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Congress Could Protect Journalists From Surveillance. Trump Is Lobbying to Stop Them
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 17:32:15 +0000

The PRESS Act, a federal reporter shield bill, already passed the House unanimously. Trump wants it dead.

The post Congress Could Protect Journalists From Surveillance. Trump Is Lobbying to Stop Them appeared first on The Intercept.

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From Campus to the Courts, the “Palestine Exception” Rules University Crackdowns
Mon, 18 Nov 2024 19:04:56 +0000

The fights over Gaza protests are playing out online, in campus quads, internal disciplinary proceedings, and in the courts.

The post From Campus to the Courts, the “Palestine Exception” Rules University Crackdowns appeared first on The Intercept.

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War Crimes Have Never Stopped the U.S. Before
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 23:34:22 +0000

The U.S. has a long tradition of shielding Israel (and itself) from war crime allegations — and threatening The Hague.

The post War Crimes Have Never Stopped the U.S. Before appeared first on The Intercept.

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Should a lame-duck Congress confirm judges? Yes for us, no for you.
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 11:00:55 +0000
Four years ago, GOP leader John Thune celebrated the seating of 14 judges after Trump lost the election; now he and Trump protest when Democrats use the same playbook.
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Social media ban for UK under-16s ‘not on the cards’ for now, says minister
Fri, 22 Nov 2024 05:00:04 GMT

Peter Kyle meets group of teenagers at NSPCC HQ who say imposing ban would reduce their social connections

A social media ban for under-16s is “not on the cards at the moment”, a minister has said, as teenagers urged him to rethink plans to follow Australia’s lead and restrict access to sites such as TikTok, Instagram and Snapchat.

Peter Kyle, the secretary of state for science and technology, is trying to convince social media platforms to do more to prevent online harms, with new laws coming into effect next year that could result in heavy fines and even jail in cases where online safety is breached.

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Dreams of jewellery, phones and makeup: how young Iraqi girls are lured into marriage
Fri, 22 Nov 2024 05:00:04 GMT

Almost one-third of girls marry before they are 18, but a large number of unions end in abuse and failure. Now a new law could allow marriage from the age of nine

Huda* and her family, including two younger siblings, were living in poverty in the province of Anbar, in western Iraq, when she received an offer of marriage from the mother of a man who lived in the same neighbourhood. It seemed too good to turn down.

It also seemed the best hope for Huda, then 17, to finish school and fulfil her dream of one day becoming a lawyer. The mother told her she would treat her like one of her own.

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Judge denies he was asked to give advice about Letby because he is a Freemason
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 21:08:07 GMT

Simon Medland KC told inquiry his membership of organisation was not the reason he was approached by hospital boss

A judge has denied he was asked to give legal advice to hospital bosses over concerns about nurse Lucy Letby because he is a Freemason, a public inquiry has heard.

The Thirlwall inquiry into events surrounding the crimes of Letby heard that both Judge Simon Medland KC and the Countess of Chester’s former director of corporate and legal services, Stephen Cross, are members of the organisation.

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School did nothing wrong when it punished student for using AI, court rules
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 21:06:05 +0000
Student "indiscriminately copied and pasted text," including AI hallucinations.
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The ICC arrest warrants must bring an end to Israel’s atrocities – and true accountability for all the guilty | Owen Jones
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 18:07:08 GMT

Benjamin Netanyahu and his former foreign minister have been accused of heinous crimes. This must mark a turning point

It is not just Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant who should fear accountability for one of the gravest crimes of our age. If the international criminal court (ICC) had not issued today’s arrest warrants for the Israeli prime minister and his erstwhile defence minister – and indeed Hamas military leader Mohammed Deif – a global legal order already widely regarded with contempt by much of the world would not have survived.

Why? Because of the scale of the alleged crime. Because of the overwhelming body of evidence, not least that accumulated by Palestinian journalists, many of whom acted as the world’s eyes and ears on the killing fields of Gaza before being killed by Israel, often alongside their families. And because few crimes in modern history have been so confessed to – boasted about even – by the perpetrators, from leaders at the top to the soldiers unleashing murderous mayhem on the ground. That the evidence for war crimes and crimes against humanity has met the threshold to satisfy the ICC’s chief prosecutor, an independent panel of esteemed lawyers and now three pre-trial international judges demonstrates the strength of the case – and that nobody who facilitated this historic abomination can plead ignorance. It is not just Netanyahu and Gallant who should tremble before justice: as well as other Israeli leaders and soldiers, so should the guilty men and women of western governments.

Owen Jones is a Guardian columnist

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‘Reward for terrorism’: Israeli politicians unite to condemn ICC arrest warrant for Netanyahu
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 15:19:55 GMT

Leaders from across spectrum are outspoken in rejection of court’s ‘antisemitic’ and ‘outrageous’ decision

Israeli leaders from across the political spectrum united to condemn the decision by a three-judge panel of the international criminal court to issue arrest warrants for the prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and the former defence minister Yoav Gallant.

Netanyahu’s office described the warrants as “an antisemitic decision … equivalent to the modern Dreyfus trial”, referring to the 1894 trial of a French artillery captain of Jewish descent that has become one of the most prominent examples of antisemitism.

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Ga. election workers ask court to punish Giuliani for more false claims
Wed, 20 Nov 2024 21:32:51 +0000
Two Georgia election workers want a judge to force Rudy Guliani to stop repeating false claims that resulted in a $148 million judgment against him.
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Extremist Timbuktu Islamic police chief sentenced to 10 years in jail by ICC
Wed, 20 Nov 2024 16:53:31 GMT

Al-Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag Mohamed Ag Mahmoud had been convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity

The international criminal court has sentenced an al-Qaida-linked extremist leader to 10 years in prison for war crimes and crimes against humanity carried out when he headed the Islamic police in Timbuktu in Mali, west Africa.

Al-Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag Mohamed Ag Mahmoud was convicted in June of torture, religious persecution and other inhumane acts. Judges found he was a “key figure” in a reign of terror after Islamic extremist rebels overran the ancient desert city in 2012.

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Matt Gaetz Is Barely a Lawyer
Fri, 15 Nov 2024 16:13:10 +0000

Trump’s pick for attorney general shows that loyalty is the only qualification that matters.

The post Matt Gaetz Is Barely a Lawyer appeared first on The Intercept.

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Pam Bondi, Trump’s pick for attorney general, is a longtime loyalist
Fri, 22 Nov 2024 03:05:29 +0000
The president-elect announced his plans to nominate the former Florida attorney general, who served on his impeachment defense team, to the Cabinet role hours after embattled former congressman Matt Gaetz withdrew his bid.
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Trump picks Pam Bondi as attorney general after Matt Gaetz’s withdrawl
Fri, 22 Nov 2024 00:51:09 +0000
Get the latest news on the transition to the new administration of President-elect Donald Trump and a new Congress.
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Those who try to emulate Teflon Trump often come unstuck – just ask Gaetz
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 21:39:24 GMT

The fall of the Florida congressman who was accused of sexual misconduct proves there is one rule for Trump and another for everyone else

When he ran for US president in 2016, Donald Trump boasted that he would “surround myself only with the best and most serious people”, adding: “We want top-of-the-line professionals.”

Second time around, Trump appears to have quality control issues. On Thursday Matt Gaetz, his pick to be attorney general, withdrew from consideration amid allegations including sexual misconduct with a 17-year-old girl, drug use and misappropriating campaign funds.

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Matt Gaetz withdraws from consideration to be Trump’s attorney general
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 21:35:32 GMT

Gaetz’s withdrawal comes amid intense scrutiny of allegations of sexual misconduct against cabinet nominee

• How Gaetz nomination unravelled in eight days

Matt Gaetz, the former Florida congressman, withdrew from consideration to serve as Donald Trump’s attorney general on Thursday, amid intense scrutiny of allegations of sexual misconduct, ending the brief nomination of one of Trump’s most controversial cabinet picks.

After meeting with senators on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, Gaetz determined that his nomination was “becoming a distraction to the critical work” of the new Trump administration, he explained on X.

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What to know about Matt Gaetz’s investigation, sexual misconduct allegations
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 19:59:09 +0000
The allegations Matt Gaetz has faced, the House Ethics Committee’s report, and how members of Congress are reacting to him being picked to be attorney general.
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In resigning from Congress, Gaetz said he did not ‘intend’ to take oath in next session
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 18:30:13 +0000

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Meet the Republican and Democratic senators of the 119th Congress
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 18:00:57 +0000
The 119th Congress sees Republicans regaining control of the Senate with a 53-47 majority.
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The House Just Blessed Trump’s Authoritarian Playbook by Passing Nonprofit-Killer Bill
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 16:12:31 +0000

Democratic support for the bill dwindled as critics warned it would let Donald Trump crack down on political foes.

The post The House Just Blessed Trump’s Authoritarian Playbook by Passing Nonprofit-Killer Bill appeared first on The Intercept.

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FCC chairwoman announces departure, paving way for Republican majority
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 16:11:36 +0000
Rosenworcel had to lead agency without Democratic majority for most of her term.
Match ID: 21 Score: 10.00 source: arstechnica.com age: 0 days
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Rep. Nancy Mace finally mastered the right-wing media universe
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 16:10:49 +0000
All it took was abandoning her past positions and targeting a marginalized newcomer to Congress.
Match ID: 22 Score: 10.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 0 days
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Bernie Sanders Lost Vote to Block Arms for Israel, Says U.S. Is “Funding the Starvation of Children in Gaza”
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 02:02:51 +0000

Sanders’s resolutions to block arms sales to Israel gained momentum, but ran headlong into White House opposition.

The post Bernie Sanders Lost Vote to Block Arms for Israel, Says U.S. Is “Funding the Starvation of Children in Gaza” appeared first on The Intercept.

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Speaker Johnson restricts use of Capitol bathrooms by transgender people
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 00:17:47 +0000
The rule change is announced about two weeks after Democrat Sarah McBride of Delaware became the first openly transgender individual elected to Congress.
Match ID: 24 Score: 10.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 1 day
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Vance seeks to build support among senators for Matt Gaetz as attorney general
Wed, 20 Nov 2024 23:38:26 +0000
Get the latest news on the transition to the new administration of President-elect Donald Trump and a new Congress.
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Senators Have a Chance to Halt Weapons Sales to Israel. Will They Take It?
Wed, 20 Nov 2024 15:58:28 +0000

A joint resolution from Sen. Bernie Sanders would block arms sales to Israel. The challenge is convincing Democrats to act.

The post Senators Have a Chance to Halt Weapons Sales to Israel. Will They Take It? appeared first on The Intercept.

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San Francisco’s Biggest Hospital System: Don’t Talk About Palestine
Tue, 19 Nov 2024 13:00:00 +0000

Nine health care workers at UCSF report censorship or punishment for speaking out about human rights for Palestinians — or simply wearing a pin.

The post San Francisco’s Biggest Hospital System: Don’t Talk About Palestine appeared first on The Intercept.

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Take Out the Trash: A Proposal to Clean Up the Democratic Party
Mon, 18 Nov 2024 10:00:00 +0000

Democrats are in disarray. It’s time to name our enemies and assert our demands to build a party that can win.

The post Take Out the Trash: A Proposal to Clean Up the Democratic Party appeared first on The Intercept.

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Trump’s Election Is Also a Win for Tech’s Right-Wing “Warrior Class”
Sun, 17 Nov 2024 11:00:00 +0000

Silicon Valley has successfully rebranded military contracting as a proud national duty for the industry.

The post Trump’s Election Is Also a Win for Tech’s Right-Wing “Warrior Class” appeared first on The Intercept.

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Squad Goals: Democrats Must Use Lame-Duck Power to Fight Trump Now
Thu, 14 Nov 2024 11:00:00 +0000

Progressives in Congress are urging party leaders to use their two remaining months in power to erect barriers to Trump’s agenda.

The post Squad Goals: Democrats Must Use Lame-Duck Power to Fight Trump Now appeared first on The Intercept.

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House GOP Moves to Ram Through Bill That Gives Trump Unilateral Power to Kill Nonprofits
Fri, 15 Nov 2024 14:14:34 +0000

Dozens of Democrats still support the bill — giving the Republican-controlled House plenty of breathing room to pass it next week.

The post House GOP Moves to Ram Through Bill That Gives Trump Unilateral Power to Kill Nonprofits appeared first on The Intercept.

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The Looming GOP Battle Over Whether You Have to Go to Hell and Back to Cancel Amazon Prime
Fri, 15 Nov 2024 10:00:00 +0000

The fate of the new “click-to-cancel” rule will show whether some Republicans are serious about cracking down on anti-competitive practices.

The post The Looming GOP Battle Over Whether You Have to Go to Hell and Back to Cancel Amazon Prime appeared first on The Intercept.

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How to Fortify Against the Trump Agenda While There's Still Time
Thu, 14 Nov 2024 19:15:00 +0000

A violent, white supremacist regime is coming, but there is room to organize — and capture the backlash when it fails.

The post How to Fortify Against the Trump Agenda While There’s Still Time appeared first on The Intercept.

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Evergrande’s liquidation is a new low in China’s property crisis
Mon, 29 Jan 2024 13:04:03 +0000
A judge in Hong Kong surprises the mainland
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Gateway refuelling module gets a boost
Mon, 14 Oct 2024 18:00:00 +0200

ESA and Thales Alenia Space have signed a contract amendment today at the International Astronautical Congress in Milan to extend the Lunar View refuelling module for the lunar Gateway.

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FAQ: The Real Story About Astronaut Health Care in Space
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 20:10:17 +0000
Lee esta historia en español aquí. The International Space Station is humanity’s home in space and a research station orbiting about 250 miles above the Earth. NASA and its international partners have maintained a continuous human presence aboard the space station for more than 24 years, conducting research that is not possible on Earth. The […]
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Two bottles a day and a 10,000 bottle wine cellar: Denzel Washington opens up about his past drinking problem
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 17:16:30 GMT

The Gladiator II star, who said he has been sober for 10 years, revealed he is now focused on getting stronger after Lenny Kravitz hooked him up with a trainer

Health and fitness coverage of Gladiator II, Ridley Scott’s belated Roman empire sequel, has so far focused on Paul Mescal’s gym regime and glut of chicken.

But it appears the shoot also spurred something of a wellbeing overhaul for his co-star, Denzel Washington, who lost a substantial amount of weight ahead of the shoot, thanks to Lenny Kravitz.

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WalkingPad C2 Mini Foldable Treadmill Review: Stable Underfoot
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 14:02:00 +0000
You can reach your step goals—even when working from home—when you have a walking pad.
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Fitness app Strava is tightening third-party access to user data
Wed, 20 Nov 2024 17:35:59 +0000
Training apps, AI use, and trend analysis seem to be off-limits in Strava's API.
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Christmas gifts for runners: the best shoes, socks and vests to buy the running enthusiast in your life
Wed, 20 Nov 2024 17:21:46 GMT

From pro athletes to Parkrun enthusiasts, runners of all stripes told us what gifts they would love to unwrap on Christmas Day

More than one in five Britons run weekly, which suggests many of us are likely to know someone – from marathon runners to parkrun enthusiasts – who may enjoy a running-related gift.

You might think that running requires only a decent pair of trainers and some all-weather kit, but the gift options are endless, for every budget. The runners we spoke with told us they were dreaming of everything from hi-tech trainers to recovery treats and nifty headphones to gait analyses. So, if you’re buying a present for a runner and feel clueless, read on.

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The Looming GOP Battle Over Whether You Have to Go to Hell and Back to Cancel Amazon Prime
Fri, 15 Nov 2024 10:00:00 +0000

The fate of the new “click-to-cancel” rule will show whether some Republicans are serious about cracking down on anti-competitive practices.

The post The Looming GOP Battle Over Whether You Have to Go to Hell and Back to Cancel Amazon Prime appeared first on The Intercept.

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RFK Jr. Talks About Public Health, but He’s Joining an Administration That’ll Make Us Sicker Than Ever
Fri, 15 Nov 2024 00:01:56 +0000

I get Kennedy’s appeal, but Trump will undo the protections with the most direct, proven impact on our health.

The post RFK Jr. Talks About Public Health, but He’s Joining an Administration That’ll Make Us Sicker Than Ever appeared first on The Intercept.

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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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How American states squeeze athletes (and remote workers)
Thu, 25 Jan 2024 11:05:59 +0000
The public loves jock taxes; baseball players do not
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How a change in rice farming unexpectedly made India’s air so much worse
Fri, 22 Nov 2024 07:00:28 +0000
No one anticipated that an initiative to save groundwater by delaying the annual rice season would aggravate northern India’s already miserable air pollution.
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Pollution in Delhi hits record high, cloaking city in smog
Mon, 18 Nov 2024 15:49:20 GMT

Indian capital imposes emergency measures including closing schools and offices and barring heavy vehicles

Pollution levels in India’s capital, Delhi, have soared to their highest levels this year, forcing schools and offices to close and cloaking the city in thick brown smog.

In some parts of the city, a live air quality ranking by IQAir put pollution levels at more than 30 times the maximum level deemed healthy.

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RFK Jr. Talks About Public Health, but He’s Joining an Administration That’ll Make Us Sicker Than Ever
Fri, 15 Nov 2024 00:01:56 +0000

I get Kennedy’s appeal, but Trump will undo the protections with the most direct, proven impact on our health.

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NASA Awards Test Operations Contract
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 22:08:07 +0000
NASA has selected Sierra Lobo, Inc. of Fremont, Ohio, to provide for test operations, test support, and technical system maintenance activities at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. The NASA Stennis Test Operations Contract is fixed-price, level-of-effort contract that has a value of approximately $47 million. The performance period begins July 1, […]
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Poor nations may have to downgrade climate cash demands, ex-UN envoy says
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 19:04:13 GMT

Rich country budgets are stretched amid inflation, Covid and Ukraine war, Mary Robinson tells Cop29

Poor countries may have to compromise on demands for cash to tackle global heating, a former UN climate envoy has said, as UN talks entered their final hours in deadlock.

In comments that are likely to disappoint poorer countries at the Cop29 summit, Mary Robinson, the former president of Ireland and twice a UN climate envoy, said rich country budgets were stretched amid inflation, Covid and conflicts including Russia’s war in Ukraine.

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Ready, Set, Action! Our Sun is the Star in Dazzling Simulation
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 18:07:10 +0000
NASA supercomputers are shedding light on what causes some of the Sun’s most complex behaviors. Using data from the suite of active Sun-watching spacecraft currently observing the star at the heart of our solar system, researchers can explore solar dynamics like never before.  The animation shows the strength of the turbulent motions of the Sun’s inner layers […]
Match ID: 5 Score: 15.00 source: www.nasa.gov age: 0 days
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NASA: Mystery of Life’s Handedness Deepens
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 18:05:46 +0000
The mystery of why life uses molecules with specific orientations has deepened with a NASA-funded discovery that RNA — a key molecule thought to have potentially held the instructions for life before DNA emerged — can favor making the building blocks of proteins in either the left-hand or the right-hand orientation. Resolving this mystery could […]
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NASA’s Hubble Finds Sizzling Details About Young Star FU Orionis
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 18:00:30 +0000
In 1936, astronomers saw a puzzling event in the constellation Orion: the young star FU Orionis (FU Ori) became a hundred times brighter in a matter of months. At its peak, FU Ori was intrinsically 100 times brighter than our Sun. Unlike an exploding star though, it has declined in luminosity only languidly since then. […]
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Early Stage Innovations (ESI) 2024
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 13:36:26 +0000
Back to ESI Home Computational Materials Engineering for Lunar Metals Welding Passive Lunar Dust Control through Advanced Materials and Surface Engineering
Match ID: 8 Score: 15.00 source: www.nasa.gov age: 0 days
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Weld-ASSIST: Weldability Assessment for In-Space Conditions using a Digital Twin
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 13:35:55 +0000
ESI24 Haghighi Quadchart Azadeh HaghighiUniversity of Illinois, Chicago In-space manufacturing and assembly are vital to NASA’s long-term exploration goals, especially for the Moon and Mars missions. Deploying welding technology in space enables the assembly and repair of structures, reducing logistical burdens and supply needs from Earth. The unique challenges and extreme conditions of space–high thermal variations, […]
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Microsoft at 50: An AI Giant. A Kinder Culture. And Still Hellbent on Domination
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 11:00:00 +0000
When Satya Nadella took over as CEO, the company was lumbering and uncool. He cleaned up a toxic culture, crafted the deal of the decade, and put Microsoft back on top.
Match ID: 10 Score: 15.00 source: www.wired.com age: 0 days
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‘The land is tearing itself apart’: life on a collapsing Arctic isle
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 07:00:42 GMT

On Qikiqtaruk, off Canada, researchers at the frontier of climate change are seeing its rich ecology slide into the sea as melting permafrost ice leaves little behind

Last summer, the western Arctic was uncomfortably hot. Smoke from Canada’s wildfires hung thick in the air, and swarms of mosquitoes searched for exposed skin. It was a maddening combination that left researchers on Qikiqtaruk, an island off the north coast of the Yukon, desperate for relief.

And so on a late July afternoon, a team of Canadian scientists dived into the Beaufort Sea, bobbing and splashing in a sheltered bay for nearly two hours. Later, as they lay sprawled on a beach, huge chunks of the island they were studying slid into the ocean.

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The Northeast Is Becoming Fire Country
Wed, 20 Nov 2024 11:00:00 +0000
Maps of recent fires across the region resemble California in August, with hundreds of red dots.
Match ID: 12 Score: 15.00 source: www.newyorker.com age: 1 day
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Living in Delhi smog is like watching a dystopian film again and again
Wed, 20 Nov 2024 02:34:19 GMT
Toxic, deadly, poisonous - these words are back in the headlines as Delhi’s pollution spikes again.
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NASA Engineer Carries Indigenous Roots into New Aviation Era
Tue, 19 Nov 2024 13:10:13 +0000
Growing up outside of Philadelphia, Abigail Reigner spent most of her childhood miles away from where her family called home, and where there was little trace of her Native American tribe and culture. Belonging to the Comanche Nation that resides in Lawton, Oklahoma, Reigner’s parents made every effort to keep her connected to her Indigenous […]
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Cop29: ‘We’re here for life and death reasons,’ says ex-climate minister of Pakistan
Mon, 18 Nov 2024 18:00:15 GMT

Sherry Rehman says rich nations should pay ‘internationally determined contributions’ to help poorer and worst-affected countries

Amid the endless politicking and inscrutable arguments at the UN climate negotiations in Baku, Azerbaijan, this month, it can be hard to remember what is at stake. That’s why Sherry Rehman, Pakistan’s former climate change minister, is calling on global leaders to “keep an eye on the big picture”.

“We’re here for life and death reasons,” Rehman said.

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Take Out the Trash: A Proposal to Clean Up the Democratic Party
Mon, 18 Nov 2024 10:00:00 +0000

Democrats are in disarray. It’s time to name our enemies and assert our demands to build a party that can win.

The post Take Out the Trash: A Proposal to Clean Up the Democratic Party appeared first on The Intercept.

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Six Ways Supercomputing Advances Our Understanding of the Universe
Fri, 15 Nov 2024 18:03:12 +0000
At NASA, high-end computing is essential for many agency missions. This technology helps us advance our understanding of the universe – from our planet to the farthest reaches of the cosmos. Supercomputers enable projects across diverse research, such as making discoveries about the Sun’s activity that affects technologies in space and life on Earth, building […]
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'The sixth great extinction is happening', conservation expert warns
Sun, 17 Nov 2024 00:20:40 GMT
Conservationist Jane Goodall on the urgent need to turn the tide on climate change and nature loss.
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NASA Knows – How Can I Get Involved With NASA Research?
Wed, 06 Nov 2024 17:04:30 +0000
NASA provides a variety of pathways for those outside the agency to contribute to authentic and meaningful research. Whether you’re a student pursuing a degree in STEM (science, technology, engineering, or mathematics), an educator looking for new ways to engage your classroom, or a citizen scientist enthusiastic about sharing your observations, there’s a wide array […]
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NASA and Partners Scaling to New Heights in Air Traffic Management
Fri, 18 Oct 2024 16:14:20 +0000
NASA, in partnership with AeroVironment and Aerostar, recently demonstrated a first-of-its-kind air traffic management concept that could pave the way for aircraft to safely operate at higher altitudes. This work seeks to open the door for increased internet coverage, improved disaster response, expanded scientific missions, and even supersonic flight. The concept is referred to as […]
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NASA Funds New Studies Looking at Future of Sustainable Aircraft
Tue, 12 Nov 2024 20:00:00 +0000
Picture yourself at an airport a few decades from now. What does your airliner look like? It’s more efficient, with lower emissions than today’s aircraft – what kinds of designs or technology make that possible? NASA is working to answer those questions by commissioning five new design studies looking to push the boundaries of possibility […]
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NASA Armstrong Builds Sensor Pod for Autonomous Flight
Tue, 12 Nov 2024 19:36:54 +0000
The design and build of a unique NASA pod, produced to advance computer vision for autonomous aviation, was recently completed in-house at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, by using the center’s unique fabrication capabilities. The pod is called the NASA Airborne Instrumentation for Real-world Video of Urban Environments (AIRVUE). NASA Armstrong can […]
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X-59 Fires Up its Engine for First Time on its Way to Takeoff
Wed, 06 Nov 2024 17:21:31 +0000
Lee esta historia en español aquí. NASA’s Quesst mission marked a major milestone with the start of tests on the engine that will power the quiet supersonic X-59 experimental aircraft. These engine-run tests, which began Oct. 30, allow the X-59 team to verify the aircraft’s systems are working together while powered by its own engine. […]
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Deadliest weather made worse by climate change - scientists
Thu, 31 Oct 2024 04:27:46 GMT
Human-caused climate change made recent extreme weather events more intense and more likely, new analysis finds.
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NASA Brings Drone and Space Rover to Air Show
Wed, 30 Oct 2024 16:44:29 +0000
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World way off target in tackling climate change - UN
Mon, 28 Oct 2024 09:00:46 GMT
The world is wildly off track in tackling climate change, the UN says, as CO2 in the atmosphere accumulates faster than ever
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Polar bears face higher risk of disease in a warming Arctic
Wed, 23 Oct 2024 23:05:41 GMT
Climate change and sea ice loss leaves polar bears exposed to more diseases, research suggests.
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NASA’s C-130 Aircraft En Route to India in Support of NISAR Mission
Thu, 17 Oct 2024 19:11:53 +0000
NASA’s globetrotting C-130 Hercules team is carrying out a cargo transport mission to Bengaluru, India, in support of the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) mission. The C-130 departed from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, Tuesday, Oct. 15, to embark on the multi-leg, multi-day journey. The flight path will take the aircraft coast to coast […]
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Climate change supercharged Europe floods - scientists
Wed, 25 Sep 2024 03:06:20 GMT
A new study shows that the record-breaking rainfall was made more likely and intense by climate change.
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Wed, 19 Jun 2024 15:00:00 +0000
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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
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Mon, 22 Jan 2024 12:00:00 +0000
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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.
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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

• Lite Monthly: $99/month
• Standard Monthly: $179/month
• Annually Lite: $990/year
• Annually Standard: $1790/year

SEMRUSH

• Pro Plan: $119.95/month
• Guru Plan:$229.95/month
• Business Plan: $449.95/month

Which SEO tool should you choose for digital marketing?

When it comes to keyword data research, you will become confused about which one to choose.

Consider choosing Ahrefs if you

• Like friendly and clean interface
• Searching for simple keyword suggestions

• Want to get more keywords for different search engines like Amazon, Bing, Yahoo, Yandex, Baidu, and more

 

Consider SEMrush if you:

• Want more marketing and SEO features
• Need competitor analysis tool
• Need to keep your backlinks profile clean
• Looking for more keyword suggestions for Google

Both tools are great. Choose the one which meets your requirements and if you have any experience using either Ahrefs or SEMrush let me know in the comment section which works well for you.

 

 

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The House Just Blessed Trump’s Authoritarian Playbook by Passing Nonprofit-Killer Bill
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 16:12:31 +0000

Democratic support for the bill dwindled as critics warned it would let Donald Trump crack down on political foes.

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Republicans in North Carolina pass sweeping changes to consolidate power
Wed, 20 Nov 2024 22:02:22 +0000
The last-minute inclusions strip the incoming Democratic governor and attorney general of significant authority before the GOP loses its supermajority.
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Take Out the Trash: A Proposal to Clean Up the Democratic Party
Mon, 18 Nov 2024 10:00:00 +0000

Democrats are in disarray. It’s time to name our enemies and assert our demands to build a party that can win.

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Trump’s Election Is Also a Win for Tech’s Right-Wing “Warrior Class”
Sun, 17 Nov 2024 11:00:00 +0000

Silicon Valley has successfully rebranded military contracting as a proud national duty for the industry.

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Congress Could Protect Journalists From Surveillance. Trump Is Lobbying to Stop Them
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 17:32:15 +0000

The PRESS Act, a federal reporter shield bill, already passed the House unanimously. Trump wants it dead.

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Bernie Sanders Lost Vote to Block Arms for Israel, Says U.S. Is “Funding the Starvation of Children in Gaza”
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 02:02:51 +0000

Sanders’s resolutions to block arms sales to Israel gained momentum, but ran headlong into White House opposition.

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James Carville on where he thinks the Democrats went wrong – podcast
Fri, 22 Nov 2024 05:00:03 GMT

Everyone in US politics has an opinion on why the Democrats lost the election, and finger-pointing within the party is rife. As the debate rages, Jonathan Freedland will be speaking to various experts about what the party got wrong – and how it can bounce back.

This week, he meets James Carville, the veteran political strategist who helped get Bill Clinton elected twice

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“Absolutely Insane”: Pentagon Officials on Trump’s Military Deportation Plan
Tue, 19 Nov 2024 17:23:32 +0000

Trump campaigned on mass deportations. Now he’s threatening to use the U.S. military to carry them out.

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War Crimes Have Never Stopped the U.S. Before
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The U.S. has a long tradition of shielding Israel (and itself) from war crime allegations — and threatening The Hague.

The post War Crimes Have Never Stopped the U.S. Before appeared first on The Intercept.

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Meet the Republican and Democratic senators of the 119th Congress
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 18:00:57 +0000
The 119th Congress sees Republicans regaining control of the Senate with a 53-47 majority.
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Senators Have a Chance to Halt Weapons Sales to Israel. Will They Take It?
Wed, 20 Nov 2024 15:58:28 +0000

A joint resolution from Sen. Bernie Sanders would block arms sales to Israel. The challenge is convincing Democrats to act.

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Should a lame-duck Congress confirm judges? Yes for us, no for you.
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 11:00:55 +0000
Four years ago, GOP leader John Thune celebrated the seating of 14 judges after Trump lost the election; now he and Trump protest when Democrats use the same playbook.
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Pelosi says Republicans ‘outdid’ Democrats on 2024 communication
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 17:09:02 +0000

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Antiabortion groups plan new crackdowns, emboldened after election
Wed, 20 Nov 2024 19:10:10 +0000
Distressed by rising use of abortion pills, activists devise aggressive new action now that Republicans will be in charge.
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San Francisco’s Biggest Hospital System: Don’t Talk About Palestine
Tue, 19 Nov 2024 13:00:00 +0000

Nine health care workers at UCSF report censorship or punishment for speaking out about human rights for Palestinians — or simply wearing a pin.

The post San Francisco’s Biggest Hospital System: Don’t Talk About Palestine appeared first on The Intercept.

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Nigel Farage and his ‘historic mission’: on the ground with Reform UK – podcast
Fri, 22 Nov 2024 03:00:00 GMT

Today in Focus presenter Helen Pidd goes out on the road – to Birmingham, Stalybridge and Clacton – to chart Nigel Farage’s bid to transform Reform UK into a modern, professional political party

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It came off the back of unprecedented success for Reform at the general election: no populist right party in the UK had ever taken as many as its five seats in July. And they were won despite a campaign marred by racist and Islamophobic remarks from Reform members and candidates.

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Matt Gaetz withdraws from consideration to be Trump’s attorney general
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 21:35:32 GMT

Gaetz’s withdrawal comes amid intense scrutiny of allegations of sexual misconduct against cabinet nominee

• How Gaetz nomination unravelled in eight days

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Romania at turning point as pro-EU and nativist candidates seek election
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 18:07:42 GMT

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FCC chairwoman announces departure, paving way for Republican majority
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News Influencers Have Eclipsed Traditional Media
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 12:00:00 +0000
More and more Americans are getting their news from influencers on the internet.
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qualifiers: 30.00 politics, 25.00 election, 15.00 elections

Speaker Johnson restricts use of Capitol bathrooms by transgender people
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 00:17:47 +0000
The rule change is announced about two weeks after Democrat Sarah McBride of Delaware became the first openly transgender individual elected to Congress.
Match ID: 20 Score: 70.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 1 day
qualifiers: 30.00 politics, 30.00 democrat, 10.00 congress

Vice’s Hard-Right Turn to Trumpism
Tue, 19 Nov 2024 16:34:32 +0000

In new videos, Vice editor-in-chief Shane Smith treats immigrants as a problem and apologizes to Elon Musk for past coverage.

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qualifiers: 30.00 politics, 25.00 election, 15.00 executive

Squad Goals: Democrats Must Use Lame-Duck Power to Fight Trump Now
Thu, 14 Nov 2024 11:00:00 +0000

Progressives in Congress are urging party leaders to use their two remaining months in power to erect barriers to Trump’s agenda.

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Elon Musk Quietly Tried to Oust a Reform DA. Here’s Why He Failed.
Sat, 16 Nov 2024 10:00:00 +0000

Reports of the criminal justice reform movement’s death are greatly exaggerated.

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qualifiers: 17.14 republican, 17.14 politics, 17.14 democrat, 14.29 election

Senate Republicans are more receptive to Hegseth despite Gaetz’s exit
Fri, 22 Nov 2024 01:05:32 +0000
Senators stressed that police had investigated a 2017 allegation that Pete Hegseth, Trump’s pick for defense secretary, had drugged and sexually assaulted a woman at a California political conference and declined to press charges.
Match ID: 24 Score: 60.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 30.00 republican, 30.00 politics

Trump names Pam Bondi as attorney general pick after Gaetz steps aside
Fri, 22 Nov 2024 01:04:53 GMT

Ex-Florida attorney general is longtime Trump ally and was one of his lawyers during first impeachment trial

Donald Trump announced that he would nominate for attorney general Pam Bondi, the former Florida state attorney general, hours after the former representative Matt Gaetz withdrew in the face of opposition from Senate Republicans who had balked over a series of sexual misconduct allegations.

The move to name Bondi reflected Trump’s determination to install a loyalist as the nation’s top law enforcement official and marked another instance of Trump putting his personal lawyers in the justice department.

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qualifiers: 30.00 republican, 30.00 politics

Democratic Sen. Bob Casey concedes Pennsylvania race to Dave McCormick
Fri, 22 Nov 2024 00:51:09 +0000

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Senate Democrats force Israel weapons vote, citing Biden inaction
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 20:01:10 +0000
The Senate ultimately voted down the measure, brought by Sen. Bernie Sanders and Democratic allies, to block the sale of some U.S.-made weapons to Israel.
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Lots of Republicans suddenly think the economy wasn’t that bad after all
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 18:23:23 +0000
Polling from YouGov shows a sharp shift in Republican opinions over the past month.
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qualifiers: 30.00 republican, 30.00 politics

How Democrats won in districts Trump carried
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 12:19:51 +0000

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House Democrats file resolutions that could force a vote on releasing Gaetz ethics report
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 11:51:09 +0000

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Top House Ethics Democrat suggests GOP did not support releasing Gaetz report
Wed, 20 Nov 2024 21:48:48 +0000

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Economy and discontent were too much for Harris to overcome, advisers say
Wed, 20 Nov 2024 19:29:44 +0000
In analyzing the loss, Harris’s team also credits the Trump campaign with reaching sporadic voters, especially young men, through new media channels.
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Senate Democrats request Matt Gaetz case files from the FBI
Wed, 20 Nov 2024 18:33:35 +0000
The lawmakers are seeking all documents related to the now-closed sex trafficking investigation into Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general.
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House Democrats see silver linings after failing to win House majority
Wed, 20 Nov 2024 18:26:26 +0000

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Vice President-elect JD Vance delivered a thinly veiled message to fellow Senate Republicans as he began...
Wed, 20 Nov 2024 15:40:22 +0000

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Republican National Committee co-chair Lara Trump said Wednesday on Fox News that Senate Republicans should vote...
Wed, 20 Nov 2024 15:25:27 +0000

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Keir Starmer to restart UK-India talks after previous negotiations stalled
Mon, 18 Nov 2024 22:00:19 GMT

Whisky and migration thwarted earlier deal but UK PM hopeful of reaching agreement with Narendra Modi

Keir Starmer is to restart the aborted UK-India trade talks in the new year after an agreement stalled amid disagreements over whisky tariffs and migration.

No progress has been made on the deal since early this year after the last round of talks concluded. As prime minister, Boris Johnson promised a swift deal, but Rishi Sunak was said to be deeply uneasy with some of the provisions that had been negotiated by his predecessor. Talks were put on hold in March while both countries prepared for general elections.

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House GOP Moves to Ram Through Bill That Gives Trump Unilateral Power to Kill Nonprofits
Fri, 15 Nov 2024 14:14:34 +0000

Dozens of Democrats still support the bill — giving the Republican-controlled House plenty of breathing room to pass it next week.

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Growing up with Nigel Farage: inside Reform UK’s push for the next election
Fri, 22 Nov 2024 06:00:05 GMT

The party claims it has almost 100,000 members, more than the Lib Dems, whose hyperlocal strategy it aims to emulate

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It was the grand finale of Reform UK’s September conference and Nigel Farage had a serious message to deliver: it was time for Reform to “grow up” and professionalise.

He couldn’t do it alone, he told 4,000 hyped-up members who had paid £50 each to bask in his presence.

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Historically brief, but Gaetz’s Cabinet bid still did a lot of damage
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 19:14:02 +0000
No candidate for the Cabinet has been named so soon after an election and then withdrawn as rapidly as Gaetz.
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Bezos denies Musk allegations that he advised selling Tesla stock ahead of election
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 17:10:35 +0000

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Border Militias Prepare to Assist With Donald Trump’s Mass Deportation Plans
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 13:30:06 +0000
Militias that patrol the US border with Mexico are thrilled that Donald Trump has been elected—and plan to be a “valuable resource” to the incoming administration, whether or not they’re asked.
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What Is Donald Trump’s Cabinet Planning for America?
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 02:03:11 +0000
Matt Gaetz has “gone to Washington to burn it down,” says the staff writer Dexter Filkins. “And he’s been remarkably successful.”
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Ga. election workers ask court to punish Giuliani for more false claims
Wed, 20 Nov 2024 21:32:51 +0000
Two Georgia election workers want a judge to force Rudy Guliani to stop repeating false claims that resulted in a $148 million judgment against him.
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Mandate? Fuller election results increasingly show GOP gains were small.
Wed, 20 Nov 2024 20:38:42 +0000
A holistic look — down to the state legislative level — reinforces that early Trump and GOP claims to a huge “mandate” were overblown.
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How 2024 may shift our understanding of the political generation gap
Wed, 20 Nov 2024 19:12:43 +0000
Data from the election remains incomplete, but we can already assess how the generational divide has changed — and how it hasn’t.
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Donald Trump’s U.F.C. Victory Party
Tue, 19 Nov 2024 11:00:00 +0000
Dana White, the C.E.O. of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, helped Trump reach young male voters. Now White says he’s done with politics: “I want nothing to do with this shit.”
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The Looming GOP Battle Over Whether You Have to Go to Hell and Back to Cancel Amazon Prime
Fri, 15 Nov 2024 10:00:00 +0000

The fate of the new “click-to-cancel” rule will show whether some Republicans are serious about cracking down on anti-competitive practices.

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Understanding Latino Support for Donald Trump
Mon, 18 Nov 2024 11:00:00 +0000
Democrats have often described Latinos as decisive when they support liberal candidates and inconsequential when they don’t.
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Matt Gaetz Is Barely a Lawyer
Fri, 15 Nov 2024 16:13:10 +0000

Trump’s pick for attorney general shows that loyalty is the only qualification that matters.

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Labour having to tackle ‘chaos’ in the asylum system, says Yvette Cooper – UK politics live
Fri, 22 Nov 2024 08:52:31 GMT

Home secretary tells BBC that government is ‘strengthening enforcement arrangements around the rules’

Supporting Brexit is not a belief that is protected from workplace discrimination, an employment tribunal has ruled, as a former Ukip councillor lost her claim that she was bullied and harassed by her charity employer because she supported the UK’s departure from the EU.

Colette Fairbanks was sacked from her job at the drug and alcohol rehabilitation charity Change Grow Live after sharing “offensive” posts about immigrants on social media, a tribunal hearing was told.

I think some of the points they’ve been making is about illegal working in the UK. I have to say, I do believe that we do need stronger action on illegal working in the UK.

We’ve seen employers exploit migration, and that’s why, since the Labor government was elected, we’ve increased some of the immigration enforcement visits by around 20% over the summer.

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Sport may be a blunt tool of social change, but it’s time to take a stand against Israel | Jonathan Liew
Fri, 22 Nov 2024 08:00:07 GMT

As the bombing continues in Gaza, the inaction of bodies such as Fifa and the IOC becomes a glaring, conscious choice

Probably you already know what this is. Probably before you read a word of it, you decided what it was, where you stand on it, how you’re going to feel about it. The headline, there’s your first clue. Maybe you recognised the name of the writer and drew your own conclusions. And of course there’s the Guardian masthead at the top, the world’s leading bat‑signal for wet liberals, so already there’s a self‑selecting audience there.

Or maybe you came via a social media link that already told you what to expect. Necessary, vital, powerful. Great piece by so-and-so. A shocking antisemitic screed by an unashamed Jew-hater. Sides are taken. Feelings are felt. Minds are not changed.

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Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro charged with plotting coup d’état
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 20:22:02 GMT

Police accuse 37 people of crimes including conspiracy and trying to tear down one of world’s largest democracies

The former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro and some of his closest allies are among dozens of people formally accused by federal police of being part of a criminal conspiracy designed to obliterate Brazil’s democratic system through a rightwing coup d’état.

Federal police confirmed on Thursday that investigators had concluded their long-running investigation into what they called a coordinated attempt to “violently dismantle the constitutional state”.

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The Guardian view on physician associates: the NHS must level with the public | Editorial
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 18:49:45 GMT

Wes Streeting’s review must lead to greater clarity if confidence is to be rebuilt

The plan for the NHS workforce in England created under the Conservatives is already under review. Given Labour’s pledge to rewire the system – emphasising prevention and care delivered in the community rather than in hospitals – the overall staffing mix is bound to be reconfigured when the 10-year plan is launched next year. But amid these wider changes, and ongoing difficulties around workforce shortages, a simmering row about the role of physician associates (PAs) has become too hot to ignore. Wes Streeting’s announcement this week of a review, to be led by Prof Gillian Leng, showed that ministers have accepted the view of doctors that there is a problem.

The physician associate (PA) role was copied from the US. Television viewers of a certain age may well have had their first encounter with one on screen: Jeanie Boulet was a main character in the Chicago-set hospital drama ER. Not long after this, in 2003, the first PAs were employed in the NHS – initially with the title physician assistant. But since 2014 they have been known as physician associates – alongside a much smaller number of anaesthetic associates.

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The Guardian view on defence spending: performative opposition obscures common ground | Editorial
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 18:44:12 GMT

Tory complaints about Labour’s choices ring hollow when they still deny their culpability for the whole budget mess

Westminster politics is adept at hiding consensus. The oppositional style, embedded in the layout of the House of Commons, requires a performance of partisanship that often goes beyond genuine differences of opinion. It was predictable that the Conservatives would accuse the government of weakening national defences by scrapping old military hardware as part of a departmental savings drive. John Healey, the defence secretary, says the items in question – mostly helicopters and sea vessels – are obsolete or defective. Military chiefs confirm that assessment. The savings for the defence budget are £500m.

But James Cartlidge, the shadow defence secretary, laments an injudicious disposal of capabilities “just as the threats to our nation are growing”. Ben Wallace, a former Conservative defence secretary, describes it as “pure folly”. The Tories would like this argument to reinforce their claim that Labour is weak on national security, as evidenced by refusal to match the timetable Rishi Sunak set for raising defence spending to at least 2.5% of gross domestic product. Sir Keir Starmer has a “cast-iron commitment” to reach that target – the current figure is about 2.3% – but not a specific date. The prime minister’s argument is that defence priorities will be settled as part of a wider review, due next year. That will then dictate the rate at which spending can usefully be ramped up.

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Is Silicon Valley Actually Libertarian?
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 13:00:00 +0000
WIRED takes a look at one of Silicon Valley’s most influential ideologies.
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White House Staffers to Biden: “You Are Running Out of Time” on Gaza
Tue, 19 Nov 2024 19:26:32 +0000

The letter urges President Joe Biden to follow through on an ultimatum his administration issued to Israel over humanitarian aid.

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Pam Bondi, Trump’s pick for attorney general, is a longtime loyalist
Fri, 22 Nov 2024 03:05:29 +0000
The president-elect announced his plans to nominate the former Florida attorney general, who served on his impeachment defense team, to the Cabinet role hours after embattled former congressman Matt Gaetz withdrew his bid.
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Trump picks Pam Bondi as attorney general after Matt Gaetz’s withdrawl
Fri, 22 Nov 2024 00:51:09 +0000
Get the latest news on the transition to the new administration of President-elect Donald Trump and a new Congress.
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Those who try to emulate Teflon Trump often come unstuck – just ask Gaetz
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 21:39:24 GMT

The fall of the Florida congressman who was accused of sexual misconduct proves there is one rule for Trump and another for everyone else

When he ran for US president in 2016, Donald Trump boasted that he would “surround myself only with the best and most serious people”, adding: “We want top-of-the-line professionals.”

Second time around, Trump appears to have quality control issues. On Thursday Matt Gaetz, his pick to be attorney general, withdrew from consideration amid allegations including sexual misconduct with a 17-year-old girl, drug use and misappropriating campaign funds.

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What to know about Matt Gaetz’s investigation, sexual misconduct allegations
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 19:59:09 +0000
The allegations Matt Gaetz has faced, the House Ethics Committee’s report, and how members of Congress are reacting to him being picked to be attorney general.
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In resigning from Congress, Gaetz said he did not ‘intend’ to take oath in next session
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 18:30:13 +0000

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Rep. Nancy Mace finally mastered the right-wing media universe
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 16:10:49 +0000
All it took was abandoning her past positions and targeting a marginalized newcomer to Congress.
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Fearing war, Georgia chooses a return to Russia’s embrace
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 08:00:09 +0000
The pro-Russian ruling party claimed victory in an election rife with violations with the message that angering Moscow risks turning Georgia into another Ukraine.
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Vance seeks to build support among senators for Matt Gaetz as attorney general
Wed, 20 Nov 2024 23:38:26 +0000
Get the latest news on the transition to the new administration of President-elect Donald Trump and a new Congress.
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Radical Action Under Trump
Fri, 15 Nov 2024 11:00:00 +0000

In the face of a second Trump term, the left must cultivate a politics of everyday life that goes beyond voting, says columnist Natasha Lennard.

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How to Fortify Against the Trump Agenda While There's Still Time
Thu, 14 Nov 2024 19:15:00 +0000

A violent, white supremacist regime is coming, but there is room to organize — and capture the backlash when it fails.

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Pro-Brexit views not protected from workplace discrimination, tribunal rules
Fri, 22 Nov 2024 08:39:37 GMT

Ex-Ukip councillor Colette Fairbanks loses claim that she was bullied in charity job because of political stance

Supporting Brexit is not a belief that is protected from workplace discrimination, an employment tribunal has ruled, as a former Ukip councillor lost her claim that she was bullied and harassed by her charity employer because she supported the UK’s departure from the EU.

Colette Fairbanks was sacked from her job at the drug and alcohol rehabilitation charity Change Grow Live after sharing “offensive” posts about immigrants on social media, a tribunal hearing was told.

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‘We didn’t intend to create outrage’: Huggy Bear on radical politics, riot grrrl – and causing chaos on live TV
Fri, 22 Nov 2024 08:00:07 GMT

They said they’d exist for three years, then split. And that’s what the British punks did, winning love and notoriety for their feminist, queer worldview. Thirty years on, a new book tells their story

‘You should be able to heckle if there’s something sexist on live TV.” In the staff room at the Lloyd Park Children’s Charity in Walthamstow, where he has worked for 30-odd years, Huggy Bear’s guitarist/vocalist Chris Rowley is reflecting on his band’s appearance on a 1993 episode of post-pub Channel 4 show The Word. Their performance of combustible anthem Her Jazz – three minutes of needling feedback, Cro-Magnon riffing and Niki Eliot’s impassioned howl of “You’re old and out of touch!” – was genuinely anarchic on a Friday night “youth” show that typically passed off stage-managed sensationalism as something more radical.

Then, after a segment on glamour models the Barbi Twins, the group and their entourage – now part of the audience – castigated presenter Terry Christian, with one screaming on live TV that Christian believed “all fucking women are shit”. Cue an abrupt ad break, during which the Huggy Nation were roughly escorted from the studio. “It was scary,” Rowley adds. “We hadn’t intended to create this outrage. But the rabble spoke back.”

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Look at the farmers’ protest, and then ask yourself: how will we ever make tax fairer amid such grumbling? | Polly Toynbee
Fri, 22 Nov 2024 08:00:09 GMT

Labour inherited a dire situation that needed desperate change – but powerful lobbies make any tax reform near-impossible

That was a state-of-the-nation image, those thousands of farmers in Whitehall protesting about inheritance tax (IHT). Their little inheritors on toy tractors could hardly have offered a better portrait of a Britain where even modest reforms of wildly irrational tax reliefs are near-impossible. The country loves Old MacDonald and detests IHT.

This is a symbol of the great malaise those same contrary voters feel about the profound unfairness in this most unequal of countries. Few think it’s OK for the top 1% to own almost a quarter of all wealth, or the top 0.1% to take about 60 times more income than their population share, while we are living through the greatest decline in living standards since records began.

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‘We’ve got a responsibility’: Queensland truth-telling head vows to complete inquiry despite premier’s plan to scrap it
Fri, 22 Nov 2024 07:38:21 GMT

Commission chair reopens submissions and says report will be finished and tabled in parliament

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The head of Queensland’s Indigenous truth-telling and healing commission has vowed to complete the inquiry, defying the government’s plan to eliminate it.

The chairperson, Josh Creamer, restarted the historic inquiry on Friday, 23 days after the new premier, David Crisafulli, ordered it to halt work.

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Greens say leaked pokies reform report ‘a huge concern’ – as it happened
Fri, 22 Nov 2024 07:33:12 GMT

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Heatwave conditions are building over parts of Victoria and New South Wales today.

According to the Bureau of Meteorology, much of Victoria will experience heatwave conditions, with maximum temperatures in the mid to high 30s.

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‘He was for us’: everyone has anecdotes about John Prescott in his village
Fri, 22 Nov 2024 07:00:08 GMT

Residents of Sutton in Hull remember the former MP and deputy prime minister who became ‘a proper Hully’

In the village of Sutton, which John Prescott called home, everybody has their own anecdote about the Labour heavyweight.

For some, it was simply that they had seen him walking his dog, or out and about in his slippers, but others had more colourful stories to tell.

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Controversial Townsville mayor Troy Thompson suspended for 12 months
Fri, 22 Nov 2024 06:01:00 GMT

Thompson refutes ‘any and all allegations that have been made’ against him after government announced action

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Townsville’s controversial mayor has been suspended from the role for a year on full pay, but has vowed to return to the job after clearing his name.

Queensland’s local government minister, Ann Leahy, announced the decision on Thursday, saying his position had become “untenable”.

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Chronic pain and ravaged mental health: this is the brutal reality of Britain’s new working class | Aditya Chakrabortty
Fri, 22 Nov 2024 06:00:05 GMT

The story of former Amazon worker Karolina Sobczak reveals much about the people who keep our society running – at huge personal cost

If journalists visit Mansfield at all these days, they come for one thing: the cliches. They want the market town where 70% backed Brexit, the “red wall” seat that booted out its Labour MP in 2017 for a private-school boy who called for the poor to be sterilised. They want colliery brass bands, Nigel Farage’s beery grin and vox pops about stopping the boats. And they’re not alone. For social scientists and thinktankers, Mansfield and its ring of former mining villages make up a petri dish of “left-behind” England, of isolation and anger and impoverishment. They’re part of that other England, which performs the same role in our politics as the corrections and clarifications column in a daily broadsheet, sweeping up stray mishaps and howlers so as to reassure readers that the rest is true. Yes, there are losers in the Britain of the 2020s – many, many losers – but the model works.

Even as the mines closed and the factories shut, Margaret Thatcher as good as guaranteed a jobs boom was on its way. When none came, Tony Blair pledged regeneration. Just outside Mansfield, the New Labour government ploughed £38m of taxpayer money into an old coalmine to attract a buyer. After a company bought the site, the regional development agency was jubilant. It put out a press release promising the new owner would “create up to 2,500 jobs – more than existed at the time when [the] colliery was operating at full capacity”.

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Aditya Chakrabortty is a Guardian columnist

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Large parts of adult social care market in England face collapse, thinktank warns
Fri, 22 Nov 2024 05:16:37 GMT

Sector will have extra £2.8bn cost burden from April due to tax and wage rises announced in budget, says Nuffield Trust

Large parts of England’s adult social care market face collapse as a result of tax and wage rises announced in the budget, with devastating consequences for vulnerable and older people who rely on care services, a leading thinktank has warned.

The Nuffield Trust said that while the government has consistently spoken of its long term ambition to reform the social care sector, there may be “little of it left” to reform unless it takes urgent action to stabilise the care market financially.

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‘We create gods because the world is chaos’: Ralph Fiennes, John Lithgow and Stanley Tucci on celebrity, sin and papal thriller Conclave
Fri, 22 Nov 2024 05:00:03 GMT

In Edward Berger’s Oscar-tipped drama, the three actors play cardinals vying to become pope. Ahead of the film’s UK release, they form a huddle to discuss fame, food – and why Trump won

Faith, death and vengeful vaping: of all the Oscar contenders this year, Conclave is the one that best combines chewy religious inquiry and lavish side-eye. Adapted by Wolf Hall screenwriter Peter Straughan from the Robert Harris novel, Conclave has been directed by All Quiet on the Western Front’s Edward Berger as a heavy-breathing battle for hearts, minds and power.

Ralph Fiennes stars as Cardinal Lawrence, who, after the sudden death of the pope, must park his own religious doubts to wrangle the 113 cardinals who have descended on the Vatican. These men will be sequestered until they can elect one of their number as the new pontiff. Among them are the gentle progressive Bellini (Stanley Tucci) and smooth traditionalist Tremblay (John Lithgow). Both have secrets. But are they as lethal as those of their friends – and rivals?

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Social media ban for UK under-16s ‘not on the cards’ for now, says minister
Fri, 22 Nov 2024 05:00:04 GMT

Peter Kyle meets group of teenagers at NSPCC HQ who say imposing ban would reduce their social connections

A social media ban for under-16s is “not on the cards at the moment”, a minister has said, as teenagers urged him to rethink plans to follow Australia’s lead and restrict access to sites such as TikTok, Instagram and Snapchat.

Peter Kyle, the secretary of state for science and technology, is trying to convince social media platforms to do more to prevent online harms, with new laws coming into effect next year that could result in heavy fines and even jail in cases where online safety is breached.

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Trump’s pick for attorney general previously served on his impeachment defense team
Fri, 22 Nov 2024 00:29:39 +0000

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The Explosion of Matt Gaetz and Other Early Lessons in Trump 2.0
Fri, 22 Nov 2024 00:03:14 +0000
There are many more manic Thursdays to come.
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Yvette Cooper to set out crackdown on antisocial behaviour including jail terms
Fri, 22 Nov 2024 00:01:08 GMT

Persistent offenders will face up to two years in prison under Respect orders, as police get powers to seize vehicles

People who persistently demonstrate antisocial behaviour will face up to two years in jail under Labour’s Respect orders, the home secretary will say on Friday.

Yvette Cooper will also announce that police will be given new powers to immediately seize off-road bikes, e-scooters on pavements and street-racing cars as part of the clampdown.

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Tracking Trump’s picks for his Cabinet and administration
Fri, 22 Nov 2024 00:01:22 +0000
Here are the people Donald Trump has picked or is considering to fill his Cabinet and key positions in his administration.
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After Gaetz withdrawal from attorney general bid, Trump picks Pam Bondi as replacement
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 23:51:30 +0000

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RFK Jr. weighs major changes to how Medicare pays physicians
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 23:19:36 +0000

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Where RFK Jr.'s fluoride-free dream is already a reality
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 22:50:17 +0000
Today, we dive straight into the impassioned politics and science of fluoride in our drinking water. We travel to the front lines of the growing debates in Oregon, where communities large and small have been sparring over the issue for decades.
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McConnell will chair Senate Rules Committee, defense appropriations subcommittee next term
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 22:37:23 +0000

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Zients hosts a dinner for past chiefs of staff and Wiles — who will serve in the role under Trump
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 22:04:50 +0000

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‘Obscene’: Anger after cost of King Charles’s coronation revealed
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 21:57:41 GMT

Official figures put price of event at £72m but anti-monarchy group Republic says real cost is likely much more

The coronation of King Charles in May 2023 cost taxpayers at least £72m, official figures have revealed.

The cost of policing the ceremony was £21.7m, with a further £50.3m in costs racked up by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

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Analysis: 4 takeaways from Matt Gaetz’s exit
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 21:55:04 +0000

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Gaetz withdraws as attorney general nominee
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 21:45:57 +0000
This week, the crew breaks down former rep. Matt Gaetz's sudden withdrawal as Trump's intended nominee for attorney general. Then, Libby Casey, James Hohmann and JM Rieger examine president-elect Donald Trump's promises: What does he say he will do on his first day in office? And what priorities will come later? Plus, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is Trump's pick for Health and Human Services secretary – but will his proposed policy changes conflict with big business priorities? And can he actually take the flouride out of your water?
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Column: It was historically brief, but Gaetz’s Cabinet bid still did a lot of damage
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 21:34:46 +0000

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Four takeaways from Matt Gaetz’s exit
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 21:28:56 +0000
It was an early setback for Trump, and it shows that the system can still stand up to him — at least when it’s relatively easy to do so.
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Is the war in Ukraine escalating or headed toward an endgame? | Christopher S Chivvis
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 21:00:04 GMT

Allowing Ukraine to use US Atacms missiles for deep strikes may be worth the risk if it hastens negotiations

It seems like the war in Ukraine is on the brink of escalating to a new level. North Korean troops have joined Russia on the battlefield, Ukraine is striking deep into Russian territory with US-provided weapons, and the Kremlin is yet again making nuclear threats. These developments intensify the sense that this war could spiral out of control. Paradoxically, however, they may also help usher in its end.

In October, North Korea added 11,000 troops to the battlefield on Russia’s side. The Biden administration said this were an unacceptable escalation. Over the weekend, it approved Ukraine’s use of US-provided missiles for long-range strikes into Russia. Russia responded with a new and more threatening nuclear doctrine that says it might use its nuclear arsenal against a non-nuclear country – a not-so-thinly veiled threat to Ukraine.

Christopher S Chivvis is a senior fellow and director of the Carnegie Endowment’s American statecraft program

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Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), the vice president-elect, wrote on X that he is “extremely grateful for...
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 20:57:00 +0000

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Gaetz’s withdrawal brings some relief to Justice Department, but staffers brace for next pick
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 20:36:39 +0000

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Video: ‘We have a plan’ to deal with mass deportations from U.S., Mexican president says
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 20:28:14 +0000

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Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-New York), whom President-elect Donald Trump tapped to be his nominee for U.S....
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You Too Can Hire an ‘Etsy Witch’ to Curse Elon Musk
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 19:56:55 +0000
Riley Wenckus used TikTok to tell Elon Musk she paid “an Etsy witch” $7.99 to make his life “a living hell.” A new market has opened up for others looking to follow her lead.
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How John Prescott used humour and grit to unite old and New Labour
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 19:45:20 GMT

Prescott, from proud working-class stock, represented the part of Labour that Tony Blair knew he had to carry with him

The first time I met John Prescott, we were in a helicopter flying over the Thames Gateway where he and Tony Blair, the then prime minister, also on board, were announcing a multimillion-pound regeneration plan.

It was August 2003 and I was a young pool reporter for the Press Association, there to ask the politicians about their plans on behalf of the rest of the media. The flight was noisy and we all wore ear protectors, so conversation was limited.

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MoD to cut more than 5,000 civil service jobs in drive to reduce costs
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 19:35:46 GMT

David Williams, the permanent secretary, said department aims to lose 10% of staff, causing alarm among trade unions

More than 5,000 civil service jobs are set to go at the Ministry of Defence in a drive to cut costs, prompting alarm among trade unions.

David Williams, the permanent secretary, said the department was aiming to lose 10% of its 56,800 staff by the end of the parliament. It has already shed thousands under the previous government through a hiring freeze that was due to end in March 2025.

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Rep. Michael Guest (R-Mississippi), chairman of the House Ethics Committee, told CBS News on Thursday that...
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 19:30:48 +0000

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Rep. Sean Casten (D-Illinois) said the House Ethics Committee should still release its report into allegations...
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 19:02:48 +0000

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It was a time for niceties in the Commons. Kemi doesn’t do niceties | John Crace
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 18:59:25 GMT

The G20? Cop29? Totally pointless, said the Tory leader. World leaders getting up themselves and a load of virtue-signalling

It had been shaping up to be another sleepy Thursday in Westminster. A day when hostilities were put on hold after the exertions earlier in the week. A time for MPs to be a little more playful with one another. To even, occasionally, agree with one another.

And that’s very much how proceedings began. First, there were outpourings of sympathy from members of all parties for the family of John Prescott, who had died the day before. Tributes for a life well lived. Then the main business: a statement from Keir Starmer on Cop29 and the G20.

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The minor who alleged she had sex with Matt Gaetz had multiple encounters with the former...
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 18:49:46 +0000

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Trump’s ‘border czar’ pick says administration will use Texas as staging area for deportations
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 18:48:31 +0000

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Farmers aged 80 and above could get exemption from inheritance tax
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 18:48:50 GMT

Exclusive: Government looks at changing rules so older farmers do not have to live for seven years after making a gift to avoid the tax

New inheritance tax rules for farmers could be changed to make it easier for those 80 and over to hand down their farm without it incurring the tax, in what would be a partial climbdown by the government after a bruising row with farmers and a huge protest march in Westminster on Tuesday.

The Treasury is understood to be assessing the impact of changes, including amending gifting rules for over-80s so they can pass on their farm to their family without having to live for seven years after making the gift.

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What Happens to X With No More Libs to Troll?
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 18:47:57 +0000
There has been a mass migration from X to BlueSky. What does it mean for our already-fragmented social media ecosystem?
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SEC’s Gensler to step down when Trump takes office
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 18:47:35 +0000

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“That does not sound good at all,” said Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Florida), a close ally of...
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 18:37:35 +0000

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Obsidian’s Avowed is the cure for “Souls-like” action-RPG fatigue
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 18:11:18 +0000
Preview build shows a rich, colorful world with satisfying, zippy combat.
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When asked about Matt Gaetz’s decision to withdraw his name from consideration to be the next...
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A person involved in Donald Trump’s team, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss...
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At least one senator who met with Gaetz on Wednesday said he was stunned by the...
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Hegseth, in response to sexual assault claim, says he was ‘completely cleared’
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 17:58:59 +0000

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Matt Gaetz withdraws name from consideration for attorney general
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 17:56:06 +0000

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Minutes after Matt Gaetz withdrew from consideration to become attorney general, President-elect Donald Trump said he...
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 17:54:33 +0000

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House lawmakers want more information from Ethics Committee on Gaetz report
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 17:24:14 +0000

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Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-Tennessee) said Thursday he had an “outstanding meeting” with Pete Hegseth, Trump’s choice...
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Challenges of improving policing across Britain | Letters
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 17:00:08 GMT

Readers respond to a police chief’s call for reforms to end the different standards of policing across England and Wales

Yet again we have a senior chief constable calling for a single national police force (In England and Wales, where you live determines the kind of policing you get. That isn’t right, 18 November). Gavin Stephens rightly points out the logistical difficulties created by having 43 separate and independent police forces in England and Wales, but he fails to mention the other side of the coin: the increased danger in reduced accountability and the potential increases in the abuse of power by concentrating the considerable powers of chief constables into a single authority.

The importance of pluralism in police provision is occasionally seen in the identification of poor performance and the rectification of abuses by chief constables. To do this would be far more difficult in a single national force. My time on the West Yorkshire police authority when it was an integral part of the West Yorkshire metropolitan county council was salutary. Its policing of the 1984-85 miners’ strike was significantly different from the more confrontational actions in South Yorkshire. It is not possible to guarantee which policy would be followed by a single national force. I would not wish the latter style to become nationally dominant.
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When social care is put in private hands | Letters
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 16:59:40 GMT

John Burton on the overhaul of children’s social care, and Janet Maitland on how chronic underfunding has tainted assessments of people’s needs

As someone who has worked in children’s homes since the 1960s and who is part of a community of people who have experience of generally good children’s homes, I don’t expect the government’s proposed reforms will have the desired effect (Overhaul of children’s social care in England will crack down on firms’ profiteering, 18 November). When care was put in the hands of profit-driven providers and local authorities and charities stopped providing the homes that some ran well in the past, what did we think would happen?

When social workers are so restricted in time and resources that they are forced to turn to shameless profiteers to accommodate children who need a home, love and childcare expertise, why are we shocked that children are not getting the support they need?

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Police records reveal new details about sexual assault allegation against Pete Hegseth
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 16:46:15 +0000
The incident has roiled Donald Trump’s transition team since the former president announced Hegseth as his pick for defense secretary.
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GOP Sen. John Barrasso backs Hegseth, who faces sexual assault allegation
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 15:25:48 +0000

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Report: RFK Jr. once compared Trump to Hitler
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 15:18:32 +0000

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Rep. Greene to lead House panel focused on Musk-Ramaswamy government cuts
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 14:56:15 +0000

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Incoming members of the House are picking their Capitol Hill offices via lottery, which is underway...
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 14:07:53 +0000

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Rep. Marcy Kaptur, longest-serving woman in House, retains seat
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 13:41:29 +0000

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Nick Begich wins Alaska U.S. House race, unseating Rep. Mary Peltola
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 12:47:13 +0000

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Dining across the divide: ‘There wasn’t much substance to her argument for why she disliked Trump’
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 12:30:46 GMT

They disagree on the climate crisis, Farage and the president-elect – so how did they have such a nice time?

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House panel was told Gaetz paid two women $10,000, in part for sex
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 11:56:43 +0000

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Analysis: No Trump administration pick is viewed positively by most Americans
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 11:53:15 +0000

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Musk, Ramaswamy vow ‘mass head-count reductions’ in U.S. government
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 11:47:52 +0000

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John Prescott: former deputy PM and New Labour stalwart – video obituary
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 11:40:20 GMT

John Prescott, who has died at 86, served as deputy prime minister for more than a decade under Tony Blair, and was seen as a custodian of the Labour party’s traditional values in the face of a modernising leadership. Blair and Gordon Brown led tributes, with Blair telling BBC Radio 4's Today programme he was 'one of the most talented people I ever encountered in politics'

• John Prescott, British former deputy prime minister, dies aged 86

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John Prescott: share your tributes and memories
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 09:44:17 GMT

We would like to hear your memories of John Prescott – whether you met him, or appreciated his work in politics

John Prescott, former British deputy prime minister, has died aged 86. Prescott was a former trade union activist and a significant figure of the New Labour movement. Prescott served as deputy prime minister under Blair, and was seen as a custodian of the Labour party’s traditional values in the face of a modernising leadership.

We would like to hear your tributes and memories of John Prescott – whether you met him, or appreciated the work he did in politics.

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John Prescott: a life in pictures
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 07:51:19 GMT

The former British deputy prime minister John Prescott has died aged 86. His family said he ‘spent his life trying to improve the lives of others, fighting for social justice and protecting the environment’

• John Prescott, British former deputy prime minister, dies aged 86
• UK politics live – latest updates

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Going for gold: the best of Africa Foto Fair – in pictures
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 07:00:40 GMT

From the niqab reimagined as a luxury brand good to the plights of female boxers in Lagos, this year’s festival mixes politics with panache

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Who is Linda McMahon? Trump donor, WWE co-founder is education secretary pick.
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 03:57:16 +0000
The 76-year-old, who has donated tens of millions of dollars to Donald Trump’s campaigns over the years, co-chairs the transition team.
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Column: No Trump administration pick is viewed positively by most Americans
Wed, 20 Nov 2024 23:38:26 +0000

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Haley expresses distrust over two of Trump’s key administration picks: Tulsi Gabbard and RFK Jr.
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Trump picks people who worked on Project 2025 despite distancing himself
Wed, 20 Nov 2024 22:41:14 +0000
Donald Trump has announced the choices for his administration after saying he had “no idea” who was involved with the policy blueprint coordinated by the conservative Heritage Foundation.
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Trump eyes return of Russell Vought to key White House budget post
Wed, 20 Nov 2024 21:54:45 +0000

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Office of Management and Budget director
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No Trump administration pick is viewed positively by most Americans
Wed, 20 Nov 2024 21:29:39 +0000
Views of Trump’s administration picks are mixed, but many Americans simply have no opinion.
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Paul opposes Trump’s plan to use military for mass deportations
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Trump taps Matthew Whitaker, former acting attorney general, for NATO ambassador
Wed, 20 Nov 2024 20:59:33 +0000
Whitaker has little to no experience in security or foreign policy, both of which are central to the NATO role.
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While the House ethics panel deliberated, Rep. Sean Casten (D-Illinois) announced that he would move to...
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House Ethics chair: No agreement to release Gaetz report
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Federal Communications Commission chairman
Wed, 20 Nov 2024 20:39:29 +0000

Match ID: 147 Score: 30.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 1 day
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The House Ethics Committee meeting appears to have broken up, with several members leaving but declining...
Wed, 20 Nov 2024 20:32:46 +0000

Match ID: 148 Score: 30.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 1 day
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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services administrator
Wed, 20 Nov 2024 20:30:28 +0000

Match ID: 149 Score: 30.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 1 day
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In response to House Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-Louisiana) announcement that transgender individuals would not be allowed...
Wed, 20 Nov 2024 19:59:39 +0000

Match ID: 150 Score: 30.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 1 day
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Trump FCC Pick Brendan Carr Wants to Be the Speech Police. That’s Not His Job
Wed, 20 Nov 2024 19:39:09 +0000
Brendan Carr wrote the Project 2025 chapter on the Federal Communications Commission. Now Donald Trump has tapped him to run the agency.
Match ID: 151 Score: 30.00 source: www.wired.com age: 1 day
qualifiers: 30.00 politics

Trump, after distancing himself from Project 2025, picks people who worked on it
Wed, 20 Nov 2024 19:28:06 +0000

Match ID: 152 Score: 30.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 1 day
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House ethics panel begins meeting on Gaetz report
Wed, 20 Nov 2024 19:04:19 +0000

Match ID: 153 Score: 30.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 1 day
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk is seeking to downplay his influence over Donald Trump’s transition process after...
Wed, 20 Nov 2024 18:41:49 +0000

Match ID: 154 Score: 30.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 1 day
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Linda McMahon made a fortune with WWE. Wrestling scandals now shadow her rise.
Wed, 20 Nov 2024 17:25:48 +0000

Match ID: 155 Score: 30.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 1 day
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Milei plan to privatise Argentina river sparks fears among local communities
Wed, 20 Nov 2024 17:06:43 GMT

Communities on Paraná River fear privatisation of waterway operations will destroy way of life

River communities in Argentina fear that Javier Milei’s plans to privatise operations on a key shipping route could lead to environmental damage and destroy their way of life.

Since taking office almost a year ago, the self-styled “anarcho-capitalist” president has pledged to privatise a number of the state’s assets. The latest is the Paraguay-Paraná waterway – a shipping route of strategic importance for Argentina and its neighbours.

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Match ID: 156 Score: 30.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 1 day
qualifiers: 30.00 politics

Trump’s education pick once incorrectly claimed to have education degree
Wed, 20 Nov 2024 16:56:19 +0000

Match ID: 157 Score: 30.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 1 day
qualifiers: 30.00 politics

GOP senators say RFK Jr. must ‘explain’ vaccine criticism, other views
Wed, 20 Nov 2024 16:36:29 +0000

Match ID: 158 Score: 30.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 1 day
qualifiers: 30.00 politics

Trump’s lawyers want a month to file new hush money dismissal bid
Wed, 20 Nov 2024 16:22:49 +0000

Match ID: 159 Score: 30.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 1 day
qualifiers: 30.00 politics

Austin defends military women after comments by Trump defense chief pick
Wed, 20 Nov 2024 16:13:21 +0000

Match ID: 160 Score: 30.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 1 day
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Trump picks Matthew Whitaker for NATO ambassador
Wed, 20 Nov 2024 16:11:56 +0000

Match ID: 161 Score: 30.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 1 day
qualifiers: 30.00 politics

Stephen Miller is the breathless voice of extreme Trumpism
Wed, 20 Nov 2024 15:51:01 +0000
Stephen Miller is at the forefront of claiming that Trump has support he lacks to undertake actions that challenge the American system.
Match ID: 162 Score: 30.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 1 day
qualifiers: 30.00 politics

Mistrust, anger and suspicion of Bill Gates: voices from the UK farmers protest – video
Wed, 20 Nov 2024 14:00:22 GMT

Amid a protest in central London on Tuesday against changes to inheritance tax announced by Labour, the Guardian discovered a mistrust of politicians, fear over the future of UK farming and suspicion of Bill Gates

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Match ID: 163 Score: 30.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 1 day
qualifiers: 30.00 politics

The Complex Politics of Tribal Enrollment
Wed, 20 Nov 2024 11:00:00 +0000
How did the U.S. government become involved in “adjudicating Indianness”?
Match ID: 164 Score: 30.00 source: www.newyorker.com age: 1 day
qualifiers: 30.00 politics

Anyone Can Buy Data Tracking US Soldiers and Spies to Nuclear Vaults and Brothels in Germany
Wed, 20 Nov 2024 04:00:00 +0000
More than 3 billion phone coordinates collected by a US data broker expose the detailed movements of US military and intelligence workers in Germany—and the Pentagon is powerless to stop it.
Match ID: 165 Score: 30.00 source: www.wired.com age: 2 days
qualifiers: 30.00 politics

Immigration Police Can Already Sidestep US Sanctuary City Laws Using Data-Sharing Fusion Centers
Tue, 19 Nov 2024 10:00:00 +0000
Built to combat terrorism, fusion centers give US Immigration and Customs Enforcement a way to gain access to data that’s meant to be protected under city laws limiting local police cooperation with ICE.
Match ID: 166 Score: 30.00 source: www.wired.com age: 2 days
qualifiers: 30.00 politics

From Campus to the Courts, the “Palestine Exception” Rules University Crackdowns
Mon, 18 Nov 2024 19:04:56 +0000

The fights over Gaza protests are playing out online, in campus quads, internal disciplinary proceedings, and in the courts.

The post From Campus to the Courts, the “Palestine Exception” Rules University Crackdowns appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 167 Score: 25.71 source: theintercept.com age: 3 days
qualifiers: 25.71 democrat

NSW government passes bill to repair ‘broken’ biodiversity offset scheme
Fri, 22 Nov 2024 05:45:23 GMT

Reforms include public registers to track how developers are meeting their commitments and avoiding damaging endangered ecosystems

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The New South Wales parliament has passed the “biggest reforms to the biodiversity offsets scheme since its inception” after inquiries triggered by a 2021 Guardian Australia investigation.

The legislation, promised by the Minns government before the 2023 election, introduces changes aimed at reversing the decline of the state’s biodiversity and improving the integrity of the offsets scheme.

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Match ID: 168 Score: 25.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 25.00 election

Tesla’s path in China clears as Musk courts both Trump and Xi
Fri, 22 Nov 2024 00:27:22 GMT

Billionaire CEO is well connected in the US and China, something that could smooth the road ahead for the electric vehicle maker amid a looming tariff war

If it pays to have friends in high places, few among us can claim to be better placed than Elon Musk, the world’s richest man and one of the only people to have cosy relationships with both Donald Trump and Xi Jinping. His commercial and political connections to both may prove pivotal as the feud between the US and China plays out over the next four years, particularly as Trump promises steep tariffs.

Musk, the billionaire CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, once supported Joe Biden. But his relationship with the current US president soured over the past four years as, among other insults, Musk felt that the White House gave Telsa, his car and green energy company, “the cold shoulder”. Trump, meanwhile, has described Tesla as “incredible” even while pledging to do away with subsidies for electric vehicles. This year, Musk formally endorsed Trump as the presidential candidate, campaigned for him online and off and donated more than $100m to his re-election effort.

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Match ID: 169 Score: 25.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 25.00 election

Brazilian police allege Bolsonaro led plot to seize power and kill rivals
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 21:31:27 +0000
In recommending charges against the former president, police say Latin America’s largest country came close to suffering a coup following the 2022 election.
Match ID: 170 Score: 25.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 25.00 election

FAQ: The Real Story About Astronaut Health Care in Space
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 20:10:17 +0000
Lee esta historia en español aquí. The International Space Station is humanity’s home in space and a research station orbiting about 250 miles above the Earth. NASA and its international partners have maintained a continuous human presence aboard the space station for more than 24 years, conducting research that is not possible on Earth. The […]
Match ID: 171 Score: 25.00 source: www.nasa.gov age: 0 days
qualifiers: 25.00 election

Uncovering coordinated cross-platform information operations: Threatening the integrity of the 2024 U.S. presidential election
2024-11-21T16:23:31+00:00
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Match ID: 172 Score: 25.00 source: www.reddit.com age: 0 days
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Tell us your favourite podcast of 2024
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 12:48:34 GMT

We would like to hear about your favourite new podcast you’ve been listening to this year and why

We would like to hear about your favourite new podcast you’ve been listening to this year and why. Let us know and we’ll run a selection of your recommendations in December. Tell us your favourite using the form below.

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Match ID: 173 Score: 25.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 25.00 election

‘What were you expecting? A bloodless war?’: how Cameroon became trapped in a forgotten standoff
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 09:00:42 GMT

The eight-year conflict between the country’s French- and English-speaking populations has its roots in the colonial past and modern injustice

Two plants sprouting from the rusty-red soil mark the grave behind the family’s mud house in the Mokwebu neighbourhood of Bamenda, capital of Cameroon’s embattled north-west. Morine Ngum’s husband, Calistus Nche, was killed in 2022 by soldiers of the country’s francophone-dominated government in a civil war he had joined four years earlier.

Calistus Nche, a separatist fighter shot by government troops in Bamenda in 2022. Photograph: Morine Ngum

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Match ID: 174 Score: 25.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 25.00 election

Why Do We Talk This Way?
Tue, 19 Nov 2024 11:00:00 +0000
Technology is dramatically changing political speech, rewarding quantity and variety over the neat messages of the past.
Match ID: 175 Score: 25.00 source: www.newyorker.com age: 2 days
qualifiers: 25.00 election

This Election Just Proves What I Already Believed
Mon, 18 Nov 2024 11:00:00 +0000
The list of issues I was right about goes on and on. Guns? Kamala Harris owns too many, but also not enough.
Match ID: 176 Score: 21.43 source: www.newyorker.com age: 3 days
qualifiers: 21.43 election

More Spyware, Fewer Rules: What Trump’s Return Means for US Cybersecurity
Thu, 14 Nov 2024 10:30:00 +0000
Experts expect Donald Trump’s next administration to relax cybersecurity rules on businesses, abandon concerns around human rights, and take an aggressive stance against the cyber armies of US adversaries.
Match ID: 177 Score: 20.00 source: www.wired.com age: 7 days
qualifiers: 8.57 politics, 7.14 election, 4.29 elections

RFK Jr. Talks About Public Health, but He’s Joining an Administration That’ll Make Us Sicker Than Ever
Fri, 15 Nov 2024 00:01:56 +0000

I get Kennedy’s appeal, but Trump will undo the protections with the most direct, proven impact on our health.

The post RFK Jr. Talks About Public Health, but He’s Joining an Administration That’ll Make Us Sicker Than Ever appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 178 Score: 17.14 source: theintercept.com age: 7 days
qualifiers: 8.57 republican, 8.57 politics

Poorer patients missing surgery as they 'can't afford time off work'
Fri, 22 Nov 2024 08:38:00 GMT
Chief executive of the Western Trust Neil Guckian said it was a "sad indictment of our society".
Match ID: 179 Score: 15.00 source: www.bbc.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 15.00 executive

‘You tried to tell yourself I wasn’t real’: what happens when people with acute psychosis meet the voices in their heads? – podcast
Fri, 22 Nov 2024 05:00:05 GMT

In avatar therapy, a clinician gives voice to their patients’ inner demons. For some of the participants in a new trial, the results have been astounding. By Jenny Kleeman

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Match ID: 180 Score: 15.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 15.00 executive

'I was shocked' by Captain Tom charity, says ex-boss
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 20:14:18 GMT
The former chief executive of the Captain Tom Foundation tells the BBC he uncovered what he considered questionable practices.
Match ID: 181 Score: 15.00 source: www.bbc.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 15.00 executive

An arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu – Today in Focus Extra
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 17:42:52 GMT

The international criminal court has issued arrest warrants for the Israeli prime minister, his former defence minister and a Hamas leader. Julian Borger reports

After 10 months of deliberation, the international criminal court has issued an arrest warrant for the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, the former defence minister Yoav Gallant and the Hamas leader Mohammed Deif for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Gaza war.

Julian Borger, the Guardian’s senior international correspondent, explains the significance of this moment – the first time a western ally from a modern democracy has been charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity by a global judicial body. He tells Hannah Moore how allies such as the US and UK are likely to react to the news, and the impact it has had in Israel.

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Match ID: 182 Score: 15.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 15.00 executive

Amorim arrives as Guardiola extends stay in Manchester – Football Weekly Extra podcast
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 12:50:25 GMT

Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, Jonathan Wilson and Jonathan Liew to preview the Premier League action this weekend

Rate, review, share on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Audioboom, Mixcloud, Acast and Stitcher, and join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter and email.

On the podcast today; Pep Guardiola will stay at Manchester City beyond this season. The panel debate whether it is good for the Premier League and how it will affect the players before their game against Spurs on Saturday.

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Match ID: 183 Score: 15.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 15.00 executive

British mining executives held in Mali freed after $160m deal to settle tax dispute
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 12:35:28 GMT

Resolute Mining chief executive Terence Holohan and two employees had been held since 9 November

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Three British mining executives who had been detained by the government of Mali have been released and are “safe and well”, days after agreeing to pay $160m to settle a tax dispute.

Resolute Mining, an Australian company, said on Thursday its chief executive, Terence Holohan, and two other employees, who had been held in the country since 9 November, have been freed.

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Match ID: 184 Score: 15.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 15.00 executive

How having babies became so political - video
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 12:33:44 GMT

The pronatalist movement in the US is gathering pace once again, rekindled by Silicon Valley personalities and hard-right conservatives who are becoming increasingly vocal about whether or not women are having enough babies. But it's not just in the US, some governments in other countries have launched marketing campaigns encouraging people to have more children, while others have offered financial incentives. But while many of these policies claim to be about halting population decline, there are other factors at play. Josh Toussaint-Strauss interrogates efforts around the world to boost birth rates, as well as the underlying political motivations, from bodily autonomy to immigration

• Birthrates are plummeting worldwide. Can governments turn the tide?

• When desperate measures to persuade women to have children fail, it’s time for fresh thinking

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Match ID: 185 Score: 15.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 15.00 conservatives

Billionaire Gautam Adani charged in US over alleged $250m bribery plot
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 10:57:04 GMT

Indian chair of Adani Group, worth about $85bn, accused of agreeing to pay bribes to obtain solar energy contracts

Gautam Adani, one of the world’s richest men, has been indicted in New York over an alleged multibillion-dollar scheme to pay $250m in bribes and conceal it from US investors.

Prosecutors charged the chair of the Indian conglomerate Adani Group and two other executives of a renewable energy company with securities fraud and conspiring to commit securities and wire fraud.

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Match ID: 186 Score: 15.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 15.00 executive

Google Selling Chrome Won’t Be Enough to End Its Search Monopoly
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 04:18:57 +0000
Despite shared concerns about Google’s power, critics of the company and former executives express little agreement on what, if anything, can really be done to increase competition.
Match ID: 187 Score: 15.00 source: www.wired.com age: 1 day
qualifiers: 15.00 executive

Standoff as Canada Yukon town council refuses to swear oath to King Charles
Wed, 20 Nov 2024 19:17:59 GMT

Council in Yukon territory deadlocked, citing the crown’s tarnished relations with Indigenous peoples in the region

The council of a town in Canada’s Yukon territory has been locked for weeks in bureaucratic standstill after its members refused to swear a mandatory oath of allegiance to King Charles, citing the crown’s tarnished relations with Indigenous peoples in the region.

The standoff, which threatens to cost them their seats, reflects a complicated view of the country’s head of state, who lives thousands of miles away, and increasingly serves as a reminder to a history of violence and broken promises

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Match ID: 188 Score: 15.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 1 day
qualifiers: 15.00 constitution

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: 189 Score: 11.43 source: www.economist.com age: 7 days
qualifiers: 7.14 election, 4.29 elections

Russia Is Going All Out on Election Day Interference
Tue, 05 Nov 2024 21:04:35 +0000
Along with other foreign influence operations—including from Iran—Kremlin-backed campaigns to stoke division and fear have gone into overdrive.
Match ID: 190 Score: 10.00 source: www.wired.com age: 16 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics, 3.57 election, 2.14 elections

Flaw in Right-Wing ‘Election Integrity’ App Exposes Voter-Suppression Plan and User Data
Tue, 05 Nov 2024 16:56:22 +0000
A bug that WIRED discovered in True the Vote’s VoteAlert app revealed user information—and an election worker who wrote about carrying out an illegal voter-suppression scheme.
Match ID: 191 Score: 10.00 source: www.wired.com age: 16 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics, 3.57 election, 2.14 elections

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: 192 Score: 10.00 source: www.wired.com age: 304 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics, 3.57 election, 2.14 elections

Bitfinex Hacker Gets 5 Years for $10 Billion Bitcoin Heist
Sat, 16 Nov 2024 11:30:00 +0000
Plus: An “AI granny” is wasting scammers’ time, a lawsuit goes after spyware-maker NSO Group’s executives, and North Korea–linked hackers take a crack at macOS malware.
Match ID: 193 Score: 8.57 source: www.wired.com age: 5 days
qualifiers: 8.57 executive

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: 194 Score: 8.57 source: hbswk.hbs.edu age: 25 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics, 4.29 democrat

There’s a Reason Harris’ Campaign Is Locked in on Quick Fixes
Fri, 11 Oct 2024 04:00:00 EST
The Democratic nominee isn’t campaigning much on the Biden administration’s bigger, slower-moving policies.
Match ID: 195 Score: 7.86 source: www.politico.com age: 42 days
qualifiers: 4.29 democrat, 3.57 election

Harris dismisses Trump as ‘not serious’ on the economy in MSNBC interview
Wed, 25 Sep 2024 20:08:24 EST
It was her first solo interview with a national network as the Democratic presidential nominee.
Match ID: 196 Score: 7.86 source: www.politico.com age: 57 days
qualifiers: 4.29 democrat, 3.57 election

How to trade an election
Thu, 21 Mar 2024 11:10:12 +0000
It is becoming harder for investors to ignore politics
Match ID: 197 Score: 7.86 source: www.economist.com age: 245 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics, 3.57 election

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: 198 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 119 days
qualifiers: 3.57 election, 2.14 elections

The Real Problem With Banning Masks at Protests
Tue, 12 Nov 2024 11:00:00 +0000
Privacy advocates worry banning masks at protests will encourage harassment, while cops’ high-tech tools render the rules unnecessary.
Match ID: 199 Score: 4.29 source: www.wired.com age: 9 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: 200 Score: 4.29 source: www.economist.com age: 133 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: 201 Score: 4.29 source: www.economist.com age: 214 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: 202 Score: 4.29 source: www.wired.com age: 302 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: 203 Score: 4.29 source: www.wired.com age: 314 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

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America’s glorious economy should help Kamala Harris
Sun, 27 Oct 2024 15:11:58 +0000
Voters are starting to notice the good news just in time for the election
Match ID: 205 Score: 3.57 source: www.economist.com age: 25 days
qualifiers: 3.57 election

When will Americans see those interest-rate cuts?
Wed, 10 Apr 2024 20:08:53 +0000
Following a nasty surprise, some now think they may come only after the presidential election
Match ID: 206 Score: 3.57 source: www.economist.com age: 225 days
qualifiers: 3.57 election

Russia’s economy once again defies the doomsayers
Sun, 10 Mar 2024 14:39:48 +0000
As an election nears, Vladimir Putin now looks to have inflation under control
Match ID: 207 Score: 3.57 source: www.economist.com age: 256 days
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Biden’s chances of re-election are better than they appear
Thu, 01 Feb 2024 10:42:47 +0000
The economy is providing a headwind at present. That could soon change
Match ID: 208 Score: 3.57 source: www.economist.com age: 294 days
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Canva Review 2022: Details, Pricing & Features
Sun, 20 Feb 2022 12:02:00 +0000

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

Canva has a web version and also a mobile app

What is Canva?

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

Who is Canva best suited for?

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

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

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

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

Free vs Pro vs Enterprise Pricing plan

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

Free plan Features

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

Pro Plan Features 

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

Enterprise Plan Features

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

How to Use Canva?

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

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

Canva Sign Up

Designing with Canva

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

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

Templates

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

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

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

Elements

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

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

Photos

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

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

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

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

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

Text

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

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

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

Audio

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

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

Video

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

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

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

Backgrounds

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

Styles

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

Logos

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

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

Publishing with Canva

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

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

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

Canva Team

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

Canva Print

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

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

Canva Apps

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

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

Canva Pros and Cons

Pros:

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

Cons:

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

Conclusion

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

Match ID: 209 Score: 3.57 source: techncruncher.blogspot.com age: 1005 days
qualifiers: 3.57 election

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Match ID: 210 Score: 3.57 source: www.theguardian.com age: 3002 days
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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.
Match ID: 211 Score: 2.14 source: hbswk.hbs.edu age: 14 days
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Gateway refuelling module gets a boost
Mon, 14 Oct 2024 18:00:00 +0200

ESA and Thales Alenia Space have signed a contract amendment today at the International Astronautical Congress in Milan to extend the Lunar View refuelling module for the lunar Gateway.

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Our best bread recipes for Thanksgiving, including rolls and biscuits
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 15:00:54 +0000
Whether you want Thanksgiving rolls or stuffing-inspired bread, these recipes will be right at home on your holiday table.
Match ID: 0 Score: 50.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 30.00 food, 20.00 recipes

‘We create gods because the world is chaos’: Ralph Fiennes, John Lithgow and Stanley Tucci on celebrity, sin and papal thriller Conclave
Fri, 22 Nov 2024 05:00:03 GMT

In Edward Berger’s Oscar-tipped drama, the three actors play cardinals vying to become pope. Ahead of the film’s UK release, they form a huddle to discuss fame, food – and why Trump won

Faith, death and vengeful vaping: of all the Oscar contenders this year, Conclave is the one that best combines chewy religious inquiry and lavish side-eye. Adapted by Wolf Hall screenwriter Peter Straughan from the Robert Harris novel, Conclave has been directed by All Quiet on the Western Front’s Edward Berger as a heavy-breathing battle for hearts, minds and power.

Ralph Fiennes stars as Cardinal Lawrence, who, after the sudden death of the pope, must park his own religious doubts to wrangle the 113 cardinals who have descended on the Vatican. These men will be sequestered until they can elect one of their number as the new pontiff. Among them are the gentle progressive Bellini (Stanley Tucci) and smooth traditionalist Tremblay (John Lithgow). Both have secrets. But are they as lethal as those of their friends – and rivals?

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We’re closer to re-creating the sounds of Parasaurolophus
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 21:30:19 +0000
Preliminary model suggests the dinosaur bellowed like a large trumpet or saxophone, or perhaps a clarinet.
Match ID: 2 Score: 30.00 source: arstechnica.com age: 0 days
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Charlie Palmer Steak, a longtime D.C. power-broker hangout, is closing
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 21:26:25 +0000
Charlie Palmer Steak has hosted Washington’s movers and shakers for more than two decades, but it couldn’t reach a deal with its landlord to stay.
Match ID: 3 Score: 30.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 0 days
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Preguntas frecuentes: La verdadera historia del cuidado de la salud de los astronautas en el espacio
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 20:12:05 +0000
Read this story in English here. La Estación Espacial Internacional es el hogar de la humanidad en el espacio y una estación de investigación que gira en órbita sobre la Tierra a unos 400 kilómetros (250 millas) de altura. La NASA y sus socios internacionales han mantenido una presencia humana continua a bordo de la […]
Match ID: 4 Score: 30.00 source: www.nasa.gov age: 0 days
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FAQ: The Real Story About Astronaut Health Care in Space
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 20:10:17 +0000
Lee esta historia en español aquí. The International Space Station is humanity’s home in space and a research station orbiting about 250 miles above the Earth. NASA and its international partners have maintained a continuous human presence aboard the space station for more than 24 years, conducting research that is not possible on Earth. The […]
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The best coffee machines: your morning brew made easy, according to our expert
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 18:00:01 GMT

Discover the perfect coffee maker for your home with our tried-and-tested recommendations, from simple capsule to fully manual espresso machines

• How to choose the right type of coffee machine for you

When it comes to something as earth-shatteringly important as coffee, everyone has an opinion. Some crave a single perfect shot of espresso, while others seek the milkiest latte; some love Starbucks and others, well, don’t. This is why the idea of there being a single best coffee machine is fanciful – everyone’s idea of the perfect coffee couldn’t be more different.

As a selfless service to coffee drinkers everywhere, I’ve spent months researching and testing coffee machines to produce a shortlist of tried-and-tested recommendations. The list spans all the main types of coffee maker: manual espresso, filter, bean-to-cup and capsule (not sure what all of this means? Read our dedicated guide to the different types of coffee machine.

Best manual machine for beginners:
Sage Bambino Plus
_{£349 at John Lewis}

Best low-effort coffee at an affordable price:
De’Longhi Magnifica Evo One Touch
_{£375 at John Lewis}

Best for simple filter coffee:
Moccamaster KBG Select
_{£218 at AO}

Best for capsules:
L’or Barista Sublime
_{£218 at AO}

Best low-effort premium coffee:
Jura C8
_{£895 at John Lewis}

Best capsule machine for long coffees:
Nespresso Vertuo Plus
_{£199 at Nespresso}

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I tried 9 Costco Kirkland wines. Some blew me away.
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 18:00:00 +0000
Costco Kirkland wines are generally good, but some are spectacular.
Match ID: 7 Score: 30.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 0 days
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The House Just Blessed Trump’s Authoritarian Playbook by Passing Nonprofit-Killer Bill
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 16:12:31 +0000

Democratic support for the bill dwindled as critics warned it would let Donald Trump crack down on political foes.

The post The House Just Blessed Trump’s Authoritarian Playbook by Passing Nonprofit-Killer Bill appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 8 Score: 30.00 source: theintercept.com age: 0 days
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Want to reduce food waste at Thanksgiving? Cook less.
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 16:00:58 +0000
To reduce Thanksgiving food waste, do the math, prepare less food, serve it in smaller portions on smaller platters and embrace your leftovers.
Match ID: 9 Score: 30.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 30.00 food

World’s conflict zones increased by two-thirds in past three years, report reveals
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 07:01:39 GMT

Wars have spread and intensified, with far-reaching impacts on global economic growth and food security, according to latest Conflict Intensity Index

The proportion of the world engulfed by conflict has grown 65% – equivalent to nearly double the size of India – over the past three years, according to a new report.

Ukraine, Myanmar, the Middle East and a “conflict corridor” around Africa’s Sahel region have seen wars and unrest spread and intensify since 2021, according to the latest Conflict Intensity Index (CII), published by risk analysts Verisk Maplecroft.

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Match ID: 10 Score: 30.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 1 day
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Bernie Sanders Lost Vote to Block Arms for Israel, Says U.S. Is “Funding the Starvation of Children in Gaza”
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 02:02:51 +0000

Sanders’s resolutions to block arms sales to Israel gained momentum, but ran headlong into White House opposition.

The post Bernie Sanders Lost Vote to Block Arms for Israel, Says U.S. Is “Funding the Starvation of Children in Gaza” appeared first on The Intercept.

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Cooking chat: How long will it take for my turkey to defrost?
Wed, 20 Nov 2024 17:00:46 +0000
Every Wednesday at noon Eastern, Aaron Hutcherson and Becky Krystal answer your cooking questions.
Match ID: 12 Score: 30.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 1 day
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How to stop making the same Thanksgiving mistakes every year
Wed, 20 Nov 2024 16:00:39 +0000
Missing ingredients, frozen turkeys, not leaving time to get dressed and other mistakes to avoid this Thanksgiving.
Match ID: 13 Score: 30.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 1 day
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Dining chat: Does Michelin Guide recognition still matter?
Wed, 20 Nov 2024 16:00:46 +0000
Washington Post food critic Tom Sietsema entertains your dining questions, rants and raves.
Match ID: 14 Score: 30.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 1 day
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Channel Mediterranean sunshine with this skillet-braised chicken
Wed, 20 Nov 2024 15:00:15 +0000
Chase the winter blahs away with Sicilian-inspired skillet chicken.
Match ID: 15 Score: 30.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 1 day
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San Francisco’s Biggest Hospital System: Don’t Talk About Palestine
Tue, 19 Nov 2024 13:00:00 +0000

Nine health care workers at UCSF report censorship or punishment for speaking out about human rights for Palestinians — or simply wearing a pin.

The post San Francisco’s Biggest Hospital System: Don’t Talk About Palestine appeared first on The Intercept.

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Restaurant Review: Upstairs and Downstairs at Clemente Bar
Sun, 17 Nov 2024 11:00:00 +0000
A new lounge above Eleven Madison Park offers refined plant-based bites and beverages while leaving fine-dining social hierarchies intact.
Match ID: 17 Score: 21.43 source: www.newyorker.com age: 4 days
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Radical Action Under Trump
Fri, 15 Nov 2024 11:00:00 +0000

In the face of a second Trump term, the left must cultivate a politics of everyday life that goes beyond voting, says columnist Natasha Lennard.

The post Radical Action Under Trump appeared first on The Intercept.

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RFK Jr. Talks About Public Health, but He’s Joining an Administration That’ll Make Us Sicker Than Ever
Fri, 15 Nov 2024 00:01:56 +0000

I get Kennedy’s appeal, but Trump will undo the protections with the most direct, proven impact on our health.

The post RFK Jr. Talks About Public Health, but He’s Joining an Administration That’ll Make Us Sicker Than Ever appeared first on The Intercept.

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

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The great gene editing debate: can it be safe and ethical?
Tue, 10 Sep 2024 23:17:18 GMT
A UK law allowing gene-edited food has been paused and some British scientists fear being overtaken.
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ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/15/2024
Mon, 15 Jul 2024 16:00:09 +0000
Boeing CST-100 Crewed Flight Test (CFT): Today, the CFT crew assisted the ISS crew by performing a USOS food audit and continuing to complete different payload activities. Payloads: Combustion Integrated Rack (CIR): Fuel Oxidizer Management Assembly (FOMA) Calibration was performed. The upper rack doors were opened, the bottle valves were closed, the pressure in the …
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What is Blockchain: Everything You Need to Know (2022)
Mon, 18 Apr 2022 05:49:00 +0000

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

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

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

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

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

So, What is Blockchain?

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

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

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

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

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

Let’s get to know more about the blockchain.

How does blockchain work?

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

Here’s how it works:

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

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

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

How are Blockchains used?

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

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

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

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

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

What is Blockchain Decentralization?

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

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

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

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

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

Pros and Cons of Blockchain

Blockchain has many advantages and disadvantages. 

Pros

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

Cons

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

Frequently Asked Questions About Blockchain

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

Is Blockchain a cryptocurrency?

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

Is it possible for Blockchain to be hacked?

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

What is the most prominent blockchain company?

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

Who owns Blockchain?

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

What is the difference between Bitcoin and Blockchain technology?

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

What is the difference between Blockchain and a Database?

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

Final Saying

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

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