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How the political consensus on climate change has shattered
Fri, 02 May 2025 14:16:59 GMT
In 2019, the UK committed in law to reducing its carbon emissions to net zero by 2050. Now the political climate has changed.
Match ID: 0 Score: 25.71 source: www.bbc.com age: 3 days
qualifiers: 12.86 climate change, 12.86 carbon

Searching for Spherules to Sample
Mon, 05 May 2025 20:55:45 +0000
Written by Denise Buckner, Postdoctoral Fellow at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center  Over the past few weeks, Perseverance has been investigating some curious spherules peppered across the “Witch Hazel Hill” region along the rim of Jezero crater. A striking cluster of the small bubble-shaped stones were first spotted by the Mastcam-Z instrument on Sol 1442 […]
Match ID: 1 Score: 15.00 source: science.nasa.gov age: 0 days
qualifiers: 15.00 carbon

FEMA Is Ending Door-to-Door Canvassing in Disaster Areas
Mon, 05 May 2025 19:43:17 +0000
As it shifts responsibility for recovery efforts to local authorities, FEMA workers will stop knocking on doors to provide aid to survivors in disaster areas, per a memo obtained by WIRED.
Match ID: 2 Score: 15.00 source: www.wired.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 15.00 climate change

NASA Data Helps Map Tiny Plankton That Feed Giant Right Whales
Mon, 05 May 2025 19:08:15 +0000
In the waters off New England, one of Earth’s rarest mammals swims slowly, mouth agape. The North Atlantic right whale filters clouds of tiny reddish zooplankton — called Calanus finmarchicus — from the sea. These zooplankton, no bigger than grains of rice, are the whale’s lifeline. Only about 370 of these massive creatures remain. For […]
Match ID: 3 Score: 15.00 source: science.nasa.gov age: 0 days
qualifiers: 15.00 carbon

NASA Kennedy Breathes Life into Moon Soil Testing
Mon, 05 May 2025 17:24:18 +0000
As NASA works to establish a long-term presence on the Moon, researchers have reached a breakthrough by extracting oxygen at a commercial scale from simulated lunar soil at Swamp Works at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The achievement moves NASA one step closer to its goal of utilizing resources on the Moon and beyond […]
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qualifiers: 15.00 carbon

Largest deepfake porn site shuts down forever
Mon, 05 May 2025 15:41:28 +0000
Unknown hero pulls the plug on biggest AI porn platform.
Match ID: 5 Score: 15.00 source: arstechnica.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 15.00 toxic

NASA’s Webb Lifts Veil on Common but Mysterious Type of Exoplanet
Mon, 05 May 2025 14:00:00 +0000
Though they don’t orbit around our Sun, sub-Neptunes are the most common type of exoplanet, or planet outside our solar system, that have been observed in our galaxy. These small, gassy planets are shrouded in mystery…and often, a lot of haze. Now, by observing exoplanet TOI-421 b, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is helping scientists […]
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Sols 4527-4528: ‘Boxwork Ahoy!’
Sun, 04 May 2025 22:48:53 +0000
Written by Natalie Moore, Mission Operations Specialist at Malin Space Science Systems Earth planning date: Wednesday, April 30, 2025 We’re back in our standard “touch and go” plan regime today, where we sandwich a midday remote science block between morning-APXS and afternoon-MAHLI contact science arm blocks. We had our first late-slide 9 a.m. PDT start […]
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Friday Squid Blogging: Pyjama Squid
2025-05-02T21:02:18Z

The small pyjama squid (Sepioloidea lineolata) produces toxic slime, “a rare example of a poisonous predatory mollusc.”

As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered.

Match ID: 8 Score: 12.86 source: www.schneier.com age: 3 days
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President Trump’s FY26 Budget Revitalizes Human Space Exploration
Fri, 02 May 2025 15:30:51 +0000
The Trump-Vance Administration released toplines of the President’s budget for Fiscal Year 2026 on Friday. The budget accelerates human space exploration of the Moon and Mars with a fiscally responsible portfolio of missions. “This proposal includes investments to simultaneously pursue exploration of the Moon and Mars while still prioritizing critical science and technology research,” said […]
Match ID: 9 Score: 12.86 source: www.nasa.gov age: 3 days
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ARMD Research Solicitations (Updated May 1)
Thu, 01 May 2025 17:00:00 +0000
THIS PAGE WAS UPDATED ON MAY 1, 2025(Added Advanced Air Vehicles Program Fellowship Opportunities.) This Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate (ARMD) solicitations page compiles the opportunities to collaborate with NASA’s aeronautical innovators and/or contribute to their research to enable new and improved air transportation systems. Most opportunities to participate in research are officially announced through the […]
Match ID: 10 Score: 10.71 source: www.nasa.gov age: 4 days
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The Vietnam War Is Still Killing People, 50 Years Later
Wed, 30 Apr 2025 09:00:00 +0000

After the Trump administration cut funding to demining efforts, unexploded ordnance from the Vietnam War killed four people in February alone.

The post The Vietnam War Is Still Killing People, 50 Years Later appeared first on The Intercept.

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NASA Calibrates Second Shock-Sensing Probe for X-59 Testing
Fri, 18 Apr 2025 16:30:00 +0000
When you’re testing a cutting-edge NASA aircraft, you need specialized tools to conduct tests and capture data –but if those tools need maintenance, you need to wait until they’re fixed. Unless you have a backup. That’s why NASA recently calibrated a new shock-sensing probe to capture shock wave data when the agency’s X-59 quiet supersonic […]
Match ID: 12 Score: 4.29 source: www.nasa.gov age: 17 days
qualifiers: 2.14 climate change, 2.14 carbon

Project to suck carbon out of sea begins in UK
Fri, 18 Apr 2025 00:20:52 GMT
A pilot project will test whether it is a useful way of fighting climate change.
Match ID: 13 Score: 4.29 source: www.bbc.com age: 17 days
qualifiers: 2.14 climate change, 2.14 carbon

NASA Studies Wind Effects and Aircraft Tracking with Joby Aircraft
Thu, 17 Apr 2025 21:00:00 +0000
NASA engineers began using a network of ground sensors in March to collect data from an experimental air taxi to evaluate how to safely integrate such vehicles into airspace above cities – in all kinds of weather. Researchers will use the campaign to help improve tools to assist with collision avoidance and landing operations and […]
Match ID: 14 Score: 4.29 source: www.nasa.gov age: 18 days
qualifiers: 2.14 climate change, 2.14 carbon

NASA Supports Next Generation of Innovators
Thu, 17 Apr 2025 15:07:44 +0000
When young minds come together to test their knowledge and creativity in technology and innovation, the results are truly inspiring. In its sixth year, Aerospace Valley Regional FIRST Robotics Competition at East High School in Lancaster, California, proved to be another success. During three action-packed days, hundreds of students from around the world showcased their […]
Match ID: 15 Score: 4.29 source: www.nasa.gov age: 18 days
qualifiers: 2.14 climate change, 2.14 carbon

Testing in the Clouds: NASA Flies to Improve Satellite Data
Wed, 16 Apr 2025 22:21:41 +0000
In February, NASA’s ER-2 science aircraft flew instruments designed to improve satellite data products and Earth science observations. From data collection to processing, satellite systems continue to advance, and NASA is exploring how instruments analyzing clouds can improve data measurement methods. Researchers participating in the Goddard Space Flight Center Lidar Observation and Validation Experiment (GLOVE) […]
Match ID: 16 Score: 4.29 source: www.nasa.gov age: 19 days
qualifiers: 2.14 climate change, 2.14 carbon

Air Force Pilot, SkillBridge Fellow Helps NASA Research Soar
Fri, 25 Apr 2025 12:10:24 +0000
Jeremy Johnson laces his black, steel-toed boots and zips up his dark blue flight suit. Having just finished a pre-flight mission briefing with his team, the only thing on his mind is heading to the aircraft hangar and getting a plane in the air. As he eases a small white-and-blue propeller aircraft down the hangar’s […]
Match ID: 17 Score: 2.14 source: www.nasa.gov age: 10 days
qualifiers: 2.14 carbon

NASA, Boeing, Consider New Thin-Wing Aircraft Research Focus
Thu, 24 Apr 2025 17:05:48 +0000
NASA and Boeing are currently evaluating an updated approach to the agency’s Sustainable Flight Demonstrator project that would focus on demonstrating thin-wing technology with broad applications for multiple aircraft configurations. Boeing’s proposed focus centers on a ground-based testbed to demonstrate the potential for long, thin-wing technology. Work on the X-66 flight demonstrator – which currently […]
Match ID: 18 Score: 2.14 source: www.nasa.gov age: 11 days
qualifiers: 2.14 carbon

NASA Tests Ultralight Antennas to Benefit Future National Airspace
Tue, 22 Apr 2025 12:14:02 +0000
NASA engineers are using one of the world’s lightest solid materials to construct an antenna that could be embedded into the skin of an aircraft, creating a more aerodynamic and reliable communication solution for drones and other future air transportation options.  Developed by NASA, this ultra-lightweight aerogel antenna is designed to enable satellite communications where […]
Match ID: 19 Score: 2.14 source: www.nasa.gov age: 13 days
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A Fond Farewell: NASA’s C-130 Begins New Mission in California
Fri, 18 Apr 2025 16:40:45 +0000
NASA’s C-130 Hercules, fondly known as the Herc, went wheels up at 9:45 a.m., Friday, April 18, as it departed from its decade-long home at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, for the final time. The aircraft is embarking on a new adventure to serve and protect in the state of California where it is […]
Match ID: 20 Score: 2.14 source: www.nasa.gov age: 17 days
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Going Home: NASA Retires S-3B Viking to POW/MIA Museum
Wed, 16 Apr 2025 12:04:20 +0000
After supporting the center’s research missions for more than a decade, NASA’s S-3B Viking aircraft is moving on from NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland to begin a new and honorable assignment. The aircraft is heading to the National POW/MIA Memorial and Museum in Jacksonville, Florida, where it will be on display, honoring all Prisoners […]
Match ID: 21 Score: 2.14 source: www.nasa.gov age: 19 days
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How countries cheat their carbon targets – video
Thu, 27 Mar 2025 11:54:28 GMT

Net zero is a target that countries should be striving for to stop the climate crisis. But beyond the buzzword, it is a complex scientific concept – and if we get it wrong, the planet will keep heating.

Biodiversity and environment reporter Patrick Greenfield explains how a loophole in the 2015 Paris climate agreement allows countries to cheat their net zero targets through creative accounting, and how scientists want us to fix it

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Match ID: 22 Score: 2.14 source: www.theguardian.com age: 39 days
qualifiers: 2.14 carbon

The Arctic: climate change’s great economic opportunity
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 10:41:08 +0000
An enormous prize is on offer. When might it be grasped?
Match ID: 23 Score: 2.14 source: www.economist.com age: 102 days
qualifiers: 2.14 climate change

ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/23/2024
Tue, 23 Jul 2024 16:00:01 +0000
Boeing CST-100 Crewed Flight Test (CFT): The CFT crew assisted the ISS crew by performing payload activities. They completed the ArgUS 1-1 sub-payloads installation and several Thor-Davis sessions. Payloads: ArgUS 1-1: The ArgUS 1-1 sub-payloads were installed onto the ArgUS Multi Payload Platform and stowed in the NanoRacks Airlock (NRAL). More information about this investigation …
Match ID: 24 Score: 2.14 source: www.nasa.gov age: 286 days
qualifiers: 2.14 carbon

ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/15/2024
Mon, 15 Jul 2024 16:00:09 +0000
Boeing CST-100 Crewed Flight Test (CFT): Today, the CFT crew assisted the ISS crew by performing a USOS food audit and continuing to complete different payload activities. Payloads: Combustion Integrated Rack (CIR): Fuel Oxidizer Management Assembly (FOMA) Calibration was performed. The upper rack doors were opened, the bottle valves were closed, the pressure in the …
Match ID: 25 Score: 2.14 source: www.nasa.gov age: 294 days
qualifiers: 2.14 carbon

Greener Is Getting Going
Wed, 19 Jun 2024 15:00:00 +0000
We’ve reached a tipping point where we’ve got a cleaner alternative for most transport. Now we have to commit.
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qualifiers: 2.14 climate change

A New Way to See Your Climate Anxiety
Mon, 22 Jan 2024 12:00:00 +0000
The climate crisis has become a mental health crisis. But eco-anxiety isn’t necessarily a pathology.
Match ID: 27 Score: 2.14 source: www.wired.com age: 469 days
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Global Emissions Could Peak Sooner Than You Think
Wed, 17 Jan 2024 12:00:00 +0000
Global deployment of solar and wind power, plus a surge in EV sales, means emissions from fossil-fuel-derived energy will finally hit the downward slope.
Match ID: 28 Score: 2.14 source: www.wired.com age: 474 days
qualifiers: 2.14 carbon

Ahrefs vs SEMrush: Which SEO Tool Should You Use?
Tue, 01 Mar 2022 12:16:00 +0000

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

• Most accurate keyword data: Accurate keyword search volume data is crucial for SEO and PPC campaigns by allowing you to identify what keywords are most likely to bring in big sales from ad clicks. SEMrush constantly updates its databases and provides the most accurate data.
• Largest Keyword database: SEMrush's Keyword Magic Tool now features 20-billion keywords, providing marketers and SEO professionals the largest database of keywords.


• All SEMrush users receive daily ranking data, mobile volume information, and the option to buy additional keywords by default with no additional payment or add-ons needed
• Most accurate position tracking tool: This tool provides all subscribers with basic tracking capabilities, making it suitable for SEO professionals. Plus, the Position Tracking tool provides local-level data to everyone who uses the tool.
• SEO Data Management: SEMrush makes managing your online data easy by allowing you to create visually appealing custom PDF reports, including Branded and White Label reports, report scheduling, and integration with GA, GMB, and GSC.
• Toxic link monitoring and penalty recovery: With SEMrush, you can make a detailed analysis of toxic backlinks, toxic scores, toxic markers, and outreach to those sites.
• Content Optimization and Creation Tools: SEMrush offers content optimization and creation tools that let you create SEO-friendly content. Some features include the SEO Writing Assistant, On-Page SEO Check, er/SEO Content Template, Content Audit, Post Tracking, Brand Monitoring.

Ahrefs

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

• Backlink alerts data and new keywords: Get an alert when your site is linked to or discussed in blogs, forums, comments, or when new keywords are added to a blog posting about you.
• Intuitive interface: The intuitive design of the widget helps you see the overall health of your website and search engine ranking at a glance.
• Site Explorer: The Site Explorer will give you an in-depth look at your site's search traffic.
• Domain Comparison
• Reports with charts and graphs
• JavaScript rendering and a site audit can identify SEO issues.
• A question explorer that provides well-crafted topic suggestions

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:

• You can see analytics from the dashboard, including search engine rankings to domain ratings, referring domains, and backlink
• Jumping from one tool to another is easy. You can use the Keyword Explorer to find a keyword to target and then directly track your ranking with one click.
• The website offers a tooltip helper tool that allows you to hover your mouse over something that isn't clear and get an in-depth explanation.

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

• A search bar allows you to enter a domain, keyword, or anything else you wish to explore.
• A menu on the left side of the page provides quick links to relevant information, including marketing insights, projects, keyword analytics, and more.
• The customer support resources located directly within the dashboard can be used to communicate with the support team or to learn about other resources such as webinars and blogs.
• Detailed descriptions of every resource offered. This detail is beneficial for new marketers, who are just starting.

WHO WINS?

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.

Rank Tracking

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.

Ahrefs

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

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.

WHO WINS?

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

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.

AHREFS

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:

• It can search multiple keywords in a single search and analyze them together. At SEMrush, you also have this feature in Keyword Overview.
• Ahrefs has a variety of keywords for different search engines, including Google, YouTube, Amazon, Bing, Yahoo, Yandex, and other search engines.
• When you click on a keyword, you can see its search volume and keyword difficulty, but also other keywords related to it, which you didn't use.

SEMRUSH

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:

• Show performance metrics by keyword
• Search results are based on both broad and exact keyword matches.
• Show data like search volume, trends, keyword difficulty, and CPC.
• Show the first 100 Google search results for any keyword.
• Identify SERP Features and Questions related to each keyword
• SEMrush has released a new Keyword Gap Tool that uncovers potentially useful keyword opportunities for you, including both paid and organic keywords.

WHO WINS?

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.

Competitor Analysis

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

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

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.

WHO WINS?

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.

Pricing

Ahrefs

• Lite Monthly: $99/month
• Standard Monthly: $179/month
• Annually Lite: $990/year
• Annually Standard: $1790/year

SEMRUSH

• Pro Plan: $119.95/month
• Guru Plan:$229.95/month
• Business Plan: $449.95/month

Which SEO tool should you choose for digital marketing?

When it comes to keyword data research, you will become confused about which one to choose.

Consider choosing Ahrefs if you

• Like friendly and clean interface
• Searching for simple keyword suggestions

• Want to get more keywords for different search engines like Amazon, Bing, Yahoo, Yandex, Baidu, and more

 

Consider SEMrush if you:

• Want more marketing and SEO features
• Need competitor analysis tool
• Need to keep your backlinks profile clean
• Looking for more keyword suggestions for Google

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.

 

 

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10 Best Chef's Knives (2025), Tested and Reviewed
Fri, 02 May 2025 12:02:00 +0000
The chef's knife is the workhorse of the kitchen. We sliced, diced, and minced to find the best for every home chef.
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“They Actually Had a List”: ICE Arrests Workers Involved in Landmark Labor Rights Case
Mon, 05 May 2025 22:27:21 +0000

“We are concerned at the appearance of targeting publicly pro-union worker leaders,” said a union official about a raid in western New York.

The post “They Actually Had a List”: ICE Arrests Workers Involved in Landmark Labor Rights Case appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 1 Score: 30.00 source: theintercept.com age: 0 days
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NASA Data Helps Map Tiny Plankton That Feed Giant Right Whales
Mon, 05 May 2025 19:08:15 +0000
In the waters off New England, one of Earth’s rarest mammals swims slowly, mouth agape. The North Atlantic right whale filters clouds of tiny reddish zooplankton — called Calanus finmarchicus — from the sea. These zooplankton, no bigger than grains of rice, are the whale’s lifeline. Only about 370 of these massive creatures remain. For […]
Match ID: 2 Score: 30.00 source: science.nasa.gov age: 0 days
qualifiers: 30.00 food

How to cook with radishes to enjoy them in all their glory
Mon, 05 May 2025 16:30:59 +0000
Radishes are ravishing. Here’s how to enjoy them raw, fermented, braised, roasted and more.
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Rukmini Iyer’s quick and easy recipe for crispy chicken with zhoug and jersey royals | Quick and easy
Mon, 05 May 2025 12:00:34 GMT

Fried, breadcrumbed chicken with new potatoes, all brought to life by a garlicky Yemeni sauce of chilli, preserved lemons, herbs and spices

You can’t go wrong with crisp, panko-fried chicken, and this version with zhoug is an absolute winner. You could describe zhoug as a green chilli sauce, but that wouldn’t quite do justice to this amazing Yemeni condiment, which is packed with flavour from preserved lemons, cardamom and garlic. Use some to stir through the hot, just-cooked jersey royals, then serve the rest as a sauce for the chicken. The only accompaniment you then need is a light green salad: a handful of whatever leaves are to hand, some finely sliced fennel and a few pumpkin seeds, all dressed with lemon juice, olive oil and sea salt.

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Match ID: 4 Score: 30.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
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From the perfect gardening tools to £8 mascara, what you loved most this month
Mon, 05 May 2025 09:00:32 GMT

We gave you gardening tips, a spring fashion edit, the ultimate guide to anti-ageing and more. Here are the picks that inspired you most in April

The year always seems to pick up pace in spring, with the big house and garden tidy-up becoming all-consuming. The early spring sunshine has been wonderful (for those of us lucky enough to have seen some), though it does accelerate the pressure to ready your garden for the summer ahead.

I spent winter trying not to look out of the window, fearing that most of the plants I’d optimistically bought last summer wouldn’t make it. So it’s a wonderful feeling to have the garden open up again – and many of you seem to agree. We were taken aback by the popularity of our pieces on how to get your garden ready for summer and the best secateurs to help you with the spring tidy.

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‘The beauty of this angle is the distortion’: Sanket Khuntale’s best phone photo
Mon, 05 May 2025 05:00:28 GMT

The Indian photographer was delighted with the image he captured during a stroll in Pritisangam Gardens with friends

Sanket Khuntale describes Pritisangam Gardens in Karad, India as “a go-to hangout spot for everyone in town”. Khuntale lives in Mumbai now, but visits the gardens as a ritual every time he goes home to Karad. On the day he took this photo, in 2017, he was there to meet friends for an evening stroll. The gardens lie against the banks where the Krishna and Koyna rivers meet, and the group walked by the water, talking, admiring their surroundings and stopping for street food.

One of the group was Khuntale’s childhood friend Tejali, who had been stopping to pick flowers along the way. Khuntale suggested taking a photo with his mobile phone. He positioned himself behind Tejali’s head to take the shot, then later rotated the image 180 degrees.

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This pasta with cauliflower captures the best of California cuisine
Sun, 04 May 2025 14:00:33 +0000
A lemony cauliflower pasta from chef Katie Reicher at Greens restaurant showcases the brilliance of California cuisine.
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Solution to Evan Birnholz’s May 4 crossword, ‘Pieces of the Pie’
Sun, 04 May 2025 13:00:30 +0000
Food portions.
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Restaurant Review: The Caribbean Restaurant Reinventing the Momofuku Empire
Sun, 04 May 2025 10:00:00 +0000
At Kabawa, the chef Paul Carmichael gets scholarly without sacrificing the fun.
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‘Hits that sweet spot between funk and freshness’: the best kimchi, tasted and rated
Sat, 03 May 2025 12:00:37 GMT

Our in-house ferment fanatic Tom Hunt assesses a range of widely available versions of the increasingly popular Korean condiment

Spicy, salty, sweet and sour all at the same time, kimchi is perhaps the perfect condiment. This Korean staple is traditionally made by salting cabbage to preserve it and add crunch, then fermenting it in a pungent paste often made from glutinous rice porridge, gochugaru (Korean chilli flakes), onion and enough garlic to keep a vampire at bay. Fish sauce is another common addition, as is, sometimes, even raw seafood such as crab or squid, but most kimchi sold in the UK is plant-based, and so appeals to a much wider audience.

The magic behind kimchi lies in the lactic acid bacteria naturally present on vegetables. These beneficial microbes are encouraged to thrive during fermentation, creating the complex, tangy flavours and deep umami that make kimchi so distinctive. All kimchi brings bold flavour, but only raw, unpasteurised ones deliver the probiotic benefits that come from live fermentation, so look for the words “raw” and “unpasteurised” on the label. Gochugaru, meanwhile, is what gives kimchi its signature vermilion hue. The brightness of its red-orange colour is a good visual cue as to how much chilli has been used and, as a result, how spicy the kimchi is.

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EU President Should Be Investigated for Complicity in Israel’s War Crimes, Says Top U.N. Expert on Palestine
Sat, 03 May 2025 08:00:00 +0000

“I’m not someone who says, ‘History will judge them’ — they will have to be judged before then,” Francesca Albanese said in an exclusive interview.

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Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., and the Confounding Politics of Junk Food
Fri, 02 May 2025 18:00:00 +0000
The nutrition researcher Marion Nestle on the health impact of America’s diet, and whether the Trump Administration will take on the food industry.
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Sandeel fishing ban to remain in place
Fri, 02 May 2025 16:47:43 GMT
Sandeels are a vital source of food for seabirds that live along the UK coastline.
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“The Situation Now Is So Beyond Imagination”
Fri, 02 May 2025 16:13:39 +0000
A relief worker on how, exactly two months since Israel suspended all aid to Gaza, hundreds of thousands of people in the territory have grown desperate for food and are struggling to survive.
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Fish Taco Salad
Mon, 05 May 2025 04:00:00 +0000
This salad channels the flavors of fish tacos in a bowl, combining white fish, radishes, crisp greens, and pickled onion and jalapeños with a creamy avocado dressing.
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How ultra-processed foods are making us sick – video
Thu, 24 Apr 2025 12:34:13 GMT

They are everywhere – and they may be messing with your body more than you realise. They’re linked to obesity, gut issues, even chronic disease. But how exactly are UPFs making us sick?

Neelam Tailor speaks to the food philosopher and former industry insider Prof Barry Smith, who breaks down what UPFs do inside your body, how food companies keep us hooked, and how you can reduce how much UPF you eat

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Mission to boldly grow food in space labs blasts off
Tue, 22 Apr 2025 00:58:53 GMT
The mission will explore new ways of reducing the cost of feeding an astronaut.
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How philanthropists are destroying African farms – video
Thu, 03 Apr 2025 14:47:03 GMT

What happens when western billionaires try to ‘fix’ hunger in developing countries? Neelam Tailor investigates how philanthropic efforts by the Gates Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation and the organisation they set up to revolutionise African farming, the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (Agra), may have made matters worse for the small-scale farmers who produce 70% of the continent's food.

From seed laws that criminalise traditional practices to corporate partnerships with agribusiness giants such as Monsanto and Syngenta, we explore how a well-funded green revolution has led to rising debt, loss of biodiversity and deepening food insecurity across the continent

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How plastics are invading our brain cells – video
Thu, 06 Mar 2025 10:14:00 GMT

Plastics are everywhere, but their smallest fragments – nanoplastics – are making their way into the deepest parts of our bodies, including our brains and breast milk.

Scientists have now captured the first visual evidence of these particles inside human cells, raising urgent questions about their impact on our health. From the food we eat to the air we breathe, how are nanoplastics infiltrating our systems?

Neelam Tailor looks into the invisible invasion happening inside us all

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ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/18/2024
Thu, 18 Jul 2024 16:00:38 +0000
Boeing CST-100 Crewed Flight Test (CFT): Today, the CFT crew assisted the ISS crew with a few payload activities and completed Onboard Training for Backup Flight Control Proficiency. Payloads: Electro-static Levitation Furnace (ELF): The ELF cartridge holder containing the latest melted sample was removed and replaced with a new sample holder and sample. The completed …
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ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/17/2024
Wed, 17 Jul 2024 16:00:39 +0000
Boeing CST-100 Crewed Flight Test (CFT): Today, the CFT crew assisted the ISS crew by completing the ongoing Plant Water Management 6 (PWM-6) activities. Payloads: Plant Ultraviolet-B (Plant UV-B): A laptop was connected and setup in preparation for future Plant UV-B operations. More information on this experiment can be found here. Plant Water Management 6 …
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ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/16/2024
Tue, 16 Jul 2024 16:00:17 +0000
Boeing CST-100 Crewed Flight Test (CFT): Today, the CFT crew assisted the ISS crew by completing a Waste Hygiene Compartment (WHC) Filter Removal & Replacement (R&R), and completing various hydroponic flow tests with Plant Water Management 6 (PWM-6) hardware. Payloads: Lumina: The crew power-cycled the Lumina hardware, and transferred the science data to a Station …
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ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/15/2024
Mon, 15 Jul 2024 16:00:09 +0000
Boeing CST-100 Crewed Flight Test (CFT): Today, the CFT crew assisted the ISS crew by performing a USOS food audit and continuing to complete different payload activities. Payloads: Combustion Integrated Rack (CIR): Fuel Oxidizer Management Assembly (FOMA) Calibration was performed. The upper rack doors were opened, the bottle valves were closed, the pressure in the …
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What is Blockchain: Everything You Need to Know (2022)
Mon, 18 Apr 2022 05:49:00 +0000

If you want to pay online, you need to register an account and provide credit card information. If you don't have a credit card, you can pay with bank transfer. With the rise of cryptocurrencies, these methods may become old.

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.

So, What is Blockchain?

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:

• Blockchain collects information in “blocks”.
• A block has a storage capacity, and once it's used up, it can be closed and linked to a previously served block.
• Blocks form chains, which are called “Blockchains.”
• More information will be added to the block with the most content until its capacity is full. The process repeats itself.
• Each block in the chain has an exact timestamp and can't be changed.

Let’s get to know more about the blockchain.

How does blockchain work?

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:

• Someone or a computer will transacts
• The transaction is transmitted throughout the network.
• A network of computers can confirm the transaction.
• When it is confirmed a transaction is added to a block
• The blocks are linked together to create a history.

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.

• A new transaction is added to the system. It is then relayed to a network of computers located around the world. The computers then solve equations to ensure the authenticity of the transaction.
• Once a transaction is confirmed, it is placed in a block after the confirmation. All of the blocks are chained together to create a permanent history of every transaction.

How are Blockchains used?

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.

What is Blockchain Decentralization?

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.

Pros and Cons of Blockchain

Blockchain has many advantages and disadvantages. 

Pros

• Accuracy is increased because there is no human involvement in the verification process.
• One of the great things about decentralization is that it makes information harder to tamper with.
• Safe, private, and easy transactions
• Provides a banking alternative and safe storage of personal information

Cons

• Data storage has limits.
• The regulations are always changing, as they differ from place to place.
• It has a risk of being used for illicit activities 

Frequently Asked Questions About Blockchain

I’ll answer the most frequently asked questions about blockchain in this section.

Is Blockchain a cryptocurrency?

Blockchain is not a cryptocurrency but a technology that makes cryptocurrencies possible. It's a digital ledger that records every transaction seamlessly.

Is it possible for Blockchain to be hacked?

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.

What is the most prominent blockchain company?

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.

Who owns Blockchain?

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.

What is the difference between Bitcoin and Blockchain technology?

Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency, which is powered by Blockchain technology while Blockchain is a distributed ledger of cryptocurrency 

What is the difference between Blockchain and a Database?

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.

Final Saying

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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Police Shot Them in the Head With Rubber Bullets. Now UCLA Gaza Protesters Are Suing.
Mon, 05 May 2025 09:00:00 +0000

A day after being attacked by a pro-Israel mob, protesters were shot by rubber bullets — whose use is restricted by California law.

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Dems Push for “Educational Gag Order” Over Palestine Lessons in California
Mon, 28 Apr 2025 18:41:59 +0000

Critics warn a new bill clamping down on ethnic studies classes over antisemitism concerns goes too far.

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“They Actually Had a List”: ICE Arrests Workers Involved in Landmark Labor Rights Case
Mon, 05 May 2025 22:27:21 +0000

“We are concerned at the appearance of targeting publicly pro-union worker leaders,” said a union official about a raid in western New York.

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Sudan fails in attempt to make UAE accountable for acts of genocide
Mon, 05 May 2025 15:29:54 GMT

Largely expected decision by international court of justice marks second diplomatic victory for Gulf state

An attempt by Sudan’s government to make the United Arab Emirates legally accountable for acts of genocide in West Darfur has been rejected by the international court of justice after the judges voted by 14 to 2 to declare they had no jurisdiction. By a narrower majority the judges voted 9 to 7 to strike the case entirely from the ICJ list.

There have been repeated allegations during the two-year civil war in Sudan that the UAE has been flying arms to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in an attempt to oust the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) led by Abdel Fattah al-Burhan.

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Justice Department lawyers face skeptical judges upset by ‘shoddy work’
Mon, 05 May 2025 10:15:57 +0000

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EU President Should Be Investigated for Complicity in Israel’s War Crimes, Says Top U.N. Expert on Palestine
Sat, 03 May 2025 08:00:00 +0000

“I’m not someone who says, ‘History will judge them’ — they will have to be judged before then,” Francesca Albanese said in an exclusive interview.

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Live updates: Trump administration says it will keep Harvard from receiving future grants
Mon, 05 May 2025 23:48:32 +0000
Get the latest news on President Donald Trump’s return to the White House and the new Congress.
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Top Democrat calls for investigation into ‘chaotic’ Newark airport delays
Mon, 05 May 2025 20:56:05 GMT

Chuck Schumer calls Federal Aviation Authority ‘a mess’ over days of problems at the major New Jersey airport

One of America’s most important airports continued to be hit by delays and cancellations on Monday as the Senate’s top Democrat called for an investigation into the chaotic crisis.

The problems at Newark, a busy airport in New Jersey that acts as one of the main hubs for New York City and the surrounding region, have persisted since last week, causing serious issues for tens of thousands of travelers.

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These 6 Republican ‘red lines’ could complicate Trump’s policy plans
Mon, 05 May 2025 15:11:56 +0000
As GOP lawmakers hammer out a “big, beautiful bill” to enact President Donald Trump’s plans, they’re running into a problem: a growing list of no-gos.
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Cops Are Already Unleashed. Trump Is Telling Them to Run Wild.
Fri, 02 May 2025 16:11:50 +0000

With his new executive order on policing, Trump just wants to make sure he’s the one holding the lead.

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President Trump’s FY26 Budget Revitalizes Human Space Exploration
Fri, 02 May 2025 15:30:51 +0000
The Trump-Vance Administration released toplines of the President’s budget for Fiscal Year 2026 on Friday. The budget accelerates human space exploration of the Moon and Mars with a fiscally responsible portfolio of missions. “This proposal includes investments to simultaneously pursue exploration of the Moon and Mars while still prioritizing critical science and technology research,” said […]
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The Trump Administration Is Hiding American Casualties of War
Fri, 02 May 2025 14:39:49 +0000

The U.S. government is keeping American casualty numbers for the undeclared war on Yemen secret. This is not normal.

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Rep. Jayapal: Democrats Need a Bold Agenda, Starting With Medicare for All
Fri, 02 May 2025 10:00:00 +0000

Rep. Pramila Jayapal talks to Akela Lacy about pushing Dems from the opposition to proposition party.

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Students Are Winning in Court Against Trump’s Deportation Regime
Wed, 30 Apr 2025 18:52:17 +0000

In key victories for students, judges ruled to release Mohsen Mahdawi and allow Mahmoud Khalil’s case to advance in federal court.

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WhatsApp Case Against NSO Group Progressing
2025-04-30T11:12:02Z

Meta is suing NSO Group, basically claiming that the latter hacks WhatsApp and not just WhatsApp users. We have a procedural ruling:

Under the order, NSO Group is prohibited from presenting evidence about its customers’ identities, implying the targeted WhatsApp users are suspected or actual criminals, or alleging that WhatsApp had insufficient security protections.

[…]

In making her ruling, Northern District of California Judge Phyllis Hamilton said NSO Group undercut its arguments to use evidence about its customers with contradictory statements...

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Trump's Pick for a Top Army Job Works at a Weapons Company — And Won't Give Up His Stock
Thu, 01 May 2025 20:30:22 +0000

Mike Obadal’s plan to keep his stock in Anduril if nominated as under secretary of the Army is a blatant conflict of interest, experts say.

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The Vietnam War Is Still Killing People, 50 Years Later
Wed, 30 Apr 2025 09:00:00 +0000

After the Trump administration cut funding to demining efforts, unexploded ordnance from the Vietnam War killed four people in February alone.

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Judges Are Slowing Down Trump’s Fascist Deportation Regime. Now He’s Arresting Them For It.
Fri, 25 Apr 2025 20:10:24 +0000

In the absence of opposition party challenges and disempowered labor, courts are one of the few sites of meaningful pushback on Trump’s agenda.

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Democrats Had a Shot at Protecting Journalists From Trump. They Blew It.
Tue, 29 Apr 2025 15:50:55 +0000

Senate Democrats had a legislative path to shield journalists and their sources from surveillance and subpoenas. They didn’t act.

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Down Two Squad Members, Progressives Come for an AIPAC Democrat
Mon, 28 Apr 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Justice Democrats, the group that helped elect the Squad, is backing a primary against AIPAC-backed incumbent Rep. Shri Thanedar.

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How children with special educational needs are being failed in England – video
Tue, 22 Apr 2025 10:41:49 GMT

From anxious children unable to cope with school to those with more complex, profound disabilities, support for Send children in England is broken, with underfunded local authorities delaying legal obligations to support families and increasing numbers of parents unable to work, burnt out, judged and even suffering PTSD from attempting to navigate the system. The Guardian meets parents and children from across the country to get a sense of the scale of the issue

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Florida Man Enters the Encryption Wars
Sat, 19 Apr 2025 09:30:00 +0000
Plus: A US judge rules against police cell phone “tower dumps,” China names alleged NSA agents it says were involved in cyberattacks, and Customs and Border Protection reveals its social media spying tools.
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NASA Supports Next Generation of Innovators
Thu, 17 Apr 2025 15:07:44 +0000
When young minds come together to test their knowledge and creativity in technology and innovation, the results are truly inspiring. In its sixth year, Aerospace Valley Regional FIRST Robotics Competition at East High School in Lancaster, California, proved to be another success. During three action-packed days, hundreds of students from around the world showcased their […]
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Even the Trumpiest stocks are suffering
Thu, 20 Mar 2025 10:37:18 +0000
Investors may have misjudged which firms would thrive under the new administration
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Marco Rubio Silences Every Last Little Criticism of Israel at State Department
Sat, 26 Apr 2025 10:00:00 +0000

Rubio wants to dismantle the only internal sounding board for critics of Israel — and the only place those criticisms might’ve had any teeth.

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Trump has cut global climate finance. China is more than happy to step in.
Sun, 04 May 2025 23:42:08 +0000
Even U.S. allies locked in national security disputes with Beijing, like the Philippines, are finding it impossible to resist China’s green energy infrastructure.
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From Sri Lanka to Tanzania: the pioneering hotels run entirely by women
Mon, 05 May 2025 05:00:26 GMT

In countries where tourism is still a male domain, all-female establishments are providing much-needed job opportunities

It took Jeewanthi Adhikari a decade to get the promotion she wanted working in the tourism industry in Sri Lanka. For years, she watched as men with less experience were promoted before her.

“Even if I got to interview,” says Adhikari, 42, “the interviewer would be judging me, asking if I might get married, or have children and then suggesting family commitments would take over.”

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U.S. Companies Honed Their Surveillance Tech in Israel. Now It’s Coming Home.
Wed, 30 Apr 2025 11:00:00 +0000

After deploying AI tools in Israel and on the U.S. border, American tech companies are now powering domestic repression.

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Mattel says zero tariffs on toys are better for a child’s development, as it plans price increases and halts forecast
Mon, 05 May 2025 22:40:00 GMT
Toy-maker Mattel Inc. on Monday said it plans to raise prices in the U.S. “where necessary” on some toys and take steps to rely less on China for production, while pausing its full-year outlook as it tries to get a handle on the impact of the global trade war.
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Zhao beats Williams in historic final - highlights
Mon, 05 May 2025 20:09:19 GMT
Watch the best shots as Zhao Xintong beats Mark Williams 18-12 in the final of the World Snooker Championship to become the first player from China to win the title.
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Trailblazer Zhao set to take snooker to 'another level' in China
Mon, 05 May 2025 20:08:19 GMT
How Zhao Xintong's historic World Championship win will be greeted in China - and what it could mean for snooker.
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Zhao Xintong beats Mark Williams to become China’s first snooker world champion
Mon, 05 May 2025 19:47:33 GMT

• Zhao wins 18-12 in dramatic final session in Sheffield
• ‘It’s unbelievable. This is like a dream,’ says Zhao

The Crucible has been home to some of the most significant moments in snooker history. Minds will spring immediately to Dennis Taylor’s dramatic triumph in 1985, or one of Stephen Hendry or Ronnie O’Sullivan’s many victories on the grandest stage this sport has to offer.

But on a mild Monday evening in Sheffield and 20 years on from the door for Chinese snooker being pushed ajar, Zhao Xintong may well have just changed the way the sport is viewed, played and followed for hundreds of millions of people in Asia and across the world.

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Zhao Xintong makes history as first Chinese player to win snooker World Championship
Mon, 05 May 2025 19:42:50 GMT
Zhao Xintong makes history as he becomes the first player from China to win the World Championship with an 18-12 victory over Mark Williams in Sheffield.
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The Guardian view on Trump’s shock therapy: warehouse and transport workers are the first victims of a class war | Editorial
Mon, 05 May 2025 17:02:36 GMT

Behind the slogans and tariffs lies a calculated strategy – fuelled by elite interests, eroding labour rights and stoking global recession

The White House, eager to win a trade war it barely understands, has yanked the emergency brake on China-US trade without checking who’s inside the vehicle. Donald Trump’s early April trade decree has taken a month to hit the economy – that’s how long Chinese containers need to reach Los Angeles. And on cue, US pacific ports registered a 45% drop in container bookings this week from China. When warehouses fall quiet and trucks idle in California, the silence will creep eastward. Unemployment will surely tick upwards.

Even if Washington reverses course by the end of May, and Beijing plays nice, the best-case scenario is delayed damage. Some goods are being rerouted to avoid charges, but you can’t reboot global logistics overnight. This isn’t strategic decoupling – it’s economic self-harm. By the time the Trump administration notices, it will be too late. The consequences of the US president’s rash tactics will reverberate through Main Street. Mr Trump offers a flippant excuse: blame 11-year-olds with too many dolls – not his own tariffs – for rising hardship.

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We’re having sex inside Moby Dick! The wild architectural world of Japan’s love hotels
Mon, 05 May 2025 15:09:23 GMT

From cruise ships to UFOs, from King Kong to a giant whale, half the sex in Japan may take place in its dazzlingly imaginative love hotels. But have some become just too seedy? Our writer checks in

Do whales make you horny? How about UFOs? Maybe you’ve always dreamed of having a tryst in a fairytale castle, or making love inside a gigantic biscuit tin? Whatever your weird fantasy may be, it can probably be catered for on a roadside somewhere in Japan, if a new book on the curious phenomenon of love hotels is anything to go by.

French photographer François Prost has been on a 3,000km pilgrimage of passion, driving from Utsunomiya, north of Tokyo, to the island of Shikoku in the south, to document Japan’s unique architecture of furtive liaisons. What he found spans from manga-embellished motels and Christmas-themed love nests to pastel-hued stage sets worthy of Wes Anderson. And some things stranger than your most eccentric kinks could dream of.

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Huge swings to Labor from Chinese Australian voters in key seats show Liberals failed to rebuild trust, experts say
Mon, 05 May 2025 15:00:41 GMT

Community convincingly chooses Labor in Melbourne and Sydney seats, despite opposition efforts to engage after 2022 review

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Suburbs with significant Chinese Australian populations in key marginal seats recorded huge swings to Labor of up to 30%, and strategists and analysts warn the Liberal party has failed to rebuild trust with the community.

The Liberal party’s review of the 2022 federal election found hawkish rhetoric on China cost it votes in several seats with high numbers of Chinese Australians. It called for greater community outreach and to rebuild trust before the 2025 poll.

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Match ID: 10 Score: 40.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 40.00 china

Shein Bet Big on Donald Trump. It Lost Big, Too
Mon, 05 May 2025 14:02:55 +0000
The fast-fashion giant launched an elaborate PR campaign in Washington, hiring at least three high-ranking Trump officials. But it wasn’t enough to save Shein from Trump’s tariffs.
Match ID: 11 Score: 40.00 source: www.wired.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 40.00 china

Rights groups condemn arrest of Hong Kong activist Anna Kwok’s father and brother
Mon, 05 May 2025 04:23:58 GMT

Arrests are the first case of the city’s national security law being used to target the relatives of pro-democracy campaigners

Human rights groups have condemned the arrest of relatives of Anna Kwok, an exiled pro-democracy activist who is wanted by the Hong Kong police, in the first example of the city’s national security law being used to target the family members of an activist living overseas.

Kwok, 28, is the executive director of the Washington-based Hong Kong Democracy Council, and is one of 19 overseas activists wanted by the national security police, who are offering bounties of HK$1m (£97,000) for information leading to arrest.

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XPeng P7+ Review: Price, Specs, Availability
Sat, 03 May 2025 11:30:00 +0000
The Chinese automaker's new model has a big range, lightning quick charging, and is super cheap—but it's a new pure vision-based autonomous driving system very similar to Tesla’s.
Match ID: 13 Score: 40.00 source: www.wired.com age: 2 days
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Small Packages From Shein and Temu Are Now Subject to US Tariffs. Here’s What to Know
Sat, 03 May 2025 11:00:00 +0000
President Donald Trump has ended the de minimis exemption, which previously allowed Temu, Shein, and other online retailers to send packages from China to the US valued under $800 duty-free.
Match ID: 14 Score: 40.00 source: www.wired.com age: 2 days
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‘A cocktail for a misinformed world’: why China and Russia are cheering Trump’s attacks on media
Sat, 03 May 2025 06:00:29 GMT

Today on World Press Freedom Day, there are warnings that US attempts to withdraw from promoting independent journalism will have far-reaching effects

As Donald Trump’s executive order in March led to the shuttering of Voice of America (VOA) – the global broadcaster whose roots date back to the fight against Nazi propaganda – he quickly attracted support from figures not used to aligning themselves with any US administration.

Trump had ordered the US Agency for Global Media, the federal agency that funds VOA and other groups promoting independent journalism overseas, to be “eliminated to the maximum extent consistent with applicable law”. The decision suddenly halted programming in 49 languages to more than 425 million people.

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Match ID: 15 Score: 40.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 2 days
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The Vietnam War Is Still Killing People, 50 Years Later
Wed, 30 Apr 2025 09:00:00 +0000

After the Trump administration cut funding to demining efforts, unexploded ordnance from the Vietnam War killed four people in February alone.

The post The Vietnam War Is Still Killing People, 50 Years Later appeared first on The Intercept.

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India worried about Chinese 'dumping' as trade tensions with Trump escalate
Mon, 05 May 2025 23:58:02 GMT
Experts warn that a flood of cheap Chinese goods could hurt the competitiveness of Indian exports.
Match ID: 17 Score: 35.00 source: www.bbc.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 35.00 india

Heartbreaking video shows deadly risk of skipping measles vaccine
Mon, 05 May 2025 23:50:56 +0000
SSPE is rare, but tragic—more so because it's completely vaccine-preventable.
Match ID: 18 Score: 35.00 source: arstechnica.com age: 0 days
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India tries to halt auction of Piprahwa gems found with Buddha’s remains
Mon, 05 May 2025 20:33:39 GMT

Ministers claim sale in Hong Kong is unlawful and are demanding repatriation of sacred relics buried in third-century BC

The Indian government has issued a legal notice to halt the “unethical” auction of ancient gem relics, which it said should be treated as the sacred body of the Buddha.

Its ministry of culture said the auction of the Piprahwa gems in Hong Kong this week “violates Indian and international laws, as well as United Nations conventions”, and demanded their repatriation to India “for preservation and religious veneration”.

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Match ID: 19 Score: 35.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
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‘The beauty of this angle is the distortion’: Sanket Khuntale’s best phone photo
Mon, 05 May 2025 05:00:28 GMT

The Indian photographer was delighted with the image he captured during a stroll in Pritisangam Gardens with friends

Sanket Khuntale describes Pritisangam Gardens in Karad, India as “a go-to hangout spot for everyone in town”. Khuntale lives in Mumbai now, but visits the gardens as a ritual every time he goes home to Karad. On the day he took this photo, in 2017, he was there to meet friends for an evening stroll. The gardens lie against the banks where the Krishna and Koyna rivers meet, and the group walked by the water, talking, admiring their surroundings and stopping for street food.

One of the group was Khuntale’s childhood friend Tejali, who had been stopping to pick flowers along the way. Khuntale suggested taking a photo with his mobile phone. He positioned himself behind Tejali’s head to take the shot, then later rotated the image 180 degrees.

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Match ID: 20 Score: 35.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
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The U.S. welcomed Indian students. Under Trump, they fear for their future.
Mon, 05 May 2025 05:00:00 +0000
U.S. colleges host more than 300,000 students from India. As the Trump administrations targets foreign students for deportation, many are rethinking their plans.
Match ID: 21 Score: 35.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 0 days
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Cops Are Already Unleashed. Trump Is Telling Them to Run Wild.
Fri, 02 May 2025 16:11:50 +0000

With his new executive order on policing, Trump just wants to make sure he’s the one holding the lead.

The post Cops Are Already Unleashed. Trump Is Telling Them to Run Wild. appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 22 Score: 34.29 source: theintercept.com age: 3 days
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President Trump’s FY26 Budget Revitalizes Human Space Exploration
Fri, 02 May 2025 15:30:51 +0000
The Trump-Vance Administration released toplines of the President’s budget for Fiscal Year 2026 on Friday. The budget accelerates human space exploration of the Moon and Mars with a fiscally responsible portfolio of missions. “This proposal includes investments to simultaneously pursue exploration of the Moon and Mars while still prioritizing critical science and technology research,” said […]
Match ID: 23 Score: 34.29 source: www.nasa.gov age: 3 days
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Why is Trump ending the ‘de minimis’ tariff loophole on low-value imports?
Fri, 02 May 2025 13:41:31 GMT

Goods worth less than $800 will be subject to 120% levy meaning prices on Chinese exports will probably increase

At one minute past midnight on Friday, eastern time, a US tariff exemption that has fuelled the rise of companies such as Shein and Temu, and stocked the wardrobes of millions of Americans with cheap fast fashion and other household goods, closed. As part of Donald Trump’s flurry of tariffs on China, the US is closing a loophole that allowed low-value goods to be shipped into the US without paying any import fees. The “de minimis” loophole, known by the Latin phrase for “of little importance”, was “a big scam going on against our country”, the US president said on Wednesday. “We put an end to it.”

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Match ID: 24 Score: 34.29 source: www.theguardian.com age: 3 days
qualifiers: 34.29 china

China ‘evaluating’ US offer to engage in trade negotiations
Fri, 02 May 2025 10:55:11 GMT

Comments come a week after Trump claimed talks were already taking place

Beijing is “evaluating” an offer from the US to engage in trade negotiations, the Chinese government has said, a week after Donald Trump claimed talks were already under way.

China’s commerce ministry said on Friday: “The US has recently taken the initiative on many occasions to convey information to China through relevant parties, saying it hopes to talk with China.”

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qualifiers: 34.29 china

“Caught by the Tides” Is a Gorgeous Vision of Loss and Renewal
Fri, 02 May 2025 10:00:00 +0000
More than two decades in the making, Jia Zhangke’s mostly archival film embodies the sweeping transformations of modern China in its very construction.
Match ID: 26 Score: 34.29 source: www.newyorker.com age: 3 days
qualifiers: 34.29 china

Madness, murder and rape on the Batavia: new theory on Australia’s most horrific shipwreck
Mon, 05 May 2025 15:00:40 GMT

Dutch academic says an ‘unlikely story about a mad heretic’ has been repeated for 400 years – and poses an alternative

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An “evil” man took advantage of a shipwreck to lead a mutiny that caused the death of more than 100 men, women and children.

So goes the story of the Batavia, wrecked off the Western Australian coast in 1629.

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Match ID: 27 Score: 30.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 30.00 indonesia

South Korea’s conservatives pick hardline Kim Moon-soo as presidential candidate
Sat, 03 May 2025 09:09:34 GMT

People Power party trail in polls in election called after President Yoon Suk Yeol was removed for trying to impose martial law

South Korea’s conservative People Power party has picked former labour minister Kim Moon-soo as its candidate for the 3 June presidential election, which was called after the removal of Yoon Suk Yeol over his failed attempt to impose martial law.

Kim will face the liberal Democratic party’s candidate, Lee Jae-myung, who has led each of the declared conservative candidates by large double-digit margins in polls.

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Match ID: 28 Score: 30.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 2 days
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Why China has the upper hand in its trade war with America
Thu, 01 May 2025 09:11:26 +0000
A truce is still possible, but no one wants to be first to pick up the phone
Match ID: 29 Score: 28.57 source: www.economist.com age: 4 days
qualifiers: 28.57 china

MPs urge David Lammy to intervene as British man remains in jail in India
Thu, 01 May 2025 12:59:04 GMT

Jagtar Singh Johal’s hopes of being freed on bail have been dashed for now despite being cleared of charges in one case

Hopes that Jagtar Singh Johal, a British Sikh man held in an Indian jail for seven years, would be released on bail were dashed on Thursday when his case was deferred by the Indian supreme court possibly until after the summer, prompting calls from MPs for the UK to intervene.

The foreign secretary, David Lammy, is due to meet Johal’s brother again next week.

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F1 in Miami: Like normal F1, but everyone wears pastels
Mon, 05 May 2025 14:38:28 +0000
The Miami event exemplifies the new breed of F1 venues, but it races well.
Match ID: 31 Score: 20.00 source: arstechnica.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 20.00 singapore

Singapore ruling party wins election in landslide
Sat, 03 May 2025 18:26:33 GMT

People’s Action party retains majority, with sample counts showing it winning all but 10 seats in 97-seat legislature

Singapore’s ruling party has notched a resounding win in general elections, official results have shown, giving the prime minister, Lawrence Wong, the clear mandate he sought from voters.

Wong’s long-ruling People’s Action party crossed the threshold of 49 seats early on Sunday to form a majority government in the wealthy city-state’s 97-seat unicameral legislature, with sample counts earlier showing the PAP winning all but 10 seats.

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India and Pakistan already sweltering in ‘new normal’ heatwave conditions
Wed, 30 Apr 2025 04:00:14 GMT

Temperatures south Asians dread each year arrive early as experts talk of ever shorter transition to summer-like heat

The summer conditions south Asian countries dread each year have arrived alarmingly early, and it’s only April. Much of India and Pakistan is already sweltering in heatwave conditions, in what scientists say is fast becoming the “new normal”.

Temperatures in the region typically climb through May, peaking in June before the monsoon brings relief. But this year, the heat has come early. “As far as Asia and the Indian subcontinent are concerned, there was a quick transition from a short window of spring conditions to summer-like heat,” said GP Sharma, the meteorology president of Skymet, India’s leading private forecaster.

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Match ID: 33 Score: 20.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 5 days
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America may be just weeks away from a mighty economic shock
Tue, 29 Apr 2025 20:23:03 +0000
Trade between China and America is already sinking
Match ID: 34 Score: 17.14 source: www.economist.com age: 6 days
qualifiers: 17.14 china

Who is Luis Antonio Tagle? The Philippine cardinal and ‘karaoke priest’ in the running for pope
Mon, 05 May 2025 03:51:47 GMT

Tagle is considered progressive and humble, but has faced some criticism for his response to the drug war and sexual abuse in the church

Filipino Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle laughed when asked in 2015 if he had ever considered that he might one day be pope. “I make a public confession here. I cannot even manage my life. How can I imagine a worldwide community?”

Despite his self-deprecating response, the Filipino cardinal is among those tipped as a potential successor to Pope Francis. If appointed, he would be the first Asian pope in modern times.

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Charting the US-China Trade War: What Does 'Made in Vietnam' Mean?
2024-10-24T00:00:00Z
Chinese companies have been evading US tariffs by shipping goods through Vietnam, but not to the degree that the headlines would suggest. Ebehi Iyoha and Jaya Wen dig into trade microdata to illustrate Vietnam's strategic importance and why American policymakers should take note.
Match ID: 36 Score: 15.00 source: hbswk.hbs.edu age: 194 days
qualifiers: 7.14 china trade, 5.71 china, 2.14 vietnam

How Vladimir Putin hopes to transform Russian trade
Wed, 28 Aug 2024 17:44:29 +0000
He believes the country’s future lies with China and India. What could go wrong?
Match ID: 37 Score: 10.71 source: www.economist.com age: 250 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china, 5.00 india

Weather tracker: early summer heat likely in US and western Europe
Mon, 28 Apr 2025 10:49:27 GMT

Peak of 30C expected in Washington DC, while a heatwave is expected to intensify in Pakistan and parts of India

As the northern hemisphere moves into late spring, several areas are expected to experience a taste of summer heat this week with temperatures well above average for the end of April.

Across some eastern states of the US, conditions are expected to reach 6-8C above normal, peaking at about 30C (86F) in Washington DC.

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How China uses ‘salami-slicing’ tactics to exert pressure on Taiwan – video
Fri, 28 Feb 2025 09:14:05 GMT

China has dramatically increased military activities around Taiwan, with more than 3,000 incursions into Taiwan's airspace in 2024 alone. Amy Hawkins examines how Beijing is deploying 'salami-slicing' tactics, a strategy of gradual pressure that stays below the threshold of war while steadily wearing down Taiwan's defences. From daily air incursions to strategic military exercises, we explore the four phases of China's approach and what it means for Taiwan's future

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qualifiers: 5.71 china, 2.86 taiwan

Will China’s shoppers cushion the Trumpian blow?
Thu, 24 Apr 2025 09:45:39 +0000
Perhaps. But nastier outcomes are also imaginable
Match ID: 40 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 11 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

Florida Man Enters the Encryption Wars
Sat, 19 Apr 2025 09:30:00 +0000
Plus: A US judge rules against police cell phone “tower dumps,” China names alleged NSA agents it says were involved in cyberattacks, and Customs and Border Protection reveals its social media spying tools.
Match ID: 41 Score: 5.71 source: www.wired.com age: 16 days
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Testing in the Clouds: NASA Flies to Improve Satellite Data
Wed, 16 Apr 2025 22:21:41 +0000
In February, NASA’s ER-2 science aircraft flew instruments designed to improve satellite data products and Earth science observations. From data collection to processing, satellite systems continue to advance, and NASA is exploring how instruments analyzing clouds can improve data measurement methods. Researchers participating in the Goddard Space Flight Center Lidar Observation and Validation Experiment (GLOVE) […]
Match ID: 42 Score: 5.71 source: www.nasa.gov age: 19 days
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America is turning away China’s goods. Where will they go instead?
Wed, 16 Apr 2025 13:20:45 +0000
South-East Asia is exposed to both Chinese import competition and American ire
Match ID: 43 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 19 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

Investors realise Trump’s pause was not the salvation it appeared
Fri, 11 Apr 2025 14:03:24 +0000
As China strikes back, reality sets in
Match ID: 44 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 24 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

Can China fight America alone?
Thu, 10 Apr 2025 10:16:55 +0000
The world’s two biggest economies begin an almighty trade clash
Match ID: 45 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 25 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

China has a weapon that could hurt America: rare-earth exports
Thu, 10 Apr 2025 10:11:39 +0000
It has only just begun to use it
Match ID: 46 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 25 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

Why China thinks it might win a trade war with Trump
Tue, 08 Apr 2025 14:43:49 +0000
The country’s officials vow to “fight to the end”
Match ID: 47 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 27 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

China hits back hard against Trump’s tariffs
Fri, 04 Apr 2025 16:55:54 +0000
Stockmarkets plunge further in response
Match ID: 48 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 31 days
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Trump says tariff policies ‘WILL NEVER CHANGE’ amid plunging stocks, Chinese response
Fri, 04 Apr 2025 09:38:22 EST
The president’s sweeping tariff plan has thrown markets into chaos and risks sparking a global trade war.
Match ID: 49 Score: 5.71 source: www.politico.com age: 31 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

Can foreign investors learn to love China again?
Thu, 27 Mar 2025 11:07:30 +0000
Wall Street still needs more to coax it back. But non-American firms may be ready to return
Match ID: 50 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 39 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

Can anything get China’s shoppers to spend?
Mon, 17 Mar 2025 19:25:03 +0000
An economic recovery depends on it. Yet a new action plan may not do the job
Match ID: 51 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 49 days
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Trump’s new tariffs are his most extreme ever
Mon, 03 Mar 2025 23:16:05 +0000
America targets its three biggest trading partners: Canada, Mexico and China
Match ID: 52 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 63 days
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China’s leaders look to have blinked in their property face-off
Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:11:06 +0000
They did not want to bail out indebted firms. Now they are on the verge of doing so
Match ID: 53 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 74 days
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Xi Jinping shows how he will return American fire
Tue, 04 Feb 2025 16:46:53 +0000
China’s trade retaliation carries a warning of worse to come
Match ID: 54 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 90 days
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Trump’s brutal tariffs far outstrip any he has imposed before
Sun, 02 Feb 2025 00:05:43 +0000
Canada, Mexico and China are going to be made to suffer
Match ID: 55 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 92 days
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Has Japan truly escaped low inflation?
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 11:04:26 +0000
Its central bankers are increasingly hopeful
Match ID: 56 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 102 days
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China’s financial system is under brutal pressure
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 10:45:53 +0000
When will something break?
Match ID: 57 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 102 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

China meets its official growth target. Not everyone is convinced
Fri, 17 Jan 2025 13:37:51 +0000
For one thing, 2024 saw the second-weakest rise in nominal GDP since the 1970s
Match ID: 58 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 108 days
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China’s markets take a fresh beating
Tue, 07 Jan 2025 16:30:24 +0000
Authorities have responded by bossing around investors
Match ID: 59 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 118 days
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China’s firms are taking flight, worrying its rulers
Sun, 29 Dec 2024 15:22:45 +0000
Policymakers at home and abroad are anxious about offshoring
Match ID: 60 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 127 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

What a censored speech says about China’s economy
Thu, 12 Dec 2024 11:09:08 +0000
If growth is on target, why is inflation so low?
Match ID: 61 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 144 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

The hidden cost of Chinese loans
Thu, 05 Dec 2024 11:12:33 +0000
Governments that borrow from China must pay more to borrow from others
Match ID: 62 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 151 days
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How China will strike back at Trump
Sun, 01 Dec 2024 16:45:27 +0000
Xi Jinping has set out his tariff red lines. What if America crosses them?
Match ID: 63 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 155 days
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Russia’s plunging currency spells trouble for its war effort
Sun, 01 Dec 2024 14:44:25 +0000
Supplies from China are about to become more expensive
Match ID: 64 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 155 days
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Is China really a nation of slackers?
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 10:54:55 +0000
A new survey raises the question
Match ID: 65 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 165 days
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Vladimir Putin is in a painful economic bind
Mon, 18 Nov 2024 18:53:16 +0000
Russia’s reliance on China is becoming a problem
Match ID: 66 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 168 days
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The biggest losers from Trumponomics
Thu, 14 Nov 2024 10:39:40 +0000
America’s president-elect wants to reshape trade, capital and labour flows
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Why China needs to fill its empty homes
Thu, 31 Oct 2024 11:03:24 +0000
The country’s economy is broken. A recovery requires a healthier property market
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Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Japanese atomic bomb survivors
Fri, 11 Oct 2024 09:05:00 GMT

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China’s property crisis claims more victims: companies
Thu, 10 Oct 2024 10:25:56 +0000
Unsold homes are contributing to a balance-sheet recession
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At last, China pulls the trigger on a bold stimulus package
Fri, 27 Sep 2024 17:22:31 +0000
“Buy everything,” says an American hedge fund
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China’s central bank tries to save the economy—and the stockmarket
Tue, 24 Sep 2024 15:19:59 +0000
But it will need more help from the government
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How China’s communists fell in love with privatisation
Sun, 15 Sep 2024 15:33:09 +0000
Even though they are not very good at it
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China’s government is surprisingly redistributive
Thu, 12 Sep 2024 10:00:52 +0000
That is despite a stingy tax-and-transfer system
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China is suffering from a crisis of confidence
Thu, 05 Sep 2024 09:53:31 +0000
Can anything perk up its economy?
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Can Japan’s zombie bond market be brought back to life?
Thu, 29 Aug 2024 09:59:36 +0000
Ueda Kazuo begins on a dangerous mission
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What is behind China’s perplexing bond-market intervention?
Wed, 14 Aug 2024 18:19:41 +0000
The central bank seems to think the government’s debt is too popular
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Why Japanese stocks are on a rollercoaster ride
Tue, 06 Aug 2024 06:24:53 +0000
Volatility in global markets continues
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Why Japanese markets have plummeted
Mon, 05 Aug 2024 10:21:56 +0000
The global rout continues, with the Topix experiencing its worst day since 1987
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Why fear is sweeping markets everywhere
Fri, 02 Aug 2024 19:41:12 +0000
American and Japanese indices have taken a battering. So have banks and gold
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China’s last boomtowns show rapid growth is still possible
Tue, 30 Jul 2024 14:09:53 +0000
All it takes is for the state to work with the market
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ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/18/2024
Thu, 18 Jul 2024 16:00:38 +0000
Boeing CST-100 Crewed Flight Test (CFT): Today, the CFT crew assisted the ISS crew with a few payload activities and completed Onboard Training for Backup Flight Control Proficiency. Payloads: Electro-static Levitation Furnace (ELF): The ELF cartridge holder containing the latest melted sample was removed and replaced with a new sample holder and sample. The completed …
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India test-fires missiles as tensions rise with Pakistan after Kashmir attack
Sun, 27 Apr 2025 17:58:39 GMT

Indian navy showcases its strike capability, while Pakistani minister says nuclear weapons ‘are targeted at you’

India’s navy test-fired missiles on Sunday, showcasing its ability to carry out “long-range, precision offensive” strikes, as tensions with Pakistan rise after last week’s terrorist attack in Indian-administered Kashmir that killed 26 civilians.

“Indian Navy ships undertook successful multiple anti-ship firings to re-validate and demonstrate readiness of platforms, systems, and crew for long-range precision offensive strike,” the navy posted on X, as the prime minister, Narendra Modi, promised a “harsh response” to the attack at a tourist site, the deadliest against civilians in Kashmir in 25 years.

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India and Pakistan trade gunfire across Kashmir border after deadly attack
Sat, 26 Apr 2025 14:41:35 GMT

Tensions between nuclear-armed countries escalate after attack killed 26 people in disputed territory

Indian and Pakistani troops have exchanged gunfire across the volatile frontier in Kashmir for a second day, amid growing tensions after a brazen attack that killed 26 people at a popular tourist resort.

The massacre has sent relations between the nuclear-armed neighbours into a dangerous downward spin. India and Pakistan have fought three wars, two over Muslim-majority Kashmir, which is divided between them but claimed fully by both.

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Should investors spend the trade war in India?
Wed, 23 Apr 2025 18:30:52 +0000
Mumbai may be a haven, but it is not a safe one
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India has undermined a popular myth about development
Thu, 27 Feb 2025 10:55:44 +0000
Extreme poverty in the country has dropped to negligible levels
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Narendra Modi is struggling to boost Indian growth
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 11:20:10 +0000
Tax cuts may lift short-term output, but deeper reform is required
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Manmohan Singh was India’s economic freedom fighter
Sat, 28 Dec 2024 19:47:46 +0000
India’s most consequential finance minister, who later became PM, has died aged 92
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India is undergoing an astonishing stockmarket revolution
Thu, 07 Nov 2024 11:12:08 +0000
Small investors, rejoice—and beware
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Can markets reduce pollution in India?
Thu, 10 Oct 2024 09:55:05 +0000
An experiment in Gujarat yields impressive results
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India’s economic policy will not make it rich
Thu, 01 Aug 2024 13:58:55 +0000
A new World Bank report takes aim at emerging-market growth plans
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The World Bank is struggling to serve all 78 poor countries
Thu, 12 Dec 2024 11:16:45 +0000
Bangladesh and Niger are very different places
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Murillo earns Nottingham Forest vital point at Crystal Palace in race for Europe
Mon, 05 May 2025 21:10:31 GMT

Nottingham Forest aren’t finished just yet. A typically wholehearted performance from Nuno Espírito Santo’s side capped by an ­instinctive equaliser from Murillo rescued a point that could eventually prove priceless for their hopes of reaching the promised land of the Champions League.

It is to their immense credit that with three matches still to play, a team that ended last season in 17th place is still in contention to dine at Europe’s top table. Having fallen behind to Eberechi Eze’s penalty in front of a joyous ­Crystal Palace crowd still ­basking in the glory of their upcoming ­appearance in the FA Cup final, that Forest were back on terms within four minutes spoke volumes about the spirit Nuno has created at the two-time European champions since replacing Steve Cooper. Eze almost won it for Palace at the death but his shot cannoned off the crossbar to give the travelling supporters hope that their dreams could still come true.

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Top Democrat calls for investigation into ‘chaotic’ Newark airport delays
Mon, 05 May 2025 20:56:05 GMT

Chuck Schumer calls Federal Aviation Authority ‘a mess’ over days of problems at the major New Jersey airport

One of America’s most important airports continued to be hit by delays and cancellations on Monday as the Senate’s top Democrat called for an investigation into the chaotic crisis.

The problems at Newark, a busy airport in New Jersey that acts as one of the main hubs for New York City and the surrounding region, have persisted since last week, causing serious issues for tens of thousands of travelers.

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NASA Data Helps Map Tiny Plankton That Feed Giant Right Whales
Mon, 05 May 2025 19:08:15 +0000
In the waters off New England, one of Earth’s rarest mammals swims slowly, mouth agape. The North Atlantic right whale filters clouds of tiny reddish zooplankton — called Calanus finmarchicus — from the sea. These zooplankton, no bigger than grains of rice, are the whale’s lifeline. Only about 370 of these massive creatures remain. For […]
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New York unveils most dramatic changes to Central Park in years – in pictures
Mon, 05 May 2025 15:14:36 GMT

The $160m makeover to the park’s north side is part of a long-term project to address years of neglect

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We’re having sex inside Moby Dick! The wild architectural world of Japan’s love hotels
Mon, 05 May 2025 15:09:23 GMT

From cruise ships to UFOs, from King Kong to a giant whale, half the sex in Japan may take place in its dazzlingly imaginative love hotels. But have some become just too seedy? Our writer checks in

Do whales make you horny? How about UFOs? Maybe you’ve always dreamed of having a tryst in a fairytale castle, or making love inside a gigantic biscuit tin? Whatever your weird fantasy may be, it can probably be catered for on a roadside somewhere in Japan, if a new book on the curious phenomenon of love hotels is anything to go by.

French photographer François Prost has been on a 3,000km pilgrimage of passion, driving from Utsunomiya, north of Tokyo, to the island of Shikoku in the south, to document Japan’s unique architecture of furtive liaisons. What he found spans from manga-embellished motels and Christmas-themed love nests to pastel-hued stage sets worthy of Wes Anderson. And some things stranger than your most eccentric kinks could dream of.

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Spain: cable theft that caused rail chaos was ‘act of sabotage’, says minister
Mon, 05 May 2025 14:54:19 GMT

Signalling cable taken from four locations, delaying high-speed services between Madrid and Seville, week after massive power cut

Spain’s transport minister has said the country’s rail network suffered “an act of serious sabotage” after vital signalling cable was stolen over the busy bank holiday weekend, bringing severe delays to high-speed services between Madrid and Seville that affected more than 10,000 travellers.

Government sources said the problems on the line between the capital and the southern region of Andalucía had been caused by the theft of copper cable from five different locations in the Toledo area, south of Madrid, late on Sunday.

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Beam me up, Scotland: a journey into outer space in Dumfries and Galloway
Mon, 05 May 2025 06:00:27 GMT

Ten years ago, the late land artist Charles Jencks created Crawick Multiverse out of an ugly open-cast mine in southern Scotland. Today, it is an inspiring exploration of the universe

The sun warms my face as I pause between the Andromeda and Milky Way galaxies to gaze at the rolling hills of Dumfries and Galloway beyond. I am not, surprisingly enough, in outer space. I’m at the Crawick Multiverse, a cosmos-themed land art installation in the south of Scotland that was built on the site of an old open-cast coal mine and is celebrating its tenth anniversary this year.

The galaxies here are huge, spiralling mounds of earth, their perimeters reaching out towards one another but never quite touching.

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US jury’s $30m verdict brings hope for Cuban exiles over confiscated land
Sun, 04 May 2025 11:00:06 GMT

Lawsuit brought under Helms-Burton could spur others pursuing compensation for property seized by Castro

Long before it became one of Cuba’s most popular tourist destinations in the 1990s, the small island of Cayo Coco, with its pristine beaches and powdery white sands, attracted a different kind of clientele.

Inspired by its unspoiled beauty, and his observations of shack-dwelling fishermen scratching out a meager living, Ernest Hemingway set scenes from two of his most famous books there, including the 1952 classic The Old Man and the Sea.

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22 Best Portable Chargers (2025), Tested and Reviewed
Fri, 02 May 2025 13:30:00 +0000
Keep your phone, laptop, handheld gaming console, and other electronics running with these travel-friendly power banks.
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How to Pack Your Beauty Routine for Travel (2025)
Fri, 02 May 2025 11:32:00 +0000
Don’t let self-care fall by the wayside when you’re on the road. We talked to experts to find out how best to keep your routine on a roll, from the plane to the hotel.
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How to Get a Real ID License for Traveling on Airplanes
Fri, 02 May 2025 11:00:00 +0000
For Americans without a passport, a new type of driver’s license is required to board flights in the United States. Here’s how to update your license to the new Real ID standard.
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U.S. Companies Honed Their Surveillance Tech in Israel. Now It’s Coming Home.
Wed, 30 Apr 2025 11:00:00 +0000

After deploying AI tools in Israel and on the U.S. border, American tech companies are now powering domestic repression.

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The Vietnam War Is Still Killing People, 50 Years Later
Wed, 30 Apr 2025 09:00:00 +0000

After the Trump administration cut funding to demining efforts, unexploded ordnance from the Vietnam War killed four people in February alone.

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Protecting Your Phone—and Your Privacy—at the US Border
Thu, 24 Apr 2025 21:28:33 +0000
In this episode of Uncanny Valley, our hosts explain how to prepare for travel to and from the United States—and how to stay safe.
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NASA, Boeing, Consider New Thin-Wing Aircraft Research Focus
Thu, 24 Apr 2025 17:05:48 +0000
NASA and Boeing are currently evaluating an updated approach to the agency’s Sustainable Flight Demonstrator project that would focus on demonstrating thin-wing technology with broad applications for multiple aircraft configurations. Boeing’s proposed focus centers on a ground-based testbed to demonstrate the potential for long, thin-wing technology. Work on the X-66 flight demonstrator – which currently […]
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How to Protect Yourself From Phone Searches at the US Border
Mon, 21 Apr 2025 10:30:00 +0000
Customs and Border Protection has broad authority to search travelers’ devices when they cross into the United States. Here’s what you can do to protect your digital life while at the US border.
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NASA Calibrates Second Shock-Sensing Probe for X-59 Testing
Fri, 18 Apr 2025 16:30:00 +0000
When you’re testing a cutting-edge NASA aircraft, you need specialized tools to conduct tests and capture data –but if those tools need maintenance, you need to wait until they’re fixed. Unless you have a backup. That’s why NASA recently calibrated a new shock-sensing probe to capture shock wave data when the agency’s X-59 quiet supersonic […]
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Going Home: NASA Retires S-3B Viking to POW/MIA Museum
Wed, 16 Apr 2025 12:04:20 +0000
After supporting the center’s research missions for more than a decade, NASA’s S-3B Viking aircraft is moving on from NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland to begin a new and honorable assignment. The aircraft is heading to the National POW/MIA Memorial and Museum in Jacksonville, Florida, where it will be on display, honoring all Prisoners […]
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Future of space travel: Could robots really replace human astronauts?
Tue, 31 Dec 2024 01:46:51 GMT
Advances in technology raise questions about the need to send people to space - and the risks and cost
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Guardian Traveller newsletter: Sign up for our free holidays email
Wed, 12 Oct 2022 14:21:58 GMT

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.

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Barcelona boosted by Lewandowski return for semi-final clash with Inter
Mon, 05 May 2025 18:59:17 GMT

• Polish striker back from hamstring injury for second leg
• Inter have fitness doubts for Champions League tie

The Barcelona striker Robert Lewandowski has been declared fit to return from a hamstring injury but is set to start on the bench in their Champions League semi-final second leg at Inter on Tuesday, the Barça manager, Hansi Flick, confirmed.

The 36-year-old Polish international, who has scored 40 goals for Barcelona in all competitions this season, had been sidelined for his club’s last four games. After sustaining the injury during Barça’s 4-3 victory against Celta Vigo on 19 April, he missed the Copa del Rey final victory against Real Madrid and the first leg of the semi against Inter.

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The one change that worked: I could never get fit – until I tried a 40-second plank every day
Mon, 05 May 2025 09:00:30 GMT

All my attempts at exercise had ended in failure, so I decided to lower the bar. Five years later and I’m a much stronger, healthier and more self-confident person

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For years, I loved smoking, slurping large glasses of wine and gobbling wings from overlit chicken shops. I tried to be healthy: I would make overnight oats; get only the small mixed sushi from Wasabi; and drink prosecco because someone said it was keto-friendly. I even did Veganuary back when it was such a gruelling feat of strength to be vegan for a month that people would sponsor you in horror and amazement.

I felt I had more in common with a pair of old socks than with gym-goers. Terms like “reps”, “leg days” and “core strength” made me cringe, mainly because they were the secret language of an exclusive club to which I wasn’t invited.

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From the perfect gardening tools to £8 mascara, what you loved most this month
Mon, 05 May 2025 09:00:32 GMT

We gave you gardening tips, a spring fashion edit, the ultimate guide to anti-ageing and more. Here are the picks that inspired you most in April

The year always seems to pick up pace in spring, with the big house and garden tidy-up becoming all-consuming. The early spring sunshine has been wonderful (for those of us lucky enough to have seen some), though it does accelerate the pressure to ready your garden for the summer ahead.

I spent winter trying not to look out of the window, fearing that most of the plants I’d optimistically bought last summer wouldn’t make it. So it’s a wonderful feeling to have the garden open up again – and many of you seem to agree. We were taken aback by the popularity of our pieces on how to get your garden ready for summer and the best secateurs to help you with the spring tidy.

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15 Best Air Purifiers (2025): Coway, AirDoctor, IQAir
Sat, 03 May 2025 15:07:00 +0000
Protect your home against dust, pets, allergies, and more with air purifiers tested firsthand by WIRED.
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Top 10 Best PLR(Private Label Rights) Websites | Which One You Should Join in 2022?
Sat, 26 Feb 2022 13:36:00 +0000

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Unstoppable Force and Immovable Object

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PhD Timeline

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Jupiter Core

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Police Shot Them in the Head With Rubber Bullets. Now UCLA Gaza Protesters Are Suing.
Mon, 05 May 2025 09:00:00 +0000

A day after being attacked by a pro-Israel mob, protesters were shot by rubber bullets — whose use is restricted by California law.

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NYU Demands Law Students Renounce Protests or Be Barred From Sitting Final Exams
Sat, 03 May 2025 16:38:25 +0000

After being banned from campus buildings following peaceful sit-ins, students said the disciplinary processes broke from school policies.

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Dems Push for “Educational Gag Order” Over Palestine Lessons in California
Mon, 28 Apr 2025 18:41:59 +0000

Critics warn a new bill clamping down on ethnic studies classes over antisemitism concerns goes too far.

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