Following Connor Bedard’s five-year contract extension, the young NHL star has made it public that he wants Patrick Kane to sign with the Chicago Blackhawks. Bedard believes that Kane returning to Chicago would enhance the team’s value. Will the Blackhawks unite their star of the present with their former star of the past? The idea is certainly appealing to Bedard, who would relish playing alongside Kane as the two would be a dangerous duo for the Blackhawks. Bedard praised Kane, stating, “I don’t know what I can say to persuade his decision, but obviously we’d all be so excited to have a player like that,…
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Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Long before Adam Multz became the founder and CEO of Diamond Recovery Group, he was simply a younger brother searching for help. At sixteen years old, he watched his older brother struggle with substance use disorder. Finding quality treatment proved far more difficult than his family expected, exposing the challenges many families face when trying to navigate an already overwhelming healthcare system. That experience ultimately shaped the course of his career. Rather than pursuing behavioral healthcare as a business opportunity, Multz entered the field with a deeply personal mission: to help people…
Neanderthals flourished across Eurasia for more than 300,000 years before the arrival of anatomically modern humans, only to vanish after just a few thousand years of coexistence. Scientists have long proposed that modern Homo sapiens outcompeted their robust cousins through sheer intelligence. Using Neanderthal cranium shapes to estimate specific brain regions’ volume, some investigators claimed to see signs of a mind with feeble linguistic abilities, poor executive function and an unremarkable memory.But a new study argues that Neanderthal cognition may have rivaled our own. “I don’t think we would detect a difference if they were around today,” says Tom Schoenemann,…
The former Manchester mayor accepted the King’s request to become Prime Minister at Buckingham Palace earlier in the day. The new Prime Minister – Britain’s seventh since 2016 – was greeted with applause and cheers as he announced plans to “make politics work” and to “make it work better.”Mr Burnham also promised to set out a ten-year plan later this year and measures to help with the cost of living. Britain’s new Prime Minister Andy Burnham and his wife Marie-France van Heel pose on the steps of 10 Downing StreetAFP/GettyHe concluded the speech by urging people to “pull with me”…
Almost 3,000 websites have been blocked or seized for illegally streaming World Cup matches, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) has said.More than 1,000 domains were shut down in the US alone during the tournament, with a similar number blocked in Colombia.Enforcement agencies in America and across South America carried out the action under investigations named “operation offsides” and “operation red card”.Ivan J. Arvelo, director of the National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center (NIPRCC), said unauthorised broadcasting of World Cup matches violated intellectual property rights and “fuels criminal organizations”.The DOJ said at the end of last month it had taken…
ASIA: The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today: • NIKKEI 225 closed • Shanghai increased 32.127 points or 0.85% to 3,796.281 • Hang Seng increased 580.81 points or 2.36% to 25,143.05 • ASX 200 decreased 5.40 points or -0.06% to 8,791.30 • SENSEX decreased 442.93 points or -0.57% to 77,708.52 • Nifty50 decreased 95.80 points or -0.39% to 24,238.50 The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today: • AUDUSD increased 0.00241 or 0.35% to 0.70064 • NZDUSD increased 0.00059 or 0.10% to 0.58489 • USDJPY increased 0.131 or 0.08% to 162.534 • USDCNY decreased 0.00907…
Tensions continued to rise in the Middle East on Monday after US forces continued a nine-day bombing streak against Iran on Sunday, following the death of two US service members killed in Iranian attacks. Iran began targeting ships in the Strait of Hormuz again earlier this month in violation of the signed memorandum of understanding with Iran. The US later reinstated the US Naval blockade on Iranian ports and started bombing Iran nonstop in response. Iran has retaliated by targeting US bases in the region, including in Jordan, where two US service members were killed in action last week. Fox’s Trey Yingst reports…
Destiny’s Child alum Kelly Rowland has had her fair share of movie roles, including “Mea Culpa” and the 2025 film “Relationship Goals.” While she’s enjoyed stepping into the shoes of fictional characters, there’s one real-life singer she’s hoping to portray one day. Speaking with Us Weekly, Rowland, 45, opened up about her love for Donna Summer, known for the hits “I Feel Love,” “Last Dance,” “Hot Stuff,” “Bad Girls,” and “She Works Hard for the Money.” Rowland’s love for Summer is actually so strong that she’d want nothing more than to portray the Grammy winner in a future biopic. “I…
NEW YORK: Mexican drug kingpin Ismael El Mayo Zambada was sentenced on Monday (Jul 20) to life in prison in the US, after a plea deal last year in which he admitted to shipping millions of kilogrammes of cocaine over decades as leader of the violent Sinaloa Cartel.Zambada is one of the most high-profile Mexican drug traffickers to be sentenced in a US court since fellow Sinaloa leader Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was sentenced to life in prison in 2019.In handing down the sentence at a hearing in Brooklyn federal court, US District Judge Brian Cogan said that even though…
The European Commission says waiving penalties will ensure the security of energy supply.Published On 20 Jul 202620 Jul 2026The European Union has recommended the suspension of penalties for oil and gas companies that breach its methane emissions standards, following pressure from the United States and other countries.The European Commission on Monday said that EU member states should not apply penalties in 2027-2030 in order to avoid energy supply disruptions. The environmental regime was due to come into effect from the start of next year, but the energy crisis sparked by the US-Iran war has served to complicate the issue.Recommended Stories…