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Zelo Street

• Julie Burchill On Anti-Semitism? Er, No

  In an editorial decision that will surprise no-one, the increasingly alt-right Spectator magazine has given

• Spoons Boss EU Migration U-Turn

  When it came to business leaders ready and willing to proclaim their unwavering support for Brexit, none

• Piers Morgan, Mental Health, And Race

  Women of colour who make significant amounts of money, mental health issues, and the presence of former

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Politics : NPR

• Former Obama Advisor Explores the Decline of Democracy Across The Globe In

  NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Ben Rhodes, former advisor to President Obama, about his new book which

• The Postmaster General Is Under Federal Investigation Over Campaign

  A spokesman for Louis DeJoy says the Department of Justice is probing "contributions made by employees

• Vice President Harris May Be 'The Busiest Woman In Washington'

  NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Errin Haines, editor-at-large at The 19th , about the challenging and

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Discover: BreakingNews.ie

• Pippa O'Connor converts garage into stunning guest bedroom

  She used lockdown to complete the project

• People are loving buildings covered in flowers – and we can see why

  Beautiful – and proof that you don’t need to be out in nature to get your green fix. By Liz Connor.

• 4 sizzling swimwear trends set to be huge this summer

  From crochet to eco-fashion, these are the styles to rock right now.

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Ireland: BreakingNews.ie

• Holohan and Donnelly to meet Limerick TDs over Covid surge in county

  Dr Holohan said the majority of the 800 cases reported in the last two weeks “occurred as a result of

• Martin and Poots hold ‘frank discussions’ over Northern Ireland Protocol

  DUP leader made his first visit to Dublin since becoming party leader and said that NI cannot be a

• Public asked to only attend 'exceptionally busy' Cork University

  CUH said delays have been exacerbated by the HSE cyberattack.

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memeorandum

• America's cruel unemployment experiment (Emily Stewart/Vox)

  Emily Stewart / Vox : America's cruel unemployment experiment   —  Cutting off

• "Tell Me Something to Do Better and I'll Shut Up": Ben Crump

  Hunter Walker / Vanity Fair : “Tell Me Something to Do Better and I'll Shut Up”: Ben

• What just happened in Israel, explained. (Isaac Saul/Tangle)

  Isaac Saul / Tangle : What just happened in Israel, explained.   —  With views from the

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The Hayride

• If You Wanted To Know What The Louisiana Conservative Caucus Is For…

  …now you know. Yesterday the Caucus showed some of its cards, and it’s a real problem for House

• APPEL: The Goldfish Theory Of America

  America is like a giant fishbowl filled with millions of goldfish. Some are smart and some are not. Some

• BAYHAM: Mrs. Pelosi, Take Down This Capitol Wall

  The US Capitol is the preeminent symbol of American democracy. It is where our nation’s laws are

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Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives - research • analysis • solutions

• Education Property Tax Cuts Worsen Income Inequality in Manitoba

  The Education Property Tax Reduction Act will increase income inequality in Manitoba and will not help

• Canada’s Energy Sector

  The oil and gas sector alone will cause Canada to exceed its Paris Agreement target. Going into the G7

• Keys to a house secure future for all Nova Scotians

  The CCPA Nova Scotia convened the Housing for All Working Group to answer the question: what would it take

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Times of India

• West Bengal ex-CS Alapan Bandyopadhyay gets notice from MHA, faces up to 1-

• SC slams Centre’s vaccine policy for 18-44 as arbitrary & irrational, wants

• Covid-19 in Karnataka: Families sell valuables, land to settle hospital

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India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India

• SC continues Justice S K Singh as TDSAT chairman

• Justice S K Singh to stay TDSAT chief: Supreme Court

• Norms on care of Covid-hit kids out

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News24 Top Stories

• News24.com | SANDF soldier on peacekeeping mission in DRC killed in

  An SA National Defence Force soldier has been shot and killed in a friendly fire incident in the Democratic

• News24.com | Ramaphosa on MPs' salaries, benefits: 'They struggle

  President Cyril Ramaphosa said MPs have been "cut to the bone because they have had no meaningful

• News24.com | Estina dairy project: Iqbal Sharma remains in custody as two

  Two of the four accused in a fraud and money laundering case, to the tune of just over R24 million, were

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News24 Voices

• News24.com | OPINION | Terrence Corrigan: What does the handover at

  Terence Corrigan asks that, following the handover of title deeds to farms at Tafelkop in Limpopo, has

• News24.com | LETTER TO THE EDITOR | Mkhize should follow footsteps of Pallo

  Isaac Mtshweni writes that Zweli Mkhize needs to consider doing the honourable thing in light of the recent

• News24.com | OPINION | Calvin Matlou and Siseko Maposa: Bold steps needed

  Over the years, the South African government has failed to close the gap between rural and urban schools

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News24 Africa

• News24.com | Covid-19: Africa not ready for imminent third wave, warns WHO

  Hit by a fresh surge of infections and with vaccine deliveries at a near standstill, Africa is not ready to

• News24.com | Thousands rally in Sudan, upping calls for justice over 2019

  Thousands of Sudanese took to the streets of Khartoum on Thursday, stepping up their demands for justice

• News24.com | News24 appoints Lynsey Chutel to head up new Africa desk

  News24 has appointed seasoned journalist Lynsey Chutel to head up its Africa desk.

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World: BreakingNews.ie

• Mike Pence: Likely I will never see eye to eye with Donald Trump on Capitol

  Angry Trump supporters broke into the building on January 6, with some chanting ‘Hang Mike Pence’.

• Detained dissident journalist weeps on Belarusian state television

  Roman Protasevich was a founder of a messaging app channel that was a key information conduit for opponents

• Celebrity lawyer F Lee Bailey dies aged 87

  Mr Bailey earned acquittals for many of his clients, but he also lost cases.

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WebMD Health

• Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson's May Help Long Term

  Over 15 years, patients who the treatment had significant improvement in motor symptoms and less need for

• What Are the Different Types of Relationships?

  How many different types of relationships are there? What do terms like friends with benefits or domestic

• Things People With Prostate Cancer Wish You Knew

  Prostate cancer happens when cells begin to grow and develop quicker than normally in your prostate. Find

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WhoWhatWhy

• Natural Regeneration: The ‘Messy’ Alternative to Tree-Planting

  Reading Time: 3 minutes Michael Flynn Suggested That a Coup Should Happen in the US ; Democrats Are

• How to Be More Than a Bystander

  Reading Time: 9 minutes A nonprofit teaches observers how to intervene when they witness harassment. The

• World’s Largest Meatpacking Plant Sees Progress in Cyberattack Battle

  Reading Time: 3 minutes Former Health Department Employee Granted Whistleblower Status ; Can the US Avoid

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Science Blog

• Most Americans Support Medicare Negotiation for Drug Prices Despite Claims

  A new West Health/Gallup survey finds nearly all Democrats (97%) and the majority of Republicans (61

• Quantum computing with holes

  In the world of quantum mechanics, researchers can even make empty space, the lack of something, do their

• Engineers create a programmable fiber

  MIT researchers have created the first fiber with digital capabilities, able to sense, store, analyze, and

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Raw Story - Celebrating 17 Years of Independent Journalism

• Four more Oath Keepers arrested — 16 now charged with insurrection

  Federal prosecutors continue to make arrests of those accused of conspiring to commit the January 6th

• 'We're going to shoot you': More police come forward with

  Washington, D.C. Metro Police officer Michael Fanone and Officer Harry Dunn have been among the few

• DOJ feared Matt Gaetz was obstructing justice back in the fall of 2020

  More details are coming to light into a potential obstruction of justice investigation into Rep. Matt Gaetz

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Scoop NZ - Sci-tech

• Tracking NZ’s Threatened Bugs With Drones

  New technology being developed by a research team at the University of Canterbury could lead to deeper

• Research Collaboration Uncovers Mechanisms To Trigger Spore Release For

  Henderson, NV, USA. June 3, 2021: CH4 Global Inc., and its scientific collaborator in New Zealand, The

• Kiwi Ingenuity In The Future Of Food – Expert Reaction

  How can New Zealand help to feed a growing global population, in a way that is healthy for people and the

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The Science of Doom

• Models and Rainfall – VII – Australia CanESM2, CSIRO, Miroc and MRI RCP4.5

  In VI – Australia CanESM2, CSIRO, Miroc and MRI compared vs history we looked at how each model thought

• Models and Rainfall – VI – Australia CanESM2, CSIRO, Miroc and MRI compared

  In V – CanESM2, CSIRO, Miroc and MRI compared we compared four models among themselves for two future

• Models and Rainfall – V – CanESM2, CSIRO, Miroc and MRI compared

  In the last article we looked at a comparison between Miroc (Japanese climate mode) and MPI (German climate

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Seeing the Forest

• Innocence

  Arkansas really wanted someone dead, their supply of death drugs was running out. I was hiking in Muir

• How Do You Argue With This?

  I mean it as a question. How do you argue with this? From a trumper I know: Your friends seem to have all

• Today’s Housing Bubble Commercial Real Estate Bubble Post

  In the years leading up to the 2008 crash I was posting a series called “Today’s Housing Bubble

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The Slog

• COVID HYBRID VIETCONG BREAKTHROUGH SHOCK

  We are expecting the Mutant Very Dangerous Vietnamese Hybrid strain at any moment

• REVEALED: a plot to make Royals the acceptable face of technocracy?

  The Windsor dynasty will doom itself if it allies with the Wrong Side of History.

• THE COVID CIRCLE: Boris weds, Hancock cornered, Sedwill & Wuhan, Fauci

  Fauci knew, Gates knew, Pharma knew, heads of government & health ministers knew of Covid...IN 2017

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Universe Today

• Ingenuity’s 6th Flight Didn’t Go So Smoothly

  On its sixth flight, the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter suffered a bit of a glitch and was forced to land. But

• Solar Horns at Sunrise: Our Guide to the June 10th Annular Solar Eclipse

  The only annular eclipse of 2021 will produce a fine annular eclipse across most of North America and

• NASA Orders Up a Double Shot of Venus Missions Amid Questions About Life

  NASA’s planetary science program is making a big bet on Venus, after decades of putting its chips on

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Whistleblower Network News

• Transparency International Ireland Publishes Report on Companies, Includes

  On May 20, Transparency International Ireland (TI Ireland) published a report analyzing and ranking 30

• Defense Manufacturing Company To Pay $50 Million To Resolve Allegations Of

  Navistar Defense LLC (Navistar), a manufacturer of military vehicles, has agreed to pay the U.S. government

• SEC Grants Two Whistleblower Awards Totaling $23 Million

  On June 2, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced whistleblower awards totaling $23

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Andy Worthington

• Fighting Guantánamo in the Courts Under President Biden

  A detailed examination of the current Guantánamo cases before the US courts, some involving a long-running

• 36 Years Since the Battle of the Beanfield, the Tories Remain Committed to

  Today marks the 36th anniversary of the Battle of the Beanfield, when the police, under Margaret Thatcher,

• How China Uses Guantánamo’s Former Uyghur Prisoners to Justify the Mass

  A cross-post, with my own introduction, of a recent CNN article looking at how US support for the Chinese

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