Chernihiv, Ukraine – Tamara was pregnant when she had to hide for three weeks in the ice-cold basement of her house in Chernihiv, a northern Ukrainian city. “When [Russian bomber] planes were above us, the only thing we could do was to pray,” she told Al Jazeera, recalling the war’s beginning in February 2022 that devastated her city and forced two-thirds of its 300,000 residents to leave. On April 17, she relived this horror when Russian missile strikes here killed 18 people and wounded dozens. “Why can’t the West understand that every day of the delay means more deaths?” she…
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Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, via Wikimedia Commons This month, conservative radio host Glenn Beck broke down the extent of DEI ideology in the medical community. The examples came from universities from coast to coast. Mandatory seminars on critical race theory and gender ideology abound while tried-and-true principles of medicine are abandoned. Medical treatment based on individualized patient care has been replaced with unrelated demographic groupings taking its place. So, for those citizens who think the college campus woke mind virus won’t affect them in their daily lives, you may not feel so safe after learning…
Hermes saw Chinese buyers snap up its luxury products as the Kelly bag maker showed its resilience amid a broader slowdown in demand for the sector. Sales at constant exchange rates jumped 17% to €3.8 billion ($4.1 billion) in the first quarter, Hermes International SCA said Thursday. This was more than analysts expected. The shares rose as much as 1.3% in Paris before reversing those gains as investors saw signs that Hermes might not be immune to the slowdown seen by rivals. The stock is still up by more than a fifth this year, beating LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton…
In such a politically charged case, the justices may try to issue a unanimous decision, Mr Roosevelt said, as they did in another case involving Mr Trump and Colorado’s primary ballot. That would probably be a measured ruling that does not give Mr Trump blanket protection but leaves some opening for presidential immunity, he said.
The Ivy League and other elite private colleges are losing esteem – and they deserve it.
As the world’s population continues to grow, the need to be able to feed everyone is something a number of entities are working on. Paris-based Edonia, is one of the startups working on creating protein ingredients using microalgae. Edonia joins companies like Bevel, AlgaeCore Technologies, Algenuity and NewFish that are all tapping into the global market for commercial algae expected to be valued at $25.4 billion by 2033. Now armed with €2 million ($2.1 million), the company is moving forward with producing plant-based ingredients from microalgae biomass generated from spirulina or chlorella that Valentin claims is more nutritious than meat,…
Flight attendants at Southwest Airlines have ratified a contract that includes pay raises totaling more than 33% over four years, as airline workers continue to benefit from the industry’s recovery since the pandemic. The Transport Workers Union said Wednesday that members of Local 556 approved the contract by a margin of 81% to 19%. The union’s board rejected a lower offer last summer, and flight attendants voted against a second proposal in December. Southwest has about 20,000 flight attendants. They will get raises of more than 22% on May 1 and annual increases of 3% in each of the following three years.…
Website announces bankruptcy amid multiple defamation lawsuits related to 2020 presidential election. Gateway Pundit, a far-right outlet known for promoting the conspiracy theory that the 2020 US presidential election was rigged, has declared bankruptcy as it battles a string of defamation lawsuits. Jim Hoft, the outlet’s founder, said in a statement on Wednesday that parent company TGP Communications had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection “as a result of the progressive liberal lawfare attacks against our media outlet”. “This is not an admission of fault or culpability. This is a common tool for reorganization and to consolidate litigation when attacks…
rawpixel.com By Bethany Blankley (The Center Square) More than 1.7 million foreign nationals have illegally entered the U.S. in the first six months of fiscal 2024, the greatest number for this time period in U.S. history. The 1,733,496 who illegally entered in the first six months of the fiscal year outnumber the 1,547,866 who illegally entered in the first six months of fiscal 2023 by more than 185,000. In March, there were 246,432 illegal entries reported nationwide, with 189,372 illegally entering through the southwest border alone, according to the latest CBP data. CBP also processed 44,000 foreign nationals who arrived at…
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Protests against the war in Gaza are being held on college campuses across the US.
NYU business school professor Scott Galloway talks to MSNBC’s "Morning Joe" about why young people are struggling economically: