just now (399+ words) Pharrel Payne recorded 20 points and eight rebounds and Maryland excelled over the final 13 minutes en route to a 74-67 victory over UNLV on Monday night in the Players Era men's tournament at Las Vegas. Darius Adams added 15 points for the Terrapins (5-1), who scored 47 second-half points. David Coit made three 3-pointers and scored 11 points for Maryland. Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn put up 17 points and Kimami Hamilton added 11 before fouling out for UNLV (3-3). The Rebels shot 36.7% from the field, including 8 of 29 (29.6%) from 3-point range. Howie Fleming Jr. had five steals for UNLV. Maryland connected on 42.4% of its attempts and was 9 of 31 (29%) from behind the arc. The Terrapins held a 46-34 rebounding edge. Coit drained two key late 3-pointers but shot just 3 of 11 for the Terrapins. He scored a career-high 41 points on Wednesday -- tying for third most in program history -- in a 95-90 overtime victory over Mount St....

just now (93+ words) [Shabti figurines inscribed with the name of Pharaoh Shoshenq III, found inside Osorkon II's tomb at Tanis, northern Egypt. (photo credit: Screenshot via Maariv/section 27A, SCREENSHOT/X)]Archaeologists uncovered 225 inscribed funerary statues beside an unmarked sarcophagus in Osorkon II's tomb, strengthening the case for two royal burials at Tanis, Egypt. Possible double-burial of pharaohs in Osorkon II's tomb, newly discovered statues show Archaeologists uncovered 225 inscribed funerary statues beside an unmarked sarcophagus in Osorkon II's tomb, strengthening the case for two royal burials at Tanis, Egypt....

just now (162+ words) Adri" Calatayud is deputy breaking news editor for the EMEA desk at Dow Jones Newswires in Barcelona. Adri" covers European telecommunications, media and logistics companies. He was previously a market insights writer and a reporter at the U.K. desk in Barcelona. Before joining the company in 2017, he worked for Spanish news agency EFE as a correspondent in China and the U.S. EasyJet Posts Higher Profit on Growth Across Businesses Headline pretax profit rose to "773 million for its fiscal fourth quarter from "724 million in the year-earlier period U.K. budget airline easyJet reported a higher headline pretax profit for its fiscal fourth quarter, helped by revenue increases across its core airline business and its expanding vacation-services unit. The company said Tuesday that headline pretax profit, which strips out exceptional and other one-off items, rose to 773 million pounds ($1.01 billion) in the quarter ended Sept. 30 from 724 million…...

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1+ min ago (62+ words) Russia launched a fresh attack on Kyiv early Tuesday after a night of missile and drone strikes that killed six people and wounded at least a dozen, according to Ukrainian authorities. Russia launched a fresh attack on Kyiv early Tuesday after a night of missile and drone strikes that killed six people and wounded at least a dozen, according to Ukrainian authorities....

1+ min ago (469+ words) Despite continued growth in the UK's e-commerce and logistics sectors, too many small and medium operators are delaying essential warehouse investments, which could erode productivity and profit margins across the supply chain, according to Midland Pallet Trucks." As online sales remain strong and consumer expectations for fast delivery intensify, warehouse operations are under more pressure than ever. However, thanks to economic pressures, toomany firms are holding off on replacing or upgrading manual handling equipment until failures occur, the company claimed. Failure to invest could lead to reactive maintenance, which can have a much higher cost than proactive investment, once lost productivity and downtime are factored in, the company warned. Phil Chesworth, Midland Pallet Trucks managing director, said, "It's understandable that in a tight economic climate, businesses want to control spending. But the irony is that delaying investment in essential handling…...

2+ min ago (173+ words) According to Sergey Chemezov, the overall output on many items has grown by several times - Russian Politics & Diplomacy Russian Politics & DiplomacyInto section "- Business & Economy Business & EconomyInto section " - Military & Defense Military & DefenseInto section " - Science & Space Science & SpaceInto section " - Society & Culture Society & CultureInto section " Russia boosts output of artillery shells by 10 times, rockets by over 12 times " Rostec MOSCOW, November 25. /TASS/. Russia has ramped up the production of many armaments by several times, including tube artillery shells by 10 times and rockets by over 12 times, state tech corporation Rostec Director General Sergey Chemezov said in an interview with TASS. "The output on many items has grown by several times and even by tens of times. For example, the production of shells for tube artillery has increased by 10 times since the start of the special military operation. The output of munitions for [multiple launch] rocket…...

3+ min ago (661+ words) Reeves expected to reveal cut in growth forecasts for next five years in budget We have confirmation this morning that Germany's economy failed to grow in the last quarter. German GDP was unchanged in the July-September period, statistics body Destatis has reported, which matche the initial estimate last month. Ruth Brand, president of the Federal Statistical Office, says: "Economic activity was hampered in the third quarter by weak exports, while investments increased slightly." The lack of growth is a blow to chancellor Friedrich Merz's efforts to stimulate the economy with a major spending programme. Carsten Brzeski, global head of macro at ING, fears that Germamy is in a state of "apparently never-ending paralysis", with tariffs, the stronger exchange rate, and political tensions and uncertainty all hurting its economy. How do you spell stagnation? G-E-R-M-A-N-Y. In the past three years, the…...

3+ min ago (323+ words) Phoenix Suns (11-7, sixth in the Western Conference) vs. Sacramento Kings (4-13, 13th in the Western Conference) Sacramento, California; Wednesday, 10 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: The Sacramento Kings face the Phoenix Suns in an NBA Cup in-season tournament group play matchup. The Kings are 3-11 against Western Conference opponents. Sacramento allows 124.4 points and has been outscored by 12.4 points per game. The Suns are 3-2 against the rest of their division. Phoenix is fifth in the league averaging 15.2 made 3-pointers per game while shooting 38.1% from deep. Grayson Allen leads the team averaging 3.9 makes while shooting 44.7% from 3-point range. The Kings are shooting 46.9% from the field this season, 0.5 percentage points higher than the 46.4% the Suns allow to opponents. The Kings average 117.1 points per game, 7.3 fewer points than the 124.4 the Kings allow to opponents. The teams square off for the second time this season. The Suns won the last matchup…...