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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia and Ukraine exchanged drone, missile and artillery fire on Sunday. Russian state media said at least two people were killed in a Ukrainian attack on the Russian-held Donetsk region, and Ukrainian authorities said at least five were wounded in a Russian strike. Russia said it had captured two villages along the eastern front line, in the Kharkiv and Luhansk regions.Ukrainian artillery fire on Russian-controlled areas of Donetsk Oblast killed two people in the village of Horlivka, Russian state news agency RIA Novosti said.Parts of the Kherson region in southern Ukraine came under Russian drone attack,…

A top U.S. regulator has privately found that half of the big banks it oversees have not fully understood a wide range of potential risks from cyberattacks to employee misconduct, according to people familiar with the matter. In a private assessment, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency said 11 of the 22 largest banks it oversees have “deficient” or “weak” management of so-called operational risk, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the information is private. That helped contribute to roughly a third of banks receiving an overall rating of three or less on a…

Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Answers are right around the corner.The New York Times If you missed Sunday’s NYT Mini, you can find the answer here: ForbesToday’s NYT Mini Crossword clues and answers for Sunday July 21by Chris Holt Want to know what consoles the Halo games are on? Don’t know what the short form for “prescription” is? Don’t worry, we’ve got the answer for you in today’s NYT. mini Crossword. The New York Times mini It’s a simplified version of the newspaper’s long-running large crossword puzzle. On most days, there are 3-5 clues in each direction in a 5×5 grid,…

Plants in the Atacama Desert have begun blooming in the middle of winter for the first time in a decade, blanketing parts of the driest desert on Earth in a sea of ​​white and purple hues. The researchers found that climate change is likely one of the causes of these unexpected events. It’s unusual for Atacama Desert plants to flower in the middle of winter, and some say this unusual blooming is due to rains that fall in northern Chile during the austral autumn. Unusual winter rains spark unusual blooms in Atacama Desert About 0.4 inches (11 mm) of rain…

Recent research published in the journal Neuropharmacology The study reveals how a high-calorie, high-sugar, high-fat “junk food” diet affects brain function and behavior. The researchers found that such a diet not only alters neural pathways but also influences food-seeking behavior, especially in obese rats. The findings could have important implications for understanding and developing strategies to combat obesity.With obesity rates rising worldwide, it is important to understand how high-calorie diets affect brain function and behavior. Previous studies have shown that such diets can alter the function of the brain’s reward centers, particularly the nucleus accumbens. The nucleus accumbens is a…

Recent studies suggest that there may be a thick layer of diamonds hundreds of miles beneath Mercury’s surface, Live ScienceYanghao Lin, a staff scientist at the Center for Advanced Research in High Pressure Science and Technology in Beijing and co-author of the study, said Mercury’s extremely high carbon content “made us realize that something special might be going on inside Mercury.” The first planet in the solar system has a magnetic field, but it’s much weaker than Earth’s. In addition, NASA’s space probe MESSENGER found unusually dark areas on Mercury’s surface, which it recognized as graphite, a type of carbon.The…

Courtesy of Universal Pictures/Everett Collection “Twister”The 1970s” was a huge hit, grossing $80.5 million at the domestic box office, but one of the most talked-about things about the movie on social media is something that wasn’t in the film. Stars Daisy Edgar-Jones and Glen Powell The filming of a climactic scene in which the characters share a passionate kiss was talked about in the days leading up to Twister’s release, but fans were quickly disappointed when the kiss did not make it into the theatrical cut. “I think that was a note from Spielberg,” Edgar Jones said. He told Collider…

According to the CDC, New York has the highest number of cases with seven, while the deaths have been in Illinois and New Jersey.What the researchers learnedOf those investigators were able to interview, “89 percent reported eating deli-sliced ​​meat, with the most common being deli-sliced ​​turkey, liverwurst, and ham. Meat was sliced ​​in the delis at a variety of supermarkets and grocery stores,” the CDC said.Additionally, samples taken from victims between May 29 and July 5 showed that the bacteria were closely genetically related.”This information suggests that sliced ​​deli meat is the likely source of this infection; however, at this…

PLEASANT HILL, Calif. — They stumble in from the parking lot, bags under their arms, and wander the aisles, searching for the returns counter.At Staples, Kohl’s and UPS stores, they’re known as “Amazonbies”: Amazon customers arriving every day with hundreds of returned packages, turning store associates’ jobs into retail horror stories.When Amazon struck a deal to turn its brick-and-mortar stores into Amazon return hubs, it was supposed to be a win-win: Easy returns would make customers happy and bring more traffic to struggling retailers. But store workers say the “Amazon vibes” have become a workplace headache, wasting staff time without…

The Prime Minister has promised to remove hereditary peers from the House of Lords.King Charles and Keir Starmer are not seeing eye to eye on new policies.Angela Levin claims Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has put his relationship with the Queen in jeopardy after announcing his plans for the UK. The new Prime Minister has introduced more than 30 new bills for the next Labour government, which will be presented to the King at the opening of Parliament this week.One of the proposals includes Mr Starmer’s pledge to reform the House of Lords by asking all hereditary peers over the…