Kate O'Connor said her late grandmother "would have been jumping for joy" as the Ireland athlete won gold in the heptathlon at the European Championships in Birmingham.
The Newry-born 25-year-old entered the final event, the 800m, with a 51-point lead on nearest challenger Emma Oosterwegel of the Netherlands.
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An Iranian embassy pushed the social media conspiracy that White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt resigned from her job this week because President Donald Trump left her on the plane he evacuated in Turkey to evade an alleged threat from Iran—but it’s unlikely she was actually on the so-called decoy flight.
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On an August 13 episode of the Happy Sad Confused podcast, actor Matthew McConaughey spoke about almost playing Joel in HBO's The Last of Us TV series, and why he ultimately turned down the role.
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This was a pre-season finale to forget for Manchester United.
Just a week away from their Premier League opener at promoted Hull City on Saturday, Michael Carrick's men took the lead twice against AC Milan before finishing on the wrong end of a 4-2 beating.
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August 15, 2026
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Makhachev will defend his welterweight title against Machado Garry at UFC 330 on Aug. 15. Thanks to the UFC-Paramount deal, the event will air exclusively on Paramount+, and while the service doesn’t offer a free trial of its own, DirecTV’s Signature packages (Entertainment, Choice and Ultimate) include three months of Paramount+ at no extra cost and offer a five-day free trial. Alternatively, the streamer’s most comprehensive Signature package, Premier, includes unlimited Paramount+ access (and has the same five-day trial).
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Anthropic published a blog post Friday seeking to answer some basic questions about how it will watermark the text generated by its chatbot Claude. Such as: How will the watermarking actually work? Can it be hidden with editing? And how does this affect code?
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: Aug 15, 2026 6:28pm UTC
X-Men director Jake Schreier has teased some of the comic book inspirations for his new MCU reboot, saying that he's already talked to Marvel Studios about finding the "things that haven't recently been done well" in the movies.
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‏Saudi Energy and Expo 2030 Riyadh
RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA / ACCESS Newswire / August 15, 2026 / Saudi Energy and Expo 2030 Riyadh have announced the signing of an agreement to carry out works to provide electrical power supply to the Expo 2030 Riyadh site. This key step reflects the ongoing efforts across the project as it moves into the development phase and advances steadily toward delivering an exceptional and unprecedented World Expo.
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Depreciation is a curse that affects almost every car on the road. According to Kelley Blue Book, an average new car will shed around 30% of its value within the first two years alone, and then a considerable chunk more each year thereafter. As the years progress, many cars eventually become financially unviable to repair and maintain, and so they get parted out or simply scrapped. Those that do survive the banger years can wind up becoming classics. In some cases, their depreciation curve can reverse, and their prices can slowly begin to climb once again as buyers look to enjoy a touch of nostalgia. Because of this, many once undesirable cars from the 1970s are now worth a small fortune. But interestingly, for some '70s cars, the exact opposite is the case; despite being worth a fortune when they were new, they remain heavily depreciated today, and therefore might make for tempting bargains in 2026.
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