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President Biden and former President Trump agree to first debate this election cycle
President Biden and former President Trump agree to first debate this election cycle as they spend the weekend on the campaign trail.CBS News - Top stories - Joe Biden -
Do not ask victims to move on - Irish president
Michael D Higgins says there was a failure to investigate bombings on the deadliest day of the Troubles.BBC News - Top stories -
Community honors former President Grover Cleveland
There is one community in America where former President Grover Cleveland is more than just a name in a history book.CBS News - Top stories -
Georgian president vetoes ‘foreign influence’ law
Salome Zourabichvili says bill contradicts constitution but ruling party is expected to override her action in coming days. Georgia’s president has vetoed a “foreign agents” bill that has split the country and appealed to the government not to ...The Guardian - World -
Georgia’s President Vetoes Foreign Influence Law
The law has triggered protests and threatens to derail the nation’s pro-European aspirations in favor of closer ties with Russia.The New York Times - World -
Columbia Faculty Group Passes No-Confidence Resolution Against President
Hundreds of professors at the university weighed in on the resolution, which said the president, Nemat Shafik, had committed an “unprecedented assault on student’s rights.”The New York Times - Top stories -
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Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili says controversial foreign influence bill is 'unacceptable'
Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili says controversial foreign influence bill is 'unacceptable'ABC News - World -
Robert Fico stable after shooting as Slovakia’s president-elect calls for unity
Peter Pellegrini says PM ‘escaped death by a hair’ and urges people to temper their emotions after ‘we crossed a red line’. . The Slovakian prime minister, Robert Fico, is in a stable condition but “not out of the woods yet”, officials have said, ...The Guardian - World -
Columbia faculty group passes no-confidence measure on school's president
Columbia University’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences approved a vote of no confidence Thursday against university President Minouche Shafik over her handling of the recent pro-Palestinian protests on campus. The vote, organized by the school’s ...The Hill - Politics -
OpenAI president shares first image generated by GPT-4o
The image shared by Greg Brockman from GPT-4o improves significantly over DALL-E 3 on quality, photorealism, and accuracy of text generation.VentureBeat - Tech -
Morehouse president will cease ceremonies if protesters shout down Biden
The president of Morehouse College has said he will cease ceremonies during the school’s Sunday graduation if there are major disruptions during President Biden’s scheduled commencement address. “What we won’t allow is disruptive behavior that ...The Hill - Politics - Joe Biden -
A man is convicted in Malawi over a TikTok video showing a caricature of the president dancing
A man in Malawi has been convicted of insulting President Lazarus Chakwera after posting a TikTok video that shows an animated figure with Chakwera’s face superimposed on it doing some wacky dance movesABC News - World - Tiktok -
Sonoma State President Mike Lee to retire after divestment email controversy
Sonoma State University President Mike Lee will retire from his job at the school, notifying officials a day after being placed on leave for an email he sent about the agreement he made with campus protesters on divestment from Israel.CBS News - Politics -
Biden's Voldemortian theory of privilege: The president whose voice must not be heard
It appears that Joe Biden is "he who must not be heard."The Hill - Politics - Joe Biden -
Top candidates emerge for Detroit Pistons president of basketball operations role
Trajan Langdon, Scott Perry, Dennis Lindsey and John Hammond have impressed in interviews and are front-runners to meet with Pistons owner Tom Gores.Yahoo Sports - Sports -
Vietnam nominates its public security minister as new president
Vietnam has nominated its Public Security Minister To Lam as its new president, after his predecessor resigned in the ongoing anti-corruption campaign that has shaken up the country’s political establishmentABC News - World -
Georgia's president vetoes media law that has provoked weeks of protests
Georgia’s president has vetoed the so-called “Russian law” targeting media that has sparked weeks of mass protestsABC News - World -
FIFA urges leagues to punish racist abuse offences
FIFA will urge all 211 national federations to mandate racist abuse in footall as a disciplinary offense.ESPN - Sports -
Xi urged to respond with caution to Biden’s trade tariffs
Beijing advisers call on China’s leader to hold ‘moral high ground’ as spat with US intensifiesFinancial Times - World - Joe Biden -
Congress needs to rescue college athletics
In recent months, court rulings, state legislation, and government agency intervention have upended the college athletic landscape.The Hill - Politics -
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Eurovision winner Nemo urges Switzerland to recognise third gender
First non-binary person to win song contest calls for home country to allow third-gender entries on official documents. Nemo Mettler’s operatic, drum’n’bass-propelled entry won Eurovision for Switzerland last weekend, making the singer the first ...The Guardian - World -
U.S. governors urge Turks and Caicos to release Americans held on ammo charges
The governors of Pennsylvania, Oklahoma and Virginia wrote a letter Tuesday asking the territory to show mercy to the Americans arrested on the island.CBS News - Politics -
Shell urged to clarify climate targets as it braces for shareholder rebellion
NBIM, one of oil group’s largest investors, calls for ‘additional disclosures’ about green commitments ahead of AGM. Norway’s state investment fund has urged Shell to clarify its climate targets as the oil group braces for its biggest ever green ...The Guardian - World - Climate -
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Trump accepts NRA endorsement, urges gun owners to turn out to vote
The National Rifle Association is supporting former President Donald Trump, an expected endorsement as the Republican nominee urged gun owners to vote in 2024.NBC News - Politics - Donald Trump