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UBS Penalties Slashed by Around $3 Billion in French Tax Case

  
WSJ - 12.13.2021 Original article ›
Margot Patrick, Nick Kostov
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A French Appeals Court upholds a 2019 verdict of penalty on Swiss bank UBS for helping wealthy clients in France evade taxes. The court ordered UBS to pay $2 billion, reducing the earlier penalty from $5 billion.

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Middle East Crisis: Blinken Arrives in Mideast to Rally Support for Cease-Fire Plan

  
NYTimes.com - 02.05.2024 Original article ›
Zolan Kanno Youngs
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Blinken flies to Saudi Arabia as US strikes Houthi rebel missile systems targeting the shipping lanes in the Red Sea along Yemen (formerly Aden). The US seeks to bring the Gaza war to a close and negotiate a settlement.

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World Population Dashboard -India | United Nations Population Fund

  
United Nations Population Fund - 04.20.2023 Original article ›
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The UN World Population Fund India study shows the Dashboard for India in 2023- a population of 1.428 billion and information on fertility rate, school enrollment, women's health. These numbers come from UN agencies and are updated annually.

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Shifts to Independent Presidential Bid, a Potential Spoiler in 2024

  
WSJ - 10.09.2023 Original article ›
Catherine Lucey
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RFK Jr Independent candidacy could take votes away from both Democrats and Republicans. His anti-vaccine stand is closer to a section of Republicans and his family name relates to Robert F Kennedy and the Kennedy family of Democrats. 

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Why Child-Care Prices Are Rising at Nearly Twice the Overall Inflation Rate

  
WSJ - 08.17.2023 Original article ›
Christian Robles
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Childcare cost are up much higher than the inflation rate. Costs of care for two children in summer can go up to $2500 a month in Minnesota and other parts of the country more than the cost of the home mortgage.

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Biden Visits Hawaii: Biden Visiting Maui to See Wildfire Devastation

  
NYTimes.com - 08.21.2023 Original article ›
Peter Baker
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President Biden talks to victims of the fires and makes an aerial tour with the Governor. He looks at the damage in this part of Hawaii. 800 people are still missing after a search of the area affected by the fire.

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Jimmy Carter, 6 Months Into Hospice, Is Still ‘Very Much’ Himself, Grandson Says

  
NYTimes.com - 08.21.2023 Original article ›
Anushka Patil
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A resilient former president Jimmy Carter is 6 months into hospice care and still getting around at 99. Carter and LBJ are only two southern US presidents in recent history, both had an impact on the US in different ways.

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The New Race to Reach the Moon—and Find Water

  
WSJ - 08.21.2023 Original article ›
Micah Maidenberg, Aylin Woodward
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India's Chandrayan 3 could be an historic first on August 23 in the search for water on the moon. A landing could be happening soon on the moon's surface in an area known for water.

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A two-hour walking tour with ChatGPT: ‘I’d not suggest that to my worst enemy’

  
The Guardian - 11.11.2023 Original article ›
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Doing a 2 hour walk in Sydney, Australia, using ChatGPT turns out to be not so much fun with inaccurate replies casually given, and distances being off, restaurants closed and train stations nonexistent, says travel expert Kate Hennessy in The Guardian.

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Ford’s Cost Problem Isn’t Just About EVs

  
WSJ - 10.27.2023 Original article ›
Stephen Wilmot
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Ford's higher EV manufacturing costs than GM, and the $1.2 billion of warranty repair costs from gasoline powered vehicles hurt its bottom line in 2023. Ford says it lost $37,000 on each electric vehicle in third quarter 2023.

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Campsites Are Fully Booked. They’re Also Half-Empty.

  
WSJ - 06.28.2023 Original article ›
Allison Pohle
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51 million people camped in US parks in 2022. No shows are becoming a big problem because campers often make multiple reservations, then fail to cancel. Action is being taken in California, Minnesota and other states to to prevent no shows.

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‘In the US they think we’re communists!’ The 70,000 workers showing the world another way to earn a living

  
The Guardian - 04.24.2024 Original article ›
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The Basque country in Spain's Mondragon Corporation and its Eroski hypermarket, other businesses, make a large part of the Basque economy. The Guardian looks at the positive way it looks after its workers who have ownership in the company.

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England’s gamble fails as Jermaine Blackwood seals epic win

  
The Times - 07.13.2020 Original article ›
Mike Atherton, Chief Cricket Correspondent
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Superb batting by Blackwood with 95 runs in the second innings and exceptional bowling by Gabriel gave West Indies a 4 wickets win over England. West Indies cricket team is in England for  a series of Test matches.

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Liverpool bring sparkle to historic homecoming

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The Times - 07.22.2020 Original article ›
Henry Winter, Chief Football Writer
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Liverpool under coach Jurgen Klopp's inspirational leadership take the Champion's League trophy after winning 5 to 3 against Chelsea at Anfield stadium. Exceptional goals by Keita, Alexander-Arnold, Brazilian Firmino for Liverpool and by Pulisic for Chelsea.

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Efforts to Control Coronavirus in the U.S. Could Get Even More Extreme

  
NYTimes.com - 03.13.2020 Original article ›
Mike Baker, Miriam Jordan
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The kind of early effort needed to control the public health crisis of the coronavirus. Steps taken in Washington State on social distancing and action underway in the U.S. so that a proactive approach takes place, acting early and decisively.

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French PM says efforts to prevent far-right majority can succeed

  
The Guardian - 07.03.2024 Original article ›
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French prime minister Attal says Macron's party will stand down in seats that can be won by France Unbowed or LFI the socialist parties alliance. This is an effort to prevent National Rally to get a majority in parliament.

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Hungary's Orban pushes cease-fire in surprise Ukraine trip – DW – 07/02/2024

  
dw.com - 07.03.2024 Original article ›
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Hungary's president Orban visits Ukraine and mets Zelensky for peace talks. Hungary's has assumed the presidency of the EU in 2024. He suggests a ceasefire from Ukraine first to bring a settlement to the war.

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Strike on Soccer Field Stirs Divide Over War and Peace in Golan Heights Village

  
WSJ - 08.03.2024 Original article ›
Dov Lieber, Feliz Solomon | Photographs By Amit Elkayam For Wsj
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A Druze community on the Golan Heights split over the conflict with Lebanon and Hezbollah. Elders identify with Syria, young people identify with Israel after studying at Israeli universities. Attacks on a soccer field here led to retaliation by Israel.

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Opinion | Donald Trump’s moldy oldies Post cartoons

  
Washington Post - 08.21.2024 Original article ›
Ann Telnaes
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See Ann Telnaes cartoon in the Washington Post on Aug 15, 2025 news conference by Donald Trump from the Bedminster New Jersey golf club and repetition of oldies, oldies and more oldies for a America fatigued from fact checking.

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Five Olympic moments from Paris you won't have seen on TV

  
BBC News - 08.10.2024 Original article ›
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Some aspects of public enthusiasm inside France, on public buildings, for French athletes, and use of the River Seine, of the city itself with novel designs for athletes quarters, all this remains as a memory of these Paris Olympics games. 

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‘The hike of a lifetime’ – a circuit of the Écrins national park in France

  
The Guardian - 09.11.2024 Original article ›
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Hiking in the French Hautes Alps from beginning in Le Bourg d' Oisans, just south east of Grenoble on the 112 mile long trail through Ecrins National Park. The route is the GR54 Tour des Ecrins.

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EU announces €200-billion AI investment push

  
Le Monde.fr - 02.11.2025 Original article ›
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The EU will put up 50 billion euros for a 200 billion euro planned AI investment by Europe, with the rest coming from providers, investors and industry. This was announced at the AI Action Summit in Paris, Feb 2025.

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‘It’s not just in football’: young players’ families on racism in Spain

  
The Guardian - 05.24.2023 Original article ›
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This is what Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti said during the game in Valencia, Spain. 

"If a stadium insults a player racially the game has to stop, and I would say the same if we were winning 3-0. Stop the game there is no other way. The referee says the fans have to be informed first, and then if it continues we stop the game. But for me, he doesn't need to inform them. I am curious to see what happens now."

The incident in which Vinicius Jr, 22 years, was given racial insults in the Real Madrid Valencia La Liga game has led to repercussions all over the world. 

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Jobs bloodbath accelerates easing of lockdown for pubs, restaurants and weddings

  
- 06.07.2020 Original article ›
Tim Shipman, Political Editor
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Britain lifts the lockdown quickly after the Business Secretary and the Finance Minister warn of possible loss of 3 million jobsin the hospitality sector if it remains closed over the summer. Much of the job gains in the U.S. in April came from surprise additions of jobs in the hospitality sector.

Britain will now relax planning controls to allow pubs, restuarants and cafes to open outside areas for business. Outdoor weddings will now be permitted, with indoor weddings of upto 10 people allowed by early July. Places of worship, churches, open June 15, as do non-essential shops. 

The R rate has risen slightly yet it remains between 0.7 and 0.9. 

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As social unrest explodes in French West Indies, chlordecone is key to the crisis

  
France 24 - 12.08.2021 Original article ›
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This report in FR24 cites the director of research at France's National Institute of Health and Medical Research, Inserm, about the damaging effects of an insecticide used in the French West Indies. The result is that there are violent protests against the vaccine mandate being implemented in the French West Indies. 

The FR24 report says that about a third of the marine coastline, and a third of agricultural land and land for breeding, in the West Indies islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique is polluted by the insecticide chlordecone. The insecticide was first used in banana plantations in the French West Indies against banana insects. The insecticide has now contaminated the soil and groundwater. 

 

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