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Beyonce drops new song Black Parade after launching initiative in support of Black-owned businesses

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Beyonce commemorated Juneteenth by unveiling a new initiative to uplift Black-owned small businesses and with the release of a new song called Black Parade.      Millions Americans on Friday gathered in public streets and virtually to celebrate the 155th anniversary of Juneteenth, a holiday that marks recognizes the end of enslaving African-Americans in the US. Amid demonstrations in … Read more

New York City Council votes to force police to disclose all surveillance technologies they’re using 

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New York City Council approves a new bill that will require police to disclose every surveillance technology and technique used to monitor civilians Legislators in New York voted 44-6 to regulate police surveillance technology The new bill will require yearly audits of all devices and techniques used An NYPD spokesperson said the department will oppose … Read more

DEBORAH ROSS: Why Tracy from Salisbury should be running the world

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The Salisbury Poisonings  Sunday-Tuesday, BBC1  Rating: My Brilliant Friend  Friday, Sky Atlantic  Rating: The Salisbury Poisonings was way over the top, honestly. A Russian spy. A nerve agent so deadly that one spoonful could kill thousands. The local branch of Zizzi, now contaminated with more than just corporate, mediocre Italian food. The race to close … Read more

Injections of ‘superglue’ could be the latest quick fix for varicose veins

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Unsightly varicose veins in the legs could be banished by injections of ‘superglue’, after a new procedure was approved for routine NHS use. The move raises hopes that thousands more patients will now be offered the treatment. Varicose veins are caused by defective valves within the blood vessels of the lower limbs. Normally these valves … Read more

Karin Slaughter, Emily Temple, Jean-Baptiste Andrea and Elizabeth Wetmore: This week’s new fiction 

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From Karin Slaughter’s gripping latest to The Lightness by Emily Temple, Jean-Baptiste Andrea’s latest and a fierce story by Elizabeth Wetmore, this week’s best new fiction By John Williams and Anthony Gardner and Hephzibah Anderson and Madeleine Feeny Published: 22:01 BST, 20 June 2020 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 20 June 2020 The Silent Wife Karin … Read more

The despots’ chefs who diced with death

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How To Feed A Dictator Witold Szablowski Penguin £14.99 Rating: Here’s a dish you won’t find on daytime telly: Whole Roasted Goat. I’ll let the chef himself tell you the recipe: ‘We’d remove its innards, cut off its beard, stuff it with rice, potatoes, carrots, parsley, peas and some herbs and spices – naturally, all … Read more