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The language was the usual frothing mixture of aggression, bluster and insult that has become familiar from the North Korean regime. The words were delivered in an official statement after the pariah state’s first missile launches of the year were met with fury from its southern neighbour. ‘A burnt child dreads the fire,’ began the …
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There are those who are not the lead negotiators, not the spokesman. These are people who take the texts and the emails and the calls and meet your exasperation with their own. I want to believe they are the true silent majority in the major leagues. Owners, executives, players and agents who have spent weeks …
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The MLB Players Association, recognizing the coronavirus outbreaks in key baseball states, will take another day or two before officially voting on the commissioner’s proposal of a 60-game season, an industry source said. The players will use that time to further discuss the proposed health and safety protocols for a 2020 restart. The PA’s executive …
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Amazon is once again in hot water after its Chicago warehouse offered workers chicken and waffles to celebrate Juneteenth – the day the slaves were freed. “We stand in solidarity honoring the black community by supporting local black businesses. We are happy to share an authentic meal crafted by Chicago’s Chicken + Waffles June 19th,” …
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The distance between 60 and 70, apparently, is a world apart in the twisted universe of Major League Baseball. The MLB Players Association announced Friday night that it received word from its partners/enemies on the other side of the aisle that there would be no more going back and forth on the amount of regular-season …
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In celebration of Juneteenth — marking the freeing of the last enslaved Americans, on June 19, 1865, in Galveston, Texas — black artists have exercised their creative freedom with new music. And with June also being Black Music Month, it reminds us that music has always been an important part of the black experience in …
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Elon Musk on Friday announced that Juneteenth is now a company holiday for Tesla and SpaceX — more than halfway through some employees’ shifts. “Juneteenth is henceforth considered a US holiday at Tesla & SpaceX,” Musk tweeted Friday. The announcement arrived a few hours after Tesla’s HR chief emailed workers to feel free to take …
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Sheltering in place is causing Americans to get a little, well, squirrelly. So many folks have time on their hands because of coronavirus-spurred joblessness and lockdowns, they’re paying more attention to the bushy tailed rodents scampering outside their windows — and opening their wallets to make them happy, according to a Wall Street Journal story Friday. …
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TOKYO, June 19 – Japanese shoppers queued at Uniqlo stores and crashed its website on Friday as the clothing chain began selling face masks with breathable fabric used in the brand’s popular underwear, preparing for the coronavirus outbreak lasting through summer. Scenes of people standing in the rain waiting for stores to open were seen …
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Wirecard’s chief executive quit on Friday as the German payments firm’s search for $2.1 billion of missing cash hit a dead end in the Philippines and it scrambled to secure a financial lifeline from its banks. Markus Braun, who built Wirecard into one of the hottest financial technology investments in Europe before questions over accounting …
The language was the usual frothing mixture of aggression, bluster and insult that has become familiar from the North Korean regime. The words were delivered in an official statement after the pariah state’s first missile launches of the year were met with fury from its southern neighbour. ‘A burnt child dreads the fire,’ began the …
