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As more artists drop out of the White House’s Freedom 250 event, Bruce Springsteen and Tom Morello are leading a protest music festival. While performing together on Wednesday at Nationals Park in Washington DC, they announced the one-day Power to the People festival will take place Oct. 3 at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland, celebrating “freedom, justice, equality and rock ’n’ roll,” with a portion of proceeds benefitting VoteRiders and HeadCount. “The Gestapo tactics of this president and this administration will not stand here,” said Springsteen, according to the Associated Press. “This American tragedy can only be stopped by…

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For three years, Mahendra Dharmapriya, a Sri Lankan restaurateur, filled the streets of his neighborhood in rural Japan with the smells of his homeland: creamy lentils, fish curry, egg hoppers and black tea with ginger.But on a recent Saturday, Mr. Dharmapriya cooked the last meal at Daiya Ceylon, his Sri Lankan curry shop in the Japanese town of Shimotsuke, about 66 miles north of Tokyo, and shut its doors. He was forced to close the restaurant because he could not satisfy new visa rules meant to restrict the flow of foreigners into Japan. He plans to return to Sri Lanka…

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Justin Wrobleski took a no-hitter into the sixth inning, and the Los Angeles Dodgers got home runs from Freddie Freeman, Max Muncy, Shohei Ohtani and Will Smith in a 4-2 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday night.Wrobleski (7-2) struck out a career-high nine against no walks in seven innings. The 25-year-old left-hander struck out the side in the first — setting down big boppers Kyle Schwarber, Trea Turner and Bryce Harper — and the fifth innings.AdvertisementIn the sixth, Schwarber homered 411 feet to dead-center with two outs for the first hit and run off of…

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Amazon Web Services (AWS) this week inaugurated its Think Big Space offices in BLOQUE, the tech company’s Center for Innovation and Creative Technology in Querétaro city. The new facilities are the first space in Latin America designed to promote creativity, innovative thinking and the development of technological skills among students and entrepreneurs. Amazon’s new Think Big Space is well-equipped for the kind of tech training that will take place in it, for people in high school or mid-career alike. (AWS / Facebook) In a statement, Amazon said that “closing the digital divide in Latin America does not start with fiber…

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SoCal’s beloved Lightning in a Bottle festival returned this past weekend (May 21-24), with its 23rd edition thrown in the event’s characteristically loose and groovy style. Drawing roughly 25,000 people to the Lake Buena Vista Recreation Area near Bakersfield, Calif., the sold-out camping festival featured one of the highest-profile lineups in its history, with headliners Mau P, Sara Landry, Empire of the Sun, Zeds Dead, Chase & Status and Barry Can’t Swim all pulling up to play in addition to a swath of other acts across dubstep, drum & bass, house and beyond. LiB, as it’s called by its regulars…

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Kanye West has been cleared to enter the Netherlands for a live performance as part of the rap star’s looming European tour. According to Reuters, officials in the Netherlands concluded that no evidence had been discovered in their investigation of West to constitute him being banned from entering the country. “Solid grounds are needed to bar people ⁠from entering [the country]. We have not found those in the analyses that were conducted,” Deputy Prime Minister Bart van den Brink said, per Reuters. “His past statements are not, at this moment, a reason to deny him entry.” West, who goes by…

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NewsFeedDivers in Laos have rescued the first of five villagers trapped in a flooded cave for more than a week. The men entered the cave to look for gold before flash floods blocked their escape. Two other villagers are still missing.Published On 30 May 202630 May 2026Click here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo

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