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SALISBURY, Md. – Mayor Randy Taylor’s decision to cancel a planned Pride flag raising ceremony has left business owners at Salisbury Plaza frustrated. Nicole Blackwater, owner of Blackwater Pharmacy, believes the mayor’s decision contradicts the city’s goal of unity. “This is hypocrisy. We just opened Unity Square, a park that is supposed to be built on community, unity and inclusion for all,” Blackwater said. “This is a blatant exclusion of marginalized groups that our community has fought so hard for.” Management opposition Administrators for the Downtown Salisbury Business Alliance posted on Facebook: “The founders of the Downtown Salisbury Business Alliance…
A woman in her 30s has shed light on the reality that many Australians never intend to become parents. While perhaps unsurprising, it’s a controversial and, some say, worrying trend, highlighted by the data.Australian women are having fewer children as they get older, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, a trend that has worried demographic experts and policymakers alike. Some young Australians who declare they plan to avoid parenthood say their decision is often met with downright bewilderment from strangers.Gold Coast woman Karina Irby revealed this week that a stranger had a “provoking” reaction when she confessed that she…
Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is expected to visit China in the first week of next month to take part in the formal launch of the second phase of the $60 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, according to media reports on Saturday.A source at the Prime Minister’s Office dawn The newspaper reported that Sharif is scheduled to leave for China on June 4, but the date of the visit may be subject to some change.The CPEC, which will link the port of Gwadar in Pakistan’s Balochistan province with China’s Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, is opposed by India as it passes through…
It’s hard to think of a food trend that I find less appealing, but the hot chicken phenomenon that swept across New Jersey and created lines outside stores was something I wanted a front-row seat to.Unfortunately, I’m one of those people whose palate doesn’t like spicy food. I like it in small doses. But what’s mild for me is what most people would call Dave’s Insanity Sauce. Remember the Spice Girls in the 90’s? Ginger Spice, Posh Spice, etc. Mine would have been Wimpy Spice.If, like many people, you love hot chicken, new ideas seem to come out of Trenton…
In April of that year, Lee’s private venture capital firm, Horizons Ventures, invested $25 million in Nasdaq-listed ChromaDex, according to Frank Jaksch, co-founder and chairman of ChromaDex. Lee is taking Tru Niagen.The company manufactures “healthy aging supplement” tablets.But NAD therapy is no longer just for the rich and famous: China has become the world’s largest producer of the supplement, and large-scale production and the resulting price drops have made it popular with the masses.But that could all soon come tumbling down. scientist The drug’s developer resigned from his position as president of the prestigious Academy of Sciences last month amid…
Sean Baker won the Palme d’Or for this film AnoraAt the awards ceremony of the 77th International Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, on Saturday. Andrea Alexandre/InVision/AP Hide caption Toggle caption Andrea Alexandre/InVision/AP The 77th Cannes Film Festival concluded on Saturday at the Grand Théâtre Lumiere on the French Riviera. Anora It won the Palme d’Or, the festival’s highest award. A comedy drama directed by Sean Baker. Starring Mikey Madison (Something better, One Upon a Time in Hollywood) tells the story of a New York stripper who gets more than she bargained for when she marries the son of a…
At least 10 Christians were rescued on Saturday in eastern Pakistan after a Muslim mob attacked a minority Christian neighborhood in a blasphemy case, police and community leaders said. At least one house and a small shoe factory were set on fire by protesters (x.com/FarazPervaiz3) {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} Sargodha district police chief Shariq Kamal said the crowd accused Christian groups of blasphemy and hurled stones and bricks at police. Get exclusive access to the latest news on India’s General Elections only on the HT App. Download Now! Download Now! At least one house and a small shoe factory were…
Walking around Aikenhead Road three hours before kick-off at Hampden was the epitome of optimism.He had a desperate look on his face and above his head was an old piece of cardboard with a plaintive cry written on it: “Any spare tickets?”Adam Idah is in doubt for his first Old Firm Scottish Cup final since turning one.Dressed in neutrals — not that he would have narrowed his chances by wearing green or blue — you’d imagine he’d still be on the outside when the game began with smoke bombs on one side and fireworks on the other.In a clash between…
Luckin Coffee doubled its store count to 18,590 last year (including 30 in Singapore, its only other market), and added a further 2,342 stores in the first quarter, all but two of which were in China.This rapid expansion has hit Luckin Coffee’s profit margins, with same-store sales falling 20% year-over-year, but its average monthly customer count doubled to 60 million and quarterly sales rose 41.5% year-over-year to nearly 6.28 billion yuan ($869.5 million).In just one year, Luckin Coffee has opened more stores in China than Starbucks has opened in 25 years, and now has more than double the number of…
ASHWAUBENON (NBC 26) — The 2024 Summer Olympics are just around the corner, but the U.S. Luge team is already looking for potential athletes for the next Winter Olympiad.The U.S. Luge team will be in Ashwaubenon through Sunday, hosting a luge clinic for kids ages 10-13.Selected participants will be invited to try out for the team in Lake Placid, New York.(Below is the full transcript of the broadcast)This is a sport that is usually played on ice, not on paved roads in the middle of summer.Luge has been a staple of the Winter Olympics since 1964. The U.S. Luge team…