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Brooklyn, Ukraine, Google: Your Wednesday Evening Briefing

Brooklyn, Ukraine, Google: Your Wednesday Evening Briefing

(Want to get this newsletter in your inbox? Here’s the sign-up.) Good evening. Here’s the latest at the end of Wednesday. 1. The police arrested a suspect in the Brooklyn subway shooting. The 62-year-old man, Frank James, was taken into custody in New York City’s East Village in the afternoon and charged with committing a terrorist act on a mass transit system. At least 26 people were injured, including 10 people by gunfire, during the shooting yesterday at the Sunset Park subway station…. Source link

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United Nations, Haiti, Google: Your Tuesday Evening Briefing

United Nations, Haiti, Google: Your Tuesday Evening Briefing

(Want to get this newsletter in your inbox? Here’s the sign-up.) Good evening. Here’s the latest at the end of Tuesday. 1. “Government by and for the people is still the best way to deliver for all of our people.” President Biden delivered his first address to the annual gathering of world leaders at the U.N. in New York amid doubts about his ability to restore U.S. leadership in the world after the Trump administration’s isolationism. Biden called for unity among allies in… Source link

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Yahoo News reporter asks Psaki for ‘update’ on White House cat at briefing

Yahoo News reporter asks Psaki for ‘update’ on White House cat at briefing

Media top headlines June 3 The press gushing over Dr. Fauci’s leaked emails, Chris Mathews’ accuser getting hate mail and journalist Andy Ngo saying he was beaten up by Antifa last week round out today’s top media headlines One of the pressing questions that was asked at the White House briefing on Thursday was an “update” on whether or not a cat would be joining President Biden’s family.  After the Biden team previously teased that a feline would be joining the Biden family’s German… Source link

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Vaccines, Electoral College, Google: Your Monday Evening Briefing

Vaccines, Electoral College, Google: Your Monday Evening Briefing

(Want to get this newsletter in your inbox? Here’s the sign-up.) Good evening. Here’s the latest. 1. On a day of hope, a reminder of the coronavirus’s devastation. The number of people who died from the coronavirus in the U.S. passed 300,000 today, but the day also marked a turning point for frontline health care workers as they began to receive the first clinically authorized vaccine as part of the mass vaccination program. “I believe this is the weapon that will end the war,” Gov…. Source link

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Google, Early Voting, World Series: Your Tuesday Evening Briefing

Google, Early Voting, World Series: Your Tuesday Evening Briefing

(Want to get this newsletter in your inbox? Here’s the sign-up.) Good evening. Here’s the latest. 1. The Justice Department filed a long-awaited antitrust lawsuit against Google, accusing the company of maintaining an illegal monopoly over search. The suit is the most aggressive move against a tech giant in a generation. Google, owned by Alphabet, said the lawsuit was “deeply flawed,” and told its employees to stay focused and quiet. The government, joined by 11 states, is accusing… Source link

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Alphabet grows up – Google’s problems are bigger than just the antitrust case | Briefing

Alphabet grows up – Google’s problems are bigger than just the antitrust case | Briefing

Jul 30th 2020 MOUNTAIN VIEW TO GET A good look at Google, climb a barren hill in front of the online giant’s Silicon Valley headquarters—or rather, both of them. To the right lies the old HQ, a clump of low-slung office buildings ringed by dozens of similar boxes. To the left a brand-new corporate centre is rising. From outside it resembles an oversized circus tent, but the inside is still undetermined: pillars, wooden panelling and hardly any walls. The bare-bones structure is meant to… Source link

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E.U. Deal, U.K. Extradition Treaty, Google: Your Tuesday Briefing

E.U. Deal, U.K. Extradition Treaty, Google: Your Tuesday Briefing

(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good morning. We’re covering the E.U.’s landmark stimulus deal, the suspension of the U.K.’s extradition treaty with Hong Kong and the last days of a famous Parisian store. E.U. agrees on a groundbreaking stimulus package After days of intense talks in Brussels, European Union leaders on Tuesday stepped up to confront one of the gravest challenges in the bloc’s history, agreeing on a 750 billion euro spending package to rescue… Source link

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