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Europe farming wealth gap sows anger

A farming union representative takes part in a protest against the EU-Mercosur deal in Agen, France, on Tuesday. Analysis by the UK newspaper The Guardian showed that during the last 15 years, the wealth gap has doubled, at the same time as the number of small farms has fallen by a quarter, with a study by an environmental group in …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Europe farming wealth gap sows anger

China Daily

A farming union representative takes part in a protest against the EU-Mercosur deal in Agen, France, on Tuesday. Analysis by the UK newspaper The Guardian showed that during the last 15 years, the wealth gap has doubled, at the same time as the number of small farms has fallen by a quarter, with a study by an environmental group in …

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2 months, 1 week ago

'What is going on???' Trump sows election fraud fears in late night Truth Social post

Raw Story

Former President Donald Trump sowed swing state election fraud fears late Monday night with an angry Truth Social post that hurled accusations without providing any source for them. Trump claimed that York County in Pennsylvania had received thousands of potentially fraudulent voter registration forms and mail-in ballot applications from a third party group. But York County President Commissioner Julie Wheeler …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

Solar industry sees first projects put on ice as nuclear proposal sows doubt among investors

ABC

Political turbulence around the renewable energy debate is making some clean energy investors nervous. Government urged to combat 'material distrust' in green energy projects Photo shows sign with red cross over transmission lines and towers on farm gate fence Poor engagement and consultation has led to "material distrust" of renewable energy developers in regional communities, according to a much-anticipated review. …

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7 months, 1 week ago

Editorial: Walmart hasn’t stopped pork suppliers from confining pregnant sows in cruel cages. Time for shareholders to step up

LA Times

Ron Mardesen talks about his hog farming operation near Elliott, Iowa in 2021. Nine years ago Walmart joined the chorus, asking its suppliers to get sows out of cramped cages as part of sweeping animal welfare guidelines. On its corporate website, it writes that suppliers and policymakers have “different views regarding optimal housing for animal welfare.” Yet, some of its …

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8 months, 1 week ago

Rollout of transgender bathroom law sows confusion among Utah public school families

Associated Press

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah public schools have been rushing to prepare students and teachers as the state starts cracking down Wednesday on any school found not enforcing new bathroom restrictions for transgender people. Principals in the Granite, Alpine, Davis and Salt Lake City school districts have been trained to address bathroom concerns on an individual basis, with discretion and …

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8 months, 1 week ago

Rollout of transgender bathroom law sows confusion among Utah public school families

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Utah public schools have been …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

China gives TAX BREAKS to the fentanyl-making firms behind some 80,000 US overdose deaths each year: House report says Beijing sows 'chaos and devastation'

Daily Mail

China's leaders give tax breaks to companies that produce fentanyl chemicals and cause some 80,000 US overdose deaths each year, a damning House report warns. The carnage of fentanyl deaths on US streets is underpinned by government tax breaks for Chinese chemical producers, says a damning report Chinese President Xi Jinping and President Joe Biden agreed in November to work …

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9 months, 1 week ago

Samajwadi Party Rampur-Moradabad drama sows seeds of Azam Khan-Akhilesh Yadav rift?

Hindustan Times

It is a sign of the winds of change within the Samajwadi Party that for the first time since its inception in 1992 the SP has fielded a candidate in Azam Khan’s stronghold Rampur contrary to the veteran leader’s wishes, giving rise to the theory that it may be the beginning of the end of the relationship between Khan and …

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9 months, 2 weeks ago

Deadly attack on Moscow concert hall shakes Russian capital and sows doubts about security

Associated Press

Shocked Russians brought flowers and teddy bears Saturday to the Crocus City concert hall on the outskirts of Moscow to pay their respects to more than 100 people who died in a grisly attack claimed by the Islamic State group. “I woke up this morning and decided I definitely have to come here,” a man named Mikhail told the AP …

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9 months, 2 weeks ago

Deadly attack on Moscow concert hall shakes Russian capital, sows doubts about security

LA Times

A woman lights candles at the fence next to Crocus City Hall, on the western edge of Moscow on Saturday, the day after a deadly attack on the concert venue. Shocked Russians brought flowers and teddy bears Saturday to the Crocus City concert hall on the outskirts of Moscow to pay their respects to more than 100 people who died …

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1 year ago

As Qatar Mediates the World’s Disputes, Its U.S. Lobbying Sows Legal Problems

Live Mint

Tiny Qatar has managed to punch above its weight in mediating some of the world’s biggest disputes, including the war in Gaza. Federal prosecutors in Manhattan alleged this month that Qatari officials gave a relative of New Jersey Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez tickets to the Formula One Grand Prix in Miami the past two years and invested tens of millions …

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1 year ago

Hungry, thirsty and humiliated: Israel’s mass arrest campaign sows fear in northern Gaza

Associated Press

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — The Israeli military has rounded up hundreds of Palestinians across the northern Gaza Strip, separating families and forcing men to strip to their underwear before trucking some to a detention camp on the beach, where they spent hours, in some cases days, subjected to hunger and cold, according to human rights activists, distraught relatives and …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Elon Musk Sows Confusion on Twitter After Removing Legacy Check Marks

Live Mint

Twitter Inc.’s move to remove legacy verifications is once again sowing confusion over who’s real and who isn’t on the social-media platform. The check mark removals are one of the most drastic changes Twitter’s new owner, Elon Musk, has made since he bought the platform in October. Mr. Musk has upended norms on one of the world’s most popular social-media …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Missouri Tornado Kills Multiple People, Sows Destruction

Huff Post

A woman walks near an uprooted tree, a flipped vehicle and debris from homes damaged by a tornado on March 27, 2023, in Rolling Fork, Miss. AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File DES MOINES, Iowa — A tornado that tore through southeastern Missouri on Wednesday caused widespread destruction and killed and injured multiple people, authorities said. The National Weather Service said a …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Predawn Missouri tornado kills at least 5, sows destruction

LA Times

Drone footage of the damage from a tornado that hit southeast Missouri early Wednesday. The Missouri tornado touched down around 3:30 a.m. Wednesday and moved through a rural area of Bollinger County, about 50 miles south of St. Louis, said Sgt. The damage was concentrated around the small rural communities of Glen Allen and Grassy, which are separated by a …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Computer breakdown sows chaos across US air travel system

Associated Press

NEW YORK — Thousands of flights across the U.S. were canceled or delayed Wednesday after a system that offers safety information to pilots failed, and the government launched an investigation into the breakdown, which grounded some planes for hours. The Federal Aviation Administration said preliminary indications “traced the outage to a damaged database file.” The agency said it would take …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Computer breakdown sows chaos across U.S. air travel system

LA Times

Delays are reported at Los Angeles International, John Wayne and Long Beach airports after the FAA temporarily grounds U.S. flights because of a system outage. The Federal Aviation Administration said preliminary indications “traced the outage to a damaged database file.” The agency said it would take steps to avoid another similar disruption. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg told a news conference …

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2 years, 3 months ago

‘Packaged’ Corpses on Streets of Colombian Capital Bogota Sows Terror in Hearts of Residents

News 18

For several months, bodies wrapped in plastic, some dismembered, have appeared on the streets of Colombia’s capital Bogota — grim proof of an escalating vendetta between rival Venezuelan gangs. These are “violent murders by strangulation, firearms or also with knives and a lot of cruelty,” security minister Anibal Fernandez de Soto told AFP. Initially, the gangs took “control of territory …

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2 years, 3 months ago

1,000 adoptions pending, but new rule sows confusion

The Hindu

There is confusion over implementation of new adoption rules that require transfer of adoption petitions from courts to District Magistrates, and parents, adoption agencies and activists are worried that this could lead to further delays in a long and arduous procedure. The following month she brought home the girl under pre-adoption foster care pending a formal adoption order from the …

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2 years, 4 months ago

California pig welfare rule delays frustrate small farmers

Associated Press

DES MOINES, Iowa — Ohio hog farmer Joe Brandt changed his operation a few years ago to give his pigs more room and keep pregnant sows out of the narrow crates used by most farms. If you see something and you’re progressive and you work toward it and you believe in it, I think if a measure like this does …

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2 years, 5 months ago

Sri Lanka’s political turmoil sows worries for recovery

Associated Press

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — A day after Sri Lanka’s president fled, Mohamed Ishad waited outside an immigration office near the capital, clutching a file of documents that he hopes will get his passport renewed so he can leave, too. “Living in Sri Lanka right now is not good — if you want a good life, you need to leave,” he …

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2 years, 5 months ago

Sri Lanka’s political turmoil sows worries for recovery

India TV News

A day after Sri Lanka’s president fled, Mohamed Ishad waited outside an immigration office near the capital, clutching a file of documents that he hopes will get his passport renewed so he can leave, too. “Living in Sri Lanka right now is not good — if you want a good life, you need to leave,” he said. “It’s like in …

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2 years, 6 months ago

Caged pigs ‘tormented’ on EU farms producing Parma and Bayonne ham

The Independent

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Europe farming wealth gap sows anger

Europe farming wealth gap sows anger

'What is going on???' Trump sows election fraud fears in late night Truth Social post

Solar industry sees first projects put on ice as nuclear proposal sows doubt among investors

Editorial: Walmart hasn’t stopped pork suppliers from confining pregnant sows in cruel cages. Time for shareholders to step up

Rollout of transgender bathroom law sows confusion among Utah public school families

Rollout of transgender bathroom law sows confusion among Utah public school families

China gives TAX BREAKS to the fentanyl-making firms behind some 80,000 US overdose deaths each year: House report says Beijing sows 'chaos and devastation'

Samajwadi Party Rampur-Moradabad drama sows seeds of Azam Khan-Akhilesh Yadav rift?

Deadly attack on Moscow concert hall shakes Russian capital and sows doubts about security

Deadly attack on Moscow concert hall shakes Russian capital, sows doubts about security

As Qatar Mediates the World’s Disputes, Its U.S. Lobbying Sows Legal Problems

Hungry, thirsty and humiliated: Israel’s mass arrest campaign sows fear in northern Gaza

Elon Musk Sows Confusion on Twitter After Removing Legacy Check Marks

Missouri Tornado Kills Multiple People, Sows Destruction

Predawn Missouri tornado kills at least 5, sows destruction

Computer breakdown sows chaos across US air travel system

Computer breakdown sows chaos across U.S. air travel system

‘Packaged’ Corpses on Streets of Colombian Capital Bogota Sows Terror in Hearts of Residents

1,000 adoptions pending, but new rule sows confusion

California pig welfare rule delays frustrate small farmers

Sri Lanka’s political turmoil sows worries for recovery

Sri Lanka’s political turmoil sows worries for recovery

Caged pigs ‘tormented’ on EU farms producing Parma and Bayonne ham