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2 months, 1 week ago

What is hiding behind the US’ fragile sense of security?

Illustration: Chen Xia/GT （Global Times）According to reports, the US-based Pamir Consulting has released a new report titled "Displays are the New Batteries," claiming that China's rise in the display manufacturing industry may bring "national security" concerns to the US. It seems that China's display industry is being sent to the assembly line of the US' suppressive policies in the name …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Politicians are parroting racist lie that has already fueled several massacres: critics

Raw Story

Certain politicians try to dress up their rhetoric about immigration as a concern for national security. But they’re really peddling an old, racist theory that has already fueled several massacres in the United States, an alliance of eight anti-hate groups report. Issued earlier this month, their report documents “a disturbing trend among a faction of the 118th Congress: the normalization …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

Eye on the Middle East | Post Pezeshkian’s win, the said and unsaid of Iran’s future foreign policy

Hindustan Times

Writing for Iran’s partially state-controlled Tehran Times on July 12, Iranian President-elect Masoud Pezeshkian struck a balanced chord. While claiming that Europe failed to ensure effective banking transactions, effective protection of companies from US sanctions, and the promotion of investments in Iran, Pezeshkian stated, “Despite these missteps, I look forward to engaging with European countries…to set our relations on the …

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7 months, 1 week ago

Charlotte police investigation of deaths of 4 officers finds suspect acted alone; no friendly fire

Associated Press

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A man who fatally shot four law enforcement officers with an assault rifle a month ago acted alone and was solely responsible for all casualties, police in North Carolina’s largest city said Friday. “At this point in the investigation, it has been determined there was one shooter and no friendly fire,” Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department Deputy Chief Tonya …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Scientology looms large as jurors to decide Danny Masterson’s fate in second rape trial

LA Times

Danny Masterson leaves court alongside his wife, Bijou Phillips, after a hearing in his criminal trial on rape charges in Los Angeles. Each of the women who have accused Danny Masterson of raping them in the early 2000s said they feared two things: the once-beloved sitcom actor’s violent outbursts and the life-altering consequences they might face for opposing the powerful …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Israel blocks foreign journalists from entering Gaza

Firstpost

Foreign journalists have been facing restrictions imposed by the Israeli occupation authorities, preventing them from entering Gaza since the commencement of the offensive on Tuesday night. According to reports, Salameh Maarouf, the Head of the Government Media Office in Gaza, expressed in a press release, “The Israeli occupation has closed Beit Hanoon Crossing and is obstructing foreign media crews from …

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2 years, 2 months ago

Suit seeks to have mail-in votes lacking dates counted

Associated Press

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Several Pennsylvania groups represented by the American Civil Liberties Union have filed suit in federal court seeking to have votes from mail-in or absentee ballots counted even if they lack proper dates on their return envelopes. The suit filed Friday night in western Pennsylvania by state chapters of the NAACP, League of Women Voters, and Common Cause …

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2 years, 2 months ago

Masterson’s accusers feared being kicked out of Scientology. His stepfather lived it

LA Times

Onetime professional Australian rugby player Joe Reaiche, a member of the Church of Scientology until 2005, was actor Danny Masterson’s stepfather. That’s the evil of disconnection.” The “it,” Reaiche said, was the decision by church officials to declare him a “suppressive person” — a designation that expelled him from the religion and required other Scientologists to cut ties with him. …

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2 years, 2 months ago

CPI meet calls for ouster of BJP from power

Deccan Chronicle

VIJAYAWADA: A five-km long 'March Past' through the city roads by red volunteers of the CPI marked the start of the party’s 24th All India Congress here on Friday. A public meeting was held at the Makineni Basava Punnaiah Stadium in which CPI leaders made a call to the people to “oust the BJP from power” and “save” the country. …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Katie Holmes takes casual stroll through SoHo as her boyfriend Bobby Wooten III performs in Japan

Daily Mail

Dawson's Creek alum Katie Holmes took a casual stroll through Manhattan's SoHo neighborhood on Monday. Running errands: Dawson's Creek alum Katie Holmes took a casual stroll through Manhattan's SoHo neighborhood on Monday Missing from Holmes' side was her boyfriend since April - bass player Bobby Wooten III - who, at 33, is a decade younger than her. The Almost A …

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3 years, 2 months ago

James Carville Rips Democrats Over Election Losses: Some Need ‘Woke Detox Center’

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING Democratic political consultant James Carville on Wednesday bluntly pointed the finger of blame for Democrats’ election losses in Virginia and beyond at what he called “this stupid wokeness.” Carville, appearing on PBS’ “NewsHour,” said Democrats were alienating themselves with what he’s previously described as “faculty lounge” politics. “Some of these people need to go to a woke …

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3 years, 7 months ago

Doctors to get online training for treating black fungus cases in Uttar Pradesh

India TV News

Doctors in Uttar Pradesh will be given online training in the treatment of black fungus. The Uttar Pradesh government has directed authorities to immediately connect all medical colleges, chief medical officers and other physicians involved in treatment with Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences to facilitate necessary medical training for them. To overcome the challenges posed by the …

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3 years, 8 months ago

Republican-backed law limits absentee voting in Florida

Al Jazeera

Voting rights advocates have filed legal challenges to the law, which they say will make voting more difficult. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has signed a law curtailing access to absentee ballots and adding new hurdles to the process of submitting them, the latest Republican-backed voting restrictions to become law in the United States since the 2020 presidential election. @NAACP_LDF https://t.co/ylAkbBk9FV …

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4 years, 2 months ago

After ballot box fire, registrar is sorting through votes that can be salvaged

LA Times

Ballots retrieved from a Baldwin Park drop box that was burned in what authorities say may have been arson have been transferred to the Los Angeles County registrar for sorting and review, officials said Tuesday. “That doesn’t necessarily equate to 230 ballots,” Logan said, “although it could be close to that.” Election officials will now sift through the seared, soggy …

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4 years, 4 months ago

Katie Holmes wears mask and tank top on solo NYC stroll

Daily Mail

Dawson's Creek alum Katie Holmes wore a grey tank top, light blue jeans, and Birkenstock sandals for a solo stroll through Manhattan on Tuesday afternoon. Casually clad: Dawson's Creek alum Katie Holmes took a solo stroll through Manhattan on Tuesday afternoon Mandatory in public: The Ohio-born 41-year-old made sure to protect herself and others from the coronavirus by wearing a …

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4 years, 5 months ago

‘Cancel culture’ is complicated. PEN America’s CEO has a plan for that

LA Times

Debates over speech have roiled academia, news organizations, social media and many workplaces in a time of extreme polarization and activism for racial justice. The group’s chief executive, Suzanne Nossel, unpacks her approach in a new book, “Dare to Speak: Defending Free Speech for All.” A former State Department diplomat, she looks beyond the finger-wagging to propose concrete ways to …

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5 years, 6 months ago

Centre gagging media: Congress

The Hindu

Leader of the Congress in the Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Wednesday accused the government of using ‘suppressive’ tactics against the media by using its power over government Raising the issue during Zero Hour, Mr. Chowdhury said the government was being ‘undemocratic’ and suffered from ‘megalomania.’ He said that from March this year the Directorate of Advertising and Visual …

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5 years, 6 months ago

Centre using ‘suppressive’ tactics against media, alleges Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury in Lok Sabha

Firstpost

Leader of the Congress in the Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Wednesday accused the government of using “suppressive” tactics against the media. New Delhi: Leader of the Congress in the Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Wednesday accused the government of using “suppressive” tactics against the media. He alleged during the Zero Hour that the government was “undemocratic” and …

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5 years, 8 months ago

World Medical Association warns doctors not to enforce Caster Semenya rules

The Hindu

The World Medical Association Sunday urged doctors not to enforce controversial new IAAF gender rules for classifying female athletes, warning that attempts to do so would breach ethical codes. “We do think it is extremely serious if international sports regulations demand physicians to prescribe medication —hormonally active medication — for athletes in order to reduce normal conditions in their body,” …

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5 years, 8 months ago

Caster Semenya vs IAAF: Kenyan Olympic 800m bronze medal winner Margaret Nyairera Wambui slams ruling against South African rival

Firstpost

Wambui, who finished third behind Semenya in the 800m at the 2016 Rio Olympics, and silver medallist from Burundi Francine Niyonsaba — also considered hyperandrogenic — will take part in the Doha Diamond League Nairobi: Kenya’s Olympic 800m bronze medal winner Margaret Nyairera Wambui, who has herself faced questions over her testosterone levels, on Thursday slammed an IAAF ruling against …

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5 years, 8 months ago

Kenyan 800m runner Wambui slams Semenya testosterone ruling

The Hindu

Kenya's Olympic 800m bronze medal winner Margaret Nyairera Wambui, who has herself faced questions over her testosterone levels, on Thursday slammed an IAAF ruling against her rival Caster Semenya. “Everything that happens, happens with a reason Caster.” “This is life we Africans have nothing to say in this world and nothing we can do about it, so pole my dear …

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5 years, 8 months ago

Caster Semenya, Olympic champion, loses IAAF testosterone rule appeal

ABC

Caster Semenya has lost an appeal against rules designed to decrease naturally high testosterone levels in some female runners. Key points: The International Association of Athletics Federation says female runners with high testosterone levels have an unfair advantage Caster Semenya, who is South African, lost her appeal in the Court of Arbitration for Sport She will now have to medicate …

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5 years, 9 months ago

Tom Cruise reportedly bans ex-wife Nicole Kidman from attending their son’s wedding

Hindustan Times

Actor Tom Cruise was instrumental in banning ex-wife and actor Nicole Kidman from their son Connor’s wedding in Italy, a report suggests. According to Radar Online, Cruise, whose association with the Church of Scientology has been well publicised, is said to have banned Kidman because she is considered a ‘suppressive person’. “First, Tom would never even consider inviting Nicole to …

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5 years, 10 months ago

Opposition rallies behind Naidu during one-day fast

Live Mint

Opposition parties came together on Monday at the venue of the day-long fast by Andhra Pradesh chief minister and Telugu Desam Party president N. Chandrababu Naidu in New Delhi in a show of strength against the National Democratic Alliance -led central government. The fast by Naidu to demand special category status for Andhra Pradesh and for the fulfilment of promises …

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What is hiding behind the US’ fragile sense of security?

Politicians are parroting racist lie that has already fueled several massacres: critics

Eye on the Middle East | Post Pezeshkian’s win, the said and unsaid of Iran’s future foreign policy

Charlotte police investigation of deaths of 4 officers finds suspect acted alone; no friendly fire

Scientology looms large as jurors to decide Danny Masterson’s fate in second rape trial

Israel blocks foreign journalists from entering Gaza

Suit seeks to have mail-in votes lacking dates counted

Masterson’s accusers feared being kicked out of Scientology. His stepfather lived it

CPI meet calls for ouster of BJP from power

Katie Holmes takes casual stroll through SoHo as her boyfriend Bobby Wooten III performs in Japan

James Carville Rips Democrats Over Election Losses: Some Need ‘Woke Detox Center’

Doctors to get online training for treating black fungus cases in Uttar Pradesh

Republican-backed law limits absentee voting in Florida

After ballot box fire, registrar is sorting through votes that can be salvaged

Katie Holmes wears mask and tank top on solo NYC stroll

‘Cancel culture’ is complicated. PEN America’s CEO has a plan for that

Centre gagging media: Congress

Centre using ‘suppressive’ tactics against media, alleges Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury in Lok Sabha

World Medical Association warns doctors not to enforce Caster Semenya rules

Caster Semenya vs IAAF: Kenyan Olympic 800m bronze medal winner Margaret Nyairera Wambui slams ruling against South African rival

Kenyan 800m runner Wambui slams Semenya testosterone ruling

Caster Semenya, Olympic champion, loses IAAF testosterone rule appeal

Tom Cruise reportedly bans ex-wife Nicole Kidman from attending their son’s wedding

Opposition rallies behind Naidu during one-day fast