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The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4 has proven its mettle in the face of Zack Nelson’s rigorous testing program. As usual, the routine includes scratch, fire and bend tests, which one of Samsung’s best foldable phones has withstood. Like the Galaxy Z Fold 3, the latest foldable survived concerted bending while open thanks to its sturdy hinge. Nelson’s attempt to cut the phone in half by bending it from the back was futile, unlike OnePlus’ flagship phones....

It is believed to be the first time the Office for Students (OfS) has formally investigated institutions over grade inflation since gaining new powers earlier this year. The regulator declined to name the universities under investigation on Friday. “We expect to release more details in due course as our investigations progress,” it said. The OfS said it had “identified potential concerns that require further scrutiny” at the institutions. But he stressed that this should not be construed as an offense at this stage....

A “city is heartbroken” after two teenagers died in a tragic drowning incident yesterday, an MLA said. The teenagers – named locally as Reuven Simon and Joseph Sebastian – died after getting into trouble on Lough Enagh in Co Londonderry on Monday night. It seems that a boy got into trouble in the water and his friend went to help him. SDLP MLA for Foyle Mark H Durkan said: “The whole town is devastated at the devastating loss of these two beautiful boys, Mr Reuven Simon and Mr Joseph Sebastian, in yesterday’s tragedy at Enagh Lough yesterday....

The details were revealed in a more detailed inventory of seized material released by the department. It describes in general terms the contents of 33 boxes taken from the former president’s Florida home during the Aug. 8 search. It also shows the extent to which newspapers, magazines and other items were mixed with documents that investigators say were classified as secret and top secret. The Justice Department said there was no safe space at Mar-a-Lago for such sensitive government secrets....

Ukraine’s state nuclear company said the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) mission had not been allowed into the crisis center of the plant, where Ukraine says Russian troops are stationed, and would find it difficult to make an impartial assessment. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said Ukraine was continuing to bomb the plant, raising the risk of a nuclear disaster. Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comSign up The site, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Ukrainian positions across the Dnipro River, was seized by Russian forces shortly after their invasion of Ukraine in late February and has become the focus of concern....

Ukrainische Streitkräfte hätten “Angriffe in verschiedene Richtungen” gestartet, hieß es in einer Erklärung aus Kiew. Das britische Verteidigungsministerium teilte in einer Sicherheitserklärung mit, das “Ausmaß des ukrainischen Vormarsches” könne nicht bestätigt werden. Das ukrainische Militär hat jedoch „das Artilleriefeuer an den Fronten in der Südukraine verstärkt“, um die russischen Versorgungsleitungen mit „Präzisionsschlägen mit großer Reichweite“ zu unterbrechen. Die aktuelle Situation in der Ukraine Quelle: Infografik WELT Die russischen Besatzer rund um die südukrainische Stadt Cherson leiden Militärexperten zufolge trotz erheblicher Verstärkungen unter Personal- und Versorgungsproblemen....

Kämpfe / Militär Das ukrainische Militär hat nach eigenen Angaben mit einer Gegenoffensive begonnen. Das zuständige Militärkommando rief die Zivilbevölkerung auf, die betroffenen Gebiete zu verlassen. “Die Streitkräfte der Ukraine haben Offensivhandlungen in vielen Abschnitten im Süden der Ukraine begonnen”, zitierte das Internetportal Hromadske die Pressesprecherin der Südgruppe der ukrainischen Armee, Natalija Humenjuk. Mehr dazu. Im südukrainischen Gebiet Cherson sollen ukrainische Truppen die russischen Frontlinien durchbrochen haben. Am Montagabend gab das russische Verteidigungsministerium bekannt, dass man die ukrainische Offensive in Cherson und Mykolajiw abgewehrt habe....

Manitoba Shared Health will set up a mobile clinic for eligible students, faculty and staff to receive the smallpox vaccine at the Fort Garry campus. The clinic will be located in Education Building 325 and will be open from 9am to 2pm on September 6th. Due to the limited supply of vaccine at this time individuals will be given a single dose of the vaccine for pre-exposure prophylaxis. Eligible persons should book an appointment at the link below: Book an appointment The following people are currently eligible for the smallpox vaccine:...

• Lisez également : La ligne d’un conseiller financier sur un client vulnérable abusif La Commission de discipline de la Chambre de la sécurité financière (CSF) a ordonné la suspension temporaire de Joanne Iacono, qui a été reconnue coupable de tous les chefs d’actes répréhensibles contenus dans deux plaintes disciplinaires déposées contre elle. Elle est notamment accusée d’avoir offert 650 000 $ à un client pour acheter sa maison à Montréal-Ouest....

Der Koalitionspartner der SPÖ in Wien, NEOS, hat die Vorgänge bei Wien Energie scharf kritisiert. Das rosafarbene Staatsoberhaupt, Vizebürgermeister Christoph Wiederkehr, forderte am Dienstag per Aussendung eine „gnadenlose Aufklärung“. Die ans Licht gekommenen Geschäfte seien “inakzeptabel”, sagte er. Derweil steuert die FPÖ eine Anzeige. „Das aktuelle Krisenmanagement von Wien Energie ist unzureichend und der Kommunikation fehlt es an Transparenz. Es werden mehr Fragen aufgeworfen als beantwortet. Außerdem muss jetzt alles dafür getan werden, dass weder Kunden noch Steuerzahler für diese Konditionen zur Kasse gebeten werden....

What is happening in Baghdad and other Iraqi cities? After months of confrontation, Shia Muslim groups are fighting each other across the country. The fighting is mainly centered in Baghdad’s Green Belt – which once housed US forces – but has spread to towns and cities in the south. The spark for the unrest was the resignation, due to disillusionment with political life, of the influential Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr....

According to friends, Tanya Pardazi died Saturday while completing her first solo dive with Skydive Toronto in Innisfil, Ont. The company said in a statement Sunday that the student “released a rapidly rotating main parachute at low altitude without the time or altitude required to inflate the backup parachute.” She was taken to the hospital where she was pronounced dead. Pardazi studied philosophy at the University of Toronto and ran a successful TikTok account with nearly 100,000 followers, friends said....

Built on top of the previous ‘Dirty Ferns’ hip jump, the makers have added in an on-off jump for riders. The jump will have a 40-foot gap to a 30-foot landing spot before another 40-foot gap from the feature. Gee Atherton says this new feature adds to the “pace section” of the course where maintaining perfect speed is required to set a good time. The other new feature on the 2022 course is two huge double jumps, the first is 86 feet while riders will have a slightly easier 85-foot gap on the second....

Bauer erwischte den Portugiesen, 39, beim Sex mit Geiss Ein Bauer im Kanton Uri hat einen Mann beim Sex mit einer Ziege erwischt. Der mutmaßliche Angreifer konnte nach einer Schlägerei mit dem Bauern flüchten und wurde nun von der Polizei identifiziert. Ziegen im Kanton Uri wurden Opfer sexueller Übergriffe. (virtuelles Bild) Seit April 2022 seien der Kantonspolizei bei zwei Unternehmen in Sattdorf Ui mehrere sexuelle Übergriffe auf Ziegen gemeldet worden, teilte die Staatsanwaltschaft am Dienstag mit....

Photo: The Canadian Press Finance Minister Selina Robinson is pictured during a press conference prior to the delivery of the provincial budget to the legislature in Victoria, BC, Monday, February 21, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito British Columbia’s economic recovery last year was stronger than forecast with the province’s audited budgets showing a surplus of $1.3 billion, up from an earlier forecast of a deficit close to $10 billion. Finance Minister Selina Robinson says the province’s economy in 2021-22 exceeded both public and private sector forecasts....

Biden took the stage shortly after 8 p.m. Thursday at Independence Historic Park in Philadelphia, where several hundred people sat in white lawn chairs and the facade of Independence Hall was lit up in red and blue. “This is where the United States Constitution was written and debated,” Biden said. “Here we launched the most extraordinary experiment in self-government the world has ever known.” “But as I stand here tonight, equality and democracy are under attack,” he continued....

Democrats and Republicans teamed up in a rare effort to pass gun safety legislation earlier this year after the massacres in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas. They were the first major gun restrictions passed by Congress in nearly three decades, but Biden has repeatedly said more needs to be done. “We beat the NRA. We faced them and beat the NRA head on. You have no idea how scary they are to elected officials,” an animated Biden told a crowd of more than 500 at Wilkes University....

US President Joe Biden will sound the alarm on Thursday night about “extremist” threats to American democracy from the tumultuous forces of Trumpism, aiming to redefine the November election as part of an unrelenting battle to ” soul of the nation”. Nearly two years after defeating Donald Trump, it’s a repeat of Biden’s 2020 campaign theme, casting the midterm stakes in terms just as dire as those that sent him to the Oval Office....

PARIS, 29 août (Reuters) – Bourses à suivre lundi à Paris et en Europe : ENGIE ENGIE.PA – L’Algérie pourrait augmenter de 50 % ses livraisons de gaz naturel à la France, rapporte Europe 1 dimanche, à la suite de la visite d’Emmanuel Macron dans le pays. Olivier Veran, un porte-parole du gouvernement, a refusé de commenter le rapport. “Il y aura des annonces bientôt”, a-t-il déclaré à BFM TV....

The craft beer company will close the Hop and Anchor in Aberdeen, Smithfield Market Arms in London, Hop Hub in Motherwell and BrewDog bars in Dalston, east London. Old Street, east London; and Peterhead, Scotland. James Watt, the company’s founder and chief executive, said in a LinkedIn post that the hospitality sector was facing “sheer ‘rabbit in the headlights’ paralysis of this zombie government” as rising costs threaten the future of many pubs, restaurants and bars....