[ad_1] PARIS (AP) — Pressure is mounting on a French government minister to quit over comments stigmatizing homosexuality and LGBTQ people, in the latest challenge to President Emmanuel Macron’s leadership. Caroline Cayeux’s remarks have hurt and angered many – including her colleagues — and prompted broader discussion around persistent discriminatory attitudes by people in power. More than 100 prominent figures published an appeal Sunday in the newspaper Journal du dimanche questioning why she’s still in…
"‘Those people’: French minister’s LGBTQ remarks spark anger"Author: Staff Reporter
[ad_1] Five conservative lawmakers hoping to be the next British prime minister will face off in a debate on Friday. After the debates, a third round of voting will resume on Monday, where another candidate will be eliminated from the race. Rishi Sunak has won the last two rounds of parliamentary voting, but he faces stiff competition from Penny Mordaunt and Liz Truss. The five remaining contenders to be Britain’s next prime minister will go…
"Britain’s next prime minister: Top 5 contenders in line will face off in TV debate"
[ad_1] Prime Day may be done and dusted, but there are still plenty of awesome deals to be found at Amazon and other retailers. Right now, for instance, are still plenty of discounts to be found on true wireless earbuds, laptops, TVs, video games, and a host of other tech. A few of the highlights still available include the Beats Fit Pro — which are still discounted to $159.95 (normally $200) — as well as…
"Amazon Prime Day 2022: the best deals still available on laptops, TVs, earbuds, and more"
[ad_1] It seems that the act of being busy has somehow become a positive quality – something we should strive for. Someone who isn’t busy is surely lazy, lethargic, and definitely not doing enough. You may have seen articles or heard talk about the glorification of being busy, and I really feel that this is a frightening but widespread phenomenon. With modern technology and a wealth of info at our fingertips (aka your inbox), it’s…
"How to Feel More In Alignment With Your Life" [ad_1] Issued on: 13/07/2022 – 07:56 US President Joe Biden lands in the Middle East on Wednesday for a trip that will see Israeli leaders urge tougher action against Iran, before a delicate stop in Saudi Arabia. The 79-year-old president’s visit to Jeddah on Friday will be the focus of the tour, after Biden branded Saudi Arabia a “pariah” over the 2018 murder of dissident Saudi journalist and US resident Jamal Khashoggi. Air Force One…
"Biden heads to Middle East for delicate first tour as US president"
[ad_1] For now, Ukraine is trying less-effective alternatives to export its grain, at least to Europe. Currently, 30 per cent of exports go via three Danube River ports in south-western Ukraine. The country also is trying to ship grain via 12 border crossings with European countries, but trucks must wait in line for days, and Europe’s infrastructure cannot yet absorb such a volume of grain, Horbachov said. A farmer collects fragments of Russian rockets that…
"Anxiety grows for harvest trapped in a war zone"
[ad_1] Thousands of protesters in Sri Lanka’s commercial capital Colombo stormed the president’s official residence and his secretariat on Saturday, amid months of mounting public anger over the country’s worst economic crisis in seven decades. Some protesters, holding Sri Lankan flags and helmets, broke into the president’s residence, video footage from a local TV news channel showed. Videos posted on social media showed demonstrators moving around inside the palace and swimming in the outdoor pool.…
"Sri Lanka protesters storm president’s residence and office in fury at economic meltdown"
[ad_1] After a difficult breakup and many months of reflection, I decided it was time to join the online dating scene. I chose a site that was age-appropriate and offered me a one-month free trial. After uploading my best photo, I wrote a profile that described my interests and what I was searching for in a gentleman. My interests included cooking, museums, ballet, art galleries, theater, old movies and collecting vintage jewelry. I was clear…
"Dating verdict: L.A. men are casual in the extreme"
[ad_1] To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT (except today because of the breaking Musk news!), subscribe here. Jet-lagged and post-COVID-fatigued, Haje is back, joining Christine to bring you fine morsels of tech news in this very newsletter. Also, hearsay (and the calendar) suggests that it might be Friday. If that almost unverifiable rumor is, in fact, true, then have a…
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[ad_1] Photo: NASA NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has been in space for six months, and it has finally taken its first color pictures, which will be released on July 12. At a press conference, NASA shared some information about these images and talked about how its brand-new telescope works. This telescope has infrared capabilities that let you see further back in time to the Big Bang, which happened 13.8 billion years ago. Bill Nelson…
"NASA will Reveal Deepest Image of the Universe"