Myanmar’s 2024 census was almost certainly the most contentious – and deadly – ever conducted. Enumerators and their heavily armed guards from Myanmar’s military were subject to repeated attacks from opposition groups, as they stumbled through a failed attempt to document the country’s population between October and December last year. One incident in early October saw seven soldiers providing security for census takers in Mandalay Region killed with an explosive device. Days later, three more soldiers were killed when opposition forces hit their vehicle with a shoulder-launched rocket in Kayin State in the country’s east. “The census was an utter,…
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Pelicans guard Dejounte Murray has torn his right Achilles tendon, ending his 2024-25 season, according to NBA insider Chris Haynes (X link).Murray suffered the injury in the first quarter of Friday’s loss to Boston. After driving to the basket and attempting a floater, Murray landed awkwardly and fell to the floor without being hit, grabbing the back of his right leg (X video link). At the next stoppage in play, he limped off the court and into the locker room. The Pelicans have yet to officially confirm the diagnosis. Head coach Willie Green told reporters after the game that Murray would undergo imaging…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Entrepreneurs — take note: 39% of your current skills will be obsolete within 5 years, but this AI revolution is your biggest opportunity yet.In this video, I’ll reveal how Phase 3 AI, specifically the rise of AI agents, is driving this massive shift and why mastering new skills is no longer optional; it’s critical. I’ll share insights from the Future of Jobs Report, highlighting the six key skills you need to thrive in an AI-driven world and how embracing analytical thinking, resilience, flexibility, creative thinking, motivation and self-awareness will be crucial. You’ll…
Rat sightings are on the rise in New York CityFatih Aktas/Anadolu/Getty Images It has long been predicted that many pest species will thrive as the planet warms – and now a study of 16 major cities has found that rat populations are growing fastest in areas where average temperatures are rising quickest. It is extremely difficult to estimate the number of rats in a city, so Jonathan Richardson at the University of Richmond in Virginia and his colleagues didn’t attempt this. Instead, they got a sense of how populations are changing by looking at the number of complaints about rats…
The phone call was chilling.Ken Holmgren didn’t talk to his father often, but during that February 1991 call, Elmer Holmgren told his son that if he didn’t hear from him again in a few days, he should call an agent with the ATF, the federal agency now known as the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.“Panic struck,” Ken Holmgren, 71, told “Dateline.” “I really didn’t know who he was working for.”Elmer Holmgren.Courtesy Ken Holmgren He said he knew that his father, a lawyer who’d struggled to find work after the death of his employer in Florida, had moved to…
Meta, the owner of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, is considering changing where it is incorporated from Delaware to another state, two people with knowledge of the matter said.The company is looking at Texas and a handful of other states, said the people, who were not authorized to speak on the confidential discussions. The process is at an early stage and no decision has been made, they added, and Meta’s corporate headquarters would remain in Menlo Park, Calif.Meta has been going through a corporate overhaul under Mark Zuckerberg, the company’s founder and chief executive. Mr. Zuckerberg has spent the past two…
Open Secrets: Pharmaceuticals _ Health Products Recipients • OpenSecrets Ronald Lee Wyden, a Democrat from Oregon, dares to call RFK a fraud when, in fact, according to Open Secrets, he took $1,207,873 from the Pharmaceutical Industry and will vote against RFK, Jr. because I do not believe that Wyden is representing the people of Oregon, but Big Pharma. There is no question that people have died from the COVID-19 Vaccines—countless stories on the side effects of blood clots. My lawyer suffered from that and can no longer fly. I have one fellow who works for me, and his family cannot…
White House Press Secretary gives press briefing – January 31, 2025 (TGP Photo/Jordan Conradson) White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt held a press conference on Friday, where she addressed ICE’s continued efforts to enforce immigration law and deport Biden’s criminal illegal aliens. Leavitt discussed President Trump’s signing of the Laken Riley Act, a new memorandum designating Guantanamo Bay as a detention center for criminal aliens, and announced new arrests of violent and sexually predatory illegal aliens. The latest arrests by ICE include a Guatemalan convicted of solicitation to meet a child, a Korean convicted of nine counts relating to child…
The pair were seen on a rare outing last November, more than a year after the “Girls Trip” actress disclosed that they had been separated for 7 years, beginning in 2016.Jada Pinkett Smith also previously shared that she’ll live with Will Smith again one day to “take care of him” because he’s “getting old.”Article continues below advertisementWill Smith And Jada Pinkett Smith Are Living Apart But ‘Still Together’MEGAHollywood power couple Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith have been embroiled in reports of marital woes over the years.However, insiders have revealed they’re still married and connected but now live apart.”Call it…
CONSUMERS LEFT WITH FEWER CHOICES AND HIGHER PRICES A serial acquirer of international car brands and the only Chinese firm with significant US sales, Geely is uniquely affected by Washington’s crackdown: Volvo’s money-losing EV offshoot Polestar, which is majority owned by Li and Geely affiliates, faces much the same issues and warned in an October government filing that the rules would “effectively prohibit” it from selling cars in the US, including ones manufactured at Volvo’s South Carolina facility. Lotus Technology, which is also majority owned by Li and Geely affiliates, has also warned of a potential sales impact. But there are…