From Texas to Massachusetts “By 2020, we had completely shut down access to the U.S. asylum system,” Stephen Miller boasted during a November 14, 2023, interview on The Charlie Kirk Show. “Everybody was being expelled, without ... 05/15/2024 - 11:18 pm | View Link
US Eyes Curbs on China's Access to AI Software The Biden administration is poised to open up a new front in its effort to safeguard US AI from China with preliminary plans to place guardrails around the most advanced AI Models, the core software ... 05/8/2024 - 4:31 pm | View Link
Israel’s war on Gaza updates: Rafah ground invasion would be a ‘bloodbath’ Ground attack of overcrowded southern city would inflict hundreds of thousands of casualties, UN agencies warn. 05/3/2024 - 6:16 am | View Link
Q1 2024 MYR Group Inc Earnings Call I will now turn the call over to Don Egan, who will provide an overview of our commercial and industrial segment. Thanks, Brian, and good morning, everyone. Our C&I results in the first quarter ... 05/2/2024 - 6:37 pm | View Link
ICF International Inc (ICFI) Q1 2024 Earnings Call Transcript Highlights: Strong Financial ... Quarterly Dividend: Announced at $0.14 per share. ICF International Inc (NASDAQ:ICFI) reported a strong revenue growth of 8.7% year-on-year, excluding divestitures, driven by robust growth from ... 05/2/2024 - 4:15 pm | View Link
Every year on May 15, Palestinian people across the world observe what is known as Nakba Day, the solemn anniversary of the day in 1948 when the Arab-Israeli War began, precipitating a wave of displacement and expulsion among the Palestinian population. This year, with more than 450,000 people—nearly a quarter of Gaza’s population—newly displaced in just the past week, the commemoration of the Nakba, Arabic for “catastrophe,” takes on new significance.
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For those who observe it, Nakba Day is not only a day for mourning, but for a sense of re-establishment.
(LONDON) — Two men accused of cutting down the majestic Sycamore Gap tree concealed their faces from cameras as they arrived at court Wednesday but inside the courtroom they couldn’t hide from the cost of the damage they allegedly caused.
A prosecutor said the value of the roughly 150-year-old beloved tree that was toppled onto Hadrian’s Wall in northern England last year exceeded 620,000 pounds ($785,000).
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“This is a case that will be instantly recognizable to you, indeed anyone hearing the charges read out,” prosecutor Rebecca Brown said in Newcastle Magistrates’ Court.
(DALLAS) — Scientists once thought of dinosaurs as sluggish, cold-blooded creatures. Then research suggested that some could control their body temperature, but when and how that shift came about remained a mystery.
Now, a new study estimates that the first warm-blooded dinosaurs may have roamed the Earth about 180 million years ago, about halfway through the creatures’ time on the planet.
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Warm-blooded creatures — including birds, who are descended from dinosaurs, and humans — keep their body temperature constant whether the world around them runs cold or hot.
(SAO PAULO) — While flooding that has devastated Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul state has yet to subside, another scourge has spread across the region: disinformation on social media that has hampered desperate efforts to get aid to hundreds of thousands in need.
Among fake postings that have stirred outrage: That official agencies aren’t conducting rescues in Brazil’s southernmost state.
LONDON — King Charles III has unveiled the first portrait of the monarch completed since he assumed the throne, a vivid image that depicts him in the bright red uniform of the Welsh Guards against a background of similar hues.
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The larger-than-life painting by artist Jonathan Yeo captures the king with his hands clasped atop the hilt of his sword and a butterfly flitting above his right shoulder.
(BRATISLAVA, Slovakia) — Slovakia’s populist Prime Minister Robert Fico was wounded in a shooting Wednesday afternoon and taken to hospital.
Reports on TA3, a Slovakian TV station, said that Fico, 59, was hit in the stomach after four shots were fired outside the House of Culture in the town of Handlova, some 150 kilometers northeast of the capital, where the leader was meeting with supporters.