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Paris 2024 Paralympic Games logo, on July 22, 2024, in Paris France. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesAs the dust of the 2024 Paris Olympics settles, venues across the City of Light welcome a new crop of athletes for the Paralympic Games.While the International Paralympic Committee does not dole out prize money for winning medals, several countries do reward their athletes with medal bonuses.Here’s how much some athletes are set to earn for their sporting achievements, based on information compiled by CNBC from national Paralympic committees, sports associations and local reports:At the start of the year, the Canadian Paralympic Committee announced…

‘My values have not changed’, says Harris on policy shiftsUS Vice-President Kamala Harris defended her shifts on policy, President Joe Biden, and her time in the White House in her first interview since becoming the Democratic nominee.Ms Harris argued that the Biden administration was able to “recover the economy” after the pandemic and has reduced illegal border crossings in recent months.She called the White House policies a “success”, pointing to a decline in prescription drug costs and the unemployment rate: “That’s good work. There’s more to do.”Ms Harris appeared in the pre-recorded CNN interview with her running mate, Minnesota Governor…

(VIP-NEWS) — The Scottish Music Industry Association (SMIA) has issued a stark warning to the Scottish Government, urging immediate action to prevent the collapse of Scotland’s music and arts sector. The call comes in response to the closure of Creative Scotland’s Open Fund for Individuals and delays in opening applications for the Access to Making Music and Strengthening Youth Music Funds. These decisions, attributed to the Scottish Government’s failure to release previously allocated Grant-in-Aid funding, have sparked what the SMIA describes as the most severe crisis the sector has ever faced. The organization warns…

Procedural fairness pertains to the just treatment of the processes and methods used to make eminent domain decisions and resolve disputes, real estate educator Lee Davenport writes. Whether it’s refining your business model, mastering new technologies, or discovering strategies to capitalize on the next market surge, Inman Connect New York will prepare you to take bold steps forward. The Next Chapter is about to begin. Be part of it. Join us and thousands of real estate leaders Jan. 22-24, 2025. Did you know that from 1949 to 1973 alone, more than a million people were reportedly displaced due to unfair…

Across the country, basic income pilots have tested what happens when participants receive cash with no strings attached. However, for decades, one state has been running a program that some researchers say offers similar benefits to universal basic income — which is recurring payments to individuals without the need for pre-qualification.The Alaska Permanent Fund distributes money to the state’s residents as annual dividends. The amount of the dividend payments varies each year as it depends on the state’s annual oil revenue. For 2023, the Permanent Fund Dividend was $1,312 per person for all residents regardless of socioeconomic status, down from…

As the war enters its 917th day, these are the main developments.Here is the situation on Friday, August 30, 2024. Fighting At least one person was killed and six injured in Russian shelling of the eastern Ukrainian town of Kostiantynivka, Donetsk Governor Vadym Filaskhin said. Kostiantynivka is miles from the front line, but comes under attack almost every day, he added. Ukraine’s top commander Oleksandr Syrskii, who said he spent several days on the eastern Pokrovsk front, described fighting there as “exceptionally tough”. He said the most intense clashes were taking place around Krasnyi Yar, some 10 kilometres (6.2 miles)…

Leah Remini says she and her husband are waving the white flag on their marriage … deciding a divorce is in their best interest. The actress announced Thursday she and her actor husband, Angelo Pagán, are getting divorced after 28 years together and 21 years of marriage. Leah says a lot of thought and care went into their decision to pull the plug … and she says they realized they had changed as individuals and they’re tired of playing roles that don’t fit them anymore. Despite the divorce, Leah claims her bond with Angelo is still strong and they’re going…

Richelle Hopkins of Mutual of Omaha Mortgage has been a reverse mortgage professional for 20 years, moving to Arizona in 2006. In 2020, a colleague approached her about establishing a Phoenix-based chapter of Women in Insurance and Financial Services (WIFS), an association of financial services professionals who aim to “attract, develop and advance women in an underrepresented profession,” according to the WIFS National website. At a recent WIFS Phoenix event, Hopkins was able to bring a discussion about reverse mortgages to attendees and sat down with HousingWire’s Reverse Mortgage Daily (RMD) to share details about the experience. WIFS Phoenix, a…

CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Thursday said he hopes Wall Street will abandon a larger-than-life view of Nvidia now that the company’s long-awaited earnings report is in the rearview mirror. Perhaps investors can now turn their attention to other worthwhile stocks that had been “lost in the Nvidia shuffle,” he said.”After this quarter, I’m hoping Nvidia becomes just another company, maybe even a boring one,” he said. “One that’s valued based on earnings rather than intangibles.”While Nvidia beat estimates and issued stronger-than-expected guidance when it reported Wednesday after the close, shares still fell, ending Thursday down more than 6%. Wall Street…

X, formerly known as Twitter, has said it expects to be blocked in Brazil after failing to meet a deadline to name a new legal representative for the company.The social media network closed its office in the country earlier this month, saying its representative had been threatened with arrest if she did not comply with orders it described as “censorship”.The months-long row began with Supreme Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes in April ordering the suspension of dozens of X accounts for allegedly spreading disinformation.X owner Elon Musk has threatened to reactivate the accounts, and has described Mr Moraes as a…