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Sofia News Agency 

Starmer Vows to Renegotiate Post-Brexit Trade Deal with EU

Britain's new prime minister, Keir Starmer, pledged on Monday to secure an improved deal with the EU regarding post-Brexit trade rules, aiming to overhaul the "failed deal" signed by former prime minister Boris Johnson. While in Belfast for talks with Northern Ireland leaders, where post-Brexit trade rules have long influenced politics, Starmer emphasized the necessity of first implementing changes under the current deal to build trust with the EU. "We won't be able to achieve better relations... Читать дальше...

Boing Boing 

Ammunition vending machines come to U.S. grocery stores

*record scratch*

Yep, that's me. You're probably wondering how I got here, standing in the lobby of a grocery store with a SIG Sauer 522 LR semi-automatic rifle, swathed head to foot in Amazon Basics tactical gear, shoppers looking at me with their frames freezed too. — Read the rest

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Football LineUps 

Finland - VPS vs Ekenas IF

Veikkausliiga 2024 - Matchday 14 - Played 06-Jul-24 - Posted by adamberry

Business Standard 

Filatex Fashions Ltd Board Approves 5-for-1 stock split

Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], July 8: Hyderabad-based leading socks and cotton products manufacturing company Filatex Fashions Ltd has approved 1:5 (5-for-1) stock split to enhance the liquidity in the capital market and widen the shareholder base.

Cato Institute 

Government Officials Should Not Try to Influence Social Media

Jeffrey Miron and Jacob Winter

The Supreme Court recently threw out a case alleging that Biden administration officials unlawfully pressed social media companies to remove COVID-19-related disinformation. The court found that the plaintiffs did not have standing to sue, so it did not address the free speech or broader policy issues. Future cases with standing are likely, however, so it is important to consider the underlying questions.

Distressingly, many on the left and right want to regulate social media... Читать дальше...

PYMNTS.com 

California Institutes New Credit Card Code for Gun Sellers

California now requires credit card companies to designate a code for gun sellers. California became the first state in the country to enforce a four-digit merchant category code (MCC) for stores that sell firearms, USA Today reported Sunday (July 7). The law went into effect July 1, the same day several other states banned MCCs […]

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Phys.org 

New shapes of photons open doors to advanced optical technologies

Researchers from the University of Twente in the Netherlands have gained important insights into photons, the elementary particles that make up light. They 'behave' in an amazingly greater variety than electrons surrounding atoms, while also being much easier to control.