The Daily Populous

Thursday February 22nd, 2024 day edition

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Late last week, the New York Times reported that Donald Trump privately told his allies he backs a 16-week national abortion ban with some exceptions.

To Democrats and their allies in the movement for reproductive rights, Trump’s decision to back a national abortion ban is viewed as both an electoral gift and a major political blunder on his part.

According to one Biden campaign official, his team is preparing to prominently wield these attacks against Trump between now and Election Day.

Hours after the Times report was published, the Biden campaign called a press conference to highlight the contrast between the candidates.

The Times reported that Trump favors a national ban at 16 weeks in part because it is “a round number.”

His campaign counters that Trump hasn’t settled on a specific gestational limit he would support yet.

So he’s clearly trying to get to a position that is staunchly pro-life, but also realistic, given where most Americans are. »

Girl dies after sand hole at Florida beach collapses on her

Authored by theguardian.com
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Sloan Mattingly died Tuesday afternoon at Lauderdale-by-the-Sea’s beach when a 4-5ft-deep (1-1.5-metre) hole collapsed on her and her seven-year-old brother, Maddox.

Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, a small enclave north of Fort Lauderdale, does not have lifeguards at its beach, so no professionals were immediately available to help.

“There is a little girl buried under the sand and they have not got to her yet,” one nurse told an operator. »

Japan’s millennia-old ‘naked man festival’ ending because of population decline

Authored by edition.cnn.com

Japan’s population has been in steady decline since its economic boom of the 1980s, with a fertility rate of 1.3 – far below the rate of 2.1 required to maintain a stable population.

They now face a ballooning elderly population and shrinking workforce, in a challenge to fund pensions and health care as demand from the aging population surges.

The Somin-sai festival was one of three major “naked man” or Hadaka Matsuri festivals held in the country. »

EU agrees new sanctions on Russia, blacklisting companies in mainland China for the first time

Authored by euronews.com

The sanctions have a heavy focus on fighting circumvention and go after firms around the world accused of providing Russia with advanced technology and military goods manufactured in the EU, particularly drone components.

Nearly 200 people and entities, mostly from Russia, have been added to the blacklist, which now contains more than 2,000 names.

Exact details of the sanctions will become available after publication in the EU's official journal, expected to happen later this week. »

Elden Ring boss discusses Bloodborne remake, benefits of waiting for new hardware

Authored by eurogamer.net

FromSoft boss Hidetaka Miyazaki has discussed the possibility of a Bloodborne remake, and the benefits of waiting for new hardware on which to revisit the beloved PlayStation 4 classic.

"Things you weren't able to achieve on previous generations of hardware, ways you weren't able to render specific expressions - [new hardware] sometimes makes it possible.

EXCLUSIVE Elden Ring DLC Interview: Hidetaka Miyazaki on New Shadow Of The Erdtree Details Miyazaki talks Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree with Eurogamer. »