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GM conditionally OKs $650M Nevada lithium mine investment

General Motors has conditionally agreed to invest $650 million in Lithium Americas in a deal that will give GM exclusive access to the first phase of a mine planned near the Nevada-Oregon line with the largest known source of lithium in the U.S. The equity investment the companies announced jointly…

The Independent UK

Chuck D on hip-hop's power, 50 years on

The legendary rapper on politics, his Top 5 songs and PBS series "Fight The Power: How Hip-Hop Changed The World"

Salon

Why Manly's season rests on Tom Trbojevic's ability to 'own the ground'

Tom Trbojevic has returned from America with a new method to manage his troublesome hamstrings and a career at the crossroads.

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Visiting US Marine Corps chief warns 'everything in the cupboard' needed to prevent war with China

A visiting general who could soon become America's most senior military officer believes the US and allies such as Australia will need to use "everything in the cupboard" to avoid a conflict over Taiwan.

ABC News

George Santos: A democracy can't easily penalize lies by politicians

George Santos is not the first politician to have lied, but the fables he told to get elected to Congress may be in a class by themselves. Historian Sean Wilentz remarked that while embellishments happen, Santos’ lies are different – “there is no example like it” in American history, Wilentz…

The Conversation

The nightmarish underside of the dream factory: how Babylon captures Hollywood in the 1920s

In his latest film, Babylon, director Damien Chazelle presents a very different vision of the home of America’s motion picture industry than he did in his Oscar-winning 2016 film, La La Land.

The Conversation

'I live in an RV with my six kids - my friends say 'I'm crazy' but I love it'

Parents-of-six Heather and Jonathan Tranello sold their family home to live a life on the road after realising they'd never travelled outside of Maryland, America

Daily Mirror

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Environmental concerns are on the rise across the world–but Americans’ support for climate action has been stagnant for years. Here’s why

Al Gore's 2006 documentary won over Americans to the climate cause–but the scientific debate and political polarization have hardened attitudes since.

Fortune

UK to be worst-performing major economy in 2023 (including Russia), says IMF

Friends say I’m obsessed with the US economy. And they’d be right. First, there’s its sheer size: 24 per cent of global GDP on 4 per cent of the population. Second, its relentlessness: prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, America was enjoying its longest-ever economic expansion. Third, the wealth it generates…

Evening Standard

America's worsening return on health investment

The U.S. continues to far outspend other developed nations while seeing worsening health outcomes.

Axios

US workers' pay slowed in the final quarter of 2022

Pay and benefits for America’s workers grew at a healthy but more gradual pace in the final three months of 2022, the third straight slowdown that could help reassure the Federal Reserve that wage gains won’t fuel higher inflation

The Independent UK

Beatles famous sister Louise Harrison dies decades after helping band crack America

Louise Harrison, the sister of Beatles lead guitarist George Harrison, has died at the age of 91, with tributes pouring in from heartbroken family and friends

Daily Mirror

'I work as a Disney princess - dads hit on me in front of their wives and kids'

A former Disney employee has taken to Reddit to share what it was really like playing one of the most popular princesses at Disneyland Park, California, America

Daily Mirror

I’m tired of watching Black men like Tyre Nichols die. This shouldn’t be normal

Viral police brutality videos have become a morbid reminder of the fragility of Black life in America

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Salon

The public consumption of Black pain

Racial battle fatigue is real — and it's time to put an end to it the madness

The Guardian - US

They changed everything and adopted #vanlife. Here’s what they learned

Three families – including mine – opted for a different kind of American dream. Now we see the world differently

Los Angeles Times

George Skelton: How do you win voters over on gun control? Meet them where they are — in front of the TV

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — It is very rare that anything monumental gets done in America's political system without strong public support. That's certainly the case with gun control.

Chicago Tribune

Editorial: A North Carolina case imperils the US electoral process. The Supreme Court can’t let that happen

Perhaps the first time you heard the phrase “checks and balances” was in middle school civics class. Not surprising, since it’s a cornerstone of American democracy. The executive, legislative and judicial branches of government act as counterweights to each other, so that no single branch dominates.

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‘Laverne & Shirley’ Actor Cindy Williams Dies at 75

Cindy Williams, who was among the most recognizable stars in America in the 1970s and 1980s for her role as Shirley opposite Penny Marshall's Laverne on the beloved sitcom "Laverne & Shirley," has died, her family said Monday. Williams died in Los Angeles at age 75 on Wednesday after a…

Tribune News Service

At ancient Baltimore tunnel that often delayed his travel, Biden touts ‘long overdue’ rail upgrades

BALTIMORE — With the ancient, dimly lit Baltimore and Potomac Tunnel behind him, President Joe Biden touted job creation and labor agreements Monday during a visit to Baltimore to highlight replacement of the tunnel, which has come to symbolize America’s crumbling infrastructure.

The Conversation

Meet Bayard Rustin, often-forgotten civil rights activist, gay rights advocate, union organizer, pacifist and man of compassion for all in trouble

As I began writing “Bayard Rustin: American Dreamer,” my biography of the 20th-century radical leader and activist, one of my colleagues cautioned me not to “fall in love.”

The Conversation

US debt default could trigger dollar’s collapse – and severely erode America’s political and economic might

It’s a case of déjà vu all over again on the debt ceiling debate.

Daily Mirror

'Creepy' school demands 'front and back photos' of girls' prom dresses

Oxford High School in Alabama, America, ordered its female students to send in 'front and back' photos of their prom dresses - or they would face being banned from the event

Tribune News Service

Editorial: What the killing of a young man in Memphis tells us about policing in America

Memphis’ police chief said video of the Jan. 10 beating by five police officers that killed 29-year-old Tyre Nichols included “acts that defy humanity.”

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: Our children can handle mass shootings. And that’s a shame

For anyone worried about how children handle mass shootings like the one in Monterey Park, I have an answer: Probably better than American children of any previous generation.

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