U.S. private equity (PE) giant Warburg Pincus LLC has become the largest institutional shareholder of a Shanghai-based mutual fund management firm, making it just the latest global asset manager to expand its foothold in China's 27 trillion yuan ($3.8 trillion) mutual fund industry. Warburg Pincus has completed the acquisition of a 23.3% share of Lombarda China Fund Management Co. Ltd. from Italian bank Intesa Sanpaolo SpA, the U.S. company said in a Thursday announcement on its WeChat account.

https://www.caixinglobal.com/2023-06-02/warburg-pincustakes-stake-in-shanghai-mutual-fund-manager-102061462.html

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CEBU CITY, Philippines—- The Carmen Super Niños, Sogod Warriors, and Catmon Mighty Bakers clinched the top spots of their respective brackets as the Congressman Duke Frasco Cup 2023 is headed to the much-awaited semifinal round after wrapping up its eliminations on Saturday, June 10, 2023, at the Municipality of Sogod Basketball Gym, north Cebu. The semifinals of this sports tournament featuring basketball and volleyball events is slated on June 17 in the Municipality of Carmen and June 18 in Sogod, if necessary.

https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/509348/carmen-sogod-lead-basketball-tourney-catmon-ahead-in-volleyball

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People attend the annual Redhead Days Festival in Tilburg, Netherlands, August 27, 2023. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw TILBURG, The Netherlands — Thousands of people gathered in the Netherlands this weekend to celebrate their red hair at the annual Redhead Days Festival in the southern town of Tilburg. Scottish Liam Hunter, 30, told Reuters attending the three-day festival made him feel better about himself. Like many redheads Hunter said he has experienced bullying over his unusual hair color.

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1822750/thousands-of-redheads-celebrate-at-annual-festival-in-the-netherlands

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Cornell Pochily Investment Advisors Inc. raised its stake in shares of Eli Lilly and Company ( NYSE:LLY – Get Rating ) by 7.3% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 1,473 shares of the company's stock after purchasing an additional 100 shares during the period. Cornell Pochily Investment Advisors Inc.'s holdings in Eli Lilly and were worth $539,000 at the end of the most recent quarter. Several other large investors have also bought and sold shares of LLY.

https://www.dailypolitical.com/2023/04/16/cornell-pochily-investment-advisors-inc-buys-100-shares-of-eli-lilly-and-company-nyselly.html

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Scott Olson/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) -- Former President Donald Trump has been indicted on federal charges in an investigation into his handling of classified documents, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News. The indictment of Trump, who has repeatedly denied any allegations of impropriety, is unprecedented for a former president. The indictment comes after more than 100 documents with classified markings were found at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in August 2022. Here's how the news is developing.

https://wadk.com/politics-news/20f59a249ecd484ca3003a2faadc82b2

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Colombia proved to be the exception to what has been the rule at this Copa América, going down to 10 men and still emerging victorious.

https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/40537147/colombia-find-new-way-win-tense-copa-america-semifinal

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Delos Wealth Advisors LLC boosted its position in shares of Pfizer Inc. ( NYSE:PFE – Get Rating ) by 100.0% during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 800 shares of the biopharmaceutical company's stock after acquiring an additional 400 shares during the period. Delos Wealth Advisors LLC's holdings in Pfizer were worth $35,000 at the end of the most recent quarter. Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the stock.

https://www.dailypolitical.com/2023/03/09/delos-wealth-advisors-llc-boosts-holdings-in-pfizer-inc-nysepfe.html

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Ukrainian military chaplains make the sign of the cross during the official ceremony of presenting certificates from the heads of church organizations at Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, April 1, 2023. The first group of chaplains to be officially included in the Ukrainian armed forces with military ranks graduated in a ceremony in Saint Sophia Cathedral in central Kyiv. Although the military has included chaplains before, they were not officially part of the military structure and didn't have ranks.

https://n.news.naver.com/mnews/article/077/0005903321?sid=104

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LONDON – Britain's King Charles celebrated his first official birthday parade as sovereign on Saturday, riding on horseback to inspect soldiers in a ceremony that has been an annual event since 1760. The parade, known as 'Trooping the Colour', comes just weeks after Charles's coronation on May 6, another ceremony featuring soldiers marching in scarlet coats and bearskin fur hats in central London accompanied to music played by military bands. By appearing on horseback Charles, 74, revives a tradition which his mother, Queen Elizabeth, gave up in 1986 when she was 60.

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1789596/first-trooping-the-colour-parade-for-britains-king-charles

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Certain SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern are evolving to do a better job of shutting down human innate immune responses, according to new research from UCL, UCSF QBI and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. The study, published in Cell , is the first to compare the ability of the most infectious COVID-19 variants to overcome humans' innate immune system. It found that these variants are increasing the production of certain proteins, called Orf6, Nucleocapsid (N) and Orf9b, to overcome our first line of defence.

https://www.miragenews.com/covid-may-unlock-detection-of-pandemic-prone-1089532/

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NEW YORK — New York has received a critical federal approval for its first-in-the-nation plan to charge big tolls to drive into the most visited parts of Manhattan, part of an effort to reduce traffic, improve air quality and raise funds for the city's public transit system. The program could begin as soon as the spring of 2024, bringing New York City into line with places like London, Singapore, and Stockholm that have implemented similar tolling programs for highly congested business districts.

https://business.inquirer.net/407356/new-york-city-drivers-to-pay-extra-tolls

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Swan Hill's Matthew Wade prepares to tackle Cohuna's Brenton Conforti earlier this season. Wade will need to be at his best when the Swans take on a hungry Balranald at Greenham Park. Picture: Brook Shaune-Bould

https://www.theguardian.com.au/football/roos-out-to-bounce-back

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BEIJING: A China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737-800 with 132 people on board crashed in mountains in southern China on a domestic flight on Monday following a sudd...

https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2022/03/21/chinese-boeing-crashes-with-132-on-board-no-sign-of-survivors/

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Polymesh ( POLYX ) traded 1.8% higher against the U.S. dollar during the one day period ending at 14:00 PM ET on April 8th. Polymesh has a total market capitalization of $93.87 million and $6.29 million worth of Polymesh was traded on exchanges in the last day. During the last seven days, Polymesh has traded up 5.1% against the U.S. dollar. One Polymesh token can now be purchased for $0.18 or 0.00000644 BTC on exchanges. Here is how other cryptocurrencies have performed during the last day: KILT Protocol (KILT) traded down 3.

https://www.dailypolitical.com/2023/04/08/polymesh-price-tops-0-18-on-major-exchanges-polyx.html

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Pastor Paul Morgan, founder of Chosen Generation Ministries in Richmond, VA, where church is not as usual. Pastor Paul guides and encourages the congregation to participate in a 2-way open dialogue; allowing openness and transparency about their Christian walk. He fosters a safe and nonjudgmental atmosphere of mutual ministry and exhortation. He also has an independent counseling ministry with over 16 years of experience in individual, marital and family counseling, as well as facilitating workshops and seminars.

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/whenchristiansspeak/2023/05/03/outside-the-box-part-3-on-challenged-to-change-with-pastor-paul

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U.S. President Joe Biden's son, Hunter Biden, is indicted on three federal counts of firearm offenses.

https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2023/09/0b05de46f5d5-us-presidents-son-indicted-on-federal-counts-of-firearm-offenses.html

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Council has unveiled a new design for the city's new $14.5 million library as the project progresses in the face of spiralling costs. Costs on the project have increased by around 80% over the last 12 months due to inflation, forcing a complete redesign of the project in order for it to go ahead. The new design incorporates all the features requested by the community in a new facility, such as improved areas for kids and families, and a dedicated 'keeping place' to help preserve local Aboriginal history.

https://www.miragenews.com/new-library-design-on-show-1041467/

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Alphabet Inc's Google on Wednesday demonstrated an updated core search product that embeds more AI in its answers as the company looks to banish doubts that it is losing ground to Microsoft Corp's OpenAI-powered Bing search. Google already has a Bard chatbot that competes with ChatGPT, the chatbot from OpenAI that has generated huge excitement among users with its humanlike responses. SO WHEN DO YOU GOOGLE AND WHEN DO YOU BARD? The company says that traditional Google search should still be used for finding and seeking information, such as locating something to purchase.

http://klse.i3investor.com/web/blog/detail/future_tech/2023-05-11-story-h-271363917-Explainer_How_is_the_new_Google_AI_search_different_from_Bard_chatbot

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