Republican book banning attempt defeated after community stands up for LGBTQ people
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After a heated public debate, the Greenville County Council in South Carolina voted to keep LGBTQ books accessible to children at the public library. A resolution from city Councilor Joe Dill – who recently lost the Republican primary and will not be maintaining his seat – proposed requiring the 12-location library system in the area to remove books "promoting sexuality" from all children's sections. The resolution claimed it was seeking to "protect the innocence of children" and also would have...
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Ottawa to permanently eliminate student loan interest
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Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland holds a news conference before tabling the Fall Economic Statement in Ottawa, on Thursday, Nov. 3, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang ...
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Iranian security forces have opened fire on crowds near Tehran marking the 40th day of mourning for a woman, Hadis Najafi, who was shot dead while protesting - BBC
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Authorities blocked roads, but failed to stop people reaching the cemetery where Hadis Najafi is buried Iranian security forces have opened fire on crowds near Tehran marking the 40th day of mourning...
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UN votes overwhelmingly to condemn US embargo of Cuba
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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U. N. General Assembly voted overwhelmingly Thursday to condemn the American economic embargo of Cuba for the 30th year, with the Biden administration continuing former Presi...
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Imran Khan shot in leg in 'assassination attempt', former Pakistan prime minister's supporters say
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A gunman opened fire while Mr Khan, 70, was giving a speech at a rally in Wazirabad in Punjab province, wounding him and some of his supporters. Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan has been shot...
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Miss Puerto Rico and Miss Argentina reveal they secretly got married
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Beauty pageant queens Miss Puerto Rico and Miss Argentina secretly tied the knot on Friday after rev...
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Bishop of Oxford says church should marry gay couples
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The Right Reverend Dr Steven Croft said his own views on same-sex marriage were "slow to change" The...
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Musk Said to Begin Firing Twitter’s Top Executives
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After months of waffling, lawsuits, verbal mudslinging and the near miss of a full blown trial, Elo...
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Twitter reportedly ready to cut about 3,700 employees
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Twitter employees are expecting a 50% overall reduction in force after Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Mus...
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Redditor acquires decommissioned Netflix cache server with 262TB of storage
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A Reddit user named PoisonWaffle3 recently acquired a 2013-era Netflix cache server that had been p...
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Meta, which hit a $1T market cap in June 2021, is no longer among the 20 most valuable US companies, after losing $730B+ in value since its September 2021 peak
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Sixteen months after Facebook crossed $1 trillion in market cap, joining an exclusive club consistin...
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Energy security, not climate change, is driving clean energy investment, IEA chief says
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International Energy Agency Executive Director Fatih Birol told CNBC Thursday that the main driver of clean energy investment was energy security rath...
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Elon Musk now in charge of Twitter, CEO and CFO have left, sources say
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk is now in charge of Twitter, CNBC has learned. Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal and finance chief Ned Segal have left the company's San F...
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Meta’s value plunges more than $65 billion amid falling sales, rising costs
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Investors wiped more than $65 billion from Meta's market capitalization on Wednesday after the Facebook owner reported another quarter of declining r...
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Ethiopia and Tigray Rebels Agree to End Civil War, Mediators Say
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Signing the agreement on Wednesday in Pretoria, South Africa, to stop the fighting in the Tigray region of Ethiopia were Redwan Hussien, the Ethiopia...
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In the Amazon rainforest, a giant fish makes a comeback thanks to settler and Indigenous cooperation
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CARAUARI, Brazil (AP) — Even in the most biodiverse rainforest of the world, the pirarucu, also known as arapaima, stands out. First, there is its mam...
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Biden says 'we're gonna free Iran' as protests there go on
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OCEANSIDE, Calif. — President Joe Biden on Thursday told supporters "we're gonna free Iran" after audience members appeared to call on him to address ...
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Russian ambassador has 'evidence' UK special forces involved in attack on Black Sea fleet
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Russia's ambassador to the UK has claimed Britain played a role in an attack on its warships - warning the country is "too deep" in the Ukraine war. I...
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Ukrainian Armed Forces hit Russian bases and logistical facilities in southern Ukraine
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The Ukrainian military carried out 167 firing missions at base points, logistics facilities and transport arteries in the temporarily occupied territo...
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Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya: Ukraine has the right to attack Belarus if missiles are launched from its territory again
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The people who end up at the cusp of historic changes are often taken by surprise by the turn of events and could never have imagined becoming nationa...
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