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By Maya RhodanDecember 3, 2014 9:37 PM ESTHundreds of mourners in Germany paid their respects on Wednesday to the student-te stanley cup acher hailed as a martyr after succumbing to injuries she h stanley cup ad sustained after standing up for two girls who were being harassed in a fast food rest stanley cup aurant.Some 1,500 people, including politicians and religious leaders, gathered to recall Tugce Albayrak with a communal prayer at a mosque east of Frankfurt, the Guardian reports. Her warmhearted and generous nature set a worthy example for others to follow, Volker Bouffier, the prime minister of Hesse state, said. Friends and family then took part in a funeral service in Bad Soden-Salmuuml;nster, her birthplace.Albayrak had been in a coma for two weeks after the Nov. 15 attack when her parents took her off life support on Friday, her 23rd birthday. Germany president has been deluged with requests to posthumously honor the woman with a national medal of honor.[The Guardian]More Must-Reads from TIMEHow the Economy is Doing in the Swing StatesHarris Battles For the Bro VoteOur Guide to Voting in the 2024 ElectionMel Robbins Will Make You Do ItWhy Vinegar Is So Good for YouYou Dont Have to Dread the End of Daylight SavingThe 20 Best Halloween TV Episodes of All TimeMeet TIMEs Newest Class of Next Generation LeadersContact us at letters@time Fwot Why Iran s Unofficial Protest Anthem Baraye Won a Grammy
Blake Chandlee, TikToks president of global business solutions; Sofia Hernandez, TikToks global head of business marketing; Rob Mayhew, a TikTok creator; and Kate Jhaveri, TikToks global head of adidas samba marketing, speak at a press event in Cannes, France, June 19, 2023.Olivier Anrigo鈥擥etty Images for TikTokBy Mark Bergen / BloombergJune 23, 2023 3:30 AM EDTTikTok Inc.rsquo political troubles seemed far away in Cannes, where advertising executives swarmed the short video ap reebok prsquo booth at a week-long industry extravaganza in Southern France.The company opened a pop-up stage at the glitzy Carlton hotel, its largest presence to date at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. Under a marquee where visitors listened to a live DJ and sipped roseacute;, marketers showe crocs d little concern over the threat of bans or calls to split TikTok from its Chinese owner, ByteDance Ltd. Many said they plan to send more business to the platform.We want to be where the eyeballs are, Dani Benowitz, US president of the ad agency Magna Global, said on Wednesday at TikTokrsquo stage. Shyam Venugopal, a senior vice president at PepsiCo Inc., described the app as a marquee partner.Thatrsquo a marked contrast with the way US officials speak about TikTokrsquo security risks and powerful algorithms. On Thursday the company announced that its longtime public face, chief operating officer V. Pappas, was stepping down, and it named Walt Disney Co. veteran Zenia |
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