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The Wikimedia Foundation waited until immediately after its largest annual conference to say it wouldn't voluntarily recognize its workers' union.

Last week, Wiki Workers United, which is organized through the Communication Workers Union and represents U.S. workers at the nonprofit Wikimedia Foundation, requested voluntary recognition of their union. Wiki Workers United said that it had secured a “supermajority of union-eligible workers who have signed union authorization cards.” A group of more than 1,100 Wikipedia editors have also signed a letter of support for the union.

On Monday, just days after the massive Wikimania Conference concluded in Paris, the Wikimedia Foundation announced it would not voluntarily recognize the union and said the union would have to conduct a vote as overseen by the National Labor Relations Board.

A day-fine, unit fine or structured fine is a pecuniary sanction which is based on the severity of the offence as well as the income (or wealth) of the offender.

Fabian Hurzeler’s squad were due to be based at the Hotel Royal Resort in the spa town of Evian-les-Bains close to the border with Switzerland from Thursday July 23 until Saturday August 1, using pitches located nearby.

The pitches became landing grounds when U.S President Donald Trump, former UK prime minister Keir Starmer, president of France Emmanuel Macron and fellow heads of state flew in by helicopter for the G7 summit in June to discuss issues such as AI regulation, climate change and economic security.

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A library of things is any collection of objects loaned, and any organization that practices such loaning. Objects often include kitchen appliances, tools, gardening equipment and seeds,[1] electronics,[2] toys and games, art,[3] science kits, craft supplies, musical instruments, and recreational equipment such as sports and outdoors gear.[4] Especially appropriate are objects that are useful occasionally but cumbersome to store, such as specialized cookware or niche technology items.[5] Collections vary widely, but go far beyond the books, journals, and media that have been the primary focus of traditional libraries.[6]

Dong Yaoqiong (Chinese: 董瑶琼; pinyin: Dǒng Yáoqióng; born 1989), also referred to as the 'Ink Girl'(Chinese: 泼墨女孩; pinyin: Pōmò nǚhái) in the media, is a Chinese woman who in July 2018 drew international attention through a video posted on her Twitter account with the handle "@feefeefly". The video showed her splashing ink at a poster of General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Xi Jinpingin Shanghai, and denouncing his rule as a "tyranny".[1] She was subsequently committed to a psychiatric hospital at least twice.[2]

Varane says: "This pathway reduces unnecessary contact at the youngest ages, when the brain is still growing, and then teaches the skill properly, step by step, with the right control."

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An international advisory body has raised seven notices relating to possible match manipulation from potential betting irregularities identified in the 2026 men’s World Cup.

The findings from the Group of Copenhagen — an independent international network dedicated to detecting, sanctioning, and preventing the manipulation of sports competitions — follow its integrity monitoring operation across the tournament’s 104 matches.

The full report has not yet been published but a summary of its conclusions has been released by the Council of Europe. According to sources briefed on the report, who spoke anonymously as they were not authorised to do so publicly, among the in-game notices to raise potential irregularities were:

• The red card shown to South Africa’s Themba Zwane in the 84th minute of his side’s tournament-opening game against Mexico
• American cryptocurrency-based prediction market Polymarket receiving $4.8 million (£3.6m) on markets for Spain not to defeat Cape Verde in their group-stage game, which ended in a goalless draw
• The three-and-a-half-minute delay from the video assistant referee (VAR) team to disallow a goal from Spain’s Ferran Torres in its 4-0 win over Saudi Arabia

The findings, sources say, also detailed how Polymarket opened a market on July 2 asking, “Will Folarin Balogun play against Belgium?” That was opened on the same day the U.S. forward was shown a red card against Bosnia and Herzegovina in the last-32 stage.

FIFA’s Disciplinary Committee only confirmed that Balogun would be available to play, having had his ban suspended, on July 5. Sources say the Group of Copenhagen’s report said no other such markets were opened for the other 14 players who were shown a red card during the tournament — none of whom had bans suspended.

The Group of Copenhagen — which operates under the Council of Europe’s Macolin Convention, a multilateral treaty which seeks to address fixing by changing international law — has said it has sent an official request for a written explanation to FIFA regarding the Balogun case.

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The American bison is the new U.S. national mammal, but its slaughter was once seen as a way to starve Native Americans into submission.

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The Ludlow Massacre was a mass killing perpetrated by anti-striker militia during the Colorado Coalfield War. Soldiers from the Colorado National Guardand private guards employed by Colorado Fuel and Iron Company(CF&I) attacked a tent colony of roughly 1,200 striking coal minersand their families in Ludlow, Colorado, on April 20, 1914. Approximately 21 people were killed, primarily miners' wives and children. John D. Rockefeller Jr. was a part-owner of CF&I who had recently appeared before a United States congressional hearing on the strikes, and he was widely blamed for having orchestrated the massacre.[6][7]

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