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Claudio Silva is riding one of the longest winning streaks in the UFC welterweight division after dispatching the five men he’s faced in the octagon. More than two decades ago, however, bad decisions almost drove “Hannibal” away from the sport Read more
Mental health prevention refers not only to preventing mental health disorders from emerging but also to efforts to support people with and without mental health disorders to stay well. Ms Ritika Aggarwal, Consultant Psychologist, Jaslok Hospital & Research Centre says, Read more
On a pre-Covid visit to the US last year, I was surprised and rather pleased when several Chicagoans engaged me in knowledgeable conversation about Jacob Rees-Mogg, John Bercow and Black Rod. Turns out Parliament TV was a bit of a Read more
Instead of the usual 30 days that you’d have to ship a defective or unwanted item back to Amazon, until December 31, you’ll have until January 31, 2021 to do so. This information can be found in Amazon’s updated “About Read more
An explosion in Harrisonburg, Virginia, on Saturday morning sent huge plumes of smoke billowing into the air and left two people with life-threatening injuries, authorities said. The blast occurred near a site where about 30 people from James Madison University’s Read more
Nothing is distracting “The Korean Zombie” Chan Sung Jung from collecting a win over Brian Ortega this weekend at UFC Fight Island 6. But the always-exciting featherweight also understands the magnitude of his matchup. With two of the top five Read more
The WHO, in 2015, estimated that 1 in 5 Indians dealt with depression in their lifetime. That is a staggering 200 million people just in India! In 2016, suicide was the leading cause of death in India among young people Read more
Security firm G4S has urged shareholders to block a hostile takeover by Canadian rival Garda World after its bid was published. Garda set out its plans in detail in a statement on Saturday, sticking by its offer price of 190p Read more
The June 15, 2020, indictment, which was unsealed yesterday, claims McAfee failed to file tax returns from 2014 to 2018 despite earning “millions in income from promoting cryptocurrencies, consulting work, speaking engagements, and selling the rights to his life story Read more
The movement to eradicate bail from America’s justice system will face a crucial test Nov. 3, when California voters will decide whether to end the centuries-old practice of trading money for freedom and replace it with algorithms that try to Read more