In a pickle: US pickle company pulls out of DC fair over Confederate flag pred 1 dnevom, 19 urami in 41 minutami Mt Olive Pickle Company says it was unaware image of flag was included in exhibit, and cites value of ‘human dignity’A leading vendor of the US delicacy that is the pickle has withdrawn from the Great American State Fair in Washington DC after North Carolina’s booth displayed a video containing a Confederate flag.The Mt Olive Pickle Company, which is located in eastern North Carolina and bills itself as the “#1 bestselling brand of pickles, peppers and relishes in the US”, told local news station WNCT it had been unaware that an image of the flag would be included in a video as part of the state’s exhibit. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Businessman and philanthropist Martin Naughton dies aged 87 pred 1 dnevom, 20 urami in 13 minutami Tánaiste Simon Harris paid tribute to the ‘exceptional businessman, an incredible philanthropist and an all-round thoroughly good human being’.(London News)
Three children dead after boat capsizes during storm in Wisconsin pred 1 dnevom, 20 urami in 59 minutami Officials rescued seven other people after a sudden storm led to a boat sinking on Geneva LakeThree children died after a boat capsized on Wisconsin’s Geneva Lake during inclement weather on the eve of the US’s semiquincentennial celebrations, and seven other people had to be rescued by emergency responders, according to officials.A recreational motor boat with 10 passengers, including four children, sank on Friday afternoon as the boat “attempted to navigate to safety as weather conditions deteriorated” amid an intense, sudden storm, the city of Lake Geneva police department said in a statement. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Injury ends Williams' Wimbledon comeback pred 1 dnevom, 21 urami in 56 minutami Serena Williams pulls out of her planned Wimbledon doubles appearance with older sister Venus because of a knee injury.(BBC News)
Elon Musk posted twice as often on UK race and immigration as about SpaceX in IPO run-up pred 1 dnevom, 22 urami in 3 minutami Guardian analysis of X feed shows how keen world’s richest person was to air his views and ‘interfere’ in British politics Elon Musk posted about race and immigration in the UK on his social media network X twice as often as he did about SpaceX, which he also owns, in the run-up to the aerospace and AI company’s initial public offering.A Guardian analysis of Musk’s posts, replies and reposts between 31 May and 12 June has shown the extent to which the social media activity of the world’s richest person, who lives primarily in the US, has focused on UK politics. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
