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President Vladimir Putin has warned that Russia would enter a “state of war” if the United States and its allies lift restrictions on Ukraine’s use of Western long-range weapons.Putin’s vow to respond to such moves with “appropriate decisions” was his latest and perhaps most drastic attempt to draw a line at NATO allies’ support for Kiev, and came on the eve of a meeting in Washington where the issue is expected to rise to the top of the agenda.British Prime Minister Keir Starmer met with President Joe Biden at the White House on Friday afternoon amid a standoff between London…

Observer Photo: Patty Hammond There are home plates like this one and there are home plates like the one featured in today’s column.I loved traveling with my dad when he went on basketball and baseball scouting trips in the 1950s and 1960s.For example, my brother Tom and I accompanied him to the Buffalo Memorial Auditorium to watch the Queen City Invitational Basketball Tournament, an annual, two-night, four-team event featuring host Canisius College and three other teams. After watching NBA games on our new black-and-white TV and learning how to score shots and the statistics for rebounds and assists, we sat…

Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump, debates Democratic presidential nominee, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, for the first time during the presidential election campaign at The National Constitution Center on Sept.10, 2024 in Philadelphia. Win McNamee/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Win McNamee/Getty Images Eight years ago this month, Donald Trump announced that he had personally laid to rest the controversy about President Obama’s country of origin. He gave himself credit for clearing up any questions that may have arisen because of something, he claimed, Hillary Clinton had said years earlier. Those familiar with the facts were stunned.…

Calling all sports fans! Do you like gambling and placing bets on your favorite sports teams? Well, a lot has changed in the past year when it comes to betting and the rules surrounding it. Alex Tonievich, 34, spends his days buying and selling sports and concert tickets. “I went to a concert and realized I could sell them for more, so I just kept selling them,” said Toniewicz, who enjoys taking risks to make money and whose Instagram page, @WeGamblin, chronicles his love of casinos. But he also has a passion for sports and was an avid Florida sports…

Give someone a diamond and they have diamonds. Give someone a machine that makes diamonds and they have diamonds for the rest of their life. There is an old Jewish Parable A story about an island where diamonds are so plentiful they are worthless. The reality is getting a little closer to this imaginary island. The rise of diamond-growing laboratories has made these precious stones increasingly affordable, with consumers now able to buy the machines to grow their own diamonds for roughly the same price as a luxury sports car. Chinese e-commerce marketplace Alibaba We sell synthetic products Diamond Manufacturing…

Germany has weathered the coronavirus pandemic strongly and managed to avoid a catastrophic industrial shutdown after Russia cut off gas supplies, but that hasn’t entirely dispelled fears that economic problems may lie ahead. The past two weeks have provided dramatic evidence that those fears were justified. Germany suffers from two weeks of terrible news Elections in the eastern German states of Thuringia and Saxony earlier this month saw a surge in support for populist parties, dealing a new blow to Berlin’s coalition government and creating further uncertainty about Germany’s ability to attract investment. Just a day later, Volkswagen AG, the…

Note: With college football returning to the world of video games thanks to EA Sports’ College Football 25, the Deseret News is simulating every game between BYU and an FBS opponent this season.BYU plays Wyoming on Friday with a chance to finish non-conference play undefeated.Can the Cougars pull off a win on the road against an old conference rival while still missing their top two running backs?The Deseret News simulated the game on EA Sports College Football 25, and it was a good night for the Cougars, at least according to the video game.How to set up a simulationThere were…

Breaking News for September 14, 2024: This combination of file photos made on August 29, 2024, shows South African businessman Elon Musk arriving at the 10th annual Breakthrough Prize Awards ceremony at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles, California on April 13, 2024, and Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes analyzing the charges against him for his alleged complicity in the murder of Rio de Janeiro City Council Member Marielle Franco during a session in Brasilia on June 18, 2024.Today’s Business News Highlights: Follow stories on Bill Gates , Elon Musk , Mukesh Ambani and Gautam Adani…

Former President Donald Trump said he might consider changing the listing of his media company after the Nasdaq stock exchange suspended it.The former president complained in a Truth Social post on Friday that shares of his Trump Media & Technology Group, which uses the ticker symbol DJT, had been suspended by Nasdaq, writing that this had happened twice that day.”Why is Nasdaq halting the sale of DJT? What right do they have?” Trump’s post read in part.Trump said the same day he had no plans to sell his Dow Jones Turner shares, despite the stock’s drop following Tuesday’s debate with…

Kamala Harris’ campaign stepped up its mockery of “coward” Donald Trump on Friday for skipping the new presidential debate, with the Democratic nominee telling her Republican rival she owes it to voters to face her again.The former US president announced on Thursday that there would be no third debate. Two days earlier, a tense meeting with Harris in Philadelphia had sparked controversy after she provoked the president on a range of topics, including the number of people attending her rallies.In a post on his Truth Social network, Trump cited fictitious polls and used a bizarre boxing analogy of a defeated…