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Our hard-won rights are being erased one letter at a time | Eva Wiseman
Sun, 02 Mar 2025 08:00:01 GMT

The US continues to roll back trans, gay and abortion rights, and the UK is not immune to any of it

I type this through nervous laughter but, haha, should we all be learning how to perform abortions? Just in case? Should we all perhaps, have a little stash of mifepristone in our makeup bags, a secret number in our phone? Something is happening in the US that requires our attention. Hard-earned rights are being erased and the speed at which history is being rewritten there does not bode well for our freedoms here. We are already seeing dark reflections in the glass. This month the Observer reported how British anti-abortion campaigners are echoing US vice-president JD Vance. He claimed our new buffer zone laws, preventing protests outside abortion clinics, were an attack on the “liberties of religious Britons”, shifting focus away from the reason they were implemented to a debate about freedom of speech.

Buffer zones (intended to protect staff and women using the clinics) are being targeted in a careful campaign by conservative Christian groups such as the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), a group that wants to ban abortion, opposes same-sex marriage and, in the US, has helped at least 23 states pass legislation barring trans athletes from girls’ and women’s events as well as drafting legislation restricting gender-affirming treatment for minors. With only 1.4% of adolescents in the US identifying as transgender, LGBTQ+ rights groups accused the ADF of “whipping up a panic” over decisions better left to doctors, teachers and parents.

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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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‘America is going down’: China can capitalise on damage caused by Trump, former PLA colonel says
Sun, 02 Mar 2025 10:00:06 GMT

Exclusive: Zhou Bo says harm done to US image may make Taiwanese reconsider their attitude towards Beijing but says he sees Trump as overall being ‘rather friendly’

The damage caused by Donald Trump to the United States’ reputation is creating opportunities for China, particularly with regards to Taiwan, according to a retired senior colonel from China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA).

Speaking to the Guardian in Beijing, Zhou Bo said that Trump was damaging the US’s reputation “more than all of his predecessors combined”.

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China’s defence ministry warns Taiwan ‘we will get you, sooner or later’
Fri, 28 Feb 2025 10:24:41 GMT

Threat after Taipei announces bigger military drills appears to mirror a line from children’s film Ne Zha 2

China’s defence ministry spokesperson has warned Taiwan “we will come and get you, sooner or later”, after Taipei announced an expansion of military exercises.

The threat was delivered in a press conference on Thursday, but grabbed attention inside China for its apparent mirroring of a line from the record-breaking children’s movie Ne Zha 2.

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

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

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China’s Ambassador Criticizes Australia’s Move to Limit DeepSeek AI
2025-03-02T23:46:38+00:00
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Latin America’s New Right Ushers in Pan-American Trumpism
Sun, 02 Mar 2025 18:49:15 +0000

The last right-wing American president before Trump galvanized a resurgent Latin American left. Where will the region go now?

The post Latin America’s New Right Ushers in Pan-American Trumpism appeared first on The Intercept.

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World’s first $1m women’s footballer Girma has Chelsea debut cut short
Sun, 02 Mar 2025 17:58:45 GMT

• USA defender injured in Chelsea’s 2-2 draw with Brighton
• Manchester United and Arsenal stay in touch with wins

The USA centre-back Naomi Girma’s debut for Chelsea ended early as she was brought off with an injury in their 2-2 draw at Brighton.

The world’s first $1m women’s footballer, who signed for Chelsea from San Diego Wave in January for a $1.1m (£874,000) fee and has had to wait patiently for her debut while recovering from a calf injury that caused her to miss the SheBelieves Cup in February, had to be withdrawn just before the hour. It was an absorbing contest in which a hard‑working Brighton side gave Chelsea more than just a scare.

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Chinese manufacturing returns to growth despite threat of higher Trump tariffs
Sun, 02 Mar 2025 15:23:46 GMT

Fastest expansion in three months as new orders rise at Chinese factories

China’s manufacturing activity expanded at the fastest pace in three months in February, despite the looming threat that Donald Trump will impose tariffs this week.

Production at China’s factories returned to growth last month, an official survey showed, thanks to higher new orders and purchase volumes.

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Australia’s military missed China’s live fire warning because some surveillance assets can’t access “short range radio frequency”: Defence Force Chief Admiral
2025-03-02T09:18:57+00:00

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Japan battles largest wildfire in decades
Sat, 01 Mar 2025 10:22:26 GMT

More than a thousand people have been evacuated near forest of Ofunato in northern region of Iwate

More than a thousand people have been evacuated as Japan battles its largest wildfire in more than three decades.

The flames are estimated to have spread over about 1,200 hectares (3,000 acres) in the forest of Ofunato in the northern region of Iwate since a fire broke out on Wednesday, according to the Fire and Disaster Management Agency.

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Hey Elon: We Found a Place to Cut More Than $2 Trillion in Wasteful Spending
Fri, 28 Feb 2025 18:02:23 +0000

The bloated Department of Defense spends more money than any other government agency. So where is Elon Musk and DOGE?

The post Hey Elon: We Found a Place to Cut More Than $2 Trillion in Wasteful Spending appeared first on The Intercept.

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Mythili Prakash: She’s Auspicious review – a paean to girl power
Sun, 02 Mar 2025 12:00:09 GMT

Sadler’s Wells East, London
Indian-American dancer Prakash dismantles the myth of a female goddess granted power by men

As a child, Mythili Prakash was always puzzled by the myth around the goddess Durga, who was created by a panel of male gods to slay the demon Mahisha. Why should a woman be given her power by a man, she wondered. And it’s something she’s still wondering about.

She’s Auspicious is a dismantling of the idea of woman being put on a pedestal, bestowed with value through someone else’s eyes. Being shaped by an outside view of womanhood – even a supposedly flattering one – is a suffocation of sorts. Prakash is an Indian-American dancer, best known in the UK for performing with Akram Khan, who has mentored her. Her brand of bharatanatyam (the traditional dance form comes from southern India) blends classical technique with a questioning sensibility and the freeform structure of contemporary theatre.

Prakash is an accomplished dancer who, at first at least, doesn’t give too much away. A contained presence, her movement is economical, undemonstrative, and not clouded by the strain of visible effort (there’s great skill in that, and power over her instrument). She can balance in absolute stillness, rooted to the earth.

As the piece progresses she gradually scrolls through emotional states: anxiety, relief, delight, enforced restraint, with her usually freely expressive hands suddenly clamped stiff over her mouth. She begins as a woman, plainly dressed in black and white, but is elevated to goddess status, reappearing in vivid red, in a kind of shrine made of scaffolding, with a coterie of followers. Seven women in shades of indigo bow and pray and sing and make music for her. She is deified and decorated with jewellery. But for Prakash, that’s not the aspiration. You get the sense that this goddess is also a woman, a mother, a person of flaws and conflict (and strength and compassion). When Prakash throws off all expectations, her hair swings loose, her movements become bigger and freer, feet planted wide, mouth agape with something akin to both hunger and glee.

She’s Auspicious turns into a paean to girl power, an uprising. Percussionist Aswini Srinivasan especially drives the energy forward with racing rhythms, the women banging sticks against the scaffold, the shrine tumbling. It’s a piece about agency; an undoing of the myth.

• At Sadler’s Wells East, London, until 2 March

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The middle class of tech is vanishing
2025-03-02T09:50:54+00:00

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India’s economy is leaving a generation of women behind on the farm
Sun, 02 Mar 2025 06:00:17 +0000
Indian men are leaving their homes in far-flung areas, chasing work in cities, while their wives tend the farm. Economists warn of a lost decade for rural women.
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‘The boy jumped at just the right moment’: Pradiptamoy Paul’s best phone picture
Sat, 01 Mar 2025 10:00:35 GMT

The India-based street and documentary photographer captures a group of children in a moment of joy

University student Pradiptamoy Paul currently lives in Siliguri, West Bengal, but he still regularly visits his home town of Mathabhanga, a few hours’ drive away. On the day he took this photograph, back in 2023, he had done some work in the morning and was taking a walk by the Mansai riverside, hoping to capture something special.

“It’s a residential area and there are no industrial sites nearby, so the water here is clean,” Paul says. “In this photo there is so much going on and so many characters. The boy at the front was taking a rest, someone else was splashing in the water, another boy was jumping from the concrete. And the boy jumping from the top corner happened spontaneously, at just the right moment! It’s impossible to say who the actual hero of this photograph is. They’re children immersed in a moment of energy and joy – they’re all heroes.”

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Weather tracker: six cyclones swirl simultaneously in southern hemisphere
Fri, 28 Feb 2025 10:55:13 GMT

Bianca, Garance and Honde churn across Indian Ocean as Alfred, Rae and Seru spin through south-west Pacific

An uncommon meteorological event unfolded on Tuesday when six named tropical cyclones were active simultaneously in the southern hemisphere, several in close proximity to one another.

Three developed in the south-west Pacific. Severe Tropical Cyclone Alfred formed on 20 February in the Coral Sea to the north-east of Australia, reaching an intensity equivalent to a category 4 hurricane on Thursday with sustained winds of 105mph (170km/h) and gusts at about 140mph.

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No reason for China to apologise to Australia for live-fire drills, ambassador says
Fri, 28 Feb 2025 04:03:41 GMT

Xiao Qian says exercises in Tasman Sea posed ‘no threat’ to Australia as previously unreported communications between pilots and air traffic controllers show confusion over drills

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China doesn’t even need to “think” about apologising over the way it notified Australia about live-fire naval drills off the Australian coast, the country’s ambassador says.

Xiao Qian told the ABC the drills last Friday and Saturday posed “no threat” to Australia and were “a normal kind of practice for many navies in the world”.

He said the notification of the drills had followed normal international practice, despite Australian authorities first becoming aware of them after they began, from a passing Virgin pilot.

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India has undermined a popular myth about development
Thu, 27 Feb 2025 10:55:44 +0000
Extreme poverty in the country has dropped to negligible levels
Match ID: 16 Score: 30.00 source: www.economist.com age: 3 days
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UK Demanded Apple Add a Backdoor to iCloud
2025-02-26T12:07:53Z

Last month, the UK government demanded that Apple weaken the security of iCloud for users worldwide. On Friday, Apple took steps to comply for users in the United Kingdom. But the British law is written in a way that requires Apple to give its government access to anyone, anywhere in the world. If the government demands Apple weaken its security worldwide, it would increase everyone’s cyber-risk in an already dangerous world.

If you’re an iCloud user, you have the option of turning on something called “advanced data protection,” or ADP. In that mode, a majority of your data is end-to-end encrypted. This means that no one, not even anyone at Apple, can read that data. It’s a restriction enforced by mathematics—cryptography—and not policy. Even if someone successfully hacks iCloud, they can’t read ADP-protected data...

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Indian cinema chain sued by film-goer over lengthy pre-film ads
Wed, 26 Feb 2025 05:13:18 GMT

Court orders compensation to be paid to 30-year-old from Bangalore, saying ‘in the new era, time is considered as money, each one’s time is very precious’

For some, the adverts that precede the start of a film are the bane of a trip to the cinema; for others, they are a useful buffer as you stand in the popcorn queue.

But for one man in India, the lengthy marathon of cinema advertising was so infuriating that he took the matter to the courts – and won.

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Musk’s ‘Doge’ claim about USAid funds for India sets off political firestorm
Mon, 24 Feb 2025 13:27:43 GMT

Apparently baseless claim that $21m was given to help voter turnout seized on by Trump and Modi government

Elon Musk’s “department of government efficiency” has been accused of setting off a political firestorm in India after it claimed that the US government had been sending millions of dollars to support the Indian elections.

In a list published on Musk’s social media platform X last week, Doge, a special group that Donald Trump created, claimed that a $21m grant distributed by USAid – the US agency for international development – to help “voter turnout in India” had been cancelled, as part of the president’s sweeping cuts to foreign aid.

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Charting the US-China Trade War: What Does 'Made in Vietnam' Mean?
2024-10-24T00:00:00Z
Chinese companies have been evading US tariffs by shipping goods through Vietnam, but not to the degree that the headlines would suggest. Ebehi Iyoha and Jaya Wen dig into trade microdata to illustrate Vietnam's strategic importance and why American policymakers should take note.
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How Vladimir Putin hopes to transform Russian trade
Wed, 28 Aug 2024 17:44:29 +0000
He believes the country’s future lies with China and India. What could go wrong?
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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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UK ministers head to India in search of trade deal they hope will boost economy
Sun, 23 Feb 2025 22:30:47 GMT

Business secretary says negotiations – now in their 15th round – are a ‘top priority’ for Labour government

Ministers are relaunching negotiations with India this week in an attempt to clinch a multibillion-pound free trade agreement that they hope will boost the UK’s flatlining economy.

Jonathan Reynolds, the business and trade secretary, flew to Delhi on Sunday to meet his Indian counterpart, Piyush Goyal, for the first time since Labour won the election.

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‘OpenAI’ Job Scam Targeted International Workers Through Telegram
Tue, 25 Feb 2025 11:30:00 +0000
An alleged job scam, led by “Aiden” from “OpenAI,” recruited workers in Bangladesh for months before disappearing overnight, according to FTC complaints obtained by WIRED.
Match ID: 24 Score: 5.71 source: www.wired.com age: 5 days
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The US Is Considering a TP-Link Router Ban—Should You Worry?
Fri, 21 Feb 2025 13:30:00 +0000
Several government departments are investigating TP-Link routers over Chinese cyberattack fears, but the company denies links.
Match ID: 25 Score: 5.71 source: www.wired.com age: 9 days
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Google Ad-Tech Users Can Target National Security ‘Decision Makers’ and People With Chronic Diseases
Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:21:41 +0000
Google enables marketers to target people with serious illnesses and crushing debt—against its policies—as well as the makers of classified defense technology, a WIRED investigation has found.
Match ID: 26 Score: 5.71 source: www.wired.com age: 10 days
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China’s leaders look to have blinked in their property face-off
Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:11:06 +0000
They did not want to bail out indebted firms. Now they are on the verge of doing so
Match ID: 27 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 10 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

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.

Match ID: 28 Score: 5.71 source: theintercept.com age: 11 days
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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: 29 Score: 5.71 source: www.wired.com age: 15 days
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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: 30 Score: 5.71 source: www.wired.com age: 18 days
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Xi Jinping shows how he will return American fire
Tue, 04 Feb 2025 16:46:53 +0000
China’s trade retaliation carries a warning of worse to come
Match ID: 31 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 26 days
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Trump’s brutal tariffs far outstrip any he has imposed before
Sun, 02 Feb 2025 00:05:43 +0000
Canada, Mexico and China are going to be made to suffer
Match ID: 32 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 29 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: 33 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 38 days
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China’s financial system is under brutal pressure
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 10:45:53 +0000
When will something break?
Match ID: 34 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 38 days
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China meets its official growth target. Not everyone is convinced
Fri, 17 Jan 2025 13:37:51 +0000
For one thing, 2024 saw the second-weakest rise in nominal GDP since the 1970s
Match ID: 35 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 44 days
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China’s markets take a fresh beating
Tue, 07 Jan 2025 16:30:24 +0000
Authorities have responded by bossing around investors
Match ID: 36 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 54 days
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China’s firms are taking flight, worrying its rulers
Sun, 29 Dec 2024 15:22:45 +0000
Policymakers at home and abroad are anxious about offshoring
Match ID: 37 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 63 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: 38 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 80 days
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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
Match ID: 39 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 87 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: 40 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 91 days
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Russia’s plunging currency spells trouble for its war effort
Sun, 01 Dec 2024 14:44:25 +0000
Supplies from China are about to become more expensive
Match ID: 41 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 91 days
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Is China really a nation of slackers?
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 10:54:55 +0000
A new survey raises the question
Match ID: 42 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 101 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: 43 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 104 days
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The biggest losers from Trumponomics
Thu, 14 Nov 2024 10:39:40 +0000
America’s president-elect wants to reshape trade, capital and labour flows
Match ID: 44 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 108 days
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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

Match ID: 46 Score: 5.71 source: www.marketwatch.com age: 142 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: 47 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 143 days
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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
Match ID: 48 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 156 days
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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
Match ID: 49 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 159 days
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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
Match ID: 50 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 168 days
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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
Match ID: 51 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 171 days
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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?
Match ID: 52 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 178 days
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Can Japan’s zombie bond market be brought back to life?
Thu, 29 Aug 2024 09:59:36 +0000
Ueda Kazuo begins on a dangerous mission
Match ID: 53 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 185 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: 54 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 200 days
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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
Match ID: 55 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 208 days
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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
Match ID: 56 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 209 days
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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
Match ID: 57 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 212 days
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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
Match ID: 58 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 215 days
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ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/18/2024
Thu, 18 Jul 2024 16:00:38 +0000
Boeing CST-100 Crewed Flight Test (CFT): Today, the CFT crew assisted the ISS crew with a few payload activities and completed Onboard Training for Backup Flight Control Proficiency. Payloads: Electro-static Levitation Furnace (ELF): The ELF cartridge holder containing the latest melted sample was removed and replaced with a new sample holder and sample. The completed …
Match ID: 59 Score: 5.71 source: www.nasa.gov age: 227 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: 60 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 227 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: 61 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 230 days
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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
Match ID: 62 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 262 days
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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
Match ID: 63 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 265 days
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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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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 […]
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Narendra Modi is struggling to boost Indian growth
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 11:20:10 +0000
Tax cuts may lift short-term output, but deeper reform is required
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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 […]
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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: 74 Score: 5.00 source: www.economist.com age: 64 days
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India is undergoing an astonishing stockmarket revolution
Thu, 07 Nov 2024 11:12:08 +0000
Small investors, rejoice—and beware
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Can markets reduce pollution in India?
Thu, 10 Oct 2024 09:55:05 +0000
An experiment in Gujarat yields impressive results
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India’s economic policy will not make it rich
Thu, 01 Aug 2024 13:58:55 +0000
A new World Bank report takes aim at emerging-market growth plans
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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
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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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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 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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Latin America’s New Right Ushers in Pan-American Trumpism
Sun, 02 Mar 2025 18:49:15 +0000

The last right-wing American president before Trump galvanized a resurgent Latin American left. Where will the region go now?

The post Latin America’s New Right Ushers in Pan-American Trumpism appeared first on The Intercept.

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Trump Helps Alleged Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate Cross Border Into U.S.
Thu, 27 Feb 2025 21:57:42 +0000

Lobbying to return Andrew Tate to the U.S. reveals the hollowness of the Republican Party’s anti-sex trafficking campaign.

The post Trump Helps Alleged Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate Cross Border Into U.S. appeared first on The Intercept.

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Trump Administration Abolishes Rules Protecting Trans Prisoners
Fri, 28 Feb 2025 17:15:39 +0000

The Bureau of Prisons rescinded rules shielding trans women from being searched by male guards, The Intercept has learned.

The post Trump Administration Abolishes Rules Protecting Trans Prisoners appeared first on The Intercept.

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UK Demanded Apple Add a Backdoor to iCloud
2025-02-26T12:07:53Z

Last month, the UK government demanded that Apple weaken the security of iCloud for users worldwide. On Friday, Apple took steps to comply for users in the United Kingdom. But the British law is written in a way that requires Apple to give its government access to anyone, anywhere in the world. If the government demands Apple weaken its security worldwide, it would increase everyone’s cyber-risk in an already dangerous world.

If you’re an iCloud user, you have the option of turning on something called “advanced data protection,” or ADP. In that mode, a majority of your data is end-to-end encrypted. This means that no one, not even anyone at Apple, can read that data. It’s a restriction enforced by mathematics—cryptography—and not policy. Even if someone successfully hacks iCloud, they can’t read ADP-protected data...

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This Modular Phone Concept Is Xiaomi’s Plan to Kill the Camera Bump
Mon, 03 Mar 2025 00:30:00 +0000
If you hate the big camera bump of today's smartphones, you'll love the detachable lens of Xiaomi’s Modular Optical System.
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Lenovo's Latest Laptop Concept Has a Screen That Can Flip and Fold
Sun, 02 Mar 2025 23:00:00 +0000
At Mobile World Congress 2025, the company also teased a solar-powered laptop and an accessory that adds two extra screens to your portable PC.
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European leaders ‘doubling down’ on backing Zelensky after Trump blowup
Sun, 02 Mar 2025 19:20:45 +0000
Administration officials and some congressional Republicans accused Zelensky of sabotaging peace talks.
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Honor's New AI Agent Can Read and Understand Your Screen
Sun, 02 Mar 2025 16:30:00 +0000
The Honor UI Agent—powered by Google's Gemini 2 model—gives a glimpse of artificial intelligence agents on Android.
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Xiaomi 15 and 15 Ultra Review: Photography Focus
Sun, 02 Mar 2025 14:30:00 +0000
Not much is new with Xiaomi's latest flagship phones, but I still love the quad-lens camera on the Ultra.
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Samsung's Affordable Galaxy A36 and Galaxy A26 Will Get 6 Years of Software Updates
Sat, 01 Mar 2025 23:00:00 +0000
The company’s latest affordable smartphones are thinner and more durable and have a sprinkling of AI.
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‘Let him stew in his own juice,’ Pelosi advises ahead of Trump’s speech
Sat, 01 Mar 2025 17:54:07 +0000
The former speaker tore apart a copy of Trump’s 2020 address to Congress. This time, she says Democrats need to coalesce on one, short message.
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Landlord Convicted in Hate Crime Stabbing of 6-Year-Old Palestinian American Boy
Fri, 28 Feb 2025 20:56:36 +0000

Joseph Czuba’s comments about Palestinians and Muslims took center stage at his trial for the murder of Wadee Alfayoumi.

The post Landlord Convicted in Hate Crime Stabbing of 6-Year-Old Palestinian American Boy appeared first on The Intercept.

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Hey Elon: We Found a Place to Cut More Than $2 Trillion in Wasteful Spending
Fri, 28 Feb 2025 18:02:23 +0000

The bloated Department of Defense spends more money than any other government agency. So where is Elon Musk and DOGE?

The post Hey Elon: We Found a Place to Cut More Than $2 Trillion in Wasteful Spending appeared first on The Intercept.

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How to Turn an “Economic Blackout” Into an All-Out War on Corporate Power
Fri, 28 Feb 2025 13:09:34 +0000

Friday’s economic boycott is a one-day attack on corporate interests. The degrowth movement calls for a broader societal shift.

The post How to Turn an “Economic Blackout” Into an All-Out War on Corporate Power appeared first on The Intercept.

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“Opportunism and Fear”: Crypto Industry Sets Its Sights on Governors’ Mansions
Thu, 27 Feb 2025 21:10:11 +0000

An industry increasingly associated with Trumpism is moving into the spotlight in Democratic gubernatorial races in New Jersey and New York.

The post “Opportunism and Fear”: Crypto Industry Sets Its Sights on Governors’ Mansions appeared first on The Intercept.

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Bernie Sanders Hasn’t Stopped Arms Sales to Israel — But He Won’t Stop Trying
Wed, 26 Feb 2025 10:00:00 +0000

With the ceasefire in Gaza on the edge of collapse, Sanders once again introduced resolutions to block certain weapons sales to Israel.

The post Bernie Sanders Hasn’t Stopped Arms Sales to Israel — But He Won’t Stop Trying appeared first on The Intercept.

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DOGE’s Lawyer Once Warned That Ignoring Court Orders Would Destroy the Country
Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:33:18 +0000

With DOGE initiatives getting hung up in court, Elon Musk and Donald Trump attacked judges and flirted with defying their rulings.

The post DOGE’s Lawyer Once Warned That Ignoring Court Orders Would Destroy the Country appeared first on The Intercept.

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DOGE Said It Cut $232 Million From Social Security Budget. It Was Only About Half a Million.
Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:54:54 +0000

The cut, an anti-trans attack, was the latest example of confusion sown by bold claims that wither under scrutiny.

The post DOGE Said It Cut $232 Million From Social Security Budget. It Was Only About Half a Million. appeared first on The Intercept.

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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 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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Songwriter Diane Warren loses original song Oscar for the 16th time
Mon, 03 Mar 2025 02:06:19 GMT

Warren, 68, lost out to the song El Mal from Emilia Pérez

• Anora dominates the Oscars — here’s the complete list of winners

The songwriter Diane Warren has continued her record-breaking streak of losses at the 97th Academy Awards with a defeat in the best song category. The winners were the married composer Clément Ducol and singer-songwriter Camille for El Mal from Emilia Pérez.

Warren, 68, had been in contention for the song The Journey, from Tyler Perry’s Netflix film The Six Triple Eight, about the all-Black, all-female 6,888th battalion during the second world war.

Anora takes home best picture Oscar

Adrien Brody and Mikey Madison win best acting prizes

Kieran Culkin and Zoe Saldaña win supporting awards

Anora’s Sean Baker wins for directing, editing and screenplay

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Scream Cipher

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RNA

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Giants

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Excusing Yourself

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Our best Mardi Gras recipes to let the good times roll
Sat, 01 Mar 2025 15:00:03 +0000
Gumbo, jambalaya, king cake, praline punch and more recipes for a delicious Mardi Gras celebration.
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Tropical Cyclone Alfred forecast to hit Queensland and NSW in coming days
Sun, 02 Mar 2025 22:49:47 GMT

Residents warned to prepare food and water and secure properties as BoM predicts Alfred will make landfall anywhere between Bundaberg and northern New South Wales

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Cyclone warnings have been issued for more than 4 million people in two states – extending as far south as Grafton in New South Wales – as authorities warn it is “increasingly likely” that Tropical Cyclone Alfred is preparing a destructive arc towards Australia’s east coast.

The Queensland premier, David Crisafulli, said weather modelling from overnight and Monday morning had reinforced the prospect that Alfred would soon veer towards southeast Queensland.

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Latin America’s New Right Ushers in Pan-American Trumpism
Sun, 02 Mar 2025 18:49:15 +0000

The last right-wing American president before Trump galvanized a resurgent Latin American left. Where will the region go now?

The post Latin America’s New Right Ushers in Pan-American Trumpism appeared first on The Intercept.

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Israeli block on aid raises health fears for Gaza’s undernourished population
Sun, 02 Mar 2025 17:38:36 GMT

Agencies say health situation is a ‘catastrophe’ and recent aid deliveries were a fraction of what is needed

Briefing the Israeli press after Benjamin Netanyahu’s order to turn off the aid supply to Gaza, government officials claimed that the Palestinian territory had several months’ worth of food stockpiled from earlier deliveries. However, the announcement led to an immediate jump in prices of basic necessities in Gaza, with residents saying they had doubled.

Aid agencies say the population of Gaza remains highly vulnerable and that the blockade of humanitarian supplies to a civilian population is unacceptable in any circumstances.

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When you’ve got eggplant, ricotta and marinara, just roll with it
Sun, 02 Mar 2025 15:00:31 +0000
Eggplant rollatini is a hearty vegetarian dish born in southern Italy that combines the silky vegetable with a rich ricotta filling.
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The best air fryers, tried and tested for crisp and crunch
Sun, 02 Mar 2025 15:00:11 GMT

Air fryers have taken over our kitchens, but which wins the crown for the crispiest cooking? Our expert peeled 5kg of potatoes to find out

• The best blenders to blitz like a pro, tried and tested

Air fryers inspire the sort of feelings that microwaves did in the 1980s. I vividly remember those new-fangled boxes being spoken about often, either dismissively or with delight. A rash of cookbooks followed, and dinner changed across the land. Fast-forward a few decades and air fryers have become the same kind of kitchen “disruptors”, offering time-saving convenience and healthier cooking, but with the added allure of easily achieved, mouth-watering crispiness.

Since launching with a single-drawer design, air fryers have evolved. Sizes range from compact to XL, while drawer configurations can be double, split or stacked. Alongside air frying, many will grill, roast and bake, and some will dip to lower temperatures for dehydrating, fermenting and proving dough. One we tested features steam cooking, allowing you to whip up dim sum as easily as a roast dinner, while another included racks for cooking on four levels.

Best air fryer overall:
Tefal Dual Easy Fry XXL EY942BG0
_{£149.99 at Amazon}

Best single-drawer air fryer:
Lakeland Slimline air fryer
_{£89.99 at Lakeland}

Best air fryer for chips:
Philips 5000 Series NA555/09 dual basket steam air fryer
_{£179.99 at John Lewis}

Best air fryer grill:
ProCook air fryer health grill
_{£179 at ProCook}

Best compact air fryer:
Ninja Double Stack XL SL400UK air fryer
_{£214.21 at Amazon}

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It’s two years since the kids left. Here’s what I’ve learned – and what has surprised me | Emma Beddington
Sun, 02 Mar 2025 14:00:10 GMT

There’s more leisure, less laundry and no more Nando’s on the sofa. But I’m still struggling to get to grips with this tidy, idle new life

I come into the kitchen to find my husband staring into space, which is normally my job. Then he points. “It’s time to accept we aren’t bread-bin people,” he says.

I believe, instinctively, ancestrally, in bread bins; I come from bread-bin stock. But since we acquired ours five years ago, it has been used probably five times. On one of these occasions, a loaf was left in there for so long that the buildup of mould caused the lid to warp. I assumed the problem was living with teenagers with no object permanence, who, even if they saw the bread go in, forgot it existed once it was no longer visible. However, after two years of an empty nest, bread still lives on top of the bin. It turns out that even I am not a bread-bin person.

I am actually very tidy – indeed, unpleasantly uptight about tidiness. It was the eternal churn of family mess that made me a slattern.

We are now a Nando’s-free household after years of peri-peri tyranny, but I find myself pining for “macho peas” and pallid, lukewarm chips. Is it the flabby fries or the slack, companionable comfort of those four-on-the-sofa TV dinners I want? My husband suggested getting a small, elegant sofa recently, but the idea of never squashing the four of us on to ours again made me unspeakably sad.

I don’t want a dog. It has been 18 months since my beloved dog Oscar died. Empty nesters always get dogs, but I don’t want to nurture anything more demanding than our roster of surrogate children (idiot hens, an infant tortoise and Susan, the fugitive wedding dove on our roof who arrived eight months ago, but still won’t let me touch her).

If we don’t do a weekly food shop, nothing falls apart and no one perishes.

Escaping the parenting trenches before most of my peers means I socialise a lot with older people – and, oof, their energy! Does your life force gradually replenish until you can bounce through pilates, Zumba and five-a-side, volunteer for multiple charities, learn the harpsichord and improve your Arabic? When does that start, please?

Life feels blissfully easy day to day (less laundry, more leisure) and existentially confusing. I feel as tied to my sons as ever, but also cut off, teetering between overbearing interference and strenuously pretending to be casual, constantly second-guessing whether I should ask how the exam went, if they slept, whether the sun is shining where they are. Reading Nina Stibbe’s latest diaries I was envious at how happily enmeshed she is in her grownup children’s lives.

It’s cringey how much I miss them. Sometimes, I catch myself staring jealously over my husband’s shoulder at a WhatsApp from one of them; I regularly check the weather where they live; when they Deliveroo on my account, I spy on their orders.

It’s also annoying when they come home, wilfully misunderstanding the recycling system, eating at inconvenient times and using towels like oligarchs. Just as I adjust and relax, they leave again.

I thought I would work harder when they left, become a single-minded art monster. Instead, I feel fallow, like my brain used itself up producing this crop of offspring and needs a year (or five) off. It’s unnerving. I read a lot about the creative power of idleness to try to reassure myself.

It’s no surprise to remember how much I like my husband’s company, but it’s astonishing to realise we only cohabited for five years before careering into 22 years of full-on family life. We are as free now as when he arrived in London in 1997 (on crutches, with his grandmother’s yucca tree). Dizzyingly so: we could do anything we like. Raise ostriches! Join a cult! Move to Acapulco! But I don’t want to rip everything up. I hope that is a good sign. Life feels quiet, spacious and strange; a long, slow exhale. What will the inhale bring? No idea.

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Can Algorithms, a Touchscreen, and an Internet Connection Make the Perfect Piece of Toast?
Sun, 02 Mar 2025 12:30:00 +0000
Some eager product designers have replaced the toaster’s familiar buttons, levers, and dials with screens and automated software. The results are rather stale.
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Bleat all about it! Lambing long weekends in UK are the new city break
Sun, 02 Mar 2025 12:00:09 GMT

British farms laying on ‘lamb watch’ holidays for tourists seeking a return to nature – and fluffy hugs

In a shed in the Malvern Hills, lambs struggle clumsily to their feet as holidaymaking couples look on.

Clare John, the third generation in her family to farm these 50 acres of Worcestershire pasture, began offering lambing-themed breaks two years ago in response to a surge of customer requests. Rowley Farm’s holiday cottages are block-booked for the 2025 spring lambing season, which traditionally peaks around Easter.

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Red beans and memories: New Orleans honors a beloved cook, lost too soon
Sat, 01 Mar 2025 17:00:05 +0000
Hundreds gathered in New Orleans to remember Paul “Pableaux” Johnson for his Monday red-beans dinners, photography, community building and friendship.
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Three essential things to know about microplastics – and how to avoid them
Sat, 01 Mar 2025 14:00:40 GMT

Microplastics can’t be avoided completely, but even small steps in the right direction can help significantly

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On a recent trip to New Orleans, the king cake baby became, for me, a symbol of plastic’s ubiquity in the food system. King cakes are a beloved Mardi Gras season sweet, and when bakers are done cooking them, they hide a small plastic baby in each. Whoever gets a slice with the baby in it receives good luck in the coming year.

I write about toxic chemicals for a living, so when I learned about the tradition, I let out a small groan while estimating how many microplastics the baby must be shedding into the cake.

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Original Observer Photography
Sat, 01 Mar 2025 11:00:36 GMT

From the world of adventure to the worlds of food and theatre: the best original photographs from the Observer commissioned in February 2025

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Vitamix Promo Codes and Deals: $25 Off + Free Shipping
Sat, 01 Mar 2025 06:00:00 +0000
Score discounts on blenders, food processors, immersion blenders, and more with our selection of Vitamix coupons and deals.
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Research roundup: 7 cool science stories from February
Fri, 28 Feb 2025 18:17:57 +0000
Dancing sea turtles, the discovery of an Egyptian pharaoh's tomb, perfectly boiled eggs, and more.
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Hey Elon: We Found a Place to Cut More Than $2 Trillion in Wasteful Spending
Fri, 28 Feb 2025 18:02:23 +0000

The bloated Department of Defense spends more money than any other government agency. So where is Elon Musk and DOGE?

The post Hey Elon: We Found a Place to Cut More Than $2 Trillion in Wasteful Spending appeared first on The Intercept.

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Want to avoid forever chemicals? Here are nine of the best PFAS-free frying pans
Fri, 28 Feb 2025 15:05:27 GMT

Reducing forever chemicals in your kitchen is difficult, but possible. To help you start, we’ve rounded up the top non-toxic pans for Pancake Day and beyond

• The best kitchen knives for every job – chosen by chefs

Whether you’re making pancakes, seared steaks or fluffy omelettes, a frying pan that sizzles food without sticking to it is a kitchen necessity. Yet health and environmental concerns about non-stick coatings and “forever chemicals” are making it increasingly complicated to pick the perfect pan.

Manufacturers of non-stick coatings insist they’re perfectly safe, but a growing number of companies are advertising their products as PFOA- or PFOS-free, all the same. So what are these controversial chemicals, and what’s the alternative if you don’t want your food to stick?

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How Big Is a Coffee Cup? The Answer Isn't Obvious
Fri, 28 Feb 2025 13:39:00 +0000
It turns out your 12-cup coffee machine is smaller than you think. But figuring just how many cups it makes isn’t always easy, and it’s probably not what you expect.
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How to Turn an “Economic Blackout” Into an All-Out War on Corporate Power
Fri, 28 Feb 2025 13:09:34 +0000

Friday’s economic boycott is a one-day attack on corporate interests. The degrowth movement calls for a broader societal shift.

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How scientists capture a polar bear – video
Tue, 25 Feb 2025 08:45:13 GMT

Each spring since 2003, Jon Aars, senior scientist at the Norwegian Polar Institute, and his team have conducted an annual polar bear monitoring program on Svalbard - collaring, capturing and taking samples from as many bears as they can across several weeks.

By studying polar bears they get a better understanding of what is happening in this part of the Arctic environment. The bears roam over large distances and, being apex predators, provide lots of information about what is happening lower in the food chain and across different Arctic species.

The Guardian accompanied Aars on an expedition to the southern end of Spitsbergen island, the largest in the Svalbard archipelago.

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

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

Imagine a world in which you can do transactions and many other things without having to give your personal information. A world in which you don’t need to rely on banks or governments anymore. Sounds amazing, right? That’s exactly what blockchain technology allows us to do.

It’s like your computer’s hard drive. blockchain is a technology that lets you store data in digital blocks, which are connected together like links in a chain. 

Blockchain technology was originally invented in 1991 by two mathematicians, Stuart Haber and W. Scot Stornetta. They first proposed the system to ensure that timestamps could not be tampered with.

A few years later, in 1998, software developer Nick Szabo proposed using a similar kind of technology to secure a digital payments system he called “Bit Gold.” However, this innovation was not adopted until Satoshi Nakamoto claimed to have invented the first Blockchain and Bitcoin.

So, What is Blockchain?

A blockchain is a distributed database shared between the nodes of a computer network. It saves information in digital format. Many people first heard of blockchain technology when they started to look up information about bitcoin.

Blockchain is used in cryptocurrency systems to ensure secure, decentralized records of transactions.

Blockchain allowed people to guarantee the fidelity and security of a record of data without the need for a third party to ensure accuracy.

To understand how a blockchain works, Consider these basic steps:

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

Let’s get to know more about the blockchain.

How does blockchain work?

Blockchain records digital information and distributes it across the network without changing it. The information is distributed among many users and stored in an immutable, permanent ledger that can't be changed or destroyed. That's why blockchain is also called "Distributed Ledger Technology" or DLT.

Here’s how it works:

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

And that’s the beauty of it! The process may seem complicated, but it’s done in minutes with modern technology. And because technology is advancing rapidly, I expect things to move even more quickly than ever.

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

How are Blockchains used?

Even though blockchain is integral to cryptocurrency, it has other applications. For example, blockchain can be used for storing reliable data about transactions. Many people confuse blockchain with cryptocurrencies like bitcoin and ethereum.

Blockchain already being adopted by some big-name companies, such as Walmart, AIG, Siemens, Pfizer, and Unilever. For example, IBM's Food Trust uses blockchain to track food's journey before reaching its final destination.

Although some of you may consider this practice excessive, food suppliers and manufacturers adhere to the policy of tracing their products because bacteria such as E. coli and Salmonella have been found in packaged foods. In addition, there have been isolated cases where dangerous allergens such as peanuts have accidentally been introduced into certain products.

Tracing and identifying the sources of an outbreak is a challenging task that can take months or years. Thanks to the Blockchain, however, companies now know exactly where their food has been—so they can trace its location and prevent future outbreaks.

Blockchain technology allows systems to react much faster in the event of a hazard. It also has many other uses in the modern world.

What is Blockchain Decentralization?

Blockchain technology is safe, even if it’s public. People can access the technology using an internet connection.

Have you ever been in a situation where you had all your data stored at one place and that one secure place got compromised? Wouldn't it be great if there was a way to prevent your data from leaking out even when the security of your storage systems is compromised?

Blockchain technology provides a way of avoiding this situation by using multiple computers at different locations to store information about transactions. If one computer experiences problems with a transaction, it will not affect the other nodes.

Instead, other nodes will use the correct information to cross-reference your incorrect node. This is called “Decentralization,” meaning all the information is stored in multiple places.

Blockchain guarantees your data's authenticity—not just its accuracy, but also its irreversibility. It can also be used to store data that are difficult to register, like legal contracts, state identifications, or a company's product inventory.

Pros and Cons of Blockchain

Blockchain has many advantages and disadvantages. 

Pros

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

Cons

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

Frequently Asked Questions About Blockchain

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

Is Blockchain a cryptocurrency?

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

Is it possible for Blockchain to be hacked?

Yes, blockchain can be theoretically hacked, but it is a complicated task to be achieved. A network of users constantly reviews it, which makes hacking the blockchain difficult.

What is the most prominent blockchain company?

Coinbase Global is currently the biggest blockchain company in the world. The company runs a commendable infrastructure, services, and technology for the digital currency economy.

Who owns Blockchain?

Blockchain is a decentralized technology. It’s a chain of distributed ledgers connected with nodes. Each node can be any electronic device. Thus, one owns blockhain.

What is the difference between Bitcoin and Blockchain technology?

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

What is the difference between Blockchain and a Database?

Generally a database is a collection of data which can be stored and organized using a database management system. The people who have access to the database can view or edit the information stored there. The client-server network architecture is used to implement databases. whereas a blockchain is a growing list of records, called blocks, stored in a distributed system. Each block contains a cryptographic hash of the previous block, timestamp and transaction information. Modification of data is not allowed due to the design of the blockchain. The technology allows decentralized control and eliminates risks of data modification by other parties.

Final Saying

Blockchain has a wide spectrum of applications and, over the next 5-10 years, we will likely see it being integrated into all sorts of industries. From finance to healthcare, blockchain could revolutionize the way we store and share data. Although there is some hesitation to adopt blockchain systems right now, that won't be the case in 2022-2023 (and even less so in 2026). Once people become more comfortable with the technology and understand how it can work for them, owners, CEOs and entrepreneurs alike will be quick to leverage blockchain technology for their own gain. Hope you like this article if you have any question let me know in the comments section

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