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Brian De Keersmaecker made one goal and scored another as Oxford upset the form book with a 3-1 Championship victory at high-riding Bristol City.The visitors took a 19th-minute lead when De Keersmaecker delivered a curling free-kick from the right and Nik Prelec timed his run perfectly to power a header past goalkeeper Radek Vitek from a central position just outside the six-yard box. It was 2-0 in first-half stoppage time as a hotly-disputed corner from the right was cleared into the path of Przemyslaw Placheta, whose sweetly-struck left-footed shot from 25 yards found the top corner.Anis Mehmeti matched Placheta’s effort…

In 1950, Martinique-born poet and politician Aime Cesaire published his famous Discourse on Colonialism, one of the founding documents of anti-colonial thought. Cesaire’s sharp indictment of the European colonial system not only mercilessly dissected its excessive brutality, dehumanisation and oppression, but also exposed European hypocrisy – which persists to this day – on being the bastion of civilisation from which the rest of the world must learn. His Discourse is thus anything but a historical document of a bygone era. Rather, his analysis enables us to understand Europe, from its colonial ambitions in the second half of the twentieth century,…

Many parents think kids develop strong social skills from memorizing phrases like “please” and “thank you.” But the real foundation is built much earlier, at home and through everyday interactions.I’ve studied over 200 parent-child relationships, and I’m a mother myself. I’ve found that kids learn to communicate and connect by watching how their parents behave. And being raised in an environment where emotional safety and authentic connection are modeled makes a world of difference.Here are nine things that parents who raise kids with exceptional social skills do early on.1. They talk openly about feelings and emotionsKids learn emotional vocabulary when parents…

Next week, the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly will convene in New York, bringing together world leaders and custodians of our shared humanity. As a former colleague who once stood among you in those halls, corridors and forums in pursuit of peace and a stable world order, I address you today with an urgent and heartfelt appeal. In Gaza, more than two million people are enduring a catastrophe that defies humanity: tens of thousands have been killed – most of them women and children – and hospitals, schools and shelters reduced to rubble. Meanwhile, food, medicine and…

For some brides and grooms, the prospect of writing and publicly reciting their wedding vows can be daunting.That’s where Katelyn Peterson comes in.Peterson, 37, is the founder and CEO of Wedding Words, a wedding vow and speech-writing business, and she’s passionate about helping “tongue-tied” couples express themselves.”I got into this business to help people put their heart into words,” Peterson says.Since founding Wedding Words eight years ago, Peterson has turned her writing talent into business bringing in six figures a year, and she’s written over 700 speeches for couples, bridal party members and parents.Peterson worked in sales for years before…

LONDON — The United Kingdom, Canada and Australia officially recognized Palestine as a state on Sunday, marking a significant shift in foreign policy and a step away from their alignment with the United States, with several other European nations and U.S. allies set to follow suit this week.”Today, to revive the hope of peace for the Palestinians and Israelis, and a two state solution, the United Kingdom formally recognizes the State of Palestine,” British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said in a statement.Canada had, moments before, become the first Group of 7 nation to recognize the state of Palestine, as Prime Minister Mark Carney…

Aston Villa broke their goalscoring duck but were pegged back by 10-man Sunderland in a fraught 1-1 draw at the Stadium of Light.The newly-promoted hosts, who played just under an hour a player down after reckless Reinildo saw red, defended stubbornly while offering more goal threat than out-of-sorts Villa, before a flash of inspiration from Matty Cash saw Villa ahead. The swerving strike fooled goalkeeper Robin Roefs, as Villa found the net for the first time in 427 minutes of Premier League football. But while the long-awaited breakthrough will offer some comfort to Unai Emery, the result will not. Please…

A much-changed Newcastle played out a third consecutive goalless away Premier League draw as high-flying Bournemouth were held at the Vitality Stadium.Newcastle, who made seven changes from the midweek Champions League defeat to Barcelona, kept the Cherries quiet but failed to threaten themselves with only one shot on target. The match in total produced just 15 shots and a combined xG of 0.69 – both of which are the lowest totals in a Premier League game so far this season. Player ratings: Bournemouth: Petrovic (6); Jimenez (6), Diakite (7), Senesi (7), Truffert (7); Adams (6), Scott (6); Semenyo (6), Tavernier…

(This is the Warren Buffett Watch newsletter, news and analysis on all things Warren Buffett. You can sign up here to receive it every Friday evening in your inbox.)Berkshire totally exits its profitable stake in Chinese EV makerBerkshire Hathaway has completely exited its extremely profitable equity investment in the Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD.In August 2022, Berkshire began to reduce the 225 million share position it had purchased in 2008 for $230 million.That followed a 41% jump in the value of the position during that year’s second quarter to $9 billion.By June of last year, Berkshire had sold almost 76% of its stake, bringing…

iPhone Air is the big newcomer among Apple’s latest lineup that went on sale Friday, but inside the slim phone’s raised plateau is another new piece of hardware that signals a renewed focus on artificial intelligence. Apple’s custom A19 Pro chip introduces a major architecture change, with neural accelerators added to each GPU core to increase compute power. Apple also debuted its first ever wireless chip for iPhone, the N1, and a second generation of its iPhone modem, the C1X. It’s a move analysts say gives Apple control of all the core chips in its phones.”That’s where the magic is. When…