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Belinda Sellers is a news writer and reporter for The News Girls Club. Sellers has covered everything from lifestyle to sports and education to technology and even wrote about her hobbies (such as cooking) for the site.

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Chinese leader Xi visits the French Pyrenees in a personal gesture by Macron

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TOURMALET PASS, France — France’s president hosted China’s leader at a remote mountain pass in the Pyrenees on Tuesday for private meetings after a high-stakes state visit in Paris dominated by trade disputes and Russia’s war in Ukraine. French President Emmanuel Macron made a point of inviting Chinese President Xi Jinping to the Tourmalet Pass […]

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Alabama lawmakers approve tax breaks for businesses that help employees afford child care

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama lawmakers on Tuesday gave final approval to legislation to provide state tax breaks to businesses that help their employees afford childcare. The Alabama Senate voted 31-0 for the bill that now goes to Gov. Kay Ivey for her signature. Supporters said that childcare costs are a barrier for many parents considering

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Taylor Swift bill is signed into Minnesota law, boosting protections for online ticket buyers

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MINNEAPOLIS — People buying tickets online for concerts, sporting events and other live events in Minnesota will be guaranteed more transparency and protection under a so-called Taylor Swift bill signed into law Tuesday by Gov. Tim Walz. The law, prompted by the frustration a legislator felt at not being able to buy tickets to Swift’s

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Too much water, and not enough: Brazil's flooded south struggles to access basic goods

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PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil — The mayor of a major city in southern Brazil on Tuesday pleaded with residents to comply with his water rationing decree, given that some four-fifths of the population is without running water, a week after major flooding that has left at least 90 people dead and more than 130 others missing.

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Panera to stop serving 'Charged Sips' drinks after wrongful death lawsuits over caffeine content

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Panera Bread said it’s discontinuing its Charged Sips drinks that were tied to at least two wrongful death lawsuits due to their high caffeine content. Panera didn’t say Tuesday whether the drinks were being discontinued because of the lawsuits or health concerns, and it wouldn’t comment on the timeline for removing them from stores. Panera

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More and faster: Electricity from clean sources reaches 30% of global total

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Billions of people are using different kinds of energy each day and 2023 was a record-breaking year for renewable energy sources — ones that don’t emit planet-warming pollutants like carbon dioxide and methane — according to a report published Wednesday by Ember, a think tank based in London. For the first time, 30% of electricity

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After a $20M Series A funding, Germany’s Insempra plans eco-friendly lipid production

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Lipids are fatty, waxy or oily compounds that, for instance, typically come in the form of fats and oils. As a result they are heavily used in the production of beauty products, as well as in fashion, and food industries. Right now, most lipids come from environmentally problematic petrochemicals. But new processes mean its possible

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FDIC report outlines 'misogynistic,' 'patriarchal' 'good ol' boys' workplace culture

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WASHINGTON — An independent review of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. ‘s workplace culture describes an environment that fostered “hostile, abusive, unprofessional, or inappropriate conduct,” and questions whether the agency’s chairman is credible to lead the agency through a cultural transformation. The report released Tuesday by law firm Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton outlines incidents

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