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What will the end of yoy mean for Sneakerverse?
Several companies, including Gap, TJ Maxx, and Adidas, have refused to sell Yeezy products after rapper Kanye West legally changed his name to Ye. “There really are no good options for this distressed brand that sat somewhere between prestige and luxury,” Burt Flickinger, a retail expert, said. Adidas has stated that it will not pay…
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Adobe just held a lot of colors Hostage.
Adobe has announced that it’ll soon charge users $15/month or $90/year for a subscription to the Adobe Color Matching System. The software company had earlier announced it will start requiring users to pay an annual license via the Adobe Connect plugin. However, the fee for using the system won’t be applicable to Adobe Creative Cloud…
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A spurt of terrorizing schools in the US.
The Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District police officer, who was on duty at Robb Elementary School during the October 2018 shooting in Texas, has been accused of lying to investigators. The officer said she was not comfortable going inside the school without her gear, CNN reported. “I’m absolutely appalled,” Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District Superintendent…
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There was a year under the Taliban.
A suicide attack on an educational center in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul has killed at least 19 people, most of whom were young female students. At least 27 people were wounded in the blast at the school, Taliban officials said. Marzia and Hajar, two of the girls who were killed, had a list of things they…
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The fight against malaria in Africa would be derailed by this mosquito.
A new mosquito species, Anopheles stephensi, has been found in Ethiopia which has been linked to a spike in malaria cases. “With typical malaria mosquitoes we tend to see them [ Anopheles stephensi] at a certain time of the year,” said Zohdy Girma Tadesse, a co-author of the study. It likes to breed in human…
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Will he respect the results if he lost Brazil’s election?
Brazil’s President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has said that he will accept the results of the country’s presidential elections, adding that “anywhere else in the world, the president who lost would have called me by now and conceded”. This comes after President-elect Jair Bolsonaro and his conservative Liberal Party have claimed that Brazil’s electronic…
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Liz Cheney has a trail for the Democrats.
Former US Vice President Liz Cheney, who was removed from her position as the chair of the House Select Committee on Benghazi due to her criticism of US President Donald Trump, has set up a political group. The group has been formed to help Democratic candidates running for US governorships and state legislatures. Cheney started…
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Lindsey Graham has to testify in the Georgia elections inquiry.
Former US President Donald Trump’s ex-adviser Michael Flynn has been subpoenaed to testify before the special grand jury investigating collusion between Trump’s campaign and the Russian government in the 2016 US presidential election. Former US House Speaker Newt Gingrich and former White House lawyer Eric Herschmann have also been subpoenaed to testify. A judge approved…
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Try putting your head in the freezer.
Short sleep in midlife and old age is linked to higher risk of chronic disease and multimorbidity, a case study by researchers from University of California, San Francisco has revealed. The study also found that poor sleep habits are “ubiquitous” among American adults. About 63% of the participants reported sleeping less than seven hours a…
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Thank You, President XI Jinping.
China and the United States are unlikely to have a disagreement over Taiwan in the coming years, Chris Li from the Asia-Pacific Initiative at Harvard University said. China’s strategy toward Taiwan hasn’t fundamentally changed, he added. However, there’s a perception that Beijing is more and more focused on no longer just deterring independence, Li further…
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Why election experts are confused by the mystery of the turnout
According to a Siena College poll, 50% of likely voters in the US said they would vote for Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden while 45% said they would vote for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. The poll found that young voters are more motivated to vote for Biden than Trump, while voters of colour and…
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South Korea’s prime minister and police admitted to their mistakes after the Halloween tragedy.
South Korean Prime Minister Yoon Je-hoon has said he is “deeply sorry” for the deaths of at least 26 foreign nationals in the stampede at an event in Itaewon last weekend. Yoon said, “The government will sincerely offer our condolences to the bereaved families of the foreign victims.” South Korea has been under criticism for…
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The hunt for the biggest kingpin on the dark web has two parts.
Cryptocurrency exchange Celsius, facing bankruptcy, released data of over five lakh users. Nicholas Bax, head of research at security consultant and asset recovery firm, said that this is the biggest cryptocurrency exchange data leak since the Japan-based Mt Gox exchange’s data was leaked online. He added that it’s the “worst exchange data breach since Mt…
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Pennsylvania’s races should be the center of attention.
The US Senate race is a ” toss-up” between Republican Dr Mehmet Oz and Democrat John Fetterman, according to an analysis of polls conducted by the Quinnipiac University. In May, Fetterman had suffered a stroke days before the primary election in May and was in need of votes when Oz and Fetterman debate on Tuesday.
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Putin gave hard lined people what they wanted with the attacks on Ukraine.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday signed four “accession treaties” with Ukraine to formally annex the Crimean peninsula and the two eastern regions. This comes after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that he had ordered his forces to retake Crimea from Russia. The annexations will be an “answer to the international community’s call for a…
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Russia has a missile campaign that forces a frantic race to shore up Ukrainian defenses.
The Ukrainian government on Monday said that it’s in negotiations with the US to receive NASAMS, the same ground-based air defense systems that are used to protect the White House in Washington, DC. Earlier, the US said it was speeding up the delivery of NASAMS and that it’ll be in Ukraine in few weeks. Iran…
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The jury was unable to make a unanimous decision as they wrestled with the sentencing verdict.
The jury trying to recommend a death sentence for Nikolas Cruz who killed 17 people at his Florida school in 2018 will take a look at the gun he used. The jury must agree that the killing was especially heinous, atrocious or cruel and that the aggravating factor is sufficient to warrant a possible death…
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The Republicans gain an edge as voters worry about the economy.
Democratic senate candidates in four states that voted for Donald Trump are winning among voters who disapprove of US President Joe Biden, according to a report. Four Democrats who won in states that voted for Trump showed it’s still possible for personal opinions about senators to surpass those about the country and the President, the…
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There is a central tension in the upcoming election.
US President Joe Biden held a doughnuts event for Democrats in Portland, Oregon on Friday ahead of the November 6 election. Biden will be participating in a fundraiser for the Democrats on Saturday in Washington, DC, according to a campaign official. The fundraiser is reportedly expected to raise around $300,000 and take place at an…
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The 19 best down jackets are highly recommended.
The winter clearance sale for hiking and camping has started in some areas of the US. This is the best outdoor season of the year, WIRED said. It’s also a great time to buy outdoor gear as it is on sale for up to 50% off at many locations. The sale is taking place from…
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The company is named after the CEO of the company.
Twitter’s Public Policy and Safety chief Vijaya Gadde has been subjected to racist and misogynistic attacks since she took up her post in 2017, The Verge reported. Gadde said that several people called her a ‘n****r’. Earlier this month, the Securities and Exchange Commission granted Musk approval to acquire Twitter for $3 billion. The deal…
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A complaint says that the intruder tried to break Speaker Pelosi’s knee caps.
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband Paul Pelosi has undergone surgery for a skull fracture following an attack by a man wielding a hammer in San Francisco last week. The man, identified as John DePape, is scheduled to be in court on Tuesday for his arraignment. Paul Pelosi had sought medical help after the attack,…
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The recent attack on Paul Pelosi is a threat to the US democracy.
The man who broke into the home of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on January 6 said he wanted to hold her hostage because he viewed her as the leader of the pack of lies told by the Democratic Party, according to a complaint. The complaint also included an interview with the man, identified as…
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The deal between Musk and the social media company was finalized.
Billionaire Elon Musk said he’s planning to transform Twitter into a platform similar to WeChat or TikTok, adding it could have “billions” of users in a few years. He said Twitter could have “free speech absolutist” former US President Donald Trump back on the platform if he’s reinstated. In April, Musk had agreed to buy…