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The Associated Press reported that the man who flew the plane did not have a pilot's license, and he now faces charges of grand larceny and making a terrorist threat.
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๐จ๐ฟThousands of residents dissatisfied with the measures taken by authorities to tackle the rise in gas prices marched during a large anti-government protest in the center of Prague.
The protest was jointly organized by a number of political parties and civil associations, local media reported.
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๐น Just a regular day in London: here is a video of a woman armed with a spade attacking a driver in the street after she forced open his car door in a traffic jam.
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๐Only 12% of Brits expect Liz Truss will be a good or great prime minister, while 52% think she will be poor or terrible, a poll by YouGov shows.
In addition, only 22% rate Johnsonโs legacy as leader as good or great, with 55% assessing his time in charge as poor or terrible.
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In addition, only 22% rate Johnsonโs legacy as leader as good or great, with 55% assessing his time in charge as poor or terrible.
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โThe Biden administration has announced $1.1bn arms sale to Taiwan
The largest portion of the sale is a $655 miliion logistics support package for Taiwanโs surveillance radar. Also, it includes $355 million for Harpoon air-to-sea missiles and $85million for Sidewinder air-to-air missiles, the US Department of State says
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The largest portion of the sale is a $655 miliion logistics support package for Taiwanโs surveillance radar. Also, it includes $355 million for Harpoon air-to-sea missiles and $85million for Sidewinder air-to-air missiles, the US Department of State says
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๐ธDuring the search at Mar-a-Lago, Trump's residence, federal agents collected more than 20 boxes that included more than a hundred documents marked with different degrees of classification: from confidential to top secret.
According to the complete list of what was seized by the FBI during the search, which was made public this Friday by a Florida court, more than 10,000 documents that by law belong to the US government were collected from Trump's residence as well as about 90 empty folders with marks indicating that they contained classified material or that they should be returned to the White House secretarial staff or a military assistant, according to the British newspaper The Guardian.
On Wednesday, Trump's lawyers said in a court filing that Trump's keeping sensitive files at his Florida residence "should never have been cause for alarm." They further noted that the search at Mar-a-Lago had been "unprecedented, unnecessary, and lacking in legal support."
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According to the complete list of what was seized by the FBI during the search, which was made public this Friday by a Florida court, more than 10,000 documents that by law belong to the US government were collected from Trump's residence as well as about 90 empty folders with marks indicating that they contained classified material or that they should be returned to the White House secretarial staff or a military assistant, according to the British newspaper The Guardian.
On Wednesday, Trump's lawyers said in a court filing that Trump's keeping sensitive files at his Florida residence "should never have been cause for alarm." They further noted that the search at Mar-a-Lago had been "unprecedented, unnecessary, and lacking in legal support."
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๐ฒA Google employee who became a high-profile opponent of the tech giantโs $1bn artificial intelligence and surveillance contract with the Israeli military has announced her resignation.
Ariel Koren, a marketing manager, will be leaving the company this week, citing what she said was its creation of a hostile work environment due to her social activism.
The controversy began when Koren protested Googleโs $1.2bn collaboration with Amazon and the Israeli military on a program called Project Nimbus. She spent more than a year organizing her protest to persuade Google to pull out of the deal, including circulating petitions, lobbying executives, and speaking out to news organizations. Koren, who is Jewish, has worked for the company for more than seven years and said Googleโs actions to stifle outspoken workers โ not just herself โ have been par for the course.
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Ariel Koren, a marketing manager, will be leaving the company this week, citing what she said was its creation of a hostile work environment due to her social activism.
The controversy began when Koren protested Googleโs $1.2bn collaboration with Amazon and the Israeli military on a program called Project Nimbus. She spent more than a year organizing her protest to persuade Google to pull out of the deal, including circulating petitions, lobbying executives, and speaking out to news organizations. Koren, who is Jewish, has worked for the company for more than seven years and said Googleโs actions to stifle outspoken workers โ not just herself โ have been par for the course.
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๐บThe CNN network faces critics for altering the lighting for President Bidenโs Thursday address, softening the blood-red hues to calmer shades of pink. The illumination for President Bidenโs Thursday address softened the blood-red hues to quieter shades of pink.
The president came in for sarcastic mockery online for the harsh black and red backdrop, with many comparing the optics to โStar Warsโ and โV for Vendetta.โ
โCNN appears to have tweaked the video of Bidenโs speech from demonic red to Pepto-Bismol pink. Very helpful, as we needed a lot of Pepto-Bismol to get through this!โ said former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee.
Though Biden promised to deliver a unifying speech on the โbattle for the soul of the nation,โ partisans blasted him as divisive and fear-mongering. Many latched on to his claims that โMAGA Republicansโ threatened the country โ something the president later walked back.
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The president came in for sarcastic mockery online for the harsh black and red backdrop, with many comparing the optics to โStar Warsโ and โV for Vendetta.โ
โCNN appears to have tweaked the video of Bidenโs speech from demonic red to Pepto-Bismol pink. Very helpful, as we needed a lot of Pepto-Bismol to get through this!โ said former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee.
Though Biden promised to deliver a unifying speech on the โbattle for the soul of the nation,โ partisans blasted him as divisive and fear-mongering. Many latched on to his claims that โMAGA Republicansโ threatened the country โ something the president later walked back.
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๐ฌโNational Cinema Dayโ on Saturday brought the big screen to moviegoers for a small price -no more than $3- as American theaters looked to fill seats during the late summer lull.
The one-day nationwide promotion was offered on more than 30,000 screens in more than 3,000 theaters, including the major chains of AMC and Regal Cinemas. The Cinema Foundation, a nonprofit arm of the National Association of Theater Owners, announced the plan on Aug. 28 and said all major film studios also were participating.
Labor Day weekend is traditionally one of the slowest weekends in theaters.
After more than two years of the pandemic, movie theaters rebounded significantly over the summer, seeing business return to nearly pre-pandemic levels. Films like โTop Gun: Maverick,โ โMinions: Rise of Gru,โ โDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madnessโ and โJurassic World Dominionโ pushed the domestic summer box office to $3.3 billion in ticket sales as of Aug. 21, according to data firm Comscore.
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The one-day nationwide promotion was offered on more than 30,000 screens in more than 3,000 theaters, including the major chains of AMC and Regal Cinemas. The Cinema Foundation, a nonprofit arm of the National Association of Theater Owners, announced the plan on Aug. 28 and said all major film studios also were participating.
Labor Day weekend is traditionally one of the slowest weekends in theaters.
After more than two years of the pandemic, movie theaters rebounded significantly over the summer, seeing business return to nearly pre-pandemic levels. Films like โTop Gun: Maverick,โ โMinions: Rise of Gru,โ โDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madnessโ and โJurassic World Dominionโ pushed the domestic summer box office to $3.3 billion in ticket sales as of Aug. 21, according to data firm Comscore.
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๐พ Former world number one Serena Williams lost to Ajla Tomljanovic in the third round of the US Open - 5:7, 7:6, 1:6. โ๏ธ For 40-year-old Williams, this was probably the last game of her career. She previously revealed that she plans to retire from tennisโฆ
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๐พ#USOpen | #SerenaWilliams bids farewell
Last month, Williams signaled she planned to retire after the Open and lost against Tomljanovic in a thrilling 3-hour, 5-minute battle.
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Last month, Williams signaled she planned to retire after the Open and lost against Tomljanovic in a thrilling 3-hour, 5-minute battle.
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๐Seventeen states with vehicle emission standards tied to rules established in California face weighty decisions on whether to follow that stateโs strictest-in-the-nation new regulations that require all new cars, pickups, and SUVs to be electric or hydrogen-powered by 2035.
Washington, Massachusetts, New York, Oregon, and Vermont are expected to adopt Californiaโs ban on new gasoline-fueled vehicles. Colorado and Pennsylvania are among the states that probably wonโt. The legal ground is a bit murkier in Minnesota, where the stateโs โClean Carsโ rule has been a political minefield and the subject of a legal fight. Meanwhile, Republicans are rebelling in Virginia.
The Minnesota Auto Dealers Association says its reading of state and federal law is that the new California rules kick in automatically in the state, and itโs making that case in court as it tries to block them.
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Washington, Massachusetts, New York, Oregon, and Vermont are expected to adopt Californiaโs ban on new gasoline-fueled vehicles. Colorado and Pennsylvania are among the states that probably wonโt. The legal ground is a bit murkier in Minnesota, where the stateโs โClean Carsโ rule has been a political minefield and the subject of a legal fight. Meanwhile, Republicans are rebelling in Virginia.
The Minnesota Auto Dealers Association says its reading of state and federal law is that the new California rules kick in automatically in the state, and itโs making that case in court as it tries to block them.
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๐งJackson officials said a treatment plant at the center of water woes in Mississippiโs capital made โsignificantโ gains overnight and into Saturday. According to a news release, the O.B. Curtis Water Plantโs total plant output increased to 86 pounds per square inch, approaching the cityโs goal of 87 PSI or better.
โThe outlook is very stable,โ the city said in the statement. โHowever, additional challenges as repairs and adjustments are made do leave the potential for fluctuations in progress.โ
The city said most customers should have water pressure, and only a few remaining pockets in south Jackson may still be experiencing low or no pressure.
The city said that teams from Georgia and Florida rural water associations are also on-site, assisting with repairing and restoring many automated systems supporting better water production and water quality management.
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โThe outlook is very stable,โ the city said in the statement. โHowever, additional challenges as repairs and adjustments are made do leave the potential for fluctuations in progress.โ
The city said most customers should have water pressure, and only a few remaining pockets in south Jackson may still be experiencing low or no pressure.
The city said that teams from Georgia and Florida rural water associations are also on-site, assisting with repairing and restoring many automated systems supporting better water production and water quality management.
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๐ The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) says it does not plan to attempt any more Artemis 1 moon mission launches before Tuesday.
โช๏ธ NASA cancelled the planned Artemis 1 mission launch atop a Space Launch System (SLS) rocket on Saturday over a hydrogen fuel leak.
โช๏ธ "The team continues to troubleshoot, and plans to return with a variety of options early next week. We are standing down on any launch attempts through the current launch period, which ends Tuesday," NASA said in a statement on social media on Saturday.
โช๏ธ The Saturday launch delay is the second this week for the Artemis 1 moon mission, which is an uncrewed test of the SLS and the Orion spacecraft.
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โช๏ธ NASA cancelled the planned Artemis 1 mission launch atop a Space Launch System (SLS) rocket on Saturday over a hydrogen fuel leak.
โช๏ธ "The team continues to troubleshoot, and plans to return with a variety of options early next week. We are standing down on any launch attempts through the current launch period, which ends Tuesday," NASA said in a statement on social media on Saturday.
โช๏ธ The Saturday launch delay is the second this week for the Artemis 1 moon mission, which is an uncrewed test of the SLS and the Orion spacecraft.
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๐คจ Former US President Donald Trump says the raid carried out by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) at his Mar-a-Lago resort is something that is typical of a third world country.
๐ฏ "The entire world is watching, and they are shocked. South American countries, numerous of them, their leaders said, could you imagine if that was ever done in our country, what the United States would be saying about us," Trump said on Saturday, at a rally in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
โช๏ธ The rally is Trumpโs first in the midterm election season since the FBI raided his Mar-a-Lago residence on August 8.
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๐ฏ "The entire world is watching, and they are shocked. South American countries, numerous of them, their leaders said, could you imagine if that was ever done in our country, what the United States would be saying about us," Trump said on Saturday, at a rally in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
โช๏ธ The rally is Trumpโs first in the midterm election season since the FBI raided his Mar-a-Lago residence on August 8.
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๐ LIVE UPDATES: Ukrainian missile hits Zaporozhye nuclear power plant unit, authorities say
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๐ณ ๐น Brazen thieves rammed a car into an SUV and stole $20,000 from its disoriented driver during a brazen Upper East Side robbery Saturday, cops and sources said.
๐ฎ In a dramatic scene that seemed like something out of a โFast and Furiousโ film, a black Mercedes slammed into a silver Toyota Rav4 as tires screeched and shocked pedestrians jumped for cover, viral social media video showed.
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๐ฎ In a dramatic scene that seemed like something out of a โFast and Furiousโ film, a black Mercedes slammed into a silver Toyota Rav4 as tires screeched and shocked pedestrians jumped for cover, viral social media video showed.
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๐น Eastern Military District Uragan MRLS crews eliminate mock enemy while defending Sakhalin Island as part of Vostok 2022 exercise.
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๐ค The EU must reimburse citizens for the consequences of anti-Russian sanctions, Matteo Salvini of Italy's League party says.
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๐คฅ One of the BLM leaders, Shalomiya Bowers, has been accused of stealing more than $10 million. It is suspected that he transferred donations for the organization to a personal consulting firm.
โช๏ธ Activists have already filed a lawsuit against him; he denies all charges.
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โช๏ธ Activists have already filed a lawsuit against him; he denies all charges.
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๐ฆ๐ท๐ทArgentina investigates mystery pneumonia deaths
โช๏ธThree people died this week in Argentina from an unknown type of pneumonia, with nine people affected in total so far. All of the cases were detected around a private medical clinic in northwestern Tucuman province. Symptoms included high fever, body aches and difficulty breathing.
โช๏ธAuthorities have already excluded COVID and common types of flu as a cause of the disease. Luis Medina Ruiz, health minister of Tucuman, said that the patients were struck with โa severe respiratory condition with bilateral pneumonia.โ
โช๏ธThree people died this week in Argentina from an unknown type of pneumonia, with nine people affected in total so far. All of the cases were detected around a private medical clinic in northwestern Tucuman province. Symptoms included high fever, body aches and difficulty breathing.
โช๏ธAuthorities have already excluded COVID and common types of flu as a cause of the disease. Luis Medina Ruiz, health minister of Tucuman, said that the patients were struck with โa severe respiratory condition with bilateral pneumonia.โ
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