This summer, 48 men's national teams will compete in the World Cup's biggest tournament ever. Here are a few of the basics to get you started. (Image credit: Patrick T. Fallon)
This summer, 48 men's national teams will compete in the World Cup's biggest tournament ever. Here are a few of the basics to get you started. (Image credit: Patrick T. Fallon)
Gates will sit for a closed-door interview before the House Oversight Committee about his relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. (Image credit: Stefan Jerrevang)
Gates will sit for a closed-door interview before the House Oversight Committee about his relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. (Image credit: Stefan Jerrevang)
The main San Francisco court was one of the busiest in the country, hearing thousands of cases a year. It was also one of the courts most likely to grant an immigrants' asylum application. (Image credit: Brian L. Frank for NPR)
The main San Francisco court was one of the busiest in the country, hearing thousands of cases a year. It was also one of the courts most likely to grant an immigrants' asylum application. (Image credit: Brian L. Frank for NPR)
Health Team To Monitor Wastewater, Social Media At World Cup For Outbreak Detection Authored by Kimberley Hayek via The Epoch Times, Public health specialists have launched a dedicated surveillance operation to detect infectious disease threats early during the 2026 World Cup by analyzing wastewater samples and monitoring online chatter. The 39-day tournament begins on Thursday in Mexico. Organize...
Health Team To Monitor Wastewater, Social Media At World Cup For Outbreak Detection Authored by Kimberley Hayek via The Epoch Times, Public health specialists have launched a dedicated surveillance operation to detect infectious disease threats early during the 2026 World Cup by analyzing wastewater samples and monitoring online chatter. The 39-day tournament begins on Thursday in Mexico. Organizers estimate more than 6.5 million soccer fans from more than 100 countries will attend 104 matches spread across venues throughout the United States, Canada, and Mexico . The global travel of a worldwide audience to packed stadiums across North America creates conditions for the rapid transmission of pathogens, according to health security experts. The United States will host 78 of the 104 matches. A team led by Rebecca Katz, director of Georgetown University’s Center for Global Health Science and Security in Washington, has transformed a university laboratory into an epidemiological command center. The facility pools resources from academic institutions, nonprofit groups, and private companies to support government agencies. The group already publishes daily status reports that flag emerging risks for hospital emergency managers and public health authorities at local, state, federal, and international levels, as well as for FIFA, soccer’s governing body. In advanced wastewater analysis, researchers use DNA and RNA sequencing to identify genetic strands from microbes in sewage, without first requiring the growing of cultures in a laboratory setting. “It’s incredibly powerful,” Katz said. Collection sites in the United States and Canada, together with additional monitoring across the three host countries, already supply data to the team, with the potential to catch an outbreak in its early stages, giving clinicians time to watch for specific symptoms that might otherwise go unrecognized and allowing public health officials to issue timely precautions. The operation also inco...
VladimirKhodataev/iStock via Getty Images Introduction I have been invested in and reporting on the memory chip sector via Micron ( MU ) no longer the ugly duckling , and Sandisk ( SNDK ) moving up the value chain, since mid-2025. As part of the analysis, I compare growth and valuation metrics vs. other memory players, and Seagate ( STX ) consistently pops up as the most expensive. At first, I tho...
VladimirKhodataev/iStock via Getty Images Introduction I have been invested in and reporting on the memory chip sector via Micron ( MU ) no longer the ugly duckling , and Sandisk ( SNDK ) moving up the value chain, since mid-2025. As part of the analysis, I compare growth and valuation metrics vs. other memory players, and Seagate ( STX ) consistently pops up as the most expensive. At first, I thought it was due to overenthusiasm for everything memory; while hard disk drives are significantly different from DRAM and NAND memory semiconductors, both have had similar cyclicity and drivers. Thus, I dove deeper into the fundamentals and investment case, and the initial outlook seems correct, and I rate STX a sell. HHD Market The hard disk drive market is substantially smaller than NAND and DRAM in terms of value, while total storage, measured in exabytes, is the reverse. The key difference is the speed at which HDD functions; unlike DRAM and NAND, which are semiconductor-based and very fast, the hard disk is an electromagnetic process, and while storage capacity is huge, it's very slow and cannot be used in AI training or agentic processing. Nonetheless, demand for storage will grow, and HDD has a similar growth outlook. The manufacturing process is also complex and as delicate as semiconductors, albeit with lower equipment costs. It's become concentrated with only three players, including Western Digital ( WDC ) (40%), Seagate (40%), and Toshiba (20%). Created by author with data from STX and Bloomberg Created by author with data from STX and Bloomberg Operating Model The data and forecast below are based on consensus estimates. As can be seen, unlike the high price growth per unit seen at MU and SNDK, STX is more of a volume growth story. However, this is based on storage density per hard disk via the HAMR technology , which WDC is also developing. Thus, capacity is increasing without significant capex until 2028, and increased fixed cost. The volume growth is highly ...
Hong Kong authorities have proposed doubling the size of a planned digital technology hub in Lau Fau Shan under the city’s Northern Metropolis megaproject, while landmark buildings would be permitted to reach up to about 250 metres (820 feet) in height under the initiative. The amended proposal, which will be discussed by the Yuen Long District Council’s town planning and development committee on ...
Hong Kong authorities have proposed doubling the size of a planned digital technology hub in Lau Fau Shan under the city’s Northern Metropolis megaproject, while landmark buildings would be permitted to reach up to about 250 metres (820 feet) in height under the initiative. The amended proposal, which will be discussed by the Yuen Long District Council’s town planning and development committee on Thursday, seeks to expand the digital technology hub from 15 to 30 hectares (6.07 to 12.14 acres),...
Roy Keane clears the air with Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes after he misquoted the Portuguese - which led to Fernandes accusing him of lying.
Roy Keane clears the air with Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes after he misquoted the Portuguese - which led to Fernandes accusing him of lying.