Russia’s Foreign Ministry on Monday said it has rescinded the accreditation of a correspondent for Austria’s public broadcaster ORF and told her to leave the country in response to Austria’s expulsion of a journalist for Russian state news agency Tass. The ministry said in a statement that Maria Knips-Witting was ordered to hand over her…
When the popular Academy Museum of Motion Pictures opened in 2021 with exhibits celebrating the diversity of the film industry, the museum was criticized for having largely omitted one group: the Jewish founders of Hollywood. Last month, the museum aimed to correct that oversight by opening a permanent new exhibition highlighting the formative role that…
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BURTON UPON TRENT, England — It might just be now or never for Gareth Southgate. England‘s men’s team are one of the favourites at Euro 2024, as much because of their recent tournament record as the presence of the most exciting crop of attacking talent for a generation. On paper at least, the combination looks…
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Six-time Grammy Award-winning drummer and producer Questlove is digging deep into the roots of hip-hop and uncovering how the genre has impacted culture. He explains it all in his new book “Hip-Hop is History.” “Hip-hop’s sort of early years is the result of really a generation wanting to be heard,” Questlove said on “CBS Mornings”…
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Abbott Chairman of the Board and CEO Robert B. Ford delivers a keynote address at CES 2022 at The Venetian Las Vegas on January 6, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Ethan Miller | Getty Images Abbott Laboratories announced Monday it received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for two new continuous glucose monitoring…
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ISLAMABAD: The National Economic Council on Monday approved one-fourth higher national development budget outlay of Rs3.5 trillion amid support by the four provinces, including Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, for the International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme. In a baby step towards federal fiscalism and consensus decisions on major national economic matters, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif also set up a…
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A large number of vehicles stand in a queue to fill their vehicle petrol tanks at a petrol pump in Islamabad, on May 24, 2022. — Online Govt mulls hiking gas tariff, imposing another levy on pol products. Finance ministry refuses to allocate budgetary subsidy on IMF diktat. Move aims at addressing circular debt of…
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Israeli forces rescued four Israeli hostages Saturday during an expansive operation in central Gaza that left scores of Palestinians dead. At least 210 people were killed in the Nuseirat refugee camp, according to a Gaza Health Ministry spokesman and a doctor at a hospital there. Source link
CNN — A French Open doubles match ended controversially on Sunday as No.16 seeds Miyu Kato and Aldila Sutjiadi were disqualified from the tournament after a ball girl was hit by a ball. Having lost the opening set to Spain’s Sara Sorribes Tormo and Marie Bouzkova of the Czech Republic, Japan’s Kato and Sutjiadi of…
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Howard University announced on Friday that it would revoke an honorary degree that was awarded to the hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs in 2014. The decision comes in the wake of Mr. Combs’s admission that he physically abused a former girlfriend, in addition to a slew of other allegations of abuse that have surfaced in…
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