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Chinese newspapers turned their front pages black on Thursday and flags were put at half mast in mourning for the death of former president Jiang Zemin, while well-wishers laid piles of bouquets outside his childhood home. Jiang died in his home city of Shanghai just after noon on Wednesday of leukaemia and multiple organ failure, […]
For a project so ambitious, the announcement about the end of flying-car startup Kitty Hawk Corp. was surprisingly terse. A single post on the company’s LinkedIn page on Wednesday stated: “We have made the decision to wind down Kittyhawk. We’re still working on the details of what’s next.” The news was greeted with . […]
Vanessa Nakate knows what it’s like to be Black and overlooked. In January 2020, an Associated Press photographer cropped Nakate from a picture of youth climate activists at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, leaving her friend Greta Thunberg and three other white young women in the shot. It triggered widespread outrage, rightly so, […]
PORTAGE PARK — About 1,300 colorful comic books and graphic novels sit on tables and shelves inside Portage Park’s newest bookstore at its owners prepare for the crowdfunded store’s long-awaited opening. Howling Pages, 4354 N. Milwaukee Ave., opens Friday. The owners spent months rehabbing the shop and securing independent books from European, local and national […]
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