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IN an action-packed weekend of athletics, Jamie Hyland St Laurence O’Toole AC smashed the national u17 pole vault record with a stunning performance of 4.40m. He was just one of a string of excellent performances by Carlow athletes on the day that led to a national record, three gold medals, one silver and one bronze. A day later St Laurence …

Paris Olympics, Night 4: Daniel Wiffen Makes More History for Ireland with 800 Free Gold As of Monday afternoon, only one Irish swimmer had ever won an Olympic medal, and under controversial circumstances. Two nights later, that club of Irish Olympic medalists has tripled, with a golden tint — the boy born on Bastille Day, in Paris, swimming up a …

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks during the Microsoft Build conference at Seattle Convention Center Summit Building in Seattle, Washington, on May 21, 2024. Jason Redmond | Afp | Getty ImagesMicrosoft shares fell as much as 7% in extended trading on Tuesday as investors looked past better-than-expected earnings and revenue and focused instead on disappointing cloud results. But executives provided a dose …

NANTERRE, France (AP) — Not so long ago at her Ontario elementary school, Summer McIntosh and her peers would practice singing the Canadian national anthem in both English and French. They would break it down into thirds. So when she stepped onto the medal stand at the Paris Olympics on Monday night after winning the 400-meter individual medley and “Oh …

With the Olympics men’s competition beginning later in the week, there has been some debate over where winning the gold medal would rank compared to a Major.One element working against Olympics golf is its lack of history compared to the Majors, with it only returning to the Games in 2016 after a hiatus of 112 years. However, one player who …

Cyberattacks are among the most severe financial, reputational, and operational risks companies face, which is why they’re investing in cybersecurity like never before. While this is an encouraging development, company leaders must ensure that these investments are being put to the best possible use. There are many ways companies can build up their cyber defenses, which is why CISOs and …

An Islamabad district and sessions court on Tuesday sent PTI spokesperson Raoof Hasan and nine others on 14 days’ judicial remand in a case on the party’s alleged “anti-state digital campaigns”. Hasan was arrested last week during a raid conducted by the Islamabad police and the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on the party’s Central Office in a case under the …

An international police investigation involving the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command (CTC) working with law enforcement from North America has led to the jailing of the radical preacher Anjem Choudary for directing a banned terrorist group. The joint-Met Police and MI5 investigation into Choudary was assisted by the New York Police Department (NYPD) and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). After …

Scientists have long queried how the complex molecules needed for life could have formed around the tumultuous and violent environment of the sun in its youth. A family of meteorites called “chondrites” is theorized to have delivered the right stuff for life to Earth. But the question is, how did complex organic molecules containing elements like carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen come …