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    Shilese Jones teases comeback trail

    Italian head coach on expectations at World Championships

    A year after a historic silver medal win at the Olympic Games Paris 2024, the Italian squad that enters the 2025 World Gymnastics Championships in Jakarta could have a few surprises, says head coach Enrico Casella.

    “Let’s say that this World Championships is a bit particular, because in the year after the Olympics there’s no team event. It’s actually a championship that’s more individual than anything else,” explained Casella in a short interview posted on The Gymspecialist Instagram. “Some gymnasts need to rest a bit because they’ve been heavily involved between the Olympics and now the Europeans, so we’ll see.”

    Team Italy, says the coach, has a large pool of candidate gymnasts to choose from and their objectives in Indonesia stretch beyond topping the medal count.

    “Our goals will be different than simply getting results,” Casella says.

    That could mean resting stars like Olympic balance beam champion Alice D’Amato and reigning European all-around winner Manila Esposito, a favourite to land on the all-around podium at the global event.

    “For example, Manila has really carried a heavy load, so if she’s not in perfect condition, she could give up her spot,” the coach said.

    That would allow a new crop of Italians, including Giulia Perotti and Sofia Tonelli, members of the gold medal-winning European Championships team, to take the spotlight.

    The World Gymnastics Championships run from 19–25 October.


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  • HSBC downgrades Cisco, says further gains will be harder to come by

    HSBC downgrades Cisco, says further gains will be harder to come by

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  • Singapore shipowner protests $1 billion fine

    Singapore shipowner protests $1 billion fine





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  • Flash floods triggered by torrential rains kill over 200 people in India and Pakistan

    Flash floods triggered by torrential rains kill over 200 people in India and Pakistan

    CHOSITI, India — Flash floods triggered by torrential rains have killed over 200 people and left scores others missing in India and Pakistan over the past 24 hours, officials said Friday, as rescuers brought to safety some 1,600 people from two mountainous districts in the neighboring countries.

    Sudden, intense downpours over small areas known as cloudbursts are increasingly common in India’s Himalayan regions and Pakistan’s northern areas, which are prone to flash floods and landslides. Cloudbursts have the potential to wreak havoc by causing intense flooding and landslides, impacting thousands of people in the mountainous regions.

    Experts say cloudbursts have increased in recent years partly because of climate change, while damage from the storms also has increased because of unplanned development in mountain regions.

    In India-controlled Kashmir, rescuers searched for missing people in the remote Himalayan village of Chositi on Friday after flash floods a day earlier left at least 60 people dead and at least 80 missing, officials said.

    Officials halted rescue operations overnight but rescued at least 300 people Thursday after a powerful cloudburst triggered floods and landslides. Officials said many missing people were believed to have been washed away.

    Harvinder Singh, a local resident, joined the rescue efforts immediately after the disaster and helped retrieving 33 bodies from under mud, he said.

    At least 50 seriously injured people were treated in local hospitals, many of them rescued from a stream filled with mud and debris. Disaster management official Mohammed Irshad said the number of missing people could increase.

    Weather officials forecast more heavy rains and floods in the area.

    Chositi, in Kashmir’s Kishtwar district, is the last village accessible to motor vehicles on the route of an ongoing annual Hindu pilgrimage to a mountainous shrine at an altitude of 3,000 meters (9,500 feet.)

    Officials said the pilgrimage, which began July 25 and was scheduled to end on Sept. 5, was suspended.

    The devastating floods swept away the main community kitchen set up for the pilgrims, as well as dozens of vehicles and motorbikes. More than 200 pilgrims were in the kitchen at the time of the flood, which also damaged or washed away many of the homes clustered together in the foothills, officials said.

    Sneha, who gave only one name, said her husband and a daughter were swept away as floodwater gushed down the mountain. The two were having meals at the community kitchen while she and her son were nearby. The family had come for pilgrimage, she said.

    Photos and videos on social media show extensive damage with household goods strewn next to damaged vehicles and homes in the village. Authorities made makeshift bridges Friday to help stranded pilgrims cross a muddy water channel and used dozens of earthmovers to shift boulders, uprooted trees and electricity poles and other debris.

    Kishtwar district is home to multiple hydroelectric power projects, which experts have long warned pose a threat to the region’s fragile ecosystem.

    In northern and northwestern Pakistan, flash floods killed at least 164 people in the past 24 hours, including 78 people who died in the flood-hit Buner district in northwest Pakistan on Friday.

    Dozens were injured as the deluge destroyed homes in villages in Buner, where authorities declared a state of emergency Friday. Ambulances have transported 56 bodies to local hospitals, according to a government statement.

    Rescuers evacuated 1,300 stranded tourists from a mountainous Mansehra district hit by landslides on Thursday. At least 35 people were reported missing in these areas, according to local officials.

    Rescuers backed by boats and helicopters worked to reach stranded residents. Dozens of villages were still missing and the death toll is likely to rise, Kashif Qayyum said.

    More than 477 people, mostly women and children, have died in rain-related incidents across the country since June 26, according to National Disaster Management Authority.

    Deaths were reported from different parts of Pakistan on Thursday. Bilal Faizi, a provincial emergency service spokesman in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, said rescuers worked for hours to save 1,300 tourists after they were trapped by flash flooding and landslides in the Siran Valley in Mansehra district on Thursday.

    The Gilgit-Baltistan region has been hit by multiple floods since July, triggering landslides along the Karakoram Highway, a key trade and travel route linking Pakistan and China that is used by tourists to travel to the scenic north. The region is home to scenic glaciers that provide 75% of Pakistan’s stored water supply.

    Pakistan’s disaster management agency has issued fresh alerts for glacial lake outburst flooding in the north, warning travelers to avoid affected areas.

    A study released this week by World Weather Attribution, a network of international scientists, found rainfall in Pakistan from June 24 to July 23 was 10% to 15% heavier because of global warming. In 2022, the country’s worst monsoon season on record killed more than 1,700 people and caused an estimated $40 billion in damage.

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    Khan reported from Peshawar, Pakistan. Contributors from Pakistan include Anwarullah Khan in Bajur, Abdul Rehman in Gilgit, Rasool Dawar in Peshawar and Ishfaq Hussain in Muzaffarabad.

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  • Struggling former Real Madrid striker and son of Chelsea favourite considering leaving Gent for Preston or Utrecht

    Struggling former Real Madrid striker and son of Chelsea favourite considering leaving Gent for Preston or Utrecht

    Sacha Tavolieri is reporting that Gent forward Andri Gudjohnsen looks set to leave the club this summer. The Icelandic forward joined last season for a reasonable fee, but struggled to be successful with the Buffaloes. Now, it appears that there are two options for the son of former Chelsea favourite Eider Gudjohnsen. One would see the forward move to England to join Preston in the EFL Championship, while the other would see the player cross the border to the Eredivisie to join Utrecht.

    The 23-year-old Gudjohnsen joined Gent from Danish side Lyngby, where he had scored an impressive 15 goals in 33 games. Gudjohnsen spent time as a youngster in the Real Madrid academy. In 2022 he left Spain for Sweden to play for IFK Norrkoping. Yet the striker failed to take off in the Allsvenskan, scoring just one goal in 33 games.

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    For Gent, Gudjohnsen struggled to nail down a starting spot. Despite this the 23-year-old played 46 games across all competitions, scoring five goals. Perhaps a change of scenery, either in England with Preston or the Netherlands, will be enough for Gudjohnsen to rediscover his Danish form.

    GBeNeFN | Ben Jackson


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  • Federer, Djokovic, Murray, Nadal & now… Sinner – ATP Tour

    1. Federer, Djokovic, Murray, Nadal & now… Sinner  ATP Tour
    2. Sinner swamps Auger-Aliassime in Cincinnati  The Express Tribune
    3. Top analyst highlights Jannik Sinner’s movements on hard courts  Tennis World USA
    4. Sinner joins Djokovic, Federer, Nadal and Murray in exclusive milestone during Cincinnati Open  Bolavip
    5. In Photos: From Roger Federer To Jannik Sinner – Hardcourt Legends With Most Consecutive Wins  Times Now

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  • Gold price today, Friday, August 15, 2025: Gold moderates after higher wholesale inflation report – Yahoo Finance

    1. Gold price today, Friday, August 15, 2025: Gold moderates after higher wholesale inflation report  Yahoo Finance
    2. Gold prices edge higher, but set for weekly drop ahead of Alaska meeting  Investing.com
    3. Gold Analysis 14/08: Trading Attracts Buyers (Chart)  DailyForex
    4. Gold struggles near two-week lows ahead of Trump-Putin summit  FXStreet
    5. Gold set for weekly drop as US data dims large Fed rate cut hopes  Business Recorder

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  • Dubai gains on strong corporate earnings; oil drags Abu Dhabi – Reuters

    1. Dubai gains on strong corporate earnings; oil drags Abu Dhabi  Reuters
    2. UAE markets mixed as investors remain cautious  London Business News
    3. Mideast Stocks: Most Gulf shares rise on Fed rate cut hopes; corporate earnings mixed  ZAWYA
    4. Dubai stocks rise as Abu Dhabi slips  Daily Times
    5. Most Gulf bourses edge higher as stronger oil prices offset mixed earnings  TradingView

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  • Building a Clinical Trial Framework to Study GLP-1 RAs in Stroke-Related Conditions: Dennis Rivet, MD

    Building a Clinical Trial Framework to Study GLP-1 RAs in Stroke-Related Conditions: Dennis Rivet, MD

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    “A retrospective database paper is one thing—it’s a signal. But many patients already have on-label indications for GLP-1s, so practice may shift even before a trial is done.”

    Earlier this summer, a published retrospective cohort study provided the first glimpse of the potential for glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) as a potential novel approach to improve outcomes in patients with idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH). IHH, characterized by elevated intracranial pressure without an identifiable cause, is not fully understood mechanistically, and is considered strongly linked to obesity, present in about 90% of cases. Although the exact mechanism linking obesity to IIH remains unknown, weight loss is beneficial, and thus, the idea behind using GLP-1 RAs, remains promising.

    Led by Dennis Rivet, MD, the trial included 44,373 patients with IIH identified through the TriNetX US Collaborative Network, 603 who were on GLP-1 RAs and 43,770 who were managed with conventional treatments, such as acetazolamide, topiramate, and dietary counseling. After matching, 555 GLP-1 RAs users were compared with 555 nonusers. Overall, GLP-1 RA use was association with lower medication use (RR, 0.53; 95% CI, 0.46-0.61; P <.001), and reduced headaches RR, 0.45; 95% CI, 0.35-0.58; P < .001), visual disturbances or blindness (RR, 0.60; 95% CI, 0.41-0.88; P = .007), and papilledema (RR, 0.19; 95% CI, 0.10-0.34; P < .001). Notably, Procedures (RR, 0.44; 95% CI, 0.30-0.63; P < .001) and mortality (RR, 0.36; 95% CI, 0.18-0.73; P = .003) were lower in the GLP-1 RA group but mean body mass index did not differ at follow-up (40.6 [9.2] vs 39.5 [8.7]; P = .10).

    Rivet, who serves as the Harold I. Nemuth Chair in Neurological Disorders at Virginia Commonwealth University, believes there is a need for more controlled, nonretrospective studies to further understand the potential of GLP-1s to treat stroke-related conditions like IIH. While acknowledging the limitations of his trinetX database study, Rivet notes that many patients with this condition already qualify for GLP-1 therapy due to obesity, diabetes, or other comorbidities—meaning clinical adoption may accelerate even without a formal trial. Above all, he emphasized their potential to improve not only intracranial pressure symptoms but also the broader metabolic and cardiovascular health of these patients.

    REFERENCE
    1. Sioutas GS, Mualem W, Reavey-Cantwell J, et al. GLP-1 receptor agonists in idiopathic intracranial hypertension. JAMA Neurol. Published online July 14, 2025. doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2025.2020

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  • Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie’s ‘horrid time’ after dad’s bombshells | Royal | News

    Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie’s ‘horrid time’ after dad’s bombshells | Royal | News

    Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie are faced with a “horrid time” as they try to “keep their distance” from their father, Prince Andrew, as much as they can amid the latest bombshell about him in a new explosive book that was released this week, it has been claimed. Entitled: The Rise And Fall Of The House Of York by Andrew Lownie hit the shelves on Thursday, bringing various shocking claims about the York family into the spotlight.

    Some of the allegations against the Yorks include their handling of their finances, the Duke’s sex life and sexual preferences, his alleged behaviour towards staff and his relationship with other members of the Royal Family. Buckingham Palace has not commented on any of the claims shared online after parts of the book were serialised, as the Duke is no longer a working member of the Royal Family.

    Andrew’s team has also declined to comment.

    Now, a source close to the family said the princesses are “utterly mortified” about the bombshell book as they try to get on with their lives.

    They told the Daily Mail: “They’re keeping a distance from [their] dad. The extent to how much the relationship can recover will depend on what further revelations, if any, emerge.”

    Meanwhile, royal expert and biographer of Sarah Ferguson, Prince Andrew’s ex-wife, Ingrid Seward, explained how the princesses will likely find this period very hard.

    She said: “They [Beatrice and Eugenie] will both be finding this very difficult – it’s a horrid time.

    “But I’m not surprised they haven’t come out and said anything in his defence. For his girls to show their solidarity publicly wouldn’t benefit them in any way.”

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