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For My Sunday Song #432, we are going for pure fun and a love for 80’s rock with “I Believe In A Thing Called Love” by the band The Darkness. The song was the third single off this 2003 debut album ‘Permission to Land’. The song went to #1 in their home country of the UK, but in the states it didn’t fair as well. It did go to #23 on the Mainstream Rock Chart and #9 on the Alternative Chart and it did go Platinum with over 1 million copies sold. The song for me brought back the fun…

Tariffs are the talk of the town. The Trump administration is advocating for tariffs on just about everything and everyone, employing various justifications — they will bring back manufacturing jobs, help us combat China, and improve US national security — to sell them to the public. The national security argument is popular among foreign policy and national security experts, but the way it is often framed is flawed, which leads to erroneous policy conclusions. Supporters of tariffs and similar policies that curb trade to improve national security argue that citizens who engage in foreign trade do not adequately consider the…

Tensions between India and Pakistan escalated dramatically on Saturday night after Pakistan reportedly violated a newly brokered ceasefire agreement, drawing sharp condemnation from prominent Indian cricketers. The ceasefire, announced just hours earlier following U.S.-led diplomatic efforts, was intended to halt weeks of military confrontation triggered by a deadly terrorist attack in south Kashmir’s Pahalgam that claimed 26 lives last month.The fragile truce was shattered on Saturday evening when residents in Srinagar and Jammu reported hearing explosions, followed by widespread blackouts. Indian officials confirmed that Pakistani drones had entered Indian airspace, targeting key regions including Srinagar and Kutch, barely three hours…

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta told Sky Sports: “I’m really happy to win and get three points away from home, espcially with a clean sheet.”We had a goal disallowed and psychologically we overcame that.”It’s great to see the goals distributed through the team. Leandro [Trossard] laid on three assists and could also have scored today too. Every time we put the ball in the net it’s great. We practice lots of things and today scored beautiful goals.” Fulham vs Arsenal . Score: 0-3.

Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet was on Sirius XM NHL Network Radio Morning Skate with Gord Stellick and Scott Laughlin. He was asked about the upcoming free agent class and whether the ceiling for the top players in the NHL could be pushed even higher. NHLRumors.com Transcriptions Gord Stellick: “I want to get back to on the ice, but what I’m really getting a vibe that I mean, pre-salary cap, before 2005, Bob Goodenow was big, that if you were an unrestricted free agent, you owed it to your brethren to go where there was top dollar. And so players might…

Laura BickerChina CorrespondentWatch: US and China are ready to talk tariffs – who will blink first?The US-China trade war could be letting up, with the world’s two largest economies beginning talks in Switzerland. Top trade officials from both sides met on Saturday in the first high-level meeting since US President Donald Trump hit China with tariffs in January. Beijing retaliated immediately and a tense stand-off ensued as the two countries heaped levies on each other. New US tariffs on Chinese imports stand at 145%, and some US exports to China face duties of 125%.There have been weeks of stern, and…

Hut 8 Corp. (Nasdaq | TSX: HUT) reported a Q1 2025 net loss of $134.3 million, marking a turbulent start to the year as the company executes a bold strategy to become a fully integrated energy infrastructure platform. Quarterly revenue came in at $21.8 million, down from $51.7 million year-over-year, while Adjusted EBITDA was reported at ($117.7) million. Today we announced our results for Q1 2025, a period of deliberate investment designed to unlock the potential of our development flywheel.Highlights– Deployed our upgraded ASIC fleet to end the quarter with 9.3 EH/s at approximately 20 J/TH– Launched @AmericanBTC to… pic.twitter.com/JoEbWIuMhd—…

Before marrying Madhuri Dixit, Dr Sriram Nene was unaware that she was one of India’s biggest film stars. In fact, having grown up in Los Angeles and worked closely with people from Hollywood, he admitted he had no interest in marrying someone from the film industry at all.Speaking during a Google Fireside chat nearly a decade ago, Dr Nene said he didn’t even watch Hindi movies while growing up.“My folks are from Mumbai. I spoke Marathi, but I didn’t know Hindi. We didn’t watch Hindi movies growing up. I was at UCLA, and we took care of a lot of…

NEW DELHI: Several former cricketers, including West Indies great Brian Lara, have urged Virat Kohli to reconsider his reported decision to retire from Test cricket. According to TOI reports, Kohli has conveyed his desire to step away from the longest format of the game—a development that has sent ripples through the Indian cricketing community.But what does Test cricket mean to Kohli?In a video going viral on social media, Kohli—who has played 123 Tests and scored 9,230 runs at an average of 46.85—opened up about how much the format means to him.”You need to be honest with yourself. I mean, you…

JEE Advanced 2025 admit card to be released on May 11 at jeeadv.ac.in JEE Advanced 2025 admit card: The admit card for JEE Advanced 2025 will be released tomorrow, Sunday, May 11, 2025, at 10:00 AM IST on the official website jeeadv.ac.in. Candidates who have successfully registered for the exam can download their admit cards from the portal until Sunday, May 18, 2025, 2:30 PM IST. The admit card is a mandatory document for entry into the examination hall and must be carried along with a valid photo ID.The JEE Advanced 2025 examination will be held on Sunday, May 18,…