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Miranda July macht das Licht an

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Miranda July ist gut in der Handlung. Geschichten werden zu ihr kommen, wie ein Geschenk der Götter; Sie muss sie nur noch auspacken. In ihrem Büro in Los Angeles, einem kleinen Haus, in dem sie Papiere, Fotos, Auszeichnungen, Kassetten und Kostüme aus mehr als drei Jahrzehnten aufbewahrt, liegt ein Notizbuch, das sie während einer einzigen fieberhaften Zugfahrt mit den Knochen ihres ersten Spielfilms gefüllt hat Film „Me and You and Everyone We Know“ (2005). Etwas Ähnliches geschah mit ihrem ersten

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Ayesha Currys „Sweet July Skin“-Linie ist von ihrem jamaikanischen Erbe inspiriert

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Ayesha Curry

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Ayesha Curry feiert ihre karibischen Wurzeln und ihre Liebe zum Essen mit ihrer Beauty-Linie Sweet July Skin.

Curry, 35, exklusiv geöffnet für Uns wöchentlich über die Inspiration hinter der Hautpflegemarke, die sie im Juli 2023 auf dem Voices of Beauty Summit in Los Angeles am Donnerstag, den 28. März, ins Leben gerufen hat. (Die Veranstaltung stellt verschiedene Beauty-Gründer vor, die sich für Inklusivität und Zugänglichkeit einsetzen.) „Ich habe dies basierend auf

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July world’s hottest month on record, scientists confirm – POLITICO

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Several global climate records fell last month, EU scientists said Tuesday, confirming July as the world’s hottest month in recorded history. 

The bloc’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said that July’s global average temperature of 16.95 degrees Celsius was well above the previous 16.63C record set in 2019. At the same time, ocean temperatures hit a new high.

Last month also saw the world’s hottest day: Global temperatures on July 6 reached 17.08C — and every day between July 3

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China car sales fell 2.6% in July amid price war

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BEIJING — China’s passenger vehicle sales fell for a second month in July, as discounts and government support measures failed to persuade consumers wary of buying cars amid a sputtering economy and a prolonged slump in the housing market.

Automakers are concerned about a demand slowdown as the world’s second-largest economy loses its post-pandemic bounce.

Car sales totaled 1.79 million units in July, down 2.6 percent from last year, data from the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) showed, the second

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Soaking July washes away High Street hope for shop sales | City & Business | Finance

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The sixth wettest July on record dampened shop sales, data has revealed.

Takings grew just 1.5% last month, according to trade body the British Retail Consortium and KPMG.

That was down from a 2.3% increase a year ago and below the 3.5% average over the past three months.

Downpours deterred shoppers from venturing out and dented demand for summer clothes.

Paul Martin, UK head of retail at KPMG, said: “As the storm clouds came out, shoppers retreated.”

The sales number

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U.K. sales rise 28% in July helped by 88% leap in EV demand

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U.K. new-car registrations increased 28 percent in July to 143,921, according to figures from the SMMT industry association.

The growth came as supply chain challenges eased, allowing automakers to increase production and fulfill backlogs in orders.

Battery-electric vehicles recorded an 88 percent increase to account for 16 percent of all new registrations for the month.

The SMMT said company registrations also drove the growth, as uptake by large fleets increased 62 percent to 80,961 units and business registrations rose 29

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Top 10 Hardest and Easiest Spelling Bee Words, July 29-Aug. 4

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Here are the meanings of the least-found words that were used in (mostly) recent Times articles.

1. lacteal — relating to, or consisting of, milk:

A bipartisan group of 32 members of Congress is asking the Food and Drug Administration to crack down on companies that call plant-based beverages “milk.” They say F.D.A. regulations define milk as a “lacteal secretion” obtained by milking “one or more healthy cows.” — Got Almond Milk? Dairy Farms Protest Milk Label on Nondairy

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Car incentives increase in July

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July was a good example of how rising incentives are contributing to an improving sales climate.

A buoyant economy and improving stockpiles helped push light-vehicle deliveries up 15 percent to some 1.3 million in July from depressed levels a year earlier, GlobalData said in a preliminary report.

The seasonally adjusted, annualized rate of sales tallied 15.9 million last month, Motor Intelligence said, just within the range of forecasts of 15.9 million to 16.1 million but up sharply from July 2022’s

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