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Wylie Aronow and Greg Solano, the co-founders of Yuga Labs, are to lead an education and arts initiative in their native city of Miami. The funding will expand arts and STEM education access in underserved communities.Yuga is staying true to its roots and giving back to the place where Bored Ape Yacht Club was founded by supporting Miami-based initiatives. Yuga co-founders Wylie Aronow and Greg Solano are proud Miami natives, as is Yuga Labs CEO Nicole Muniz. Growing up there allowed them to witness the community’s vivacious energy, diversity, and immense potential directly. As part of this dedication to their community,…

The decision by Opec+ to cut oil output from next month risks tipping the global economy into recession and higher crude prices will increase energy security risks worldwide, the International Energy Agency has warned.Last week’s move by the oil cartel, led by Saudi Arabia, and its allies, including Russia, to cut their production target by 2mn barrels a day has reverberated around the world. The US has accused Saudi Arabia of aligning with Russia to drive up oil prices at a time when much of the world is struggling to manage rising inflation.The Paris-based IEA, which advises members including the US,…

Market turmoil during the past year has boosted the performance of the Royal Mint as demand for gold coins and precious metals surged, pushing the UK’s oldest surviving manufacturer’s profits to a record high.The wholly state-owned company has supplied the country’s coins since the reign of King Alfred the Great more than 1,100 years ago. But in its modern form it has expanded into sales of precious metals, historic coins, jewellery and luxury collectibles.A record number of investors hedged their portfolios with physical precious metals such as gold and silver during the course of its latest financial year to the…

A Reddit user revealed in a recent post that as a young person in his mid-20s, he’s had a lot of trouble making new friends.He said he’d kept a “few golden friends” over the years — yet lately he’d been “working so much I hardly noticed that’s all I ever did.”He said that “recently, [while] going through a rough patch in life, I realized I really have no one … to turn to. I’m 25, and I have true friends back home,” he added — but “absolutely no one [else]. Isn’t that lonely?”GEN Z SAYS THIS EMOJI IS ‘PASSIVE-AGGRESSIVE’ —…

Brian Daboll has helped Daniel Jones elevate his game, and so, too, the expectations of him in commanding the Giants’ offense. Jones’ ability to meet those rising expectations will dictate that marriage’s looming inflection point. And it will all play out in the coming weeks. In his fourth season, Jones has proven he has the demeanor to handle the spotlight and off-field responsibilities that come with being a franchise quarterback. He’s proven to be a leader and is popular among his teammates, who have rallied around his all-business demeanor. He’s proven to be tough, battling through injuries on multiple occasions…

The US-Saudi scuffle has boosted oil prices. Oil is hovering around $95 a barrel, not far off where it was a decade ago. European oil stocks, however, are pricing in a whole different world. Back then, the Euro Stoxx oil and gas index traded at 10 times forward earnings. It is now at five times — at least in part because fossil fuels are widely perceived as on their way out of the energy mix. Oil companies read low valuations as a signal to reduce investments in all but the very best new oilfields. Indeed, their capital expenditure has fallen…

With two group stage matchday rounds remaining, we run through who has progressed to the last 16 and who needs what to join Napoli, Club Bruges, Bayern Munich, Real Madrid and Manchester City in the draw on November 7.The fourth round of UEFA Champions League group stage fixtures was completed this week, and it means that the last two rounds of group stage fixtures are a mere formality for those five clubs, but there are still 11 places up for grabs.Group ABallon d’OrBallon d’Or betting odds: Who is the favourite to win the award?4 HOURS AGOLiverpool moved to within a…

Thousands of Victorian residents have been told to “evacuate immediately” as the torrential rainfall and flooding continue into Thursday night.Vic Emergency is reporting over 600 incidents and 98 emergency warnings from across the state.Residents in Seymour, Rochester and Carisbrook with an evacuate immediately warning from emergency services with floodwaters “rapidly rising”.Stream the news you want, when you want with Flash. 25+ news channels in 1 place. New to Flash? Try 1 month free. Offer ends 31 October, 2022  >Vic Emergency told those in Carisbrook to travel to a relief centre at Maryborough Sports and Leisure Centre, a friend’s home in…

Tai Thergood desperately wanted to be what he says he never had growing up — a present father, actively involved in his children’s lives. But he would be the first to admit he had a lot to learn about how to be a dad. Over nearly a decade, Thergood had repeated interactions with Connecticut’s foster care system.“It was a horror, it was the worst experience ever,” Thergood said. “It was one of the most embarrassing things.”Today, he’s reunited with his son and daughter. And now the agency that once investigated him relies on him to help train other fathers. “It’s proof of being able to…

One of the snarkiest fights raging among our digital overlords is over a technology that does not yet exist: the metaverse. So in love is Facebook’s founder Mark Zuckerberg with its promise that he rebranded the company as Meta and bet his business on the idea. In spite of widespread scepticism, he has kept the faith, running up more than $27bn of operating losses in the company’s metaverse division over the past three years. This week, Meta launched a new Quest Pro headset priced at $1,500 and announced a partnership with Microsoft. Yet, as Apple’s chief executive Tim Cook has…