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The 46 Best Shows on Max (aka HBO Max) Right Now (February 2025)
Tue, 18 Feb 2025 20:00:00 +0000
The White Lotus, The Pitt, and Dune: Prophecy are just a few of the shows you need to be watching on Max this month.
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‘Politically, it’s important. It’s important for humanity’: the long-lost civil rights images of Ernest Cole
Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:00:31 GMT

A new Raoul Peck documentary showcases the recently rediscovered work of the photographer who drew parallels between apartheid South Africa and America’s battle for equality

A group of Black men stand naked in a line with their arms up, facing the wall, as they undergo a medical examination before being sent to work in the mines. The image is just one of many by the late Ernest Cole depicting the dehumanisation of Black people during apartheid. Writing for Ebony magazine in 1968, the South African photographer explained how he wanted his work to “show the world what the white South African had done to the Black”. Since the late 1950s, he had been chronicling, up close and in detail, the horrors of racial segregation for publications such as Drum and the New York Times and had become arguably the most significant photographer documenting the country’s oppressive regime.

“Ernest’s photos are the first ones that gave us an idea of what apartheid was, from the belly of the beast,” says Haitian film-maker Raoul Peck, whose documentary essay I Am Not Your Negro, about James Baldwin, won an Emmy in 2019. Now, with his new film, Ernest Cole: Lost and Found, Peck turns his focus to the triumphs and tragedies of Cole’s life, covering his time not only in South Africa but in the civil rights-era US.

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The Monkey review – slapdash splatter comedy is a grating misfire
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 19:12:16 GMT

Writer-director Osgood Perkins follows up horror hit Longlegs with a tiresome, juvenile adaptation of a Stephen King short story about an evil toy monkey

“Everybody dies and that’s fucked up” is the tagline and emo ethos of snarky Stephen King adaptation The Monkey, a film about the inescapable inevitability yet goofy silliness of death. The writer-director Osgood Perkins, who scored a hit with last year’s Longlegs, knows more about it than most. His father, the actor Anthony Perkins, died of Aids when Osgood was 18 and then his mother, the actor and model Berry Berenson, died in the September 11 attacks as a passenger on Flight 11. Perkins has found a way to work through something so unimaginably awful with a career as a horror film-maker, and his latest, focused on twins cursed by generational trauma is his most obviously personal film yet.

To his credit, Perkins has chosen not to wallow in the grim dirge associated with trauma and the horror genre. The original script for The Monkey had apparently delivered its central conceit – a toy monkey that brings death to those around it – with a straight face, something he found to be discordant, insisting a lighter, comedy-over-horror makeover. But the humour here is far too smug and nihilistic, similar to the grating can-you-believe-we’re-doing-this swagger of the Deadpool series, so happy with itself that it doesn’t really care if anyone else is smiling too. The film has a juvenile middle-finger-up attitude that confuses broad fuck-the-world misanthropy for actual edginess, annoying enough for a scene but close to insufferable for an entire movie. It’s also a tone that doesn’t really work for a King adaptation and when a flash of his earnestness does shine through, it’s uncomfortably out of place, providing more of a jolt than any of the ineffective death scenes which rely on brash and empty Looney Tunes violence. If the aim is numbing us to the shock of a violent death then perhaps the film succeeds but surely we shouldn’t be quite so bored by it too.

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Most Frequently Asked Questions About NFTs(Non-Fungible Tokens)
Sun, 06 Feb 2022 10:04:00 +0000

 

Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are the most popular digital assets today, capturing the attention of cryptocurrency investors, whales and people from around the world. People find it amazing that some users spend thousands or millions of dollars on a single NFT-based image of a monkey or other token, but you can simply take a screenshot for free. So here we share some freuently asked question about NFTs.

1) What is an NFT?

NFT stands for non-fungible  token, which is a cryptographic token on a blockchain with unique identification codes that distinguish it from other tokens. NFTs are unique and not interchangeable, which means no two NFTs are the same. NFTs can be a unique artwork, GIF, Images, videos, Audio album. in-game items, collectibles etc.

2) What is Blockchain?

A blockchain is a distributed digital ledger that allows for the secure storage of data. By recording any kind of information—such as bank account transactions, the ownership of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs), or Decentralized Finance (DeFi) smart contracts—in one place, and distributing it to many different computers, blockchains ensure that data can’t be manipulated without everyone in the system being aware.

3) What makes an NFT valuable?

The value of an NFT comes from its ability to be traded freely and securely on the blockchain, which is not possible with other current digital ownership solutionsThe NFT points to its location on the blockchain, but doesn’t necessarily contain the digital property. For example, if you replace one bitcoin with another, you will still have the same thing. If you buy a non-fungible item, such as a movie ticket, it is impossible to replace it with any other movie ticket because each ticket is unique to a specific time and place.

4) How do NFTs work?

One of the unique characteristics of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) is that they can be tokenised to create a digital certificate of ownership that can be bought, sold and traded on the blockchain. 

As with crypto-currency, records of who owns what are stored on a ledger that is maintained by thousands of computers around the world. These records can’t be forged because the whole system operates on an open-source network. 

NFTs also contain smart contracts—small computer programs that run on the blockchain—that give the artist, for example, a cut of any future sale of the token.

5) What’s the connection between NFTs and cryptocurrency?

Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) aren't cryptocurrencies, but they do use blockchain technology. Many NFTs are based on Ethereum, where the blockchain serves as a ledger for all the transactions related to said NFT and the properties it represents.5) How to make an NFT?

Anyone can create an NFT. All you need is a digital wallet, some ethereum tokens and a connection to an NFT marketplace where you’ll be able to upload and sell your creations

6) How to validate the authencity of an NFT?

When you purchase a stock in NFT, that purchase is recorded on the blockchain—the bitcoin ledger of transactions—and that entry acts as your proof of ownership.

7) How is an NFT valued? What are the most expensive NFTs?

The value of an NFT varies a lot based on the digital asset up for grabs. People use NFTs to trade and sell digital art, so when creating an NFT, you should consider the popularity of your digital artwork along with historical statistics.

In the year 2021, a digital artist called Pak created an artwork called The Merge. It was sold on the Nifty Gateway NFT market for $91.8 million.

8) Can NFTs be used as an investment?

Non-fungible tokens can be used in investment opportunities. One can purchase an NFT and resell it at a profit. Certain NFT marketplaces let sellers of NFTs keep a percentage of the profits from sales of the assets they create.

9) Will NFTs be the future of art and collectibles?

Many people want to buy NFTs because it lets them support the arts and own something cool from their favorite musicians, brands, and celebrities. NFTs also give artists an opportunity to program in continual royalties if someone buys their work. Galleries see this as a way to reach new buyers interested in art.

10) How do we buy an NFTs?

There are many places to buy digital assets, like opensea and their policies vary. On top shot, for instance, you sign up for a waitlist that can be thousands of people long. When a digital asset goes on sale, you are occasionally chosen to purchase it.

11) Can i mint NFT for free?

To mint an NFT token, you must pay some amount of gas fee to process the transaction on the Etherum blockchain, but you can mint your NFT on a different blockchain called Polygon to avoid paying gas fees. This option is available on OpenSea and this simply denotes that your NFT will only be able to trade using Polygon's blockchain and not Etherum's blockchain. Mintable allows you to mint NFTs for free without paying any gas fees.

12) Do i own an NFT if i screenshot it?

The answer is no. Non-Fungible Tokens are minted on the blockchain using cryptocurrencies such as Etherum, Solana, Polygon, and so on. Once a Non-Fungible Token is minted, the transaction is recorded on the blockchain and the contract or license is awarded to whoever has that Non-Fungible Token in their wallet.

12) Why are people investing so much in NFT?

 Non-fungible tokens have gained the hearts of people around the world, and they have given digital creators the recognition they deserve. One of the remarkable things about non-fungible tokens is that you can take a screenshot of one, but you don’t own it. This is because when a non-fungible token is created, then the transaction is stored on the blockchain, and the license or contract to hold such a token is awarded to the person owning the token in their digital wallet.

You can sell your work and creations by attaching a license to it on the blockchain, where its ownership can be transferred. This lets you get exposure without losing full ownership of your work. Some of the most successful projects include Cryptopunks, Bored Ape Yatch Club NFTs, SandBox, World of Women and so on. These NFT projects have gained popularity globally and are owned by celebrities and other successful entrepreneurs. Owning one of these NFTs gives you an automatic ticket to exclusive business meetings and life-changing connections.

Final Saying

That’s a wrap. Hope you guys found this article enlightening. I just answer some question with my limited knowledge about NFTs. If you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to drop them in the comment section below. Also I have a question for you, Is bitcoin an NFTs? let me know in The comment section below

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Giants, saints and dragons on the Llŷn peninsula in north Wales
Thu, 20 Feb 2025 07:00:32 GMT

Three walks along the Wales Coast Path offer a fascinating insight into the legends, culture and industry that shaped this stunning outpost

The Llŷn peninsula projects a Tolkienesque mystique as you view it from Cardigan Bay. On a clear day, its jagged, alluring and yet foreboding topography – stretching outward into the Irish Sea – is easily visible from as far south as Aberystwyth. No wonder it was chosen as the location for the recent House of the Dragon Game of Thrones spin-off series. It’s also been my constant backdrop for the past few days as I walk the Wales Coast Path exploring the relationship of the people of this land to the sea – how it has shaped society, how humanity has tried to tame it and how the sea will inevitably prevail.

Now, having reached Porthmadog (a town built on reclaimed sand from the Glaslyn estuary), I’m ready to experience the entrancing, wild-looking beauty of the Llŷn up close. I have three walks planned over the coming days. The first is a gentle six-mile stroll from Borth-y-Gest (one bay over from Porthmadog) to Criccieth Castle. As I set out, the tide is retreating at a rate that makes me think someone has pulled the plug on the entire estuary. The small boats bobbing in the bay become statues as they are stranded in the sand.

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Doubts raised over US travel system during 2026 World Cup and 2028 Olympics
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 22:58:52 GMT

• US will host 2026 tournament with Canada and Mexico
• Report raises concern about visas and infrastructure

The United States is unprepared for the burdens placed on its air travel system when the country hosts the 2026 World Cup and 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, according to a report released on Wednesday.

The US Travel Association, a non-profit that represents the travel industry, commissioned a report written by former government officials and industry experts. The report raises concerns about visas, creaking infrastructure and poor security technology.

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How Long Does it Take to Get to the Moon… Mars… Jupiter? We Asked a NASA Expert: Episode 51
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 13:21:46 +0000
So how long does it take to get from Earth to the Moon, to Mars or to Jupiter? As with most things in life, the answer is: it depends.
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Watching my toddler fall in love with art is a peak joy of parenting
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 13:00:00 +0000
Through the eyes of a 2-year-old, the New York exhibition of “Luna Luna” is pure magic.
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Before Going to Tokyo, I Tried Learning Japanese With ChatGPT
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 12:00:00 +0000
WIRED tests the benefits and limitations of using generative AI, specifically ChatGPT’s Advanced Voice Mode, as a language tutor for travelers.
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NASA Sets Briefings for Next International Space Station Crew Missions
Tue, 18 Feb 2025 20:44:14 +0000
NASA and its partners will discuss the upcoming Expedition 73 mission aboard the International Space Station during a pair of news conferences on Monday, Feb. 24, from the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Mission leadership will participate in an overview news conference at 2 p.m. EST live on NASA+, covering preparations for NASA’s SpaceX […]
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How did everyone survive the Delta plane crash in Toronto?
Tue, 18 Feb 2025 18:53:39 +0000
There were no fatalities among the 80 people on board Delta Connection Flight 4819. Experts credit the aircraft design and the cabin crew’s response.
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Share a tip on a spring break in Europe
Mon, 17 Feb 2025 13:52:07 GMT

Whether it was a city break or wildflower-strewn hiking trip, tell us about your favourite spring break – the best tip wins £200 towards a Coolstays break

As Europe starts to shake off the dark days of winter, it’s time to start planning a spring break. We’d love to hear about your favourite European trip (excluding the UK) – perhaps you discovered a less-known city that’s warming up nicely in spring, or a landscape that’s at its most magical between winter and summer. Tell us why you loved it for a chance to win a £200 holiday voucher.

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

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‘There has been an awakening’: ancient sects on the rise in Modi’s India
Sun, 16 Feb 2025 09:00:05 GMT

Some 400 million devotees will attend this year’s Kumbh Mela festival. Pilgrims and politicians explain why it’s bigger than ever

They sat quietly together on the banks of the Ganges river, heads bowed in sombre prayer. Some men were naked, their bodies smeared grey with ash. Others had a simple saffron cloth tied around their waist. Nearby, barbers balanced on their haunches, shaving the head of each man clean with a flick of their knives, save for a small strand at the back.

This sacred ceremony, committing to a renunciation of earthly pleasures , has been taking place at the Kumbh Mela festival for centuries. The meditation, followed by immersion in the river, is a mandatory initiation ritual for sadhus – Hindu holy men who live an austere life of strict spiritual discipline. Among the most sacred events in the Hindu calendar, the festival occurs every 12 years across four sacred locations in India where it is believed the Hindu god Vishnu once spilled drops of the nectar of immortality.

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At least 18 people die in crowd crush at Delhi railway station
Sun, 16 Feb 2025 05:11:44 GMT

Rush broke out as travellers scrambled to board trains in India’s capital to go to world’s largest religious gathering

At least 18 people have died in a crush at a railway station in India’s capital when surging crowds scrambled to catch trains to the world’s largest religious gathering, officials have said.

The Kumbh Mela attracts tens of millions of Hindu faithful every 12 years to the northern city of Prayagraj, and has a history of crowd-related disasters – including one last month, when at least 30 people died in another crush at the holy confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati rivers.

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Trump’s EPA Kills Grant to Climate Nonprofit Over Its Support for Palestine
Fri, 14 Feb 2025 16:31:52 +0000

In a tweet announcing his attack on the Climate Justice Alliance, EPA head Lee Zeldin linked it to the group’s protected speech about Palestine.

The post Trump’s EPA Kills Grant to Climate Nonprofit Over Its Support for Palestine appeared first on The Intercept.

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“You Don’t Own Gaza, Donald Trump”: Palestinians Vow to Remain and Rebuild
Sat, 08 Feb 2025 11:20:00 +0000

Palestinians from Gaza responded with outrage to Trump’s proposal to expel them from their homes.

The post “You Don’t Own Gaza, Donald Trump”: Palestinians Vow to Remain and Rebuild appeared first on The Intercept.

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Global HIV Care Thrown Into Chaos by Trump: “I Will Be Sick and Maybe Die”
Fri, 07 Feb 2025 13:56:06 +0000

In South Africa, a 36-year-old living with HIV since childhood fears she will lose access to treatment due to Trump’s policy.

The post Global HIV Care Thrown Into Chaos by Trump: “I Will Be Sick and Maybe Die” appeared first on The Intercept.

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60 days in bed for science
Mon, 03 Feb 2025 16:30:00 +0100
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A group of volunteers is spending two months lying in bed—with their feet up and one shoulder always touching the mattress—even while eating, showering, and using the toilet. But why? This extreme bedrest study is helping scientists understand how space travel affects the human body and how to keep astronauts healthy on long missions.

Microgravity causes muscle and bone loss, fluid shifts, and other physiological changes similar to those experienced by bedridden patients on Earth. By studying volunteers here on Earth, researchers can develop better countermeasures for astronauts and even improve treatments for medical conditions like osteoporosis.

In this study, participants are divided into three groups: one stays in bed with no exercise, another cycles in bed to mimic astronaut workouts, and a third cycles while being spun in a centrifuge to simulate artificial gravity. Scientists hope artificial gravity could become a key tool in protecting astronauts during deep-space missions.

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Endangered frog dads travel 7,000 miles to 'give birth'
Mon, 03 Feb 2025 00:51:00 GMT
Male frogs carrying tadpoles made an incredible journey to the UK by boat, plane, and car.
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Future of space travel: Could robots really replace human astronauts?
Tue, 31 Dec 2024 01:46:51 GMT
Advances in technology raise questions about the need to send people to space - and the risks and cost
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Guardian Traveller newsletter: Sign up for our free holidays email
Wed, 12 Oct 2022 14:21:58 GMT

From biking adventures to city breaks, get inspiration for your next break – whether in the UK or further afield – with twice-weekly emails from the Guardian’s travel editors. You’ll also receive handpicked offers from Guardian Holidays.

From biking adventures to city breaks, get inspiration for your next break – whether in the UK or further afield – with twice-weekly emails from the Guardian’s travel editors.

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NASA Selects New Round of Student-Led Aviation Research Awards
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:00:00 +0000
NASA has selected two new university student teams to participate in real-world aviation research challenges meant to transform the skies above our communities. The research awards were made through NASA’s University Student Research Challenge (USRC), which provides students with opportunities to contribute to NASA’s flight research goals. This round is notable for including USRC’s first-ever […]
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The Columbia Network Pushing Behind the Scenes to Deport and Arrest Student Protesters
Sat, 15 Feb 2025 09:00:00 +0000

For some members of the WhatsApp group, speaking out for Palestine and criticizing Israel are tantamount to supporting Hamas.

The post The Columbia Network Pushing Behind the Scenes to Deport and Arrest Student Protesters appeared first on The Intercept.

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Best Workout Headphones We Tested and Sweated In (2025)
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 14:32:00 +0000
Rock your inner jock with a pair of sturdy, sweatproof, and tangle-proof headphones. Here are our favorites.
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Best Fitness Trackers of 2025 for Peak Performance
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 13:30:00 +0000
Whether you’re skiing in the backcountry or trampolining in the backyard, we have an activity tracker for you.
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Your Earbuds Are Gross. Here’s How to Clean Them Properly
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 13:00:00 +0000
Filthy buds look bad, impact sound quality, and even risk infection. WIRED asked the experts how to correctly banish that ear gunk.
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Best Theraguns and Therabody Tools, Tested and Reviewed (2025)
Mon, 17 Feb 2025 15:02:00 +0000
Here’s our guide to the best Theraguns and Therabody gadgets to enhance your recovery routine, alleviate muscle pain, and boost your overall wellness.
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17 Best Air Purifiers (2025): Coway, AirDoctor, IQAir
Mon, 17 Feb 2025 13:03:00 +0000
Protect your home against dust, pets, allergies, and more with air purifiers tested firsthand by WIRED.
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Spin Class Gear to Level Up Your Ride, WIRED-Tested (2025)
Sun, 16 Feb 2025 14:02:00 +0000
Spin class is intimidating, but your gear shouldn't be. Clip in and conquer your next session with these WIRED-approved picks.
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‘I’ll be OK,’ says Emma Raducanu after incident with ‘fixated’ man in Dubai
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 18:26:42 GMT

• Individual ejected during match against Muchova
• LTA plan ‘extensive security arrangements’ at Queen’s

Emma Raducanu has insisted “I’ll be OK” after the behaviour of a male spectator caused the British tennis star to pause a match in tears and raised again the issue of security for female athletes.

The 22-year-old spoke of the “difficult experience” she endured during her Dubai Tennis Championships match against Karolina Muchova on Tuesday night, when she was forced to alert officials mid-match to the presence of an individual in the stands who had accosted her earlier in the tournament.

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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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This Is the Way to Stop Elon Musk
Mon, 17 Feb 2025 17:44:19 +0000

Senate Democrats have the power to block federal contracts to Tesla and SpaceX. It’s the path to pushing Musk out of politics.

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Trump Is Saying the Quiet Part Out Loud: Federal Prisons Are Purposely Inhumane
Sun, 16 Feb 2025 11:30:00 +0000

And that’s how he wants to keep it, his executive orders and memos from Attorney General Pam Bondi show.

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Fetterman Staff Quit Amid Frustration Over “Just Working on Israel All the Time”
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 23:20:25 +0000

A former campaign staffer said Sen. John Fetterman’s single-minded focus came at the exclusion of the progressive positions he ran on.

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Trump defense chief orders Pentagon to make cuts as IRS workers face mass layoffs – as it happened
Thu, 20 Feb 2025 02:49:19 GMT

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As Donald Trump’s administration continues to fire thousands of federal workers and radically slash federal spending, some Republicans are growing unnerved, Axios reports.

As the cuts start to hit GOP lawmakers’ districts and states, some have told Axios there is a larger conflict brewing over the constitutional issue of whether the president can bypass Congress on such decisions.

I think you’re going to see a clash when they … start abolishing [agencies]. Say like USAid, right? We authorized that. That’s a creature of Congress. If they try to do something like that, then you’re going to get into a constitutional argument or crisis.

Before making cuts rashly, the administration should be studying and staffing to see what the consequences are. Measure twice before cutting. They have had to backtrack multiple times.

We all want efficiencies, there is a way to do it, and the way these people have been treated has been awful in many cases. Awful.

Dozens of Alaskans – potentially over 100 in total – are being fired as part of the Trump administration’s reduction-in-force order for the federal government.

Many of these abrupt terminations will do more harm than good, stunting opportunities in Alaska and leaving holes in our communities. We can’t realize our potential for responsible energy and mineral development if we can’t permit projects. We will be less prepared to manage summer wildfires if we can’t support those on the front lines. Our tourism economy will be damaged if we don’t maintain our world-class national parks and forests.

Congress can’t do anything except complain about it.

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Thursday briefing: The real reasons that Volodymyr Zelenskyy can’t face a new election yet
Thu, 20 Feb 2025 06:34:58 GMT

In today’s newsletter: Zelenskyy described Trump’s claims as “disinformation” – only for the US president to double down. But his claims have no plausible basis in fact

Good morning. Donald Trump’s view of Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping and Kim Jong-un: “The smartest one gets to the top”. Donald Trump’s view of Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who won Ukraine’s presidency in a landslide, enjoys continued popular support, and had to postpone new elections because his country was, as you will remember, invaded: he’s a dictator.

Zelenskyy earned that astonishing designation yesterday by rejecting Trump’s claims that he is very unpopular, that Ukraine brought the invasion on itself, and that to be considered a legitimate leader he must hold new elections even under the threat of Russian attack. At a press conference in Kyiv, Zelenskyy said: “Unfortunately, President Trump, with all due respect for him as the leader of a nation that we respect greatly … is trapped in this disinformation bubble”. And he added: “I would like to have more truth with the Trump team.”

Bills | The companies behind Great Britain’s gas pipes and power lines have pocketed a windfall of nearly £4bn from household bills during the energy and cost crisis, according to a report. The analysis, by Citizens Advice, argued that energy network owners were able to make the “excess profits” over the past four years after the industry regulator misjudged their costs.

Brazil | British journalist Charlotte Alice Peet, 32, has been missing in Brazil for 11 days, a foreign correspondents’ association in the country has said, urging authorities to step up their search efforts. Peet has worked as a freelance journalist for outlets such as the Independent, Times, Telegraph and Al Jazeera.

Immigration and asylum | Plans to prevent refugees who arrive in the UK on a small boat, lorry or via other “irregular” means from becoming a British citizen are facing their first legal challenge. The case is being brought by a 21-year-old Afghan refugee who arrived in the UK aged 14, after fleeing the Taliban and being smuggled to Britain in the back of a lorry.

Sellafield | The UK nuclear industry regulator has taken Sellafield, the world’s largest store of plutonium, out of special measures for its physical security – but said concerns remained over its cybersecurity. In 2023, the Guardian revealed a string of safety concerns at the site – from issues with alarm systems to problems staffing safety roles at its toxic ponds – as well as cybersecurity failings.

Politics | Boris Johnson is charging £121 for a handshake and a photograph before a live event in Edinburgh. The former Conservative prime minister will appear at the Usher Hall on 2 September for an event titled An Evening with Boris Johnson, which will also allow guests to take part in a question and answer session.

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Trump and Musk Delight in the Sounds of Human Suffering With Sick “ASMR” Immigrant Video
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 17:42:41 +0000

The video might bring pleasure to their supporters, but for us it is a call to shut down their fascist deportation machine.

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One Month Under Trump: Are You Keeping Up?
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 23:30:00 +0000

This week on The Intercept Briefing, politics reporters Jessica Washington and Akela Lacy assess the full scope of Trump's first month in office.

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Constitutional Crisis Looms
Fri, 14 Feb 2025 11:00:00 +0000

“What he’s done is testing the limits of his power in a way we have never seen in this country,” says retired federal Judge Nancy Gertner.

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Turnbull says ‘we cannot assume we can rely on America’ under Trump – as it happened
Thu, 20 Feb 2025 06:58:16 GMT

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Adam Bandt on Greens’ proposed Centrelink boost

Announcing the plan (see previous post), Australian Greens leader Adam Bandt said:

Finishing school and working out what’s next is a pivotal time for young people, but with rents, education fees and the cost of living all rising, many of them are finding completing further study is not a path they can afford.

Starting out your adult life shouldn’t be this hard. Labor should be doing much more to support young people to get established in the field or industry they want to pursue.

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Brazilians hail strength of democracy as Bolsonaro is called to account
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 19:35:30 GMT

‘In Brazil coup-mongers go to jail. In the US they get back into the White House,’ says one leading politician

Brazilian democrats have celebrated the strength of their country’s judiciary and institutions after the former president Jair Bolsonaro was left facing political oblivion and jail time for allegedly plotting a coup, in stark contrast to the US’s failure to bring Donald Trump to justice for his anti-democratic acts.

“In Brazil coup-mongers go to jail. In the US they get back into the White House,” said Marcelo Freixo, a leading leftwing politician on Wednesday after the attorney general formally accused Bolsonaro of engineering a sprawling conspiracy to cling to power following his defeat in the 2022 election.

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Trump order declares independent US agencies aren’t independent anymore
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 19:09:47 +0000
Order says independent agencies can't contradict Trump's legal interpretations.
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Trump trumps himself with latest delusional fantasies | John Crace
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 18:27:56 GMT

US president loses grip on reality, while delegates at a rightwing conference in London remain cocooned from real world

Even by his recent standards, Tuesday night’s stream of unconsciousness from Donald Trump took some beating. Hot on the tail of excluding Ukraine from the first round of peace talks with Russia and in effect threatening to withdraw the US from Nato, the Donald has now suggested it was Kyiv who started the war with Moscow.

More than that, he declared President Zelenskyy’s popularity ratings had slid to just 4% in his own country and that he had assumed the role of dictator by not holding elections. He ended by claiming that the US had given more than three times as much aid to Ukraine than the rest of Europe combined. You could almost hear Vladimir Putin cheering from the sidelines. He couldn’t have written the script any better. It was perfection.

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Echoing Kremlin, Trump calls Zelensky a dictator, angering Ukrainians
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 17:24:38 +0000
Trump said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has low approval ratings and that elections are needed, statements also made in the past week by the Kremlin.
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Escalating attacks against Zelensky, Trump calls Ukrainian leader ‘a dictator without elections’
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 16:34:27 +0000

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Europe is looking to Germany for leadership – but these elections will dash its hopes again | Cas Mudde
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 14:02:36 GMT

The CDU is a big player in the European parliament, but its predicted win this Sunday won’t change Germany’s inward focus

What a difference four years makes. In 2021, the world watched the German elections to see who would succeed the EU’s uncrowned “queen”. Angela Merkel had become a symbol of liberal democracy in the era marked by the first Trump administration. In Germany, two colourless figures explicitly vied to replace her. Deep down everyone knew that German leadership in Europe was coming to an end. But no one could have foreseen how steep the fall would be.

Today, Germany is a country struggling with itself, increasingly sidelined in Europe and the world. The second Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022 largely destroyed Merkel’s rosy legacy, exposing her opportunistically soft approach to authoritarian leaders such as Vladimir Putin and the Hungarian prime minister, Viktor Orbán. Under Merkel’s Social Democratic party (SPD) successor, Olaf Scholz, the country has become as pale and uninspiring as the chancellor himself.

Cas Mudde is the Stanley Wade Shelton UGAF professor of international affairs at the University of Georgia, and author of The Far Right Today

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Ukrainians: share your views on the US-Russia peace talks about the war in Ukraine
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 11:27:19 GMT

We’re keen to hear how Ukrainians feel about the Trump administration-led peace negotiations with Russia, as well as the prospect of elections in Ukraine

US and Russian officials have agreed to explore the “economic and investment opportunities” that could arise for their countries from an end to the war in Ukraine after talks in Saudi Arabia that amounted to a tectonic shift in the United States’ approach to Moscow.

US president Donald Trump pushed back against president Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s objections to being excluded from talks between the US and Russia in Saudi Arabia aimed at ending the war. He also seemed to suggest that Ukraine was to blame for a war that began only after Russia invaded.

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AI and Civil Service Purges
2025-02-14T13:03:22Z

Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s chaotic approach to reform is upending government operations. Critical functions have been halted, tens of thousands of federal staffers are being encouraged to resign, and congressional mandates are being disregarded. The next phase: The Department of Government Efficiency reportedly wants to use AI to cut costs. According to The Washington Post, Musk’s group has started to run sensitive data from government systems through AI programs to analyze spending and determine what could be pruned. This may lead to the elimination of human jobs in favor of automation. As one government official who has been tracking Musk’s DOGE team told the...

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Democrats Swear They’ll Fight Elon Musk. But What About the Cash They Took From SpaceX?
Fri, 14 Feb 2025 09:00:00 +0000

Musk has emerged as Trump’s far-right-hand man, creating some awkwardness for the president’s Democratic foes.

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US politics briefing: Trump rails against Zelenskyy and derails Senate Republicans’ budget proposal
Thu, 20 Feb 2025 03:31:46 GMT

From the Trump administration’s latest moves to Donald Trump’s latest feuds – key US politics stories from Wednesday at a glance

The Guardian is tracking Donald Trump and his administration’s latest moves with several stories, features and analyses each day. Here are some of the biggest stories in US politics that happened Wednesday, 19 February.

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Speaking at the Future Investment Initiative, a global finance conference in Miami organized by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, Trump said the United States is “back and open for business” and that the “dark days of high taxes, crushing regulations, rampant inflation, flagrant corruption, government weaponization … and total incompetence will be gone for ever.”

Illinois governor JB Pritzker delivered a searing state-of-the-state address, likening Trump’s stunning power grabs to the rise of Nazism in 1930s Germany.

In a blistering statement after asking a federal judge to dismiss the corruption case against New York mayor Eric Adams, the acting deputy attorney general Emil Bove invited justice department officials and prosecutors who disagreed with the decision to quit.

The Internal Revenue Service will fire 6,700 people as early as Thursday, kicking off mass layoffs just as tax season begins. Further reductions in the size of the agency are expected.

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GOP senators split on Trump’s attacks on Zelensky, reversals on Ukraine
Thu, 20 Feb 2025 02:37:50 +0000
The muted response underscores the Republican Party’s changing views on Ukraine and Russia.
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Republicans rebuke Trump on Ukraine — gently
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 22:40:22 +0000
On the first big foreign policy test of the GOP’s obeisance to Trump, some lawmakers are obliquely distancing themselves from Trump.
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The Guardian view on Labour and the constitution: respect judicial independence | Editorial
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 18:33:32 GMT

The rule of law is under threat around the world, making it all the more vital to defend it at home

Separation of the judiciary from other branches of power is a recent innovation in Britain’s constitution. The supreme court was established in 2009 and a culture of respect for the independence of the courts is not deeply entrenched.

Earlier this week, Lady Carr reminded Sir Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch of that duty. The lady chief justice rebuked the prime minister and the Conservative leader for exchanges in the Commons last week regarding a court decision in the case of a family of refugees from Gaza. Earlier this year an immigration tribunal recognised the validity of their entitlement to settle in the UK under the European convention on human rights, overturning a previous refusal. Mrs Badenoch said this was the wrong decision and challenged Sir Keir to agree. He did, adding that the decision should not stand and that the relevant “legal loophole” would be closed.

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Analysis: Trump’s Napoleon quote ups the anti-democratic ante
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 17:04:44 +0000

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After ceding power of the purse, GOP lawmakers beg Trump team for funds
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 15:28:50 +0000
Republican senators find themselves in an unusual position these days: begging Trump officials to release funds they themselves appropriated.
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Top House Homeland Security Democrat says firing of FEMA employees is ‘reckless’
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 14:52:30 +0000

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Are Elon Musk and DOGE looking at your personal tax data?
Tue, 18 Feb 2025 22:18:28 +0000
On this episode, The Washington Post's Libby Casey and JM Rieger are joined by congressional economic correspondent Jacob Bogage to discuss Elon Musk's DOGE team attempting to access a highly guarded IRS computer system that contains Americans' personal financial information. The crew breaks down what's actually in the files DOGE representatives are seeking, why, and what makes career government officials are so concerned. Then, the Trump administration continues to shrink the size of federal government by laying off employees – and over the weekend, haphazard firings, which included employees at almost every government agency, including at the National Nuclear Security Administration.
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Trump’s Napoleon quote ups the anti-democratic ante
Tue, 18 Feb 2025 22:11:45 +0000
Trump has barked up this tree before, but even in that context, his use of this Napoleon quote hits different.
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The IRS Is Buying an AI Supercomputer From Nvidia
Fri, 14 Feb 2025 18:40:53 +0000

How exactly the IRS will use the SuperPod AI hardware is unclear. But it comes amid a push for automation in government.

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Hold your breath and look to Germany: its election could decide the fate of Europe – and the UK | Martin Kettle
Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:00:32 GMT

If the country holds out against the Trump-assisted AfD, it shows rightwing populism can be resisted in Europe’s heartland

Even in less stressed times, Britain always pays too much attention to the US and too little to Germany. In today’s torrid circumstances, that imbalance is perhaps excusable. After all, Donald Trump, it now turns out, really means it. He is more interested in US plunder and profit from places like Gaza, Ukraine and Greenland than in upholding a just peace or good order.

Even so, the inattention towards Germany needs to end. Britain’s politicians, like German politicians, are rewiring their worldviews amid a political gale. But Germany, though no longer a great power, is nevertheless a great nation. Indeed, it may be more than ever the essential European nation now, after the Trump administration’s very public trashing of the entire Atlantic alliance seemed to leave Europe to its own devices.

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LNP release of Queensland corruption watchdog report ‘terrifying and petty’, Jackie Trad says
Thu, 20 Feb 2025 07:40:09 GMT

Former deputy premier criticises government’s use of parliamentary privilege to make public previously suppressed CCC report on her conduct

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The former Queensland deputy premier, Jackie Trad, says the new government’s decision to release a previously suppressed Crime and Corruption Commission report into her conduct is “terrifying and petty”.

The CCC investigation report has been the subject of a years-long legal wrangle, and had been blocked from release after a high court ruling in 2023.

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Dreyfus heckled at Sky News antisemitism conference as Sukkar doubles down on parliamentary gag
Thu, 20 Feb 2025 06:01:43 GMT

Attorney general says he received ‘extraordinary’ number of private Coalition apologies after parliament standoff

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Mark Dreyfus has been heckled while addressing an antisemitism conference, as the Liberal MP Michael Sukkar stands by his move to gag the attorney general from speaking on antisemitism last week.

On Thursday, Sky News Australia held an antisemitism summit at the Central Sydney synagogue. Speaker John Howard – appearing alongside others including the antisemitism envoy, Jillian Segal, the opposition leader, New South Wales premier and Israeli ambassador – was praised by the summit host, Sky’s Sharri Markson, as one of Australia’s “greatest” prime ministers. Sarah Murdoch was in the audience. Dreyfus, Australia’s most senior Jewish politician, detailed the steps taken by the Albanese government to tackle antisemitism – and drew loud dissent.

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Trump Doesn’t Care About Ukraine or Russia — Just Money
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 18:21:06 +0000

Trump is leaving Ukraine with impossible choices: fight a losing war without U.S. support, or submit to economic vassalage.

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Trump signs executive order targeting ‘benefits for illegal aliens’
Thu, 20 Feb 2025 05:01:15 GMT

US president issues order aimed at preventing taxpayer dollars supporting illegal immigration and another designed to get rid of regulations

Donald Trump has signed an executive order aimed at ending federal benefits for people in the country illegally, his latest in a blizzard of moves to crack down on immigration.

The White House said the order seeks to end “all taxpayer-funded benefits for illegal aliens” but it was not clear which benefits will be targeted. People in the country illegally generally do not qualify except for emergency medical care. Children are entitled to a free K-12 public education regardless of immigration status under a 1982 supreme court ruling.

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What role could the UK play in ending the Ukraine war? – Politics Weekly
Thu, 20 Feb 2025 05:00:31 GMT

Donald Trump’s plans to end the war in Ukraine have taken centre stage this week. But, with Ukraine excluded from US-Russia talks, could they really accept what might be on offer? And what role will the UK and Europe play?John Harris hears from diplomatic editor Patrick Wintour and columnist Gaby Hinsliff about what a resolution could look like

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Trump’s executive order aims to lower the cost of IVF. Here’s what we know.
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:58:34 +0000

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Boris Johnson fans offered £121 handshake and photo op
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 13:10:50 GMT

Tickets to hear former prime minister speak in Edinburgh’s Usher Hall cost up to £160 on top of meet-and-greet

Boris Johnson is charging £121 for a handshake and a photograph before a live event in Edinburgh.

The former Conservative prime minister will appear at the Usher Hall on 2 September for an event titled An Evening with Boris Johnson, which will also allow guests to take part in a question and answer session.

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Trump says there are ‘two sexes.’ Experts and science say it’s not binary.
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 11:00:35 +0000
The president’s executive order signaled an intention to narrowly define the sexes, but experts say he is oversimplifying the intricate nature of human biology.
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Poised to Take Over TikTok, Oracle Is Accused of Clamping Down on Pro-Palestine Dissent
Tue, 18 Feb 2025 10:00:00 +0000

Oracle, which has secret partnerships with Israel, has told employees to love the country or work elsewhere.

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Trump’s Ukraine envoy to meet Zelenskyy in Kyiv amid growing rift – Europe live
Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:28:32 GMT

US envoy Keith Kellogg is in Ukraine as the two countries’ leaders exchange criticism

Completely undeterred by public pushback from multiple European leaders, US president Donald Trump repeated his attack on Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy overnight, telling the audience at a Saudi-backed event in Miami that he is a “dictator without elections.”

Oh, the irony.

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Trump to sign more orders after Saudi-backed investment meeting in Miami area
Thu, 20 Feb 2025 00:58:13 +0000
The latest news on President Donald Trump’s return to the White House and the new Congress.
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Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-South Dakota) said the Senate is going to proceed with its...
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 19:28:08 +0000

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Americans’ approval of Congress is at highest point since May 2021
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 16:26:39 +0000

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Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-South Dakota) pushed back on President Donald Trump’s recent comments suggesting...
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 16:11:10 +0000

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Trump and Musk praise each other, promise ‘hundreds of billions’ in cuts during Fox interview
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 03:48:00 +0000
The latest news on President Donald Trump’s return to the White House and the new Congress.
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Top US Election Security Watchdog Forced to Stop Election Security Work
Sat, 15 Feb 2025 03:07:33 +0000
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has frozen efforts to aid states in securing elections, according to an internal memo viewed by WIRED.
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NASA Science: Being Responsive to Executive Orders
Tue, 18 Feb 2025 18:37:03 +0000
February 18, 2025 To the NASA Science Community –  As the nation’s leader in Earth and space science, NASA Science operates within the broader context of the federal government and its priorities. As part of the Executive Branch, we are always responsive to the direction set by the Administration, including executive orders and policy guidance […]
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Trump’s EPA Kills Grant to Climate Nonprofit Over Its Support for Palestine
Fri, 14 Feb 2025 16:31:52 +0000

In a tweet announcing his attack on the Climate Justice Alliance, EPA head Lee Zeldin linked it to the group’s protected speech about Palestine.

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Starmer backs Zelensky after Trump calls him 'dictator'
Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:10:26 GMT
The PM phones Volodymyr Zelensky and expresses support for "Ukraine's democratically elected leader".
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Minority Rule: Adventures in the Culture War by Ash Sarkar – identity fraud
Thu, 20 Feb 2025 07:30:31 GMT

A Marxist critique of left-liberal politics that delivers its message with punch and panache

The British left used to be a force to reckon with. Edward Heath’s government was famously felled by the miners in 1974 – the only instance in postwar European history when working-class power resulted in the overthrow of a ruling party. These days, however, the concept of the working class has an almost retro feel. Trade union membership has plummeted. Expressions of collective solidarity have likewise vanished. Disaffection has far from disappeared, only now it manifests in the form of petty crime and race riots.

In Minority Rule, Ash Sarkar blames the rightwing press for this shift. Thanks to tabloid agents provocateurs and their political creatures in Westminster, she says, the lower orders have abandoned class war for the culture wars. Accordingly, more and more of them spend their weekends not on the barricades but behind computer screens, fuming over small boats and gender ideology.

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Unions call for £200m from government to keep two Scunthorpe steel furnaces open
Thu, 20 Feb 2025 07:00:31 GMT

They say the support for British Steel’s transition to electric replacement is needed to prevent immediate job losses

British Steel should get an extra £200m from the government to support it in keeping the UK’s two remaining blast furnaces open until electric replacements are built, according to a proposal put forward by unions.

Chinese-owned British Steel has said it will replace its polluting blast furnaces at Scunthorpe with electric arc furnaces, which can be used to make much cleaner, recycled steel.

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Investment in UK’s crumbling public services is pro-growth, says pensions minister
Thu, 20 Feb 2025 06:01:29 GMT

Exclusive: Torsten Bell defends Labour’s spending plans, saying ‘the status quo is economically and morally bankrupt’

Britain’s crumbling public services are bad for business, and spending more taxpayers’ money to fix them is a pro-growth policy, the pensions minister, Torsten Bell, has argued.

Rachel Reeves has been accused by business lobby groups of clobbering the economy with the £25bn increase in employer national insurance contributions imposed in her October budget.

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‘I have a lot to contribute’: Whitehall whistleblower wants her job back
Thu, 20 Feb 2025 05:00:30 GMT

Josie Stewart won an employment tribunal case against the government for unfair dismissal, after she leaked information in the public interest

A former civil servant who was unfairly dismissed for blowing the whistle about the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan and Boris Johnson’s role in evacuating a pet charity from Kabul, says she now wants her job back.

Josie Stewart, 44, also hopes that her successful case will force Whitehall to take public interest disclosures seriously, and establish an independent commissioner for whistleblowers.

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Hurricane, the most decorated K-9 in White House history, dies at 15
Thu, 20 Feb 2025 04:56:12 +0000
The Belgian Malinois was lauded for protecting President Barack Obama and his family after an intruder hopped the White House fence in 2014.
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Trump steers clear of Gaza, and other key moments from his speech at Saudi-backed event
Thu, 20 Feb 2025 02:36:07 +0000
He instead touted his domestic agenda in the United States and railed against Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
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Trump’s attack on Zelensky stirs fear of major U.S. shift on Russia
Thu, 20 Feb 2025 01:04:17 +0000
While Trump was sympathetic toward Vladimir Putin during his first term, he now appears to be upending generations of U.S. caution toward the Kremlin.
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How senators are voting on Trump’s Cabinet picks
Thu, 20 Feb 2025 01:00:56 +0000
The Senate is holding hearings and voting on President Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks. Here’s which earned the most bipartisan support.
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Trump plans to further restrict undocumented immigrants from public benefits
Thu, 20 Feb 2025 00:58:13 +0000

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Trump addressed Yasir al-Rumayyan, the governor of the Public Investment Fund and the chairman of the...
Thu, 20 Feb 2025 00:12:23 +0000

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President Donald Trump has wrapped up his remarks at a Saudi-backed investment meeting in the Miami...
Thu, 20 Feb 2025 00:12:36 +0000

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Trump administration orders Pentagon to plan for sweeping budget cuts
Thu, 20 Feb 2025 00:05:31 +0000
A senior Pentagon official said that money saved through the cuts could be “realigned” to other defense priorities that President Donald Trump has.
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Trump blasts Zelensky, says he could have come uninvited to Saudi Arabia
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 23:59:11 +0000

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The people in this room — most of whom President Donald Trump earlier remarked have “made...
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 23:55:34 +0000

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RFK Jr. targets transgender protections in one of first moves at HHS
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 23:52:41 +0000

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USDS Engineering Director Resigns: ‘This Is Not the Mission I Came to Serve’
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 23:51:38 +0000
“I do not believe that DOGE can continue to deliver the work of USDS, based on their actions so far,” wrote Anne Marshall in a LinkedIn post on Wednesday.
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CIA fires some employees who had worked on DEI issues
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 23:50:08 +0000

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Trump expresses interest in ‘DOGE dividend’ payments to Americans
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 23:40:01 +0000
Even conservative budget experts are extremely skeptical that the plan could work in practice.
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President Donald Trump said he was ending the “radical left’s” crusade against domestic oil production by...
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 23:16:31 +0000

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Police search for woman who escaped Panama hotel where US deportees are being held
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 23:03:33 GMT

Zheng Lijuan fled Panama City hotel as 170 of deported migrants were transported to dense, lawless region

Police are searching for a Chinese woman who escaped from a downtown Panama City hotel where she was being held following her deportation from the US under Donald Trump’s intensified campaign against immigrants.

Zheng Lijuan was one of 299 migrants – from China, Afghanistan, Iran and other countries with which the US lacks extradition agreements – who have been flown in shackles to Panama since last Wednesday. Panamanian authorities say they believe that Zheng was aided by locals who had been “prowling” outside the Decapolis hotel in the capital city where the deportees had been held.

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Doubts raised over US travel system during 2026 World Cup and 2028 Olympics
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 22:58:52 GMT

• US will host 2026 tournament with Canada and Mexico
• Report raises concern about visas and infrastructure

The United States is unprepared for the burdens placed on its air travel system when the country hosts the 2026 World Cup and 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, according to a report released on Wednesday.

The US Travel Association, a non-profit that represents the travel industry, commissioned a report written by former government officials and industry experts. The report raises concerns about visas, creaking infrastructure and poor security technology.

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Trump receives widespread backlash to social post calling himself ‘king’
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 22:55:37 GMT

US president made comparison after administration rescinded New York City’s congestion pricing plan

Donald Trump is receiving widespread backlash after he likened himself to a “king” on social media following his administration’s decision to rescind New York City’s congestion pricing program.

On Wednesday, following a letter issued by his transportation secretary, Sean Duffy, to the New York governor, Kathy Hochul, that ended the transportation department’s agreement with New York over a new congestion pricing program for Manhattan, Trump wrote on Truth Social:

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President Donald Trump has begun speaking at an investment conference in Miami that’s being hosted by...
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 22:55:56 +0000

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Trump administration freezes funds to Palestinian security forces
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 22:22:18 +0000

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Climate advocacy groups file two lawsuits against Trump administration
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 22:04:43 GMT

Groups from Sierra Club to Greenpeace take aim at Trump’s drilling orders in term’s first environmental legal battles

Green advocacy groups filed two lawsuits against the Trump administration on Wednesday, marking the first environmental legal challenges against the president’s second administration.

Both focus on the Trump administration’s moves to open up more of US waters to oil and gas drilling, which the plaintiffs say are illegal.

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White House celebrates ‘King’ Trump after revoking approval for NYC congestion pricing
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:49:31 +0000

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These Are the SpaceX Engineers Already Working Inside the FAA
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:50:14 +0000
SpaceX engineers were said to be simply touring the Federal Aviation Administration on Monday. In fact, some were already being onboarded at the agency under a policy designed to increase “employment opportunities for people with disabilities.”
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Trump moves to narrow independence of Fed, along with other Wall Street overseers
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:48:31 +0000

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Illinois Gov. Pritzker warns against ‘tyranny,’ criticizing Trump and Musk
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:35:10 +0000

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Trump turns on Ukraine
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:30:36 +0000
The United States and Russia have begun talks to end the war in Ukraine. But Ukraine wasn’t there.
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Mike Pence tells Trump that Ukraine did not start war with Russia
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 19:25:59 +0000

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Oz vows to divest himself of millions in businesses he could regulate if confirmed
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 19:13:01 +0000

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Trump Jr. hunting party investigated over killing of protected duck in Italy
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 19:01:03 +0000

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Trump administration revokes approval of NYC congestion toll
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 18:43:48 +0000

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The Guardian view on defence spending: bold ideas needed to have guns as well as butter | Editorial
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 18:32:25 GMT

As Europe innovates to boost defence without public service cuts, Britain clings to fiscal restraint – an unaffordable risk in an unstable world

When settling wars rewards lawlessness, displaces populations and fuels lasting grievances, the result is more war. That was the former foreign secretary William Hague’s verdict on Donald Trump’s approach to peacemaking, drawing lessons from the Balkans, the second world war and the Middle East. A more insecure world will require Britain to increase defence spending. The UK currently could not sustain major troop deployments in Ukraine, undermining the idea it could provide Kyiv with “security guarantees”.

This is a dilemma faced across Europe, leading the EU to see deficit-financed defence spending as the answer. In contrast, Britain remains seemingly bound by economic orthodoxy, prioritising fiscal discipline over borrowing. The UK Treasury has apparently asked unprotected public services – excluding health, education and defence – to prepare for real-terms cuts of up to 11% ahead of June’s spending review, as funds are diverted to the military. This would be a mistake.

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

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Kelly Loeffler confirmed to lead Small Business Administration
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 18:27:42 +0000

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Analysis: Trump’s dark anti-Ukraine turn
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 18:18:24 +0000

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Health department readies new anti-transgender campaign
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 18:04:34 +0000

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Justice Department to be questioned in court on NYC Mayor Eric Adams case
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 17:55:24 +0000

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Ben Jennings on Britain’s welcome for refugees from Ukraine and Gaza – cartoon
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 17:54:52 GMT

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Right to buy is wrong, and Labour must take action | Letters
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 17:45:54 GMT

Readers respond to Aditya Chakrabortty’s article on the council housing selloff initiated by Margaret Thatcher

It shows a contemptible want of courage that Keir Starmer’s government fails to follow the examples of Scotland and Wales by simply ending the right-to-buy scam (Call it Thatcher’s timebomb: the great council housing selloff, a crisis hidden in plain sight, 13 February).

There are 700,000 long-term empty homes in England, which is almost double the number of homeless people. The temporary accommodation of these families is a needless drain on local governments’ stretched budgets. Some of these homes are in areas of high demand, such as London, and some are owned by councils, which are either are too cash-strapped or so depleted of in-house skills that they cannot get around to putting them into habitable condition.

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Musk interest in ‘DOGE dividend’ checks faces widespread skepticism
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 17:40:00 +0000

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Trump’s dark anti-Ukraine turn
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 17:25:53 +0000
Donald Trump has long resisted criticizing Vladimir Putin, but now he’s apparently more than happy to do so with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky.
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Hegseth to visit Guantanamo Bay as migrant detention takes shape
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 17:14:13 +0000

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Trump’s labor pick faces tough questions from both parties
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 16:46:25 +0000

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Thune says he was blindsided by Trump voicing support for ‘one big beautiful bill’
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 16:20:02 +0000

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Trump endorses House GOP budget bill — which probably includes Medicaid cuts
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 16:06:47 +0000

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Firings bring chaos to national parks
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 15:49:37 +0000

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Trump’s labor secretary pick testifying on Capitol Hill
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USDA tries to reverse mistaken firing of bird flu response workers
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 15:23:39 +0000

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Trump lawyers argue court order does not block foreign aid freeze
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 15:07:32 +0000

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Analysis: GOP senators ask Trump for money
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 15:02:28 +0000

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Tracking who Trump is appointing to fill key administration roles
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 15:00:01 +0000
Follow President-elect Trump’s progress filling over 800 positions, among about 1,300 that require Senate confirmation, in this tracker from The Washington Post and the Partnership for Public Service.
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Trump order challenges independence of FCC, FTC and financial regulators
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 14:37:46 +0000

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At noon Eastern time Wednesday, the Senate is scheduled to vote on the nomination of Kelly...
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 14:19:58 +0000

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Kash Patel on verge of taking over FBI amid high turmoil
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 14:03:36 +0000

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Social Security fraud isn’t as rampant as Musk claims it is
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 13:37:51 +0000

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Trump attending summit as he pushes Saudi Arabia to increase U.S. investments
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 13:06:59 +0000

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JFK Library closes indefinitely, then reopens, amid chaos from federal cuts
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 12:50:53 +0000

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Who’s running DOGE? The White House says it’s not Elon Musk.
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 12:38:15 +0000

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Trump’s pro-union labor secretary pick highlights GOP tensions
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 12:16:11 +0000

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Elon Musk’s claims of Social Security fraud don’t hold up. Here’s why.
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 12:00:19 +0000
Coding quirks and old technology undermine his claim that millions of Americans older than 100 are getting checks, experts say.
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U.S. Catholic bishops sue Trump administration over blocked refugee funds
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 11:56:56 +0000

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5 key moments from Trump and Musk’s joint interview on Fox News
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 11:45:57 +0000

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U.S. reverses plan to shut down free covid test program
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 11:32:40 +0000

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State Dept. orders cancellation of news subscriptions around the world
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 11:15:18 +0000

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Defense Department firings expected to start soon, officials say
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 11:00:21 +0000

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Steve Rosenberg: How Putin and Trump shook the world up in a week
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:05:38 GMT
It is a week that has upended alliances and put Russia at the top table of global politics.
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Under Trump, U.S. diplomacy finds its own ‘wolf warriors’
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 05:00:22 +0000
China’s “wolf warrior” approach to geopolitics wasn’t effective diplomacy — a lesson Trump’s representatives on the global stage may relearn the hard way.
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Hannity, Musk and Trump outraged over ‘questionable’ USAID expenditures that have been disproven
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 03:36:47 +0000

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President Donald Trump told Sean Hannity that if Elon Musk has a business conflict with any...
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 03:07:18 +0000

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Trump said Musk’s X settled his lawsuit for $10 million
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 03:06:01 +0000

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Musk cites D.C. voting habits to decry federal bureaucracy
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 03:03:23 +0000

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Trump promises not to cut Social Security, Medicare or Medicaid
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 03:00:29 +0000

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Judge temporarily blocks intelligence officials targeted by Trump DEI order from being fired
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 02:56:15 +0000

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Starliner astronauts have said they weren’t abandoned
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 02:53:57 +0000

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Trump promises ‘hundreds of billions’ in savings from DOGE
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 02:48:48 +0000

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‘Interviewing two brothers:’ Trump, Musk speak about relationship
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 02:36:18 +0000

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Musk expresses interest in ‘DOGE dividend’
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 02:14:46 +0000

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Trump administration ends legal representation for unaccompanied minors
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 02:02:51 +0000

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FEMA is losing scores of employees. That could slow disaster response.
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 01:25:38 +0000

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Trump: Ukraine ‘should have never started’ war brought by Russia
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 01:01:16 +0000

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Judge stops Trump ouster of Merit Systems Protection Board chair
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000
A federal judge temporarily reinstated Cathy Harris, chair of the board that adjudicates federal employee discipline and hiring practices, to her post.
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Howard Lutnick confirmed as commerce secretary
Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:53:06 +0000

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Judge restores federal employee appeals board chair after Trump firing
Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:32:19 +0000

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Defense Department layoffs expected to start soon, officials say
Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:07:40 +0000

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Appeals court expands injunction against Biden’s student loan repayment plan
Tue, 18 Feb 2025 22:37:58 +0000

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Judge denies bid to bar DOGE from seven agencies
Tue, 18 Feb 2025 22:35:13 +0000

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U.S., Russia hold first talks on Ukraine without NATO allies, Kyiv
Tue, 18 Feb 2025 22:30:51 +0000
While U.S. officials characterized the talks as the first step in a peace deal, the Russians are portraying them as a way to end Moscow’s isolation.
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President Trump signals intent to punish AP over ‘Gulf of Mexico’ style policy
Tue, 18 Feb 2025 22:03:53 +0000

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Elon Musk’s DOGE Is Being Sued Under the Privacy Act: What to Know
Tue, 18 Feb 2025 21:50:14 +0000
At least eight ongoing lawsuits related to the so-called Department of Government Efficiency’s alleged access to sensitive data hinge on the Watergate-inspired Privacy Act of 1974. But it’s not airtight.
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Not Even DOGE Employees Know Who's Legally Running DOGE
Tue, 18 Feb 2025 20:03:53 +0000
Despite all appearances, the White House insists that Elon Musk is not in charge of DOGE. US DOGE Service employees can’t get a straight answer about who is.
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Kabul evacuation whistleblower wins case against UK government
Tue, 18 Feb 2025 18:42:04 GMT

Civil servant Josie Stewart found to have been unlawfully dismissed in 2022 after she told BBC about failures

• ‘Pursue this urgently’: whistleblower case reveals Whitehall focus on Kabul animal airlift

A civil servant who blew the whistle about the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan and Boris Johnson’s involvement in a decision to evacuate a pet charity from Kabul has won her case for unfair dismissal against the government in a legal first.

An employment panel of three judges unanimously found the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) unfairly dismissed Josie Stewart in 2021 after she leaked information in the public interest.

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UN rights body accuses Rwanda-backed militia of killing children in eastern DRC
Tue, 18 Feb 2025 18:41:32 GMT

OHCHR says Tutsi-led M23 group killed three boys in Bukavu last week after capturing the city

The UN human rights office accused the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels of killing three children in Bukavu, the Democratic Republic of the Congo city they captured last week, expressing alarm at human rights violations by the militia.

“Our office has confirmed cases of summary execution of children by M23 after they entered the city of Bukavu last week. We are also aware that children were in possession of weapons,” Ravina Shamdasani, a spokesperson for the UN’s Office of the high commissioner for human rights (OHCHR), said on Tuesday.

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National Science Foundation Fires 168 Workers as Federal Purge Continues
Tue, 18 Feb 2025 18:28:40 +0000
Firings at the NSF included permanent employees who had already completed their one-year probationary period, as well as at-will workers.
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Memecoin Scandal Threatens Argentine President Javier Milei
Tue, 18 Feb 2025 14:55:38 +0000
Argentinian president Javier Milei is facing calls for impeachment and a possible criminal investigation for his role in the rise and fast collapse of a memecoin.
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‘Fix poverty, fix health’: A day in the life of a ‘failing’ NHS
Tue, 18 Feb 2025 10:36:16 GMT

A GP surgery in one of the most deprived areas in the north-east of England is struggling to provide care for its patients as the health system crumbles around them. In the depths of the winter flu season, the Guardian video producers Maeve Shearlaw and Adam Sich went to Bridges medical practice to shadow the lead GP, Paul Evans, as he worked all hours keep his surgery afloat. Juggling technical challenges, long waiting lists and the profound impact austerity has had on the health of the population, Evans says: 'We are seeing the system fail' 

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No, 150-Year-Olds Aren’t Collecting Social Security Benefits
Mon, 17 Feb 2025 20:02:39 +0000
Elon Musk claims to have found rampant fraud in the Social Security Administration. There’s a much simpler explanation.
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Rwanda-backed M23 rebels capture eastern DRC’s second-largest city
Mon, 17 Feb 2025 11:16:44 GMT

Congolese authorities accused of abandoning Bukavu after government confirms fall to militia group

M23 rebels have captured and occupied Bukavu, the second-largest city in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Congolese government has confirmed, days after the Rwanda-backed militia launched an attack.

In a statement posted on X, the DRC communications ministry said it was monitoring the situation “marked by the entry of the Rwandan army and its auxiliaries” and it was “doing everything possible to restore order, security and territorial integrity”.

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Pentagon Official: Hegseth’s Campaign to Scrub DEI History Is a “Dumb” Distraction
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 21:18:57 +0000

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is trying to eliminate all Defense Department DEI efforts. It hasn’t been entirely successful.

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The Columbia Network Pushing Behind the Scenes to Deport and Arrest Student Protesters
Sat, 15 Feb 2025 09:00:00 +0000

For some members of the WhatsApp group, speaking out for Palestine and criticizing Israel are tantamount to supporting Hamas.

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In these dark times of racially charged election campaigns, the German left offers a flicker of hope | Fatma Aydemir
Thu, 20 Feb 2025 07:00:30 GMT

Heidi Reichinnek’s speech went viral on TikTok – and sparked a surge of support from voters who reject the mainstream’s xenophobia

I was shopping for groceries the other day in Berlin’s neglected northern outskirts, when I remembered a joke. A banker, a social welfare recipient and an asylum seeker are sitting at a table. There are 12 cookies in front of them. The banker takes 11 cookies and says to the social welfare recipient: “Watch out, the refugee wants your cookie.”

It came back to me as I witnessed a young white mother completely losing it at the checkout. At first I thought it was the prices that had caused her fury, though there was no indication of that; I was probably just projecting my own anxieties about money on to the woman’s tantrum. It took me a moment to realise that she was accusing another woman, also a mother but not white, of standing in her way on purpose. She shouted that this was her country and we should all step out of her way and that soon we would see. Two people told her to be quiet and one older woman went to calm her down, but there was no chance. The young white mother chose to stay loud and angry, and she knew exactly at whom.

Fatma Aydemir is a Berlin-based author, novelist, playwright and a Guardian Europe columnist

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Sydney parents accuse Northern Beaches hospital of failures after their two-year-old waited three hours and later died
Thu, 20 Feb 2025 06:59:11 GMT

Massa family calls for independent review after toddler Joe waited in emergency for hours with symptoms including loss of consciousness

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A Sydney family has accused Northern Beaches hospital of having “failed at every level” after their two-year-old waited in the emergency department for three hours before suffering a cardiac arrest and dying.

Joe Massa was a month away from celebrating his second birthday when his mother, Elouise, took him to Northern Beaches hospital’s emergency department at 7am on 14 September 2024.

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Match ID: 150 Score: 25.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 25.00 election

All eyes on far-right AfD in German election rocked by violence and US interference
Thu, 20 Feb 2025 05:00:31 GMT

Extremists tipped for second place after shifting debate to immigration and crime and winning endorsements from Musk and Vance

In the tumultuous German election campaign, which has been rocked by jaw-dropping US interference, a spate of violent attacks and rare fears for the country’s political stability, all eyes have been locked on the party most likely to finish second.

When the dust settles after Sunday’s vote and conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz is – barring further surprises – elected chancellor, the 2025 race will be remembered as the moment the far-right Alternative für Deutschland, consistently polling in second place, went from sideshow to centre stage.

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Match ID: 151 Score: 25.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
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Meta and Google opt out of Sydney Mardi Gras amid move away from DEI in US
Thu, 20 Feb 2025 04:24:22 GMT

Former sponsors walk away from 2025 event – while organisers say they do not meet partnership requirements

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Google and Meta do not meet the requirements to partner with the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, the organisation has said, after the two tech giants ended their official involvement and ditched diversity obligations in the US.

At the 47th annual Mardi Gras parade up Oxford Street next Saturday, a notable absence will be the two tech firms, previously event sponsors.

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Match ID: 152 Score: 25.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 25.00 election

Australia will ‘watch every move’ of Chinese warships detected off east coast
Thu, 20 Feb 2025 03:23:20 GMT

Ships’ presence off east coast follows incident in South China Sea in which a Chinese fighter jet released flares in front of Australian military plane

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Australia will “watch every move” of three Chinese warships which have been detected off the country’s east coast, the defence minister has said.

Three People’s Liberation Army-Navy vessels – the Jiangkai-class frigate Hengyang, the Renhai-class cruiser Zunyi and the Fuchi-class replenishment vessel Weishanhu – were detected off north-east Queensland last week and have been surveilled since as they have sailed south. The Financial Times reported the ships were about 150 nautical miles off the coast of Sydney.

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qualifiers: 25.00 election

‘This is censorship’: Palestinian flags covered up in major exhibition at National Gallery of Australia
Thu, 20 Feb 2025 02:06:32 GMT

Exclusive: Pacific Indigenous art collective claims NGA cited ‘high level’ security risk in direction to remove Palestinian flag from tapestry

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Two Palestinian flags on a tapestry on display at the National Gallery of Australia have been concealed with white fabric, in what the artists have described as an act of censorship they only agreed to reluctantly.

The large tapestry is part of the Te Paepae Aora’i – Where the Gods Cannot be Fooled exhibition, a group show by Pacific Indigenous art collective SaVĀge K’lub. The work features a number of flags, including the Aboriginal flag and the words “justice now”, the Torres Strait Islander flag, the West Papua flag, along with other Moana and Pacific peoples’ symbols, insignia and social justice slogans.

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Match ID: 154 Score: 25.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
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Trump’s media group sues Brazil justice weighing Bolsonaro indictment
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 19:09:12 GMT

Florida lawsuit accuses Alexandre de Moraes of violating free speech rights of far-right Brazilian influencer

Donald Trump’s media group and the video platform Rumble have jointly filed a lawsuit against a Brazilian supreme court justice, alleging that he violated the right to free speech of a far-right Brazilian influencer residing in the US.

The suit against justice Alexandre de Moraes was filed in a federal court in Tampa, Florida, on Wednesday morning, just hours after he received the indictment of Brazil’s ex-president Jair Bolsonaro, formally accusing the far-right leader of leading a plot to cling to power after losing the 2022 election.

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Match ID: 155 Score: 25.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
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The rise of the far right, global trade and Ukraine’s future: why the German election matters – visual explainer
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 07:00:29 GMT

Trump’s election in November last year has – as promised – sent shockwaves round the world. But next week’s German election could be almost as momentous

A key question for Germany, its neighbours and trade partners, is what coalition deal can be done after the election. Germany’s electoral system is meticulously proportional, so it’s very unlikely that any party will be able to govern alone.

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Match ID: 156 Score: 25.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 1 day
qualifiers: 25.00 election

NASA Sets Briefings for Next International Space Station Crew Missions
Tue, 18 Feb 2025 20:44:14 +0000
NASA and its partners will discuss the upcoming Expedition 73 mission aboard the International Space Station during a pair of news conferences on Monday, Feb. 24, from the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Mission leadership will participate in an overview news conference at 2 p.m. EST live on NASA+, covering preparations for NASA’s SpaceX […]
Match ID: 157 Score: 25.00 source: www.nasa.gov age: 1 day
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DOGE as a National Cyberattack
2025-02-13T12:03:26Z

In the span of just weeks, the US government has experienced what may be the most consequential security breach in its history—not through a sophisticated cyberattack or an act of foreign espionage, but through official orders by a billionaire with a poorly defined government role. And the implications for national security are profound.

First, it was reported that people associated with the newly created Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) had accessed the US Treasury computer system, giving them the ability to collect data on and potentially control the department’s roughly ...

Match ID: 158 Score: 21.43 source: www.schneier.com age: 6 days
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US deports 119 immigrants of varying nationalities to Panama
Fri, 14 Feb 2025 16:09:25 GMT

People from Afghanistan, Iran, China and other countries flown out as Trump’s deportation effort intensifies

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The US has sent undocumented immigrants from several Asian countries whose governments have refused to accept them to Panama, in a move signalling an intensification of the Trump administration’s deportation effort.

A military plane carrying 119 immigrants from countries including Afghanistan, Iran, Uzbekistan, China, Sri Lanka, Turkey and Pakistan flew from California to Panama City on Wednesday in what was expected to be the first of three migrants flights to the country.

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Match ID: 159 Score: 17.14 source: www.theguardian.com age: 5 days
qualifiers: 17.14 politics

Private Prison CEO on Trump Deportation Surge: “One of the Most Exciting Periods in My Career”
Tue, 11 Feb 2025 19:09:38 +0000

CoreCivic CEO Damon Hininger could barely contain his excitement about the Laken Riley Act and Trump’s anti-immigration executive orders.

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Match ID: 160 Score: 16.43 source: theintercept.com age: 8 days
qualifiers: 4.29 republican, 4.29 politics, 4.29 democrat, 2.14 executive, 1.43 congress

Satya Nadella says he’s not an economist — and proved it with this common misconception
Thu, 20 Feb 2025 07:52:00 GMT
Microsoft Chairman and Chief Executive Satya Nadella said in an interview released Wednesday that he’s not an economist. And then he showed why.
Match ID: 161 Score: 15.00 source: www.marketwatch.com age: 0 days
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Creative Australia says it won’t reinstate artist Khaled Sabsabi for Venice Biennale at tense all-staff meeting
Thu, 20 Feb 2025 07:39:45 GMT

Exclusive: The western Sydney artist was dropped from representing Australia just days after being selected

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The artist Khaled Sabsabi and curator Michael Dagostino will not be reinstated as Australia’s representatives at the next Venice Biennale despite thousands of artists calling for the decision to be overturned.

The chair of Creative Australia, Robert Morgan, and the organisation’s executive director, Adrian Collette, told an all-staff meeting on Thursday that the decision to withdraw the Venice contract to avoid a potential public outcry would not be revised.

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Match ID: 162 Score: 15.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
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Singing mice, constipated kids and nurture beats nature: science stories of the week – podcast
Thu, 20 Feb 2025 05:00:32 GMT

Science editor Ian Sample joins co-host Madeleine Finlay to discuss some of the most intriguing science stories of the week. From a concerning rise in hospital diagnoses of constipation in children, to research suggesting that the environment is far more important for ageing and longevity than our genes, and how squeaks from genetically engineered mice are providing insight into how human language may have emerged

Primary-age child constipation rates up 60% in England

Environment more crucial than genes in risk of early death, study suggests

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Match ID: 163 Score: 15.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
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On the ground in a new Lebanon – podcast
Thu, 20 Feb 2025 03:00:25 GMT

Israel’s war has left many Lebanese people contemplating what once seemed unimaginable: is Hezbollah finished? Michael Safi reports from Beirut

Michael Safi was in Lebanon in the summer, when it was on the brink of war between Israel and Hezbollah, the most powerful force in the country. Months later, in October, Israeli troops invaded Lebanon amid a wave of airstrikes and assassinations of top Hezbollah leaders and commanders.

Michael returned this month and visited destroyed villages in southern Lebanon as civilians were returning to their homes. On the ground, it appeared the Israeli military had a political strategy too: splintering Lebanese society by driving a wedge between the community that traditionally supports Hezbollah and everybody else.

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Match ID: 164 Score: 15.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
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Cheesecake Factory says ‘distinct, high-quality’ dining is still in demand amid discounts elsewhere
Thu, 20 Feb 2025 01:19:00 GMT
Cheesecake Factory Inc. on Wednesday reported fourth-quarter profit and revenue that were above expectations, amid demand for what executives called “distinct, high-quality dining experiences.”
Match ID: 165 Score: 15.00 source: www.marketwatch.com age: 0 days
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Nigeria sues crypto giant Binance for $81.5bn in economic losses and back tax
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 16:19:52 GMT

Authorities blame crypto exchange, already facing four counts of tax evasion in the country, for currency woes

Nigeria has filed a lawsuit seeking to compel Binance to pay $79.5bn for economic losses the country’s government says were caused by the cryptocurrency exchange’s operations there and $2bn in back taxes, court documents showed on Wednesday.

Authorities blame Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange, for Nigeria’s currency woes and detained two of its executives in 2024 after crypto websites emerged as platforms of choice for trading the local naira currency.

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Match ID: 166 Score: 15.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
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Celtic’s heartbreak at Bayern and Champions League playoff chaos: Football Weekly - podcast
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 14:11:54 GMT

Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, Paul Watson, Nick Ames, Ewan Murray and Jim Burke to discuss the latest Champions League playoff games, Everton’s new ground and much more

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On the podcast today: heartbreak for Celtic as they come within minutes of a famous result in Munich, only for their resistance to be broken in stoppage time. The panel reflect on an heroic performance from Brendan Rodgers’ side, with cameos from Ewan and Jim. The panel also discuss whether Bayern’s defensive frailties beg the question of Vincent Kompany’s managerial reputation and ask … if extra time was scrapped, would we miss it?

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Match ID: 167 Score: 15.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
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How Long Does it Take to Get to the Moon… Mars… Jupiter? We Asked a NASA Expert: Episode 51
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 13:21:46 +0000
So how long does it take to get from Earth to the Moon, to Mars or to Jupiter? As with most things in life, the answer is: it depends.
Match ID: 168 Score: 15.00 source: www.nasa.gov age: 0 days
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From the archive: Was it inevitable? A short history of Russia’s war on Ukraine – podcast
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 05:00:25 GMT

We are raiding the Guardian Long Read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors.

This week, from 2022: To understand the tragedy of this war, it is worth going back beyond the last few weeks and months, and even beyond Vladimir Putin. By Keith Gessen. Read by Andrew McGregor

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Match ID: 169 Score: 15.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 1 day
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NASA Sets Launch Coverage for Missions Studying Cosmic Origins, Sun
Tue, 18 Feb 2025 17:38:25 +0000
NASA will provide live coverage of prelaunch and launch activities for SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer), the agency’s newest space telescope. This will lift off with another NASA mission, Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere, or PUNCH, which will study the Sun’s solar wind. The […]
Match ID: 170 Score: 15.00 source: www.nasa.gov age: 1 day
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The Ketamine-Fueled ‘Psychedelic Slumber Parties’ That Get Tech Execs Back on Track
Tue, 18 Feb 2025 12:30:00 +0000
Can stuffed animals, rose petals, and injections of an Elon Musk–approved dissociative drug help Silicon Valley leaders out of a rut? These women say yes.
Match ID: 171 Score: 15.00 source: www.wired.com age: 1 day
qualifiers: 15.00 executive

How Many Trump Officials Have Taken Money From Qatar?
Tue, 11 Feb 2025 12:02:00 +0000

Oversight laws about foreign influence were already limited. Now the Trump administration is shredding them.

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Match ID: 172 Score: 15.00 source: theintercept.com age: 8 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics, 4.29 democrat, 2.14 political parties, 2.14 judiciary, 2.14 executive

AI-Generated Fake News Is Coming to an Election Near You
Mon, 22 Jan 2024 12:00:00 +0000
Targeted, AI-generated political misinformation is already out there—and humans are falling for it.
Match ID: 173 Score: 10.00 source: www.wired.com age: 394 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics, 3.57 election, 2.14 elections

Latino Voters Have Grown More Politically Divided. That’s Not Surprising.
2024-10-28T00:00:00Z
Demographics are not destiny in politics. Richard Calvo, Vincent Pons, and Jesse Shapiro explain how their latest research is playing out in the final stretch of the US presidential race.
Match ID: 174 Score: 8.57 source: hbswk.hbs.edu age: 115 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics, 4.29 democrat

Global HIV Care Thrown Into Chaos by Trump: “I Will Be Sick and Maybe Die”
Fri, 07 Feb 2025 13:56:06 +0000

In South Africa, a 36-year-old living with HIV since childhood fears she will lose access to treatment due to Trump’s policy.

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Match ID: 175 Score: 7.86 source: theintercept.com age: 12 days
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Trump Is Bullying Jordan and Egypt to Help in Ethnic Cleansing of Gaza. It Isn’t Working.
Tue, 11 Feb 2025 23:14:46 +0000

Even with Jordan and Egypt refusing to take in expelled Palestinians, Trump is charging on with his real estate development plan.

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Match ID: 176 Score: 5.71 source: theintercept.com age: 8 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics, 1.43 congress

ACLU Warns DOGE’s ‘Unchecked’ Access Could Violate Federal Law
Fri, 07 Feb 2025 21:43:33 +0000
The ACLU says it stands ready to sue for access to government records that detail DOGE’s access to sensitive personnel data.
Match ID: 177 Score: 5.71 source: www.wired.com age: 12 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics, 1.43 congress

Economists need new indicators of economic misery
Thu, 14 Nov 2024 10:40:55 +0000
Existing measures of discomfort are failing to predict elections
Match ID: 178 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 97 days
qualifiers: 3.57 election, 2.14 elections

Why investors are unwise to bet on elections
Thu, 25 Jul 2024 09:55:47 +0000
Turning a profit from political news is a lot harder than it looks
Match ID: 179 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 209 days
qualifiers: 3.57 election, 2.14 elections

ICE Wants to Know If You’re Posting Negative Things About It Online
Tue, 11 Feb 2025 11:00:00 +0000

ICE wants to hire contractors to monitor social media for threats. Those who criticize the agency could be pulled into the dragnet.

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Match ID: 180 Score: 4.29 source: theintercept.com age: 8 days
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Gaza Protester Who Interrupted Kendrick Lamar Super Bowl Halftime Show Speaks Out
Mon, 10 Feb 2025 19:16:22 +0000

“Are you going to be a coward?” Zül-Qarnain Nantambu asked himself before taking the field for Kendrick Lamar’s show. “Are you going to take a stand?”

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Match ID: 181 Score: 4.29 source: theintercept.com age: 9 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics

US Funding Cuts Are Helping Criminals Get Away With Child Abuse and Human Trafficking
Mon, 10 Feb 2025 17:47:24 +0000
Services supporting victims of online child exploitation and trafficking around the world have faced USAID and State Department cuts—and children are suffering as a result, sources tell WIRED.
Match ID: 182 Score: 4.29 source: www.wired.com age: 9 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics

“You Don’t Own Gaza, Donald Trump”: Palestinians Vow to Remain and Rebuild
Sat, 08 Feb 2025 11:20:00 +0000

Palestinians from Gaza responded with outrage to Trump’s proposal to expel them from their homes.

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Match ID: 183 Score: 4.29 source: theintercept.com age: 11 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics

DOGE Teen Owns ‘Tesla.Sexy LLC’ and Worked at Startup That Has Hired Convicted Hackers
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 07:30:20 +0000
Experts question whether Edward Coristine, a DOGE staffer who has gone by “Big Balls” online, would pass the background check typically required for access to sensitive US government systems.
Match ID: 184 Score: 4.29 source: www.wired.com age: 14 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics

The Collapse of USAID Is Already Fueling Human Trafficking and Slavery at Scammer Compounds
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 17:33:53 +0000
The dismantling of USAID by Elon Musk's DOGE and a State Department funding freeze have severely disrupted efforts to help people escape forced labor camps run by criminal scammers.
Match ID: 185 Score: 4.29 source: www.wired.com age: 14 days
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Hong Kong’s property slump may be terminal
Thu, 28 Nov 2024 11:05:20 +0000
Demographics and geopolitics will make a recovery harder
Match ID: 186 Score: 4.29 source: www.economist.com age: 83 days
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Betting markets are useful when politics is chaotic
Thu, 11 Jul 2024 09:36:12 +0000
Why, then, are they largely outlawed in America?
Match ID: 187 Score: 4.29 source: www.economist.com age: 223 days
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How American politics has infected investing
Sun, 21 Apr 2024 15:41:46 +0000
Beware: taking a stand can be expensive
Match ID: 188 Score: 4.29 source: www.economist.com age: 304 days
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A Dangerous New Home for Online Extremism
Wed, 24 Jan 2024 12:00:00 +0000
Decentralized Autonomous Organizations, or DAOs, offer independently-minded internet users a safe haven—but it’s also a boon to those with a darker purpose.
Match ID: 189 Score: 4.29 source: www.wired.com age: 392 days
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Regulators Are Finally Catching Up With Big Tech
Fri, 12 Jan 2024 12:00:00 +0000
The lawless, Wild West era of AI and technology is almost at an end, as data protection authorities use new and existing legislation to get tough.
Match ID: 190 Score: 4.29 source: www.wired.com age: 404 days
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LimeWire AI Studio Review 2023: Details, Pricing & Features
Tue, 12 Dec 2023 16:10:00 +0000

 

In the rapidly advancing landscape of AI technology and innovation, LimeWire emerges as a unique platform in the realm of generative AI tools. This platform not only stands out from the multitude of existing AI tools but also brings a fresh approach to content generation. LimeWire not only empowers users to create AI content but also provides creators with creative ways to share and monetize their creations.

As we explore LimeWire, our aim is to uncover its features, benefits for creators, and the exciting possibilities it offers for AI content generation. This platform presents an opportunity for users to harness the power of AI in image creation, all while enjoying the advantages of a free and accessible service.

Let's unravel the distinctive features that set LimeWire apart in the dynamic landscape of AI-powered tools, understanding how creators can leverage its capabilities to craft unique and engaging AI-generated images.

Introduction

This revamped LimeWire invites users to register and unleash their creativity by crafting original AI content, which can then be shared and showcased on the LimeWire Studio. Notably, even acclaimed artists and musicians, such as Deadmau5, Soulja Boy, and Sean Kingston, have embraced this platform to publish their content in the form of NFT music, videos, and images.

Beyond providing a space for content creation and sharing, LimeWire introduces monetization models to empower users to earn revenue from their creations. This includes avenues such as earning ad revenue and participating in the burgeoning market of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs). As we delve further, we'll explore these monetization strategies in more detail to provide a comprehensive understanding of LimeWire's innovative approach to content creation and distribution.

LimeWire Studio welcomes content creators into its fold, providing a space to craft personalized AI-focused content for sharing with fans and followers. Within this creative hub, every piece of content generated becomes not just a creation but a unique asset—ownable and tradable. Fans have the opportunity to subscribe to creators' pages, immersing themselves in the creative journey and gaining ownership of digital collectibles that hold tradeable value within the LimeWire community. Notably, creators earn a 2.5% royalty each time their content is traded, adding a rewarding element to the creative process.

The platform's flexibility is evident in its content publication options. Creators can choose to share their work freely with the public or opt for a premium subscription model, granting exclusive access to specialized content for subscribers.

LimeWire AI Studio

As of the present moment, LimeWire focuses on AI Image Generation, offering a spectrum of creative possibilities to its user base. The platform, however, has ambitious plans on the horizon, aiming to broaden its offerings by introducing AI music and video generation tools in the near future. This strategic expansion promises creators even more avenues for expression and engagement with their audience, positioning LimeWire Studio as a dynamic and evolving platform within the realm of AI-powered content creation.

AI Image Generation Tools

The LimeWire AI image generation tool presents a versatile platform for both the creation and editing of images. Supporting advanced models such as Stable Diffusion 2.1, Stable Diffusion XL, and DALL-E 2, LimeWire offers a sophisticated toolkit for users to delve into the realm of generative AI art.

Much like other tools in the generative AI landscape, LimeWire provides a range of options catering to various levels of complexity in image creation. Users can initiate the creative process with prompts as simple as a few words or opt for more intricate instructions, tailoring the output to their artistic vision.

What sets LimeWire apart is its seamless integration of different AI models and design styles. Users have the flexibility to effortlessly switch between various AI models, exploring diverse design styles such as cinematic, digital art, pixel art, anime, analog film, and more. Each style imparts a distinctive visual identity to the generated AI art, enabling users to explore a broad spectrum of creative possibilities.

The platform also offers additional features, including samplers, allowing users to fine-tune the quality and detail levels of their creations. Customization options and prompt guidance further enhance the user experience, providing a user-friendly interface for both novice and experienced creators.

Excitingly, LimeWire is actively developing its proprietary AI model, signaling ongoing innovation and enhancements to its image generation capabilities. This upcoming addition holds the promise of further expanding the creative horizons for LimeWire users, making it an evolving and dynamic platform within the landscape of AI-driven art and image creation.

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Automatically Mint Your Content As NFTs

Upon completing your creative endeavor on LimeWire, the platform allows you the option to publish your content. An intriguing feature follows this step: LimeWire automates the process of minting your creation as a Non-Fungible Token (NFT), utilizing either the Polygon or Algorand blockchain. This transformative step imbues your artwork with a unique digital signature, securing its authenticity and ownership in the decentralized realm.

Creators on LimeWire hold the power to decide the accessibility of their NFT creations. By opting for a public release, the content becomes discoverable by anyone, fostering a space for engagement and interaction. Furthermore, this choice opens the avenue for enthusiasts to trade the NFTs, adding a layer of community involvement to the artistic journey.

Alternatively, LimeWire acknowledges the importance of exclusivity. Creators can choose to share their posts exclusively with their premium subscribers. In doing so, the content remains a special offering solely for dedicated fans, creating an intimate and personalized experience within the LimeWire community. This flexibility in sharing options emphasizes LimeWire's commitment to empowering creators with choices in how they connect with their audience and distribute their digital creations.

After creating your content, you can choose to publish the content. It will automatically mint your creation as an NFT on the Polygon or Algorand blockchain. You can also choose whether to make it public or subscriber-only.

If you make it public, anyone can discover your content and even trade the NFTs. If you choose to share the post only with your premium subscribers, it will be exclusive only to your fans.

Earn Revenue From Your Content

Additionally, you can earn ad revenue from your content creations as well.

When you publish content on LimeWire, you will receive 70% of all ad revenue from other users who view your images, music, and videos on the platform.

This revenue model will be much more beneficial to designers. You can experiment with the AI image and content generation tools and share your creations while earning a small income on the side.

LMWR Tokens

The revenue you earn from your creations will come in the form of LMWR tokens, LimeWire’s own cryptocurrency.

Your earnings will be paid every month in LMWR, which you can then trade on many popular crypto exchange platforms like Kraken, ByBit, and UniSwap.

You can also use your LMWR tokens to pay for prompts when using LimeWire generative AI tools.

Pricing Plans

You can sign up to LimeWire to use its AI tools for free. You will receive 10 credits to use and generate up to 20 AI images per day. You will also receive 50% of the ad revenue share. However, you will get more benefits with premium plans.

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For $9.99 per month, you will get 1,000 credits per month, up to 2 ,000 image generations, early access to new AI models, and 50% ad revenue share

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For $29 per month, you will get 3750 credits per month, up to 7500 image generations, early access to new AI models, and 60% ad revenue share

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For $49 per month, you will get 5,000 credits per month, up to 10,000 image generations, early access to new AI models, and 70% ad revenue share

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For $99 per month, you will get 11,250 credits per month, up to 2 2,500 image generations, early access to new AI models, and 70% ad revenue share

With all premium plans, you will receive a Pro profile badge, full creation history, faster image generation, and no ads.

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In conclusion, LimeWire emerges as a democratizing force in the creative landscape, providing an inclusive platform where anyone can unleash their artistic potential and effortlessly share their work. With the integration of AI, LimeWire eliminates traditional barriers, empowering designers, musicians, and artists to publish their creations and earn revenue with just a few clicks.

The ongoing commitment of LimeWire to innovation is evident in its plans to enhance generative AI tools with new features and models. The upcoming expansion to include music and video generation tools holds the promise of unlocking even more possibilities for creators. It sparks anticipation about the diverse and innovative ways in which artists will leverage these tools to produce and publish their own unique creations.

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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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America’s glorious economy should help Kamala Harris
Sun, 27 Oct 2024 15:11:58 +0000
Voters are starting to notice the good news just in time for the election
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Canva Review 2022: Details, Pricing & Features
Sun, 20 Feb 2022 12:02:00 +0000

Are you looking for a new graphic design tool? Would you like to read a detailed review of Canva? As it's one of the tools I love using. I am also writing my first ebook using canva and publish it soon on my site you can download it is free.  Let's start the review.

Canva has a web version and also a mobile app

What is Canva?

Canva is a free graphic design web application that allows you to create invitations, business cards, flyers, lesson plans, banners, and more using professionally designed templates. You can upload your own photos from your computer or from Google Drive, and add them to Canva's templates using a simple drag-and-drop interface. It's like having a basic version of Photoshop that doesn't require Graphic designing knowledge to use. It’s best for nongraphic designers.

Who is Canva best suited for?

Canva is a great tool for small business owners, online entrepreneurs, and marketers who don’t have the time and want to edit quickly.

To create sophisticated graphics, a tool such as Photoshop can is ideal. To use it, you’ll need to learn its hundreds of features, get familiar with the software, and it’s best to have a good background in design, too.

Also running the latest version of Photoshop you need a high-end computer.

So here  Canva takes place, with Canva you can do all that with drag-and-drop feature. It’s also easier to use and free. Also an even-more-affordable paid version is available for $12.95 per month.

Free vs Pro vs Enterprise Pricing plan

The product is available in three plans: Free, Pro ($12.99/month per user or  $119.99/year for up to 5 people), and Enterprise ($30 per user per month, minimum 25 people).

Free plan Features

• 250,000+ free templates
• 100+ design types (social media posts, presentations, letters, and more)
• Hundreds of thousands of free photos and graphics
• Invite members to your team
• Collaborate and comment in real-time
• 5GB of cloud storage
• Try Canva Pro for free for 30 days

Pro Plan Features 

• Everything Free, has plus:
• 100+ million premium and  stock photos, videos, audio, and graphics
• 610,000+ premium and free templates with new designs daily
• Access to Background Remover and Magic Resize
•  Create a library of your brand or campaign's colors, logos, and fonts with up to 100 Brand Kits
• Remove image backgrounds instantly with background remover
• Resize designs infinitely with Magic Resize
• Save designs as templates for your team to use
• 100GB of cloud storage
• Schedule social media content to 8 platforms

Enterprise Plan Features

• Everything Pro has plus:
• Establish your brand's visual identity with logos, colors and fonts across multiple Brand Kits
• Control your team's access to apps, graphics, logos, colors and fonts with brand controls
• Built-in workflows to get approval on your designs
• Set which elements your team can edit and stay on brand with template locking
• Unlimited Storage
• Log in with single-sign on (SSO) and have access to 24/7 Enterprise-level support.

How to Use Canva?

To get started on Canva, you will need to create an account by providing your email address, Google, Facebook or Apple credentials. You will then choose your account type between student, teacher, small business, large company, non-profit, or personal. Based on your choice of account type, templates will be recommended to you.

You can sign up for a free trial of Canva Pro, or you can start with the free version to get a sense of whether it’s the right graphic design tool for your needs.

Canva Sign Up

Designing with Canva

When you sign up for an account, Canva will suggest different post types to choose from. Based on the type of account you set up  you'll be able to see templates categorized by the following categories: social media posts, documents, presentations, marketing, events, ads, launch your business, build your online brand, etc.

 Start by choosing a template for your post or searching for something more specific. Search by social network name to see a list of post types on each network.

Templates

Next, you can choose a template. Choose from hundreds of templates that are ready to go, with customizable photos, text, and other elements.

You can start your design by choosing from a variety of ready-made templates, searching for a template matching your needs, or working with a blank template.

 Canva has a lot to choose from, so start with a specific search.if you want to create business card just search for it and you will see alot of templates to choose from

Elements

Inside the Canva designer, the Elements tab gives you access to lines and shapes, graphics, photos, videos, audio, charts, photo frames, and photo grids.The search box on the Elements tab lets you search everything on Canva.

To begin with, Canva has a large library of elements to choose from. To find them, be specific in your search query. You may also want to search in the following tabs to see various elements separately:

Photos

The Photos tab lets you search for and choose from millions of professional stock photos for your templates.

You can replace the photos in our templates to create a new look. This can also make the template more suited to your industry.

You can find photos on other stock photography sites like pexel, pixabay and many more or simply upload your own photos.

When you choose an image, Canva’s photo editing features let you adjust the photo’s settings (brightness, contrast, saturation, etc.), crop, or animate it.

 When you subscribe to Canva Pro, you get access to a number of premium features, including the Background Remover. This feature allows you to remove the background from any stock photo in  library or any image you upload.

Text

The Text tab lets you add headings, normal text, and graphical text to your design.

When you click on  text, you'll see options to adjust the font, font size, color, format, spacing, and text effects (like shadows). 

Canva Pro subscribers can choose from a large library of fonts on the Brand Kit or the Styles tab. Enterprise-level controls ensure that visual content remains on-brand, no matter how many people are working on it.

Audio

Create an animated image or video by adding audio to capture user’s attention in social news feeds.

If you want to use audio from another stock site or your own audio tracks, you can upload them in the Uploads tab or from the more option.

Video

Want to create your own videos? Choose from thousands of stock video clips. You’ll find videos that range upto 2 minutes

You can upload your own videos as well as videos from other stock sites in the Uploads tab. 

Once you have chosen a video, you can use the editing features in Canva to trim the video, flip it, and adjust its transparency.

Backgrounds

On the Background tab, you’ll find free stock photos to serve as backgrounds on your designs. Change out the background on a template to give it a more personal touch.

Styles

The Styles tab lets you quickly change the look and feel of your template with just a click. And if you have a Canva Pro subscription, you can upload your brand’s custom colors and fonts to ensure designs stay on brand.

Logos

If you have a Canva Pro subscription, you’ll have a Logos tab. Here, you can upload variations of your brand logo to use throughout your designs.

With Canva, you can also create your own logos. Note that you cannot trademark a logo with stock content in it.

Publishing with Canva

With Canva, free users can download and share designs to multiple platforms including Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Slack and Tumblr.

Canva Pro subscribers can create multiple post formats from one design. For example, you can start by designing an Instagram post, and Canva's Magic Resizer can resize it for other networks, Stories, Reels, and other formats.

Canva Pro subscribers can also use Canva’s Content Planner to post content on eight different accounts on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Slack, and Tumblr.

Canva Team

Canva Pro allows you to work with your team on visual content. Designs can be created inside Canva, and then sent to your team members for approval. Everyone can make comments, edits, revisions, and keep track via the version history.

Canva Print

When it comes to printing your designs, Canva has you covered. With an extensive selection of printing options, they can turn your designs into anything from banners and wall art to mugs and t-shirts. 

Canva Print is perfect for any business seeking to make a lasting impression. Create inspiring designs people will want to wear, keep, and share. Hand out custom business cards that leave a lasting impression on customers' minds.

Canva Apps

The Canva app is available on the Apple App Store and Google Play. The Canva app has earned a 4.9 out of five star rating from over 946.3K Apple users and a 4.5 out of five star rating from over 6,996,708 Google users.

In addition to mobile apps, you can use Canva’s integration with other Internet services to add images and text from sources like Google Maps, Emojis, photos from Google Drive and Dropbox, YouTube videos, Flickr photos, Bitmojis, and other popular visual content elements.

Canva Pros and Cons

Pros:

• A user-friendly interface
• Canva is a great tool for people who want to create professional graphics but don’t have graphic design skills.
• Hundreds of templates, so you'll never have to start from scratch.
• Wide variety of templates to fit multiple uses
• Branding kits to keep your team consistent with the brand colors and fonts
• Creating visual content on the go
• You can find royalty free images, audio, and video without having to subscribe to another service.

Cons:

• Some professional templates are available for Pro user only
• Advanced photo editing features like blurring or erasing a specific area are missing.
• Some elements that fall outside of a design are tricky to retrieve.
• Features (like Canva presentations) could use some improvement.
• If you are a regular user of Adobe products, you might find Canva's features limited.
• Prefers to work with vectors. Especially logos.
• Expensive enterprise pricing

Conclusion

In general, Canva is an excellent tool for those who need simple images for projects. If you are a graphic designer with experience, you will find Canva’s platform lacking in customization and advanced features – particularly vectors. But if you have little design experience, you will find Canva easier to use than advanced graphic design tools like Adobe Photoshop or Illustrator for most projects. If you have any queries let me know in the comments section.

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What can corporate leaders learn from executives who served their country during wartime conflicts? Drawing on a series of case studies, Robert Simons shares important lessons from the experiences of Walt Disney, Dwight Eisenhower, and Robert McNamara.
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Chinese military helicopter flies within 10 feet of plane, video shows
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 03:37:16 +0000
Journalists on the Philippines’ plane filmed the helicopter coming dangerously close. Beijing has become increasingly aggressive in the contested South China Sea.
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Australia will ‘watch every move’ of Chinese warships detected off east coast
Thu, 20 Feb 2025 03:23:20 GMT

Ships’ presence off east coast follows incident in South China Sea in which a Chinese fighter jet released flares in front of Australian military plane

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Australia will “watch every move” of three Chinese warships which have been detected off the country’s east coast, the defence minister has said.

Three People’s Liberation Army-Navy vessels – the Jiangkai-class frigate Hengyang, the Renhai-class cruiser Zunyi and the Fuchi-class replenishment vessel Weishanhu – were detected off north-east Queensland last week and have been surveilled since as they have sailed south. The Financial Times reported the ships were about 150 nautical miles off the coast of Sydney.

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Developing world urges rich nations to defy Trump’s ‘climate nihilism’
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 13:11:20 GMT

Poorer countries want rapid emission cuts and more financial help in face of US leader’s stance on global heating

Developing countries are calling on the rich world to defy the US president, Donald Trump, and bridge the global chasm over climate action, before the goal of limiting global temperatures to safe levels is irretrievably lost.

Diplomats from the developing world are rallying to support Brazil, which will host a crucial climate summit in November, after last year’s talks in Azerbaijan ended in disappointment and acrimony.

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Trump wants Greenland and Gaza. That might embolden China on Taiwan.
Tue, 18 Feb 2025 10:00:21 +0000
Trump’s transactional style is unnerving many in Taiwan, who fear it will encourage Chinese leader Xi Jinping in his ambitions to take control of the island.
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China berates US for changing state department language on Taiwan
Mon, 17 Feb 2025 16:28:40 GMT

US state department last week removed line from fact sheet saying ‘We do not support Taiwan independence’

China has called on the United States to “correct its mistakes” after a statement that Washington does not support an independent Taiwan was removed from the state department website.

Beijing views Taiwan as part of its territory and has refused to rule out using force to unify with the self-ruled island one day.

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Two-thirds of the Earth’s surface experienced record heat in 2024. See where and by how much – visualised
Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:00:32 GMT

In oceans and on land, from the north to the south pole, records were smashed for the monthly average temperature

Two-thirds of the world’s surface was scorched by a month or more of record-breaking heat, Guardian analysis of satellite data can reveal.

In oceans and on land, from Colombia to China, and from the north to south pole, records for the monthly average temperature were smashed time and time again last year – in some cases, by as much as 5C (9F) hotter than the previous record.

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LNP release of Queensland corruption watchdog report ‘terrifying and petty’, Jackie Trad says
Thu, 20 Feb 2025 07:40:09 GMT

Former deputy premier criticises government’s use of parliamentary privilege to make public previously suppressed CCC report on her conduct

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The former Queensland deputy premier, Jackie Trad, says the new government’s decision to release a previously suppressed Crime and Corruption Commission report into her conduct is “terrifying and petty”.

The CCC investigation report has been the subject of a years-long legal wrangle, and had been blocked from release after a high court ruling in 2023.

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Sydney parents accuse Northern Beaches hospital of failures after their two-year-old waited three hours and later died
Thu, 20 Feb 2025 06:59:11 GMT

Massa family calls for independent review after toddler Joe waited in emergency for hours with symptoms including loss of consciousness

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A Sydney family has accused Northern Beaches hospital of having “failed at every level” after their two-year-old waited in the emergency department for three hours before suffering a cardiac arrest and dying.

Joe Massa was a month away from celebrating his second birthday when his mother, Elouise, took him to Northern Beaches hospital’s emergency department at 7am on 14 September 2024.

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Turnbull says ‘we cannot assume we can rely on America’ under Trump – as it happened
Thu, 20 Feb 2025 06:58:16 GMT

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Adam Bandt on Greens’ proposed Centrelink boost

Announcing the plan (see previous post), Australian Greens leader Adam Bandt said:

Finishing school and working out what’s next is a pivotal time for young people, but with rents, education fees and the cost of living all rising, many of them are finding completing further study is not a path they can afford.

Starting out your adult life shouldn’t be this hard. Labor should be doing much more to support young people to get established in the field or industry they want to pursue.

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Dreyfus heckled at Sky News antisemitism conference as Sukkar doubles down on parliamentary gag
Thu, 20 Feb 2025 06:01:43 GMT

Attorney general says he received ‘extraordinary’ number of private Coalition apologies after parliament standoff

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Mark Dreyfus has been heckled while addressing an antisemitism conference, as the Liberal MP Michael Sukkar stands by his move to gag the attorney general from speaking on antisemitism last week.

On Thursday, Sky News Australia held an antisemitism summit at the Central Sydney synagogue. Speaker John Howard – appearing alongside others including the antisemitism envoy, Jillian Segal, the opposition leader, New South Wales premier and Israeli ambassador – was praised by the summit host, Sky’s Sharri Markson, as one of Australia’s “greatest” prime ministers. Sarah Murdoch was in the audience. Dreyfus, Australia’s most senior Jewish politician, detailed the steps taken by the Albanese government to tackle antisemitism – and drew loud dissent.

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Meta and Google opt out of Sydney Mardi Gras amid move away from DEI in US
Thu, 20 Feb 2025 04:24:22 GMT

Former sponsors walk away from 2025 event – while organisers say they do not meet partnership requirements

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Google and Meta do not meet the requirements to partner with the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, the organisation has said, after the two tech giants ended their official involvement and ditched diversity obligations in the US.

At the 47th annual Mardi Gras parade up Oxford Street next Saturday, a notable absence will be the two tech firms, previously event sponsors.

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‘This is censorship’: Palestinian flags covered up in major exhibition at National Gallery of Australia
Thu, 20 Feb 2025 02:06:32 GMT

Exclusive: Pacific Indigenous art collective claims NGA cited ‘high level’ security risk in direction to remove Palestinian flag from tapestry

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Two Palestinian flags on a tapestry on display at the National Gallery of Australia have been concealed with white fabric, in what the artists have described as an act of censorship they only agreed to reluctantly.

The large tapestry is part of the Te Paepae Aora’i – Where the Gods Cannot be Fooled exhibition, a group show by Pacific Indigenous art collective SaVĀge K’lub. The work features a number of flags, including the Aboriginal flag and the words “justice now”, the Torres Strait Islander flag, the West Papua flag, along with other Moana and Pacific peoples’ symbols, insignia and social justice slogans.

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Police search for woman who escaped Panama hotel where US deportees are being held
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 23:03:33 GMT

Zheng Lijuan fled Panama City hotel as 170 of deported migrants were transported to dense, lawless region

Police are searching for a Chinese woman who escaped from a downtown Panama City hotel where she was being held following her deportation from the US under Donald Trump’s intensified campaign against immigrants.

Zheng Lijuan was one of 299 migrants – from China, Afghanistan, Iran and other countries with which the US lacks extradition agreements – who have been flown in shackles to Panama since last Wednesday. Panamanian authorities say they believe that Zheng was aided by locals who had been “prowling” outside the Decapolis hotel in the capital city where the deportees had been held.

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Trump Doesn’t Care About Ukraine or Russia — Just Money
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 18:21:06 +0000

Trump is leaving Ukraine with impossible choices: fight a losing war without U.S. support, or submit to economic vassalage.

The post Trump Doesn’t Care About Ukraine or Russia — Just Money appeared first on The Intercept.

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Before Going to Tokyo, I Tried Learning Japanese With ChatGPT
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 12:00:00 +0000
WIRED tests the benefits and limitations of using generative AI, specifically ChatGPT’s Advanced Voice Mode, as a language tutor for travelers.
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Three resort workers die in suspected gas poisoning near hot spring in Japan
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 06:40:43 GMT

Hydrogen sulphide gives Takayu Onsen its unmistakable sulphurous smell but can be dangerous if inhaled in high enough concentrations

Three people have died in north-east Japan in an accident that authorities suspect is linked to the inhalation of deadly gas found in the country’s famed hot spring resorts.

Japanese media said the three men, who all worked at a nearby hotel, were found in a mountainous area near the city of Fukushima on Tuesday. They were discovered in an area of Takayu Onsen (hot spring) where high concentrations of hydrogen sulphide, a toxic byproduct of volcanic hot springs, have been recorded.

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Under Trump, U.S. diplomacy finds its own ‘wolf warriors’
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 05:00:22 +0000
China’s “wolf warrior” approach to geopolitics wasn’t effective diplomacy — a lesson Trump’s representatives on the global stage may relearn the hard way.
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NASA Sets Briefings for Next International Space Station Crew Missions
Tue, 18 Feb 2025 20:44:14 +0000
NASA and its partners will discuss the upcoming Expedition 73 mission aboard the International Space Station during a pair of news conferences on Monday, Feb. 24, from the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Mission leadership will participate in an overview news conference at 2 p.m. EST live on NASA+, covering preparations for NASA’s SpaceX […]
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Gil Won-ok, memory keeper of wartime sex slavery by Japan, dies at 96
Tue, 18 Feb 2025 17:35:05 +0000
Born in Japanese-occupied Korea, she was among the last surviving “comfort women” forced into sexual servitude for Japanese soldiers in World War II.
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Poised to Take Over TikTok, Oracle Is Accused of Clamping Down on Pro-Palestine Dissent
Tue, 18 Feb 2025 10:00:00 +0000

Oracle, which has secret partnerships with Israel, has told employees to love the country or work elsewhere.

The post Poised to Take Over TikTok, Oracle Is Accused of Clamping Down on Pro-Palestine Dissent appeared first on The Intercept.

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Cook Islands releases terms of deal with China amid protests about lack of transparency
Tue, 18 Feb 2025 05:56:36 GMT

Agreement includes sections on deep-sea mining and education, document shows, as opposition accuses PM of risking relationship with New Zealand

A strategic partnership deal between China and the Cook Islands spans areas from deep-sea mining to education scholarships but excludes security ties, a document released by the Pacific island nation’s government showed.

Western nations that traditionally held sway in the region have become increasingly concerned about China’s push for influence in the Pacific, after Beijing signed defence, trade and financial deals with countries in the region over the past three years.

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Why Trump’s Metal Tariffs Won’t Lead to the All-American iPhone
Mon, 17 Feb 2025 13:26:09 +0000
You need aluminum to make an iPhone, but Trump’s 25 percent tariff shouldn’t directly affect the price.
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British firms among those that exported aircraft parts which reached Russia
Thu, 20 Feb 2025 07:00:32 GMT

Boeing one of more than 100 companies whose products reached Russian aviation industry via intermediaries in India

British firms are among more than 100 western companies, including the aerospace giant Boeing, which have exported aircraft parts to India that reached Russia, according to customs data.

Analysis suggests products worth more than $50m have passed through intermediaries in India to Russian airlines and other entities over a 21-month period up to September 2024.

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YouTuber's 'dirty' comments spark massive row in India
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 22:50:11 GMT
Remarks made by popular YouTuber Ranveer Allahbadia on a talent show have led to a huge controversy.
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British tourist dies after rescue from mountain trail in Himalayas
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:16:48 GMT

Man was trekking with another Briton in Dhauladhar range on trail from Dharamkot to Triund in northern India

A British tourist has died after seriously injuring himself while trekking in the Himalayas.

The man, who had gone on a short hike to the foot of the Dhauladhar mountain range in northern India with another British tourist, fell during his descent on Sunday evening and was taken down the mountain on a stretcher.

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Hundreds of books seized from stores in Kashmir as Indian police crack down on dissent
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 17:41:00 GMT

Most titles written by Islamic scholar who founded an Islamic organisation banned in the disputed region

Police in Kashmir have raided dozens of bookstores and seized more than 650 books as part of crackdowns on dissent in the Indian-administered region.

Most of the titles were written by Abul A’la Maududi, a prominent 20th-century Islamic scholar who founded Jamaat-e-Islami, an Islamic organisation banned in Kashmir.

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Match ID: 25 Score: 35.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 35.00 india

Meta Will Build the World’s Longest Undersea Cable
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 11:19:52 +0000
Meta’s Waterworth Project will provide internet connectivity on five continents, with landing points in India, the United States, Brazil, and South Africa.
Match ID: 26 Score: 35.00 source: www.wired.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 35.00 india

US deports 119 immigrants of varying nationalities to Panama
Fri, 14 Feb 2025 16:09:25 GMT

People from Afghanistan, Iran, China and other countries flown out as Trump’s deportation effort intensifies

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The US has sent undocumented immigrants from several Asian countries whose governments have refused to accept them to Panama, in a move signalling an intensification of the Trump administration’s deportation effort.

A military plane carrying 119 immigrants from countries including Afghanistan, Iran, Uzbekistan, China, Sri Lanka, Turkey and Pakistan flew from California to Panama City on Wednesday in what was expected to be the first of three migrants flights to the country.

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Match ID: 27 Score: 31.43 source: www.theguardian.com age: 5 days
qualifiers: 22.86 china, 8.57 sri lanka

Martial law was Yoon Suk Yeol’s answer to ‘legislative dictatorship’, insurrection trial hears
Thu, 20 Feb 2025 06:03:42 GMT

Lawyers for impeached South Korean president who caused chaos argue that court has no jurisdiction to put him on trial for ‘act of governance’

Lawyers for Yoon Suk Yeol have told a court in Seoul that the impeached president declared martial law in late 2024 to prevent the country becoming a “legislative dictatorship” controlled by his political opponents.

The claim came as Yoon became the first South Korean president to stand trial in a criminal case, brought over his short-lived declaration of martial law in early December.

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Match ID: 28 Score: 30.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
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'We will unite with Kim Jong Un': Conspiracies grip South Korea
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 23:08:57 GMT
Yoon Suk Yeol's most fanatic followers believe the opposition wants to turn South Korea into a communist country.
Match ID: 29 Score: 30.00 source: www.bbc.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 30.00 south korea

‘There has been an awakening’: ancient sects on the rise in Modi’s India
Sun, 16 Feb 2025 09:00:05 GMT

Some 400 million devotees will attend this year’s Kumbh Mela festival. Pilgrims and politicians explain why it’s bigger than ever

They sat quietly together on the banks of the Ganges river, heads bowed in sombre prayer. Some men were naked, their bodies smeared grey with ash. Others had a simple saffron cloth tied around their waist. Nearby, barbers balanced on their haunches, shaving the head of each man clean with a flick of their knives, save for a small strand at the back.

This sacred ceremony, committing to a renunciation of earthly pleasures , has been taking place at the Kumbh Mela festival for centuries. The meditation, followed by immersion in the river, is a mandatory initiation ritual for sadhus – Hindu holy men who live an austere life of strict spiritual discipline. Among the most sacred events in the Hindu calendar, the festival occurs every 12 years across four sacred locations in India where it is believed the Hindu god Vishnu once spilled drops of the nectar of immortality.

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Match ID: 30 Score: 30.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 3 days
qualifiers: 30.00 india

The Official DOGE Website Launch Was a Security Mess
Sat, 15 Feb 2025 11:30:00 +0000
Plus: Researchers find RedNote lacks basic security measures, surveillance ramps up around the US-Mexico border, and the UK ordering Apple to create an encryption backdoor comes under fire.
Match ID: 31 Score: 28.57 source: www.wired.com age: 4 days
qualifiers: 28.57 china

At least 18 people die in crowd crush at Delhi railway station
Sun, 16 Feb 2025 05:11:44 GMT

Rush broke out as travellers scrambled to board trains in India’s capital to go to world’s largest religious gathering

At least 18 people have died in a crush at a railway station in India’s capital when surging crowds scrambled to catch trains to the world’s largest religious gathering, officials have said.

The Kumbh Mela attracts tens of millions of Hindu faithful every 12 years to the northern city of Prayagraj, and has a history of crowd-related disasters – including one last month, when at least 30 people died in another crush at the holy confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati rivers.

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Match ID: 32 Score: 25.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 4 days
qualifiers: 25.00 india

AI and Civil Service Purges
2025-02-14T13:03:22Z

Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s chaotic approach to reform is upending government operations. Critical functions have been halted, tens of thousands of federal staffers are being encouraged to resign, and congressional mandates are being disregarded. The next phase: The Department of Government Efficiency reportedly wants to use AI to cut costs. According to The Washington Post, Musk’s group has started to run sensitive data from government systems through AI programs to analyze spending and determine what could be pruned. This may lead to the elimination of human jobs in favor of automation. As one government official who has been tracking Musk’s DOGE team told the...

Match ID: 33 Score: 22.86 source: www.schneier.com age: 5 days
qualifiers: 11.43 taiwan, 11.43 singapore

Runaway snakes and scooting pups: surreal street photography – in pictures
Tue, 18 Feb 2025 07:00:03 GMT

The latest issue of Eyeshot magazine celebrates the serendipity of everyday life – where construction site sunbathers and hovering cemetery angels defy logic

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Match ID: 34 Score: 20.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 2 days
qualifiers: 20.00 taiwan

DOGE as a National Cyberattack
2025-02-13T12:03:26Z

In the span of just weeks, the US government has experienced what may be the most consequential security breach in its history—not through a sophisticated cyberattack or an act of foreign espionage, but through official orders by a billionaire with a poorly defined government role. And the implications for national security are profound.

First, it was reported that people associated with the newly created Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) had accessed the US Treasury computer system, giving them the ability to collect data on and potentially control the department’s roughly ...

Match ID: 35 Score: 17.14 source: www.schneier.com age: 6 days
qualifiers: 17.14 china

Six elephants dead after being hit by train in Sri Lanka
Thu, 20 Feb 2025 07:46:01 GMT
No injuries were reported among passengers of the train, which derailed after striking the elephants.
Match ID: 36 Score: 15.00 source: www.bbc.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 15.00 sri lanka

Philippines officials offer cash for mosquitoes amid rise in dengue cases
Thu, 20 Feb 2025 07:33:53 GMT

People in village near the capital line up with their haul, where a mosquito zapper and some pesos await

Village officials in the Philippines are handing out cash rewards to residents who capture mosquitoes in a bid to combat an outbreak of dengue.

At the Wednesday launch, residents from the village of Addition Hills in metropolitan Manila lined up with plastic cups and bags containing their captures as they waited to receive their bounty: one Philippine peso (1.7 US cents) for every five mosquitoes.

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Match ID: 37 Score: 15.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
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Charting the US-China Trade War: What Does 'Made in Vietnam' Mean?
2024-10-24T00:00:00Z
Chinese companies have been evading US tariffs by shipping goods through Vietnam, but not to the degree that the headlines would suggest. Ebehi Iyoha and Jaya Wen dig into trade microdata to illustrate Vietnam's strategic importance and why American policymakers should take note.
Match ID: 38 Score: 15.00 source: hbswk.hbs.edu age: 119 days
qualifiers: 7.14 china trade, 5.71 china, 2.14 vietnam

China’s Salt Typhoon Spies Are Still Hacking Telecoms—Now by Exploiting Cisco Routers
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 05:00:00 +0000
Despite high-profile attention and even US sanctions, the group hasn’t stopped or even slowed its operation, including the breach of two more US telecoms.
Match ID: 39 Score: 11.43 source: www.wired.com age: 7 days
qualifiers: 11.43 china

How Vladimir Putin hopes to transform Russian trade
Wed, 28 Aug 2024 17:44:29 +0000
He believes the country’s future lies with China and India. What could go wrong?
Match ID: 40 Score: 10.71 source: www.economist.com age: 175 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china, 5.00 india

Brazil, India and Mexico are taking on China’s exports
Thu, 23 May 2024 10:13:46 +0000
To avoid an economic shock, they are pursuing a strange mix of free trade and protectionism
Match ID: 41 Score: 10.71 source: www.economist.com age: 272 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china, 5.00 india

The Rise of the Drone Boats
Mon, 10 Feb 2025 10:30:00 +0000
Swarms of weaponized unmanned surface vessels have proven formidable weapons in the Black and Red Seas. Can the US military learn the right lessons from it?
Match ID: 42 Score: 5.71 source: www.wired.com age: 9 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

Xi Jinping shows how he will return American fire
Tue, 04 Feb 2025 16:46:53 +0000
China’s trade retaliation carries a warning of worse to come
Match ID: 43 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 15 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

Trump’s brutal tariffs far outstrip any he has imposed before
Sun, 02 Feb 2025 00:05:43 +0000
Canada, Mexico and China are going to be made to suffer
Match ID: 44 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 18 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

Foreign Hackers Are Using Google’s Gemini in Attacks on the US
Sat, 01 Feb 2025 11:30:00 +0000
Plus: WhatsApp discloses nearly 100 targets of spyware, hackers used the AT&T breach to hunt for details on US politicians, and more.
Match ID: 45 Score: 5.71 source: www.wired.com age: 18 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

DeepSeek’s Safety Guardrails Failed Every Test Researchers Threw at Its AI Chatbot
Fri, 31 Jan 2025 18:30:00 +0000
Security researchers tested 50 well-known jailbreaks against DeepSeek’s popular new AI chatbot. It didn’t stop a single one.
Match ID: 46 Score: 5.71 source: www.wired.com age: 19 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

Exposed DeepSeek Database Revealed Chat Prompts and Internal Data
Wed, 29 Jan 2025 21:34:22 +0000
China-based DeepSeek has exploded in popularity, drawing greater scrutiny. Case in point: Security researchers found more than 1 million records, including user data and API keys, in an open database.
Match ID: 47 Score: 5.71 source: www.wired.com age: 21 days
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Has Japan truly escaped low inflation?
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 11:04:26 +0000
Its central bankers are increasingly hopeful
Match ID: 48 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 27 days
qualifiers: 5.71 japan

China’s financial system is under brutal pressure
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 10:45:53 +0000
When will something break?
Match ID: 49 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 27 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

China meets its official growth target. Not everyone is convinced
Fri, 17 Jan 2025 13:37:51 +0000
For one thing, 2024 saw the second-weakest rise in nominal GDP since the 1970s
Match ID: 50 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 33 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

China’s markets take a fresh beating
Tue, 07 Jan 2025 16:30:24 +0000
Authorities have responded by bossing around investors
Match ID: 51 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 43 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

China’s firms are taking flight, worrying its rulers
Sun, 29 Dec 2024 15:22:45 +0000
Policymakers at home and abroad are anxious about offshoring
Match ID: 52 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 52 days
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What a censored speech says about China’s economy
Thu, 12 Dec 2024 11:09:08 +0000
If growth is on target, why is inflation so low?
Match ID: 53 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 69 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

The hidden cost of Chinese loans
Thu, 05 Dec 2024 11:12:33 +0000
Governments that borrow from China must pay more to borrow from others
Match ID: 54 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 76 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

How China will strike back at Trump
Sun, 01 Dec 2024 16:45:27 +0000
Xi Jinping has set out his tariff red lines. What if America crosses them?
Match ID: 55 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 80 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

Russia’s plunging currency spells trouble for its war effort
Sun, 01 Dec 2024 14:44:25 +0000
Supplies from China are about to become more expensive
Match ID: 56 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 80 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

Is China really a nation of slackers?
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 10:54:55 +0000
A new survey raises the question
Match ID: 57 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 90 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

Vladimir Putin is in a painful economic bind
Mon, 18 Nov 2024 18:53:16 +0000
Russia’s reliance on China is becoming a problem
Match ID: 58 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 93 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

The biggest losers from Trumponomics
Thu, 14 Nov 2024 10:39:40 +0000
America’s president-elect wants to reshape trade, capital and labour flows
Match ID: 59 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 97 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

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
Match ID: 60 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 111 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Japanese atomic bomb survivors
Fri, 11 Oct 2024 09:05:00 GMT

Match ID: 61 Score: 5.71 source: www.marketwatch.com age: 131 days
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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
Match ID: 62 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 132 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

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
Match ID: 63 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 145 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

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
Match ID: 64 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 148 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

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
Match ID: 65 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 157 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

China’s government is surprisingly redistributive
Thu, 12 Sep 2024 10:00:52 +0000
That is despite a stingy tax-and-transfer system
Match ID: 66 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 160 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

China is suffering from a crisis of confidence
Thu, 05 Sep 2024 09:53:31 +0000
Can anything perk up its economy?
Match ID: 67 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 167 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

Can Japan’s zombie bond market be brought back to life?
Thu, 29 Aug 2024 09:59:36 +0000
Ueda Kazuo begins on a dangerous mission
Match ID: 68 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 174 days
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What is behind China’s perplexing bond-market intervention?
Wed, 14 Aug 2024 18:19:41 +0000
The central bank seems to think the government’s debt is too popular
Match ID: 69 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 189 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

Why Japanese stocks are on a rollercoaster ride
Tue, 06 Aug 2024 06:24:53 +0000
Volatility in global markets continues
Match ID: 70 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 198 days
qualifiers: 5.71 japan

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
Match ID: 71 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 198 days
qualifiers: 5.71 japan

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
Match ID: 72 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 201 days
qualifiers: 5.71 japan

China’s last boomtowns show rapid growth is still possible
Tue, 30 Jul 2024 14:09:53 +0000
All it takes is for the state to work with the market
Match ID: 73 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 204 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

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 …
Match ID: 74 Score: 5.71 source: www.nasa.gov age: 216 days
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Japan’s strength produces a weak yen
Thu, 18 Jul 2024 10:17:13 +0000
Currency meddling will prove futile
Match ID: 75 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 216 days
qualifiers: 5.71 japan

China’s leaders face miserable economic-growth figures
Mon, 15 Jul 2024 18:49:47 +0000
Reality intruded at the “third plenum”, intended to discuss long-term reforms
Match ID: 76 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 219 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

China’s currency is not as influential as once imagined
Thu, 13 Jun 2024 09:38:25 +0000
Its share of international reserves has stalled
Match ID: 77 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 251 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

China is distorting its stockmarket by trying to prop it up
Mon, 10 Jun 2024 18:14:09 +0000
State purchases of shares are bad enough, but other measures are far more destructive
Match ID: 78 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 254 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

China’s economic model retains a dangerous allure
Mon, 03 Jun 2024 17:08:43 +0000
Despite the country’s current struggles, autocrats elsewhere see a lot to admire
Match ID: 79 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 261 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

Xi Jinping’s surprising new source of economic advice
Thu, 30 May 2024 10:06:54 +0000
What China’s leader may learn from a pair of reform-minded academics
Match ID: 80 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 265 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

The property firm that could break China’s back
Thu, 16 May 2024 10:04:20 +0000
If Vanke collapses, so might confidence in the state’s management of the economy
Match ID: 81 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 279 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

Biden outdoes Trump with ultra-high China tariffs
Tue, 14 May 2024 16:23:33 +0000
The move, which hits electric vehicles, carries an environmental cost
Match ID: 82 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 281 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

Could America and its allies club together to weaken the dollar?
Thu, 09 May 2024 09:58:40 +0000
China would not be happy
Match ID: 83 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 286 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

What would get China’s consumers spending?
Thu, 09 May 2024 09:57:49 +0000
Clues from a grocer in a fourth-tier city
Match ID: 84 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 286 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

What Xi Jinping gets wrong about China’s economy
Thu, 09 May 2024 09:57:57 +0000
Despite his protestations, the country does have an overcapacity problem
Match ID: 85 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 286 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

Japan will struggle to rescue its plummeting currency
Mon, 29 Apr 2024 16:00:14 +0000
Expensive government intervention looks likely to provide only brief respite
Match ID: 86 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 296 days
qualifiers: 5.71 japan

Why a stronger dollar is dangerous
Tue, 23 Apr 2024 16:00:59 +0000
It sets the stage for a nasty new Trump-China clash, among other things
Match ID: 87 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 302 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

Can the IMF solve the poor world’s debt crisis?
Thu, 18 Apr 2024 10:05:21 +0000
The fund will freeze out China if that is what it takes to offer relief
Match ID: 88 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 307 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

NASA Supports GoAERO University Awardees for Emergency Aircraft Prototyping
Tue, 11 Feb 2025 14:54:43 +0000
With support from NASA, the international GoAERO Prize competition recently announced funding for 14 U.S. university teams to build innovative new compact emergency response aircraft.  The teams will develop prototype versions of Emergency Response Flyers, aircraft intended to perform rescue and response missions after disasters and in crisis situations. The flyers must be designed to […]
Match ID: 89 Score: 5.00 source: www.nasa.gov age: 8 days
qualifiers: 5.00 india

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
Match ID: 90 Score: 5.00 source: www.economist.com age: 13 days
qualifiers: 5.00 india

NASA Scientists, Engineers Receive Presidential Early Career Awards
Fri, 17 Jan 2025 20:25:23 +0000
President Biden has named 19 researchers who contribute to NASA’s mission as recipients of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). These recipients are among nearly 400 federally funded researchers receiving the honor.   Established in 1996 by the National Science and Technology Council, the PECASE Award is the highest honor given by […]
Match ID: 91 Score: 5.00 source: www.nasa.gov age: 33 days
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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
Match ID: 92 Score: 5.00 source: www.economist.com age: 53 days
qualifiers: 5.00 india

India is undergoing an astonishing stockmarket revolution
Thu, 07 Nov 2024 11:12:08 +0000
Small investors, rejoice—and beware
Match ID: 93 Score: 5.00 source: www.economist.com age: 104 days
qualifiers: 5.00 india

Can markets reduce pollution in India?
Thu, 10 Oct 2024 09:55:05 +0000
An experiment in Gujarat yields impressive results
Match ID: 94 Score: 5.00 source: www.economist.com age: 132 days
qualifiers: 5.00 india

India’s economic policy will not make it rich
Thu, 01 Aug 2024 13:58:55 +0000
A new World Bank report takes aim at emerging-market growth plans
Match ID: 95 Score: 5.00 source: www.economist.com age: 202 days
qualifiers: 5.00 india

Indian state capitalism looks to be in trouble
Thu, 20 Jun 2024 09:59:48 +0000
A weakened Narendra Modi is bad news for investors in government-controlled firms
Match ID: 96 Score: 5.00 source: www.economist.com age: 244 days
qualifiers: 5.00 india

Foreign investors are rejecting Indian stocks
Thu, 30 May 2024 10:05:08 +0000
A roaring economy is not enough to entice them
Match ID: 97 Score: 5.00 source: www.economist.com age: 265 days
qualifiers: 5.00 india

Hedge funds make billions as India’s options market goes ballistic
Thu, 02 May 2024 10:14:54 +0000
The country’s retail investors are doing less well
Match ID: 98 Score: 5.00 source: www.economist.com age: 293 days
qualifiers: 5.00 india

Will services make the world rich?
Mon, 24 Jun 2024 20:51:25 +0000
American fried chicken can now be served from the Philippines
Match ID: 99 Score: 2.14 source: www.economist.com age: 240 days
qualifiers: 2.14 philippines

The World Bank is struggling to serve all 78 poor countries
Thu, 12 Dec 2024 11:16:45 +0000
Bangladesh and Niger are very different places
Match ID: 100 Score: 1.43 source: www.economist.com age: 69 days
qualifiers: 1.43 bangladesh

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