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José Andrés created the food charity World Central Kitchen nearly 15 years ago. He stood there, eulogizing seven workers who were killed in the Gaza Strip. "They risked everything to feed people they did not know and will never meet," he said. Israeli military officials said the attack was a serious mistake.
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Scientists have created the world's thinnest gold leaf, which is just a single atom thick. To make goldene, the team employed a 100-year-old technique used by Japanese iron smiths to isolate single layers of the precious metal. They reported their work in the journal Nature Synthesis on April 16.
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An oil price shock of this magnitude could stall the fight against global inflation almost entirely, according to the World Bank. The outbreak of a major conflict in the Middle East could trigger an energy shock that pushes oil prices above $100 a barrel, fuels inflation and results in higher interest rates for longer. Tensions in the middle East reached boiling point earlier this month as OPEC member Iran and Israel appeared on the brink of war.
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It’s a dream coming true and I’m so proud of my self for not giving up to my goals!! I knew I could walk away from this monster since day one!! Can’t thank enough everyone who believed in me and supported me through this journey and especially Red Bull for making this possible. It was everyone’s project, every person in there had the same vision as I had... I knew there was no chance I would let these people down!! I kept thinking about the celebration we would have after this.
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Andrés praised each worker during his remarks while taking a moment to pause. “Even one innocent life taken is one too many,” he said. Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu admitted that an “unintentional” Israeli airstrike killed “innocent people” in Gaza. The Israeli military dismissed two officers and reprimanded three others.
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An oil price shock of this magnitude could stall the fight against global inflation almost entirely, according to the World Bank. The outbreak of a major conflict in the Middle East could trigger an energy shock that pushes oil prices above $100 a barrel, fuels inflation and results in higher interest rates for longer. Tensions in the middle East reached boiling point earlier this month as OPEC member Iran and Israel appeared on the brink of war.
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World Central Kitchen founder Jose Andres attended the interdenominational "celebration of life' at the Washington National Cathedral in the US capital. In a broken voice, Andrés paid tribute to the seven volunteers -- three Britons, a US-Canadian dual national, an Australian and a Palestinian. Israel admitted responsibility for the fatal strike on April 1 calling it a 'tragic mistake'
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The Yangtze Delta Athletics Diamond Gala is the second Diamond League event of the year and it will see Duplantis joined by fellow global gold medallists such as Gong Lijiao, Mutaz Barshim, Sha'Carri Richardson, Devynne Charlton and Selemon Barega. In Xiamen last Saturday, USA’s world and Olympic medallist Chris Nilsen and his compatriot Sam Kendricks, the two-time world
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The peso has soared 25% against the dollar over the past three months in the market. That’s more than the gains posted by any of the 148 currencies that Bloomberg tracks against dollar. The cuts he imposed add up to the equivalent of almost 4% of the country’s economic output.
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NABTU President Sean McGarvey spoke to the North American Building Trades Unions. The endorsement could well result in legions of construction workers going out to stump the streets for Biden and to inveigh against the efforts of Trump to get back into the White House this fall. “We all grew up with folks who sort of looked down on us because of what our dads did,” Biden said.
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