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Hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs was sentenced to just over four years in prison on Friday after being convicted on prostitution-related charges involving his two ex-girlfriends. Combs’ attorneys argued for a 14-month sentence, saying their client is reformed after serving 13 months in a New York jail, but prosecutors wanted 11 years, citing his domestic violence history.In addition to prosecutors detailing Combs’ abuse, the court heard from several of Combs’ children, some openly sobbing; defence attorneys who called him inspiring; and finally, an apologetic Combs himself.In the end, Judge Arun Subramanian said a significant sentence was required as a deterrent,…

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Rishabh Pant of India (Photo by Joe Allison/Getty Images) Mumbai: India’s star wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant is set to miss India’s upcoming white-ball tour of Australia, TOI has learnt. The tour, which includes three ODIs followed by five T20Is, will begin with the first ODI at Perth on Oct 19. On July 23, on Day One of the fourth Test against England at Old Trafford in Manchester, Pant fractured his foot while trying to reverse sweep a Chris Woakes yorker. He had retired hurt while batting on 37. The injury forced the 28-year-old to miss the fifth Test against England, the…

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AI-agent token AIA surged to a fresh record this week, capping an overnight surge that vaulted the new coin into the market’s most-traded assets. Here’s the AIA price prediction. Will it sustain its bullish momentum? DeAgentAI has positioned itself as a crypto infrastructure project focused on bringing autonomous “AI agents” directly on-chain. Its whitepaper frames the mission as building “a trusted and autonomous on-chain intelligence network.”  The project is starting with Sui and BNB Chain integrations, offering tools for agent identity, memory, lifecycle, and agent-to-agent communication.  Its roadmap includes AlphaX, a signal-driven trading platform the team says already has hundreds…

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Enjoyed this article? Share it with your friends! Google is expanding how developers can use its coding agent, Jules, according to a report by TechCrunch. A new command-line tool and public API make it possible to run Jules directly inside terminals, CI/CD pipelines, and communication tools like Slack.Jules was previously limited to accessing a website and GitHub. With the launch of Jules Tools, developers can call the agent from their terminal without switching between different apps. Did you know? Want to get smarter & wealthier with crypto? Subscribe – We publish new crypto explainer videos every week! What is a…

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Why Does Modern L&D Need To Be Performance-Driven? Many L&D practitioners must balance handling today’s training needs with long-term business objectives that have a demonstrable impact on ROI. So, which skills should Learning and Development pros acquire to keep up with emerging tech and truly impact employee performance? eLearning Unscripted: Talking Performance-Driven L&D And Professional Development With David James Explore how performance-driven L&D differs from the traditional learning mindset. Meet Our Guest David has over 20 years of experience in people development and is the former Director of Learning, Talent, and Organizational Development at The Walt Disney Company EMEA. Leading…

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Oasis guitarist Paul “Bonehead” Arthurs will miss the Australian leg of the band’s reunion tour amid ongoing treatment for cancer.Arthurs announced in an Instagram post that he would not be attending the Seoul, Tokyo, Sydney or Melbourne shows as he needs to undertake the next part of his treatment for prostate cancer.Arthurs said he was diagnosed with the illness at the start of the year, but he was responding well to treatment.Oasis guitarist Paul “bonehead” Arthurs will miss the Australian leg of the band’s reunion tour amid ongoing treatment for cancer. (Variety via Getty Images)However, as he moves into the…

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Apple TV+’s “The Sisters Grimm,” based on the same-named Michael Buckley books, intends to act as an entry point for viewers too young for “Harry Potter” and “The Chronicles of Narnia” who still yearn for a serialized fantasy. Its premise of two sisters who are descendants of the Brothers Grimm and live in a sleepy town full of magical fairy tale characters is reminiscent of that of the ABC series Once Upon a Time—at least before it leaned into the Disney brand synergy for ratings—for a younger crowd. Naturally, it works as a fine diversion for its target audience. Still,…

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Creating a long list of the familiar flaws in protectionists’ thinking is easy. Protectionists don’t realize that, although trade ‘destroys’ some particular jobs in the domestic economy, trade simultaneously creates other – and better – particular jobs in the domestic economy. (Foreigners sell us stuff only because they want to buy other stuff from us.)  Protectionists seriously misconstrue so-called “trade deficits.” Protectionists don’t understand the principle of comparative advantage. Protectionists see the act of importing stuff as the burden a people must unfortunately bear in order to obtain the privilege of exporting stuff. (It would be as if you were…

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