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I Tried the Cheapest Sauna on Wayfair
Wed, 11 Dec 2024 14:16:12 +0000
If you've been chasing an easy way to overheat, this click-together infrared sauna is easy to set up and works great.
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NASA Accelerates Space Exploration, Earth Science for All in 2024
Fri, 06 Dec 2024 21:54:15 +0000
With a look back at 2024, NASA is celebrating its many innovative and inspiring accomplishments this year including for the first time, landing new science and technology on the Moon with an American company, pushing the boundaries of exploration by launching a new mission to study Jupiter’s icy moon Europa; maintaining 24 years of continuous […]
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Gukesh Dommaraju becomes youngest world chess champion after horrific Ding Liren blunder
Thu, 12 Dec 2024 13:56:59 GMT

• Indian teenager becomes 18th world chess champion
• Modi hails ‘historic and exemplary’ achievement
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Indian teenager Gukesh Dommaraju capped a stunning ascent to the pinnacle of chess by dethroning China’s Ding Liren to become the youngest ever world champion on Thursday in Singapore.

The 18-year-old from Chennai dramatically snatched the decisive victory from a dead-drawn position in the final contest of their best-of-14-games showdown when Ding made one of the worst blunders in the 138-year history of world championship matchplay. The 32-year-old defending champion resigned moments later after a game that lasted 58 moves and just over four hours, sealing Gukesh’s 7½-6½ win in the three-week match and rendering moot the widely expected prospect of tiebreaker matches on Friday afternoon.

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Tycoon Adani pulls request for U.S. loan to finance strategic Sri Lanka port
Wed, 11 Dec 2024 16:15:35 +0000
The withdrawal marks another low point in U.S.-India ties after the billionaire’s indictment on charges related to fraud, and a blow to Washington’s bid to counter China’s regional clout.
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He thought he had escaped Beijing’s clutches only to vanish back into China
Thu, 12 Dec 2024 10:00:09 +0000
The secret repatriation of a Uyghur man shows China’s long reach, especially against Uyghur Muslims, whom the U.S. says are targets of an ongoing genocide.
Match ID: 2 Score: 60.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 40.00 china, 20.00 cambodia

Israel Delayed Its Attack on Iran Due to CIA Leak, Prosecutors Allege
Fri, 06 Dec 2024 21:57:34 +0000

The biggest question in the case against Asif Rahman, a CIA employee accused of leaking Israel’s battle plans, is motive.

The post Israel Delayed Its Attack on Iran Due to CIA Leak, Prosecutors Allege appeared first on The Intercept.

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The Papers: Nato considers 3% target and 'Andrew's links to China spy'
Fri, 13 Dec 2024 05:58:00 GMT
Talks over European defence and the banning of a Prince Andrew associate from the UK lead the papers.
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Revisited: Two poems, four years in detention: the Chinese dissident who smuggled his writing out of prison – podcast
Fri, 13 Dec 2024 05:00:40 GMT

My poems were written in anger after Tiananmen Square. But what motivates most prison writing is a fear of forgetting. Today I am free, but the regime has never stopped its war on words. By Liao Yiwu

Because of industrial action taking place by members of the National Union of Journalists at the Guardian and Observer this week, we are re-running an episode from earlier in the year. For more information please head to theguardian.com. We’ll be back with new episodes soon.

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Japan chooses ‘gold’ as kanji of the year in nod to Olympics glory – and slush fund politics
Fri, 13 Dec 2024 04:02:45 GMT

The character, chosen by public vote, has won in previous Olympic years but also reflects public anger at a damaging financial scandal inside the ruling Liberal Democratic party

The kanji character kin – which can mean gold or money – has been chosen as Japan’s word of the year to reflect the country’s medal sweep at the Paris Olympics and a damaging financial scandal inside the ruling party.

The single character, which can also be read as kane (money), was unveiled this week at Kiyomizu-dera, a Buddhist temple in Kyoto, whose head priest, Seihan Mori, reproduced it with a huge brush on a white washi paper canvas.

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Troop of Japanese monkeys in Tasmanian park to be sterilised and die out amid inbreeding fears
Fri, 13 Dec 2024 03:39:56 GMT

Monkeys, which were given to Launceston by Japanese sister city Ikeda in 1981, will die out in about 25 years as a result of a council decision

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A troop of Japanese macaques that has called an Australian city park home for four decades will be prevented from reproducing because of worries about ongoing inbreeding.

The monkeys, which have been a unique attraction for Launceston in Tasmania since the 1980s, will die out over the next 25 to 30 years as a result of a council decision on Thursday to sterilise the males in the troop.

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Trump’s invitation to Xi for inauguration could signal a ‘grace period’ before China faces tariffs
Fri, 13 Dec 2024 00:18:00 GMT
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s decision to invite Chinese President Xi Jinping to his inauguration next month could be a sign that Beijing won’t immediately get hit with tariffs as Trump’s second term starts, according to advisory firm Signum Global.
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Why did China hack the world’s phone networks?
Thu, 12 Dec 2024 16:24:25 GMT

Salt Typhoon breached dozens of telecoms around the world

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Chinese hackers have breached dozens of telecommunications companies around the world. The breach, christened Salt Typhoon by Microsoft cybersecurity researchers, has afforded the cybercriminals unprecedented access not only to information on who has been texting or calling whom and when, but also on the contents of some messages, a much higher technical bar to clear in a cyber-attack.

The cyber-attack hit three of the largest telecommunications networks in the US. The communications of government officials in Washington DC have been intercepted, as have internet browsing records kept by the same telecommunications companies. The hackers attempted and may have succeeded to crack the phones of Donald Trump and JD Vance as well as Kamala Harris’s campaign staff. Even the US’s wiretapping program was breached; call records stored there were stolen. A US senator called it the “worst telecom hack in our nation’s history”. The same week, UK telecom giant BT announced it had endured “an attempt to compromise” its conferencing service and circumvented it.

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Hong Kong judge convicts former pro-democracy lawmaker and six others over 2019 riots
Thu, 12 Dec 2024 13:13:55 GMT

Landmark ruling could shape historical narrative of key event in anti-government protests

A Hong Kong judge has convicted seven people, including a pro-democracy former lawmaker, of rioting during mob violence at a subway station at the height of the city’s anti-government protests in July 2019.

Prosecutors accused the former legislator Lam Cheuk-ting and six other defendants of provoking members of a group of about 100 men armed with wooden poles and metal rods who attacked protesters and bystanders at a train station. The men, all clad in white shirts in contrast to the black worn by protesters, claimed to be protecting their homeland in Yuen Long, a residential district in Hong Kong‘s New Territories.

Dozens of people, including Lam, were injured in the violence, a key chapter that escalated the protest movement as the public criticised police for their delayed response. The landmark ruling could shape the city’s historical narrative of the incident.

Judge Stanley Chan ruled that Lam was not acting as a mediator as he had claimed, but rather was trying to exploit the situation for political gain. He said Lam’s words, directed at the white-shirted men, had “fanned the flames”.

The seven defendants are expected to be sentenced in February. Several members of the public sitting in the gallery cried after hearing the verdicts. Others waved at the defendants, with one shouting to Lam, “Hang in there, Ting!”

The prosecution alleged the defendants had either berated the white-shirted men, used obscene hand gestures, hurled objects or shot jets of water at them with a hosepipe.

The defendants had pleaded not guilty to the rioting charge.

During the trial, Lam said he chose to go to Yuen Long because he hoped his then position as a lawmaker could pressure the police to act quickly. He said he could not leave the scene while fellow residents were in danger. Some defendants who targeted the white-shirted men with a hosepipe argued that they were trying to stop the attackers from advancing.

Chan, the judge, rejected the arguments of some defendants that they acted in self defence.

The 2019 protests were sparked by a proposed extradition law that would have allowed criminal suspects in Hong Kong to be sent to the mainland for trial. The government withdrew the bill, but the protesters widened their demands to include direct elections for the city’s leaders and police accountability.

The social movement was the biggest challenge to the Hong Kong government since the former British colony returned to Chinese rule in 1997. In response, Beijing imposed a national security law in 2020, leading to the arrest of many activists. Others were silenced or went into exile.

In November, Lam was sentenced to six years and nine months in jail in the city’s biggest national security case.

More than 10,000 people were arrested in connection to the protests for various crimes, such as rioting and participating in an unauthorised assembly. About 10 white-shirted men were convicted in other cases related to the mob violence in July 2019, local media reported.

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Audi’s Rebrand in China Points to Bigger Changes in the Auto Industry
Thu, 12 Dec 2024 11:30:00 +0000
The “four rings” turns to “four letters” in China—a choice that also signals deeper shifts in the global auto market, where Chinese automakers now dominate.
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Australia to tackle Chinese influence with Papua New Guinean rugby team
Thu, 12 Dec 2024 11:23:15 +0000
A team from the Pacific nation will join Australia’s National Rugby League in a $400 million deal that deepens ties while denting China’s regional security push.
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What a censored speech says about China’s economy
Thu, 12 Dec 2024 11:09:08 +0000
If growth is on target, why is inflation so low?
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How to Protect Yourself From the Salt Typhoon Hack, No Matter What the FBI Says
Wed, 11 Dec 2024 20:54:57 +0000

The FBI is still touting the debunked idea that its agents could access communications without opening a door to foreign hackers.

The post How to Protect Yourself From the Salt Typhoon Hack, No Matter What the FBI Says appeared first on The Intercept.

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A Route 66 town was dead. This man resurrected it into ‘a classic desert destination’
Wed, 11 Dec 2024 16:00:02 GMT

Purchased in 2005 by Albert Okura, Amboy now honors the Japanese American man who spent his life preserving symbols of Americana

This small town, like so many along Route 66, should be dead. Doomed by the rise of modern highways and the harsh Mojave Desert environment, Amboy should look like its abandoned neighboring towns. Yet, on a crisp November day, Amboy thrummed with friends and travelers swapping stories about the area’s history, the family that saved it, and the road that led them there.

“It’s the mother road,” said Digger Simpson, 61, gesturing towards the legendary Route 66 that once was the nation’s main artery for travel from Chicago to Santa Monica, California. “It’s Americana – it’s mom-and-pop restaurants and gas stations,” he added, reflecting on the nostalgia that drew him from Twentynine Palms to Amboy to celebrate Albert Okura, the man credited with injecting life back into the town.

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The Indian teen who became the world's youngest chess champion
Fri, 13 Dec 2024 04:22:17 GMT
On Thursday Gukesh Dommaraju became the youngest world champion at the age of 18.
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Australia’s fortress has lost its aura but history weighs heavy on the tourists | Geoff Lemon
Fri, 13 Dec 2024 03:42:26 GMT

The hosts were unbeatable at the Gabba until India broke the spell but a series of changes mean they can start to rebuild the record in the third Test

It’s passing strange. In town ahead of the Australia-India Test, Brisbane feels as it always has: guys walking down Queen Street carrying boxes of mangoes, the Queensland humidity performing its ritual of luxuriant suffocation as the city’s air begrudgingly shifts along the snake-path of the river. The Gabba Test though, does not feel quite the same.

For three decades and more, this was where Australian teams were unbeatable. Pointed out with a heavy drumbeat of symbolism, the previous visiting winner was the great West Indies team of 1988. It took the best ever to achieve this feat, was the message. But that’s not the case any more.

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Ben Stokes puts Ashes on back burner to focus on England’s here and now
Thu, 12 Dec 2024 18:00:24 GMT

England captain admits he ‘spoke a little too much’ about Australia showdown instead of New Zealand and India Tests

England are about to complete their busiest year of Test cricket with Ben Stokes encouraged by the overhaul in personnel that has taken place. Although the captain has a small regret from this period: publicly discussing the next Ashes series.

The third Test against New Zealand that starts in Hamilton on Saturday (10pm Friday UK) will be England’s 17th in 2024, matching only their fixture list in 2016 by way of volume. That year saw a jaded Alastair Cook quit the captaincy but while Stokes called 2024 “a long, tough slog”, the 33-year-old completes it looking personally rejuvenated.

The same goes for a side that finished 2023 with an average age of 32 and has since shaved that figure by nearly five years. The retirements of Jimmy Anderson, Stuart Broad and Moeen Ali – plus the decision to move on from Jonny Bairstow – account for much of this shift, while the subsequent arrivals of Gus Atkinson, Brydon Carse, Jamie Smith and Shoaib Bashir have largely vindicated the policy also.

Ordering an all-time great such as Anderson to step aside at the start of the summer was not straightforward, however, and took some explaining publicly. And it was here where Stokes found himself using the 2025-26 Ashes – and the likelihood a seamer already in his forties would not make it that far – as the overriding justification.

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NASA’s Perseverance Rover Reaches Top of Jezero Crater Rim
Thu, 12 Dec 2024 16:04:41 +0000
The road ahead will be even more scientifically intriguing, and probably somewhat easier-going, now that the six-wheeler has completed its long climb to the top. NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has crested the top of Jezero Crater’s rim at a location the science team calls “Lookout Hill” and rolling toward its first science stop after the […]
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NASA Accelerates Space Exploration, Earth Science for All in 2024
Fri, 06 Dec 2024 21:54:15 +0000
With a look back at 2024, NASA is celebrating its many innovative and inspiring accomplishments this year including for the first time, landing new science and technology on the Moon with an American company, pushing the boundaries of exploration by launching a new mission to study Jupiter’s icy moon Europa; maintaining 24 years of continuous […]
Match ID: 20 Score: 32.14 source: www.nasa.gov age: 6 days
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Net closing in on South Korea's president as MPs get death threats over impeachment vote
Thu, 12 Dec 2024 23:16:53 GMT
Yoon Suk Yeol - whose attempt to impose martial law backfired - faces another vote in parliament this weekend.
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Power vacuum in South Korea, a key U.S. ally, raises security concerns
Thu, 12 Dec 2024 12:41:07 +0000
The political paralysis could be particularly destabilizing as South Korea prepares for a Trump White House and renewed scrutiny of the alliance, analysts say.
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South Korea president defends martial law decree and vows to ‘fight to the end’
Thu, 12 Dec 2024 05:19:33 GMT

Yoon Suk Yeol disputes insurrection charges and calls martial law decreee an ‘act of governance’ amid reports of a second attempt by police to raid his office

South Korea’s president, Yoon Suk Yeol, has vowed to “fight until the end” attempts to remove him from office after his short-lived imposition of martial law, as police reportedly again attempted to raid his office as they investigate him over allegations of insurrection.

In a defiant and lengthy TV address on Thursday, Yoon defended his shock decision last week to impose martial law – a move designed to suspend political activities and press and civic freedoms – describing it as a legitimate “act of governance” and denied attempting to foment insurrection.

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South Korean president defends martial law decree, defies pressure to quit
Thu, 12 Dec 2024 02:18:16 +0000
The opposition is pressing ahead with a second attempt to impeach Yoon Suk Yeol, and there are signs some members of the president’s party will support his ouster.
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Trauma and Terror in the North of Gaza
Wed, 11 Dec 2024 10:00:00 +0000

Whether they fled or stayed behind, the survivors of Israel’s scorched-earth campaign in northern Gaza experienced untold horrors.

The post Trauma and Terror in the North of Gaza appeared first on The Intercept.

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South Korea police raid President Yoon’s office over martial law declaration
Wed, 11 Dec 2024 09:57:14 GMT

News of raid comes as officials say Yoon’s former defence minister attempted suicide while in custody

South Korean police have raided the office of President Yoon Suk Yeol over his role in declaring martial law last week – a move that plunged Asia’s fourth-biggest economy into crisis and caused alarm among its allies.

South Korea’s Yonhap news agency said the search on Wednesday was part of an attempt by law enforcement agencies to establish whether Yoon’s actions, supported by other senior figures in his administration, amounted to insurrection – a crime that does not carry presidential immunity and can carry the death penalty.

A special investigation unit confirmed it had raided the presidential office and other agencies, but it emerged later that Yoon’s security guards had prevented officers from getting into the main building.

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South Korean prosecutors weigh arresting president on insurrection allegations
Wed, 11 Dec 2024 06:57:20 +0000
Police tried to raid President Yoon Suk Yeol’s office in martial law investigation. Yoon’s former defense minister, who has been arrested, attempted suicide in detention.
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North Korea decries ‘dictatorship’ in South in wake of martial law attempt
Wed, 11 Dec 2024 05:07:03 GMT

State media in neighbouring country that has been ruled by a dictatorial dynasty since 1948 breaks silence to criticise President Yoon’s ‘gangster nation’

North Korea has broken its silence over the political turmoil in South Korea, with state media describing, without any apparent hint of irony, how its president had unleashed a “dictatorship on the people”.

The commentary, released on Wednesday by North Korea’s state-run KCNA news agency, was the first time the regime had commented publicly on the chaos that followed President Yoon Suk Yeol’s doomed attempt last week to impose martial law to root out what he described as “pro-North Korean, anti-state forces”.

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Letters from Our Readers
Mon, 09 Dec 2024 11:00:00 +0000
Readers respond to Adam Gopnik’s essay on crowds and Samanth Subramanian’s piece on Indian languages.
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Judge Reverses Decision to Release Alleged CIA Leaker Ahead of Trial
Wed, 11 Dec 2024 19:21:38 +0000

Seeking to lock up Asif Rahman during his Espionage Act trial, prosecutors alleged the CIA analyst had an ideological motive to leak.

The post Judge Reverses Decision to Release Alleged CIA Leaker Ahead of Trial appeared first on The Intercept.

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Trust Issues in AI
2024-12-09T12:01:18Z

For a technology that seems startling in its modernity, AI sure has a long history. Google Translate, OpenAI chatbots, and Meta AI image generators are built on decades of advancements in linguistics, signal processing, statistics, and other fields going back to the early days of computing—and, often, on seed funding from the U.S. Department of Defense. But today’s tools are hardly the intentional product of the diverse generations of innovators that came before. We agree with Morozov that the “refuseniks,” as he calls them, are wrong to see AI as “irreparably tainted” by its origins. AI is better understood as a creative, global field of human endeavor that has been largely captured by U.S. venture capitalists, private equity, and Big Tech. But that was never the inevitable outcome, and it doesn’t need to stay that way...

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After Assad flees to Moscow, a look at how other dictators lived in exile
Thu, 12 Dec 2024 06:09:51 +0000
Uganda’s Idi Amin shocked the world with atrocities, then fled with his wives to a quiet middle-class life. The Philippines’ Ferdinand Marcos lived in luxury in Hawaii.
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Charting the US-China Trade War: What Does 'Made in Vietnam' Mean?
2024-10-24T00:00:00Z
Chinese companies have been evading US tariffs by shipping goods through Vietnam, but not to the degree that the headlines would suggest. Ebehi Iyoha and Jaya Wen dig into trade microdata to illustrate Vietnam's strategic importance and why American policymakers should take note.
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Just Say No: Congress Considers Neocon Lesson Plans to Keep Kids Off Communism
Thu, 05 Dec 2024 21:14:43 +0000

Lawmakers will soon vote on a bill directing a nonprofit to draft curriculum on atrocities carried out by communist regimes.

The post Just Say No: Congress Considers Neocon Lesson Plans to Keep Kids Off Communism appeared first on The Intercept.

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The hidden cost of Chinese loans
Thu, 05 Dec 2024 11:12:33 +0000
Governments that borrow from China must pay more to borrow from others
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AI and the 2024 Elections
2024-12-04T12:09:23Z

It’s been the biggest year for elections in human history: 2024 is a “super-cycle” year in which 3.7 billion eligible voters in 72 countries had the chance to go the polls. These are also the first AI elections, where many feared that deepfakes and artificial intelligence-generated misinformation would overwhelm the democratic processes. As 2024 draws to a close, it’s instructive to take stock of how democracy did.

In a Pew survey of Americans from earlier this fall, nearly eight times as many respondents expected AI to be used for mostly bad purposes...

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How Vladimir Putin hopes to transform Russian trade
Wed, 28 Aug 2024 17:44:29 +0000
He believes the country’s future lies with China and India. What could go wrong?
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Brazil, India and Mexico are taking on China’s exports
Thu, 23 May 2024 10:13:46 +0000
To avoid an economic shock, they are pursuing a strange mix of free trade and protectionism
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Bloody siege ends Myanmar army control of western border
Fri, 13 Dec 2024 04:08:48 GMT
Insurgents seized Myanmar's border with Bangladesh in one of the bloodiest battles of the civil war.
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The World Bank is struggling to serve all 78 poor countries
Thu, 12 Dec 2024 11:16:45 +0000
Bangladesh and Niger are very different places
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‘Many migrant workers will die’: the likely human cost of awarding the 2034 World Cup to Saudi Arabia
Wed, 11 Dec 2024 14:49:29 GMT

Millions of migrants will build stadiums, transport networks and hotels. But testimonies from Bangladeshis who have worked there suggest abuse is deeply entrenched in the Gulf kingdom

When Shahadat set out for Saudi Arabia from his village in Bangladesh, he was driven by a single purpose: to earn money for his impoverished family. “If he sent money home, his family would eat. If he didn’t, they wouldn’t,” says a relative.

For years he just about scraped by, sending a little money home each month and trying to pay down the huge debt he took on to afford the illegal fees a recruitment agent had charged him to get to Saudi Arabia.

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Oregon Prison Limits Solitary to 90 Days. This BLM Protester Has Been in the Hole for 250.
Thu, 05 Dec 2024 10:00:00 +0000

Malik Muhammad, a disabled Army veteran with PTSD, received the harshest federal sentence for the George Floyd protests.

The post Oregon Prison Limits Solitary to 90 Days. This BLM Protester Has Been in the Hole for 250. appeared first on The Intercept.

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Algorithms Are Coming for Democracy—but It’s Not All Bad
2024-12-03T12:00:47Z

In 2025, AI is poised to change every aspect of democratic politics—but it won’t necessarily be for the worse.

India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, has used AI to translate his speeches for his multilingual electorate in real time, demonstrating how AI can help diverse democracies to be more inclusive. AI avatars were used by presidential candidates in South Korea in electioneering, enabling them to provide answers to thousands of voters’ questions simultaneously. We are also starting to see AI tools aid fundraising and get-out-the-vote efforts. AI techniques are starting to augment more traditional polling methods, helping campaigns get cheaper and faster data. And congressional candidates have started using AI robocallers to engage voters on issues. In 2025, these trends will continue. AI doesn’t need to be superior to human experts to augment the labor of an overworked canvasser, or to write ad copy similar to that of a junior campaign staffer or volunteer. Politics is competitive, and any technology that can bestow an advantage, or even just garner attention, will be used...

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Tamils arriving in UK after three years stranded on Diego Garcia speak of relief
Tue, 03 Dec 2024 18:06:23 GMT

Lawyers and campaigners hail removal of 47 people from remote Indian Ocean island as ‘a big day for justice’

Dozens of people stranded in hellish conditions for more than three years on the remote Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia have arrived in the UK and told of their relief that their journey is over.

Lawyers and campaigners hailed the arrival of 47 Sri Lankan Tamils on Monday night as a “big day for justice”, with a further eight arriving on Tuesday morning from Rwanda, where they had been receiving medical treatment. Twelve children were among them.

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India-Bangladesh relations sour as tensions rise over attacks on Hindu minority
Thu, 05 Dec 2024 00:30:29 GMT

Allegations of violence against Hindus prompt mass protests in India and attack on Bangladeshi consulate

Growing tensions between India and Bangladesh have erupted amid accusations of attacks on Bangladesh’s Hindu minority, which have prompted mass protests and assault on a Bangladeshi consulate in India.

The relationship between the two countries has soured since August, when a popular uprising – now widely termed the “monsoon revolution” – toppled Bangladesh’s authoritarian prime minister Sheikh Hasina.

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Senators Warn the Pentagon: Get a Handle on China’s Telecom Hacking
Wed, 04 Dec 2024 16:57:21 +0000
In a letter to the Department of Defense, senators Ron Wyden and Eric Schmitt are calling for an investigation into fallout from the Salt Typhoon espionage campaign.
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How China will strike back at Trump
Sun, 01 Dec 2024 16:45:27 +0000
Xi Jinping has set out his tariff red lines. What if America crosses them?
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Russia’s plunging currency spells trouble for its war effort
Sun, 01 Dec 2024 14:44:25 +0000
Supplies from China are about to become more expensive
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China's giant sinkholes are a tourist hit - but ancient forests inside are at risk
Sat, 23 Nov 2024 01:22:23 GMT
These caves were unexplored for thousands of years, protected by swirling mists and terrifying tales.
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Will China step up if Trump takes a step back on climate change?
Fri, 22 Nov 2024 12:07:36 GMT
How future talks will play out if another superpower comes to the fore, just as the US steps back
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Is China really a nation of slackers?
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 10:54:55 +0000
A new survey raises the question
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Vladimir Putin is in a painful economic bind
Mon, 18 Nov 2024 18:53:16 +0000
Russia’s reliance on China is becoming a problem
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The biggest losers from Trumponomics
Thu, 14 Nov 2024 10:39:40 +0000
America’s president-elect wants to reshape trade, capital and labour flows
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Why China needs to fill its empty homes
Thu, 31 Oct 2024 11:03:24 +0000
The country’s economy is broken. A recovery requires a healthier property market
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Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Japanese atomic bomb survivors
Fri, 11 Oct 2024 09:05:00 GMT

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China’s property crisis claims more victims: companies
Thu, 10 Oct 2024 10:25:56 +0000
Unsold homes are contributing to a balance-sheet recession
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At last, China pulls the trigger on a bold stimulus package
Fri, 27 Sep 2024 17:22:31 +0000
“Buy everything,” says an American hedge fund
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China’s central bank tries to save the economy—and the stockmarket
Tue, 24 Sep 2024 15:19:59 +0000
But it will need more help from the government
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How China’s communists fell in love with privatisation
Sun, 15 Sep 2024 15:33:09 +0000
Even though they are not very good at it
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China’s government is surprisingly redistributive
Thu, 12 Sep 2024 10:00:52 +0000
That is despite a stingy tax-and-transfer system
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China is suffering from a crisis of confidence
Thu, 05 Sep 2024 09:53:31 +0000
Can anything perk up its economy?
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Can Japan’s zombie bond market be brought back to life?
Thu, 29 Aug 2024 09:59:36 +0000
Ueda Kazuo begins on a dangerous mission
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What is behind China’s perplexing bond-market intervention?
Wed, 14 Aug 2024 18:19:41 +0000
The central bank seems to think the government’s debt is too popular
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Why Japanese stocks are on a rollercoaster ride
Tue, 06 Aug 2024 06:24:53 +0000
Volatility in global markets continues
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Why Japanese markets have plummeted
Mon, 05 Aug 2024 10:21:56 +0000
The global rout continues, with the Topix experiencing its worst day since 1987
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Why fear is sweeping markets everywhere
Fri, 02 Aug 2024 19:41:12 +0000
American and Japanese indices have taken a battering. So have banks and gold
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China’s last boomtowns show rapid growth is still possible
Tue, 30 Jul 2024 14:09:53 +0000
All it takes is for the state to work with the market
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Japan’s strength produces a weak yen
Thu, 18 Jul 2024 10:17:13 +0000
Currency meddling will prove futile
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China’s leaders face miserable economic-growth figures
Mon, 15 Jul 2024 18:49:47 +0000
Reality intruded at the “third plenum”, intended to discuss long-term reforms
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China’s currency is not as influential as once imagined
Thu, 13 Jun 2024 09:38:25 +0000
Its share of international reserves has stalled
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China is distorting its stockmarket by trying to prop it up
Mon, 10 Jun 2024 18:14:09 +0000
State purchases of shares are bad enough, but other measures are far more destructive
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China’s economic model retains a dangerous allure
Mon, 03 Jun 2024 17:08:43 +0000
Despite the country’s current struggles, autocrats elsewhere see a lot to admire
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Xi Jinping’s surprising new source of economic advice
Thu, 30 May 2024 10:06:54 +0000
What China’s leader may learn from a pair of reform-minded academics
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The property firm that could break China’s back
Thu, 16 May 2024 10:04:20 +0000
If Vanke collapses, so might confidence in the state’s management of the economy
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Biden outdoes Trump with ultra-high China tariffs
Tue, 14 May 2024 16:23:33 +0000
The move, which hits electric vehicles, carries an environmental cost
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Could America and its allies club together to weaken the dollar?
Thu, 09 May 2024 09:58:40 +0000
China would not be happy
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What would get China’s consumers spending?
Thu, 09 May 2024 09:57:49 +0000
Clues from a grocer in a fourth-tier city
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What Xi Jinping gets wrong about China’s economy
Thu, 09 May 2024 09:57:57 +0000
Despite his protestations, the country does have an overcapacity problem
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Japan will struggle to rescue its plummeting currency
Mon, 29 Apr 2024 16:00:14 +0000
Expensive government intervention looks likely to provide only brief respite
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Why a stronger dollar is dangerous
Tue, 23 Apr 2024 16:00:59 +0000
It sets the stage for a nasty new Trump-China clash, among other things
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Can the IMF solve the poor world’s debt crisis?
Thu, 18 Apr 2024 10:05:21 +0000
The fund will freeze out China if that is what it takes to offer relief
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China’s better economic growth hides reasons to worry
Tue, 16 Apr 2024 13:33:05 +0000
The country’s leaders are too complacent about deflation
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What China’s central bank and Costco shoppers have in common
Thu, 11 Apr 2024 10:02:17 +0000
Hint: it is not a fondness for cryptocurrencies
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China’s state is eating the private property market
Thu, 11 Apr 2024 09:50:47 +0000
Pity those soon to buy a home
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How Xi Jinping plans to overtake America
Sun, 31 Mar 2024 12:31:35 +0000
Digital twins, nuclear fusion and the small matter of fixing China’s economy
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China’s banks have a bad-debt problem
Wed, 27 Mar 2024 14:12:05 +0000
As is becoming increasingly obvious
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Japan ends the world’s greatest monetary-policy experiment
Tue, 19 Mar 2024 13:12:06 +0000
For the first time in 17 years, officials raise interest rates
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How China, Russia and Iran are forging closer ties
Mon, 18 Mar 2024 19:52:43 +0000
Assessing the economic threat posed by the anti-Western axis
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China’s economic bright spots provide a warning
Thu, 14 Mar 2024 10:55:00 +0000
What a visit to an optimistic port reveals
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China is churning out solar panels—and upsetting sand markets
Thu, 14 Mar 2024 10:37:33 +0000
The hunt for grains with a silica concentration of more than 99.9%
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How Trump and Biden have failed to cut ties with China
Tue, 27 Feb 2024 18:46:06 +0000
It is hard to overcome economic incentives
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As the Nikkei 225 hits record highs, Japan’s young start investing
Thu, 22 Feb 2024 07:21:14 +0000
Will more now favour domestic stocks?
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Russia outsmarts Western sanctions—and China is paying attention
Wed, 21 Feb 2024 21:08:09 +0000
How the rise of middle powers helps America’s enemies
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Landmark space mission set to create artificial solar eclipses using satellites
Sat, 30 Nov 2024 06:00:18 GMT

Two satellites in Proba-3 mission expected to be launched on Wednesday in India and will work in tandem to study sun’s corona

Final preparations have begun for a landmark space mission that will use satellites flying in close formation to create artificial solar eclipses high above the Earth.

The Proba-3 mission is the European Space Agency’s first attempt at precise formation flying in orbit and calls for two spacecraft to loop around the planet in an arrangement that never deviates by more than a millimetre, about the thickness of a human fingernail.

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India is undergoing an astonishing stockmarket revolution
Thu, 07 Nov 2024 11:12:08 +0000
Small investors, rejoice—and beware
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Can markets reduce pollution in India?
Thu, 10 Oct 2024 09:55:05 +0000
An experiment in Gujarat yields impressive results
Match ID: 96 Score: 5.00 source: www.economist.com age: 63 days
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India’s economic policy will not make it rich
Thu, 01 Aug 2024 13:58:55 +0000
A new World Bank report takes aim at emerging-market growth plans
Match ID: 97 Score: 5.00 source: www.economist.com age: 133 days
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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: 98 Score: 5.00 source: www.economist.com age: 175 days
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Foreign investors are rejecting Indian stocks
Thu, 30 May 2024 10:05:08 +0000
A roaring economy is not enough to entice them
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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
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How fast is India’s economy really growing?
Thu, 11 Apr 2024 10:00:46 +0000
Statisticians take the country’s figures with a pinch of salt
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How to build a global currency
Thu, 04 Apr 2024 09:55:08 +0000
India is the latest country to try. Painful reforms are required
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How India could become an Asian tiger
Wed, 27 Mar 2024 14:11:52 +0000
The world’s most selective bureaucracy is struggling to make it happen
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Will services make the world rich?
Mon, 24 Jun 2024 20:51:25 +0000
American fried chicken can now be served from the Philippines
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The 24 Best Movies on Apple TV+ Right Now (December 2024)
Thu, 12 Dec 2024 20:00:00 +0000
Fly Me to the Moon, Blitz, and The Last of the Sea Women are just a few of the movies you should be watching on Apple TV+ this month.
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The 33 Best Shows on Apple TV+ Right Now (December 2024)
Tue, 10 Dec 2024 20:00:00 +0000
Silo, The Secret Lives of Animals, and Slow Horses are among the best shows on Apple TV+ this month.
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‘Fame is a drug like LSD’: Robbie Williams on success, sexuality and his simian movie alter ego
Fri, 13 Dec 2024 05:00:41 GMT

The former Take That star has made a biopic, Better Man, in which he’s played by a CGI chimpanzee. He talks about sex, drugs and the traumatic madness of 90s pop

In the grand retelling of his life, Robbie Williams wanted to be a lion. To be as strong, respected, and feared as the large cat tattooed on his right shoulder, or even as lithe as the tiger emblazoned on the front of his Rock DJ pants. “I was trying to find some self-worth at the time,” he says. “We all are, always. So I was like ‘I AM A LION!’”

Instead, in the gloriously bonkers musical biopic Better Man, from The Greatest Showman director Michael Gracey, Williams is played not as the King of the jungle but as a clownish, CGI chimp.

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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang remake in the works
Thu, 12 Dec 2024 19:33:05 GMT

James Bond producers are teaming to re-imagine Ian Fleming’s children’s story, previously adapted in 1968

A new take on Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is reportedly in early development.

According to Deadline, Barbara Broccoli and Michael Wilson’s Eon Productions – best known for the James Bond movies – will team with Amazon-MGM for a re-imagining of the classic children’s story aiming for a theatrical release.

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YouTube TV is hiking prices again after denying “erroneous” report days ago
Thu, 12 Dec 2024 16:03:25 +0000
$83/mo price lines up with Hulu TV Live, and not as far below traditional cable.
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Sols 4391-4392: Rounding the Bend
Thu, 12 Dec 2024 15:59:41 +0000
Earth planning date: Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024 For planning today, we have a beautiful view of the northern tip of Texoli, as seen in the image foreground. Unfortunately, the rocks that make the view so pretty also made it unsafe to unstow the arm for contact science. Instead we are doing a lot of imaging […]
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‘Can we show someone being shot?’: the tense true story behind September 5
Thu, 12 Dec 2024 09:21:13 GMT

The Oscar-tipped drama follows the ABC crew of journalists who had to cover the unfolding violence as terrorism overtook the the Munich Olympics in 1972

Geoffrey Mason had begun the day expecting to oversee TV coverage of sports such as boxing, swimming and volleyball. Hours later, he found himself staring at German machine guns and being ordered to turn the cameras off.

The story of how Mason’s control room responded to the hostage siege at the 1972 Olympic games in Munich is told in September 5, a thriller starring John Magaro and Peter Sarsgaard and directed by Tim Fehlbaum. The film follows the ABC Sports team as they turn their cameras on the news – the first time a terrorist attack would be broadcast live to a global audience.

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Leos Carax’s Self-Portrait Film “It’s Not Me” Is So Him
Wed, 11 Dec 2024 22:05:59 +0000
In a whirligig forty-two minutes, Carax combines his spectacular cinematic ambitions and his singular sense of style with political history and unmitigated indignation.
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Mike Leigh’s Love Affair with Real Life
Sun, 08 Dec 2024 11:00:00 +0000
In his new film, “Hard Truths,” the director returns to his favorite mode: building intimate portraits of regular people, from the ground up.
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NASA Accelerates Space Exploration, Earth Science for All in 2024
Fri, 06 Dec 2024 21:54:15 +0000
With a look back at 2024, NASA is celebrating its many innovative and inspiring accomplishments this year including for the first time, landing new science and technology on the Moon with an American company, pushing the boundaries of exploration by launching a new mission to study Jupiter’s icy moon Europa; maintaining 24 years of continuous […]
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The Real Story of “The Order”
Fri, 06 Dec 2024 19:28:04 +0000
The new film about an FBI agent chasing a white supremacist terror cell is based on a true story—and one that connects the headlines of 40 years ago to those of today.
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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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Revisited: Did the assassination of JFK kickstart the conspiracy theory movement?
Fri, 13 Dec 2024 05:00:41 GMT

Jonathan Freedland speaks to Prof Kathryn Olmsted, author of Real Enemies: Conspiracy Theories and American Democracy, World War I to 9/11 about why the assassination of JFK spawned dozens of conspiracy theories that have persisted for decades?

• Because of industrial action taking place by members of the National Union of Journalists at the Guardian and Observer this week, we are re-running an episode from the archive.

This episode originally ran on Friday, November 24th, 2023.

President John F Kennedy was shot dead 61 years ago, as he travelled in the back of a car through the streets of Dallas, Texas. From the moment the news broke, people had their theories about what happened.

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NASA Kennedy Top 24 Stories of 2024
Thu, 12 Dec 2024 18:59:58 +0000
From sending crew members to the International Space Station to launching a spacecraft to Jupiter’s icy moon Europa to determine if it could support life, 2024 was a busy record setting year for NASA and its partners at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. JANUARYFirst Lunar Lander Takes Flight The first flight of NASA’s CLPS (Commercial […]
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American found in Damascus appears to have been released from Syrian prison
Thu, 12 Dec 2024 13:20:43 GMT

Travis Pete Timmerman, from Missouri, says he was imprisoned for seven months after travelling to Syria on a pilgrimage

An American citizen found in the suburbs of Damascus on Thursday says he was detained after crossing into the country by foot on a Christian pilgrimage seven months ago, raising hopes for other foreign nationals missing in Syria.

The man was identified later as Travis Pete Timmerman, aged 29, from Missouri, last seen in the Hungarian capital, Budapest, in late May.

He appears to be among the thousands of people released from Syria’s notorious prisons after rebels reached Damascus over the weekend, toppling President Bashar al-Assad and ending his family’s 54-year rule.

As video of Timmerman emerged online on Thursday, he was initially mistaken by some for Austin Tice, an American journalist who went missing in Syria 12 years ago. The footage showed a group of men gesturing at a shaken-looking, pale man with a beard who was lying on the floor, identifying him as “an American journalist”.

In the video, Timmerman could be seen lying on a mattress under a blanket in what appeared to be a private house. A group of men in the video said he was being treated well and would be returned home safely.

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Gorge-ous: the world’s grandest canyons – in pictures
Thu, 12 Dec 2024 10:00:14 GMT

As the governor of Oregon, Tina Kotek, petitions to have the state’s Owyhee Canyonlands made a protected natural monument, we take a look at canyons from across the globe

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A Route 66 town was dead. This man resurrected it into ‘a classic desert destination’
Wed, 11 Dec 2024 16:00:02 GMT

Purchased in 2005 by Albert Okura, Amboy now honors the Japanese American man who spent his life preserving symbols of Americana

This small town, like so many along Route 66, should be dead. Doomed by the rise of modern highways and the harsh Mojave Desert environment, Amboy should look like its abandoned neighboring towns. Yet, on a crisp November day, Amboy thrummed with friends and travelers swapping stories about the area’s history, the family that saved it, and the road that led them there.

“It’s the mother road,” said Digger Simpson, 61, gesturing towards the legendary Route 66 that once was the nation’s main artery for travel from Chicago to Santa Monica, California. “It’s Americana – it’s mom-and-pop restaurants and gas stations,” he added, reflecting on the nostalgia that drew him from Twentynine Palms to Amboy to celebrate Albert Okura, the man credited with injecting life back into the town.

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Blinken to travel to region to press U.S. vision for Syrian transition
Wed, 11 Dec 2024 13:15:28 +0000

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Holidaymakers on smaller budgets turning to Tunisia and Egypt, says Tui
Wed, 11 Dec 2024 11:36:30 GMT

Bulgaria also among more affordable choices as vacations remain a priority

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Cash-strapped consumers are still prioritising spending on holidays but are choosing more affordable destinations including Egypt, Bulgaria and Tunisia for their annual break, according to Europe’s biggest package trip operator.

Tui said new customers with smaller budgets who are not able to find a package holiday in more traditional locations such as Spain are looking elsewhere.

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Trauma and Terror in the North of Gaza
Wed, 11 Dec 2024 10:00:00 +0000

Whether they fled or stayed behind, the survivors of Israel’s scorched-earth campaign in northern Gaza experienced untold horrors.

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“Who’s Willing to Get Arrested?” Immigrant Activists Ready for Trump Deportation Plans
Mon, 09 Dec 2024 19:42:13 +0000

Immigrant rights organizers and activists have a playbook from the last Trump presidency, but worry of less funding and more fatigue.

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Best Gifts for Hikers, Backpackers, Outdoorsy People (2024)
Mon, 09 Dec 2024 16:02:00 +0000
Let them pick out their own hiking boots. Instead, try gifting a useful app or a nature journal to delight your outdoorsy friend.
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NASA Accelerates Space Exploration, Earth Science for All in 2024
Fri, 06 Dec 2024 21:54:15 +0000
With a look back at 2024, NASA is celebrating its many innovative and inspiring accomplishments this year including for the first time, landing new science and technology on the Moon with an American company, pushing the boundaries of exploration by launching a new mission to study Jupiter’s icy moon Europa; maintaining 24 years of continuous […]
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The White House Gave Israel Coordinates to Save an American’s Family. Then Israel Bombed Them Again.
Fri, 06 Dec 2024 10:00:00 +0000

The Alsayed brothers lost their mother in the first bombing. They thought the White House could help save the survivors.

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NASA to Test Technology for X-59’s Unique Shock Wave Measurements
Thu, 05 Dec 2024 22:49:29 +0000
NASA will soon test advancements made on a key tool for measuring the unique “sonic thumps” that its quiet supersonic X-59 research aircraft will make while flying. A shock-sensing probe is a cone-shaped air data probe developed with specific features to capture the unique shock waves the X-59 will produce. Researchers at NASA’s Armstrong Flight […]
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NASA Invites Media to Administrator Flight in Electra Hybrid-Electric Aircraft
Thu, 05 Dec 2024 22:35:00 +0000
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson will fly in aircraft manufacturer Electra’s EL2 Goldfinch experimental prototype aircraft on Sunday, Dec. 8. Members of the media are invited to speak with Nelson and Electra leaders just prior to the flight at 11:45 a.m. EST at Manassas Regional Airport in Manassas, Virginia. Electra designed the experimental aircraft with the […]
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Just Say No: Congress Considers Neocon Lesson Plans to Keep Kids Off Communism
Thu, 05 Dec 2024 21:14:43 +0000

Lawmakers will soon vote on a bill directing a nonprofit to draft curriculum on atrocities carried out by communist regimes.

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Oregon Prison Limits Solitary to 90 Days. This BLM Protester Has Been in the Hole for 250.
Thu, 05 Dec 2024 10:00:00 +0000

Malik Muhammad, a disabled Army veteran with PTSD, received the harshest federal sentence for the George Floyd protests.

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NASA Flips Efficient Wing Concept for Testing
Wed, 04 Dec 2024 23:00:00 +0000
Upside down can be right side up. That’s what NASA researchers determined for tests of an efficient wing concept that could be part of the agency’s answer to making future aircraft sustainable. Research from NASA’s Advanced Air Transport Technology project involving a 10-foot model could help NASA engineers validate the concept of the Transonic Truss-Braced […]
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An Electronic Traffic Monitor for Airports
Wed, 27 Nov 2024 16:01:40 +0000
Ground traffic management program saves passengers and airlines time while cutting fuel costs
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Guardian Traveller newsletter: Sign up for our free holidays email
Wed, 12 Oct 2022 14:21:58 GMT

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

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

You’ll also receive handpicked offers from Guardian Holidays.

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Israel Delayed Its Attack on Iran Due to CIA Leak, Prosecutors Allege
Fri, 06 Dec 2024 21:57:34 +0000

The biggest question in the case against Asif Rahman, a CIA employee accused of leaking Israel’s battle plans, is motive.

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