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Jake Paul has confirmed he will boldly fight Anthony Joshua on December 19th in Miami.YouTuber-turned-boxer Paul will share the ring with former two-time unified world champion Joshua in an eight-round sanctioned bout using 10-ounce gloves at heavyweight at Caseya Center in Florida. The match will take place in the early hours of Saturday 20th December UK time. Paul was scheduled to face Gervonta Davis, but the bout was canceled due to a civil lawsuit being filed against the lightweight boxing champion, with Joshua stepping in as a likely replacement. image: Jake Paul and Anthony Joshua will be in an unexpected…
The South Korean defense giant has an order backlog of about $69 billion at the end of 2024, according to media reports. South Korea is also accelerating investment in advanced weapons systems and expanding defense ties, particularly with Europe. With the signing of a new EU-South Korea security and defense partnership in 2024 and increased exports of vehicles and artillery, the country has become the second largest arms supplier to European NATO members. But despite its huge industrial footprint, there are surprisingly few startups competing with or competing against incumbents. The country’s defense technology startup scene is still in its…
A man pushes a tricycle loaded with LPG cylinders on the road below an Adani sign in Mumbai. The US-based Hindenburg Research firm’s alleged fraud by Adani Enterprises has sparked a political debate by opposition parties in India.Sopa Images | Light Rocket | Getty ImagesIndia is increasing its energy imports from the United States to reduce its trade surplus with Washington, a key demand of the Trump administration in trade talks with New Delhi.On Monday, Indian Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Hardeep Singh Puri announced an agreement in which the United States will supply nearly 10% of New Delhi’s…
File photo: On Thursday, June 8, 2017, former FBI Director James Comey testifies before the Senate Intelligence Committee in the Hart Senate Building on Capitol Hill.Cherise May | Null Photo | Getty ImagesA federal judge on Monday raised the possibility that criminal charges against former FBI Director James Comey for lying to Congress obtained at President Donald Trump’s order may soon be dismissed.Judge William Fitzpatrick’s proposal came as he ordered the Justice Department to release all grand jury materials related to Comey’s case to him by the end of the day.Fitzpatrick said prosecutors may have violated the court order and…
On Monday, a new model context protocol security startup called Runlayer launched in stealth with $11 million in seed funding from Keith Rabois and Felicis of Khosla Ventures. It was created by its third founder, Andrew Berman (previous companies: baby monitor maker Nanit and AI video conferencing tool Vowel, which was sold to Zapier in 2024). In the four months since Runlayer launched its product in stealth, it says it has signed on with dozens of customers, including eight unicorns and publicly traded companies like Gusto, dbt Labs, Instacart, and Opendoor. Berman also told TechCrunch that the company has hired…
A box of Ozempic and Wigovy manufactured by Novo Nordisk at a pharmacy in London on March 8, 2024.Holly Adams | Reutersnovo nordisk announced Monday that it will reduce direct-to-consumer prices for its blockbuster weight-loss drug Wegovy and diabetes drug Ozempic, reinforcing efforts by the company and the Trump administration to make the treatments more accessible. The Danish drugmaker will reduce the price of the drug for existing patients who pay in cash from $499 to $349 per month. However, Novo Nordisk said the cash cost for the highest dose of Ozempic would remain at $499 per month. Also on…
take-two interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick said Monday that consoles aren’t going away, but the industry will move toward PCs over the next decade.”I think we’re seeing more of a shift to the PC, and I think businesses are going to be more open than closed,” Zelnick said on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.” “But when you define a console as a property rather than a system, the concept of extremely rich games played for hours on a big screen never disappears.”Zelnick said consoles and mobile are about evenly split in the current market, but mobile is growing faster than consoles.I like big…
The BBC has announced that it will begin defending against a defamation lawsuit threatened by President Donald Trump that is expected to be filed this week.On Monday, BBC board chairman Sameer Shah said the British broadcaster was prepared to fight any complaints lodged by the president.Recommended stories list of 3 itemsend of list”Let me be clear: our position has not changed. There is no basis for a defamation action and we are determined to fight it,” Shah said in a letter to BBC staff.The letter said the lawsuit will move forward in the coming days following President Trump’s announcement on…
When Sergiy Klimov talks about wine, his excitement is contagious even to those with less sophisticated palates. Since 2014, Krymov has been championing Ukrainian wine in various ways. He runs a chain of wine bars in the capital Kiev, stocking only Ukrainian wines. He is an ambassador of Ukrainian wine and promotes wine abroad. Now he has his own vineyard in the village of Zarychanka in western Ukraine, where he experiments with viticulture and winemaking processes. Krymov feels that by sharing Ukrainian wine, he is preserving and building on a tradition that has been tied to the land of his…
Sir Andrew Strauss has praised Ben Stokes as “phenomenal” ahead of the upcoming Ashes series, but has warned Australia’s England Test captain that he will be going after him to the hilt.Stokes will be looking to lead England to their first series win in Australia since the 2010/11 season, with a combined scoreline for the three tours following a disastrous 13-0 result against the tourists. And when the England captain was branded a “cocky complainer” by The West Australian newspaper when the team arrived in Perth ahead of the first Ashes Test on November 21, the media mind games quickly…