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Sunday was world’s hottest ever recorded day, data suggests
Tue, 23 Jul 2024 16:27:32 GMT
Preliminary data from Copernicus suggests temperature records were shattered, taking world into ‘uncharted territory’
World temperature records were shattered on Sunday on what may be the hottest day scientists have ever logged, data suggests.
Inflamed by the carbon pollution spewed from burning fossils and farming livestock, the average surface air temperature hit 17.09C (62.76F) on Sunday, according to preliminary data from the Copernicus Climate Change Service, which holds data that stretches back to 1940. The reading inched above the previous record of 17.08C (62.74F) set on 6 July last year, but the scientists cautioned that the difference was not statistically distinguishable.
Continue reading...Edward Rosen, Jabeer Butt and Edward Lyon respond to the first report of the official Covid inquiry
I attended the launch of the Covid-19 inquiry report by Lady Hallett and I left the viewing room with my emotions all over the place (UK in ‘worse state’ to deal with pandemic than before Covid, say experts, 19 July). I remembered my dead colleague, dead patients and a dead friend. But I also remembered our first informal meeting in the NHS, when the possibility of a new pandemic was briefly and nonchalantly discussed. That was in October 1999. Labour was in power and our focus was on innovation and modernisation across the NHS. I was a passionate enthusiast for all this new policy – a cheerful foot soldier for change. Sound familiar?
My contribution as a senior NHS change leader between 2002 and 2005 was to help build a new learning system or infrastructure that included a health observatory capable of horizon scanning for any threats to the NHS and, by default, to the public. This innovation was one arm of the new NHS University, which was designed to provide an integrated learning system across the health sector. The two areas of concern were pandemics and climate change.
Continue reading...Civil Aviation Authority proposes measure to help consumers make ‘more informed travel choices’
Airlines may have to tell passengers the environmental impact of the flights they book under new proposals from the UK regulator.
The Civil Aviation Authority said consumers should be able to make more informed travel choices when booking flights and package holidays.
Continue reading...Vice-president’s record on climate crisis strikes stark contrast with Trump in potential 2024 election match-up
Kamala Harris has a strong record on the environment that will provide a vivid contrast with Donald Trump, who has vowed to rescind climate change policies should he return to the White House, according to green advocates who have welcomed the prospect of a Harris presidency.
“We are confident that she is ready to carry forward President Biden’s historic legacy and set a new high bar for climate ambition in America,” said Lena Moffitt, executive director of Evergreen, one of a raft of green groups, including Sierra Club, League of Conservation Voters Action Fund and the NRDC Action Fund that have now endorsed the leading contender for the Democratic nomination.
Continue reading...Late spring and early summer blazes in Canada, Alaska and eastern Russia add to carbon emissions
The northern hemisphere has had a large number of intense wildfires in the first half of summer, carrying vast amounts of smoke across Eurasia and North America.
Research by the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (Cams) showed large-scale and intense wildfires had been developing throughout the late spring and summer, with numerous fires burning in Canada, Alaska and eastern Russia.
Continue reading...The Intercept keeps finding more conservative groups that were quietly removed from the Project 2025 website.
The post The List of Conservative Groups Abandoning Project 2025 Keeps Growing appeared first on The Intercept.
A sustainable project aims to repurpose encroacher bush to create building blocks to solve Namibia’s housing crisis
“People think the house would smell because the blocks are made of all-natural products, but it doesn’t smell,” says Kristine Haukongo. “Sometimes, there is a small touch of wood, but otherwise it’s completely odourless.”
Haukongo is the senior cultivator at the research group MycoHab and her job is pretty unusual. She grows oyster mushrooms on chopped-down invasive weeds before the waste is turned into large, solid brown slabs – mycoblocks – that will be used, it’s hoped, to build Namibian homes.
Continue reading...Joining the exodus from Project 2025 is Americans United for Life, a national anti-abortion group.
The post Conservative Organizations Are Quietly Scurrying Away From Project 2025 appeared first on The Intercept.
SEMrush and Ahrefs are among
the most popular tools in the SEO industry. Both companies have been in
business for years and have thousands of customers per month.
If you're a professional SEO or trying to do digital
marketing on your own, at some point you'll likely consider using a tool to
help with your efforts. Ahrefs and SEMrush are two names that will likely
appear on your shortlist.
In this guide, I'm going to help you learn more about these SEO tools and how to choose the one that's best for your purposes.
What is SEMrush?
SEMrush is a popular SEO tool with a wide range of
features—it's the leading competitor research service for online marketers.
SEMrush's SEO Keyword Magic tool offers over 20 billion Google-approved
keywords, which are constantly updated and it's the largest keyword database.
The program was developed in 2007 as SeoQuake is a
small Firefox extension
Features
Ahrefs is a leading SEO platform that offers a set of
tools to grow your search traffic, research your competitors, and monitor your
niche. The company was founded in 2010, and it has become a popular choice
among SEO tools. Ahrefs has a keyword index of over 10.3 billion keywords and
offers accurate and extensive backlink data updated every 15-30 minutes and it
is the world's most extensive backlink index database.
Features
Direct Comparisons: Ahrefs vs SEMrush
Now that you know a little more about each tool, let's
take a look at how they compare. I'll analyze each tool to see how they differ
in interfaces, keyword research resources, rank tracking, and competitor
analysis.
User Interface
Ahrefs and SEMrush both offer comprehensive information
and quick metrics regarding your website's SEO performance. However, Ahrefs
takes a bit more of a hands-on approach to getting your account fully set up,
whereas SEMrush's simpler dashboard can give you access to the data you need
quickly.
In this section, we provide a brief overview of the elements
found on each dashboard and highlight the ease with which you can complete
tasks.
AHREFS
The Ahrefs dashboard is less cluttered than that of
SEMrush, and its primary menu is at the very top of the page, with a search bar
designed only for entering URLs.
Additional features of the Ahrefs platform include:
SEMRUSH
When you log into the SEMrush Tool, you will find four
main modules. These include information about your domains, organic keyword
analysis, ad keyword, and site traffic.
You'll also find some other options like
Both Ahrefs and SEMrush have user-friendly dashboards,
but Ahrefs is less cluttered and easier to navigate. On the other hand, SEMrush
offers dozens of extra tools, including access to customer support resources.
When deciding on which dashboard to use, consider what
you value in the user interface, and test out both.
If you're looking to track your website's search engine
ranking, rank tracking features can help. You can also use them to monitor your
competitors.
Let's take a look at Ahrefs vs. SEMrush to see which
tool does a better job.
The Ahrefs Rank Tracker is simpler to use. Just type in
the domain name and keywords you want to analyze, and it spits out a report
showing you the search engine results page (SERP) ranking for each keyword you
enter.
Rank Tracker looks at the ranking performance of
keywords and compares them with the top rankings for those keywords. Ahrefs
also offers:
You'll see metrics that help you understand your
visibility, traffic, average position, and keyword difficulty.
It gives you an idea of whether a keyword would be
profitable to target or not.
SEMRush offers a tool called Position Tracking. This
tool is a project tool—you must set it up as a new project. Below are a few of
the most popular features of the SEMrush Position Tracking tool:
All subscribers are given regular data updates and
mobile search rankings upon subscribing
The platform provides opportunities to track several
SERP features, including Local tracking.
Intuitive reports allow you to track statistics for the
pages on your website, as well as the keywords used in those pages.
Identify pages that may be competing with each other
using the Cannibalization report.
Ahrefs is a more user-friendly option. It takes seconds
to enter a domain name and keywords. From there, you can quickly decide whether
to proceed with that keyword or figure out how to rank better for other
keywords.
SEMrush allows you to check your mobile rankings and
ranking updates daily, which is something Ahrefs does not offer. SEMrush also
offers social media rankings, a tool you won't find within the Ahrefs platform.
Both are good which one do you like let me know in the comment.
Keyword research is closely related to rank tracking,
but it's used for deciding which keywords you plan on using for future content
rather than those you use now.
When it comes to SEO, keyword research is the most
important thing to consider when comparing the two platforms.
The Ahrefs Keyword Explorer provides you with thousands
of keyword ideas and filters search results based on the chosen search engine.
Ahrefs supports several features, including:
SEMrush's Keyword Magic Tool has over 20 billion
keywords for Google. You can type in any keyword you want, and a list of
suggested keywords will appear.
The Keyword Magic Tool also lets you to:
Both of these tools offer keyword research features and
allow users to break down complicated tasks into something that can be
understood by beginners and advanced users alike.
If you're interested in keyword suggestions, SEMrush
appears to have more keyword suggestions than Ahrefs does. It also continues to
add new features, like the Keyword Gap tool and SERP Questions recommendations.
Both platforms offer competitor analysis tools,
eliminating the need to come up with keywords off the top of your head. Each
tool is useful for finding keywords that will be useful for your competition so
you know they will be valuable to you.
Ahrefs' domain comparison tool lets you compare up to five websites (your website and four competitors) side-by-side.it also shows you how your site is ranked against others with metrics such as backlinks, domain ratings, and more.
Use the Competing Domains section to see a list of your
most direct competitors, and explore how many keywords matches your competitors
have.
To find more information about your competitor, you can
look at the Site Explorer and Content Explorer tools and type in their URL
instead of yours.
SEMrush provides a variety of insights into your
competitors' marketing tactics. The platform enables you to research your
competitors effectively. It also offers several resources for competitor
analysis including:
Traffic Analytics helps you identify where your
audience comes from, how they engage with your site, what devices visitors use
to view your site, and how your audiences overlap with other websites.
SEMrush's Organic Research examines your website's
major competitors and shows their organic search rankings, keywords they are
ranking for, and even if they are ranking for any (SERP) features and more.
The Market Explorer search field allows you to type in
a domain and lists websites or articles similar to what you entered. Market
Explorer also allows users to perform in-depth data analytics on These
companies and markets.
SEMrush wins here because it has more tools dedicated to
competitor analysis than Ahrefs. However, Ahrefs offers a lot of functionality
in this area, too. It takes a combination of both tools to gain an advantage
over your competition.
When it comes to keyword data research, you will become
confused about which one to choose.
Consider choosing Ahrefs if you
Consider SEMrush if you:
Both tools are great. Choose the one which meets your
requirements and if you have any experience using either Ahrefs or SEMrush let
me know in the comment section which works well for you.
Temporary deal agreed to prevent escalation of standoffs around the Sierra Madre, a Philippine ship grounded on the disputed Second Thomas Shoal
The Philippines says it has “reached an understanding” with China on resupply missions to a beached Filipino naval ship that has been a key flashpoint between the two countries in the South China Sea
The Chinese foreign ministry confirmed the “temporary arrangement” with the two sides agreeing to jointly manage maritime differences and de-escalate the situation in the South China Sea.
Continue reading...The 7ft 4in basketball star’s stature, both literal and figurative, says something about France’s ability to project itself beyond Europe
In France, the days leading up to the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics have unfolded amid a frazzled atmosphere of heightened anxiety. Traffic bans, QR codes, and security barriers have effectively barred public access to the center of Paris, where the bulk of Friday’s opening ceremony will take place. Parliamentary elections have thrown the country’s politics into disarray, with the outlines of a new government still not clear weeks after left-wing parties united to form an electoral coalition to prevent the far right from gaining power. A small industry of panels and podcasts has emerged to debate whether France has any realistic hope of meeting President Emmanuel Macron’s target of a top-five medal finish in the home Olympics. And everywhere a broader cultural worry about France’s place in the world – of sport, of politics, of language – amid the ongoing supremacy of the United States and the rise of China and India has accompanied the countdown to Friday. The modern Olympics were, of course, the creation of a Frenchman – Pierre de Coubertin – and French remains one of the two official languages of the Games. But “over the last 30 years,” laments a recent piece in the French press, the “language of Molière” has “lost ground to the language of Shakespeare.” “Will we speak French at these Olympics?” asks Le Figaro, mournfully.
Into this unusual climate of hope and declinism steps the scarcely believable frame of Victor Wembanyama. Everything about the 20-year-old prodigy of French basketball is big: the potential, the hype, and of course the height, which is impressive whether it’s quoted according to American convention (7ft 4in) or European (224 centimeters). After years of watching various Greeks (Giannis Antetokounmpo), Serbs (Nikola Jokić), and Slovenians (Luka Dončić) capture all the headlines for non-US players in the NBA, the French now have an authentic superstar to call their own, and he’s perhaps the closest to a sure thing that the world of basketball has seen since LeBron was stomping around high school courts in Sampras shorts. After just one season in the NBA – which saw him record a string of miraculous scoring performances, dominate players in the prime of their careers at both ends of the court, claim the rookie of the year award by unanimous vote, and richly deliver on the promise announced by his selection as the number one pick in the 2023 draft – Wembanyama has become, along with Kylian Mbappé, the most recognizable French athlete on the planet, and the expectations he carries into these Games are immense.
Continue reading...The suffering of animals in the tourism sector is depressingly common. But we can all help shut down such cruel trades
It won’t surprise anyone to know that I’m not the sort of person who’d choose to go to tourist attractions that keep animals in captivity for human entertainment. But like many of us, when it comes to interacting with animals while on holiday, there are things I look back on that I would do differently now.
Tourist attractions such as dolphin parks and tiger temples exist only for commercial gain at the price of a lifetime of mental and often physical pain for those held captive – something most of us have come to understand and abhor. But there are some experiences that many animal lovers might not realise are harmful. Thousands of tourists visiting Asia, for example, have taken an elephant ride.
Chris Packham is a naturalist, environmental and animal welfare campaigner, author and television presenter on BBC Two’s Springwatch
Continue reading...Gen Sir Roly Walker says west faces ‘axis of uncertainty’ with increasing threats from Russia, China and Iran
Britain has to double the lethality of its army or be prepared to fight a war in three years’ time as separate threats from Russia, China and Iran come to a head around 2027, the new head of the army has warned.
Gen Sir Roly Walker, the chief of the general staff, told reporters that the west faced “an axis of uncertainty” with increasing military ambition and that a conflict involving one of the four countries could lead to “a significant detonation” in another theatre.
Continue reading...Diplomatic coup for China as Beijing declaration sets out deal to unite across territories and prepare for elections
Leaders from Hamas, Fatah and other Palestinian factions have agreed after three days of talks in Beijing to form a national unity government at an unspecified point in the future, in a move that has bolstered China’s status as a global mediator, particularly in the Middle East.
The “Beijing declaration”, signed by 14 Palestinian factions, also represents a significant step forward in negotiations between the groups, although it is light on detail about how to actually achieve Palestinian unification.
Continue reading...Members of Tokyo’s Ara Style Senior say they were inspired by the inclusion of breakdancing at this year’s Paris Olympics
Head spins and monkey flips are noticeable by their absence. But in their place there is a lot of laughter and a thumping beat, along with the occasional grimace and yelp of frustration.
The 10 people – wearing bright orange and green T-shirts that mark them out as members of Ara Style Senior – do not belong to the demographic you would normally associate with breakdancing. Their average age hovers just below 70, and the oldest is 74.
Continue reading...Pro-democracy campaign group finds exports of goods to Russia, vital to its war efforts, roughly doubled in a year
Hong Kong has become a global trade hub for “the world’s most brutal regimes”, according to a report examining the city’s role in facilitating the flow of goods to countries under sanctions by the west, including Russia, Iran and North Korea.
A report published on Monday by the Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation, a campaign group, found that between 2021 and 2022, exports of semiconductors from Hong Kong to Russia roughly doubled to $400m (£310m), second only to shipments from mainland China. Semiconductors are vital to Russia’s war effort as they are a component in weaponry such as drones and cruise missiles.
Continue reading...Case raises questions about complicity of western financial institutions in persecution of Chinese government critics
Two exiled pro-democracy Hong Kong activists have been blocked from accessing their pensions, depriving them of tens of thousands of US dollars of their savings and raising questions about the complicity of western financial institutions in the persecution of Chinese government critics.
Assets, including pension savings, belonging to Ted Hui, a former pro-democracy legislator who is now based in Australia, were frozen shortly after he fled from Hong Kong in December 2020. The assets are held by HSBC, a British bank.
Continue reading...Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer and House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries endorse Kamala Harris at press conference
Harris will not preside over the chamber when when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a joint meeting of Congress on Wednesday.
According to an aide, she will meet with Netanyahu at the White House at some point this week. On Wednesday, Harris is scheduled to be in Indianapolis to moderate a conversation with the Zeta Phi Beta sorority, Inc, one of the nation’s oldest Black sororities.
Continue reading...Strong winds and heavy rain trigger 230 weather-related events across the country, while Tropical Storm Gaemi nears Taiwan
Slovenia was hit by heavy rain and strong winds on Friday as a series of storms brought an abrupt end to a prolonged hot and dry spell.
More than 230 weather-related events including flooding and landslides have been reported across the country. The worst-hit regions were in the Gorenjska municipality of Preddvor, and in Koroška in the north, which experienced similarly devastating floods last August.
Continue reading...The Intercept keeps finding more conservative groups that were quietly removed from the Project 2025 website.
The post The List of Conservative Groups Abandoning Project 2025 Keeps Growing appeared first on The Intercept.
Fertility tourism is booming for single Chinese women with hopes of future motherhood. China's birthrate is at a record low, yet unmarried women are not legally allowed to freeze their eggs there. We meet Lei and Abu, as they travel to the US for the procedure, battling self-doubt and scepticism along the way. What does this mean for womanhood and parenting in modern China?
Continue reading...Biden’s approach to Gaza isn’t just immoral, it’s incoherent. A new candidate could break with his confused course for good.
The post It’s Time for Democrats to Break With Biden’s Addled Gaza Policy appeared first on The Intercept.
Initially peaceful demonstrations turned violent last week with more than 150 dead and thousands injured
Student activists in Bangladesh have alleged they were abducted by police and tortured for their role in the protests that have swept the country over the past month, prompting a violent police crackdown and the arrest of thousands of political opponents and government critics.
Nahid Islam, a Dhaka University student and one of the main organisers of the protest movement, which has been fighting against “discriminatory” quotas for government jobs, said he was picked up by police late last week, tortured and left unconscious on the side of the road.
Continue reading...Court overturns ruling reserving 30% of government jobs for independence war veterans and their relatives
Bangladesh’s top court has scaled back the quotas on government jobs that led to widespread student-led protests and violent clashes that killed more than 100 people.
On Sunday afternoon the supreme court overturned a ruling that had reintroduced quotas for all civil service jobs, meaning that 30% were reserved for veterans and relatives of those who fought in the Bangladesh war of independence in 1971.
Continue reading...Citizens confined to homes with no internet access as student-led protests lead to deadly clashes with authorities
Police in Bangladesh have been granted “shoot-on-sight” orders and a nationwide curfew has been imposed as student-led protests continue to roil the country, leaving more than 100 people dead.
The curfew, imposed at midnight on Friday, was expected to last until Sunday morning as police tried to bring the swiftly deteriorating security situation under control, with military personnel patrolling the streets of the capital.
Continue reading...Army to be deployed to keep order after demonstrators free hundreds of prisoners and country is hit by serious unrest
The Bangladeshi government has declared a national curfew and announced plans to deploy the army to tackle the country’s worst unrest in a decade, after student protesters stormed a prison and freed hundreds of inmates.
“The government has decided to impose a curfew and deploy the military in aid of the civilian authorities,” a government spokesperson said late on Friday.
Continue reading...Incensed crowd facing riot police set BTV building on fire as students demand end to discriminatory job quotas
Bangladeshi students have set fire to the state broadcaster’s building a day after the prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, appeared on the network seeking to calm escalating clashes that had killed at least 39 people.
Hundreds of protesters demanding reform of civil service hiring rules clashed with riot police who had shot at them with rubber bullets on Thursday, chasing the retreating officers to BTV’s headquarters in the capital, Dhaka.
Continue reading...Assassination attempts targeting populist leaders have had a track record of boosting their popularity.
The post Will This Make Trump More Popular? appeared first on The Intercept.
Ban Khun Samut Chin, a coastal village in Samut Prakan province, Thailand, has been slowly swallowed by the sea over the past few decades. This has led to the relocation of the school and many homes, resulting in a dwindling population. Currently, there are only four students attending the school, often leaving just one in each classroom. The village has experienced severe coastal erosion, causing 1.1-2km (0.5-1.2 miles) of shoreline to disappear since the mid-1950s
Continue reading...The picturesque Ile-de-Bréhat follows major cities such as Amsterdam and Venice with measures to reduce visitors
A small, picturesque island off the north coast of Brittany has imposed a summer tourist quota in an effort to ensure visitors have a more enjoyable experience and its 400-odd permanent residents do not feel swamped.
From this week until 23 August, the number of people allowed on to Ile-de-Bréhat – excluding local people, second homeowners and workers – between 8.30am and 2.30pm must not exceed 4,700, said the island’s mayor, Olivier Carré.
Continue reading...Hull’s David Remfry was ‘artist in residence’ at the legendary hotel, portraying dominatrixes, drag acts and rock stars – including an annoyingly twitchy Dee Dee Ramone in a room smelling of glue. He relives a ‘magic time’
Memorialised in song by former residents Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen and Nico, New York’s Hotel Chelsea has housed an astonishing clientele of artists, writers and mavericks including Brendan Behan, Arthur C Clarke (who called it his “spiritual home”), Andy Warhol and Jackson Pollock. In 1994 the British artist David Remfry, then 52, joined this esteemed roll-call when he relocated to New York ahead of an exhibition of works he intended to paint in the city. He went on to spend 17 years at the Chelsea, drawing and painting its remarkable denizens. “I was in heaven,” he says. His pencil portrait of punk pioneer Dee Dee Ramone is part of this year’s Royal Academy summer exhibition.
Raised in Hull and now based in London, Remfry arrived at the Chelsea check-in desk that summer with “17 pieces of luggage, no reservation and no money. Stanley Bard, the owner, asked me, ‘David, how much do your paintings sell for? And how many do you paint a year?’ I think he was figuring out how much he could charge me.”
Continue reading...DfT told to look into lessening demand amid reduced capacity after HS2’s second leg axed
The axing of HS2’s second leg is likely to mean higher train fares on the west coast mainline from London to Manchester and beyond to reduce demand, according to a report from the government’s spending watchdog.
Rishi Sunak cancelled work on the HS2 high speed railway north of Birmingham last September, citing spiralling costs, and promised to divert the £36bn budget to other transport schemes, including £8bn for filling potholes.
Continue reading...Civil Aviation Authority proposes measure to help consumers make ‘more informed travel choices’
Airlines may have to tell passengers the environmental impact of the flights they book under new proposals from the UK regulator.
The Civil Aviation Authority said consumers should be able to make more informed travel choices when booking flights and package holidays.
Continue reading...The suffering of animals in the tourism sector is depressingly common. But we can all help shut down such cruel trades
It won’t surprise anyone to know that I’m not the sort of person who’d choose to go to tourist attractions that keep animals in captivity for human entertainment. But like many of us, when it comes to interacting with animals while on holiday, there are things I look back on that I would do differently now.
Tourist attractions such as dolphin parks and tiger temples exist only for commercial gain at the price of a lifetime of mental and often physical pain for those held captive – something most of us have come to understand and abhor. But there are some experiences that many animal lovers might not realise are harmful. Thousands of tourists visiting Asia, for example, have taken an elephant ride.
Chris Packham is a naturalist, environmental and animal welfare campaigner, author and television presenter on BBC Two’s Springwatch
Continue reading...Compare prices for official and off-site airport parking, and make sure your passport is still valid for travel
The UK has some of the highest airport parking charges in the world. However, you can reduce the eye-watering bill by booking ahead, and, often, going away from the airport site. Try the Purple Parking comparison website to find the cheapest deals – it covers all the UK airports, and offers a 15% discount for signing up to its emails – but check the official airport website, too.
Continue reading...In 1972, while travelling the world, the Robertsons’ boat was attacked by whales. They found themselves adrift for weeks on a tiny raft, forced to drink turtle blood, kill sharks and use enemas to stay hydrated, while fighting for their lives
It was 10am on a choppy morning at sea when 18-year-old Douglas Robertson heard a bang. Then another. And another. Their 13-metre (43ft) wooden schooner Lucette had been lifted out of the sea. “I thought: What the hell was that? We must have gone aground.” He looked at his father and discovered he was ankle-deep in water. Then he looked over his shoulder to the vastness of the Pacific. “There were three orcas; a daddy, mummy and a baby in between. The daddy’s head was split open and bleeding badly.”
He turned back to his father, who was now knee-deep in water. It was only then that it dawned on him what had happened. The whales had attacked the schooner. “Dougal said: ‘Abandon ship, we’re sinking!’” Douglas, who had a complex relationship with the father he adored and feared, always calls him by his first name. “I said: ‘Abandon ship? We’re not in the marina, we’re in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Abandon ship to where?’ Dougal said: ‘Over there.’ He pointed to the ocean. And I thought, he means it, he bloody well means it.”
Continue reading...Following serious disorder, Nigel Farage’s cynical response was an attempt to import Trump-style discord into our cities
The renowned social historian David Kynaston observed at the weekend that multicultural Britain has made huge progress compared with 60 years ago, when local Conservatives ran a notoriously racist election campaign in the West Midlands constituency of Smethwick. He is, of course, quite right. It is impossible to imagine a serious political figure delivering a speech like the inflammatory 1968 “rivers of blood” address by Enoch Powell. But the response of some on the contemporary right to the recent disorder in Leeds shows that there is no room for complacency.
After rioting broke out in the deprived multi-ethnic district of Harehills following the removal of children from a Roma family into care, the home secretary, Yvette Cooper, swiftly condemned the violence, which saw a police car tipped over, officers attacked and a passing bus set on fire. A series of arrests have since been made, with more likely to follow. Leeds city council has, meanwhile, announced that it will undertake a review of the case that sparked the unrest, which took place in an area with a large Roma population. That review should also seek to address known causes of alienation and mistrust in a troubled community.
Do you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a response of up to 300 words by email to be considered for publication in our letters section, please click here.
Continue reading...We’re keen to hear from people why they have waited to book their summer holiday this year, and what destinations they will be travelling to
As extreme weather may have contributed to the rise in late bookings reported by the holiday firm Jet2 this summer, with many Britons making arrangements for last minute getways, we’d like to know where people are going.
If you have booked a last minute holiday this summer or are about to, tell us where you’re headed and why you’ve waited until now to book.
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The Orion vehicle that will bring astronauts around the Moon and back for the first time in over 50 years was recently tested in a refurbished altitude chamber used during the Apollo era.
Engineers tested Orion in a near-vacuum environment designed to simulate the space conditions the vehicle will travel through during its mission towards the Moon. Teams emptied the altitude chamber of air, a process taking up to a day, to create a very low-pressure environment over 2000 times lower and more vacuum-like than inside your vacuum cleaner. Orion remained in the altitude chamber’s low-pressure environment for around a week, with engineering teams monitoring the spacecraft’s systems and collecting data to qualify Orion for safely flying the Artemis II crew through the harsh environment of space.
The next step for Orion will take place after the summer: the installation of its four, seven-metre long solar arrays that the European Service Module (ESM) will use to power the vehicle and its crew of four towards the Moon and back during the Artemis II mission.
Rachid Amekrane, Project Manager for Orion ESM at Airbus, stands next to the Orion spacecraft inside the altitude chamber at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Next to his hand are four nozzles; these are some of the reaction control system engines of the ESM. In total, there are 33 engines on the ESM: 24 reaction control system engines, eight auxiliary thrusters and a Shuttle-era main engine.
Decades before the FBI targeted me for my journalism, its treatment of my uncle, an FBI agent, devastated our family.
The post My Family’s Long and Painful Relationship With the FBI appeared first on The Intercept.
Fertility tourism is booming for single Chinese women with hopes of future motherhood. China's birthrate is at a record low, yet unmarried women are not legally allowed to freeze their eggs there. We meet Lei and Abu, as they travel to the US for the procedure, battling self-doubt and scepticism along the way. What does this mean for womanhood and parenting in modern China?
Continue reading...Yes, you can use Signal without sharing your personal phone number. Here’s how I did it.
The post How I Got a Truly Anonymous Signal Account appeared first on The Intercept.
From biking adventures to city breaks, get inspiration for your next break – whether in the UK or further afield – with twice-weekly emails from the Guardian’s travel editors. You’ll also receive handpicked offers from Guardian Holidays.
From biking adventures to city breaks, get inspiration for your next break – whether in the UK or further afield – with twice-weekly emails from the Guardian’s travel editors.
You’ll also receive handpicked offers from Guardian Holidays.
Continue reading...Pro-democracy campaign group finds exports of goods to Russia, vital to its war efforts, roughly doubled in a year
Hong Kong has become a global trade hub for “the world’s most brutal regimes”, according to a report examining the city’s role in facilitating the flow of goods to countries under sanctions by the west, including Russia, Iran and North Korea.
A report published on Monday by the Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation, a campaign group, found that between 2021 and 2022, exports of semiconductors from Hong Kong to Russia roughly doubled to $400m (£310m), second only to shipments from mainland China. Semiconductors are vital to Russia’s war effort as they are a component in weaponry such as drones and cruise missiles.
Continue reading...Vice-president to hold first campaign rally in Milwaukee as top figures voice support and campaign donations pour in
Kamala Harris is carrying the energy and momentum from a whirlwind ascent to the presumptive Democratic presidential nomination to her first campaign rally in Milwaukee on Tuesday afternoon, as she takes the first formal steps towards choosing a running mate.
Her appearance in Milwaukee follows confirmation on Monday that the vice-president had secured the support of enough Democratic party delegates at its national convention next month to win the nomination for November’s election.
Continue reading...The Intercept keeps finding more conservative groups that were quietly removed from the Project 2025 website.
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For a time, associating with Nick Fuentes was enough to tank a career in GOP politics. Now, it hardly seems to matter.
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A recent poll shows Dan Osborn, a UAW-backed Nebraska independent underdog, tied with Republican incumbent Sen. Deb Fischer.
The post As Republicans’ 2024 Strategy Is Upended, Poll Shows Nebraska Senate Seat May Be Up for Grabs appeared first on The Intercept.
Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer and House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries endorse Kamala Harris at press conference
Harris will not preside over the chamber when when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a joint meeting of Congress on Wednesday.
According to an aide, she will meet with Netanyahu at the White House at some point this week. On Wednesday, Harris is scheduled to be in Indianapolis to moderate a conversation with the Zeta Phi Beta sorority, Inc, one of the nation’s oldest Black sororities.
Continue reading...Several Labour rebels expected to vote with opposition amid row over whether new government should abandon the policy
James O’Brien is on a week-long break from presenting LBC and he has a surprising stand-in on the airwaves: Suella Braverman. The former home secretary said told listeners she would vote for Donald Trump if she was a US citizen.
“I want Trump to be president,” she said. “If we look at the policy - don’t look at the characters and the personalities - if we look at the policy, I think the world will be safer under Donald Trump.
Continue reading...Although less combative than usual, the former home secretary moaned about migration and said she would vote Trump
Attention. Do not adjust your radio sets. Normal service will be resumed shortly.
Fair to say that most listeners tuning in to LBC at 10am on Tuesday morning would have been in for a shock. Regular presenter James O’Brien was off on his hols and in his place was Suella Braverman. From the beating heart of liberal Britain to the rightwing dog whistle of the Tory party. And no one sounded more surprised than Suella herself. “James must be having a heart attack,” she said nervously at the start.
Continue reading...Cheatle steps down a day after House hearing where members of both parties called for her to quit
The director of the US Secret Service, Kimberly Cheatle, has resigned just a day after a contentious House hearing where members of both parties called for her to quit her job in the wake of the assassination attempt against Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania rally.
Cheatle, who had served as Secret Service director since August 2022, had called the attempt on Trump’s life the Secret Service’s “most significant operational failure” in decades.
Continue reading...It’s a familiar story: Women of color get tasked with cleaning up the messes made by white men.
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Talk of building reactors in Australia is breeding uncertainty and delaying decisions to back major solar and wind projects
Renewable energy investment figures have revealed growing worries the Coalition’s plans to build nuclear reactors in Australia is breeding uncertainty and is already delaying decisions to back major solar and wind projects.
The Coalition’s push to build taxpayer-funded nuclear reactors at seven locations while refusing to back improved climate targets could see investors shifting huge sums of cash to other economies where the clean energy transition has bipartisan support.
Continue reading...The dropping of comedian Sebastian Hotz and Elon Musk’s intervention raise serious questions about freedom of speech
“The point of comedy is to make fun of everyone,” a Berlin friend told me recently. What matters, he argued, is that you make yourself look silly too. But along the way, you’re allowed to disrespect everyone as long as you are being creative enough. That, in his opinion, is what the genre is for.
I get what he means. Yet having followed enough of Germany’s tortured discussions around comedy and satire over recent years, something about this argument doesn’t feel right.
Fatma Aydemir is a Berlin-based author, novelist, playwright and a Guardian Europe columnist
Continue reading...Biden’s approach to Gaza isn’t just immoral, it’s incoherent. A new candidate could break with his confused course for good.
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Residents of Berkeley, California, acknowledge Harris has ‘a lot stacked against her’ but are hopeful for her victory
As Kamala Harris emerged as the Democratic frontrunner to replace Joe Biden, residents of her home town of Berkeley, California, greeted the news of her potentially history-making White House run with enthusiasm – and some trepidation.
Those who once knew her as a little girl living above a daycare on Bancroft Avenue were proud of their home town hero and – like many Democratic supporters in the US – hopeful she has a better chance than Joe Biden of beating Donald Trump.
Continue reading...Vice-president’s record on climate crisis strikes stark contrast with Trump in potential 2024 election match-up
Kamala Harris has a strong record on the environment that will provide a vivid contrast with Donald Trump, who has vowed to rescind climate change policies should he return to the White House, according to green advocates who have welcomed the prospect of a Harris presidency.
“We are confident that she is ready to carry forward President Biden’s historic legacy and set a new high bar for climate ambition in America,” said Lena Moffitt, executive director of Evergreen, one of a raft of green groups, including Sierra Club, League of Conservation Voters Action Fund and the NRDC Action Fund that have now endorsed the leading contender for the Democratic nomination.
Continue reading...Endorsements for Harris to be the new Democratic presidential nominee have come thick and fast. But without Joe Biden can the Democrats win the US election? s
It’s been a rollercoaster couple of weeks in the US election campaign. On Sunday Joe Biden announced he would not stand for re-election, before endorsing his vice-president, Kamala Harris, as the presidential candidate for the Democrats. On Monday endorsements – and money – rolled in from donors and political luminaries.
Mehdi Hasan, a columnist for the Guardian US and a co-founder of the media organisation Zeteo, tells Michael Safi why despite criticising Kamala Harris in the past he is now an enthusiastic supporter of her campaign to be the next president.
Continue reading...The president’s decision to abandon his bid for re-election gives his party a chance to reinvigorate the campaign and beat Donald Trump
Joe Biden’s announcement on Sunday marked the beginning of the end of an American political life filled with second acts. None was more remarkable than his defeat of Donald Trump in 2020. His acceptance that he could not do so again will burnish what his vice-president on Monday described as an “unmatched” legacy. Elected to relief rather than elation, as the man saving the US from a second Trump term, he became the president who helped it recover from the pandemic, pushed through a landmark green infrastructure package and sought to shape a fairer economy.
He could now be a lame duck, beset by Republican attacks on his capacity to continue as commander-in-chief. But he could cement his record, emboldened by the certainty of departure from office. His decision to quit his re-election bid was belated, yet in sharp contrast to Mr Trump’s delusional egotism.
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Continue reading...Following serious disorder, Nigel Farage’s cynical response was an attempt to import Trump-style discord into our cities
The renowned social historian David Kynaston observed at the weekend that multicultural Britain has made huge progress compared with 60 years ago, when local Conservatives ran a notoriously racist election campaign in the West Midlands constituency of Smethwick. He is, of course, quite right. It is impossible to imagine a serious political figure delivering a speech like the inflammatory 1968 “rivers of blood” address by Enoch Powell. But the response of some on the contemporary right to the recent disorder in Leeds shows that there is no room for complacency.
After rioting broke out in the deprived multi-ethnic district of Harehills following the removal of children from a Roma family into care, the home secretary, Yvette Cooper, swiftly condemned the violence, which saw a police car tipped over, officers attacked and a passing bus set on fire. A series of arrests have since been made, with more likely to follow. Leeds city council has, meanwhile, announced that it will undertake a review of the case that sparked the unrest, which took place in an area with a large Roma population. That review should also seek to address known causes of alienation and mistrust in a troubled community.
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Continue reading...Israeli PM will visit US amid political tumult and his meeting with Biden will be a test of US president’s influence
Benjamin Netanyahu is due to arrive in Washington on Monday at a moment of historic political tumult, as he is scheduled to meet the outgoing US president, Joe Biden, and address a divided Congress amid fears of a growing regional war in the Middle East.
The Israeli prime minister’s arrival will come just a day after Biden bowed out of the presidential race, and will be a major test of Biden’s ability to project US influence and restraint on Israel in the lame duck period of his presidency. Netanyahu will be forced to walk a tightrope as he balances between the Donald Trump-led Republican party and a reinvigorated Democratic campaign that may unite behind the vice-president, Kamala Harris.
Continue reading...Oklahoma’s attorney general believes Glossip’s conviction should be overturned. Chief Justice John Roberts chose a former clerk to argue that the AG is wrong.
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President Joe Biden doesn’t deserve praise for dropping his reelection campaign. He deserves blame for getting us into this mess.
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The Guardian’s Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey discuss Joe Biden’s decision to withdraw from the US presidential race and whether the honeymoon period that Keir Starmer is enjoying will last. Plus, are the Tories really going to wait until next April to elect a new leader?
Continue reading...Kamala Harris is less burdened by Biden’s disastrous support for Israel’s war, sparking some hope in pro-Palestine advocates.
The post Biden Should Have Quit Over Gaza, but His Exit Could Be an Inflection Point appeared first on The Intercept.
President Joe Biden upended the 2024 US election race by withdrawing as his party’s canidate to face Donald Trump and instead threw his support behind his vice president Kamala Harris. Jonathan Freedland spoke to Nikki McCann Ramirez for a special episode of Politics Weekly America
Continue reading...Joe Biden has withdrawn from the presidential race after weeks of pressure to quit. Four months before Americans head to the polls, Biden has endorsed his vice-president Kamala Harris to be the new nominee.
Jonathan Freedland is joined by politics reporter Nikki McCann Ramírez to discuss what happens next. Will Democrats rally around Harris, who has already had endorsements from fellow Democrats, and does she have what it takes to beat Republican nominee Donald Trump?
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Continue reading...Joe Biden has withdrawn from the race for the US presidency, an extraordinary decision upending American politics, that plunges the Democratic nomination into uncertainty just months before the November election against Donald Trump, a candidate he has warned is an existential threat to US democracy. Biden thanked the vice-president, Kamala Harris, in a letter announcing his decision, and later endorsed her as the Democratic nominee for president in a tweet.
In this video the Guardian US's politics correspondent, Lauren Gambino, explains why Biden has ultimately decided to step aside
Continue reading...In today’s newsletter: President William Ruto’s unpopular finance bill has sparked a wave of protests – that have been met with brutality and yet more discord in the country
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Anti-government protests are expected to escalate in Kenya after a month of demonstrations that erupted again across the country on Tuesday calling for the president, William Ruto, to resign. In response to police hostility, protesters set fires, threw stones and chanted “Ruto must go” and “Stop killing us”. The demonstrations were met with police firing teargas and water cannon at those involved and the press. One man was shot dead and his body carried through the streets to a nearby police station.
King’s speech | Keir Starmer has set out a government agenda that he claims can counter the “snake oil charm of populism” in a king’s speech pledging change to people’s lives including rights at work, cheaper energy and secure housing.
Israel-Gaza war | The US military-built pier for carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza will be dismantled and brought home, ending a mission that has been fraught with repeated weather and security problems that limited how much food and other supplies could get to starving Palestinians.
Europe | Labour’s proposed foreign policy and security pact with the EU sounds “quite promising”, the head of the European parliament’s foreign affairs committee has said, adding that the British government should use the next weeks and months to come up with proposals that are “as concrete as possible”.
US election 2024 | JD Vance formally accepted the Republican vice-presidential nomination on Wednesday with a deliberate, and at times divisive, pitch to re-elect Donald Trump in November.
Environment | The Labour government must oversee a massive ramping up of renewable energy generation in this parliament or the UK will breach its international obligations under the Paris agreement, the government’s climate watchdog has said.
Continue reading...Joining the exodus from Project 2025 is Americans United for Life, a national anti-abortion group.
The post Conservative Organizations Are Quietly Scurrying Away From Project 2025 appeared first on The Intercept.
Maggie Goodlander’s campaign has also been boosted by a super PAC with links to billionaires Jeff Bezos and Michael Bloomberg.
The post A Well-Connected Veteran’s Congressional Campaign Is Fueled by Out-of-State Donors appeared first on The Intercept.
Less than a week after a failed assassination attempt, Donald Trump accepted the Republican presidential nomination in Milwaukee. But supposed nods to national unity gave way to partisan falsehoods, as the former president was anointed at a moment of national crisis. Oliver Laughland and Tom Silverstone go behind the scenes at the RNC
Continue reading...Emily Jashinsky of “Counter Points” discusses Republican National Convention takeaways with Ryan Grim.
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Pompeyo González Pascual, 76, sent explosive packages to Spain’s prime minister and US and Ukrainian embassies
A Spanish court has sentenced an elderly man to 18 years in prison over letter bombs sent to Spain’s prime minister and the US and Ukrainian embassies in 2022.
Pompeyo González Pascual, 76, who opposed western support for Ukraine after Russia’s invasion, was found guilty of terrorism and manufacturing explosives by Spain’s top criminal court, the audiencia nacional.
Continue reading...A human rights law firm has accused the International Olympic Committee of negligence after releasing a dossier of 17 Russian and Belarusian athletes due to compete at Paris, who it said had shown support for the war in Ukraine in breach of Olympic rules.
Global Rights Compliance, based in London and Kyiv, said the athletes had either liked social media posts supporting the invasion of Ukraine, competed in pro-war competitions or were members of military-linked sports clubs.
Continue reading...Gen Sir Roly Walker says west faces ‘axis of uncertainty’ with increasing threats from Russia, China and Iran
Britain has to double the lethality of its army or be prepared to fight a war in three years’ time as separate threats from Russia, China and Iran come to a head around 2027, the new head of the army has warned.
Gen Sir Roly Walker, the chief of the general staff, told reporters that the west faced “an axis of uncertainty” with increasing military ambition and that a conflict involving one of the four countries could lead to “a significant detonation” in another theatre.
Continue reading...Mikel Arteta picked four different left-backs last season – hence his desire to sign the versatile Bologna defender
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Riccardo Calafiori’s career could have been over before it had even started. Six years ago, while playing for the Roma youth team against Viktoria Plzen, he was on the receiving end of a horrendous tackle that destroyed his knee, rupturing all of the ligaments in his meniscus. “There is the most important battle of my life ahead of me, and I certainly cannot back down,” wrote the 16-year-old Calafiori on Instagram as he began a year of recovery. Had he been any older, and had his body still not been developing, he might not have recovered the way he has.
Fast-forward to the present day and Calafiori is on the cusp of a high-profile move to Arsenal. The 22-year-old was one of a few Italy players to come out of Euro 2024 with any credit after they put up a turgid defence of their title in Germany this summer. The young centre-back’s performances caught the eye of Europe’s elite, with Arsenal hoping to win the scramble for his services.
Continue reading...A rise in sexual violence means food prices have leapt in CAR as women and girls say they fear working in the fields
The two sisters had just arrived at their family’s field when two Russian mercenaries showed up. They held the girls at gunpoint and took turns raping them. “We told them we were virgins and begged them not to touch us. But they wouldn’t listen,” says Koko*.
She was 17 when the attack happened on a Saturday morning last September in the family’s field of yams and cassava in Ngaguene village, near the Central African Republic (CAR) town of Bouar.
Continue reading...The Observer’s wine writer selects drinks to pair with an outdoors meal or to relax with over a lazy afternoon
The Wine Atlas Carricante Terre Siciliane
Sicily, Italy 2023 (£6.50, Asda)
Sicily’s Carricante is one of Italy’s most distinctive grapes. It’s at its scintillating best on the slopes of Mount Etna, but this example, from vineyards lower on the island, is brilliant value: softly peachy and gently incisive.
Remaining 800 residents evacuated from last block still standing at Le Vele di Scampia, setting for hit TV series
Two people have died and 13 were injured after the partial collapse of a raised passageway on a building in a dilapidated housing estate on the outskirts of Naples, southern Italy.
The incident in Scampia occurred late on Monday night on a third-floor walkway at Vela Celeste, the last and most populous of four sail-shaped blocks due to be demolished as part of a redevelopment scheme in the deprived area.
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Late spring and early summer blazes in Canada, Alaska and eastern Russia add to carbon emissions
The northern hemisphere has had a large number of intense wildfires in the first half of summer, carrying vast amounts of smoke across Eurasia and North America.
Research by the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (Cams) showed large-scale and intense wildfires had been developing throughout the late spring and summer, with numerous fires burning in Canada, Alaska and eastern Russia.
Continue reading...Tensions over Palestinian death toll have eerie parallels to western concerns about current Israeli operations
Tony Blair’s government accused Israeli forces of acting more like the “Russian army than that of a civilised country” during a major military incursion into the occupied West Bank, newly released official files show.
The tensions, which have eerie parallels to western concerns over current Israeli operations in the Gaza Strip, are laid bare in papers released by the National Archives.
Continue reading...Security group Magen Am’s staff also includes a former Navy SEAL who posted a video of waterboarding his own child.
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Richard Bonfield recalls how he organised a peaceful gathering that led to an inquiry and, ultimately, victory for local people
Re George Monbiot’s article about peaceful protests following the jailing of four Just Stop Oil activists (A record sentence for a Zoom call, arrests for those holding signs outside. This is a blight on British democracy, 19 July), I agree with peaceful protests that can make a difference in changing people’s minds and hearts, but not with actions that cause misery to ordinary people, as was the case with the M25 protest.
In May 2011, I was the organiser of the biggest peaceful protest outside the Senedd Cymru against proposals for swathes of windfarms and pylons to cover huge areas of mid-Wales. Initially, each village set up it own protest group, but quickly everyone realised that we needed one group to fight these imposed developments – result, all 25 groups came together.
Continue reading...Statistics raise concerns that rise in demand for data processing driven by AI could derail climate targets
Ireland’s energy-hungry datacentres consumed more electricity last year than all of its urban homes combined, according to official figures.
The country’s growing fleet of datacentres used 21% of its electricity, an increase of a fifth on 2022, according to the Central Statistics Office.
Continue reading...Energy regulator says southern areas of Australia will remain ‘susceptible to demand and supply shocks’ for the rest of winter
Wholesale power prices rose sharply across much of Australia in the June quarter after a cold snap lifted demand, according to the Australian Energy Regulator.
The regulator’s quarterly report, released on Wednesday, also warned the southern areas of Australia “remain susceptible to demand and supply shocks” for the rest of winter.
Continue reading...Civil Aviation Authority proposes measure to help consumers make ‘more informed travel choices’
Airlines may have to tell passengers the environmental impact of the flights they book under new proposals from the UK regulator.
The Civil Aviation Authority said consumers should be able to make more informed travel choices when booking flights and package holidays.
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Project 2025 and Vance agree: “The Dobbs decision is just the beginning.”
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Judge Aileen Cannon followed the playbook from Thomas’s solo opinion in the Trump immunity case.
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Amid questions about authorities’ actions and coordination, the local Butler Township cops had a leadership vacuum.
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Potential buyers view property mooted as a music studio, novelty Airbnb or even a hideaway for world war three
It’s a property with no windows, no running water and no mod cons except for a phone line. But there is parking, the countryside is phenomenal and when Armageddon happens it could be perfect.
This week will bring the rare sale of a 1958 nuclear bunker in the Cumbrian Dales near Sedbergh.
Continue reading...Decades before the FBI targeted me for my journalism, its treatment of my uncle, an FBI agent, devastated our family.
The post My Family’s Long and Painful Relationship With the FBI appeared first on The Intercept.
The Trump rally shooting reveals a bipartisan consensus about what constitutes political violence — and who should wield it.
The post The Only Kind of “Political Violence” All U.S. Politicians Oppose appeared first on The Intercept.
Assassination attempts targeting populist leaders have had a track record of boosting their popularity.
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A lineup for the senses includes Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice sequel, Lady Gaga in Joker: Folie à Deux and Angelina Jolie as Maria Callas. How nutritious it will prove remains to be seen
Kidman, Clooney, Craig and Jolie join Venice film festival lineup
Once again, Venice film festival director Alberto Barbera presents a mouthwateringly calorific menu of awards-bait movies, and a pageant of Hollywood stars about to arrive at the Palazzo del Cinema, kicking off with Tim Burton’s sequel Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.
The debate about festival gender parity among directors, never a huge priority in Venice, does seem to have receded still further in the memory – but there are brilliant women directors and it’s another festival of alpha-list auteurs and bankable names either side of the camera, both in competition and out – 86-year-old French icon Claude Lelouch is incidentally in the latter list, poignantly giving us his swan song Finalement … Ou La Folie Des Sentiments.
Continue reading...The hit tornado sequel has two hot actors – Glen Powell and Daisy Edgar-Jones – avoid a climactic smooch. Is Steven Spielberg to blame?
Minor spoilers ahead
If you haven’t seen Twisters, Lee Isaac Chung’s loosely related sequel to the 1996 film starring Bill Paxton and Helen Hunt, you should stop reading this and change that – and, specifically, see it in 4DX, because the gimmicky movie/ride combo will never get better than watching hot people chase tornadoes while getting tossed in your seat and battered by wind.
If you have seen the heartland disaster flick that’s rejuvenating the adult box office (it made over $80m in the US over the weekend), then you likely have some pressing questions: is there reliably a tornado every day in Oklahoma? Can you really kill a twister with what appears to be barrels of laundry detergent? Where is Glen Powell’s dog, Brisket? And most pressing: why don’t Tyler Owens and Kate Carter, the two hot-for-storms protagonists played by Powell and Daisy Edgar-Jones, kiss at the end?
Continue reading...Decades before the FBI targeted me for my journalism, its treatment of my uncle, an FBI agent, devastated our family.
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Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are the most popular digital assets today, capturing the attention of cryptocurrency investors, whales and people from around the world. People find it amazing that some users spend thousands or millions of dollars on a single NFT-based image of a monkey or other token, but you can simply take a screenshot for free. So here we share some freuently asked question about NFTs.
NFT stands for non-fungible token, which is a cryptographic token on a blockchain with unique identification codes that distinguish it from other tokens. NFTs are unique and not interchangeable, which means no two NFTs are the same. NFTs can be a unique artwork, GIF, Images, videos, Audio album. in-game items, collectibles etc.
A blockchain is a distributed digital ledger that allows for the secure storage of data. By recording any kind of information—such as bank account transactions, the ownership of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs), or Decentralized Finance (DeFi) smart contracts—in one place, and distributing it to many different computers, blockchains ensure that data can’t be manipulated without everyone in the system being aware.
The value of an NFT comes from its ability to be traded freely and securely on the blockchain, which is not possible with other current digital ownership solutionsThe NFT points to its location on the blockchain, but doesn’t necessarily contain the digital property. For example, if you replace one bitcoin with another, you will still have the same thing. If you buy a non-fungible item, such as a movie ticket, it is impossible to replace it with any other movie ticket because each ticket is unique to a specific time and place.
One of the unique characteristics of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) is that they can be tokenised to create a digital certificate of ownership that can be bought, sold and traded on the blockchain.
As with crypto-currency, records of who owns what are stored on a ledger that is maintained by thousands of computers around the world. These records can’t be forged because the whole system operates on an open-source network.
NFTs also contain smart contracts—small computer programs that run on the blockchain—that give the artist, for example, a cut of any future sale of the token.
Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) aren't cryptocurrencies, but they do use blockchain technology. Many NFTs are based on Ethereum, where the blockchain serves as a ledger for all the transactions related to said NFT and the properties it represents.5) How to make an NFT?
Anyone can create an NFT. All you need is a digital wallet, some ethereum tokens and a connection to an NFT marketplace where you’ll be able to upload and sell your creations
When you purchase a stock in NFT, that purchase is recorded on the blockchain—the bitcoin ledger of transactions—and that entry acts as your proof of ownership.
The value of an NFT varies a lot based on the digital asset up for grabs. People use NFTs to trade and sell digital art, so when creating an NFT, you should consider the popularity of your digital artwork along with historical statistics.
In the year 2021, a digital artist called Pak created an artwork called The Merge. It was sold on the Nifty Gateway NFT market for $91.8 million.
Non-fungible tokens can be used in investment opportunities. One can purchase an NFT and resell it at a profit. Certain NFT marketplaces let sellers of NFTs keep a percentage of the profits from sales of the assets they create.
Many people want to buy NFTs because it lets them support the arts and own something cool from their favorite musicians, brands, and celebrities. NFTs also give artists an opportunity to program in continual royalties if someone buys their work. Galleries see this as a way to reach new buyers interested in art.
There are many places to buy digital assets, like opensea and their policies vary. On top shot, for instance, you sign up for a waitlist that can be thousands of people long. When a digital asset goes on sale, you are occasionally chosen to purchase it.
To mint an NFT token, you must pay some amount of gas fee to process the transaction on the Etherum blockchain, but you can mint your NFT on a different blockchain called Polygon to avoid paying gas fees. This option is available on OpenSea and this simply denotes that your NFT will only be able to trade using Polygon's blockchain and not Etherum's blockchain. Mintable allows you to mint NFTs for free without paying any gas fees.
The answer is no. Non-Fungible Tokens are minted on the blockchain using cryptocurrencies such as Etherum, Solana, Polygon, and so on. Once a Non-Fungible Token is minted, the transaction is recorded on the blockchain and the contract or license is awarded to whoever has that Non-Fungible Token in their wallet.
You can sell your work and creations by attaching a license to it on the blockchain, where its ownership can be transferred. This lets you get exposure without losing full ownership of your work. Some of the most successful projects include Cryptopunks, Bored Ape Yatch Club NFTs, SandBox, World of Women and so on. These NFT projects have gained popularity globally and are owned by celebrities and other successful entrepreneurs. Owning one of these NFTs gives you an automatic ticket to exclusive business meetings and life-changing connections.
That’s a wrap. Hope you guys found this article enlightening. I just answer some question with my limited knowledge about NFTs. If you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to drop them in the comment section below. Also I have a question for you, Is bitcoin an NFTs? let me know in The comment section below
The Guardian’s Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey discuss Joe Biden’s decision to withdraw from the US presidential race and whether the honeymoon period that Keir Starmer is enjoying will last. Plus, are the Tories really going to wait until next April to elect a new leader?
Continue reading...President Joe Biden upended the 2024 US election race by withdrawing as his party’s canidate to face Donald Trump and instead threw his support behind his vice president Kamala Harris. Jonathan Freedland spoke to Nikki McCann Ramirez for a special episode of Politics Weekly America
Continue reading...Joe Biden has withdrawn from the presidential race after weeks of pressure to quit. Four months before Americans head to the polls, Biden has endorsed his vice-president Kamala Harris to be the new nominee.
Jonathan Freedland is joined by politics reporter Nikki McCann Ramírez to discuss what happens next. Will Democrats rally around Harris, who has already had endorsements from fellow Democrats, and does she have what it takes to beat Republican nominee Donald Trump?
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Continue reading...Maggie Goodlander’s campaign has also been boosted by a super PAC with links to billionaires Jeff Bezos and Michael Bloomberg.
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Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer and House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries endorse Kamala Harris at press conference
Harris will not preside over the chamber when when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a joint meeting of Congress on Wednesday.
According to an aide, she will meet with Netanyahu at the White House at some point this week. On Wednesday, Harris is scheduled to be in Indianapolis to moderate a conversation with the Zeta Phi Beta sorority, Inc, one of the nation’s oldest Black sororities.
Continue reading...It’s a familiar story: Women of color get tasked with cleaning up the messes made by white men.
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The president’s decision to abandon his bid for re-election gives his party a chance to reinvigorate the campaign and beat Donald Trump
Joe Biden’s announcement on Sunday marked the beginning of the end of an American political life filled with second acts. None was more remarkable than his defeat of Donald Trump in 2020. His acceptance that he could not do so again will burnish what his vice-president on Monday described as an “unmatched” legacy. Elected to relief rather than elation, as the man saving the US from a second Trump term, he became the president who helped it recover from the pandemic, pushed through a landmark green infrastructure package and sought to shape a fairer economy.
He could now be a lame duck, beset by Republican attacks on his capacity to continue as commander-in-chief. But he could cement his record, emboldened by the certainty of departure from office. His decision to quit his re-election bid was belated, yet in sharp contrast to Mr Trump’s delusional egotism.
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Continue reading...A recent poll shows Dan Osborn, a UAW-backed Nebraska independent underdog, tied with Republican incumbent Sen. Deb Fischer.
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Vice-president’s record on climate crisis strikes stark contrast with Trump in potential 2024 election match-up
Kamala Harris has a strong record on the environment that will provide a vivid contrast with Donald Trump, who has vowed to rescind climate change policies should he return to the White House, according to green advocates who have welcomed the prospect of a Harris presidency.
“We are confident that she is ready to carry forward President Biden’s historic legacy and set a new high bar for climate ambition in America,” said Lena Moffitt, executive director of Evergreen, one of a raft of green groups, including Sierra Club, League of Conservation Voters Action Fund and the NRDC Action Fund that have now endorsed the leading contender for the Democratic nomination.
Continue reading...Endorsements for Harris to be the new Democratic presidential nominee have come thick and fast. But without Joe Biden can the Democrats win the US election? s
It’s been a rollercoaster couple of weeks in the US election campaign. On Sunday Joe Biden announced he would not stand for re-election, before endorsing his vice-president, Kamala Harris, as the presidential candidate for the Democrats. On Monday endorsements – and money – rolled in from donors and political luminaries.
Mehdi Hasan, a columnist for the Guardian US and a co-founder of the media organisation Zeteo, tells Michael Safi why despite criticising Kamala Harris in the past he is now an enthusiastic supporter of her campaign to be the next president.
Continue reading...Kamala Harris is less burdened by Biden’s disastrous support for Israel’s war, sparking some hope in pro-Palestine advocates.
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President Joe Biden doesn’t deserve praise for dropping his reelection campaign. He deserves blame for getting us into this mess.
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Project 2025 and Vance agree: “The Dobbs decision is just the beginning.”
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Charli xcx’s album has taken pop culture by storm. Now the vice-president is joining the party
After Vice-President Kamala Harris announced her bid for president, she reportedly raised a record-breaking $81m donations in just a day – but her most culturally powerful endorsement may have come from a single tweet.
As nearly all Democrats rallied behind Harris, offering support in tweets and TV interviews, a perhaps unlikely voice weighed in: the British pop singer Charli xcx, who tweeted, “kamala IS brat.”
Continue reading...Vice-president to hold first campaign rally in Milwaukee as top figures voice support and campaign donations pour in
Kamala Harris is carrying the energy and momentum from a whirlwind ascent to the presumptive Democratic presidential nomination to her first campaign rally in Milwaukee on Tuesday afternoon, as she takes the first formal steps towards choosing a running mate.
Her appearance in Milwaukee follows confirmation on Monday that the vice-president had secured the support of enough Democratic party delegates at its national convention next month to win the nomination for November’s election.
Continue reading...Residents of Berkeley, California, acknowledge Harris has ‘a lot stacked against her’ but are hopeful for her victory
As Kamala Harris emerged as the Democratic frontrunner to replace Joe Biden, residents of her home town of Berkeley, California, greeted the news of her potentially history-making White House run with enthusiasm – and some trepidation.
Those who once knew her as a little girl living above a daycare on Bancroft Avenue were proud of their home town hero and – like many Democratic supporters in the US – hopeful she has a better chance than Joe Biden of beating Donald Trump.
Continue reading...Joe Biden has withdrawn from the race for the US presidency, an extraordinary decision upending American politics, that plunges the Democratic nomination into uncertainty just months before the November election against Donald Trump, a candidate he has warned is an existential threat to US democracy. Biden thanked the vice-president, Kamala Harris, in a letter announcing his decision, and later endorsed her as the Democratic nominee for president in a tweet.
In this video the Guardian US's politics correspondent, Lauren Gambino, explains why Biden has ultimately decided to step aside
Continue reading...Biden’s approach to Gaza isn’t just immoral, it’s incoherent. A new candidate could break with his confused course for good.
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Cheatle steps down a day after House hearing where members of both parties called for her to quit
The director of the US Secret Service, Kimberly Cheatle, has resigned just a day after a contentious House hearing where members of both parties called for her to quit her job in the wake of the assassination attempt against Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania rally.
Cheatle, who had served as Secret Service director since August 2022, had called the attempt on Trump’s life the Secret Service’s “most significant operational failure” in decades.
Continue reading...It’s likely to be a gruelling few months for former PM but his party hopes it buys them time to find a future winner
Little over a year ago, when Sky News’s Beth Rigby asked Rishi Sunak what it felt like to lose, he didn’t know what to say.
It’s a question he will have the chance to ponder as the leader of the opposition over the next three months. Day in, day out, Sunak will be tasked with holding accountable a party and prime minister who defeated him resoundingly in July’s election.
Continue reading...Megastar reportedly gave last-minute approval to likely Democratic nominee to use song Freedom
Beyoncé has reportedly given permission to the vice-president turned presumptive presidential nominee, Kamala Harris, to use her song Freedom throughout her campaign.
According to CNN, Harris’s team got last-minute approval from the singer just hours before she walked out to the song at her campaign headquarters on Monday.
Continue reading...The 7ft 4in basketball star’s stature, both literal and figurative, says something about France’s ability to project itself beyond Europe
In France, the days leading up to the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics have unfolded amid a frazzled atmosphere of heightened anxiety. Traffic bans, QR codes, and security barriers have effectively barred public access to the center of Paris, where the bulk of Friday’s opening ceremony will take place. Parliamentary elections have thrown the country’s politics into disarray, with the outlines of a new government still not clear weeks after left-wing parties united to form an electoral coalition to prevent the far right from gaining power. A small industry of panels and podcasts has emerged to debate whether France has any realistic hope of meeting President Emmanuel Macron’s target of a top-five medal finish in the home Olympics. And everywhere a broader cultural worry about France’s place in the world – of sport, of politics, of language – amid the ongoing supremacy of the United States and the rise of China and India has accompanied the countdown to Friday. The modern Olympics were, of course, the creation of a Frenchman – Pierre de Coubertin – and French remains one of the two official languages of the Games. But “over the last 30 years,” laments a recent piece in the French press, the “language of Molière” has “lost ground to the language of Shakespeare.” “Will we speak French at these Olympics?” asks Le Figaro, mournfully.
Into this unusual climate of hope and declinism steps the scarcely believable frame of Victor Wembanyama. Everything about the 20-year-old prodigy of French basketball is big: the potential, the hype, and of course the height, which is impressive whether it’s quoted according to American convention (7ft 4in) or European (224 centimeters). After years of watching various Greeks (Giannis Antetokounmpo), Serbs (Nikola Jokić), and Slovenians (Luka Dončić) capture all the headlines for non-US players in the NBA, the French now have an authentic superstar to call their own, and he’s perhaps the closest to a sure thing that the world of basketball has seen since LeBron was stomping around high school courts in Sampras shorts. After just one season in the NBA – which saw him record a string of miraculous scoring performances, dominate players in the prime of their careers at both ends of the court, claim the rookie of the year award by unanimous vote, and richly deliver on the promise announced by his selection as the number one pick in the 2023 draft – Wembanyama has become, along with Kylian Mbappé, the most recognizable French athlete on the planet, and the expectations he carries into these Games are immense.
Continue reading...Harris insiders say she is more likely to engage in public criticism of the Israeli prime minister than Joe Biden and to focus attention on the civilian toll in Gaza
One of the key intrigues hanging over Benjamin Netanyahu’s contentious visit to Washington this week is what kind of reception he will receive from the White House, and how he will be received by Joe Biden and his vice-president – and the likely Democratic party nominee – Kamala Harris.
For much of Monday, no meetings between Netanyahu and either Biden or Harris had been confirmed, even though the Israeli PM had already departed for the US and was scheduled on Wednesday to address a joint session of Congress at the request of the House leader, Mike Johnson, a Republican.
Continue reading...Following serious disorder, Nigel Farage’s cynical response was an attempt to import Trump-style discord into our cities
The renowned social historian David Kynaston observed at the weekend that multicultural Britain has made huge progress compared with 60 years ago, when local Conservatives ran a notoriously racist election campaign in the West Midlands constituency of Smethwick. He is, of course, quite right. It is impossible to imagine a serious political figure delivering a speech like the inflammatory 1968 “rivers of blood” address by Enoch Powell. But the response of some on the contemporary right to the recent disorder in Leeds shows that there is no room for complacency.
After rioting broke out in the deprived multi-ethnic district of Harehills following the removal of children from a Roma family into care, the home secretary, Yvette Cooper, swiftly condemned the violence, which saw a police car tipped over, officers attacked and a passing bus set on fire. A series of arrests have since been made, with more likely to follow. Leeds city council has, meanwhile, announced that it will undertake a review of the case that sparked the unrest, which took place in an area with a large Roma population. That review should also seek to address known causes of alienation and mistrust in a troubled community.
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Continue reading...Israeli PM will visit US amid political tumult and his meeting with Biden will be a test of US president’s influence
Benjamin Netanyahu is due to arrive in Washington on Monday at a moment of historic political tumult, as he is scheduled to meet the outgoing US president, Joe Biden, and address a divided Congress amid fears of a growing regional war in the Middle East.
The Israeli prime minister’s arrival will come just a day after Biden bowed out of the presidential race, and will be a major test of Biden’s ability to project US influence and restraint on Israel in the lame duck period of his presidency. Netanyahu will be forced to walk a tightrope as he balances between the Donald Trump-led Republican party and a reinvigorated Democratic campaign that may unite behind the vice-president, Kamala Harris.
Continue reading...Joe Biden has announced he will no longer be seeking reelection as US president. When he leaves office on 20 January 2025, it will mark the end of a political career spanning more than 50 years. At the age of 30, he was one of the youngest senators in the country's history
The tragedy and resilience of Joe Biden: a look back at a life in politics
Biden’s selfless decision to drop out sets stage for an entirely different election
The oldest-ever American president’s political career is coming to an end as he yields to pressure to step aside. We look back at a journey that began in 1972
The Intercept keeps finding more conservative groups that were quietly removed from the Project 2025 website.
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For a time, associating with Nick Fuentes was enough to tank a career in GOP politics. Now, it hardly seems to matter.
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Less than a week after a failed assassination attempt, Donald Trump accepted the Republican presidential nomination in Milwaukee. But supposed nods to national unity gave way to partisan falsehoods, as the former president was anointed at a moment of national crisis. Oliver Laughland and Tom Silverstone go behind the scenes at the RNC
Continue reading...Energy regulator says southern areas of Australia will remain ‘susceptible to demand and supply shocks’ for the rest of winter
Wholesale power prices rose sharply across much of Australia in the June quarter after a cold snap lifted demand, according to the Australian Energy Regulator.
The regulator’s quarterly report, released on Wednesday, also warned the southern areas of Australia “remain susceptible to demand and supply shocks” for the rest of winter.
Continue reading...The razor-thin margin of defeat at a Coventry warehouse shows the global pressure for recognition is reaching a tipping point
It was 6am and raining hard when I arrived at the picket line outside Amazon’s Coventry warehouse. Despite the weather, hundreds of workers were gathering on either side of the road in an industrial estate on the city’s outskirts. When I chatted to them, they told hopeful stories of how a pay rise and union recognition could improve their lives. Now, one year and 37 days of strike action later, their campaign for union recognition has suffered a serious setback. Last week, they found out that they have lost an election that would have seen the union GMB recognised by Amazon for collective bargaining for the first time in the UK.
The margin of defeat was razor-thin: only 0.5%. Amazon’s anti-union stance in the UK has been maintained by a handful of votes. The company had to use every trick in its extensive union-busting playbook to secure the result.
Continue reading...The Promise, a drama about the postwar government and the creation of the NHS, provides parallels with a new era of Labour victory
When Rishi Sunak announced a general election for 4 July, I whooped with joy. My play about the Labour government of 1945 had already been announced as part of Justin Audibert’s first season at Chichester Festival theatre. Now, for the first time in my life, it looked as if I had nailed the zeitgeist. When Keir Starmer and Labour won by a landslide, it felt extraordinary.
The truth was I’d spent years researching, writing and rewriting The Promise, a theatrical West Wing that puts the audience into the heart of the government that defined the Britain we live in today. The play had previously been programmed but cancelled by the pandemic. My zeitgeist was more like a broken clock.
Continue reading...In today’s newsletter: President William Ruto’s unpopular finance bill has sparked a wave of protests – that have been met with brutality and yet more discord in the country
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Anti-government protests are expected to escalate in Kenya after a month of demonstrations that erupted again across the country on Tuesday calling for the president, William Ruto, to resign. In response to police hostility, protesters set fires, threw stones and chanted “Ruto must go” and “Stop killing us”. The demonstrations were met with police firing teargas and water cannon at those involved and the press. One man was shot dead and his body carried through the streets to a nearby police station.
King’s speech | Keir Starmer has set out a government agenda that he claims can counter the “snake oil charm of populism” in a king’s speech pledging change to people’s lives including rights at work, cheaper energy and secure housing.
Israel-Gaza war | The US military-built pier for carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza will be dismantled and brought home, ending a mission that has been fraught with repeated weather and security problems that limited how much food and other supplies could get to starving Palestinians.
Europe | Labour’s proposed foreign policy and security pact with the EU sounds “quite promising”, the head of the European parliament’s foreign affairs committee has said, adding that the British government should use the next weeks and months to come up with proposals that are “as concrete as possible”.
US election 2024 | JD Vance formally accepted the Republican vice-presidential nomination on Wednesday with a deliberate, and at times divisive, pitch to re-elect Donald Trump in November.
Environment | The Labour government must oversee a massive ramping up of renewable energy generation in this parliament or the UK will breach its international obligations under the Paris agreement, the government’s climate watchdog has said.
Continue reading...Several Labour rebels expected to vote with opposition amid row over whether new government should abandon the policy
James O’Brien is on a week-long break from presenting LBC and he has a surprising stand-in on the airwaves: Suella Braverman. The former home secretary said told listeners she would vote for Donald Trump if she was a US citizen.
“I want Trump to be president,” she said. “If we look at the policy - don’t look at the characters and the personalities - if we look at the policy, I think the world will be safer under Donald Trump.
Continue reading...Diplomatic coup for China as Beijing declaration sets out deal to unite across territories and prepare for elections
Leaders from Hamas, Fatah and other Palestinian factions have agreed after three days of talks in Beijing to form a national unity government at an unspecified point in the future, in a move that has bolstered China’s status as a global mediator, particularly in the Middle East.
The “Beijing declaration”, signed by 14 Palestinian factions, also represents a significant step forward in negotiations between the groups, although it is light on detail about how to actually achieve Palestinian unification.
Continue reading...Joining the exodus from Project 2025 is Americans United for Life, a national anti-abortion group.
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Amid questions about authorities’ actions and coordination, the local Butler Township cops had a leadership vacuum.
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Security group Magen Am’s staff also includes a former Navy SEAL who posted a video of waterboarding his own child.
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Exclusive: MPs to face restrictions on second jobs that fail to ‘put constituents first’, Lucy Powell says
MPs will be prevented from taking on second jobs that fail to meet a new test of putting constituents first, under government plans to “turn the page” on an era of sleaze and scandal.
Despite growing anger over MPs doing lucrative outside work while also serving their constituents, the new Labour government will not ban second jobs but will severely restrict lobbying work.
Continue reading...Vessel moored in Dorset, which is home to 400 people, to be shut down in January when contract ends
The Bibby Stockholm, the controversial barge that has been used to accommodate asylum seekers, is to be shut down, the government has said.
Use of the vessel, which is housing 400 people and is moored at Portland, Dorset, will stop when the current contract ends in January 2025.
Continue reading...Although less combative than usual, the former home secretary moaned about migration and said she would vote Trump
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Fair to say that most listeners tuning in to LBC at 10am on Tuesday morning would have been in for a shock. Regular presenter James O’Brien was off on his hols and in his place was Suella Braverman. From the beating heart of liberal Britain to the rightwing dog whistle of the Tory party. And no one sounded more surprised than Suella herself. “James must be having a heart attack,” she said nervously at the start.
Continue reading...Richard Bonfield recalls how he organised a peaceful gathering that led to an inquiry and, ultimately, victory for local people
Re George Monbiot’s article about peaceful protests following the jailing of four Just Stop Oil activists (A record sentence for a Zoom call, arrests for those holding signs outside. This is a blight on British democracy, 19 July), I agree with peaceful protests that can make a difference in changing people’s minds and hearts, but not with actions that cause misery to ordinary people, as was the case with the M25 protest.
In May 2011, I was the organiser of the biggest peaceful protest outside the Senedd Cymru against proposals for swathes of windfarms and pylons to cover huge areas of mid-Wales. Initially, each village set up it own protest group, but quickly everyone realised that we needed one group to fight these imposed developments – result, all 25 groups came together.
Continue reading...Expected to be the only candidate to lead Welsh Labour, she will have to use her experience to unite her party
Earlier this summer, a party was held at a church hall in Ely, a housing estate a few miles west of Cardiff city centre, to mark the 30 years Eluned Morgan has spent in frontline politics.
It was a chance to celebrate how Morgan went from an idealistic youngster picking coffee in Nicaragua alongside the Sandinistas in the 1980s to seats in the European parliament, the House of Lords and the Welsh parliament, the Senedd.
Continue reading...Anti-African visa rules and slashed aid budgets have frayed ties with a continent Britain will increasingly need to rely on
When Britain’s new foreign secretary made his inaugural statement, one line stood out. David Lammy said the Labour government would “reset” Britain’s approach to the climate crisis, Europe and, intriguingly, the “global south”.
This would mark a considerable change. Conservative-led governments all but ignored the growing importance of Africans on the global stage over the past 14 years, and they consistently underestimated the contribution of African migrants to the UK’s economy. Foreign and domestic policies didn’t yield strong trade ties or security partnerships. All of this diminished Britain’s standing on the continent.
Alexis Akwagyiram is the managing editor of Semafor Africa
Continue reading...Gen Sir Roly Walker says west faces ‘axis of uncertainty’ with increasing threats from Russia, China and Iran
Britain has to double the lethality of its army or be prepared to fight a war in three years’ time as separate threats from Russia, China and Iran come to a head around 2027, the new head of the army has warned.
Gen Sir Roly Walker, the chief of the general staff, told reporters that the west faced “an axis of uncertainty” with increasing military ambition and that a conflict involving one of the four countries could lead to “a significant detonation” in another theatre.
Continue reading...Exclusive: Guardian Australia obtained the full, unpublished report, more than a year after it was tabled, via a Right to Information application
The Queensland government has failed to act on the findings of a report that lays bare the “devastating” experiences of people with disabilities in the criminal justice system, including allegations of brutality, mistreatment and other failures.
Guardian Australia has obtained the unpublished report, commissioned by the Department of Justice and Attorney-General in 2022, that details the experiences of people living with disability, including in police watch houses.
Continue reading...Advocacy group Save Our Schools also backs inquiry into funding for religious-linked institution that received more than $130m from taxpayers over five years
The Greens will request the auditor general conduct an inquiry into the flow of public funds to the private school network set up by the secretive Exclusive Brethren sect.
Following a Guardian Australia investigation into OneSchool Global, which has received more than $130m in taxpayer funds over five years, the NSW Greens senator David Shoebridge said an independent inquiry was needed.
Continue reading...High court hears case brought by claimants who say rights have been breached as result of adaptation plan
In December, council officials ordered Kevin Jordan to leave his home, warning him it was at risk of falling into the sea at any moment.
On Tuesday, he had his day in court, accusing the government of failing to do enough to adapt to the changes the UK is facing as a result of climate breakdown.
Continue reading...U-turn does not mean instant turmoil, but sale is complex and existing loans mean the club is haemorrhaging cash
There was shock and deflation inside Everton’s HQ at the Liver Buildings on Friday when it was confirmed the Friedkin Group would not be buying the club after all. Stability, direction and owners with a sound reputation in the football industry and beyond – everything Everton are crying out for – appeared within reach. Alas, no, the consequences of Farhad Moshiri’s calamitous reign must be felt for some time yet.
Everton insist it is business as usual after the collapse of the American company’s proposed takeover. The club can, in fairness, support that claim. The construction of their stunning new stadium at Bramley Moore dock is not far off completion, with the remaining costs covered by Friedkin’s initial loan of £200m. There is no pressure on the club to repay that sum in the short term. The threat of administration has lifted and Everton’s day-to-day finances will benefit soon from the next instalment of broadcasting revenues.
Continue reading...Corporation faces stark challenge as it struggles to reach younger audiences who are watching Netflix and YouTube
Half a million households cancelled their licence fee last year as the BBC struggled to connect with younger audiences drifting away to Netflix and YouTube.
The stark extent of the BBC’s challenges are set out in the corporation’s annual report, which shows the total number of British households paying the £169.50 licence fee fell to 23.9 million, suggesting a growing number of people feel able to go without BBC services.
Continue reading...The Green party councillor for Gipton and Harehills in Leeds was accused by the far right of taking part in rioting when he was trying to calm tensions
“People still are accusing me of being a rioter,” said Mothin Ali, the Green party councillor for Gipton and Harehills in Leeds.
It is true he was there on Thursday night when a police car was turned on its side, projectiles were thrown at riot police and a doubledecker bus was set alight in a night of unrest triggered when police turned up to help social services take some children into care.
Continue reading...My father did terrible things during the second world war, and my other relatives were equally unrepentant. But it wasn’t until I was in my late 50s that I started to confront this dark past
My family were all Nazis. My grandfather and grandmother. My mother and my father. My stepfather, my uncle – literally all of them were hardcore Nazis during the second world war. And after? Not a single one changed their convictions or voiced any regrets for the Nazi crimes. On the contrary, they denied or justified them, including the Holocaust and mass murder committed with their knowledge and, worst of all, sometimes their active participation. We were not exceptional – in Austria and Germany, there were many families like ours.
The official postwar version of events stated that Austria had been the first victim of Hitler’s expansionist politics. The four victorious allies – Britain, France, the US and the Soviet Union – specifically approved this interpretation, which, some believe, got Austria and Austrians off the hook for their complicity in Nazi atrocities.
Continue reading...Tensions over Palestinian death toll have eerie parallels to western concerns about current Israeli operations
Tony Blair’s government accused Israeli forces of acting more like the “Russian army than that of a civilised country” during a major military incursion into the occupied West Bank, newly released official files show.
The tensions, which have eerie parallels to western concerns over current Israeli operations in the Gaza Strip, are laid bare in papers released by the National Archives.
Continue reading...Photographer Anna Gordon spent time with four Queen’s Nurses across the UK and documented the life-changing role they play in society
Community Nursing can trace its roots back to Florence Nightingale and philanthropist William Rathbone. In Liverpool in 1859, William’s wife was ill and he wanted her to be nursed at home. After she died he asked the nurse who had cared for her, Mary Robinson, to provide the same care for others among the city’s poor. Florence Nightingale saw the impact of this and wanted more people to be able to access this care. It was rolled out into the 18 nursing districts of Liverpool, which is where the term “district nursing” originated.
The Queen’s Nursing Institute is the oldest nursing charity in the world. It was founded in 1887 with a grant from Queen Victoria and has about 2,500 registered nurses who have spent more than five years working in the community. I spent time with four of its nurses, photographing their work around the country.
Angelina Blair, a Queen’s Nurse and sister at Rowcroft Hospice at Home, on a visit with Kathleen Cartwright in Paignton, Devon, April 2024
Continue reading...Law allowing committee to fire staff for ‘supporting terror’ backed by education minister and national student union
Israel’s education minister and the country’s national union of students are backing a draft law to limit academic speech in the country, which the heads of leading universities have attacked as “McCarthyite” and fundamentally undemocratic.
The legislation, currently being debated in the Knesset, would give a government-appointed committee the power to order the firing of academic staff that it decides have expressed “support for terror”. If the universities refuse, their funding would be cut.
Continue reading...Emily Jashinsky of “Counter Points” discusses Republican National Convention takeaways with Ryan Grim.
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The spectacle of the Olympic Games opening ceremony could be overshadowed by the human drama in the White House after it was confirmed that Jill Biden will attend the event on the Seine.
It will be a first appearance on the world stage for the president’s wife since her husband withdrew from his re-election campaign over concerns about his deteriorating health.
Continue reading...Brazilian leader says he was ‘frightened’ by counterpart’s warnings of ‘bloodbath’ if he loses to Edmundo González
Brazil’s president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has urged Venezuela’s government to respect the result of next Sunday’s election, saying he had been “frightened” by Nicolás Maduro’s warnings of a “bloodbath” if he loses the vote.
After 11 years in power, Venezuela’s authoritarian leader is currently trailing in opinion polls to the opposition candidate, the retired diplomat Edmundo González, and in recent weeks, Maduro and his allies have stepped up their predictions of post-election violence following what they say will be a victory for the ruling party.
Continue reading...Judge Aileen Cannon followed the playbook from Thomas’s solo opinion in the Trump immunity case.
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Leading ME doctor said he wrote to hospital chief executive after Maeve Boothby O’Neill’s death
A leading ME expert has told an inquest there is still no hospital ward in England capable of managing patients with the illness, and said it was a “travesty” that some medical professionals did not believe it was a real physical condition.
Speaking at the inquest of Maeve Boothby O’Neill, a woman who died with ME/CFS (myalgic encephalomyelitis or chronic fatigue syndrome) in 2021, Dr David Strain expressed concern at aspects of her treatment at the Royal Devon and Exeter hospital.
Continue reading...Lady Neville-Rolfe says she had ‘road to Damascus’ moment when MPs raised flaws in prosecutions with executives
Lady Neville-Rolfe, who was postal minister when the Post Office’s defence of the Horizon IT system and prosecution of branch owner-operators was being increasingly questioned, has recounted a “threatening” meeting with its executives where she says it was intimated she should “watch out”.
She told the public inquiry into the Horizon scandal that her increasing scepticism and disillusionment at the advice given by civil servants and the proposal of an independent review of the situation led to the heated meeting with leading figures at the Post Office, including the then chief executive, Paula Vennells.
Continue reading...Billionaire says Optimus will start performing tasks for carmaker in 2025 and could be ready for sale in 2026
The Tesla chief executive, Elon Musk, has claimed the company will produce “genuinely useful” humanoid robots to start working in its factories next year.
The world’s richest person, who has a penchant for making overambitious claims on social media, posted on his platform X, formerly Twitter, that he also hoped to expand into “high production” mode to make robots with a humanlike form available sell to other companies in 2026.
Continue reading...The right-wing government had told Pharmac that it no longer needed to consider the Treaty of Waitangi in its funding decisions
A director of New Zealand’s medicine funding agency Pharmac has resigned in protest of a government directive telling the agency that it no longer needed to consider the Treaty of Waitangi, the country’s founding document which upholds Māori rights, in its funding decisions.
In a letter to Pharmac, the associate health minister and leader of the libertarian Act party David Seymour set out his expectations of the government agency, including his thoughts on how the principles of Treaty of Waitangi, or Te Tiriti o Waitangi, should be applied.
Continue reading...This week, Grace is joined by east London’s plant-based princess Bimini Bon-Boulash. Bimini shot to fame in 2021, after the second season of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK, where they captivated the BBC audience with quippy one liners, high fashion runway looks, and death drops. Although Bimini didn’t snatch the crown, they remain the most-followed UK contestant. Since filming the show, Bimini has released several singles and a book, signed modelling contracts and become a mainstay at fashion shows around the world. The question still remains: what is this British drag icon eating when the knee-high 10-inch heels are off?
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On Wednesday, Benjamin Netanyahu is having the red carpet rolled out for him in Washington DC. The Israeli prime minister, who is propped up by far-right extremists, will have the great honour of addressing Congress. The international criminal court may think he is a tad problematic, but in the twisted world we live in, he is being treated like a dignified statesman. The real villain du jour? A glance at the press suggests it’s the model Bella Hadid.
Hadid’s crime? She is part of a campaign for Adidas’s SL72 trainers. Or, rather, she was. Adidas dropped her from the campaign last week after the official @Israel X account objected to her involvement because the SL72s were released during the 1972 Munich Olympic Games, when 11 Israelis were taken hostage and killed by the Palestinian militant group Black September.
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When the Afghan Taliban ceased production of heroin, global supplies were depleted, with new, powerful synthetic opioids like fentanyl and nitazenes flooding in to fill the vacuum. With overdoses creeping up and very little on-the-spot testing available in the UK, experts are concerned about how to keep drug users safe. The Guardian visited Copenhagen to see how the Danish approach to problematic drug treatment differs from the UK and asks, with a new safe injection room set to open in Glasgow this summer, whether we might have something to learn from our continental neighbours
Continue reading...On a non-stop road and rail trip, John Harris and John Domokos go from Rishi Sunak's well to-do seat in Yorkshire via County Durham and Lanarkshire to arrive amidst the new-town community spirit of Milton Keynes on election day. Everywhere people are holding places together: will a victorious Labour party soak up those vibes?
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In the rapidly advancing landscape of AI technology and innovation, LimeWire emerges as a unique platform in the realm of generative AI tools. This platform not only stands out from the multitude of existing AI tools but also brings a fresh approach to content generation. LimeWire not only empowers users to create AI content but also provides creators with creative ways to share and monetize their creations.
As we explore LimeWire, our aim is to uncover its features, benefits for creators, and the exciting possibilities it offers for AI content generation. This platform presents an opportunity for users to harness the power of AI in image creation, all while enjoying the advantages of a free and accessible service.
Let's unravel the distinctive features that set LimeWire apart in the dynamic landscape of AI-powered tools, understanding how creators can leverage its capabilities to craft unique and engaging AI-generated images.
This revamped LimeWire invites users to register and unleash their creativity by crafting original AI content, which can then be shared and showcased on the LimeWire Studio. Notably, even acclaimed artists and musicians, such as Deadmau5, Soulja Boy, and Sean Kingston, have embraced this platform to publish their content in the form of NFT music, videos, and images.
Beyond providing a space for content creation and sharing, LimeWire introduces monetization models to empower users to earn revenue from their creations. This includes avenues such as earning ad revenue and participating in the burgeoning market of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs). As we delve further, we'll explore these monetization strategies in more detail to provide a comprehensive understanding of LimeWire's innovative approach to content creation and distribution.
LimeWire Studio welcomes content creators into its fold, providing a space to craft personalized AI-focused content for sharing with fans and followers. Within this creative hub, every piece of content generated becomes not just a creation but a unique asset—ownable and tradable. Fans have the opportunity to subscribe to creators' pages, immersing themselves in the creative journey and gaining ownership of digital collectibles that hold tradeable value within the LimeWire community. Notably, creators earn a 2.5% royalty each time their content is traded, adding a rewarding element to the creative process.
The platform's flexibility is evident in its content publication options. Creators can choose to share their work freely with the public or opt for a premium subscription model, granting exclusive access to specialized content for subscribers.
As of the present moment, LimeWire focuses on AI Image Generation, offering a spectrum of creative possibilities to its user base. The platform, however, has ambitious plans on the horizon, aiming to broaden its offerings by introducing AI music and video generation tools in the near future. This strategic expansion promises creators even more avenues for expression and engagement with their audience, positioning LimeWire Studio as a dynamic and evolving platform within the realm of AI-powered content creation.
The LimeWire AI image generation tool presents a versatile platform for both the creation and editing of images. Supporting advanced models such as Stable Diffusion 2.1, Stable Diffusion XL, and DALL-E 2, LimeWire offers a sophisticated toolkit for users to delve into the realm of generative AI art.
Much like other tools in the generative AI landscape, LimeWire provides a range of options catering to various levels of complexity in image creation. Users can initiate the creative process with prompts as simple as a few words or opt for more intricate instructions, tailoring the output to their artistic vision.
What sets LimeWire apart is its seamless integration of different AI models and design styles. Users have the flexibility to effortlessly switch between various AI models, exploring diverse design styles such as cinematic, digital art, pixel art, anime, analog film, and more. Each style imparts a distinctive visual identity to the generated AI art, enabling users to explore a broad spectrum of creative possibilities.
The platform also offers additional features, including samplers, allowing users to fine-tune the quality and detail levels of their creations. Customization options and prompt guidance further enhance the user experience, providing a user-friendly interface for both novice and experienced creators.
Excitingly, LimeWire is actively developing its proprietary AI model, signaling ongoing innovation and enhancements to its image generation capabilities. This upcoming addition holds the promise of further expanding the creative horizons for LimeWire users, making it an evolving and dynamic platform within the landscape of AI-driven art and image creation.
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Upon completing your creative endeavor on LimeWire, the platform allows you the option to publish your content. An intriguing feature follows this step: LimeWire automates the process of minting your creation as a Non-Fungible Token (NFT), utilizing either the Polygon or Algorand blockchain. This transformative step imbues your artwork with a unique digital signature, securing its authenticity and ownership in the decentralized realm.
Creators on LimeWire hold the power to decide the accessibility of their NFT creations. By opting for a public release, the content becomes discoverable by anyone, fostering a space for engagement and interaction. Furthermore, this choice opens the avenue for enthusiasts to trade the NFTs, adding a layer of community involvement to the artistic journey.
Alternatively, LimeWire acknowledges the importance of exclusivity. Creators can choose to share their posts exclusively with their premium subscribers. In doing so, the content remains a special offering solely for dedicated fans, creating an intimate and personalized experience within the LimeWire community. This flexibility in sharing options emphasizes LimeWire's commitment to empowering creators with choices in how they connect with their audience and distribute their digital creations.
After creating your content, you can choose to publish the content. It will automatically mint your creation as an NFT on the Polygon or Algorand blockchain. You can also choose whether to make it public or subscriber-only.
If you make it public, anyone can discover your content and even trade the NFTs. If you choose to share the post only with your premium subscribers, it will be exclusive only to your fans.
Additionally, you can earn ad revenue from your content creations as well.
When you publish content on LimeWire, you will receive 70% of all ad revenue from other users who view your images, music, and videos on the platform.
This revenue model will be much more beneficial to designers. You can experiment with the AI image and content generation tools and share your creations while earning a small income on the side.
The revenue you earn from your creations will come in the form of LMWR tokens, LimeWire’s own cryptocurrency.
Your earnings will be paid every month in LMWR, which you can then trade on many popular crypto exchange platforms like Kraken, ByBit, and UniSwap.
You can also use your LMWR tokens to pay for prompts when using LimeWire generative AI tools.
You can sign up to LimeWire to use its AI tools for free. You will receive 10 credits to use and generate up to 20 AI images per day. You will also receive 50% of the ad revenue share. However, you will get more benefits with premium plans.
For $9.99 per month, you will get 1,000 credits per month, up to 2 ,000 image generations, early access to new AI models, and 50% ad revenue share
For $29 per month, you will get 3750 credits per month, up to 7500 image generations, early access to new AI models, and 60% ad revenue share
For $49 per month, you will get 5,000 credits per month, up to 10,000 image generations, early access to new AI models, and 70% ad revenue share
For $99 per month, you will get 11,250 credits per month, up to 2 2,500 image generations, early access to new AI models, and 70% ad revenue share
With all premium plans, you will receive a Pro profile badge, full creation history, faster image generation, and no ads.
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In conclusion, LimeWire emerges as a democratizing force in the creative landscape, providing an inclusive platform where anyone can unleash their artistic potential and effortlessly share their work. With the integration of AI, LimeWire eliminates traditional barriers, empowering designers, musicians, and artists to publish their creations and earn revenue with just a few clicks.
The ongoing commitment of LimeWire to innovation is evident in its plans to enhance generative AI tools with new features and models. The upcoming expansion to include music and video generation tools holds the promise of unlocking even more possibilities for creators. It sparks anticipation about the diverse and innovative ways in which artists will leverage these tools to produce and publish their own unique creations.
For those eager to explore, LimeWire's AI tools are readily accessible for free, providing an opportunity to experiment and delve into the world of generative art. As LimeWire continues to evolve, creators are encouraged to stay tuned for the launch of its forthcoming AI music and video generation tools, promising a future brimming with creative potential and endless artistic exploration
Are you looking for a new graphic design tool? Would you like to read a detailed review of Canva? As it's one of the tools I love using. I am also writing my first ebook using canva and publish it soon on my site you can download it is free. Let's start the review.
Canva has a web version and also a mobile app
Canva is a free graphic design web application that allows you to create invitations, business cards, flyers, lesson plans, banners, and more using professionally designed templates. You can upload your own photos from your computer or from Google Drive, and add them to Canva's templates using a simple drag-and-drop interface. It's like having a basic version of Photoshop that doesn't require Graphic designing knowledge to use. It’s best for nongraphic designers.
Canva is a great tool for small business owners, online entrepreneurs, and marketers who don’t have the time and want to edit quickly.
To create sophisticated graphics, a tool such as Photoshop can is ideal. To use it, you’ll need to learn its hundreds of features, get familiar with the software, and it’s best to have a good background in design, too.
Also running the latest version of Photoshop you need a high-end computer.
So here Canva takes place, with Canva you can do all that with drag-and-drop feature. It’s also easier to use and free. Also an even-more-affordable paid version is available for $12.95 per month.
The product is available in three plans: Free, Pro ($12.99/month per user or $119.99/year for up to 5 people), and Enterprise ($30 per user per month, minimum 25 people).
To get started on Canva, you will need to create an account by providing your email address, Google, Facebook or Apple credentials. You will then choose your account type between student, teacher, small business, large company, non-profit, or personal. Based on your choice of account type, templates will be recommended to you.
You can sign up for a free trial of Canva Pro, or you can start with the free version to get a sense of whether it’s the right graphic design tool for your needs.
When you sign up for an account, Canva will suggest different post types to choose from. Based on the type of account you set up you'll be able to see templates categorized by the following categories: social media posts, documents, presentations, marketing, events, ads, launch your business, build your online brand, etc.
Start by choosing a template for your post or searching for something more specific. Search by social network name to see a list of post types on each network.
Next, you can choose a template. Choose from hundreds of templates that are ready to go, with customizable photos, text, and other elements.
You can start your design by choosing from a variety of ready-made templates, searching for a template matching your needs, or working with a blank template.
Inside the Canva designer, the Elements tab gives you access to lines and shapes, graphics, photos, videos, audio, charts, photo frames, and photo grids.The search box on the Elements tab lets you search everything on Canva.
To begin with, Canva has a large library of elements to choose from. To find them, be specific in your search query. You may also want to search in the following tabs to see various elements separately:
The Photos tab lets you search for and choose from millions of professional stock photos for your templates.
You can replace the photos in our templates to create a new look. This can also make the template more suited to your industry.
You can find photos on other stock photography sites like pexel, pixabay and many more or simply upload your own photos.
When you choose an image, Canva’s photo editing features let you adjust the photo’s settings (brightness, contrast, saturation, etc.), crop, or animate it.
When you subscribe to Canva Pro, you get access to a number of premium features, including the Background Remover. This feature allows you to remove the background from any stock photo in library or any image you upload.
The Text tab lets you add headings, normal text, and graphical text to your design.
When you click on text, you'll see options to adjust the font, font size, color, format, spacing, and text effects (like shadows).
Canva Pro subscribers can choose from a large library of fonts on the Brand Kit or the Styles tab. Enterprise-level controls ensure that visual content remains on-brand, no matter how many people are working on it.
Create an animated image or video by adding audio to capture user’s attention in social news feeds.
If you want to use audio from another stock site or your own audio tracks, you can upload them in the Uploads tab or from the more option.
Want to create your own videos? Choose from thousands of stock video clips. You’ll find videos that range upto 2 minutes
You can upload your own videos as well as videos from other stock sites in the Uploads tab.
Once you have chosen a video, you can use the editing features in Canva to trim the video, flip it, and adjust its transparency.
On the Background tab, you’ll find free stock photos to serve as backgrounds on your designs. Change out the background on a template to give it a more personal touch.
The Styles tab lets you quickly change the look and feel of your template with just a click. And if you have a Canva Pro subscription, you can upload your brand’s custom colors and fonts to ensure designs stay on brand.
If you have a Canva Pro subscription, you’ll have a Logos tab. Here, you can upload variations of your brand logo to use throughout your designs.
With Canva, you can also create your own logos. Note that you cannot trademark a logo with stock content in it.
With Canva, free users can download and share designs to multiple platforms including Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Slack and Tumblr.
Canva Pro subscribers can create multiple post formats from one design. For example, you can start by designing an Instagram post, and Canva's Magic Resizer can resize it for other networks, Stories, Reels, and other formats.
Canva Pro subscribers can also use Canva’s Content Planner to post content on eight different accounts on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Slack, and Tumblr.
Canva Pro allows you to work with your team on visual content. Designs can be created inside Canva, and then sent to your team members for approval. Everyone can make comments, edits, revisions, and keep track via the version history.
When it comes to printing your designs, Canva has you covered. With an extensive selection of printing options, they can turn your designs into anything from banners and wall art to mugs and t-shirts.
Canva Print is perfect for any business seeking to make a lasting impression. Create inspiring designs people will want to wear, keep, and share. Hand out custom business cards that leave a lasting impression on customers' minds.
The Canva app is available on the Apple App Store and Google Play. The Canva app has earned a 4.9 out of five star rating from over 946.3K Apple users and a 4.5 out of five star rating from over 6,996,708 Google users.
In addition to mobile apps, you can use Canva’s integration with other Internet services to add images and text from sources like Google Maps, Emojis, photos from Google Drive and Dropbox, YouTube videos, Flickr photos, Bitmojis, and other popular visual content elements.
In general, Canva is an excellent tool for those who need simple images for projects. If you are a graphic designer with experience, you will find Canva’s platform lacking in customization and advanced features – particularly vectors. But if you have little design experience, you will find Canva easier to use than advanced graphic design tools like Adobe Photoshop or Illustrator for most projects. If you have any queries let me know in the comments section.
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…a group of men behind a violent crime spree designed to compel victims to hand over access to their cryptocurrency savings. That announcement and the criminal complaint laying out charges against St. Felix focused largely on a single theft of cryptocurrency from an elderly North Carolina couple, whose home St. Felix and one of his accomplices broke into before physically assaulting the two victims—both in their seventies—and forcing them to transfer more than $150,000 in Bitcoin and Ether to the thieves’ crypto wallets...
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Imagine a world in which you can do transactions and many other things without having to give your personal information. A world in which you don’t need to rely on banks or governments anymore. Sounds amazing, right? That’s exactly what blockchain technology allows us to do.
It’s like your computer’s hard drive. blockchain is a technology that lets you store data in digital blocks, which are connected together like links in a chain.
Blockchain technology was originally invented in 1991 by two mathematicians, Stuart Haber and W. Scot Stornetta. They first proposed the system to ensure that timestamps could not be tampered with.
A few years later, in 1998, software developer Nick Szabo proposed using a similar kind of technology to secure a digital payments system he called “Bit Gold.” However, this innovation was not adopted until Satoshi Nakamoto claimed to have invented the first Blockchain and Bitcoin.
A blockchain is a distributed database shared between the nodes of a computer network. It saves information in digital format. Many people first heard of blockchain technology when they started to look up information about bitcoin.
Blockchain is used in cryptocurrency systems to ensure secure, decentralized records of transactions.
Blockchain allowed people to guarantee the fidelity and security of a record of data without the need for a third party to ensure accuracy.
To understand how a blockchain works, Consider these basic steps:
Let’s get to know more about the blockchain.
Blockchain records digital information and distributes it across the network without changing it. The information is distributed among many users and stored in an immutable, permanent ledger that can't be changed or destroyed. That's why blockchain is also called "Distributed Ledger Technology" or DLT.
Here’s how it works:
And that’s the beauty of it! The process may seem complicated, but it’s done in minutes with modern technology. And because technology is advancing rapidly, I expect things to move even more quickly than ever.
Even though blockchain is integral to cryptocurrency, it has other applications. For example, blockchain can be used for storing reliable data about transactions. Many people confuse blockchain with cryptocurrencies like bitcoin and ethereum.
Blockchain already being adopted by some big-name companies, such as Walmart, AIG, Siemens, Pfizer, and Unilever. For example, IBM's Food Trust uses blockchain to track food's journey before reaching its final destination.
Although some of you may consider this practice excessive, food suppliers and manufacturers adhere to the policy of tracing their products because bacteria such as E. coli and Salmonella have been found in packaged foods. In addition, there have been isolated cases where dangerous allergens such as peanuts have accidentally been introduced into certain products.
Tracing and identifying the sources of an outbreak is a challenging task that can take months or years. Thanks to the Blockchain, however, companies now know exactly where their food has been—so they can trace its location and prevent future outbreaks.
Blockchain technology allows systems to react much faster in the event of a hazard. It also has many other uses in the modern world.
Blockchain technology is safe, even if it’s public. People can access the technology using an internet connection.
Have you ever been in a situation where you had all your data stored at one place and that one secure place got compromised? Wouldn't it be great if there was a way to prevent your data from leaking out even when the security of your storage systems is compromised?
Blockchain technology provides a way of avoiding this situation by using multiple computers at different locations to store information about transactions. If one computer experiences problems with a transaction, it will not affect the other nodes.
Instead, other nodes will use the correct information to cross-reference your incorrect node. This is called “Decentralization,” meaning all the information is stored in multiple places.
Blockchain guarantees your data's authenticity—not just its accuracy, but also its irreversibility. It can also be used to store data that are difficult to register, like legal contracts, state identifications, or a company's product inventory.
Blockchain has many advantages and disadvantages.
I’ll answer the most frequently asked questions about blockchain in this section.
Blockchain is not a cryptocurrency but a technology that makes cryptocurrencies possible. It's a digital ledger that records every transaction seamlessly.
Yes, blockchain can be theoretically hacked, but it is a complicated task to be achieved. A network of users constantly reviews it, which makes hacking the blockchain difficult.
Coinbase Global is currently the biggest blockchain company in the world. The company runs a commendable infrastructure, services, and technology for the digital currency economy.
Blockchain is a decentralized technology. It’s a chain of distributed ledgers connected with nodes. Each node can be any electronic device. Thus, one owns blockhain.
Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency, which is powered by Blockchain technology while Blockchain is a distributed ledger of cryptocurrency
Generally a database is a collection of data which can be stored and organized using a database management system. The people who have access to the database can view or edit the information stored there. The client-server network architecture is used to implement databases. whereas a blockchain is a growing list of records, called blocks, stored in a distributed system. Each block contains a cryptographic hash of the previous block, timestamp and transaction information. Modification of data is not allowed due to the design of the blockchain. The technology allows decentralized control and eliminates risks of data modification by other parties.
Blockchain has a wide spectrum of applications and, over the next 5-10 years, we will likely see it being integrated into all sorts of industries. From finance to healthcare, blockchain could revolutionize the way we store and share data. Although there is some hesitation to adopt blockchain systems right now, that won't be the case in 2022-2023 (and even less so in 2026). Once people become more comfortable with the technology and understand how it can work for them, owners, CEOs and entrepreneurs alike will be quick to leverage blockchain technology for their own gain. Hope you like this article if you have any question let me know in the comments section
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Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are the most popular digital assets today, capturing the attention of cryptocurrency investors, whales and people from around the world. People find it amazing that some users spend thousands or millions of dollars on a single NFT-based image of a monkey or other token, but you can simply take a screenshot for free. So here we share some freuently asked question about NFTs.
NFT stands for non-fungible token, which is a cryptographic token on a blockchain with unique identification codes that distinguish it from other tokens. NFTs are unique and not interchangeable, which means no two NFTs are the same. NFTs can be a unique artwork, GIF, Images, videos, Audio album. in-game items, collectibles etc.
A blockchain is a distributed digital ledger that allows for the secure storage of data. By recording any kind of information—such as bank account transactions, the ownership of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs), or Decentralized Finance (DeFi) smart contracts—in one place, and distributing it to many different computers, blockchains ensure that data can’t be manipulated without everyone in the system being aware.
The value of an NFT comes from its ability to be traded freely and securely on the blockchain, which is not possible with other current digital ownership solutionsThe NFT points to its location on the blockchain, but doesn’t necessarily contain the digital property. For example, if you replace one bitcoin with another, you will still have the same thing. If you buy a non-fungible item, such as a movie ticket, it is impossible to replace it with any other movie ticket because each ticket is unique to a specific time and place.
One of the unique characteristics of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) is that they can be tokenised to create a digital certificate of ownership that can be bought, sold and traded on the blockchain.
As with crypto-currency, records of who owns what are stored on a ledger that is maintained by thousands of computers around the world. These records can’t be forged because the whole system operates on an open-source network.
NFTs also contain smart contracts—small computer programs that run on the blockchain—that give the artist, for example, a cut of any future sale of the token.
Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) aren't cryptocurrencies, but they do use blockchain technology. Many NFTs are based on Ethereum, where the blockchain serves as a ledger for all the transactions related to said NFT and the properties it represents.5) How to make an NFT?
Anyone can create an NFT. All you need is a digital wallet, some ethereum tokens and a connection to an NFT marketplace where you’ll be able to upload and sell your creations
When you purchase a stock in NFT, that purchase is recorded on the blockchain—the bitcoin ledger of transactions—and that entry acts as your proof of ownership.
The value of an NFT varies a lot based on the digital asset up for grabs. People use NFTs to trade and sell digital art, so when creating an NFT, you should consider the popularity of your digital artwork along with historical statistics.
In the year 2021, a digital artist called Pak created an artwork called The Merge. It was sold on the Nifty Gateway NFT market for $91.8 million.
Non-fungible tokens can be used in investment opportunities. One can purchase an NFT and resell it at a profit. Certain NFT marketplaces let sellers of NFTs keep a percentage of the profits from sales of the assets they create.
Many people want to buy NFTs because it lets them support the arts and own something cool from their favorite musicians, brands, and celebrities. NFTs also give artists an opportunity to program in continual royalties if someone buys their work. Galleries see this as a way to reach new buyers interested in art.
There are many places to buy digital assets, like opensea and their policies vary. On top shot, for instance, you sign up for a waitlist that can be thousands of people long. When a digital asset goes on sale, you are occasionally chosen to purchase it.
To mint an NFT token, you must pay some amount of gas fee to process the transaction on the Etherum blockchain, but you can mint your NFT on a different blockchain called Polygon to avoid paying gas fees. This option is available on OpenSea and this simply denotes that your NFT will only be able to trade using Polygon's blockchain and not Etherum's blockchain. Mintable allows you to mint NFTs for free without paying any gas fees.
The answer is no. Non-Fungible Tokens are minted on the blockchain using cryptocurrencies such as Etherum, Solana, Polygon, and so on. Once a Non-Fungible Token is minted, the transaction is recorded on the blockchain and the contract or license is awarded to whoever has that Non-Fungible Token in their wallet.
You can sell your work and creations by attaching a license to it on the blockchain, where its ownership can be transferred. This lets you get exposure without losing full ownership of your work. Some of the most successful projects include Cryptopunks, Bored Ape Yatch Club NFTs, SandBox, World of Women and so on. These NFT projects have gained popularity globally and are owned by celebrities and other successful entrepreneurs. Owning one of these NFTs gives you an automatic ticket to exclusive business meetings and life-changing connections.
That’s a wrap. Hope you guys found this article enlightening. I just answer some question with my limited knowledge about NFTs. If you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to drop them in the comment section below. Also I have a question for you, Is bitcoin an NFTs? let me know in The comment section below
In the rapidly advancing landscape of AI technology and innovation, LimeWire emerges as a unique platform in the realm of generative AI tools. This platform not only stands out from the multitude of existing AI tools but also brings a fresh approach to content generation. LimeWire not only empowers users to create AI content but also provides creators with creative ways to share and monetize their creations.
As we explore LimeWire, our aim is to uncover its features, benefits for creators, and the exciting possibilities it offers for AI content generation. This platform presents an opportunity for users to harness the power of AI in image creation, all while enjoying the advantages of a free and accessible service.
Let's unravel the distinctive features that set LimeWire apart in the dynamic landscape of AI-powered tools, understanding how creators can leverage its capabilities to craft unique and engaging AI-generated images.
This revamped LimeWire invites users to register and unleash their creativity by crafting original AI content, which can then be shared and showcased on the LimeWire Studio. Notably, even acclaimed artists and musicians, such as Deadmau5, Soulja Boy, and Sean Kingston, have embraced this platform to publish their content in the form of NFT music, videos, and images.
Beyond providing a space for content creation and sharing, LimeWire introduces monetization models to empower users to earn revenue from their creations. This includes avenues such as earning ad revenue and participating in the burgeoning market of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs). As we delve further, we'll explore these monetization strategies in more detail to provide a comprehensive understanding of LimeWire's innovative approach to content creation and distribution.
LimeWire Studio welcomes content creators into its fold, providing a space to craft personalized AI-focused content for sharing with fans and followers. Within this creative hub, every piece of content generated becomes not just a creation but a unique asset—ownable and tradable. Fans have the opportunity to subscribe to creators' pages, immersing themselves in the creative journey and gaining ownership of digital collectibles that hold tradeable value within the LimeWire community. Notably, creators earn a 2.5% royalty each time their content is traded, adding a rewarding element to the creative process.
The platform's flexibility is evident in its content publication options. Creators can choose to share their work freely with the public or opt for a premium subscription model, granting exclusive access to specialized content for subscribers.
As of the present moment, LimeWire focuses on AI Image Generation, offering a spectrum of creative possibilities to its user base. The platform, however, has ambitious plans on the horizon, aiming to broaden its offerings by introducing AI music and video generation tools in the near future. This strategic expansion promises creators even more avenues for expression and engagement with their audience, positioning LimeWire Studio as a dynamic and evolving platform within the realm of AI-powered content creation.
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Granita, semifreddo and parfait are all machine-free – or just buy in some ice-cream and upcycle it into affogato, sundaes or even homemade choc ices
In the absence of a machine, the obvious solution to frozen dessert needs is granita. “That’s the easiest,” says Kitty Travers, owner of La Grotta Ices in London. “All you need is a tray and a fork.” Berries will always be delicious in granita, but Travers suggests going off-piste and infusing a bag or two of jasmine tea in a simple sugar syrup, then combining that with fresh watermelon juice. Alternatively, “soak almonds in water, then blend with sugar and lemon peel. Make a simple syrup with coffee beans, add to the whizzed-up almonds and freeze.”
Half-frozen slab desserts (think semifreddo and parfait) also come into their own here. “Semifreddo is easy, it can be flavoured with fruit, nuts or chocolate and, most importantly, it provides the lovely, smooth texture of ice-cream even without a machine,” says Sophia Brothers, founder of Nonna’s Gelato in east London. “Whip double cream to soft peaks, then make an Italian meringue by combining sugar and water and bringing to a boil.” Once that hits 121C, stir it into whisked egg whites: “As a general rule, Italian meringue works best with double the amount of sugar to egg whites.” Whisk on a medium speed until the meringue cools, then add the whipped cream and any fruit puree or nut paste that takes your fancy. “I like strawberries blitzed with elderflower cordial,” says Brothers, who freezes her semifreddos overnight and serves in scoops or slices.
You could, of course, simply accessorise ice-cream that’s already in your freezer. “Scoop it between your favourite biscuits and, voilà, an easy ice-cream sarnie,” says Terri Mercieca, owner of ice-cream sandwich and soft-serve purveyor Happy Endings, whose first book of the same name is out now. Brothers goes one step further with a homemade choc ice that takes her back to “childhood memories of chocolate running down my hands”. Yes, you’ll need some moulds, but choc ices couldn’t be simpler to make, and are very customisable to boot. “Melt chocolate in a bowl set over a saucepan of simmering water, then brush all over the moulds and set in the fridge for 10 minutes.” Spoon in gelato (freshly churned, ideally, but use whatever you’ve got), though let it soften a bit first, so it’s malleable. “You could also add different flavoured ice-creams, or a biscuit or sponge layer,” Brothers adds. Brush the base with more melted chocolate, then freeze until set. “Pop out of the moulds and serve with plenty of napkins!”
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Continue reading...A recent poll shows Dan Osborn, a UAW-backed Nebraska independent underdog, tied with Republican incumbent Sen. Deb Fischer.
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The owners of Kanaan have said that wine glasses were smashed and the space was defiled by ‘disgusting acts’ in the attack
Vandals ransacked an Israeli-Palestinian restaurant in Berlin, smashing wine glasses and defiling the space with “disgusting acts” a week after it hosted a queer Jewish-Muslim brunch, its owners have said.
Kanaan, a casual eatery in the Prenzlauer Berg district of the city, has attracted national attention since the 7 October attacks on Israel by Hamas, for its message of “unity over hate”. Its owners, Oz Ben David, an Israeli, and Jalil Dabit, a Palestinian, have called it an “island of peace”.
Continue reading...A rise in sexual violence means food prices have leapt in CAR as women and girls say they fear working in the fields
The two sisters had just arrived at their family’s field when two Russian mercenaries showed up. They held the girls at gunpoint and took turns raping them. “We told them we were virgins and begged them not to touch us. But they wouldn’t listen,” says Koko*.
She was 17 when the attack happened on a Saturday morning last September in the family’s field of yams and cassava in Ngaguene village, near the Central African Republic (CAR) town of Bouar.
Continue reading...The Observer’s wine writer selects drinks to pair with an outdoors meal or to relax with over a lazy afternoon
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Sicily, Italy 2023 (£6.50, Asda)
Sicily’s Carricante is one of Italy’s most distinctive grapes. It’s at its scintillating best on the slopes of Mount Etna, but this example, from vineyards lower on the island, is brilliant value: softly peachy and gently incisive.
A meaty treat full of fiery flavours
Make the hummus by draining 125g of preserved grilled red peppers from a jar and putting them in the bowl of a food processor. Add 4 cloves of roasted garlic or 2 tsp of garlic paste, then reduce to a purée.
Drain a 400g can of chickpeas, set a handful aside, then add the rest to the purée, process once again, this time adding 50ml of olive oil, a little salt and 2 generous pinches of ground Aleppo pepper or other ground chilli. (Use paprika if you prefer something more smoky.) Remove from the bowl with a rubber spatula and set side.
Continue reading...This week I have eaten Pom-Bear crisps, Coco Pops, a Petits Filous yoghurt and an ice lolly in the shape of a rocket. They were all absolutely delicious
I don’t want to undermine my international standing as a gourmand (you are, after all, looking at the woman who once ate the entire Bella Italia Valentine’s Day menu on her own, in a single sitting) but I think I may be giving up on so-called “adult food”.
It probably says something about my life, in terms of nutrition, shopping and planning, but this week I have eaten: three packets of Pom-Bear crisps, a bowl of Coco Pops, two Bear yoyo bars, a Petits Filous yoghurt and an ice lolly in the shape of a rocket. They were all absolutely delicious. Put them on a restaurant menu and you’d be rich.
Continue reading...Last week, the New York Times’s restaurant critic left his job after a worrying medical checkup. How do others keep going?
After 12 years as the New York Times’ restaurant critic, Pete Wells announced last week that he was leaving the role due to ill health – largely a side-effect of dining out decadently on a regular basis. “My cholesterol, blood sugar and hypertension were worse than I’d expected even in my doomiest moments,” he wrote after a medical checkup. “The terms pre-diabetes, fatty liver disease and metabolic syndrome were thrown around.” He had become obese, he says, and knew something needed to change.
With this in mind, we asked four leading restaurant critics how they mitigate the health risks posed by working in what is often deemed “the best job in the world”.
Continue reading...This week, Grace is joined by east London’s plant-based princess Bimini Bon-Boulash. Bimini shot to fame in 2021, after the second season of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK, where they captivated the BBC audience with quippy one liners, high fashion runway looks, and death drops. Although Bimini didn’t snatch the crown, they remain the most-followed UK contestant. Since filming the show, Bimini has released several singles and a book, signed modelling contracts and become a mainstay at fashion shows around the world. The question still remains: what is this British drag icon eating when the knee-high 10-inch heels are off?
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Continue reading...Peru is trying to protect its territorial waters from Chinese squid-fishing boats.
Craig Allen turned his interest in wellness and nutrition into a thriving online business, and his success is underpinned by a payment process customers trust
When Craig Allen began driving around Manchester 12 years ago selling steam-cooked chicken direct to gyms, he was laying the foundations for a frozen food brand that has resonated with consumers thanks to its focus on healthier eating.
With his interest in wellness and nutrition, and experience working for his dad in the meat trade, when Allen saw steam-cooked chicken being sold to restaurants to save on cooking time, he decided it was a healthy, convenient product that consumers should have access to as well. And so GSN – Gold Standard Nutrition – was born.
Continue reading...Three prime ministers write to UK government saying islands cannot sustain debt from repeated rebuilding
Caribbean leaders struggling to raise hundreds of millions after Hurricane Beryl wiped out entire islands have asked the UK government to back a “Marshall plan” to rebuild their devastated countries.
The hurricane, which made landfall in the Caribbean on 1 July, killed at least 11 people, demolished more than 90% of buildings in parts of Grenada and St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) and left thousands homeless and without running water, electricity and food.
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Anti-government protests are expected to escalate in Kenya after a month of demonstrations that erupted again across the country on Tuesday calling for the president, William Ruto, to resign. In response to police hostility, protesters set fires, threw stones and chanted “Ruto must go” and “Stop killing us”. The demonstrations were met with police firing teargas and water cannon at those involved and the press. One man was shot dead and his body carried through the streets to a nearby police station.
King’s speech | Keir Starmer has set out a government agenda that he claims can counter the “snake oil charm of populism” in a king’s speech pledging change to people’s lives including rights at work, cheaper energy and secure housing.
Israel-Gaza war | The US military-built pier for carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza will be dismantled and brought home, ending a mission that has been fraught with repeated weather and security problems that limited how much food and other supplies could get to starving Palestinians.
Europe | Labour’s proposed foreign policy and security pact with the EU sounds “quite promising”, the head of the European parliament’s foreign affairs committee has said, adding that the British government should use the next weeks and months to come up with proposals that are “as concrete as possible”.
US election 2024 | JD Vance formally accepted the Republican vice-presidential nomination on Wednesday with a deliberate, and at times divisive, pitch to re-elect Donald Trump in November.
Environment | The Labour government must oversee a massive ramping up of renewable energy generation in this parliament or the UK will breach its international obligations under the Paris agreement, the government’s climate watchdog has said.
Continue reading...Project 2025 and Vance agree: “The Dobbs decision is just the beginning.”
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Imagine a world in which you can do transactions and many other things without having to give your personal information. A world in which you don’t need to rely on banks or governments anymore. Sounds amazing, right? That’s exactly what blockchain technology allows us to do.
It’s like your computer’s hard drive. blockchain is a technology that lets you store data in digital blocks, which are connected together like links in a chain.
Blockchain technology was originally invented in 1991 by two mathematicians, Stuart Haber and W. Scot Stornetta. They first proposed the system to ensure that timestamps could not be tampered with.
A few years later, in 1998, software developer Nick Szabo proposed using a similar kind of technology to secure a digital payments system he called “Bit Gold.” However, this innovation was not adopted until Satoshi Nakamoto claimed to have invented the first Blockchain and Bitcoin.
A blockchain is a distributed database shared between the nodes of a computer network. It saves information in digital format. Many people first heard of blockchain technology when they started to look up information about bitcoin.
Blockchain is used in cryptocurrency systems to ensure secure, decentralized records of transactions.
Blockchain allowed people to guarantee the fidelity and security of a record of data without the need for a third party to ensure accuracy.
To understand how a blockchain works, Consider these basic steps:
Let’s get to know more about the blockchain.
Blockchain records digital information and distributes it across the network without changing it. The information is distributed among many users and stored in an immutable, permanent ledger that can't be changed or destroyed. That's why blockchain is also called "Distributed Ledger Technology" or DLT.
Here’s how it works:
And that’s the beauty of it! The process may seem complicated, but it’s done in minutes with modern technology. And because technology is advancing rapidly, I expect things to move even more quickly than ever.
Even though blockchain is integral to cryptocurrency, it has other applications. For example, blockchain can be used for storing reliable data about transactions. Many people confuse blockchain with cryptocurrencies like bitcoin and ethereum.
Blockchain already being adopted by some big-name companies, such as Walmart, AIG, Siemens, Pfizer, and Unilever. For example, IBM's Food Trust uses blockchain to track food's journey before reaching its final destination.
Although some of you may consider this practice excessive, food suppliers and manufacturers adhere to the policy of tracing their products because bacteria such as E. coli and Salmonella have been found in packaged foods. In addition, there have been isolated cases where dangerous allergens such as peanuts have accidentally been introduced into certain products.
Tracing and identifying the sources of an outbreak is a challenging task that can take months or years. Thanks to the Blockchain, however, companies now know exactly where their food has been—so they can trace its location and prevent future outbreaks.
Blockchain technology allows systems to react much faster in the event of a hazard. It also has many other uses in the modern world.
Blockchain technology is safe, even if it’s public. People can access the technology using an internet connection.
Have you ever been in a situation where you had all your data stored at one place and that one secure place got compromised? Wouldn't it be great if there was a way to prevent your data from leaking out even when the security of your storage systems is compromised?
Blockchain technology provides a way of avoiding this situation by using multiple computers at different locations to store information about transactions. If one computer experiences problems with a transaction, it will not affect the other nodes.
Instead, other nodes will use the correct information to cross-reference your incorrect node. This is called “Decentralization,” meaning all the information is stored in multiple places.
Blockchain guarantees your data's authenticity—not just its accuracy, but also its irreversibility. It can also be used to store data that are difficult to register, like legal contracts, state identifications, or a company's product inventory.
Blockchain has many advantages and disadvantages.
I’ll answer the most frequently asked questions about blockchain in this section.
Blockchain is not a cryptocurrency but a technology that makes cryptocurrencies possible. It's a digital ledger that records every transaction seamlessly.
Yes, blockchain can be theoretically hacked, but it is a complicated task to be achieved. A network of users constantly reviews it, which makes hacking the blockchain difficult.
Coinbase Global is currently the biggest blockchain company in the world. The company runs a commendable infrastructure, services, and technology for the digital currency economy.
Blockchain is a decentralized technology. It’s a chain of distributed ledgers connected with nodes. Each node can be any electronic device. Thus, one owns blockhain.
Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency, which is powered by Blockchain technology while Blockchain is a distributed ledger of cryptocurrency
Generally a database is a collection of data which can be stored and organized using a database management system. The people who have access to the database can view or edit the information stored there. The client-server network architecture is used to implement databases. whereas a blockchain is a growing list of records, called blocks, stored in a distributed system. Each block contains a cryptographic hash of the previous block, timestamp and transaction information. Modification of data is not allowed due to the design of the blockchain. The technology allows decentralized control and eliminates risks of data modification by other parties.
Blockchain has a wide spectrum of applications and, over the next 5-10 years, we will likely see it being integrated into all sorts of industries. From finance to healthcare, blockchain could revolutionize the way we store and share data. Although there is some hesitation to adopt blockchain systems right now, that won't be the case in 2022-2023 (and even less so in 2026). Once people become more comfortable with the technology and understand how it can work for them, owners, CEOs and entrepreneurs alike will be quick to leverage blockchain technology for their own gain. Hope you like this article if you have any question let me know in the comments section
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Maggie Goodlander’s campaign has also been boosted by a super PAC with links to billionaires Jeff Bezos and Michael Bloomberg.
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For a time, associating with Nick Fuentes was enough to tank a career in GOP politics. Now, it hardly seems to matter.
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Amid questions about authorities’ actions and coordination, the local Butler Township cops had a leadership vacuum.
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Maggie Goodlander’s campaign has also been boosted by a super PAC with links to billionaires Jeff Bezos and Michael Bloomberg.
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Project 2025 and Vance agree: “The Dobbs decision is just the beginning.”
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Alexis Smith tells audience that her abuser is in crowd and that ‘I, and my community, deserve healthy relationships’
The newly crowned Miss Kansas is emerging as an advocate for domestic violence survivors after she shocked judges and her audience in the final interview of her competition victory by calling out her abuser in the crowd.
Standing on stage in a blue sequined gown in June, Alexis Smith told the crowd: “Some of you in this audience saw me very emotional because my abuser is here today. But that’s not going to stop me from being on this Miss Kansas stage because I, and my community, deserve healthy relationships.”
Continue reading...Last week, five supporters of the Just Stop Oil climate campaign who conspired to cause gridlock on London’s orbital motorway were sentenced to lengthy jail terms by a judge who told them they had ‘crossed the line from concerned campaigner to fanatic’. Columnist and campaigner George Monbiot tells Ian Sample why the sentences are so significant, how they fit into a crackdown on protest in the UK in recent years, and what impact they could have on future climate activism in the UK
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Continue reading...A recent poll shows Dan Osborn, a UAW-backed Nebraska independent underdog, tied with Republican incumbent Sen. Deb Fischer.
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Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer and House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries endorse Kamala Harris at press conference
Harris will not preside over the chamber when when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a joint meeting of Congress on Wednesday.
According to an aide, she will meet with Netanyahu at the White House at some point this week. On Wednesday, Harris is scheduled to be in Indianapolis to moderate a conversation with the Zeta Phi Beta sorority, Inc, one of the nation’s oldest Black sororities.
Continue reading...The Palestinian American model has just been dropped from an Adidas campaign. Her only crime appears to be her heritage and her willingness to speak out
On Wednesday, Benjamin Netanyahu is having the red carpet rolled out for him in Washington DC. The Israeli prime minister, who is propped up by far-right extremists, will have the great honour of addressing Congress. The international criminal court may think he is a tad problematic, but in the twisted world we live in, he is being treated like a dignified statesman. The real villain du jour? A glance at the press suggests it’s the model Bella Hadid.
Hadid’s crime? She is part of a campaign for Adidas’s SL72 trainers. Or, rather, she was. Adidas dropped her from the campaign last week after the official @Israel X account objected to her involvement because the SL72s were released during the 1972 Munich Olympic Games, when 11 Israelis were taken hostage and killed by the Palestinian militant group Black September.
Continue reading...It’s a familiar story: Women of color get tasked with cleaning up the messes made by white men.
The post Kamala Harris and the Dangers of the “Glass Cliff” appeared first on The Intercept.
Biden’s approach to Gaza isn’t just immoral, it’s incoherent. A new candidate could break with his confused course for good.
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Harris insiders say she is more likely to engage in public criticism of the Israeli prime minister than Joe Biden and to focus attention on the civilian toll in Gaza
One of the key intrigues hanging over Benjamin Netanyahu’s contentious visit to Washington this week is what kind of reception he will receive from the White House, and how he will be received by Joe Biden and his vice-president – and the likely Democratic party nominee – Kamala Harris.
For much of Monday, no meetings between Netanyahu and either Biden or Harris had been confirmed, even though the Israeli PM had already departed for the US and was scheduled on Wednesday to address a joint session of Congress at the request of the House leader, Mike Johnson, a Republican.
Continue reading...Israeli PM will visit US amid political tumult and his meeting with Biden will be a test of US president’s influence
Benjamin Netanyahu is due to arrive in Washington on Monday at a moment of historic political tumult, as he is scheduled to meet the outgoing US president, Joe Biden, and address a divided Congress amid fears of a growing regional war in the Middle East.
The Israeli prime minister’s arrival will come just a day after Biden bowed out of the presidential race, and will be a major test of Biden’s ability to project US influence and restraint on Israel in the lame duck period of his presidency. Netanyahu will be forced to walk a tightrope as he balances between the Donald Trump-led Republican party and a reinvigorated Democratic campaign that may unite behind the vice-president, Kamala Harris.
Continue reading...President Joe Biden doesn’t deserve praise for dropping his reelection campaign. He deserves blame for getting us into this mess.
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Amid questions about authorities’ actions and coordination, the local Butler Township cops had a leadership vacuum.
The post The Local Police Department Responding to Trump Shooting Has No Chief appeared first on The Intercept.
Judge Aileen Cannon followed the playbook from Thomas’s solo opinion in the Trump immunity case.
The post How Clarence Thomas Cleared Trump’s Path in Classified Docs Case appeared first on The Intercept.
I thought I knew what was good for me, but as I transitioned to real life, I had to strive for balance rather than excellence
I competed at the Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games as an elite rhythmic gymnast, and after training from the age of six until I was 22, I thought I had developed all the necessary habits for a healthy life: how to eat right, exercise, handle my emotions and take care of my body.
But upon retiring, I struggled to run for more than a minute on the treadmill, and I couldn’t tell when I was full or hungry. After having access to the best mental health resources and physical therapists the world could offer, why was I suddenly having trouble with the basics? Hadn’t I been trained to know my own body, mind and the connection between the two – better than most?
Continue reading...Last week, the New York Times’s restaurant critic left his job after a worrying medical checkup. How do others keep going?
After 12 years as the New York Times’ restaurant critic, Pete Wells announced last week that he was leaving the role due to ill health – largely a side-effect of dining out decadently on a regular basis. “My cholesterol, blood sugar and hypertension were worse than I’d expected even in my doomiest moments,” he wrote after a medical checkup. “The terms pre-diabetes, fatty liver disease and metabolic syndrome were thrown around.” He had become obese, he says, and knew something needed to change.
With this in mind, we asked four leading restaurant critics how they mitigate the health risks posed by working in what is often deemed “the best job in the world”.
Continue reading...A human rights law firm has accused the International Olympic Committee of negligence after releasing a dossier of 17 Russian and Belarusian athletes due to compete at Paris, who it said had shown support for the war in Ukraine in breach of Olympic rules.
Global Rights Compliance, based in London and Kyiv, said the athletes had either liked social media posts supporting the invasion of Ukraine, competed in pro-war competitions or were members of military-linked sports clubs.
Continue reading...The 7ft 4in basketball star’s stature, both literal and figurative, says something about France’s ability to project itself beyond Europe
In France, the days leading up to the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics have unfolded amid a frazzled atmosphere of heightened anxiety. Traffic bans, QR codes, and security barriers have effectively barred public access to the center of Paris, where the bulk of Friday’s opening ceremony will take place. Parliamentary elections have thrown the country’s politics into disarray, with the outlines of a new government still not clear weeks after left-wing parties united to form an electoral coalition to prevent the far right from gaining power. A small industry of panels and podcasts has emerged to debate whether France has any realistic hope of meeting President Emmanuel Macron’s target of a top-five medal finish in the home Olympics. And everywhere a broader cultural worry about France’s place in the world – of sport, of politics, of language – amid the ongoing supremacy of the United States and the rise of China and India has accompanied the countdown to Friday. The modern Olympics were, of course, the creation of a Frenchman – Pierre de Coubertin – and French remains one of the two official languages of the Games. But “over the last 30 years,” laments a recent piece in the French press, the “language of Molière” has “lost ground to the language of Shakespeare.” “Will we speak French at these Olympics?” asks Le Figaro, mournfully.
Into this unusual climate of hope and declinism steps the scarcely believable frame of Victor Wembanyama. Everything about the 20-year-old prodigy of French basketball is big: the potential, the hype, and of course the height, which is impressive whether it’s quoted according to American convention (7ft 4in) or European (224 centimeters). After years of watching various Greeks (Giannis Antetokounmpo), Serbs (Nikola Jokić), and Slovenians (Luka Dončić) capture all the headlines for non-US players in the NBA, the French now have an authentic superstar to call their own, and he’s perhaps the closest to a sure thing that the world of basketball has seen since LeBron was stomping around high school courts in Sampras shorts. After just one season in the NBA – which saw him record a string of miraculous scoring performances, dominate players in the prime of their careers at both ends of the court, claim the rookie of the year award by unanimous vote, and richly deliver on the promise announced by his selection as the number one pick in the 2023 draft – Wembanyama has become, along with Kylian Mbappé, the most recognizable French athlete on the planet, and the expectations he carries into these Games are immense.
Continue reading...The Tokyo 2020 super-heavyweight silver medallist is aiming to go one better in Paris, combining perfect technique with excellent muscle structure and flexibility
Emily Campbell is one of the strongest women in the world, and is the only super‑heavyweight female athlete from Europe to qualify for Paris. The 30-year-old will compete in the +87kg category, and is one of Team GB’s great medal hopes after winning silver at the Tokyo Olympics.
In 2022 she broke the Commonwealth Games women’s weightlifting record to take gold, lifting 124kg in the snatch and 162kg in the clean and jerk, recording an overall weight of 286kg. “I think she’s capable of lifting more,” says Dave Sawyer, British weightlifting’s national coach who has guided Campbell since she took up the sport. “I don’t think she’s reached her full potential yet.
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