December 6, 2023
Through 14 high school football games this season, junior quarterback Kingston Tisdell of Birmingham High has thrown 190 passes without an interception. That’s unheard of, whether it’s Fantasy Football, Madden NFL or Pee Wee Football. “Nobody has zero interceptions,” coach Jim Rose said. “It’s a little lucky but an amazing stat.” Chris Rix, the former
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates: The Emirati president-designate for the upcoming United Nations COP28 climate talks forcefully denied Wednesday a report alleging his nation planned to use the summit to strike oil and gas deals. Sultan al-Jaber, who also leads the massive state-run Abu Dhabi National Oil Co., called the allegations from a BBC report “an
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MANILA Electric Co. (Meralco) on Thursday said that it had started the competitive selection process (CSP) for 1,200-megawatts (MW) of baseload requirement to ensure the continued availability of electricity for its customers. The Department of Energy (DoE) has issued a certificate of conformity for the terms of reference (TOR) involving 15-year power supply agreements that
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THE National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) said on Thursday that it is trying to communicate with the Iloilo Grain Complex Corp. (IGCC) to reach an amicable settlement regarding the temporary restraining order (TRO) issued against them by the Supreme Court. According to the transmission company, the TRO resulted in its Panay-Guimaras 138-kiloVolt (kV)
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Offline and feature phone-based payments and purpose-defined payments are the next big charters for the Reserve Bank of India and the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), for pushing the adoption of the central bank-backed digital currency (CBDC), said two bankers in the know of the matter. Both the RBI and NPCI want CBDC to
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TO attract more investors for the coconut, cacao and coffee industries in Region 2 (Cagayan Valley), the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in a groundbreaking initiative partnered with the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) to organize the first-ever Coffee, Cacao, Coconut Industries Regional Investment Forum on Nov. 16 to 17, 2023 in Cauayan City, Isabela
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Dutch anti-EU far-right populist Geert Wilders will start looking for coalition partners on Thursday after a massive election win that is set to have wide repercussions in the Netherlands and Europe. A fan of fellow eurosceptic, Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban, the vocally anti-EU Wilders has vowed to halt all immigration, slash Dutch payments to
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LONDON: Britain’s Conservative government was set to unveil on Wednesday a budget update that aims to “turbocharge” the economy and is a vital part of its efforts to woo voters as it lags in polls before next year’s expected election. Finance Minister Jeremy Hunt was to pledge to stimulate growth, cut taxes and bring inflation
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Sam Altman and OpenAI‘s board have opened discussions to bring back its former CEO, and the startup’s backer Microsoft is discussing governance changes it plans to request from the board, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing sources. Talks are taking place between Altman and at least one board member, Quora CEO Adam D’Angelo, Bloomberg said
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Artificial intelligence chip leader Nvidia will likely deliver yet another blockbuster revenue forecast on Tuesday. But the real focus will be on whether widening US curbs on sales of its high-end chips to China could hamper that run. The results will also be a major test for the AI-powered rally that has helped drive up
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