WASHINGTON (AP) — A White House adviser to President Donald Trump acted as if he were 'above the law' when he refused to cooperate with a congressional investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, prosecutors argued Wednesday as his trial got underway. Peter Navarro, charged with two counts of contempt of Congress, didn't ignore the House Jan. 6 Committee, instead telling members to contact Trump about what might be protected by executive privilege, Navarro's attorney said. A judge has found the privilege argument alone isn't a defense against the charges because Navarro couldn't show evidence that Trump had invoked it.

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Wedding ceremonies in South Korea face another round of cancellations and disappointment, as restrictive virus rules limit the number of guests and force organi...

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Many feared artificial intelligence would take away everyone's jobs, but recent feedback reveals these are overblown worries. Yahoo Finance gained insights from experts in various fields and found they still couldn't turn over roles to AI systems. They claimed these tools still relied on humans to verify outputs. As a result, they may bring more jobs for people. The best part about the artificial intelligence revolution is it can make you more productive and efficient at work. It could handle mundane, repetitive tasks so that you can focus on more pressing matters.

https://technology.inquirer.net/127398/chatgpt-jobs-fears-overblown

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LONDON -British retail sales unexpectedly rose in May, boosted by an extra bank holiday to mark the coronation of King Charles but also suggesting most consumers were coping with high inflation's squeeze on their spending power. A day after the Bank of England escalated its battle against inflation by raising interest rates to their highest since 2008, official data showed retail sales volumes rose by a monthly 0.3 percent, defying a Reuters poll forecast for a fall of 0.2 percent. Last month's increase followed a rise of 0.

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Summit X LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (NYSE:APD – Free Report) in the first quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm purchased 1,979 shares of the basic materials company's stock, valued at approximately $568,000. Other hedge funds and other […] The post Summit X LLC Invests $568,000 in Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (NYSE:APD) first appeared on Daily Political .

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BIR Commissioner Romeo Lumagui Jr. inspects various prints of cigarette packs illegally produced by two cigarette companies located at the Subic Bay Freeport Zone. MANILA, Philippines — The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) raided and padlocked an illegal cigarette manufacturing factory and a cigarette printing facility both in Subic Bay Freeport Zone for numerous tax revenue code violations. BIR Commissioner Romeo Lumagui Jr.  inspected the facilities of Hongcim International Corp. (HIC) and Onesubic Premier Manufacturing Corp.

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Still a risk workers could be poached by Australia. The Infrastructure Commission is reviewing the City Rail Link project. The Infrastructure Commission has warned New Zealand still risks having its construction workers poached by Australia. Commission chief executive Ross Copland told Parliament's finance and expenditure select committee today that New Zealand could not build infrastructure without the necessary Want to read more? It's easy. Choose your best value subscription option Get two weeks free access to NBR's Premium Online Subscription, which includes full access to all of NBR's great content on any device.

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Acqua alta in VeniceA man, wearing a sailor's hat, pushes a stroller with a child, as he walks in the high tide that partially flooded Piazza San Marco with a peak of 95 cm above the mean sea in Venice, Italy, 28 August 2023. EPA/ANDREA MEROLA

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The National Basketball Association fined the Dallas Mavericks $750,000 on Friday for resting multiple players during a game last week that had draft implications and while they were not mathematically eliminated from playoff contention. The NBA said Dallas violated the player resting policy and demonstrated through actions and public statements a desire to lose the contest in order to improve their chances of keeping their first-round pick in the 2023 NBA Draft. 'The Dallas Mavericks' decision to restrict key players from fully participating in an elimination game last Friday against Chicago undermined the integrity of our sport,' NBA Executive Vice President Joe Dumars said in a news release.

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Fossils are usually the remains of hard structures such as bones. But in rare circumstances, soft tissues are fossilised. The fossils can be as small as microbes or even individual molecules such as some fats. Identifying these organisms or molecules can reveal information about the diets of ancient animals, their lifestyle and the environment in which they lived. Kliti Grice at Curtin University in Perth has built a reputation for investigating soft tissue fossils and her work has revealed information about mass extinction events such as that which happened at the end of the Permian Period, about 252 million years ago.

https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/scienceshow/fossilised-soft-tissues-help-piece-together-the-story-of-life/102136712

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PASSI CITY — David Murrell may have won the PBA Slam Dunk contest, but some would say Tyrus Hill won the night. Hill's dunk over Jamie Malonzo will probably be the one fans inside the City of Passi Arena here will remember even if the Blackwater rookie had to watch Murrell take the title and cash prize of P30,000. It took a lot of convincing before Malonzo agreed to stand at the no-charge zone and set up the Blackwater rookie's leap over the popular Barangay Ginebra cager. 'He was scared at first,' Hill said.

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A Human rights activist who was taking part in a demonstration advocating human rights and civil liberties sits with other activists inside a riot police vehicle while being protected by police after a mob attacked the demonstrators in Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023. The attack comes at a time where hostility against the LGBTQ+ community in Lebanon has surged in recent months, including an attack on a venue in the capital hosting a drag show. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

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Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro rejected on Thursday the possibility of reviving peace negotiations with communist rebels after these were called off in 2017 under the previous administration. 'My personal position is no. I have held that position for a long time and I think that is the position of the security cluster as of this time,' Teodoro said at a Palace briefing after the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) stated that it was open to the resumption of peace talks with the government.

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Vantage Financial Partners Ltd. Inc. reduced its stake in shares of ProShares S&P 500 Aristocrats ETF ( BATS:NOBL – Get Rating ) by 10.9% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 3,075 shares of the company's stock after selling 375 shares during the period. Vantage Financial Partners Ltd. Inc.'s holdings in ProShares S&P 500 Aristocrats ETF were worth $277,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

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[Photo provided by D.Camp]D.Camp, a startup support program operated by the Banks Foundation for Young Entrepreneurs, Monday announced that TIMWORK won the March D.Day X IP Business co-hosted by the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) and the Korea Invention Promotion Association (KIPA) on March 30.D.Camp has been working with the KIPO for the past five years to encourage startups with unique ideas to apply or register patents on their technologies to increase their competitiveness and raise awareness of the importance of intellectual property rights.

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CS Tan 4.9 / 5.0 This book is the result of the author's many years of experience and observation throughout his 26 years in the stockbroking industry. It was written for general public to learn to invest based on facts and not on fantasies or hearsay....

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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony marking the completion of an industrial complex on the outskirts of Pyongyan...

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CS Tan 4.9 / 5.0 This book is the result of the author's many years of experience and observation throughout his 26 years in the stockbroking industry. It was written for general public to learn to invest based on facts and not on fantasies or hearsay....

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MANILA, Philippines — Retired Professor Elenita 'Leni' Carpio-Panganiban passed away Sunday due to cardiac arrest. She was 83. Elenita was a professor for 37 years at the Asian Institute of Management (AIM), where she also served as associate dean. She is survived by her husband, retired Supreme Court Chief Justice Artemio Panganiban who is also an Inquirer columnist since his retirement from the judiciary in 2006, their children Marilen and Alex Yaptangco, Dr. Jose Artemio Panganiban III, Celine Hannett, AIM Prof.

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PLC Ultima ( PLCU ) traded down 2% against the dollar during the 24-hour period ending at 19:00 PM E.T. on June 13th. Over the last seven days, PLC Ultima has traded down 15.7% against the dollar. One PLC Ultima coin can currently be bought for $86.03 or 0.00332432 BTC on popular cryptocurrency exchanges. PLC Ultima has a market cap of $166,691.08 and approximately $321,613.25 worth of PLC Ultima was traded on exchanges in the last day. Here's how similar cryptocurrencies have performed over the last day: KILT Protocol (KILT) traded down 0.

https://www.dailypolitical.com/2023/06/13/plc-ultima-plcu-trading-down-15-7-this-week.html

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