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Tim Walz, a 60-year-old veteran and former geography teacher, has recently gained national prominence after being chosen as the vice-presidential running mate by Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 Democratic presidential campaign. Prior to this, Walz was not widely known outside the state of Minnesota, where he serves as governor. Walz has been a critic of former President Donald Trump, particularly regarding national security, healthcare, and social justice issues. However, his ascent to the national stage has also made him a target of misinformation, much of it perpetuated by Trump and his supporters. DW has investigated a few of…

Four bodies have been found by divers searching the wreck of the superyacht that sunk off the coast of Sicily.Two of the bodies have been recovered and brought to the surface, according to Sicilian authorities.The body of the yacht’s chef, Recaldo Thomas, has been recovered already, the Italian coastguard confirmed to Sky News on Tuesday. Today’s discoveries bring the total number of confirmed dead to five.British tech billionaire Mike Lynch and his daughter are among those who remain unaccounted for after the Bayesian went down as a result of being hit by a tornado on Monday morning. Please use Chrome…

The post-COVID era has been punishing for global trade. Lockdowns and factory closures sparked supply chain delays worldwide and helped fuel decades-high inflation. The Suez Canal was closed for a week in 2021 after a container ship got stuck. Attacks on shipping by Yemen-based Houthis and Iran over the past 10 months have forced a rerouting of container vessels from the Red Sea via Africa And now China’s military standoffs in the South China Sea could also impact the smooth flow of trade. How important is the South China Sea for world trade? Making up part of the western Pacific Ocean, the South China Sea sits between…

One of the largest freshwater pearls ever found in Scottish history will go to auction on August 21 and is expected to fetch between £40,000 and £60,000 (€46,946 to €70,426). It was discovered by pearl diver William Abernethy in 1967 in Scotland’s River Tay. Abernethy gained fame as a skilled pearl fisher before the practice was banned in the country in 1998. While it might seem a high price, the pearl is indeed rare. It is said that only one in every 5,000 mussels found in Scottish rivers has a pearl. The Abernethy pearl was thought to have been growing for 80 years when…

A team of physicists in Dubai studied the behavior of balls as they travelled through air to explain the bamboozling effect of a controversial technique in cricket known as “round arm” bowling. Round arm bowling — most recently popularized by former Sri Lankan player Lasith Malinga — is instantly recognizable thanks to its near-horizontal style of delivery. The bowler releases the ball from the side of the body and head, rather than from above and around the head — the more conventional bowling technique. It’s proved challenging for professional batters. And there’s some unique physics at play, according to Siddharth…

In the dying minutes of the Supercup between Bundesliga and German Cup champions Bayer Leverkusen and Stuttgart, the Swabians had the upper hand. Stuttgart, who had surprised everybody with their second-place finish in the Bundesliga last season, were up 2-1. Then, as in so many matches last season, the Werkself saved themselves with yet another last-minute goal. Patrik Schick was the hero, converting on a pass from Alejandro Grimaldo to even the score just before the final whistle. Leverkusen went on to win the ensuing penalty shootout 4-3 to capture their first silverware of the new season. ‘Comeback quality’ remains…

The US Treasury Department on Tuesday announced that it had sanctioned Michel Joseph Martelly, the former president of Haiti, on drug trafficking charges. In a statement, the Treasury said Martelly, “abused his influence to facilitate the trafficking of dangerous drugs, including cocaine, destined for the United States.” US officials say Martelly worked in concert with Haitian drug traffickers while sponsoring gangs and engaging in money laundering. “Today’s action against Martelly emphasizes the significant and destabilizing role he and other corrupt political elites have played in perpetuating the ongoing crisis in Haiti,” Bradley Smith, the US Treasury’s acting undersecretary for terrorism…

Officials from Russia and Ukraine have not met since shortly after the war between them started in early 2022 when Russian troops invaded Ukraine. But over the weekend, news of possible talks to be mediated by the Middle Eastern nation of Qatar emerged. It could “have amounted to a partial cease-fire and offered a reprieve for both countries,”the Washington Post, the first media outlet to report on the planned talks, said. The talks were canceled because of the movement of Ukrainian troops into Kursk, Russia. But news of their potential could well be seen as another triumph for the small, gas-rich…

More than 100 stolen mobile phones have been found hidden in tin foil after a man allegedly tried to smuggle them into Italy. The stash of 121 phones – including 71 iPhones and 29 Samsung devices – were discovered wrapped in foil packages in a thick blanket in the suspect’s luggage, as he attempted to enter Milan on board a train from Zurich, Switzerland. In video footage released by police in Italy, some of the packages contained three to four phones stacked together. X This content is provided by X, which may be using cookies and other technologies. To show you…

Germany’s Duden dictionary announced on Monday that it was introducing 3,000 new words into its latest edition, including TikTok and ChatGPT. Other tech terms like Hyperloop, OpenAI, and Ghosting were also added, as well as terms that have become popularized internationally like Triggerwarnung and Wokeness.How well do AI chatbots understand us? To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video ‘Cooking, crises, and war’ Most of the new terms, however, have to do with “cooking, crises, and war,” said Duden’s chief editor Katrin Kunkel-Razum. Words like Sushireis (sushi rice), Tahin (tahini), Gojibeeren,…