Tag: fighting
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Bitcoin Blockchain Is Fighting Fraud In Guatemala’s Presidential Elections
[ad_1] Bitcoin is helping secure the truthfulness of Guatemala’s election results. Thanks to OpenTimestamps, a tool created by bitcoin developer Peter Todd a few years ago, Guatemalan tech startup Simple Proof is able to safeguard key documents about the country’s presidential elections from fraud and tampering. Todd’s tool, which leverages hash functions and the bitcoin…
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Meet the fearless Gen Z climate activists fighting for their future | Climate
[ad_1] Gen Z climate activists Ella Weber and Heather Chen skipped school to be on the frontlines of this year’s Climate Week protests. Weber, a senior at University of Idaho, was arrested Monday, 18 September while protesting in front of the Federal Reserve. Weber and Chen’s main goals for Climate Week were demanding real climate…
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Workers Are Still Fighting A Return To Office
[ad_1] The matter of whether the commute to and from work counts as part of the work day is putting companies across the U.S. in an endless war over a return to the office. Fortune reports a working paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) pinpoints two big disconnects between managers and workers who…
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Brand accuser: ‘I was fighting so hard and I was screaming so hard’
[ad_1] Comedian and actor Russell Brand has been accused of rape, sexual assaults and emotional abuse during a seven-year period at the height of his fame. The allegations were made in a joint investigation by the Sunday Times, the Times and Channel 4’s Dispatches. Four women are alleging sexual assaults between 2006 and 2013. Brand…
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Prisoner fighting for life after HMP Wandsworth stabbing days after Daniel Khalife escape | UK | News
[ad_1] An inmate at HMP Wandsworth is fighting for his life after a horror stabbing, just days after Daniel Khalife escaped from the same prison. The man was stabbed and is said to be in critical condition following an incident between prisoners this afternoon. The Metropolitan police and London ambulance service confirmed that they were…
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Sen. Klobuchar was among those fighting to lower drug prices for Medicare recipients : NPR
[ad_1] NPR’s A Martinez talks to Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota about which medications are up first to have their prices negotiated, and when will the new prices kick in. A MARTÍNEZ, HOST: Minnesota Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar has been a leading advocate for reining in the prices that pharmaceutical companies charge for drugs.…
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India pushes back hundreds of Myanmar refugees fleeing fighting — Radio Free Asia
[ad_1] India has pushed back at least 300 hundred Burmese refugees who spilled across the border while fleeing fighting between Myanmar’s military and rebel forces, forcing them to shelter in makeshift tents near the border, refugees and aid workers said. More than 1,000 residents of Tamu township, in northern Myanmar’s Sagaing region, fled to India’s…
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Maui firefighters lost house but kept fighting on wildfire front line
[ad_1] On the front line of the Maui wildfire last week, two firefighters said they lost their own home as the fast-moving blaze surrounded them. Aina Kohler and Jonny Varona, who are married, are veteran firefighters and Maui residents. Kohler was working when she responded to her own home and told ABC News’ Whit Johnson…
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Three dead as helicopter fighting fires in California crashes into second chopper | US | News
[ad_1] Three people died in a helicopter fighting fires in Southern California crashed on Sunday after it collided with another chopper, authorities said. The other helicopter landed safely. “Unfortunately, the second helicopter crashed and tragically all three members perished which included one Cal Fire Division chief, one Cal Fire captain and one contract client pilot,”…
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Fire Breaks Out at Delhi AIIMS, Six Fire Fighting Vehicles on Spot
[ad_1] Last Updated: August 07, 2023, 12:23 IST Six firefighting vehicles are at the spot. (Image/ANI) As many as six firefighting vehicles rushed to the spot. Efforts to douse the blaze are underway A fire broke out at the AIIMS building in New Delhi on Monday. As many as six firefighting vehicles have been sent to…
