Taking It In Her Stride: The 6-Foot-9-Inch Model With The World’s Second-Longest Legs
Catwalk queen Renny’s 53-inch legs put her one giant step ahead.
VIDEO: Seal-ed With A Kiss: Adorable Newborn Sea Lion Pup Plays With His Mom
The duo charms Vienna zoo visitors as they venture outdoors.
VIDEO: Dunk In Charge: Trucker’s Amazing Feat With Tea Bag
Driver reverses 82-foot truck in order to dunk a tied-on tea bag into a glass of hot water for the “tea-bag challenge.”
Iranian Defector Dedicates Silver Medal In Judo To Israel
Saeid Mollaei left his home country after trainers ordered him to lose a match in 2019 to avoid facing an Israeli opponent.
BUSINESS BRIEFS
How To Win A Nobel Prize: Lessons For Executives From Robert Mundell
Professor Mundell’s life suggests four lessons for the budding Nobel laureate in each of us.
U.S. Demand For Oil And Gas Stumbles, But Does Not Fall
Demand for refined petroleum products such as gasoline are still not yet at pre-pandemic levels.
TikTok Is The New Frontier For Advertisers
Companies need to adapt to a new platform’s reach and opportunities.
Relief Coming For Gas Prices, But Be Patient
California, with gas prices topping $4 per gallon, is skewing the national average higher.
Chiapas: A Paradise For Vacationers, Especially During The COVID-19 Pandemic
In the middle of new infections, tourists have found a warm home in one of Mexico’s poorest states.
Emmanuel Sanchez Gunning For An Early TKO Against Mads Burnell
Following two losses to Patricio Freire, the mixed martial artist draws inspiration from “The Last Dance” documentary.
Luis Guzmán arrives at the Phoenix Rising Award Dinner in 2001. He will star in an action thriller for Netflix. (Getty Images/Newsmakers)
Smarter News Quiz: Fast Food, Olympic Stress and Following the Money
Singers, skateboarders and social media companies are in the news.
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Former Olympic Track Star Brings Gold Medal Effort To Inner City Kids
Rochelle Stevens runs a track camp and scholarship program for young athletes in Memphis, Tennessee.
Hold Your Fire: Red-Faced Firefighters Reveal Blaze At Famed Abbey Was Optical Illusion
Early 18th-century religious icon only looked like it had been struck by lightning.
VIDEO: Cops In Australia Joke That Meteor Might Be Jeff Bezos
Police in Australia captured video of a meteor flashing across the sky, and joked that it might just be Jeff Bezos.
River Runner Website Lets Users Track A Raindrop’s Journey To The Ocean
Program also illustrates the many man-made pollutants that affect the flow.
Politics
Grassroots Memorials Remember U.S. COVID-19 Deaths, While Push Is On For National Monument
Activists seek landmark to honor the dead and educate a future public about the trauma that victims and their survivors endured.
Brazil’s Federal Police And Senate Investigate Bolsonaro Over Vaccine’s Irregularities
Covaxin was one of the most expensive vaccines marketed by the Brazilian government.
Algeria: Kabylia Marks The 23rd Anniversary Of The Murder Of Controversial Singer Matoub Lounès
The immensely popular and controversial singer was killed by unknown people on June 25, 1998.
World
End Of The Lines: Chinese Poet’s Grisly Suicide Over State Snoopers
Artist swallowed pesticide after two years of constant surveillance by communist party agents.
Pakistan To Complete Fencing Of Border With Afghanistan By Mid-August
Fencing work along the Afghan border continues amid fears of a new refugee crisis.
Harappan City In Western India Gets World Heritage Site Tag
The city lies in Dholavira in Gujarat’s Rann of Kutch. UNESCO gave the tag to a temple in south India, too.
Offbeat
Shefali Shah’s Husband Praises Her Work In “Happy Birthday Mummyji”
Vipul Shah has produced the short film directed by his wife Shefali Shah.
Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt Open Up About Working Together In “Jungle Cruise”
Jaume Collet-Serra’s directorial ‘Jungle Cruise’ is based on Disney’s theme park ride of the same name.
Ed Sheeran Reveals Why He Didn’t Quit Music After Welcoming Daughter Lyra
Ed Sheeran had recently said that he was not going to play music anymore as he wanted to focus on fatherhood.
Science
Machine Learning In Cardiovascular Disease Improves If Social, Environmental Factors Included: Study
Cardiovascular disease is responsible for nearly a third of all deaths worldwide said the study.
Study Links Breastfeeding To Lower Blood Pressure In Early Childhood
The research found that cardiovascular disease risk factors, including high blood pressure, can start in childhood.
Eating For Hunger Or Pleasure? Regulating Feeding Behaviors Involves Different Brain Circuits
Often, we eat because the food is so appetizing that even though we are full, we just want another bite.
Tech
IPhone 14 Pro May Feature A Titanium Body
A new report by J.P. Morgan chase says that Apple plans to equip its new models with titanium alloy chassis.
Realme May Soon Feature Wireless Charging Feature
The wireless charging feature is only available in Apple’s iPhone 12.
Nitesh Bansal To Be President And Chief Operating Officer Of HTC Global
Bansal was previously the Senior Vice President of Infosys Limited.
Business
IndiGo Q1 Net Loss Widens To $426.8 Million
The Covid-19 pandemic impacted the company’s financial result, Indigo said.
Starbucks To Sell Stake In Its South Korean Venture To Shinsegae Group
Shinsegae Group is set to acquire an additional 17 percent stake in Starbucks Korea.
International Monetary Fund Revises India’s Growth Projection To 9.5 Percent For FY22
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) trimmed the country’s growth to 9.5 percent from an earlier prediction of 12.5 percent.