One April afternoon in 2018, Zhang Yiming, the founder of the Beijing-based online media company ByteDance, got a notice from Chinese regulators to shut down an app where people shared jokes and silly videos. He followed orders and expressed his deep remorse in a public apology. “I feel regretful because I have let down the…
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News Polling guru Nate Silver wants fans to face ‘uncomfortable reality’ about Indiana Fever’s nickname
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News Refugees fleeing crisis in Haiti face new nightmare as floods ravage Brazil
Tens of thousands of Haitians and Venezuelans who fled to southern Brazil are struggling to rebuild their lives after severe flooding in Rio Grande do Sul. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees reports that 46,000 refugees live in the state, including 29,000 Venezuelans and 12,000 Haitians. Rio Grande do Sul was the third-highest recipient…
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News 35 Years Later, the Remains Known as ‘Chimney Doe’ Have a Name and a Face
In September 1989, the owners of the Good ‘n Loud Music store in Madison, Wis., made a grisly discovery: a human skull seen through a pipe connecting the boiler to the chimney. Further investigation uncovered a full skeleton with a faded, paisley dress and pointed heels. For years, the unidentified bones were locked in a…
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Kenya news Learners in Bunyala face transport challenges – Kenya News Agency
Parents in Bunyala Sub County have been urged to ensure the safety of learners when going to school. Speaking to KNA in his office on Thursday, Busia County Director of Education James Ekaliyo said that it is the responsibility of parents to take learners to school whenever water…
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News Pelosi rebuked to her face during Oxford debate after condemning Americans clouded by ‘guns, gays, God’
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., was rebuked as an “elite” during a recent Oxford Union debate, where she argued that populism in the United States is a threat to democracy. Pelosi — a self-described “devout” Catholic — said during the April 25 debate that certain Americans, whom she considered to be “poor souls who…
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News Illinois star, NBA prospect Terrence Shannon Jr. ordered to face trial on rape charge
Despite the University of Illinois dropping its investigation, former star guard Terrence Shannon Jr. has been ordered to stand trial on a rape charge in Kansas. Shannon was suspended from the basketball team in December when he was initially charged, stemming from an alleged incident in September. He was reinstated in January after missing six…
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Kenya news CDF employees, Company Directors face Ksh62M corruption charges in Nyandarua
National Government Constituency Development Fund (NG-CDF) and owners of companies were on Wednesday charged with corruption offences involving Ksh62 million intended for road projects in Ol Kalou constituency, Nyandarua County. They denied all the charges levelled against them and were each released on a bond of Ksh5 million or cash bail of Ksh2 million with…
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Kenya news City architects, engineers to face the music
Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja has fired warning shots at City architects and engineers who are suspected to have approved the collapsed building in Uthiru. Speaking during ground breaking of the first public Hospital in Mlango Kubwa in Mathare, the City Chief put on notice architects and engineers whose names are used by contractors in construction…
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News Nuggets’ Michael Malone screams in ref’s face, Jamal Murray tosses heat pack as Denver drops Game 2
Denver Nuggets head coach Michael Malone and star guard Jamal Murray expressed their frustrations in the team’s Game 2 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves on Monday night. Malone exploded on a referee in the first quarter. He was upset about a no-call after Timberwolves forward Karl-Anthony Towns went through Murray on a layup. He ran…
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