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Dismantling NOAA Threatens the World’s Ability to Monitor Carbon Dioxide Levels
Sat, 10 May 2025 11:00:00 +0000
The agency maintains the global backbone of measurements of CO2 and other gases, but these are at risk of being curtailed if the foreshadowed cuts to NOAA are realized.
Match ID: 0 Score: 30.00 source: www.wired.com age: 1 day
qualifiers: 15.00 climate change, 15.00 carbon

What NASA Is Learning from the Biggest Geomagnetic Storm in 20 Years
Fri, 09 May 2025 19:09:44 +0000
One year on, NASA scientists are still making huge discoveries about the largest geomagnetic storm to hit Earth in two decades, the Gannon storm. The findings are helping us better understand and prepare for the ways in which the Sun’s activity can affect us. One year ago today, representatives from NASA and about 30 other […]
Match ID: 1 Score: 30.00 source: science.nasa.gov age: 1 day
qualifiers: 15.00 climate change, 15.00 carbon

Meet Four NASA Inventors Improving Life on Earth and Beyond
Fri, 09 May 2025 17:27:54 +0000
When most people think of NASA, they picture rockets, astronauts, and the Moon. But behind the scenes, a group of inventors is quietly rewriting the rules of what’s possible — on Earth, in orbit, and beyond. Their groundbreaking inventions eventually become technology available for industry, helping to shape new products and services that improve life […]
Match ID: 2 Score: 30.00 source: www.nasa.gov age: 2 days
qualifiers: 15.00 climate change, 15.00 carbon

Netflix series reignites search for family of creator disappeared by Argentina dictatorship
Sun, 11 May 2025 10:00:20 GMT

El Eternauta writer and his daughters were disappeared by military in 70s, but his grandchildren could still be alive

When Héctor Germán Oesterheld wrote his horror comic strip El Eternauta in 1957, it was simply a piece of speculative fiction.

Set in Buenos Aires, the story begins when toxic snow begins to fall, killing all of those it touches. As the world descends into chaos, humans turn on one another, and the hero is forced to fight to survive.

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Match ID: 3 Score: 15.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 15.00 toxic

After Blair’s bombshell, will Labour stick with or abandon net zero?
Sun, 11 May 2025 05:00:15 GMT

Under pressure from Reform and from the former PM, Keir Starmer is facing a series of tests of his resolve on green policy

Populist politicians are striking a chord with the public in their attack on “the green agenda” because they are right – climate policies are elitist. So says the man standing to be the next leader of the Green party in England and Wales.

“We should all be angry about net zero,” argues Zack Polanski, currently the Greens’ deputy leader. “The poorest people in our society are being expected to step up to tackle the climate crisis. But it’s the government’s fault, not the people’s fault.”

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Match ID: 4 Score: 15.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 15.00 carbon

Toxic chlorine cloud near Barcelona confines more than 160,000 indoors
Sat, 10 May 2025 14:46:12 GMT

Fire at warehouse storing pool cleaning products sends cloud over wide area around Vilanova i la Geltrú

Spanish authorities have told more than 160,000 people near Barcelona to stay indoors after a fire at an industrial warehouse released a toxic cloud of chlorine over a wide area.

The blaze, in the coastal city of Vilanova i la Geltrú, south of Barcelona, started at dawn on Saturday in a warehouse storing pool cleaning products, the regional fire service said.

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Match ID: 5 Score: 15.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 1 day
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Billie Piper on toxic masculinity, raising teens, and playing complex characters: ‘I’ve been a woman on the edge – I’m not afraid of it!’
Sat, 10 May 2025 14:04:54 GMT

As part of a Bafta TV special, the nominated actor talks carving out a niche playing people at breaking point, the ‘dreamy’ romcom she’s currently writing, and what she really thought of that Prince Andrew interview

“I’ve had so many coffees, I feel hysterical,” says Billie Piper. The 42-year-old actor has set up camp in a caff in Camden, London, while she finishes the final draft of a romcom she’s working on – a follow-up to her 2021 directorial debut, Rare Beasts. Piper shot to fame at 15 as a pop star, then transitioned into acting, becoming a household name as Rose Tyler in Doctor Who. Since then, she’s carved out a niche playing women at breaking point (like Suzie Pickles in I Hate Suzie). Now, she’s ready to do less acting and more work behind the scenes. Not that her on-screen career is slowing down – she just bagged her fifth Bafta nomination, for playing journalist Sam McAlister in Scoop, the dramatisation of the BBC Newsnight interview with Prince Andrew about Jeffrey Epstein. She will also appear in the Netflix mega-hit and Addams family spin-off, Wednesday, later this year.

You’re an expert at playing a woman on the edge. What’s the secret?
I’ve seen it a lot, I’ve been it, and I’m not afraid of it! You can be a woman on the edge, but also be a soulful woman, a playful woman and a funny woman. You can be all those things at once.

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Match ID: 6 Score: 15.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 1 day
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Toxic tofu? How plastic waste from the west fuels food factories in Indonesia
Fri, 09 May 2025 23:05:37 GMT

Tofu factory owners in Indonesia’s East Java feed their boilers with tonnes of foreign plastics each week to produce tofu sold in the region

Plastic waste from Australia, New Zealand, Japan, France, the US and Britain is being used to fuel tofu production in Indonesia, the Guardian has learned.

Five factory owners in an industrial village in East Java, and one environmental organisation told the Guardian that imported plastic is burned daily to fuel furnaces in factories that produce tofu, prompting concern about serious health impacts.

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Match ID: 7 Score: 15.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 1 day
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Sols 4534-4535: Last Call for the Layered Sulfates? (West of Texoli Butte, Headed West)
Fri, 09 May 2025 19:08:23 +0000
Written by Lucy Lim, Planetary Scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Earth planning date: Wednesday, May 7, 2025 The drive from the Monday plan brought Curiosity up next to a geomorphic contact visible in the orbital data (from Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter’s HiRISE imager). To the east of the contact are the layered sulfates that […]
Match ID: 8 Score: 15.00 source: science.nasa.gov age: 1 day
qualifiers: 15.00 carbon

NASA Astronauts to Answer Questions from Students in New York
Fri, 09 May 2025 17:44:25 +0000
NASA astronauts Nichole Ayers and Anne McClain will answer prerecorded questions about science, technology, engineering, and mathematics from students in Bethpage, New York. The two astronauts are currently aboard the International Space Station. Watch the 20-minute Earth-to-space call at 12:45 p.m. EDT on Friday, May 16, on the NASA STEM YouTube Channel. Media interested in […]
Match ID: 9 Score: 15.00 source: www.nasa.gov age: 2 days
qualifiers: 15.00 carbon

NASA Study Reveals Venus Crust Surprise
Fri, 09 May 2025 15:14:53 +0000
New details about the crust on Venus include some surprises about the geology of Earth’s hotter twin.
Match ID: 10 Score: 15.00 source: science.nasa.gov age: 2 days
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Hubble Comes Face-to-Face with Spiral’s Arms
Fri, 09 May 2025 11:02:21 +0000
The spiral galaxy NGC 3596 is on display in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image that incorporates six different wavelengths of light. NGC 3596 is situated 90 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Leo, the Lion. British astronomer Sir William Herschel first documented the galaxy in 1784. NGC 3596 appears almost perfectly face-on when […]
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Private Prison CEO on ICE Contracts: We’re a Better Deal Than El Salvador’s CECOT
Thu, 08 May 2025 21:31:09 +0000

Private prison firms CoreCivic and GEO Group are thrilled about ICE’s spending spree, but they’re already facing local opposition.

The post Private Prison CEO on ICE Contracts: We’re a Better Deal Than El Salvador’s CECOT appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 12 Score: 15.00 source: theintercept.com age: 2 days
qualifiers: 15.00 toxic

Share your experiences of diversity and inclusion initiatives in the workplace
Wed, 07 May 2025 12:58:32 GMT

Do you work in the UK in any sector where there have been efforts to increase representation and have they been sustained?

Reform UK has said it will roll back diversity and inclusion initiatives in councils it controls. Nigel Farage said during a speech on Friday that he would advise staff working on diversity or climate change initiatives to seek “alternative careers very, very quickly” after the party took control of Durham county council.

What has your experience of these policies been in the workplace? Do you work in any sector where there have been efforts to increase representation and have they been sustained?

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Match ID: 13 Score: 10.71 source: www.theguardian.com age: 4 days
qualifiers: 10.71 climate change

The big breath secret: can I improve my lung capacity, efficiency and power?
Sun, 04 May 2025 13:00:07 GMT

My father’s death from cancer showed me you need to look after your lungs. But apart from not smoking, what should you be doing? I headed to a laboratory, strapped on a mask and heart monitor and started pedalling …

Lungs are amazing. There they sit, inflating and deflating from dawn to dusk, dusk to dawn, sucking in air, stripping out oxygen and exchanging it for carbon dioxide. They do this 20,000 times a day, 7.5m times a year, 600m times in the average lifetime, keeping our trillions of cells ticking over and saving them from choking on their own exhaust fumes. And we ignore them until something goes wrong and we’re gasping, wheezing, panicking – or worse.

When I think about lungs, it’s often in the same breath as cancer, which killed my dad 39 years ago. He only realised his lungs were knackered after a heart attack, which was probably also down to smoking. Sixty Senior Service a day, cigarette number two often lit as soon as number one was stubbed out. He stopped overnight, but it was too late.

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Match ID: 14 Score: 4.29 source: www.theguardian.com age: 7 days
qualifiers: 4.29 carbon

How the political consensus on climate change has shattered
Fri, 02 May 2025 14:16:59 GMT
In 2019, the UK committed in law to reducing its carbon emissions to net zero by 2050. Now the political climate has changed.
Match ID: 15 Score: 4.29 source: www.bbc.com age: 9 days
qualifiers: 2.14 climate change, 2.14 carbon

NASA Calibrates Second Shock-Sensing Probe for X-59 Testing
Fri, 18 Apr 2025 16:30:00 +0000
When you’re testing a cutting-edge NASA aircraft, you need specialized tools to conduct tests and capture data –but if those tools need maintenance, you need to wait until they’re fixed. Unless you have a backup. That’s why NASA recently calibrated a new shock-sensing probe to capture shock wave data when the agency’s X-59 quiet supersonic […]
Match ID: 16 Score: 4.29 source: www.nasa.gov age: 23 days
qualifiers: 2.14 climate change, 2.14 carbon

Project to suck carbon out of sea begins in UK
Fri, 18 Apr 2025 00:20:52 GMT
A pilot project will test whether it is a useful way of fighting climate change.
Match ID: 17 Score: 4.29 source: www.bbc.com age: 23 days
qualifiers: 2.14 climate change, 2.14 carbon

NASA Studies Wind Effects and Aircraft Tracking with Joby Aircraft
Thu, 17 Apr 2025 21:00:00 +0000
NASA engineers began using a network of ground sensors in March to collect data from an experimental air taxi to evaluate how to safely integrate such vehicles into airspace above cities – in all kinds of weather. Researchers will use the campaign to help improve tools to assist with collision avoidance and landing operations and […]
Match ID: 18 Score: 4.29 source: www.nasa.gov age: 23 days
qualifiers: 2.14 climate change, 2.14 carbon

NASA Supports Next Generation of Innovators
Thu, 17 Apr 2025 15:07:44 +0000
When young minds come together to test their knowledge and creativity in technology and innovation, the results are truly inspiring. In its sixth year, Aerospace Valley Regional FIRST Robotics Competition at East High School in Lancaster, California, proved to be another success. During three action-packed days, hundreds of students from around the world showcased their […]
Match ID: 19 Score: 4.29 source: www.nasa.gov age: 24 days
qualifiers: 2.14 climate change, 2.14 carbon

Testing in the Clouds: NASA Flies to Improve Satellite Data
Wed, 16 Apr 2025 22:21:41 +0000
In February, NASA’s ER-2 science aircraft flew instruments designed to improve satellite data products and Earth science observations. From data collection to processing, satellite systems continue to advance, and NASA is exploring how instruments analyzing clouds can improve data measurement methods. Researchers participating in the Goddard Space Flight Center Lidar Observation and Validation Experiment (GLOVE) […]
Match ID: 20 Score: 4.29 source: www.nasa.gov age: 24 days
qualifiers: 2.14 climate change, 2.14 carbon

Friday Squid Blogging: Pyjama Squid
2025-05-02T21:02:18Z

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

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

Match ID: 21 Score: 2.14 source: www.schneier.com age: 8 days
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ARMD Research Solicitations (Updated May 1)
Thu, 01 May 2025 17:00:00 +0000
THIS PAGE WAS UPDATED ON MAY 1, 2025(Added Advanced Air Vehicles Program Fellowship Opportunities.) This Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate (ARMD) solicitations page compiles the opportunities to collaborate with NASA’s aeronautical innovators and/or contribute to their research to enable new and improved air transportation systems. Most opportunities to participate in research are officially announced through the […]
Match ID: 22 Score: 2.14 source: www.nasa.gov age: 10 days
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Air Force Pilot, SkillBridge Fellow Helps NASA Research Soar
Fri, 25 Apr 2025 12:10:24 +0000
Jeremy Johnson laces his black, steel-toed boots and zips up his dark blue flight suit. Having just finished a pre-flight mission briefing with his team, the only thing on his mind is heading to the aircraft hangar and getting a plane in the air. As he eases a small white-and-blue propeller aircraft down the hangar’s […]
Match ID: 23 Score: 2.14 source: www.nasa.gov age: 16 days
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NASA, Boeing, Consider New Thin-Wing Aircraft Research Focus
Thu, 24 Apr 2025 17:05:48 +0000
NASA and Boeing are currently evaluating an updated approach to the agency’s Sustainable Flight Demonstrator project that would focus on demonstrating thin-wing technology with broad applications for multiple aircraft configurations. Boeing’s proposed focus centers on a ground-based testbed to demonstrate the potential for long, thin-wing technology. Work on the X-66 flight demonstrator – which currently […]
Match ID: 24 Score: 2.14 source: www.nasa.gov age: 17 days
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NASA Tests Ultralight Antennas to Benefit Future National Airspace
Tue, 22 Apr 2025 12:14:02 +0000
NASA engineers are using one of the world’s lightest solid materials to construct an antenna that could be embedded into the skin of an aircraft, creating a more aerodynamic and reliable communication solution for drones and other future air transportation options.  Developed by NASA, this ultra-lightweight aerogel antenna is designed to enable satellite communications where […]
Match ID: 25 Score: 2.14 source: www.nasa.gov age: 19 days
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A Fond Farewell: NASA’s C-130 Begins New Mission in California
Fri, 18 Apr 2025 16:40:45 +0000
NASA’s C-130 Hercules, fondly known as the Herc, went wheels up at 9:45 a.m., Friday, April 18, as it departed from its decade-long home at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, for the final time. The aircraft is embarking on a new adventure to serve and protect in the state of California where it is […]
Match ID: 26 Score: 2.14 source: www.nasa.gov age: 23 days
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Going Home: NASA Retires S-3B Viking to POW/MIA Museum
Wed, 16 Apr 2025 12:04:20 +0000
After supporting the center’s research missions for more than a decade, NASA’s S-3B Viking aircraft is moving on from NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland to begin a new and honorable assignment. The aircraft is heading to the National POW/MIA Memorial and Museum in Jacksonville, Florida, where it will be on display, honoring all Prisoners […]
Match ID: 27 Score: 2.14 source: www.nasa.gov age: 25 days
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The Arctic: climate change’s great economic opportunity
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 10:41:08 +0000
An enormous prize is on offer. When might it be grasped?
Match ID: 28 Score: 2.14 source: www.economist.com age: 108 days
qualifiers: 2.14 climate change

ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/23/2024
Tue, 23 Jul 2024 16:00:01 +0000
Boeing CST-100 Crewed Flight Test (CFT): The CFT crew assisted the ISS crew by performing payload activities. They completed the ArgUS 1-1 sub-payloads installation and several Thor-Davis sessions. Payloads: ArgUS 1-1: The ArgUS 1-1 sub-payloads were installed onto the ArgUS Multi Payload Platform and stowed in the NanoRacks Airlock (NRAL). More information about this investigation …
Match ID: 29 Score: 2.14 source: www.nasa.gov age: 292 days
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ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/15/2024
Mon, 15 Jul 2024 16:00:09 +0000
Boeing CST-100 Crewed Flight Test (CFT): Today, the CFT crew assisted the ISS crew by performing a USOS food audit and continuing to complete different payload activities. Payloads: Combustion Integrated Rack (CIR): Fuel Oxidizer Management Assembly (FOMA) Calibration was performed. The upper rack doors were opened, the bottle valves were closed, the pressure in the …
Match ID: 30 Score: 2.14 source: www.nasa.gov age: 300 days
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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.
Match ID: 31 Score: 2.14 source: www.wired.com age: 326 days
qualifiers: 2.14 climate change

A New Way to See Your Climate Anxiety
Mon, 22 Jan 2024 12:00:00 +0000
The climate crisis has become a mental health crisis. But eco-anxiety isn’t necessarily a pathology.
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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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Judge orders temporary halt to Trump’s mass layoffs of federal workers
Sat, 10 May 2025 05:48:59 +0000
A federal judge ordered a two-week pause, writing that a president must enlist the help of Congress “to make large-scale overhauls of federal agencies.”
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Private Prison CEO on ICE Contracts: We’re a Better Deal Than El Salvador’s CECOT
Thu, 08 May 2025 21:31:09 +0000

Private prison firms CoreCivic and GEO Group are thrilled about ICE’s spending spree, but they’re already facing local opposition.

The post Private Prison CEO on ICE Contracts: We’re a Better Deal Than El Salvador’s CECOT appeared first on The Intercept.

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Federal judge orders release of detained Tufts student Rumeysa Ozturk
Fri, 09 May 2025 21:32:33 +0000

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CECOT Is What the Bukele Regime Wants You to See
Fri, 09 May 2025 14:03:44 +0000

“The Bukele model is built upon Kilmar Abregos — there are thousands of them.”

The post CECOT Is What the Bukele Regime Wants You to See appeared first on The Intercept.

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The Supreme Court Just Imperiled the Rights — and Lives — of All Trans People
Wed, 07 May 2025 19:35:26 +0000

The court let a military trans ban go into effect — potentially setting a precedent to accept the anti-trans myth behind Trump’s executive order.

The post The Supreme Court Just Imperiled the Rights — and Lives — of All Trans People appeared first on The Intercept.

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Judges say unsolicited pizza deliveries are meant to intimidate them
Sun, 11 May 2025 10:00:44 +0000
Judges in several states say they have faced threats and intimidation tactics associated with pizza deliveries.
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ICE moves detainees to Texas facility where judge declined to halt deportations
Sat, 10 May 2025 01:37:14 +0000
One Philadelphia man was transferred to Texas in apparent violation of a court order requiring that he be kept in Pennsylvania as his case played out there.
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Google’s search antitrust trial is wrapping up—here’s what we learned
Fri, 09 May 2025 19:51:22 +0000
Google and the DOJ have had their say; now it's in the judge's hands.
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AI use damages professional reputation, study suggests
Thu, 08 May 2025 20:23:21 +0000
New Duke study says workers judge others for AI use—and hide its use, fearing stigma.
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Trump administration invokes state secrets privilege in Kilmar Ábrego García case
Thu, 08 May 2025 16:52:48 GMT

Lawyers say they’re ‘still in dark’ about government’s efforts to free the man who was wrongly deported to El Salvador

The Trump administration is invoking the “state secrets privilege ” in an apparent attempt to avoid answering a judge’s questions about its erroneous deportation of Kilmar Ábrego García to El Salvador.

US district judge Paula Xinis disclosed the government’s position in a two-page order on Wednesday. She set a Monday deadline for attorneys to file briefs on the issue and how it could affect Ábrego García’s case. Xinis also scheduled a 16 May hearing in Greenbelt, Maryland, to address the matter.

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US reportedly planning to deport migrants to Libya despite ‘clear’ violation of court order
Wed, 07 May 2025 16:03:13 GMT

Judge confirms move would breach order as Libya’s rival governments say both would refuse any US deportees

The Trump administration is reportedly planning to deport a group of immigrants to Libya, despite a judge’s efforts on Wednesday to block any such flights and the state department’s previous condemnation of the “life-threatening” prison conditions in the country.

Reuters cited three unnamed US officials as saying the deportations could happen this week. Two of the officials said the immigrants, whose nationalities are not known, could be flown to the north African country as soon as Wednesday, but they added the plans could still change. The New York Times also cited a US official confirming the deportation plans.

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The Guardian view on a Himalayan truce: it follows a familiar pattern of conflicts past | Editorial
Sun, 11 May 2025 16:58:57 GMT

After drone strikes, nuclear jitters and a ceasefire, the latest fighting between India and Pakistan reveals how peace dies by routine

“The arms race between India and Pakistan poses perhaps the most probable prospect for future use of weapons of mass destruction, including nuclear weapons,” James Woolsey, the CIA director, told Congress in 1993. That assessment is relevant now, after days of escalating conflict that included missile and drone strikes on military bases. It is a uniquely modern arms race: high on nationalist fervour and habitual mistrust, choreographed so that each clash is always just one provocation away from becoming the last.

On Saturday, Donald Trump announced a “full and immediate” ceasefire between India and Pakistan. The truce, brokered by US officials, came amid speculation by military analysts that Pakistan was edging closer to using nuclear weapons. It was met with cautious optimism – not least as both sides accused each other of violating the agreement within hours, with reports of cross-border shelling in Indian-administered Kashmir. Should the ceasefire pause the missiles, it won’t resolve the deeper dispute at the roof of the world.

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Trump said ‘only the best’ would serve. That’s not how it’s worked out.
Sun, 11 May 2025 09:00:00 +0000
The appointment of Jeanine Pirro as interim U.S. attorney for D.C. and the dismissal of Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden encapsulate how Trump’s personnel pledge has played out in practice.
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Trump warns Republicans could face political fallout for a tax hike on rich
Fri, 09 May 2025 23:55:45 +0000
Get the latest news on President Donald Trump’s return to the White House and the Republican-led Congress.
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Congress should raise debt limit by July to avoid default, Bessent says
Fri, 09 May 2025 22:05:01 +0000

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Trump announces 25 percent new tariffs on imported cars
Fri, 09 May 2025 21:03:51 +0000
Get the latest news on President Donald Trump’s return to the White House and the new Congress.
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White House accuses Librarian of Congress of adding ‘inappropriate books’
Fri, 09 May 2025 18:31:18 +0000

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Trump kills broadband grants, calls digital equity program “racist and illegal”
Fri, 09 May 2025 17:33:39 +0000
Trump move also takes grants away from veterans and people with disabilities.
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Democrats Woke Up to Trump's Crypto Grift. Will They Stop Other Scammers?
Thu, 08 May 2025 13:48:23 +0000

“Many of the potential issues we see with the Trump family’s crypto practices are a feature — not a bug — of the crypto industry.”

The post Democrats Woke Up to Trump’s Crypto Grift. Will They Stop Other Scammers? appeared first on The Intercept.

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

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

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

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

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

The post Police Shot Them in the Head With Rubber Bullets. Now UCLA Gaza Protesters Are Suing. appeared first on The Intercept.

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Famine Haunts the People of Gaza. Israel Is Trying to Convince You It’s Fake.
Wed, 07 May 2025 17:18:09 +0000

Israeli extremist officials deny the existence of famine in Gaza as they push for harsher measures to block food.

The post Famine Haunts the People of Gaza. Israel Is Trying to Convince You It’s Fake. appeared first on The Intercept.

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Elon Musk Set to Win Big With Trump’s Trillion-Dollar Pentagon Budget
Wed, 07 May 2025 11:00:00 +0000

Trump’s proposal cuts SpaceX competitors out of the NASA budget and could add billions to the company’s defense contracts.

The post Elon Musk Set to Win Big With Trump’s Trillion-Dollar Pentagon Budget appeared first on The Intercept.

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

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

The post EU President Should Be Investigated for Complicity in Israel’s War Crimes, Says Top U.N. Expert on Palestine appeared first on The Intercept.

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

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

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

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

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NASA Supports Next Generation of Innovators
Thu, 17 Apr 2025 15:07:44 +0000
When young minds come together to test their knowledge and creativity in technology and innovation, the results are truly inspiring. In its sixth year, Aerospace Valley Regional FIRST Robotics Competition at East High School in Lancaster, California, proved to be another success. During three action-packed days, hundreds of students from around the world showcased their […]
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Even the Trumpiest stocks are suffering
Thu, 20 Mar 2025 10:37:18 +0000
Investors may have misjudged which firms would thrive under the new administration
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Want to swim but find it too much of a hassle? Me too – but here’s how I cracked it
Sun, 11 May 2025 13:00:23 GMT

What is the equivalent of a Couch to 5k or parkrun for swimmers? Do I need loads of expensive gear? And should I join a club? Here’s how I learned to love the pool

Mine is a familiar story: I used to hate even the idea of running. But, in 2020, when gyms closed their doors, I downloaded the Couch to 5k app, and ran approximately three times a week for the next four years, culminating in a half marathon in 2024 – and, predictably, an injury.

Physios treating my persistent hip pain didn’t tell me to stop running – but they did suggest I might want to explore other, lower impact options, such as swimming. But where to start? What’s the aquatic version of Couch to 5k or parkrun?

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The Paradoxes of Feminine Muscle
Sat, 10 May 2025 10:00:00 +0000
In a new book, the author Casey Johnston argues that pumping iron helped her “escape diet culture.” But a preoccupation with strength can take many forms.
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Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge Reveal Confirmed and Lenovo Launches a New 3D Laptop—Your Gear News of the Week
Sat, 10 May 2025 10:00:00 +0000
Plus: Oura’s new metabolic features, Whoop releases new bands, and Samsung’s Wallet gets Tap to Transfer cash.
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Wearables firm’s endless free hardware upgrades were too good to be true
Fri, 09 May 2025 20:57:34 +0000
Customers accuse Whoop of baiting and switching as it adjusts its business model.
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6 Best Massage Guns of 2025, Tested and Reviewed by WIRED
Fri, 09 May 2025 12:32:00 +0000
Don’t cancel therapy just yet, but these portable, at-home massagers might be the hack you need after stressful days.
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‘I lost so much weight, my husband thought I was terminally ill’: why do people lie about taking Ozempic?
Sun, 11 May 2025 05:00:15 GMT

The dramatic results of weight-loss drugs often come with a side order of stigma, as though it’s ‘cheating’ not to stick to willpower, diet and exercise alone. Is that why so many are telling no one – not even their partners?

Every Friday night, Claire, a 50-year-old woman in Berkshire, waits until her husband and son have gone to bed. When she is sure the house is quiet, she tiptoes out to her garage, and over to a tin tucked away in the corner. It is chilly out there, but she doesn’t mind; that’s the point. Inside the tin, away from the prying eyes of her family, is a vial of the GLP-1 medication Mounjaro, which needs to be kept at about 8C. Claire has been taking it without them knowing for several months. “It would have been harder to get away with in summer,” she says.

As weight-loss medications have become more and more popular, lots of people in the public eye have been dramatically changing shape, walking the red carpets or hosting TV shows in bodies half the size they once were. But as the jabs have become cheaper and more readily available, so, too, have ordinary people been disappearing before our eyes. And many are choosing not to disclose just how this weight loss is happening. Like Claire, these “secret jabbers” are keeping it private even from their closest family and friends.

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Is muscle soreness after a workout good or bad?
Tue, 29 Apr 2025 16:00:03 GMT

When it comes to workouts, how much pain – specifically, how much post-workout soreness – is actually a good thing? The answer: it depends

Humans have long glamorized suffering, hailing it as an essential ingredient of growth. In the ancient Greek tragedy Elektra, Sophocles wrote: “Nothing truly succeeds without pain.” In the 1980s, the actor and aerobics instructor Jane Fonda told people: “No pain, no gain.”

But when it comes to workouts, how much pain – specifically, how much post-workout soreness – is actually a good thing? The answer: it depends.

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Top 10 Best PLR(Private Label Rights) Websites | Which One You Should Join in 2022?
Sat, 26 Feb 2022 13:36:00 +0000

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‘Substantial progress’ at US-China trade talks, says Scott Bessent
Sun, 11 May 2025 17:12:57 GMT

US treasury secretary’s remarks on second day of meetings come after Trump hails ‘total reset’ in America-China ties

The White House announced on Sunday that a trade deal with China has been struck after two days of talks in Geneva.

The announcement, in a press release, comes after US treasury secretary Scott Bessent told reporters that there had been “substantial progress” in talks between his team and that of the Chinese vice-premier, He Lifeng, in Geneva on defusing the trade war between the world’s two largest economies sparked by Donald Trump’s 145% tariffs.

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Trump claims ‘total reset’ in US-China trade relations after tariff talks in Geneva
Sun, 11 May 2025 03:04:58 GMT

US president praises ‘very good’ discussions as top US and Chinese officials meet over trade war triggered by Trump’s tariff blitz

Donald Trump has hailed a “total reset” in US-China trade relations after the first day of talks between top American and Chinese officials in Geneva aimed at defusing a trade war sparked by his tariff rollout.

The US president praised the “very good” discussions and deemed them “a total reset negotiated in a friendly, but constructive, manner”.

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Trump will destroy world trade, but democracies can defend themselves – and each other | Anders Fogh Rasmussen
Sun, 11 May 2025 14:06:54 GMT

We need a trade block, a D7, that would mirror Nato. An economic attack on one would be an attack on all

• Anders Fogh Rasmussen is a former prime minister of Denmark and former secretary general of Nato

The postwar global economic order, with the United States at its centre, has created more prosperity than any other period in human history. Yet as Donald Trump takes a sledgehammer to that economic order, America’s democratic allies face a choice. We can accept the new cost of doing business with the US. We can follow the US down a path of mutually assured economic destruction with an ever-escalating trade war. Or we can find new avenues to keep free trade alive.

My proposition? I believe we need a new platform for economic cooperation between the world’s seven leading democracies. Call it the “Democratic 7”, or “D7”. The EU, the UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, and South Korea represent roughly 25% of global GDP and account for about 35% of global trade volume. Together, these democracies can help to shield each other from the threats of economic nationalism and coercion – while also championing democracy, the rule of law, and market economics.

Anders Fogh Rasmussen was Nato secretary general from 2009-2014 and prime minister of Denmark from 2001-2009

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‘It’s like sex ... and we’re the foreplay’: the Oasis tribute bands gearing up for the big reunion
Sun, 11 May 2025 09:00:19 GMT

Missed out on tickets to the biggest gigs of the summer? From Italy to Indonesia, there’s a covers band ready to fill the void. They’ve got the parkas, the swagger and the tambourines, but can they bring the sunshiiiine?

Last August, 14 million people applied for 1.4 million tickets for Oasis’s first gigs in 15 years. In spite of Ticketmaster’s dynamic pricing (which pushed some tickets from £150 to £350), the whole lot sold out in minutes. Those lucky enough to get them are counting down the days until July. But in the meantime, business for Oasis tribute bands is booming. Why go all the way to Wembley when you can belt along to an Oasis tribute band in your local pub, metres and not miles away from “Liam” and “Noel”?

There is certainly no shortage of them. Our (rough) count shows at least 40 Oasis cover bands in the UK alone. But Oasis tribute bands are just as popular in Europe, the US, Canada and Japan, where the band have long had a huge following.

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Toxic tofu? How plastic waste from the west fuels food factories in Indonesia
Fri, 09 May 2025 23:05:37 GMT

Tofu factory owners in Indonesia’s East Java feed their boilers with tonnes of foreign plastics each week to produce tofu sold in the region

Plastic waste from Australia, New Zealand, Japan, France, the US and Britain is being used to fuel tofu production in Indonesia, the Guardian has learned.

Five factory owners in an industrial village in East Java, and one environmental organisation told the Guardian that imported plastic is burned daily to fuel furnaces in factories that produce tofu, prompting concern about serious health impacts.

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Taiwan faces similar threat to Europe in 1930s, president says
Thu, 08 May 2025 21:54:41 GMT

Lai Ching-te says ‘message of history is clear’ as Taiwan for first time officially commemorates end of second world war

Taiwan’s president, Lai Ching-te, has compared his nation to the European countries heading for conflict with Nazi Germany in the 1930s, in a punchy speech commemorating the end of the second world war in Europe.

“Eighty years after the end of the European war, the message of history is clear. Today, 80 years later, we share the same values ​​and face similar challenges as many of the democracies that participated in the European war,” Lai said to a group of foreign dignitaries gathered in Taipei.

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U.S. officials say ‘substantial progress’ in trade talks with China
Sun, 11 May 2025 17:50:58 +0000
The White House said it was announcing a trade deal, without providing any details. Representatives from the U.S. and China had been meeting in Switzerland.
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Tea-licious! 17 awesome ways to use earl grey, from ice-cream and cocktails to strudel and salad
Sun, 11 May 2025 10:30:20 GMT

Who’d have guessed there’s so much you can do with bergamot-flavoured tea? Apparently you can even drink it

As you may already know, the title of Britain’s Best Loaf 2025 was awarded to a brioche that was flavoured with lemon curd and earl grey tea. The inventor – Miyo Aoetsu, who runs a baking business from her home in Derbyshire – says the loaf was inspired by a recent Japanese trend for foods that combine the flavours of lemon and earl grey. But outside Japan, how many recipes can there be that use earl grey as an ingredient? Here are 17, just for starters.

The first, and most basic, is for earl grey itself. The connection between the tea and the 2nd Earl Grey, in whose honour it is sometimes said to have been concocted, is sketchy and possibly nonexistent. There is no official formula or authoritative version; it’s just a name given to black tea flavoured with bergamot, a type of bitter orange grown extensively in Calabria. Making your own is as simple as leaving some dried bergamot peel in a jar of black tea for a bit. The result will probably be a bit more subtle than store-bought – which usually contains oil of bergamot – but you may even prefer it.

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Song He Lou, London W1: no neon, no bunting and not much jostling for tourist dollars – restaurant review | Grace Dent on restaurants
Sun, 11 May 2025 05:00:14 GMT

With three floors to fill, this 270-year-old restaurant chain’s understated approach feels rather bold

The demise of London’s Chinatown has long been predicted, what with recent rent and rate rises, and diners’ changing tastes. Yet on a spring lunchtime last week, business on Wardour Street was booming, with alfresco noodle-slurping, long queues and endless selfie sessions all in full swing.

Song He Lou, a historic restaurant brand that champions Suzhou cuisine, clearly believes there are big profits to be made in this postcode, and it has put its money where its mouth is by opening a whopping 144-seater right here in the centre of Chinatown. I’m not chucking in that “historic” willy-nilly, either: Song He Lou was founded in Suzhou near Shanghai almost 270 years ago, during the reign of Emperor Qianglong, and makes Rules in nearby Covent Garden, which is a piffling 227, look like a fly-by-night pop-up.

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Explosive Materials Bound for Israel Are Flying Out of JFK Airport
Sat, 10 May 2025 15:46:17 +0000

A cargo flight will haul 14 tons of nitrocellulose from John F. Kennedy Airport in New York to an Israeli weapons manufacturer.

The post Explosive Materials Bound for Israel Are Flying Out of JFK Airport appeared first on The Intercept.

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Trump suggests lowering tariffs on China ahead of talks
Fri, 09 May 2025 21:29:26 +0000
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is expected to meet with his counterparts in Switzerland this weekend.
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Friday Squid Blogging: Japanese Divers Video Giant Squid
2025-05-09T21:05:31Z

The video is really amazing.

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

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What NASA Is Learning from the Biggest Geomagnetic Storm in 20 Years
Fri, 09 May 2025 19:09:44 +0000
One year on, NASA scientists are still making huge discoveries about the largest geomagnetic storm to hit Earth in two decades, the Gannon storm. The findings are helping us better understand and prepare for the ways in which the Sun’s activity can affect us. One year ago today, representatives from NASA and about 30 other […]
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Trump floats cutting Chinese tariffs from 145% to 80% before weekend talks
Fri, 09 May 2025 12:17:25 GMT

Meeting aimed at de-escalating trade war after Chinese exports beat expectations despite slump in trade

Donald Trump has floated cutting tariffs on China from 145% to 80% before a weekend meeting as he looks to de-escalate the trade war.

Top US officials are expected to meet a high-level Chinese delegation this weekend in Switzerland in the first significant talks between the two nations since Trump provoked a trade war with stiff tariffs on imports.

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‘The whole country is proud’: Chinese snooker fans hail Zhao Xintong triumph
Fri, 09 May 2025 11:13:54 GMT

Crowning of country’s first world champion set to give fresh boost to sport that has boomed in popularity in China

Chain smoking under the fluorescent lights of a cavernous billiards hall in Beijing, Brother Yuan can’t stop smiling. The previous day, along with 150 million other people across China, he had been at home watching the snooker world championships final. Now he’s with his fellow cue-heads, celebrating the win of China’s first snooker world champion, Zhao Xintong.

“He’s a great role model for young people in China,” Yuan, 55, says of the generation Z upstart who on Monday claimed snooker’s top prize. “He’s bringing the excitement back.”

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Rocket Report: Rocket Lab to demo cargo delivery; America’s new ICBM in trouble
Fri, 09 May 2025 11:00:27 +0000
SpaceX's plan to turn Starbase into Texas' newest city won the approval of voters—err, employees.
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A Visit to Tokyo's Blue Lug, the ‘Best Bike Shop in the World’
Fri, 09 May 2025 11:00:00 +0000
Cyclists around the world are obsessed with the beautifully appointed bicycles from Blue Lug in Tokyo. As a bike nerd myself, and with a trip to Japan on my calendar, I had to pay a visit.
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Moon dust 'rarer than gold' arrives in UK from China
Thu, 08 May 2025 23:25:38 GMT
First Moon samples collected in nearly 50 years and loaned by China for the first time are now in the UK.
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India and Pakistan both claim victory after ceasefire declared
Sun, 11 May 2025 17:54:54 GMT

Celebrations held in both countries while Kashmir residents beg for long-term solutions over disputed territory

India and Pakistan have both claimed victory after a ceasefire was declared over the weekend, which brought the two nuclear-nations back from the brink of war.

After days of escalating clashes that culminated in both sides launching missile and drone strikes on each other’s major military bases – the closest they had come to full-scale war in decades – the ceasefire between India and Pakistan was declared by US President Donald Trump on Saturday evening.

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The Guardian view on a Himalayan truce: it follows a familiar pattern of conflicts past | Editorial
Sun, 11 May 2025 16:58:57 GMT

After drone strikes, nuclear jitters and a ceasefire, the latest fighting between India and Pakistan reveals how peace dies by routine

“The arms race between India and Pakistan poses perhaps the most probable prospect for future use of weapons of mass destruction, including nuclear weapons,” James Woolsey, the CIA director, told Congress in 1993. That assessment is relevant now, after days of escalating conflict that included missile and drone strikes on military bases. It is a uniquely modern arms race: high on nationalist fervour and habitual mistrust, choreographed so that each clash is always just one provocation away from becoming the last.

On Saturday, Donald Trump announced a “full and immediate” ceasefire between India and Pakistan. The truce, brokered by US officials, came amid speculation by military analysts that Pakistan was edging closer to using nuclear weapons. It was met with cautious optimism – not least as both sides accused each other of violating the agreement within hours, with reports of cross-border shelling in Indian-administered Kashmir. Should the ceasefire pause the missiles, it won’t resolve the deeper dispute at the roof of the world.

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Ex-Royal Marine completes ‘world’s longest triathlon’ at Everest summit
Sun, 11 May 2025 16:42:14 GMT

Mitch Hutchcraft swam the Channel, cycled to India and ran to Nepal, covering 8,000 miles, to raise money for charity

A former Royal Marine has completed “the world’s longest triathlon”, which he started in the UK eight months ago and finished at the summit of Mount Everest.

Mitch Hutchcraft, from Cambridgeshire, travelled more than 13,000km (8,077 miles) in 240 days by swimming, cycling, running and trekking before reaching the world’s highest peak on Sunday.

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The multicultural effort to defeat fascism | Letters
Sun, 11 May 2025 16:07:04 GMT

Britain was a global, multiracial empire – not a white bastion of democratic resistance that fought alone, says Judy Vertannes, in response to an article on VE Day by Gary Young. Plus a letter from Angela Blazy-O’Reilly

Regarding Gary Younge’s article (Millions of the black and brown people who fought for Europe’s freedom didn’t get a VE Day, 8 May), it is refreshing to read about what actually happened at the end of the second world war. But I do resist strongly the framing of the millions of colonised people in the British empire as having “fought for the allies”. They were the allies. These people, including my late father, were subjects of the British empire, just like any soldier from Liverpool or an Auxiliary Territorial Service recruit from Maidenhead. They were trained as the British army and they fought and died, or survived, just like those from Scotland or Wales.

Many British people don’t want to hear that millions of the grandparents and parents of those “foreigners” living here were born and lived under the same rule as any Bristol or Birmingham council estate, but that was the case. The far-right “othering” of people is a result of a deliberate and hateful ideology aimed at seizing power.

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Finding a way forward in the India-Pakistan conflict | Letters
Sun, 11 May 2025 16:07:27 GMT

Prof Shafiqul Islam and Wajid Mushtaq Teli respond to an editorial on the ongoing military clashes between the two countries

Your editorial (The Guardian view on India and Pakistan: a newly dangerous moment in an old dispute, 7 May) underscores the alarming escalation between India and Pakistan, but the suspension of the Indus waters treaty and the missile strikes are more than just a return to familiar hostility. They reflect a deeper pattern that I call the urgency-actionability trap: the impulse to respond to provocation, even when those responses, whether symbolic or military, offer little durable benefit and risk spiralling escalation.

India’s suspension of the Indus treaty is technically limited – it cannot “turn off the tap” overnight – but it sets a dangerous precedent in normalising water as a weapon. Pakistan’s retaliatory posture, similarly, satisfies domestic politics while weakening regional water security. Neither action advances stability; both reinforce distrust.

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IPL will resume ‘soon’ confirms BCCI after India and Pakistan ceasefire
Sun, 11 May 2025 14:34:34 GMT

• Tournament was suspended due to escalating hostilities
• Reported plan is for IPL to restart this Friday

The Indian Premier League will resume “soon” but no decision has been taken yet as to exactly when, the vice-president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India has said.

Escalating hostilities between India and Pakistan led to their respective T20 tournaments being suspended on Friday, with the BCCI saying that applied to the IPL “with immediate effect for one week”.

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‘Never again war’: Pope Leo calls for peace in Ukraine in first Sunday address
Sun, 11 May 2025 13:40:11 GMT

New pontiff also urges a ceasefire and humanitarian aid in Gaza and welcomes truce between India and Pakistan

Pope Leo XIV has called for a just and lasting peace in Ukraine and pleaded for an end to global conflicts, which he likened to a “third world war in pieces”.

In his first Sunday address at the Vatican, the new pontiff urged an immediate ceasefire and humanitarian aid in Gaza and the release of all hostages. He also welcomed the truce between India and Pakistan and referenced the end of the second world war in 1945.

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How backchannels and US mediators pulled India and Pakistan back from the brink
Sun, 11 May 2025 06:08:13 GMT
India and Pakistan agree to a full and immediate ceasefire after days of cross-border strikes.
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Amid fragile ceasefire, Trump promises to boost trade with India and Pakistan
Sun, 11 May 2025 06:08:25 GMT

Truce agreement was reached after diplomacy and pressure from US but within hours there was cross-border shelling

A fragile ceasefire was holding between India and Pakistan on Sunday, after hours of overnight fighting between the nuclear-armed neighbours, as US president Donald Trump said he would work to provide a solution regarding Kashmir.

The arch-rivals were involved in intense firing for four days, the worst in nearly three decades, with missiles and drones being fired at each other’s military installations and dozens of people killed.

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Pakistan says it is committed to Kashmir ceasefire after India accuses it of ‘violations’ – as it happened
Sat, 10 May 2025 19:58:58 GMT

This liveblog is now closed. Read our full report on the ceasefire agreement here

Who is Asim Munir, the army chief leading Pakistan’s military amid the crisis with India?

The general once fell foul of Imran Khan, but since taking the top spot has been quietly amassing power over the government and supreme court, as our profile here says.

Yet even now that the country is out of the clutches of martial law, it is still widely understood that the most powerful man in Pakistan is not the head of the government but instead the chief of the army.

Since Gen Munir took over as Pakistan’s army chief more than two years ago, he has been accused of quietly consolidating greater power without even having to topple the country’s civilian rulers. As he kept himself largely out of the limelight, he consolidated an iron grip over the army’s ranks and bent government policy and even the supreme court to his will.

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‘We share a history and the future’: diaspora communities in UK decry Kashmir conflict
Sat, 10 May 2025 19:16:38 GMT

At a demonstration in Westminster, people from both sides of India-Pakistan divide call for more than mere ceasefire

People around the world held their breath this week as India and Pakistan appeared to edge closer and closer towards war.

For diaspora communities with family in the region, especially in Kashmir and along the border between the two countries, recent days in particular have been filled with fear and anxiety.

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India and Pakistan Agree Ceasefire
Sat, 10 May 2025 17:01:00 GMT
And European leaders push for another for Ukraine.
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India and Pakistan agree Kashmir ceasefire but accuse each other of breaches
Sat, 10 May 2025 16:26:30 GMT

Truce agreed after US mediation but both sides accuse each other of violations only hours later

• Analysis: now the battle turns to India and Pakistan’s narratives of Kashmir

India and Pakistan have agreed to a US-mediated ceasefire with immediate effect, though its longevity was thrown into question after reports of cross-border shelling and explosions in Indian-administered Kashmir just hours after it was announced.

The ceasefire – which was hoped to end days of escalating clashes between the two nuclear-armed countries – was first declared by the US president, Donald Trump, on Saturday afternoon, after 48 hours of diplomacy between India and Pakistan, apparently brokered by the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, and vice-president, JD Vance.

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If India and Pakistan’s ceasefire holds, the coming weeks will see a new battle: of narratives
Sat, 10 May 2025 15:25:01 GMT

As both countries step back from the brink, the animosity generated by decades of dispute still endures

• Kashmir crisis live – latest updates

Just over 26 years ago, thousands of Pakistani soldiers quietly made their way on to high, rocky ridges on the Indian side of the de facto border that divides the former princely state of Kashmir. The war that this rash operation triggered lasted much of the summer of 1999.

Reporting on the conflict was a bizarre experience. In high mountain valleys, at altitudes more suited to mountaineers than soldiers, howitzers hurled massive shells across icy, rocky peaks and infantry readied for bayonet assaults. A Pakistani artillery officer read memoirs of English cricket stars and the Qur’an in his bunker. As spent shrapnel and rock splinters thrown up by incoming Indian shells rattled against the walls of the canvas mess tent, his commander spoke of Pakistan’s “historic national and religious duty” to free Kashmir, partitioned 50 years before, and waited for servants to bring dessert.

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Are we heading for another world war – or has it already started?
Sat, 10 May 2025 05:00:48 GMT

The rules-based world order is in retreat and violence is on the rise, forcing countries to rethink their relationships

In a week in which former allies in a redividing globe separately commemorated the 80th anniversary of the end of the second world war, the sense of a runaway descent towards a third world war draws ever closer.

The implosion of Pax Americana, the interconnectedness of conflicts, the new willingness to resort to unbridled state-sponsored violence and the irrelevance of the institutions of the rules-based order have all been on brutal display this week. From Kashmir to Khan Younis, Hodeidah, Port Sudan and Kursk, the only sound is of explosions, and the only lesson is that the old rules no longer apply.

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The Dynamics Behind the Current India-Pakistan Clash
Fri, 09 May 2025 15:34:16 +0000
How internal politics in both countries could escalate the conflict in the wake of a tourist massacre in Kashmir.
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Xi hails ‘confident’ China-Russia ties as Putin welcomes ‘dear friend’ to Kremlin
Thu, 08 May 2025 15:57:22 GMT

Chinese leader describes talks as ‘friendly and fruitful’ during visit for Victory Day commemorations

Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin exchanged warm words in the Kremlin on Thursday during a grand ceremony welcoming the Chinese leader for his 11th visit to Russia, ahead of a military parade to mark 80 years since the end of the second world war.

After nearly four hours of talks, Xi described his meeting with his Russian counterpart as “in-depth, friendly and fruitful”.

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When doctors describe your brain scan as a “starry sky,” it’s not good
Fri, 09 May 2025 21:40:01 +0000
TB is the deadliest infection in the world—but it doesn't often look like this.
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America and China prepare for an Alpine trade clash
Wed, 07 May 2025 17:11:54 +0000
Might tariffs fall from their mountainous highs?
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Chinese AI Submersible
2025-05-07T11:03:03Z

A Chinese company has developed an AI-piloted submersible that can reach speeds “similar to a destroyer or a US Navy torpedo,” dive “up to 60 metres underwater,” and “remain static for more than a month, like the stealth capabilities of a nuclear submarine.” In case you’re worried about the military applications of this, you can relax because the company says that the submersible is “designated for civilian use” and can “launch research rockets.”

“Research rockets.” Sure.

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From snail slime to salmon sperm: the K-beauty boom hits UK high streets
Thu, 08 May 2025 14:19:20 GMT

South Korean skincare retailers want to capitalise on viral sales of beauty ranges by opening stores across the UK

Korean beauty products are moving from phone screens to UK high streets as social media drives sales of skincare with the help of eye-catching ingredients such as snail slime and salmon sperm.

Retailers are looking to capitalise on the TikTok and Instagram trend for skincare and makeup ranges from South Korea – known as K-beauty – by opening physical stores and launching brands in a push to get consumers to pick up products that havegone viral online.

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Cut Right Through the Boat and Illuminate Everything
Sat, 10 May 2025 10:00:00 +0000
The Singaporean photographer Nguan spent a decade capturing New York via the Staten Island ferry.
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The ultimate spiritual pilgrimage for our times? A trip to a waste management site | Eleanor Margolis
Sun, 11 May 2025 09:00:18 GMT

As I stood there, awed by how disgusting and wasteful our species is, I realised that everyone needs to see this

Like all the best things in life, this story starts with an argument about bins. Admittedly, I could do better at recycling. I can try to chalk this up to having read too much about how all our plastic waste ultimately ends up in landfill sites in the poorest parts of south-east Asia. But I’m also lazy and so well-acquainted with cognitive dissonance that I could probably cry over the death scene in Bambi while comforting myself by chowing down on a giant haunch of venison.

My partner, Leo, is the total opposite: diligent and principled. Which is why she finally lost it with me for failing to put a plastic yoghurt tub in the recycling. I went on the defensive, citing half-imagined reports about megadumps in the Philippines and inescapable doom. She retaliated by booking us on an educational tour of Southwark Reuse and Recycling Centre.

Eleanor Margolis is a columnist for the i newspaper and Diva

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‘Buddhism and Björk help me handle fame’: novelist Ocean Vuong
Sat, 10 May 2025 08:00:49 GMT

On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous made him a literary superstar. Now the Vietnamese American author is exploring his working-class roots in an ambitious follow‑up

There are three kinds of family, muses the novelist and poet Ocean Vuong. There’s the nuclear family, “which often we talk about as the central tenet of American life”. There’s the chosen family, “the pushback”, the community and friendships built by people who have been rejected by their parents, often because of their sexuality or gender identity. And then there’s the family we talk about much less frequently, but spend most of our waking hours within – our colleagues, or what Vuong describes as “the circumstantial family around labour”.

Vuong’s forthcoming second novel, The Emperor of Gladness, encompasses them all. There’s its 19-year‑old hero Hai’s relationship with his mother, a poor Vietnamese immigrant who believes that he has fulfilled her desperate aspirations for him by going to university, when he has actually gone to rehab. (Vuong, who also struggled with drug addiction, didn’t dare tell his mother when he dropped out of a marketing course at Pace University in New York, before getting on to the English literature course at Brooklyn College that set the course for his life as a writer.) The core of the book is Hai’s relationship with Grazina, an elderly widow from Lithuania who has dementia, and who takes him in when she sees him about to throw himself off a bridge in despair. Then there are the eccentric and richly drawn staff members of HomeMarket, the fast food restaurant in which Hai works, with its manager who is an aspiring wrestler, and customers ranging from the snotty and entitled to the homeless and desperate.

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Immigrants set for Libya deportation sat on tarmac for hours, attorney says
Fri, 09 May 2025 17:03:21 GMT

Any Trump administration efforts to send non-Libyans to the north African country would violate a prior court order

Immigrants in Texas who were told they would be deported to Libya sat on a military airfield tarmac for hours on Wednesday, unsure of what would happen next, an attorney for one of the men has said.

The attorney, Tin Thanh Nguyen, told the news agency Reuters that his client, a Vietnamese construction worker from Los Angeles, was among the immigrants woken in the early morning hours and bussed from an immigration detention center in Pearsall, Texas, to an airfield where a military aircraft awaited them.

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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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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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Bangladeshi interim cabinet bans all ousted Awami League party activities
Sat, 10 May 2025 21:48:26 GMT

Ban of former PM Sheikh Hasina’s party under Anti-Terrorism Act will remain until trial over student deaths completes

The interim government in Bangladesh has banned all activities of the former ruling Awami League party headed by former influential prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who was ousted last year in a mass uprising.

Asif Nazrul, the country’s law affairs adviser, said on Saturday the interim cabinet headed by the Nobel peace prize laureate Muhammad Yunus decided to ban the party’s activities online and elsewhere under the country’s Anti-Terrorism Act. The ban would stay in place until a special tribunal completes a trial of the party and its leaders over the deaths of hundreds of students and other protesters during an anti-government uprising in July and August last year.

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Why China has the upper hand in its trade war with America
Thu, 01 May 2025 09:11:26 +0000
A truce is still possible, but no one wants to be first to pick up the phone
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America may be just weeks away from a mighty economic shock
Tue, 29 Apr 2025 20:23:03 +0000
Trade between China and America is already sinking
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Share your stories and pictures of kitchen heirlooms
Tue, 29 Apr 2025 12:26:40 GMT

We would like to hear the story behind a cooking utensil passed down through generations of your family

As Bee Wilson writes in her Guardian long read, people can invest objects in their kitchens with strong meanings or emotions:

Many people told me that they could still feel the presence of a lost parent or partner in their china cupboard. I met someone who said that the one object belonging to his mother that he and his siblings all wanted when they cleared her house was a glass salad-dressing maker. His mother never rinsed out the garlic at the bottom, just adding fresh garlic before pouring in the oil and vinegar, meaning that this vessel carried the garlicky essence of decades of shared meals.

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Will China’s shoppers cushion the Trumpian blow?
Thu, 24 Apr 2025 09:45:39 +0000
Perhaps. But nastier outcomes are also imaginable
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Testing in the Clouds: NASA Flies to Improve Satellite Data
Wed, 16 Apr 2025 22:21:41 +0000
In February, NASA’s ER-2 science aircraft flew instruments designed to improve satellite data products and Earth science observations. From data collection to processing, satellite systems continue to advance, and NASA is exploring how instruments analyzing clouds can improve data measurement methods. Researchers participating in the Goddard Space Flight Center Lidar Observation and Validation Experiment (GLOVE) […]
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America is turning away China’s goods. Where will they go instead?
Wed, 16 Apr 2025 13:20:45 +0000
South-East Asia is exposed to both Chinese import competition and American ire
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Investors realise Trump’s pause was not the salvation it appeared
Fri, 11 Apr 2025 14:03:24 +0000
As China strikes back, reality sets in
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Can China fight America alone?
Thu, 10 Apr 2025 10:16:55 +0000
The world’s two biggest economies begin an almighty trade clash
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China has a weapon that could hurt America: rare-earth exports
Thu, 10 Apr 2025 10:11:39 +0000
It has only just begun to use it
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Why China thinks it might win a trade war with Trump
Tue, 08 Apr 2025 14:43:49 +0000
The country’s officials vow to “fight to the end”
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China hits back hard against Trump’s tariffs
Fri, 04 Apr 2025 16:55:54 +0000
Stockmarkets plunge further in response
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Trump says tariff policies ‘WILL NEVER CHANGE’ amid plunging stocks, Chinese response
Fri, 04 Apr 2025 09:38:22 EST
The president’s sweeping tariff plan has thrown markets into chaos and risks sparking a global trade war.
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Can foreign investors learn to love China again?
Thu, 27 Mar 2025 11:07:30 +0000
Wall Street still needs more to coax it back. But non-American firms may be ready to return
Match ID: 58 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 45 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

Can anything get China’s shoppers to spend?
Mon, 17 Mar 2025 19:25:03 +0000
An economic recovery depends on it. Yet a new action plan may not do the job
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Trump’s new tariffs are his most extreme ever
Mon, 03 Mar 2025 23:16:05 +0000
America targets its three biggest trading partners: Canada, Mexico and China
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China’s leaders look to have blinked in their property face-off
Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:11:06 +0000
They did not want to bail out indebted firms. Now they are on the verge of doing so
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Xi Jinping shows how he will return American fire
Tue, 04 Feb 2025 16:46:53 +0000
China’s trade retaliation carries a warning of worse to come
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Trump’s brutal tariffs far outstrip any he has imposed before
Sun, 02 Feb 2025 00:05:43 +0000
Canada, Mexico and China are going to be made to suffer
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Has Japan truly escaped low inflation?
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 11:04:26 +0000
Its central bankers are increasingly hopeful
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China’s financial system is under brutal pressure
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 10:45:53 +0000
When will something break?
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China meets its official growth target. Not everyone is convinced
Fri, 17 Jan 2025 13:37:51 +0000
For one thing, 2024 saw the second-weakest rise in nominal GDP since the 1970s
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China’s markets take a fresh beating
Tue, 07 Jan 2025 16:30:24 +0000
Authorities have responded by bossing around investors
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China’s firms are taking flight, worrying its rulers
Sun, 29 Dec 2024 15:22:45 +0000
Policymakers at home and abroad are anxious about offshoring
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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?
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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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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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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
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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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ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/18/2024
Thu, 18 Jul 2024 16:00:38 +0000
Boeing CST-100 Crewed Flight Test (CFT): Today, the CFT crew assisted the ISS crew with a few payload activities and completed Onboard Training for Backup Flight Control Proficiency. Payloads: Electro-static Levitation Furnace (ELF): The ELF cartridge holder containing the latest melted sample was removed and replaced with a new sample holder and sample. The completed …
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Should investors spend the trade war in India?
Wed, 23 Apr 2025 18:30:52 +0000
Mumbai may be a haven, but it is not a safe one
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India has undermined a popular myth about development
Thu, 27 Feb 2025 10:55:44 +0000
Extreme poverty in the country has dropped to negligible levels
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Narendra Modi is struggling to boost Indian growth
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 11:20:10 +0000
Tax cuts may lift short-term output, but deeper reform is required
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Manmohan Singh was India’s economic freedom fighter
Sat, 28 Dec 2024 19:47:46 +0000
India’s most consequential finance minister, who later became PM, has died aged 92
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India is undergoing an astonishing stockmarket revolution
Thu, 07 Nov 2024 11:12:08 +0000
Small investors, rejoice—and beware
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Can markets reduce pollution in India?
Thu, 10 Oct 2024 09:55:05 +0000
An experiment in Gujarat yields impressive results
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India’s economic policy will not make it rich
Thu, 01 Aug 2024 13:58:55 +0000
A new World Bank report takes aim at emerging-market growth plans
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The World Bank is struggling to serve all 78 poor countries
Thu, 12 Dec 2024 11:16:45 +0000
Bangladesh and Niger are very different places
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Ex-Royal Marine completes ‘world’s longest triathlon’ at Everest summit
Sun, 11 May 2025 16:42:14 GMT

Mitch Hutchcraft swam the Channel, cycled to India and ran to Nepal, covering 8,000 miles, to raise money for charity

A former Royal Marine has completed “the world’s longest triathlon”, which he started in the UK eight months ago and finished at the summit of Mount Everest.

Mitch Hutchcraft, from Cambridgeshire, travelled more than 13,000km (8,077 miles) in 240 days by swimming, cycling, running and trekking before reaching the world’s highest peak on Sunday.

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‘Not a single person shied away’: how a year chronicling end-of-life stories changed one photographer
Sun, 11 May 2025 15:00:27 GMT

Julian Kingma travelled Australia photographing the lives and deaths of people who accessed assisted dying, and those who care for them. He thinks about death differently now

Julian Kingma was afraid of dying.

In this regard, perhaps the award-winning portrait photographer is not much different from the rest of us. But Kingma’s obsession with mortality had stalked him since childhood – and spilled over into adulthood.

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25 Best Gifts for Frequent Travelers (2025)
Sun, 11 May 2025 12:02:00 +0000
Shopping for the best gifts for travelers? Our guide features top picks that frequent fliers will truly appreciate.
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Long queues and flight delays at Stansted airport after ‘IT issue’
Sun, 11 May 2025 11:35:15 GMT

Essex airport says problem affected check-in, baggage and security systems on Sunday morning

Passengers flying out of London Stansted airport on Sunday morning experienced large queues, delays and some missed flights after an IT problem affected check-in, baggage and security systems.

Images posted on social media showed long queues and although the issue was said to have been resolved, passengers were advised to stay in touch with their airlines as some flights faced possible delays.

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‘It’s an illogical job’: Why driving a train isn’t as cushy as it might seem
Sun, 11 May 2025 06:00:15 GMT

The rulebook is hefty, the hours are awful and the hurdles to becoming a train driver huge. But 18-year-olds can now apply

Few professions’ pay have aroused such incredulous ire as train drivers: earning an average of nearly £70,000 a year, going on strike to demand more, and they don’t even have to steer. But if it really is such a cushy number, why doesn’t Britain have enough drivers – and what does it take to join their ranks?

Driver shortages have become a leading cause of disruption on Britain’s railways; about seven out of eight “P-coded” cancellations, made the night before travel, are down to a missing driver.

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Trump thinks he is shaping the Middle East. Instead, it’s Gulf states that will dictate US foreign policy | Simon Tisdall
Sun, 11 May 2025 06:00:16 GMT

The US president travels to meet the region’s leaders facing an uncomfortable reality: he may need them more than they need him

Donald Trump is accustomed to getting his own way. That could change next week when he’s confronted by the mess he’s making in the Middle East. As he begins a three-day trip to Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Qatar, the US president is promising great things. As ever, he’s delusional. The reality is that reckless, incoherent and neglectful US regional policies are failing across the board. A fundamental course correction is urgently required.

Gulf leaders have the leverage to set Trump straight, if they decide to use it. He relies on them to an unprecedented degree – far more than on Europe – as diplomatic interlocutors, security partners and financial backers. His approach to Palestine, which is on the brink of a second Nakba (catastrophe), is a mix of prejudice, cruelty and sheer ignorance. Without Arab help, the US and Israel may remain trapped indefinitely in a destructive policy cul-de-sac.

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20 of Europe’s best under-the-radar beaches
Sun, 11 May 2025 06:00:17 GMT

Even in high summer, Europe has plenty of unspoilt bays and hidden coves where you can escape the crowds

Surrounded by the unspoilt Sudoeste Alentejano and Costa Vicentina nature park, Odeceixe rolls out from the mouth of the River Seixe. It’s a world away from the crowded Algarve beaches further south, and offers excellent surfing and bodyboarding, with the river shallows ideal for small children. Blue-flagged, with lifeguards in summer, the beach is overlooked by a village made up of little more than a handful of apartments around a tangle of streets. Settle in beneath the vivid parasols at Bar da Praia for platters of black pork chorizo, Portuguese clams or fresh oysters, and book a simple apartment at Casa Dorita (doubles from £69 B&B on booking.com), most with fantastic sea views.

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Song He Lou, London W1: no neon, no bunting and not much jostling for tourist dollars – restaurant review | Grace Dent on restaurants
Sun, 11 May 2025 05:00:14 GMT

With three floors to fill, this 270-year-old restaurant chain’s understated approach feels rather bold

The demise of London’s Chinatown has long been predicted, what with recent rent and rate rises, and diners’ changing tastes. Yet on a spring lunchtime last week, business on Wardour Street was booming, with alfresco noodle-slurping, long queues and endless selfie sessions all in full swing.

Song He Lou, a historic restaurant brand that champions Suzhou cuisine, clearly believes there are big profits to be made in this postcode, and it has put its money where its mouth is by opening a whopping 144-seater right here in the centre of Chinatown. I’m not chucking in that “historic” willy-nilly, either: Song He Lou was founded in Suzhou near Shanghai almost 270 years ago, during the reign of Emperor Qianglong, and makes Rules in nearby Covent Garden, which is a piffling 227, look like a fly-by-night pop-up.

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Explosive Materials Bound for Israel Are Flying Out of JFK Airport
Sat, 10 May 2025 15:46:17 +0000

A cargo flight will haul 14 tons of nitrocellulose from John F. Kennedy Airport in New York to an Israeli weapons manufacturer.

The post Explosive Materials Bound for Israel Are Flying Out of JFK Airport appeared first on The Intercept.

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‘Sun-soaked, wave-lapped and never crowded’: Sicily’s idyllic unspoilt beaches
Sat, 10 May 2025 08:00:49 GMT

A world away from Italy’s crowded beach resorts, the island’s south-west offers remote golden sands plus villages, vineyards and great restaurants

It felt like a classic British beach outing, but with more reliable weather. Toting umbrella, towels, sun cream, water and a cool-box picnic, my husband, son and I turned our backs on the marina in Porto Palo, near Menfi in south-west Sicily, and walked west. About 10 minutes on a narrow signposted coastal path brought us to Le Solette, a half-mile curving golden beach between rocky outcrops and backed by low hills. It’s a gorgeous spot, with soft sand and clear water in hues from turquoise to indigo – but the most remarkable thing about it is not what’s there, but what’s not.

Seaside resorts in north and central Italy are a strange phenomenon: the sand is usually almost invisible beneath pairs of sunbeds and matching umbrellas. OK, there is the convenience of loos and showers, but at what cost? I’ve been to resorts in Liguria, in north-west Italy, where from Easter to September a walk along the front affords views not of the sea but of the walls and changing cabins of an unbroken row of beach stabilimenti.

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Holiday cancellations: can you sell or transfer your trip if you can’t get a refund?
Sat, 10 May 2025 08:00:48 GMT

A refund depends on the departure date and the booking type – no wonder more people are now selling trips on

Even the best-laid holiday plans can go awry. Illness, bereavements, break-ups, money problems, redundancy, pregnancy, jury duty, floods – all of these can throw a getaway into disarray.

But while you may miss out on a break in the sun or relaxing city break, you do not necessarily have to lose all of your money as a result of problems at home that force you to cancel your trip. You can now sell on your holiday in much the same way you sell on a concert ticket, although that is not the only way to get some money back.

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Greek island of Zakynthos named most crowded resort in Europe
Sat, 10 May 2025 06:00:46 GMT

A new Which? Travel report on overtourism also cites Mallorca and Paris as destinations suffering from an influx of visitors, but some argue that bad behaviour is as much of a problem as numbers

In Great Yarmouth there are some signs of regeneration: the vast glass palace of the Winter Gardens is being refurbished and the ornate Cafe 1903 next to the historic Hippodrome is busy. But the bustling tourist industry of the Edwardian era is long gone. “When Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show came in 1903, the tent held 5,000,” says local historian Roger Silver. “A couple of years earlier the Bass Brewery brought 10,000 workers on a day trip from Burton upon Trent. It took 16 trains.”

Coincidentally, that is the same number of visitors who poured into the Italian mountain village of Roccaraso (population 1,500) in January, drawn by the presence of Tik Tok influencer Rita de Crescenzo. But the similarities end there. The Yarmouth invasion received no complaints, while the residents of Roccaraso reacted with horror. The mayor, Francesco Di Donato, threatened to call in the army.

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Britons increasingly swapping Med’s busy hotspots for ‘destination dupes’
Sat, 10 May 2025 05:00:45 GMT

TikTok trend is inspiring tourists to seek out cheaper locations such as Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina

It will take more than a TikTok trend to break Britons’ love affair with Mediterranean beaches. But latest figures show travellers are increasingly swapping Málaga for North Macedonia and Benidorm for the Balkans as part of a social media craze for “destination dupes”.

Flights from the UK to Bosnia and Herzegovina soared by 284% in 2024 compared with the previous year, while trips to Montenegro increased by 164%. Getaways to Albania – billed by some as “the new Croatia” – rose by 61%, according to an analysis of Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) data.

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What NASA Is Learning from the Biggest Geomagnetic Storm in 20 Years
Fri, 09 May 2025 19:09:44 +0000
One year on, NASA scientists are still making huge discoveries about the largest geomagnetic storm to hit Earth in two decades, the Gannon storm. The findings are helping us better understand and prepare for the ways in which the Sun’s activity can affect us. One year ago today, representatives from NASA and about 30 other […]
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Meet Four NASA Inventors Improving Life on Earth and Beyond
Fri, 09 May 2025 17:27:54 +0000
When most people think of NASA, they picture rockets, astronauts, and the Moon. But behind the scenes, a group of inventors is quietly rewriting the rules of what’s possible — on Earth, in orbit, and beyond. Their groundbreaking inventions eventually become technology available for industry, helping to shape new products and services that improve life […]
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A Visit to Tokyo's Blue Lug, the ‘Best Bike Shop in the World’
Fri, 09 May 2025 11:00:00 +0000
Cyclists around the world are obsessed with the beautifully appointed bicycles from Blue Lug in Tokyo. As a bike nerd myself, and with a trip to Japan on my calendar, I had to pay a visit.
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Protecting Your Phone—and Your Privacy—at the US Border
Thu, 24 Apr 2025 21:28:33 +0000
In this episode of Uncanny Valley, our hosts explain how to prepare for travel to and from the United States—and how to stay safe.
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NASA, Boeing, Consider New Thin-Wing Aircraft Research Focus
Thu, 24 Apr 2025 17:05:48 +0000
NASA and Boeing are currently evaluating an updated approach to the agency’s Sustainable Flight Demonstrator project that would focus on demonstrating thin-wing technology with broad applications for multiple aircraft configurations. Boeing’s proposed focus centers on a ground-based testbed to demonstrate the potential for long, thin-wing technology. Work on the X-66 flight demonstrator – which currently […]
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NASA Calibrates Second Shock-Sensing Probe for X-59 Testing
Fri, 18 Apr 2025 16:30:00 +0000
When you’re testing a cutting-edge NASA aircraft, you need specialized tools to conduct tests and capture data –but if those tools need maintenance, you need to wait until they’re fixed. Unless you have a backup. That’s why NASA recently calibrated a new shock-sensing probe to capture shock wave data when the agency’s X-59 quiet supersonic […]
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Going Home: NASA Retires S-3B Viking to POW/MIA Museum
Wed, 16 Apr 2025 12:04:20 +0000
After supporting the center’s research missions for more than a decade, NASA’s S-3B Viking aircraft is moving on from NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland to begin a new and honorable assignment. The aircraft is heading to the National POW/MIA Memorial and Museum in Jacksonville, Florida, where it will be on display, honoring all Prisoners […]
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Future of space travel: Could robots really replace human astronauts?
Tue, 31 Dec 2024 01:46:51 GMT
Advances in technology raise questions about the need to send people to space - and the risks and cost
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Vladimir Putin rejects ceasefire ultimatum proposed by European leaders
Sat, 10 May 2025 23:43:50 GMT

Leaders of Britain, France, Germany and Poland told Russian president to accept unconditional 30-day ceasefire by Monday or face increased sanctions and weapons transfers to Ukraine

Vladimir Putin has rejected an ultimatum by European leaders to agree to a ceasefire with Ukraine or face increased sanctions, but has proposed holding direct negotiations with Kyiv this week.

The leaders of Britain, France, Germany and Poland told the Russian president either to sign up to an unconditional ceasefire by Monday or face increased sanctions and weapons transfers to Ukraine.

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Trump will destroy world trade, but democracies can defend themselves – and each other | Anders Fogh Rasmussen
Sun, 11 May 2025 14:06:54 GMT

We need a trade block, a D7, that would mirror Nato. An economic attack on one would be an attack on all

• Anders Fogh Rasmussen is a former prime minister of Denmark and former secretary general of Nato

The postwar global economic order, with the United States at its centre, has created more prosperity than any other period in human history. Yet as Donald Trump takes a sledgehammer to that economic order, America’s democratic allies face a choice. We can accept the new cost of doing business with the US. We can follow the US down a path of mutually assured economic destruction with an ever-escalating trade war. Or we can find new avenues to keep free trade alive.

My proposition? I believe we need a new platform for economic cooperation between the world’s seven leading democracies. Call it the “Democratic 7”, or “D7”. The EU, the UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, and South Korea represent roughly 25% of global GDP and account for about 35% of global trade volume. Together, these democracies can help to shield each other from the threats of economic nationalism and coercion – while also championing democracy, the rule of law, and market economics.

Anders Fogh Rasmussen was Nato secretary general from 2009-2014 and prime minister of Denmark from 2001-2009

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Students Studying at Columbia Library Were Suspended for Protest They Took No Part In
Sun, 11 May 2025 00:39:16 +0000

After being threatened with losing their housing, several students who weren’t involved in the protests had their suspensions lifted.

The post Students Studying at Columbia Library Were Suspended for Protest They Took No Part In appeared first on The Intercept.

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The Guardian view on a Himalayan truce: it follows a familiar pattern of conflicts past | Editorial
Sun, 11 May 2025 16:58:57 GMT

After drone strikes, nuclear jitters and a ceasefire, the latest fighting between India and Pakistan reveals how peace dies by routine

“The arms race between India and Pakistan poses perhaps the most probable prospect for future use of weapons of mass destruction, including nuclear weapons,” James Woolsey, the CIA director, told Congress in 1993. That assessment is relevant now, after days of escalating conflict that included missile and drone strikes on military bases. It is a uniquely modern arms race: high on nationalist fervour and habitual mistrust, choreographed so that each clash is always just one provocation away from becoming the last.

On Saturday, Donald Trump announced a “full and immediate” ceasefire between India and Pakistan. The truce, brokered by US officials, came amid speculation by military analysts that Pakistan was edging closer to using nuclear weapons. It was met with cautious optimism – not least as both sides accused each other of violating the agreement within hours, with reports of cross-border shelling in Indian-administered Kashmir. Should the ceasefire pause the missiles, it won’t resolve the deeper dispute at the roof of the world.

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Amid fragile ceasefire, Trump promises to boost trade with India and Pakistan
Sun, 11 May 2025 06:08:25 GMT

Truce agreement was reached after diplomacy and pressure from US but within hours there was cross-border shelling

A fragile ceasefire was holding between India and Pakistan on Sunday, after hours of overnight fighting between the nuclear-armed neighbours, as US president Donald Trump said he would work to provide a solution regarding Kashmir.

The arch-rivals were involved in intense firing for four days, the worst in nearly three decades, with missiles and drones being fired at each other’s military installations and dozens of people killed.

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Zelensky offers to meet Putin after Trump demands Ukraine hold direct talks with Russia
Sun, 11 May 2025 17:57:54 GMT
"I will be waiting for Putin in Türkiye on Thursday. Personally," the Ukrainian leader says after Trump urged him to "have the meeting, now!"
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Ukraine war: Trump envoy says ‘ceasefire first, talks later’ after Putin’s peace talk proposal – as it happened
Sun, 11 May 2025 14:57:19 GMT

General Keith Kellogg has reacted to the Russian president’s suggestion for talks with Ukraine on Thursday

On Saturday morning, local officials in Ukraine’s northern Sumy region said Russian shelling over the past day had killed three residents and injured four more.

Another civilian died on the spot on Saturday as a Russian drone struck the southern city of Kherson, according to regional governor Oleksandr Prokudin.

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Explosive Materials Bound for Israel Are Flying Out of JFK Airport
Sat, 10 May 2025 15:46:17 +0000

A cargo flight will haul 14 tons of nitrocellulose from John F. Kennedy Airport in New York to an Israeli weapons manufacturer.

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Are we heading for another world war – or has it already started?
Sat, 10 May 2025 05:00:48 GMT

The rules-based world order is in retreat and violence is on the rise, forcing countries to rethink their relationships

In a week in which former allies in a redividing globe separately commemorated the 80th anniversary of the end of the second world war, the sense of a runaway descent towards a third world war draws ever closer.

The implosion of Pax Americana, the interconnectedness of conflicts, the new willingness to resort to unbridled state-sponsored violence and the irrelevance of the institutions of the rules-based order have all been on brutal display this week. From Kashmir to Khan Younis, Hodeidah, Port Sudan and Kursk, the only sound is of explosions, and the only lesson is that the old rules no longer apply.

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“I Don’t Know.” Trump’s Go-To Response to All Sorts of Questions
Fri, 09 May 2025 21:52:36 +0000

Three times in the last week, Trump expressed ignorance when responding to questions about his signature policies.

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‘Substantial progress’ at US-China trade talks, says Scott Bessent
Sun, 11 May 2025 17:12:57 GMT

US treasury secretary’s remarks on second day of meetings come after Trump hails ‘total reset’ in America-China ties

The White House announced on Sunday that a trade deal with China has been struck after two days of talks in Geneva.

The announcement, in a press release, comes after US treasury secretary Scott Bessent told reporters that there had been “substantial progress” in talks between his team and that of the Chinese vice-premier, He Lifeng, in Geneva on defusing the trade war between the world’s two largest economies sparked by Donald Trump’s 145% tariffs.

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Briton faces threat of extended Saudi prison sentence for tweet
Sun, 11 May 2025 14:21:46 GMT

Foreign Office denied access to trial and British lawyer is still not clear what offence Ahmed al-Doush has committed

As Donald Trump and the Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, prepare to meet in Riyadh on Tuesday to celebrate a “golden age” in trade, a British national will appear in a Riyadh court facing the threat of an extended prison sentence for a tweet.

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Stock-market bulls face inflation test this week, but trade talks may set the tone
Sun, 11 May 2025 12:00:00 GMT
Deals may matter more than data, including inflation readings, for stock-market investors looking for clarity around President Donald Trump’s tariff plans in the week ahead.
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British plane parts ‘exempted from Trump tariffs’ as US trade deal progresses
Sun, 11 May 2025 11:45:01 GMT

Boost to £40bn UK aerospace industry as Rolls-Royce engines and aircraft parts reportedly excused by US commerce secretary

British plane parts are set to be exempted from US import tariffs as part of the evolving trade agreement with Donald Trump’s administration, it has been reported.

The US commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick, has said that engines from Rolls-Royce and similar plane parts would be able to enter the US market without tariffs, as part of a trade deal with the UK announced last week.

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In Mideast, Trump plans to focus on business deals, not geopolitics
Sun, 11 May 2025 11:00:00 +0000
The trip is expected to focus primarily on cementing trade ties. On the heels of Trump Organization business deals in the region, it also showcases the blurring of Trump’s private business ventures with foreign policy.
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UK interest rate cut may not be enough to improve voters’ dim view of the government | Heather Stewart
Sun, 11 May 2025 10:15:11 GMT

Bank’s move appears to go against the theory that rate cuts will lead to rising inflation and higher wage demands

• Two trade deals and a rate cut in one week … are things looking up?

The return of spring weather across much of the UK last week brought some rare glimmers of sunshine for the UK’s struggling economy too – including a confidence-boosting interest rate cut, with hopes of more to come.

And as Keir Starmer hopes to seal a closer trading relationship with the EU, he is urging voters to look “forward, not back”.

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Trump to embark on Middle East trip to meet Gulf allies
Sun, 11 May 2025 06:00:17 GMT

President eager to discuss trade and investment but no plans to visit Israel amid tensions over Gaza war

Donald Trump this week will embark on the first foreign trip of his second administration with a tour of the Middle East, as he looks to secure investment, trade and technology deals from friendly leaders with deep pockets amid turbulent negotiations around numerous regional conflicts, including Israel’s war in Gaza.

The tour through the Middle East is largely a repeat of his first international trip in 2017, when he was feted in the region as a transactional leader eager to secure quick wins and capable of providing support for the regional monarchies’ economic and geopolitical interests.

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Trump claims ‘total reset’ in US-China trade relations after tariff talks in Geneva
Sun, 11 May 2025 03:04:58 GMT

US president praises ‘very good’ discussions as top US and Chinese officials meet over trade war triggered by Trump’s tariff blitz

Donald Trump has hailed a “total reset” in US-China trade relations after the first day of talks between top American and Chinese officials in Geneva aimed at defusing a trade war sparked by his tariff rollout.

The US president praised the “very good” discussions and deemed them “a total reset negotiated in a friendly, but constructive, manner”.

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Industry groups are not happy about the imminent demise of Energy Star
Sat, 10 May 2025 11:07:46 +0000
The program has saved consumers billions of dollars since its inception.
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Trump cuts tariff on UK cars; American carmakers not happy about it
Fri, 09 May 2025 14:12:06 +0000
The UK is allowed to export 100,000 cars a year to the US at the lower rate.
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Trump floats cutting Chinese tariffs from 145% to 80% before weekend talks
Fri, 09 May 2025 12:17:25 GMT

Meeting aimed at de-escalating trade war after Chinese exports beat expectations despite slump in trade

Donald Trump has floated cutting tariffs on China from 145% to 80% before a weekend meeting as he looks to de-escalate the trade war.

Top US officials are expected to meet a high-level Chinese delegation this weekend in Switzerland in the first significant talks between the two nations since Trump provoked a trade war with stiff tariffs on imports.

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Trump’s trade deal with Britain will worry allies and rivals alike
Thu, 08 May 2025 18:54:28 +0000
Sir Keir Starmer will at least be pleased to have been first
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India and Pakistan both claim victory after ceasefire declared
Sun, 11 May 2025 17:54:54 GMT

Celebrations held in both countries while Kashmir residents beg for long-term solutions over disputed territory

India and Pakistan have both claimed victory after a ceasefire was declared over the weekend, which brought the two nuclear-nations back from the brink of war.

After days of escalating clashes that culminated in both sides launching missile and drone strikes on each other’s major military bases – the closest they had come to full-scale war in decades – the ceasefire between India and Pakistan was declared by US President Donald Trump on Saturday evening.

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Want to know how the world really ends? Look to TV show Families Like Ours | John Harris
Sun, 11 May 2025 11:35:26 GMT

The Danish drama is piercing in its ordinariness. In the real world, the climate crisis worsens and authoritarians take charge as we calmly look away

The climate crisis has taken a new and frightening turn, and in the expectation of disastrous flooding, the entire landmass of Denmark is about to be evacuated. Effectively, the country will be shutting itself down and sending its 6 million people abroad, where they will have to cope as best they can. Huge numbers of northern Europeans are therefore being turned into refugees: a few might have the wealth and connections to ease their passage from one life to another, but most are about to face the kind of precarious, nightmarish future they always thought of as other people’s burden.

Don’t panic: this is not a news story – or not yet, anyway. It’s the premise of an addictive new drama series titled Families Like Ours, acquired by the BBC and available on iPlayer. I have seen two episodes so far, and been struck by the very incisive way it satirises European attitudes to the politics of asylum. But what has also hit me is its portrayal of something just as modern: how it shows disaster unfolding in the midst of everyday life. At first, watching it brings on a sense of impatience. Why are most of the characters so calm? Where are the apocalyptic floods, wildfires and mass social breakdown? At times, it verges on boring. But then you realise the very clever conceit that defines every moment: it is really a story about how we all live, and what might happen tomorrow, or the day after.

The writer and journalist Dorian Lynskey’s brilliant book Everything Must Go is about the various ways that human beings have imagined the end of the world. “Compared to nuclear war,” he writes, “the climate emergency deprives popular storytellers of their usual toolkit. Global warming may move too fast for the planet but it is too slow for catastrophe fiction.” Even when the worst finally happens, most of us may respond with the kind of quiet mental contortions that are probably better suited to literature than the screen. Making that point, Lynskey quotes a character in Margaret Atwood’s novel The Year of the Flood: “Nobody admitted to knowing. If other people began to discuss it, you tuned them out, because what they were saying was both so obvious and so unthinkable.”

John Harris is a Guardian columnist

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India and Pakistan agree Kashmir ceasefire but accuse each other of breaches
Sat, 10 May 2025 16:26:30 GMT

Truce agreed after US mediation but both sides accuse each other of violations only hours later

• Analysis: now the battle turns to India and Pakistan’s narratives of Kashmir

India and Pakistan have agreed to a US-mediated ceasefire with immediate effect, though its longevity was thrown into question after reports of cross-border shelling and explosions in Indian-administered Kashmir just hours after it was announced.

The ceasefire – which was hoped to end days of escalating clashes between the two nuclear-armed countries – was first declared by the US president, Donald Trump, on Saturday afternoon, after 48 hours of diplomacy between India and Pakistan, apparently brokered by the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, and vice-president, JD Vance.

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Donald Trump’s UK Trade Deal Could Secure Jaguar’s Resurrection
Thu, 08 May 2025 17:42:59 +0000
A US deal to drop car tariffs from 25 to 10 percent could bolster UK luxury car sales—but only for the first 100,000 vehicles. This is particularly welcome news for Jaguar Land Rover.
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Democrats Woke Up to Trump's Crypto Grift. Will They Stop Other Scammers?
Thu, 08 May 2025 13:48:23 +0000

“Many of the potential issues we see with the Trump family’s crypto practices are a feature — not a bug — of the crypto industry.”

The post Democrats Woke Up to Trump’s Crypto Grift. Will They Stop Other Scammers? appeared first on The Intercept.

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UK interest rate cut: what does it mean for mortgages and savings?
Thu, 08 May 2025 11:03:51 GMT

The Bank of England has voted to cut the cost of borrowing, reducing the base rate to 4.25%. Here’s what it means for you

• UK interest rates fall to 4.25%
• Analysis: mood-boosting rate cut is a fillip for Reeves but leaves future uncertain
• Business live – latest updates

The Bank of England has cut interest rates from 4.5% to 4.25%. It follows two interest rate cuts in the second half of last year, and another one in February this year.

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Trump Army Appointee Should Sell His Anduril Stock, Sen. Warren Demands
Thu, 08 May 2025 11:00:00 +0000

After The Intercept revealed Michael Obadal’s equity in Anduril, Sen. Elizabeth Warren called for him to sell his shares.

The post Trump Army Appointee Should Sell His Anduril Stock, Sen. Warren Demands appeared first on The Intercept.

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Elon Musk Set to Win Big With Trump’s Trillion-Dollar Pentagon Budget
Wed, 07 May 2025 11:00:00 +0000

Trump’s proposal cuts SpaceX competitors out of the NASA budget and could add billions to the company’s defense contracts.

The post Elon Musk Set to Win Big With Trump’s Trillion-Dollar Pentagon Budget appeared first on The Intercept.

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How Russia and Ukraine Are Playing Trump’s Blame Game
Wed, 07 May 2025 10:00:00 +0000
With the President intent on delivering a speedy end to the war, Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky are competing to make each other the subject of his ire.
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The Guardian view on Israel and Gaza: Trump can stop this horror. The alternative is unthinkable | Editorial
Sun, 11 May 2025 16:59:23 GMT

The US president has the leverage to force through a ceasefire. If he does not, he will implicitly signal approval of what looks like a plan of total destruction

Donald Trump would like a big foreign policy win as he embarks on his tour of the Middle East this week. He could secure one – and save lives – by demanding that Israel agree to a lasting ceasefire in exchange for the release of all hostages held in Gaza. He might prefer to avoid the issue, but no other leader has the leverage to force its prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, to end this war. If Mr Trump instead backs Israel’s current proposals, he will put the US imprimatur on what looks like a plan of total destruction.

Israel’s attacks have already killed more than 52,000 people in Gaza, according to local health authorities – the vast majority of them civilians, many of them children. Bakeries, hospitals and schools have been obliterated. Aid has been blocked for two months. Gaza faces famine. Last week, Israeli officials briefed that if no deal to free the hostages seized in the Hamas atrocities of 7 October 2023 is reached, its forces would flatten Gaza, forcing Palestinians to crush into a single “humanitarian area” or flee abroad. Bezalel Smotrich, the finance minister, said that Gaza would be “entirely destroyed”, and “totally despairing” Palestinians would realise “there is no hope”. He has said that freeing hostages is “not the most important thing”.

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Trump reportedly prepared to accept ‘palace in the sky’ as gift from Qatar
Sun, 11 May 2025 16:53:22 GMT

News of present from royal family ignited accusations of bribery and corruption, as well as criticism against president

Donald Trump is reportedly ready to accept a luxury plane described to be a “palace in the sky” being offered to the US president as a gift from Qatar’s royal family, almost immediately igniting accusations of bribery and corruption as well as commensurate criticism.

On Sunday, citing multiple sources familiar with the matter, ABC reported that the Trump administration was girding itself to accept a luxury Boeing 747-8, a jumbo jet from the Qatari royals that was estimated to be about $400m. Trump would then use the 13-year-old plane as the new Air Force One until shortly before the conclusion of his second Oval Office stint, at which point it would be transferred to his presidential library foundation no later than 1 January 2029.

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US transportation secretary plans to reduce flights at Newark airport
Sun, 11 May 2025 15:31:37 GMT

Move after airport sees radar outages, flight delays and cancellations due to shortage of traffic controllers

The US transportation secretary, Sean Duffy, plans to reduce the number of flights in and out of the Newark Liberty international airport for the “next several weeks”, as the facility – one of the country’s busiest airports – struggles with radar outages, numerous flight delays and cancellations due to a shortage of air traffic controllers.

Speaking on NBC’s Meet the Press, Duffy said he would convene a meeting with all the airlines flying out of Newark this week to determine the reduction, adding that it would fluctuate, with a larger reduction coming in the afternoons when international flight arrivals make it busier at the airport, one of the main hubs serving the New York City area.

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Quakers march 300 miles to protest Trump’s immigration crackdown
Sun, 11 May 2025 13:31:42 GMT

Group marches from New York City to Washington, carrying on a long tradition of Quaker activism

A group of Quakers were marching more than 300 miles from New York City to Washington DC to demonstrate against the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigrants.

The march extends a long tradition of Quaker activism. Historically, Quakers have been involved in peaceful protests to end wars and slavery, and support women’s voting rights in line with their commitment to justice and peace. Far more recently, Quakers sued the federal government earlier this year over immigration agents’ ability to make arrests at houses of worship.

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Why should the US have all the new holidays? Here are five to make the UK a happier place
Sun, 11 May 2025 13:00:24 GMT

Trump can have his ‘victory days’. I want something to commemorate Britain’s love of Judi Dench, or its hatred of a sleepless night

I’m not being deliberately contrarian – I am a person of peace – but I’ve decided bank holidays are rubbish. They are on my mind because May is peak season for them, but also because handsome and intelligent President Trump (listen, my son is moving to the US this summer and it would be nice to visit occasionally) has recently announced two new public holidays. Not that he wants anyone to take time off for them, of course.

Inspired by this blue-sky stable genius thinking, I think we should do something radically better with ours. Because the current Monday bank holiday system is unfit for purpose. The last one was, I think we can agree, dismal: pewter-skied and joyless, fit only for a trudge around B&Q and an abandoned barbecue followed by a listless sofa double-screening.

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The insidious doublespeak of Trump’s freedom of ‘choice’
Sun, 11 May 2025 13:00:25 GMT

From showerheads to plastic straws, the president brags that he’s expanding options for consumers – while drastically restricting choices in almost all other spheres

Freedom of choice is a venerable American value. Donald Trump’s attachment to it is, however, highly selective.

Over the first four months of his administration, Trump has been eagerly promoting the expansion of choice in our economic lives. That’s especially the case when it comes to our role as consumers. Think kitchens, baths and automobiles; the stated goal every time he talks about commodities has been increasing the number of options so we can select and buy what we like best – environmental effects notwithstanding. Even his tariffs are only supposed to bring temporary pain, as in emptier toy shelves, before American-made abundance starts to rule the day once again.

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Trump complains the US media aren’t bending to his will. Aren’t they?
Sun, 11 May 2025 12:00:23 GMT

Despite owners and networks forsaking journalistic independence, Trump continues to threaten journalists

In the telling of Donald Trump and his Republican colleagues, the US media is fake news, stocked with “radical-left monsters” who are guilty of “illegal” reporting on the president.

The reality is different.

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What Trump does next on Ukraine is key - and he could go either way
Sun, 11 May 2025 10:07:44 GMT
Neither Putin nor Zelensky want to be seen by Trump as the obstacle to peace, writes Frank Gardner.
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The hidden ways Trump, DOGE are shutting down parts of the U.S. government
Sun, 11 May 2025 10:00:00 +0000
Limits on spending have incapacitated parts of agencies as varied as the National Park Service and the Pentagon.
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The Next Phase of Trump’s Retribution
Sun, 11 May 2025 10:00:00 +0000
What the replacement of Ed Martin, who punished his own prosecutors for bringing cases against January 6th rioters, signals about the President’s signature campaign promise.
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Trump said ‘only the best’ would serve. That’s not how it’s worked out.
Sun, 11 May 2025 09:00:00 +0000
The appointment of Jeanine Pirro as interim U.S. attorney for D.C. and the dismissal of Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden encapsulate how Trump’s personnel pledge has played out in practice.
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Trump thinks he is shaping the Middle East. Instead, it’s Gulf states that will dictate US foreign policy | Simon Tisdall
Sun, 11 May 2025 06:00:16 GMT

The US president travels to meet the region’s leaders facing an uncomfortable reality: he may need them more than they need him

Donald Trump is accustomed to getting his own way. That could change next week when he’s confronted by the mess he’s making in the Middle East. As he begins a three-day trip to Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Qatar, the US president is promising great things. As ever, he’s delusional. The reality is that reckless, incoherent and neglectful US regional policies are failing across the board. A fundamental course correction is urgently required.

Gulf leaders have the leverage to set Trump straight, if they decide to use it. He relies on them to an unprecedented degree – far more than on Europe – as diplomatic interlocutors, security partners and financial backers. His approach to Palestine, which is on the brink of a second Nakba (catastrophe), is a mix of prejudice, cruelty and sheer ignorance. Without Arab help, the US and Israel may remain trapped indefinitely in a destructive policy cul-de-sac.

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To my newborn son: I am absent not out of apathy, but conviction | Mahmoud Khalil
Sun, 11 May 2025 05:00:15 GMT

Deen, the grief I feel being apart from you is one drop in a sea of sorrow Palestinian families have drowned in for generations

• Mahmoud Khalil’s wife Noor Abdalla gives birth as Ice denies his request to attend

Yaba Deen,* it has been two weeks since you were born, and these are my first words to you.

In the early hours of 21 April, I waited on the other end of a phone as your mother labored to bring you into this world. I listened to her pained breaths and tried to speak comforting words into her ear over the crackling line. During your first moments, I buried my face in my arms and kept my voice low so that the 70 other men sleeping in this concrete room would not see my cloudy eyes or hear my voice catch. I feel suffocated by my rage and the cruelty of a system that deprived your mother and me of sharing this experience. Why do faceless politicians have the power to strip human beings of their divine moments?

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One of Alcatraz's last living inmates on Trump's plan to reopen prison
Sun, 11 May 2025 01:05:30 GMT
Charlie Hopkins was imprisoned in Alcatraz in the 1950s, where he spent three "lonely" years.
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Trump officials suggest suspending habeas corpus. Here’s what it means.
Sat, 10 May 2025 19:14:13 +0000
The Trump administration is considering whether it can suspend the right of an individual to challenge their detention in court.
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Trump claims prices are down. Here’s what the data actually shows.
Sat, 10 May 2025 13:29:58 +0000
President Donald Trump is touting lower prices. He’s not wrong on oil and gas.
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‘We’re in the Hamptons of England’: Trump sends wealthy Americans fleeing to the Cotswolds
Sat, 10 May 2025 11:00:52 GMT

Upmarket bucolic area notes big rise in number of US citizens scoping a plan B away from the States

Thanksgiving in the Cotswolds is no small affair. Every November, Americans flock to the English market town of Stow-on-the-Wold to collect glazed turkey breasts, green bean casserole and a traditional sweet potato dish covered in marshmallows.

It is, by Jesse D’Ambrosi’s own admission, “bizarre”. The chef, owner of D’Ambrosi Fine Foods, is one of the many Americans who have made the Cotswolds their home in recent years. Here, her Thanksgiving and Fourth of July food hampers are highly coveted.

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Trump used pencils to sell tariffs. This factory in ‘Pencil City’ is split.
Sat, 10 May 2025 11:00:00 +0000
At Musgrave Pencil Company in Shelbyville, Tennessee, politics rarely came up before this year. President Donald Trump’s tariff policies have changed that.
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The many big things Trump ‘didn’t know’ about
Sat, 10 May 2025 10:00:00 +0000
Repeatedly in his second term, Trump has pleaded ignorance about major events and suggested he’s not involved in major decisions.
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Is Asylum Still Possible?: The Story of Edgarlys Castañeda Rodríguez
Sat, 10 May 2025 10:00:00 +0000
A young democracy activist fled Venezuela, where the government threatened to arrest her for treason. Now in ICE custody, she knows that she may be quickly deported.
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Can Head Start Survive the MAGA Era?
Sat, 10 May 2025 10:00:00 +0000
A sixty-year consensus on the War on Poverty program is at risk of finally coming undone.
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Biden goes public in attacking Trump — and defending himself
Sat, 10 May 2025 10:00:26 +0000
The appearances have also allowed Biden to defend his own legacy at a time when Trump frequently blames him by name, many Democrats remain frustrated that he took so long to end his 2024 campaign and a pair of recent books assert that Biden’s team hid his cognitive decline at the end of his presidency.
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Judge orders temporary halt to Trump’s mass layoffs of federal workers
Sat, 10 May 2025 05:48:59 +0000
A federal judge ordered a two-week pause, writing that a president must enlist the help of Congress “to make large-scale overhauls of federal agencies.”
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Trump warns Republicans could face political fallout for a tax hike on rich
Fri, 09 May 2025 23:55:45 +0000
Get the latest news on President Donald Trump’s return to the White House and the Republican-led Congress.
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TV-ready and loyal: Pirro, Trump’s choice for top DC prosecutor, fits his mold
Fri, 09 May 2025 23:55:45 +0000

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U.S. ambassador says Gaza aid plan is Trump’s ‘initiative,’ as effort lags
Fri, 09 May 2025 23:47:18 +0000

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What Pope Leo XIV means for the U.S. Catholic Church and Trump
Fri, 09 May 2025 23:23:56 +0000

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President Donald Trump said Friday that he discussed “almost nothing” during a meeting earlier in the...
Fri, 09 May 2025 23:19:13 +0000

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Trump signs orders to slash penalties for violating regulations and speed up rules
Fri, 09 May 2025 22:24:11 +0000

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Trump suggests lowering tariffs on China ahead of talks
Fri, 09 May 2025 21:29:26 +0000
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is expected to meet with his counterparts in Switzerland this weekend.
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For DHS, Trump taps Florida official whose department drew financial scrutiny
Fri, 09 May 2025 21:25:17 +0000

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Trump to withdraw pick to run Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Fri, 09 May 2025 21:19:47 +0000

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Trump announces 25 percent new tariffs on imported cars
Fri, 09 May 2025 21:03:51 +0000
Get the latest news on President Donald Trump’s return to the White House and the new Congress.
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Trump shut out refugees but is making White South Africans an exception
Fri, 09 May 2025 18:52:14 +0000

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Trump’s Surgeon General Pick Is Tearing the MAHA Movement Apart
Fri, 09 May 2025 18:40:44 +0000
Casey Means isn’t currently licensed as a doctor. But that’s not why anti-vaxxers and conspiracists think she’s unsuited to be surgeon general—to them, her anti-vaccine opinions aren't extreme enough.
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Analysis: A pro-Trump ad puts its spin on news reports
Fri, 09 May 2025 18:29:39 +0000

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Leavitt dismisses conflict-of-interest claims over Trump’s Middle East trip
Fri, 09 May 2025 18:16:33 +0000

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Leavitt defends Trump’s firings at Consumer Product Safety Commission
Fri, 09 May 2025 18:05:21 +0000

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Trump Voters Are in for a Rude Awakening
Fri, 09 May 2025 18:00:00 +0000
Senator Elissa Slotkin, of Michigan, on how Trump voters who believe that the President has a “grand plan” are going to end up with less money in their pockets.
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Trump kills broadband grants, calls digital equity program “racist and illegal”
Fri, 09 May 2025 17:33:39 +0000
Trump move also takes grants away from veterans and people with disabilities.
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US Customs and Border Protection Plans to Photograph Everyone Exiting the US by Car
Fri, 09 May 2025 17:12:18 +0000
A CBP spokesperson tells WIRED that the agency plans to expand its program for real-time face recognition at the border, potentially aiding Trump administration efforts to track people who self-deport.
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Immigrants set for Libya deportation sat on tarmac for hours, attorney says
Fri, 09 May 2025 17:03:21 GMT

Any Trump administration efforts to send non-Libyans to the north African country would violate a prior court order

Immigrants in Texas who were told they would be deported to Libya sat on a military airfield tarmac for hours on Wednesday, unsure of what would happen next, an attorney for one of the men has said.

The attorney, Tin Thanh Nguyen, told the news agency Reuters that his client, a Vietnamese construction worker from Los Angeles, was among the immigrants woken in the early morning hours and bussed from an immigration detention center in Pearsall, Texas, to an airfield where a military aircraft awaited them.

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Mexico sues Google over changing Gulf of Mexico’s name for US users
Fri, 09 May 2025 16:43:39 GMT

President Claudia Sheinbaum says lawsuit has been filed after US lawmakers voted on name change

Mexico has sued Google for changing the Gulf of Mexico’s name to “Gulf of America” for Google Maps users in the United States, Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico’s president, said on Friday.

“The lawsuit has already been filed,” Sheinbaum said at her morning news conference, without saying where and when it was submitted.

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CECOT Is What the Bukele Regime Wants You to See
Fri, 09 May 2025 14:03:44 +0000

“The Bukele model is built upon Kilmar Abregos — there are thousands of them.”

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Buy Now or Pay More Later? ‘Macroeconomic Uncertainty’ Has Shoppers Anxious
Fri, 09 May 2025 14:00:00 +0000
President Trump’s tariffs have started pushing prices higher. Tech giants and ecommerce strategists offer some clues on when to buy.
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Europe launches program to lure scientists away from the US
Fri, 09 May 2025 13:56:01 +0000
EU will spend over $500 million to recruit researchers and scientists.
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Aid groups voice alarm as US pushes Israeli plan for Gaza assistance
Fri, 09 May 2025 13:46:50 GMT

Groups say plan to resume limited humanitarian assistance under strict Israeli rules ‘risks enabling war crimes’

• US politics live – latest updates

Aid groups have voiced alarm at US moves to pressure them into accepting an Israeli proposal to resume limited humanitarian assistance to the war-ravaged territory under strictly controlled conditions.

The Trump administration has attempted to strong-arm international agencies – including the United Nations’ World Food Programme (WFP) – into accepting Israel’s stringent rules for resuming deliveries, according to sources familiar with the discussions and news reports.

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Trump, Cryptocurrency, and the Real Winners and Losers
Fri, 09 May 2025 10:00:00 +0000
Is Trump selling access to the administration in exchange for cryptocoins? On today’s episode of Uncanny Valley, we talk about the ethical concerns associated with TRUMP coin.
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The Resistance Will Be Fragmented
Fri, 09 May 2025 10:00:00 +0000
What an overhaul at MSNBC suggests about the state of anti-Trump defiance.
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A Day in the Live-Streamed Life of Donald Trump
Thu, 08 May 2025 23:36:02 +0000
America’s TV-obsessed President has made his rambling Oval Office press gaggles the signature of his second term—chaotic, self-aggrandizing, random, and frequently nasty.
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US Customs and Border Protection Quietly Revokes Protections for Pregnant Women and Infants
Thu, 08 May 2025 22:00:54 +0000
CBP’s acting commissioner has rescinded four Biden-era policies that aimed to protect vulnerable people in the agency’s custody, including mothers, infants, and the elderly.
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Private Prison CEO on ICE Contracts: We’re a Better Deal Than El Salvador’s CECOT
Thu, 08 May 2025 21:31:09 +0000

Private prison firms CoreCivic and GEO Group are thrilled about ICE’s spending spree, but they’re already facing local opposition.

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A Trumped Up Police State Is Coming
Thu, 08 May 2025 20:30:00 +0000

From militarized crackdowns to legal impunity, Trump’s policing agenda is designed to crush dissent and critics.

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Daily Cartoon: Tuesday, May 6th
Tue, 06 May 2025 14:07:14 +0000
The trickle-down effects of Trump’s trade war.
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Trump administration invokes state secrets privilege in Kilmar Ábrego García case
Thu, 08 May 2025 16:52:48 GMT

Lawyers say they’re ‘still in dark’ about government’s efforts to free the man who was wrongly deported to El Salvador

The Trump administration is invoking the “state secrets privilege ” in an apparent attempt to avoid answering a judge’s questions about its erroneous deportation of Kilmar Ábrego García to El Salvador.

US district judge Paula Xinis disclosed the government’s position in a two-page order on Wednesday. She set a Monday deadline for attorneys to file briefs on the issue and how it could affect Ábrego García’s case. Xinis also scheduled a 16 May hearing in Greenbelt, Maryland, to address the matter.

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Brazil’s President Confronts a Changing World
Thu, 08 May 2025 10:00:00 +0000
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Trump, Putin, and a collapsing global order.
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Trump is a threat to Asia’s giant insurers
Thu, 08 May 2025 09:08:35 +0000
Not just its exporters
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Trump’s aid cuts blamed as food rations stopped for a million refugees in Uganda
Thu, 08 May 2025 05:00:21 GMT

UN World Food Programme says $50m is urgently needed amid fears that Uganda may now begin forced repatriations

Food rations for a million people in Uganda have been cut off completely this week amid a funding crisis at the United Nations World Food Programme, raising fears that refugees will now be pushed back into countries at war.

The WFP in Uganda warned two weeks ago that $50m (£37m) was urgently needed to help refugees and asylum seekers fleeing conflicts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan and Sudan.

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More Troops Injured as U.S. Planes Keep Plunging Into Red Sea
Thu, 08 May 2025 01:53:09 +0000

The injured aviators are the latest in a growing number of casualties in the Middle East that the Trump White House prefers to ignore.

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Decoding Donald Trump’s Love of A.I. Imagery
Wed, 07 May 2025 23:00:00 +0000
The President loves posting A.I. images of himself. The staff writer Katy Waldman sees these often bizarre representations as the “statements of intent” of a budding authoritarian.
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The Supreme Court Just Imperiled the Rights — and Lives — of All Trans People
Wed, 07 May 2025 19:35:26 +0000

The court let a military trans ban go into effect — potentially setting a precedent to accept the anti-trans myth behind Trump’s executive order.

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The Trump Administration Sure Is Having Trouble Keeping Its Comms Private
Wed, 07 May 2025 18:08:53 +0000
In the wake of SignalGate, a knockoff version of Signal used by a high-ranking member of the Trump administration was hacked. Today on Uncanny Valley, we discuss the platforms used for government communications.
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Mads Pedersen reclaims Giro d’Italia pink jersey with stage three sprint win
Sun, 11 May 2025 17:25:13 GMT

• Danish rider denies Corbin Strong in Vlorë sprint
• Race now returns to Italy after three stages in Albania

Mads Pedersen reclaimed the leader’s pink jersey with victory in the third stage of the Giro d’Italia as the race bade farewell to Albania.

The Danish rider repeated his first-stage success by holding off Corbin Strong (Israel-Premier Tech) in a sprint finish in Vlorë. Pedersen’s Lidl-Trek team controlled the peloton, reeling in an early breakaway that included Britain’s stage two winner, Josh Tarling (Ineos Grenadiers).

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Nicola Jennings on Putin’s response to Europe’s ceasefire proposal – cartoon
Sun, 11 May 2025 15:57:30 GMT
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Ukraine ready to meet Russia but only if ceasefire agreed, says Zelenskyy
Sun, 11 May 2025 09:48:25 GMT

Ukrainian president open to direct talks after Putin suggests negotiations in Turkey on Thursday

• Ukraine war live – latest updates

Ukraine is open to direct talks with Russia later this week but only if Moscow signs up to an unconditional ceasefire first, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said, responding to Vladimir Putin’s overnight suggestion of negotiations in Turkey.

“There is no point in continuing the killing even for a single day. We expect Russia to confirm a ceasefire – full, lasting and reliable – starting tomorrow, May 12, and Ukraine is ready to meet,” Ukraine’s president said in a post on X on Sunday morning.

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‘It’s like sex ... and we’re the foreplay’: the Oasis tribute bands gearing up for the big reunion
Sun, 11 May 2025 09:00:19 GMT

Missed out on tickets to the biggest gigs of the summer? From Italy to Indonesia, there’s a covers band ready to fill the void. They’ve got the parkas, the swagger and the tambourines, but can they bring the sunshiiiine?

Last August, 14 million people applied for 1.4 million tickets for Oasis’s first gigs in 15 years. In spite of Ticketmaster’s dynamic pricing (which pushed some tickets from £150 to £350), the whole lot sold out in minutes. Those lucky enough to get them are counting down the days until July. But in the meantime, business for Oasis tribute bands is booming. Why go all the way to Wembley when you can belt along to an Oasis tribute band in your local pub, metres and not miles away from “Liam” and “Noel”?

There is certainly no shortage of them. Our (rough) count shows at least 40 Oasis cover bands in the UK alone. But Oasis tribute bands are just as popular in Europe, the US, Canada and Japan, where the band have long had a huge following.

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Operation to recover Mike Lynch’s superyacht suspended after diver dies
Sat, 10 May 2025 15:51:49 GMT

Work to raise the Bayesian is put on hold as investigators seek to establish the cause of the 39-year-old Dutchman’s death

Recovery operations to raise the late tech tycoon Mike Lynch’s superyacht Bayesian from the seabed off Sicily have been suspended after a diver died during underwater work.

Rob Cornelis Maria Huijben, a 39-year-old Dutch diver, died on Friday while doing preparation work to cut the ship’s mainmast. He was employed by the maritime company Hebo, whose barge arrived last week in Porticello, a fishing port near Palermo. The luxury vessel was anchored just off Porticello when it was struck shortly before dawn by a violent storm on 19 August 2024. It sank within seconds, killing seven people, including Lynch and his daughter Hannah.

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‘Sun-soaked, wave-lapped and never crowded’: Sicily’s idyllic unspoilt beaches
Sat, 10 May 2025 08:00:49 GMT

A world away from Italy’s crowded beach resorts, the island’s south-west offers remote golden sands plus villages, vineyards and great restaurants

It felt like a classic British beach outing, but with more reliable weather. Toting umbrella, towels, sun cream, water and a cool-box picnic, my husband, son and I turned our backs on the marina in Porto Palo, near Menfi in south-west Sicily, and walked west. About 10 minutes on a narrow signposted coastal path brought us to Le Solette, a half-mile curving golden beach between rocky outcrops and backed by low hills. It’s a gorgeous spot, with soft sand and clear water in hues from turquoise to indigo – but the most remarkable thing about it is not what’s there, but what’s not.

Seaside resorts in north and central Italy are a strange phenomenon: the sand is usually almost invisible beneath pairs of sunbeds and matching umbrellas. OK, there is the convenience of loos and showers, but at what cost? I’ve been to resorts in Liguria, in north-west Italy, where from Easter to September a walk along the front affords views not of the sea but of the walls and changing cabins of an unbroken row of beach stabilimenti.

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From The Wedding Banquet to Kylie Minogue: your complete entertainment guide for the week ahead
Sat, 10 May 2025 05:00:48 GMT

The queer romcom gets an update with Lily Gladstone, while the revitalised Padam Padam hit-maker tours the UK’s big venues

The Wedding Banquet
Out now
A remake of the 1993 film, director Andrew Ahn’s romcom premiered at Sundance earlier this year, bringing together IVF, a green card marriage and a Korean wedding banquet for a comedy of errors starring Bowen Yang, Lily Gladstone and Kelly Marie Tran.

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When doctors describe your brain scan as a “starry sky,” it’s not good
Fri, 09 May 2025 21:40:01 +0000
TB is the deadliest infection in the world—but it doesn't often look like this.
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Pink Floyd return to top of UK album charts with 1972 Pompeii concert recording
Fri, 09 May 2025 17:00:30 GMT

Prog rockers score seventh No 1 album with recording of Italian gig, extending their chart run following final studio album The Endless River in 2014

A recording of Pink Floyd’s eerie and evocative 1972 gig in the ruins of Pompeii, entitled Pink Floyd at Pompeii – MCMLXXII, has become the band’s seventh UK chart-topping album.

The album captures the gig that was documented by director Adrian Maben for one of rock’s most arresting concert films, which has been restored to 4K quality and rereleased in cinemas, including in Imax format. A recording of the gig was previously included as part of a larger Pink Floyd box set, but this is the first standalone version, featuring a new sound mix helmed by prog rock musician Steven Wilson.

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Rocket Report: Rocket Lab to demo cargo delivery; America’s new ICBM in trouble
Fri, 09 May 2025 11:00:27 +0000
SpaceX's plan to turn Starbase into Texas' newest city won the approval of voters—err, employees.
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A Soviet-era spacecraft built to land on Venus is falling to Earth instead
Thu, 08 May 2025 20:59:52 +0000
Kosmos 482 is encased in a titanium heat shield, with a good chance of reaching the surface intact.
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US reportedly planning to deport migrants to Libya despite ‘clear’ violation of court order
Wed, 07 May 2025 16:03:13 GMT

Judge confirms move would breach order as Libya’s rival governments say both would refuse any US deportees

The Trump administration is reportedly planning to deport a group of immigrants to Libya, despite a judge’s efforts on Wednesday to block any such flights and the state department’s previous condemnation of the “life-threatening” prison conditions in the country.

Reuters cited three unnamed US officials as saying the deportations could happen this week. Two of the officials said the immigrants, whose nationalities are not known, could be flown to the north African country as soon as Wednesday, but they added the plans could still change. The New York Times also cited a US official confirming the deportation plans.

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U.S. Troops Are Being Attacked Every Other Day in the Middle East
Tue, 06 May 2025 23:32:38 +0000

As Trump talks of a ceasefire with the Houthis, soldiers in the Middle East have faced steady and seldom discussed attacks.

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The Signal Clone Mike Waltz Was Caught Using Has Direct Access to User Chats
Tue, 06 May 2025 20:24:44 +0000
A new analysis of TM Signal’s source code appears to show that the app sends users’ message logs in plaintext. At least one top Trump administration official used the app.
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Xi hails ‘confident’ China-Russia ties as Putin welcomes ‘dear friend’ to Kremlin
Thu, 08 May 2025 15:57:22 GMT

Chinese leader describes talks as ‘friendly and fruitful’ during visit for Victory Day commemorations

Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin exchanged warm words in the Kremlin on Thursday during a grand ceremony welcoming the Chinese leader for his 11th visit to Russia, ahead of a military parade to mark 80 years since the end of the second world war.

After nearly four hours of talks, Xi described his meeting with his Russian counterpart as “in-depth, friendly and fruitful”.

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From snail slime to salmon sperm: the K-beauty boom hits UK high streets
Thu, 08 May 2025 14:19:20 GMT

South Korean skincare retailers want to capitalise on viral sales of beauty ranges by opening stores across the UK

Korean beauty products are moving from phone screens to UK high streets as social media drives sales of skincare with the help of eye-catching ingredients such as snail slime and salmon sperm.

Retailers are looking to capitalise on the TikTok and Instagram trend for skincare and makeup ranges from South Korea – known as K-beauty – by opening physical stores and launching brands in a push to get consumers to pick up products that havegone viral online.

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Donald Trump Versus Barbie
Mon, 05 May 2025 10:00:00 +0000
Can the Administration retain public support for a trade policy that could force Americans to buy less stuff?
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Police Shot Them in the Head With Rubber Bullets. Now UCLA Gaza Protesters Are Suing.
Mon, 05 May 2025 09:00:00 +0000

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

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This is how we do it: ‘Writing erotic stories for each other has given us a new sexual energy’
Sat, 10 May 2025 13:38:23 GMT

Maeve and Otto’s sex life took a real dip, but revealing what they like – and writing it down – has reawakened their passion

How do you do it? Share the story of your sex life, anonymously

For the first time, we openly talked about what we liked and didn’t like, which really opened up our relationship for exploration

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What NASA Is Learning from the Biggest Geomagnetic Storm in 20 Years
Fri, 09 May 2025 19:09:44 +0000
One year on, NASA scientists are still making huge discoveries about the largest geomagnetic storm to hit Earth in two decades, the Gannon storm. The findings are helping us better understand and prepare for the ways in which the Sun’s activity can affect us. One year ago today, representatives from NASA and about 30 other […]
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Doom: The Dark Ages review – id Software gets medieval in a dramatic rewrite of the shooter’s rules
Fri, 09 May 2025 14:00:27 GMT

PC, PS5, Xbox; id Software/Bathesda Softworks
This prequel takes a blunt force trauma approach to problem-solving and demon-killing, with a slower pace but more spectacular weaponry

Billed as a prequel to id Software’s 2016 revival of Doom, The Dark Ages is about as different as it could be from its predecessors while remaining recognisably part of the series. Where 2020’s Doom Eternal was about speed and evasion, The Dark Ages emphasises standing your ground. Where Eternal involved picking off enemies one by one, The Dark Ages empowers you to obliterate dozens of demons simultaneously. Where Eternal saw you juggling rapid-fire weapons in a finger-cramping frenzy, The Dark Ages lets you solve most problems by hitting things ferociously hard. Ripping and tearing are out. Blunt force trauma is in.

The kernel of The Dark Ages’ combat stretches back to the 1993 original, inspired by the slow-moving projectiles fired by enemies such as imps, cacodemons, and hell knights. The Dark Ages empowers most of its enemies to shoot such projectiles, making its interdimensional battlefields glow with drifting fireballs, scudding orbs and floating energy barriers.

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Plan for windfarm in German ‘fairytale forest’ stokes green energy culture war
Fri, 09 May 2025 11:23:52 GMT

Far right accused of misinformation over turbines at Reinhardswald, which has left local people divided

Deep in the woods that inspired the Brothers Grimm, past the tower from which Rapunzel threw down her hair and the castle in which Sleeping Beauty slumbered, lies a construction site that the far right has declared a crime against national soil and identity.

In this quiet corner of Germany’s “fairytale forest”, workers are clearing land and building access roads to erect 18 wind turbines.

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

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

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Signal Clone Used by Mike Waltz Pauses Service After Reports It Got Hacked
Mon, 05 May 2025 21:24:04 +0000
The communications app TeleMessage, which was spotted on former US national security adviser Mike Waltz's phone, has suspended “all services” as it investigates reports of at least one breach.
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Sanctions are sinking Russia’s flagship gas project
Thu, 07 Nov 2024 11:09:08 +0000
Whether that lasts is up to Donald Trump
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Blow to clean energy drive as major windfarm ditched
Wed, 07 May 2025 12:27:29 GMT
In a blow to the government's clean energy ambitions, a company cancels a huge windfarm off Yorkshire.
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British Gas is struggling to accept that my sister is dead
Wed, 07 May 2025 06:00:08 GMT

Bills continued to arrive despite calls, emails and legal firm handling probate sending copy of death certificate

My sister passed away nearly two years ago but I am struggling to get British Gas to accept she is dead.

Since her death in July 2023 I have emailed, called and even got the legal firm handling probate to contact it. They sent a certified copy of her death certificate but all that happened was the address on the account was changed to the solicitor’s.

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Why Can’t New York Have Nice Mayors?
Mon, 05 May 2025 10:00:00 +0000
As the Trump Administration encroaches on the city, Andrew Cuomo and Eric Adams try to salvage their political careers.
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NYU Demands Law Students Renounce Protests or Be Barred From Sitting Final Exams
Sat, 03 May 2025 16:38:25 +0000

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

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US says latest round of nuclear talks with Iran were 'encouraging'
Sun, 11 May 2025 17:00:45 GMT
Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi described the negotiations as "difficult but useful".
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‘Buddhism and Björk help me handle fame’: novelist Ocean Vuong
Sat, 10 May 2025 08:00:49 GMT

On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous made him a literary superstar. Now the Vietnamese American author is exploring his working-class roots in an ambitious follow‑up

There are three kinds of family, muses the novelist and poet Ocean Vuong. There’s the nuclear family, “which often we talk about as the central tenet of American life”. There’s the chosen family, “the pushback”, the community and friendships built by people who have been rejected by their parents, often because of their sexuality or gender identity. And then there’s the family we talk about much less frequently, but spend most of our waking hours within – our colleagues, or what Vuong describes as “the circumstantial family around labour”.

Vuong’s forthcoming second novel, The Emperor of Gladness, encompasses them all. There’s its 19-year‑old hero Hai’s relationship with his mother, a poor Vietnamese immigrant who believes that he has fulfilled her desperate aspirations for him by going to university, when he has actually gone to rehab. (Vuong, who also struggled with drug addiction, didn’t dare tell his mother when he dropped out of a marketing course at Pace University in New York, before getting on to the English literature course at Brooklyn College that set the course for his life as a writer.) The core of the book is Hai’s relationship with Grazina, an elderly widow from Lithuania who has dementia, and who takes him in when she sees him about to throw himself off a bridge in despair. Then there are the eccentric and richly drawn staff members of HomeMarket, the fast food restaurant in which Hai works, with its manager who is an aspiring wrestler, and customers ranging from the snotty and entitled to the homeless and desperate.

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Gunk by Saba Sams review – boozy nights and baby love
Fri, 09 May 2025 06:00:52 GMT

The Send Nudes author’s follow-up conveys a profound message about the insufficiency of the nuclear family

To be selected for Granta’s Best of Young British Novelists list two years before your debut novel comes out must bring a certain amount of pressure. Saba Sams had already been named a rising star for her short-story collection, Send Nudes; one of the stories, Blue 4eva, won the 2022 BBC National short story award. Now comes Gunk, titled for the grotty student nightclub managed by the thirtysomething protagonist, Jules. The fried egg on the cover hints at a sleazy edge: expect hangover breakfasts with a dawn chorus soundtrack. It’s also a playful nod to more tender themes of fertility panic, unplanned pregnancy and young motherhood.

At the heart of Gunk is a not-quite-love-not-quite-triangle between Jules, her feckless ex-husband Leon, nightclub owner and irredeemable waster, and the young, mysterious nim – that lower case “n” is all part of her vibe. Nim arrives one night at the club and captivates both Jules and Leon with her shaved head, her alluring mouth (“big and wet and laughing”), and the sense that she’s on the run from her old life. Much of the novel is told through flashback. Before we encounter nim at the club, we know that she has had a baby, left him with Jules, and vanished. Jules is alone trying to comfort a newborn that “knew by smell, by taste, that I was not his mother”. The main narrative consists of Jules telling us how this state of affairs came to pass.

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Security Researchers Warn a Widely Used Open Source Tool Poses a 'Persistent' Risk to the US
Mon, 05 May 2025 10:00:00 +0000
The open source software easyjson is used by the US government and American companies. But its ties to Russia’s VK, whose CEO has been sanctioned, have researchers sounding the alarm.
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How Europe can hurt Russia’s economy
Mon, 24 Mar 2025 20:01:46 +0000
Even if America lifts sanctions, the old continent has its own weapons
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Chinese AI Submersible
2025-05-07T11:03:03Z

A Chinese company has developed an AI-piloted submersible that can reach speeds “similar to a destroyer or a US Navy torpedo,” dive “up to 60 metres underwater,” and “remain static for more than a month, like the stealth capabilities of a nuclear submarine.” In case you’re worried about the military applications of this, you can relax because the company says that the submersible is “designated for civilian use” and can “launch research rockets.”

“Research rockets.” Sure.

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Warren Buffett shocks shareholders by announcing his intention to retire at the end of the year
Sat, 03 May 2025 13:16:19 EST
Earlier, Buffett warned Saturday about the dire global consequences of President Donald Trump's tariffs.
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Not just Trump: Asia has a trade problem of its own making
Thu, 24 Apr 2025 10:38:13 +0000
A “noodle bowl” of agreements gets in the way of regional commerce
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Trump, defiant on tariffs, claims trade deals are in the works
Tue, 08 Apr 2025 12:08:32 EST
The president is foreshadowing deals with multiple trading partners in an apparent effort to quell economic anxiety and prove his tariff plan is working.
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Why China thinks it might win a trade war with Trump
Tue, 08 Apr 2025 14:43:49 +0000
The country’s officials vow to “fight to the end”
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Trump’s trade war threatens a global recession
Sun, 06 Apr 2025 15:51:26 +0000
Investors are worried. At least the economy is starting from a position of strength
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US markets have spiraled. Americans had doubts about Trump’s tariffs before that.
Sat, 05 Apr 2025 15:28:39 EST
Recent polls showed Americans were wary of tariffs, even before the president launched his plan to realign the global trade order.
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Trump says tariff policies ‘WILL NEVER CHANGE’ amid plunging stocks, Chinese response
Fri, 04 Apr 2025 09:38:22 EST
The president’s sweeping tariff plan has thrown markets into chaos and risks sparking a global trade war.
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Trump takes America’s trade policies back to the 19th century
Thu, 03 Apr 2025 00:06:54 +0000
The president jacks up tariffs on all countries, with particularly sharp rises for much of Asia
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Can the world’s free-traders withstand Trump’s attack?
Wed, 02 Apr 2025 15:48:36 +0000
Much will depend on the courage of Europe
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How much oil can Trump pump?
Mon, 09 Dec 2024 18:44:21 +0000
The president-elect wants to be the ultimate energy baron
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Trump wastes no time in reigniting trade wars
Tue, 26 Nov 2024 14:24:15 +0000
Canada and Mexico look likely to suffer
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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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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
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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
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How vulnerable is Israel to sanctions?
Thu, 15 Aug 2024 09:56:50 +0000
So far, measures have had little effect. That could change
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‘Anything can happen’: Trump doesn't seem fazed by recession worries
Sat, 03 May 2025 09:57:50 EST
Trump has blamed shaky economic numbers on his predecessor.
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EU President Should Be Investigated for Complicity in Israel’s War Crimes, Says Top U.N. Expert on Palestine
Sat, 03 May 2025 08:00:00 +0000

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

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Democrats look to Trump's poor economic numbers with anxious optimism
Wed, 30 Apr 2025 04:55:00 EST
Following its latest round of focus groups, Navigator Research is urging Democrats to proactively push their own economic policies.
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Protecting Your Phone—and Your Privacy—at the US Border
Thu, 24 Apr 2025 21:28:33 +0000
In this episode of Uncanny Valley, our hosts explain how to prepare for travel to and from the United States—and how to stay safe.
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Trump’s sovereign-wealth fund won’t make America richer
Thu, 24 Apr 2025 10:15:04 +0000
It will just make the country riskier
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Will China’s shoppers cushion the Trumpian blow?
Thu, 24 Apr 2025 09:45:39 +0000
Perhaps. But nastier outcomes are also imaginable
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Warning signs for Trump as pessimistic outlook on the economy grows among Americans
Wed, 23 Apr 2025 17:43:56 EST
Trump’s winning issue is becoming one of his biggest liabilities as multiple polls this week reveal growing disapproval numbers on the economy.
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Trump fires at the Fed. America’s economy is collateral damage
Tue, 22 Apr 2025 13:30:12 +0000
The president may test legal bounds as he tries to sway Jerome Powell
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Trump wants a certain kind of immigrant: the uber-rich
Sun, 20 Apr 2025 16:02:16 +0000
He is right that America’s current “golden visa” is under-priced
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Stockmarkets do not reward firms for investing in Trump’s America
Wed, 16 Apr 2025 13:20:45 +0000
The perils of reshoring
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Hell is other people’s currencies
Wed, 16 Apr 2025 12:03:22 +0000
As the Trump administration may soon find out
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How Trump might topple the dollar
Wed, 16 Apr 2025 12:02:04 +0000
For the first time in many decades, the greenback looks vulnerable
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Short-term pain, long-term gain, says Trump. Really?
Mon, 14 Apr 2025 18:23:53 +0000
America will be a country with shabbier roads, older airports and more dated factories
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Investors realise Trump’s pause was not the salvation it appeared
Fri, 11 Apr 2025 14:03:24 +0000
As China strikes back, reality sets in
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Trump’s tariff pause brings investors relief—but worries remain
Wed, 09 Apr 2025 19:31:25 +0000
Amid market panic, he backs off his most extreme “reciprocal” tariffs
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How to charm Donald Trump
Tue, 08 Apr 2025 19:15:42 +0000
Over the next 90 days, countries must work out what America’s president wants
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Market carnage goes global
Mon, 07 Apr 2025 12:05:32 +0000
As stockmarkets plunge, Donald Trump seems untroubled. That is scary
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Trump has exposed America’s world-leading firms to retaliation
Sat, 05 Apr 2025 18:17:12 +0000
At companies from Alphabet to Goldman Sachs, bosses will be holding their breath
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Five crazy Trump tariffs you wouldn’t believe
Sat, 05 Apr 2025 14:16:06 +0000
Saint Pierre and Miquelon earns a dubious honour
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China hits back hard against Trump’s tariffs
Fri, 04 Apr 2025 16:55:54 +0000
Stockmarkets plunge further in response
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Trump’s “Liberation Day” is set to whack America’s economy
Sun, 30 Mar 2025 13:56:19 +0000
A rush of new tariffs will hurt growth, raise prices and worsen inequality
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Trump’s tariff pain: the growing evidence
Tue, 25 Mar 2025 21:43:32 +0000
As “liberation day” nears, American businesses suffer
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Even the Trumpiest stocks are suffering
Thu, 20 Mar 2025 10:37:18 +0000
Investors may have misjudged which firms would thrive under the new administration
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The Trump administration is playing a dangerous stockmarket game
Wed, 19 Mar 2025 16:53:23 +0000
American investors are extremely exposed to a sell-off—and so is the economy
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‘There are no guarantees’: Scott Bessent won't rule out a recession
Sun, 16 Mar 2025 10:37:15 EST
He also said he isn’t worried about stock market turbulence, following the worst week in the market in two years.
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The unexpected knock-on effect of Trump's minerals 'deal of the century'
Fri, 14 Mar 2025 01:26:54 GMT
The president once derided attempts to develop new green technology as a "green new scam" - but his deal could help boost the US's potential in the sector
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How Trump provoked a stockmarket sell-off
Mon, 10 Mar 2025 22:08:43 +0000
Will the president win back investors? Does he even want to?
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Does Trump really want a weaker dollar?
Sun, 09 Mar 2025 15:41:03 +0000
Overturning three decades of American policy will not be painless
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Donald Trump’s tariffs are a throwback to the 1930s
Thu, 06 Mar 2025 14:35:12 +0000
“Economic nationalism”, our predecessors wrote, “is almost an American invention”
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Trump’s tariff turbulence is worse than anyone imagined
Wed, 05 Mar 2025 21:37:01 +0000
Even his concessions are less generous than expected
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Trump’s new tariffs are his most extreme ever
Mon, 03 Mar 2025 23:16:05 +0000
America targets its three biggest trading partners: Canada, Mexico and China
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America is at risk of a Trumpian economic slowdown
Sun, 02 Mar 2025 14:20:12 +0000
Protectionist threats and erratic policies are combining to hurt growth
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Meet Trump’s fiercest opponent: the bond market
Tue, 25 Feb 2025 20:11:14 +0000
Treasury yields are falling sharply. But not for the president’s desired reasons
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Donald Trump’s reciprocal tariffs are absurd
Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:03:53 +0000
At first glance, they are a bureaucratic nightmare. On a closer look, they are even worse
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American inflation looks increasingly worrying
Tue, 18 Feb 2025 19:25:39 +0000
Trump’s tariffs are fuelling consumer concerns, which may prove self-fulfilling
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Donald Trump’s Super Bowl tariffs are an act of self-harm
Mon, 10 Feb 2025 23:23:21 +0000
Duties on aluminium and steel will throttle American industry and fragment global markets
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Why Donald Trump’s protectionist zeal has only grown
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 11:52:24 +0000
Lessons from a week of chaos
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How Trump’s tariff turbulence will cause economic pain
Mon, 03 Feb 2025 22:19:03 +0000
Mexico and Canada win a reprieve, but firms remain rattled
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Trump’s brutal tariffs far outstrip any he has imposed before
Sun, 02 Feb 2025 00:05:43 +0000
Canada, Mexico and China are going to be made to suffer
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Donald Trump’s economic warfare has a new front
Thu, 30 Jan 2025 10:58:33 +0000
The president has threatened to blow up the global tax system. Will allies be able to stop him?
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Don’t let Donald Trump see our Big Mac index
Wed, 29 Jan 2025 17:54:35 +0000
America’s tariff-loving president could learn the wrong lessons from international burger prices
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Will America’s crypto frenzy end in disaster?
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 16:30:21 +0000
Donald Trump’s team is about to bring digital finance into the mainstream
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Donald Trump issues fresh tariff threats
Mon, 20 Jan 2025 21:15:29 +0000
But it may be a while before he unleashes a universal levy
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Will Donald Trump unleash Wall Street?
Wed, 15 Jan 2025 16:38:26 +0000
Bankers have plenty of reason to be hopeful
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Iran is vulnerable to a Trumpian all-out economic assault
Mon, 13 Jan 2025 19:32:36 +0000
Oil prices are already at a five-month high
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Will Elon Musk dominate President Trump’s economic policy?
Thu, 02 Jan 2025 09:49:34 +0000
He will face challenges from both America firsters and conservative mainstreamers
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What investors expect from President Trump
Wed, 01 Jan 2025 15:25:47 +0000
Shareholders are over the moon; bondholders are readying the whip hand
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Trump asks Supreme Court to pause TikTok ban
Sat, 28 Dec 2024 00:32:00 GMT

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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
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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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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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?
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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‘Hits that sweet spot between funk and freshness’: the best kimchi, tasted and rated
Sat, 03 May 2025 12:00:37 GMT

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

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

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

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Hacking Spree Hits UK Retail Giants
Sat, 03 May 2025 10:30:00 +0000
Plus: France blames Russia for a series of cyberattacks, the US is taking steps to crack down on a gray market allegedly used by scammers, and Microsoft pushes the password one step closer to death.
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North Korea Stole Your Job
Thu, 01 May 2025 07:00:00 +0000
For years, North Korea has been secretly placing young IT workers inside Western companies. With AI, their schemes are now more devious—and effective—than ever.
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Vladimir Putin’s money machine is sputtering
Sun, 27 Apr 2025 13:46:58 +0000
After years of resilience, Russia’s economy is slowing down
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Investors think the Russia-Ukraine war will end soon
Sun, 09 Mar 2025 15:36:58 +0000
The prospect of peace is reshaping markets, in ways both ominous and promising
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Russian inflation is too high. Does that matter?
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 10:55:56 +0000
In a strong economy, price pressure can endure for a long time
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Giorgia Meloni has grand banking ambitions
Thu, 30 Jan 2025 11:01:06 +0000
Will Italy’s nationalist prime minister manage to concentrate financial power?
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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
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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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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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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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Vladimir Putin spends big—and sends Russia’s economy soaring
Sun, 11 Aug 2024 15:58:18 +0000
How long can the party last?
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ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/16/2024
Tue, 16 Jul 2024 16:00:17 +0000
Boeing CST-100 Crewed Flight Test (CFT): Today, the CFT crew assisted the ISS crew by completing a Waste Hygiene Compartment (WHC) Filter Removal & Replacement (R&R), and completing various hydroponic flow tests with Plant Water Management 6 (PWM-6) hardware. Payloads: Lumina: The crew power-cycled the Lumina hardware, and transferred the science data to a Station …
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NASA, Boeing, Consider New Thin-Wing Aircraft Research Focus
Thu, 24 Apr 2025 17:05:48 +0000
NASA and Boeing are currently evaluating an updated approach to the agency’s Sustainable Flight Demonstrator project that would focus on demonstrating thin-wing technology with broad applications for multiple aircraft configurations. Boeing’s proposed focus centers on a ground-based testbed to demonstrate the potential for long, thin-wing technology. Work on the X-66 flight demonstrator – which currently […]
Match ID: 217 Score: 2.14 source: www.nasa.gov age: 17 days
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Miliband urges global cooperation amid energy 'challenges'
Thu, 24 Apr 2025 10:50:30 GMT
The UK Energy Secretary was speaking at the opening of a two day summit on energy security.
Match ID: 218 Score: 2.14 source: www.bbc.com age: 17 days
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Canada's top candidates talk up fossil fuels as climate slips down agenda
Mon, 21 Apr 2025 23:16:49 GMT
Amid tariff threats from the US, energy and economic security are key issues in Canada's federal election.
Match ID: 219 Score: 2.14 source: www.bbc.com age: 19 days
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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: 220 Score: 2.14 source: www.wired.com age: 326 days
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Global Emissions Could Peak Sooner Than You Think
Wed, 17 Jan 2024 12:00:00 +0000
Global deployment of solar and wind power, plus a surge in EV sales, means emissions from fossil-fuel-derived energy will finally hit the downward slope.
Match ID: 221 Score: 2.14 source: www.wired.com age: 480 days
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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: 222 Score: 1.43 source: www.marketwatch.com age: 173 days
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