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The Battle Between Pocketbooks and Principles is Opinion.
Republican Mark Ronchetti, who is challenging Democratic New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham, has said that “life should be protected – at all stages” on his campaign website last election cycle. Now, he’s putting out ads saying, “I’m personally pro-life, but I believe we can all come together on a policy that reflects our shared…
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TikTok denies a plan to track specific US citizens using its app.
TikTok-parent ByteDance plans to monitor at least two Americans who “had never had an employment relationship” with the company, Forbes reported. The internal audit team of ByteDance allegedly planned on surveilling at least two Americans who had “never had an employment relationship with the company”. Forbes claimed that ByteDance did not reveal who was going…
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There is a furor over Nike splits with Kyrie Irving.
Adidas has announced that it will end its partnership with rapper Kanye West. “Ye’s recent comments and actions have been unacceptable, frightening and dangerous and they violate company’s values of diversity…inclusion,” Adidas said in a statement. Earlier, Kanye had tweeted that he didn’t agree with a documentary about Jews, which was deemed antisemitic by Anti-Defamation…
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The war may be heading towards a brutal new phase.
The Russian Defence Ministry said that the country’s military fired a total of 84 cruise missiles and attack drones against Ukrainian forces on Monday. Ukrainian officials said that they destroyed 56 of the Russian weapons. Earlier, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had said that the country would enter Crimea at the end of the year to…
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Irving donated $500,000 to anti-Hate organizations and the Nets did the same.
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) in a statement said that antisemitic incidents in the US rose from 942 in 2015 to at least 2,717 in 2011. “The answer to the question ‘Do you have any antisemitic beliefs?’ is always ‘NO’ without equivocation,” ADL added. It further said that Kyrie Irving didn’t make good on the promise…
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tornadoes tear through Oklahoma, Arkansas and northeast Texas, killing at least one person.
Multiple tornado warnings were issued for Oklahoma, Texas, and Arkansas on Friday night, meaning that at least one tornadoes were reported to be on the ground. The number of tornadoes recorded will likely increase Saturday, and the intensity of each one will not be known until local National Weather Service offices conduct damage surveys, which…
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Apple has finally approved a MagSafe car mountcharger, and it only costs $100.
Amazon is selling an iPhone car charger called MagGo for $60, which is compatible with Apple’s MagSafe tech. The charging cable will stick to a car’s vent, holding your iPhone up so you can see maps or music controls on it. It will also provide 15W of charging power, more than iPhones can pull from…
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The committee voted unanimously to subpoena Trump.
The US House Select Committee has granted ex-President Donald Trump more time to turn over documents sought by the panel probing the January 6 terror attack on the US Capitol. The House panel on Thursday closed its hearing and voted to subpoena Trump to testify before them. The committee had sent a subpoena to Trump…
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Nike has suspended its relationship with Irving.
Adidas has terminated its partnership with rapper Kanye West after he made anti-Semitic remarks on a documentary. In a statement, Adidas said it “does not tolerate antisemitism and any other sort of hate speech” and said his recent comments were “unacceptable, hateful and dangerous”. It added that they violated its “values of diversity and inclusion,…
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The parents have filed a lawsuit against gun manufacturers.
A man who identified himself as Tom Gomez called Sangamon County Central Dispatch in Illinois to report that two gunmen had shooting a dozen students at Springfield High School. The district had previously fired the chief of the police department, Pete Arredondo, who state officials have said was the incident commander during the shooting.
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Crowds are very peaceful and turn into a deadly crush.
At least 35 people died and over 200 others were injured in a stampede at a concert in South Korea’s capital Seoul. According to police emergency call logs, multiple calls were made as early as four hours before the tragedy unfolded, as the crowd in Seoul’s Itaewon became so packed that partygoers were unable to…
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In 1991, tiny Vanuatu nailed the climate conversation.
Ahead of the UN climate summit COP27 in Egypt, the head of the negotiating bloc in the summit has said that compensation for poorer countries suffering from climate change is high on the agenda. The issue of loss and damage finance is also on the agenda, he added. “Without…investment, nothing will progress,” Mahmoud Mohieldin, UN’s…
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The New York Times writes that Haiti has been a favorite of powerful forces for too long.
UN chief Antnio Guterres has urged international community to consider Haiti’s request for immediate deployment of international specialised armed forces. “We hope the international community sends rapidly the specialized armed forces in response to our demand before things get worse,” an adviser to Haitian PM Henry Napoleon said. Haiti has witnessed a wave of gang…
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New York Democrats could lose big in the polls, and their fall guy could be the Mayor.
New York City Mayor Alexis Majorana on Sunday said that bail laws are the only way for criminals to get back on the street, adding that the city can handle it. Majorana’s remarks come as New York City crime statistics show that bail laws aren’t the only way for criminals to get back on the…
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There is a single minded goal of the Republicans.
The FBI should not be criticised for the actions of 2020 elections and Mar-a-Lago congressional committee on investigation of ex-President Donald Trump’s case, FBI Director Robert Mueller said. “I don’t know if I want to say it but I don’t think we should be criticised,” he added. The FBI had asked the White House to…
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The Justice Department thinks that ballot security efforts in Arizona are likely to be illegal.
The Texas Secretary of State’s office has said teams are needed to investigate alleged voting fraud in the US state’s Harris County. This comes after a clerk in the county said she had given a tabulator and a laptop computer, which served as a poll book, to a person claiming to be an investigator conducting…
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The Democrats should not underestimate the threat Trump poses.
Former US President Donald Trump is considering a 2024 presidential campaign, media reports said on Monday. Trump is expected to formally declare his interest in the presidential elections on Tuesday, reports further said. Trump had recently criticised US Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell over his leadership style and said Democrats want Republicans “dead”.
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Stewart Rhodes is a leader of the Oath Keepers.
A member of the Oath Keepers, a group of anti-government militia members, testified at the trial of the six people accused of plotting the Capitol riots in January that they had gathered in September for a campaign rally for former US President Donald Trump. Oath Keepers were planning to “stack” the Capitol in protest against…
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Researchers think that Musk’s takeover might change the social networking site.
In his first public statement after buying Twitter, Elon Musk said he doesn’t want the micro-blogging platform to become a “free-for-all hellscape”. He added that he is buying the platform to help humanity and doesn’t want it to become a “free-for-all hellscape.” He also said that he’ll “dramatically reduce” Twitter’s oversight of social media posts.
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Sometimes it is ok to cheat in video games.
God Of War: Ragnarok, the latest entry in the franchise, is not a remake of the first game but it’s a refreshed version of the game. The game’s entry point was refreshed in the latest game, but it’s not a remake of the first game. It can feel bloated at times and it can feel…
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Disinformation become more intractable.
US President Donald Trump’s anti-Semitic tweet on ‘Truth Social’ was shared over 11,000 times and received thousands of comments, according to the data from social media analysis firm Graphiq. Trump’s tweet claimed that he won the 2020 presidential vote in Wisconsin despite all evidence to the contrary. In May, Tesla CEO Elon Musk argued that…
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Solidarity rallies are held in the U.S. and Europe.
Amid anti-government protests, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said that the protests were a plot against Iran by its enemies. Raisi made the comments after a 22-year-old woman died in police custody last month. Raisi had said that the protests, which have spread to universities and high schools, were being provoked by the US and Israel.
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Does Malaria Eradicated at Last?
Tomori said Africa should start paying its health-care workers salaries so that they don’t leave the continent for other countries. He added that African countries should invest 50% of the budget in education and health-care. Happi said Africa should start paying people the salaries they deserve, so that they don’t leave the region for other…