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Google Doodle celebrates International Women’s Day 2024

Google Doodle celebrates International Women’s Day 2024

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Happy International Women’s Day! Google Doodle has created artwork to celebrate this global day on 8 March, celebrating all the progress that has been made towards gender equality. On this day in 1975, the United Nations celebrated International Women’s Day for the first time. International Women’s Day is celebrated across the globe,… Source link

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S&P 500 hits fresh record high ahead of jobs day

S&P 500 hits fresh record high ahead of jobs day

Another closely followed index is set to make a new record close. The S&P 500 equal-weight index (^SP500EW) is on track for its first record-high close since January 2022. While the traditional S&P 500 (^GSPC) is market-cap weighted, meaning a few large stocks have an outsized impact on the index’s performance, the equal-weight index values all 500 stocks in the index equally. As Goldman Sachs equity strategy team highlighted in Yahoo Finance’s Charbook back in January, this led to outsized… Source link

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Plane believed to be carrying Norway’s king departs Malaysia, a day after he received a pacemaker

Plane believed to be carrying Norway’s king departs Malaysia, a day after he received a pacemaker

LANGKAWI, Malaysia (AP) — An airplane believed to be carrying Norway’s King Harald departed Malaysia on Sunday, a day after he was implanted with a pacemaker. Europe’s oldest reigning monarch was hospitalized in Malaysia for an infection during a private vacation in the northern resort island of Langkawi, the royal house said Tuesday. He underwent surgery at the Sultanah Maliha Hospital on Saturday to implant a temporary pacemaker due to a low heart rate, according to the royal… Source link

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Google Doodle celebrates Serbia’s National Day

Google Doodle celebrates Serbia’s National Day

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Google Doodle is celebrating Serbia’s National Day, also known as Statehood Day or Sovereignty Day on 15 February. The day, which is called Sretenje, marks two of the nation’s historic events. The Serbian government posted on X that the day is in memory of 15 February 1804, when the First Serbian Uprising began in Orasac, and also the same… Source link

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I get customized news from Google Assistant every day. Here’s how you can too

I get customized news from Google Assistant every day. Here’s how you can too

June Wan/ZDNET When you say, “Hey, Google, play the news” your phone, tablet, or speaker will give you a vocal summary of the news, like a podcast geared specifically for important events that have gone on around the world. But where and how does it select the sources it draws on?  You. Also: The best smart speakers: Sonos, Amazon Echo, Apple HomePod, and more compared Or, more specifically, your configuration options. Although, out of the box, Google Assistant is configured with certain news… Source link

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Shohei Ohtani says he’ll be ready for Opening Day after elbow surgery, Dodgers already know where he’ll hit

Shohei Ohtani says he’ll be ready for Opening Day after elbow surgery, Dodgers already know where he’ll hit

Fans who want to watch Shohei Ohtani‘s debut with the Los Angeles Dodgers will have to wait until 3 a.m. PT for the team’s opener against the San Diego Padres in South Korea on March 20. They can at least feel confident he’ll actually be playing that game. Appearing at DodgerFest on Saturday, Ohtani told reporters through an interpreter he feels “very confident” he will be ready for Opening Day after undergoing surgery for a torn UCL at the end of last season. He went into further detail while… Source link

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Republican Rep. Boebert slammed for controversial MLK Day statements

Republican Rep. Boebert slammed for controversial MLK Day statements

“I think at this point it is a slap in the face,” said Ameshia Cross, a Democratic strategist, tells theGrio. U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., faced backlash over controversial statements she made while commemorating Martin Luther King Jr. Day. On Monday, the conservative lawmaker took to X, formerly known as Twitter, and wrote, “This Martin Luther King Jr. Day we celebrate the life of a man who led a movement for freedom and prosperity for all.” Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., and Dr…. Source link

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