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10 Best Smartwatches, Editor Tested and Reviewed (2024): Apple Watch, Wear OS, Hybrid Watches, Kids' Watches
Wed, 12 Jun 2024 13:00:00 +0000
These WIRED-tested wearables reduce your reliance on a phone while keeping you connected.
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Meet the 52 women breaking down coaching barriers at Paris Olympics
Sat, 15 Jun 2024 07:00:15 GMT

Take a look inside the coaching WhatsApp group behind Simone Biles, Tom Daley and Sha’Carri Richardson

In January 52 phone numbers were added to a new WhatsApp group. It was called “Preparation for Paris” but may as well have been dubbed the Golden Group, assuming things go to plan this summer. Those phone numbers belonged to 52 leading coaches aiming for Paris 2024, hailing from 15 different countries and 19 sports. All of them are women.

It includes the two-times Olympic champion New Zealand shot-putter Valerie Adams, now a coach and chair of the World Athletics Athletes’ Commission. Simone Biles’s former coach Aimee Boorman is also there. So too is the Olympian Sara Symington, now head of Olympic and Paralympic programmes for British Cycling. The former American sprinter Mechelle Lewis Freeman is also involved, as coach for the USA women’s relay team, managing stars including Sha’Carri Richardson. Another is Jane Figueiredo, the longtime coach to British diver Tom Daley, set to compete at his fifth and final Olympics.

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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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Ask Ottolenghi: is there a culinary reason to use kosher salt?
Sat, 15 Jun 2024 08:30:15 GMT

The larger grain of kosher salt means it’s more suitable for even salting and brining – and a teaspoon is half as salty as one of fine salt

If a recipe specifies kosher salt, is somebody having a laugh, or is there a gastronomic reason to use it?
Pablo, Lancaster
Kosher salt is not actually “kosher” (as in, it’s not religiously treated). Historically, the name stems from the Jewish practice of removing surface blood when dry brining meat (such as with brisket), and that process is known as kashering. Because of this kind of salt’s larger grain size, it dissolves more slowly and evenly, which in turn ensures a more even brining. It also doesn’t contain any additives or preservatives, so has a very clean, er, salty taste.

In practical terms, then, the coarseness and consistency of kosher salt grains also mean they are easier to handle and hold in your fingertips. This gives the cook a greater level of control, because they can salt ingredients much more evenly, unlike when you use fine sea salt, for instance, which has an annoying tendency to pour everywhere or clump up.

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I am in jail for breaking windows at JP Morgan, the biggest funder of fossil fuels. Here why I did it | Amy Pritchard
Sat, 15 Jun 2024 06:00:12 GMT

I believe the civil disobedience of ordinary people can secure great change. I do what I can – and accept the consequences

• Amy Pritchard is the first person to be jailed for a campaign in which climate protesters targeted banks across London

Every day I struggle to hold the insanity of our collective behaviour within me – in my psyche, my heart and my body. The harm we are causing to ourselves, to our fellow humans and all other beings, and our incredible, beautiful home, is horrific. Yet I know that what I think and feel is a healthy response to what’s going on.

In April 2021, Frans Timmermans, the vice-president of the EU commission, said: “Today’s children will face a future of fighting wars for water and food.” We are already facing significant impacts on our harvests here. The prospect of wars over resources and conflict caused by and exacerbated by climatic conditions is an almost unbearable intergenerational injustice. The loss of biodiversity, meanwhile, will erode the foundations of our economies, livelihoods, food security, law and order, health and quality of life worldwide.

Amy Pritchard, an agricultural and woodland worker from Liverpool, was jailed for 10 months on 12 June 2024 after being found guilty of criminal damage. This is an edited extract of her mitigation statement. Last year, she was also jailed for using the words “climate change” and “fuel poverty” in court, contrary to the judge’s order.

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

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Tim Dowling: our family’s fussiest eaters? That would be the pets
Sat, 15 Jun 2024 05:00:12 GMT

The cat refuses to eat the new cat food, but the dog and the tortoise wouldn’t eat anything else

The cat hates the new cat food. It’s not medically specific or dietetically optimal – in fact, its purchase was an expensive mistake – but there’s a lot of it left, and I’m determined to get rid of it by putting it all through the cat. The cat is not cooperating.

“I’m sort of on his side, to be honest,” my wife says.

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Country diary: Sharks, clams and eelgrass – this is an underwater haven | David Bellamy
Sat, 15 Jun 2024 04:30:10 GMT

Laxey Bay, Isle of Man: This protected marine area is doing better than most, but there remains one rather foul problem to address

On the east coast of the Isle of Man there exists an extraordinary little bay that supports a wealth of wildlife. Today, flowering thrift bobs among the breeding gulls and a gannet plunges in the bay, gathering food for a chick that is, almost unbelievably, in Scotland. I have seen 99 different species of bird here; eiders now breed, joining black guillemots, choughs, oystercatchers and peregrines. We have nesting gulls that winter in Africa (who would have thought?), replaced each year by a pod of bottlenosed dolphins who migrate up from Wales. Under the waves, an eelgrass meadow is recovering after bottom trawling was banned in 2009. The sandy bottom is home to spectacular small-spotted cat sharks as well as the venerable ocean quahog, a type of edible clam that can live to 500 years old, and one of the rarer species in all Britain and Ireland.

Laxey Bay was designated a strict marine nature reserve in 2018, forming part of the Isle of Man’s international commitment to protect 30% of our seas by 2030. Few of those paddling its cold waters will be aware that they’re actually in a nature reserve – they don’t usually come with ice‑cream shops. For a marine area to be officially “protected” is no guarantee that it is safe from harm; destructive fishing practices still take place in such areas around the UK. But here the designation works: even potting and anchoring are banned in places. And the results speak for themselves – on the first day of the annual scallop season, there’s a race to be the first to fish right up to the reserve boundary. Protecting bays like this results in larger and more abundant shellfish outside them.

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Millions in daily struggle to find food as Sudan war rages
Sat, 15 Jun 2024 00:31:22 GMT
More than a year into the conflict, the warring sides are accused of using hunger as a weapon.
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Naked, alone and living on dog food – all for a TV show that gripped a nation
Sat, 15 Jun 2024 00:01:50 GMT
A new documentary revisits the "sadistic" 1990s reality show which preceded Big Brother.
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Gazans describe life in tents as ‘hell’ as summer’s heat arrives
Fri, 14 Jun 2024 19:42:26 +0000
The onset of punishing summer temperatures in the densely populated Gaza Strip, where hundreds of thousands are living in tents, has made life even more arduous.
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Supermarket sandwich suppliers issue recall amid UK E coli outbreak
Fri, 14 Jun 2024 17:04:08 GMT

Exclusive: Greencore recalls items sold via Asda, Sainsbury’s, Morrisons and others, as does separate firm that supplies Tesco

• UK supermarket sandwich recall: full list of products

The sandwich maker Greencore, which supplies big supermarkets including Asda, Morrisons and Sainsbury’s, is one of a number of companies recalling products after being potentially linked to an outbreak of E coli that has caused cases in the UK to almost double to more than 200.

The company is recalling thousands of sandwiches, wraps and salads sold through those three supermarkets as well as Boots, Aldi, Amazon and the Co-op. The 45 products contain a certain variety of salad leaf linked to the outbreak identified this month by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA).

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How to poach chicken breasts for moist, flavorful meat
Fri, 14 Jun 2024 14:00:36 +0000
A few simple tips can help you poach boneless, skinless chicken breasts that are moist and flavorful.
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My daughter rarely bathes and her room is smelly, but says she doesn’t care
Fri, 14 Jun 2024 13:30:52 GMT

It may be a cry for help, or simple teenage rebellion. Either way, you need to find a new, less judgmental way to communicate

• Every week Annalisa Barbieri addresses a problem sent in by a reader

My 15-year-old daughter has zero sense of personal hygiene. She currently has about a dozen used sanitary towels dropped on the floor, with food wrappers and rubbish. I have to nag her to bathe. She wears knickers several days in a row. I went in to her room and the stink turned my stomach. She’s looking at her tablet, oblivious to how disgusting and smelly it is.

She’s not depressed. She’s perfectly sociable at school and at home. I cannot wrap my head around how she’s so content to be to so disgusting. I am ashamed, especially given how many times I have gently spoken to her, nagged and/or screamed at her. She’s content to live in squalor. She tells me she doesn’t care.

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Small plates rule at two new Chinese restaurants from Peter Chang
Fri, 14 Jun 2024 10:30:12 +0000
Peter Chang Gaithersburg and NiHao in Arlington represent the latest in the ever-growing collection of restaurants from the former Chinese embassy chef.
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I Spent a Week Eating Discarded Restaurant Food. But Was It Really Going to Waste?
Fri, 14 Jun 2024 10:00:00 +0000
Food app Too Good To Go promises to cut waste by directing hungry bargain hunters to leftover restaurant food. But the week I spent living off the app had me wondering if Too Good To Go is too good to be true.
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‘My face is leaking’: taste testing the spicy ramen deemed too dangerous for Denmark
Fri, 14 Jun 2024 09:36:14 GMT

Three flavours of Buldak chicken ramyeon have been banned by authorities in Copenhagen, but seriously, how bad could they be?

There are flames spreading up my nose, across my forehead and down my throat. My tastebuds have been vanquished, my mouth is a chamber of fire. I have signed a waiver once before for a taste test. Where is my waiver today?

This is level three of Buldak’s range of spicy ramyeon, also known as “fire noodles”. It’s one of three varieties of instant noodles manufactured by South Korea’s Samyang Foods, and recalled this week by Danish authorities for being too spicy. According to Denmark’s national food agency, the high levels of capsaicin in the noodles carry a risk of acute poisoning for consumers – particularly children.

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These “Tent Massacre” Survivors Couldn’t Afford to Leave Rafah. The Next Israeli Attack Nearly Wiped Their Family Out.
Fri, 14 Jun 2024 09:00:00 +0000

“I felt helpless watching my family dying and not able to help them. It is a nightmare that I will never wake up from.”

The post These “Tent Massacre” Survivors Couldn’t Afford to Leave Rafah. The Next Israeli Attack Nearly Wiped Their Family Out. appeared first on The Intercept.

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GOP States Double Down on Fighting Medication Abortion After Supreme Court Keeps It Legal
Thu, 13 Jun 2024 20:51:02 +0000

From the jump, the lawsuit challenging the legality of mifepristone was a cynical, propagandistic endeavor. In a 9-0 opinion, the Supreme Court threw it out.

The post GOP States Double Down on Fighting Medication Abortion After Supreme Court Keeps It Legal appeared first on The Intercept.

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Israeli tanks advance in Rafah as fleeing Palestinians ‘face death and starvation’
Thu, 13 Jun 2024 17:58:13 GMT

UN warns that more than a million people are being forced to flee to areas in which there is little food, water or shelter

Israeli tanks rolled into the western part of Rafah on Thursday as the city came under intense helicopter, drone and artillery fire in what residents described as one of the worst bombardments of the area so far.

The assault on Rafah has driven out more than a million Palestinians who had been sheltering there, forcing them into areas with little or no access to food, water or shelter. The UN has warned that more than a million people are expected to “face death and starvation by the middle of July”.

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The $12 price isn’t the only refreshing thing about this white wine
Thu, 13 Jun 2024 17:00:55 +0000
Plus, a Santa Barbara county pinot noir and a French sancerre for this week’s sips.
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For cool cocktails on demand, turn to your freezer
Thu, 13 Jun 2024 16:00:00 +0000
Freezer-door cocktails, made in batches and stored in bottles or jars, are ready on a moment’s notice.
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Talk to kids about Juneteenth, and let food guide the conversation
Thu, 13 Jun 2024 14:00:00 +0000
The origins of the Juneteenth story are a difficult topic, but you can use food to make it easier to share with kids.
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In my cooking and in my life, Pride is every day
Thu, 13 Jun 2024 13:00:50 +0000
Here’s to food that gets us through everyday life, like colorful rice bowls with chicken and vegetables.
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Kelp help? How Scotland’s seaweed growers are aiming to revolutionise what we buy
Thu, 13 Jun 2024 12:00:20 GMT

Farmed kelp could produce plastic substitutes, beauty products and food supplements. Just steer clear of seaweed chocolate

• Photographs by Christian Sinibaldi, words by Joanna Moorhead

Think sun, sea, Skye – and seaweed. It’s early summer off the west coast of Scotland, and Alex Glasgow is landing a long string of orangey-black seaweed on to the barge of his water farm. It emerges on what looks like a washing line heavy with dirty rags, hoicked up from the depths. And yet, this slippery, shiny, salty substance might, just might, be going to save the planet.

When it comes to sustainability, seaweed is about as shipshape as it gets. Minimal damage to the environment, check. No use of pesticides, check. Diversifies ocean life, check. Uses no land, check. And, in the case of Skye’s seaweed farm, spoils no one’s view, check.

Kyla Orr and Martin Welch of KelpCrofters check the crop from their boat

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UAW Endorses Nebraska Underdog Threatening to Unseat a Republican Senator
Tue, 11 Jun 2024 18:17:35 +0000

Dan Osborn, running as an independent, has racked up endorsements in a race that could help determine Senate control in 2024.

The post UAW Endorses Nebraska Underdog Threatening to Unseat a Republican Senator appeared first on The Intercept.

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Poached Chicken Breasts
Fri, 14 Jun 2024 04:00:00 +0000
If you want moist and tender poached chicken breasts every time, this customizable method will give you a solid foundation.
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Cava-Style Salad Bowl With Spicy Feta
Fri, 14 Jun 2024 04:00:00 +0000
This green salad, inspired by the Mediterranean fast-casual chain Cava, features a take on their “crazy feta” dip, balsamic date vinaigrette and fried pita wedges.
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Sign up for the Feast newsletter: our free Guardian food email
Tue, 09 Jul 2019 08:19:21 GMT

A weekly email from Yotam Ottolenghi, Meera Sodha, Felicity Cloake and Rachel Roddy, featuring the latest recipes and seasonal eating ideas

Each week we’ll send you an exclusive newsletter from our star food writers. We’ll also send you the latest recipes from Yotam Ottolenghi, Nigel Slater, Meera Sodha and all our star cooks, stand-out food features and seasonal eating inspiration, plus restaurant reviews from Grace Dent and Jay Rayner.

Sign up below to start receiving the best of our culinary journalism in one mouth-watering weekly email.

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Missouri’s Attorney General Is Waging War to Keep the Wrongly Convicted Locked Up
Wed, 05 Jun 2024 09:00:00 +0000

Andrew Bailey’s office has a losing record of fighting against exonerations recommended by local prosecutors — but it’s not giving up.

The post Missouri’s Attorney General Is Waging War to Keep the Wrongly Convicted Locked Up appeared first on The Intercept.

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Jamaican jerk to Thai sweet chilli – how much do you know about spicy food? Take our quiz to find out
Fri, 31 May 2024 10:23:46 GMT

You might be able to stand the heat, but does your spice knowledge live up to your tolerance level? Answer these questions to find out …

Find out more about Encona’s hot sauces at enconasauces.co.uk

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The woman feeding Liverpool from an ice-cream van – video
Tue, 28 May 2024 09:47:52 GMT

Michelle Roach bought a used ice-cream van in order to bring cheap, affordable food to Liverpool's struggling communities. She wanted a vehicle with freezers built in for frozen food, and also something cheerful that was able to break down stigmas around food poverty. Using a '10 items for £5' model, Michelle sources discount food from supermarket surplus and donations.

The Guardian's Christopher Cherry follows Michelle and the van on its rounds, with the service struggling to meet overwhelming demand as the cost of living crisis deepens, and the UK's general election fast approaches.

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What it takes to prove genocide – video
Thu, 09 May 2024 11:19:24 GMT

South Africa's case against Israel over allegations of genocide before the international court of justice has raised a central question of international law: what is genocide and how do you prove it? It is one of three genocide cases being considered by the UN's world court, but since the genocide convention was approved in 1948, only three instances have been legally recognised as genocide. Josh Toussaint-Strauss looks back on these historical cases to find out why the crime is so much harder to prove than other atrocities, and what bearing this has on South Africa's case against Israel and future cases

• What is the genocide convention and how might it apply to the UK and Israel?

• ‘Famine is setting in’: UN court orders Israel to unblock Gaza food aid

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A tour of the International Space Station with Andreas Mogensen
Fri, 12 Apr 2024 12:00:00 +0200
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On the last day of his Huginn mission, ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen takes us on a tour of the place he called home for 6 months: the International Space Station. From the beautiful views of Cupola to the kitchen in Node 1 filled with food and friends and all the way to the science of Columbus, the Space Station is the work and living place for astronauts as they help push science forward. 

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Five hacks to help save money on your food shop
Wed, 29 Nov 2023 15:53:08 GMT
The cost-of-living crisis continues to bite. Here are some things that can reduce the impact.
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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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Summary of the Ninth DSCOVR EPIC and NISTAR Science Team Meeting
Fri, 14 Jun 2024 17:50:16 +0000
Introduction The ninth Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) Earth Polychromatic Camera (EPIC) and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Advanced Radiometer [NISTAR] Science Team Meeting (STM) was held virtually October 16–17, 2023. Over 35 scientists attended, most of whom were from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), with several participating from other NASA field […]
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Russia financial system shaken after U.S. imposes new sanctions
Thu, 13 Jun 2024 14:52:06 +0000
The U.S. Treasury Department hit Russia with a raft of tough new penalties targeting the country’s financial system, prompting the Moscow exchange to hold trading of dollars and euros.
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World leaders to gather in Swiss resort in attempt to forge Ukraine peace plan
Sat, 15 Jun 2024 04:00:09 GMT

More than 100 leaders at two-day conference to discuss Kyiv’s proposals to end war – but Russia and China absent

More than 100 leaders, including the US vice-president, Kamala Harris, and the presidents or heads of the EU, South American, Middle East and Asian countries, will gather in Switzerland on Saturday for one of the most ambitious attempts yet to forge a peace plan for Ukraine.

The summit comes as G7 leaders gathering in Italy clinch a new deal for a €50bn loan for Ukraine, securitised through use of the windfall profits from the interest on Russian central bank assets frozen by the EU and other western nations after the 2022 invasion of Ukraine.

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US and South Korea sound warning amid reports Putin is headed to North Korea
Fri, 14 Jun 2024 04:37:12 GMT

Civilian aircraft have been cleared from Pyongyang’s airport and there are signs of preparations for a possible parade in Kim Il-sung Square

The US and South Korea have warned Vladimir Putin against forging closer military ties with North Korea, as speculation grows that the Russian leader will visit the secretive state in the coming days.

Putin is planning to meet the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, in a reciprocal visit following Kim’s weeklong trip to Russia last September, media reports said. During that trip, the two leaders are believed to have agreed that North Korea would receive Russian help with its space programme in return for providing Russia with armaments for the war in Ukraine, in violation of UN resolutions.

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Supreme Court rejects attempt to trademark ‘Trump Too Small’
Thu, 13 Jun 2024 20:10:29 +0000
The Biden administration asked the justices to uphold the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s decision to deny the patent application from attorney Steve Elster
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US imposes sanctions on ‘extremist Israeli group’ for blocking Gaza aid
Fri, 14 Jun 2024 18:49:46 GMT

US says Tsav 9 activists have blockaded key crossing, set trucks on fire and injured drivers as hunger spreads inside Gaza

• Israel-Gaza war – live updates

The US state department has imposed sanctions on Tsav 9, “a violent, extremist Israeli group”, for blocking convoys taking humanitarian aid to Gaza, and attacking trucks.

The US said Tsav 9 activists began blockading a key crossing, Kerem Shalom, at the start of the year, and later set trucks on fire and injured drivers and Israel Defense Forces soldiers, as hunger spread inside Gaza.

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Donald Trump’s trade hawk is plotting behind bars
Tue, 11 Jun 2024 17:48:56 +0000
Peter Navarro’s dark vision of the global economy could shape Trump 2
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Russian warship visit brings cold war frisson to sweltering Havana
Fri, 14 Jun 2024 15:18:22 GMT

Hundreds of Cubans queue for hours to visit naval vessel as tensions rise between Russia and United States

Where once vast American cruise ships disgorged mojito-thirsty holidaymakers into the crumbling streets of old Havana, now lurks the eerie darkness of the Russian nuclear-powered submarine Kazan.

“It looks like a dead whale,” says Adolfo García, as he queues under the scorching sun. The Kazan is off-limits, but García is hoping for a tour of the second of the four Russian naval vessels that have just docked in the Cuban capital, the frigate Admiral Gorshkov.

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‘Whispering in his ear’: how Holly Valance became a cheerleader for the radical right
Sat, 15 Jun 2024 06:00:13 GMT

Former pop star is credited with encouraging Nigel Farage to stand for MP and has helped raised millions for Trump

As Nigel Farage swaggered into a Chelsea townhouse on Wednesday night for the biggest Donald Trump fundraiser this side of the Atlantic, he was ebullient about the night ahead. “It’s a Holly party – you can guarantee it’s going to be enormous fun,” he told reporters.

The Holly in question, the former actor and pop star Holly Valance, has rapidly risen to become radical-right royalty.

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Donald Trump, potential future oldest president, turns 78
Sat, 15 Jun 2024 01:09:35 +0000
Trump’s septuagenarian status has also drawn notice from some voters and experts on aging.
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Trump celebrated 78th birthday with fan group in Florida
Fri, 14 Jun 2024 23:59:25 +0000
Live updates from the 2024 campaign trail, with the latest news on presidential candidates, polls, primaries and more.
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Justice department won’t pursue criminal contempt charge against Merrick Garland – as it happened
Fri, 14 Jun 2024 20:04:30 GMT

This live blog is now closed. For more on this story, you can read our full report:

• Justice department declines to pursue Merrick Garland contempt charges

Joe Biden released a statement in light of the supreme court’s latest decision on bump stocks, saying:

“Today’s decision strikes down an important gun safety regulation. Americans should not have to live in fear of this mass devastation.”

“I have used every tool in my administration to stamp out gun violence. I nominated the first Senate-confirmed director of the ATF since 2015. My administration ensured that the ATF has the funding it needs to address emerging firearm technologies like machine-gun conversion devices and ghost guns that pose a unique and acute threat to public safety.

Notwithstanding this decision, my administration will continue to take action. I took on the NRA and signed the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act – the most significant gun violence reduction legislation to pass Congress in nearly 30 years. My administration established the first-ever White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention, made historic investments in mental health to support people in times of crisis, and expanded background checks to keep firearms out of the wrong hands.”

“Weapons of war have no place on the streets of a civil society. That is why Democrats and Republicans alike supported the federal government banning bump stocks after they were used to fire over 1,000 rounds into a crowded music festival in Las Vegas, killing 60 people in the deadliest mass shooting in American history.

Unfortunately, today’s supreme court ruling strikes down this important, commonsense regulation on devices that convert semiautomatic rifles into weapons that can fire hundreds of bullets per minute.

While the supreme court has once again rolled back progress, we will not allow the victims and survivors of 1 October to be forgotten. President Biden and I fought to pass the most significant gun safety legislation in nearly 30 years, but our work is not done. We are calling on Congress to immediately ban bump stocks. We do not have a moment to spare nor a life to spare.”

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Supreme Court strikes down Trump-era federal ban on bump stock devices
Fri, 14 Jun 2024 19:39:13 +0000
The case focused on whether bump stocks qualify as machine guns under a 1986 law that barred civilians from owning such rapid-fire weapons.
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Democrats seize on disputed report that Trump called Milwaukee ‘horrible’
Fri, 14 Jun 2024 17:26:26 +0000
The former president’s campaign contends that his words about the host city of the Republican National Convention were misreported.
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The Guardian view on Iran’s presidential election: more choice, but little real hope of change | Editorial
Fri, 14 Jun 2024 17:25:01 GMT

The regime is allowing a reformist to run because it wants to ensure more of the same. It will take a better offer to win back the people

The death of Iran’s president, Ebrahim Raisi, in a helicopter crash last month was a shock. The 63‑year‑old hardliner was not only expected to run for a second term, but to be part of the looming transition: the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is 85 and has health problems. Some had even thought Raisi might succeed him.

Yet the repercussions have been muted. The first round of the presidential election is scheduled for 28 June, but no one expects Raisi’s replacement to bring significant political change. The regime’s priorities are continuity and stability. It knows it may soon have to reckon with the hostility of a second Trump administration and it faces widespread discontent at home, following the suppression of the massive Woman, Life, Freedom protests. The evidence of recent years suggest that it is more worried about conservative consolidation at the top than legitimacy from below.

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Democrats seize on Trump’s ‘horrible city’ remark about Milwaukee for ads
Fri, 14 Jun 2024 17:16:38 GMT

Wisconsin city will host Republican national convention next month, a key swing state Biden won in 2020

US Democrats have seized on Donald Trump’s dismissal of Milwaukee as “a horrible city” by trumpeting the unflattering description on advertising hoardings – a month before the city in the swing state of Wisconsin hosts the Republican national convention, where the former president is set to be the party’s presidential nominee this November.

Trump reportedly made the comment in a meeting with congressional Republicans in Washington on Thursday, his first return to Capitol Hill since extremist supporters broke into Congress on 6 January 2021, to try to stop Joe Biden’s victory over him.

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Trump’s endorsement of Florida Republican causes primary foe to drop out
Fri, 14 Jun 2024 16:36:25 +0000

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Trump pledged to pardon Jan. 6 rioters. He faces pressure to name names.
Fri, 14 Jun 2024 16:23:01 +0000
The presumptive Republican presidential nominee’s campaign said he will decide pardons on a “case by case” basis without specifying factors.
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The biggest 2024 Supreme Court rulings so far, and what’s still to come
Fri, 14 Jun 2024 14:45:55 +0000
We’re tracking decisions in the biggest cases before the Supreme Court in 2024. See the latest.
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Trump endorses Fla. Republican whom he targeted for primary challenge
Fri, 14 Jun 2024 14:42:43 +0000

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President Biden’s campaign published a sarcastic greeting for Donald Trump’s 78th birthday Friday, compiling a list...
Fri, 14 Jun 2024 14:21:54 +0000

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On immunity, too, Republicans grant Trump a different standard
Fri, 14 Jun 2024 13:51:41 +0000
Most Republicans oppose broad immunity for presidents — except Trump. They wouldn’t vote for someone convicted of a felony — until Trump. And on it goes.
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Democrats are seizing on a report — disputed by Donald Trump — that he insulted Milwaukee...
Fri, 14 Jun 2024 13:27:50 +0000

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We spoke to former House speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) about Donald Trump’s visit to Capitol Hill...
Fri, 14 Jun 2024 12:10:14 +0000

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Trump backs critic Larry Hogan in Maryland Senate race
Fri, 14 Jun 2024 10:45:58 +0000

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After ruling, the future of abortion pills rests with Biden or Trump
Fri, 14 Jun 2024 10:30:51 +0000

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Trump unites fractious Capitol Hill GOP behind him as November looms
Fri, 14 Jun 2024 10:15:33 +0000

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Republicans struggle to respond to Hunter Biden’s conviction - podcast
Fri, 14 Jun 2024 04:00:40 GMT

On Tuesday, Hunter Biden was found guilty on all three criminal charges relating to buying a handgun while being a user of crack cocaine. His father – the president – was firm in his support for his son, but also in his belief in the justice system.

After Donald Trump was convicted in a New York court last month, rightwing pundits and Republican politicians were lining up to accuse the Biden administration of rigging the justice system for political advantage. Yet now the courts have convicted Biden’s own son.

Jonathan Freedland is joined by Susan Glasser of the New Yorker to look at how the right has decided to spin this latest historical conviction.

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For the first time since Jan. 6, Trump comes to Capitol Hill
Fri, 14 Jun 2024 02:34:39 +0000
The ex-president’s off-campus visits Thursday with congressional Republicans mark his first foray to Capitol Hill since he was in office and since his supporters attacked Congress.
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Happy Seventy-eighth Birthday, Mr. Ex-President
Thu, 13 Jun 2024 23:34:56 +0000
If ever there were a case for age-related diminishment of a candidate, Donald Trump is it.
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Trump touts ‘tremendous unity’ after GOP meetings on Hill
Thu, 13 Jun 2024 23:22:20 +0000
Live updates from the 2024 campaign trail, with the latest news on presidential candidates, polls, primaries and more.
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Trump said he ‘could consider’ Virginia Gov. Youngkin for running mate
Thu, 13 Jun 2024 23:22:20 +0000

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The Capitol Hill Club
Thu, 13 Jun 2024 23:01:39 +0000
On this week's episode, The Washington Post's Libby Casey and James Hohmann sit down with reporters Devlin Barrett and Perry Stein, co-authors of The Trump Trials newsletter, to discuss where things stand on former president Donald Trump's many legal issues. First up: What did Trump hope to accomplish in his first return to Capitol Hill since the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol? Plus, a breakdown of Trump's schedule over the next few months, from the sentencing hearing for his New York conviction, the upcoming debate against President Biden, and the Republican National Convention in July. And what's going on with Trump's indictments in Florida, Georgia and Washington, D.C.? Devlin and Perry provide insights into the motions, hearings and judicial decisions that are shaping each of Trump's cases.
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Cheney criticizes McConnell for meeting with Trump on Capitol Hill
Thu, 13 Jun 2024 22:18:51 +0000

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Trump supports Md. Republican Larry Hogan for Senate. Hogan won’t vote for Trump.
Thu, 13 Jun 2024 22:05:14 +0000

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Analysis: Having locked up actual miners, Trump tries to woo bitcoin ones
Thu, 13 Jun 2024 21:46:14 +0000

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McConnell describes Trump meeting as ‘really positive’
Thu, 13 Jun 2024 20:46:16 +0000

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Republicans fume at Trump’s conviction. Democrats shrug at Hunter Biden’s.
Thu, 13 Jun 2024 18:50:56 +0000
But then, the president’s son didn’t spend years undermining confidence in law enforcement.
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Poll: Majority of voters see Trump charges as politically motivated
Thu, 13 Jun 2024 18:36:12 +0000

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Biden mocks Trump over report he called Milwaukee a ‘horrible city’
Thu, 13 Jun 2024 18:16:29 +0000

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Former president Donald Trump delivered remarks following a meeting with Republican senators.
Thu, 13 Jun 2024 17:51:05 +0000

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House Republicans describe a cheerful, boastful Trump in morning meeting
Thu, 13 Jun 2024 17:40:46 +0000

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According to people in the room for the House GOP meeting with Donald Trump — who...
Thu, 13 Jun 2024 17:35:57 +0000

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During his meeting with House Republicans, Donald Trump — who has repeatedly attacked the Justice Department...
Thu, 13 Jun 2024 17:20:14 +0000

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As Trump visits Capitol Hill, Biden campaign sends reminders of Jan. 6
Thu, 13 Jun 2024 17:05:21 +0000

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Donald Trump is currently meeting with Senate Republicans at the office of the National Republican Senatorial...
Thu, 13 Jun 2024 16:52:21 +0000

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Some GOP lawmakers wary of Trump offer to help with tele-town halls
Thu, 13 Jun 2024 16:31:11 +0000

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Having locked up actual miners, Trump tries to woo bitcoin ones
Thu, 13 Jun 2024 16:30:50 +0000
The focus, added to his stump speech this year, is likely more of a response to shifts in support than a driver of it.
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Thompson rips first Trump return to Capitol Hill since Jan. 6
Thu, 13 Jun 2024 16:06:48 +0000

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House GOP leaders say they remain unified behind Trump after meeting
Thu, 13 Jun 2024 15:49:05 +0000

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Condemnation before cause: The House GOP lashes out once again
Thu, 13 Jun 2024 14:51:16 +0000
A sort of Trump in microcosm, the caucus keeps using its power against political opponents on transparently thin pretexts.
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Here’s what the Christian right wants from a second Trump term
Thu, 13 Jun 2024 14:47:24 +0000

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Former president Donald Trump told House Republicans during their meeting on Capitol Hill that he’s expanding...
Thu, 13 Jun 2024 14:14:23 +0000

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In Trump’s orbit, some muse about mandatory military service
Thu, 13 Jun 2024 13:55:22 +0000
Only 1 percent of the U.S. population serves in the military. Some in Donald Trump’s camp say it’s time more young adults put “some skin in the game.”
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Former president Donald Trump has arrived at the Capitol Hill Club, where he’ll meet with House...
Thu, 13 Jun 2024 13:39:42 +0000

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Former president Donald Trump is expected to arrive shortly at the Capitol Hill Club, a few...
Thu, 13 Jun 2024 13:21:25 +0000

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Analysis: Trump’s trip to the Hill highlights endorsement split
Thu, 13 Jun 2024 13:09:37 +0000

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Daily Cartoon: Wednesday, June 12th
Wed, 12 Jun 2024 16:35:00 +0000
“Team Trump is up by thirty-one in felonies, but it’s still anyone’s game.”
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A January 6 Rioter Is Leading an Armed National Militia From Prison
Wed, 12 Jun 2024 11:30:00 +0000
As the US election approaches, Edward “Jake” Lang says that the militia will focus on potential “civil unrest” around the vote and will be ready to activate at a moment’s notice.
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Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito Caught on Secret Audio
Mon, 10 Jun 2024 16:35:30 +0000

“One side or the other is going to win,” Alito told a person he thought was a right-wing activist.

The post Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito Caught on Secret Audio appeared first on The Intercept.

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UAW Endorses Nebraska Underdog Threatening to Unseat a Republican Senator
Tue, 11 Jun 2024 18:17:35 +0000

Dan Osborn, running as an independent, has racked up endorsements in a race that could help determine Senate control in 2024.

The post UAW Endorses Nebraska Underdog Threatening to Unseat a Republican Senator appeared first on The Intercept.

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Russia-Ukraine war: Putin’s peace plan ‘not serious’, says Germany as leaders gather to discuss end to war
Sat, 15 Jun 2024 08:36:01 GMT

Ahead of the peace summit in Switzerland, German chancellor Olaf Scholz said Putin’s comments were intended as a distraction

Kherson’s regional governor, Oleksandr Prokudin, has said a third support centre has been opened to support residents of the Kherson region who were forced to leave their homes due to the war.

“The humanitarian office of the Kherson region has become operational in Kyiv. Every day, its employees serve more than 100 displaced people who have found temporary shelter in the capital and the region. And according to official data alone, there are more than 50,000 such people,” he wrote on Telegram.

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Euro 2024: trio of games await on day two as Scotland react to thrashing – live
Sat, 15 Jun 2024 08:31:42 GMT

• Hungary v Switzerland, Spain v Croatia, Italy v Albania
• Football Daily podcast | Get in touch! Email Rob

Good day and welcome to our Euro 2024 live blog. We’ll have all the usual business, including the build-up to today’s three games:

Hungary v Switzerland (Group A, 2pm)

Spain v Croatia (Group B, 5pm)

Italy v Albania (Group B, 8pm)

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Which Oxford philosopher devised the trolley problem? The Saturday quiz
Sat, 15 Jun 2024 06:00:14 GMT

From Kaun Banega Crorepati to Lot’s wife, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz

1 Which archipelago was the first Unesco world heritage site?
2 Which Oxford philosopher devised the trolley problem?
3 What was raised from the Solent in 1982?
4 Which company had 13 employees when Facebook bought it for $1bn?
5 What is the largest living reptile?
6 The TV show Kaun Banega Crorepati features in which film?
7 What branch of the US armed forces was created in 2019?
8 Which singer said, “It costs a lot of money to look this cheap”?
What links:
9 Jeffrey Archer (FF8282); Imran Khan (804); Nelson Mandela (46664)?
10 Gibraltar; Hamilton; Jamestown; Stanley?
11 Chioma Nnadi; Edward Enninful; Alexandra Shulman; Liz Tilberis?
12 Orpheus and Eurydice; Lot’s wife; Bob Dylan film?
13 England (10); Germany (1); Italy (20); Scotland (54); Spain (36)?
14 Born Genoa; died Valladolid; buried Seville?
15 Cliff Booth; Cameron; Jane Gardner; Sonny Hooper; Colt Seavers?

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French centrists losing sleep after Macron’s gamble on snap election
Sat, 15 Jun 2024 04:00:10 GMT

President’s move viewed as ‘Russian roulette’ after far-right support reached record high in European elections

France’s prime minister, Gabriel Attal, stared ahead with his arms folded while another minister covered his face with his hands as Emmanuel Macron gathered top government figures at the Élysée last Sunday to make the shock announcement that he would dissolve parliament and call a snap legislative election in the wake of a win at the polls by Marine Le Pen’s party. The mood, said Attal, was “grave”.

One senior centrist figure said this week they had not slept properly since the announcement of a campaign that will be the shortest in modern French history at barely three weeks. Some party supporters said their world had been turned upside down. “We’re going to get out there and do our best,” said a government minister.

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Dubai influencer fined €1,800 for trespassing on Sardinia’s pink beach
Sat, 15 Jun 2024 04:00:10 GMT

Authorities caught up with woman alleged to have sailed dinghy to off-limits shore after she posted videos about it

A Dubai-based influencer has been fined €1,800 for trespassing on an off-limits pink-tinged beach in Sardinia before sharing a series of video clips and photos of her escapade on social media.

The woman arrived by dinghy on the shore of Spiaggia Rosa, a beach famous for its pink sand on the tiny Sardinian island of Budelli, allegedly ignoring all the prohibition signs, according to reports in the Italian press.

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Zelensky seeks show of support at giant Ukraine peace summit
Sat, 15 Jun 2024 03:10:07 GMT
The hosts Switzerland hope the talks will bring progress towards peace, but Russia is not attending.
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Bentancur apologises to Son Heung-min for saying South Koreans ‘look the same’
Sat, 15 Jun 2024 00:13:34 GMT

• Bentancur claims remark in viral clip was ‘bad joke’
• Spurs player says sorry to his captain via Instagram

The Tottenham midfielder Rodrigo Bentancur has apologised to his teammate Son Heung-min after appearing to say that South Korean people “all look the same” on a TV programme in Uruguay.

In a short clip from Por La Camiseta, host Rafa Cotelo asks the Uruguay international for a Spurs player’s shirt. “Sonny’s?” replies Bentancur, before adding: “It could be Sonny’s cousin too … they all look the same.”

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Biden meets Pope Francis as G-7 wraps up strongly pro-Ukraine summit
Fri, 14 Jun 2024 21:45:24 +0000
Meloni and Biden will discuss Ukraine, as well as China’s supply of materiel that is aiding Russia’s war effort.
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Mozilla defies Kremlin, restores banned Firefox add-ons in Russia
2024-06-14T21:18:22+00:00

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Italy denies removing LGBTQ and abortion references from G7 declaration
Fri, 14 Jun 2024 19:03:17 GMT

Final communique omits references to protection of gender identity and sexual orientation, and to safe abortion access

Italy’s far-right government has denied that it removed references to abortion and LGBTQ rights in the final declaration of the G7 summit in Puglia.

In the declaration, published late on Friday, a reference to the protection of the “gender identity and sexual orientation” of the LGBTQ community did not appear, although reference had been included in the final declaration of the G7 in Japan last year.

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The week around the world in 20 pictures
Fri, 14 Jun 2024 18:56:47 GMT

War in Gaza, protests in Buenos Aires, a thunderstorm in Omaha and high temperatures in Athens: the last seven days as captured by the world’s leading photojournalists

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Russian ties and cheap tech: G7 leaders unequivocal in criticism of China
Fri, 14 Jun 2024 18:51:38 GMT

Concerns set out over supply of materials with military applications, and impact of subsidies on global market

China’s role in providing assistance to Russia in its war against Ukraine, and its “harmful overcapacity” in the production of cheap goods, have been targeted by G7 leaders despite misgivings from Germany.

On the second day of the annual summit, being held in Puglia under the Italian chair, the US drove home a 36-page communique that condemned Chinese subsidies for products such as solar panels and electric cars which it said were leading to “global spillovers, market distortions and harmful overcapacity … undermining our workers, industries, and economic resilience and security”.

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Putin demands Ukraine surrender four regions to stop war
Fri, 14 Jun 2024 18:37:00 +0000
The Russian leader, seeking to preempt calls by Ukraine for a full withdrawal of Moscow’s forces, effectively demanded Kyiv’s total capitulation; Zelensky quicky refused.
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London hospitals cancel nearly 1,600 operations and appointments in one week due to hack
Fri, 14 Jun 2024 17:47:14 GMT

King’s College and Guy’s and St Thomas’ trusts have been worst affected by ransomware attack by Russian gang Qilin

Hospitals in London had to cancel almost 1,600 operations and outpatient appointments in the first week after being hit by a Russian cyber-attack, the NHS has disclosed.

The two major acute hospital trusts in the capital that were worst affected postponed 832 surgical procedures between Monday 3 June, when the hack began, and Sunday 9 June.

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NASA’s LRO Spots China’s Chang’e 6 Spacecraft on Lunar Far Side
Fri, 14 Jun 2024 17:05:58 +0000
NASA’s LRO (Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter) imaged China’s Chang’e 6 sample return spacecraft on the far side of the Moon on June 7. Chang’e 6 landed on June 1, and when LRO passed over the landing site almost a week later, it acquired an image showing the lander on the rim of an eroded, 55-yard-diameter (about […]
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Putin lays out his terms for ceasefire in Ukraine
Fri, 14 Jun 2024 16:14:09 GMT
Ukraine immediately branded the Russian president's proposals "offensive to common sense".
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On Friday night in Italy, President Biden will meet with Pope Francis, with whom he has...
Fri, 14 Jun 2024 13:53:01 +0000

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Vladimir Putin issues fresh demands to Ukraine to end war
Fri, 14 Jun 2024 13:35:20 GMT

Russian president’s new ultimatum comes as foreign envoys meet in Switzerland to discuss western-led peace plan

Vladimir Putin has demanded that Kyiv cede more land, withdraw troops deeper inside its own country and drop its Nato bid in order for him to end his war in Ukraine.

Putin’s fresh ceasefire demands were issued as envoys from more than 90 countries, including Ukraine, convene in Switzerland this weekend to discuss a western-led peace plan. Russia is not invited to the conference and Putin’s remarks on Friday are likely to have been timed as a spoiler to that summit.

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Belinda Lee: actor who died in 1961 car crash commemorated in Devon
Fri, 14 Jun 2024 11:15:50 GMT

Star who led a sometimes scandalous life celebrated with blue plaque in home town of Budleigh Salterton

She was regarded as Britain’s answer to Sophia Loren and Brigitte Bardot, leading a glamorous and sometimes scandalous life in Italy and the US. This weekend Belinda Lee, who died in a car crash in California in 1961 aged 25, is being celebrated in her home town, the rather less glitzy Devon seaside resort of Budleigh Salterton.

Lee, the daughter of a hotel owner and florist, left the town – dismissed in a Noël Coward play as a place of potted palms with a damp golf course – in search of fame and fortune. She found it in London, continental Europe and Hollywood but was also saddled with a degree of notoriety over events in her private life, such as having relationship with a married aristocrat.

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‘My face is leaking’: taste testing the spicy ramen deemed too dangerous for Denmark
Fri, 14 Jun 2024 09:36:14 GMT

Three flavours of Buldak chicken ramyeon have been banned by authorities in Copenhagen, but seriously, how bad could they be?

There are flames spreading up my nose, across my forehead and down my throat. My tastebuds have been vanquished, my mouth is a chamber of fire. I have signed a waiver once before for a taste test. Where is my waiver today?

This is level three of Buldak’s range of spicy ramyeon, also known as “fire noodles”. It’s one of three varieties of instant noodles manufactured by South Korea’s Samyang Foods, and recalled this week by Danish authorities for being too spicy. According to Denmark’s national food agency, the high levels of capsaicin in the noodles carry a risk of acute poisoning for consumers – particularly children.

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Italy’s Meloni, boosted by far-right election gains, hosts G-7 leaders
Thu, 13 Jun 2024 17:43:36 +0000
The triumph of Giorgia Meloni’s party in European Parliament elections this week has transformed the G-7 summit in Puglia into a victory lap.
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Brawl breaks out in Italian Parliament ahead of G-7 summit
Thu, 13 Jun 2024 16:02:02 +0000
Italian officials expressed regret as images from the brawl were splashed across the country’s newspaper front pages Thursday.
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At the G-7 summit, here are the key issues Biden and world leaders will discuss
Thu, 13 Jun 2024 14:58:48 +0000
The annual meeting of seven of the world’s wealthiest democracies will include discussions on Ukraine, the Middle East and artificial intelligence.
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G-7 leaders take actions to showcase continued support for Ukraine
Thu, 13 Jun 2024 14:19:20 +0000
Biden will also sign a security pact with Ukraine as democratic leaders aim to signal strong support for the country.
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Russia, showing no evidence, says reporter Evan Gershkovich to be tried for spying
Thu, 13 Jun 2024 14:07:41 +0000
Gershkovich, a reporter for the Wall Street Journal, has been imprisoned in Russia for more than a year on espionage charges for which authorities have shown no evidence.
Match ID: 85 Score: 20.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 1 day
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U.S. will send Ukraine a second Patriot air defense battery
Thu, 13 Jun 2024 09:38:01 +0000
The Patriot air defense battery will be transferred to Ukraine from Poland where the U.S. has staged weapons shipments since Russia’s invasion began.
Match ID: 86 Score: 20.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 1 day
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Firefox Browser Blocks Anti-Censorship Add-Ons at Russia’s Request
Wed, 12 Jun 2024 13:38:15 +0000

Mozilla, the maker of the popular web browser Firefox, said it received government demands to block add-ons that circumvent censorship.

The post Firefox Browser Blocks Anti-Censorship Add-Ons at Russia’s Request appeared first on The Intercept.

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Using AI for Political Polling
2024-06-12T11:02:27Z

Public polling is a critical function of modern political campaigns and movements, but it isn’t what it once was. Recent US election cycles have produced copious postmortems explaining both the successes and the flaws of public polling. There are two main reasons polling fails.

First, nonresponse has skyrocketed. It’s radically harder to reach people than it used to be. Few people fill out surveys that come in the mail anymore. Few people answer their phone when a stranger calls. Pew Research reported that 36% of the people they called in 1997 would talk to them, but only 6% by 2018. Pollsters worldwide have faced similar challenges...

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Rod Blagojevich’s Tips for Prison Survival, Just in Time for Trump
Mon, 10 Jun 2024 10:00:00 +0000
The former governor of Illinois, who served time for trying to sell Obama’s Senate seat, advises buffing up, finding a cool nickname, and watching out for crazies urinating in the oatmeal.
Match ID: 89 Score: 17.86 source: www.newyorker.com age: 4 days
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Outrageous Homes: Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen has more fun than anyone else alive
Sat, 15 Jun 2024 06:00:14 GMT

The legendary presenter has an absurd, vampy time noseying around wildly decorated houses in quite possibly the best property show ever. All hail the Llewelyn-Bowennaissance!

I am starting to feel sorry for Channel 4, because they are never going to make a property show I like, no matter how many times they try. This is simply because of the economic reality I live in – I don’t own property and I’m starting to think I never will, thanks woke – and that makes it grating and tedious to watch other people on TV build houses, or renovate houses, or Grand Design their houses. They tried with George Clarke, but I loathed him. They tried with Kevin McCloud and, while I like and fear Kevin, I hated anyone he ever interacted with on screen (“Heh, yeah: I’m going to do the barn myself” – go to work!). They did that show where Sarah Beeny lives in the countryside and I quite liked it as long as I didn’t think about it too much. But, fundamentally, I will always struggle to find interesting what someone did with their kitchen.

Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen, then, a final roll of the dice, who this week takes us around a series of outrageous homes in Outrageous Homes (20 June, 10pm, Channel 4). To qualify as an outrageous home you basically have to decorate in a way that when people come over they say this sentence out loud: “Wow, yeah – you’ve done a lot here, haven’t you?”, and every week we get six of them. Episode one takes us into a £5m mansion made in the eternal honour of Treasure Island; a western-themed garden made out of junk; a groovy homage to the 70s; a make-do-and-mend festival of colour; an almost but not totally mosaicked house; and a semi-frightening house turned aquarium. Llewelyn-Bowen goes to about 60% of these houses, lets a second unit deal with the rest, and has an enormous amount of fun just not really caring about it at all.

I, for one, welcome the Llewelyn-Bowennaissance. In the 90s we didn’t really know what to do with him – smooth model face, ruffled shirt cuffs, calling Shakespeare “the Bard”: has anyone like this existed before! – but watching him bully Handy Andy into ruining a succession of people’s living rooms was one of the best things on TV. Then he went low for a bit, did a lot of formats that started with the word Celebrity, grew a resplendent goatee and started posing with his hands really firmly on his hips. But what LLB does, like almost nobody alive, is have an absurd, vampy amount of fun on camera. His iconic “It’s Larry!” entrance from the reboot of Changing Rooms a couple of years ago is just a taste of what he brings to Outrageous Homes: the first line of voiceover in the series is “Hail, glorious people of the United Kingdom!” He describes the show as “a celebratory frolic” through the nation’s front rooms; he keeps making homeowners pose with him in absurd still situations while he throws to an ad break; he does a to-camera piece in a chip shop (why?) which starts with the pleasingly erratic sentence “Hobbies: discuss!”. When I was in Year 9 we had a few classes with a substitute teacher who was clearly in the midst of a mental lapse where he no longer cared at all about geography, and Llewelyn-Bowen is bringing a lot of that energy to the screen (that’s a compliment).

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Offshore windfarm zone off Illawarra coast given green light in bid to ‘power Australia’s clean energy future’
Sat, 15 Jun 2024 01:31:38 GMT

Zone will be 20km off the coast and exclude areas significant for little penguin and for southern right whale migration

The federal government has given the green light to an offshore windfarm zone south of Sydney, making it Australia’s fourth such zone to be declared.

Announcing the project in the Illawarra on Saturday, the climate change and energy minister, Chris Bowen, said the move would bring thousands of new jobs and help “power Australia’s clean energy future”.

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Spain have faith in schoolboy Lamine Yamal to lead way back to glory
Fri, 14 Jun 2024 19:30:05 GMT

Last tournament winner standing Jesús Navas hopes new generation will end drought as squad finally start to gel

Rotterdam, this time last year. In the Nhow hotel on Wilhelminakade, overlooking the river Maas, Jesús Navas has just been asked the simplest yet deepest question of them all: what was it like? And so he tells them, a group of players gathered round as if he were a grandad in a rocking chair, only he’s still running. “It was incredible,” he says. “I told them about the World Cup. About the goal. How we celebrated. We were all there, hairs standing on end. And that gave us the energy to face the final.”

That evening at De Kuip, Spain won the Nations League, beating Croatia on penalties. It may not be a major tournament – for some it is barely a tournament at all – but it was something and it was a start. For the first time in 11 years, the selección had lifted a trophy, reacquainted with a feeling slipping further into the past, one few of them had felt. Which is why they had asked, Dani Olmo starting the conversation; it is also why, 12 months on, there is a glint in Navas’s eye. This is not solely nostalgia, it is now.

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Ugandan oil pipeline protester allegedly beaten as part of ‘alarming crackdown’
Wed, 12 Jun 2024 13:02:50 GMT

Stephen Kwikiriza is one of 11 campaigners against EACOP targeted by authorities in past two weeks, rights group says

A man campaigning against the controversial $5bn (£4bn) east African crude oil pipeline (EACOP) is recovering in hospital after an alleged beating by the Ugandan armed forces in the latest incident in what has been called an “alarming crackdown” on the country’s environmentalists.

Stephen Kwikiriza, who works for Uganda’s Environment Governance Institute (EGI), a non-profit organisation, was abducted in Kampala on 4 June, according to his employer. He was beaten, questioned and then abandoned hundreds of miles from the capital on Sunday evening.

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Apple Is Coming for Your Password Manager
Sat, 08 Jun 2024 10:30:00 +0000
Plus: A media executive is charged in an alleged money-laundering scheme, a ransomware attack disrupts care at London hospitals, and Google’s former CEO has a secretive drone project up his sleeve.
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Joe Biden’s Cruel Border Shutdown Follows in Clinton and Obama’s Footsteps Too
Wed, 05 Jun 2024 22:00:26 +0000

The draconian restrictions on asylum-seekers owe a lot to Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, but the path was paved by Democrats.

The post Joe Biden’s Cruel Border Shutdown Follows in Clinton and Obama’s Footsteps Too appeared first on The Intercept.

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Would America dare to bring down a Chinese bank?
Wed, 10 Apr 2024 18:26:59 +0000
Janet Yellen promises sanctions for those supporting Vladimir Putin’s war
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A Federal Judge Visited Israel on a Junket Designed to Sway Public Opinion. Now He’s Hearing a Gaza Case.
Wed, 05 Jun 2024 18:24:04 +0000

Activists suing the Biden administration over Gaza policy are demanding the judge recuse himself over the sponsored trip.

The post A Federal Judge Visited Israel on a Junket Designed to Sway Public Opinion. Now He’s Hearing a Gaza Case. appeared first on The Intercept.

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How Donald Trump Could Weaponize US Surveillance in a Second Term
Mon, 03 Jun 2024 10:30:00 +0000
Donald Trump has vowed to go after political enemies, undocumented immigrants, and others if he wins. Experts warn he could easily turn the surveillance state against his targets.
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Inside Donald Trump’s hush-money trial: three key testimonies – video
Fri, 31 May 2024 02:35:05 GMT

Twelve jurors in New York have presented their fellow Americans with a simple question: are you willing to elect a convicted criminal to the White House?

On Thursday, Donald Trump was found guilty of all 34 counts of falsifying business records in a criminal hush-money scheme to influence the outcome of the 2016 election. The verdict makes him the first president, current or former, to be found guilty of felony crimes in the US's near 250-year history. Regardless, the conviction does not disqualify Trump as a presidential candidate or bar him from again sitting in the Oval Office.

Trump, who opted not to take the stand during the trial, has denied wrongdoing, railed against the proceedings and ahead of the verdict compared himself to a saint: “Mother Teresa could not beat these charges. The charges are rigged,” he said on Wednesday. Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee, is expected to appeal the verdict.

The Guardian’s Sam Levine has been in court over the last several weeks covering all the developments – here are three testimonies he found most memorable. 

• Could Trump go to prison? Here’s what happens next after the guilty verdict

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Biden outdoes Trump with ultra-high China tariffs
Tue, 14 May 2024 16:23:33 +0000
The move, which hits electric vehicles, carries an environmental cost
Match ID: 100 Score: 3.57 source: www.economist.com age: 31 days
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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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Trump Is Misleading You With Covid-Era Statistics. So Is Biden.
Fri, 19 Apr 2024 04:00:00 EST
Biden and Trump are both campaigning on warped economic statistics, cherry-picking weird data from the Covid crisis.
Match ID: 102 Score: 3.57 source: www.politico.com age: 57 days
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Even without war in the Gulf, pricier petrol is here to stay
Wed, 17 Apr 2024 15:59:46 +0000
Expensive oil could put Donald Trump in the White House
Match ID: 103 Score: 3.57 source: www.economist.com age: 58 days
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Europe’s economy is under attack from all sides
Tue, 26 Mar 2024 20:00:46 +0000
First Putin, now Xi. Next Trump?
Match ID: 104 Score: 3.57 source: www.economist.com age: 80 days
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The world is in the midst of a city-building boom
Thu, 07 Mar 2024 11:22:29 +0000
Everyone, from Donald Trump and Peter Thiel to Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, is getting involved
Match ID: 105 Score: 3.57 source: www.economist.com age: 99 days
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After Training African Coup Leaders, Pentagon Blames Russia for African Coups
Thu, 06 Jun 2024 17:03:42 +0000

The U.S. has trained 15 coup leaders in recent decades — and U.S. counterterrorism policies in the region have failed.

The post After Training African Coup Leaders, Pentagon Blames Russia for African Coups  appeared first on The Intercept.

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European banks are making heady profits in Russia
Thu, 06 Jun 2024 09:56:28 +0000
But for how much longer?
Match ID: 107 Score: 2.86 source: www.economist.com age: 8 days
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Rafah Clash Exposes Roots of Egypt and Israel Tension
Wed, 05 Jun 2024 10:00:00 +0000

H. A. Hellyer and Murtaza Hussain discuss the current discord and complex history between the Israeli government and Egyptian military.

The post Rafah Clash Exposes Roots of Egypt and Israel Tension appeared first on The Intercept.

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Exclusive: The Guardian interviews President Zelenskiy
Wed, 05 Jun 2024 09:48:04 GMT

In an exclusive interview with the Guardian, the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, revealed the tactics and traits that help him face the daily frustrations of leading a country at war for more than two years.

Within a ceremonial room inside Kyiv’s presidential compound, Zelenskiy spoke for nearly an hour with a Guardian team, including the editor-in-chief, Katharine Viner. The interview took place during perhaps the toughest time for Ukraine since the early days of the war. Russia is on the offensive in Kharkiv, an advance that follows months of delay in the US Congress over the passing of a major support package, limiting Ukraine’s battlefield capabilities

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A US Company Enabled a North Korean Scam That Raised Money for WMDs
Wed, 05 Jun 2024 09:30:00 +0000
Wyoming’s secretary of state has proposed ways of “preventing fraud and abuse of corporate filings by commercial registered agents” in the aftermath of the scheme’s exposure.
Match ID: 110 Score: 2.86 source: www.wired.com age: 9 days
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Russians Love YouTube. That’s a Problem for the Kremlin
Tue, 04 Jun 2024 09:00:00 +0000
YouTube remains the only major US-based social media platform available in Russia. It’s become "indispensable" to everyday people, making a ban tricky. Journalists and dissidents are taking advantage.
Match ID: 111 Score: 2.86 source: www.wired.com age: 11 days
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US says Russia likely launched anti-satellite weapon
Wed, 22 May 2024 04:22:18 GMT
The Russian satellite launched last week may be capable of attacking other satellites, the Pentagon says.
Match ID: 112 Score: 2.86 source: www.bbc.com age: 24 days
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Russia’s gas business will never recover from the war in Ukraine
Thu, 02 May 2024 10:04:48 +0000
Hopes of a Chinese rescue look increasingly vain
Match ID: 113 Score: 2.86 source: www.economist.com age: 43 days
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Frozen Russian assets will soon pay for Ukraine’s war
Thu, 18 Apr 2024 09:54:20 +0000
And America now hopes to convince others to make better use of the stash
Match ID: 114 Score: 2.86 source: www.economist.com age: 57 days
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Ukrainian drone strikes are hurting Russia’s oil industry
Thu, 11 Apr 2024 09:51:54 +0000
The world’s third-largest producer is now an importer of petrol
Match ID: 115 Score: 2.86 source: www.economist.com age: 64 days
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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
Match ID: 116 Score: 2.86 source: www.economist.com age: 88 days
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Russia’s economy once again defies the doomsayers
Sun, 10 Mar 2024 14:39:48 +0000
As an election nears, Vladimir Putin now looks to have inflation under control
Match ID: 117 Score: 2.86 source: www.economist.com age: 96 days
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Missouri’s Attorney General Is Waging War to Keep the Wrongly Convicted Locked Up
Wed, 05 Jun 2024 09:00:00 +0000

Andrew Bailey’s office has a losing record of fighting against exonerations recommended by local prosecutors — but it’s not giving up.

The post Missouri’s Attorney General Is Waging War to Keep the Wrongly Convicted Locked Up appeared first on The Intercept.

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Ecuador Is Literally Powerless in the Face of Drought
Thu, 30 May 2024 18:51:48 +0000
Drought-stricken hydro dams have led to daily electricity cuts in Ecuador. As weather becomes less predictable due to climate change, experts say other countries need to take notice.
Match ID: 119 Score: 2.14 source: www.wired.com age: 15 days
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NASA Teammates Recall Favorite Memories Aboard Flying Laboratory
Tue, 14 May 2024 15:00:00 +0000
After flying more than three decades and 158 science campaigns, just one flight remains. NASA’s DC-8 Airborne Science Laboratory will make its final flight May 15 to Idaho State University in Pocatello, Idaho, where it will be used to train future aircraft technicians by providing real-world experience in the college’s Aircraft Maintenance Technology Program. Before […]
Match ID: 120 Score: 2.14 source: www.nasa.gov age: 31 days
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Global Emissions Could Peak Sooner Than You Think
Wed, 17 Jan 2024 12:00:00 +0000
Global deployment of solar and wind power, plus a surge in EV sales, means emissions from fossil-fuel-derived energy will finally hit the downward slope.
Match ID: 121 Score: 2.14 source: www.wired.com age: 149 days
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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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Philippines turns up heat over disputed sea but confronts formidable foe
Fri, 14 Jun 2024 05:00:05 +0000
A voyage in the South China Sea revealed the challenge as a flotilla of wooden fishing boats drew an armada of Chinese warships and coast guard vessels.
Match ID: 0 Score: 90.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 1 day
qualifiers: 40.00 china, 35.00 south china sea, 15.00 philippines

Philippines increases South China Sea patrols as Beijing set to roll out new trespass laws
Fri, 14 Jun 2024 01:30:18 GMT

Manila has previously described new regulations, which allow Chinese coast guard to detain foreigners, as ‘an escalation of the situation’

The Philippines has stepped up patrols in the disputed South China Sea ahead of the rollout of a new Chinese regulation that empowers its coast guard to detain foreigners accused of trespassing.

The regulation, which is effective from Saturday, marks a further escalation in tensions in the fiercely contested waterway, which is one of the world’s most economically important and busiest trading routes

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NASA’s LRO Spots China’s Chang’e 6 Spacecraft on Lunar Far Side
Fri, 14 Jun 2024 17:05:58 +0000
NASA’s LRO (Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter) imaged China’s Chang’e 6 sample return spacecraft on the far side of the Moon on June 7. Chang’e 6 landed on June 1, and when LRO passed over the landing site almost a week later, it acquired an image showing the lander on the rim of an eroded, 55-yard-diameter (about […]
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Summary of the Ninth DSCOVR EPIC and NISTAR Science Team Meeting
Fri, 14 Jun 2024 17:50:16 +0000
Introduction The ninth Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) Earth Polychromatic Camera (EPIC) and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Advanced Radiometer [NISTAR] Science Team Meeting (STM) was held virtually October 16–17, 2023. Over 35 scientists attended, most of whom were from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), with several participating from other NASA field […]
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World leaders to gather in Swiss resort in attempt to forge Ukraine peace plan
Sat, 15 Jun 2024 04:00:09 GMT

More than 100 leaders at two-day conference to discuss Kyiv’s proposals to end war – but Russia and China absent

More than 100 leaders, including the US vice-president, Kamala Harris, and the presidents or heads of the EU, South American, Middle East and Asian countries, will gather in Switzerland on Saturday for one of the most ambitious attempts yet to forge a peace plan for Ukraine.

The summit comes as G7 leaders gathering in Italy clinch a new deal for a €50bn loan for Ukraine, securitised through use of the windfall profits from the interest on Russian central bank assets frozen by the EU and other western nations after the 2022 invasion of Ukraine.

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In Japan, SoftBank’s ‘emotion-cancelling’ AI filter aims to protect workers from angry customers
2024-06-15T01:13:48+00:00

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What is on the agenda for Chinese premier Li Qiang’s visit to Australia?
Sat, 15 Jun 2024 00:00:05 GMT

Li’s four-day visit, the first by a Chinese premier since 2017, is expected to feature panda diplomacy, Indo-Pacific security discussions and trade talks

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China’s premier, Li Qiang, will arrive in Australia on Saturday for a four-day visit that will include stops in Adelaide, Canberra and Perth.

It is the first visit to Australia by a Chinese premier since 2017, and marks the latest step in “stabilising” a relationship that hit rock bottom in 2020.

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Biden meets Pope Francis as G-7 wraps up strongly pro-Ukraine summit
Fri, 14 Jun 2024 21:45:24 +0000
Meloni and Biden will discuss Ukraine, as well as China’s supply of materiel that is aiding Russia’s war effort.
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Pentagon ran secret anti-vax campaign to incite fear of China vaccines
2024-06-14T21:37:32+00:00

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Ransomware attackers quickly weaponize PHP vulnerability with 9.8 severity rating
Fri, 14 Jun 2024 19:40:29 +0000
TellYouThePass group opportunistically infects servers that have yet to update.
Match ID: 9 Score: 40.00 source: arstechnica.com age: 0 days
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Italy denies removing LGBTQ and abortion references from G7 declaration
Fri, 14 Jun 2024 19:03:17 GMT

Final communique omits references to protection of gender identity and sexual orientation, and to safe abortion access

Italy’s far-right government has denied that it removed references to abortion and LGBTQ rights in the final declaration of the G7 summit in Puglia.

In the declaration, published late on Friday, a reference to the protection of the “gender identity and sexual orientation” of the LGBTQ community did not appear, although reference had been included in the final declaration of the G7 in Japan last year.

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Russian ties and cheap tech: G7 leaders unequivocal in criticism of China
Fri, 14 Jun 2024 18:51:38 GMT

Concerns set out over supply of materials with military applications, and impact of subsidies on global market

China’s role in providing assistance to Russia in its war against Ukraine, and its “harmful overcapacity” in the production of cheap goods, have been targeted by G7 leaders despite misgivings from Germany.

On the second day of the annual summit, being held in Puglia under the Italian chair, the US drove home a 36-page communique that condemned Chinese subsidies for products such as solar panels and electric cars which it said were leading to “global spillovers, market distortions and harmful overcapacity … undermining our workers, industries, and economic resilience and security”.

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Nearly all major car companies are sabotaging EV transition, and Japan is worst, study finds
2024-06-14T16:54:48+00:00

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Japan Passes Law to Allow Third-Party App Stores on the iPhone
2024-06-14T16:52:39+00:00

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Chinese #MeToo journalist, activist jailed in crackdown on civil society
Fri, 14 Jun 2024 07:51:32 +0000
Journalist Huang Xueqin, who encouraged women to report sexual harassment, and labor rights proponent Wang Jianbing were charged with “inciting subversion of state power.”
Match ID: 14 Score: 40.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 1 day
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Prominent China #MeToo journalist Sophia Huang Xueqin sentenced to five years in jail, supporters say
Fri, 14 Jun 2024 07:16:10 GMT

Sophia Huang Xueqin, who reported on #MeToo movement and Hong Kong pro-democracy protests, sentenced along with labour activist Wang Jianbing

A Chinese court has sentenced the prominent #MeToo journalist Sophia Huang Xueqin to five years in jail and the labour activist Wang Jianbing to three and a half years, almost 1,000 days after they were detained on allegations of inciting state subversion, according to supporters.

On Friday, supporters of the pair said the court had found them guilty and given Huang the maximum sentence. The jail terms would take into account the time they had already spent in detention. A copy of the verdict said Huang was also deprived of political rights for four years and fined $100,000 RMB (£10,800). Wang faced three years of deprivation of political rights and was fined $50,000 RMB.

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Stellantis says it will ‘fight’ for electric car sales rather than hide behind tariffs
Thu, 13 Jun 2024 17:55:02 GMT

The owner of Vauxhall, Jeep and Fiat says it opposes EU measures against Chinese EVs and wants to compete ‘as a global company’

The owner of the Jeep, Fiat and Vauxhall brands has said it will not take a defensive stance in the battle for electric car sales, amid signs of an escalating trade war in the market between Europe and China.

Stellantis’s chief executive, Carlos Tavares, has criticised the EU tariffs on imported Chinese cars announced on Wednesday and said the world’s fourth biggest carmaker preferred to “fight to stay competitive”.

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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: 17 Score: 40.00 source: www.economist.com age: 1 day
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NASA Announces Winners of 2024 Student Launch Competition
Fri, 14 Jun 2024 20:20:35 +0000
Over 1,000 students from across the U.S. and Puerto Rico launched high-powered, amateur rockets on April 13, just north of NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, as part of the agency’s annual Student Launch competition. Teams of middle school, high school, college, and university students were tasked to design, build, and launch a […]
Match ID: 18 Score: 35.00 source: www.nasa.gov age: 0 days
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Mod Easy: A retro e-bike with a sidecar perfect for Indiana Jones cosplay
Fri, 14 Jun 2024 11:00:39 +0000
It's not the most practical option for passengers, but my son had a blast.
Match ID: 19 Score: 35.00 source: arstechnica.com age: 0 days
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Dry Ice and Rose Petals: An Entrance Fit for the Father of the Bride
Fri, 14 Jun 2024 10:00:00 +0000
And did I mention the fireworks? Lighting your way down the aisle!
Match ID: 20 Score: 35.00 source: www.newyorker.com age: 0 days
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AI and the Indian Election
2024-06-13T11:02:28Z

As India concluded the world’s largest election on June 5, 2024, with over 640 million votes counted, observers could assess how the various parties and factions used artificial intelligence technologies—and what lessons that holds for the rest of the world.

The campaigns made extensive use of AI, including deepfake impersonations of candidates, celebrities and dead politicians. By some estimates, millions of Indian voters viewed deepfakes.

But, despite fears of widespread disinformation, for the most part the campaigns, candidates and activists used AI constructively in the election. They used AI for typical political activities, including mudslinging, but primarily to better connect with voters...

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World Bank Financing Arm Rejects Calls to Directly Compensate Victims of Harm at Kenya Schools
Wed, 12 Jun 2024 17:54:27 +0000

For the second time, the IFC is bucking recommendations to offer money as reparations to people hurt at a chain of schools it invested in, Bridge International Academies.

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Xpeng G6 2024 EV Review: Great Value, But Uninspiring
Tue, 11 Jun 2024 15:55:31 +0000
The G6 is a Tesla competitor that’s keenly priced and has loads of tech—so why did it leave us cold?
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How Members of the Chinese Diaspora Found Their Voices
Tue, 11 Jun 2024 10:00:00 +0000
In the past few years, many Chinese people living abroad have found themselves transformed by the experience of protest.
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Bentancur apologises to Son Heung-min for saying South Koreans ‘look the same’
Sat, 15 Jun 2024 00:13:34 GMT

• Bentancur claims remark in viral clip was ‘bad joke’
• Spurs player says sorry to his captain via Instagram

The Tottenham midfielder Rodrigo Bentancur has apologised to his teammate Son Heung-min after appearing to say that South Korean people “all look the same” on a TV programme in Uruguay.

In a short clip from Por La Camiseta, host Rafa Cotelo asks the Uruguay international for a Spurs player’s shirt. “Sonny’s?” replies Bentancur, before adding: “It could be Sonny’s cousin too … they all look the same.”

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Indonesia minister threatens to shut down X over adult content
2024-06-14T10:18:08+00:00

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‘My face is leaking’: taste testing the spicy ramen deemed too dangerous for Denmark
Fri, 14 Jun 2024 09:36:14 GMT

Three flavours of Buldak chicken ramyeon have been banned by authorities in Copenhagen, but seriously, how bad could they be?

There are flames spreading up my nose, across my forehead and down my throat. My tastebuds have been vanquished, my mouth is a chamber of fire. I have signed a waiver once before for a taste test. Where is my waiver today?

This is level three of Buldak’s range of spicy ramyeon, also known as “fire noodles”. It’s one of three varieties of instant noodles manufactured by South Korea’s Samyang Foods, and recalled this week by Danish authorities for being too spicy. According to Denmark’s national food agency, the high levels of capsaicin in the noodles carry a risk of acute poisoning for consumers – particularly children.

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US and South Korea sound warning amid reports Putin is headed to North Korea
Fri, 14 Jun 2024 04:37:12 GMT

Civilian aircraft have been cleared from Pyongyang’s airport and there are signs of preparations for a possible parade in Kim Il-sung Square

The US and South Korea have warned Vladimir Putin against forging closer military ties with North Korea, as speculation grows that the Russian leader will visit the secretive state in the coming days.

Putin is planning to meet the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, in a reciprocal visit following Kim’s weeklong trip to Russia last September, media reports said. During that trip, the two leaders are believed to have agreed that North Korea would receive Russian help with its space programme in return for providing Russia with armaments for the war in Ukraine, in violation of UN resolutions.

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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: 29 Score: 28.57 source: www.economist.com age: 4 days
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Kanye West Bought an Architectural Treasure—Then Gave It a Violent Remix
Mon, 10 Jun 2024 10:00:00 +0000
How the hip-hop star’s beautiful, dark, twisted fantasy turned a beach house in Malibu, designed by the Japanese master Tadao Ando, into a ruin.
Match ID: 30 Score: 28.57 source: www.newyorker.com age: 4 days
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Migrant workers ‘fear for their safety’ after deaths on Diego Garcia
Sun, 09 Jun 2024 08:00:12 GMT

Workers for US defence contractor KBR concerned after colleagues die on island with no hospital-grade health facility

Migrant workers employed by the US defence contractor KBR on the British-owned island of Diego Garcia have expressed concerns for their safety after the recent deaths of two of their colleagues, the Observer has learned.

The most recent death on Diego Garcia, which is host to a strategic American military base in the British Indian Ocean Territory, came on 5 January. Relemay Fabula Gan, 41, from the Philippines, died after suffering a collapsed lung following several weeks of illness after a Covid diagnosis, her family said.

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Narendra Modi sworn in for third term as prime minister of India
Sun, 09 Jun 2024 15:21:08 GMT

Modi becomes second leader in Indian history to win three consecutive terms, but opposition leaders snub ceremony

Narendra Modi has been sworn in as prime minister of India for a historic third term, ushering in a new era of coalition politics for India’s strongman leader.

The ceremony, which took place at the presidential palace on Sunday evening, marked Modi’s return to power, only the second leader in India’s history to win three consecutive terms.

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‘Indian democracy fought back’: Modi humbled as opposition gains ground
Sun, 09 Jun 2024 10:08:10 GMT

Campaigners say election shows rejection of ‘hate politics’ after marginalised groups vote to deny BJP a majority

It was widely described as the week that India’s beleaguered democracy was pulled back from the brink. As the election results rolled in on Tuesday, all predictions and polls were defied as Narendra Modi lost his outright majority for the first time in a decade while the opposition re-emerged as a legitimate political force. On Sunday evening, Modi will be sworn in as prime minister yet many believe his power and mandate stands diminished.

For one opposition politician in particular, the humbling of the strongman prime minister was a moment to savour. Late last year, Mahua Moitra, one of the most outspoken critics of Modi and his Bharatiya Janata party (BJP), found herself unceremoniously expelled from parliament and kicked out of her bungalow, after what she described as a “political witch-hunt” for daring to stand up to Modi.

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Houthi attack forces crew to abandon coal carrier in Red Sea
Sat, 15 Jun 2024 01:28:50 GMT

The strike on Tutor from Yemeni militants left the vessel unable to manoeuvre, while one crew member remains missing

The crew of a Greek-owned vessel damaged in an attack by Yemen’s Houthi militants has been evacuated and the abandoned ship is drifting in the Red Sea, according to the UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO).

One crew member from Tutor, the Liberia-flagged coal carrier, remains missing, officials in the Philippines said, after an attack near the Yemeni port of Hodeidah on Wednesday caused severe flooding and damage to the engine room, leaving the vessel unable to manoeuvre.

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The Justice Department Took Down the 911 S5 Botnet
2024-06-07T11:04:46Z

The US Justice Department has dismantled an enormous botnet:

According to an indictment unsealed on May 24, from 2014 through July 2022, Wang and others are alleged to have created and disseminated malware to compromise and amass a network of millions of residential Windows computers worldwide. These devices were associated with more than 19 million unique IP addresses, including 613,841 IP addresses located in the United States. Wang then generated millions of dollars by offering cybercriminals access to these infected IP addresses for a fee...

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Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito Caught on Secret Audio
Mon, 10 Jun 2024 16:35:30 +0000

“One side or the other is going to win,” Alito told a person he thought was a right-wing activist.

The post Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito Caught on Secret Audio appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 36 Score: 10.71 source: theintercept.com age: 4 days
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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
Match ID: 37 Score: 10.71 source: www.economist.com age: 22 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china, 5.00 india

The Taiwanese civilians training for a Chinese invasion – video
Wed, 10 Jan 2024 09:05:28 GMT

Kuo Chiu, known as KC to his friends, teaches urban design at Tunghai University in Taiwan. He’s also one of many of the country's citizens who practises rifle skills in his spare time, in case of a Chinese invasion.

The population of Taiwan has long grown familiar with Beijing’s pledge to one day ‘unify’ what it claims is a breakaway province. But recently, there has been a significant increase in aggressive and intimidatory acts.

Taiwan’s 160,000 active military personnel are vastly outnumbered by China’s 2 million-member armed forces, leading many civilians to turn to voluntary medical and combat training to protect themselves.

The Guardian's video team spent time with KC to see how he is preparing

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Under threat of jail, microfinance pioneer vows to keep lending to poorest Bangladeshis
Mon, 10 Jun 2024 04:00:33 GMT

Muhammad Yunus tells the Guardian charges against him are politically motivated, and expresses concern about personal attacks from politicians

The Nobel peace laureate and microfinance pioneer Muhammad Yunus has said that years of fighting what he calls “dirty” politically motivated attacks on his work to alleviate poverty in Bangladesh have made life “totally miserable”.

Yunus told the Guardian he had come under 20 years of pressure from the Bangladeshi government for his work, which is credited with improving the lives of millions of poor people, particularly women.

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Match ID: 39 Score: 5.71 source: www.theguardian.com age: 5 days
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Rafah Clash Exposes Roots of Egypt and Israel Tension
Wed, 05 Jun 2024 10:00:00 +0000

H. A. Hellyer and Murtaza Hussain discuss the current discord and complex history between the Israeli government and Egyptian military.

The post Rafah Clash Exposes Roots of Egypt and Israel Tension appeared first on The Intercept.

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China's far-side Moon mission begins journey back
Tue, 04 Jun 2024 07:13:00 GMT
Chang'e-6 will bring home rock samples that could help scientists study how planets are formed.
Match ID: 41 Score: 5.71 source: www.bbc.com age: 11 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
Match ID: 42 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 11 days
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Xi Jinping’s surprising new source of economic advice
Thu, 30 May 2024 10:06:54 +0000
What China’s leader may learn from a pair of reform-minded academics
Match ID: 43 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 15 days
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The property firm that could break China’s back
Thu, 16 May 2024 10:04:20 +0000
If Vanke collapses, so might confidence in the state’s management of the economy
Match ID: 44 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 29 days
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Biden outdoes Trump with ultra-high China tariffs
Tue, 14 May 2024 16:23:33 +0000
The move, which hits electric vehicles, carries an environmental cost
Match ID: 45 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 31 days
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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
Match ID: 46 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 36 days
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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
Match ID: 47 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 36 days
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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
Match ID: 49 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 46 days
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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
Match ID: 50 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 52 days
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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
Match ID: 51 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 57 days
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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
Match ID: 52 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 59 days
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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
Match ID: 53 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 64 days
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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
Match ID: 55 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 75 days
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China’s banks have a bad-debt problem
Wed, 27 Mar 2024 14:12:05 +0000
As is becoming increasingly obvious
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Japan ends the world’s greatest monetary-policy experiment
Tue, 19 Mar 2024 13:12:06 +0000
For the first time in 17 years, officials raise interest rates
Match ID: 57 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 87 days
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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
Match ID: 58 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 88 days
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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
Match ID: 59 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 92 days
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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%
Match ID: 60 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 92 days
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Grilled aubergine with West Indian hot pepper sauce – Melissa Thompson’s barbecue recipe
Fri, 31 May 2024 10:28:52 GMT

Bring some Caribbean heat to this veggie dish that works great as a standout main or flavour-packed side

Aubergines roasted over fire, glazed with umami-rich miso and the fruity heat of Encona West Indian Original Hot Pepper Sauce – yum! Encona has done a lot of the work already – the sauce has heat and fruitiness from scotch bonnets and tang from vinegar – so you’re building flavour from a really delicious, complex base. Cook a load of these to pile high as a side for guests to feast on, or have them as a quick and tasty midweek dinner.

This recipe is veggie (and can easily be made plant based by replacing the honey with maple syrup or agave nectar), and has loads of flavour, which makes for a deeply satisfying meal.

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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
Match ID: 62 Score: 5.00 source: www.economist.com age: 15 days
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The fake news divide: how Modi’s rule is fracturing India – video
Thu, 30 May 2024 09:31:48 GMT

Ahead of the election in India, the Guardian’s video team travelled through the country to explore how fake news and censorship might shape the outcome.

Almost one billion people are registered to vote. The country's prime minister, Narendra Modi, has been in power for more than 10 years, and his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) is seeking a third term.

But critics of Modi and the BJP say his government has become increasingly authoritarian, fracturing the country along religious lines and threatening India’s secular democracy. At the same time, the space for freedom of speech has been shrinking while disinformation and hate speech has exploded on social media.

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Match ID: 63 Score: 5.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 15 days
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NASA Licenses 3D-Printable Superalloy to Benefit US Economy
Thu, 09 May 2024 12:14:04 +0000
NASA’s investment in a breakthrough superalloy developed for the extreme temperatures and harsh conditions of air and spaceflight is on the threshold of paying commercial dividends. The agency is licensing its invention, dubbed “GRX-810,” to four American companies, a practice that benefits the United States economy as a return on investment of taxpayer dollars. GRX-810 […]
Match ID: 64 Score: 5.00 source: www.nasa.gov age: 36 days
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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
Match ID: 65 Score: 5.00 source: www.economist.com age: 43 days
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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
Match ID: 66 Score: 5.00 source: www.economist.com age: 64 days
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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
Match ID: 67 Score: 5.00 source: www.economist.com age: 71 days
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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
Match ID: 68 Score: 5.00 source: www.economist.com age: 79 days
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Is turbulence getting worse? And where were the worst flight paths in 2023 – video
Wed, 29 May 2024 02:13:28 GMT

We know turbulence is a common part of flying – but are some routes more prone? And where is it the worst? Turbulence is the leading cause of in-flight injuries to crew and passengers and after the fatal Singapore Airlines incident and injuries to passengers above Turkey on a Qatar Airways flight, you might be wondering if flights are about to get bumpier. Incidents of severe turbulence are on the rise – increasing by 55% between 1979 and 2020 – and the climate crisis is thought to be a responsible factor

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Match ID: 69 Score: 2.86 source: www.theguardian.com age: 17 days
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Four kids left: The Thai school swallowed by the sea – video
Wed, 15 May 2024 10:47:18 GMT

Ban Khun Samut Chin, a coastal village in Samut Prakan province, Thailand, has been slowly swallowed by the sea over the past few decades. This has led to the relocation of the school and many homes, resulting in a dwindling population. Currently, there are only four students attending the school, often leaving just one in each classroom. The village has experienced severe coastal erosion, causing 1.1-2km (0.5-1.2 miles) of shoreline to disappear since the mid-1950s

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Match ID: 70 Score: 2.86 source: www.theguardian.com age: 30 days
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Meet NASA Women Behind World’s Largest Flying Laboratory
Mon, 13 May 2024 20:30:48 +0000
NASA’s DC-8 aircraft – the world’s largest flying science laboratory – began its science missions in 1987 and since then, has flown in service of the science community over places like Antarctica, Greenland, and Thailand. Aircraft like the DC-8 have enabled scientists to ask questions about life on Earth and explore them in a way […]
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