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How can you be American and Vietnamese, “both the killer and the person being killed”?

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An unconventional memoir with insight, humor, formal invention and lyricism by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sympathizer, Viet Thanh Nguyen in A Man of Two Faces, rewinds the film of his own life wrestling with dual identity, entwining his family experience with racism, refugeehood and colonisation and ideas of Vietnam and America, writing with his trademark sardonic wit and incisive analysis, as well as a deep emotional openness about his life as a father and a son. At the age of four, Nguyen and his family are forced to flee his hometown of Ban Me Thu?t and come to … Continue reading How can you be American and Vietnamese, “both the killer and the person being killed”?

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£100m of public funds spent to prosecute innocent sub-postmasters with false evidence

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A draft report reveals that the Post Office spent £100m  fighting sub-postmasters in court despite knowing its defence was untrue. The Post Office was shown evidence by 2017 that losses could be due to errors in the Horizon IT system or remote tampering, but kept arguing in the Bates Vs Post Office Ltd case that theft or mistakes by sub-postmasters must be to blame. Patrick Green RC, the lead barrister for the sub-postmasters in the Bates case, said these finding were “absolutely shocking and don’t think the case should have happened. Between 1999 and 2015, more than 900 sub-postmasters were … Continue reading £100m of public funds spent to prosecute innocent sub-postmasters with false evidence

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Author whitewashed from history of colonialism and its aftermath

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A gripping literary mystery which unravels the fascinating life of a maligned Black author, based on Yamboi Ouologuem. In 2018, Diegane Latyr Faye, a young Senegalese writer in Paris discovers a legendary book. In 1938, a novel called Labyrinth of Inhumanity ws praised as “the masterpiece of a young African Negro, but due to some obscure scandal, the book disappeared without a trace along with its author, who was TC Elimane. No one knows what became of its author, once hailed as the “Black Rimbad” the book caused a scandal. Enthralled by this mystery Diegane decides to search for TC … Continue reading Author whitewashed from history of colonialism and its aftermath

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Baltimore Key Bridge collapses

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Baltimore Key Bridge in Baltimore, US collapsed into Patapsco river after being hit by a container ship which left  from a terminal at Port Breeze on route to Colombo, Sri Lanka. Seven people and several vehicles have fallen into the river, and according to the Baltimore City fire department, a Singapore-flagged Dali Container ship, 300m long hit a column of the Francis Scott Key Bridge at 01:30ET (05:30GMT). No causalities have been reported and there is now a large multi-agency rescue and recovery operation underway. Two bodies were recovered and four others are missing. Continue reading Baltimore Key Bridge collapses

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KFC, Leytonstone, Immense risk to public health

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KFC, Leytonstone, food prepared in areas of poor levels of hygiene, Immense risk to public health Waltham Forest Council environmental health officers discovered “ obvious signs of rodent and droppings at a premises of a KFC branch in High Road, Leytonstone. The east London branch has been fined nearly £25, 000 after rats overran its kitchen, forcing the restaurant to be shut down due to an “immense risk to Public health’. They added the KFC outlet had “very poor lees of hygiene where the food was prepared and cooked in August 2022. Gnawed bags of flour were in a storeroom, … Continue reading KFC, Leytonstone, Immense risk to public health

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Trump wins last-minute reprieve

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Former US President Donald Trump was handed a last-minute reprieve in court on Monday, when a New York Court allowed him to past a reduced bond of $175m to delay enforcement of a $464m fraud penalty, after his lawyers argued it would be impossible to secure a bond for the full amount, If he posts the bond of $175m within 10 days, his assists will be protected while he continues his appeal. “I greatly respect the decision. We will abide by the decision,, and post either a bond, equivalent securities, or cash” Mr. Trump said. Mr. Trump was found liable … Continue reading Trump wins last-minute reprieve

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Passionate, Visionary writers discover recovery to sexual, political awakening instilling their creative flourishing

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In Rural Hours, Harriet Baker reveals the perceptive, eloquent stories of three very different diverse women, each of whom moved to the countryside and was forever changed by it. We encounter them at quite moments – pausing to look at an insect on the windowsill; jotting down a recipe; or digging for potatoes, dirt beneath their nails. Slowly but surely, we start to see transformations unfold: Virginia Woolf, Sylvia Townsend Warner, and Rosamond Lehman emerge before us as the passionate, visionary writers we know them to be. Following long periods of creative uncertainty and prorate disappointment, each of Baker’s subjects … Continue reading Passionate, Visionary writers discover recovery to sexual, political awakening instilling their creative flourishing

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Culture no longer weapon against human morality

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Oliver Roy, a professor at the European University Institute in Florence, says “ Our world is flattened as linguistic diversity is replaced by Basic English, expression by emoticons, culture  by identity-markers”. Roy draws on his long experience in both academia and public life, but with provocativeness  and tackles the issue of the culture wars explaining today’s fractures via the extension of individual political and sexual freedoms from the 1960s. For Roy, traditional political protest from class, region or ethnicity, fashioning an identity premised on repudiation rather than inheritance of shared history or values, illuminating, if home is a place that … Continue reading Culture no longer weapon against human morality

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Unilever’s Ice cream businesses valued around €17 bn to be sold

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Unilever plans to hive off it’s ice cream business including Walls and Ben & Jerry’s. Unilever is drumming up interest from private equity groups for its ice cream division after the consumer goods business announced  plans to hive off the unit. Both Morgan Stanley and JP Morgan had reached out to buy out investors to solicit interest for  popular ice cream brands  like Wall’s Magnum and Ben & Gerry’s valued at around €17 bn. This move comes after CEO Hein Schumacher set out plans to split off ice cream business and cut  7, 000 jobs, and expects the ice cream … Continue reading Unilever’s Ice cream businesses valued around €17 bn to be sold

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United Airlines Boeing landed without panel in Oregon

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A 25-year-old Boeing 737-800 plane United Airlines flight 433, from San Francisco landed at the Rogue Valley International Airport in Medford, Oregon, at 11:30 (8:30GMT) on Friday, without one of its fuselage panels. The plane was carrying 139 passengers and 6 crew, landed safely as no one was injured. Boeing is under extreme scrutiny after a series of high profile safety incidents.  According to Amber Judd a senior official at Rogue Valley International Medford Airport, the plane landed safely and the external panel was only discovered missing during a post-flight inspection. The missing panel was adjacent to the landing gear, … Continue reading United Airlines Boeing landed without panel in Oregon