Oregon lodge famously featured in'The Shining' will reopen to guests after fire forced evacuations
GOVERNMENT CAMP, Ore. (AP) — Oregon's historic Timberline Lodge, which featured in Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 film “The Shining,” will reopen to guests Sunday after a fire that prompted evacuations but caused only minimal damage. The lodge said Saturday in a Facebook post that it will support guests…#ore #oregon #timberlinelodge #stanleykubricks #shining #timberline #embers #mounthood #greatdepression #portland (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 20, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Coalition government, American style
The centre held to pass $60bn in US military aid to Ukraine. Don’t count on it happening again.#ukraine (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 20, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
House Passes REPO Act Giving President Authority to Confiscate Russian Government Assets in the US and Transfer them to Ukraine
In addition to finally passing long-delayed and much-needed military assistance to Ukraine, the House of Representatives today also enacted the REPO Act. That law gives the president the authority to confiscate $6 billion in Russian government assets currently frozen in the United States, and…#ukraine #repoact #russian #fifthamendment #takingsclauseof #tribe #usconstitution #mafia #reasoncom (Source: Reuters: Health)
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Nvidia will provide the software for Japan's ABCI-Q, a hybrid supercomputer that offers quantum computing capability for drug research and other uses
TOKYO -- Japan's government-backed technology institute will work with Nvidia to build a hybrid supercomputer that offers quantum computing capability for use by researchers and companies. The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology is building a quantum-AI hybrid cloud…#tokyo #nvidia #quantum (Source: Reuters: Health)
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US House passes bill that could lead to total TikTok ban
The House of Representatives voted 360 to 58 on the updated divest-or-ban bill that could lead to the first time ever that the US government has passed a law to shut down an entire social media platform. The Senate is expected to vote on the bill next week and Joe Biden has said he will sign the…#tiktok #michaelmccaul #mikejohnsons #ukraine #israel #taiwan #mariacantwell #bytedance #cantwell #avrilhaines (Source: Reuters: Health)
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Tory MP from slave-owning family set to gain £3m from sale of former plantation
The Conservative MP under fire for his ancestors’ role in Caribbean slavery is in line for a multimillion-pound payout from the Barbados government. Despite threats to make Richard Drax pay reparations and seize his family’s plantation – described by one historian as a “killing field” of enslaved…#caribbean #barbados #richarddrax #africans #barbadians #blackafricans #trevorprescod #draxhall #observer #drax (Source: Reuters: Health)
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Wales to change guidance on 20mph speed limits, transport minister says
Wales’s transport minister has said the government will “correct” its guidance on the introduction of 20mph speed limits in built-up areas. The announcement comes after half a million people signed a petition against the measure. In an interview with North Wales Live, Ken Skates said in many areas…#wales #northwaleslive #kenskates #vaughangething #markdrakeford #conservatives #senedd #natashaasghar #skates #iorwerth (Source: Reuters: Health)
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How much is too much? Analyzing the U.S. and Canada ’s government debt problem
Nearly two decades ago, David Walker went on tour across the United States. Not as a rock star or a travelling preacher, though he did have a sermon to spread. Instead, Mr. Walker was the country’s chief bean-counter, and his message for his fellow Americans was grim: The U.S. was suffering from…#davidwalker #fiscalwakeuptour #liberalgovernments #canadians #ottawa #secondworldwar #globeandmail #britishcolumbia #spglobalratings #imf (Source: Reuters: Health)
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‘Broker butcher’s’ bold steps to breathe life into China’s moribund stock market
“We observe that the Chinese government is more determined to boost the stock market,” said Shi Jian Cortesi, a Switzerland-based investment director at GAM Investments, which has US$70 billion in assets under management. Since Wu’s appointment as chairman of the China Securities Regulatory…#shijiancortesi #switzerland #gaminvestments #wuqings #csrc #southkorean #stevensun #shenzhen #everbrightsecurities #ubsgroup (Source: Reuters: Health)
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Anti-Bitcoin SEC Commissioner Caroline Crenshaw May Soon Lose Her Seat
A member of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) who is emphatically critical of Bitcoin and crypto may lose her spot at the agency’s high table on June 5, government records suggest. Per the SEC’s website, Commissioner Caroline A. Crenshaw was sworn into her position alongside…#carolineacrenshaw #hestermpeirce #approachesendofterm #eleanorterret #eleanorterrett #garygensler #tomemmer #gensler #thesecommission #carolinecrenshaw (Source: Reuters: Health)
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U.S. officials scramble to stop major Internet firms from ditching FISA obligations
U.S. government officials were scrambling Friday night to prevent what they fear could be a significant loss of access to critical national security information, after two major U.S. communications providers said they would stop complying with orders under a controversial surveillance law that is…#section702 #republicans #democrats #donaldtrump #kill #nsa #nonamericans #fbi #jakelaperruque #surveillanceproject (Source: Reuters: Health)
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Dutch privacy watchdog recommends government organisations stop using Facebook
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Iran's foreign minister responds after Israel attacks on Iran
In his first interview since Israel's attack, Iran's foreign minister downplayed the missile strike. Through an Iranian government interpreter, he told NBC News' Tom Llamas that Iran will not strike Israel again unless provoked.#israel #iran #iranian #tomllamas (Source: Reuters: Health)
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Africa intensifies battle against mpox as ‘alarming’ outbreaks continue
Researchers and public health officials in Africa are intensifying their battle against mpox, a neglected infectious disease that long has circulated on the continent and suddenly gained notoriety in 2022 when it started to spread rapidly in Europe and North America. At a meeting last week in Kinshasa, the capital of the DRC, scientists from there and nine other affected African countries reviewed an alarming rise of cases on the continent, discussed plans to improve mpox surveillance and introduce vaccination, and launched an African-led research consortium.
The meeting, convened by the Africa Centres for Disease Co...
Source: ScienceNOW - April 19, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news
IRS Unveils Form Your Broker May Send Next Year to Report Your Crypto Moves
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has previewed what crypto investors' future tax form might look like when it finishes its much-debated rule on how cryptocurrency transactions should be reported to the federal government. The IRS offered a form that would be meant to figure out the taxable…#jessalyndean #ledgible (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 19, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
