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Museums closed Native American exhibits 6 months ago. Tribes are still waiting to get items back

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

Native American artifacts have remained out of public view but still very much in the hands of some of the nation’s largest museums some six months after institutions closed and covered exhibits in response to new federal regulations. The president of New York City’s American Museum of Natural History says it will be years before two large Native American halls shuttered in January reopen. Some tribal leaders say they’ve yet to hear from the museums. That has led to worry that the new regulations... Читать дальше...

Biden is pivoting to his legacy. He speaks Monday at the LBJ Presidential Library

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

President Joe Biden is paying a visit to the library of the last president to make the same difficult choice that he did to not seek reelection. Biden’s speech Monday at the LBJ Presidential Library in Austin, Texas, is designed to mark the 60th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act, enacted under President Lyndon Johnson. But the visit has taken on very different symbolism in the two weeks it took to reschedule it after Biden got COVID-19. Now Biden is out of the race. Vice President Kamala Harris is the likely Democratic nominee. Читать дальше...

UK's new Treasury chief says previous government 'covered up' financial turmoil ahead of election

Times Union 

Britain’s new Treasury chief is alleging that the previous government covered up the dire state of the nation’s finances, as she prepares to deliver a major speech to Parliament that is widely expected to lay the groundwork for higher taxes. In extracts of her speech released late Sunday, Rachel Reeves professed shock at the scale of the problems she discovered following a department-by-department review of public spending commissioned shortly after she took office three weeks ago. While the excerpts included no figures... Читать дальше...

UK's new Treasury chief says previous government 'covered up' financial turmoil ahead of election

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

Britain’s new Treasury chief is alleging that the previous government covered up the dire state of the nation’s finances, as she prepares to deliver a major speech to Parliament that is widely expected to lay the groundwork for higher taxes. In extracts of her speech released late Sunday, Rachel Reeves professed shock at the scale of the problems she discovered following a department-by-department review of public spending commissioned shortly after she took office three weeks ago. While the excerpts included no figures... Читать дальше...

Lauren Coughlin wins 2024 CPKC Women’s Open at Earl Grey

Calgary Herald 

Lauren Coughlin drained the winning putt, clinching a two-shot victory at the 2024 CPKC Women’s Open at Earl Grey Golf Club in Calgary. Moments later, she drained a bottle of champagne. “There wasn’t much left in it,” she protested. Coughlin, who’d been soaked in a cork-popping celebration, earned the right to savour every last drop. […]

Delhi: Students asked to vacate basement libraries of coaching centres after flooding kills 3

Economictimes.indiatimes.com 

The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has sealed the basements of 13 coaching centres in Karol Bagh for violating building bye-laws, following protests by students. Three students died after the basement of a building housing a coaching IAS aspirant in Delhi's Old Rajinder Nagar was flooded following rains. Students complained that biometric access was mandated to enter libraries, which were mostly located in basements.

7/28: CBS Weekend News

CBSNews.com 

Trump escalates rhetoric against Kamala Harris at campaign event; Smithsonian exhibit pays tribute to former U.S. Olympian Tommie Smith

Depleted local core gives Flying Titans breakthrough boost

Sports.inquirer.net 

Choco Mucho came into the PVL Reinforced Conference as one of the feared squads in the fold, having played in the title series of the last two tournaments. A 0-2 start is definitely a letdown for its legion of fans, but instead of panic, Choco Mucho’s sense of urgency came into fore with its local

Female Olympians hit fashion runway in Paris to celebrate gender parity

Business Standard 

It may be too early to call these Paris Olympics the Fashion Olympics. But, in the city widely considered the capital of fashion, the word fashion has surely been mentioned so far more by now than in any other Games. And so it made sense to Angela Ruggiero, a four-time U.S. Olympic medalist in ice hockey, that if she was going to launch a celebration of gender parity in these Games, it should be with a fashion show. And that's how some 20 or so former or current Olympians wound up sashaying down... Читать дальше...

Can men's archery team end India's Olympics jinx with a medal at Paris?

Economictimes.indiatimes.com 

The Indian men's archery team, including Dhiraj Bommadevara, Tarundeep Rai, and Pravin Jadhav, advanced to the quarterfinals at the Paris Olympics, striving for India's first medal in Olympic archery. The women's team, led by Deepika Kumari, was eliminated in the quarterfinals. Individual events remain, with hopes pinned on veteran archers like Deepika Kumari and Tarundeep Rai.

Larnaca EOA warns of water cuts

Cyprus Mail 

The Larnaca district self-governance organisation (Eoa) warned of water cuts to premises along the Larnaca to Dhekelia road on Monday. According to the announcement, the intermittent water cuts are necessary for the course of phase three improvements to the road. The cuts will be happening from 7am until 12pm in the area from the Oroklini […]