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Updated Sept. 11 at 6:13 p.m.Congressional Democrats are threatening to withhold their votes on a forthcoming measure to keep federal agencies open and funded, demanding Republicans first negotiate with them over upcoming changes to health care benefits that impact millions of Americans. With just three weeks until the government shuts down, Republican leaders in the House and Senate are preparing to put forward a stopgap spending bill that would keep agencies afloat past the current Sept. 30 deadline. Such a measure would require Democratic support in the Senate, however, and the minority party is seeking to exploit that leverage to avoid…
During her three years as the 24th poet laureate, Ada Limón said her travels around the United States taught her just how many poets the country has.Limón said people would approach her during appearances to tell her they wrote poems regularly in a journal, or on a full moon or with their children. “They might not be publishing poems, they might not even be sharing poems, but there are many people that are secret poets,” Limón said.Limón’s term, which ended in April, included writing a poem engraved on a spacecraft on its way to Jupiter’s moon Europa and spearheading a…
The STI comprises the 30 largest companies by market capitalisation, but represents only a portion of SGX’s listed companies[SINGAPORE] The Singapore Exchange (SGX) will be launching an index that tracks listed companies that are not constituents of the Straits Times Index (STI), as part of efforts to showcase its broader equity market, said Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) deputy chairman Chee Hong Tat on Friday (Sep 12). “This new index will provide a useful lens to track how the next tier of large and liquid companies are evolving – whether through business-model transformation, improved governance or stronger capital-management initiatives,” said…
The Stealth Multi-Role rebreather represents the latest advancement in the company’s Stealth system. Credit: James Fisher and Sons plc. Global marine and defence solutions provider James Fisher Defence (JFD Global) has introduced a multi-role modular and configurable system designed to improve military diving operations. Called Stealth Multi-Role (SMR) rebreather, the system integrates latest developments in technology tailored for diving missions in various operational environments. The company has participated and showcased the system at the DSEI London 2025. The Stealth Multi-Role rebreather is the latest generation of the company’s Stealth Life Support System range, which are used by several Nato and…
If you’re waiting for the first folding iPhone and feel like it will never arrive, don’t worry. Half of it just did, in the form of the iPhone Air. Now we just need to wait for the other half to turn up in 2026. The so-called iPhone Fold has been rumored for considerably longer than the Air, and the wait has at times been excruciating. The foldables market as a whole is now mature: Samsung kicked things off with the Galaxy Fold more than six years ago, and these days every self-respecting Android manufacturer has a folding phone to offer.…
A senior Labour MP has written to the foreign secretary demanding answers about the vetting process for UK diplomats in the wake of Peter Mandelson’s sacking as US ambassador.Emily Thornberry, chair of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee, has outlined a series of questions in a letter to Yvette Cooper about the appointment of Lord Mandelson and his subsequent removal over his links to disgraced financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. She also urges Ms Cooper to “look again at pre-appointment scrutiny so that it might prevent such embarrassing diplomatic incidents as this from occurring again”. Image: Ms Thornberry highlighted ‘potentially…
Perplexity is finding out that not everyone’s thrilled about its rise. This week, Encyclopedia Britannica and Merriam-Webster sued Perplexity, accusing it of copyright infringement, trademark violation, and stealing away precious web traffic. The complaint, filed in New York federal court, paints a picture of Perplexity as a clever-but-rude houseguest: it eats the food (content), doesn’t ask permission, and leaves crumbs (AI summaries) that keep people from ever visiting the original sites. Britannica and Merriam-Webster, who rely on traffic to sell ads and subscriptions, say the AI tool is “free riding” on their hard-earned work, and in the process, “cannibalizing” their…
Black folks need to wear sunscreen. But deep down, you might believe that because you have been blessed with a burnished brown skin tone, you are naturally protected from the sun; think again. Dr. Alexis Stephens of Parkland Dermatology in Coral Springs, Florida, says that the protection we think we have is not enough. “Despite the prevalent misconception that melanin-rich skin doesn’t need sunscreen, it’s crucial for everyone to use it. While melanin provides some natural protection against UV radiation, it is insufficient to prevent skin damage, premature aging, or skin cancer. Sunscreen shields the skin from harmful UVA and…
Palestinian militant group Hamas said Friday that its chief negotiator in Gaza truce talks, Khalil al-Hayya, survived an Israeli strike on a Hamas compound in Doha earlier this week. “Under special security arrangements, Dr Khalil al-Hayya… took part in the funeral prayers in Qatar for his martyred son Hammam and the other martyrs of the cowardly assassination attempt in Doha,” Hamas said in a terse statement. Hamas provided no photograph of Hayya at Thursday’s funeral for the five Hamas officials and a Qatari guard killed in Tuesday’s strike.
A man has been charged after a major fire at an MP’s constituency office.Joshua Oliver, 28, has been charged with arson after a blaze at the office of Labour MP Sharon Hodgson, at Vermont House in Washington, Tyne and Wear. The fire also wrecked a charity base and an NHS mental health service for veterans.Oliver will appear at Newcastle Magistrates’ Court on Saturday. Image: Hodgson, who has been an MP since 2005, winning her seat again in 2019. Pic: Reuters Northumbria Police previously said it was “alerted to a fire at a premises on Woodland Terrace in the Washington area”…