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The Digital Shift: Redefining Insurance with Smarter Payments
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Germany suffers injury blow with head coach Alex Mumbru hospitalized ahead of EuroBasket 2025 opener
The German national basketball team suffered a big blow ahead of their EuroBasket opener vs. Montenegro. Per an official press release on Tuesday, head coach Alex Mumbru has been taken to the hospital after an 'acute' infection on Monday. He won't...

Chile, Saudi Arabia lift restrictions on Brazilian chicken meat
Chile and Saudi Arabia have lifted restrictions on Brazilian chicken meat, according to an announcement by the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock on Monday (Aug. 25). The countries had suspended imports following a case of avian influenza at a...

10 players to watch at EuroBasket 2025: Luka, Giannis, Jokić headline, France has intriguing non-Wemby trio
EuroBasket 2025 tipped off on Wednesday where 24 nations will compete to be crowned basketball champions of Europe. There will be a heavy dose of NBA players featured across the tournament, as 15 countries boast NBA talent heading into the...

The origins of the Serbian crisis – 2. Corruption in a country where trust has collapsed
By Biagio Carrano It is hard to feel part of a state that you perceive as corrupt – even more so when that perception worsens year after year. Since 2016, maybe not by chance when the Serbian economy began to grow at a relatively steady pace, the...

Minister responds to Temido: “Did not eliminate all user fees”
Ana Paula Martins, the Health Minister, responded on Monday in an interview with Jornal da Noite da SIC regarding the government’s controversial announcement to exempt populations affected by forest fires from healthcare fees, which have not been...

The Latest: US-bound evacuee flights depart Italy
MILAN — Aircraft carrying U.S. citizens and Afghan nationals evacuated from the chaos in Afghanistan have left Italy headed to Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. A joint statement from the Naval Air Station in Sigonella and the U.S. Embassy in Rome...

I took my two under-12s Interrailing to Albania – and it was a surprising hit
Featuring five trains, a ferry, a bus and plenty of gelato, this overland journey became a bonus holiday “Really? All those hours on trains on your own with the kids?” That’s most people’s response when I tell them I’m taking my boys, aged nine...
Ashtar, non-human interdimensional beings, and the West’s and America’s reign of evil
Ashtar, non-human interdimensional beings, and the West’s and America’s reign of evil By Linda Kimball August 26, 2025 In our time, many politicians, cultural and social leaders, intellectuals and modern theologians slavishly follow after whatever...

Albania seizes its moment in the sun
In southern Albania, practically swimming distance from the Greek island of Corfu, the city of Butrint has stood for thousands of years. Its crumbled remains are a history buff’s dream: an open-air theater from when the city was a Greek colony, a...

Predicting starting lineups for each Top 25 and 1 team
Summer workouts are over, rosters are nearly set and the battles for playing time will ramp up in earnest in short order with the college basketball season a mere 69 days away. My CBS Sports colleague Gary Parrish, aka the King of the Top 25 and...

EuroBasket 2025 preview: Six important questions as Nikola Jokić and Serbia enters as favorites
You, a discerning basketball fan, surely know that EuroBasket 2025 will tip off on Wednesday and that Nikola Jokić, Giannis Antetokounmpo and Luka Dončić are participating. You know that the tournament features 24 national teams, separated into...

Ranking the NBA's top 40 forwards, plus a Eurobasket EuroBasket
The Bounce Newsletter | This is The Athletic’s daily NBA newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Bounce directly in your inbox. There is no offseason when it comes to Anthony Edwards being Anthony Edwards. He is in China and met with Yao Ming....

A personal trainer says this is the best workout for building strength if you're over 60 and have limited mobility—all you need is a sturdy chair and a light resistance band
Strength training is a useful tool at any age, but it's particularly important as we get older. Sarcopenia, the natural decline of muscle mass and function, begins around age 35 and accelerates significantly at age 60, according to Harvard Health...

Effect of an Educational Intervention on Nurses’ Knowledge Regarding Use of Modified Early Warning Score in Recognition of Critical Illness
Background Timely recognition of clinical deterioration among patients remains a major obstacle in the management of critical illnesses in resource-limited settings.1,2 Critical illness is defined as “a state of ill health with vital organ...

15-year-old caught setting fire in a forest area of Ermesinde
Following the Council of Ministers, Luís Montenegro addressed the Portuguese people, announcing a package of 45 measures to support individuals and businesses affected by the fires, including the waiver of health co-pays (which have been...

Ancient laws and modern minds agree on what body parts matter most
The Bible’s lex talionis – “Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot” (Exodus 21:24-27) – has captured the human imagination for millennia. This idea of fairness has been a model for ensuring justice when bodily harm is...

Chile and Saudi Arabia resume Brazilian chicken imports
Tuesday, August 26th 2025 - 10:00 UTC So far, 41 countries have resumed purchases from the South American country following this year's detection in southern Brazil According to Brazil's Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, Chile and Saudi...

Petrovic's on-boarding can now begin
To subscribe, click here Sign up for our daily basketball newsletter here CHAMPAIGN — More than three months passed between Mihailo Petrovic committing to Illinois on April 22 and officially signing with the Illini on July 31. It was nearly...

13 NBA players to watch during 2025 EuroBasket
We're still a month away from even NBA media days before training camp, let alone real basketball. Which is why if you're looking for meaningful games at the end of summer, it's time to turn your gaze toward Europe. EuroBasket, the European...