26 m. ago Fake reviews banned under new law aimed at protecting online shoppers

Retailers are responsible for removing fake reviews and ensuring legitimacy of new ones

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88 m. ago Mahmoud Khalil says his arrest was part of ‘Columbia’s repression playbook’

Green-card holder and activist led campus pro-Palestinian rallies and is now fighting Trump effort to deport himMahmoud Khalil, the Columbia University student activist who led campus pro-Palestinian rallies and is now resisting the Trump administration’s deportation efforts, has accused the university of laying “the groundwork for my abduction” and called on the student body to continue demonstrations and protests.Khalil, a green-card holder who is in custody in Louisiana as his case moves through the courts, was detained on 8 March. The Trump administration is seeking to deport him under a provision in federal immigration law that permits the state department to deport non-citizens considered to be a threat to US foreign policy. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Classy Glasgow Warriors make history in Champions Cup and set up mouthwatering quarter

Franco Smith’s side are in great form as they dismantle Leicester Tigers

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3 h. ago Will you look at that! Why we are delighted by random, beautiful marvels | Patti Miller

They cannot be sold, made into a tasty dish or set to work. So what qualifies as a marvel? And why do we respond to them with such deep pleasure?Last Sunday, while I was walking along a coastal path in Sydney, I was stopped in my tracks by a marvel. It was first noticed, as these things often are, by a small boy who was walking with me. Look at that! We both stopped and gazed at the marvel.It sat on a low sandstone rock near the edge of the sea. We squatted down to examine it more closely. It was only a walking boot, but it was laced delicately all over the back and sides and tongue, and even the rim of the sole, with small white conical seashells, as if someone had stitched the shells into the fabric. The shells’ bright whiteness was tinged with a faint pink and there was a dark narrow opening where, with careful observation, we could see in each shell a soft living creature.Full fathom five thy father lies/ Of his bones are coral made/ Those are pearls that were his eyes/ Nothing ...

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3 h. ago Gen X men: if you don’t find the strength to inoculate boys against the manosphere, what men are left? | Van Badham

The popularity of Adolescence has provided an icebreaker for these conversations, but having them is not a responsibility women can shoulder“The fitness coach starts his very early morning routine by removing a piece of tape from his mouth,” CNN reports. The “manfluencer” in question, Ashton Hall, spends the rest of his day dunking his face in ice water, rubbing banana peel on his skin and chugging down “Saratoga Water”. This is apparently the modern western definition of hardcore masculinity.Friends, maybe – just maybe – we should restart that conversation about western manhood because if it involves banana peel, you are not demonstrating what it means to be a human adult; you are culturally appropriating a clown. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago For the age of Amorim, this Manchester derby feels like a decisive moment

Against a backdrop of internal strife, facing their sky blue rivals provides a struggling team with chance to rebuild the brandThis brave overhanging firmament, this majestical roof fretted with golden fire, this collection of generic spires with a massive plastic handkerchief chucked over the top. Three weeks on from first sight of the conceptual drawings for Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s stately pleasure dome, also known as the proposed Manchester United Stadium Soccer Product Hub, there is still a sense of double-take about the whole thing.Early impressions of the new ground ranged from a defunct Venusian mercury mine, to Dubai Butlin’s, to a pointed corporate monument to our divided world. Welcome to the Staff Lunch Arena, embodiment of the 21st-century conviction that if you just stopped buying so many sandwiches and also fired the tea lady you could probably afford a vast and unattainable house. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Peers call for new whistleblower law to prevent another Post Office scandal

A cross-party group of peers backed a change in the law as campaigners say a gap has allowed some of the UK's biggest scandals to escalate

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6 h. ago Leeds fans get last laugh as Sheffield United fluff their lines in major promotion twist

Leeds opened the door for their promotion rivals as their poor form continued at Luton but Sheffield United couldn't take advantage as they were stunned at Oxford

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9 h. ago Takeaways from Trump's move to send Venezuelan migrants in the US to a prison in El Salvador

President Donald Trump has invoked a rarely used 1798 law that gives a president immense powers to arrest and deport noncitizens in a time of war

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9 h. ago A Minecraft Movie review – Jack Black and Jason Momoa star in seriously cobbled

Napoleon Dynamite director Jared Hess’s adventure based on the world’s favourite video game feels like one big cash-inIt’s a curious choice of title. A Minecraft Movie implies that this cynical intellectual property-rinsing exercise is one of numerous film adaptations of the enduringly popular sandbox video game. Perhaps there’s an alternative out there, a sharper, smarter, funnier version of a Minecraft movie. One with actual jokes. Or, God forbid, there may even be a worse iteration, although that’s hard to imagine. What becomes clear is that one of the key elements in the game’s popularity – the latitude it affords gamers to create their own experience – is a big stumbling block for any film adaptation of Minecraft.In the absence of a single fixed storyline the screenplay can follow, A Minecraft Movie has a cobbled-together feel, borrowing a device from Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle – and, in Jack Black, a star – and superimposing an all-purpose quest-for-an-artefact structure o...

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9 h. ago Venezuelans with legal status are being illegally detained in the US, lawyers say

Temporary protected status lets people stay when it’s not safe for them to go home, but Ice is arresting them anywayVenezuelans with legal permission to live and work in the United States are being unlawfully arrested by federal authorities at their homes, in their cars, at regular immigration check-ins and on the streets, attorneys say.They are then stuck in immigration detention around the country, sometimes for weeks, despite the law explicitly banning the government from keeping them behind bars. Continue reading...

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10 h. ago Manchester United wonderkid JJ Gabriel makes academy history and scores twice at 14

JJ Gabriel is one of the most exciting young prospects in Man Utd's academy and he played for the Under-18s on Saturday.

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11 h. ago Rangers vs Hibs LIVE score and goal updates from Premiership clash at Ibrox

Barry Ferguson's men are back at Ibrox against the in form Hibees who in the midst of a battle for third place behind the Gers

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11 h. ago Rangers 0 Hibs 0 LIVE score and goal updates from Premiership clash at Ibrox

Barry Ferguson's men are back at Ibrox against the in form Hibees who in the midst of a battle for third place behind the Gers

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11 h. ago Rangers 0 Hibs 1 LIVE as Barry Ferguson does his dinger in over Ibrox errors

Barry Ferguson's men are back at Ibrox against the in form Hibees who in the midst of a battle for third place behind the Gers

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11 h. ago Rangers 0 Hibs 1 LIVE as David Gray grows in confidence at Ibrox

Barry Ferguson's men are back at Ibrox against the in form Hibees who in the midst of a battle for third place behind the Gers

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12 h. ago Arsenal ready to rip up summer transfer plans with question marks over two players

Arsenal have struggled with a raft of injury problems this season and manager Mikel Arteta has revealed they are also having an effect on the club's plans for the summer transfer window

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12 h. ago Beautiful UK beach brimming with charm where tourists don't go for one valid reason

Cornwall’s Sandymouth Bay Beach is stunning and serene, but thanks to its steep access, tourists often skip it, leaving a peaceful paradise for those in the know

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12 h. ago The frenzied 24 hours when Venezuelan migrants in the US were shipped to an El Salvador prison

President Donald Trump has invoked a rarely used 1798 law that gives a president immense powers to arrest and deport noncitizens in a time of war

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12 h. ago Patwa is not ‘broken English’: the African ties that bind US and Caribbean languages

Centuries later, Jamaican Patwa and US Gullah Creole retain many Africanisms adopted from enslaved peopleIllustrations by Alexis Chivir-ter TsegbaIn 2000, I won a writing competition that awakened me to the depth and variety of Caribbean languages. As the Jamaica finalist for the My Caribbean essay competition, I joined more than 20 children from the region to form the youth delegation of the 24th Caribbean Tourism Conference in Bridgetown, Barbados.I spent days with peers from islands that, until then, I did not know existed, such as the small but brilliant Sint Eustatius and Saba in the Leeward Islands. What I remember most are the simple greetings and phrases the other children and I taught one another in our different Creoles. Every child had an official language they wrote in to win their national competition – English, French, Dutch etc – but as soon as we were comfortable enough, we ditched those and shared as much as we could in our everyday tongues. Continue reading...

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