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Croatia head coach Zlatko Dalic has insisted that Argentina are under greater pressure than his team heading into their World Cup semifinal clash in Qatar and spoke of his team’s “strength of character” as key to their advance through the tournament. Croatia — in the semifinals for a second consecutive World Cup — continued preparations for their Tuesday-night showdown against Argentina with a training session at their tournament base in Al Ersal on Monday. “It is a great thing to be among the four best national teams for two World Cups in a row. However, we want more,” Dalic told…

United Airlines has ordered 100 wide-body jets from Boeing, updating the carrier’s fleet while giving the US aerospace manufacturer a needed win over its European arch-rival. Chicago-based United said the order of 787 Dreamliners is the largest order for wide-body planes ever placed by a US carrier, in a deal that gives it the option to increase the purchase to 200 jets. Wide-body jets fly longer routes than smaller, cheaper single-aisle planes.The new planes will replace the Boeing 767s and 777s that United currently flies, improving fuel efficiency by 25 per cent through better engines and greater use of lightweight…

A Boeing 787 Dreamliner operated by United Airlines takes off from Los Angeles International Airport.Getty ImagesUnited Airlines is buying 100 Boeing 787 Dreamliners with the option to purchase 100 more new jets that will fly its longest routes and replace less fuel-efficient, decades-old planes.The massive order is a big boost for Boeing from one of its largest customers and comes as United has returned to profitability after the pandemic’s travel slump. The carrier has lately added more international flights thanks to a rebound in demand.United said its order was the largest wide-body sale to a U.S. carrier.About 100 of the Dreamliners in…

Do Kwon, a disgraced tycoon behind the collapse of the TerraUSD and Luna coins that roiled the crypto assets market in May, is hiding in Serbia, according to South Korean prosecutors who are seeking to take him into custody. Kwon, a South Korean national, had made his way from Singapore, where he was living while running the blockchain platform Terraform Labs, to Dubai and finally to Serbia, a spokesperson for the Seoul Southern District Prosecutors’ Office told CNN on Tuesday. The office became aware that Kwon was in Serbia in November and was tracking him, according to the spokesperson, adding…

New York CNN  —  The Federal Reserve is expected to raise interest rates by half a point at the conclusion of its two-day policy meeting on Wednesday, an indication that the central bank is pulling back on its aggressive stance as signs begin to emerge that inflation may be easing. Although that increase would be smaller than the three-quarter-point hikes announced at the past four Fed meetings, it’s nothing to scoff at. It’s still double the Fed’s customary quarter-point hike, and a sizable increase that will likely cause economic pain for millions of American businesses and households by pushing up…

John Ray III, the new CEO of collapsed crypto exchange FTX, has claimed that Sam Bankman-Fried’s crypto empire had virtually no corporate controls and a surprising lack of financial and other record-keeping.In prepared remarks released Monday ahead of his testimony, Ray, a bankruptcy expert who previously oversaw the aftermath of the collapsed energy giant Enron, said he has never seen such an “utter failure” of corporate controls in his entire career.  “The FTX Group’s collapse appears to stem from the absolute concentration of control in the hands of a very small group of grossly inexperienced and unsophisticated individuals who failed to implement virtually…

Hugo Lloris has revealed that he sent a text Harry Kane to offer his support after the England forward missed his second penalty in England’s 2-1 defeat to France in the World Cup quarter-finals.Kane converted his first penalty in the match, but missed a second spot-kick against his Tottenham team-mate which would have made the score 2-2. The England captain blazed his 84th minute effort over the bar and France held on to seal their place in the last four, while Kane was in tears at the final whistle.World CupSouthgate ‘conflicted’ over England role after ‘difficult 18 months’YESTERDAY AT 07:15Ahead…

EXCLUSIVE – BEDFORD, N.H. – Former Vice President Mike Pence says that the positive response he highlights he’s receiving from his new autobiography “has been very encouraging” as he weighs launching a bid for the White House in 2024.”The fact that people are now getting to know me and my family, our faith, our conservative convictions better, has been a great source of encouragement as we think about the way forward and what our calling might be in the future,” Pence emphasized in a national exclusive interview with Fox News following his latest book signing for his memoir “So Help…

MOSCOW, Idaho – Several people can be seen walking in the background of police bodycam video taken near the King Road home where four University of Idaho students were killed in their sleep on Nov. 13 and around the same time.Plainclothes officers made an unrelated stop of three University of Idaho students for suspected underage drinking at about 2:50 a.m. Nov. 13 as they were walking across a field off Taylor Avenue in between the Sigma Chi frat house and the girls’ rental home.The group was stopped about one-tenth of a mile from the off-campus rental, where Madison Mogen, 21,…

“Have you not known? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the creator of the ends of the Earth. He does not grow faint or weary; his understanding is unsearchable. He gives power to the faint, and strengthens the powerless” (Isaiah 40:28-29). This verse from the Old Testament conveys the power, strength and mystery of God.Who was the prophet Isaiah, deliverer of God’s message to his people?BIBLE VERSE OF THE DAY: GOD HEARS THE FAITHFUL’S PRAYERS – AND IS THEREIsaiah is “widely regarded as one of the greatest prophets of the Bible,” according to Lifehopeandtruth.com, the Church of God’s…