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Ringling Bros. is gone; what’s next?

Stars and Stripes 

This movement doesn’t simply have animal welfare as its goal; it has an ideological component: the idea that human beings have no special moral standing in the universe and cannot claim dominion over other living creatures, no matter how they treat them.

Lenny Abrahamson’s ‘The Little Stranger’ Acquired by Focus Features

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

The film is a ghost story, which will begin production in the U.K. this summer and is set for a release in 2018. Rampling will portray the glamorous widow and owner of the estate, while Wilson and Poulter will play her grown children. “The Little Stranger” is a Focus Features, Pathé, and Film4 presentation in association with Ingenious Media and the Irish Film Board of a Potboiler production in association with Element Pictures. Executive producers are Pathé’s Cameron McCracken, Film4’s Daniel Battsek... Читать дальше...

How Microsoft Is Defending Refugee Minors Facing Deportation

Forbes.com 

Supporting immigration and refugees seemed a natural fit when Microsoft President Brad Smith decided to create a pro-bono program for Microsoft lawyers. Debate surrounding immigration has not deterred the tech giant from its commitment.



People's Party to pick new leadership in August

Yonhap News Agency (en) 

SEOUL, May 23 (Yonhap) -- The minor opposition People's Party will elect its new leader in August, its spokeswoman said Tuesday, as it strives to regroup in the wake of a defeat in this month's presidential election. Ko Yeon-ho said that the center

Reports Claim Leeds United Are Set to Trigger Manager Garry Monk's 12-Month Contract Extension - 90min

Sports - Google News (uk) 


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Reports Claim Leeds United Are Set to Trigger Manager Garry Monk's 12-Month Contract Extension
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Leeds United are poised to exercise their option to extend manager Garry Monk's contract by a further 12 months, according to Sky Sports News HQ. ​. Monk guided Leeds to a seventh place finish in the Championship this season, and has apparently been ...

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The origins of the human spine might have just been found in a 3.3-million-year-old fossil

BusinessInsider.com 

Zeresenay Alemseged/University of Chicago

Recent analysis of a 3.3-million-year-old hominin fossil found back in 2000 has provided researchers with the most complete spinal column of any early human relative — and gives us a unique snapshot of a crucial transition point as our early ancestors evolved towards bipedalism.

According to the results of the analysis, key segments of the spinal structure that allowed us humans to walk upright emerged millions of years earlier than we thought... Читать дальше...

Voting rights activists should love latest ruling

Stars and Stripes 

Two footnotes in the case radically rework the court’s thinking about the relationship between racial and political party discrimination in a way that should greatly expand the ability to bring gerrymandering claims in states where race and party overlap significantly.





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