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In a TikTok video posted this year, influencer Addison Rae is in the studio with pop star Charli XCX and producer A.G. Cook. She’s recording a verse for the remix of “Von Dutch," an ecstatic club-pop single from Charli XCX’s raved-about album “Brat." Rae giggles before thrusting her hands to the ceiling and improvising a pitch-perfect, ear-perforating shriek.

Yuki Bhambri and Albano Olivetti advanced to the men's doubles third round of the US Open with a hard-fought win over 15th seeds Austin Krajicek and Jean-Julien Roger here. The Indo-French pair defeated the USA-Dutch team 4-6 6-3 7-5 in the second round that lasted two hours and five minutes on Friday. This is only the second time that Bhambri has reached the third round at a Grand Slam, having reached the same stage at the Australian Open back in 2014. Second seeds Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden also moved to third round with a 6-2 6-4 win over Spain's Roberto Carballes Baena and Federico Coria from Argentina.

Botic van de Zandschulp, 28, currently ranked No. 78 in the world, is no stranger to big upsets. At his peak in August 2022, he reached No. 22 in the rankings, a year where he set new career highs 14 times, ending with a 38-29 record in men’s singles matches.

The Dutch data protection watchdog has slapped a 290 million euro ($324 million) fine on ride-hailing service Uber for allegedly transferring personal details of European drivers to the United States without adequate protection

stabbing attack at a festival on Friday night in the western German city of Solingen, police said. They said that at around 10 p.m. (2000 GMT) a single, unidentified man attacked multiple people and that the perpetrator was still at large. «It tears my heart apart that there was an attack on our city. I have tears in my eyes when I think of those we have lost,» Solingen Mayor Tim-Oliver Kurzbach said in a statement. «I pray for all those who are still fighting for their lives.»

Europe's allure seems intact for Indian travellers. Visa applications for European destinations have jumped year-on-year after the summer vacations as Indians unleash their wanderlust to explore Europe in autumn and winter as well. Travel and tourism industry executives said this has stretched visa appointment timelines for many European countries, with some offering no slots at all.

United States has emerged as India's top trading partner in January-June this year, while the country has recorded its highest trade deficit of $41.6 billion with China during the period, think tank Global Trade Research Initiative (GTRI) said Friday. India exports goods to 239 countries of which 126 countries showed positive growth in exports. Imports from Russia grew to $34.4 billion from $30.8 billion, a 11.65% increase. It also said the country's merchandise exports rose 5.41% to $230.51 billion during the first half of 2024, led by sectors like iron ore, pharmaceuticals, precious stones, basmati rice, chemicals, and smartphones.

Chancellor Olaf Scholz has pledged that his government will help rescue a major German shipyard that has solid orders for new cruise ships but has run into financial difficulty

Formula 1 race, Max Verstappen is clear he doesn't want to stick around for No. 400. At the age of 26, Verstappen is the youngest F1 driver to reach the 200-race milestone, and he's doing it in front of his home crowd at the Dutch Grand Prix on Sunday. «No,» Verstappen said bluntly, when asked Thursday if he could imagine another 200 F1 races — equivalent to just over eight more seasons — in his future. «So we passed halfway for sure, but it's been already of course an incredible ride,» he added. «It doesn't feel like 200, but of course we're doing a lot of races now in a year, so you add them quite quickly.»

jamón iberico, into part of a shopping mall, and through a tricky chicane until they finally emerged into the Spanish daylight. (To be clear, this section of the race was neutralized for safety—no one was allowed to launch an attack before the bunch had made it outdoors.) How a major bike race even wound up in a supermarket comes down to a question of sponsorship. Carrefour is one of the Vuelta’s major backers and organizers promised a “unique and original event that will make cycling history." The thing is, cycling history is already full of absurd detours.

Solana’s promising GambleFi token, Mega Dice ($DICE), has now raised over $1.7 million in its ICO as investors continue to support this established name in the online betting world.

In half-year results published today (21 August), the £885m trust posted a net asset value total return of 13.1% and share price total return of 11%, against the 7.4% gain recorded by the FTSE All-Share index. Temple Bar's chair Richard Wyatt said the results reflect «strong stock selection» in market conditions that have been «supportive» of the portfolio managers' value investing approach. The outperformance enjoyed by the trust came on the back of solid gains made by its positions in NatWest Group, Barclays, ITV and Anglo American, as well as in the Dutch insurer NN Group, with all...

India to Ukraine, Ravi Shankar presented his letter of credence to Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the Presidential Palace in Kyiv. The other envoys who also presented their credentials to Zelenskyy were Ambassadors of Mexico, Italy, Slovakia, the Netherlands, and Belgium, who along with Shankar, will begin their diplomatic missions in Ukraine. Sharing a post on X Friday, Zelenskyy wrote, «Today, the newly appointed Ambassadors of Mexico, Italy, Slovakia, the Netherlands, India, and Belgium begin their diplomatic missions in Ukraine.»

Manchester United will play Fulham in the first match of Premier League for 2024-25 season. The inaugural game will be played at Old Trafford. Erik Ten Hag's Manchester United won FA Cup but lost to Manchester City in FA Community Shield 2024 final. Manchester United versus Fulham Premier League match is scheduled to kick off at 3 pm (ET) on Friday, August 16. Premier League match will be live telecast on USA Network and live streamed on NBC.com. One can also watch the soccer game between Manchester United and Fulham on Fubo TV which offers free trial. Manchester United have signed Matthijs de Ligt and Noussair Mazraoui from Bayern Munich, the Premier League club announced Tuesday. Fees for the pair were not disclosed by the English giants, but British media reports estimated the duo had arrived at Old Trafford for a combined £60 million ($77 million, 70 million euros).

Applied Materials forecast fourth-quarter revenue above Wall Street estimates on Thursday, anticipating a surge in AI-fueled demand for its chip-making equipment. Booming demand for AI-powered chips has increased the need for sophisticated and expensive wafer fabrication equipment that is essential for chip manufacturing, benefiting companies such as Applied Materials. The company competes with other major suppliers of WFE including Lam Research, Dutch firm ASML and KLA Corp.

Olympics reading the US, China, Japan, Australia, France, the Netherlands, Britain, South Korea, Italy and Germany, one is bound to ask: why do some countries fare better than others? Discussions usually attribute wins and losses to individual abilities, training and dedication. These factors are undoubtedly crucial. But there could be other determinants like economic prosperity. In each of the last three Summer and Winter Olympic Games, the top 10 medal-winning countries have been high-income countries based on World Bank's income-level classifications, with the exception of China (upper-middle income) in Tokyo 2020 Olympics, and OAR (Olympic Athletes from Russia — upper-middle income) in PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics. However, research has found a range of determinants beyond economic prosperity — team size, growth rate, expenditure on health, population, etc — to have a significant impact. We investigated the association between the total medal count for each country at the Beijing 2022 Olympics and their GDP per capita (PPP). A moderate positive relationship is observed with a correlation coefficient of 0.62.

Fabricio Bloisi, the newly appointed CEO of Dutch technology investment firm Prosus and its parent Naspers, said he will continue to back early-to-late stage companies in India despite the $500 million write-off incurred due to the collapse of its once high-flying portfolio firm, Byju’s. He added that the valuation reset in the technology world is typical of the funding cycles for the sector and doesn't deter long-term investors from taking bets on India. Prosus doesn’t “live by cycles,” he said in an interview on his first India visit since taking over the chief executive role from interim CEO Ervin Tu. “I founded a startup 20 years ago… I don't get nervous about valuations… it’s part of life,” Bloisi told ET. “In 2001, 2008, everyone thought it was the worst time… Prosus is not a company that lives by these waves,” he said.

Paris 2024 Olympics promises an action-packed schedule as 13 gold medals are up for grabs before the Closing Ceremony concludes the Games on Sunday, August 11. With numerous high-stakes events scheduled, fans will have plenty to watch as the Olympics reach its thrilling climax.

2024 Paris Olympics, a stage where athletic prowess meets global attention, saw the German track star Alica Schmidt, often hailed as the “world’s sexiest athlete,” fall short of her Olympic dreams. Despite high expectations, Schmidt and her team were unable to secure a spot in the women’s 4×400-meter relay final, marking a disappointing end to her campaign.

apparatchiks in Beijing had seemingly not realised that the ensuing prosperity would turn their society into a liberal democracy, given time. Newly democratic Russia was also headed beyond history: it was planning an underwater gas pipeline to Germany, the home of Wandel durch Handel (change through trade). Even the head of its security service at the time of Kosovo, one Vladimir Putin, would denounce communism as “a blind alley".

merchant payment companies are scouting for business opportunities outside the country as margins turn wafer-thin amid rising domestic competition. Pine Labs, Juspay, CC Avenue and FSS have set up operations outside India and are also hiring senior talent for these markets, which they hope will be their new growth drivers. Aiding the push is the growing acceptance of Indian payments technology worldwide. In India, these merchant payment companies have been losing out on major revenue generation opportunities due to competition from popular payment modes like Unified Payments Interface (UPI) and RuPay debit cards which do not attract a fee. The government has also reduced the budgetary allocation for payment subsidies.