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GENEVA (AP) – Russia will not be able to use its name, flag and anthem in the next two Olympics or any World Championships on Thursday following a ruling by the Arbitration for Arbitration Court. A Lusna-based court has halved a four-year ban proposed by the World Anti-Doping Agency last …

Shares rose on Thursday after another surprise surge in early job claims, boosting confidence on Wall Street that congressional leaders would soon agree to a coronavirus aid package. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 101 points, or 0.33%, to 30,255, the S&P 500 rose 0.36% and the Nasdaq rose 0.48%. …

Canadian winters can be difficult for deer, as temperatures plummet and food becomes scarce. But a whitetail buck carrot living in Northern Ontario faces one more challenge: an arrow tilted from its head. “It’s really hard to see,” said Carver, a wildlife photographer from Canora, who named the young animal. …

The company also improved its launch vehicle recovery recovery methods during the year. In July, the SpaceX crew managed to snatch both parts of the nasal cone from mid-air with the help of a large net set above the recovery ship – a technique similar to what was recently demonstrated …

A 9-year-old girl in the UK who died after an asthma attack is believed to be the first person in the world to be listed as the cause of death due to air pollution. Exposure to “excessive air pollution” played a “significant” role in the 2013 death of Ella Kisi-Debra, …