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coo_madly0885
1 hr. ago
By Humeyra Pamuk and Gram Slattery
WASHINGTON, Aug 3 (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department has notified Congress that it plans to close five foreign missions in a rare downsizing of America's global diplomatic footprint, according ‌to people familiar with the notice.
In the notice sent to some congressional committees late last week, the State ‌Department said it planned to close its posts in St. George's, Grenada; Nagoya, ****** an; Medan, Indonesia; Douala, Cameroon; and Winnipeg, Canada. The people familiar with the notice spoke on the condition of anonymity because the notice was not public.
The expected closures, which have not been previously reported, represent a rare example of the U.S. closing multiple foreign missions in a downsizing that is not tied to a particular geopolitical event.
Early last year, during the opening months of the Trump administration, the State Department began preparations to shut down nearly ‌a dozen foreign missions, Reuters and other ⁠media outlets reported at the time, as part of a broader push by the Republican president to transform the U.S. bureaucracy so that it is fully aligned with his "America First" agenda.

#department #reuters #close
rollcomet8067ei
1 hr. ago
BANGKOK (AP) — China announced a series of economic measures Wednesday against the United States, including controls on exports of drones to the U.S. and a ban on dealings with six American entities, in response to recent restrictions imposed by Washington.
Tensions are simmering between the world's two biggest economies ahead of an expected visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping to the U.S. in September, despite signs of warming ties during his meetings with U.S. President Donald Trump in Beijing in May.
The Commerce Ministry said the sanctions are in response to recent moves from the U.S., including a ban by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission on imports of Chinese drones, and the Department of Homeland Security's decision to add 43 Chinese companies to the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act entity list to prevent imports of goods made with forced labor.
The "measures seriously violate the important consensus reached by the two heads of state and severely damage China's legitimate rights and interests. China has no choice but to take necessary countermeasures in response," the ministry said in a statement.
It emphasized that China was acting with restraint and urged the U.S. to scrap its measures against Beijing and cease its "erroneous practices." It also warned of further sanctions if the U.S. rolls out new restrictive measures against China.

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dashna
4 hours ago
The U.S. Treasury Department needs to borrow billions more from investors this quarter than it ****** umed earlier.
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The bond market’s summer reset has 10-year note yields trading near the highest levels since early 2025.

#jones #company #needs #billions
momi_jepo317
9 hours ago
California is asking a federal judge to throw out Tory Lanez's $100 million federal lawsuit over his prison stabbing.
According to newly filed court documents reviewed by Complex, Attorney General Rob Bonta's office submitted a motion on Wednesday (July 29) seeking to dismiss every claim against the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, arguing the agency cannot legally be sued under the federal law Lanez is relying on. Specifically, the AG is claiming that the Eleventh Amendment to the Constitution gives the state immunity from being sued in federal court.
The amendment says, "The Judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against one of the United States by Citizens of another State, or Citizens or Subjects of any Foreign State." The AG's office makes the argument that this prohibition applies as well to any action against a state by one of its own citizens.
The motion asks the court to dismiss Lanez's claims without giving his attorneys an opportunity to amend the complaint.
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#federal #amendment
oOKheyxKazBNKEfT
10 hours ago
An inspection of Linda Blair's kennel has revealed 251 dogs on her 2.5-acre property, according to L.A. County authorities.
Additionally, the organization received Orders to Comply to "correct deficits in housing facilities and sanitation."
Blair has said she's looking at the positive: "We now have more light shed on animal welfare and animal rescues."
The inspection of Linda Blair's kennel operation has resulted in several citations, including one for housing 251 dogs on the property.
Acting on complaints about overcrowding and unsanitary conditions at a 2.5-acre property occupied by the Linda Blair Worldheart Foundation, the Los Angeles County Department of Animal Care and Control (DACC) and Department of Regional Planning executed a warrant on July 31.

#linda #property #dogs #acre
vaGueLY
11 hours ago
The road to confirmation just got ****** pier for acting Attorney General Todd Blanche.
After surviving a key committee vote Tuesday, Blanche's fate became even more uncertain as Republican leaders eye a full floor vote to confirm him. That's because Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, is not going to back him.
"While I believe Mr. Blanche is a capable lawyer, the Department of Justice (DOJ) has become increasingly political," Collins said in a statement.
"Mr. Blanche has taken several actions that have further eroded the Department's independence, and that is the basis for my vote to oppose his confirmation."
Trump's Ag Pick Survives — For Now — As Republicans Question If White House Deal Will Hold

#collins #susan
o20eo
11 hours ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — An ******* ociation of thousands of FBI agents and other groups are backing a lawsuit filed by three bureau employees who were fired last year for their roles in an investigation into President Donald Trump's efforts to undo the results of the 2020 presidential election.
A legal brief by the FBI Agents ******* ociation is one of five filed by outside parties in the last week in support of the agents, who were terminated as part of a broader personnel purge by FBI Director Kash Patel that has targeted employees who investigated Trump or are perceived as being against the administration's interest.
Taken together, the filings, including from former FBI and Justice Department alumni, underscore a concerted and bipartisan pushback to the waves of terminations that have roiled the FBI in the last year and a half as Patel has sought to remake the bureau in his own image.
The briefs argue that the firings were illegal because the agents were denied due process and punished for perceived political affiliation, and say the terminations contradict decades of expectations that the bureau's "apolitical, professional career corps of agents" can work on sensitive cases without putting their careers at risk.
"The Bureau simply cannot function if individual Special Agents must choose whether to accept a lawful ******* ignment that could later get them fired, or alternatively to reject it and become subject to firing for insubordination. FBI Special Agents have long understood that they are subject to ******* ignment and reassignment at any time based on the needs of the Bureau," the agents ******* ociation, which serves nearly 12,000 members, wrote in its brief.

#employees #year
Husxm4wxKmUiE2gY
11 hours ago
The mother and grandmother who were found dead along with four children inside an upstate New York apartment allegedly plotted the family's murder-suicide to escape reported abuse, investigators said Tuesday.
Mechanicville, New York, Police Department Chief William Rabbitt told reporters that after more than a month of collecting evidence, investigators had an apparent motive for Amy Steadman, 64, and her daughter Sarah Myers, 44.
WTEN - PHOTO: Police at the scene of a reported poisoning in Mechanicville, N.Y., June 24, 2026.
The mother and daughter and Myers' four children, Harper Harmon, 13, Hudson Harmon, 11, Gavin Harmon, 10, and Gracelynn Harmon, 10, were found dead on June 23 after they weren't seen for over a week.
Grandmother suspected in deaths of 4 grandchildren, daughter in New York home: Police

#june #grandmother #found
blinKfetch0
14 hours ago
It's been almost three weeks since Booker High announced it had removed head football coach and athletic director Carlos Woods, and a lot had happened in the wake of that move.
The Tornadoes have seen a massive roster shakeup, have hired a new coach and have seen games slip from their schedule.
Here's it was we know about the Booker High football program and the status of Woods as of Aug. 4.
Woods was removed as Booker's athletic director and head football coach on July 16 with no reason given by the Sarasota School District and the district has yet to explain other to say Woods is under a district investigation. Woods led the Tornadoes to a 12-2 record and a state semifinal appearance in his only season as head coach.
The Sarasota Police Department confirmed Woods was under a criminal investigation "for allegations we received from an outside agency," in a email sent on July 29.

#coach #district #Football #booker
Vag1ely9098
20 hours ago
President Donald Trump's war against Iran could sure use a shot in the arm, so "Tonight Show" host Jimmy Fallon riffed thusly on Monday:
"Trump held a Cabinet meeting over the weekend at Camp David to discuss the situation in Iran. I'm not saying they're out of ideas, but the best option they came up with was pinning the war on Dr. Fauci."
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Fauci, the former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director who guided America through the COVID-19 pandemic, was subjected to GOP attacks during a hearing last week that "Morning Joe" star Joe Scarborough dismissed as "sheer political theater."
Earlier, Fallon cracked wise on the Justice Department's admission that the Reflecting Pool's damage wasn't caused by vandalism, as Trump has claimed, but by shoddy work.

#fallon #fauci #donald #show
ud_IHnN_kqz_8
22 hours ago
Linda Blair says her dog rescue remains under control after authorities found 251 animals at her Southern California property. The Exorcist star maintains that paperwork and permit issues, not the dogs' welfare, triggered the investigation. Officials found no signs that the animals were sick or injured. However, the county's review remains active as neighbors question the number of dogs housed at the facility.
Authorities served an investigative warrant at Blair's 2.5-acre property after the kennel's permits reportedly expired in 2023, TMZ reported. The Los Angeles County Department of Regional Planning said officials had made 24 attempts to arrange inspections over three years.
Officials counted 251 dogs while checking structures and possible code violations. Law enforcement told the outlet that "no dogs showed signs of illness or injury," and authorities did not remove any animals.
Blair addressed the search in a Facebook video. "I am fine, the animals are fine," she said, describing the dispute as a matter involving paperwork and updated property diagrams. She also said she had been trying to relocate so she could expand her rescue work.
The new information follows an earlier search of Blair's property, which initially focused on a kennel believed to house more than 100 dogs. The latest count more than doubled that estimate.

#dogs #animals #found #paperwork
do_di_yso_zeriqi934
22 hours ago
Jimmy Fallon spent a portion of Monday's Tonight Show celebrating Trump's defeat in the ongoing Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool saga.
The shallow pool was recently refurbished with a shade of dark blue and outfitted with "advanced nanobubbler technology" to tackle algae blooms that have long plagued the landmark — but algae returned shortly after the multi-million-dollar renovations were complete, and the new sealant started to peel off in chunks that bubbled to the surface.
Late last week, Washington, D.C. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro moved to dismiss criminal charges against former Olympian David Hearn — one of several people arrested on suspicion of vandalizing the monument — after the Trump administration admitted that the damage to the recently installed blue liner was "the result of flawed installation by the contractor."
Fallon, 51, weighed in on the president's defeat, saying, "Trump is upset because his own Justice Department admitted the reflecting pool damage wasn't caused by vandalism, like he said. It was just a result of shoddy construction work.
"Trump claimed someone used a knife to quickly cut the pool liner the length of three football fields. I can barely use a knife to cut open my Amazon box," the late night host quipped.

#Trump #defeat #algae
xljrhwdlattik
23 hours ago
In 2007, actor and comedian Robin Williams traveled to Kuwait for an appearance at Camp Arifjan.

Williams was doing his best to entertain the troops when they suddenly stopped paying attention to the stage. They immediately shifted their focus behind them to render honors as the American flag was lowered. Williams wasn't so much offended as mildly perplexed. At first, he didn't understand what was going on.

Related: Bob Hope entertained the troops from WWII to Desert Storm

Once the service members explained it to Williams, he brought it back to why he traveled 8,000 miles from home.

"Sort of reminds you why we're here, doesn't it?" Williams replied, according to a 2014 Defense Department article.

Here are seven celebrities who were committed to showing their appreciation for the United States military.
Bob Hope (middle) and his USO troupe visit a hospital ward in the South Pacific in 1944. (Library of Congress)
We start with the OG of military entertainers. Hope performed for troops domestically and overseas for five decades, beginning with a performance at March Field in California in 1941. Hope, whose "Road to…" films with Bing Crosby became popular with moviegoers, never tired of traveling to see troops.

His 57 tours with the United Service Organizations conveyed his appreciation to his adopted country. Born in London in 1903, Hope moved to America at an early age. He became a U.S. citizen when he was 17 years old.

"He brought such enthusiasm, brought your life back to you," Navy Seabee Ron Ronning said of Hope's last USO show during the Vietnam War in late 1972. "You felt like you were renewed."

Hope died on July 27, 2003, at the age of 100.
Country singer/songwriter Toby Keith salutes more than 1,000 service members who came to see his concert at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, April 27, 2009. (U.S. Army/Capt. Michael Greenberger)
Lee Greenwood has "God Bless the USA," perhaps the quintessential patriotic song. Few singers, though, compiled a music catalog that honored the military quite like Keith.

The "American Soldier," "Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue," and "Call a Marine" singer participated in 18 USO tours. By one estimate, he performed in front of 250,000-plus troops in 17 countries. When mortar fire interrupted a set in Afghanistan, Keith left the stage. He and troops sprinted about a hundred yards to a concrete bunker. There, he signed autographs until he could return to doing what he did best.

"I've met so many great, brave service men and women over the years and had so many wonderful experiences, that I can barely remember them all," Keith said in 2012. "… I won't ever stop doing my part to extend my thanks."

Keith died in 2024 at the age of 62.

#williams
432_9_flat_dash_pixe
24 hours ago
"Love & Hip Hop" personality Sidney Starr has been arrested in Georgia over allegations involving a minor. The reality star now faces multiple serious charges as authorities investigate the circumstances surrounding the alleged encounter.
Starr previously admitted to fabricating claims that she had a **** ual relationship with rapper Chingy, a rumor she later said she deeply regretted.
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Sidney Starr has been arrested in Georgia on multiple child **** charges, including aggravated child molestation and sodomy.
Booking records show the "Love & Hip Hop: New York" personality was taken into custody on Sunday by the Hapeville Police Department. She was also charged with **** ual battery against a child under 16.

#child #sidney #multiple
u9rwy796
1 day ago
Fulham have officially completed the signing of Real Madrid academy graduate César Palacios.
The 21-year-old winger leaves the Spanish capital after the two clubs finalized a deal worth approximately €10 million, with Fulham acquiring 70 percent of the player's registration rights. Real Madrid will retain the remaining 30 percent, ensuring they maintain an interest in the youngster's long-term future.
The move reunites Palacios with former Real Madrid Castilla coach Álvaro Arbeloa, who made the winger one of his top priorities after taking charge of the Premier League side.
Palacios had attracted interest from multiple clubs during the summer, including Cesc Fàbregas' side, but Arbeloa's desire to bring the young attacker to Fulham ultimately proved decisive.
According to reports from Spain, the Fulham manager urged the club's sporting department to complete the signing, with negotiations accelerating over the past few days before an agreement was reached.

#signing
lyn_roll_4ookie
1 day ago
Investors seeking exposure to cutting-edge computing technologies often weigh the merits of artificial intelligence against quantum breakthroughs. Choosing between BigBear.ai (NYSE:BBAI) and D-Wave Quantum (NASDAQ:QBTS) requires balancing government-focused growth with commercial innovation.
BigBear.ai specializes in decision intelligence for defense and logistics, while D-Wave Quantum provides cloud-based quantum computing services. While both companies operate in the high-stakes world of advanced technology, their paths to profitability and market niches differ significantly. This comparison examines their financials, risks, and valuations to help you decide which stock fits your strategy.
BigBear.ai is a prominent name among tech stocks that provide decision intelligence solutions for supply chains and autonomous systems. The company serves the U.S. Intelligence Community and the Department of Defense alongside commercial manufacturing clients. Customer concentration like this adds a layer of risk to the business, as a few large contracts account for over half of total revenue.
In FY 2025, revenue reached nearly $127.7 million, representing a decline of approximately 19.3% compared to the previous year. The company reported a net loss of roughly $293.9 million for the period, which resulted in a net margin of nearly 230.2%. Net margin measures how much of every dollar in revenue remains as profit after all expenses are paid.
Following its early 2026 debt conversion, the company's debt-to-equity ratio sits at approximately 0.0x, meaning it carries virtually no debt relative to its shareholder equity. This builds on a solid December 2025 foundation where the current ratio was nearly 1.8x, giving the company a strong short-term liquidity buffer. Free cash flow for 2025 was roughly negative $46.3 million, representing the cash remaining after the business pays for its operations and equipment.

#defense
utpxccuekcay
1 day ago
Purdue is reportedly turning to a sitting athletic director, and one with power conference experience, to lead its athletic department.
ESPN's Pete Thamel reported Purdue is targeting Rice's Tommy McClelland as its next athletic director. It has been expected that the university would introduced its new athletic director later this week in conjunction with the Board of Trustees' regular meeting.
McClelland has been at Rice since 2023, after serving as Vanderbilt athletic director from 2020-23. Prior to that, he served as Louisiana Tech AD from 2013-20.
McClelland rose to his first athletic director position, at McNeese State, at age 26
Athletic director Mike Bobinski announced in June he would retire on Dec. 31. He has served since Sept. 1, 2016, succeeding Morgan Burke's 23-year tenure. Before that, the athletic department had only two leaders in 50 years: George King (1971-92) and Guy "Red" Macket (1942-71).

#pete #thamel
vcTlD
2 days ago
Neocloud provider CoreWeave (CRWV) saw its stock rise by 21.5% intraday on July 30 as the company announced a partnership with Leidos Holdings (LDOS) to provide artificial intelligence (AI) cloud services to United Stated federal agencies, so that they can deploy and operate AI at mission scale. This extends CoreWeave's reach into addressing U.S. Intelligence Community (IC) and Department of Defense's (DoD) unique requirements.
This also diversifies CoreWeave's customer base, as government contracts bring stability and are spread across a broad number of agencies, which is important for a company that relies on its top customers for a major portion of its revenue.
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#leidos
qraqebelu65
2 days ago
Savannah Guthrie and her family are renewing their plea for answers in the disappearance of their mother, Nancy Guthrie. This comes as the Pima County Sheriff's Department released the two ransom notes, believed to potentially be credible, that were sent to local media outlets in the days after Nancy's abduction on Feb. 1. NBC's Liz Kreutz reports and NBC's national law and intelligence correspondent Tom Winter joins TODAY with ******* ysis.

#nancy
wwlguxhczadem
2 days ago
June's NBA Finals should remind us of excellence, discipline and the way sports can lift the human spirit. Instead, Stephen Curry's partnership with apparel company Li-Ning points in the other direction. It binds one of America's most admired athletes to a Chinese company already under serious scrutiny for forced labor. **** ody can pretend the moral cost of doing business with Communist China is a mystery anymore.
What makes this so disappointing is that Curry is not simply a gifted player: He is a global figure whose public standing rests on more than championships. It rests on judgment, character and the sense that he takes serious things seriously. When a man like that signs a reported 10-year, $400 million deal with Li-Ning, he is not just changing brands. He is lending his good name to a company shadowed by one of the great human rights scandals of our time.
Sports at their best can do something rare. They can take fame, which is often fleeting and shallow, and turn it toward service. They can show that athletic greatness and moral witness do not have to live in separate worlds. That is why decisions like this matter. The larger the platform, the larger the responsibility.
Curry's decision is so troubling because it places the honor attached to athletic excellence beside a system of coercion. The U.S. Department of Labor states that since 2016 the Chinese Communist Party has subjected Uyghurs and other mostly Muslim minorities in Xinjiang "to genocide, state-imposed forced labor, and crimes against humanity." It describes labor transfers, surveillance, indoctrination and coercive factory work as part of a broad machinery of control.
These are not careless accusations. They are specific charges documented by the U.S. government and corroborated by international investigators.

#ning #communist #excellence #human
roll
2 days ago
A rebuild was always on the cards on Tyneside this summer, not least in the goalkeeping department.
Leaky Newcastle kept just eight clean sheets in the Premier League last season and conceded 55 goals, 15th overall with only relegated Burnley, West Ham and Wolves plus Leeds and Tottenham below them.
Newcastle's outfield players clearly did not offer enough protection, but goalkeeper Nick Pope made a handful of significant errors leading to goals while Aaron Ramsdale never fully convinced during his loan spell and has since returned to Southampton.
A new number one was therefore a priority and Newcastle have once again looked to the continent.
The club have mainly targeted players aged 20 and under from abroad, having already recruited Jaouen, Sean Steur, Bazoumana Toure and Aladji Bamba, so Lukas Lukas Hornicek will feel like something of an elder statesman in comparison.

#lukas #leaky #league #west
wp4hOkAXu22pNGMj
3 days ago
Republican Sen. John Kennedy (La.) said Sunday he is unsure whether President Trump truly believes his claims that vandals damaged the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
"I don't know whether he really believes that, or it's part of his political messaging, or he's just thinking out loud," Kennedy told host Kristen Welker on NBC News's "Meet the Press."
"You and I both know the president well," the Louisiana Republican added. "He exists loudly, and he grows anxious when he has an unexpressed thought. I'm not saying he doesn't really believe it, I just don't know."
The Justice Department moved Friday to drop its criminal prosecution of former Olympian David Hearn over allegations he damaged the Reflecting Pool
In a 20-page filing, the Justice Department pinned the damage to the site on a "rushed and botched installation" Atlantic Industrial Coatings carried out this spring and summer to repaint the bottom of the pool. The department also faulted the Interior Department for a "barebones" report about the incident involving Hearn.

#kennedy #reflecting #president #whether
hixaxedarihazana
3 days ago
Autonomous trucking developer Aurora Innovation (NASDAQ: AUR) reported a second-quarter net loss of $270 million on $2 million in revenue Wednesday. Executives restated the driverless truck rates behind the two business models the company is selling to carriers and shippers.
Chief Financial Officer David Maday said Aurora's transportation-as-a-service offering carries a per-mile revenue outlook in the $2-plus-per-mile range, while its driver-as-a-service subscription targets $0.85+ per mile. Maday said the company had put both figures out previously. Aurora plans to begin moving customers from the first model to the second in 2027.
The gap between those two numbers is the practical question for any fleet weighing autonomous capacity. Under TaaS, Aurora holds a U.S. Department of Transportation operating authority, controls the truck, carries the insurance, and bills a full-service rate. Under DaaS, according to the company's Form 10-Q, customers "acquire, manage, and maintain fleets directly, while subscribing to the Aurora Driver and a suite of related services."
Aurora's loss amounted to 14 cents a share, wider than the 12-cent average of ****** ysts' estimates. Revenue rose 100% from $1 million a year earlier, which the company attributed in its Form 10-Q to increased utilization, geographical expansion, and higher fuel surcharges.
"Obviously the TaaS deals have a higher per mile revenue outlook because it's the full service," Maday said. "As we've said before, kind of in that $2 plus range, whereas DaaS is targeting the $0.85 plus. There's a substantial difference in TaaS versus DaaS on a revenue side, but there's also a substantial difference on the cost side and on the margin side."

#taas #plus
jumpkak
3 days ago
Adrian E. Allison, chief relationship officer at the Pro Football Hall of Fame, is a proud graduate of the Canton City School District. He would later become the youngest superintendent and the first African American to serve in that role.
Allison, 54, and his family now reside in Jackson Township. He has been married for 28 years to his college sweetheart, Krista. They have two daughters, both of whom are McKinley High School and The Ohio State University graduates: Averi (who also earned her master's degree from Carnegie Mellon University) and Anastasia.
He graduated from Baldwin-Wallace University and then followed his girlfriend (now his wife) to law school at Case Western Reserve University. Allison began his career as an Ohio ******* istant attorney general, then served as an executive at the Ohio Department of Education and eventually joined the Canton City School District before becoming superintendent in 2013. He joined the Hall of Fame in 2019.
"No matter where I travel in this country, I proudly wear Hall of Fame apparel," Allison said. "In every community I visit, people immediately recognize the iconic logo and know exactly where it belongs: Canton, Ohio. That recognition is something I never take for granted. I am honored to be ******* ociated with an institution that has become synonymous with excellence. And the link to Stark County can never be separated.
"Working for the Hall is especially meaningful because I have the privilege of representing our community, my community, which has embraced and sustained the Hall for more than six decades."

#ohio #school
2mostly
3 days ago
MANILA, July 31 (Reuters) - The Philippine Department of National Defense said on Friday that foreign state-backed academic and cultural exchange programmes needed to be put ‌under greater scrutiny, amid concerns about the influence of Chinese state-linked institutions on ‌local education.
Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro said public scrutiny and institutional transparency regarding foreign state funding in local education were "fundamental duties of national governance" and were necessary to protect both academic integrity and national security.
An investigation published this week by U.S.-based think tank SeaLight identified China's Jinan University as the primary training destination for Chinese-language teachers working in Chinese-Filipino schools in the Philippines. Scholars from the ‌university earlier claimed that the northernmost ⁠Philippine province of Batanes belonged to China.
In an article published on Thursday by China's state-run Global Times, Dai Fan, director of the Center ⁠for Philippine Studies at Jinan University, said Philippine authorities were stretching the concept of national security too far and were treating Chinese-language education programmes as a security risk without providing sufficient evidence.
But the Philippine defence department said China's National Security Law requires citizens, educational institutions and private organisations to ‌cooperate with state intelligence agencies, raising concerns about the independence of academic exchanges involving Chinese state-linked entities.

#chinese #national #defense #jinan
driftjav
3 days ago
Linda Blair is speaking out after authorities searched her Southern California property as part of an investigation into a reported kennel operation housing more than 100 dogs.
The 67-year-old actress, best known for starring in "The Exorcist," addressed the search in an Instagram post on July 31, saying she and the animals on the property were "good" following what she described as a surprise visit.
"Turns out we just have some paperwork to do and some diagrams," Blair wrote. "But as everybody knows, I'm looking to move so I can be more educational and help more animals."
Blair also suggested county officials should have contacted her by mail, writing that "a good old-fashioned letter of contact always works." In a video accompanying the post, she said she has been trying to relocate for the past two years to expand her animal rescue efforts and emphasized that the animals on the property were safe.
The search was conducted under an inspection warrant as part of a joint operation involving the Los Angeles County Department of Animal Care and Control and the Los Angeles County Department of Regional Planning, according to reports from People and Fox 8.

#search
33warm
3 days ago
"TODAY" show co-host Savannah Guthrie issued a new plea for help on her Instagram account on Saturday, six months after her mother Nancy was kidnapped. It comes after the Pima County Sheriff's Department in Arizona released two ransom notes purportedly sent by those who kidnapped her. NBC News' Camila Bernal reports.

#savannah #guthrie #nancy
mucowe_du_h
4 days ago
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Oprah Winfrey says she will close the school for underprivileged girls she set up in South Africa two decades ago at the end of next year.
Winfrey opened the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in 2007 after being inspired by conversations with former South African President Nelson Mandela about the transformative power of educating girls. He was among the guests at the school's opening ceremony.
Winfrey's charitable foundation ran and funded the school, but it was always part of the agreement that the academy campus near Johannesburg be ultimately handed over to the provincial education department, the academy said.
"The dream was never simply to build a school," Winfrey said in a statement issued by the academy on Wednesday. "It was to invest in the limitless potential of young women. That mission doesn't end with one campus. It continues in every girl whose future can be transformed through education."
The academy said Winfrey's commitment to educating South African girls would continue through an expanded national scholarship program supporting academically talented girls at leading schools across the country.

#winfrey
sahaf_pa
4 days ago
The Detroit Lions are signing former top-five pick Devin White, as first reported by NFL insider Jordan Schultz.
White was selected fifth overall in the 2019 NFL Draft by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. His career got off to a hot start, making second-team All Pro and winning a Super Bowl by his second season. But after four productive season with Tampa, things dried up relatively quickly. He signed with the Eagles in 2024, but never ended up playing a snap for them. Then he jumped to Houston for a half season and played a full 17 games for the Las Vegas Raiders last year. In 2025, he actually finished third in the NFL in tackles with 174—just behind Detroit's Jack Campbell. However, he has not traditionally graded out well by PFF grade. He's never finished a season with a grade above 57.0, struggling both in the coverage and run defense departments.
This is the second linebacker the Lions have added in the last week, signing Troy Reeder just at the start of training camp. During Friday's practice, rookie linebacker Jimmy Rolder suffered a leg injury and did not return. At this time we don't know the severity of that injury.
White will have a chance to compete for a primary reserve role with the starting jobs likely already taken by Jack Campbell, Derrick Barnes, and Malcolm Rodriguez. But with his experience and strong athletic profile, there's certainly a chance he can make a run at a situational role on defense.

#second
JoLLYk4rn7l_58
4 days ago
The Los Angeles Queens will face the New York Heights in the first game of the Women's Pro Baseball League today in Springfield, Illinois.
The best-known member of the Queens is outfielder Mo'ne Davis, who in 2014 became the first girl to pitch a shutout in the Little League World Series and first Little Leaguer to appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated.
Davis played softball at Hampton University in 2020 and 2022, was an intern in the Dodgers' video production department in 2023, received a master's degree in sports management from Columbia University in 2024 and played for the Indianapolis Clowns of the Banana Ball Championship League earlier this year.
The Queens chose ******* anese right-handed pitcher Ayami Sato with their first selection in the league's draft, the second overall pick. The 36-year-old has helped lead ******* an to six Women's Baseball World Cup championships. The Queens' lone Southern Californian is catcher Jamie Mackay, who played on the baseball team at Pacifica Christian High School in Newport Beach and college softball at Mississippi and South Carolina.
Saturday's 3 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time game will be streamed by ESPN Select.

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