Skateboarding’s Cardinal Rule: Dare to Be You

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Baseball Is Returning to the Olympics, With or Without the U.S.

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The First of Nadal’s 100 French Open Victims Has His Say

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Your Monday Briefing

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Celtics Fan Arrested After Nets’ Kyrie Irving Nearly Hit By Bottle

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PM-covid-update

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Yankees Are Swept in Detroit for First Time in 21 Years

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The Copa América soccer tournament won’t be played in Argentina, where the virus is raging.

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As big financial industry players like Fidelity Investments push SEC to approve Bitcoin-linked ETFs, crypto lobbying efforts meet resistance from US lawmakers (Kellie Mejdrich/Politico)

Kellie Mejdrich / Politico:
As big financial industry players like Fidelity Investments push SEC to approve Bitcoin-linked ETFs, crypto lobbying efforts meet resistance from US lawmakers  —  Bitcoin is the biggest of the virtual assets, which unlike the dollar are distributed outside of government control and often operate on a decentralized basis.

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简报：广州疫情发酵封锁街区；台湾干旱加剧节水生活成常态

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Hundreds more Afghans and their families to be allowed to settle in UK

Hundreds more who worked for the British military and government will be allowed to settle in the UK.

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The Internet’s Favorite Catalog of Weird Places Rewrites History

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Seattle Storm Coach Dan Hughes Retires Midseason

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Israel coalition government a threat to security, warns Netanyahu

The prime minister urges right-wing politicians not to join a proposed new unity government.

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The Wikimedia Foundation is financially healthy and nearing a $100M endowment target five years ahead of schedule, yet fundraising appeals imply it's struggling (Andreas Kolbe/The Daily Dot)

Andreas Kolbe / The Daily Dot:
The Wikimedia Foundation is financially healthy and nearing a $100M endowment target five years ahead of schedule, yet fundraising appeals imply it's struggling  —  The site is way richer than it wants you to know.  —  The Wikimedia Foundation (WMF), the non-profit that owns Wikipedia …

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Chipping Away at Democracy

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The Veterans Who Bury Their Own

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Facing Elimination, the Knicks Must Find Another Gear

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Think Your Weekend Plans Were Ruined? Try Being a Mayoral Candidate.

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The Indian children orphaned by Covid-19

Officially, hundreds of children have lost both their parents. Experts say the number may be much higher.

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Mohammed Deif: The one-eyed Hamas chief in Israel's crosshairs

The shadowy figure at the top of Israel most-wanted list has repeatedly eluded attempts to kill him.

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Biosecurity warning over loosely-regulated virus labs

Governments do not have controls to stop terrorists accessing labs and posing a biological threat.

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Somaliland elections: Could polls help gain recognition?

Somaliland is hoping that elections will boost its chances of gaining international recognition.

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Make Memories With Paper

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Quotation of the Day: With No Panel, Riot Questions Sure to Linger

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Enjoy 8 Classic Summer Drinks, With a Twist

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Tech companies took up 22% of new office space in Singapore between 2015-2020, up from 8% between 2004-2014, led by Amazon, as financial firms reduced workspace (Faris Mokhtar/Bloomberg)

Faris Mokhtar / Bloomberg:
Tech companies took up 22% of new office space in Singapore between 2015-2020, up from 8% between 2004-2014, led by Amazon, as financial firms reduced workspace  —  In the financial mecca of Singapore, a new crowd is flocking to its offices: technology companies.

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Corrections: May 30, 2021

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Reassess Your Spending and Saving

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Atlanta Outfielder Is Arrested on Domestic Violence Charges

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7 Presumed Dead After Plane Crashes Into Tennessee Lake, Officials Say

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Transport Yourself With a Literary Escape This Summer

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A Nashville hat store sold ‘Not Vaccinated’ Star of David patches.

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Apple's claims about respecting privacy aren't fully serious, as the iPhone default doesn't disallow apps from tracking users, instead expecting users to do so (Doc Searls Weblog)

Doc Searls Weblog:
Apple's claims about respecting privacy aren't fully serious, as the iPhone default doesn't disallow apps from tracking users, instead expecting users to do so  —  If you haven't seen it yet, watch Apple's Privacy on iPhone |  tracked ad.  In it a guy named Felix (that's him, above) …

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Reset Your Boundaries, Online and Off

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Road Trips and Reconnecting: What You’re Looking Forward to This Summer

By BY DANI BLUM from NYT At Home https://ift.tt/3vzpKXr

A Farewell From ‘At Home’

By BY AMY VIRSHUP from NYT Travel https://ift.tt/3wK1kLi

Slip (and Slide) Onto a Water Toy in Your Backyard

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Make The World Better With One Of These Nine Ideas

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Become an Outdoor Scientist

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Island Residents Protest at the Willows Inn After Workplace Allegations

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Piccadilly 1965: How six Indian friends found their feet in the UK

One day in 1965 Praful Patel heard five men talking Gujarati in London's Central YMCA - they quickly became close friends.

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Samantha Azzopardi: Australia's notorious con artist sentenced for child theft

Authorities are baffled by the "bizarre crime" of a serial con artist who has travelled the world.

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How Ben Crump became America's go-to civil rights lawyer

When families lose a loved one in a police shooting, more often than not Ben Crump gets a call. Why is he the go-to man?

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Stuck on a world tour serving soup in Lahore

A German couple crossed 11 countries before the pandemic halted them en route to India.

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Africa's political dynasties: How presidents groom their sons for power

Congo-Brazzaville's leader is the latest to fuel speculation that he wants his son to succeed him.

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US's campaign against Huawei has opened the $35B/year cellular equipment market, giving rise to new players and helping US's bid to counter China's 5G dominance (Stu Woo/Wall Street Journal)

Stu Woo / Wall Street Journal:
US's campaign against Huawei has opened the $35B/year cellular equipment market, giving rise to new players and helping US's bid to counter China's 5G dominance  —  The U.S. campaign against Huawei has opened the cellular-equipment market to a host of new players that previously didn't seem to have much of a chance

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Sprinklr, a provider of customer service software, files for an IPO and reports revenue of $386.9M and net loss of $41.2M in the year ended January 31 (Reuters)

Reuters:
Sprinklr, a provider of customer service software, files for an IPO and reports revenue of $386.9M and net loss of $41.2M in the year ended January 31  —  Software startup Sprinklr on Friday made public its plans for a stock market listing in the United States, revealing a 19.3% rise in annual revenue.

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As the Hamptons Booms, a New World of Luxury Problems

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Is the Montauk Party Over?

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Desperately Seeking Lifeguards for Hamptons Pools

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A Week of Big Blows for Big Oil

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Google says it won't build itself Privacy Sandbox backdoors, but whether it will allow itself to use individual-level data from Chrome users remains unclear (Kate Kaye/Digiday)

Kate Kaye / Digiday:
Google says it won't build itself Privacy Sandbox backdoors, but whether it will allow itself to use individual-level data from Chrome users remains unclear  —  Google promised on Thursday it won't carve out separate rules for itself as it forces data privacy restrictions on others navigating …

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Mali names coup leader Col Assimi Goïta as transitional president

The country's constitutional court says Col Assimi Goïta should now "lead the transition process".

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Mount Nyiragongo: Why DR Congo fears the explosive power of a lake

Volcanic activity has raised fears of a rare eruption at Lake Kivu in the country's east.

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Wejo, which collects and analyzes real-time vehicle data, is going public via a SPAC merger to raise $330M, which will value Wejo at $800M including debt (Reuters)

Reuters:
Wejo, which collects and analyzes real-time vehicle data, is going public via a SPAC merger to raise $330M, which will value Wejo at $800M including debt  —  Auto data startup Wejo, backed by General Motors Co (GM.N),will go public through a reverse merger with blank-check company Virtuoso Acquisition Corp …

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