Kyiv hit by swarm of Russian missiles
An apartment building and a kindergarten classroom were among the places destroyed during the first Russian missile attacks against Kyiv in weeks.
India's Razorpay said on Thursday it had bought offline payments firm Ezetap, marking the Sequoia Capital-backed firm's latest bet on the payments industry in a deal which a source with knowledge of said was worth $150 million. Razorpay, which is valued at more than $7 billion and offers payment gateway services for online merchants, said in a statement that the acquisition was its biggest to date. It said the deal would boost efforts to tap the offline market which still accounts for a bulk of electronic payments in India.
EDMONTON — Logan Stankoven had two goals and an assist Wednesday as Canada posted a 6-3 quarterfinal victory over Switzerland at the world junior hockey championship. Tyson Foerster also scored and contributed two helpers, while Jack Thompson, Nathan Gaucher and Will Cuylle all added goals for Canada (5-0-0) and Ronan Seeley notched a pair of assists. Attilio Biasca scored twice and captain Simon Knak added a goal for Switzerland (1-4-0). Dylan Garand made 22 saves for Canada, which outshot the
The stones were uncovered in 2022 in the Rhine River. Source: Reuters
Tattoo artist Robinson De Los Santos shared footage via Instagram of him giving Cardi B a face tattoo
Image source: The Motley Fool. Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO)Q4 2022 Earnings CallAug 17, 2022, 4:30 p.m. ETContents: Prepared Remarks Questions and Answers Call Participants Prepared Remarks: OperatorWelcome to Cisco's fourth quarter and fiscal year 2022 financial results conference call.
TOKYO (AP) — Designer Hanae Mori, known for her elegant signature butterfly motifs, numerous cinema fashions and the wedding gown of a future Japanese empress, has died, local media reported Thursday. She was 96. Mori symbolized the rise of Japan as a modern, fashionable nation and the rise of the working woman. The media reports said she died Aug. 11, but other details were not immediately available. Empress Masako, then a commoner and former diplomat, wore a Hanae Mori wedding gown when she ma
At least seven people were killed and 13 others injured after a residential building in Kharkiv’s Saltivka area was struck by Russian forces on Wednesday night, August 17, Ukraine’s State Emergency Service (SES) said.SES footage shows the remains of the dormitory late on Wednesday night. The rescue operation remained underway, they said.Oleg Synegubov, Head of the Kharkiv Regional State Administration, said Russian forces “intensively inflicted artillery and rocket attacks” on Kharkiv city and wider region throughout the day on Wednesday. Over a dozen strikes earlier in the day damaged infrastructure, including residential buildings, but did not lead to casualties.Natalya Popova, an adviser to regional officials, said that deaf individuals, who could not hear the air raid sirens or respond to rescuers, were living in the dormitory. Credit: Ukraine SES via Storyful
Book sales for Sir Salman Rushdie's novel The Satanic Verses have surged after the author was stabbed at an event in the US last week. The contentious 1988 book, which was considered blasphemous by some of Muslims, rose to number eight on Amazon's chart of most-sold fiction books of the week and was sold out by other booksellers. The sales spike appeared to be somewhat driven by readers showing solidarity with Sir Salman, who has been the target of death threats for decades including a fatwa, over the book.
Hugo Vega Sandoval entered an Alford plea to battery with the intent to commit rape after being indicted on lewd conduct and sexual abuse charges last year.
LAUSD is working on getting five synthetic fields back into working order following the guidance of the Office of Environmental Health & Safety.
Wednesday was predicted to be another day with temperatures well above 100 degrees in many parts of California, prompting the state's grid operators to call on residents to conserve energy. Yet it wasn't as hot as anticipated, and it was instead cloudy for much of the day. Regardless, California Independent System Operator kept its call to action to save power in effect. That call to action for Californians is known as a Flex Alert. Cal ISO issues these when it expects a strain on its power grid because of increased energy demand when temperatures get hotter. And Cal ISO anticipated that for Wednesday, which was expected to be hot like it was on Tuesday.
The real time air quality alert was issued Wednesday afternoon.
Southwest Airlines will charge just $39 for all interisland flights in Hawaii for the rest of 2022.
T.I. has addressed punching a member of the band the Chainsmokers after Andrew Taggart unexpectedly kissed the rapper on the cheek.
-- Additional indications: treatment for Crohn’s disease, uveitis, polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis, pediatric plaque psoriasis and pediatric Crohn’s disease SHANGHAI, China, Aug. 17, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Shanghai Junshi Biosciences Co., Ltd (“Junshi Biosciences”, HKEX: 1877; SSE: 688180), a leading innovation-driven biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the discovery, development, and commercialization of novel therapies, announced today that the Company has received an Acceptan
There are over 100,000 people on the national waiting list for organ transplants. Thanks to the organization Donate Life one Kern County woman is no longer on it.
What comes next for Liz Cheney is still to be determined. (Aug. 17)
Moises Murillo died in 2017 after he fell out of a chair and severed his spinal cord. He was taken out of an adaptive stroller he was supposed to be in.
“I want to thank my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ for all the opportunities I have had the past eight years as a trustee,” the board member wrote on Facebook.