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Collaboration Is Key to A Strong Materials Discipline
Tue, 24 Dec 2024 18:33:43 +0000
NASA has a strong need for advanced materials and processes (M&P) across the realms of robotic- and crewed-spaceflight, as well as aeronautics, particularly when one acknowledges that all craft must be made of something. To meet that need, the materials discipline relies on collaboration—both between centers and across disciplines. Reaching the Agency’s Moon-to-Mars objectives will […]
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‘We need to be prepared’: China adapts to era of extreme flooding
Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:05:36 GMT

While some residents take to building houses in trees, officials recognise need for national response to climate disasters

Every summer, Dongting Hu, China’s second-largest freshwater lake, swells in size as flood water from the Yangtze River flows into its borders. Dams and dikes are erected around the lake’s edges to protect against flooding. But this year, not for the first time, they were overwhelmed.

For three days in early July, more than 800 rescue workers in Hunan province scrambled to block the breaches. One rupture alone took 100,000 cubic metres of rock to seal, according to Zhang Yingchun, a Hunan official. At least 7,000 people had to be evacuated. It was one of a series of disasters to hit China as the country grappled with a summer of extreme weather. By August, there had been 25 large floods, the biggest number since records began in 1998, reported state media.

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Ken Freeman Receives Air Traffic Control Association (ATCA) Award for ATM-X Digital Information Platform (DIP)
Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:47:32 +0000
Air Traffic Control Association (ATCA) Award to the NASA ATM-X Digital Information Platform (DIP) TeamIn November 2024, the Digital Information Platform (DIP) team received the prestigious Industry Award from the Air Traffic Control Association (ATCA) at the annual ATCA Connect Conference in Washington, DC. The award recognized the team’s efforts in supporting NASA’s Sustainable Flight National Partnership (SFNP), […]
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2024: NASA Armstrong Prepares for Future Innovative Research Efforts
Fri, 20 Dec 2024 18:01:00 +0000
NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, is preparing today for tomorrow’s mission. Supersonic flight, next generation aircraft, advanced air mobility, climate changes, human exploration of space, and the next innovation are just some of the topics our researchers, engineers, and mission support teams focused on in 2024. NASA Armstrong began 2024 with the […]
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NASA Accelerates Space Exploration, Earth Science for All in 2024
Fri, 06 Dec 2024 21:54:15 +0000
With a look back at 2024, NASA is celebrating its many innovative and inspiring accomplishments this year including for the first time, landing new science and technology on the Moon with an American company, pushing the boundaries of exploration by launching a new mission to study Jupiter’s icy moon Europa; maintaining 24 years of continuous […]
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What Killed Daniel Prude? The Cops and New York AG Said a Diagnosis That’s Since Been Debunked.
Sat, 21 Dec 2024 10:00:00 +0000

A newly obtained document sheds light on how the disavowed “excited delirium” diagnosis infiltrated the Rochester Police Department before Prude’s death.

The post What Killed Daniel Prude? The Cops and New York AG Said a Diagnosis That’s Since Been Debunked. appeared first on The Intercept.

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NASA Runs X-59 Engine with Maximum Afterburner for First Time
Fri, 20 Dec 2024 16:36:26 +0000
NASA completed the first maximum afterburner engine run test on its X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft on Dec. 12. The ground test, conducted at Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, California, marks a significant milestone as the X-59 team progresses toward flight. An afterburner is a component of some jet engines that generates additional […]
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NASA, Notre Dame Connect Students to Inspire STEM Careers
Fri, 20 Dec 2024 13:09:24 +0000
High school students in Indiana are contributing to NASA’s groundbreaking research to develop quieter, more fuel-efficient aircraft engines. Their learning experience is a collaboration between aircraft noise researchers from NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland and educators from the University of Notre Dame’s Turbomachinery Laboratory. The collaboration aims to encourage students’ interest in science, technology, […]
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NASA Flight Rerouting Tool Curbs Delays, Emissions
Fri, 20 Dec 2024 13:00:00 +0000
It’s the holiday season — which means many are taking to the skies to join their loved ones. If you’ve ever used an app to navigate on a road trip, you’ve probably noticed how it finds you the most efficient route to your destination, even before you depart. To that end, NASA has been working […]
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EPA Staffers Demand Biden Release Climate Funds Withheld Over Gaza
Thu, 19 Dec 2024 15:16:12 +0000

“The funds to CJA are critical for building community resilience against climate change threats.”

The post EPA Staffers Demand Biden Release Climate Funds Withheld Over Gaza appeared first on The Intercept.

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One in four properties at flood risk by 2050 - report
Tue, 17 Dec 2024 03:20:56 GMT
Climate change could increase flood threats without improvements to defences, the Environment Agency warns.
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Charles Hall Insisted He Wanted the Death Penalty. Now He’s Asking Biden for Mercy.
Sun, 15 Dec 2024 11:00:00 +0000

The jurors that sent Hall to death row never heard critical evidence that could have convinced them to spare his life. Some of them now support his bid for clemency.

The post Charles Hall Insisted He Wanted the Death Penalty. Now He’s Asking Biden for Mercy. appeared first on The Intercept.

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Atmospheric Probe Shows Promise in Test Flight
Wed, 11 Dec 2024 19:01:45 +0000
The most effective way to prove a new idea is to start small, test, learn, and test again. A team of researchers developing an atmospheric probe at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, are taking that approach. The concept could offer future scientists a potentially better and more economical way to collect data […]
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NASA Moves Drone Package Delivery Industry Closer to Reality
Tue, 10 Dec 2024 19:12:21 +0000
Package delivery drones are coming to our doorsteps in the future, and NASA wants to make sure that when medication or pizza deliveries take to the skies, they will be safe. In July, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for the first time authorized multiple U.S. companies to fly commercial drones in the same airspace without […]
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NASA to Test Technology for X-59’s Unique Shock Wave Measurements
Thu, 05 Dec 2024 22:49:29 +0000
Lee esta historia en Español aquí. NASA will soon test advancements made on a key tool for measuring the unique “sonic thumps” that its quiet supersonic X-59 research aircraft will make while flying. A shock-sensing probe is a cone-shaped air data probe developed with specific features to capture the unique shock waves the X-59 will produce. […]
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Top UN court to rule on key climate questions
Mon, 02 Dec 2024 09:51:29 GMT
The significant case could clarify governments' legal responsibilities in relation to climate change.
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Will China step up if Trump takes a step back on climate change?
Fri, 22 Nov 2024 12:07:36 GMT
How future talks will play out if another superpower comes to the fore, just as the US steps back
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Deadliest weather made worse by climate change - scientists
Thu, 31 Oct 2024 04:27:46 GMT
Human-caused climate change made recent extreme weather events more intense and more likely, new analysis finds.
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World way off target in tackling climate change - UN
Mon, 28 Oct 2024 09:00:46 GMT
The world is wildly off track in tackling climate change, the UN says, as CO2 in the atmosphere accumulates faster than ever
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Polar bears face higher risk of disease in a warming Arctic
Wed, 23 Oct 2024 23:05:41 GMT
Climate change and sea ice loss leaves polar bears exposed to more diseases, research suggests.
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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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Why any estimate of the cost of climate change will be flawed
Thu, 30 May 2024 09:51:10 +0000
Temperature fluctuations are unpredictable. Humans are even more so
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How NIMBYs increase carbon emissions
Thu, 14 Mar 2024 10:59:08 +0000
Opposition to new buildings has unfortunate consequences
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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.
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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.
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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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The 50 best albums of 2024
Fri, 20 Dec 2024 14:00:02 GMT

Topped with Charli xcx’s swaggering yet vulnerable Brat, here are the year’s finest LPs as decided by 26 Guardian music writers
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The Guardian view on arms control: essential to prevent the total devastation of nuclear war | Editorial
Fri, 27 Dec 2024 17:30:15 GMT

Over the holidays, this column will explore next year’s urgent issues. Today we look at why an unqualified belief in nuclear deterrence can’t keep us safe

Next November marks 40 years since the US president Ronald Reagan and the Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev declared that “a nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought”. The statement was striking – not least because their militaries were pouring billions into preparing for an unwinnable conflict.

A year later, at Reykjavik, the two came tantalisingly close to eliminating nuclear weapons entirely. That historic chance slipped away over Reagan’s insistence on his unproven “Star Wars” missile defence system. The moment passed, but its lesson endures: disarmament demands courage – and compromise.

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Biden administration pledges additional military aid to Ukraine amid Russia war
Fri, 27 Dec 2024 17:31:12 GMT

Security assistance package in works as North Korean troops are deployed in Kursk after Putin-Kim agreement

The Biden administration is pledging to approve fresh military aid to Ukraine in the coming days, including crucial air defense systems, as North Korean forces face mounting casualties in their first major deployment to a European conflict.

John Kirby, the US national security communications adviser, told reporters on Friday that in just the last week North Korean troops have suffered more than 1,000 casualties in what he referred to as failed “human wave” assaults near the Kursk border-region, which confirms similar figures reported by South Korea.

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Injured North Korean soldier captured by Ukraine has died, says South Korea
Fri, 27 Dec 2024 16:15:30 GMT

First of Kim Jong-un’s soldiers to be taken was detained in Kursk region of Russia, according to Ukrainian reports

• ‘I thought it was fake news’: secrecy around North Koreans fighting in Kursk

South Korea’s intelligence agency has reported that a North Korean soldier believed to have been the first to be captured while supporting Russia’s war in Ukraine has died after being taken alive by Ukrainian forces.

South Korea’s spy agency earlier on Friday confirmed Ukrainian reports that an injured North Korean soldier had been captured by Ukrainian forces, in what was likely to have been the first capture of its kind since Pyongyang sent combat forces to bolster Russian forces in the war.

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‘I thought it was fake news’: secrecy around North Koreans fighting in Kursk
Fri, 27 Dec 2024 05:00:05 GMT

As reports of battlefield casualties emerge, Russian locals say presence of soldiers sent by Pyongyang is barely noticed

At dusk one afternoon last week, two dozen wounded North Korean soldiers were brought to one of the main hospitals in the Russian city of Kursk.

They were ushered into a specially designated floor, guarded by police, with access limited to translators and medical personnel.

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Nato to boost Baltic Sea presence after suspected sabotage of underwater cable
Fri, 27 Dec 2024 16:10:40 GMT

Finland seizes ship it suspects of damaging cable connecting Estonia and Finland on Christmas Day

Nato is to increase its military presence in the Baltic Sea, the alliance has announced, after the suspected sabotage of an underwater power cable running between Finland and Estonia.

The Estlink 2 submarine cable was disconnected from the grid on Christmas Day, little more than a month after two telecommunications cables were severed in Swedish territorial waters in the Baltic Sea.

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Chinese AI company says breakthroughs enabled creating a leading-edge AI model with 11X less compute — DeepSeek's optimizations highlight limits of US sanctions
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Patagonia’s Ties to a Dark-Money Operation Bankrolling Democratic Candidates
Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:00:00 +0000

A mysterious group linked to Patagonia has been accused of making what appear to be illegal “straw donor” contributions.

The post Patagonia’s Ties to a Dark-Money Operation Bankrolling Democratic Candidates appeared first on The Intercept.

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China’s plan to dominate legacy chips globally sparks US probe
Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:56:26 +0000
Half of US companies don't know the origins of chips they buy, official said.
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Electric Vehicle Charging Is Going to Get Political
Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:00:00 +0000
The incoming Trump administration has signaled its hostility toward EVs. Will the red-state/blue-state divide come for public charging?
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Here’s how Trump can avoid a ’MAGA Civil War’ over immigration
Fri, 27 Dec 2024 17:13:00 GMT
The Republican Party will have unified control of Washington starting next month, but fissures in the party’s coalition are already emerging even before President-elect Trump takes office.
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Finding the light in this dark world | Letters
Fri, 27 Dec 2024 17:11:53 GMT

Readers respond to a piece by Jonathan Freedland in which he says a little deliberate optimism can go a long way

I was drawn to Jonathan Freedland’s article (‘How do we live in this terrible world?’ a reader asked me. Here’s the only answer I have, 20 December), as it is a question that’s continually on my mind. There’s much substance in his well-informed piece, though the ending’s quite simple and resonates with my own take: “Perhaps by accepting that it’s the only one we have and that it’s not always so terrible – that sometimes, even quite often, it can be rather beautiful.”

One of my responses to this ever-present question is to have gratitude for what I call “magic moments” in nature – like this morning catching sight of the heron, almost invisible, being so amazingly camouflaged among the reeds by a stream; I said “good morning, heron” softly, but didn’t linger because I’ve come to realise that they don’t like being looked at for long.

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‘Who knows what they’re going to do?’: US cannabis industry braces itself for Trump administration
Fri, 27 Dec 2024 16:00:14 GMT

The industry looks back wistfully on a past year of promise but little delivery, and wonders what next under Trump

For those awaiting the end of cannabis prohibition in the US, 2024 began on a hopeful note, but as the year comes to a close, many of those hopes remain unfulfilled.

“The big issue is rescheduling, and there was a lot of excitement about that, but it’s been sort of mired down,” said Alex Halperin, who has covered the cannabis industry in his newsletter WeedWeek since 2015. Rescheduling would mean that cannabis is no longer federally banned under the Controlled Substances Act.

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Ex-FBI and CIA head urges Senate to reject Trump picks Patel and Gabbard
Fri, 27 Dec 2024 15:16:15 GMT

William Webster writes in letter to senators that ‘the safety of the American people … depends on it’

William Webster, the only man to head both the FBI and the CIA, has urged the US Senate to reject Kash Patel and Tulsi Gabbard, Donald Trump’s nominees as directors of the bureau and national intelligence, arguing that they are unqualified.

Writing to senators, Webster, who is aged 100 and who was appointed by both Democrat and Republican presidents, called on them to “weigh the critical importance of nonpartisan leadership and experience” and suggested that Patel and Gabbard possessed neither attribute.

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Hail the broligarchy: why 2024 was the year of the bro | Arwa Mahdawi
Fri, 27 Dec 2024 14:00:14 GMT

They’ve been around for ever; now they’re running the US. And beneath all the podcasts and punching lie questions of grievance, self-ownership and self-expression

A creature of various talents, and the owner of at least three types of shirt, the Great American Bro can take different forms.

The finance bro, for example, favours a Patagonia power vest over his button-ups. The brocialist still thinks Bernie would have won. The gym bro likes to wear the tightest vest he can find, and has biceps you can crack a walnut with. Whatever his particular vibe, however, the bro is a pack animal, most comfortable when surrounded with a group of people who look and act just like him.

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Why speech could be a target for the anti-abortion movement in 2025
Fri, 27 Dec 2024 13:00:09 GMT

The anti-abortion movement is looking at ways to control information about how and where to obtain abortions

The next front in the US abortion wars may be what people are allowed to say about it.

More than two years after the US supreme court overturned Roe v Wade in the case Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization, US abortions are on the rise, thanks in large part to the spread of abortion pills and travel across state lines. This has infuriated anti-abortion advocates, who have proposed policies to help the incoming Trump administration curtail the mailing of abortion pills and targeted individuals and groups that help women get out-of-state abortions. In a sign of how the issue is pitting states against one another, Texas earlier this month sued a New York-based doctor who allegedly provided a telehealth abortion to a Texan woman.

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Nvidia and AMD rush to stockpile graphics cards ahead of Trump tariff that could raise prices by 40% | A $2,500 RTX 5090?
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GB again set standards at Paris Paralympics – now to fill in the gaps
Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:00:11 GMT

Athletes such as William Ellard and Bly Twomey starred this summer but much needs doing to boost disabled sport between Games

There was a lot riding on the Paris Paralympics, but they delivered. A Games that had the challenge not only of exciting the people of Paris but of reviving the movement behind disability sport served up world-class entertainment to full stadiums and made the French capital more accessible on top. Paris was a triumph, if not quite a perfect one, but the question already being asked is: what next?

For ParalympicsGB the answers are relatively clear. After another second place in the medal table, ahead of the US and the host nation and behind only China, funding has been locked in for the next four-year cycle for Los Angeles 2028. A £330m package across Olympic and Paralympic programmes enriched every one of the latter’s 18 world-class programmes with a funding increase. William Ellard in the pool, Archie Atkinson in the velodrome and the table tennis semi-finalist Bly Twomey are new faces who emerged in Paris with prospects for glory in Los Angeles. The 2028 Games, even with the political complications of a Trump presidency, are something athletes and officials are excited by.

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UFC, boxing and golf: what is Donald Trump’s relationship with sport? – podcast
Fri, 27 Dec 2024 05:00:03 GMT

The US president-elect’s ties with the Ultimate Fighting Championship and boxing, as well as World Wrestling Entertainment, might tell us about the kinds of sport he appreciates. But then there’s golf …

As the US prepares to host the World Cup and the Olympics during Trump’s presidency, Jonathan Freedland and Karim Zidan walk through his history with sport to see if it explains more about him

Archive: BBC, WWE, Fox 9 Minneapolis, NBC 10 Philadelphia, PBS Newshour, TMZ, MSNBC

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Right-Wing Warfare Pits Big Tech Against MAGA Over H-1B Visas
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The Weird New Normal of Donald Trump in 2024
Thu, 26 Dec 2024 23:03:33 +0000
Radical revisionism is a strong contender for the theme of this disruptive year, in which some unique property of political alchemy managed to transform a defeated and disgraced ex-President into a perfectly electable Republican candidate.
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Who controls Greenland, and why does Trump want to buy it?
Thu, 26 Dec 2024 19:34:51 +0000
The Arctic island is not for sale, its own government and that of Denmark continue to emphasize.
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Trump wants federal workers back in the office. It may be a tall task.
Thu, 26 Dec 2024 19:14:36 +0000
President-elect Donald Trump’s plans for a return-to-office mandate for federal workers will face stiff resistance and union contracts that guarantee remote work.
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As Ukraine marks Christmas, exhausted soldiers wonder if Trump can end the war
Thu, 26 Dec 2024 19:01:01 +0000
Asked for their thoughts about a potential ceasefire in 2025, Ukrainian soldiers said they’d welcome a reprieve but were skeptical one was coming soon
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Trump tells 37 people on death row with commuted sentences to ‘go to hell’
Thu, 26 Dec 2024 18:33:00 GMT

On Truth Social, president-elect also lashes out at Chinese troops in Panama Canal and Canadian PM Justin Trudeau

Donald Trump has told 37 people on death row who had their sentences commuted by Joe Biden to “go to hell” in a lacerating Christmas Day social media post.

The president-elect – long a vocal advocate of capital punishment – lashed out at Biden’s decision on his Truth Social platform, after wishing a merry Christmas to political opponents he addressed as “Radical Left Lunatics”.

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The Guardian view on digital media: the case for better regulation must be made | Editorial
Thu, 26 Dec 2024 18:30:47 GMT

Over the holidays, this column will explore next year’s urgent issues. Today we look at the crisis in western democracy, Donald Trump’s victory and the role played by digital media

In November 2020, shortly after Donald Trump’s defeat in the US presidential election, Barack Obama observed that America risked entering “an epistemological crisis”. The prospect of Mr Trump’s return to the White House in January validates his predecessor’s premonition.

Mr Obama was talking about media fragmentation and polarisation: different segments of society existing in discrete information spaces; arguments no longer drawn from a common reservoir of facts; no shared reality, no foundation of truth. “Then by definition the marketplace of ideas doesn’t work,” he said. “And by definition our democracy doesn’t work.”

Do you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a response of up to 300 words by email to be considered for publication in our letters section, please click here.

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Trump nominates Miami-Dade official as Panama ambassador amid canal row
Thu, 26 Dec 2024 13:50:28 GMT

Announcement comes as Trump has threatened to reassert control over canal, which US handed to Panama in 1999

President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday nominated the Miami-Dade county commissioner Kevin Marino Cabrera to serve as ambassador to Panama.

Trump described Cabrera as “a fierce fighter for America First principles” who he said has been instrumental in driving economic growth and fostering international partnerships.

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After backing Trump, low-income voters hope he doesn’t slash their benefits
Thu, 26 Dec 2024 11:00:27 +0000
Voters in the struggling Pennsylvania city of New Castle backed Donald Trump hoping he’d curb inflation. But he’ll be under pressure to cut federal spending.
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Trump’s top border adviser says he will bring back family detention
Thu, 26 Dec 2024 10:00:56 +0000
Tom Homan oversaw implementation of the “zero tolerance” policy that separated more than 4,000 children from their parents during Trump’s first term.
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Trump Won—Get Over It, Charlie Brown!
Wed, 25 Dec 2024 11:00:00 +0000
You blockhead! We wanted something meme-able!
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“And I Was Surprised”: On Federal Death Row, They Feared Biden Would Set Up Another Trump Killing Spree
Tue, 24 Dec 2024 18:21:04 +0000

Biden’s commutations for 37 of 40 people on death row brought relief for the men and their loved ones.

The post “And I Was Surprised”: On Federal Death Row, They Feared Biden Would Set Up Another Trump Killing Spree appeared first on The Intercept.

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How NASA Might Change Under Donald Trump
Tue, 24 Dec 2024 16:30:00 +0000
The Trump transition team is looking for “big changes” at NASA—including some cuts.
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Azerbaijan says plane hit by 'external interference' over Russia before crash
Fri, 27 Dec 2024 17:50:52 GMT
A minister says all the survivors "heard blast sounds" over Grozny before the plane was diverted to Kazakhstan.
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White House sees ‘indications’ airliner was downed by Russia
Fri, 27 Dec 2024 17:46:00 +0000
National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said the evidence in the Azerbaijan Airlines crash goes beyond widely circulated images of the wreckage.
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Italian journalist arrested and held in solitary confinement in Iran
Fri, 27 Dec 2024 17:37:53 GMT

Il Foglio war correspondent Cecilia Sala taken in by police while reporting in Tehran, says Italy’s foreign ministry

An Italian journalist has been arrested while reporting in the Iranian capital, Tehran, and held in solitary confinement for a week, according to Italy’s foreign ministry.

Cecilia Sala, 29, a war correspondent and reporter who works for the newspaper Il Foglio and the podcast company Chora Media, was detained on 19 December, the ministry said, but her arrest was only made public on Friday.

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‘Let’s see who will be leaving’: Georgia’s presidential standoff nears crunch point
Fri, 27 Dec 2024 17:16:43 GMT

Georgian Dream government threatens pro-west president with jail if she refuses to leave office on Sunday

All eyes in Georgia are fixed on the elegant 19th-century Orbeliani Palace in Tbilisi, where a defining moment looms. Who will occupy its halls on 29 December?

On Sunday, Georgia’s pro-western president, Salome Zourabichvili, is supposed to hand over the keys to her successor, Mikheil Kavelashvili, a former football player turned far-right politician who is backed by the ruling and increasingly authoritarian Georgian Dream (GD) party.

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Rare earths: another reason we mustn’t allow Russia to win in Ukraine | Letters
Fri, 27 Dec 2024 17:11:44 GMT

Dictators in Russia and China should be denied further control of raw materials used in electronics, writes John E Havard. Plus a letter from Fawzi Ibrahim

A footnote to the excellent article by Timothy Garton Ash (What if Russia wins in Ukraine? We can already see the shadows of a dark 2025, 21 December). The so-called rare earths are essential raw materials for advanced electronics industries. China – with the world’s largest economically exploitable reserves – has a major strategic advantage in access to rare earths, underlined by the tight export controls that it has recently imposed. In Europe, it is eastern Ukraine that has the best reserves. To gain and maintain control of Ukraine’s reserves would be a major boost for Russia.

A defeat here for Ukraine, enabled by the failure of the west to provide the long-term support that it has promised, would signal to China that it should not be too concerned about western resolve in the event of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan. Taiwan is a dominant supplier of the advanced electronics, incorporating rare earths, that will continue to be a major determinant of economic success.

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Azerbaijan Airlines says there was ‘external interference’ before plane crashed
Fri, 27 Dec 2024 16:37:16 GMT

Carrier suspends flights to five Russian airports after early findings of investigation into crash on Christmas Day

The aircraft that crashed in Kazakhstan on Christmas Day, killing 38 people, experienced “external physical and technical interference”, according to preliminary results of an investigation, Azerbaijan Airlines said on Friday.

The early findings led the carrier to suspend flights to five Russian airports, citing “potential risks to flight safety”, adding to the two routes that were suspended immediately after the crash.

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Iran arrests Italian reporter, Italy says
Fri, 27 Dec 2024 15:46:42 GMT
Cecilia Sala has been under arrest in Iran for more than a week, Italy's foreign ministry says.
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Not your standard fizz: New Year’s Eve party drinks with a difference
Fri, 27 Dec 2024 14:00:12 GMT

Hannah Crosbie picks the best bottles for entertaining that won’t break the bank or your spirit

If you’re reading this, well done. It means you’ve survived the most expensive, sociable and digestively taxing part of the holiday season. Now you can focus all your efforts on getting through Twixmas (a phrase I prayed wouldn’t catch on) and the New Year’s Eve party. Livers and wallets, rejoice.

Perhaps you’re hosting such a party. On reflection, I feel last week’s column portrayed me as a little “anti-party”. It’s not that I’m allergic to them; more that I just can’t stand how they often bring out the worst in even the most unflappable friend. Hosting should be simple and, above all, not leave you deflated or penniless – or both. Plus, if you’re planning on giving up booze for January, you had better make these last few drams count, before you spend the whole of the next month grumbling about how expensive non-alcoholic options are and wishing you were drinking a pint of Guinness.

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South Korea’s second impeachment in two weeks is latest twist in political saga
Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:02:41 GMT

Removal of acting president Han Duck-soo is part of a rancorous battle for the country’s constitutional future

For the fourth time this month, South Korea’s parliament has become the arena for a rancorous battle for the country’s political future.

Safeguarding the hard-won rights and freedoms South Koreans have enjoyed for almost four decades is a lofty aim – and supported by the vast majority of voters – but the scenes inside the national assembly have been a reminder of how thin the line can be between democracy and rule by force.

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‘Everyone is crazy about tennis’: Sinner’s success inspires Italy to pick up rackets
Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:44:36 GMT

Italians are taking to the court with factors including the pandemic and broadcasting also said to be fuelling enthusiasm

At the age of 47, diehard AC Milan fan Ninni Licata has hung up his football boots in exchange for a tennis racket.

Like thousands of Italians in recent years, Licata has been unable to resist the lure of a game that for years had been relegated to the sidelines of the country’s national sports, overshadowed by football and Formula One.

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South Korea lawmakers vote to impeach acting president two weeks after impeaching president – as it happened
Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:20:05 GMT

This live blog is now closed, you can read more on this story here

Events since Yoon’s martial law declaration on December 3 had ignited South Korea’s worst political crisis since 1987 when nationwide public demonstrations forced the ruling party of former military generals to accept the democratic election of the president.

On Friday, prosecutors indicted former Defence Minister Kim Yong-Hyun in the first move to put an official accused of insurrection on trial, Yonhap News said.

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As the acting president is impeached - what has happened in South Korea?
Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:57:05 GMT
Lawmakers vote to impeach acting president Han Duck-soo, two weeks after voting to impeach the president.
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South Korean lawmakers impeach acting president Han Duck-soo
Fri, 27 Dec 2024 09:26:27 GMT

Assembly approves motion days after parliament stripped President Yoon Suk Yeol of his powers over martial law order

South Korea’s parliament has voted to impeach the acting president, Han Duck-soo, plunging the country deeper into a political crisis that has caused policy deadlock and damaged its international reputation.

On Friday, the national assembly approved an impeachment motion introduced on Thursday by the main opposition party by a 192-0 vote. The chamber has 300 MPs, but members of the ruling People Power party (PPP) boycotted Friday’s vote.

Han took over as president after his predecessor, Yoon Suk Yeol, was impeached over his short-lived imposition of martial law on 3 December. The move triggered six hours of chaos that, for many older South Koreans, brought back memories of the country’s bloody transition from military rule to democracy in the 1980s.

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A night of chaos: Inside South Korea’s six hours of martial law
Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:06:05 +0000
Yoon Suk Yeol, South Korea’s since-impeached president, had been planning for months to impose martial law and target political opponents, according to accounts.
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Can Europe switch to a ‘wartime mindset’? Take it from us in Ukraine: here is what that means | Oleksandr Mykhed
Fri, 27 Dec 2024 07:00:04 GMT

Buy a power bank and write a will. You’ll need a ‘bug-out bag’ packed and ready to go. In Kyiv, we’ve learned how to survive Russia’s hybrid warfare

Day 1,024 of the invasion. Kyiv, 7am. Friday the 13th. In a former life, someone would have observed that this is a day that portends bad luck. But in a country where shelling is a daily occurrence, it has become irrelevant. I wake up to the sound of an app on my phone warning me of an increased missile threat. While my partner and I are hiding in the corridor, I read the news that the Nato chief, Mark Rutte, has called on members of the US-led transatlantic alliance to “shift to a wartime mindset”.

With the first bang of the air defence system, a thought strikes me: for those who have not already been living with it for nearly three years, how would you explain this mindset? What is this wartime thinking?

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Yoon Suk Yeol impeachment: court hearings to begin in South Korea over president’s martial law crisis
Fri, 27 Dec 2024 02:20:50 GMT

Yoon’s legal team will attend the first hearing in impeachment review on Friday, the same day that the acting president also faces an impeachment vote

South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol’s legal team are set to attend court on Friday as the constitutional court begins hearings into his impeachment by parliament over his short-lived imposition of martial law,

The court has 180 days to decide whether to reinstate Yoon or remove him. In the latter scenario, a new presidential election would be held within 60 days.

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Finland seizes ship in probe of undersea cable damage
Thu, 26 Dec 2024 20:20:14 +0000
Damage to the power cable in the Baltic Sea is the latest in a spate of murky disruptions to undersea cables that have put European authorities on high alert.
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Finnish authorities board tanker suspected of damaging undersea cables — tanker is reportedly linked to Russia’s shadow fleet | This is the second such incident in a span of two months.
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Officials report 29 survivors and 38 killed as plane crashes in Kazakhstan
Thu, 26 Dec 2024 17:24:36 GMT

Aircraft carrying 62 passengers and five crew was en route from Baku to Grozny in Chechnya

Twenty-nine people have survived after a passenger plane operated by Azerbaijan Airlines burst into flames as it crashed near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan after veering hundreds of miles off its planned route.

The flight was carrying 62 passengers and five crew members with 38 killed in the crash, according to Kazakhstan’s deputy prime minister, Kanat Bozumbayev.

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Russian anti-aircraft system may have struck Azerbaijan Airlines plane, says US
Thu, 26 Dec 2024 17:23:00 GMT

Ukraine official also says crash caused by Russian air defence fire, while Russia plays down involvement

Russia and Kazakhstan have sought to play down speculation about the Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash, as a US official said there were early indications that a Russian anti-aircraft system may have struck the plane.

The assertion comes after a Ukrainian national security official and several sources in Azerbaijan claimed that the crash, which killed 38 people on Christmas Day, was caused by Russian air defence fire.

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Authorities investigate cause of Azerbaijan Airlines crash that killed 38
Thu, 26 Dec 2024 16:12:59 +0000
The flight was en route from the Azerbaijani capital of Baku to Grozny, in Russia’s south, when it diverted and attempted an emergency landing in Kazakhstan.
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The Worst Hacks of 2024
Thu, 26 Dec 2024 10:30:00 +0000
From Chinese cyberspies breaching US telecoms to ruthless ransomware gangs disrupting health care for millions of people, 2024 saw some of the worst hacks, breaches, and data leaks ever.
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Collaboration Is Key to A Strong Materials Discipline
Tue, 24 Dec 2024 18:33:43 +0000
NASA has a strong need for advanced materials and processes (M&P) across the realms of robotic- and crewed-spaceflight, as well as aeronautics, particularly when one acknowledges that all craft must be made of something. To meet that need, the materials discipline relies on collaboration—both between centers and across disciplines. Reaching the Agency’s Moon-to-Mars objectives will […]
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This Was the Year Elon Musk Took Over Politics
Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:16:48 +0000
The American public elected Donald Trump to run the federal government. His erratic patron seems to think the job is also his.
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Kash Patel Is the Hero QAnon Has Been Waiting For
Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:39:37 +0000
Despite Q's long silence, QAnon beliefs have never been more prevalent—and as Donald Trump prepares to reenter the White House, excitement among the faithful is at an all-time high.
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Russian cargo ship sinks in Mediterranean after explosion in engine room
Tue, 24 Dec 2024 11:46:22 GMT

Two crew members from Ursa Major are missing and 14 have been rescued, Russian foreign ministry says

An engine room explosion sank a Russian cargo ship called Ursa Major in the Mediterranean Sea between Spain and Algeria and two of its crew are missing, the Russian foreign ministry has said.

The vessel, built in 2009, was controlled by Oboronlogistika, a company that is part of the Russian defence ministry’s military construction operations, which had previously said it was en route to the Russian far-eastern port of Vladivostok with two giant port cranes lashed to its deck.

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The 8 best electric blankets and heated throws – tried and tested to keep you toasty for less this winter
Fri, 27 Dec 2024 16:00:15 GMT

If you’re looking to heat the human not the home – or just love snuggling under something cosy on your sofa – these are our best buys

Aside from hugging a fluffy hot-water bottle, sipping the Christmas whisky and ramping up the thermostat, an electric blanket or heated throw is the best way to keep out the winter chill. More than half of a typical household’s fuel bills goes on heating and hot water, so finding alternative ways to keep warm – and heating the person, rather than the whole home – is always a good idea.

Many of the best electric blankets and heated throws boast running costs of about 1p to 3p an hour, so it’s hard to ignore their potential energy- and money-saving benefits.

Best overall electric blanket:
Fogarty Wonderfully Warm
_{King, £80 at Dunelm}

Best budget electric blanket:
Slumberdown Sleepy Nights
_{King, £33.60 at Amazon}

Best quilted electric blanket:
Dreamland Pure Comfort bamboo underblanket
_{King, £139.99 at Amazon}

Best overall heated throw:
Beurer heated snuggle blanket
_{Extra-large, £84.99 at Beurer}

Best budget heated throw:
OHS electric heated fleece over blanket
_{£34 at Online Home Shop}

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Banana bends and a well-timed coffee: 31 easy ways to jump-start your energy levels in the new year
Fri, 27 Dec 2024 15:00:12 GMT

From morning drinks to bedtime sounds – and don’t forget a mid-afternoon boogie – experts share tips to help you boost your energy levels

“A side bend stretches the intercostal muscles between the ribs, making more space for inhalation,” according to the psychologist Suzy Reading, author of Self-Care for Winter, “and when we breathe better we feel more lively. Either seated or standing, breathe in and stretch one arm up overhead, forming a banana shape for your side body. Breathe out to lower your arm back down and come back to centre. Repeat five times on each arm.”

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EU Officials Will Claim Ignorance of Israel’s War Crimes. This Leaked Document Shows What They Knew.
Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:34:16 +0000

The internal EU document may strip European foreign ministers of “plausible deniability” in Israeli war crimes in Gaza, experts said.

The post EU Officials Will Claim Ignorance of Israel’s War Crimes. This Leaked Document Shows What They Knew. appeared first on The Intercept.

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The Invisible Russia-Ukraine Battlefield
Mon, 23 Dec 2024 10:00:00 +0000
In Russia’s war against Ukraine, electronic warfare, including signal-jamming, anti-drone weapons, and innovative protections for critical military systems, has become a key piece of the conflict.
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Stephen Miran is Trump's pick to lead Council of Economic Advisers
Sun, 22 Dec 2024 11:48:07 EST
Miran has called for a sweeping overhaul of the Fed to ensure greater political control over the central bank, including giving the president the power to fire board members at will.
Match ID: 61 Score: 14.29 source: www.politico.com age: 5 days
qualifiers: 14.29 trump

Indiana’s Midnight Executions Are a Relic of Another Age
Sun, 22 Dec 2024 11:00:00 +0000

Indiana wanted to kill Joseph Corcoran under the cover of darkness, but one journalist slipped in to witness.

The post Indiana’s Midnight Executions Are a Relic of Another Age appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 62 Score: 14.29 source: theintercept.com age: 5 days
qualifiers: 14.29 trump

The G.O.P.’s Elon Musk Problem
Sat, 21 Dec 2024 21:48:57 +0000
The tech billionaire derailed a government-funding deal and made a shutdown more likely. His intervention signals the growing sway of wealth in politics, and its risks.
Match ID: 63 Score: 14.29 source: www.newyorker.com age: 5 days
qualifiers: 14.29 trump

“The Leper,” by Lee Chang-dong
Sun, 22 Dec 2024 11:00:00 +0000
The prosecutor spoke without emotion: “Your father’s been charged with espionage. Spying under orders from the North Korean puppet regime.”
Match ID: 64 Score: 11.43 source: www.newyorker.com age: 5 days
qualifiers: 11.43 korea

Lee Chang-dong on South Korea in the Nineteen-Eighties and Today
Sun, 22 Dec 2024 11:00:00 +0000
The author discusses his story “The Leper.”
Match ID: 65 Score: 11.43 source: www.newyorker.com age: 5 days
qualifiers: 11.43 korea

Sanctions are sinking Russia’s flagship gas project
Thu, 07 Nov 2024 11:09:08 +0000
Whether that lasts is up to Donald Trump
Match ID: 66 Score: 11.43 source: www.economist.com age: 50 days
qualifiers: 5.00 sanctions, 3.57 trump, 2.86 russia

New Mexico’s Nuclear-Weapons Boom
Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:00:00 +0000
Los Alamos is growing at a pace not seen since J. Robert Oppenheimer and the Manhattan Project.
Match ID: 67 Score: 10.00 source: www.newyorker.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 10.00 nuclear

2024: NASA Armstrong Prepares for Future Innovative Research Efforts
Fri, 20 Dec 2024 18:01:00 +0000
NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, is preparing today for tomorrow’s mission. Supersonic flight, next generation aircraft, advanced air mobility, climate changes, human exploration of space, and the next innovation are just some of the topics our researchers, engineers, and mission support teams focused on in 2024. NASA Armstrong began 2024 with the […]
Match ID: 68 Score: 8.57 source: www.nasa.gov age: 6 days
qualifiers: 8.57 korea

Power of the Pardon
Fri, 20 Dec 2024 16:10:00 +0000

Biden is running out of time to stop another Trump execution spree.

The post Power of the Pardon  appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 69 Score: 7.14 source: theintercept.com age: 7 days
qualifiers: 7.14 trump

Keeping Sanctions in Force Would “Pull the Rug Out From Under Syria”
Fri, 13 Dec 2024 16:46:24 +0000

Hours before Assad fell, Congress moved to extend sanctions. Despite presidential waivers, Syria won’t open up until they’re off the books.

The post Keeping Sanctions in Force Would “Pull the Rug Out From Under Syria” appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 70 Score: 7.14 source: theintercept.com age: 14 days
qualifiers: 5.00 sanctions, 2.14 energy

The Real Danger of ABC News Settling Its Lawsuit With Donald Trump
Tue, 17 Dec 2024 09:00:00 +0000

The big news outlets used to say settlements would encourage more lawsuits. Trump is already targeting smaller newspapers.

The post The Real Danger of ABC News Settling Its Lawsuit With Donald Trump appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 71 Score: 6.43 source: theintercept.com age: 10 days
qualifiers: 3.57 trump, 2.86 russia

The ART of training
Fri, 20 Dec 2024 11:38:00 +0100

For the first group of ESA’s Astronaut Reserve, two intensive months of Astronaut Reserve Training (ART) have come to a close. During this initial training phase, members of the ESA Astronaut Reserve Sara García Alonso  from Spain,  Andrea Patassa  from Italy,  Arnaud Prost  from France,  Amelie Schoenenwald  from Germany, and  Aleš Svoboda  from Czechia were introduced to essential skills required for future space exploration and scientific research.

Match ID: 72 Score: 5.71 source: www.esa.int age: 7 days
qualifiers: 5.71 italy

In Waning Senate Days, Kyrsten Sinema Screwed Workers and Spent Campaign Cash on Stay at French Castle
Fri, 20 Dec 2024 10:00:00 +0000

The Arizona senator’s prodigious campaign spending in global wine hot spots can’t possibly be related to the campaign she’s not running, says an ethics complaint.

The post In Waning Senate Days, Kyrsten Sinema Screwed Workers and Spent Campaign Cash on Stay at French Castle appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 73 Score: 5.71 source: theintercept.com age: 7 days
qualifiers: 5.71 italy

EPA Staffers Demand Biden Release Climate Funds Withheld Over Gaza
Thu, 19 Dec 2024 15:16:12 +0000

“The funds to CJA are critical for building community resilience against climate change threats.”

The post EPA Staffers Demand Biden Release Climate Funds Withheld Over Gaza appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 74 Score: 5.71 source: theintercept.com age: 8 days
qualifiers: 3.57 trump, 2.14 energy

Republicans Said the FTC Was Too Politicized. Now Trump’s FTC Pick Says It Should be Politicized — by Trump.
Wed, 18 Dec 2024 09:30:00 +0000

“When you imagine what the FTC is willing and able to do in the service of an authoritarian Trump administration, that takes you to some really terrifying places.”

The post Republicans Said the FTC Was Too Politicized. Now Trump’s FTC Pick Says It Should be Politicized — by Trump. appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 75 Score: 5.71 source: theintercept.com age: 9 days
qualifiers: 3.57 trump, 2.14 trump

How much oil can Trump pump?
Mon, 09 Dec 2024 18:44:21 +0000
The president-elect wants to be the ultimate energy baron
Match ID: 76 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 17 days
qualifiers: 3.57 trump, 2.14 energy

Trump wastes no time in reigniting trade wars
Tue, 26 Nov 2024 14:24:15 +0000
Canada and Mexico look likely to suffer
Match ID: 77 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 31 days
qualifiers: 3.57 trump, 2.14 trump

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
Match ID: 78 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 43 days
qualifiers: 3.57 trump, 2.14 trump

The return of Trumponomics excites markets but frightens the world
Wed, 06 Nov 2024 15:44:16 +0000
It may bring stronger growth, higher inflation and a global trade war
Match ID: 79 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 51 days
qualifiers: 3.57 trump, 2.14 trump

Why investors’ “Trump trade” might be flawed
Sun, 03 Nov 2024 10:37:43 +0000
Markets are betting Trump 2.0 would boost the dollar. It could fall instead
Match ID: 80 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 54 days
qualifiers: 3.57 trump, 2.14 trump

Donald Trump’s trade hawk is plotting behind bars
Tue, 11 Jun 2024 17:48:56 +0000
Peter Navarro’s dark vision of the global economy could shape Trump 2
Match ID: 81 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 199 days
qualifiers: 3.57 trump, 2.14 trump

How vulnerable is Israel to sanctions?
Thu, 15 Aug 2024 09:56:50 +0000
So far, measures have had little effect. That could change
Match ID: 82 Score: 5.00 source: www.economist.com age: 134 days
qualifiers: 5.00 sanctions

Would America dare to bring down a Chinese bank?
Wed, 10 Apr 2024 18:26:59 +0000
Janet Yellen promises sanctions for those supporting Vladimir Putin’s war
Match ID: 83 Score: 5.00 source: www.economist.com age: 260 days
qualifiers: 5.00 sanctions

Health Insurance Execs Should Live in Fear of Prison, Not Murder
Thu, 19 Dec 2024 17:00:00 +0000

The U.S. political system is owned by corporations despised by the American people. Luigi Mangione is the result.

The post Health Insurance Execs Should Live in Fear of Prison, Not Murder appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 84 Score: 3.57 source: theintercept.com age: 8 days
qualifiers: 3.57 trump

Congress Again Fails to Limit Scope of Spy Powers in New Defense Bill
Wed, 18 Dec 2024 20:31:00 +0000
The National Defense Authorization Act passed today, but lawmakers stripped language that would keep the Trump administration from wielding unprecedented authority to surveil Americans.
Match ID: 85 Score: 3.57 source: www.wired.com age: 8 days
qualifiers: 3.57 trump

Top Senator Warns Sweeping New Surveillance Powers Will “Inevitably Be Misused” by Trump
Wed, 18 Dec 2024 11:00:00 +0000

Everyone from janitors to the Geek Squad could be forced to help the NSA spy — and Democrats barely put up a fight.

The post Top Senator Warns Sweeping New Surveillance Powers Will “Inevitably Be Misused” by Trump appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 86 Score: 3.57 source: theintercept.com age: 9 days
qualifiers: 3.57 trump

Federal Labor Unions Steel Themselves for Trump and DOGE’s Mass Firings
Wed, 18 Dec 2024 10:00:00 +0000

Trump wants a bloodbath for the federal employees, but government workers aren’t the only ones who will suffer.

The post Federal Labor Unions Steel Themselves for Trump and DOGE’s Mass Firings appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 87 Score: 3.57 source: theintercept.com age: 9 days
qualifiers: 3.57 trump

America Gets a Taste of Its Own Medicine: Drone Terror
Wed, 18 Dec 2024 09:00:00 +0000

For more than two decades, the U.S. has flown drones over the heads of millions of people — watching, recording, and even killing some of them.

The post America Gets a Taste of Its Own Medicine: Drone Terror appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 88 Score: 3.57 source: theintercept.com age: 9 days
qualifiers: 3.57 trump

The Top Cybersecurity Agency in the US Is Bracing for Donald Trump
Mon, 16 Dec 2024 11:30:00 +0000
Staffers at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency tell WIRED they fear the new administration will cut programs that keep the US safe—and “persecution.”
Match ID: 89 Score: 3.57 source: www.wired.com age: 11 days
qualifiers: 3.57 trump

Charles Hall Insisted He Wanted the Death Penalty. Now He’s Asking Biden for Mercy.
Sun, 15 Dec 2024 11:00:00 +0000

The jurors that sent Hall to death row never heard critical evidence that could have convinced them to spare his life. Some of them now support his bid for clemency.

The post Charles Hall Insisted He Wanted the Death Penalty. Now He’s Asking Biden for Mercy. appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 90 Score: 3.57 source: theintercept.com age: 12 days
qualifiers: 3.57 trump

The Federal Reserve takes on Trump—and stubborn inflation
Thu, 12 Dec 2024 11:12:20 +0000
Time for Jerome Powell to enter the octagon
Match ID: 91 Score: 3.57 source: www.economist.com age: 15 days
qualifiers: 3.57 trump

Biden: Trump’s tax and tariffs plans are a ‘major mistake’
Tue, 10 Dec 2024 15:20:21 EST
Five weeks after the election, the president took his sharpest swing at Trump’s policy plans.
Match ID: 92 Score: 3.57 source: www.politico.com age: 16 days
qualifiers: 3.57 trump

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: 93 Score: 3.57 source: www.economist.com age: 26 days
qualifiers: 3.57 trump

Why everyone wants to lend to weak companies
Thu, 28 Nov 2024 10:58:45 +0000
An unanticipated side-effect of Donald Trump’s election victory
Match ID: 94 Score: 3.57 source: www.economist.com age: 29 days
qualifiers: 3.57 trump

Trump voters feel very differently about things now that he’s won, our new poll shows
Wed, 27 Nov 2024 16:47:39 EST
A pair of POLITICO|Morning Consult polls, one conducted in the final days of the election and the other conducted after Trump won, show how public opinion has changed.
Match ID: 95 Score: 3.57 source: www.politico.com age: 29 days
qualifiers: 3.57 trump

How Trump, Starmer and Macron can avoid a debt crunch
Sun, 24 Nov 2024 16:25:06 +0000
With deficits soaring, their finance ministers will have to be smart
Match ID: 96 Score: 3.57 source: www.economist.com age: 33 days
qualifiers: 3.57 trump

What Scott Bessent’s appointment means for the Trump administration
Sat, 23 Nov 2024 10:56:21 +0000
The president-elect’s nominee for treasury secretary faces a gruelling job
Match ID: 97 Score: 3.57 source: www.economist.com age: 34 days
qualifiers: 3.57 trump

Will China step up if Trump takes a step back on climate change?
Fri, 22 Nov 2024 12:07:36 GMT
How future talks will play out if another superpower comes to the fore, just as the US steps back
Match ID: 98 Score: 3.57 source: www.bbc.com age: 35 days
qualifiers: 3.57 trump

What Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders get wrong about credit cards
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 11:05:10 +0000
Forget interest rates. Rewards are the real problem
Match ID: 99 Score: 3.57 source: www.economist.com age: 36 days
qualifiers: 3.57 trump

Donald Trump’s gas war is about to begin
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 10:52:57 +0000
It could annoy some of his most loyal supporters
Match ID: 100 Score: 3.57 source: www.economist.com age: 36 days
qualifiers: 3.57 trump

Is nuclear power gaining new energy?
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 00:03:04 GMT
Countries around the world are building new nuclear power stations.
Match ID: 101 Score: 3.57 source: www.bbc.com age: 36 days
qualifiers: 2.14 energy, 1.43 nuclear

Why crypto mania is reaching new heights
Tue, 12 Nov 2024 19:49:32 +0000
Are bitcoin bros right to be so thrilled by Donald Trump’s victory?
Match ID: 102 Score: 3.57 source: www.economist.com age: 44 days
qualifiers: 3.57 trump

America’s strengthening dollar will rattle the rest of the world
Sun, 10 Nov 2024 15:53:02 +0000
Donald Trump’s policies could send the greenback soaring
Match ID: 103 Score: 3.57 source: www.economist.com age: 47 days
qualifiers: 3.57 trump

What betting markets got right and wrong about Trump’s victory
Thu, 07 Nov 2024 11:50:03 +0000
They might have simply been lucky, or biased
Match ID: 104 Score: 3.57 source: www.economist.com age: 50 days
qualifiers: 3.57 trump

It’s still the economy: What TV ads tell us about each campaign’s closing message
Tue, 05 Nov 2024 14:00:00 EST
The final paid messages: Economy, culture wars and character.
Match ID: 105 Score: 3.57 source: www.politico.com age: 51 days
qualifiers: 3.57 trump

Donald Trump would leave Asia with only bad options
Wed, 30 Oct 2024 18:16:07 +0000
The continent’s policymakers are too relaxed about the risks
Match ID: 106 Score: 3.57 source: www.economist.com age: 57 days
qualifiers: 3.57 trump

Harris is pounding Trump on fascism. Some Dems think that’s a mistake.
Mon, 28 Oct 2024 20:53:07 EST
Harris has ratcheted up her warnings about the dangers of a second Trump term in recent weeks.
Match ID: 107 Score: 3.57 source: www.politico.com age: 59 days
qualifiers: 3.57 trump

Trump’s trillion-dollar tax cuts are spiralling out of control
Thu, 17 Oct 2024 09:59:12 +0000
His zany promises would blow up the deficit
Match ID: 108 Score: 3.57 source: www.economist.com age: 71 days
qualifiers: 3.57 trump

An American sovereign-wealth fund is a risky idea
Thu, 12 Sep 2024 10:04:28 +0000
Donald Trump’s latest proposal has worryingly broad support
Match ID: 109 Score: 3.57 source: www.economist.com age: 106 days
qualifiers: 3.57 trump

Gary Gensler is the most controversial man in American finance
Thu, 01 Aug 2024 10:18:55 +0000
Donald Trump is just the latest to take a swing. In an interview with The Economist, the SEC chair defends his record
Match ID: 110 Score: 3.57 source: www.economist.com age: 148 days
qualifiers: 3.57 trump

Donald Trump wants a weaker dollar. What are his options?
Thu, 25 Jul 2024 09:41:16 +0000
All come with their own drawbacks
Match ID: 111 Score: 3.57 source: www.economist.com age: 155 days
qualifiers: 3.57 trump

Trumponomics would not be as bad as most expect
Thu, 11 Jul 2024 09:35:08 +0000
Opposition would come from all angles
Match ID: 112 Score: 3.57 source: www.economist.com age: 169 days
qualifiers: 3.57 trump

Is America approaching peak tip?
Thu, 20 Jun 2024 10:05:29 +0000
The country’s gratuity madness may soon calm, so long as Donald Trump does not get his way
Match ID: 113 Score: 3.57 source: www.economist.com age: 190 days
qualifiers: 3.57 trump

Biden outdoes Trump with ultra-high China tariffs
Tue, 14 May 2024 16:23:33 +0000
The move, which hits electric vehicles, carries an environmental cost
Match ID: 114 Score: 3.57 source: www.economist.com age: 227 days
qualifiers: 3.57 trump

Why a stronger dollar is dangerous
Tue, 23 Apr 2024 16:00:59 +0000
It sets the stage for a nasty new Trump-China clash, among other things
Match ID: 115 Score: 3.57 source: www.economist.com age: 248 days
qualifiers: 3.57 trump

Even without war in the Gulf, pricier petrol is here to stay
Wed, 17 Apr 2024 15:59:46 +0000
Expensive oil could put Donald Trump in the White House
Match ID: 116 Score: 3.57 source: www.economist.com age: 254 days
qualifiers: 3.57 trump

Europe’s economy is under attack from all sides
Tue, 26 Mar 2024 20:00:46 +0000
First Putin, now Xi. Next Trump?
Match ID: 117 Score: 3.57 source: www.economist.com age: 275 days
qualifiers: 3.57 trump

The world is in the midst of a city-building boom
Thu, 07 Mar 2024 11:22:29 +0000
Everyone, from Donald Trump and Peter Thiel to Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, is getting involved
Match ID: 118 Score: 3.57 source: www.economist.com age: 295 days
qualifiers: 3.57 trump

How Trump and Biden have failed to cut ties with China
Tue, 27 Feb 2024 18:46:06 +0000
It is hard to overcome economic incentives
Match ID: 119 Score: 3.57 source: www.economist.com age: 303 days
qualifiers: 3.57 trump

This VPN Lets Anyone Use Your Internet Connection. What Could Go Wrong?
Thu, 19 Dec 2024 11:00:00 +0000
A free VPN app called Big Mama is selling access to people’s home internet networks. Kids are using it to cheat in a VR game while researchers warn of bigger security risks.
Match ID: 120 Score: 2.86 source: www.wired.com age: 8 days
qualifiers: 2.86 russia

Ukraine is winning the economic war against Russia
Wed, 18 Dec 2024 19:51:43 +0000
Whether that lasts depends on its ability to overcome acute shortages of power, men and money
Match ID: 121 Score: 2.86 source: www.economist.com age: 8 days
qualifiers: 2.86 russia

Microsoft’s AI Recall Tool Is Still Sucking Up Credit Card and Social Security Numbers
Sat, 14 Dec 2024 11:30:00 +0000
Plus: The US indicts North Koreans in fake IT worker scheme, file-sharing firm Cleo warns customers to patch a vulnerability amid live attacks, and more.
Match ID: 122 Score: 2.86 source: www.wired.com age: 13 days
qualifiers: 2.86 korea

Syria: What Comes Next?
Fri, 13 Dec 2024 11:00:00 +0000

On The Intercept Briefing, Syrian journalist Rami Jarrah discusses the fall of the Assad family’s decadeslong brutal regime.

The post Syria: What Comes Next? appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 123 Score: 2.86 source: theintercept.com age: 14 days
qualifiers: 2.86 russia

As the Mastermind of Far-Right ‘Active Clubs’ Goes to Prison, His Violent Movement Goes Global
Fri, 13 Dec 2024 10:00:00 +0000
The white supremacist Robert Rundo faces years in prison. But the “Active Club” network he helped create has proliferated in countries around the world, from Eastern Europe to South America.
Match ID: 124 Score: 2.86 source: www.wired.com age: 14 days
qualifiers: 2.86 russia

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: 125 Score: 2.86 source: www.economist.com age: 26 days
qualifiers: 2.86 russia

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: 126 Score: 2.86 source: www.economist.com age: 38 days
qualifiers: 2.86 russia

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: 127 Score: 2.86 source: www.economist.com age: 121 days
qualifiers: 2.86 russia

Vladimir Putin spends big—and sends Russia’s economy soaring
Sun, 11 Aug 2024 15:58:18 +0000
How long can the party last?
Match ID: 128 Score: 2.86 source: www.economist.com age: 138 days
qualifiers: 2.86 russia

How Vladimir Putin created a housing bubble
Mon, 22 Jul 2024 15:39:56 +0000
Prices have risen by 172% in Russia’s biggest cities over the past three years
Match ID: 129 Score: 2.86 source: www.economist.com age: 158 days
qualifiers: 2.86 russia

European banks are making heady profits in Russia
Thu, 06 Jun 2024 09:56:28 +0000
But for how much longer?
Match ID: 130 Score: 2.86 source: www.economist.com age: 204 days
qualifiers: 2.86 russia

Russia’s gas business will never recover from the war in Ukraine
Thu, 02 May 2024 10:04:48 +0000
Hopes of a Chinese rescue look increasingly vain
Match ID: 131 Score: 2.86 source: www.economist.com age: 239 days
qualifiers: 2.86 russia

Frozen Russian assets will soon pay for Ukraine’s war
Thu, 18 Apr 2024 09:54:20 +0000
And America now hopes to convince others to make better use of the stash
Match ID: 132 Score: 2.86 source: www.economist.com age: 253 days
qualifiers: 2.86 russia

Ukrainian drone strikes are hurting Russia’s oil industry
Thu, 11 Apr 2024 09:51:54 +0000
The world’s third-largest producer is now an importer of petrol
Match ID: 133 Score: 2.86 source: www.economist.com age: 260 days
qualifiers: 2.86 russia

How China, Russia and Iran are forging closer ties
Mon, 18 Mar 2024 19:52:43 +0000
Assessing the economic threat posed by the anti-Western axis
Match ID: 134 Score: 2.86 source: www.economist.com age: 283 days
qualifiers: 2.86 russia

Russia’s economy once again defies the doomsayers
Sun, 10 Mar 2024 14:39:48 +0000
As an election nears, Vladimir Putin now looks to have inflation under control
Match ID: 135 Score: 2.86 source: www.economist.com age: 292 days
qualifiers: 2.86 russia

What do you do with 191bn frozen euros owned by Russia?
Wed, 28 Feb 2024 21:21:18 +0000
The question that now confronts Western policymakers
Match ID: 136 Score: 2.86 source: www.economist.com age: 302 days
qualifiers: 2.86 russia

NASA Accelerates Space Exploration, Earth Science for All in 2024
Fri, 06 Dec 2024 21:54:15 +0000
With a look back at 2024, NASA is celebrating its many innovative and inspiring accomplishments this year including for the first time, landing new science and technology on the Moon with an American company, pushing the boundaries of exploration by launching a new mission to study Jupiter’s icy moon Europa; maintaining 24 years of continuous […]
Match ID: 137 Score: 2.14 source: www.nasa.gov age: 20 days
qualifiers: 2.14 energy

Europe faces an unusual problem: ultra-cheap energy
Thu, 20 Jun 2024 09:53:05 +0000
The continent is failing to adapt to a renewables boom
Match ID: 138 Score: 2.14 source: www.economist.com age: 190 days
qualifiers: 2.14 energy

Fusion Sparks an Energy Revolution
Wed, 19 Jun 2024 14:00:00 +0000
After hitting a power-output milestone, fusion technology is ready to graduate from small-scale lab experiment to full-sized power plant.
Match ID: 139 Score: 2.14 source: www.wired.com age: 191 days
qualifiers: 2.14 energy

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: 140 Score: 2.14 source: www.wired.com age: 345 days
qualifiers: 2.14 energy

U.S. stock futures and bond yields drop on reports Putin has updated nuclear doctrine
Tue, 19 Nov 2024 08:55:00 GMT

Match ID: 141 Score: 1.43 source: www.marketwatch.com age: 38 days
qualifiers: 1.43 nuclear

How Xi Jinping plans to overtake America
Sun, 31 Mar 2024 12:31:35 +0000
Digital twins, nuclear fusion and the small matter of fixing China’s economy
Match ID: 142 Score: 1.43 source: www.economist.com age: 271 days
qualifiers: 1.43 nuclear

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China pushes ahead with huge — and controversial — dam in Tibet
Thu, 26 Dec 2024 07:56:04 +0000
Beijing has approved plans to dam a gorge in the Himalayas that is three times as deep as the Grand Canyon, despite concerns about the impact on Tibet and India.
Match ID: 0 Score: 75.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 1 day
qualifiers: 40.00 china, 35.00 india

China’s plan to dominate legacy chips globally sparks US probe
Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:56:26 +0000
Half of US companies don't know the origins of chips they buy, official said.
Match ID: 1 Score: 64.29 source: arstechnica.com age: 4 days
qualifiers: 35.71 china trade, 28.57 china

Rare earths: another reason we mustn’t allow Russia to win in Ukraine | Letters
Fri, 27 Dec 2024 17:11:44 GMT

Dictators in Russia and China should be denied further control of raw materials used in electronics, writes John E Havard. Plus a letter from Fawzi Ibrahim

A footnote to the excellent article by Timothy Garton Ash (What if Russia wins in Ukraine? We can already see the shadows of a dark 2025, 21 December). The so-called rare earths are essential raw materials for advanced electronics industries. China – with the world’s largest economically exploitable reserves – has a major strategic advantage in access to rare earths, underlined by the tight export controls that it has recently imposed. In Europe, it is eastern Ukraine that has the best reserves. To gain and maintain control of Ukraine’s reserves would be a major boost for Russia.

A defeat here for Ukraine, enabled by the failure of the west to provide the long-term support that it has promised, would signal to China that it should not be too concerned about western resolve in the event of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan. Taiwan is a dominant supplier of the advanced electronics, incorporating rare earths, that will continue to be a major determinant of economic success.

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Match ID: 2 Score: 60.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 40.00 china, 20.00 taiwan

2024: NASA Armstrong Prepares for Future Innovative Research Efforts
Fri, 20 Dec 2024 18:01:00 +0000
NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, is preparing today for tomorrow’s mission. Supersonic flight, next generation aircraft, advanced air mobility, climate changes, human exploration of space, and the next innovation are just some of the topics our researchers, engineers, and mission support teams focused on in 2024. NASA Armstrong began 2024 with the […]
Match ID: 3 Score: 45.00 source: www.nasa.gov age: 6 days
qualifiers: 12.86 south korea, 8.57 thailand, 8.57 taiwan, 8.57 malaysia, 6.43 philippines

The Guardian view on arms control: essential to prevent the total devastation of nuclear war | Editorial
Fri, 27 Dec 2024 17:30:15 GMT

Over the holidays, this column will explore next year’s urgent issues. Today we look at why an unqualified belief in nuclear deterrence can’t keep us safe

Next November marks 40 years since the US president Ronald Reagan and the Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev declared that “a nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought”. The statement was striking – not least because their militaries were pouring billions into preparing for an unwinnable conflict.

A year later, at Reykjavik, the two came tantalisingly close to eliminating nuclear weapons entirely. That historic chance slipped away over Reagan’s insistence on his unproven “Star Wars” missile defence system. The moment passed, but its lesson endures: disarmament demands courage – and compromise.

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Sport in 2024: the moments that made us smile
Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:00:11 GMT

Guardian writers recall their memorable occasions over the past year, from fraternity in the F1 paddock to an indiscreet moment in the darts

You hear all sorts of whispers at the Olympics; my favourite this year was about the 61-year-old grandmother Ni Xialian, who had an outside shot in the women’s table tennis. She won world titles for China in the early 1980s, then fell in love with another player, Tommy Danielsson, and moved to Luxembourg to run a hotel. She still plays and at this year’s Games she won her first match but lost to the world champion in the second. Afterwards, she spent a happy hour offering life advice to the assembled press. “I was worried if I was good enough, but if you never play, you’ll never know,” she said, “and as I always say: ‘I’m always younger today than I will be tomorrow.’” Andy Bull

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GB again set standards at Paris Paralympics – now to fill in the gaps
Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:00:11 GMT

Athletes such as William Ellard and Bly Twomey starred this summer but much needs doing to boost disabled sport between Games

There was a lot riding on the Paris Paralympics, but they delivered. A Games that had the challenge not only of exciting the people of Paris but of reviving the movement behind disability sport served up world-class entertainment to full stadiums and made the French capital more accessible on top. Paris was a triumph, if not quite a perfect one, but the question already being asked is: what next?

For ParalympicsGB the answers are relatively clear. After another second place in the medal table, ahead of the US and the host nation and behind only China, funding has been locked in for the next four-year cycle for Los Angeles 2028. A £330m package across Olympic and Paralympic programmes enriched every one of the latter’s 18 world-class programmes with a funding increase. William Ellard in the pool, Archie Atkinson in the velodrome and the table tennis semi-finalist Bly Twomey are new faces who emerged in Paris with prospects for glory in Los Angeles. The 2028 Games, even with the political complications of a Trump presidency, are something athletes and officials are excited by.

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Japan’s ‘cat island’ falls victim to demographic crisis
Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:19:31 GMT

Famous for felines that outnumber its humans, Aoshima is also emblematic of a deeper trend afflicting the country’s rural and island communities

The reason for Aoshima’s nickname was clear before we had set foot on the island. As our tiny vessel slowed to a halt and its handful of passengers prepared to disembark, the quayside was alive with orangey-white blurs – a whiskered welcome party that forms as soon as its members hear the hum of an approaching motor.

The only human here to greet us is Naoko Kamimoto, appropriately dressed in a pinafore with feline designs, who secures the boat with a rope as half a dozen cats swirl around her feet.

Cats lazing in the sun among the Kamimoto’s fishing nets.

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TSMC begins mass production at 1st Japan chip plant in Kumamoto
2024-12-27T09:11:43+00:00

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Yes, China Just Flew Another Tailless Next-Generation Stealth Combat Aircraft
2024-12-27T03:02:18+00:00

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Trump tells 37 people on death row with commuted sentences to ‘go to hell’
Thu, 26 Dec 2024 18:33:00 GMT

On Truth Social, president-elect also lashes out at Chinese troops in Panama Canal and Canadian PM Justin Trudeau

Donald Trump has told 37 people on death row who had their sentences commuted by Joe Biden to “go to hell” in a lacerating Christmas Day social media post.

The president-elect – long a vocal advocate of capital punishment – lashed out at Biden’s decision on his Truth Social platform, after wishing a merry Christmas to political opponents he addressed as “Radical Left Lunatics”.

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2024: The year AI drove everyone crazy
Thu, 26 Dec 2024 12:00:25 +0000
What do eating rocks, rat genitals, and Willy Wonka have in common? AI, of course.
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The Worst Hacks of 2024
Thu, 26 Dec 2024 10:30:00 +0000
From Chinese cyberspies breaching US telecoms to ruthless ransomware gangs disrupting health care for millions of people, 2024 saw some of the worst hacks, breaches, and data leaks ever.
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Temu’s Takeover Is Now Complete
Thu, 26 Dec 2024 10:00:00 +0000
Despite the arrival of new competitors and growing political tensions between the US and China, the ecommerce juggernaut Temu proved in 2024 it’s here to stay.
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It’s Time to Move Past AI Nationalism
Thu, 26 Dec 2024 09:00:00 +0000
Countries must collaborate if we’re going to create a less fearful future for artificial intelligence.
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Weather tracker: Storm brings well over a metre of snow to peaks in Alps
Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:05:35 GMT

Several days of snow brought avalanche risk at Christmas, as wintry weather also caused four deaths in India

A snowstorm developed across the Alps on Saturday 21 December due to a low-pressure system situated over the Adriatic Sea. This depression allowed relatively warm and moist air to push into the Alps, condensing and falling as snow as it met the much colder alpine air mass. Snowfall continued for several days, with well over 1 metre of snow on some peaks and significant snowfall across many ski villages. Consequently, there was a significant avalanche risk over the Christmas period.

Ski resorts in Bulgaria also experienced significant snow starting on Christmas Day, which caused disruption in the mountainous west, where ski resorts had to temporarily shut down due to road closures. Towns such as Troyan, Samokov and Teteven were particularly badly affected with snowdrifts and power failures.

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Cummins conjures special delivery as Australia heap pressure on India
Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:59:27 GMT

• Fourth Test, day two: Australia 474; India 164-5
• Tourists trail by 310 after run-out and Boland’s double

Batters have signature shots. That’s a given. Certain shapes or sequences of shapes that you associate with that player for ever. The Ricky Ponting pull, the Brian Lara follow-through over the shoulder, fill your own list. It is much rarer for bowlers to have signature dismissals. There are so many ways to get players out, so many variations. A Nathan Lyon off-break may have a shape you can trace in your sleep, but what happens after reaching the bat has its unique character.

Pat Cummins has the Pat Cummins Ball. The Pat Cummins Dismissal. The one that KL Rahul received on the second day of the fourth Australia-India Test in Melbourne. Somehow, even on a pitch that is not dangerous or during an innings that is flowing the other team’s way, there are times when Cummins can make that delivery appear. It doesn’t bring every wicket that he takes, of course – it is still precious. But it has happened often enough that you know it on sight: part of a rare collection rather than a gem on its own.

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India batters Kohli & Jaiswal in 'terrible' run-out
Fri, 27 Dec 2024 07:43:37 GMT
Watch as Virat Kohli and Yashasvi Jaiswal are involved in a "terrible" run out as Australia take control of the fourth Test against India at the MCG, Melbourne.
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Smith century puts Australia on top against India
Fri, 27 Dec 2024 07:35:42 GMT
Steve Smith continues his revival with a magnificent century to put Australia on top against India after day two of the fourth Test in Melbourne.
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Right-Wing Warfare Pits Big Tech Against MAGA Over H-1B Visas
2024-12-27T02:34:19+00:00

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Manmohan Singh, Indian PM who presided over dynamic change, dies at 92
Thu, 26 Dec 2024 17:53:29 +0000
His financial reforms helped transform India into an emerging power. But his legacy was tainted by allegations of government corruption during his second term.
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Former Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh dies aged 92
Thu, 26 Dec 2024 17:50:00 GMT

The ex-politician was admitted to hospital on Thursday after his health deteriorated

Manmohan Singh, India’s first Sikh prime minister and the architect of the big-bang economic reforms that set the stage for the country’s emergence as a global powerhouse, has died aged 92.

A hospital statement attributed Singh’s death to “age-related medical conditions”.

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Rushdie’s Satanic Verses returns to Indian bookshops after 36 years
Thu, 26 Dec 2024 14:01:14 GMT

Book banned since 1988 is ‘selling out’ after import bar was overturned due to missing paperwork

Salman Rushdie’s 1988 novel The Satanic Verses – which led to a fatwa threatening his life, forcing him into hiding for a decade – has finally returned to bookshops in India, the land of his birth.

The novel, inspired by the life of the prophet Muhammad, became the focus of a fierce global debate about freedom of speech when Iran’s then-supreme leader, Ayatollah Khomeini, placed a bounty on Rushdie’s head due to its supposed blasphemy. The book was banned in India by Rajiv Gandhi’s government in 1988 after riots erupted over its contents.

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Dirty water, sentient trees and hope in a climate crisis: 10 environmental long reads to digest over Christmas
Thu, 26 Dec 2024 14:00:43 GMT

In this week’s Down To Earth newsletter: These essential features – chosen by the Guardian’s Long Reads editors, cover everything from dirty water and sentient trees to how to find hope in a climate crisis
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This year the Guardian Long Read series celebrates its 10th anniversary. Since we launched in 2014, we’ve run more than 1,000 pieces, on everything from Algerian sheep fighting to the trials and tribulations of Durex’s chief condom guy. Over the years, we’ve also run plenty of great environment stories, and for this special edition of Down to Earth we want to highlight a few of our favourites from the archive.

Below we’ve picked 10 of our favourite climate pieces to dig into over the Christmas break – but first, this week’s most important reads.

CO2 emissions from new North Sea drilling sites would match 30 years’ worth from UK households

Ghosts of the landscape: how folklore and songs are a key to rewilding Finland’s reindeer

‘You won’t find the real criminals here’: a Just Stop Oil activist in jail at Christmas

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The best bubbly for New Year’s Eve: champagnes, crémants and cavas to ring in 2025, tested by our expert
Thu, 26 Dec 2024 11:55:40 GMT

Whether you prefer to pop the cork on prosecco, English fizz or alcohol-free, these sparkling wines are the best around

A celebratory bottle of bubbly doesn’t just mean champagne any more. Sure, it could be champagne, but it also could be méthode Tasmanoise, crémant or even English or Indian sparkling wine.

Whether it’s dryness, flavour, or a specific country of origin or you’re looking for, there is a fizz to fit the bill. Here’s a selection of the best supermarket, wine club and online picks to raise a glass with. Bottoms up!

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Collaboration Is Key to A Strong Materials Discipline
Tue, 24 Dec 2024 18:33:43 +0000
NASA has a strong need for advanced materials and processes (M&P) across the realms of robotic- and crewed-spaceflight, as well as aeronautics, particularly when one acknowledges that all craft must be made of something. To meet that need, the materials discipline relies on collaboration—both between centers and across disciplines. Reaching the Agency’s Moon-to-Mars objectives will […]
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“And I Was Surprised”: On Federal Death Row, They Feared Biden Would Set Up Another Trump Killing Spree
Tue, 24 Dec 2024 18:21:04 +0000

Biden’s commutations for 37 of 40 people on death row brought relief for the men and their loved ones.

The post “And I Was Surprised”: On Federal Death Row, They Feared Biden Would Set Up Another Trump Killing Spree appeared first on The Intercept.

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‘We need to be prepared’: China adapts to era of extreme flooding
Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:05:36 GMT

While some residents take to building houses in trees, officials recognise need for national response to climate disasters

Every summer, Dongting Hu, China’s second-largest freshwater lake, swells in size as flood water from the Yangtze River flows into its borders. Dams and dikes are erected around the lake’s edges to protect against flooding. But this year, not for the first time, they were overwhelmed.

For three days in early July, more than 800 rescue workers in Hunan province scrambled to block the breaches. One rupture alone took 100,000 cubic metres of rock to seal, according to Zhang Yingchun, a Hunan official. At least 7,000 people had to be evacuated. It was one of a series of disasters to hit China as the country grappled with a summer of extreme weather. By August, there had been 25 large floods, the biggest number since records began in 1998, reported state media.

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Biden administration pledges additional military aid to Ukraine amid Russia war
Fri, 27 Dec 2024 17:31:12 GMT

Security assistance package in works as North Korean troops are deployed in Kursk after Putin-Kim agreement

The Biden administration is pledging to approve fresh military aid to Ukraine in the coming days, including crucial air defense systems, as North Korean forces face mounting casualties in their first major deployment to a European conflict.

John Kirby, the US national security communications adviser, told reporters on Friday that in just the last week North Korean troops have suffered more than 1,000 casualties in what he referred to as failed “human wave” assaults near the Kursk border-region, which confirms similar figures reported by South Korea.

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Injured North Korean soldier captured by Ukraine has died, says South Korea
Fri, 27 Dec 2024 16:15:30 GMT

First of Kim Jong-un’s soldiers to be taken was detained in Kursk region of Russia, according to Ukrainian reports

• ‘I thought it was fake news’: secrecy around North Koreans fighting in Kursk

South Korea’s intelligence agency has reported that a North Korean soldier believed to have been the first to be captured while supporting Russia’s war in Ukraine has died after being taken alive by Ukrainian forces.

South Korea’s spy agency earlier on Friday confirmed Ukrainian reports that an injured North Korean soldier had been captured by Ukrainian forces, in what was likely to have been the first capture of its kind since Pyongyang sent combat forces to bolster Russian forces in the war.

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South Korea’s second impeachment in two weeks is latest twist in political saga
Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:02:41 GMT

Removal of acting president Han Duck-soo is part of a rancorous battle for the country’s constitutional future

For the fourth time this month, South Korea’s parliament has become the arena for a rancorous battle for the country’s political future.

Safeguarding the hard-won rights and freedoms South Koreans have enjoyed for almost four decades is a lofty aim – and supported by the vast majority of voters – but the scenes inside the national assembly have been a reminder of how thin the line can be between democracy and rule by force.

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South Korea lawmakers vote to impeach acting president two weeks after impeaching president – as it happened
Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:20:05 GMT

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Events since Yoon’s martial law declaration on December 3 had ignited South Korea’s worst political crisis since 1987 when nationwide public demonstrations forced the ruling party of former military generals to accept the democratic election of the president.

On Friday, prosecutors indicted former Defence Minister Kim Yong-Hyun in the first move to put an official accused of insurrection on trial, Yonhap News said.

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As the acting president is impeached - what has happened in South Korea?
Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:57:05 GMT
Lawmakers vote to impeach acting president Han Duck-soo, two weeks after voting to impeach the president.
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South Korean lawmakers impeach acting president Han Duck-soo
Fri, 27 Dec 2024 09:26:27 GMT

Assembly approves motion days after parliament stripped President Yoon Suk Yeol of his powers over martial law order

South Korea’s parliament has voted to impeach the acting president, Han Duck-soo, plunging the country deeper into a political crisis that has caused policy deadlock and damaged its international reputation.

On Friday, the national assembly approved an impeachment motion introduced on Thursday by the main opposition party by a 192-0 vote. The chamber has 300 MPs, but members of the ruling People Power party (PPP) boycotted Friday’s vote.

Han took over as president after his predecessor, Yoon Suk Yeol, was impeached over his short-lived imposition of martial law on 3 December. The move triggered six hours of chaos that, for many older South Koreans, brought back memories of the country’s bloody transition from military rule to democracy in the 1980s.

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A night of chaos: Inside South Korea’s six hours of martial law
Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:06:05 +0000
Yoon Suk Yeol, South Korea’s since-impeached president, had been planning for months to impose martial law and target political opponents, according to accounts.
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‘I thought it was fake news’: secrecy around North Koreans fighting in Kursk
Fri, 27 Dec 2024 05:00:05 GMT

As reports of battlefield casualties emerge, Russian locals say presence of soldiers sent by Pyongyang is barely noticed

At dusk one afternoon last week, two dozen wounded North Korean soldiers were brought to one of the main hospitals in the Russian city of Kursk.

They were ushered into a specially designated floor, guarded by police, with access limited to translators and medical personnel.

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Yoon Suk Yeol impeachment: court hearings to begin in South Korea over president’s martial law crisis
Fri, 27 Dec 2024 02:20:50 GMT

Yoon’s legal team will attend the first hearing in impeachment review on Friday, the same day that the acting president also faces an impeachment vote

South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol’s legal team are set to attend court on Friday as the constitutional court begins hearings into his impeachment by parliament over his short-lived imposition of martial law,

The court has 180 days to decide whether to reinstate Yoon or remove him. In the latter scenario, a new presidential election would be held within 60 days.

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Shyam Benegal, influential director of India’s ‘parallel cinema’, dies aged 90
Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:22:53 GMT

The film-maker challenged mainstream Bollywood and pioneered a new wave cinema movement in the 1970s that tackled social issues

Shyam Benegal, a renowned Indian film-maker known for pioneering a new wave cinema movement that tackled social issues in the 1970s, has died aged 90 after suffering from chronic kidney disease.

Benegal passed away on Monday at Mumbai’s Wockhardt hospital and his cremation took place on Tuesday, the Press Trust of India news agency reported, quoting his daughter Piya. “Benegal had been suffering from chronic kidney disease for several years but it had gotten very bad. That’s the reason for his death,” Piya said.

Many paid tribute to the film-maker on social media platform X. “Deeply saddened by the passing of Shyam Benegal, whose storytelling had a profound impact on Indian cinema. His works will continue to be admired by people from different walks of life,” India’s prime minister Narendra Modi tweeted.

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Honda and Nissan to merge, Honda will take the lead
Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:18:27 +0000
if the deal goes through it would create the world's third-largest OEM in 2026.
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The 50 best TV shows of 2024
Mon, 23 Dec 2024 09:54:34 GMT

What a year of telly! A true story made for groundbreaking (and controversial) viewing, a chalk-and-cheese pair finally got it on – and a gorgeous Japanese epic became an instant classic
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Friday Squid Blogging: Squid on Pizza
2024-12-27T10:06:22Z

Pizza Hut in Taiwan has a history of weird pizzas, including a “2022 scalloped pizza with Oreos around the edge, and deep-fried chicken and calamari studded throughout the middle.”

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Victoria fires: cool change slows Grampians bushfire as extreme fire danger keeps NSW on alert
Fri, 27 Dec 2024 02:35:34 GMT

Temperatures plunged overnight in Victoria’s west as gusty winds swept over blazes that scorched bushland the size of Singapore

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A cool change has eased conditions for firefighters battling an out-of-control blaze in Victoria’s Grampians following the worst bushfire conditions since 2019’s black summer.

But the threat of bushfires was due to continue in the already-scorched region even after hot, dry and windy conditions that fanned out-of-control blazes moved north.

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‘The people’s pygmy princess!’ How Moo Deng captured the world’s hearts
Thu, 26 Dec 2024 09:00:35 GMT

The moist, ungovernable hippo combines the aesthetic of a potato and the iron will of a toddler – and her name means ‘bouncy pork’. Here’s how she became 2024’s most in-demand mammal

It’s been a rough year and we all craved solace. Thankfully, the universe provided in the moist, ungovernable form of a baby pygmy hippo. To the uninformed, here is a brief primer on 2024’s hottest It-mammal.

On 10 July 2024, a female pygmy hippo was born at the Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Thailand, to mother Jona and father Tony. The zoo launched a public poll to choose a name for the infant. There were three meat-themed names to choose from: Moo Deng (bouncy pork), Moo Sap (minced pork) and Moo Daeng (red pork). Moo Deng won with 20,000 votes and soon captured the world’s imagination. Photographs of the infant – a slippery, chaotic and yes, bouncy beast shaped like a large potato, with a rolling eye, frequently open mouth and seemingly strong opinions – brought wonder to a jaded world.

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Indiana’s Midnight Executions Are a Relic of Another Age
Sun, 22 Dec 2024 11:00:00 +0000

Indiana wanted to kill Joseph Corcoran under the cover of darkness, but one journalist slipped in to witness.

The post Indiana’s Midnight Executions Are a Relic of Another Age appeared first on The Intercept.

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Lee Chang-dong on South Korea in the Nineteen-Eighties and Today
Sun, 22 Dec 2024 11:00:00 +0000
The author discusses his story “The Leper.”
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Mystery Drone Sightings Lead to FAA Ban Despite No Detected Threats
Sat, 21 Dec 2024 11:30:00 +0000
Plus: Google’s U-turn on creepy “fingerprint” tracking, the LockBit ransomware gang’s teased comeback, and a potential US ban on the most popular routers in America.
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The Father of Chinese Authoritarianism Has a Message for America
Sat, 21 Dec 2024 11:00:00 +0000
Xiao Gongqin thought that, in moments of flux, a strongman could build a bridge to democracy. Now he’s not so sure.
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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.
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NASA Accelerates Space Exploration, Earth Science for All in 2024
Fri, 06 Dec 2024 21:54:15 +0000
With a look back at 2024, NASA is celebrating its many innovative and inspiring accomplishments this year including for the first time, landing new science and technology on the Moon with an American company, pushing the boundaries of exploration by launching a new mission to study Jupiter’s icy moon Europa; maintaining 24 years of continuous […]
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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?
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Brazil, India and Mexico are taking on China’s exports
Thu, 23 May 2024 10:13:46 +0000
To avoid an economic shock, they are pursuing a strange mix of free trade and protectionism
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Power of the Pardon
Fri, 20 Dec 2024 16:10:00 +0000

Biden is running out of time to stop another Trump execution spree.

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NASA, Notre Dame Connect Students to Inspire STEM Careers
Fri, 20 Dec 2024 13:09:24 +0000
High school students in Indiana are contributing to NASA’s groundbreaking research to develop quieter, more fuel-efficient aircraft engines. Their learning experience is a collaboration between aircraft noise researchers from NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland and educators from the University of Notre Dame’s Turbomachinery Laboratory. The collaboration aims to encourage students’ interest in science, technology, […]
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Federal Labor Unions Steel Themselves for Trump and DOGE’s Mass Firings
Wed, 18 Dec 2024 10:00:00 +0000

Trump wants a bloodbath for the federal employees, but government workers aren’t the only ones who will suffer.

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Stop Calling Online Scams ‘Pig Butchering,’ Interpol Warns
Tue, 17 Dec 2024 12:00:00 +0000
Experts say the catchall term for online fraud furthers harm against victims and could dissuade people from reporting attempts to bilk them out of their money.
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Microsoft’s AI Recall Tool Is Still Sucking Up Credit Card and Social Security Numbers
Sat, 14 Dec 2024 11:30:00 +0000
Plus: The US indicts North Koreans in fake IT worker scheme, file-sharing firm Cleo warns customers to patch a vulnerability amid live attacks, and more.
Match ID: 55 Score: 5.71 source: www.wired.com age: 13 days
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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: 56 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 15 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
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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?
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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
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China's giant sinkholes are a tourist hit - but ancient forests inside are at risk
Sat, 23 Nov 2024 01:22:23 GMT
These caves were unexplored for thousands of years, protected by swirling mists and terrifying tales.
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Will China step up if Trump takes a step back on climate change?
Fri, 22 Nov 2024 12:07:36 GMT
How future talks will play out if another superpower comes to the fore, just as the US steps back
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qualifiers: 5.71 china

Is China really a nation of slackers?
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 10:54:55 +0000
A new survey raises the question
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qualifiers: 5.71 china

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
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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
Match ID: 73 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 120 days
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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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Japan’s strength produces a weak yen
Thu, 18 Jul 2024 10:17:13 +0000
Currency meddling will prove futile
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China’s leaders face miserable economic-growth figures
Mon, 15 Jul 2024 18:49:47 +0000
Reality intruded at the “third plenum”, intended to discuss long-term reforms
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China’s currency is not as influential as once imagined
Thu, 13 Jun 2024 09:38:25 +0000
Its share of international reserves has stalled
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China is distorting its stockmarket by trying to prop it up
Mon, 10 Jun 2024 18:14:09 +0000
State purchases of shares are bad enough, but other measures are far more destructive
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China’s economic model retains a dangerous allure
Mon, 03 Jun 2024 17:08:43 +0000
Despite the country’s current struggles, autocrats elsewhere see a lot to admire
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Xi Jinping’s surprising new source of economic advice
Thu, 30 May 2024 10:06:54 +0000
What China’s leader may learn from a pair of reform-minded academics
Match ID: 84 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 211 days
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The property firm that could break China’s back
Thu, 16 May 2024 10:04:20 +0000
If Vanke collapses, so might confidence in the state’s management of the economy
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Biden outdoes Trump with ultra-high China tariffs
Tue, 14 May 2024 16:23:33 +0000
The move, which hits electric vehicles, carries an environmental cost
Match ID: 86 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 227 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

Could America and its allies club together to weaken the dollar?
Thu, 09 May 2024 09:58:40 +0000
China would not be happy
Match ID: 87 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 232 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

What would get China’s consumers spending?
Thu, 09 May 2024 09:57:49 +0000
Clues from a grocer in a fourth-tier city
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What Xi Jinping gets wrong about China’s economy
Thu, 09 May 2024 09:57:57 +0000
Despite his protestations, the country does have an overcapacity problem
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Japan will struggle to rescue its plummeting currency
Mon, 29 Apr 2024 16:00:14 +0000
Expensive government intervention looks likely to provide only brief respite
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Why a stronger dollar is dangerous
Tue, 23 Apr 2024 16:00:59 +0000
It sets the stage for a nasty new Trump-China clash, among other things
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qualifiers: 5.71 china

Can the IMF solve the poor world’s debt crisis?
Thu, 18 Apr 2024 10:05:21 +0000
The fund will freeze out China if that is what it takes to offer relief
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qualifiers: 5.71 china

China’s better economic growth hides reasons to worry
Tue, 16 Apr 2024 13:33:05 +0000
The country’s leaders are too complacent about deflation
Match ID: 93 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 255 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

What China’s central bank and Costco shoppers have in common
Thu, 11 Apr 2024 10:02:17 +0000
Hint: it is not a fondness for cryptocurrencies
Match ID: 94 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 260 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

China’s state is eating the private property market
Thu, 11 Apr 2024 09:50:47 +0000
Pity those soon to buy a home
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How Xi Jinping plans to overtake America
Sun, 31 Mar 2024 12:31:35 +0000
Digital twins, nuclear fusion and the small matter of fixing China’s economy
Match ID: 96 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 271 days
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China’s banks have a bad-debt problem
Wed, 27 Mar 2024 14:12:05 +0000
As is becoming increasingly obvious
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qualifiers: 5.71 china

Japan ends the world’s greatest monetary-policy experiment
Tue, 19 Mar 2024 13:12:06 +0000
For the first time in 17 years, officials raise interest rates
Match ID: 98 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 283 days
qualifiers: 5.71 japan

How China, Russia and Iran are forging closer ties
Mon, 18 Mar 2024 19:52:43 +0000
Assessing the economic threat posed by the anti-Western axis
Match ID: 99 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 283 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

China’s economic bright spots provide a warning
Thu, 14 Mar 2024 10:55:00 +0000
What a visit to an optimistic port reveals
Match ID: 100 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 288 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

China is churning out solar panels—and upsetting sand markets
Thu, 14 Mar 2024 10:37:33 +0000
The hunt for grains with a silica concentration of more than 99.9%
Match ID: 101 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 288 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

How Trump and Biden have failed to cut ties with China
Tue, 27 Feb 2024 18:46:06 +0000
It is hard to overcome economic incentives
Match ID: 102 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 303 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

Charles Hall Insisted He Wanted the Death Penalty. Now He’s Asking Biden for Mercy.
Sun, 15 Dec 2024 11:00:00 +0000

The jurors that sent Hall to death row never heard critical evidence that could have convinced them to spare his life. Some of them now support his bid for clemency.

The post Charles Hall Insisted He Wanted the Death Penalty. Now He’s Asking Biden for Mercy. appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 103 Score: 5.00 source: theintercept.com age: 12 days
qualifiers: 5.00 india

India is undergoing an astonishing stockmarket revolution
Thu, 07 Nov 2024 11:12:08 +0000
Small investors, rejoice—and beware
Match ID: 104 Score: 5.00 source: www.economist.com age: 50 days
qualifiers: 5.00 india

Can markets reduce pollution in India?
Thu, 10 Oct 2024 09:55:05 +0000
An experiment in Gujarat yields impressive results
Match ID: 105 Score: 5.00 source: www.economist.com age: 78 days
qualifiers: 5.00 india

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
Match ID: 106 Score: 5.00 source: www.economist.com age: 148 days
qualifiers: 5.00 india

Indian state capitalism looks to be in trouble
Thu, 20 Jun 2024 09:59:48 +0000
A weakened Narendra Modi is bad news for investors in government-controlled firms
Match ID: 107 Score: 5.00 source: www.economist.com age: 190 days
qualifiers: 5.00 india

Foreign investors are rejecting Indian stocks
Thu, 30 May 2024 10:05:08 +0000
A roaring economy is not enough to entice them
Match ID: 108 Score: 5.00 source: www.economist.com age: 211 days
qualifiers: 5.00 india

Hedge funds make billions as India’s options market goes ballistic
Thu, 02 May 2024 10:14:54 +0000
The country’s retail investors are doing less well
Match ID: 109 Score: 5.00 source: www.economist.com age: 239 days
qualifiers: 5.00 india

How fast is India’s economy really growing?
Thu, 11 Apr 2024 10:00:46 +0000
Statisticians take the country’s figures with a pinch of salt
Match ID: 110 Score: 5.00 source: www.economist.com age: 260 days
qualifiers: 5.00 india

How to build a global currency
Thu, 04 Apr 2024 09:55:08 +0000
India is the latest country to try. Painful reforms are required
Match ID: 111 Score: 5.00 source: www.economist.com age: 267 days
qualifiers: 5.00 india

How India could become an Asian tiger
Wed, 27 Mar 2024 14:11:52 +0000
The world’s most selective bureaucracy is struggling to make it happen
Match ID: 112 Score: 5.00 source: www.economist.com age: 275 days
qualifiers: 5.00 india

Will services make the world rich?
Mon, 24 Jun 2024 20:51:25 +0000
American fried chicken can now be served from the Philippines
Match ID: 113 Score: 2.14 source: www.economist.com age: 185 days
qualifiers: 2.14 philippines

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
Match ID: 114 Score: 1.43 source: www.economist.com age: 15 days
qualifiers: 1.43 bangladesh

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Travellers at UK airports warned as fog disrupts flights
Fri, 27 Dec 2024 17:33:40 GMT
A blanket of fog sees flight times pushed back at Gatwick and Manchester airports.
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Severe weather threatens US flights during one of busiest travel weekends
Fri, 27 Dec 2024 16:53:15 GMT

Nearly 900 flights have been cancelled already as tornado watches are issued in Texas and Louisiana

As the US braces for one of its busiest travel weekends of the year, the threat of severe weather has already led to hundreds of flight cancellations.

Tornado watches were issued in the southern states of Texas and Louisiana on Thursday, CNN reported. In Texas, the Federal Aviation Administration ordered ground stops at two airports, CBS reported. Governor Greg Abbott of Texas activated emergency response resources in the state on Thursday.

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Why speech could be a target for the anti-abortion movement in 2025
Fri, 27 Dec 2024 13:00:09 GMT

The anti-abortion movement is looking at ways to control information about how and where to obtain abortions

The next front in the US abortion wars may be what people are allowed to say about it.

More than two years after the US supreme court overturned Roe v Wade in the case Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization, US abortions are on the rise, thanks in large part to the spread of abortion pills and travel across state lines. This has infuriated anti-abortion advocates, who have proposed policies to help the incoming Trump administration curtail the mailing of abortion pills and targeted individuals and groups that help women get out-of-state abortions. In a sign of how the issue is pitting states against one another, Texas earlier this month sued a New York-based doctor who allegedly provided a telehealth abortion to a Texan woman.

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My family call it Old Lady Clubbing, but my giddy ‘nights out’ have lit up a dismal 2024 | Gaby Hinsliff
Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:00:09 GMT

Dance till you drop, then home by 10pm – daytime events offer a glorious escape for those of us bogged down by responsibility

Last Saturday night, I went clubbing with friends. Once upon a time, this wouldn’t have been a remotely odd sentence to type, because it was what I did pretty much every weekend. But a lot has changed since then – let’s just say that in my peak raving years there was a Labour government in power, only it was actually popular – and like most people whose happy place was once on the dancefloor, inevitably with time comes the feeling that you no longer belong. Deep down, you still come to life when the bassline kicks in. But you morph from hardened raver to the kind of person who’s always up for dancing at parties and weddings, and then finally into the kind of person whose friends aren’t getting married any more and who spends their Saturday nights giving their children lifts to parties. So eventually you tell yourself sadly that those days are over now, and that clinging on would be a bit mutton-behaving-as-lamb.

Well, not any more. Enter what was almost certainly the cheeriest thing about an otherwise lousy 2024: the rise of what is now regrettably known in my house as Old Lady Clubbing, AKA daytime events specially laid on by music promoters for the over-30s. It’s like going back in time, but better: partly because this time round you have learned to wear the big coat, instead of going without and shivering glamorously to death in the queue, but mostly because it starts in the afternoon. The secret of middle-aged socialising, it transpires, is to do roughly what you always did – but earlier: hitting the club at 3pm means being home in time for the 10 o’clock news, and blissfully asleep by last orders. (Though the truly multitasking could do as one of the DJs at Day Fever, the over-35s night set up by the actor Vicky McClure and her promoter husband, Jonny Owen, reportedly sometimes does and cram in a big supermarket shop on the way back.) Even the bar staff love it, one told me, because unlike most nights there’s no hassle: everyone’s just too thrilled to be out of the house.

Gaby Hinsliff is a Guardian columnist

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The Paper Passport Is Dying
Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:30:00 +0000
Smartphones and face recognition are being combined to create new digital travel documents. The paper passport’s days are numbered—despite new privacy risks.
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Preet Chandi aims to be first woman to go solo and unsupported to north pole
Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:19:16 GMT

Record-breaking explorer, who was first woman of colour to complete solo expedition to Antarctica, turns to north

The record-breaking British explorer Preet Chandi, who made history trekking solo to the south pole, is now turning her ambitions north.

Nicknamed Polar Preet, the 36-year-old from Derby has made three solo expeditions to Antarctica, earning herself four Guinness world records, as well as praise from the Princess of Wales for her “incredible” achievements.

Chandi reached the south pole for the first time in January 2022, travelling 702 miles in 40 days, and becoming the first woman of colour to complete a solo expedition to Antarctica.

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'Home swap holidays with strangers have shown us a different world'
Fri, 27 Dec 2024 00:33:42 GMT
Home exchanges give travellers the chance to experience someone else's way of life abroad.
Match ID: 6 Score: 35.00 source: www.bbc.com age: 0 days
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Mechanical Systems TDT Support Reaches Across NASA Programs
Thu, 26 Dec 2024 16:04:05 +0000
The NESC Mechanical Systems TDT provides broad support across NASA’s mission directorates. We are a diverse group representing a variety of sub-disciplines including bearings, gears, metrology, lubrication and tribology, mechanism design, analysis and testing, fastening systems, valve engineering, actuator engineering, pyrotechnics, mechatronics, and motor controls. In addition to providing technical support, theTDT owns and maintains […]
Match ID: 7 Score: 35.00 source: www.nasa.gov age: 1 day
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Home Is Where the Couch Is: Photos by Natcha Wongchanglaw
Tue, 24 Dec 2024 13:00:00 +0000
Natcha Wongchanglaw’s Couchsurfing photos explore how travel turns transient encounters into meaningful—and vulnerable—moments.
Match ID: 8 Score: 30.00 source: www.wired.com age: 3 days
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Celebrating the Holiday Season in Space
Mon, 23 Dec 2024 23:00:15 +0000
Crew members aboard the International Space Station celebrate the holiday season in a unique way while living and working at the orbiting laboratory. Each crew member, including the current Expedition 72, spends time enjoying the view of Earth from the space station, privately communicating with their friends and families, and sharing a joint meal with […]
Match ID: 9 Score: 30.00 source: www.nasa.gov age: 3 days
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Assad’s Syria horror has ended, what’s next? – video
Mon, 23 Dec 2024 08:48:20 GMT

A new Syria is emerging from the shadow of the brutal Assad regime. The Guardian’s Bethan McKernan and Ayman Abu Ramouz meet people celebrating their hard-won freedom, but also those grappling with a traumatic past. The pair travel to the notorious Sednaya prison, where they meet a former prisoner who was liberated by his family just days before

• Resistance was not a choice’: how Syria’s unlikely rebel alliance took Aleppo

• 'The Syrian regime hit us with chemical weapons: only now can we speak out' – video

• Syria’s disappeared: one woman’s search for her missing father

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9 Best French Presses (2024): Plastic, Glass, Stainless Steel, Travel
Sun, 22 Dec 2024 13:04:00 +0000
The humble French press is affordable, effective, and hard to mess up. Here are our favorites to make your morning cup of coffee.
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Tell us about your favourite wonder of the world
Fri, 20 Dec 2024 15:04:00 GMT

Share a tip on a peerless architectural or sculptural creation, ancient or modern – the best tip wins £200 towards a Coolstays break

The Seven Wonders of the World was a list of peerless architectural and sculptural creations from the ancient Mediterranean and Middle East drawn up in the 2nd century BC by Greek travellers following Alexander the Great’s conquests. Only one is still standing – the Great Pyramid of Giza. In 2001, the Swiss-based New7Wonders Foundation came up with an updated list, which included Machu Picchu, Petra and the Taj Mahal. But beauty is in the eye of the beholder, so we would like you to tell us about your personal wonder of the world. It could be an ancient stone circle, a statue, a stately home, a temple or even a modern-day skyscraper.

If you have a relevant photo, do send it in – but it’s your words that will be judged for the competition.

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In Waning Senate Days, Kyrsten Sinema Screwed Workers and Spent Campaign Cash on Stay at French Castle
Fri, 20 Dec 2024 10:00:00 +0000

The Arizona senator’s prodigious campaign spending in global wine hot spots can’t possibly be related to the campaign she’s not running, says an ethics complaint.

The post In Waning Senate Days, Kyrsten Sinema Screwed Workers and Spent Campaign Cash on Stay at French Castle appeared first on The Intercept.

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America Gets a Taste of Its Own Medicine: Drone Terror
Wed, 18 Dec 2024 09:00:00 +0000

For more than two decades, the U.S. has flown drones over the heads of millions of people — watching, recording, and even killing some of them.

The post America Gets a Taste of Its Own Medicine: Drone Terror appeared first on The Intercept.

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U.S. Defied Spanish Embargo on Arms Bound for Israel by Making Enforcement More Difficult
Tue, 17 Dec 2024 10:00:00 +0000

As the diplomatic row over the embargo escalates, the U.S. sent Israel millions of pounds of ammunition through Spanish territory.

The post U.S. Defied Spanish Embargo on Arms Bound for Israel by Making Enforcement More Difficult appeared first on The Intercept.

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Charles Hall Insisted He Wanted the Death Penalty. Now He’s Asking Biden for Mercy.
Sun, 15 Dec 2024 11:00:00 +0000

The jurors that sent Hall to death row never heard critical evidence that could have convinced them to spare his life. Some of them now support his bid for clemency.

The post Charles Hall Insisted He Wanted the Death Penalty. Now He’s Asking Biden for Mercy. appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 16 Score: 5.00 source: theintercept.com age: 12 days
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NASA Accelerates Space Exploration, Earth Science for All in 2024
Fri, 06 Dec 2024 21:54:15 +0000
With a look back at 2024, NASA is celebrating its many innovative and inspiring accomplishments this year including for the first time, landing new science and technology on the Moon with an American company, pushing the boundaries of exploration by launching a new mission to study Jupiter’s icy moon Europa; maintaining 24 years of continuous […]
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NASA to Test Technology for X-59’s Unique Shock Wave Measurements
Thu, 05 Dec 2024 22:49:29 +0000
Lee esta historia en Español aquí. NASA will soon test advancements made on a key tool for measuring the unique “sonic thumps” that its quiet supersonic X-59 research aircraft will make while flying. A shock-sensing probe is a cone-shaped air data probe developed with specific features to capture the unique shock waves the X-59 will produce. […]
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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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