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WASHINGTON AP 鈥?President Joe Biden used the 100th anniversary of聽Tulsas race massacre聽to make a plea for sweeping legislation in Congress to protect the right to vote as Republican-led governments in Texas and other states pass new restrictions making it tougher to cast ballots.Biden, marking the centennial in Oklahoma on Tuesday, called out lawmakers in Congress 鈥?including two senators in his own party 鈥?for holding up action on voting bills. Invoking the words of聽the late Rep. John Lewis, Biden said the ri
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stanley fr ral Thai province of Nakhon Pathom, on April 7.AFP-Jiji12:14 JST,ensp;June 6, 2022NAKHON PATHOM, Thailand AFP-Jiji 鈥?Thailands orchid growers, already weary after two years of being battered by the pandemic, are bracing for fresh blows to their livelihood as the war in Ukraine and changing weather patterns further cloud their futures.Once considered a popular pastime among the elite in Thailand, orchid growing has developed into a multimillion-dollar industry, and the kingdom is the worlds biggest producer and exporter of cut orchids.But the pandemic has seen one in five farms shut recently, according to the Thai Orchid Exporter Association. No one has the heart to buy flowers, and transportation is very complicated, said Somchai Lerdrungwitayachai as he stares in despair at the sea of purple at his orchid farm west of Bangkok.He grows Dendrobium Sonia orchids 鈥?a hybrid variety with delicate white and purple petals. Popular in Japan, China and the United States, they are used for anything from religious ceremonies to college graduations.At his 20-hectare property, workers treat the cut flowers with a special solution before trimming the stems and fitting them with a small vial, containing vitamins and nutrients
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