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Kors Honors Feminist Icon as New York Fashion Week Wraps Up

American designer Michael Kors paid tribute to US feminist icon Gloria Steinem on the final day of New York Fashion Week Wednesday. His Fall-Winter 2023 parade saw several models wear round, low-hanging belts in a nod to the 88-year-old Steinem's signature look, said AFP. Steinem, considered the leader of second-wave…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Spy balloon – live: Biden says ‘nothing suggests’ three shot-down objects tied to China

US president makes ‘no apologies’ for shooting down Chinese surveillance balloon

The Independent UK

The Argument That 'America Has Gone Too Far in Legalizing Vice' Ignores the Cost of Prohibition

Is it just to punish the many for the excesses of the few?

Reason

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The Current Men’s Challengers Should Look to Stan Wawrinka

Also in this week’s mailbag: Americans are having their best stretch of showings in years. Why?

Sports Illustrated

Sanders bill: $60K teacher minimum wage

The average starting salary for teachers is less than $42,000. The bill would raise pay for 43% of teachers

Salon

Demetrious Johnson Prepared to 'Put on a Show' in U.S. Return

Headlining the promotion's debut on American soil at ONE Fight Night 10, Johnson is set to defend his flyweight belt in a trilogy bout against Adriano Moraes.

Sports Illustrated

Teacher vows to pay off entire school's lunch debt so students don't go hungry

Teacher Gabe Segal, from Herndon, in Virginia, America, has vowed to clear his students' lunch debts because he doesn't want to see a single one of them go hungry as their parents worry about how they're going to cover the costs

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Trump preps for more American carnage

In order to run to Ron DeSantis' right, Trump to paint a picture so grim of America he'll bring back firing squads

Salon

Emma Hayes believes English women's football should consider potential closed league

Emma Hayes is open to English women's football adopting a North American-style franchise team system in the domestic club game - with no promotion or relegation - having previously coached in the States

Daily Mirror

Retail sales jump as Americans defy inflation and rate hikes

America’s consumers rebounded last month from a weak holiday shopping season by boosting their spending at stores and restaurants at the fastest pace in almost two years, underscoring the economy’s resilience in the face of higher prices and multiple interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve

The Independent UK

How records of life's milestones help solve cold cases, pinpoint health risks and allocate public resources

After 65 years, Philadelphia police announced in December 2022 that they had identified the remains of Joseph Augustus Zarelli, a 4-year-old boy who was murdered in 1957. Because no one had ever come forward to reliably identify Joseph, he became “America’s Unknown Child,” a moniker that captured the tragic anonymity…

The Conversation

DeSantis' hypocrisy is his secret weapon

That DeSantis relies on this foundational principle of white supremacy is actually evidence of systemic racism

Salon

Mystery objects shot down over America following ‘Chinese spy balloon’ were probably ‘benign’, US admits

They are not likely to be ‘intelligence collection against the United States of any kind’, said a White House spokesman

Evening Standard

Former reporter pens bio about the incredible life of Black Civil War veteran in new book, 'The Sergeant'

Shortly after 9/11, a group of Palestinian students had some questions for an American reporter about the lives and history of Muslims in America that sent him on a decadeslong journey, researching and writing about Muslims who had been in the United States since a few years after the Mayflower…

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Roll Call

Administration to announce EV charging station standards - Roll Call

A national network for electric vehicles will be built using at least 55 percent American-made materials under the standards.

Tribune News Service

Commentary: Why America’s schools are getting more political

In U.S. politics, domestic issues tend to fall into one of two categories: economic or cultural. But it’s getting harder these days to decide where education belongs. That’s because Democrats and Republicans are talking about the issue differently — and their rhetorical dissimilarity shows how each party has adopted its…

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Let’s put a pin in the spy balloon/UFO hysteria

There is something about the last two weeks of America’s intense focus on the threat posed by balloons that is reminiscent of the “Summer of the Shark” in 2001, when sensationalistic coverage of shark attacks whipped the nation into a frenzy — until a real disaster came along on Sept.…

Bangkok Post

Floating trade views amid balloon snafu

Geopolitical tensions are expected to ratchet up after American jets downed four flying objects in the past 10 days, including a suspected Chinese spy balloon off the Carolina coast on Feb 4.

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The Conversation

Israel enters a dangerous period – public protests swell over Netanyahu's plan to limit the power of the Israeli Supreme Court

Proposals by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing government to radically diminish the power and independence of Israel’s judiciary sparked demonstrations across the country starting in January 2023. An estimated 200,000 Israelis took part in protests on Feb. 11 and another 100,000 in front of the Parliament on Feb. 13, the…

The Independent UK

Bill Gates joins 26 newcomers on list of 50 biggest donors

As the ranks of America’s super wealthy grow, the roster of major philanthropists is expanding to include not-so-typical megadonors — among them, a professional clarinetist, a Ph.D. in meat science, and a lawyer who regularly argues before the U.S. Supreme Court

Evening Standard

Nikki Haley: meet the Republican candidate who is gearing up to take on Trump

The firebrand 51-year-old is about to launch a campaign to be the new presidential candidate. So who is she really? Sarah Baxter reports

Fortune

Why the new split Congress could be the one that delivers paid parental leave

Most Americans across political lines support paid parental leave–but Congress has long failed to act. This could be about to change.

The Independent UK

Hollywood actor Will Ferrell spotted at Anfield after visits to Manchester City and Wrexham

The American actor has also visited Manchester City and Wrexham during his whistle-stop tour of the UK

Zenger

Antisemitism Dramatically Undercounted In 2022, AJC Report Says

Despite well-documented surges in antisemitism in America, new data suggests official numbers dramatically undercount the problem’s scope

Salon

Football, Jesus and fascism

The Super Bowl is more than a game; it is a metaphor for American life

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