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Laurence Pithie and Finn Fisher-Black will start their time at Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe together at the Tour Down Under in January, after joining from Groupama-FDJ and UAE Team Emirates respectively in the Summer. The Kiwi pair have raced previously as teammates on the home nation’s squad at the New Zealand Cycle Classic stage race back in 2021, however, being just seven months apart in age, they’ve raced more frequently as rivals.”We’ve probably known each other since we were 13, 14, years old, I reckon,” Fisher-Black told Cyclingnews and The Cycling Podcast, speaking alongside Pithie at their team’s December training camp in Mallorca. “We…

One thousand, one hundred North Korean soldiers have been killed or wounded in Russia’s war with Ukraine, and Pyongyang may be preparing to deploy more North Korean soldiers to the region, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said Monday. The information follows a report by Seoul’s spy agency last week that said at least 100 North Korean soldiers had been killed since entering combat in December.Pyongyang has sent thousands of troops to reinforce the Russian military, including to the Kursk border region where Ukrainian forces seized territory earlier this year.”Through various sources of information and intelligence, we assess that…

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emailsSign up to our free breaking news emailsSign up to our free breaking news emailsGhost towns emerge like bleached reefs flanking each side of the long road north out of Damascus. Mile after mile of destruction flickers by as if on a loop: such a widespread level of devastation that it is almost unfathomable.Empty, bombed-out cities, towns, and villages – once bustling hubs of life – form the scars of 13 years of brutal and bloody civil war. Thirteen years of a…

VW Group and workers agreed to 35,000 job cuts in Germany by 2030 The job cuts will be via retirements and voluntary measures Further cost savings will come from efficiency drives at plants and R&D teams Volkswagen Group and officials representing its workers reached an agreement on Dec. 20 to shed as many as 35,000 jobs in Germany by 2030, via retirements and voluntary measures. The move, which averted further strike action, ensures there will be no compulsory layoffs until 2030, as well as no plant closures in Germany. VW Group has over 120,000 workers in Germany, and an official…

Julie Appleby | (TNS) KFF Health NewsNew enrollments under the Affordable Care Act are on pace to trail last year’s record numbers by as many as a million as the outgoing Biden administration confronts upheavals in the program.Donald Trump’s election to a second term has cast uncertainty around the future of the health law. In addition, the Biden administration implemented cumbersome policies to reduce fraudulent enrollment and is combating a lawsuit that aims to block immigrants who lack legal residency from buying insurance under the program.So far, the number of new and returning enrollees using healthcare.gov — the federal marketplace…

By Tim Reynolds | Associated PressBasketball Hall of Famer Gregg Popovich has been away from the team because he suffered a mild stroke earlier this month, the San Antonio Spurs announced Wednesday.Popovich is in his 29th season as coach of the Spurs and there is no timetable for his return to the sideline, the team said. The stroke happened on Nov. 2 at the team’s arena, and Popovich is expected to make a full recovery.The 75-year-old Popovich, the NBA’s all-time win leader and a coach of five Spurs teams that won league championships, has already started a rehabilitation program, the…

Woolery, who was married four times, passed away at his home in Texas, according to his friend Mark Young. Learn more about his five children, three of whom are still alive. Image Credit: Getty Images Chuck Woolery has passed away at the age of 83, confirmed by his longtime friend Mark Young. Born on March 16, 1941, in Ashland, Kentucky, Woolery was best known for hosting iconic television game shows such as Wheel of Fortune, Love Connection, and Lingo. Later in his life, he became the host of a popular right-wing podcast where he shared conservative views and criticized liberal values and…

COLUMBUS, Ohio —  The most far-reaching of Ohio’s laws restricting abortion has been struck down by a county judge who said last year’s voter-approved amendment enshrining reproductive rights renders the so-called heartbeat law unconstitutional.Enforcement of the 2019 law banning most abortions once cardiac activity is detected — as early as six weeks into pregnancy, before many women know they’re pregnant — had been paused pending the challenge before Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Christian Jenkins.Jenkins said Thursday that when the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade and returned power over the abortion issue to the states, “Ohio’s Attorney General evidently…

Polestar is deep in the development of its Polestar 5, a Porsche Taycan rival previewed by 2020’s Precept concept. The new car is set to begin sales in 2025, likely as a 2026 model. Initial development work on the sleek electric sedan was handled at Polestar’s R&D center in the U.K., and now the latest prototypes are out testing in public view. When Polestar showed the Precept, it claimed the concept represented the future design direction for the brand. Judging by our latest spy shots, the production Polestar 5 will closely resemble the show car It has the same fastback…

Stellantis is looking to patent heated wheel wells to keep snow and ice from building up during winter driving. This feature is described in a patent application published by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Oct. 31, 2024, but filed by Stellantis Apr. 25, 2023. As described in the filing, it would rely on an electric heating element embedded in the wheel well, with a wire or other connection to supply power from the vehicle. Stellantis heated wheel well patent image The heating element would be sandwiched between the vehicle’s body and a wheel-well liner, the latter being…