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US Politics
City Hall’s children’s services has own anti-racism group – no whites allowed

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The City of Toronto's children’s services division has its own anti-racism group.
The CABR (confronting anti-Black racism) strategic advisory circle is limited to no more than 20 “ Black staff within children's services,” a document says.
The Sun obtained the document in a freedom-of-information request from City Hall .
The group's mandate is to provide "advice on the development, implementation and evaluation of initiatives, policies and programs".
The Canadian Press | Canada's Trusted News Leader
•Entertainment
Entertainment
Saving species 'not rocket science,' but few faring better than long ago: researcher
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Study shows just a handful of species at risk are faring better now than they were two and three decades ago .
Researcher Laurenne Schiller says recovery for threatened or endangered species in Canada is driven by stopping the primary cause for their decline.
She says the road to recovery has been more challenging for species that are struggling because of habitat loss and degradation from industry and other development.
Reuters
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Entertainment
Japan's Shiseido says annual profit plunges 73% amid sluggish sales in China

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Shiseido said its full-year profit slumped 73% partly due to a drop in consumer spending in key overseas market China .
The company said its China sales were down 4.6% year-on-year on a like-for-like basis, excluding the impact of foreign exchange and business transfers.
China 's once surging economy has been hobbled by a property crisis, mounting local government debt.

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Salma al-Shehab , a mother of two , had been sentenced to 34 years in prison back in 2022 over her tweets.
A London -based Saudi rights group, ALQST , announced her release.
Judges accused her of “disturbing public order” and “destabilizing the social fabric” Saudi Arabia did not immediately acknowledge her release..
ABC News
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Entertainment
Mexican long-nosed bats are no strangers to southeastern Arizona. The proof is in the saliva

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Scientists have long suspected that Mexican long-nosed bats migrate through southeastern Arizona .
Researchers say they now have a way to tell the endangered species apart from other bats.
Bat Conservation International teamed up with residents from southeastern Arizona , southwestern New Mexico and west Texas .
The endangered species has been listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act since 1988 .
DPA International
•World
World
Russian ambassador: China's Xi coming to Moscow's WWII victory parade
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Russia celebrates May 9 every year as the day of victory over Germany in World War II .
Western heads of state are staying away from the commemorations because of Russia 's ongoing war against Ukraine .
China is officially neutral in the Ukraine war , but Beijing has never criticized Moscow for it.
Beijing did not initially confirm Xi 's participation.


Reuters
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World
Australia says its steel, aluminium exports create American jobs

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Australia 's trade minister says its steel and aluminium exports to the U.S. create "good paying American jobs" Trade Minister Don Farrell said Australia was making the case for "free and fair trade" in Washington .
President Donald Trump said on Sunday he will introduce new 25% tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports.
Australia is seeking a similar exemption from tariffs it won during the previous Trump presidency in 2018 .
Washington Post
•Science
Science
Multilingual children have better executive function skills, study finds
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The study looked at 116 children ages 7 through 12 .
Twenty-one of the children with ASD spoke more than one language, and 35 of the typically developing children were multilingual.
The researchers tested the children’s executive function abilities and asked parents to fill out questionnaires assessing autism symptoms.
Space
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Science
World's fastest supercomputer 'El Capitan' goes online — it will be used to secure the US nuclear stockpile and in other classified research

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The fastest supercomputer in the world has officially launched at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory ( LNNL ) in California .
The supercomputer, called " El Capitan ," cost $600 million to build and will handle various sensitive and classified tasks including securing the U.S. stockpile of nuclear weapons.
Research will primarily be focused on national security, including material discovery, high-energy-density physics, nuclear data and weapon design.
El Capitan is powered by just over 11 million processing and graphics cores packed into 44,544 AMD MI300A accelerated processing units.
CBS News
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US Politics
Crew members killed in American Airlines crash receive posthumous honors

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American Eagle Flight 5342 plunged into the Potomac River on the night of Jan. 29 , carrying 60 passengers and four crew members.
The crew's captain Jonathan Campos , first officer Samuel Lilley and flight attendants Danasia Elder and Ian Epstein have received the PSA Honorary President's Award.
Family members of the crew members will receive commemorative certificates.