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Top German court nominee withdraws after conservative backlash
A legal scholar nominated by Germany's centre-left Social Democratic Party (SPD) to serve on the country's highest court has withdrawn her…
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The Media Keeps Ignoring the Truth About American Politics
Republicans in Texas are trying to gerrymander congressional districts to give the GOP a greater advantage in the U.S. House of…
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Cornyn Says FBI Will Do Republicans’ Bidding and Hunt Texas Democrats
The FBI has agreed to help hunt down Texas Democratic lawmakers, according to Republican Senator John Cornyn, who made the request. “I am…
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Trump’s Attack on Intel CEO Reveals He Just Does What Fox News Wants
At least one Republican doesn’t believe in a free market, and he’s in the White House. Donald Trump took to Truth Social Thursday to…
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France to rule on controversial bee-killing pesticide bill
France's top constitutional authority is set on Thursday to rule on the legality of a controversial bill to allow the reintroduction of a…
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Prince Andrew and Ghislaine Maxwell planned 'dossier' on accuser
Prince Andrew and Ghislaine Maxwell's emails showed them working together on a dossier to "leak to the media" about Jeffrey Epstein victim…
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Centurion H1 net profit falls 38% to S$73.9 million on net fair value loss
Centurion Corporation, a provider of purpose-built dormitories for workers and students, saw its first half-year of FY2025 net profit drop…
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Alan Dershowitz Yelled Out of Farmers Market for Being a Jerk
Alan Dershowitz was once again denied pierogies at a farmers market. After being turned away by the vendors of the Good Pierogi stand at…
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JD Vance Abused Power to Raise River Levels for Family Kayaking Trip
Vice President JD Vance made the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, or USACE, raise the water level in a river to make it easier for his family…
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Post falsely claims images show Nigerian children hospitalised after eating local dish
In Nigeria, online spaces are rife with ethnic slurs traded between the Yoruba and the Igbo — and this has worsened since the tense 2023…
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New Detail Blows Huge Hole in Trump’s Story About Epstein Friendship
“Well we’re going to look at that. We’re talking about it, and they’re doing a very good job, and you know that is a pass,” Trump said.…
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GOP Rep Posts Naked Man’s Photo in Wild Fight With Rival Congressman
“Well we’re going to look at that. We’re talking about it, and they’re doing a very good job, and you know that is a pass,” Trump said.…
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Corporations Have a Responsibility to Not Fleece Taxpayers
In conversations about corporate social responsibility, cronyism is often left out. It shouldn’t be. Source link
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US: Wall Street opens higher on tariff exemption hopes
Street’s main indexes opened higher on Thursday (Aug 7), buoyed by optimism that major technology companies could avoid US President…
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“Bullsh*t”: Trump and JD Vance Snap Over Epstein Cover-Up Meeting
“Well we’re going to look at that. We’re talking about it, and they’re doing a very good job, and you know that is a pass,” Trump said.…
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Adidas to stop using collective bargaining in Germany, angering union
Adidas, the world's second-largest sportswear manufacturer, will no longer participate in collective bargaining agreements at its home…
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Million-year-old stone tools found on Indonesian island could unravel mystery of ‘hobbit’ humans
Humans may have crossed mainland Southeast Asia to occupy surrounding islands much earlier than previously thought, according to a new…
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Tears and outrage in South Africa as accused in pig farm murder walks free
South Africa's state prosecutor has officially withdrawn charges against one of the farm workers accused of killing two black woman and…
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2 Climbers Rescued After Sudden Fall Leaves Them Hanging Overnight in Their Harnesses on Sheer 6,500-Feet Cliff Face
NEED TO KNOW Two climbers had to be rescued from Canada's Yak Peak summit after a fall left them hanging overnight in their harnesses on a…
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Chinese drone maker DJI shut out of Washington with US market at risk
Chinese-owned and operated DJI Technologies is up against an end-of-year deadline to keep its US business alive, and the drone maker is…
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Hyflux’s ex-director pleads guilty to disclosure-related charge, fined S$90,000 and barred from directorships
A former independent director of Hyflux pleaded guilty on Thursday (Aug 7) to being negligent in the insolvent water treatment firm’s…
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A Brooklyn Renter’s Odyssey
Evie Cavallo is a young woman who lives in a shoe. To be specific, she rents a twenty-foot-tall cowboy-boot-shaped building, with an…
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The High Price of Barring International Students
In fall 2024, I taught a first-year undergraduate seminar at Northwestern University named “Oil and Water in the Gulf of Mexico.” I was…