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The Kentucky Derby offers one of the most unique betting opportunities in the sport.One reason: The race is 1 ¼ miles long and has up to 20 horses in the field. Because all of the horses are 3 years old, none have raced that distance yet. Combine that with a crowd of more than 100,000 in attendance at Churchill Downs, and the unexpected could happen.Rich Strike was a last-minute addition to the field in 2022 due to scratches and won at 80-1 odds, paying $163.60 dollars to win on a $2 bet. Mystik Dan, an 18-1 shot, held on to…
Stay informed with free updatesSimply sign up to the Japanese business & finance myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox.Japan’s finance minister has publicly identified the country’s more than $1tn holdings of US Treasuries as a “card” in its trade negotiations with the Trump administration, in a rare baring of teeth by America’s closest ally in Asia.Speaking during a television interview on Friday, Katsunobu Kato was asked whether Japan would use its traditional stance as a non-seller of Treasuries as a tool in trade talks with Washington. “It does exist as a card,” said Kato, adding that “whether or…
Rockstar Games is delaying the highly anticipated release of Grand Theft Auto VI to May 26th, 2026. The game had originally been planned to release in fall 2025, but Rockstar Games now says the team needs extra time “to deliver at the level of quality you expect and deserve.” In a message posted on the Rockstar Games website, the development team apologized for the delay: We are very sorry that this is later than you expected. The interest and excitement surrounding a new Grand Theft Auto has been truly humbling for our entire team. We want to thank you for…
تتصدر الولايات المتحدة المشهد في الانتخابات الأسترالية الجارية وسط تساؤلات متزايدة عن الطريقة المثلى للتعامل مع الرئيس الأميركي دونالد ترامب، وذلك بعد هيمنة التهديدات الصينية على الانتخابات الماضية. هذا ما أورده تقرير نشرته صحيفة نيويورك تايمز أكد أن العامل الأميركي بات أبرز مؤثر خارجي على الانتخابات، خصوصا بعد إعلان ترامب فرض رسوم جمركية بنسبة 10% على معظم الواردات -بما في ذلك الصادرات الأسترالية- إلى جانب رسوم بنسبة 25% على الفولاذ والألمنيوم. وفي هذا الصدد ذكر التقرير -بقلم فكتوريا كيم وهي مراسلة في كوريا الجنوبية– أن أستراليا تعد من أكبر مصدري الألمنيوم عالميا، ويعتمد اقتصادها على التصدير بشكل رئيسي، وذلك ما يوضح…
Greg WyshynskiMay 2, 2025, 07:30 AM ETCloseGreg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer.One by one, the Florida Panthers skated with the Stanley Cup after winning Game 7 of last year’s Final. It was a familiar feeling for some of those who had lifted it before, such as Carter Verhaeghe. But for the majority of the roster, this was their first time touching the chalice.One of them was Kyle Okposo. “I almost retired, and they’re a big reason why I didn’t,” he said of his teammates. “I wanted to have one more crack at it, and I just wanted to put…
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Chevron and Exxon reported a drop in quarterly profits on Friday on the back of falling oil prices and weak refining margins, as the oil industry braces for its toughest year since the pandemic. Chevron said net income fell by just over a third to $3.5bn in the first quarter, down from $5.5bn a year earlier, and slightly below analysts’ consensus estimates. Revenues fell to $47.6bn, down from $48.7bn a year earlier, as its global production remained flat.Meanwhile Exxon, the largest western…
Language has been updated in sections 3.1.1, 3.2.1(a), 3.1.3, and 3.1.3(a) of the App Store Guidelines, which all focus on acceptable purchase methods. Rules that ban apps from including “buttons, external links, or other calls to action that direct customers to purchasing mechanisms other than in-app purchase” now include an exemption for apps hosted by the US storefront.On Wednesday, judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers emphatically ruled that Apple cannot restrict app developers from including links or buttons for external purchases, interfere with app users’ choice to go to third-party sites, or impose “any commission or any fee on purchases that consumers…
غزة- مع استمرار العدوان الإسرائيلي على قطاع غزة، يزداد القطاع التعليمي تدهورا، حيث أُغلقت المدارس، وتوقف التعليم التقليدي، ويواجه الأطفال تحديات هائلة في متابعة دراستهم بسبب انقطاع الإنترنت، وقلة الموارد. وتكشف شهادات الأطفال وأولياء أمورهم عن تراجع كبير في مستويات التعليم، وغياب الفرص التي كانت متاحة في السابق، وفي ظل الظروف الصعبة يبرز قلق الأهالي من تفشي الأمية ومن تأثير الحرب على الأجيال القادمة. وحين بدأت إسرائيل حربها على القطاع، لم يكن قد مضى على العام الدراسي سوى شهر فقط، قبل أن تُغلق المدارس مجددا، وحتى الآن. ورغم تخصيص وزارة التربية والتعليم الفلسطينية منصات إلكترونية لاستئناف التعليم، فإن ظروف الحرب…
DETROIT — Over the course of five games — and even over the course of a hectic Game 6, in which they made a pair of double-digit comebacks to give themselves a chance — the Detroit Pistons repeatedly made believers out of their fans inside of sold-out Little Caesars Arena.With 20 seconds to go Thursday night, and the score tied at 113, the crowd of 20,062 had ample reason to think Detroit could pull it off, even as New York Knicks All-NBA guard and Clutch Player of the Year Jalen Brunson possessed the ball on the other side.The Knicks were…
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.TikTok has been handed a €530mn fine for sending users’ data to China, in a ruling the social media group said would have negative ramifications for “any company in Europe with global operations”.Ireland’s Data Protection Commission issued the financial penalty on Friday, saying TikTok had infringed EU data protection regulations over the transfer of personal information to China, as well as a failure of other transparency requirements. The Irish watchdog, responsible for the matter as TikTok’s European base is in Dublin, has…