The once-a-year event spans the disciplines of mountain biking, with title chases in everything from downhill to cross country. Riders put it all on the line in pursuit of the coveted rainbow stripes, awarded only to the winners of each discipline. Of course, the riders who become champions use some of the industry’s top and top secret technology, some of which I spotted at the event. First, and probably most important, is SRAM’s original BlackBox rear derailleur and drivetrain fitted to XCO gold medalist Nino Schurter’s Scott Spark....

Ethiopian and Eritrean government forces have launched an offensive in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, targeting rebel forces. Getachew Reda, a spokesman for the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), said on Thursday that forces from both nations attacked the rebels in Adayabo in the north of the region. A humanitarian in the Shire said drivers coming from the area reported cross-border shelling on Wednesday. The conflict resumed last week after a five-month lull, with ground clashes and airstrikes over Tigray dashing hopes for a peaceful resolution to the nearly two-year war....

Sources at the scene told Al Jazeera that 15 people were killed in the mosque attack with many injured. A blast at a mosque in the western Afghan city of Herat has killed a high-profile Taliban cleric and more than a dozen civilians. The blast occurred at the Guzargah Mosque in Herat during the Friday noon prayer. “Mujib Rahman Ansari with some of his guards and civilians were killed on their way to the mosque,” Herat police spokesman Mahmoud Rasouli said....

Ein Drittel des Landes ist von Wasser bedeckt Die Vereinten Nationen sprechen von einer beispiellosen Klimakatastrophe in Pakistan. Ein Drittel des Landes war mit Wasser bedeckt, mindestens 1191 Menschen kamen ums Leben, darunter 380 Kinder. Nach Angaben der Regierung werden die Überschwemmungen 33 Millionen Menschen direkt betreffen, etwa 15 Prozent der Bevölkerung. Nach Angaben der Weltgesundheitsorganisation (WHO) sind 6,4 Millionen Menschen dringend auf Hilfe angewiesen. Noch schlimmer ist die Situation in der Provinz Sindh im Süden des Landes, wo 50 Millionen Menschen leben....

In a statement they said: “After a challenging and dedicated battle against prostate cancer, Bill passed away peacefully at his home in Suffolk surrounded by his family on Wednesday 31 August. “Bill was diagnosed in 2017 and had excellent medical care from the Royal Marsden and Ipswich hospitals, St Elizabeth’s Hospice and his GP. He was resolutely positive and was greatly encouraged by the support he received from friends, colleagues and messages from people wishing him luck....

Jedenfalls ergab eine Umfrage der Regulierungsbehörde E-Control unter Österreichs Energieversorgern, dass andere Marktteilnehmer ihr Handeln angepasst hatten, um nicht in vergleichbare Probleme zu geraten. moh

Chief Constable Richard Lewis, the head of performance for the National Council of Chief Police Officers, said he and law enforcement leaders wanted to work with the new government. But in a commentary for the Guardian, Lewis said the “back to basics” rhetoric was not serving the public. Lewis said the effects of policing cuts made by Conservative governments were still being felt and called on ministers to stop describing the recruitment of 20,000 officers as an “uplift” as it replaced those lost since 2010....

According to the Ministry of Health in Tucuman – a small region in the northwest of the country about 800 miles from the capital, Buenos Aires – nine people in the same private clinic unit have contracted mysterious pneumonia. Authorities are concerned about the deadly outbreak because the usual suspects — including Covid, flu and hantavirus — have been ruled out. Five of the six affected, and two of those who have died so far, are also health care workers, suggesting that an infectious agent may be involved....

One of the largest crane companies in BC’s Southern Interior has gone out of business. Armstrong Crane & Rigging of the North Okanagan has sold its fleet and a spokesman says the owners of the family business are considering their future. Operations manager Greg Nachtegaele says last year’s tragic crane collapse in Kelowna was “a real turning point for us and the entire industry.” That incident claimed five lives when a Stemmer Construction crane collapsed during dismantling at a high-rise project in downtown Kelowna....

Since he was forced to resign, many members of the Conservative party have mourned his resignation and his supporters in the media have ignored the many tragedies of his premiership to hail him as a “great leader”. Here we recall (some of) the highlights of his time in Downing Street – and how an accumulation of mishaps and mistakes eventually led to his own party forcing him out. August 2019: obstructing parliament They say start as you want to go on....

“Someone took our dad, so I think we really want to know what happened,” his daughter Clea Gordaner said in a video released by Victoria Police on Wednesday. 3:04Watch: Jeremy Gordanner’s family wants answers on the anniversary of his death Watch: Jeremy Gordaner’s family wants answers on the anniversary of his death Gordaneer was visiting his mother in BC’s capital when he was found suffering from life-threatening injuries at her home in the Rockland neighborhood around 5 a....

Adding to the pressure on Boris Johnson’s successor as prime minister to tackle a worsening cost of living crisis, the Resolution Foundation thinktank said rising energy bills would cut household incomes by 10% and push an extra 3 million people into poverty. The thinktank said the outlook for living standards was “shocking” and “frightening”, noting that without enhanced government support, the fall in the income of the typical household would be twice that of the global financial crisis of the late 2000s and worse than the 8% drop that followed the oil price shock of the mid-1970s....

Narasimhan was most recently CEO of health and hygiene company Reckitt, which owns brands such as Lysol, Durex and Mucinex. He announced earlier Thursday that he was stepping down from that role. He will join Starbucks in October, learning about the company and its reinvention plan, before taking the top job in April. Until then, Howard Schultz will continue as interim CEO of the coffee chain that has grown into a global giant....

Mr Narasimhan, 55, has served as chief executive of UK-based infant formula maker Lysol and Enfamil Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC for the past three years. He announced on Thursday that he would step down from Reckitt on September 30, and the Wall Street Journal reported that he was in final negotiations to take a senior role at a US company.

All businesses are closed except supermarkets, pharmacies and hospitals. Restaurant meals have also been suspended, with only takeaways allowed. China is one of the last places in the world still enforcing strict zero-Covid measures, which rely on sweeping digital surveillance, mass testing, widespread quarantines and emergency lockdowns. The strategy has faced increasing challenges from the highly infectious Omicron variant, with large areas of the country subject to rolling lockdowns and daily testing....

title: “Ukraine War Briton Killed While Volunteering In Ukraine Sister Says Bbc Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-06” author: “Norma Walker”

FDP-Fraktionschef Christian Dürr spricht in Berlin. Quelle: Michael Kappeler/dpa/Dateibild „Die Nord-Stream-Pipelines waren von Anfang an ein geopolitisches Projekt des Kreml, das darauf abzielte, die Ukraine zu isolieren. Deshalb hat insbesondere der Bau der Pipeline Nord Stream 2 zu erheblicher Unzufriedenheit geführt und Deutschland diplomatisch isoliert“, heißt es in dem Beschluss, in dem auch der Ukraine weitere Unterstützung zugesichert wurde. Lesen Sie auch Russlands Aggression muss weiterhin konsequent mit Wirtschaftssanktionen begegnet werden....

As ex-Brexit Secretary David Frost is expected to take on union-related issues in a possible Liz Truss government, nine former ministers in governments in Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast have spoken about their disputes and frustrations with Westminster in their interviews at the Institute for Government. Michael Russell, Scotland’s former cabinet secretary for the constitution, Europe and foreign affairs, described how ministers in Wales and Northern Ireland used to complain about the intervention of a senior Tory minister who would be “charming in your face”....