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On one field, Alabama is playing the Bahamas, and a few steps away on another field, Japan is playing Northern California. “This sport brings everyone together, so it's so cool,” said Ethan Morgan Boyce, a player for Team Laguna California.”Baseball is a universal language,” said his father and head coach Jason Morgan Boyce. The sport will be played at the Cal Ripken Major 70 World Series in Branson, bringing together baseball players ages 12 and under from around the world. The Belgian players say it's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, while the Japanese coaches are calling it the “Disneyland of baseball.” “It…
Hong Kong's hopes of bettering their previous performance at the Women's U-20 World Lacrosse Championship have been put in jeopardy after a heavy defeat to Ireland.The hosts lost 20-5 on Sunday and need to beat world No. 5 Japan on Tuesday in their final Pool D match to have any chance of finishing in the top 12. Japan finished 12th in their only appearance in Canada in 2019.Ireland finished 19th in the last tournament but their match against Hong Kong comes after beating Japan just 17 hours after the home team was heavily defeated by England.Eloise Bolitho put Hong Kong…
Look out, Scottsboro. There's a new superhero in town, and he's got a knack for stealing the hearts and smiles of everyone who hears him.Little Ethan Hubbard, or “Super Ethan,” is a three-year-old boy who has already been through more than most people can imagine.His problems began three months ago with neck pain and fatigue. His parents, Thomas and Laura Hubbard, of Scottsboro, took him to numerous doctors who suspected everything from growing pains to meningitis.Last week, Ethan became very ill at school and again his parents had to take him to the emergency room.”They did some blood work that…
FISHERSVILLE, Va. (WHSV) – Augusta Health wants to help people at high risk for diabetes find the lifestyle changes they need to avoid the chronic disease.According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 11.6% of the US population has diabetes in 2021. Diabetes is a chronic disease that cannot be cured once developed. There are many different types of diabetes and how it develops varies, but type 2 diabetes has risk factors that are related to lifestyle choices and can be modified.”Prediabetes is just a warning sign that you're at risk for diabetes, so you want to reduce that…
Stay up to date with free updatesSimply sign up to the Artificial Intelligence myFT Digest and have it delivered straight to your inbox.In South Korea, plans to introduce digital textbooks equipped with artificial intelligence to schools have sparked a backlash from parents and academics who worry that children will be overexposed to digital devices and exposed to misinformation. Education Minister Lee Ju-ho said this week that AI-enabled tablets were the “cornerstone” of plans to overhaul South Korea's school system, with the technology due to be introduced into classes for eight-year-olds next year. But the proposal, which the South Korean government…
Stay up to date with free updatesSimply sign up to the myFT digest of UK Real Estate and have it delivered straight to your inbox.Britain's commercial property market is beginning to recover faster than its European peers after two years of a severe slump caused by high interest rates. Market data showed the number of transactions and property values in the UK increased in the first half of 2024. Germany and France, the second largest European markets after the UK, saw less activity and price increases were only modest during the period.Industry executives and estate agents said the UK was…
Stay up to date with free updatesSimply sign up to the Artificial Intelligence myFT Digest and have it delivered straight to your inbox.More than half of Fortune 500 companies see artificial intelligence as a potential risk to their business, according to a new survey of company filings, highlighting the emerging technology's potential for massive transformation of industries. According to research from Arise AI, a research platform that tracks public disclosures from large companies, 56% of Fortune 500 companies cited AI as a “risk factor” in their most recent annual reports, up from just 9% in 2022.In contrast, of the 108…
Get your free copy of Editor's DigestFT editor Roula Khalaf picks her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Companies around the world are still trying to figure out how to incorporate artificial intelligence into their business models. In some industries, such as music and manga, the AI boom has already posed a threat to business due to piracy issues. However, there is one sector that will clearly benefit from the AI boom: the gaming industry. AI has played a role in the gaming industry long before the recent craze: in early 2020, Sony's technology was already being used to create an…
Determined to stamp out the vibrant marketplace of ideas that characterizes American society, European governments have declared war on the First Amendment, a declaration backed by police chiefs, prosecutors, public figures and even journalists. Central to this effort is having X censor political speech that European officials deem objectionable. This follows recent riots in the UK and the posting of hateful comments about X. For these posts, UK prosecutors have won convictions against several individuals, and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has strongly supported these prosecutions. To be clear, the X posts that led to these convictions would not meet…
Welcome to “The Opening Pitch,” a column we'll be delivering to you daily throughout the 2024 baseball season.Opening Pitch's goal is to highlight our daily predictive edge on MLB moneylines and totals, share our favorite bets, and provide some betting notes and analysis.My predictions for all of Sunday's MLB games can be found in the Action App (both in the PRO Predictions tab and on the match pages) and in the Predictions Hub.You can also find the best lines on our MLB odds page.Here are my favorite bets for Sunday, August 18th.MLB Predictions Sunday, Expert Predictions, Odds, Today's Preview (August…