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Reeling from jokes that they’re ‘weird’, Republicans create a hopeless nickname for Walz after a period product mandate
Watch out world, are on the offensive. Still smarting from being called “”, it looks like a bunch of GOP strategists got in a room this week to workshop devastating nicknames for and her running mate, . After combining their dozen or so braincells, they came up with a winner: . The name has been trending on social media as people on the right desperately try to make #TamponTim stick.
Apart from the fact that it alliterates, what prompted this moniker? Well, in 2023 Walz signed a wide-ranging education bill that, along with a number of other provisions, mandated public schools offer free menstruation products in their bathrooms.

Burnout is a serious issue that affects many professionals, but it can be particularly challenging for SAs in the medical field. Bhatt asserts, “Culturally, as South Asians we are taught to not ask ...

An increase in anti-Asian hate incidents during the pandemic contributed to a rise in depression among Asian and Asian American college students, a study found.

An increase in anti-Asian hate incidents during the pandemic contributed to a rise in depression among Asian and Asian American college students, a study found.

Exclusive: Move highlights ambition to reconnect with Beijing but minister will face pressure over human rights
David Lammy is planning a visit to China in September that would fall within the first 100 days of him taking office.
The foreign secretary is in talks over a trip to Beijing next month that would signal the UK wants to resume high-level engagement with the country.

China tensions, the 75-year-old man was a member and volunteer at a pro-democracy dissident organization in Brooklyn

ABC confirms US presidential candidates will face off for the first time on 10 September. Plus: the return of panda diplomacy
Good morning.
Kamala Harris and Donald Trump will face off for the first time on 10 September in on ABC, the network confirmed Thursday, as Harris continues to gain momentum, leaving the .
What did Trump say at the press conference? Trump that no one was killed in the 6 January attack on the US Capitol. He grew heated over comparing crowd sizes, and claimed he wanted to do three debates. Earlier, Trump had suggested he would back out of the 10 September debate that had previously been set with Joe Biden before Biden stepped down from his re-election campaign.
What do the polls say? While Biden had been trailing Trump in key swing states, Harris has made gains, particularly after announcing the Minnesota governor Tim Walz as her running mate. An Ipsos poll published on Thursday found Harris ahead of Trump by 42% to 37%, compared to a 22-23 July Reuters/Ipsos survey, which showed her up 37% to 34% over Trump.
How has the Trump campaign been reacting to the rise of Harris? Concerns have , with some Maga allies criticizing Trump’s political advisers who are working to paint Harris as more progressive than she is and launch “Willie Horton” attacks from the old Republican playbook that suggest she is directly responsible for crimes some migrants committed.
How many people have died from Tropical Storm Debby? At least seven people have died from the storm, which made first landfall early Monday on the Gulf Coast of Florida. Debby made a second landfall in South Carolina early on Thursday, and more flooding is expected in North and South Carolina before the storm clears those states.

Particle pollution in China’s capital has fallen by 60% in 10 years, but it remains six times higher than WHO guidelines
Photographs of became one of the defining images of the first decade of this century. China’s annual a year in 2005. At the time, Beijing was crowned and overshadowed preparations for the 2008 Olympic Games.
But followed, with clean-up technologies fitted to coal-burning power stations and industrial plants, followed by their conversion to fossil gas. New vehicles were fitted with tighter emissions controls and fuels were improved.

Governor declares the day California Panda Day as ‘gentle and lovable’ Yun Chuan and Xin Bao make San Diego debut
California’s governor flew in for the young bears’ debut. Throngs of media gathered inside the zoo, while the city of San Diego warned of traffic jams ahead of the much-anticipated event on Thursday.
The San Diego zoo rolled out the red carpet for the first public showing of its newest residents: two giant pandas, the first to enter the US in two decades.

Beijing website asks for information about supposed ‘crimes’ of ‘secessionist’ current and past Taiwan officials
China’s government has called for people to denounce “diehard secessionists” and give information about their “criminal activities” as it intensifies its legal and rhetorical intimidation of Taiwan.
The Taiwan affairs office and ministry of public security this week launched new webpages with lists of 10 current and former officials in Taiwan who have been named as “diehard” separatists.

Former prime minister argues Australia has made itself a target by aligning with American ‘aggression’ towards China
Australia’s participation in the Aukus defence pact risks handing military control of the country to Washington and becoming the “51st state of the United States”, according to former prime minister Paul Keating.
Speaking on ABC’s 7.30 on Thursday night, Keating argued that Australia had made itself a target for aggression by in implicit opposition to China’s growing power in the Asia Pacific region.

Despite a declining birthrate that has alarmed the nation’s leaders, regulations in China prevent unmarried women from freezing their eggs.