NEW YORK (AP) — Oh, you thought going to a WNBA basketball game might be an escape from the arguments and polarization that are so common in American life these days? “Sport,” she says, “is a microcosm (that) reflects and refracts society.”What makes Clark distinctive also makes her a lightning rodThat Clark merits attention for her basketball prowess is not in doubt. (There are white players on the Olympics roster, a veteran squad in search of its eighth straight Olympic gold against tough international competition.) “There are a lot of incredible basketball players with really interesting and compelling stories — as players and as people,” she wrote in an email. “What is happening right now feels like a forced monoculture with a singular focus on one person.”___AP WNBA: https://apnews.com/hub/wnba-basketball

One standout success story is the Ethiopian coffee brand Gera, which showcased roasted coffee beans at the third CIIE. During the fifth CIIE, Ethiopian highland coffee with vibrant orange packaging was drawing eyes. Online sales of Ethiopian coffee surged 300 percent during the sixth CIIE. Leveraging the CIIE for cross-border e-commerce sales has effectively reduced trade costs, benefiting Ethiopian coffee farmers and allowing Chinese consumers to enjoy premium coffee beans at more affordable prices. Witnessing the growing popularity of Ethiopian coffee among Chinese consumers, Tefera Derbew Yimam, Ethiopian ambassador to China, expressed great delight.

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Born in Ethiopia in 1936, Isaac speaks 17 languages and holds a BA and Phd from Harvard. In 1969, he helped create Harvard’s Afro-American Studies Department before serving as the faculty’s inaugural professor. For decades, Isaac has been engaged in global peace efforts, assiduously working to end conflicts in the Middle East, Northern Ireland and Ethiopia. “When the university becomes political, students also become political,” he says. “Students don’t come to university to protest,” Isaac says.

The European Union has awarded full Masters Scholarships to 48 Ethiopian students for the 2024-2025 academic year through its flagship Erasmus+ education initiative. The students will spend two years studying full-time at prestigious European universities across 12 different countries. This initiative aims to enhance the quality of higher education through scholarships and academic cooperation between the EU and the rest of the world. Since 2010, the European Union has awarded the Erasmus scholarship to more than 600 Ethiopian students. EU Ambassador to Ethiopia, Roland Kobia, highlighted the significance of this opportunity, stating, “The Erasmus+ European scholarships highly contribute to the country’s human development effort in higher education.

(WASHINGTON) — The judge overseeing former President Donald Trump’s classified documents case will kick off a series of hearings this week on motions to dismiss the case. One of the hearings is expected to focus on a legal theory pushed by conservative legal critics of special counsel Jack Smith that seeks to invalidate his appointment. Judge Cannon, for example, has set aside all of Friday for a hearing on Trump’s motion arguing that Smith’s appointment was unlawful – an issue other courts have largely rejected. On Monday, Cannon will kick off her court schedule with another hearing related to Smith’s appointment – a motion brought by Trump challenging the funding of the special counsel’s office. The same day, Cannon will hear arguments over Smith’s request for a gag order limiting Trump’s rhetoric about law enforcement involved in the search of Mar-a-Lago in August 2022.

The Institute of Ethiopian Standards (IES) has began work to implement a new system that allows manufacturers to purchase essential standards electronically. This shift from a physical to an online platform streamlines access to standards, potentially expediting the production process for Ethiopian manufacturers. Previously, manufacturers were required to visit the IES in person to acquire these standards, a necessary step before beginning production. The new online system will eliminate this physical barrier, allowing manufacturers to purchase the standards they need remotely and proceed with product preparation and production based on these established guidelines. IES' score functions include developing Ethiopian standards, providing technical support and training related to these standards, and conducting research and studies to inform the development of new and improved standards.

(NEW YORK) — New York’s highest court on Tuesday declined to take up a challenge to the limited gag order imposed on former President Donald Trump by the judge who oversaw his criminal hush money trial. The New York Court of Appeals rejected Trump’s appeal “upon the ground that no substantial constitutional question is directly involved.”Judge Juan Merchan prohibited Trump from discussing witnesses, jurors and others associated with his criminal trial, which ended in a conviction last month. A jury found Trump guilty on all 34 felony counts of falsifying business records related to a 2016 hush money payment to Stormy Daniels, an adult film actress, in order to boost his electoral prospects in the 2016 presidential election. It marks the first time in history that a former U.S. president has been convicted on criminal charges. All rights reserved.

Singer Justin Timberlake arrested for driving while intoxicated in Long Island Timberlake has two upcoming shows in Chicago this weekend.

Mr Calhoun faced hard-hitting questions from the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations on Tuesday in which Senator Richard Blumenthal branded the hearing a “moment of reckoning”. "As a former federal prosecutor and state attorney general I think that the evidence is near-overwhelming to justify that prosecution," Mr Blumenthal said. Picture: Andrew Harnik / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFPUpon entering the hearing room, Mr Calhoun told reporters he had come in the “spirit of transparency”. Mr Calhoun said Boeing was “totally committed” to addressing the safety concerns of its stakeholders and called the families’ losses “gut wrenching”. They were outraged Mr Calhoun was paid $32.8 million in 2023, an almost 50 per cent increase from what he received in 2022, which was $22.6 million.

In statements to the Ethiopian News Agency, Kang highlighted the historic cooperation between the two countries in the political, economic, and development fields, which has expanded to other sectors, including education, energy, and agriculture, and which will be further consolidated by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s recent official visit to Seoul. The South Korean ambassador recalled that a framework financing agreement worth one billion dollars was signed in the presence of President Yoon Suk-yeol during Ahmed’s visit from June 2-4. The agenda of the Ethiopian head of Government included his participation in the first South Korea-Africa Summit on June 4-5. The agreement will provide for infrastructure works, scientific and technological capacity building, health care, and urban development in Addis Ababa over the next four years. jg/iff/arc/nmr

How did the rats on the ice tradition begin for the Panthers? It is one of the longest-standing traditions for Florida Panthers fans and one of the strangest the NHL has ever seen. It has to do with plastic rats and this is how it got started.

Addis Ababa, — Ethiopia's multi-sectoral economic approach is supporting the nation's ambition to overcome dependency, high-level government officials noted. Trade and Regional Integration Minister Gebremeskel Chala and Finance State Minister Eyob Tekalign had an exclusive interview with the Ethiopian News Agency. He noted that Ethiopia has witnessed concrete achievements in recent years mainly due to the multi-sectoral economic approach. Gebremeskel revealed that the multi-sectoral economic approach has enabled the country to register productive achievements, mainly in agriculture, mining, tourism, industry, and ICT. Finally, the officials stressed the need for Ethiopians to support the successful developmental leadership role of the government to overcome dependency.

A Boeing 737 MAX 8 is pictured outside the factory on March 11, 2019 in Renton, Washington. “Nothing has produced change (at Boeing) except frustration from a bunch of airline customers,” Aboulafia said. He (Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun) needs to go. He defended using internal candidates from Boeing to fill the open positions. But Senator Richard Blumenthal, the chairman of the subcommittee, argued that Boeing needed to turn to outsiders to make a true change in the culture at the company.

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