DC public schools hosts racially segregated ‘affinity groups’ for staff
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Judicial Watch is accusing District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) of violating federal law by hosting racially segregated "affinity groups" for staff that the district says are to promote equity.According to documents obtained by Judicial Watch through...
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In a big potential breach, a hacker offers to sell a Chinese police database.
In what may be one of the largest known breaches of Chinese personal data, a hacker has offered to sell a Shanghai police database that could contain information on perhaps...
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Business
Ford quarterly sales were up slightly from last year, when chip shortages hurt output.
Ford Motor said Tuesday that it sold 483,688 cars and light trucks in the United States in the second quarter, slightly more than it sold in the same period a...
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Politics
Inflation, gas prices still dwarf abortion concern, poll says
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Americans are far more concerned with inflation and gas prices than they are about abortion issues, according to a Tuesday poll from...
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Markets
Cryptocurrencies are not the new monetary system we need
Money has already evolved from coins, to notes, entries in balance sheets and bits on computers. The institutions that provide, operate, guarantee and regulate money have evolved with it. So...
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SAS files for bankruptcy protection as pilot strike grounds flights
Scandinavian Airlines has filed for bankruptcy protection as it warned a crippling pilots’ strike was deepening its long-running financial troubles.SAS filed for protection in the US on Tuesday, a process that will allow it to continue flying while it restructures its finances.Shares in the group tumbled almost...
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China censors news of alleged hacking of Shanghai police database
China is rapidly censoring news of the alleged hacking of a Shanghai police database that threatens to expose the personal data of more than 1bn people, in what could be one of...
Macquarie and Moelis hired to raise $20bn for world’s longest undersea power line
Australian energy start-up Sun Cable has hired investment banks Macquarie and Moelis to raise more than A$30bn (US$20.6bn) over the next 18 months to fund a giant solar farm and the world’s...
How games creators are using fantasy as a force for liberation
“Where are the wizards?” my cousin asked me, half an hour into a family screening of Braveheart. I saw where he was coming from. The film has all the trademarks of high...
Boris Johnson knew about misconduct allegations against disgraced MP
Downing Street has admitted Boris Johnson was aware of some of the sexual misconduct allegations against Chris Pincher before he gave the now disgraced Tory MP a job overseeing party discipline and...
Twitter launches legal challenge to Indian government blocking orders
Twitter is challenging the Indian government in court for the first time over its orders to block tweets and accounts, saying some were excessive and outside the scope of officials’ legal authority.The...
Universities in England to crack down on degrees grade inflation
Universities in England have committed to reducing the proportion of top degrees awarded, after grade inflation jumped during the pandemic prompting fears that qualifications were losing value.Universities UK and Guild HE, which...
Defence group chief urges lending shake-up at European Investment Bank
The head of Italy’s defence champion has called for an overhaul of the European Investment Bank’s lending policy to allow it to finance military projects following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.Alessandro Profumo, chief...
Oil refiner Varo aims to stop selling carbon products by 2040
Refinery and fuel distribution company Varo Energy said it would sell no oil products by 2040 as it laid out plans to cut its emissions through investments in biofuels, hydrogen and electric...
My garlic for a home: China struggles to revive property sector
For 8,000 years, people in China have known the value of garlic. Today, while still central to Chinese cuisine and traditional medicine, rarely are the pungent bulbs used in property deals.But developers in...
KPMG’s business in UAE split by partner infighting and coup attempt
KPMG’s business in the United Arab Emirates has been split by infighting, with the chief executive surviving an attempted coup after two senior partners raised governance concerns and were subsequently fired.The accounting...
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Money Clinic podcast: I lost £17,000 to a fraudster
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