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Dutch government announces plan to move embassy to Jerusalem

WND 

JERUSALEM – In a surprise move early Thursday, an advance draft of a coalition agreement between four right-wing Dutch political factions announced their plan to move the Dutch embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem – at "an appropriate time." If and when this occurs, the Netherlands would be the most significant country to move its…

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Beyoncé, ESPN gave Harris tickets, disclosure shows

TheHill.com 

Vice President Kamala Harris was gifted tickets to Beyoncé’s concert by the artist herself and a Howard University football game courtesy of ESPN, a 2023 financial disclosure report shows. Harris attended Beyonce’s Renaissance World Tour concert in Landover, Maryland, in August, with her husband Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff. She posted online thanking the singer for...

Jane Schoenbrun Wants to Blow Up Your TV

WIRED 

Growing up, director Jane Schoenbrun escaped into shows like X-Files and Twin Peaks. Their new movie is about the relief, and danger, of getting lost in screens.

The printer company, that makes a camera, prints one more edition

The Verge 

The new Ricoh GR III HDF has a highlight diffusion filter instead of an ND filter. | Alex Parkin, The Verge

When Ricoh launched its very first office copier, the Ricopy 101, in 1955, the product’s popularity sparked a term — supposedly folks would say “make a Ricopy” instead of “make a copy.” And with the company’s current camera lineup, the GR III, they have made a lot of Ricopies, making only slight changes to each of the pocket-sized point-and-shoot cameras year over year.

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Strengthening US-African Partnership – OpEd

Eurasia Review 

The Corporate Council on Africa (CCA) held the U.S.-Africa business summit in Dallas, Texas, on May 6-9 with the theme “U.S.-Africa Business: Partnering for Sustainable Success” that gathered a number of African leaders, senior U.S. and African government officials, and corporate business executives to review performance, discuss existing challenges and chart future pathways into the commercial spheres across Africa. 

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Israel places 5th at Eurovision propelled by audience voting from around the world

Sun-Sentinel 

(JTA) Despite steep backlash including protests from other competitors, Israel’s Eden Golan placed fifth in the Eurovision Song Contest after delivering a rousing final performance of her song “Hurricane.” The competition’s winner is determined by a complex system in which juries for each participating country allocate half of all votes, while the public contributes the […]