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Largest ever dark matter map suggests Einstein theory may have been wrong The IndependentView Full coverage on Google News

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Democratic Unionist Party ratify Edwin Poots as new leader - Belfast Telegraph

Democratic Unionist Party ratify Edwin Poots as new leader Belfast Telegraph
DUP leadership contest: Possible secret ballot as rival teams meet BBC News
Edwin Poots officially confirmed as the new leader of the Democratic Unionist Party The Mirror
Edwin Poots stays tight-lipped on whether he'd accept Mass invite Belfast Telegraph
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Pockit promises action over frozen customer accounts

The head of the online pre-paid card firm vows to act after some customers have their accounts frozen.

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Covid: Small businesses' account delays are over, insist banks

Start-ups had expressed anger that some banks had stopped accepting new account applications.

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Watch TIME’s First-Ever ‘Uplifting AAPI Voices’ Summit Featuring Senator Mazie Hirono, Constance Wu, Prabal Gurung and More

In recognition of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, TIME hosted its first-ever Uplifting AAPI Voices Summit on May 27, 2021. The virtual event, hosted by journalist Lisa Ling, featured conversations with leaders, activists, and artists that highlighted perspectives on identity, creativity, equity, and impact.

“I know that our community has been beset by challenges this year, but I’m moved by how our community has come together in a way that I have never experienced before,” Ling said in her opening remarks.

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During the summit, actress and producer Constance Wu and author Jenny Han spoke with TIME senior editor Lucy Feldman about the power of storytelling and the importance of representation. Han noted that she hoped that going forward, there would be a wider of expanse of stories told and a “bigger palette” to draw from, with more films and books featuring South Asian and queer characters. “And I hope more people will have the opportunity to tell those stories,” she said.

TIME executive editor Naina Bajekal interviewed Senator Mazie Hirono (D., Hawaii) about her legislative efforts—including her work on the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act, which was signed into law this month—and the steps she sees as essential to reducing inequality in the U.S.

“It is important that people of color and minorities are also sitting at the table at all levels where decisions are made, at the corporate level in the media, and clearly in the political arena. The more diversity there is, the better and fuller our discussions are. And one hopes that our decisions become more informed, therefore, and fairer,” Hirono said.

TIME staff writer Cady Lang moderated a conversation between fashion designer Prabal Gurung and Sonal Shah, the president of the Asian American Foundation, on using their respective platforms to push for change. Gurung, who helped organize a Black and Asian solidarity protest in the wake of the Atlanta spa shootings, talked about the necessity of confronting divisions in the movement and building interracial solidarity.

“Historically, what we’ve seen is all the struggles have been kind of isolated; every minority group goes through these struggles and are fighting for themselves,” Gurung told TIME. “This particular moment has completely opened our eyes… we have to understand that any kind of progress of any minority group [is] very much dependent on the success of other minority groups also.”

Later, three leading advocates, including Asian Americans Advancing Justice president John C. Yang, South Asian Americans Leading Together executive director Lakshmi Sridaran and Empowering Pacific Islander Communities executive director Tavae Samuelu, joined Lang to talk about how the current wave of activism can be turned into long-lasting impact. Yang argued that local communities were key to stopping bigotry.

“A lot of this can’t be done on a policy level. It really has to be done on a community level through hard conversations within all of our communities to really develop the infrastructure, really develop the muscles to address that racism,” Yang said.

The event also featured special performances from musician Japanese Breakfast, who sang “Be Sweet,” and Tony Award-winning actress Lea Salonga, who performed “Dream Again,” and a video profile of New York City-based nonprofit Heart of Dinner. Founded at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic by Yin Chang and Moonlynn Tsai, the organization’s relief efforts provide hot meals to more than 1,500 Asian Americans in New York City.

“Food is an instrument. It really is a medium, a tool to express how we are trying to take care of our people,” said Chang. “It’s through our food that we show up and say, ‘We are always thinking of you every single week.’ It’s just a way to say, ‘We love you; we see you; you belong.'”

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Report alleges Missouri lawmaker had sex with intoxicated teen as on-duty cop

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A special session? Tensions boil between House, Senate and Texas Governor Greg Abbott

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Samuel Cassidy: Police confirm identity of San Jose shooter - The Independent

Samuel Cassidy: Police confirm identity of San Jose shooter The Independent
San Jose shooting: gunman had talked about killing people at work The Guardian
San Jose shooting: Nine rail yard victims named as colleagues who 'knew gunman well' The Mirror
Editorial: Why massacres like the San Jose shooting aren’t as inevitable as they have come to seem San Francisco Chronicle
Nine dead in San Jose mass shooting | World The Times
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Lisa Shaw: Radio presenter died 'after suffering blood clots following Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID vaccine' - family says - Sky News

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Biden settles on ambassador picks for China, India and Japan

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Idaho lieutenant governor issues mask mandate ban while governor is out-of-state

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White journalist sues Chicago mayor over POC press policy

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California to offer $116M in coronavirus vaccine prize money

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Huge crowd descends on London’s Chinatown for ‘no questions asked’ coronavirus jab - Evening Standard

Huge crowd descends on London’s Chinatown for ‘no questions asked’ coronavirus jab Evening Standard
Thousands flood into Chinatown after 'vaccine bus' advertised Covid jabs Daily Mail
Where to get walk in Covid vaccine May bank holiday Eastern Daily Press
COVID-19: Hundreds head to London's Chinatown as vaccine bus offers appointment-free jabs Sky News
Covid vaccines have prevented more than 13,000 deaths, data shows The Independent
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A brutal Keys murder involving wood shoved down a man’s throat ends in a life sentence

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‘Inappropriate’ sign posted at Popeyes under criminal investigation, Missouri cops say

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Navigation error sends NASA's Mars helicopter on wild ride

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Biden calls out Republicans who have taken credit for rescue plan but voted against it

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Lexington council adds money to budget to help people file police complaints

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Thursday, 27 May 2021

Montana woman who killed ex-husband after she said he attempted rape has charges cleared

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Susan Collins to support breaking Jan. 6 commission filibuster

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8 people were killed in a mass shooting at a San Jose rail yard, authorities confirm. The shooter is also dead.

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Elderly Man Eats Once a Day After SF City Truck Killed His Working Wife

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'Extinct' giant tortoise found in Galapagos

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US banks accused of failing the public during Covid - bbc.co.uk

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Anger as armed white police officers with dogs pose with captured Black suspect

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German scientist believes he's found solution to blood clots linked to AstraZeneca, Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines

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The Best Beach Towels That Aren’t Totally Boring

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A Montana tribal councilwoman was beaten and 'left for dead,' family says. No one has been charged.

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Dawn French slams scammers using her image to sell 'dangerous' diet pills in social media ads - Daily Mail

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‘Bomb Threat' That Justified Belarus Hijacking Came 24 Minutes After

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Zinedine Zidane decides to end his second stint as Real Madrid manager - The Guardian

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Passengers refused boarding amid testing confusion

Travellers with Ryanair and EasyJet were told they could not fly because they had taken the wrong PCR test.

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Covid: Banks call for overhaul of mortgage support

Some people on benefits get help to pay their mortgage interest but ministers face pressure to extend support.

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France to impose Covid quarantine on visitors from UK - The Guardian

France to impose Covid quarantine on visitors from UK The Guardian
France announces compulsory isolation for British tourists Daily Mail
COVID-19: France to insist travellers from UK quarantine due to rising cases of Indian variant Sky News
France to impose mandatory quarantine on UK arrivals The Telegraph
France imposes tougher rules for UK travellers because of Indian Covid variant Metro.co.uk
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Belarus plane: Lukashenko hits back at condemnation of journalist's arrest - BBC News

Belarus plane: Lukashenko hits back at condemnation of journalist's arrest BBC News
Belarus president calls backlash against plane incident a ‘planned provocation’ The Guardian
Belarus threatens to flood Europe with migrants and drugs in response to sanctions Daily Mail
The Belarus plane hijacking doesn’t just make the E.U. less safe. It also makes it less European. The Washington Post
Belarus’s dictator isn’t winning. He’s desperate. The Washington Post
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Stephen Hawking’s office and archive gifted to UK to settle tax bill - The Guardian

Stephen Hawking’s office and archive gifted to UK to settle tax bill The Guardian
Stephen Hawking's papers to be saved for the nation BBC News
Stephen Hawking: Belongings of the late physicist to be shown at London's Science Museum next year Daily Mail
Stephen Hawking's glasses and wheelchair among items to be displayed at London's Science Museum Sky News
Stephen Hawking's archive, office acquired for UK public Times of India
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Bernabeu on fire: Real Madrid’s stadium seen throwing out plume of smoke - The Independent

Bernabeu on fire: Real Madrid’s stadium seen throwing out plume of smoke The Independent
Real Madrid's Bernabeu stadium on FIRE as Spanish giants see £500m redevelopment work jeopardised Daily Mail
Real Madrid's Stadium Has Caught Fire Around Building Work SPORTbible
Bernabeu stadium on fire as smoke billows from stand as workers build Real Madrid state-of-the-art new home... The Scottish Sun
Real Madrid's Bernabeu Stadium on fire as smoke bellows out of construction works Daily Star
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Biden orders new US intelligence report into Wuhan Covid lab leak theory - The Independent

Biden orders new US intelligence report into Wuhan Covid lab leak theory The Independent
Joe Biden orders US intelligence to intensify efforts to study Covid’s origins The Guardian
Wuhan lab leak may be to blame for Covid pandemic, says Biden The Times
Biden orders more Intel investigation of COVID-19 origin The Independent
Joe Biden orders report on Covid lab link after 'closing Trump probe' Metro.co.uk
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Coffins of Israeli family killed in Italian cable car horror lined up ahead of their repatriation - Daily Mail

Coffins of Israeli family killed in Italian cable car horror lined up ahead of their repatriation Daily Mail
Coffins of 5 Israeli family members killed in cable car crash land in Israel The Times of Israel
'Botched fix on Italian cable car's brakes' is blamed for tragedy that claimed 14 lives Daily Mail
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Doctors urged to watch out for signs of stroke after giving AstraZeneca vaccine - Echo

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The lives lost to hospital-acquired Covid - The Guardian

The lives lost to hospital-acquired Covid The Guardian
COVID-19: Anyone aged 30 and over can now book coronavirus jab in England Sky News
UK COVID-19 Update: Cummings' Accusations, NHS Pressure Rising, 3 in 4 Have Antibodies Medscape
100 Covid patients died after catching virus at Kettering General Hospital Northamptonshire Telegraph
More than 77,000 NHS staff in England have caught Covid, shows research The Guardian
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Wednesday, 26 May 2021

Liverpool told cashing in on Salah 'now' can unleash two Klopp favourites - Teamtalk.com

Liverpool told cashing in on Salah 'now' can unleash two Klopp favourites Teamtalk.com
Jurgen Klopp could bring in £80m for three crucial Liverpool signings Liverpool Echo
Inside Anfield: Unseen footage from the last day of the season | Liverpool vs Crystal Palace Liverpool FC
Edwards lets 12 leave Liverpool as path is cleared for sparkling young duo Teamtalk.com
"EVENTUALLY THE PENNY DROPPED!" Jason Cundy feels Jurgen Klopp made too many mistakes! talkSPORT
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McConnell and McCarthy rebuke Greene for Holocaust remarks but stop short of taking action against rising GOP star

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Fed-up savers may test their luck in prize draws with rates so low

The UK's largest building society becomes the latest provider to offer a prize draw to attract custom.

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Millions cannot afford water bills, says watchdog

Overhauling water tariffs could help struggling families, the Consumer Council for Water says.

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Violence and abuse against shop workers increasing, survey says

There were 455 incidents of violence or abuse towards staff a day in 2019, a trade body says.

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Building projects hit by lack of supplies and price rises

Industry warns people to delay home improvement due to shortage of cement, electric components, timber and steel.

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Racist Slurs, Broken Glass, Then a Return to Business for an Asian-Owned Store Attacked Twice. ‘We Have No Choice.’

Mun Sung and his wife watched helplessly on March 30 as a man wielding a metal pole smashed through glass, ripped down racks and hurled racial slurs at them inside the Charlotte, N.C. convenience store they’ve owned for two decades.

They knew from following the news that Asian Americans were increasingly being targeted and attacked across the nation. But despite facing racism at work on a daily basis since the pandemic began—even growing hardened to the hatred month after month—Sung could not imagine his family would fall victim to violence.

“I didn’t think it would happen to us,” the 65-year-old says, “but it did.”

On Tuesday, less than two months later, it happened again.

After a male customer grew irate that he could not afford a pack of cigarettes, he repeatedly slammed a sheet of plexiglass with his fists until it shattered, shouting racial slurs as he pummeled the protective barrier, according to Mark Sung, who helps his parents run the store and who shared video of the attack with TIME.

“He said, ‘You Chinese motherf-ckers are 100% going to hell, 100% going to hell,’” says the 35-year-old Sung, whose family is Korean.

Sung says his 63-year-old mother, Joyce, was hit by pieces of plexiglass, which sent her stumbling back. She sustained a bruise on her forehead and a cut on her finger. “It hurts every time I blink my eye,” she says. “I was shocked at first, but I’m fine now.”

The second attack on the Sung family is the latest example of the fear Asian Americans live with each day, in a world where they cannot count on bystanders to help. Just like in New York City, where security guards at a nearby building shut the doors on a 65-year-old Asian American woman who was attacked on March 29, nobody came to Joyce Sung’s aid or indicated they were calling for help.

The surveillance video obtained by TIME shows one customer walking away as the man becomes increasingly violent. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department directed comment to G4S, the company that is responsible for daily security operations at the transit hub where the store is located. G4S did not respond to requests for comment.

Mark Sung says he doesn’t blame customers for not intervening, citing the dangers and likelihood that an attacker could have a weapon. Instead, the family has learned to prepare for the possibility of confrontations and has a routine for when things escalate: call the police, assess the damage, file an insurance claim, go back to work.

“Knowing that we’re going to get cursed out every day while we’re getting ready for work is just… we don’t know what words to use,” Joyce Sung says.

The latest confrontation at the Plaza Sundries store erupted at around 11 a.m., when the man first tried paying for cigarettes with 50 cents and then $1. Mark Sung says he turned violent when his mother returned his change.

Surveillance video, which has no audio, shows the man putting down what appears to be a Bible that he entered the store with before whaling on the plexiglass above the cash register with his fists. The man can be seen using both hands to shove the quarter-inch thick protective shield, bending it until it shatters.

Authorities arrested a suspect in the March 30 attack, which was also captured on surveillance video. Mark Sung said someone had also been detained in Tuesday’s attack, but there was no confirmation of that from police or the security company.

There have been more than 6,600 reported hate incidents against Asian Americans from March 2020 to March 2021, according to Stop AAPI Hate, a reporting database created at the beginning of the pandemic. Anti-Asian hate crimes in 16 of America’s largest cities increased 149% in 2020, according to an analysis of official preliminary police data by the Center for the Study of Hate & Extremism at California State University, San Bernardino.

Despite the latest attack, Mark Sung says they couldn’t afford to shut down the store for the rest of the day, especially on a popular day for Lottery purchases and after the pandemic drove sales down at the store about 45%.

“Closing would set us back so far,” he says, adding that damages and lost revenue from the March incident cost the family roughly $25,000.

Within two hours, after alerting the authorities, the family erected a new sheet of plexiglass and went back to work.

“We have no choice,” he says.

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