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The UK has signed a 1.9 billion deal with Poland to provide the eastern European nation with a British-designed air defence system.Some 22 Polish air defence batteries will be equipped with Common Anti-Air Modular Missiles (CAMMs) and launchers as part of the arrangement.Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said the agreement is the largest ever British defence export deal with the country.

Nationals Manager Dave Martinez and General Manager Mike Rizzo say their team should win more games in 2023.(John McDonnell/The Washington Post) WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - It's both painful to remember and instructive about what to expect from the 2023 Washington Nationals: Last year, the Nats lost 107 games.

Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey has warned businesses that raising prices to beat inflation will force further rises in interest rates.He urged companies to think twice before putting up prices, a day after the Bank's Monetary Policy Committee hiked interest rates to a 14-year high of 4.25 per cent.

This is a weekly series I write as a reflection on my week.This is the week 6.😊
This week quote comes from the book " Decisive: How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work "

"When people have the opportunity to collect information from the world, they are more likely to select information that supports their preexisting attitudes, beliefs, and actions."

A bill that would raise the retirement age in France from 62 to 64 moved a step forward with the senate's adoption of the measure amid strikes, protests and uncollected rubbish piling high.rench Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne tweeted late on Saturday after the 195-112 vote that she looks forward to the bill's definitive passage, hailing a "decisive step toward a reform that will assure the future of our retirement" system.

What a complex season this has been for the Winnipeg Jets.Before the team even stepped on the ice, it was making headlines.Head coach Rick Bowness stepped in for his first season with the team, and forward Blake Wheeler was stripped of his captaincy in favor of a cast of alternate captains.Despite that seeming like a bit of a mess back in October, the Jets came out with a purpose when the regular season began.

Captain Andy Robertson has demanded Scotland maintain their stunning start to the Euro 2024 campaign, warning that "six points doesn't qualify you".Scott McTominay's double stunned Spain at Hampden, and Scotland now sit top of their group with two wins from two after their opening win over Cyprus.

In his first game back from injury, Robert Williams III calmed Boston Celtics fans by having a net positive outing in the final game of Boston's six-game road trip.For the first time since March 3 in a stunning loss to the Nets, the former Texas A&M center Williams is back on the floor for the Boston Celtics.

You would be forgiven for admitting that you haven't thought about the Royals much lately.After nearly 30 years of no playoff baseball, Kansas City finally made it back in 2014 and won the World Series the following year.However, they fell back to .500 the next year and haven't cracked that mark again in the years since.

Man United could make yet another attempt to sign Denzel Dumfries this summer.There remains a real possibility that Manchester United will bring in a new right-back during this window.Aaron Wan-Bissaka continues to display inconsistency, while Erik ten Hag doesn't seem to fully buy into what the Englishman has to offer.

There's a reason Dallas Cowboys fans dread the start of free agency.While other fan bases celebrate statement signings made to help their team take a step forward next season, Cowboys Nation kicks its feet up and watches the madness unfold without much stress.It was much of the same as this year's free agency frenzy kicked off on Monday.

Beautiful Bali has been known to disrupt the plans of many a tourist thanks to its surprisingly terrible traffic, but the Island of Gods has thrown a giant spanner into the works of Indonesia's hosting of the men's Under-20 World Cup.On Wednesday Fifa announced that it was taking the tournament away with a statement that made painful reading for locals.

Sunday night's showdown against the Carolina Hurricanes will be one worth remembering for Boston Bruins star David Pastrnak.The talented 26-year-old winger became the sixth player in Bruins franchise history to reach the 50-goal mark with his first-period tally and later added a power-play goal in the second frame.

The Los Angeles Kings haven't made the playoffs in consecutive seasons since they were winning Cups in the early 2010s.They are virtually guaranteed to make it this year, after ending a four-year drought last season.They haven't made it past the first round since they won the Cup in 2014 though, and with the way things are going now, losing in Round 1 would be a big disappointment.

Let's start with just saying it; Brian Cashman's not wrong.Winning the division and bowing out in the ALCS isn't a bad season, especially if you believe the bit about losing to the team that eventually wins it all.There is a certain element of randomness to the postseason - in the last ten years, the best team in the regular season has won the World Series just three times, and you're as likely to be bounced in the first round as one of the league's top seeds (2022 Dodgers, 2017 Cleveland) as you are to take the pennant.

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Stable Diffusion is currently getting all the glory for its impressive ability to generate entire - though perhaps not entirely original - images from text prompts.But its cocreator, a startup called Runway, has since split ways and gone on to release a new generative AI called Gen-1 that's capable of transforming videos into almost any visual style a user wants.

Generative AI is all the rage these days.Many useful applications of AI have started to pop up, from art creation to pretty much anything you can think of.There is one specific application that's going big, though.So big, in fact, that Big Tech companies have started to jump on it.We're talking, of course, about AI chats and searching.

T he Met officer who shot Chris Kaba dead was today facing potential criminal charges as the police watchdog announced it was referring the killing to the Crown Prosecution Service.The Independent Office for Police Conduct said it had decided to send a file of evidence to prosecutors on the basis of the findings of its months of investigation into the fatal shooting of Mr Kaba, a 24-year-old black Londoner, in the car he was driving in Streatham Hill in September last year.

The election of Scotland's first top political leader from an ethnic minority background has been hailed as a significant moment and a step forward in ensuring fair representation in a diverse society.Humza Yousaf will be the first person from an ethnic minority background to be the nation's first minister and the first Muslim to lead the country as well as the youngest ever first minister.

For a number of reasons, Anthony Davis has pieced together one of the best seasons of his career, at least when he's been healthy.Davis has embraced his role as a center and is flourishing in it, averaging a career high in rebounds on a career-best field goal percentage.His improvements this season, though, haven't been strictly statistical.

The AL West, despite being home to the reigning World Series champions, figures to be among the more competitive divisions in the sport in 2023.According to the Playoff Odds at Fangraphs, it is the only division with four teams that have a better than 10% chance to win the division title in the coming campaign.

Noah Syndergaard was knocked around by the top half of the Los Angeles Angels lineup and the Los Angeles Dodgers were unable to overcome an early deficit.Their 5-4 loss at Angel Stadium set the stage for a Freeway Series rubber match on Wednesday nigh to conclude Spring Training.Syndergaard was coming off somewhat of a rough showing at Camelback Ranch his last time out, but Dodgers manager Dave Roberts downplayed any concern.

For pretty much all of the players that spoke at this year's Braves Fest, the loss of Dansby Swanson in the clubhouse was fresh on their minds.The current offseason was the second in a row where Atlanta lost not only a key contributor on the field, but a very important one in the clubhouse as well.One of the biggest storylines heading into the spring will be who replaces Swanson on the field.

In the grand scheme of things, a race for the No. 8 seed in the Eastern Conference wouldn't rank very high on the best plots in the NBA right now.Still, it's what Toronto Raptors fans are left hanging on to with eight games left in the season.Both the Raps and the Atlanta Hawks in front of them have been lockstep - one step forward, one step back - since the All-Star Break, and one game still separates them in the standings.

Twenty one shots, eight on target, no goals and another defeat.The Blues had enough chances to win the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie - and win it comfortably - but poor finishing, great saves and the woodwork conspired against them.There has, understandably, been plenty of scrutiny focused on Graham Potter since he became Chelsea boss in September, but even his biggest critics must sympathise with him after this loss.