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Trump Plans to Protect Methane-Leaking Stripper Wells. This Billionaire Donor Will Benefit.

The post Trump Plans to Protect Methane-Leaking Stripper Wells. This Billionaire Donor Will Benefit. appeared first on ProPublica.

EU says it verified China trained Russians fighting in Ukraine; Beijing denounces ‘slander’

China denounced on Tuesday European Union claims that Beijing had trained Russian troops sent to Ukraine as “pure slander”, after the bloc’s top diplomat became the…

EXCLUSIVE: Fleeing Terrorists Settle In Kwara Communities, Plot Retaliatory Attacks After Commander Kachalla’s Death

EXCLUSIVE: Fleeing Terrorists Settle In Kwara Communities, Plot Retaliatory Attacks After Commander Kachalla's Death The source warned that intelligence reports indicate that the terrorists may…

Centrism and the illusion of independent thought

Many self-described centrists see themselves as independent thinkers, but their political views often reflect the assumptions and narratives of the media they consume. read now...

China says growing its military helps world peace, rejects report on threat to Australia

China said on Monday that strengthening its military is beneficial to world peace, slamming a think tank report that warned the threat of a direct…

H9 bird flu detected at Hong Kong wet market after 2-year-old boy infected

A sample collected at Sha Tin’s Wo Che Market has tested positive for H9 avian flu after a two-year-old boy, who visited the wet market…

Seattle Shut Out at James Beard Foundation Awards for Seventh Straight Year

We don't need your fancy awards, anyway.

Regional Homelessness Agency Says King County and Seattle Owe It $8 Million

By Erica C. Barnett Seattle and King County owe the King County Regional Homelessness Authority around $8 million, KCRHA associate… The post Regional Homelessness Agency…

Oh, you’re in a giant ska band? Voluntary Hazing is laughing too

Crowd favorite 12-piece kicks off first national tour at Bottom of the Hill—bring your shutter shades. The post Oh, you’re in a giant ska band?…

DFAT’s ‘Mr Inside’ in Washington has billed Australia $170,000 — and declared only three lobbying activities

One of the activities the veteran DC lobbyist reported was attending a dinner at the exclusive Alfalfa Club, which was founded in honour of a…

ANU and other universities using ‘custom-made’ accounting systems that can obscure financial health

An accounting method means students, staff, citizens or even parliaments are lacking a clear financial picture of Australian universities. In the case of ANU, this…

The terrifying agenda behind the billionaire-funded Abundance movement

Behind the Big Tech money machine is a vision for society that ought to make us all very, very scared The post The terrifying agenda…

Sydney Swans chairman suggests gambling stock to players, Derryn Hinch’s ‘not great’ scran, and AFR’s AI woes continue

Plus News Corp fails to pay its staff, the Tele gamifies its crime series, and when is it time for Julian Assange's dad to get…

‘Judgment dressed up as journalism’: Media’s obsession with childless women misses the point on birth rates

The SMH and The Age published a series of maps showing Australia's 'tombstone suburbs' suffering a 'demographic winter'. As so often happens, these maps are…

Az’s 911 emergency lines restored after statewide outage

Authorities throughout Arizona were working to fix a widespread outage of the state's 911 network Monday afternoon. The system was down for about an hour,…

A 70-year old tax rate leaves Oregon aviation agency at risk of $3 million shortfall

In 1955, 15 cents could buy a McDonald’s hamburger or pay the tax for 15 gallons of jet fuel. More than 70 years later, hamburgers…

Exemptions the biggest feature of Canberra’s new business KPMG ban

The Big Four firm’s financial reporting models have slipped the noose as government agencies scramble to meet their EOFY obligations. The post Exemptions the biggest…

Ballard weekly events roundup: June 15 – 21

Here’s your weekly events roundup for June 15 – 21 in Ballard. Plenty of reasons to get out of the house this week, with plenty…