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Rep. Jamaal Bowman, DN.Y., shouts praise to President Joe Biden after the State of the Union address in the House Chamber of the US Capitol on Tuesday, February 7, 2023. Tom Williams | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty ImagesAlthough many lawmakers are advocating a ban or sweeping changes to the popular video-sharing app TikTok, Rep. Jamaal Bowman, DN.Y., the app, which has garnered nearly 160,000 followers and 2 million likes posting about his thoughts and the work of Congress.On Wednesday, Bowman will host a news conference with more than 30 TikTok creators whose platforms are threatened by the US government’s…

There is more to this painting than meets the eye. Nivaagaards Malerisamling hide caption toggle the caption Nivaagaards Malerisamling There is more to this painting than meets the eye. Nivaagaards Malerisamling After years of research and detective work, a family is reunited. However, this is not your average story. The backstory In 1626, a father and son sit for a portrait. The father reclines in an armchair with a flamboyant mustache and goatee with a large millstone collar around his neck – a spine-tingling accessory worn by many in the early 17th century. Her son posed beside her with rosy…

Comment on this storyCommentThe government announced plans Wednesday to overhaul the troubled US organ transplant system, including breaking the monopoly power of the nonprofit organization that has run it for the past 37 years.If successful, the proposal would leave little untouched in the vast, multibillion-dollar network that sends kidneys, livers and other organs from deceased donors to seriously ill recipients. That system has long been criticized as inadequate: Nearly 104,000 people are on the waiting list for organs, most of them kidneys; 22 people die each day while waiting for transplants, with poor and minority patients generally faring worse than…

By Joshua Nevett and Paul SeddonBBC PoliticsMarch 22, 2023, 06:43 GMTUpdated 5 minutes agoRishi Sunak’s new Brexit deal for Northern Ireland has been passed by MPs, despite a rebellion from 22 of his backbenchers.Former PMs Boris Johnson and Liz Truss were among the Tories who joined Northern Ireland’s DUP in voting against the deal.But it passed 515 to 29 overall, with the support of the rest of the Tories, Labor and the SNP.The deal, announced last month, rewrites the Brexit accord agreed by Mr Johnson in 2019.Northern Ireland Minister Steve Baker slammed the two former PMs for opposing it, saying…

French President Emmanuel Macron has broken his silence following widespread protests and strikes over his government’s push to reform pensions through parliament without a vote. “Do you think I’m happy with doing this reform? No,” he said in a televised interview on TF1 and France 2, but said the pension system was broken and “the longer we wait the worse the situation will be. ” Macron acknowledged that people felt there was an “injustice” in being asked to work longer as companies made record profits and that he would look to ensure they contributed more. French President Emmanuel Macron is…

LONDON (AP) — Former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson began testifying Wednesday at a key hearing into whether he misled Parliament about lockdown parties.Johnson has denied knowingly lying, but if he is found to have done so, he could be suspended or lose his seat in Parliament.Johnson was questioned by the House of Commons standards committee over his comments about parties breaking rules in government buildings during the coronavirus pandemic.He told the committee after swearing on a Bible that the events that broke government rules were wrong and “I bitterly regret it,” but added: “hand on heart … I did…

(CNN) A large ship sitting in a dry dock came loose from its hold and overturned slightly in the Scottish capital Edinburgh on Wednesday, leaving 25 people injured, emergency services said. A spokesperson for the Scottish Ambulance Service told CNN that 15 patients were taken to local hospitals and 10 others were treated and discharged at the scene of the accident at Imperial Dock in Leith, a neighborhood in northern Edinburgh. Edinburgh Police Division said its officers and other emergency services were at the scene of the incident, which happened just before 8:30 am local time. Photos from the scene…

(CNN) A new, large species of spider has been found living in Queensland, Australia, and researchers say it needs protection. Rare and colorful, the tarantula-like creature is a type of golden trapdoor spider belonging to the genus Euoplos, which since 2017 has been the subject of an extensive research program, according to a study published on March 15 in Journal of Arachnology. Now called Euoplos dignita, the species was first discovered in the early 20th century, near the towns of Monto and Eidsvold, but it remained undescribed and unnamed due to a lack of research, the author said. of the…