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JUSTIN ROSE showed the 91-day break between PGA Tour events was not all bad, as he bounced back to form in spectacular style. The ex-world No1 was in desperate straits before the lockdown, missing the cut in three of his four starts on the American circuit and finishing outside the top 50 in the other. […]

Heavy rains batter Cape Town during South African storms on Thursday (June 11).

Cook County will spend nearly $41 million to dramatically beef up its contact tracing program in an effort to limit future COVID-19 case surges, but won’t have the program fully staffed until fall, County Board President Toni Preckwinkle announced Thursday.

The USTA today announced Thursday that Stacey Allaster, its Chief Executive, Professional Tennis, has been named US Open Tournament Director, effective immediately. Allaster is the first female Tournament Director in the US Open’s 140-year history.

A much-needed kitchen assortment These 18 containers are made of PET or Polyethylene Terephthalate so rest assured these sturdy jars would not carry odour of any kind. The canisters are made up of 100 percent food grade material. This tight lid system also means that every food item will retain its moisture without getting soggy […]

The president's alternately soothing and agitating cocoon of Fox News and Twitter has somehow become even more all-enveloping.

1. Tensions rise over race and heritage as more statues are attacked  The Guardian
2. Second Winston Churchill statue vandalised with graffiti after BLM protests  The Sun
3. Scaffolding placed around Winston Churchill statue and Cenotaph in London ahead of protests  The Independent
4. BLM organisers call off London event to avoid clashes with far right  The Guardian
5. BLM protest sparks outrage after demands to topple 'filthy' Winston Churchill statue  Express.co.uk
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Government officials said a target date for the first part of Phase 4 of the province’s reopening plan will be released the week of June 15.

The United States called Thursday for a UN-led ceasefire on Libya, distancing itself from a proposal by ally Egypt, and voiced alarm about the toll on civilians as the tide of war turns. Egypt -- a main backer of strongman Khalifa Haftar, who is losing ground to the UN-recognized, Turkish-backed government -- has proposed a truce in which "foreign mercenaries" would leave and militias would disband and disarm. David Schenker, the top US diplomat for the Middle East, voiced appreciation to Egypt... Читать дальше...

When it comes to the agency’s newest athlete, Tarek Rasouli immediately raves: “I've been following him for some time on Instagram and immediately liked him.

After winning a Grammy in January, Tyler, the Creator said the word is "just a politically correct way to say the n-word."

BAGUIO CITY—A former high school classmate of National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. on Thursday returned to this city with his help so she could clear her name after being linked to the communist New People’s Army (NPA). Anne Margaret Tauli, 70, sister of Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, the former United Nations special rapporteur on the rights […]

1. Zoom temporarily shuts down activist’s account after its Tiananmen Square crackdown remembrance  Fox News
2. Zoom suspends U.S.-based activist's account after Tiananmen Square commemoration event  CNBC
3. Zoom suspends US nonprofit for commemorating Tiananmen Square massacre  New York Post
4. Zoom suspends account of US-based Chinese activists after Tiananmen meeting  BBC News
5. Zoom shuts accounts of activists holding Tiananmen Square and Hong Kong events  The Guardian
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Pittsburgh media lost the voices of several African-American journalists during one of the most critical moments for race in U.S. history. Here are their stories.

Mike Mackenzie’s daily analysis of what’s moving global markets

A few days after protests started in Washington D.C. against systemic racism and the police killing of George Floyd, Diego Garces joined in. 

FIRST Dates Hotel series five is back on the small screen tonight (June 11), with Fred Sirieix and the gang returning for more match-making fun. The Channel 4 dating show was originally filmed at Le Vieux Castillon in France, but the team switched to a new location after the first season. Where is First Dates […]

Jay Schweikert

The Cato Institute has been engaged in a strategic campaign to abolish qualified immunity for over two years now. In all that time, the closest I’ve seen to an actual defense of the doctrine is a 2018 law review article by Professors Aaron Nielson and Chris Walker called A Qualified Defense of Qualified Immununity. As the title would suggest, this is hardly a robust defense, but rather a limited, measured argument that the legal case against qualified immunity isn’t quite as strong as its critics suggest. Читать дальше...

While the province's top doctor deemed it a 'warning sign to us all,' some Canadian experts put it more simply — it's inevitable.

It is not the standard in journalism to remove an entire story post publication, but that is what Refinery29 did on Thursday with an anonymous essay about going on a first date to a Black Lives Matter protest.

Miles Morales is coming to PlayStation 5.

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Those in Kelly Clarkson and Brandon Blackstock's inner circle say they could have never predicted trouble in paradise. On Thursday, E! News confirmed that the singer filed for...

Caleb Larson

Technology, Europe

Robust, reliable, and widely copied—thanks to quality German engineering.

During the Second World War, Nazi Germany fielded a large variety of troop transport vehicles. Several of the successful builds were conventional four-wheel jeep-like cars like the Kübelwagon, which enjoyed commercial success after the war in a modified design that was offered on the civilian auto market by Volkswagen. The similar Schwimmwagen was an aquatic “bathtub... Читать дальше...

SPIDER-MAN comes to PlayStation 5 later this year, as Sony drops a big surprise on fans.