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Seven-time world champion Ronnie O’Sullivan said he was “nowhere near” his best level despite only needing 17 minutes to secure the one frame he required to move into the World Championship quarter-finals.O’Sullivan, 49, held a 12-4 advantage over China’s Pang Junxu after Sunday’s second session, and quickly wrapped up victory on Monday evening with a break of 95 after Pang scored the first 17 points of the frame.Fan favourite O’Sullivan has won 10-4 over Ali Carter and 13-4 against Pang in his first two competitive matches since snapping his cue and throwing it into a bin at the Championship League…

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A wine glass is not just a wine glass. It is form and function, status and culture, history and modernity, all in a single object. It’s a tool we use to consume something highly sought after, and at the same time, the tool itself is a subject of great inquiry, even obsession. Some people are really into wine, but others are every bit as much consumed by the glass it’s served in.There are dozens, perhaps even hundreds of wine glass manufacturers, large and small, heritage and upstart, producing glassware in nearly every corner of the world. There’s a deep history…

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أرسل إيد مارتن المدعي العام الأميركي المؤقت بواشنطن، الذي اختاره ترامب لهذا المنصب بشكل دائم، رسالة يوم الخميس الماضي إلى مؤسسة “ويكيميديا” (Wikimedia)، وهي الشركة الأم لموسوعة “ويكيبيديا” (Wikipedia)، اتهمها بمخالفة قانون الضرائب الأميركي الخاص بالجمعيات الخيرية، وفقا لموقع “ذا فري بريس”. واتهمت الرسالة أكبر موسوعة إلكترونية بأنها تسمح لجهات أجنبية بالتلاعب بالمعلومات ونشر الدعاية بين الجمهور الأميركي، وقال مارتن “إن غالبية مجلس إدارة مؤسسة ويكيميديا من الأجانب الذين يعملون على تقويض مصالح دافعي الضرائب الأميركيين”. واتهم المدعي العام المتحالف مع ترامب المؤسسة بالانخراط في أنشطة تمس الأمن القومي ومصالح الولايات المتحدة، وطالب في الرسالة -التي تتكون من 4 صفحات-…

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In 2022, the tournament fixture list changed so England and France were guaranteed to play each other in the final round.This differs to the men’s Six Nations, won by France in March, which has a different fixture schedule every year.The idea was to keep Grand Slam interest alive by holding back the likely title decider.Success has come, with final fixtures between Ireland, Scotland, Italy and Wales also adding interest as they battle for places and to avoid the Wooden Spoon.But the competitiveness of their games against the top two is a growing concern.France, the last team to beat England in…

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Satellite observations had shown alternating stripes of light-colored and dark-colored rock in this area. In late March, Perseverance excavated one of the light-colored formations and collected a sample. In the process it discovered the strange rock—which has been named “St. Paul’s Bay.”A photo of the St. Paul’s Bay rock, the darker object on the right of the image. This photo was taken by Perseverance on March 13, 2025, using Mastcam-Z. PHOTOGRAPH: NASA/JPL-CALTECH/ASUAccording to the Perseverance team, St. Paul’s Bay is a “float” rock—that is, a rock that should not exist at this location. But what created this rock formation on…

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تعد الطاقة التناضحية -أو ما تعرف بـ”الطاقة الزرقاء”- من أشكال الطاقة المتجددة الأقل شهرة، لكنها لديها إمكانات واعدة في مواجهة تحديات تغير المناخ. تنشأ هذه الطاقة من التدرج الطبيعي في الملوحة بين المياه العذبة والمالحة، حيث ينتقل الماء من منطقة ذات تركيز منخفض من المواد المذابة (المياه العذبة) إلى منطقة ذات تركيز أعلى (المياه المالحة) عبر غشاء شبه نافذ. وتولد هذه الظاهرة، التي تحدث عند التقاء الأنهار والمحيطات، حركة للأيونات والماء، مما ينتج عنه فرق في الضغط يمكن تحويله إلى كهرباء. تحديات التقنية ورغم أن فكرة الطاقة التناضحية ظهرت لأول مرة في السبعينات، فإن تطبيقها الفعلي ظل يواجه عديدا من…

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Gareth LewisPolitical editor, BBC Wales NewsJacob MorrisPolitical reporter, BBC Wales NewsReutersKen Owens retired from Welsh rugby last year.Former Wales rugby captain Ken Owens is considering standing for Labour at next year’s Senedd election, BBC Wales has been told.The 38-year-old is weighing up whether to run in the new Sir Gaerfyrddin constituency.Labour does not have a lead candidate there after the Llanelli Member of the Senedd (MS) Lee Waters and Mid and West Wales MS Joyce Watson announced their intention to stand down ahead of the election.Carmarthen-born Owens has been a public supporter of Labour, having appeared at a rally in…

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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.The European Court of Justice has ruled that Malta’s “golden passport” scheme violates EU law, in a decision set to force the island to scrap the commercialisation of EU citizenship.“A Member State cannot grant its nationality — and indeed European citizenship — in exchange for pre-determined payments or investments, as this essentially amounts to rendering the acquisition of nationality a mere commercial transaction,” the court said.The European Commission had referred Malta to the bloc’s top court in 2023 over its citizenship-for-investment scheme,…

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“Florida implemented a statewide shutdown on the very day of our event,” he said.Mitchell also struggled to get the right workers and equipment needed for the PPV. Flights weren’t available due to the pandemic, forcing Mill to produce the event from California using a cell phone group chat and “last-minute local crew,” per Mitchell. The ENG camera person was much shorter than Mitchell “and had to climb on whatever she could just to keep me in frame,” he recalled.Mitchell said Freedom Factory’s first PPV event had 75,000 concurrent viewers, which caused his website and those of the event sponsors to…

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اكتشف باحثون أن جزيئات الذهب النانوية -وهي جزيئات صغيرة جدا من الذهب، أرق آلاف المرات من شعرة الإنسان- يمكن أن تُساعد على استعادة الرؤية لدى الأشخاص المصابين بأمراض شبكية العين. وأجرى الدراسة باحثون من جامعة براون في ولاية رود آيلاند الأميركية، ونُشرت نتائجها في مجلة “إيه سي إس نانو” (ACS Nano) ، وكتب عنها موقع “يوريك أليرت”. وتم اختبار هذه التقنية على الفئران، وأظهرت نتائج الدراسة أن حقن جزيئات الذهب النانوية في الشبكية يمكن أن يُحفّز النظام البصري ويُعيد الرؤية للفئران المصابة بأمراض شبكية العين. وهذه التقنية قد تُمهد الطريق لتطوير نظارات طبية تساعد المرضى على استعادة الرؤية. وتُعد اضطرابات…

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