Murdoch media steps up Assange smears, calls him a 'work-shy fraud' News Corporation has stepped up its attacks on WikiLeaks founder and publisher Julian Assange, publishing two articles over the weekend about all the alleged faults of the jailed activist. One piece, 04/21/2024 - 11:17 am | View Link
Good moment to assess the motives behind Assange's leaks Famed WikiLeaks hacker Julian Assange is back in the news. The U.S. has taken steps that could lead to his extradition from the U.K., to face espionage charges. That includes a recent letter from the American ambassador in London assuring his British jailers that Assange if sent here would not face the death penalty. 04/17/2024 - 10:45 am | View Link
US submits assurances to UK over Julian Assange extradition ... FILE PHOTO: A supporter of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange holds a sign, on the day the High Court is set to rule on whether Julian Assange can appeal against extradition from Britain to the ... 04/17/2024 - 10:03 am | View Link
Julian Assange Julian Paul Assange (/ ə ˈ s ɑː n ʒ / ə-SAHNZH; né Hawkins; born 3 July 1971) is an Australian editor, publisher and activist who founded WikiLeaks in 2006. 04/17/2024 - 3:58 am | View Link
US provides assurances to prevent Julian Assange appeal ... Tue 16 Apr 2024 17.45 EDT. The US has provided assurances to the high court in London in an attempt to prevent a last-ditch appeal by Julian Assange against extradition, but the WikiLeaks founder ... 04/16/2024 - 9:24 pm | View Link
U.S. Lays Out Protections for Assange if He Is Extradited Mr. Assange, 52, was the head of WikiLeaks in 2010 when it published tens of thousands of classified military and diplomatic documents leaked by Chelsea Manning, an Army intelligence analyst. 04/16/2024 - 3:19 pm | View Link
Julian Assange extradition edges closer after US promises not ... Julian Assange's bid to avoid extradition to America has been dealt a blow, after lawyers for the United States provided the assurances about his treatment a London court had demanded. Assange, an ... 04/16/2024 - 12:56 pm | View Link
In 2021, troubled by a law change in Georgia that could restrict voting access, business leaders Ken Chenault and Ken Frazier partnered to gather the support of U. S. executives to take a stand. They secured more than 700 signatures for their statement opposing “discriminatory legislation.” But the pair told the audience at the TIME100 Summit on Wednesday that today’s political and social climate would make such an effort more difficult to achieve in 2024.
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“I think it would be much harder to get CEOs to take a stand on those issues or many other issues,” said Frazier, the chairman of health assurance Initiatives at General Catalyst, and former CEO at pharmaceutical company Merck—which, as a premiere partner for the TIME100 franchise, was a sponsor of the event—during a panel discussion alongside Chenault.
Two iconic female athletes—Ibtihaj Muhammad and A’ja Wilson—called for more U. S. investment in women’s sports at the TIME100 Summit on Wednesday.
“I would love to see these big companies…invest in women and invest in the game,” Muhammad said.
Muhammad is an Olympic medalist in fencing, activist and author and Wilson is an Olympic gold medalist in basketball and WNBA Champion.
(WASHINGTON, D. C.) — About one-quarter of U. S. adults over age 50 say they expect to never retire and 70% are concerned about prices rising faster than their income, an AARP survey finds.
About 1 in 4 have no retirement savings, according to research released Wednesday by the organization that shows how a graying America is worrying more and more about how to make ends meet even as economists and policymakers say the U.
If you’ve been exercising your vocal cords to Taylor Swift’s album The Tortured Poets Department, it might be time to move on to other body parts—like your arms, legs, and core. We asked three fitness trainers how to turn a handful of Swift’s new tunes into a fun and effective workout.
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Use the opening track on The Tortured Poets Department as a warm-up for the rest of your workout, advises Kelly Borowiec, a certified personal trainer in San Francisco.
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Perform 14 reps (to mimic a fortnight) of each exercise.
Arm circles: While jogging in place, extend your arms out and perform forward circular motions.
Selena Gomez is committed to Rare Beauty, she said at the 2024 TIME100 Summit in New York City on Wednesday. Gomez launched the vegan and cruelty free makeup line in Sept. 2020, and it has since amassed a valuation of $2 billion, a figure that led to reports of a potential sale in Rare Beauty’s immediate future.
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“I don’t think I’m going anywhere.
The nation’s school meals will get a makeover under new nutrition standards that limit added sugars for the first time, the U. S. Department of Agriculture announced Wednesday.
The final rule also trims sodium in kids’ meals, although not by the 30% first proposed in 2023. And it continues to allow flavored milks — such as chocolate milk — with less sugar, rather than adopting an option that would have offered only unflavored milk to the youngest kids.
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The aim is to improve nutrition and align with U.