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Future of Music Coalition CEO Casey Rae has announced his exit from the musician advocacy group to take on a new position in the industry. Rae's...

The radical – and increasingly the mainstream – left's focus on the politics of oppression was always going to see marginalised groups shunted aside at the expense of others

Silicon Valley collectively rolled its eyes at Donald Trump's warning of a dangerous financial bubble in the tech industry.

A trade spat over steel boiled over on Wednesday, with China demanding the U.S. roll back new duties of more than 500% on some of its steel products.

Robin Wright demanded equal pay as co-star Kevin Spacey for 'House of Cards' roleRobin Wright attends the “In Their Shoes…” event during the 20th Annual Nantucket Film Festival – Day 5 on June 28, 2015 in Nantucket, Massachusetts. (Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images for Nantucket Film Festival) Robin Wright threatened to go public if TV bosses didn’t pay her the same salary as ‘House of Cards’ co-star Kevin Spacey. The 50-year-old actress is the latest star to tackle the gender pay gap in Hollywood. Читать дальше...

Former Seahawks and Buccaneers tight end Jerramy Stevens has had a bench warrant issued for his arrest over a probation violation stemming from his 2015 drunk driving conviction, TMZ reports. Last year, Stevens was busted driving a USA Soccer van while drunk, with his wife, USA Soccer goalie Hope Solo, in the passenger seat. Stevens…

The refugee crisis that unfolded in the summer of 2015, highlighted not only the growing need of the Syrian people and others who were fleeing war-torn countries, but it also predicted the difficulties the EU would face in terms of provididing better accommodation, and employment for those arriving on its shores.

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted a permit to Russia’s Lukoil to drill on continental shelf in the Barents Sea, Norway’s government said in a statement Wednesday.

Perfectly positioned between lush jungle and sparkling white sand, Maroma is a tropical treat on the Riviera Maya. The antithesis of all-inclusive budget resorts in Cancun, this charming hacienda-style escape is a nature-lover’s paradise, with iguanas on the pathways and coati in the palm trees.

The pound surged nearly 1% Wednesday after a poll showed more Britons favor the U.K. staying in the European Union. Sterling was up 0.9% at $1.4587 after a poll conducted for the Evening Standard newspaper by Ipsos Mori showed 55% want the U.K.'s ties with the bloc to remain intact. That compares with 37% who want a breakup. That result was the largest lead in the past three months for the "Remain" camp, the Evening Standard said. A June 23 referendum on the issue will be held in the U.K.

An 18-year-old launched a petition to get the world’s largest retailer to sell larger sizes - and it worked.

New geologic mapping in the Himalayan mountains of Kashmir suggests that the region is ripe for a major earthquake that could endanger the lives of as many as a million people, according to an Oregon State University statement. Scientists have found that the Reasi fault near Jammu has been building up pressure for some time, suggesting that when it does release or "slip", the resulting earthquake may be large — as much as magnitude 8.0 or greater. Scientists started looking at this fault more closely... Читать дальше...

Some have melted while holding candles; three have caught fire.

GENEVA (AP) — Christie's is auctioning a fancy vivid blue diamond known as the "Oppenheimer Blue" that's estimated to fetch between 38 million and 45 million Swiss francs (about $39-46 million).

GENEVA (AP) — Christie's is auctioning a fancy vivid blue diamond known as the "Oppenheimer Blue" that's estimated to fetch between 38 million and 45 million Swiss francs (about $39-46 million).

GENEVA (AP) — Christie's is auctioning a fancy vivid blue diamond known as the "Oppenheimer Blue" that's estimated to fetch between 38 million and 45 million Swiss francs (about $39-46 million).

GENEVA (AP) — Christie's is auctioning a fancy vivid blue diamond known as the "Oppenheimer Blue" that's estimated to fetch between 38 million and 45 million Swiss francs (about $39-46 million).

DETROIT (AP) — Financial giant JPMorgan Chase says it's making new investments as part of its earlier $100 million commitment to Detroit's economic recovery.

GENEVA (AP) — The Latest on migrants in Europe (all times local):

GENEVA (AP) — The Latest on migrants in Europe (all times local):

AMSTERDAM (ANP) - Blokker Holding is vorig jaar dieper in de rode cijfers beland. Het recordverlies van 52 miljoen euro is toe te schrijven aan een daling van de winstmarges doordat de prijzen werden verlaagd en meer kortingen werden gegeven. Ook speelden hoge kosten van een reorganisatie en herstructurering bij onder meer de Blokker- en Xenos-zaken een rol.

Dean Cheng

Security, Asia

Information is power--and Beijing knows it. 

Chinese activities in cyberspace regularly garner a great deal of attention. Chinese hackers have been accused of stealing millions of records from U.S. government databases, such as the Office of Personnel Management, as well as various corporations.

But too often, the focus is on the individual attack, rather than understanding the larger context. This leaves us playing whack-a-mole when trying to deal with Chinese cyber espionage efforts.

First Read is a morning briefing from Meet the Press and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter.