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Olympic champion Emmanuel Wanyonyi of Kenya inched ever so close to the men's 800 metres world record on Thursday, missing the global mark by two tenths of a second in winning the Lausanne Diamond League with the second fastest time in history. Wanyonyi, who turned 20 during the Paris Olympics, clocked one minute 41.11 seconds to narrowly miss the world mark of 1:40.91 set by Kenya's David Rudisha at the 2012 London Olympics. The young Kenyan ferociously chased the green lights in the inner lane that keep pace with the world record in ideal 25 C conditions, just missing Rudisha's record but matching Wilson Kipketer's 1997 time as second fastest ever run.

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tropical storm Hone, Hurricane Gilma and one disturbance may hurtle towards the island. Tropical Storm Hone was expected to deliver strong winds and heavy rain to Hawaii this weekend, particularly to the Big Island and Maui, as it passes south of the island chain. A tropical storm watch was in effect Friday for Hawaii County, which includes all of the Big Island, according to the Central Pacific Hurricane Center in Honolulu.

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Ecommerce company Amazon India is set to tweak its seller fee structures with effect September 9, with several categories seeing a reduction in commissions in the run up to the festive season. The firm has reduced commissions in the range of 3-12% for 59 sub-categories, Amazon India's director of selling partner services, Amit Nanda, told ET. The reduction is focused on products with low average selling price (ASP), he said. «We wanted to help our sellers in planning for their Diwali and other festive sales… we're hoping sellers will find it as cheap, if not cheaper, to sell some products on Amazon compared to their offline channels,» Nanda said. In March, ET reported about Amazon increasing commissions in the range of 10-30% across major segments. At the time, it had shifted several categories like car electronics, keyboards and mouses, and personal care appliances from a single flat commission to a tiered system based on ASP. This time, categories like apparel, home furnishing, fashion and sports will see a reduction in seller commissions.

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World shares gained on Friday, just shy of all-time highs, while the dollar languished around one-year lows after the Powell speech. On Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrial Avg rose 0.73%, to 41,011, S&P 500 gained 0.65%, to 5,606 and Nasdaq Composite gained 0.9%, to 17,778. Europe's broad Stoxx 600 index rose 0.5% after Asian shares outside Japan had nudged down 0.1%, but Japan's Nikkei gained 0.4%. US Treasury yields fell across the board with benchmark US 10-year notes dipping 5.4 bps to 3.808%, from 3.862% late on Thursday. The dollar turned lower and sterling rose to its highest in more than two years. The euro gained to $1.1179, up 0.6% on the day, hitting a one-year high.

Reliance Industries' pace of investment in its new energy business seems slow, with cumulative investment at $2 billion so far against a plan of investing $10 billion in the first three years, Kotak Institutional Equities said in a report on Friday. Since it is a new foray and initial learnings need to be made, the pace of capital expenditure (capex) will gradually rise, the report added. Reliance forayed into new energy business in June 2021 with the launch of wholly-owned subsidiary Reliance New Energy (RNEL). During FY24, RIL invested ₹8,000 crore in solar energy through RNEL. Out of this, ₹6,900 crore went into Reliance New Solar Energy (RNESL) which «will commence the first train of module and cell manufacturing in FY25,» Kotak said.

Supreme Court that Section 479 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023, which allows courts to grant bail to first-time offenders who have undergone detention for a third of the maximum period prescribed, would apply with retrospective effect. This means the provision will apply to all undertrials in cases registered before July 1, 2024. Section 479 of the BNSS provides for the release of undertrials who have been behind bars for many years with no end in sight for trial.

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UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath will lead the party campaign in the upcoming bypolls on 10 assembly seats in the state. Yogi has already started touring the assembly constituencies and has covered Milkipur and Katehari assembly constituencies. On Friday, Yogi Aditya Nath was in Ghaziabad assembly constituency which is also scheduled to go for the by-poll after sitting MLA Atul Garg became an MP from Ghaziabad. On Thursday evening, a meeting of the BJP state unit, the government and the RSS took place for the first time post the Lok Sabha results to take stock of the situation and ensure better coordination between the government, the party and the cadre. The meeting took place under the leadership of RSS Sah Sarkaryawah Arun Kumar where along with Yogi, both the deputy chief ministers, state president and state general secretary (oraganisation) were present.Recently, the rumours have been floating around about differences among the leadership at the top in UP and this meeting was aimed to ease out differences and put up a united face ahead of assembly elections. Behind the scenes efforts were already going on by the RSS and the results were visible over the past few days. On August 18, deputy chief minister Keshav Prasad Maurya openly praised the CM and termed him the best chief minister among all states. Maurya has also been attending party workers meeting alongside Yogi to send out a message of truce among the party cadre.

Three men from Florida are facing jail time after an Internal Revenue Service investigation uncovered fraudulently claimed tax refunds.

India and the US have signed a new agreement that will prioritise supply of defence equipment and components to each other to meet urgent national security requirements, even as defence minister Rajnath Singh described the partnership as a «formidable force» for global peace and security. Singh held a meeting with US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin in Pentagon, Washington DC, and the two had wide-ranging discussions on bilateral defence cooperation, industrial collaboration, regional security and other international issues.

Starbucks' incoming CEO Brian Niccol will have more power than his predecessor. Niccol, who is leaving Chipotle Mexican Grill, will become CEO and chairman the moment he joins Starbucks on September 9. By contrast, Laxman Narasimhan spent more than five months as the CEO-in-training under company patriarch Howard Schultz and he never took on the board chairman position. Only after an intense period of shadowing Schultz did he gain the ability to set the company's strategy. The vastly different handovers underscore the two executives' contrasting resumes-Narasimhan had no restaurant experience while Niccol has spent 20 years as a leader at Chipotle and Yum! Brands.

Italian prosecutors are reportedly looking into laying manslaughter charges in the fatal sinking of the superyacht Bayesian as a final body, believed to be that of 18-year-old Hannah Lynch, was recovered from the wreckage.

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A growing number of men and women in Canada’s working-age population are getting unemployment benefits, recent data shows.

District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA), Tawang, which reached the Sangnga Nehgu lake, which stands near the glacier on Mount Gorichen range, has discovered that there was a glacial lake outburst at lake Sangnga Nehgu on August 14. This washed away more than five log bridges and damaged the Brokpa track at several locations. The team, led by Tawang deputy commissioner Kanki Darang and superintendent of police DW Thongon, observed that there were still chances of Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF) from the same lake since the glacier on the back side of the lake is melting at a rapid rate, increasing the volume of water in the lake.

defamation case filed against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over a 2018 incident as the plaintiff could not appear citing ill health, his lawyer said. The court has now fixed September 5 as the next date for hearing in the case, plaintiff Vijay Mishra's lawyer Santosh Kumar Pandey said. «Mishra did not appear in the court today due to ill health. An application was given to the court seeking time to present evidence, which was accepted and the MP-MLA court has given the date of September 5 for next hearing. »On this date, the plaintiff will have to present evidence in the court through the lawyer," Pandey said.

Netflix Premium plan for free to customers who purchase one year of the National Football League's exclusive premium streaming service. The US telecom giant combines its popular «myPlan» offering with streaming packages, such as Warner Bros Discovery's Max and Disney+, to attract customers. Starting Thursday, Verizon customers can save up to $276 annually on the latest bundle of NFL+ Premium and Netflix.