December 3, 2023
Black Friday generated a record $9.8 billion in US online sales, up 7.5% from a year ago. According to Adobe Analytics, mobile shopping accounted for $5.3 billion in online sales.The best-selling categories on Black Friday were electronics such as smartwatches and televisions, as well as toys and gaming, reports CNBC. Elevate Your Tech Prowess with
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Three friends have “smashed” a rowing world record by working together as a “well-oiled machine” as a means of symbolically highlighting the importance of getting support from others if you are struggling with your mental health. British adventurer and endurance athlete Isaac Kenyon, PhD student Graham Moore and IT engineer Alex Pierrot completed the 30-hour
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ELECTRIC vehicle (EV) sales are expected to hit a record 9 percent of all passenger vehicles in the United States this year, according to Atlas Public Policy. That will be up from 7.3 percent of It will be the first time more than 1 million EVs are sold in the US in one calendar year,
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Melanie Dinjaski is an experienced sports journalist at the Canberra Times with a genuine love of all sports. She’s covered every code from NRL to NFL, and has experience in print, digital, podcasting, TV and video journalism, having spent time working in newsrooms at Nine, Fox Sports and Seven before moving to the capital. Melanie
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Cricket never sleeps. Just four days after the World Cup Final, Australia and India began a five-match T20 international series with one of the most thrilling matches you’ll ever see. Josh Inglis matched Aaron Finch’s record for the fastest T20 century by an Australian, reaching triple figures in 47 deliveries on his way to 110
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Spain’s Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has unveiled his new cabinet – and as well as many veteran faces – women now hold 12 of the 22 posts. ADVERTISEMENT “The new government is going to have a marked feminist accent with four women deputy prime ministers and more female ministers than male ministers,” he said.
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At least eight people were dead in southern Brazil after heavy rains caused major flooding across the states of Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul, local news reported on Tuesday, November 21. The storms displaced thousands of people in 177 cities in Rio Grande do Sul over the weekend, RBS TV reported, citing the
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A transgender swimmer at Ramapo College of New Jersey broke a women’s school record over the weekend after competing for the men’s team for three years. Meghan Cortez-Fields won first place and broke a school record in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 57.22 at the Cougar Splash Invitational, a two-day meet between six
READ MORENovak Djokovic ended the year just as he started it — by setting records. The top-ranked Djokovic won a record-breaking seventh ATP Finals title on Sunday with a straight-set victory over home favorite Jannik Sinner. Djokovic took 1 hour, 43 minutes to win 6-3, 6-3 as the Serbian continues to reach new heights at the
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Turin, Italy – Novak Djokovic closed in on a record-breaking seventh ATP Finals title on Saturday after sweeping past Carlos Alcaraz 6-3, 6-2 in a dominating semifinal display he hailed as his best of the tournament. World No. 1 Djokovic will face home favorite Jannik Sinner on Sunday in the final in Turin, as the
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