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WASHINGTON — A solid majority of Hispanic women have a positive opinion of Vice President Kamala Harris and a negative view of former President Donald Trump, but Hispanic men are more divided on both candidates, according to a recent poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. Hispanic men are also more likely than Hispanic women to say Trump is the candidate who represents their views on key issues, underscoring the potential importance of this group, which both candidates have courted aggressively.As the election approaches, the extent to which Trump can erode Harris’ support among Hispanic voters could…

Australia Women aim for record-extending 7th T20 World Cup title.© X/@AusWomenCricket Australia vs Sri Lanka LIVE Telecast: Defending champions Australia begin their 2024 Women’s T20 World Cup campaign on Saturday with a match against Sri Lanka. The Alyssa Healy-led side will aim to start the tournament with a win in its bid for a fourth consecutive title and a record-extending 7th one. It is interesting to note that Australia have faced Sri Lanka a total of 7 times in the T20I format and won all of them. Taking about Sri Lanka’s start in the event, the Chamari Athapaththu-captained side…

Vice President Kamala Harris’ positioning as a change agent is running into headwinds from her role in the unpopular Biden administration: While three-quarters of Americans in a new ABC News/Ipsos poll want her to take a new direction from President Joe Biden’s, most don’t think she would.Harris, moreover, trails former President Donald Trump in having provided enough details about the policies she’d pursue as president. But shortfalls on the vision thing aren’t hers alone: More than half say neither Trump nor Harris has done a good job expressing new ideas for the country’s future.President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala…

WASHINGTON — A pair of unwelcome and destructive guests named Helene and Milton have stormed their way into this year’s presidential election. The back-to-back hurricanes have jumbled the schedules of Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump, both of whom devoted part of their Thursdays to tackling questions about the storm recovery effort.The two hurricanes are forcing basic questions about who as president would best respond to deadly natural disasters, a once-overlooked issue that has become an increasingly routine part of the job. And just weeks before the Nov. 5 election, the storms have disrupted the mechanics of voting in…

Illustration: Binay Sinha5 min read Last Updated : Oct 11 2024 | 3:21 PM IST WhiteOak Capital Mutual Fund on Friday launched a new thematic fund called ‘WhiteOak Capital ESG Best-in-class Strategy Fund’, an open-ended equity scheme that invests in companies following the Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) theme.  The NFO opens on 11 October and closes on 25 October 2024. Click here to connect with us on WhatsApp What is the fund about?  The NFO will invest in companies with superior corporate governance practices. The fund seeks to derive returns for its clients by investing…

New Delhi: An analysis of calls received on Tele-Manas – India’s toll-free mental health helpline – has revealed that most people call for complaints related to disturbed sleep cycle. Since its launch in October 2022, Tele-Manas has attended to over 3.5 lakh calls from citizens across the country.According to the assessment report on Tele-Manas that was released by the govt on Thursday, an overview of the type of complaints shows that the top four complaints relate to sleep disturbances (14 per cent), sadness of mood (14 per cent), stress-related (11 per cent) and anxiety (9 per cent). Overall, less than…

The revival of the Hockey India League will put the sport on a glorious path, feels former captain Sardar Singh. Over 1,000 players have registered for the HIL 2024-25 Players’ Auction. The men’s Auction is scheduled for October 13 and 14, while the historic women’s auction will take place on October 15. The league is set to make a comeback after seven years. “The HIL will be bigger and better this time around and with a Women’s league being held concurrently, the League is set to revive Indian hockey’s golden era,” Sardar was quoted as saying in a…

Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) is a type of preinvasive tumor that sometimes progresses to a highly deadly form of breast cancer. It accounts for about 25 percent of all breast cancer diagnoses.Because it is difficult for clinicians to determine the type and stage of DCIS, patients with DCIS are often overtreated. To address this, an interdisciplinary team of researchers from MIT and ETH Zurich developed an AI model that can identify the different stages of DCIS from a cheap and easy-to-obtain breast tissue image. Their model shows that both the state and arrangement of cells in a tissue sample…

LONDON — Nihon Hidankyo, a Japanese anti-nuclear weapons group, has won the Nobel Peace Prize for their work toward the abolition of nuclear weapons.”This grassroots movement of atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, also known as Hibakusha, is receiving the Peace Prize for its efforts to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons and for demonstrating through witness testimony that nuclear weapons must never be used again,” the Norwegian Nobel Committee said in their announcement.”In response to the atomic bomb attacks of August 1945, a global movement arose whose members have worked tirelessly to raise awareness about the catastrophic…

PORTLAND, Ore. — In their battle for Congress, national Republicans and Democrats are keenly eyeing the Pacific Northwest, where two of the most competitive U.S. House races in the country are playing out.Oregon’s GOP-held 5th Congressional District and Washington state’s Democratic-held 3rd Congressional District are considered toss-ups, meaning either party has a good chance of winning.Both districts are purple — meaning a blend of Republican red and Democratic blue — and feature freshman incumbents who narrowly flipped their seats in the 2022 midterms. And with turnout typically higher in presidential elections than in midterms, political experts say they’ll be watching…