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MLK's daughter calls on tourists to boycott 'racist' Florida and blasts Ted Cruz

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis delivered to your inbox Receive our free Inside Washington email Texas Senator Ted Cruz found himself infuriated on Sunday after the late civil rights champion Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s daughter attempted to invoke Dr. King’s legacy to attack the modern incarnation of the anti-racism movement. Mr. Cruz used Dr. King’s name in his tweet attacking the NAACP, one of America’s oldest and best-known anti-racism organizations. Texas Republicans took issue with the organization after issuing a...
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Mechanical sail? Battery? Shippers are building 'green corridors' to track faster clean technologies

Sign up for our breaking news email to get free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox. Sign up for our free Latest News email It is home to one of the world’s busiest container shipping routes – a stream of ships loaded with furniture, automobiles, clothing and other goods that cross the Pacific between Los Angeles and Shanghai. If the plans come to fruition, the corridor would become a showcase for reducing planet-warming carbon emissions from the shipping industry, which produces about 3% of the world’s...
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Mark Drakeford says UK government created conditions that led to Cardiff riots Mark Drakeford

The Welsh First Minister has accused the UK government of creating the poor social conditions that formed the background of the Cardiff riots by systematically destroying community life, public services and citizens’ incomes. Mark Drakeford, who represents the Ely area where rioting broke out on Monday night following the deaths of two teenage boys, said public services and people’s living standards had declined during 13 years of Conservative rule. The first minister was a youth justice activist in Ely when the Bread Riots occurred in 1991, and noted that there...
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Conquest by Nina Allen Review – Alien Invasion, Coding and Bach | Novel

IIn the future, Earth has won a fierce war against an extraterrestrial civilization. As a monument to human resilience and his own excellence, a cocky billionaire plans to build a massive residential tower out of a unique type of rock mined from the alien homeworld. The rock is black and gives off a strange heat. But what if it is alive too? So is the story of The Tower, the central chapter of Nina Allen’s brilliant ludic novel, presented as a quote from the novel of the same name, written...
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McCarthy details House GOP bill to raise debt ceiling, calls on Biden to start talks

washington House Speaker Kevin McCarthy reveals details of his proposal to increase credit limit and cut government spending, his initial offer for Democrats while calling on President Biden to start talks before the summer deadline to avoid a default. McCarthy said in brief remarks on the House floor Wednesday that the GOP plan would raise the debt ceiling by $1.5 trillion or through the end of March 2024, whichever comes first. Known as the Limit, Save, Grow Act, 320 page bill McCarthy said that includes $4.5 trillion in savings by...
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Russia accepts Vatican peace initiative, says no steps yet for a mission to Moscow

VATICAN CITY — Russia indicated Friday that it views Pope Francis’ Ukraine peace initiative positively, but stressed that there were no immediate plans for a Vatican mission in Moscow. The statement by the Russian Foreign Ministry to the state RIA Novosti agency was the first public acknowledgment of the pope’s move by Moscow. It followed the Vatican’s weekend announcement that Italian Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, a veteran of the Catholic Church’s peace mediation initiative, had been tapped by Francis as his envoy. “We acknowledge the Holy See’s sincere desire to promote...
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Gen Z: Most Hold Investments, Prefer Crypto Over Stocks

Gen Z may be young, but they’re already moving on with their finances , Especially when it comes to investing. A new report Shows that more than half of Gen Z Americans have some sort of investment, and most of these investors started putting their money to work before the age of 21. Money advertising. We may be compensated if you click on this ad.Advertisement what do the figures say A new report from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and the finance non-profit CFA Institute pulls back the veil...
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Paris Olympics organizers say 6.8 million tickets have been sold so far, defending price

Organizers of the Paris Olympics said they have sold 6.8 million tickets out of 10 million available 14 months before the opening ceremony and on Tuesday dismissed criticism that the prices were too high. Organizing committee chairman Tony Estanguet said the second ticketing phase, which ended last week, had exceeded expectations despite some fans – and athletes – complaining about exorbitant prices. The most expensive tickets for the opening ceremony are 2,700 euros ($2,900), and the highest priced sports are the athletics, swimming and basketball finals. The cheapest ticket cost...
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More women needed on London's blue stripes, English Heritage | women

The disparity between men and women honored by the London Blue Plaques scheme is so great that it will take 300 years at current rates to reach equality between the sexes, English Heritage has said, as it called on people to continue nominating more women Have done Despite significant progress in recognizing more notable women from history in recent years, the charity’s curatorial director, Anna Avis, said the plan required many more diverse nominations to fully recognize the capital’s “extraordinarily rich history”. Will welcome She was speaking ahead of the...
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TikTok CEO says Oracle has begun review of its source code

byteDance Ltd. TikTok is “on track” with its venture to have all US user data hosted and overseen by Oracle Corp., as the Chinese tech giant looks to win over critics concerned about the national security implications of its hit video app. struggling for. TikTok Chief Executive Officer Show Zi Chew said the US software company has begun a review of TikTok’s source code and it is now the default destination for US user data. His team is also developing a European version of this local-hosting initiative, designed to address...
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