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Taiwan rejects request to invite Chinese officials to travel fair
Taipei, June 29 (CNA) Taiwan’s government has rejected a request made by local tourism operators to invite Chinese provincial officials to visit the upcoming travel fair in Taipei, Mainland Affairs Council spokesperson Chan Chih-hung (詹志宏) confirmed Thursday. https://focustaiwan.tw/cross-strait/202306290018
Read MoreThe Man Behind the Case Seeking to End Affirmative Action
Wall Street Journal For the past 30 years, Edward Blum has been on a mission to spearhead legal cases aimed at removing racial preferences from American life—by upending the law governing them. He has found some success—and drawn considerable ire. https://www.wsj.com/articles/affirmative-action-supreme-court-ed-blum-100b36c3
Read MoreSupreme Court Rules Against Affirmative Action
Wall Street Journal https://www.wsj.com/articles/supreme-court-rules-against-affirmative-action-21025d51
Read MoreRFK Jr resists ‘hating on’ Biden, Trump at latest town hall: ‘I’m proud that President Trump likes me’
Fox News Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he would resist attacking both President Biden and former President Trump personally during his campaign. During a live town hall at NewsNation’s headquarters in Chicago Wednesday, moderator Elizabeth Vargas asked Kennedy, “What type of man do you think Donald Trump is?“ “Here’s what I’m not…
Read MoreSecurity guard in case about closed shelter released from jail
Pravda Ukraine The Kyiv Court of Appeal changed the preventive measure to Vadym Moshkin, the guard in the case of people being killed in a missile strike because of a shelter door being closed. Instead of being in a pre-trial detention centre, he was confined to a night house arrest. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/06/29/7409125/
Read MoreSupreme Court rejects affirmative action in ruling on universities using race in admissions decisions
Fox News The U.S. Supreme Court handed down a major ruling on affirmative action Thursday, rejecting the use of race as a factor in college admissions as a violation of the 14th Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause. Many universities have argued that race-based admissions ensures that student bodies remain diverse, while critics such as the plaintiffs…
Read MoreSupreme Court hands religious freedom win to postal worker who refused to work on Sunday
Fox News The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled unanimously for a postal worker in Pennsylvania in an important religious liberty dispute, over how far employers should go to accommodate faith-based requests in the workplace. Gerald Groff, a Christian mail carrier, from Pennsylvania, asked the court to decide if U.S. Postal Service could require him to…
Read MoreRussian companies can gradually tap into new markets, Putin says
Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. “Let’s start from the closest neighbors, and then SCO and BRICS countries. The market is an incredibly large, a mammoth one,” the head of state said https://tass.com/economy/1640477
Read MoreDisposable tableware made from bioplastic PLA to be banned from Aug. 1
Taipei, June 29 (CNA) A ban on the use of tableware made from polylactide (PLA), a plant-based bioplastic, at eateries, retail stores and publicly run institutions in Taiwan will come into effect on Aug. 1, the Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) announced Thursday. https://focustaiwan.tw/society/202306290017
Read MoreTech War: US chip restrictions dominate debate among Chinese semiconductor veterans at Semicon industry conference
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Experts and insiders at Semicon China in Shanghai were all discussing the implications of deglobalisation amid reports of looming new US sanctions. https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3225986/tech-war-us-chip-restrictions-dominate-debate-among-chinese-semiconductor-veterans-semicon-industry?utm_source=rss_feed
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