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Cyprus Mail 

Mbappe says playing for Real Madrid will complete childhood dream

France forward Kylian Mbappe said on Tuesday he was so convinced he would one day play for Real Madrid that he began taking Spanish classes at school. “Since I was a child, I knew my destiny was to play for Real Madrid,” Mbappe said at a Bernabeu stadium packed with fans, many of them wearing […]

Times Union 

Biden aims to cut through voter disenchantment as he courts Latino voters at Las Vegas conference

President Joe Biden is courting disenchanted voters key to his reelection chances. He'll be meeting with members of a Latino civil rights organization in the battleground state of Nevada on Wednesday. And at the UnidosUS conference in Las Vegas, he will announce that beginning Aug. 19, certain U.S. citizens’ spouses without legal status can begin applying for permanent residency and eventually citizenship without having to first depart the country. The program could affect upwards of half a million immigrants. Читать дальше...

Business Standard 

Kiran Bedi Unveils Eveready's Siren Torch with Safety Alarm; An Innovation Empowering Women's Safety

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 17: Eveready Industries India Ltd. (EIIL), India's No.1 battery brand synonymous with power, performance, and reliability along with India's First Woman IPS Officer, Dr Kiran Bedi unveiled a first-of-its-kind flashlight with safety alarm - the Eveready Siren Torch. This market disruptor and pioneering siren flashlight emits a loud 100dbA safety alarm when the user pulls the attached key chain in a distressing situation. Designed to empower women and people at large... Читать дальше...

Open Culture 

Simone de Beauvoir Explains “Why I’m a Feminist” in a Rare TV Interview (1975)

In Simone de Beauvoir’s 1945 novel The Blood of Others, the narrator, Jean Blomart, reports on his childhood friend Marcel’s reaction to the word “revolution”: It was senseless to try to change anything in the world or in life; things were bad enough even if one did not meddle with them. Everything that her heart […]

Nytimes.com 

How Yale Law School Paved JD Vance’s Rise

The G.O.P. vice-presidential nominee is remembered as a warm and personable student. But some are perplexed by what they see as his shift in ideology.

Dezeen.com 

"Like a concrete shipping container" says commenter

In this week's comments update, readers are discussing a house in Japan with thick walls of exposed concrete, completed by Studio Cochi Architects. Due to its location in a dense residential area, the clients wanted the house to be an "urban oasis" protected from overlooking neighbouring buildings. Not all commenters were won over by the

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Vulture.com 

The Happiest Puzzle

7-Down, Six Letters: Horned animals you can see at Disney’s Animal Kingdom