Aries Horoscope Today, August 24, 2026: Moon and Jupiter inspire meaningful connections; embrace love and focus on family growth

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A spiritual calling may guide you today toward meaningful connections and family prayer. Children and younger individuals will bring genuine joy and uplift your spirits. Love receives a fortunate glow, deepening affection through noticing small gestures. Students show steady improvement, aiding focus on personal responsibilities and career ventures. Financial matters appear stable, supporting planned investments … Read more

BC Conservative MLA Resigns, Clearing Way for New Leader Findlay to Seek Seat

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Abbotsford-Mission Conservative candidate Reann Gasper attends a news conference in Vancouver on Oct. 11, 2024. The Canadian Press/Ethan Cairns B.C. Conservative MLA Reann Gasper, who represents Abbotsford-Mission, announced Aug. 22 that she will step down, creating an opportunity for party leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay to seek the seat in a forthcoming byelection. Gasper said the decision … Read more

Meghan Markle’s estranged father Thomas Markle ‘hurt and upset’ as she and Harry return to UK without meeting Archie and Lilibet: ‘She doesn’t give a damn about me’

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Thomas Markle, who has never met Meghan Markle’s children Archie and Lilibet, says he fears he may now never meet his grandchildren. Meghan Markle’s estranged father, Thomas Markle, says he feels “hurt and upset” that his daughter and Prince Harry are reportedly returning to the UK with their children without introducing him to his grandchildren.Thomas … Read more

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Lonsdale Warns US Patent Disclosures Give China a Technology Opening

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Technology investor Joe Lonsdale said actors in China are reviewing patent applications filed by U.S. artificial intelligence and life science startups to extract technical knowledge for commercial use. Lonsdale, founder of venture firm 8VC and a co-founder of Palantir Technologies, described the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office as “completely broken” and said some founders might … Read more

China Touts Wider Deployment of Hypersonic Anti-Ship Missile; Analysts Skeptical of Impact

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Chinese state media has featured footage of the country’s latest hypersonic anti-ship missile launched from a smaller destroyer, which it has said is “changing the rules in the western Pacific.” In a trailer aired on July 29 for a military documentary, China’s state-run CCTV’s military Channel showed the launch of its YJ-20 from a Type … Read more

China’s Rural Seniors Survive on About $1 per Day in State Pensions

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At the end of 2024, roughly 180 million Chinese residents were receiving benefits under China’s basic pension program for rural and non-working urban residents, with recipients collecting an average of just 246 yuan ($36) per month—roughly 8 yuan ($1.18) per day. Chinese scholars interviewed by The Epoch Times said such payments leave many rural seniors … Read more

Chart-topping game No 10: Full Confidence puts you in prime minister’s shoes

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No 10: Full Confidence is not the only game based around Westminster’s wheeling and dealing. Fantasy Parliament, external is a browser-based game designed by another UK-based developer, Evan Roberts, which lets players draft their own fantasy league of real-world MPs, scoring points based on their real-life media coverage. With the strategy game’s Policy Tester, players … Read more

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