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AUCKLAND — The Women's World Cup opened on Thursday with an elaborate greeting from the Maori people of New Zealand and the First Nations people of Australia.At a time scheduled by fifa To emphasize the cultural roots of the tournament's co-hosts New Zealand and Australia, along with international unity, the approximately 10-minute ceremony focused on groups of people gathering peacefully in the center of Eden Park Stadium.For New Zealand, volunteers held up an artist's rendering of a giant stingray, said in traditional belief to have been captured by the demigod Maui. It symbolized the North Island of the country. A…

A friend of Ja Morant's, whom the NBA star called his "brother," has been arrested for assault with bodily harm stemming from the July 2022 altercation in which a teenager says in a lawsuit that the All-Star guard and Davonte Pack beat him up.Pack was booked into the Shelby County Jail Wednesday nine days after a warrant was issued for his arrest.Morant and the teenager fought with each other. during a casual basketball game at Morant's residence after sharing hard passes with each other to control the ball. The boy's return pass slipped out of his hands and hit Morant…

SEOUL, South Korea — More details emerged Thursday about the past few months in South Korea of ​​a US soldier who fled across the border into North Korea as the isolated communist country kept quiet about his status. Private Travis King, 23, second class, spent 48 days in a prison in Cheonan, a city about 50 miles south of the South Korean capital Seoul, after failing to pay a $4,000 fine on charges which included damaging public property, a South Korean government said. an official told NBC News by phone Thursday.According to legal documents, King was uncooperative when he was…

surveillance software that uses artificial intelligence to detect fare evaders has been quietly rolled out in some of New York City's subway stations and is set to be introduced to more later this year, according to public documents and government contracts obtained by NBC News.The system, which the city and its transit authority have not previously recognized by name, uses third-party software that its maker has touted as a way to engage law enforcement to help crack down on fare evasion. The system was in use at seven metro stations in May, according to a report on fee evasion posted…