search for and salvage the sunken parts of North Korea's failed launch of a purported space rocket earlier this week, Defense Minister Lee Jong-sup said Friday. Lee told lawmakers that the allies have been sharing information and coordinating together in the search efforts after the North's launch of the rocket carrying what it claims to be a spy satellite ended in failure early Thursday.

https://n.news.naver.com/mnews/article/001/0014152756?sid=104

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