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Sunak Tells Unions to Halt Strikes After Announcing ‘Final’ Pay Offer

Rishi Sunak has challenged union leaders to call off strike action after offering public sector workers pay rises of up to 7 percent. The prime minister said on Thursday that he has accepted the recommendations from independent pay review bodies, including 6.5 percent increases for teachers in England for 2023-24, which the education unions said

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[PREMIERING 7:30PM ET] Paula Scanlan, Former UPenn Swimmer: How We’re Being Conditioned to Think It’s Normal for Biological Men to Compete in Women’s Sports

“In the fall of 2019, we were told that a member of the men’s team was going to be transitioning to the women’s team … And that’s when I started to dig deeper on what the NCAA actually allowed. And they did allow for men to become women only after a year of deciding that

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LIVE NOW: Federal Trade Commission Chair Testifies at House Judiciary Committee Hearing

Lina Khan, chair of the Federal Trade Commission, testifies to the House Judiciary Committee in an oversight hearing at 10 a.m. ET on July 13 on “FTC mismanagement and disregard for ethics and congressional oversight under Chair Lina Khan.” The hearing will also examine the commission’s record of enforcement actions and politicized rulemakings. … Read

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1 in 3 London Businesses Say ULEZ Expansion Will Negatively Affect Employees

Over a third of London businesses are worried about Mayor Sadiq Khan’s Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) having a negative impact on their employees, according to a study by London Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI). A poll commissioned by LCCI, the capital’s largest business chamber founded in 1881, says that a major chunk of

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Supreme Court Won’t Examine Sharing of Canadian Bank Account Info With US

The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear a challenge of legislation that allows account information held by Canadian financial institutions to be shared with U.S. authorities. The case began when two U.S.-born women who now live in Canada contested the Canadian provisions implementing a 2014 agreement between the two countries that made the information-sharing

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‘Pro China’ Elon Musk Says CCP ‘Concerned’ About AI Risks, Want to Cooperate on International Regulatory Framework

Twitter owner Elon Musk joined Reps. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) and Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.) for a lengthy conversation regarding artificial intelligence (AI) on July 12, shortly after announcing his new AI company, xAI. The discussion, which focused predominantly on AI safety, took place on Twitter spaces. Prior to the nearly 60-minute discussion kicking off, Mr. Musk unveiled xAI

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The Philippines Flashpoint

Hot wars frequently happen where they are least expected, or while attention is diverted elsewhere. The North Korean invasion of South Korea in June 1950, the 1962 Sino-Indian War, the 1994 Rwandan genocide, the 1998–99 Kosovo conflict, and other armed hostilities surprised many by their eruption and intensity. The world has been fixated on Ukraine

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