Maybe you’re cringing at the thought of going back to an office. The seed of a business idea floats around in your head between work videoconference calls, after the kids are asleep or while you tend your pandemic garden. Or perhaps you were laid off during the pandemic and forced to work for yourself, and now you’re wondering if you should continue down this path.“In 2020, there was an explosion in new business applications, reaching nearly 4.5…

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WVVA

Millennial Money: Should you become your own boss?

BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military rulers are seeking to limit access to the internet to an internal network of only “whitelisted” sites to quash opposition to their seizure of power, according to a report by the International Crisis Group. It likened the internet to a “virtual battlefield” where the military is struggling to gain an edge because it lacks technological capacity, while social media companies like Facebook have banned military offi…

Tech

abc News

WPTA

Report says Myanmar internet a 'virtual battlefield'

The delicacy of one of the first objects in new exhibition at Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum belies its brutality. At the end of a thin iron rod are the

Europe

Culture

slavery

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Amsterdam

Yahoo News

The Guardian

Associated Press News

New Dutch exhibition takes unflinching look at slavery

DETROIT (AP) — President Joe Biden plans to take executive action Tuesday to ensure minorities, low-income Americans and others have better access to quality legal representation after services dwindled during the Trump administration.

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Joe Biden

Newsmax

Biden moving to improve legal services for poor, minorities

BERLIN (AP) — German investigators have arrested a fifth suspect in connection with the spectacular theft of 18th-century jewels from a Dresden museum in 2019. Prosecutors in Dresden said Tuesday the 22-year-old, the twin brother of one of the men already in custody, was arrested at an apartment in Berlin on Monday evening, the dpa news agency reported. Four suspects were arrested in the German capital in November and December

Berlin, Germany

Berlin

Germany: 5th suspect arrested over Dresden jewelry theft

Since the latest war erupted last week, Palestinian militants have fired more than 3,200 rockets at Israeli cities. Most were intercepted or fell short, in Gaza, but hundreds made it through.

Middle East

Asia

Benjamin Netanyahu

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Tel Aviv District

Times of India

Rockets from Gaza rain havoc on Israeli cities in latest war

A report by the International Energy Agency says immediate action is needed to reshape the world’s energy sector in order to meet ambitious climate goals by 2050, including ending investments in new coal mines, oil and gas wells.

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Climate Emergency

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Oil and Gas Sector

Paris, France

Paris

The Independent

No new fossil fuel projects for net-zero 2050 goal: IEA

MADRID (AP) — Spain faced a humanitarian and diplomatic crisis Tuesday after thousands of Moroccans took advantage of relaxed border controls in their nation to swim or paddle in inflatable boats onto European soil.By Tuesday morning, around 6,000 people had crossed the border into the Spanish city of Ceuta since the first arrivals began early Monday, the Spanish government said, including 1,500 thought to be teenagers. The ci

Refugees

European Union

Immigration

Madrid, Spain

Madrid

The Star Kuala Lumpur

Independent.ie

IBTimes

Spain, Morocco square off after 6,000 migrants arrive by sea

The White House said Saturday that it communicated its concerns to Israel over an airstrike launched in Gaza that destroyed a building that housed several news organizations, including The Associated Press.

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Jen Psaki

White House

North America

Biden Administration

Rockets

Washington DC

Jerusalem

Gaza Strip

Washington

The Nation 

The Hill

Sky News

WION

White House says safety of journalists is 'paramount' after Gaza building bombed

Rudy Giuliani, who has served as former President Trump's personal attorney, is asking a federal judge to block prosecutors from reviewing any of the documents seized from his home or office late last month.

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