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17 Best Air Purifiers (2025): Coway, AirDoctor, IQAir
Mon, 17 Feb 2025 13:03:00 +0000
Protect your home against dust, pets, allergies, and more with air purifiers tested firsthand by WIRED.
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Spin Class Gear to Level Up Your Ride, WIRED-Tested (2025)
Sun, 16 Feb 2025 14:02:00 +0000
Spin class is intimidating, but your gear shouldn't be. Clip in and conquer your next session with these WIRED-approved picks.
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From Swipe to Sweat: How Athletic Clubs Replaced Dating Apps
Fri, 14 Feb 2025 11:00:00 +0000
Post-pandemic, fitness clubs have emerged as the best place to find romance IRL. No profile required.
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Here’s What the FDA Label on Your Personal Care Products Means (2025)
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 14:02:00 +0000
FDA-approved, cleared, or just regulated? We break down the jargon on your lotions, potions, and gizmos.
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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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Trump Is Saying the Quiet Part Out Loud: Federal Prisons Are Purposely Inhumane
Sun, 16 Feb 2025 11:30:00 +0000

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

The post Trump Is Saying the Quiet Part Out Loud: Federal Prisons Are Purposely Inhumane appeared first on The Intercept.

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qualifiers: 30.00 politics, 30.00 democrat, 25.00 election, 20.00 federal government, 15.00 executive, 15.00 constitution, 15.00 conservatives

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

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

The post Democrats Swear They’ll Fight Elon Musk. But What About the Cash They Took From SpaceX? appeared first on The Intercept.

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qualifiers: 25.71 republican, 25.71 politics, 25.71 democrat, 21.43 election, 17.14 federal government, 8.57 congress

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

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

The post Constitutional Crisis Looms appeared first on The Intercept.

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qualifiers: 25.71 republican, 25.71 democrat, 21.43 election, 12.86 executive, 12.86 elections, 12.86 constitution, 8.57 congress

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

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

Match ID: 3 Score: 102.86 source: www.schneier.com age: 3 days
qualifiers: 25.71 politics, 25.71 democrat, 17.14 federal government, 12.86 legislature, 12.86 executive, 8.57 congress

‘This is a coup’: Trump and Musk’s purge is cutting more than costs, say experts
Mon, 17 Feb 2025 11:00:37 GMT

In slashing staff and disabling entire agencies the administration is lacerating the structures of US democracy

Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s radical drive to slash billions of dollars in annual federal spending with huge job and regulatory cuts is spurring charges that they have made illegal moves while undercutting congressional and judicial powers, say legal experts, Democrats and state attorneys general.

Trump’s fusillade of executive orders expanding his powers in some extreme ways in his cost-cutting fervor, coupled with unprecedented drives by the Musk-led so-called “department of government efficiency” (Doge) to slash many agency workforces and regulations, have created chaos across the US government and raised fears of a threat to US democracy.

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qualifiers: 30.00 politics, 30.00 democrat, 15.00 executive, 15.00 constitution, 10.00 congress

The IRS Is Buying an AI Supercomputer From Nvidia
Fri, 14 Feb 2025 18:40:53 +0000

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

The post The IRS Is Buying an AI Supercomputer From Nvidia appeared first on The Intercept.

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qualifiers: 30.00 republican, 30.00 politics, 25.00 election, 15.00 executive

Dems concede Republicans ‘running circles’ around them online as Trump remakes Washington
Sun, 16 Feb 2025 07:00:00 EST
The Democratic response to Trump, one Texas lawmaker said, is “too slow and too tepid and not meeting the moment.”
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Stephen A. Smith for President
Fri, 14 Feb 2025 11:00:00 +0000
If the Democratic Party has a problem drawing young men who believe that the excesses of wokeness have left them behind, could there be a more appealing figure than the guy they’ve been watching argue about sports for the past decade?
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The Guardian view on new housing: Labour must not let builders dictate terms | Editorial
Sun, 16 Feb 2025 17:25:11 GMT

The lack of affordable homes to buy and rent is a serious injustice. Ministers must fight for plans that put people first

The greatly increased difficulty for young adults of either buying a home or finding a long-term, affordable tenancy is both a generational and socioeconomic injustice, and a serious political problem. Sir Keir Starmer’s government knows this and hopes its commitment to build 1.5m new homes will shore up support among voters.

Making people more secure, so that disappointment and grievance do not make them easy targets for rightwing populists, is a vital task for social democratic parties everywhere. In the UK, where accommodation costs are 44% higher than the western European average, and younger people are disproportionately trapped in low-quality homes, policies to support those in housing need are a pressing priority.

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

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

The post Pentagon Official: Hegseth’s Campaign to Scrub DEI History Is a “Dumb” Distraction appeared first on The Intercept.

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Top US Election Security Watchdog Forced to Stop Election Security Work
Sat, 15 Feb 2025 03:07:33 +0000
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has frozen efforts to aid states in securing elections, according to an internal memo viewed by WIRED.
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qualifiers: 30.00 politics, 25.00 election, 15.00 elections

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

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

The post Private Prison CEO on Trump Deportation Surge: “One of the Most Exciting Periods in My Career” appeared first on The Intercept.

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Elon Musk’s efficiency department pushes to access taxpayer data from IRS, says report - US politics live
Mon, 17 Feb 2025 14:49:11 GMT

The Washington Post reports ‘Doge’ is requesting access to the system that contains the personal financial records of millions of Americans

A US judge has scheduled a rare holiday court hearing on Monday, in a case brought by Democratic state attorneys general seeking to protect major federal agencies from Elon Musk’s Doge team.

US district judge Tanya Chutkan in Washington DC on Sunday called the hearing for Monday, the Presidents Day holiday when federal courts are closed.

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JD Vance and those threats from within | Letters
Sun, 16 Feb 2025 17:09:29 GMT

Thatcher nostalgia | US hypocrisy | Valentine’s Day | Inside Reform | School reports

Among the justified furore around America’s new position in the world, one part at least triggers a bit of nostalgia (JD Vance stuns Munich conference with blistering attack on Europe’s leaders, 14 February). JD Vance’s description of the “threat from within” brings back memories of Margaret Thatcher’s designation of those who disagreed with her as “the enemy within”. I still have a badge with that somewhere. Maybe it’s time I dusted it off.
Steve Townsley
Cowbridge, Vale of Glamorgan

• As JD Vance lectures European leaders about freedom of speech, Louisiana is banning health officials from promoting vaccinations and libraries across the US are having to purge their shelves of any books that make mention of subjects that Republicans dislike. No hypocrisy there, then?
Tony Green
Ipswich, Suffolk

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We Might Have to “Shut Down the Country”
Sun, 16 Feb 2025 11:00:00 +0000
Anthony Romero, the A.C.L.U.’s executive director, talks about what he thinks could happen if the Trump Administration defies the authority of the courts.
Match ID: 14 Score: 60.00 source: www.newyorker.com age: 1 day
qualifiers: 30.00 politics, 15.00 executive, 15.00 constitution

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

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

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

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qualifiers: 30.00 republican, 30.00 politics

Number of NSW children in youth detention up by one third, new data shows
Mon, 17 Feb 2025 14:00:38 GMT

As Minns government seeks to extend controversial laws that make it harder for young people to get bail, experts warn locking up more kids will not curb crime

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Children are increasingly being held in youth detention after being refused bail in New South Wales, according to new data, as experts warn locking up more young people will not curb crime.

The data released by the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (Bocsar) found 225 young people were in custody in December 2024 – up 54 on the year before. The number of young Indigenous Australians in youth detention increased by almost 22% to 129.

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The loudest megaphone: how Trump mastered our new attention age – podcast
Mon, 17 Feb 2025 05:00:27 GMT

The old model of political debate is over, and spectacle beats argument every time. How did we get here? By Chris Hayes. Read by Adam Sims

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qualifiers: 25.00 election, 15.00 executive, 15.00 elections

Convicted murderer among three members of NZYQ cohort to be resettled in Nauru under deal struck by Labor
Sun, 16 Feb 2025 04:30:56 GMT

Three non-citizens with criminal histories taken into immigration detention in preparation for removal from Australia, home affairs minister says

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Three members of the NZYQ cohort of non-citizens, including a convicted murderer, will be resettled in Nauru after the Albanese government struck a deal with the tiny Pacific nation for an undisclosed sum.

The trio were placed into immigration detention in preparation for their removal from Australia after being granted 30-year resettlement visas by Nauru on Saturday, the home affairs minster, Tony Burke, announced on Sunday.

The NZYQ cohort includes non-citizens released into the community in Australia as a result of a landmark 2023 high court decision, where the court ruled in favour of “NZYQ”, a stateless Rohingya man, who faced the prospect of detention for life because no country had agreed to resettle him, due to a criminal conviction for raping a 10-year-old in Australia.

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Lib Dems say Badenoch is echoing Trump’s ‘dangerous rhetoric’ as she claims ‘some cultures better than others’ – UK politics live
Mon, 17 Feb 2025 14:48:44 GMT

Conservative leader of the opposition speaks at right-wing conference in London

Keir Starmer’s announcement via the Telegraph that he was prepared to put British peacekeeping troops on the ground in Ukraine was also described by Conservative MP and shadow cabinet spokesperson Alicia Kearns as not the right priority. She told viewers of Sky News “his priority should be today talking about defence spending.”

It was put to her that by Sky’s Wilfred Frost that “you’re trying to criticise the state of defence spending six months into their government, when this is a long-term issue, after 14 years [of Conservatives being] in power.”

I’ve always been very clear. I was critical of my own government. But what I’m saying is, since July, a decision was made to side with the Treasury, to not give the increase in defence spending. We needed to continue to replenish stocks. Replenishing stocks should be the priority so that we are ready if we do need to provide peacekeeping services, if we do need to provide more support to Ukraine.

My reaction is the prime minister is doing the right thing. But, of course, doing the right thing comes at a price. If the prime minister is serious about wanting to deploy British troops, put boots on the ground in Ukraine as part of a peacekeeping force, he’s got to realise that’s going to come at a considerable cost.

Frankly, we haven’t got the numbers and we haven’t got the equipment to put a large force onto the ground for an extended period of time at the present moment. We’ve got to have the right number of people with the right equipment and the right training, and start to fund that now.

I’m quite cautious, because we’re not a place in which we understand the terms or the conditions or the numbers or the way in which we’ve been deploying our people, and we should always make sure that we are making decisions based on as much information as possible.

The reality is that Ukraine is still fighting for its freedom. Russia has taken around 600 square miles of territory over the last few months. We’re not in a place as yet where I think we can be making those commitments … things are going to change over the next few hours, let alone the next few days, weeks and months.

We will always give Ukraine the support they need. We will stand shoulder to shoulder with them. We will fight for them to determine the terms of this peace.

And also, it’s important to note, this can’t just be that we’ve managed to stop the shooting and murder, and therefore we’ve got peace. We need a peace deal that will end the threat to our European neighbours and to us, one that will make us safer from a state that is currently behaving like a terrorist.

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More than 900 Labour figures decry party’s migration and asylum policy
Mon, 17 Feb 2025 12:00:35 GMT

Joint statement accuses government of copying Tories’ ‘performative cruelty’

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A group of more than 900 Labour members and trade unionists, including MPs and peers, have accused the government of copying the “performative cruelty” of the Conservatives in its migration and asylum policy.

In a joint statement, they singled out the Home Office’s decision, revealed last week, to refuse citizenship to anyone who arrives in the UK via “a dangerous journey” such as a small boat over the Channel.

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Trump asks Supreme Court to allow him to fire independent agency leader
Sun, 16 Feb 2025 23:47:16 +0000
President Donald Trump wants the justices to allow him to remove the head of the Office of Special Counsel, which investigates whistleblower reports.
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qualifiers: 30.00 politics, 15.00 executive

Trump under fire for likening himself to Napoleon amid attacks on judges
Sun, 16 Feb 2025 18:52:15 GMT

President posted ‘he who saves his country does not violate any laws’ quote attributed to French emperor

Critics rounded on Donald Trump on Sunday for likening himself to Napoleon in a “dictatorial” social media post echoing the French emperor’s assertion that “he who saves his country does not violate any laws”.

The post came at the end of another tumultuous week early in Trump’s second presidency, during which acolytes questioned the legitimacy of judges making a succession of rulings to stall his administration’s aggressive seizure or dismantling of federal institutions and budgets.

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qualifiers: 30.00 politics, 15.00 constitution

MLK’s family fear new batch of assassination files will have FBI ‘smears’
Sun, 16 Feb 2025 18:26:46 GMT

Family of Martin Luther King Jr says Trump mandate could revive J Edgar Hoover’s efforts to discredit revered activist

The family of Martin Luther King Jr has expressed concern over Donald Trump’s executive order to release records surrounding the civil rights leader’s assassination, saying the president’s mandate could revive efforts to discredit the revered activist with the public.

Speaking to Axios, a friend of the King family said: “We know J Edgar Hoover tried to destroy Dr King’s legacy, and the family doesn’t want that effort to prevail,” referring to the late former FBI director and his agency’s years-long surveillance of King as well his associates.

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In Denali’s shadow, little love for again calling the mount McKinley
Sat, 15 Feb 2025 20:05:50 +0000
President Trump’s executive order to rename the Alaska peak — North America’s highest — perplexes and worries many who live in its snow-shrouded midst.
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The Columbia Network Pushing Behind the Scenes to Deport and Arrest Student Protesters
Sat, 15 Feb 2025 09:00:00 +0000

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

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

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Can Drake come back from Kendrick Lamar’s diss?; Marina Hyde on Starmer aping Trump; ‘I was trapped for 65 hours under 4,000 tons of rubble’; and Philippa Perry on setting boundaries with your parents – podcast
Sat, 15 Feb 2025 05:00:27 GMT

Marina Hyde on Keir Starmer’s palid imitation of Trumpism. The sole survivor of a landslide describes the pain, the fear and the long, winding path of recovery. After Kendrick Lamar lands another savage blow at the Super Bowl, a crisis expert advises on how Drake can return to relevance. And, ‘I feel happier and healthier when not around my mother’ – Philippa Perry advises one reader

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

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

The post How Many Trump Officials Have Taken Money From Qatar? appeared first on The Intercept.

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qualifiers: 12.86 politics, 12.86 democrat, 6.43 political parties, 6.43 judiciary, 6.43 executive

Singapore opposition leader, found guilty of lying to parliament, could face electoral ban
Mon, 17 Feb 2025 06:13:12 GMT

Pritam Singh’s conviction is a blow to the city state’s struggling political opposition, which is seeking to challenge the entrenched ruling party in upcoming elections

Singapore’s opposition leader has been convicted of lying to parliament while helping a fellow party member to cover up a false witness account, in a case that could disqualify him from running in upcoming national elections.

Pritam Singh, 48, secretary-general of the Workers’ Party, was found guilty on Monday on two counts of lying to a parliamentary committee that was investigating a fellow MP.

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Oh, Canada! Can Trump just take it? – podcast
Fri, 14 Feb 2025 05:00:08 GMT

On the first day of his second term in office, Donald Trump suggested he wanted the US to ‘expand’ its territory. Few thought he could actually mean taking Canada and making it the 51st state. But could he actually do that?

Jonathan Freedland speaks to the reporter Leyland Cecco in Toronto about the possibility of the two North American allies merging, what Canadians think about it, and why this existential threat has had an impact on Canadian national politics

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

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

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

Match ID: 30 Score: 35.71 source: www.schneier.com age: 4 days
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What Does It Mean to Resist Trump in 2025?
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 11:00:00 +0000
“I think the Democrats have worked themselves into a bit of a corner,” the writer Brady Brickner-Wood says. “They’re going to need to soul search in a way that’s not just performative and is consistent with their values.”
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Europe at ‘turning point’ as leaders meet in Paris to discuss Ukraine crisis
Mon, 17 Feb 2025 14:36:44 GMT

Ursula von der Leyen urges ‘emergency mindset’ in response to US decision to enter bilateral talks with Russia

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Europe’s security is “at a turning point”, the president of the European Commission has said, as leaders from major European powers prepared to meet in Paris for emergency talks on their role in an eventual ceasefire in Ukraine.

After last week’s shock move by the US to sideline Kyiv and its European backers from peace negotiations, Ursula von der Leyen said the issue was “about Ukraine – but also about us. We need an urgency mindset. We need a surge in defence. And we need both of them now.”

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The US led the charge against global corruption. Now Trump is clearing the way for kleptocrats | Oliver Bullough
Mon, 17 Feb 2025 14:00:39 GMT

Britain used to solicit money that the US would not touch – but with oligarchs and fraudsters on the rise, it must now uphold the law

Five decades ago, the United States was in turmoil. A long and unpopular war was ending in defeat; inflation was high; and American politicians were accused of high-handed and illegal behaviour.

If all this sounds remarkably similar to the last few years, that’s because it is. But the mid-1970s was different in one crucial respect: how the US responded to it, and particularly how it responded to corruption. Major corporations had been giving bribes to win contracts in South Korea, Italy and Saudi Arabia; US politicians were appalled – and they acted to uphold values other than money.

Oliver Bullough is the author of Butler to the World: How Britain Became the Servant of Tycoons, Tax Dodgers, Kleptocrats and Criminals, and Moneyland: Why Thieves and Crooks Now Rule the World and How to Take It Back

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Better mental health care around pregnancy exists – I’ve seen it. Why aren’t all women getting it? | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
Mon, 17 Feb 2025 13:00:37 GMT

The tragic loss of a new mother highlights how widespread perinatal mental illness is – and that care is patchy and underfunded

Two sobering facts for you: 1) Suicide is the leading cause of maternal death in the period from six weeks to a year after birth, and 2) There are only 22 mother and baby units in the whole of the UK, with not a single one in Northern Ireland.

Perinatal mental illness – a leading complication of pregnancy – is in the news again. Services are crumbling and overstretched, and a postcode lottery means women are often struggling to access treatment, with devastating consequences. The new Labour MP Laura Kyrke-Smith has been speaking movingly about the death by suicide of her friend Sophie, who ended her life 10 weeks after the birth of her third child. Sophie had been suffering from anxiety, especially around her baby’s feeding, and they had spent a night in A&E, but it is unclear whether signs that she was at risk were picked up by professionals. Her friend has been left wondering if, amid all the worry about the baby, anyone asked her mother if she was OK, and what a difference that might have made not only to Sophie, but to the three young daughters she left behind.

Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett is a Guardian columnist and author. She is the author of a novel, The Tyranny of Lost Things, and a memoir, The Year of the Cat

In the UK and Ireland, Samaritans can be contacted on freephone 116 123, or email jo@samaritans.org or jo@samaritans.ie. In the US, you can call or text the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline on 988, chat on 988lifeline.org, or text HOME to 741741 to connect with a crisis counselor. In Australia, the crisis support service Lifeline is 13 11 14. Other international helplines can be found at befrienders.org

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Night Agent star who played JD Vance in Hillbilly Elegy condemns actors who get political
Mon, 17 Feb 2025 12:58:50 GMT

Gabriel Basso says actors should ‘shut the fuck up’ and that they have no authority to publicly bestow political views

The actor who portrayed JD Vance in the Oscar-nominated film Hillbilly Elegy before the latter man became the vice-president of the US has said his fellow thespians should “shut the fuck up” rather than express their political opinions.

Gabriel Basso – now starring in the hit Netflix series The Night Agent – made those comments on a recent episode of the Great Company podcast, cutting a stark contrast with his director on Hillbelly Elegy, Ron Howard, who previously described himself as “surprised and concerned” from the campaign that ultimately left Vance a heartbeat away from the US presidency.

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‘It comes from racism’: immigrant workers on Trump’s deportation push
Mon, 17 Feb 2025 12:00:36 GMT

The president’s actions have sent a wave of terror through the community that underpins much of the US economy

Donald Trump has ramped up anti-immigration fervor into his second presidency, promising mass deportations, pushing to increase arrests and bolstering public relations efforts to amplify arrests. The moves have sent a wave of terror through the undocumented worker community that underpins large parts of the US economy.

“Every day I wake up and walk out the door, I go with the hope of going to work, but with the fear of not being able to come back,” said a construction worker and single parent in Texas who obtained immigration protection under the Biden administration. She requested to remain anonymous due to fears about her immigration status.

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Solar has taken off in red states. Trump’s funding freeze is causing panic
Mon, 17 Feb 2025 12:00:36 GMT

On his first day, the president paused billions of dollars in funding for clean energy projects initiated by Biden

Mike Mullett strains to see through sheets of misty rain while driving through working-class neighborhoods of Columbus, a quaint town in southern Indiana.

He’s trying to find the senior center, multi-family homes and rent-assisted properties – more than 530 in total – that he and many other locals hope will receive $4.42m in federal funding for solar electricity projects.

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Rwanda-backed M23 rebels capture eastern DRC’s second-largest city
Mon, 17 Feb 2025 11:16:44 GMT

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

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

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

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Under Trump, CIA plots bigger role in drug cartel fight
Mon, 17 Feb 2025 11:00:00 +0000
The CIA is developing plans to fulfill President Donald Trump’s campaign pledges to get tough on Mexico’s drug cartels, but critics warn of a backlash.
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It’s never been more important to stay tuned in | Margaret Sullivan
Mon, 17 Feb 2025 11:00:36 GMT

I’m far from certain that staying engaged will make a difference. What I do know is that if we all tune out, there’s no hope at all

It’s tempting in this dire moment to try and shut out the nightmare of what’s happening in Washington DC.

“I’m waking up every day to a genuinely sick feeling in my stomach and a heavy feeling in my chest,” my friend Laura, who follows the news closely, texted me recently.

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A guide to the Trump administration lexicon
Mon, 17 Feb 2025 11:00:36 +0000
Transparency, free speech and fraud have different meanings under Trump.
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Campaigning to free Lucy Letby is not the right thing to do, says Wes Streeting
Mon, 17 Feb 2025 10:42:28 GMT

Health secretary says he will believe her conviction is fair unless a court decides otherwise

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Wes Streeting has said that “waging a campaign” on behalf of Lucy Letby is “not the right thing to do”.

The health secretary said he would believe Letby’s conviction was fair unless a court decided otherwise.

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UK savers urged to ‘act now’ and shake off their Isa apathy
Mon, 17 Feb 2025 10:30:33 GMT

With the savings ‘season’ starting early, there are many advantageous deals out there. But for how long?

The annual push to get savers to use up their tax-free allowance has begun early – but there is speculation that the cash Isa could be under threat.

The chancellor, Rachel Reeves, has reportedly been lobbied to ditch the tax breaks on the popular accounts, just as people are piling in their money to take advantage of them.

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‘Six out of 10’: Iceland boss and Labour backer grades UK government
Mon, 17 Feb 2025 09:32:53 GMT

Richard Walker laments record so far but welcomes more upbeat tone, planning reforms and move to better EU trading ties

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• Reeves warned UK inflation will fuel public sector pay claims

The chair of the food retailer Iceland, Richard Walker, has given the Labour government only “six out of 10” for its record so far, after switching support to the party a year ago.

He told the Financial Times that Labour needed to do more to help firms investing now, rather than investing in projects that may take decades to be completed.

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Human rights are not a ‘loophole’ – why can’t families from Gaza like mine seek safety in the UK? | Ghassan Ghaben
Mon, 17 Feb 2025 08:51:24 GMT

When another Palestinian family was allowed to stay here, I saw a glimmer of hope. Now the prime minister wants to put it out

As the devastation in Gaza continues, Palestinian families in Britain are racing against the clock to try to bring our loved ones to safety. News finally came of a successful family reunification – but instead of being able to feel a moment of relief for this one family, we’ve had to face a vicious political and media backlash.

The UK media, government and even the prime minister have fixated on a “loophole” that allowed a mother, father and four children from Gaza to be granted the right to live in the UK via the Ukraine family scheme. It obscures the reality that there is no Gaza family reunification scheme, forcing Palestinians to navigate an immigration system that offers no clear pathway to safety.

Ghassan Ghaben is a member of the Gaza Families Reunited campaign

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Peter Dutton sidesteps questions on state-funded nuclear disaster insurance plan
Mon, 17 Feb 2025 08:28:47 GMT

Albanese government also asked if it has considered nuclear insurance pool in context of Aukus nuclear-powered submarines

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Peter Dutton has sidestepped questions about the potential need for a government-backed insurance pool for nuclear disasters after the industry’s peak body exposed a possible missing piece in his flagship energy plan.

The Insurance Council of Australia on Monday suggested the commonwealth may need to underwrite a scheme to cover communities against nuclear accidents.

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UK marketplace sellers face ‘second Brexit’ hit from Trump’s US import rules
Mon, 17 Feb 2025 08:00:30 GMT

End of ‘de minimis’ policy for Chinese goods also expected to hit bigger fashion retailers such as Asos and Boohoo

Many UK-based independent sellers on marketplaces such as eBay and Amazon could suffer a significant hit to US sales from planned changes to import rules under Donald Trump, with experts comparing the impact to a second Brexit.

The new rules, which mean all parcels originating or made in China and being sold into the US must pay import duty – of as much as 15% on fashion items – and an additional 10% tariff, are also expected to impact bigger online clothing retailers such as Asos and Boohoo.

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As the US retreats, Europe must look out for itself – so is Macron’s nuclear offer the answer? | Simon Tisdall
Mon, 17 Feb 2025 07:00:30 GMT

Development of a joint defence shield would be politically explosive for Keir Starmer. But it’s an idea whose time has come

The startling contempt for Europe’s intensifying security concerns displayed by Donald Trump and his henchmen has brought an old, controversial question back to the fore: should Britain and France pool their nuclear weapons capabilities and create a Europe-wide defensive nuclear shield to deter Vladimir Putin’s Russia, if the US reduces or withdraws its support?

Trump has not so far explicitly threatened to cut US nuclear forces based in Europe. But speaking last week, the president said he wanted to halve the US’s defence spending, especially on nuclear weapons. Trump often denigrates Nato, keystone of European security. Last year, he encouraged Russia “to do whatever the hell they want” to member states that, in his view, spend too little on defence.

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Trump’s plan for Gaza leaves Arab nations facing an impossible choice | Nesrine Malik
Mon, 17 Feb 2025 06:00:29 GMT

This mortifying dilemma goes to the very soul of the region - and its leaders have brought it on themselves

Arab states are in a bind. King Abdullah of Jordan squirmed in the Oval Office last week, as the press asked him and Donald Trump about the latter’s Gaza plan. He is in a tight spot, wanting to keep Trump onside while at the same time not agreeing to the ethnic cleansing of Gaza. Immediately after, anonymous Egyptian “security sources” – not parties prone to leaking without strategic direction from President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi – said that Sisi would not accept an invitation to visit Washington as long as the Gaza displacement plan was on the agenda. Now, this was probably more for the Egyptian public’s consumption than for Trump’s benefit – Egypt is in no position to make an enemy of the new administration – but it nonetheless shows how hard it is for Trump to secure the acquiescence of even the US’s closest allies.

Saudi Arabia also postponed a visit to the US once Trump announced his intentions for Gaza. And in a remarkable change of tune, Saudi, which before 7 October 2023 was en route to normalisation with Israel and is not usually a country to make heated statements, lost its patience. When Benjamin Netanyahu quipped that maybe it would like to take Palestinians from Gaza (“they have a lot of territory”, he said), Saudi state media unleashed a storm of invective against him. When Trump announced his plan, Saudi Arabian authorities immediately put out a statement rejecting it. So keen was the government to signal that rejection that it released the statement at 4am local time.

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Reeves warned UK inflation will push public sector unions to seek higher pay rises
Mon, 17 Feb 2025 06:00:27 GMT

Plan for ‘reasonable’ 2.8% rises may prove insufficient, forcing chancellor to find billions in extra funding

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Rachel Reeves has been warned public sector unions will demand higher pay increases to compensate for accelerating inflation, heaping pressure on the chancellor to find billions of pounds in extra funding.

The government made recommendations in December for a 2.8% pay rise for teachers, NHS staff and other public sector workers for the financial year beginning in April, saying it was a “reasonable amount” given forecasts for the economy.

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UK firms mull biggest layoffs in a decade as business confidence slumps
Mon, 17 Feb 2025 00:01:20 GMT

Impending tax rises from autumn budget fuel collapse in sentiment and rising redundancy intentions, surveys show

UK employers are preparing for the biggest redundancy round in a decade amid collapsing business confidence as firms brace for tax increases from April that Rachel Reeves announced in her autumn budget.

In a fresh blow for the chancellor, the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), which represents human resources professionals, said a survey of 2,000 employers showed redundancy intentions at their highest level in 10 years, barring the Covid pandemic.

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Poorest UK households pay rising share of income on council tax, study finds
Mon, 17 Feb 2025 00:01:20 GMT

Resolution Foundation report says failure to reform has ‘slowly recreated the issues that undid the poll tax’

Britain’s poorest households are paying an increasing share of their income on council tax, according to new analysis that likened it to the poll tax that contributed to the downfall of Margaret Thatcher.

The poorest fifth of households paid 4.8% of their income on council tax in England, Wales and Scotland and on domestic rates in Northern Ireland in the 2020-21 financial year, up from 2.9% in 2002-3, according to research by the Resolution Foundation.

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Most NHS users in England affected by dysfunctional admin, report finds
Mon, 17 Feb 2025 00:01:19 GMT

About 64% of people had difficulties with health service last year relating to communication about care

Patients routinely have to chase up test results, receive appointment letters after their appointments and do not know when their treatment will occur because the NHS is so “dysfunctional”.

That is the conclusion of research by two major patients’ organisations and the King’s Fund, which lays bare a host of problems with the way the health service interacts with it users.

32% had to chase up the results of a test, scan or X-ray.

32% had not been told how long they would have to wait for their care or treatment.

23% were unaware of who to contact while they waited.

20% received an invitation to an appointment after the date had passed.

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Starmer ready to put British troops on the ground in Ukraine if peace deal reached
Sun, 16 Feb 2025 23:15:22 GMT

It is understood to be the first time the PM has been explicit about sending British peacekeepers to Ukraine

Keir Starmer has said he is prepared to put British troops on the ground in Ukraine if there is a deal to end the war with Russia – acknowledging it could put UK forces “in harm’s way” if Vladimir Putin launches another attack.

It is understood to be the first time the prime minister has explicitly stated he is considering deploying British peacekeepers to Ukraine. The comments came just before emergency talks with European leaders in Paris on Monday.

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Trump takes a victory lap at a rain-splattered Daytona 500
Sun, 16 Feb 2025 22:59:39 +0000
NASCAR is Trump country, White House officials have said, and attendees on Sunday warmly welcomed the president in a brief visit.
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Under Trump, a U.S. that once united Europe now divides it
Sun, 16 Feb 2025 21:08:29 +0000
When Russia invaded Ukraine three years ago, U.S. leaders helped whip Europe into a staunchly unified response. Now U.S. leaders seem eager to split the continent into pieces, policymakers say.
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Acting archivist, inspector general for National Archives forced out
Sun, 16 Feb 2025 19:45:20 +0000
The agency, regarded as nonpolitical, has been the target of President Donald Trump’s ire since its attempts recover documents from Mar-a-Lago.
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Macron convenes European leaders for Ukraine summit amid tension with US
Sun, 16 Feb 2025 18:17:02 GMT

Paris meeting aims to devise action plan for Ukraine’s future as US and Russian delegates prepare to meet

The sudden transatlantic chasm over Ukraine will be laid bare this week when US officials start preliminary talks in Riyadh with Russian counterparts about a ceasefire, just as Emmanuel Macron hosts a Paris summit of European defence powers to demand the US ends the lockout of Europe and Kyiv from the process.

Talks are expected as soon as Tuesday between the Russian foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, and the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, the first such meeting between the two countries in over two years. There are fears in Europe that Russia via the US talks will relaunch its plan for imposed Ukrainian neutrality and a joint US-Russia carve-up with agreed spheres of influence.

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Trump’s return means UK must swiftly find a way to increase defence spending | Peter Walker
Sun, 16 Feb 2025 17:35:56 GMT

Under Biden, the move could wait until the UK worked out how to meet its 2.5% GDP commitment. Not now

It has been one of the few political constants in a turbulent period for British politics: an agreement that defence spending really should increase. But in the second era of Donald Trump, what was a consensual background hum has suddenly become an ear-splitting alarm.

European Nato members, the UK among them, have long been used to US presidents urging them to spend 2% of GDP at a bare minimum, something only a minority of them manage.

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The Guardian view on JD Vance in Munich: Europe must stand up for its values | Editorial
Sun, 16 Feb 2025 17:30:11 GMT

The vice-president’s speech on Friday was another wake-up call for European leaders. On defence and in other areas, they need to chart their own course

In 2007, Vladimir Putin delivered a speech to the Munich security conference that stunned western diplomats by launching an unforeseen assault on the post-1989 international order. The United States, alleged Mr Putin, had perniciously manufactured a unipolar world “in which there is one master, one sovereign”. Seven years later, Russian forces illegally occupied Crimea, and Moscow-funded separatists seized swathes of territory in eastern Ukraine, in what turned out to be the precursor to full-blown invasion.

Nearly two decades later, the disturbing speech at the same venue by the US vice-president, JD Vance, may prove to be similarly significant as the geopolitics of the 21st century continue to shift. Mr Vance had been expected to concentrate last Friday’s remarks on Ukraine, after a week in which Donald Trump appeared to be unilaterally preparing to negotiate a ceasefire deal entirely on Mr Putin’s terms. Instead, he used his platform as a pulpit from which to berate the US’s European allies on issues such as multiculturalism, migration and the regulation of social media. Indefensibly, the Trump administration now actively cheerleads for far-right parties such as Germany’s Alternative für Deutschland, whose leader, Alice Weidel, he chose to meet in Munich.

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UK must act more promptly over latest Iran detentions, says Richard Ratcliffe
Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:33:27 GMT

Husband of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe expresses concern for Craig and Lindsay Foreman who were held in January

The husband of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has called on ministers to act “more promptly” than they did to help free his wife, after Iran detained a British couple on a motorcycle trip.

Richard Ratcliffe, whose wife was freed in 2022 after five years in a Tehran prison, expressed fears that the couple would now face the “brutal theatre” of court process to “get the government’s attention”.

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Trump called Washington a city of ‘filth' and 'decay.’ He’s trying to remake it in his image.
Sun, 16 Feb 2025 10:00:00 EST
Trump in his first weeks of his second term has targeted the city like few presidents before him.
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John Major: Trump’s US isolationism threatens global democracy
Sun, 16 Feb 2025 14:50:18 GMT

Former UK prime minister says US may regret ceding world stage to China and condemns ‘hypocritical’ JD Vance speech

Democracy around the globe is under threat from the retreat of Donald Trump’s US into isolationism and its likely replacement by China on the world stage, John Major has said.

The former UK prime minister, who rarely offers direct opinion on contemporary politics, used an interview with BBC Radio 4 to say Trump’s administration was unlike anything he had seen before – and to warn that Washington may live to regret ceding global leadership to a more autocratic power.

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As Trump vents about covid, experts worry his moves could worsen next threat
Sun, 16 Feb 2025 14:17:34 +0000
The president, still angry about the pandemic response, may be cutting into the country’s fundamental ability to identify emerging diseases and head them off.
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As Musk reshapes the government, some ask: Where are the guardrails?
Sun, 16 Feb 2025 13:34:50 +0000
As Elon Musk upends the government, the White House has taken advantage of rules with weak enforcement and loopholes — or simply declared it can outweigh other laws.
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Trump wants to shut the Education Department. Is it sleight-of-hand?
Sun, 16 Feb 2025 10:00:00 +0000
Even if it’s shuttered, the programs and money may be moved to other agencies.
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Mass resignation marks a new kind of defiance in the second Trump era
Sat, 15 Feb 2025 19:05:51 +0000
The Trump team has rarely if ever faced such resistance from within the government, a move that may pave the way for further defiance.
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Scholz blasts Vance’s support for Germany’s far right
Sat, 15 Feb 2025 17:41:30 +0000
Some see the Trump administration actively promoting political extremism in the West.
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Tensions over Palestinians at heart of Trump’s Middle East gambit
Sat, 15 Feb 2025 17:07:37 +0000
Trump’s goals for the Middle East face a major test as Secretary of State Marco Rubio holds talks with leaders in Israel and Saudi Arabia.
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Ukraine rejects initial Trump request for half its mineral wealth
Sat, 15 Feb 2025 16:28:36 +0000
Ukraine is hoping to reach a deal on a counter-offer, but the opening proposal rippled through European diplomatic circles not only for its audacity but because the war-ravaged country appears ready to play ball.
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As federal workers and aid recipients reel, Trump’s team is unmoved
Sat, 15 Feb 2025 15:25:42 +0000
“They get the one starving kid in Sudan that isn’t going to have a USAID bottle and they make everything DOGE has done about the starving kid in Sudan,” a White House official said.
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For-Profit Companies Can’t Easily Replace NOAA’s Weather-Forecasting Prowess
Sat, 15 Feb 2025 13:00:00 +0000
Replicating the abilities of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s fleet of weather satellites would take time and a lot of money—and expose private companies to a large amount of risk.
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Arsenal accused of snub to DRC minister over ‘bloodstained’ Visit Rwanda deal
Sat, 15 Feb 2025 11:00:35 GMT

Exclusive: Foreign minister says she sought meeting with the north London Premier League club to discuss sponsorship by country accused of aiding armed rebels

Arsenal Football Club has been accused of delivering an “outrageous” snub to the Congolese government by not meeting the foreign minister to discuss its sponsorship deal with Rwanda.

Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner, foreign minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), who was in London this week to raise concerns over Rwanda’s support for the M23 militia, said she attempted to meet Arsenal officials to discuss the club’s Visit Rwanda sponsorship deal.

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Rwandan-backed M23 rebels enter Bukavu in eastern DRC
Sat, 15 Feb 2025 03:52:56 GMT

Rebels make rapid advance into capital of South Kivu province, less than a month after taking Goma

Rebels from the Rwandan-backed M23 group have entered Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, after a rapid advance south in recent days.

M23 fighters entered the city’s Kazingu and Bagira zone and late on Friday were advancing towards the centre of the city of about 1 million people. Gunfire rang out but the rebel forces encountered little resistance. Shops and businesses had long closed and frightened civilians fled.

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US Judge Extends Order to Block DOGE From Treasury Department Data
Fri, 14 Feb 2025 21:49:08 +0000
A lawyer for the Trump administration couldn’t say whether the data DOGE accessed had been shared outside the US Treasury Department.
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Elon Musk’s Man in the Treasury Is Still Holding Down His Day Job as Software CEO
Fri, 14 Feb 2025 16:56:26 +0000
An email sent to workers at the US Treasury Department’s Bureau of the Fiscal Service said DOGE’s Tom Krause is “currently” the CEO of the Cloud Software Group. Critics believe this could be a massive conflict of interest.
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US deports 119 immigrants of varying nationalities to Panama
Fri, 14 Feb 2025 16:09:25 GMT

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

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

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

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The DOGE Squad Is Squandering a Once-in-a-Lifetime Opportunity
Fri, 14 Feb 2025 15:00:00 +0000
Government tech experts say Elon Musk’s team could have seized the moment to make Washington work better.
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Confessions of a Gay Priest on Hookup Apps
Fri, 14 Feb 2025 11:00:00 +0000
Reverend Paul Anthony Daniels believes love is everywhere—even on Jack’d.
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The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics
Fri, 14 Feb 2025 05:00:00 EST
Every week political cartoonists throughout the country and across the political spectrum apply their ink-stained skills to capture the foibles, memes, hypocrisies and other head-slapping events in the world of politics. The fruits of these labors are hundreds of cartoons that entertain and enrage readers of all political stripes. Here's an offering of the best of this week's crop, picked fresh off the Toonosphere. Edited by Matt Wuerker.
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The Strategy Behind Trump’s Defiance of the Law
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 20:28:47 +0000
His violations follow an old playbook—trigger lawsuits, giving the Supreme Court a chance to declare statutes unconstitutional.
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DOGE’s Website Is Just One Big X Ad
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 18:13:12 +0000
The source code for the new Department of Government Efficiency’s “official US government website” points to X as its primary source of authority, while sharing links to the site sends users to x.com.
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How We’re Keeping Tabs on DOGE
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 17:21:26 +0000
On this special episode of Uncanny Valley, WIRED’s politics editor and global editorial director catch us up on Elon Musk’s involvement in the Trump administration.
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DOGE’s Race to the Bottom
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 17:11:08 +0000
Elon Musk’s takeover of US government agencies has happened at remarkable speeds. That’s the point.
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Surge in private school enrolments amid fears of ‘full blown flight’ from public system
Mon, 17 Feb 2025 09:21:58 GMT

Over five years to 2024, independent school enrolments surged by 18.5%, while Catholic school enrolments increased by 6.6% and public school enrolments rose by just 1%

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The number of students enrolling in private schools in Australia has soared over the past five years, raising fears of “full-blown flight” from public schools.

The number of students enrolled in Australia increased by 45,008 in 2024 compared with the year before. Of those, 5,419 went to government schools while 39,589 went to the private sector.

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Trial over alleged murder of Cassius Turvey hears of previous attack on another teenage boy
Mon, 17 Feb 2025 07:24:05 GMT

Teen witness tells court of separate attack by two defendants in the days before the Indigenous teen was killed

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A teenage boy was allegedly punched in the face, stabbed and stomped on before he was abducted by some of the men accused of murdering Cassius Turvey, a court has heard.

Cassius, a 15-year-old Noongar Yamatji boy, died in hospital 10 days after prosecutors say he was chased down, knocked to the ground and “deliberately struck to the head with a metal pole” in Perth’s eastern suburbs on 13 October 2022.

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Trump Is Bullying Jordan and Egypt to Help in Ethnic Cleansing of Gaza. It Isn’t Working.
Tue, 11 Feb 2025 23:14:46 +0000

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

The post Trump Is Bullying Jordan and Egypt to Help in Ethnic Cleansing of Gaza. It Isn’t Working. appeared first on The Intercept.

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qualifiers: 17.14 politics, 5.71 congress

The Far-Right Group Building a List of Pro-Palestine Activists to Deport
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 15:22:53 +0000

Betar U.S. said it has shared with the Trump administration a list of the “names of hundreds of terror supporters.”

The post The Far-Right Group Building a List of Pro-Palestine Activists to Deport appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 88 Score: 20.71 source: theintercept.com age: 10 days
qualifiers: 4.29 republican, 4.29 politics, 3.57 election, 2.86 federal government, 2.14 executive, 2.14 constitution, 1.43 congress

Protesters demonstrate outside Tesla showrooms in US
Mon, 17 Feb 2025 14:36:43 +0000
CEO Elon Musk the focus of outrage over indiscriminate Trump administration cuts in funding.
Match ID: 89 Score: 20.00 source: arstechnica.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 20.00 federal government

Why Are Dems Surprised?
Fri, 07 Feb 2025 11:00:00 +0000

Democrats struggle to counter Trump’s renewed agenda.

The post Why Are Dems Surprised? appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 90 Score: 19.29 source: theintercept.com age: 10 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics, 4.29 democrat, 3.57 election, 2.86 federal government, 2.14 executive, 2.14 constitution

A ‘great shock’: Julianne Moore’s children’s book under review by Trump administration
Mon, 17 Feb 2025 14:15:45 GMT

The actor’s book Freckleface Strawberry is on a list of library books suspended for a ‘compliance review’ after a presidential executive order

Julianne Moore has said it is a “great shock” to learn that one of her books had been “banned by the Trump Administration” from schools serving the children of US military personnel and civilian defence employees.

The Boogie Nights and Mary & George star wrote that she was “truly saddened” by the news in an Instagram post on Sunday.

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Match ID: 91 Score: 15.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 15.00 executive

The man with Elon Musk’s chip in his brain – podcast
Mon, 17 Feb 2025 03:00:23 GMT

When Noland Arbaugh was left paralysed he signed up for an implant created by Musk’s Neuralink company that would allow his mind to directly interact with computers. Jenny Kleeman reports

Noland Arbaugh was a 22-year-old student when an accident changed his life for ever. Swimming with a group of friends, he was hit in the head and blacked out. He was pulled from the water, and when he came round, it was clear the injury to his spinal cord meant he had lost all movement below his shoulders.

A committed Christian, Arbaugh has dealt with his changed circumstances with patience and good humour, the journalist Jenny Kleeman tells Helen Pidd. However, the opportunity came along to have an implant fitted into his brain that would allow him to directly interact with a computer. He jumped at the chance. The operation carried real risk, but he says the thought of being able to move things on a screen with his mind pushed him on.

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Match ID: 92 Score: 15.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 15.00 executive

Wife of Valor
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 11:00:00 +0000
Liana Finck illustrates a selection from the Old Testament, which she sang as a child.
Match ID: 93 Score: 14.29 source: www.newyorker.com age: 5 days
qualifiers: 14.29 election

What Happens if Trump Defies the Courts
Tue, 11 Feb 2025 23:48:05 +0000
Do judges have the power to enforce their rulings if the executive branch refuses to comply?
Match ID: 94 Score: 14.29 source: www.newyorker.com age: 5 days
qualifiers: 8.57 executive, 5.71 congress

Marco Rubio’s USAID “Humanitarian Waiver” Isn’t Helping Restart Lifesaving Programs
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 18:51:23 +0000

After plunging USAID and its network of contractors into chaos, communications breakdowns and bureaucratic snafus leave projects stalled.

The post Marco Rubio’s USAID “Humanitarian Waiver” Isn’t Helping Restart Lifesaving Programs appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 95 Score: 13.57 source: theintercept.com age: 10 days
qualifiers: 4.29 republican, 4.29 politics, 2.86 federal government, 2.14 executive

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

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

The post ICE Wants to Know If You’re Posting Negative Things About It Online appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 96 Score: 12.86 source: theintercept.com age: 6 days
qualifiers: 6.43 executive, 6.43 constitution

Unions sue to stop DOGE from accessing federal data
Mon, 10 Feb 2025 20:32:12 EST
The legal complaint marks yet another challenge to the sweeping access and authority granted to the so-called Department of Government Efficiency.
Match ID: 97 Score: 12.86 source: www.politico.com age: 6 days
qualifiers: 12.86 politics

Gaza Protester Who Interrupted Kendrick Lamar Super Bowl Halftime Show Speaks Out
Mon, 10 Feb 2025 19:16:22 +0000

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

The post Gaza Protester Who Interrupted Kendrick Lamar Super Bowl Halftime Show Speaks Out appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 98 Score: 12.86 source: theintercept.com age: 6 days
qualifiers: 12.86 politics

US Funding Cuts Are Helping Criminals Get Away With Child Abuse and Human Trafficking
Mon, 10 Feb 2025 17:47:24 +0000
Services supporting victims of online child exploitation and trafficking around the world have faced USAID and State Department cuts—and children are suffering as a result, sources tell WIRED.
Match ID: 99 Score: 12.86 source: www.wired.com age: 6 days
qualifiers: 12.86 politics

Trump ousted the top Democratic campaign finance regulator. She says it's illegal.
Fri, 07 Feb 2025 12:50:16 EST
Ellen Weintraub has served on the commission since 2002.
Match ID: 100 Score: 12.14 source: www.politico.com age: 9 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics, 4.29 democrat, 3.57 election

Top Democrats are staying out of the Trump outrage cycle this time
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 14:00:00 EST
Their approach to Trump this time is much quieter.
Match ID: 101 Score: 12.14 source: www.politico.com age: 21 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics, 4.29 democrat, 3.57 election

Elon Musk’s A.I.-Fuelled War on Human Agency
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 11:00:00 +0000
Musk seeks not only to dismantle the federal government but to install his own technological vision of the future at its heart—techno-fascism by chatbot.
Match ID: 102 Score: 11.43 source: www.newyorker.com age: 5 days
qualifiers: 11.43 federal government

How Democrats lost the DEI war
Sat, 08 Feb 2025 14:00:00 EST
Conservatives won the culture war by riding the backlash to Black Lives Matter protests.
Match ID: 103 Score: 10.71 source: www.politico.com age: 8 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics, 4.29 democrat, 2.14 conservatives

DOGE’s .gov site lampooned as coders quickly realize it can be edited by anyone
Fri, 14 Feb 2025 16:24:50 +0000
DOGE site is apparently not running on government servers.
Match ID: 104 Score: 10.00 source: arstechnica.com age: 2 days
qualifiers: 10.00 congress

AI-Generated Fake News Is Coming to an Election Near You
Mon, 22 Jan 2024 12:00:00 +0000
Targeted, AI-generated political misinformation is already out there—and humans are falling for it.
Match ID: 105 Score: 10.00 source: www.wired.com age: 392 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics, 3.57 election, 2.14 elections

Elon Musk presents a new vulnerability for Donald Trump
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 10:20:13 EST
The billionaire's strategy of moving fast and breaking things isn't going over so well with the public.
Match ID: 106 Score: 8.57 source: www.politico.com age: 10 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics, 4.29 democrat

Latino Voters Have Grown More Politically Divided. That’s Not Surprising.
2024-10-28T00:00:00Z
Demographics are not destiny in politics. Richard Calvo, Vincent Pons, and Jesse Shapiro explain how their latest research is playing out in the final stretch of the US presidential race.
Match ID: 107 Score: 8.57 source: hbswk.hbs.edu age: 112 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics, 4.29 democrat

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

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

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

Match ID: 108 Score: 7.86 source: theintercept.com age: 10 days
qualifiers: 4.29 republican, 2.14 executive, 1.43 congress

Trump’s Attacks on USAID Spark Fear That Lifesaving Care Will Become “Transactional”
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 21:54:46 +0000

If the State Department takes over USAID, experts fear foreign assistance will stop unless it has a perceived benefit for Trump.

The post Trump’s Attacks on USAID Spark Fear That Lifesaving Care Will Become “Transactional” appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 109 Score: 7.86 source: theintercept.com age: 10 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics, 2.14 executive, 1.43 congress

Chuck Todd, former ‘Meet the Press’ host, leaving NBC News
Fri, 31 Jan 2025 12:00:55 EST
The longtime journalist and anchor said that he planned on staying in media.
Match ID: 110 Score: 7.86 source: www.politico.com age: 16 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics, 3.57 election

Kamala Harris provides a big signal about her next move
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 16:25:08 EST
The new organization will be a vehicle to help her decide her next steps.
Match ID: 111 Score: 7.86 source: www.politico.com age: 24 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics, 3.57 election

A running list of Trump's planned executive orders, actions, proclamations and legislation
Tue, 21 Jan 2025 15:54:47 EST
Here’s a look at what Trump signed on Day One.
Match ID: 112 Score: 6.43 source: www.politico.com age: 26 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics, 2.14 executive

The Second Trump Administration Takes Aim at the Climate
Tue, 11 Feb 2025 11:00:00 +0000
More than thirty actions and executive orders either boost fossil-fuel production or cripple programs that might reduce fossil-fuel use.
Match ID: 113 Score: 6.43 source: www.newyorker.com age: 6 days
qualifiers: 6.43 executive

ACLU Warns DOGE’s ‘Unchecked’ Access Could Violate Federal Law
Fri, 07 Feb 2025 21:43:33 +0000
The ACLU says it stands ready to sue for access to government records that detail DOGE’s access to sensitive personnel data.
Match ID: 114 Score: 5.71 source: www.wired.com age: 9 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics, 1.43 congress

'I don't think they're going to get the battle that they want.' Inside Trump’s first clashes with Congress and the courts
Fri, 31 Jan 2025 05:00:15 EST
Trump is testing the limits of his power.
Match ID: 115 Score: 5.71 source: www.politico.com age: 17 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics, 1.43 congress

Trump's billionaire brigade poised to upend Washington: ‘We are in a post-conflicts-of-interest world’
Wed, 29 Jan 2025 11:24:33 EST
The new class of moguls surrounding President Donald Trump crave deregulation and fast-paced innovation, but they’ll need to get through Congress and a glacial bureaucracy.
Match ID: 116 Score: 5.71 source: www.politico.com age: 18 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics, 1.43 congress

Economists need new indicators of economic misery
Thu, 14 Nov 2024 10:40:55 +0000
Existing measures of discomfort are failing to predict elections
Match ID: 117 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 95 days
qualifiers: 3.57 election, 2.14 elections

Why investors are unwise to bet on elections
Thu, 25 Jul 2024 09:55:47 +0000
Turning a profit from political news is a lot harder than it looks
Match ID: 118 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 207 days
qualifiers: 3.57 election, 2.14 elections

Forensics Experts Challenged the FBI. So the FBI Tried to Censor Their Conference.
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 14:28:27 +0000

An FBI official urged the American Academy of Forensic Sciences to cancel a conference presentation titled “Taking on the FBI.”

The post Forensics Experts Challenged the FBI. So the FBI Tried to Censor Their Conference. appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 119 Score: 5.00 source: theintercept.com age: 11 days
qualifiers: 2.86 federal government, 2.14 executive

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

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

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

Match ID: 120 Score: 4.29 source: theintercept.com age: 9 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics

Trump cuts Biden access to security briefings as payback
Fri, 07 Feb 2025 19:14:23 EST
Biden cut off access to briefings for Trump in 2021.
Match ID: 121 Score: 4.29 source: www.politico.com age: 9 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics

Note to Our Readers
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 14:45:33 EST
POLITICO has been the subject of debate on X this week. Some of it has been misinformed, and some of it has been flat-out false. Let’s set the record straight.
Match ID: 122 Score: 4.29 source: www.politico.com age: 10 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics

Dems attack Elon Musk after DOGE gains access to sensitive data
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 12:46:29 EST

Match ID: 123 Score: 4.29 source: www.politico.com age: 10 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics

DOGE Teen Owns ‘Tesla.Sexy LLC’ and Worked at Startup That Has Hired Convicted Hackers
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 07:30:20 +0000
Experts question whether Edward Coristine, a DOGE staffer who has gone by “Big Balls” online, would pass the background check typically required for access to sensitive US government systems.
Match ID: 124 Score: 4.29 source: www.wired.com age: 11 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics

The Collapse of USAID Is Already Fueling Human Trafficking and Slavery at Scammer Compounds
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 17:33:53 +0000
The dismantling of USAID by Elon Musk's DOGE and a State Department funding freeze have severely disrupted efforts to help people escape forced labor camps run by criminal scammers.
Match ID: 125 Score: 4.29 source: www.wired.com age: 11 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics

Trump: “The U.S. Will Take Over the Gaza Strip”
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 02:02:32 +0000

Trump told reporters that he wants to expel “all” Palestinians from Gaza — not just during a period of reconstruction, but permanently.

The post Trump: “The U.S. Will Take Over the Gaza Strip” appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 126 Score: 4.29 source: theintercept.com age: 12 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics

February 2025
Tue, 04 Feb 2025 14:59:18 EST
Political cartoons from the desk of Matt Wuerker.
Match ID: 127 Score: 4.29 source: www.politico.com age: 12 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics

'Radical lunatics': Trump, Musk target USAID
Mon, 03 Feb 2025 14:22:45 EST

Match ID: 128 Score: 4.29 source: www.politico.com age: 13 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics

Elon Musk spoke privately with Todd Young, did not ask for guarantee on Tulsi Gabbard
Sun, 02 Feb 2025 15:47:16 EST
The conversation came the same day Musk targeted Young on X before deleting the post.
Match ID: 129 Score: 4.29 source: www.politico.com age: 14 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics

LA Times accused by writer of ‘distorting’ an op-ed – in a way that aligns with owner's pro-RFK views
Fri, 31 Jan 2025 15:58:30 EST
The paper’s billionaire owner, Patrick Soon-Shiong, has vocally called for Kennedy to be confirmed.
Match ID: 130 Score: 4.29 source: www.politico.com age: 16 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics

Lobbying firms tied to Trump report wave of new clients
Wed, 29 Jan 2025 13:16:50 EST
On K Street, firms linked to a new administration often see their fortunes rise. One of the biggest winners this cycle: Ballard Partners.
Match ID: 131 Score: 4.29 source: www.politico.com age: 18 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics

The Trial at the Tip of the Terrorgram Iceberg
Wed, 29 Jan 2025 12:00:00 +0000
Atomwaffen Division cofounder and alleged Terrorgram Collective member Brandon Russell is facing a potential 20-year sentence for an alleged plot on a Baltimore electrical station. His case is only the beginning.
Match ID: 132 Score: 4.29 source: www.wired.com age: 19 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics

Will Trump’s billionaire brigade run America like a tech startup?
Tue, 28 Jan 2025 14:27:08 EST

Match ID: 133 Score: 4.29 source: www.politico.com age: 19 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics

Jim Acosta, prominent Trump critic, leaves CNN
Tue, 28 Jan 2025 13:31:43 EST
Trump called him “a major sleazebag.” Acosta said the press must “hold power to account.”
Match ID: 134 Score: 4.29 source: www.politico.com age: 19 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics

Trump plan to upend civil service advances under new name
Mon, 27 Jan 2025 19:03:23 EST
New guidance gives federal agencies 90 days to do a preliminary review of jobs that are "policy-determining, policy-making, or policy-advocating."
Match ID: 135 Score: 4.29 source: www.politico.com age: 20 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics

One week out of Washington, Doug Emhoff returns to legal career
Mon, 27 Jan 2025 12:00:44 EST
Former Vice President Kamala Harris’ husband was announced as partner at the global law firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher.
Match ID: 136 Score: 4.29 source: www.politico.com age: 20 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics

‘I am terrified’: Workers describe the dark mood inside federal agencies
Sat, 25 Jan 2025 16:00:00 EST
“I would love to leave, but I don't know where I'd go," said one staffer.
Match ID: 137 Score: 4.29 source: www.politico.com age: 22 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics

Jules Feiffer, Pulitzer-winning cartoonist and writer known for lacerating wit, dies at 95
Wed, 22 Jan 2025 00:15:00 EST
“It’s hard to remember what hypocrisy looked like before Jules Feiffer sketched it,” Todd Gitlin opined in 1987.
Match ID: 138 Score: 4.29 source: www.politico.com age: 26 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics

Hong Kong’s property slump may be terminal
Thu, 28 Nov 2024 11:05:20 +0000
Demographics and geopolitics will make a recovery harder
Match ID: 139 Score: 4.29 source: www.economist.com age: 81 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics

Betting markets are useful when politics is chaotic
Thu, 11 Jul 2024 09:36:12 +0000
Why, then, are they largely outlawed in America?
Match ID: 140 Score: 4.29 source: www.economist.com age: 221 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics

How American politics has infected investing
Sun, 21 Apr 2024 15:41:46 +0000
Beware: taking a stand can be expensive
Match ID: 141 Score: 4.29 source: www.economist.com age: 301 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics

A Dangerous New Home for Online Extremism
Wed, 24 Jan 2024 12:00:00 +0000
Decentralized Autonomous Organizations, or DAOs, offer independently-minded internet users a safe haven—but it’s also a boon to those with a darker purpose.
Match ID: 142 Score: 4.29 source: www.wired.com age: 390 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics

Regulators Are Finally Catching Up With Big Tech
Fri, 12 Jan 2024 12:00:00 +0000
The lawless, Wild West era of AI and technology is almost at an end, as data protection authorities use new and existing legislation to get tough.
Match ID: 143 Score: 4.29 source: www.wired.com age: 402 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics

LimeWire AI Studio Review 2023: Details, Pricing & Features
Tue, 12 Dec 2023 16:10:00 +0000

 

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

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

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

Introduction

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

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

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

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

LimeWire AI Studio

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

AI Image Generation Tools

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

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

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

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

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

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Automatically Mint Your Content As NFTs

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

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

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

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

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

Earn Revenue From Your Content

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

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

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

LMWR Tokens

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

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

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

Pricing Plans

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

• Basic plan: 

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

• Advanced plan: 

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

• Pro plan: 

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

• Pro Plus plan: 

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

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

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Conclusion

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

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

For those eager to explore, LimeWire's AI tools are readily accessible for free, providing an opportunity to experiment and delve into the world of generative art. As LimeWire continues to evolve, creators are encouraged to stay tuned for the launch of its forthcoming AI music and video generation tools, promising a future brimming with creative potential and endless artistic exploration

Match ID: 144 Score: 4.29 source: techncruncher.blogspot.com age: 432 days
qualifiers: 4.29 democrat

Why everyone wants to lend to weak companies
Thu, 28 Nov 2024 10:58:45 +0000
An unanticipated side-effect of Donald Trump’s election victory
Match ID: 145 Score: 3.57 source: www.economist.com age: 81 days
qualifiers: 3.57 election

America’s glorious economy should help Kamala Harris
Sun, 27 Oct 2024 15:11:58 +0000
Voters are starting to notice the good news just in time for the election
Match ID: 146 Score: 3.57 source: www.economist.com age: 112 days
qualifiers: 3.57 election

Canva Review 2022: Details, Pricing & Features
Sun, 20 Feb 2022 12:02:00 +0000

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

Canva has a web version and also a mobile app

What is Canva?

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

Who is Canva best suited for?

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

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

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

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

Free vs Pro vs Enterprise Pricing plan

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

Free plan Features

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

Pro Plan Features 

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

Enterprise Plan Features

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

How to Use Canva?

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

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

Canva Sign Up

Designing with Canva

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

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

Templates

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

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

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

Elements

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

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

Photos

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

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

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

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

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

Text

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

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

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

Audio

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

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

Video

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

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

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

Backgrounds

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

Styles

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

Logos

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

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

Publishing with Canva

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

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

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

Canva Team

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

Canva Print

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

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

Canva Apps

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

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

Canva Pros and Cons

Pros:

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

Cons:

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

Conclusion

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

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What Wartime Service Taught These Historic Leaders
2024-11-08T00:00:00Z
What can corporate leaders learn from executives who served their country during wartime conflicts? Drawing on a series of case studies, Robert Simons shares important lessons from the experiences of Walt Disney, Dwight Eisenhower, and Robert McNamara.
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NASA Kicks off Testing Campaign for Remotely Piloted Cargo Flights
Tue, 07 Jan 2025 17:21:00 +0000
NASA recently began a series of flight tests with partners to answer an important aviation question: What will it take to integrate remotely piloted or autonomous planes carrying large packages and cargo safely into the U.S. airspace? Researchers tested new technologies in Hollister, California, that are helping to investigate what tools and capabilities are needed […]
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The Columbia Network Pushing Behind the Scenes to Deport and Arrest Student Protesters
Sat, 15 Feb 2025 09:00:00 +0000

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

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The Far-Right Group Building a List of Pro-Palestine Activists to Deport
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 15:22:53 +0000

Betar U.S. said it has shared with the Trump administration a list of the “names of hundreds of terror supporters.”

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Family of British couple detained in Iran seek their return
Mon, 17 Feb 2025 08:19:36 +0000
Lindsay and Craig Foreman, both in their 50s, were traveling the world by motorcycle. Iranian state media said two Britons were accused of “security crimes.”
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Thrill-seeking made me feel alive – until the day I hurtled down a volcano on a mountain bike | Gary Nunn
Mon, 17 Feb 2025 08:00:29 GMT

My bungee-jumping and skydiving days are over because I can’t shake the visceral memory of learning that I’m not invincible

I’d just completed the spectacular four-day Inca Trail hike to Machu Picchu and, drunk on nature, was feeling dangerously invincible. Fresh Peruvian air still rejuvenated my lungs and the brain fog induced by my daily smartphone addiction hadn’t yet crept back in.

The disastrous events that followed began once I turned my phone back on. Responding to a Twitter solicitation for Peru recommendations, a man I’d never met posted: “Go mountain biking down a volcano in Arequipa!”

Gary Nunn is a freelance journalist and author

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Falling for Alassio – the rebirth of an Italian resort
Mon, 17 Feb 2025 07:00:28 GMT

The former fishing village on the Ligurian coast was once a favourite with the wealthy British set. Now instead of tennis and tea parties, it offers scenic treks and seafood feasts in glorious spring sunshine

‘Why don’t the inglesi come here any more?” The question was asked by a customer at Caffè Roma in the seaside town of Alassio, whose pre-second world war British population could reach 5,000.

There are several reasons, I think. From the late 19th century, wealthy Britons would arrive in October to escape the winter cold, stay until May, and then head home before the torrid Italian summer. These days, British people with that kind of wealth probably winter between Zermatt and the Caribbean. But neither has Alassio great appeal to more ordinary Britons wanting a summer holiday: August temperatures can hit the high 30s, crowds and prices surge and, as in so many Italian resorts, the sands are taken over by beach concessions from Easter to September.

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U.S. and Russian officials to discuss how to end Ukraine war
Sun, 16 Feb 2025 23:18:02 +0000
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, national security adviser Michael Waltz and Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff are expected to travel to Riyadh for early-stage talks.
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Loving the British Museum, pots and all | Letters
Sun, 16 Feb 2025 17:11:51 GMT

Readers respond to Adrian Chiles’s experience of the institution’s treasures

I would guess that Adrian Chiles is no fan of The Great Pottery Throw Down, currently on Channel 4 (At 57, I went to the British Museum for the first time – and it left me rather cold, 12 February). Not only is he missing out on a lovely creative piece of television, but he is failing to recognise that pots, jugs, vessels, dishes and containers of all shapes and sizes have played a vital part in the development of civilisation over the ages.

Pots for carrying, storing and dispensing water, wine, oil, foodstuff and human waste are important historical markers of human ingenuity and skill that we should not dismiss. While the use of terracotta, ceramics, bone china etc for functional items in our lives has been usurped by plastic and metal, the artistic merits of pots and their intricate illustrations is something to be celebrated. Maybe Mr Chiles needs to sign up for a pottery class.
Jan Ross
Silverton, Devon

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

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

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

This ceremony, in which millions of pilgrims seek to cleanse their sins to break the cycle of reincarnation has been taking place at the Kumbh Mela festival for centuries. It is mandatory for thousands of sadhus – Hindu holy men who live an austere life of strict spiritual discipline. Among the most sacred events in the Hindu calendar, the festival occurs every 12 years across four sacred locations in India where it is believed the Hindu god Vishnu once spilled drops of the nectar of immortality.

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

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

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

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

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NASA Sets Coverage of Firefly’s First Robotic Commercial Moon Landing
Fri, 14 Feb 2025 19:01:19 +0000
With a suite of NASA science and technology on board, Firefly Aerospace is targeting no earlier than 3:45 a.m. EST on Sunday, March 2, to land the Blue Ghost lunar lander on the Moon. Blue Ghost is slated to touch down near Mare Crisium, a plain in the northeast quadrant on the near side of […]
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Trump’s EPA Kills Grant to Climate Nonprofit Over Its Support for Palestine
Fri, 14 Feb 2025 16:31:52 +0000

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Elon Musk’s efficiency department pushes to access taxpayer data from IRS, says report - US politics live
Mon, 17 Feb 2025 14:49:11 GMT

The Washington Post reports ‘Doge’ is requesting access to the system that contains the personal financial records of millions of Americans

A US judge has scheduled a rare holiday court hearing on Monday, in a case brought by Democratic state attorneys general seeking to protect major federal agencies from Elon Musk’s Doge team.

US district judge Tanya Chutkan in Washington DC on Sunday called the hearing for Monday, the Presidents Day holiday when federal courts are closed.

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Trump under fire for likening himself to Napoleon amid attacks on judges
Sun, 16 Feb 2025 18:52:15 GMT

President posted ‘he who saves his country does not violate any laws’ quote attributed to French emperor

Critics rounded on Donald Trump on Sunday for likening himself to Napoleon in a “dictatorial” social media post echoing the French emperor’s assertion that “he who saves his country does not violate any laws”.

The post came at the end of another tumultuous week early in Trump’s second presidency, during which acolytes questioned the legitimacy of judges making a succession of rulings to stall his administration’s aggressive seizure or dismantling of federal institutions and budgets.

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

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

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US Judge Extends Order to Block DOGE From Treasury Department Data
Fri, 14 Feb 2025 21:49:08 +0000
A lawyer for the Trump administration couldn’t say whether the data DOGE accessed had been shared outside the US Treasury Department.
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Man offers to buy city dump in last-ditch effort to recover $800M in bitcoins
Fri, 14 Feb 2025 19:31:03 +0000
Bid from man tortured by trashed bitcoins seems unlikely to sway city council.
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What Happens if Trump Defies the Courts
Tue, 11 Feb 2025 23:48:05 +0000
Do judges have the power to enforce their rulings if the executive branch refuses to comply?
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‘This is a coup’: Trump and Musk’s purge is cutting more than costs, say experts
Mon, 17 Feb 2025 11:00:37 GMT

In slashing staff and disabling entire agencies the administration is lacerating the structures of US democracy

Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s radical drive to slash billions of dollars in annual federal spending with huge job and regulatory cuts is spurring charges that they have made illegal moves while undercutting congressional and judicial powers, say legal experts, Democrats and state attorneys general.

Trump’s fusillade of executive orders expanding his powers in some extreme ways in his cost-cutting fervor, coupled with unprecedented drives by the Musk-led so-called “department of government efficiency” (Doge) to slash many agency workforces and regulations, have created chaos across the US government and raised fears of a threat to US democracy.

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

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

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

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DOGE’s .gov site lampooned as coders quickly realize it can be edited by anyone
Fri, 14 Feb 2025 16:24:50 +0000
DOGE site is apparently not running on government servers.
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AI and Civil Service Purges
2025-02-14T13:03:22Z

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Trump Is Bullying Jordan and Egypt to Help in Ethnic Cleansing of Gaza. It Isn’t Working.
Tue, 11 Feb 2025 23:14:46 +0000

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

The post Trump Is Bullying Jordan and Egypt to Help in Ethnic Cleansing of Gaza. It Isn’t Working. appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 16 Score: 5.71 source: theintercept.com age: 5 days
qualifiers: 5.71 congress

UK Is Ordering Apple to Break Its Own Encryption
2025-02-08T15:56:32Z

The Washington Post is reporting that the UK government has served Apple with a “technical capability notice” as defined by the 2016 Investigatory Powers Act, requiring it to break the Advanced Data Protection encryption in iCloud for the benefit of law enforcement.

This is a big deal, and something we in the security community have worried was coming for a while now.

The law, known by critics as the Snoopers’ Charter, makes it a criminal offense to reveal that the government has even made such a demand. An Apple spokesman declined to comment...

Match ID: 17 Score: 2.14 source: www.schneier.com age: 8 days
qualifiers: 2.14 judge

ACLU Warns DOGE’s ‘Unchecked’ Access Could Violate Federal Law
Fri, 07 Feb 2025 21:43:33 +0000
The ACLU says it stands ready to sue for access to government records that detail DOGE’s access to sensitive personnel data.
Match ID: 18 Score: 1.43 source: www.wired.com age: 9 days
qualifiers: 1.43 congress

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

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

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

Match ID: 19 Score: 1.43 source: theintercept.com age: 10 days
qualifiers: 1.43 congress

Trump’s Attacks on USAID Spark Fear That Lifesaving Care Will Become “Transactional”
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 21:54:46 +0000

If the State Department takes over USAID, experts fear foreign assistance will stop unless it has a perceived benefit for Trump.

The post Trump’s Attacks on USAID Spark Fear That Lifesaving Care Will Become “Transactional” appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 20 Score: 1.43 source: theintercept.com age: 10 days
qualifiers: 1.43 congress

The Far-Right Group Building a List of Pro-Palestine Activists to Deport
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 15:22:53 +0000

Betar U.S. said it has shared with the Trump administration a list of the “names of hundreds of terror supporters.”

The post The Far-Right Group Building a List of Pro-Palestine Activists to Deport appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 21 Score: 1.43 source: theintercept.com age: 10 days
qualifiers: 1.43 congress

'I don't think they're going to get the battle that they want.' Inside Trump’s first clashes with Congress and the courts
Fri, 31 Jan 2025 05:00:15 EST
Trump is testing the limits of his power.
Match ID: 22 Score: 1.43 source: www.politico.com age: 17 days
qualifiers: 1.43 congress

Trump's billionaire brigade poised to upend Washington: ‘We are in a post-conflicts-of-interest world’
Wed, 29 Jan 2025 11:24:33 EST
The new class of moguls surrounding President Donald Trump crave deregulation and fast-paced innovation, but they’ll need to get through Congress and a glacial bureaucracy.
Match ID: 23 Score: 1.43 source: www.politico.com age: 18 days
qualifiers: 1.43 congress

NASA Kicks off Testing Campaign for Remotely Piloted Cargo Flights
Tue, 07 Jan 2025 17:21:00 +0000
NASA recently began a series of flight tests with partners to answer an important aviation question: What will it take to integrate remotely piloted or autonomous planes carrying large packages and cargo safely into the U.S. airspace? Researchers tested new technologies in Hollister, California, that are helping to investigate what tools and capabilities are needed […]
Match ID: 24 Score: 1.43 source: www.nasa.gov age: 40 days
qualifiers: 1.43 congress

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NASA Tests Drones to Provide Micrometeorology, Aid in Fire Response
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 22:01:05 +0000
In Aug. 2024, a team of NASA researchers and partners gathered in Missoula, Montana to test new drone-based technology for localized forecasting, or micrometeorology. Researchers attached wind sensors to a drone, NASA’s Alta X quadcopter, aiming to provide precise and sustainable meteorological data to help predict fire behavior. Wildfires are increasing in number and severity […]
Match ID: 0 Score: 25.71 source: www.nasa.gov age: 3 days
qualifiers: 12.86 climate change, 12.86 carbon

Reintroducing wolves to Highlands could help native woodlands, says study
Mon, 17 Feb 2025 08:51:55 GMT

Researchers say the animals could keep red deer numbers under control, leading to storage of 1m tonnes of CO₂

Reintroducing wolves in the Scottish Highlands could lead to an expansion of native woodland, which could take in and store 1m tonnes of carbon dioxide a year, researchers have suggested.

A study led by researchers at the University of Leeds said that reintroducing the species into the Cairngorms, as well as the south-west, north-west and central Highlands could help curb the problem of red deer eating tree saplings, which stops natural woodland regeneration.

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Match ID: 1 Score: 15.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 15.00 carbon

Sols 4454-4457: Getting Ready to Fill the Long Weekend with Science
Mon, 17 Feb 2025 07:33:26 +0000
Earth planning date: Friday, Feb. 14, 2025 Curiosity is continuing to make progress along the strategic route, traversing laterally across the sulfate (salt) bearing unit toward the boxwork structures. The team celebrated the completion of another successful drive when we received the downlink this morning, and then we immediately got to work thinking about what’s […]
Match ID: 2 Score: 15.00 source: science.nasa.gov age: 0 days
qualifiers: 15.00 carbon

Brazil asks UN to ditch proposed levy on global shipping
Mon, 17 Feb 2025 06:00:28 GMT

Those supporting the deal hope it will raise billions to help poor countries deal with climate breakdown

Brazil has asked the UN to throw out plans for a new levy on global shipping that would raise funds to fight the climate crisis, despite playing host to the next UN climate summit.

The proposed levy on carbon dioxide emissions from shipping will be discussed at a crunch meeting of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) that begins on Monday. Those supporting the deal, including the UK, the EU and Japan, are hoping the levy will raise billions of dollars a year, which could be used to help poor countries cope with the effects of climate breakdown.

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

How Trump's 'drill, baby, drill' pledge is affecting other countries
Mon, 17 Feb 2025 03:04:23 GMT
Some major carbon-emitting countries are hinting they may follow suit as the US opts to ramp up fossil fuels.
Match ID: 4 Score: 15.00 source: www.bbc.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 15.00 carbon

NASA Inspires High School Engineering Club
Fri, 14 Feb 2025 20:47:12 +0000
A group of enthusiastic high school students recently visited NASA to learn about facilities and capabilities that enable the agency’s researchers to explore, innovate, and inspire for the benefit of humanity. Engineering club students from Palmdale High School in California were able to connect classroom lessons to real-world applications, sparking curiosity and ambition while at […]
Match ID: 5 Score: 15.00 source: www.nasa.gov age: 2 days
qualifiers: 15.00 carbon

Man offers to buy city dump in last-ditch effort to recover $800M in bitcoins
Fri, 14 Feb 2025 19:31:03 +0000
Bid from man tortured by trashed bitcoins seems unlikely to sway city council.
Match ID: 6 Score: 15.00 source: arstechnica.com age: 2 days
qualifiers: 15.00 climate change

Summary of the 10th DSCOVR EPIC and NISTAR Science Team Meeting
Fri, 14 Feb 2025 19:10:31 +0000
Introduction The 10th 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 October 16–18, 2024. Over 50 scientists attended, most of whom were from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), with several participating from other NASA centers, U.S. universities, and U.S. Department of […]
Match ID: 7 Score: 15.00 source: science.nasa.gov age: 2 days
qualifiers: 15.00 carbon

NASA Sets Coverage of Firefly’s First Robotic Commercial Moon Landing
Fri, 14 Feb 2025 19:01:19 +0000
With a suite of NASA science and technology on board, Firefly Aerospace is targeting no earlier than 3:45 a.m. EST on Sunday, March 2, to land the Blue Ghost lunar lander on the Moon. Blue Ghost is slated to touch down near Mare Crisium, a plain in the northeast quadrant on the near side of […]
Match ID: 8 Score: 15.00 source: www.nasa.gov age: 2 days
qualifiers: 15.00 carbon

An Afternoon of Family Science and Rocket Exploration in Alaska
Fri, 14 Feb 2025 18:43:51 +0000
On Tuesday, January 28th, Fairbanks BEST Homeschool joined the Geophysical Institute for an afternoon of rocket exploration, hands-on activities, and stargazing inside a planetarium. This event was free and open to the public. Despite their frigid winter weather, 200 attendees were curious about the scientific endeavors of Alaska-based researchers alongside cutting-edge investigations conducted by NASA […]
Match ID: 9 Score: 15.00 source: science.nasa.gov age: 2 days
qualifiers: 15.00 carbon

AI used to design a multi-step enzyme that can digest some plastics
Fri, 14 Feb 2025 16:47:33 +0000
Enzyme mechanisms can be complex, and getting them to work is tricky.
Match ID: 10 Score: 15.00 source: arstechnica.com age: 2 days
qualifiers: 15.00 carbon

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

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

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

Match ID: 11 Score: 15.00 source: theintercept.com age: 2 days
qualifiers: 15.00 climate change

Hubble Captures a Cosmic Cloudscape
Fri, 14 Feb 2025 12:00:00 +0000
The universe is a dusty place, as this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image featuring swirling clouds of gas and dust near the Tarantula Nebula reveals. Located in the Large Magellanic Cloud about 160,000 light-years away in the constellations Dorado and Mensa, the Tarantula Nebula is the most productive star-forming region in the nearby universe, home […]
Match ID: 12 Score: 12.86 source: science.nasa.gov age: 3 days
qualifiers: 12.86 carbon

Elon Musk’s Toxicity Could Spell Disaster for Tesla
Fri, 14 Feb 2025 10:22:21 +0000
Staggering sales drops, swastika-daubed EVs, companies culling fleet models, and fan-forum owners selling their cars—Elon Musk's alt-right antics are seriously impacting his electric car business.
Match ID: 13 Score: 12.86 source: www.wired.com age: 3 days
qualifiers: 12.86 toxic

Sols 4452-4453: Keeping Warm and Keeping Busy
Fri, 14 Feb 2025 07:34:40 +0000
Earth planning date: Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025 I woke up this morning to my weather app telling me it felt like minus 15° C (5°F) outside. On days like this, it can take me a little longer to get myself up and out into the world. Curiosity has a similar problem — as we head […]
Match ID: 14 Score: 12.86 source: science.nasa.gov age: 3 days
qualifiers: 12.86 carbon

“The Last of the Nightingales” Tells the Story of How Soundscapes Change After a Fire
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 11:00:00 +0000
Masha Karpoukhina’s documentary follows a soundscape ecologist who lost everything in a California wildfire.
Match ID: 15 Score: 8.57 source: www.newyorker.com age: 5 days
qualifiers: 8.57 climate change

NASA’s X-59 Turns Up Power, Throttles Through Engine Tests
Tue, 11 Feb 2025 20:36:14 +0000
NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft took another successful step toward flight with the conclusion of a series of engine performance tests. In preparation for the X-59’s planned first flight this year, NASA and Lockheed Martin successfully completed the aircraft’s engine run tests in January. The engine, a modified F414-GE-100 that powers the aircraft’s flight […]
Match ID: 16 Score: 8.57 source: www.nasa.gov age: 5 days
qualifiers: 8.57 carbon

NASA Supports GoAERO University Awardees for Emergency Aircraft Prototyping
Tue, 11 Feb 2025 14:54:43 +0000
With support from NASA, the international GoAERO Prize competition recently announced funding for 14 U.S. university teams to build innovative new compact emergency response aircraft.  The teams will develop prototype versions of Emergency Response Flyers, aircraft intended to perform rescue and response missions after disasters and in crisis situations. The flyers must be designed to […]
Match ID: 17 Score: 6.43 source: www.nasa.gov age: 6 days
qualifiers: 6.43 carbon

The Second Trump Administration Takes Aim at the Climate
Tue, 11 Feb 2025 11:00:00 +0000
More than thirty actions and executive orders either boost fossil-fuel production or cripple programs that might reduce fossil-fuel use.
Match ID: 18 Score: 6.43 source: www.newyorker.com age: 6 days
qualifiers: 6.43 climate change

NASA Kicks off Testing Campaign for Remotely Piloted Cargo Flights
Tue, 07 Jan 2025 17:21:00 +0000
NASA recently began a series of flight tests with partners to answer an important aviation question: What will it take to integrate remotely piloted or autonomous planes carrying large packages and cargo safely into the U.S. airspace? Researchers tested new technologies in Hollister, California, that are helping to investigate what tools and capabilities are needed […]
Match ID: 19 Score: 4.29 source: www.nasa.gov age: 40 days
qualifiers: 2.14 climate change, 2.14 carbon

£22bn for 'unproven' green tech could raise bills, MPs warn
Fri, 07 Feb 2025 08:43:23 GMT
The Public Accounts Committee warns the government of gambling public money on carbon capture.
Match ID: 20 Score: 2.14 source: www.bbc.com age: 10 days
qualifiers: 2.14 carbon

Wind Over Its Wing: NASA’s X-66 Model Tests Airflow
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 21:00:00 +0000
NASA’s Sustainable Flight Demonstrator (SFD) project recently concluded wind tunnel tests of its X-66 semi-span model in partnership with Boeing. The model, designed to represent half the aircraft, allows the research team to generate high-quality data about the aerodynamic forces that would affect the actual X-66. Test results will help researchers identify areas where they […]
Match ID: 21 Score: 2.14 source: www.nasa.gov age: 11 days
qualifiers: 2.14 carbon

NASA Flight Tests Wildland Fire Tech Ahead of Demo
Fri, 31 Jan 2025 18:26:46 +0000
NASA is collaborating with the wildland fire community to provide tools for some of the most challenging aspects of firefighting – particularly aerial nighttime operations.   In the future, agencies could more efficiently use drones, both remotely piloted and fully autonomous, to help fight wildfires. NASA recently tested technologies with teams across the country that will […]
Match ID: 22 Score: 2.14 source: www.nasa.gov age: 16 days
qualifiers: 2.14 carbon

No targets for aviation or farming in UK climate plan
Thu, 30 Jan 2025 20:02:23 GMT
The UK has set an ambitious goal to radically reduce carbon emissions by 2035.
Match ID: 23 Score: 2.14 source: www.bbc.com age: 17 days
qualifiers: 2.14 carbon

Climate change made LA fires worse, scientists say
Tue, 28 Jan 2025 22:11:56 GMT
Scientists say the fires that engulfed Los Angeles were made 35% more likely due to climate warming.
Match ID: 24 Score: 2.14 source: www.bbc.com age: 19 days
qualifiers: 2.14 climate change

NASA Tests Air Traffic Surveillance Technology Using Its Pilatus PC-12 Aircraft
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 15:58:48 +0000
As air taxis, drones, and other innovative aircraft enter U.S. airspace, systems that communicate an aircraft’s location will be critical to ensure air traffic safety. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) requires aircraft to communicate their locations to other aircraft and air traffic control in real time using an Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) system. NASA is […]
Match ID: 25 Score: 2.14 source: www.nasa.gov age: 24 days
qualifiers: 2.14 carbon

The Arctic: climate change’s great economic opportunity
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 10:41:08 +0000
An enormous prize is on offer. When might it be grasped?
Match ID: 26 Score: 2.14 source: www.economist.com age: 25 days
qualifiers: 2.14 climate change

NASA Scientists, Engineers Receive Presidential Early Career Awards
Fri, 17 Jan 2025 20:25:23 +0000
President Biden has named 19 researchers who contribute to NASA’s mission as recipients of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). These recipients are among nearly 400 federally funded researchers receiving the honor.   Established in 1996 by the National Science and Technology Council, the PECASE Award is the highest honor given by […]
Match ID: 27 Score: 2.14 source: www.nasa.gov age: 30 days
qualifiers: 2.14 carbon

ARMD Solicitations
Thu, 16 Jan 2025 20:00:00 +0000
This ARMD solicitations page compiles the opportunities to collaborate with NASA’s aeronautical innovators and/or contribute to their research to enable new and improved air transportation systems. A summary of available opportunities with key dates requiring action are listed first. More information about each opportunity is detailed lower on this page. University Student Research ChallengeProposals for […]
Match ID: 28 Score: 2.14 source: www.nasa.gov age: 31 days
qualifiers: 2.14 carbon

NASA Small Business Funding Enables Aircraft Inspection by Drone
Mon, 13 Jan 2025 15:50:52 +0000
A small business called Near Earth Autonomy developed a time-saving solution using drones for pre-flight checks of commercial airliners through a NASA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program and a partnership with The Boeing Company. Before commercial airliners are deemed safe to fly before each trip, a pre-flight inspection must be completed. This process can […]
Match ID: 29 Score: 2.14 source: www.nasa.gov age: 34 days
qualifiers: 2.14 carbon

ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/23/2024
Tue, 23 Jul 2024 16:00:01 +0000
Boeing CST-100 Crewed Flight Test (CFT): The CFT crew assisted the ISS crew by performing payload activities. They completed the ArgUS 1-1 sub-payloads installation and several Thor-Davis sessions. Payloads: ArgUS 1-1: The ArgUS 1-1 sub-payloads were installed onto the ArgUS Multi Payload Platform and stowed in the NanoRacks Airlock (NRAL). More information about this investigation …
Match ID: 30 Score: 2.14 source: www.nasa.gov age: 208 days
qualifiers: 2.14 carbon

ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/15/2024
Mon, 15 Jul 2024 16:00:09 +0000
Boeing CST-100 Crewed Flight Test (CFT): Today, the CFT crew assisted the ISS crew by performing a USOS food audit and continuing to complete different payload activities. Payloads: Combustion Integrated Rack (CIR): Fuel Oxidizer Management Assembly (FOMA) Calibration was performed. The upper rack doors were opened, the bottle valves were closed, the pressure in the …
Match ID: 31 Score: 2.14 source: www.nasa.gov age: 216 days
qualifiers: 2.14 carbon

Greener Is Getting Going
Wed, 19 Jun 2024 15:00:00 +0000
We’ve reached a tipping point where we’ve got a cleaner alternative for most transport. Now we have to commit.
Match ID: 32 Score: 2.14 source: www.wired.com age: 243 days
qualifiers: 2.14 climate change

Why any estimate of the cost of climate change will be flawed
Thu, 30 May 2024 09:51:10 +0000
Temperature fluctuations are unpredictable. Humans are even more so
Match ID: 33 Score: 2.14 source: www.economist.com age: 263 days
qualifiers: 2.14 climate change

A New Way to See Your Climate Anxiety
Mon, 22 Jan 2024 12:00:00 +0000
The climate crisis has become a mental health crisis. But eco-anxiety isn’t necessarily a pathology.
Match ID: 34 Score: 2.14 source: www.wired.com age: 392 days
qualifiers: 2.14 climate change

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: 35 Score: 2.14 source: www.wired.com age: 397 days
qualifiers: 2.14 carbon

Ahrefs vs SEMrush: Which SEO Tool Should You Use?
Tue, 01 Mar 2022 12:16:00 +0000

SEMrush and Ahrefs are among the most popular tools in the SEO industry. Both companies have been in business for years and have thousands of customers per month.

If you're a professional SEO or trying to do digital marketing on your own, at some point you'll likely consider using a tool to help with your efforts. Ahrefs and SEMrush are two names that will likely appear on your shortlist.

In this guide, I'm going to help you learn more about these SEO tools and how to choose the one that's best for your purposes.

What is SEMrush?

SEMrush is a popular SEO tool with a wide range of features—it's the leading competitor research service for online marketers. SEMrush's SEO Keyword Magic tool offers over 20 billion Google-approved keywords, which are constantly updated and it's the largest keyword database.

The program was developed in 2007 as SeoQuake is a small Firefox extension

Features

• Most accurate keyword data: Accurate keyword search volume data is crucial for SEO and PPC campaigns by allowing you to identify what keywords are most likely to bring in big sales from ad clicks. SEMrush constantly updates its databases and provides the most accurate data.
• Largest Keyword database: SEMrush's Keyword Magic Tool now features 20-billion keywords, providing marketers and SEO professionals the largest database of keywords.


• All SEMrush users receive daily ranking data, mobile volume information, and the option to buy additional keywords by default with no additional payment or add-ons needed
• Most accurate position tracking tool: This tool provides all subscribers with basic tracking capabilities, making it suitable for SEO professionals. Plus, the Position Tracking tool provides local-level data to everyone who uses the tool.
• SEO Data Management: SEMrush makes managing your online data easy by allowing you to create visually appealing custom PDF reports, including Branded and White Label reports, report scheduling, and integration with GA, GMB, and GSC.
• Toxic link monitoring and penalty recovery: With SEMrush, you can make a detailed analysis of toxic backlinks, toxic scores, toxic markers, and outreach to those sites.
• Content Optimization and Creation Tools: SEMrush offers content optimization and creation tools that let you create SEO-friendly content. Some features include the SEO Writing Assistant, On-Page SEO Check, er/SEO Content Template, Content Audit, Post Tracking, Brand Monitoring.

Ahrefs

Ahrefs is a leading SEO platform that offers a set of tools to grow your search traffic, research your competitors, and monitor your niche. The company was founded in 2010, and it has become a popular choice among SEO tools. Ahrefs has a keyword index of over 10.3 billion keywords and offers accurate and extensive backlink data updated every 15-30 minutes and it is the world's most extensive backlink index database.

Features

• Backlink alerts data and new keywords: Get an alert when your site is linked to or discussed in blogs, forums, comments, or when new keywords are added to a blog posting about you.
• Intuitive interface: The intuitive design of the widget helps you see the overall health of your website and search engine ranking at a glance.
• Site Explorer: The Site Explorer will give you an in-depth look at your site's search traffic.
• Domain Comparison
• Reports with charts and graphs
• JavaScript rendering and a site audit can identify SEO issues.
• A question explorer that provides well-crafted topic suggestions

Direct Comparisons: Ahrefs vs SEMrush

Now that you know a little more about each tool, let's take a look at how they compare. I'll analyze each tool to see how they differ in interfaces, keyword research resources, rank tracking, and competitor analysis.

User Interface

Ahrefs and SEMrush both offer comprehensive information and quick metrics regarding your website's SEO performance. However, Ahrefs takes a bit more of a hands-on approach to getting your account fully set up, whereas SEMrush's simpler dashboard can give you access to the data you need quickly.

In this section, we provide a brief overview of the elements found on each dashboard and highlight the ease with which you can complete tasks.

AHREFS

The Ahrefs dashboard is less cluttered than that of SEMrush, and its primary menu is at the very top of the page, with a search bar designed only for entering URLs.

Additional features of the Ahrefs platform include:

• You can see analytics from the dashboard, including search engine rankings to domain ratings, referring domains, and backlink
• Jumping from one tool to another is easy. You can use the Keyword Explorer to find a keyword to target and then directly track your ranking with one click.
• The website offers a tooltip helper tool that allows you to hover your mouse over something that isn't clear and get an in-depth explanation.

SEMRUSH

When you log into the SEMrush Tool, you will find four main modules. These include information about your domains, organic keyword analysis, ad keyword, and site traffic.

You'll also find some other options like

• A search bar allows you to enter a domain, keyword, or anything else you wish to explore.
• A menu on the left side of the page provides quick links to relevant information, including marketing insights, projects, keyword analytics, and more.
• The customer support resources located directly within the dashboard can be used to communicate with the support team or to learn about other resources such as webinars and blogs.
• Detailed descriptions of every resource offered. This detail is beneficial for new marketers, who are just starting.

WHO WINS?

Both Ahrefs and SEMrush have user-friendly dashboards, but Ahrefs is less cluttered and easier to navigate. On the other hand, SEMrush offers dozens of extra tools, including access to customer support resources.

When deciding on which dashboard to use, consider what you value in the user interface, and test out both.

Rank Tracking

If you're looking to track your website's search engine ranking, rank tracking features can help. You can also use them to monitor your competitors.

Let's take a look at Ahrefs vs. SEMrush to see which tool does a better job.

Ahrefs

The Ahrefs Rank Tracker is simpler to use. Just type in the domain name and keywords you want to analyze, and it spits out a report showing you the search engine results page (SERP) ranking for each keyword you enter.

Rank Tracker looks at the ranking performance of keywords and compares them with the top rankings for those keywords. Ahrefs also offers:

You'll see metrics that help you understand your visibility, traffic, average position, and keyword difficulty.

It gives you an idea of whether a keyword would be profitable to target or not.

SEMRUSH

SEMRush offers a tool called Position Tracking. This tool is a project tool—you must set it up as a new project. Below are a few of the most popular features of the SEMrush Position Tracking tool:

All subscribers are given regular data updates and mobile search rankings upon subscribing

The platform provides opportunities to track several SERP features, including Local tracking.

Intuitive reports allow you to track statistics for the pages on your website, as well as the keywords used in those pages.

Identify pages that may be competing with each other using the Cannibalization report.

WHO WINS?

Ahrefs is a more user-friendly option. It takes seconds to enter a domain name and keywords. From there, you can quickly decide whether to proceed with that keyword or figure out how to rank better for other keywords.

SEMrush allows you to check your mobile rankings and ranking updates daily, which is something Ahrefs does not offer. SEMrush also offers social media rankings, a tool you won't find within the Ahrefs platform. Both are good which one do you like let me know in the comment.

Keyword Research

Keyword research is closely related to rank tracking, but it's used for deciding which keywords you plan on using for future content rather than those you use now.

When it comes to SEO, keyword research is the most important thing to consider when comparing the two platforms.

AHREFS

The Ahrefs Keyword Explorer provides you with thousands of keyword ideas and filters search results based on the chosen search engine.

Ahrefs supports several features, including:

• It can search multiple keywords in a single search and analyze them together. At SEMrush, you also have this feature in Keyword Overview.
• Ahrefs has a variety of keywords for different search engines, including Google, YouTube, Amazon, Bing, Yahoo, Yandex, and other search engines.
• When you click on a keyword, you can see its search volume and keyword difficulty, but also other keywords related to it, which you didn't use.

SEMRUSH

SEMrush's Keyword Magic Tool has over 20 billion keywords for Google. You can type in any keyword you want, and a list of suggested keywords will appear.

The Keyword Magic Tool also lets you to:

• Show performance metrics by keyword
• Search results are based on both broad and exact keyword matches.
• Show data like search volume, trends, keyword difficulty, and CPC.
• Show the first 100 Google search results for any keyword.
• Identify SERP Features and Questions related to each keyword
• SEMrush has released a new Keyword Gap Tool that uncovers potentially useful keyword opportunities for you, including both paid and organic keywords.

WHO WINS?

Both of these tools offer keyword research features and allow users to break down complicated tasks into something that can be understood by beginners and advanced users alike.

If you're interested in keyword suggestions, SEMrush appears to have more keyword suggestions than Ahrefs does. It also continues to add new features, like the Keyword Gap tool and SERP Questions recommendations.

Competitor Analysis

Both platforms offer competitor analysis tools, eliminating the need to come up with keywords off the top of your head. Each tool is useful for finding keywords that will be useful for your competition so you know they will be valuable to you.

AHREFS

Ahrefs' domain comparison tool lets you compare up to five websites (your website and four competitors) side-by-side.it also shows you how your site is ranked against others with metrics such as backlinks, domain ratings, and more.

Use the Competing Domains section to see a list of your most direct competitors, and explore how many keywords matches your competitors have.

To find more information about your competitor, you can look at the Site Explorer and Content Explorer tools and type in their URL instead of yours.

SEMRUSH

SEMrush provides a variety of insights into your competitors' marketing tactics. The platform enables you to research your competitors effectively. It also offers several resources for competitor analysis including:

Traffic Analytics helps you identify where your audience comes from, how they engage with your site, what devices visitors use to view your site, and how your audiences overlap with other websites.

SEMrush's Organic Research examines your website's major competitors and shows their organic search rankings, keywords they are ranking for, and even if they are ranking for any (SERP) features and more.

The Market Explorer search field allows you to type in a domain and lists websites or articles similar to what you entered. Market Explorer also allows users to perform in-depth data analytics on These companies and markets.

WHO WINS?

SEMrush wins here because it has more tools dedicated to competitor analysis than Ahrefs. However, Ahrefs offers a lot of functionality in this area, too. It takes a combination of both tools to gain an advantage over your competition.

Pricing

Ahrefs

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Which SEO tool should you choose for digital marketing?

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Consider choosing Ahrefs if you

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• Looking for more keyword suggestions for Google

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Metals Crucial to Clean Energy Are Getting Caught Up in the US–China Trade War
Sat, 15 Feb 2025 12:00:00 +0000
After a Chinese export ban, can the US get gallium and germanium from Canada—or will tariffs get in the way?
Match ID: 0 Score: 90.00 source: www.wired.com age: 2 days
qualifiers: 50.00 china trade, 40.00 china

Summary of the 10th DSCOVR EPIC and NISTAR Science Team Meeting
Fri, 14 Feb 2025 19:10:31 +0000
Introduction The 10th 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 October 16–18, 2024. Over 50 scientists attended, most of whom were from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), with several participating from other NASA centers, U.S. universities, and U.S. Department of […]
Match ID: 1 Score: 90.00 source: science.nasa.gov age: 2 days
qualifiers: 40.00 japan, 30.00 indonesia, 20.00 thailand

Weatherwatch: Cyclone Zelia brings 130mph winds to north-west Australia
Mon, 17 Feb 2025 10:37:42 GMT

Tropical cyclone first to make landfall this year, while a winter storm causes extreme cold across north-eastern US

Cyclone Zelia became the first tropical cyclone to make landfall in 2025, hitting north-west Australia on Valentine’s Day as a category 4 system. It brought damaging winds of 130mph and heavy rainfall, with 440mm of rain falling in two days. Prior to landfall, Zelia affected southern Indonesia, including Bali, with winds of more than 45mph. The storm weakened into a tropical low by Saturday, but continued to cause widespread flooding, particularly near the Pilbara rivers and the Great Sandy Desert.

Zelia intensified rapidly because of the record-warm Indian Ocean temperatures, which were 1-2C above the seasonal average, providing increased energy and moisture to fuel the storm. While Port Hedland in Western Australia had minimal damage, nearby areas like Pilbara and Marble Bar faced flooding and fallen trees. The Great Northern Highway remains closed, disrupting food supplies and leaving supermarket shelves empty. The tropical low is now tracking southwards, with rainfall becoming patchier and lighter.

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Match ID: 2 Score: 65.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 35.00 india, 30.00 indonesia

State Department edit of webpage on Taiwan is ‘serious regression,’ China says
Mon, 17 Feb 2025 11:48:43 +0000
The State Department told local media the revision was a routine update, not a policy change. But it provoked anger from Beijing, which claims Taiwan as its territory.
Match ID: 3 Score: 60.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 40.00 china, 20.00 taiwan

China anger as US amends wording on Taiwan independence
Mon, 17 Feb 2025 09:19:30 GMT
Beijing demands the US "correct its mistakes" after it altered its factsheet on the self-ruled island.
Match ID: 4 Score: 60.00 source: www.bbc.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 40.00 china, 20.00 taiwan

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

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

• US politics – live updates

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

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

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Match ID: 5 Score: 55.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 2 days
qualifiers: 40.00 china, 15.00 sri lanka

Champions Trophy cricket: team-by-team guide to the tournament
Mon, 17 Feb 2025 12:00:36 GMT

Pakistan have a potentially destructive pace attack, Australia have been weakened and Afghanistan will debut

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qualifiers: 35.00 india, 10.00 bangladesh

What are Ukraine’s critical minerals – and why does Trump want them?
Mon, 17 Feb 2025 14:44:31 GMT

Zelenskyy has rebuffed US’s initial attempt to take control of minerals as downpayment for its aid in war with Russia

• Europe live – latest updates

Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has rebuffed an initial attempt by the US to corner his country’s critical minerals as a downpayment for continued military and economic aid for its war with Russia.

Three sources told the Reuters news agency that the US had proposed taking ownership of 50% of Ukraine’s critical minerals. Zelenskyy did not dismiss the offer out of hand, but said it did not yet contain the security provisions Kyiv needed.

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Match ID: 7 Score: 40.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 40.00 china

European defence stocks surge to record high; UK economy ‘quite static’, says Bank of England’s Bailey – business live
Mon, 17 Feb 2025 14:44:14 GMT

Shares in BAE Systems, Rheinmetall and Saab soar, as Keir Starmer offers to put British ‘boots on the ground’ in Ukraine

• UK firms mull biggest layoffs in a decade as business confidence slumps

Here’s Bloomberg on the jump in Rheinmetall’s share price this morning:

Rheinmetall AG’s shares surged the most in more than two years as European officials contemplate a major new package to increase defense spending and support for Ukraine.

The German manufacturer’s stock rose as much as 11% in Frankfurt. The shares have more than doubled over the past year as military orders increased, especially from Germany. If Europe moves to increase spending further, it could push Rheinmetall to accelerate plans to increase its production capacity.

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Match ID: 8 Score: 40.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 40.00 china

Girls on Wire review – Chinese behind-the-scenes stunt drama is a spectacle
Mon, 17 Feb 2025 14:30:38 GMT

A stunt double who plays roof-bouncing ninjas before the lead steps in for the closeup is stuck in a family/mob triangle in Vivian Qu’s occasionally silly thriller

Vivian Qu is the Chinese film-maker who has directed three features and also produced the noir drama Black Coal, Thin Ice which in 2014 won Berlin’s Golden Bear. Now she brings this crime melodrama to Berlin, an engaging if tonally uncertain high-wire adventure that satirises China’s hopeless addiction to gangster capitalism. It is also acidly unsentimental about the bread-and-circuses escapism of the country’s booming film and TV industry with all its period-costume wuxia nostalgia. It’s an appealing film, though it contains some strangely broad comedy and is also, in a couple of violent moments, a bit naive about exactly how easy it is for a young woman physically to fight off a big strong guy.

Above all, Qu gives us a rather amazing set-piece scene on the set of a wire-fu action movie, a scene that feels real in a way that the rest of the film really doesn’t, for all that it is watchable. Fang Di (Wen Qi) is a tough woman employed as a stunt double on a movie set, playing the black clad, sword-wielding ninja bouncing over terracotta rooftops and whizzing through the air in long shot. For the closeup, the preening star in the same outfit steps in while Fang Di staggers over to get a coffee at the craft table. The work is exhausting and dangerous and Fang Di is doing it to pay off her family debts to mob matriarch Madame Wang.

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Match ID: 9 Score: 40.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 40.00 china

Why Trump's Metal Tariffs Won't Lead to the All-American iPhone
Mon, 17 Feb 2025 13:26:09 +0000
You need aluminum to make an iPhone, but Trump's 25 percent tariff shouldn't directly affect the price.
Match ID: 10 Score: 40.00 source: www.wired.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 40.00 china

Goldman says AI could be a $200 billion game-changer for China markets. But here’s why investors shouldn’t rush in.
Mon, 17 Feb 2025 12:19:00 GMT
China stocks are starting to feel the benefits of AI, but Goldman Sachs says there are reasons not to rush in.
Match ID: 11 Score: 40.00 source: www.marketwatch.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 40.00 china

Xi Jinping meets Alibaba’s Jack Ma and Chinese tech chiefs amid economic slump
Mon, 17 Feb 2025 09:43:43 GMT

Analysts say symposium may be end of president’s crackdown on sector as he tries to tackle economic stagnation

• Business live – latest updates
• Revealed: Google facilitated ensorship requests

China’s president, Xi Jinping, has met some of the country’s top business leaders, including the Alibaba founder, Jack Ma, as he attempts to halt an economic slump in the world’s second-largest economy.

Xi met Ma, who was at the centre of a crackdown on the tech industry in recent years, as well as the bosses of the electric carmaker BYD, the battery manufacturer CATL, Tencent, Xiaomi, and the founder of Huawei, Ren Zhengfei

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Match ID: 12 Score: 40.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 40.00 china

‘Six out of 10’: Iceland boss and Labour backer grades UK government
Mon, 17 Feb 2025 09:32:53 GMT

Richard Walker laments record so far but welcomes more upbeat tone, planning reforms and move to better EU trading ties

• Business live – latest updates
• Reeves warned UK inflation will fuel public sector pay claims

The chair of the food retailer Iceland, Richard Walker, has given the Labour government only “six out of 10” for its record so far, after switching support to the party a year ago.

He told the Financial Times that Labour needed to do more to help firms investing now, rather than investing in projects that may take decades to be completed.

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Match ID: 13 Score: 40.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 40.00 china

In China, a factory worker-poet dreams of a better life — with papers
Mon, 17 Feb 2025 09:00:00 +0000
Some 300 million migrant workers in China live as second-class citizens without proper documents. This worker-poet is trying to get new “hukou” and live the Chinese Dream.
Match ID: 14 Score: 40.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 40.00 china

UK marketplace sellers face ‘second Brexit’ hit from Trump’s US import rules
Mon, 17 Feb 2025 08:00:30 GMT

End of ‘de minimis’ policy for Chinese goods also expected to hit bigger fashion retailers such as Asos and Boohoo

Many UK-based independent sellers on marketplaces such as eBay and Amazon could suffer a significant hit to US sales from planned changes to import rules under Donald Trump, with experts comparing the impact to a second Brexit.

The new rules, which mean all parcels originating or made in China and being sold into the US must pay import duty – of as much as 15% on fashion items – and an additional 10% tariff, are also expected to impact bigger online clothing retailers such as Asos and Boohoo.

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Match ID: 15 Score: 40.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 40.00 china

As the US retreats, Europe must look out for itself – so is Macron’s nuclear offer the answer? | Simon Tisdall
Mon, 17 Feb 2025 07:00:30 GMT

Development of a joint defence shield would be politically explosive for Keir Starmer. But it’s an idea whose time has come

The startling contempt for Europe’s intensifying security concerns displayed by Donald Trump and his henchmen has brought an old, controversial question back to the fore: should Britain and France pool their nuclear weapons capabilities and create a Europe-wide defensive nuclear shield to deter Vladimir Putin’s Russia, if the US reduces or withdraws its support?

Trump has not so far explicitly threatened to cut US nuclear forces based in Europe. But speaking last week, the president said he wanted to halve the US’s defence spending, especially on nuclear weapons. Trump often denigrates Nato, keystone of European security. Last year, he encouraged Russia “to do whatever the hell they want” to member states that, in his view, spend too little on defence.

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Match ID: 16 Score: 40.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 40.00 china

Brazil asks UN to ditch proposed levy on global shipping
Mon, 17 Feb 2025 06:00:28 GMT

Those supporting the deal hope it will raise billions to help poor countries deal with climate breakdown

Brazil has asked the UN to throw out plans for a new levy on global shipping that would raise funds to fight the climate crisis, despite playing host to the next UN climate summit.

The proposed levy on carbon dioxide emissions from shipping will be discussed at a crunch meeting of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) that begins on Monday. Those supporting the deal, including the UK, the EU and Japan, are hoping the levy will raise billions of dollars a year, which could be used to help poor countries cope with the effects of climate breakdown.

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Match ID: 17 Score: 40.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 40.00 japan

James Murdoch lays bare his relationship with ‘misogynist’ father amid succession fight in rare interview
Mon, 17 Feb 2025 05:47:30 GMT

Rupert Murdoch’s second son reveals bitter details that set the scene for court battle for News Corp empire

More of the Murdoch family’s betrayals, leaks, “mind games”, manipulations, machinations and humiliations have been laid bare, in the wake of a messy court trial that offered tantalising glimpses inside the dynasty.

The American journalist McKay Coppins this weekend published a rare and wide-ranging interview with James Murdoch, Rupert Murdoch’s second-oldest son, who is often portrayed as a bitter rival to his older brother, Lachlan.

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Match ID: 18 Score: 40.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 40.00 china

Cook Islands PM defends signing of wide-ranging deal with China
Mon, 17 Feb 2025 04:08:10 GMT

Mark Brown says Beijing deal that covers trade, investment, oceans, infrastructure and transport complements ties with New Zealand

The Cook Islands says it has signed a deal to expand relations with China, stressing that the accord does not impinge on ties with former colonial power New Zealand.

Prime minister Mark Brown said he signed an “action plan for the comprehensive strategic partnership” with Chinese premier Li Qiang in the northern city of Harbin during a five-day state visit to China last week.

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Match ID: 19 Score: 40.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 40.00 china

Loving the British Museum, pots and all | Letters
Sun, 16 Feb 2025 17:11:51 GMT

Readers respond to Adrian Chiles’s experience of the institution’s treasures

I would guess that Adrian Chiles is no fan of The Great Pottery Throw Down, currently on Channel 4 (At 57, I went to the British Museum for the first time – and it left me rather cold, 12 February). Not only is he missing out on a lovely creative piece of television, but he is failing to recognise that pots, jugs, vessels, dishes and containers of all shapes and sizes have played a vital part in the development of civilisation over the ages.

Pots for carrying, storing and dispensing water, wine, oil, foodstuff and human waste are important historical markers of human ingenuity and skill that we should not dismiss. While the use of terracotta, ceramics, bone china etc for functional items in our lives has been usurped by plastic and metal, the artistic merits of pots and their intricate illustrations is something to be celebrated. Maybe Mr Chiles needs to sign up for a pottery class.
Jan Ross
Silverton, Devon

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Match ID: 20 Score: 40.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 40.00 china

John Major: Trump’s US isolationism threatens global democracy
Sun, 16 Feb 2025 14:50:18 GMT

Former UK prime minister says US may regret ceding world stage to China and condemns ‘hypocritical’ JD Vance speech

Democracy around the globe is under threat from the retreat of Donald Trump’s US into isolationism and its likely replacement by China on the world stage, John Major has said.

The former UK prime minister, who rarely offers direct opinion on contemporary politics, used an interview with BBC Radio 4 to say Trump’s administration was unlike anything he had seen before – and to warn that Washington may live to regret ceding global leadership to a more autocratic power.

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Match ID: 21 Score: 40.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 1 day
qualifiers: 40.00 china

Moon rocks reveal hidden lunar history
Sun, 16 Feb 2025 12:03:47 +0000
As NASA astronauts aim for landings in 2027, geologists find surprises in recently retrieved samples from the far side
Match ID: 22 Score: 40.00 source: arstechnica.com age: 1 day
qualifiers: 40.00 china

The Official DOGE Website Launch Was a Security Mess
Sat, 15 Feb 2025 11:30:00 +0000
Plus: Researchers find RedNote lacks basic security measures, surveillance ramps up around the US-Mexico border, and the UK ordering Apple to create an encryption backdoor comes under fire.
Match ID: 23 Score: 40.00 source: www.wired.com age: 2 days
qualifiers: 40.00 china

Solar has taken off in red states. Trump’s funding freeze is causing panic
Mon, 17 Feb 2025 12:00:36 GMT

On his first day, the president paused billions of dollars in funding for clean energy projects initiated by Biden

Mike Mullett strains to see through sheets of misty rain while driving through working-class neighborhoods of Columbus, a quaint town in southern Indiana.

He’s trying to find the senior center, multi-family homes and rent-assisted properties – more than 530 in total – that he and many other locals hope will receive $4.42m in federal funding for solar electricity projects.

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Match ID: 24 Score: 35.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 35.00 india

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

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

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

This ceremony, in which millions of pilgrims seek to cleanse their sins to break the cycle of reincarnation has been taking place at the Kumbh Mela festival for centuries. It is mandatory for thousands of sadhus – Hindu holy men who live an austere life of strict spiritual discipline. Among the most sacred events in the Hindu calendar, the festival occurs every 12 years across four sacred locations in India where it is believed the Hindu god Vishnu once spilled drops of the nectar of immortality.

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Match ID: 25 Score: 35.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 1 day
qualifiers: 35.00 india

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

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

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

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

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Match ID: 26 Score: 35.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 1 day
qualifiers: 35.00 india

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

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

Match ID: 27 Score: 34.29 source: www.schneier.com age: 3 days
qualifiers: 17.14 taiwan, 17.14 singapore

TikTok Is Back in US App Stores
Fri, 14 Feb 2025 02:11:54 +0000
The move reportedly comes after US attorney general Pam Bondi reassured Apple and Google they would not be fined for hosting TikTok.
Match ID: 28 Score: 34.29 source: www.wired.com age: 3 days
qualifiers: 34.29 china

The US led the charge against global corruption. Now Trump is clearing the way for kleptocrats | Oliver Bullough
Mon, 17 Feb 2025 14:00:39 GMT

Britain used to solicit money that the US would not touch – but with oligarchs and fraudsters on the rise, it must now uphold the law

Five decades ago, the United States was in turmoil. A long and unpopular war was ending in defeat; inflation was high; and American politicians were accused of high-handed and illegal behaviour.

If all this sounds remarkably similar to the last few years, that’s because it is. But the mid-1970s was different in one crucial respect: how the US responded to it, and particularly how it responded to corruption. Major corporations had been giving bribes to win contracts in South Korea, Italy and Saudi Arabia; US politicians were appalled – and they acted to uphold values other than money.

Oliver Bullough is the author of Butler to the World: How Britain Became the Servant of Tycoons, Tax Dodgers, Kleptocrats and Criminals, and Moneyland: Why Thieves and Crooks Now Rule the World and How to Take It Back

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Match ID: 29 Score: 30.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
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Goa man found guilty of rape and murder of Irish backpacker eight years ago
Fri, 14 Feb 2025 14:04:08 GMT

Family of Danielle McLaughlin say justice has finally been achieved after Vikat Bhagat convicted in India

The family of a young Irish woman raped and murdered in India eight years ago have said justice has finally been achieved after a man was convicted in Goa.

Danielle McLaughlin, from Buncrana in County Donegal, was found dead in a field in Canacona, an area of Goa popular with holidaymakers, in March 2017.

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

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

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

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

Match ID: 31 Score: 28.57 source: www.schneier.com age: 4 days
qualifiers: 28.57 china

China’s Salt Typhoon Spies Are Still Hacking Telecoms—Now by Exploiting Cisco Routers
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 05:00:00 +0000
Despite high-profile attention and even US sanctions, the group hasn’t stopped or even slowed its operation, including the breach of two more US telecoms.
Match ID: 32 Score: 28.57 source: www.wired.com age: 4 days
qualifiers: 28.57 china

Singapore opposition leader, found guilty of lying to parliament, could face electoral ban
Mon, 17 Feb 2025 06:13:12 GMT

Pritam Singh’s conviction is a blow to the city state’s struggling political opposition, which is seeking to challenge the entrenched ruling party in upcoming elections

Singapore’s opposition leader has been convicted of lying to parliament while helping a fellow party member to cover up a false witness account, in a case that could disqualify him from running in upcoming national elections.

Pritam Singh, 48, secretary-general of the Workers’ Party, was found guilty on Monday on two counts of lying to a parliamentary committee that was investigating a fellow MP.

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Match ID: 33 Score: 20.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 20.00 singapore

Tycoon profited after India relaxed border security rules for energy park
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 05:00:18 GMT

Exclusive: Military experts raise concerns over change to protocols on Pakistan border to allow project that was handed to billionaire Gautam Adani

The Indian government relaxed national security protocols along the Pakistan border to make way for a renewable energy park, a project ultimately handed to one of India’s richest men, Gautam Adani, official documents reveal.

The Adani Group is constructing the Khavda plant, the largest renewable project in the world, in the state of Gujarat. The conglomerate is controlled by Adani, whose close relationship with the prime minister, Narendra Modi, has recently been under intense scrutiny.

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Match ID: 34 Score: 20.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 5 days
qualifiers: 20.00 india

Intercepted review – phone taps are a chilling glimpse into Russian soldiers’ minds in Ukraine
Mon, 17 Feb 2025 13:00:36 GMT

Recordings of fighters’ wiretapped phone calls are juxtaposed with images of wartime destruction in Oksana Karpovych’s compelling war documentary

Vietnam saw the advent of the visible war, documented by TV cameras; but the Russia-Ukraine war perhaps represents the moment we also get a fully audible one. With two relatively affluent belligerents involved, mobile phone coverage is ubiquitous on both the civilian and soldier sides. Juxtaposing intercepted calls back home from frontline Russian troops with shots of the devastation they have wreaked in Ukraine, this film is a bleak and searing wiretap into Putin’s warping effect on his people and the psychology of power.

“A Russian is not a Russian if they don’t steal something,” jokes one woman when she hears her brave boy has looted some makeup for her. Set against the shots of ransacked living rooms, wrecked petrol stations and dimly lit bomb shelters, such casual banter hammers home a chilling normalisation of imperialism and aggression – which comes with varying justifications. There is the standard dehumanisation: that the “khokhols” (a derogatory Russian term for Ukrainians) deserve it. Many parrot Putin’s line that the special military operation is fighting fascists. Or, in some troops’ amazement at Ukrainian ice-cream and abundant livestock, we glimpse an economic envy that lets such lies slip down more easily.

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Match ID: 35 Score: 15.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 15.00 vietnam

NASA Supports GoAERO University Awardees for Emergency Aircraft Prototyping
Tue, 11 Feb 2025 14:54:43 +0000
With support from NASA, the international GoAERO Prize competition recently announced funding for 14 U.S. university teams to build innovative new compact emergency response aircraft.  The teams will develop prototype versions of Emergency Response Flyers, aircraft intended to perform rescue and response missions after disasters and in crisis situations. The flyers must be designed to […]
Match ID: 36 Score: 15.00 source: www.nasa.gov age: 6 days
qualifiers: 15.00 india

Charting the US-China Trade War: What Does 'Made in Vietnam' Mean?
2024-10-24T00:00:00Z
Chinese companies have been evading US tariffs by shipping goods through Vietnam, but not to the degree that the headlines would suggest. Ebehi Iyoha and Jaya Wen dig into trade microdata to illustrate Vietnam's strategic importance and why American policymakers should take note.
Match ID: 37 Score: 15.00 source: hbswk.hbs.edu age: 116 days
qualifiers: 7.14 china trade, 5.71 china, 2.14 vietnam

The Rise of the Drone Boats
Mon, 10 Feb 2025 10:30:00 +0000
Swarms of weaponized unmanned surface vessels have proven formidable weapons in the Black and Red Seas. Can the US military learn the right lessons from it?
Match ID: 38 Score: 11.43 source: www.wired.com age: 7 days
qualifiers: 11.43 china

How Vladimir Putin hopes to transform Russian trade
Wed, 28 Aug 2024 17:44:29 +0000
He believes the country’s future lies with China and India. What could go wrong?
Match ID: 39 Score: 10.71 source: www.economist.com age: 172 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china, 5.00 india

Brazil, India and Mexico are taking on China’s exports
Thu, 23 May 2024 10:13:46 +0000
To avoid an economic shock, they are pursuing a strange mix of free trade and protectionism
Match ID: 40 Score: 10.71 source: www.economist.com age: 270 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china, 5.00 india

Police in India stop Ed Sheeran busking on street before concert
Mon, 10 Feb 2025 13:03:00 GMT

Local channels show police officer walking up to star as he sings Shape of You and unplugging microphone

Ed Sheeran has been stopped by police from busking in India after he was told he lacked permissions.

The songwriter was seen singing the hit single Shape of You on a pavement in the southern city of Bengaluru before his concert on Sunday night.

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Match ID: 41 Score: 10.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 7 days
qualifiers: 10.00 india

Trump’s Attacks on USAID Spark Fear That Lifesaving Care Will Become “Transactional”
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 21:54:46 +0000

If the State Department takes over USAID, experts fear foreign assistance will stop unless it has a perceived benefit for Trump.

The post Trump’s Attacks on USAID Spark Fear That Lifesaving Care Will Become “Transactional” appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 42 Score: 5.71 source: theintercept.com age: 10 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

The Far-Right Group Building a List of Pro-Palestine Activists to Deport
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 15:22:53 +0000

Betar U.S. said it has shared with the Trump administration a list of the “names of hundreds of terror supporters.”

The post The Far-Right Group Building a List of Pro-Palestine Activists to Deport appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 43 Score: 5.71 source: theintercept.com age: 10 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

Xi Jinping shows how he will return American fire
Tue, 04 Feb 2025 16:46:53 +0000
China’s trade retaliation carries a warning of worse to come
Match ID: 44 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 12 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

Trump’s brutal tariffs far outstrip any he has imposed before
Sun, 02 Feb 2025 00:05:43 +0000
Canada, Mexico and China are going to be made to suffer
Match ID: 45 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 15 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

Foreign Hackers Are Using Google’s Gemini in Attacks on the US
Sat, 01 Feb 2025 11:30:00 +0000
Plus: WhatsApp discloses nearly 100 targets of spyware, hackers used the AT&T breach to hunt for details on US politicians, and more.
Match ID: 46 Score: 5.71 source: www.wired.com age: 16 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

DeepSeek’s Safety Guardrails Failed Every Test Researchers Threw at Its AI Chatbot
Fri, 31 Jan 2025 18:30:00 +0000
Security researchers tested 50 well-known jailbreaks against DeepSeek’s popular new AI chatbot. It didn’t stop a single one.
Match ID: 47 Score: 5.71 source: www.wired.com age: 16 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

Exposed DeepSeek Database Revealed Chat Prompts and Internal Data
Wed, 29 Jan 2025 21:34:22 +0000
China-based DeepSeek has exploded in popularity, drawing greater scrutiny. Case in point: Security researchers found more than 1 million records, including user data and API keys, in an open database.
Match ID: 48 Score: 5.71 source: www.wired.com age: 18 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

DeepSeek’s Popular AI App Is Explicitly Sending US Data to China
Mon, 27 Jan 2025 22:10:34 +0000
Amid ongoing fears over TikTok, Chinese generative AI platform DeepSeek says it’s sending heaps of US user data straight to its home country, potentially setting the stage for greater scrutiny.
Match ID: 49 Score: 5.71 source: www.wired.com age: 20 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

Has Japan truly escaped low inflation?
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 11:04:26 +0000
Its central bankers are increasingly hopeful
Match ID: 50 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 25 days
qualifiers: 5.71 japan

China’s financial system is under brutal pressure
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 10:45:53 +0000
When will something break?
Match ID: 51 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 25 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

China meets its official growth target. Not everyone is convinced
Fri, 17 Jan 2025 13:37:51 +0000
For one thing, 2024 saw the second-weakest rise in nominal GDP since the 1970s
Match ID: 52 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 31 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

China’s markets take a fresh beating
Tue, 07 Jan 2025 16:30:24 +0000
Authorities have responded by bossing around investors
Match ID: 53 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 40 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

China’s firms are taking flight, worrying its rulers
Sun, 29 Dec 2024 15:22:45 +0000
Policymakers at home and abroad are anxious about offshoring
Match ID: 54 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 49 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

What a censored speech says about China’s economy
Thu, 12 Dec 2024 11:09:08 +0000
If growth is on target, why is inflation so low?
Match ID: 55 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 67 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

The hidden cost of Chinese loans
Thu, 05 Dec 2024 11:12:33 +0000
Governments that borrow from China must pay more to borrow from others
Match ID: 56 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 74 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

How China will strike back at Trump
Sun, 01 Dec 2024 16:45:27 +0000
Xi Jinping has set out his tariff red lines. What if America crosses them?
Match ID: 57 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 77 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

Russia’s plunging currency spells trouble for its war effort
Sun, 01 Dec 2024 14:44:25 +0000
Supplies from China are about to become more expensive
Match ID: 58 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 78 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

Is China really a nation of slackers?
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 10:54:55 +0000
A new survey raises the question
Match ID: 59 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 88 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

Vladimir Putin is in a painful economic bind
Mon, 18 Nov 2024 18:53:16 +0000
Russia’s reliance on China is becoming a problem
Match ID: 60 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 90 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

The biggest losers from Trumponomics
Thu, 14 Nov 2024 10:39:40 +0000
America’s president-elect wants to reshape trade, capital and labour flows
Match ID: 61 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 95 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

Why China needs to fill its empty homes
Thu, 31 Oct 2024 11:03:24 +0000
The country’s economy is broken. A recovery requires a healthier property market
Match ID: 62 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 109 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

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

Match ID: 63 Score: 5.71 source: www.marketwatch.com age: 129 days
qualifiers: 5.71 japan

China’s property crisis claims more victims: companies
Thu, 10 Oct 2024 10:25:56 +0000
Unsold homes are contributing to a balance-sheet recession
Match ID: 64 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 130 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

At last, China pulls the trigger on a bold stimulus package
Fri, 27 Sep 2024 17:22:31 +0000
“Buy everything,” says an American hedge fund
Match ID: 65 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 142 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

China’s central bank tries to save the economy—and the stockmarket
Tue, 24 Sep 2024 15:19:59 +0000
But it will need more help from the government
Match ID: 66 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 145 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

How China’s communists fell in love with privatisation
Sun, 15 Sep 2024 15:33:09 +0000
Even though they are not very good at it
Match ID: 67 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 154 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

China’s government is surprisingly redistributive
Thu, 12 Sep 2024 10:00:52 +0000
That is despite a stingy tax-and-transfer system
Match ID: 68 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 158 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

China is suffering from a crisis of confidence
Thu, 05 Sep 2024 09:53:31 +0000
Can anything perk up its economy?
Match ID: 69 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 165 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

Can Japan’s zombie bond market be brought back to life?
Thu, 29 Aug 2024 09:59:36 +0000
Ueda Kazuo begins on a dangerous mission
Match ID: 70 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 172 days
qualifiers: 5.71 japan

What is behind China’s perplexing bond-market intervention?
Wed, 14 Aug 2024 18:19:41 +0000
The central bank seems to think the government’s debt is too popular
Match ID: 71 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 186 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

Why Japanese stocks are on a rollercoaster ride
Tue, 06 Aug 2024 06:24:53 +0000
Volatility in global markets continues
Match ID: 72 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 195 days
qualifiers: 5.71 japan

Why Japanese markets have plummeted
Mon, 05 Aug 2024 10:21:56 +0000
The global rout continues, with the Topix experiencing its worst day since 1987
Match ID: 73 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 196 days
qualifiers: 5.71 japan

Why fear is sweeping markets everywhere
Fri, 02 Aug 2024 19:41:12 +0000
American and Japanese indices have taken a battering. So have banks and gold
Match ID: 74 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 198 days
qualifiers: 5.71 japan

China’s last boomtowns show rapid growth is still possible
Tue, 30 Jul 2024 14:09:53 +0000
All it takes is for the state to work with the market
Match ID: 75 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 202 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/18/2024
Thu, 18 Jul 2024 16:00:38 +0000
Boeing CST-100 Crewed Flight Test (CFT): Today, the CFT crew assisted the ISS crew with a few payload activities and completed Onboard Training for Backup Flight Control Proficiency. Payloads: Electro-static Levitation Furnace (ELF): The ELF cartridge holder containing the latest melted sample was removed and replaced with a new sample holder and sample. The completed …
Match ID: 76 Score: 5.71 source: www.nasa.gov age: 213 days
qualifiers: 5.71 japan

Japan’s strength produces a weak yen
Thu, 18 Jul 2024 10:17:13 +0000
Currency meddling will prove futile
Match ID: 77 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 214 days
qualifiers: 5.71 japan

China’s leaders face miserable economic-growth figures
Mon, 15 Jul 2024 18:49:47 +0000
Reality intruded at the “third plenum”, intended to discuss long-term reforms
Match ID: 78 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 216 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

China’s currency is not as influential as once imagined
Thu, 13 Jun 2024 09:38:25 +0000
Its share of international reserves has stalled
Match ID: 79 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 249 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

China is distorting its stockmarket by trying to prop it up
Mon, 10 Jun 2024 18:14:09 +0000
State purchases of shares are bad enough, but other measures are far more destructive
Match ID: 80 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 251 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

China’s economic model retains a dangerous allure
Mon, 03 Jun 2024 17:08:43 +0000
Despite the country’s current struggles, autocrats elsewhere see a lot to admire
Match ID: 81 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 258 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

Xi Jinping’s surprising new source of economic advice
Thu, 30 May 2024 10:06:54 +0000
What China’s leader may learn from a pair of reform-minded academics
Match ID: 82 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 263 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

The property firm that could break China’s back
Thu, 16 May 2024 10:04:20 +0000
If Vanke collapses, so might confidence in the state’s management of the economy
Match ID: 83 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 277 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

Biden outdoes Trump with ultra-high China tariffs
Tue, 14 May 2024 16:23:33 +0000
The move, which hits electric vehicles, carries an environmental cost
Match ID: 84 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 278 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

Could America and its allies club together to weaken the dollar?
Thu, 09 May 2024 09:58:40 +0000
China would not be happy
Match ID: 85 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 284 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

What would get China’s consumers spending?
Thu, 09 May 2024 09:57:49 +0000
Clues from a grocer in a fourth-tier city
Match ID: 86 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 284 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

What Xi Jinping gets wrong about China’s economy
Thu, 09 May 2024 09:57:57 +0000
Despite his protestations, the country does have an overcapacity problem
Match ID: 87 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 284 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

Japan will struggle to rescue its plummeting currency
Mon, 29 Apr 2024 16:00:14 +0000
Expensive government intervention looks likely to provide only brief respite
Match ID: 88 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 293 days
qualifiers: 5.71 japan

Why a stronger dollar is dangerous
Tue, 23 Apr 2024 16:00:59 +0000
It sets the stage for a nasty new Trump-China clash, among other things
Match ID: 89 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 299 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

Can the IMF solve the poor world’s debt crisis?
Thu, 18 Apr 2024 10:05:21 +0000
The fund will freeze out China if that is what it takes to offer relief
Match ID: 90 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 305 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

Narendra Modi is struggling to boost Indian growth
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 11:20:10 +0000
Tax cuts may lift short-term output, but deeper reform is required
Match ID: 91 Score: 5.00 source: www.economist.com age: 11 days
qualifiers: 5.00 india

NASA Scientists, Engineers Receive Presidential Early Career Awards
Fri, 17 Jan 2025 20:25:23 +0000
President Biden has named 19 researchers who contribute to NASA’s mission as recipients of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). These recipients are among nearly 400 federally funded researchers receiving the honor.   Established in 1996 by the National Science and Technology Council, the PECASE Award is the highest honor given by […]
Match ID: 92 Score: 5.00 source: www.nasa.gov age: 30 days
qualifiers: 5.00 india

Manmohan Singh was India’s economic freedom fighter
Sat, 28 Dec 2024 19:47:46 +0000
India’s most consequential finance minister, who later became PM, has died aged 92
Match ID: 93 Score: 5.00 source: www.economist.com age: 50 days
qualifiers: 5.00 india

India is undergoing an astonishing stockmarket revolution
Thu, 07 Nov 2024 11:12:08 +0000
Small investors, rejoice—and beware
Match ID: 94 Score: 5.00 source: www.economist.com age: 102 days
qualifiers: 5.00 india

Can markets reduce pollution in India?
Thu, 10 Oct 2024 09:55:05 +0000
An experiment in Gujarat yields impressive results
Match ID: 95 Score: 5.00 source: www.economist.com age: 130 days
qualifiers: 5.00 india

India’s economic policy will not make it rich
Thu, 01 Aug 2024 13:58:55 +0000
A new World Bank report takes aim at emerging-market growth plans
Match ID: 96 Score: 5.00 source: www.economist.com age: 200 days
qualifiers: 5.00 india

Indian state capitalism looks to be in trouble
Thu, 20 Jun 2024 09:59:48 +0000
A weakened Narendra Modi is bad news for investors in government-controlled firms
Match ID: 97 Score: 5.00 source: www.economist.com age: 242 days
qualifiers: 5.00 india

Foreign investors are rejecting Indian stocks
Thu, 30 May 2024 10:05:08 +0000
A roaring economy is not enough to entice them
Match ID: 98 Score: 5.00 source: www.economist.com age: 263 days
qualifiers: 5.00 india

Hedge funds make billions as India’s options market goes ballistic
Thu, 02 May 2024 10:14:54 +0000
The country’s retail investors are doing less well
Match ID: 99 Score: 5.00 source: www.economist.com age: 291 days
qualifiers: 5.00 india

Will services make the world rich?
Mon, 24 Jun 2024 20:51:25 +0000
American fried chicken can now be served from the Philippines
Match ID: 100 Score: 2.14 source: www.economist.com age: 237 days
qualifiers: 2.14 philippines

The World Bank is struggling to serve all 78 poor countries
Thu, 12 Dec 2024 11:16:45 +0000
Bangladesh and Niger are very different places
Match ID: 101 Score: 1.43 source: www.economist.com age: 67 days
qualifiers: 1.43 bangladesh

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