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World Athletics Day 2024

World Athletics Day is celebrated every year on May 7 to promote sports participation across the world. The main purpose of this International Day is…

World Athletics Day 2024

लालित्य / Elegance.

आती है तो आने दो  सफ़ेदी अपने बालों पर,  और झुर्रियां गालों पर, जो महल भव्य होता है,  आते हैं लोग देखने उसके खंडहर को भी… 🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸 Embrace the …

लालित्य / Elegance.

Indian PM Modi raises anti-Muslim rhetoric as election heats up – National | Globalnews.ca

In recent campaign rallies, Modi has called Muslims “infiltrators” and said they “have too many children,” referring to a Hindu nationalist trope that Muslims produce more children with the aim of outnumbering Hindus in India. He has also accused the rival Indian National Congress party of scheming to “loot” wealth from the country’s Hindus and redistribute it among Muslims, who comprise 14 per cent of India’s more than 1.4 billion people.

Source: Indian PM Modi raises anti-Muslim rhetoric as election heats up – National | Globalnews.ca

Clarence Thomas Secretly Participated in Koch Network Donor Events — ProPublica

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas was at the Bohemian Grove, a secretive all-men’s retreat in Northern California, with billionaire industrialist David Koch, right, and Ken Burns, whose films Koch has financially supported. Credit:Obtained by ProPublica

…During the summit, the justice went to a private dinner for the network’s donors. Thomas has attended Koch donor events at least twice over the years, according to interviews with three former network employees and one major donor. The justice was brought in to speak, staffers said, in the hopes that such access would encourage donors to continue giving.

That puts Thomas in the extraordinary position of having served as a fundraising draw for a network that has brought cases before the Supreme Court, including one of the most closely watched of the upcoming term.

Thomas never reported the 2018 flight to Palm Springs on his annual financial disclosure form, an apparent violation of federal law requiring justices to report most gifts. A Koch network spokesperson said the network did not pay for the private jet. Since Thomas didn’t disclose it, it’s not clear who did pay…

Source: Clarence Thomas Secretly Participated in Koch Network Donor Events — ProPublica