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9 Best Heart Rate Monitors (2024): Chest Straps, EKG, Watches
Wed, 26 Jun 2024 12:00:00 +0000
These chest straps and watches will help you keep your finger on the fitness pulse.
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Top 10 Best PLR(Private Label Rights) Websites | Which One You Should Join in 2022?
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Ex-president of Honduras sentenced to 45 years in US prison for drug trafficking
Wed, 26 Jun 2024 17:58:07 GMT

Juan Orlando Hernández said all Honduran political parties accepted drug money, but denied taking bribes himself

Juan Orlando Hernández, the disgraced former president of Honduras, has been sentenced to 45 years in prison for enabling drug traffickers to use his military and national police force to help ship tons of cocaine into the United States.

US federal judge P Kevin Castel sentenced Hernández to 45 years in a US prison and fined him $8m. A jury convicted him in March in a Manhattan federal court after a two-week trial, which was closely followed in his home country.

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More Than 10 Years Later, the Senate Torture Report Is Still Secret
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 10:00:00 +0000

I filed a lawsuit to obtain the 6,700-page report with “excruciating detail” about CIA’s abuses.

The post More Than 10 Years Later, the Senate Torture Report Is Still Secret appeared first on The Intercept.

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Judge Cannon orders hearing for Trump to challenge Mar-a-Lago search
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 17:57:51 +0000
U.S. District Judge Aileen M. Cannon rejected one request by Donald Trump but said “further factual development is warranted” related to the search warrant.
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Black Alabama mayor reinstated after nearly four-year battle
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 14:41:20 GMT

A secret election by white town council blocked Newbern mayor Patrick Braxton from serving for four years: ‘we can put this behind us’

Patrick Braxton, the first Black mayor of an Alabama town that has not held elections in several decades, has spent the last four years fighting to be recognized. Finally, after an extensive legal battle, he and the town officials who refused to acknowledge him as mayor have reached a settlement, according to federal court documents.

Per the settlement agreement, Braxton will be officially be seated as the mayor of Newbern, Alabama, and be able to fully serve in this capacity for the first time in nearly four years, pending approval by by Judge Kristi K. DuBose of the Southern District of Alabama.

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I don’t like your tone: judge and prosecutors clash in Trump documents case
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 12:54:46 GMT

Aileen Cannon again reprimanded one of the special counsel lawyers – could it become a problem for their case?

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The tense interactions between judge Aileen Cannon and special counsel prosecutors in Donald Trump’s case over retaining classified documents came to a head this week when she again reprimanded one of the lead prosecutors on Monday for his tone.

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The diabolical rise of ‘dine and dash’: ‘It feels like a betrayal’
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 04:00:28 GMT

One in 20 people have walked out of a restaurant without paying for their meal – and apparently it is becoming more common in Britain, leaving owners shaken and out of pocket. What is going on?

You know the drill: you scrape the remaining crumbs of your dessert from the plate, finish off the last of the bottle of wine, settle the bill and leave the restaurant, full and content. While it’s certainly possible to forget to pay, for a small number of diners, this “mistake” is deliberate: they never intended to pay at all.

This summer, a couple from Port Talbot in south Wales were jailed for carrying out a series of so-called “dine and dash” offences: racking up sizeable restaurant bills before doing a runner. Ann McDonagh was sentenced to 12 months in prison, while her husband, Bernard McDonagh, was given eight months. A judge at Swansea crown court deemed the pair to have “cynically and brazenly” defrauded restaurants by paying with a “dud” card, leaving ostensibly to get cash, then failing to return. But what are the consequences for restaurants – and is “dine and dash” on the rise?

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SCOTUS nixes injunction that limited Biden admin contacts with social networks
Wed, 26 Jun 2024 18:38:52 +0000
Supreme Court avoids clarifying when government can control online speech.
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Oklahoma Prepares to Kill Another Man Who Says He’s Innocent
Wed, 26 Jun 2024 12:57:28 +0000

Richard Rojem’s death sentence was twice overturned by appellate courts, but his conviction itself has never been fully revisited.

The post Oklahoma Prepares to Kill Another Man Who Says He’s Innocent appeared first on The Intercept.

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Assange can walk from courtroom ‘a free man,’ judge says
Wed, 26 Jun 2024 02:23:41 +0000

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Court is back in session, and the judge has taken her seat.
Wed, 26 Jun 2024 01:22:07 +0000

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Assange pleads guilty to espionage, jokes with judge
Wed, 26 Jun 2024 00:01:58 +0000

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Chief Judge Ramona V. Manglona asked whether Julian Assange was happy with the process.
Tue, 25 Jun 2024 23:51:00 +0000

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The judge asked why the case was filed here in Saipan, and Justice Department official Matthew...
Tue, 25 Jun 2024 23:30:37 +0000

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We have been asked to rise, and Chief Judge Ramona V. Manglona has taken her seat.
Tue, 25 Jun 2024 23:24:11 +0000

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Chief Judge Ramona V. Manglona will hear the case. One of 12 children raised in Saipan,...
Tue, 25 Jun 2024 22:58:20 +0000

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More than 50 people are in the courtroom now. The judge’s desk at the center of...
Tue, 25 Jun 2024 22:50:18 +0000

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Assange’s proceedings in Saipan won’t be live-streamed or photographed, according to a filing from Judge Ramona...
Tue, 25 Jun 2024 22:41:25 +0000

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Julian Assange Strikes Plea Deal, Will Return to Australia
Tue, 25 Jun 2024 01:29:28 +0000

In April, President Joe Biden said he was “considering” dropping charges against the WikiLeaks founder.

The post Julian Assange Strikes Plea Deal, Will Return to Australia  appeared first on The Intercept.

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Can Conservatives Expand the Death Penalty Using the “Trigger Law” Playbook?
Fri, 21 Jun 2024 15:35:10 +0000

Project 2025 — a road map for the next Trump White House — urges overturning Supreme Court precedent, and a trickle of bills may tee up challenges.

The post Can Conservatives Expand the Death Penalty Using the “Trigger Law” Playbook? appeared first on The Intercept.

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Surprise! The Latest ‘Comprehensive’ US Privacy Bill Is Doomed
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 15:55:24 +0000
Gutted of civil rights protections by Democrats to woo pro-business Republicans, the American Privacy Rights Act was pulled from a key congressional hearing—and appears unlikely to receive a full vote.
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US Congress faces growing calls to withdraw Netanyahu invitation: ‘a terrible mistake’
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 14:06:48 GMT

Notable Israelis add their voices to oppose invite extended by Mike Johnson, which Democrats plan to boycott

A group of prominent Israelis – including a former prime minister and an ex-head of Mossad, the foreign intelligence service – have added their voices to the growing domestic calls in the US for Congress to withdraw its invitation to Benjamin Netanyahu to address it next month, calling the move “a terrible mistake”.

The plea, in an op-ed article in the New York Times, argues that the invitation rewards Netanyahu, Israel’s current prime minister, for “scandalous and destructive conduct”, including intelligence failures that led to last October’s deadly Hamas attack and the ensuing bloody war in Gaza which shows no sign of ending.

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NCA failure to investigate imports linked to forced Uyghur labour unlawful, court rules
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 13:35:08 GMT

Decision could result in retailers being prosecuted if they import goods made through forced labour, campaigners say

The UK National Crime Agency’s decision not to launch an investigation into the importation of cotton products manufactured by forced labour in China’s Xinjiang province was unlawful, the court of appeal has found.

Global Legal Action Network (GLAN) and the World Uyghur Congress (WUC), which brought the action, said Thursday’s decision was a landmark win that could lead to high street retailers being prosecuted under the Proceeds of Crime Act (Poca) if they import goods made through forced labour.

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Progressives on AIPAC’s Defeat of Bowman: “Now We Know How Much It Costs to Buy an Election”
Wed, 26 Jun 2024 20:37:33 +0000

Despite the various factors that contributed to Rep. Jamaal Bowman’s loss, progressive strategists said there was one clear takeaway from the results.

The post Progressives on AIPAC’s Defeat of Bowman: “Now We Know How Much It Costs to Buy an Election” appeared first on The Intercept.

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Half-Hearted Efforts by Democratic Leaders Couldn’t Save Jamaal Bowman From AIPAC’s Attacks
Tue, 25 Jun 2024 18:40:24 +0000

Top Democrats used to go all in on protecting incumbents. That wasn’t the case for Bowman, who was defeated Tuesday.

The post Half-Hearted Efforts by Democratic Leaders Couldn’t Save Jamaal Bowman From AIPAC’s Attacks appeared first on The Intercept.

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The U.S. Says a Far-Right Ukrainian Army Unit Can Now Get Aid. A Photo Shows Training Was Already Happening.
Sat, 22 Jun 2024 09:00:00 +0000

The administration says the “Azov Brigade” is separate from the old, Nazi-linked “Azov Battalion.” The unit itself says they’re the same.

The post The U.S. Says a Far-Right Ukrainian Army Unit Can Now Get Aid. A Photo Shows Training Was Already Happening. appeared first on The Intercept.

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Federal Prosecutors Attacked Me for My Reporting — and They’re Doing It to Hide Info From the Public
Thu, 20 Jun 2024 15:22:46 +0000

If the Biden administration is serious about protecting press freedoms, officials from Washington might want to have a stern talk with federal prosecutors in Detroit.

The post Federal Prosecutors Attacked Me for My Reporting — and They’re Doing It to Hide Info From the Public appeared first on The Intercept.

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Texas A&M Wants to Keep Emails About Leonard Leo’s $15 Million Gift Secret
Tue, 18 Jun 2024 14:14:58 +0000

The donation, one of the largest in the school’s history, was made as right-wing megadonor Leo shopped a new law school center.

The post Texas A&M Wants to Keep Emails About Leonard Leo’s $15 Million Gift Secret appeared first on The Intercept.

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Winners Announced in Gateways to Blue Skies Aeronautics Competition
Mon, 03 Jun 2024 18:04:51 +0000
The California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, team, with their project titled “Aero-Quake Emergency Response Network,” took first place at the third annual Gateways to Blue Skies Competition. Competing among eight finalist teams that presented their ideas for aviation-related systems for natural disasters, the California State Polytechnic University, Pomona team earned the top award at the […]
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Rethinking Democracy for the Age of AI
2024-06-18T11:04:08Z

There is a lot written about technology’s threats to democracy. Polarization. Artificial intelligence. The concentration of wealth and power. I have a more general story: The political and economic systems of governance that were created in the mid-18th century are poorly suited for the 21st century. They don’t align incentives well. And they are being hacked too effectively.

At the same time, the cost of these hacked systems has never been greater, across all human history. We have become too powerful as a species. And our systems cannot keep up with fast-changing disruptive technologies...

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“Utterly Dismayed”: Air Force Engineer Resigns as Dissent Against Gaza War Slowly Spreads Within Military
Tue, 18 Jun 2024 10:00:00 +0000

“I don’t want to be working on something that can turn around and be used to slaughter innocent people.”

The post “Utterly Dismayed”: Air Force Engineer Resigns as Dissent Against Gaza War Slowly Spreads Within Military appeared first on The Intercept.

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Columbia Task Force for Dealing With Campus Protests Declares That Anti-Zionism Is Antisemitism
Mon, 17 Jun 2024 23:25:16 +0000

The task force revealed its plans not in a communiqué to faculty and students — but instead in an Israeli newspaper article.

The post Columbia Task Force for Dealing With Campus Protests Declares That Anti-Zionism Is Antisemitism appeared first on The Intercept.

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

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

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

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Air So Polluted It Can Kill Isn’t Being Taken Seriously Enough
Wed, 26 Jun 2024 07:00:00 +0000
Toxic air kills over half a million children every year, yet only once has air pollution been listed as a cause of death on a death certificate.
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NASA’s Mars Odyssey Captures Huge Volcano, Nears 100,000 Orbits
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 16:13:54 +0000
The 23-year-old orbiter is taking images that offer horizon-wide views of the Red Planet similar to what astronauts aboard the International Space Station see over Earth. NASA’s longest-lived Mars robot is about to mark a new milestone on June 30: 100,000 trips around the Red Planet since launching 23 years ago. During that time, the […]
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Alphabet Soup: NASA’s GOLD Finds Surprising C, X Shapes in Atmosphere
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 15:00:00 +0000
Who knew Earth’s upper atmosphere was like alphabet soup? NASA’s Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk (GOLD) mission has revealed unexpected C- and X-shaped formations in an electrified layer of gas high above our heads called the ionosphere. While these alphabetical shapes have been observed before, GOLD sees them more clearly than other instruments […]
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NASA Parachute Sensor Testing Could Make EPIC Mars Landings
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 17:24:55 +0000
Landing rovers and helicopters on Mars is a challenge. It’s an even bigger challenge when you don’t have enough information about how the parachutes are enduring strain during the descent to the surface. Researchers at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, are experimenting with readily available, highly elastic sensors that can be fixed […]
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Liftoff! Redesigned NASA Ames Visitor Center Engages Kids, Families
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 16:47:45 +0000
The San Francisco Bay Area has a new and interactive way to learn more about the innovative work of NASA’s Ames Research Center.  A newly redesigned NASA Ames Visitor Center at Chabot Space & Science Center in Oakland, California, reopened to the public June 22 at the NASA Fest at Chabot celebration.   The two-day […]
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Canada’s 2023 wildfires created four times more emissions than planes did last year – report
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 15:55:13 GMT

Months-long fires spewed about the same amount of carbon dioxide that 647m cars put in the air in a year, data shows

Catastrophic Canadian warming-fueled wildfires last year pumped more heat-trapping carbon dioxide into the air than India did by burning fossil fuels, setting ablaze an area of forest larger than the US state of West Virginia, new research has found.

Scientists at the World Resources Institute and the University of Maryland calculated how devastating the impacts of the months-long fires in Canada in 2023 that sullied the air around large parts of the globe. They figured it put 3.28bn tons (2.98 metric tons) of heat-trapping carbon dioxide into the air, according to a study update published in Thursday’s Global Change Biology. The update is not peer-reviewed, but the original study was.

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NASA eClips Engages Families at 2024 STEM Community Day
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 15:29:00 +0000
On Saturday, June 1, 2024, thousands of community members attended the Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics (STEM) Community Day hosted by Christopher Newport University in partnership with Newport News Public Schools in Virginia. The event showcased many different facets of STEM fields and careers and offered hands-on experiences by nearly 100 exhibitors. Educators from the […]
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Nuclear more costly and could ‘sound the death knell’ for Australia’s decarbonisation efforts, report says
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 15:00:14 GMT

Analysis from Bloomberg New Energy Finance says even if nuclear is successfully implemented it would be ‘at least four times’ more expensive than average cost of renewables

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A nuclear-powered Australian economy would result in higher-cost electricity and would “sound the death knell” for decarbonisation effort if it distracts from renewables investment, a report by Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) argues.

The report comes as ANZ forecast September quarter power prices will dive as much as 30% once government rebates kick in. A separate review by the market watchdog has found household energy bills were 14% lower because of last year’s rebates.

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AI will be help rather than hindrance in hitting climate targets, Bill Gates says
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 14:36:58 GMT

Microsoft co-founder says efficiencies for technology and electricity grids will outweigh energy use by data centres

Bill Gates has claimed that artificial intelligence will be more of a help than a hindrance in achieving climate goals, despite growing concern that an increase in new datacentres could drain green energy supplies.

The philanthropist and Microsoft co-founder told journalists that AI would enable countries to use less energy, even as they require more datacentres, by making technology and electricity grids more efficient.

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A world-first emissions tax is going after gassy cattle
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 08:19:30 +0000
Denmark’s bill, which has broad consensus support, targets greenhouse gases emitted by the country’s cows, pigs and sheep. New Zealand axed plans for a similar tax.
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Sharp rise in number of climate lawsuits against companies, report says
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 05:00:28 GMT

About 230 cases filed against corporations and trade associations around world since 2015

The number of climate lawsuits filed against companies around the world is rising swiftly, a report has found, and a majority of cases that have concluded have been successful.

About 230 climate-aligned lawsuits have been filed against corporations and trade associations since 2015, two-thirds of which have been initiated since 2020, according to the analysis published on Thursday by the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment.

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The Marshall Star for June 26, 2024
Wed, 26 Jun 2024 22:14:37 +0000
Blasting into Summer: Thousands Enjoy NASA in the Park By Wayne Smith It was a super Saturday in the park to celebrate space and the Rocket City. NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center joined Downtown Huntsville Inc. and other community partners to host NASA in the Park, a public outreach event that attracted thousands to Big […]
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40 Years Ago: STS-41D – First Space Shuttle Launch Pad Abort
Wed, 26 Jun 2024 19:48:33 +0000
In 1983, NASA received delivery of Discovery, the third space qualified vehicle in the agency’s space shuttle fleet. During the launch attempt for the STS-41D mission on June 26, 1984, Discovery’s onboard computers halted the countdown four seconds before liftoff, and after two of its main engines had already ignited. The six astronauts safely egressed […]
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Synthetic psychedelic found in candies linked to seizures, intubation
Wed, 26 Jun 2024 19:43:26 +0000
Cases grow to 39, including 23 hospitalizations, across 20 states.
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Belching livestock to incur green levy in Denmark from 2030
Wed, 26 Jun 2024 13:55:21 GMT

World’s first emissions tax on agriculture will require farmers to pay for greenhouse gas pollution from livestock

Farmers in Denmark will have to pay for planet-heating pollutants that their cattle expel as gas, after the government agreed to set the world’s first emissions tax on agriculture.

The agreement – reached on Monday night after months of fraught negotiations between farmers, industry, politicians and environmental groups – will introduce an effective tax of 120 kroner (£14) per ton of greenhouse gas pollution from livestock in 2030, which will rise to 300 kroner per ton in 2035.

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Globetrotting NASA Research Model Increases Accuracy
Mon, 17 Jun 2024 09:59:00 +0000
NASA and its international partners are using the same generically shaped wing design to create physical and digital research models to better understand how air moves around an aircraft during takeoff and landing. Various organizations are doing computer modeling with computational tools and conducting wind tunnel tests using the same High Lift Common Research Model […]
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NASA-Led Mission to Map Air Pollution Over Both U.S. Coasts
Fri, 14 Jun 2024 18:30:00 +0000
This summer between June 17 and July 2, NASA will fly aircraft over Baltimore, Philadelphia, parts of Virginia, and California to collect data on air pollutants and greenhouse gas emissions.   The campaign supports the NASA Student Airborne Research Program for undergraduate interns. The East Coast flights will take place from June 17-26. Researchers and […]
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NASA Engineer Honored as Girl Scouts ‘Woman of Distinction’
Thu, 20 Jun 2024 15:32:59 +0000
You’d think a NASA aerospace engineer who spends her days inside a giant dome researching how to make plane engines quieter and spacecraft systems more efficient would have a pretty booked schedule. Still, advocacy and mentoring, especially for women and girls in STEM, is something Danielle Koch always tries to say yes to. For decades, […]
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New Blog Moderation Policy
2024-06-19T20:26:22Z

There has been a lot of toxicity in the comments section of this blog. Recently, we’re having to delete more and more comments. Not just spam and off-topic comments, but also sniping and personal attacks. It’s gotten so bad that I need to do something.

My options are limited because I’m just one person, and this website is free, ad-free, and anonymous. I pay for a part-time moderator out of pocket; he isn’t able to constantly monitor comments. And I’m unwilling to require verified accounts.

So starting now, we will be pre-screening comments and letting through only those that 1) are on topic, 2) contribute to the discussion, and 3) don’t attack or insult anyone. The standard is not going to be “well, I guess this doesn’t technically quite break a rule,” but “is this actually contributing.”...

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NASA, MagniX Altitude Tests Lay Groundwork for Hybrid Electric Planes
Tue, 18 Jun 2024 17:00:00 +0000
At a simulated 27,500 feet inside an altitude chamber at NASA’s Electric Aircraft Testbed (NEAT) facility, engineers at magniX recently demonstrated the capabilities of a battery-powered engine that could help turn hybrid electric flight into a reality.   This milestone, completed in April 2024, marks the end of the first phase in a series of altitude […]
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Winners Announced in Gateways to Blue Skies Aeronautics Competition
Mon, 03 Jun 2024 18:04:51 +0000
The California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, team, with their project titled “Aero-Quake Emergency Response Network,” took first place at the third annual Gateways to Blue Skies Competition. Competing among eight finalist teams that presented their ideas for aviation-related systems for natural disasters, the California State Polytechnic University, Pomona team earned the top award at the […]
Match ID: 20 Score: 4.29 source: www.nasa.gov age: 23 days
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NASA Teammates Recall Favorite Memories Aboard Flying Laboratory
Tue, 14 May 2024 15:00:00 +0000
After flying more than three decades and 158 science campaigns, just one flight remains. NASA’s DC-8 Airborne Science Laboratory will make its final flight May 15 to Idaho State University in Pocatello, Idaho, where it will be used to train future aircraft technicians by providing real-world experience in the college’s Aircraft Maintenance Technology Program. Before […]
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Greener Is Getting Going
Wed, 19 Jun 2024 15:00:00 +0000
We’ve reached a tipping point where we’ve got a cleaner alternative for most transport. Now we have to commit.
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Rethinking Democracy for the Age of AI
2024-06-18T11:04:08Z

There is a lot written about technology’s threats to democracy. Polarization. Artificial intelligence. The concentration of wealth and power. I have a more general story: The political and economic systems of governance that were created in the mid-18th century are poorly suited for the 21st century. They don’t align incentives well. And they are being hacked too effectively.

At the same time, the cost of these hacked systems has never been greater, across all human history. We have become too powerful as a species. And our systems cannot keep up with fast-changing disruptive technologies...

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Industrial Decarbonization: Confronting the Hard Challenges of Cement
2024-06-18T00:00:00Z
CEOs in construction and heavy industries must prioritize innovative abatement strategies to meet rising global demand for cement while reducing emissions. Research by Gunther Glenk offers an economic framework for identifying emission reduction options.
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Ukrainian Sailors Are Using Telegram to Avoid Being Tricked Into Smuggling Oil for Russia
Sat, 15 Jun 2024 11:00:00 +0000
Contract seafarers in Ukraine are turning to online whisper networks to keep themselves from being hired into Russia’s sanctions-busting shadow fleet.
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Crossbows and eerie silences – following Antarctic whales for climate change clues
Sat, 08 Jun 2024 00:06:47 GMT
How scientists are discovering secrets of Antarctic climate change in the bodies of giant humpback whales.
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ARMD Solicitations
Tue, 04 Jun 2024 19:00:00 +0000
This ARMD solicitations page compiles the opportunities to collaborate with NASA’s aeronautical innovators and/or contribute to their research to enable new and improved air transportation systems. A summary of available opportunities with key dates requiring action are listed first. More information about each opportunity is detailed lower on this page. University Student Research ChallengeJune 30, […]
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How One Insurtech Firm Formulated a Strategy for Climate Change
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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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NASA, Industry to Start Designing More Sustainable Jet Engine Core
Sat, 18 May 2024 10:00:00 +0000
NASA, alongside industry, will soon begin designing a new jet engine concept for the next generation of ultra-efficient airliners — officially graduating to the project’s next phase. As part of NASA’s goal to make the aviation industry more sustainable, the agency is developing a small core for a hybrid-electric turbofan jet engine that could reduce fuel […]
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Aviary: A New NASA Software Platform for Aircraft Modelling
Fri, 17 May 2024 10:00:00 +0000
NASA has created a new digital modelling tool for aeronautical engineers to innovate new aircraft designs, building on decades of experience using highly advanced computer code for aviation. Using this tool, researchers can create simulations of conceptual aircraft featuring never-flown technology and receive detailed data about how it would work. Named “Aviary” for enclosures where […]
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NASA’s X-59 Passes Milestone Toward Safe First Flight
Wed, 15 May 2024 18:14:56 +0000
NASA has taken the next step toward verifying the airworthiness for its quiet supersonic X-59 aircraft with the completion of a milestone review that will allow it to progress toward flight.  A Flight Readiness Review board composed of independent experts from across NASA has completed a study of the X-59 project team’s approach to safety […]
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Hottest February marks ninth new monthly record
Thu, 07 Mar 2024 03:06:49 GMT
It's the ninth month of global temperature records in a row, driven by climate change and El Niño.
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Why firms are racing to produce green ammonia
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Ammonia is essential for fertiliser production but producing it is carbon intensive.
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A New Way to See Your Climate Anxiety
Mon, 22 Jan 2024 12:00:00 +0000
The climate crisis has become a mental health crisis. But eco-anxiety isn’t necessarily a pathology.
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Global Emissions Could Peak Sooner Than You Think
Wed, 17 Jan 2024 12:00:00 +0000
Global deployment of solar and wind power, plus a surge in EV sales, means emissions from fossil-fuel-derived energy will finally hit the downward slope.
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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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French poll puts far-right National Rally in clear lead at 36% – Europe live
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 17:15:47 GMT

Macron’s allies trailing at 21% as leaders of political groups gear up for a televised debate this evening

Daniel Freund, a German Green MEP, has sent a letter with 20,000 signatures to the European Council president calling for the upcoming Hungarian presidency of the Council of the EU to be suspended.

“Together with 20.000 citizens, we, the undersigned Members of the European Parliament, ask you to officially suspend the Hungarian Presidency of the Council, which is currently set to begin on July 1st, 2024,” he wrote.

It would be extremely harmful for the reputation of our Union, if the current Hungarian government would represent us Europeans in any capacity, just after the European elections. The EU has officially frozen funds under the Rule of Law Conditionality Mechanism due to the high levels of corruption in Hungary. Over the years, the Orbán government has also undermined their elections, the Rule of Law, and media freedom in Hungary.

On the European level, the Orbán government has compared the European Union with a dictatorship. They published posters across the country with bombs bearing the EU flag, when sanctions against Russia were passed. At the time when imperialist dictator Putin is bombing Ukraine, an EU candidate country, Orbán went out of his way to China just to be able to shake hands with him.

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From Prison, Imran Khan Says Top Pakistani General Betrayed Secret Deal to Stay Out of Politics
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Sources close to the ousted prime minister say Khan also accuses Gen. Asim Munir for assassination attempt and cover-ups.

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Boeing blasted by US regulator for revealing panel blowout details to media
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The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said it is cooperating with the Department of Justice, which is deciding whether to prosecute Boeing after declaring it had breached a settlement over two fatal crashes in 2018 and 2019.

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The Venezuelan Perspective
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The U.S. Says a Far-Right Ukrainian Army Unit Can Now Get Aid. A Photo Shows Training Was Already Happening.
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The administration says the “Azov Brigade” is separate from the old, Nazi-linked “Azov Battalion.” The unit itself says they’re the same.

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U.S. District Judge Aileen M. Cannon rejected one request by Donald Trump but said “further factual development is warranted” related to the search warrant.
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The biggest Supreme Court rulings of 2024, and what’s left to decide
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Live updates: Trump, Biden to compete in first 2024 presidential debate
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Donald Trump and President Biden are set to take the debate stage at 9 p.m. Thursday for the first time in 2024.
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DNC targets Trump in series of billboards
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Election 2024 live updates: Biden and Trump to face off in first 2024 debate
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Live updates from the 2024 campaign trail as Biden and Trump prepare to meet in the first presidential debate of the year.
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Trump campaign to air new ads during debate attacking Biden on economy, age
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Could this be the rare debate that changes a presidential race?
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Biden and Trump: Your debate should tell us tough truths. Start with taxes, tariffs and immigration.
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Americans are ready for an honest talk about the country’s direction.
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Biden and Trump face questions about their abilities that are beyond debate
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RFK Jr claims Republicans, Democrats and CNN conspired to exclude him from debate
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Robert F Kennedy Jr, the independent US presidential candidate polling at about 8%, won’t be at tonight’s Biden-Trump TV smackdown in Atlanta. But he’s not taking the diss quietly, and has accused debate host CNN of colluding with the major party campaigns to exclude him.

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Nuclear more costly and could ‘sound the death knell’ for Australia’s decarbonisation efforts, report says
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A nuclear-powered Australian economy would result in higher-cost electricity and would “sound the death knell” for decarbonisation effort if it distracts from renewables investment, a report by Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) argues.

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The decision in Ohio v. EPA deals yet another blow to the Biden administration’s ambitious environmental...
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Supreme Court allows White House contacts with social media platforms; Trump immunity still undecided
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 14:16:05 +0000
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I don’t like your tone: judge and prosecutors clash in Trump documents case
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 12:54:46 GMT

Aileen Cannon again reprimanded one of the special counsel lawyers – could it become a problem for their case?

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The tense interactions between judge Aileen Cannon and special counsel prosecutors in Donald Trump’s case over retaining classified documents came to a head this week when she again reprimanded one of the lead prosecutors on Monday for his tone.

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What Biden, Trump need to do to win Thursday’s presidential debate
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 12:37:05 +0000

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Trump has more enthusiastic supporters than Biden, poll shows
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 12:19:16 +0000

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Joe Biden v Donald Trump: what you need to know about the first 2024 presidential debate
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 12:00:06 GMT

High-stakes rematch is a chance for both to make a case for their second term, with polls showing them in a tight race

Joe Biden and Donald Trump will hold the first of two scheduled US presidential debates on Thursday, a high-stakes rematch between two well-defined political foes.

The earlier-than-usual confrontation will give both men a chance to make their case for a second-term to what could be one of the largest television – and internet – audiences of the election cycle.

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What are Donald Trump’s plans for the economy?
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 11:41:23 +0000

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Global wave of elections could hit UK financial system, warns Bank of England
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 11:33:58 GMT

Central bank raises concerns over newly elected governments as more than 80 countries go to polls this year

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Uncertainty caused by a global wave of elections, starting this weekend in France, risks destabilising the UK’s financial system, the Bank of England has warned.

Officials are concerned about the kind of policies that newly elected governments may enforce in large economies, including the US, where Donald Trump is vying for another term as president in the run-up to the election in November.

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Is Dr. Phil a Bigger Political Stage for Candidates Than CNN?
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 11:30:00 +0000
Alternative media may have officially gone mainstream for the US presidential election.
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Trump–Biden Debate Conspiracies Have Already Flooded the Internet
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 10:30:00 +0000
Republican lawmakers, right-wing media outlets and influencers, and Trump himself are pushing conspiracies about Biden’s health and the debate in general.
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Analysis: Americans once feared Trump in a crisis. They now prefer him.
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 10:30:06 +0000

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More Than 10 Years Later, the Senate Torture Report Is Still Secret
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 10:00:00 +0000

I filed a lawsuit to obtain the 6,700-page report with “excruciating detail” about CIA’s abuses.

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Make or break: the defining moments of US presidential debates
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 10:00:36 GMT

Ahead of Biden and Trump’s first debate of the 2024 election cycle, here are some memorable moments from US presidential debate history

Joe Biden and Donald Trump will debate on Thursday for the first time this election cycle, and it holds the potential for some history-making moments.

Debates can inform voters on both the issues and temperaments of the candidates, potentially swaying an undecided voter toward one candidate’s direction. They can also make for good TV, creating soundbites that resonate for decades to come.

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Big stakes and high tension as Biden-Trump debate looms
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 08:25:07 GMT
Thursday's debate between the two will be a reunion of sorts - although not exactly a friendly one.
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What Moscow, Beijing and Delhi think of Biden v Trump rematch
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 07:31:28 GMT
Eight BBC correspondents give their view on the US election from global capitals.
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Biden and Trump look to debate to open up race currently in a dead heat
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 07:00:31 GMT

As the two prepare to debate on Thursday night, memories are revived of the ugly exchanges when they last squared off

It could be the moment when a rematch that few seem to want finally comes to life: like two ageing prizefighters, Joe Biden and Donald Trump will enter the arena of political bloodsport on Thursday evening to resume a verbal sparring bout that will revive memories of the ugly exchanges when the two debated face to face four years ago.

A CNN studio in Atlanta will host the first presidential debate of the campaign between the same two candidates who contested the last election, which Biden won.

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Dems to Biden: You must out-populist Trump at the debate
Wed, 26 Jun 2024 17:48:51 EST
The president has a compelling antimonopoly record. But he doesn’t always lean into it. And voters don’t really know of it. The debate could change that.
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Americans once feared Trump in a crisis. They now prefer him.
Wed, 26 Jun 2024 21:32:25 +0000
A look at one of the most striking — and potentially crucial — reversals from 2016 and 2020.
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Analysis: A historically bad night for Trump’s candidates
Wed, 26 Jun 2024 20:21:54 +0000

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Trump makes surprise call to campaign Black business roundtable in Atlanta
Wed, 26 Jun 2024 20:02:26 +0000

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Biden and Trump in tight race in Wisconsin, new poll shows
Wed, 26 Jun 2024 19:43:17 +0000

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GOP officials back Biden in Georgia while Trump’s allies court Black men
Wed, 26 Jun 2024 19:31:47 +0000

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The Duelling Incomprehensibility of Biden and Trump in the 2020 Presidential Debates
Wed, 26 Jun 2024 10:00:00 +0000
One of the many asymmetries of the Presidential race is that incoherence helps Trump and hurts Biden.
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Half-Hearted Efforts by Democratic Leaders Couldn’t Save Jamaal Bowman From AIPAC’s Attacks
Tue, 25 Jun 2024 18:40:24 +0000

Top Democrats used to go all in on protecting incumbents. That wasn’t the case for Bowman, who was defeated Tuesday.

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Julian Assange Strikes Plea Deal, Will Return to Australia
Tue, 25 Jun 2024 01:29:28 +0000

In April, President Joe Biden said he was “considering” dropping charges against the WikiLeaks founder.

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America!: Republican Vice-Presidential Candidates Compete for Trump’s Favor in the Thunderdome
Mon, 24 Jun 2024 10:00:00 +0000
It’s the same as the real world, but more steampunk—so, worse.
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Zelenskiy says Russia’s recent offensive shows pressure on Kremlin ‘not enough’
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 16:17:07 GMT

Ukrainian president signs military agreement with EU and says ‘fulfilment of every promise’ of support is important

Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, has told EU leaders that Russia’s spring offensive in Kharkiv showed that international pressure on the Kremlin was “not enough”, as he signed a military agreement with the bloc.

Vladimir Putin had tried to “expand the war” in May with a new offensive in eastern Ukraine, Zelenskiy said on Thursday, referring to relentless attacks on the Kharkiv region.

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Euro 2024 power rankings: verdicts on the 24 teams after the group stage
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 16:00:05 GMT

Spain have reason to believe, Germany look strong, Austria and Georgia make waves as Scotland and Serbia flop

Three games, three wins, five goals scored and none conceded. Spain were not among the favourites before the tournament started, but they are now. The mood back home has changed too, AS writing after the 1-0 win against Italy: “47 million Spaniards are starting to climb on board this ship that was half-empty two weeks ago.” The coach, Luis de la Fuente, even had the luxury of making 10 changes for the final group game against Albania, qualification already secured. The wingers Nico Williams and Lamine Yamal have impressed and in midfield Rodri has been Rodri. Can Spain go all the way? “Hope,” De La Fuente said, “is free, and we’re the first to feel that hope, that optimism. But we do so with our feet on the ground: it doesn’t guarantee anything.”

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War and set pieces: watching Euro 2024 in Ukraine – a photo essay
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 15:02:07 GMT

In Odesa, a city attacked by Russian rockets, with daily power outages and air-raid sirens, the street and social documentary photographer Richard Morgan explores to what extent the football is still important, if the game still has meaning, if the match really matters

This is not a story about how a football tournament is taking hold of a country’s imagination for one glorious, fleeting summer against a dark backdrop of war. It is not a tale of how Ukraine’s participation at Euro 24 is providing people with “some light relief from the harsh realities of war”, as the cliche goes. It is not My Summer with Des, Ukrainian-style.

For it is impossible to escape from the horrors of war in Ukraine, to find relief in the football, because the war is in the very experience of following the football here: it’s in the walk to the game past anti-tank defences, sandbags, covered monuments, and boarded-up churches; it’s in the pre-match motivational messages from frontline fighters to the footballers; it’s in the air-raid warnings of rocket attacks flashing across the TV screen as you watch the game in the pub; it’s in the power cuts before kick-off. Euro 24 is not a convenient distraction from war in Ukraine, but yet another way to live it.

Andriy shows off his new national-team tracksuit, a gift from his mother before the Euros. Behind him stands a row of Czech hedgehogs, the anti-tank defences that block main roads around Odesa’s central station and Kulykove Pole Square (above). A group of friends, excited about the tournament, play keepie-uppie on Holy Trinity Day in front of the bombed Spaso-Preobrazhensky Cathedral, a towering symbol of the war. The cathedral was badly damaged by a Russian rocket attack and now huge boards protect the windows from rocket blasts (below left). A football-styled car aerial sits above a damaged windshield on Derybasivska Street (below right).

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Italian PM criticised by opposition after fascist chants by party’s youth wing
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 14:42:58 GMT

Meloni has not yet commented on revelation of Nazi salutes and antisemitic rants by members of National Youth

Italian opposition parties have rounded on the prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, after an investigative outlet published video clips and messages showing members of her far-right party’s youth wing engaging in fascist chants, Nazi salutes and antisemitic rants.

Undercover reporters from the investigative website Fanpage infiltrated groups and chat forums used by members of National Youth, the youth wing of Meloni’s Brothers of Italy party.

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Happy 100th birthday, Eva Marie Saint! Her best films – ranked
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 11:37:41 GMT

Born on 4 July, one of the last true stars of Hollywood’s golden age celebrates her centenary next week. We look back at the landmark roles of a 75-year career

Eva Marie Saint’s character and her playwright husband (Carl Reiner) play two of the islanders sent into a tizzy when a Soviet submarine runs aground on the New England coastline where they are on holiday. This cold war farce was a hit back in the days when you could play a Russian invasion for comedy. Now it just makes the similarly themed 1941 seem a laugh riot by comparison.

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Biden to ban sales of Kaspersky Antivirus in US over ties to Russian government.
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‘The scariest place on earth’: inside the DMZ as tensions between North and South Korea rise
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 04:37:08 GMT

Balloon wars and troop incursions have led to a rise in uncertainty along the militarised buffer and left international observers nervous

Just a stone’s throw from North Korea, farmer Park Se-un tends to his crops under the watchful eye of the South Korean military. In the distance, past the bushes and fields strewn with landmines, he can see North Korean soldiers on patrol.

Park’s village of Daeseong-dong is the only inhabited area in the south of Korea’s demilitarised zone (DMZ), located just 365 metres from North Korea at its closest point. Born and raised inside this zone, Park is used to the political tensions that shape his everyday life.

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South Korean telecom company attacks torrent users with malware — over 600,000 customers report missing files, strange folders, and disabled PCs
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Levelling the playing field: the football clubs helping migrants make a new home in Spain
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 04:00:29 GMT

Every year thousands arrive from South America and Africa, including many young asylum seekers who find hope and opportunity in the game

• Words and photographs by Ofelia de Pablo and Javier Zurita

With Euro 2024 under way, much of the world will be turning its attention to football this summer. But while the focus might be on the big stadiums and national teams, the game continues to be played every day on street corners and in parks across the globe. In Spain, the southern gateway to Europe, football can play a transformative role in migrant communities, bringing hope and opportunity to many of the thousands who arrive each year from South America and Africa. In 2023, nearly 57,000 migrants arrived in Spain, travelling by sea and across Europe’s land borders, and there were more than 160,000 first-time applications for asylum, including from 2,505 minors.

Many of them have joined football clubs formed in Spain’s towns and cities with the aim of giving migrants a chance to flourish in their new homes.

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NASA Selects International Space Station US Deorbit Vehicle
Wed, 26 Jun 2024 20:48:10 +0000
NASA is fostering continued scientific, educational, and technological developments in low Earth orbit to benefit humanity, while also supporting deep space exploration at the Moon and Mars. As the agency transitions to commercially owned space destinations closer to home, it is crucial to prepare for the safe and responsible deorbit of the International Space Station […]
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Closed-door espionage trial of U.S. journalist kicks off in Russia
Wed, 26 Jun 2024 16:37:04 +0000
Evan Gershkovich, who the U.S. says is wrongfully detained, was arrested on a reporting trip over a year ago in Russia and faces 20 years in prison if convicted.
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A Russian Propaganda Network Is Promoting an AI-Manipulated Biden Video
Wed, 26 Jun 2024 16:32:23 +0000
Experts tell WIRED that Russian disinformation campaigns are using generative AI more and more.
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Amid war setbacks and complaints, Ukraine changes another top general
Wed, 26 Jun 2024 11:28:34 +0000
The criticism, and replacement, of a top general suggests splits opening inside the military amid setbacks in the battle against Russia.
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The Secret Telegram Channels Providing Refuge for LGBTQ+ People in Russia
Wed, 26 Jun 2024 10:30:00 +0000
In March, Russia named the "LGBT movement" an extremist organization. In response, activists, human rights groups, and others have used Telegram for support—and even to find resources to leave the country.
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Rubbish-filled North Korea balloons prompt closure of Seoul airport
Wed, 26 Jun 2024 04:31:08 GMT

Several balloons were spotted in and around the airport boundaries, as one balloon landed on the tarmac near passenger terminal two

Takeoffs and landings at South Korea’s Incheon international airport have been disrupted for about three hours because of balloons launched by North Korea filled with refuse, an airport spokesperson said.

One balloon landed on the tarmac near passenger terminal two and the three runways at Incheon were temporarily shut down on Wednesday, the spokesperson said.

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US Bans Kaspersky Software
Thu, 20 Jun 2024 20:15:00 +0000
Using a Trump-era authority, the US Commerce Department has banned the sale of Kaspersky’s antivirus tools to new customers in the US, citing alleged threats to national security.
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What Can We Expect from the Biden-Trump Debate?
Sun, 23 Jun 2024 10:00:00 +0000
Until recently, it wasn’t clear that the two men would ever share a stage again. Now there’s a potential for even greater stakes and strangeness than four years ago.
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Weather tracker: southern China hit by floods as north suffers from drought
Mon, 24 Jun 2024 10:37:49 GMT

Heavy rainfall in Guangdong causes flooding, landslides and mudslides, while northern China gripped by heatwave

Guangdong province in southern China has once more experienced severe flooding, two months after the late April floods and landslides led to more than 50 deaths.

On Sunday 16 June, heavy rainfall affected the area, with an average of 199mm falling in Pingyuan county. The town of Sishui experienced the highest rainfall totals of 367mm, with three others in the area recording more than 300mm.

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British Columbia investigates after claims energy company ‘dramatically’ influenced climate policy
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 17:37:07 GMT

Inquiry into possible violations of provincial law after TC Energy executive claims company influenced government

British Columbia’s attorney general has called for an investigation into possible violations of provincial law after a Canadian oil and gas executive claimed the company improperly used political connections to “dramatically’’ weaken the province’s environmental policies.

In leaked audio recordings first published by the Narwhal and heard by the Guardian, the executive, Liam Iliffe, claimed that TC Energy, a Calgary-based pipeline company with operations spanning the continent had ghostwritten ministerial briefing notes and planted employees “next to the strawberries or the romaine lettuce” at a Costco supermarket to choreograph seemingly impromptu meetings with senior bureaucrats in order to push the company’s agenda.

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BP imposes hiring freeze and halts new offshore wind projects
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 15:35:03 GMT

New boss Murray Auchincloss reverses move away from fossil fuels, which had weighed on company’s share price

The head of BP has imposed a hiring freeze and halted new offshore wind projects, in an apparent attempt to placate investors who are unhappy with the oil company’s green targets.

Murray Auchincloss, BP’s former finance chief, took up the role of CEO in January after the shock departure of his predecessor, Bernard Looney, with a promise to focus on delivering value for shareholders.

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NASA eClips Engages Families at 2024 STEM Community Day
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 15:29:00 +0000
On Saturday, June 1, 2024, thousands of community members attended the Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics (STEM) Community Day hosted by Christopher Newport University in partnership with Newport News Public Schools in Virginia. The event showcased many different facets of STEM fields and careers and offered hands-on experiences by nearly 100 exhibitors. Educators from the […]
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Alphabet Soup: NASA’s GOLD Finds Surprising C, X Shapes in Atmosphere
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 15:00:00 +0000
Who knew Earth’s upper atmosphere was like alphabet soup? NASA’s Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk (GOLD) mission has revealed unexpected C- and X-shaped formations in an electrified layer of gas high above our heads called the ionosphere. While these alphabetical shapes have been observed before, GOLD sees them more clearly than other instruments […]
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AI will be help rather than hindrance in hitting climate targets, Bill Gates says
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 14:36:58 GMT

Microsoft co-founder says efficiencies for technology and electricity grids will outweigh energy use by data centres

Bill Gates has claimed that artificial intelligence will be more of a help than a hindrance in achieving climate goals, despite growing concern that an increase in new datacentres could drain green energy supplies.

The philanthropist and Microsoft co-founder told journalists that AI would enable countries to use less energy, even as they require more datacentres, by making technology and electricity grids more efficient.

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California Is Showing How a Big State Can Power Itself Without Fossil Fuels
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 10:00:00 +0000
For part of almost every day this spring, the state produced more electricity than it needed from renewable sources.
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Sharp rise in number of climate lawsuits against companies, report says
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 05:00:28 GMT

About 230 cases filed against corporations and trade associations around world since 2015

The number of climate lawsuits filed against companies around the world is rising swiftly, a report has found, and a majority of cases that have concluded have been successful.

About 230 climate-aligned lawsuits have been filed against corporations and trade associations since 2015, two-thirds of which have been initiated since 2020, according to the analysis published on Thursday by the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment.

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Critical MOVEit vulnerability puts huge swaths of the Internet at severe risk
Wed, 26 Jun 2024 23:31:21 +0000
A similar flaw last year left 1,800 networks breached. Will the latest one be as potent?
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The Marshall Star for June 26, 2024
Wed, 26 Jun 2024 22:14:37 +0000
Blasting into Summer: Thousands Enjoy NASA in the Park By Wayne Smith It was a super Saturday in the park to celebrate space and the Rocket City. NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center joined Downtown Huntsville Inc. and other community partners to host NASA in the Park, a public outreach event that attracted thousands to Big […]
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40 Years Ago: STS-41D – First Space Shuttle Launch Pad Abort
Wed, 26 Jun 2024 19:48:33 +0000
In 1983, NASA received delivery of Discovery, the third space qualified vehicle in the agency’s space shuttle fleet. During the launch attempt for the STS-41D mission on June 26, 1984, Discovery’s onboard computers halted the countdown four seconds before liftoff, and after two of its main engines had already ignited. The six astronauts safely egressed […]
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Sarah Finch: climate activism ‘early adopter’ behind supreme court win
Wed, 26 Jun 2024 11:02:03 GMT

UK campaigner who fronted lawsuit on future impact of fossil fuel projects says she fears for future despite ruling

Sarah Finch considers herself an early adopter of environmentalism, even if she is not quite sure what the initial spark was. “I was only ever interested in the environment,” she says. “That’s all I wanted to do.”

She never expected her name to become part of legal history. Last week, the supreme court handed down a landmark ruling in a lawsuit that Finch fronted, ruling that the climate impact of burning coal, oil and gas must be taken into account when deciding whether to approve projects. It set an important legal precedent and threw doubt on the approval of new fossil fuel projects in the UK.

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Company Linked to Federal Execution Spree Says It Will No Longer Produce Key Drug
Sat, 22 Jun 2024 16:33:37 +0000

As Republicans thirst for restarting federal executions, Absolute Standards told Connecticut lawmakers it hasn’t made or sold pentobarbital since December 2020.

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What to Expect from the Biden-Trump Debate, with the Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin
Sat, 22 Jun 2024 13:15:08 +0000
“If anybody’s wondering whether debates matter,” Evan Osnos says, “the truth is that the history on this is pretty eloquent, which is that they do matter in very tight contests.”
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An Around-the-World Eco-Voyage Makes a Pit Stop Near Wall Street
Mon, 24 Jun 2024 10:00:00 +0000
Energy Observer, a ship equipped with solar panels and a hydrogen fuel cell, has spent the past seven years circumnavigating the globe, powered by sun, water, and salads.
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Project Trump, Global Edition
Fri, 21 Jun 2024 17:17:00 +0000
Cut off all economic ties with China? End all aid to Ukraine? The ex-President’s men have a plan.
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Can Conservatives Expand the Death Penalty Using the “Trigger Law” Playbook?
Fri, 21 Jun 2024 15:35:10 +0000

Project 2025 — a road map for the next Trump White House — urges overturning Supreme Court precedent, and a trickle of bills may tee up challenges.

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Rhinos get radioactive horns, will trigger nuclear alarms if poached | Witwatersrand University’s initiative could extend to protecting elephants, pangolins, and other endangered species.
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Shorten says NDIS ‘too important for political games’ after bill blocked – as it happened
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 08:57:34 GMT

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Wong rejects Birmingham’s criticism, says US alliance ‘deep and strong’

Asked about her Liberal counterpart Simon Birmingham’s criticism of Anthony Albanese’s phone call with Julian Assange and his claims that the deal to release Assange has “damaged” the US-Australian alliance, Penny Wong says:

That’s not not correct and disappointing that Simon would go to the alliance. He would know that our relationship with the United States is deep and strong.

And that is why we were able to advocate in the way we did. And ultimately, the pathway to resolving this, … had to be through the resolution of the legal process.

Dr Yang remains a priority for our government. We continue to raise his case with the Chinese authorities at all appropriate levels and we will continue to do so. It was obviously raised, as you know, when Premier Li was here.

What I would say is today I am very pleased to see Mr Assange reunited with his family in Australia.

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Javad Zarif, negotiator of Iran nuclear deal, backs reformist presidential candidate
Tue, 25 Jun 2024 12:41:28 GMT

Fiery former foreign minister enters campaign to elect consensual reformist Masoud Pezeshkian

Javad Zarif, the former foreign minister and probably the Iranian politician best known to the west, has thrown himself into the campaign to elect the reformist Masoud Pezeshkian as the country’s president.

Zarif emerged from academia back to frontline politics to face heckling at public rallies, outright bans from one university and allegations that he is seeking to settle scores with those who thwarted his foreign policy when in office between 2013 and 2021.

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Israel Opposes Rebuilding Gaza’s Internet Access Because Terrorists Could Go Online
Fri, 21 Jun 2024 09:00:00 +0000

Israel destroyed much of Gaza’s internet infrastructure. A Saudi proposal to rebuild it was watered down after Israeli and U.S. protests.

The post Israel Opposes Rebuilding Gaza’s Internet Access Because Terrorists Could Go Online appeared first on The Intercept.

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Ukrainian Sailors Are Using Telegram to Avoid Being Tricked Into Smuggling Oil for Russia
Sat, 15 Jun 2024 11:00:00 +0000
Contract seafarers in Ukraine are turning to online whisper networks to keep themselves from being hired into Russia’s sanctions-busting shadow fleet.
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Is America approaching peak tip?
Thu, 20 Jun 2024 10:05:29 +0000
The country’s gratuity madness may soon calm, so long as Donald Trump does not get his way
Match ID: 98 Score: 7.14 source: www.economist.com age: 7 days
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Donald Trump’s trade hawk is plotting behind bars
Tue, 11 Jun 2024 17:48:56 +0000
Peter Navarro’s dark vision of the global economy could shape Trump 2
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Would America dare to bring down a Chinese bank?
Wed, 10 Apr 2024 18:26:59 +0000
Janet Yellen promises sanctions for those supporting Vladimir Putin’s war
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Europe faces an unusual problem: ultra-cheap energy
Thu, 20 Jun 2024 09:53:05 +0000
The continent is failing to adapt to a renewables boom
Match ID: 101 Score: 4.29 source: www.economist.com age: 7 days
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Rethinking Democracy for the Age of AI
2024-06-18T11:04:08Z

There is a lot written about technology’s threats to democracy. Polarization. Artificial intelligence. The concentration of wealth and power. I have a more general story: The political and economic systems of governance that were created in the mid-18th century are poorly suited for the 21st century. They don’t align incentives well. And they are being hacked too effectively.

At the same time, the cost of these hacked systems has never been greater, across all human history. We have become too powerful as a species. And our systems cannot keep up with fast-changing disruptive technologies...

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“Utterly Dismayed”: Air Force Engineer Resigns as Dissent Against Gaza War Slowly Spreads Within Military
Tue, 18 Jun 2024 10:00:00 +0000

“I don’t want to be working on something that can turn around and be used to slaughter innocent people.”

The post “Utterly Dismayed”: Air Force Engineer Resigns as Dissent Against Gaza War Slowly Spreads Within Military appeared first on The Intercept.

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Inside Donald Trump’s hush-money trial: three key testimonies – video
Fri, 31 May 2024 02:35:05 GMT

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

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

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

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

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

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Biden outdoes Trump with ultra-high China tariffs
Tue, 14 May 2024 16:23:33 +0000
The move, which hits electric vehicles, carries an environmental cost
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Why a stronger dollar is dangerous
Tue, 23 Apr 2024 16:00:59 +0000
It sets the stage for a nasty new Trump-China clash, among other things
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Even without war in the Gulf, pricier petrol is here to stay
Wed, 17 Apr 2024 15:59:46 +0000
Expensive oil could put Donald Trump in the White House
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Europe’s economy is under attack from all sides
Tue, 26 Mar 2024 20:00:46 +0000
First Putin, now Xi. Next Trump?
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European banks are making heady profits in Russia
Thu, 06 Jun 2024 09:56:28 +0000
But for how much longer?
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Exclusive: The Guardian interviews President Zelenskiy
Wed, 05 Jun 2024 09:48:04 GMT

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

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

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Russia’s gas business will never recover from the war in Ukraine
Thu, 02 May 2024 10:04:48 +0000
Hopes of a Chinese rescue look increasingly vain
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Frozen Russian assets will soon pay for Ukraine’s war
Thu, 18 Apr 2024 09:54:20 +0000
And America now hopes to convince others to make better use of the stash
Match ID: 112 Score: 2.86 source: www.economist.com age: 70 days
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Ukrainian drone strikes are hurting Russia’s oil industry
Thu, 11 Apr 2024 09:51:54 +0000
The world’s third-largest producer is now an importer of petrol
Match ID: 113 Score: 2.86 source: www.economist.com age: 77 days
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How China, Russia and Iran are forging closer ties
Mon, 18 Mar 2024 19:52:43 +0000
Assessing the economic threat posed by the anti-Western axis
Match ID: 114 Score: 2.86 source: www.economist.com age: 100 days
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Fusion Sparks an Energy Revolution
Wed, 19 Jun 2024 14:00:00 +0000
After hitting a power-output milestone, fusion technology is ready to graduate from small-scale lab experiment to full-sized power plant.
Match ID: 115 Score: 2.14 source: www.wired.com age: 8 days
qualifiers: 2.14 energy

Indian engineers warn of prolonged blackouts amid searing heatwave
Tue, 18 Jun 2024 10:32:55 GMT

Increasing use of fans, air coolers and air conditioners is placing ‘serious’ strain on grid in north of country

Engineers in India have warned of the possibility of prolonged power outages in the north, where a heatwave has brought misery for millions of people.

Demand for electricity has soared due to fans, air coolers and air conditioners being run constantly, placing a strain on the grid in Delhi and elsewhere in the north. Manufacturers of air conditioners and air coolers report sales rising by 40-50% compared with last summer.

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NASA Teammates Recall Favorite Memories Aboard Flying Laboratory
Tue, 14 May 2024 15:00:00 +0000
After flying more than three decades and 158 science campaigns, just one flight remains. NASA’s DC-8 Airborne Science Laboratory will make its final flight May 15 to Idaho State University in Pocatello, Idaho, where it will be used to train future aircraft technicians by providing real-world experience in the college’s Aircraft Maintenance Technology Program. Before […]
Match ID: 117 Score: 2.14 source: www.nasa.gov age: 44 days
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Global Emissions Could Peak Sooner Than You Think
Wed, 17 Jan 2024 12:00:00 +0000
Global deployment of solar and wind power, plus a surge in EV sales, means emissions from fossil-fuel-derived energy will finally hit the downward slope.
Match ID: 118 Score: 2.14 source: www.wired.com age: 162 days
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How Xi Jinping plans to overtake America
Sun, 31 Mar 2024 12:31:35 +0000
Digital twins, nuclear fusion and the small matter of fixing China’s economy
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Weather tracker: southern China hit by floods as north suffers from drought
Mon, 24 Jun 2024 10:37:49 GMT

Heavy rainfall in Guangdong causes flooding, landslides and mudslides, while northern China gripped by heatwave

Guangdong province in southern China has once more experienced severe flooding, two months after the late April floods and landslides led to more than 50 deaths.

On Sunday 16 June, heavy rainfall affected the area, with an average of 199mm falling in Pingyuan county. The town of Sishui experienced the highest rainfall totals of 367mm, with three others in the area recording more than 300mm.

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Match ID: 0 Score: 60.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 3 days
qualifiers: 34.29 china, 25.71 south korea

Sunak cites ‘confidential’ inquiry as he refuses to answer questions over aide and election date bet – live
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 17:17:52 GMT

PM again declines to say whether he told Craig Williams in advance about his decision to hold the election in July

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Rishi Sunak is returning to the campaign trail on Thursday, PA reports, after a two-day hiatus for the Emperor and Empress of Japan’s state visit and preparations for the final head-to-head debate with Sir Keir Starmer.

With one week to go until polling day, the deepening gambling scandal is still likely to feature heavily when he faces the media during a tour of the East Midlands and Yorkshire.

He is expected to visit a factory in Derbyshire and hold an evening campaign event in Leeds.

Keir Starmer accused Rishi Sunak of using transgender issues “as a political football to divide people” during their head-to-head debate on Wednesday.

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qualifiers: 40.00 japan, 10.00 bangladesh

French poll puts far-right National Rally in clear lead at 36% – Europe live
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 17:15:47 GMT

Macron’s allies trailing at 21% as leaders of political groups gear up for a televised debate this evening

Daniel Freund, a German Green MEP, has sent a letter with 20,000 signatures to the European Council president calling for the upcoming Hungarian presidency of the Council of the EU to be suspended.

“Together with 20.000 citizens, we, the undersigned Members of the European Parliament, ask you to officially suspend the Hungarian Presidency of the Council, which is currently set to begin on July 1st, 2024,” he wrote.

It would be extremely harmful for the reputation of our Union, if the current Hungarian government would represent us Europeans in any capacity, just after the European elections. The EU has officially frozen funds under the Rule of Law Conditionality Mechanism due to the high levels of corruption in Hungary. Over the years, the Orbán government has also undermined their elections, the Rule of Law, and media freedom in Hungary.

On the European level, the Orbán government has compared the European Union with a dictatorship. They published posters across the country with bombs bearing the EU flag, when sanctions against Russia were passed. At the time when imperialist dictator Putin is bombing Ukraine, an EU candidate country, Orbán went out of his way to China just to be able to shake hands with him.

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Match ID: 2 Score: 40.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 40.00 china

Amazon is taking another step to go head-to-head with Temu and Shein, reports say
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 16:51:00 GMT
Amazon has plans for a new online shop allowing merchants in China to sell directly to shoppers abroad, according to The Information and CNBC.
Match ID: 3 Score: 40.00 source: www.marketwatch.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 40.00 china

Number of UK income tax payers leaps by 4.4m in three years due to threshold freeze
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 15:07:06 GMT

HMRC data shows 26% more people over state pension age paying tax on earnings than in 2021-22

• Business live – latest updates

The number of people dragged into paying income tax in the UK has leapt by an estimated 4.4 million in three years because of the government’s freeze on thresholds, official data shows, a statistic likely to reignite the election debate on tax.

The figures show that a continuing freeze on income tax thresholds, seen as a stealth tax by some, has pulled an extra 1.77 million pensioners into the income tax bracket.

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Match ID: 4 Score: 40.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
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Chinese Communist party expels two ex-defence ministers for corruption
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 14:42:16 GMT

Li Shangfu, who vanished from public life last year, and Wei Fenghe accused of accepting gifts and facilitating benefits

The Chinese Communist party has expelled two former defence ministers for corruption, including Li Shangfu, who disappeared from public view along with other senior figures last year.

Li was sacked as defence minister in October, two months after he disappeared from public life. He served just seven months as defence minister. No explanation was given for his sudden removal, which temporarily destabilised efforts to rebuild US-China defence dialogues.

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qualifiers: 40.00 china

Satellite captures first-of-a-kind cloud image
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 14:26:50 GMT
A joint European-Japanese mission captures a space view of the internal structure of a cloud.
Match ID: 6 Score: 40.00 source: www.bbc.com age: 0 days
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NCA failure to investigate imports linked to forced Uyghur labour unlawful, court rules
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 13:35:08 GMT

Decision could result in retailers being prosecuted if they import goods made through forced labour, campaigners say

The UK National Crime Agency’s decision not to launch an investigation into the importation of cotton products manufactured by forced labour in China’s Xinjiang province was unlawful, the court of appeal has found.

Global Legal Action Network (GLAN) and the World Uyghur Congress (WUC), which brought the action, said Thursday’s decision was a landmark win that could lead to high street retailers being prosecuted under the Proceeds of Crime Act (Poca) if they import goods made through forced labour.

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U.S. to receive first new pandas in 20 years after farewell party in China
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 13:08:05 +0000
Pandas Yun Chuan and Xin Bao will set up home at the San Diego Zoo in California. An elaborate farewell ceremony was held in their honor in Sichuan, China.
Match ID: 8 Score: 40.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 0 days
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Global wave of elections could hit UK financial system, warns Bank of England
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 11:33:58 GMT

Central bank raises concerns over newly elected governments as more than 80 countries go to polls this year

• Business live – latest updates

Uncertainty caused by a global wave of elections, starting this weekend in France, risks destabilising the UK’s financial system, the Bank of England has warned.

Officials are concerned about the kind of policies that newly elected governments may enforce in large economies, including the US, where Donald Trump is vying for another term as president in the run-up to the election in November.

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China says U.S. can’t stop it from taking ‘giant steps’ in space
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 09:41:26 +0000
China is the first country to retrieve rocks from the far side of the moon, which experts say could be a game changer in understanding lunar history.
Match ID: 10 Score: 40.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 0 days
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NASA Selects International Space Station US Deorbit Vehicle
Wed, 26 Jun 2024 20:48:10 +0000
NASA is fostering continued scientific, educational, and technological developments in low Earth orbit to benefit humanity, while also supporting deep space exploration at the Moon and Mars. As the agency transitions to commercially owned space destinations closer to home, it is crucial to prepare for the safe and responsible deorbit of the International Space Station […]
Match ID: 11 Score: 40.00 source: www.nasa.gov age: 0 days
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Human rights group urges UK financial regulator to block Shein’s LSE flotation
Wed, 26 Jun 2024 16:11:48 GMT

Campaigners allege Uyghur people used as forced labour at some of fast-fashion retailer’s cotton suppliers in China

A human rights group has urged Britain’s financial regulator to block the Chinese fast-fashion retailer Shein’s planned blockbuster flotation on the London Stock Exchange.

Stop Uyghur Genocide, a UK-based human rights charity that alleges minority Uyghur people are being used as forced labour at some of Shein’s cotton suppliers in China’s north-western Xinjiang region, has begun a legal campaign against the planned stock market listing.

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China space probe returns with rare Moon rocks
Tue, 25 Jun 2024 09:40:48 GMT
The Chang'e-6 has landed after collecting the first ever samples from the far side of the Moon.
Match ID: 13 Score: 40.00 source: www.bbc.com age: 2 days
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China’s Chang’e-6 lunar probe returns world’s first samples from far side of the moon
Tue, 25 Jun 2024 06:41:28 GMT

Re-entry capsule containing precious cargo from mission has parachuted into Inner Mongolia

China has become the first country to gather samples from the far side of the moon and bring them back to Earth in a landmark achievement for the Beijing space programme.

A re-entry capsule containing the precious cargo parachuted into a landing zone in the rural Siziwang Banner region of Inner Mongolia on Tuesday after being released into Earth’s orbit by the uncrewed Chang’e-6 probe.

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India v England: T20 Cricket World Cup semi-final resumes after rain – live
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 17:54:33 GMT

• T20 World Cup, England win toss and bowl first in Guyana
• South Africa surge past Afghanistan into final | Mail Tim

“If only India had come second in the Super Eights,” says David Howell. “Then (assuming this match isn’t played) they’d have been eliminated by their own governance effectively running the ICC.

“Putting a semi-final with no reserve day in the Amazon rainforest in June? That is, in every sense, a thunderous lack of common sense.”

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Canada’s 2023 wildfires created four times more emissions than planes did last year – report
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 15:55:13 GMT

Months-long fires spewed about the same amount of carbon dioxide that 647m cars put in the air in a year, data shows

Catastrophic Canadian warming-fueled wildfires last year pumped more heat-trapping carbon dioxide into the air than India did by burning fossil fuels, setting ablaze an area of forest larger than the US state of West Virginia, new research has found.

Scientists at the World Resources Institute and the University of Maryland calculated how devastating the impacts of the months-long fires in Canada in 2023 that sullied the air around large parts of the globe. They figured it put 3.28bn tons (2.98 metric tons) of heat-trapping carbon dioxide into the air, according to a study update published in Thursday’s Global Change Biology. The update is not peer-reviewed, but the original study was.

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Match ID: 16 Score: 35.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
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India’s supreme court to rule on new penal code permitting marital rape
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 11:26:07 GMT

Rights groups protesting at Modi government’s view that criminalising sexual assault violates ‘sanctity’ of marriage

Campaigners angry that marital rape is not to be criminalised under India’s long-awaited new penal code have been promised a ruling on the issue by the supreme court next month.

Human rights organisations, including the All India Democratic Women’s Association, have been petitioning India’s supreme court to make it a criminal offence. The court has in turn asked the government for a response.

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Match ID: 17 Score: 35.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
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Foxconn: India reviews iPhone factory for 'not hiring married women'
2024-06-27T10:34:19+00:00

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Supreme Court ruling on Indiana mayor is latest to weaken corruption laws
Wed, 26 Jun 2024 19:18:48 +0000
The ruling says federal corruption law prohibiting payments to public officials applies only when officials accept gifts before taking government action.
Match ID: 19 Score: 35.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 0 days
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‘The scariest place on earth’: inside the DMZ as tensions between North and South Korea rise
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 04:37:08 GMT

Balloon wars and troop incursions have led to a rise in uncertainty along the militarised buffer and left international observers nervous

Just a stone’s throw from North Korea, farmer Park Se-un tends to his crops under the watchful eye of the South Korean military. In the distance, past the bushes and fields strewn with landmines, he can see North Korean soldiers on patrol.

Park’s village of Daeseong-dong is the only inhabited area in the south of Korea’s demilitarised zone (DMZ), located just 365 metres from North Korea at its closest point. Born and raised inside this zone, Park is used to the political tensions that shape his everyday life.

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qualifiers: 30.00 south korea

South Korean telecom company attacks torrent users with malware — over 600,000 customers report missing files, strange folders, and disabled PCs
2024-06-27T04:27:25+00:00

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Match ID: 21 Score: 30.00 source: www.reddit.com age: 0 days
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Rubbish-filled North Korea balloons prompt closure of Seoul airport
Wed, 26 Jun 2024 04:31:08 GMT

Several balloons were spotted in and around the airport boundaries, as one balloon landed on the tarmac near passenger terminal two

Takeoffs and landings at South Korea’s Incheon international airport have been disrupted for about three hours because of balloons launched by North Korea filled with refuse, an airport spokesperson said.

One balloon landed on the tarmac near passenger terminal two and the three runways at Incheon were temporarily shut down on Wednesday, the spokesperson said.

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Open letter in India calls for withdrawal of go-ahead to prosecute Arundhati Roy
Sun, 23 Jun 2024 15:59:48 GMT

Over 200 signatories urge government to reverse decision enabling action against writer under anti-terrorism law

More than 200 Indian academics, activists and journalists have published an open letter urging the Indian government to withdraw last week’s decision sanctioning the prosecution of the Booker prize-winning author Arundhati Roy under the country’s stringent anti-terrorism law.

“We … deplore this action and appeal to the government and the democratic forces in the country to ensure that no infringement of the fundamental right to freely and fearlessly express views on any subject takes place in our nation,” the group said in the letter.

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Some European launch officials still have their heads stuck in the sand
Wed, 26 Jun 2024 17:18:53 +0000
"Starship will not eradicate Ariane 6 at all."
Match ID: 24 Score: 20.00 source: arstechnica.com age: 1 day
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Company Linked to Federal Execution Spree Says It Will No Longer Produce Key Drug
Sat, 22 Jun 2024 16:33:37 +0000

As Republicans thirst for restarting federal executions, Absolute Standards told Connecticut lawmakers it hasn’t made or sold pentobarbital since December 2020.

The post Company Linked to Federal Execution Spree Says It Will No Longer Produce Key Drug appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 25 Score: 20.00 source: theintercept.com age: 5 days
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How to Start a War Over Taiwan
Mon, 24 Jun 2024 10:00:00 +0000
American efforts to deter Chinese belligerence could easily provoke it.
Match ID: 26 Score: 17.14 source: www.newyorker.com age: 3 days
qualifiers: 17.14 taiwan

Project Trump, Global Edition
Fri, 21 Jun 2024 17:17:00 +0000
Cut off all economic ties with China? End all aid to Ukraine? The ex-President’s men have a plan.
Match ID: 27 Score: 17.14 source: www.newyorker.com age: 6 days
qualifiers: 17.14 china

Can Conservatives Expand the Death Penalty Using the “Trigger Law” Playbook?
Fri, 21 Jun 2024 15:35:10 +0000

Project 2025 — a road map for the next Trump White House — urges overturning Supreme Court precedent, and a trickle of bills may tee up challenges.

The post Can Conservatives Expand the Death Penalty Using the “Trigger Law” Playbook? appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 28 Score: 17.14 source: theintercept.com age: 6 days
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The Venezuelan Perspective
Fri, 21 Jun 2024 10:00:00 +0000

Foreign Minister Yván Gil Pinto discusses Venezuela’s bid to join the BRICS alliance, the impacts of U.S. sanctions, and the battle over Citgo.

The post The Venezuelan Perspective appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 29 Score: 17.14 source: theintercept.com age: 6 days
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5 great affordable restaurants in the D.C. area
Wed, 26 Jun 2024 10:30:05 +0000
Five favorite affordable dining options in D.C., Maryland and Virginia include Ethiopian, Nicaraguan and Vietnamese food.
Match ID: 30 Score: 15.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 1 day
qualifiers: 15.00 vietnam

Will services make the world rich?
Mon, 24 Jun 2024 20:51:25 +0000
American fried chicken can now be served from the Philippines
Match ID: 31 Score: 15.00 source: www.economist.com age: 2 days
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Brazil, India and Mexico are taking on China’s exports
Thu, 23 May 2024 10:13:46 +0000
To avoid an economic shock, they are pursuing a strange mix of free trade and protectionism
Match ID: 32 Score: 10.71 source: www.economist.com age: 35 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china, 5.00 india

From Prison, Imran Khan Says Top Pakistani General Betrayed Secret Deal to Stay Out of Politics
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 16:52:25 +0000

Sources close to the ousted prime minister say Khan also accuses Gen. Asim Munir for assassination attempt and cover-ups.

The post From Prison, Imran Khan Says Top Pakistani General Betrayed Secret Deal to Stay Out of Politics appeared first on The Intercept.

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Indian state capitalism looks to be in trouble
Thu, 20 Jun 2024 09:59:48 +0000
A weakened Narendra Modi is bad news for investors in government-controlled firms
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This Is What Would Happen if China Invaded Taiwan
Wed, 19 Jun 2024 10:00:00 +0000
The new book World on the Brink: How America Can Beat China in the Race for the 21st Century lays out what might actually happen if China were to invade Taiwan in 2028.
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The Taiwanese civilians training for a Chinese invasion – video
Wed, 10 Jan 2024 09:05:28 GMT

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

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

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

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

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Globetrotting NASA Research Model Increases Accuracy
Mon, 17 Jun 2024 09:59:00 +0000
NASA and its international partners are using the same generically shaped wing design to create physical and digital research models to better understand how air moves around an aircraft during takeoff and landing. Various organizations are doing computer modeling with computational tools and conducting wind tunnel tests using the same High Lift Common Research Model […]
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Let Slip the Robot Dogs of War
Sun, 16 Jun 2024 09:00:00 +0000
The United States and China appear locked in a race to weaponize four-legged robots for military applications.
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Ukrainian Sailors Are Using Telegram to Avoid Being Tricked Into Smuggling Oil for Russia
Sat, 15 Jun 2024 11:00:00 +0000
Contract seafarers in Ukraine are turning to online whisper networks to keep themselves from being hired into Russia’s sanctions-busting shadow fleet.
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China’s currency is not as influential as once imagined
Thu, 13 Jun 2024 09:38:25 +0000
Its share of international reserves has stalled
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China is distorting its stockmarket by trying to prop it up
Mon, 10 Jun 2024 18:14:09 +0000
State purchases of shares are bad enough, but other measures are far more destructive
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China’s economic model retains a dangerous allure
Mon, 03 Jun 2024 17:08:43 +0000
Despite the country’s current struggles, autocrats elsewhere see a lot to admire
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Xi Jinping’s surprising new source of economic advice
Thu, 30 May 2024 10:06:54 +0000
What China’s leader may learn from a pair of reform-minded academics
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The property firm that could break China’s back
Thu, 16 May 2024 10:04:20 +0000
If Vanke collapses, so might confidence in the state’s management of the economy
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Biden outdoes Trump with ultra-high China tariffs
Tue, 14 May 2024 16:23:33 +0000
The move, which hits electric vehicles, carries an environmental cost
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Could America and its allies club together to weaken the dollar?
Thu, 09 May 2024 09:58:40 +0000
China would not be happy
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What would get China’s consumers spending?
Thu, 09 May 2024 09:57:49 +0000
Clues from a grocer in a fourth-tier city
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What Xi Jinping gets wrong about China’s economy
Thu, 09 May 2024 09:57:57 +0000
Despite his protestations, the country does have an overcapacity problem
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Japan will struggle to rescue its plummeting currency
Mon, 29 Apr 2024 16:00:14 +0000
Expensive government intervention looks likely to provide only brief respite
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Why a stronger dollar is dangerous
Tue, 23 Apr 2024 16:00:59 +0000
It sets the stage for a nasty new Trump-China clash, among other things
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Can the IMF solve the poor world’s debt crisis?
Thu, 18 Apr 2024 10:05:21 +0000
The fund will freeze out China if that is what it takes to offer relief
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China’s better economic growth hides reasons to worry
Tue, 16 Apr 2024 13:33:05 +0000
The country’s leaders are too complacent about deflation
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What China’s central bank and Costco shoppers have in common
Thu, 11 Apr 2024 10:02:17 +0000
Hint: it is not a fondness for cryptocurrencies
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China’s state is eating the private property market
Thu, 11 Apr 2024 09:50:47 +0000
Pity those soon to buy a home
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How Xi Jinping plans to overtake America
Sun, 31 Mar 2024 12:31:35 +0000
Digital twins, nuclear fusion and the small matter of fixing China’s economy
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China’s banks have a bad-debt problem
Wed, 27 Mar 2024 14:12:05 +0000
As is becoming increasingly obvious
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Japan ends the world’s greatest monetary-policy experiment
Tue, 19 Mar 2024 13:12:06 +0000
For the first time in 17 years, officials raise interest rates
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How China, Russia and Iran are forging closer ties
Mon, 18 Mar 2024 19:52:43 +0000
Assessing the economic threat posed by the anti-Western axis
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Indian engineers warn of prolonged blackouts amid searing heatwave
Tue, 18 Jun 2024 10:32:55 GMT

Increasing use of fans, air coolers and air conditioners is placing ‘serious’ strain on grid in north of country

Engineers in India have warned of the possibility of prolonged power outages in the north, where a heatwave has brought misery for millions of people.

Demand for electricity has soared due to fans, air coolers and air conditioners being run constantly, placing a strain on the grid in Delhi and elsewhere in the north. Manufacturers of air conditioners and air coolers report sales rising by 40-50% compared with last summer.

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Foreign investors are rejecting Indian stocks
Thu, 30 May 2024 10:05:08 +0000
A roaring economy is not enough to entice them
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qualifiers: 5.00 india

The fake news divide: how Modi’s rule is fracturing India – video
Thu, 30 May 2024 09:31:48 GMT

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

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

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

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Hedge funds make billions as India’s options market goes ballistic
Thu, 02 May 2024 10:14:54 +0000
The country’s retail investors are doing less well
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How fast is India’s economy really growing?
Thu, 11 Apr 2024 10:00:46 +0000
Statisticians take the country’s figures with a pinch of salt
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How to build a global currency
Thu, 04 Apr 2024 09:55:08 +0000
India is the latest country to try. Painful reforms are required
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How India could become an Asian tiger
Wed, 27 Mar 2024 14:11:52 +0000
The world’s most selective bureaucracy is struggling to make it happen
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qualifiers: 5.00 india

Is turbulence getting worse? And where were the worst flight paths in 2023 – video
Wed, 29 May 2024 02:13:28 GMT

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

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• What causes turbulence on flights and which routes around the world are most affected?

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Four kids left: The Thai school swallowed by the sea – video
Wed, 15 May 2024 10:47:18 GMT

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

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The Hacking of Culture and the Creation of Socio-Technical Debt
2024-06-19T11:09:52Z

Culture is increasingly mediated through algorithms. These algorithms have splintered the organization of culture, a result of states and tech companies vying for influence over mass audiences. One byproduct of this splintering is a shift from imperfect but broad cultural narratives to a proliferation of niche groups, who are defined by ideology or aesthetics instead of nationality or geography. This change reflects a material shift in the relationship between collective identity and power, and illustrates how states no longer have exclusive domain over either. Today, both power and culture are increasingly corporate...

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Progressives on AIPAC’s Defeat of Bowman: “Now We Know How Much It Costs to Buy an Election”
Wed, 26 Jun 2024 20:37:33 +0000

Despite the various factors that contributed to Rep. Jamaal Bowman’s loss, progressive strategists said there was one clear takeaway from the results.

The post Progressives on AIPAC’s Defeat of Bowman: “Now We Know How Much It Costs to Buy an Election” appeared first on The Intercept.

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Half-Hearted Efforts by Democratic Leaders Couldn’t Save Jamaal Bowman From AIPAC’s Attacks
Tue, 25 Jun 2024 18:40:24 +0000

Top Democrats used to go all in on protecting incumbents. That wasn’t the case for Bowman, who was defeated Tuesday.

The post Half-Hearted Efforts by Democratic Leaders Couldn’t Save Jamaal Bowman From AIPAC’s Attacks appeared first on The Intercept.

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RFK Jr claims Republicans, Democrats and CNN conspired to exclude him from debate
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 15:19:46 GMT

Independent candidate is polling at about 8%, but could be a spoiler in November contest between Trump and Biden

Robert F Kennedy Jr, the independent US presidential candidate polling at about 8%, won’t be at tonight’s Biden-Trump TV smackdown in Atlanta. But he’s not taking the diss quietly, and has accused debate host CNN of colluding with the major party campaigns to exclude him.

In an email statement on Wednesday, the Kennedy campaign claimed that 71% of Americans want to see him on the debate stage, and in an act of counter-programming he plans an alternative “real” debate on Elon’s Musk’s Twitter/X platform at the same time.

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Biden and Trump look to debate to open up race currently in a dead heat
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 07:00:31 GMT

As the two prepare to debate on Thursday night, memories are revived of the ugly exchanges when they last squared off

It could be the moment when a rematch that few seem to want finally comes to life: like two ageing prizefighters, Joe Biden and Donald Trump will enter the arena of political bloodsport on Thursday evening to resume a verbal sparring bout that will revive memories of the ugly exchanges when the two debated face to face four years ago.

A CNN studio in Atlanta will host the first presidential debate of the campaign between the same two candidates who contested the last election, which Biden won.

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Surprise! The Latest ‘Comprehensive’ US Privacy Bill Is Doomed
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 15:55:24 +0000
Gutted of civil rights protections by Democrats to woo pro-business Republicans, the American Privacy Rights Act was pulled from a key congressional hearing—and appears unlikely to receive a full vote.
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Joe Biden v Donald Trump: what you need to know about the first 2024 presidential debate
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 12:00:06 GMT

High-stakes rematch is a chance for both to make a case for their second term, with polls showing them in a tight race

Joe Biden and Donald Trump will hold the first of two scheduled US presidential debates on Thursday, a high-stakes rematch between two well-defined political foes.

The earlier-than-usual confrontation will give both men a chance to make their case for a second-term to what could be one of the largest television – and internet – audiences of the election cycle.

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Trump–Biden Debate Conspiracies Have Already Flooded the Internet
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 10:30:00 +0000
Republican lawmakers, right-wing media outlets and influencers, and Trump himself are pushing conspiracies about Biden’s health and the debate in general.
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First House Democratic incumbent falls in a primary this year
Wed, 26 Jun 2024 21:24:10 +0000
Live updates from the 2024 campaign trail, with the latest news on presidential candidates, polls, primaries and more.
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Tensions flare at Atlanta-area event as Black Republicans urge Black men to ditch Democrats
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 17:50:16 +0000
At a cigar lounge in a deep-blue Atlanta suburb, Reps. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) and Wesley Hunt (R-Tex.), both Trump allies, were met with mixed reaction as they made the case for voting Republican.
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The Guardian view on televised election debates: the voters deserve better | Editorial
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 17:48:16 GMT

The TV contests between Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer were sometimes illuminating, but they avoided the big questions facing Britain

Televised leaders’ debates came late to British general elections. Margaret Thatcher never appeared in one. Nor did Tony Blair. It was not until 2010 that the main UK party leaders took part in the first debates. Since then, debates have become an accepted part of the election campaign landscape. Apart from Theresa May, who refused, to her cost, to take part in 2017, party leaders now recognise that such debates come with the territory.

The 2024 debates have occasionally been illuminating but have generally been uninspiring. Few can argue that they either defined or answered the big questions, on the economy, health, climate and defence, facing Britain. In Wednesday’s BBC debate, the final one of this year’s contest, Rishi Sunak opted for repeated attack as the best form of defence, hammering the line that Labour could not be trusted on tax and migration. Sir Keir Starmer opted for steady reassurance, while attacking the Conservatives over the betting scandal. It was negativity versus safety first.

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Sunak cites ‘confidential’ inquiry as he refuses to answer questions over aide and election date bet – live
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 17:17:52 GMT

PM again declines to say whether he told Craig Williams in advance about his decision to hold the election in July

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Rishi Sunak is returning to the campaign trail on Thursday, PA reports, after a two-day hiatus for the Emperor and Empress of Japan’s state visit and preparations for the final head-to-head debate with Sir Keir Starmer.

With one week to go until polling day, the deepening gambling scandal is still likely to feature heavily when he faces the media during a tour of the East Midlands and Yorkshire.

He is expected to visit a factory in Derbyshire and hold an evening campaign event in Leeds.

Keir Starmer accused Rishi Sunak of using transgender issues “as a political football to divide people” during their head-to-head debate on Wednesday.

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From Prison, Imran Khan Says Top Pakistani General Betrayed Secret Deal to Stay Out of Politics
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 16:52:25 +0000

Sources close to the ousted prime minister say Khan also accuses Gen. Asim Munir for assassination attempt and cover-ups.

The post From Prison, Imran Khan Says Top Pakistani General Betrayed Secret Deal to Stay Out of Politics appeared first on The Intercept.

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Sunak continues his fighting talk. At this stage it’s more of a surrender message | Marina Hyde
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 16:25:11 GMT

Prime minister’s campaign has become the only spectacle less appealing than England at the Euros

“I will never stop fighting for this country,” ran Rishi Sunak’s morning message to a nation that, if the polls are to be believed, overwhelmingly just wants him to stop fighting for this country ASAP. In any case, since almost the start of this campaign, the prime minister has been pegged as a Normandy deserter. He totally wanted to fight on the beaches for this country – but unfortunately he wanted to do a telly interview more.

Undeterred, however, Sunak appended the above message to today’s exciting new Conservative attack ad. This shows an elderly man, a woman and a child from behind, holding up their hands. We know it’s a surrender because the caption is “DON’T SURRENDER YOUR FAMILY’S FUTURE TO LABOUR”. Probably the best thing you can say about it is that it’s good the actors could get paid the day rate without having to show their faces to the camera.

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Ben Jennings on Rishi Sunak’s failure to convince at the final leaders’ debate – cartoon
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 16:24:27 GMT
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‘They’re best for me’: New Forest voters keep faith with the Tories
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 14:57:32 GMT

Desmond Swayne is predicted to be re-elected yet again in a seat where most of the population are over 50 and some are ‘terrified of Labour’

Betty Granger refuses to give up hope for another Conservative government. Sipping tea in the New Milton Conservative Club in Hampshire, Granger, 97, says she has her “fingers crossed” for a Tory win.

She posted her 21st vote for them earlier this week. “I can’t think what anybody else would’ve done better,” she says of their record.

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The Tories are terrified of a Labour ‘supermajority’ – but there are reasons for Labour supporters to be wary too | Andy Beckett
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 13:00:08 GMT

A landslide victory for Keir Starmer could lead to hubris and division. For Conservatives, however, it’s an existential question

Can a political party win too much power? In many ways, it’s a strange fear to raise about Labour, yet the Conservatives have been doing it for weeks now. For only two periods in Labour’s 124-year history has it had huge parliamentary majorities: from 1945 to 1950 and 1997 to 2005. And even those two governments still faced hostile newspapers, sceptical civil servants, suspicious big business, millions of instinctively rightwing voters in the most prosperous regions and the pro-Tory bias of much of the establishment.

For the Conservatives to warn about the dangerous monopoly power of a Labour “supermajority”, having sought and enjoyed such power much more often themselves, is shameless even by their standards. For many Labour politicians, activists and supporters, meanwhile, the possibility that the party could enter an era of rare dominance next week is – though they dare not say it yet – very exciting. If the polls are right, the 2024 election and the Starmer supremacy that may follow could become legends that Labour lives off for decades.

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More Than 10 Years Later, the Senate Torture Report Is Still Secret
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 10:00:00 +0000

I filed a lawsuit to obtain the 6,700-page report with “excruciating detail” about CIA’s abuses.

The post More Than 10 Years Later, the Senate Torture Report Is Still Secret appeared first on The Intercept.

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SCOTUS nixes injunction that limited Biden admin contacts with social networks
Wed, 26 Jun 2024 18:38:52 +0000
Supreme Court avoids clarifying when government can control online speech.
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Can Conservatives Expand the Death Penalty Using the “Trigger Law” Playbook?
Fri, 21 Jun 2024 15:35:10 +0000

Project 2025 — a road map for the next Trump White House — urges overturning Supreme Court precedent, and a trickle of bills may tee up challenges.

The post Can Conservatives Expand the Death Penalty Using the “Trigger Law” Playbook? appeared first on The Intercept.

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Live updates: Trump, Biden to compete in first 2024 presidential debate
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 17:53:39 +0000
Donald Trump and President Biden are set to take the debate stage at 9 p.m. Thursday for the first time in 2024.
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Election 2024 live updates: Biden and Trump to face off in first 2024 debate
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 17:44:46 +0000
Live updates from the 2024 campaign trail as Biden and Trump prepare to meet in the first presidential debate of the year.
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How the Biden Administration Is (Not Really) Handling Disinformation
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 16:46:50 +0000
The hosts of Pod Save America join WIRED to talk about disinfo, social media, and the new era of digital campaigning.
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Election Extra: will undecided voters be decisive? – podcast
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 16:28:05 GMT

Apathy and antipathy towards all parties is a growing trend in UK elections. But with a week to go, undecided voters could prove critical to the result. Archie Bland reports

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Message to Labour: don’t tax school fees. Make private schools work for the public good | Simon Jenkins
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 16:09:01 GMT

Finding a balance between privatisation and nationalisation has defied past governments – the party must make this its mission

To tax or not to tax? Labour’s plan to impose VAT on private schools seemed a good idea at the time. Its programme was bereft of leftist clout. The tax would hit privilege at its roots, and bring in a windfall £1.6bn to benefit deprived state schools. What was not to like?

The trouble is that every tax carries unintended consequences. Estimates were that most parents would simply pay up. Schools would cut costs, offset VAT-able expenses and boost bursaries. Fees should not rise by more than 15%, which is what they have recently done anyway. The shadow chancellor, Rachel Reeves, has indicated that she will not target parents with children who are at a critical stage of their school careers. The new tax will be gradual.

Simon Jenkins is a Guardian columnist

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Number of UK income tax payers leaps by 4.4m in three years due to threshold freeze
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 15:07:06 GMT

HMRC data shows 26% more people over state pension age paying tax on earnings than in 2021-22

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The number of people dragged into paying income tax in the UK has leapt by an estimated 4.4 million in three years because of the government’s freeze on thresholds, official data shows, a statistic likely to reignite the election debate on tax.

The figures show that a continuing freeze on income tax thresholds, seen as a stealth tax by some, has pulled an extra 1.77 million pensioners into the income tax bracket.

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Reform UK drops candidate revealed to have been BNP member
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 14:41:12 GMT

Exclusive: Raymond Saint, who is standing in Basingstoke, was recorded as BNP member on list published in 2009

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A Reform UK general election candidate has been dropped after it emerged that he had been on a list of members of the British National party (BNP).

Raymond Saint, a retired owner of a plumbing company, had been standing for the radical right populist party in Basingstoke. A Raymond Saint, at the same address, was recorded as a member of the BNP in a list that was published by WikiLeaks in 2009.

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Black Alabama mayor reinstated after nearly four-year battle
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 14:41:20 GMT

A secret election by white town council blocked Newbern mayor Patrick Braxton from serving for four years: ‘we can put this behind us’

Patrick Braxton, the first Black mayor of an Alabama town that has not held elections in several decades, has spent the last four years fighting to be recognized. Finally, after an extensive legal battle, he and the town officials who refused to acknowledge him as mayor have reached a settlement, according to federal court documents.

Per the settlement agreement, Braxton will be officially be seated as the mayor of Newbern, Alabama, and be able to fully serve in this capacity for the first time in nearly four years, pending approval by by Judge Kristi K. DuBose of the Southern District of Alabama.

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US Congress faces growing calls to withdraw Netanyahu invitation: ‘a terrible mistake’
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 14:06:48 GMT

Notable Israelis add their voices to oppose invite extended by Mike Johnson, which Democrats plan to boycott

A group of prominent Israelis – including a former prime minister and an ex-head of Mossad, the foreign intelligence service – have added their voices to the growing domestic calls in the US for Congress to withdraw its invitation to Benjamin Netanyahu to address it next month, calling the move “a terrible mistake”.

The plea, in an op-ed article in the New York Times, argues that the invitation rewards Netanyahu, Israel’s current prime minister, for “scandalous and destructive conduct”, including intelligence failures that led to last October’s deadly Hamas attack and the ensuing bloody war in Gaza which shows no sign of ending.

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The job of pollsters has become much harder. Here’s how they’re responding
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 13:29:01 +0000
Which surveys are solid and which dissolve under scrutiny?
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‘At least’ seven Met officers under investigation over general election bets
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 13:06:37 GMT

Met and Gambling Commission to focus on whether alleged use of confidential information constitutes cheating

• UK election live – latest updates

The number of Metropolitan police officers under investigation over bets on the timing of the general election has risen to at least seven, the force has said.

Britain’s biggest police force said it would continue to investigate a “small number” of wagers as part of a joint investigation led by the Gambling Commission.

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Starmer says people would not be sent back to Afghanistan under returns policy
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 13:02:43 GMT

Labour leader says halting of asylum processing due to government’s Rwanda policy ‘absurd and reckless’

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Keir Starmer has admitted for the first time that he would not return people to Afghanistan, after a bitter exchange in Wednesday night’s debate where Rishi Sunak mocked him for planning to “sit down with the ayatollahs” to negotiate return agreements.

Starmer has repeatedly said he plans to negotiate returns agreements with safe countries in order to clear the asylum backlog, which has worsened due to the government’s recent legislation which does not allow asylum seekers to be processed while it waits to start deportations to Rwanda.

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Jeremy Corbyn in final push to keep seat amid voter confusion in Islington North
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 12:18:49 GMT

Hundreds are knocking on doors for longtime MP, often having to remind voters that he is no longer Labour

• UK election live – latest updates

Jeremy Corbyn is making a final push to try to hold on to his parliamentary seat in one of the more unpredictable battles of the election, made more uncertain because many voters still seem to believe he is the Labour candidate.

With a week to go until polling day, the former Labour leader’s campaign team is trying to marshal crowds of volunteers to knock on doors in the Islington North seat he has represented since 1983, reminding them that this race is different.

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Global wave of elections could hit UK financial system, warns Bank of England
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 11:33:58 GMT

Central bank raises concerns over newly elected governments as more than 80 countries go to polls this year

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Uncertainty caused by a global wave of elections, starting this weekend in France, risks destabilising the UK’s financial system, the Bank of England has warned.

Officials are concerned about the kind of policies that newly elected governments may enforce in large economies, including the US, where Donald Trump is vying for another term as president in the run-up to the election in November.

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‘Relentless, almost ruthless focus’: Green party co-leaders grow into their double act
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 11:00:04 GMT

Carla Denyer and Adrian Ramsay can be in two places at once on campaign trail as party hopes to win four seats

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For some viewers it might have been the first time they noticed the Greens this general election, but it was quite the impression. Midway through the first seven-way TV debate there was a brief pause after Angela Rayner and Penny Mordaunt had bickered noisily on tax, and another participant stepped in.

“Well, that was dignified, wasn’t it?” began Carla Denyer, winning laughter and applause from the audience. Leading a smaller party in an election tends to be a balancing act between strategy and simply getting attention. Thus far, it appears, the Greens have done both fairly well.

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Make or break: the defining moments of US presidential debates
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 10:00:36 GMT

Ahead of Biden and Trump’s first debate of the 2024 election cycle, here are some memorable moments from US presidential debate history

Joe Biden and Donald Trump will debate on Thursday for the first time this election cycle, and it holds the potential for some history-making moments.

Debates can inform voters on both the issues and temperaments of the candidates, potentially swaying an undecided voter toward one candidate’s direction. They can also make for good TV, creating soundbites that resonate for decades to come.

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‘We’re taxing non-doms, not condoms!’: Labour strives to reconnect with disengaged voters
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 06:00:31 GMT

In Hull East, less than half of the electorate went to the ballot box in 2019 – and, here and elsewhere, the party fears being caught out by political apathy

Even during a general election campaign with projections of historic – even unprecedented – results, people cannot always be relied upon to give their full attention.

“We met a guy who said he was going to vote Labour but wouldn’t now because he had just heard that we were taxing condoms,” said Labour’s Karl Turner, who was first voted in as the MP for Hull East in 2010 and is standing for re-election this time.

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What impact could this election have on Scottish independence?
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 03:31:13 GMT
Whatever the outcome, it seems unlikely that the constitution will vanish as an issue in Scottish politics.
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Returning to Leigh: can Labour rebuild the red wall? – podcast
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 02:00:25 GMT

The Greater Manchester town was a Labour stronghold before 2019. Will it be once again? Helen Pidd reports

Leigh in Greater Manchester used to be a Labour party stronghold. A former mining and mill town, it was once Andy Burnham’s constituency. But in 2019 that was swept away as the town voted for Boris Johnson.

Helen Pidd, then the Guardian’s northern editor, visited it often – and in 2020 people there told her why Labour had lost its shine for them. Four years later, with Labour cautiously hopeful it can regain the town, she returned to find out what has changed.

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Female voters in the UK: share which issues will decide your vote this general election
Wed, 26 Jun 2024 17:02:39 GMT

We’re interested to hear from women how they’re planning to vote in the UK general election, or why they’re undecided, and which issues matter to them the most

If you are a woman and able to vote in the UK general election, we’re keen to hear how you may vote on 4 July, and what issues will decide your vote.

If you are undecided how to vote, we’d like to know why, and which issues matter to you the most.

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A Russian Propaganda Network Is Promoting an AI-Manipulated Biden Video
Wed, 26 Jun 2024 16:32:23 +0000
Experts tell WIRED that Russian disinformation campaigns are using generative AI more and more.
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Democratic strategists say President Biden is expected to steer many conversations in Thursday’s debate back to...
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 14:06:19 +0000

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A Democrat in Montana distanced himself from Biden. New ads highlight their links.
Wed, 26 Jun 2024 21:01:57 +0000

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Our interactive guide to the latest voting trends
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 17:20:07 GMT
How do people say they will vote in the UK general election? Our poll tracker measures the trends.
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How do the parties compare?
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 17:20:07 GMT
How do people say they will vote in the UK general election? Our poll tracker measures the trends.
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The Farage faithful know he’s a fraud but they don’t care | John Crace
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 17:03:12 GMT

The Reform UK candidate brought the air of a televangelist to a rally in Sunderland that was all show and no substance

Call it confirmation bias. The media were the ones who wanted endless debates – the public would have been happy with one or two at most – and so it was inevitable that the media would declare them to be important waypoints on the campaign trail. But were they?

Sure, the debates were picked over forensically, but strip out the sound and fury and you’re left with very little we didn’t already know. Rishi Sunak might have been even more thin-skinned and tetchy and Keir Starmer rather more wooden than we might have imagined but this is all surface trivia. Nothing new in concrete policy terms was revealed. Just the familiar half-truths and evasions with which we are all too familiar. Manifesto pledges that almost certainly won’t stand contact with reality.

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Labour to seek ‘stable position’ with Europe rather than reopen Brexit debate
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 16:47:34 GMT

Shadow business secretary says trying to rejoin single market or customs union would cause ‘more difficulties’

Labour would rather have stability in the UK’s relationship with Europe than try to seek accelerated economic growth by rejoining the EU’s single market or customs union, the shadow business secretary has said.

Addressing the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) conference on Thursday, Jonathan Reynolds acknowledged that Brexit had been “very difficult for businesses” because it had erected trade barriers, but said reopening the debate would be worse.

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The danger of over-reading individual polls
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 14:28:28 +0000
It’s always risky to use polls as predictors months in advance of an election. It’s particularly tricky at this moment.
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How did we end up with a Biden-Trump rematch?
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 13:23:49 +0000
How these two unpopular politicians once again became our only viable options for president.
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Sunak took the fight to Starmer in the last debate, but can’t progress with a party smothered by sleaze | Henry Hill
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 12:43:15 GMT

The PM had points to make against an eminently beatable opponent, but I’m not sure the public wants to hear them now

Freedom, as the song has it, is “just another word for nothing left to lose”. So, with most voters having long since made up their minds (and millions of postal ballots already cast), was last night’s bravura debate performance a belated glimpse of the sort of prime minister Rishi Sunak might have been? It will certainly aid the revisionists who wish to try to see his tenure in another light. But there is a world of difference between delivering a good debate performance, which Sunak did last night, and a programme for government.

Sunak has always seemed to me a better speaker than some give him credit for. In person, at the London hustings against Liz Truss during the 2022 Conservative leadership contest, he struck me as genuinely impressive at the town hall format (and not just because of his opponent, who was so wooden one suspects the sorcerer’s apprentice had enchanted a mop as a stand-in).

Henry Hill is deputy editor of ConservativeHome

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Is Dr. Phil a Bigger Political Stage for Candidates Than CNN?
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 11:30:00 +0000
Alternative media may have officially gone mainstream for the US presidential election.
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Dining across the divide: ‘He agreed that Conservative election policies are a bit desperate and Labour is playing too safe’
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 11:30:05 GMT

With differing views on striking junior doctors and Brexit, could a lunch and ‘proper conversation’ lead to common ground?

Matt, 24, Southampton

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‘I want a choice’: terminally ill women urge early Commons vote on assisted dying
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 11:06:34 GMT

Two cancer patients call on election winner to end options of suffering, death at Dignitas, or taking their own lives

Two women with incurable cancer are urging the next UK prime minister to allow a vote on assisted dying in the first 100 days of the new parliament and free them from fear of a painful death.

Sophie Blake, 51, a former Sky Sports reporter, and Helen Skelton, 56, a psychotherapist, who both have stage 4 cancer, said the next prime minister should make a free vote a priority to stop people having to choose between unnecessary suffering, going to Dignitas in Switzerland, or taking their own lives at home.

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Is the great white male TV anchor facing extinction? Can we save the species? Should we? | Leila Latif
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 10:57:23 GMT

ITN’s Tom Bradby raised the alarm, but I’m not sure it’s a problem to worry me or David Attenborough. Viewers benefit from diversity behind the desk

Since the last general election, we have gone through three prime ministers, changed monarchs and seen a record number of scandal-fuelled resignations from the cabinet. But at least one thing will remain the same. Tom Bradby will be back to present ITV’s coverage of election night, joined once more by George Osborne and Ed Balls.

There is comfort in familiarity, but maybe not for Bradby and the like. Speaking to the Radio Times about the coverage, he suggested that perhaps, career-wise, he should be nervous as “there aren’t many white male anchors left”.

Leila Latif is a freelance writer and critic

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Do the Democrats Have a Gen Z Problem?
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 10:00:00 +0000
Young people were critical to Biden’s victory in 2020, but recent polls indicate that loyalty might be fraying. Voters of Tomorrow, which was founded by a teen-ager, is trying to get the kids back on board.
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What an election betting scandal says about British politics and culture
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 07:43:14 +0000
At least five Conservative officials are being investigated by Britain’s gambling watchdog as part of a probe into their placing bets on the timing of the British general election, which is set for July 4.
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Election Extra: Pippa Crerar on breaking the betting scandal – podcast
Wed, 26 Jun 2024 16:09:59 GMT

When she broke the first story over a week ago, the Guardian’s political editor, Pippa Crerar, could hardly have known how deep the betting scandal would go

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Tell us: have you seen election campaign posters where you live?
Tue, 25 Jun 2024 12:57:56 GMT

We would like to hear about your sightings of election posters and billboards in your local area

We would like to hear about your sightings of election posters and billboards in your local area. Have any parties put particular effort into their signage? Or have you noticed a lack of them? Tell us all about it below.

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Company Linked to Federal Execution Spree Says It Will No Longer Produce Key Drug
Sat, 22 Jun 2024 16:33:37 +0000

As Republicans thirst for restarting federal executions, Absolute Standards told Connecticut lawmakers it hasn’t made or sold pentobarbital since December 2020.

The post Company Linked to Federal Execution Spree Says It Will No Longer Produce Key Drug appeared first on The Intercept.

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Labor group praises Fatima Payman for upholding party ‘principles and policy’ to cross floor
Wed, 26 Jun 2024 15:00:22 GMT

Exclusive: Labor Friends of Palestine hit out at federal government’s stance as ‘weakening’ commitment to Palestinian statehood

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Labor Friends of Palestine have praised Fatima Payman’s decision to cross the floor to support Palestinian statehood as “entirely consistent with Labor principles and policy” and rejected federal Labor’s stance as a “weakening” of its commitment on the issue.

After Anthony Albanese temporarily suspended the senator from caucus, the group wrote to Payman declaring that she had “the support of thousands of rank-and-file ALP members”.

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The decision in SEC v. Jarkesy is a significant win for conservatives, who have long been...
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 14:20:07 +0000

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‘SimCity’ Isn’t a Model of Reality. It’s a Libertarian Toy Land
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 10:00:00 +0000
Beneath its playful exterior, the beloved game that inspired a generation of real-world urban designers betrays a partisan view of social planning.
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The surprising psychology behind extremism, and how politics is driving it – podcast
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 04:00:28 GMT

Psychologists usually expect ambivalence to be a driver of political apathy. But a new study appears to show a link between ambivalence in our views and the likelihood that we’ll support extremist actions. Madeleine Finlay speaks to the study’s co-author Richard Petty, professor of psychology at Ohio State University, to find out what pushes people to take extreme actions, how politics could be driving this behaviour and how it could be combated

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Activists Disrupt Amazon Conference Over $1.2 Billion Contract With Israel
Wed, 26 Jun 2024 21:54:48 +0000
Members of the activist group No Tech for Apartheid interrupted a senior Amazon executive's speech at a conference in Washington, DC, on Wednesday over the company's Project Nimbus cloud contract.
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Julian Assange Strikes Plea Deal, Will Return to Australia
Tue, 25 Jun 2024 01:29:28 +0000

In April, President Joe Biden said he was “considering” dropping charges against the WikiLeaks founder.

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French poll puts far-right National Rally in clear lead at 36% – Europe live
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 17:15:47 GMT

Macron’s allies trailing at 21% as leaders of political groups gear up for a televised debate this evening

Daniel Freund, a German Green MEP, has sent a letter with 20,000 signatures to the European Council president calling for the upcoming Hungarian presidency of the Council of the EU to be suspended.

“Together with 20.000 citizens, we, the undersigned Members of the European Parliament, ask you to officially suspend the Hungarian Presidency of the Council, which is currently set to begin on July 1st, 2024,” he wrote.

It would be extremely harmful for the reputation of our Union, if the current Hungarian government would represent us Europeans in any capacity, just after the European elections. The EU has officially frozen funds under the Rule of Law Conditionality Mechanism due to the high levels of corruption in Hungary. Over the years, the Orbán government has also undermined their elections, the Rule of Law, and media freedom in Hungary.

On the European level, the Orbán government has compared the European Union with a dictatorship. They published posters across the country with bombs bearing the EU flag, when sanctions against Russia were passed. At the time when imperialist dictator Putin is bombing Ukraine, an EU candidate country, Orbán went out of his way to China just to be able to shake hands with him.

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Le Pen claims far right will win absolute majority and take over military decisions
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 15:56:23 GMT

National Rally leader says Macron ‘won’t have choice’ but to appoint her protege as PM and he would make decisions on Ukraine support

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Marine Le Pen has said she expects her far-right National Rally (RN) party to win an absolute majority in France’s general election, form a government and take over at least some defence and armed forces decision-making – including on Ukraine.

France’s constitution states that the president is head of the armed forces and chairs France’s national defence committees, but also that the prime minister is “responsible for national defence”, leaving the precise role of the premier open to interpretation.

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Israel-Gaza war: Israel warns it could take Lebanon ‘back to the Stone Age’ – as it happened
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 14:08:09 GMT

Yoav Gallant said Israel is preparing for war with Hezbollah but stressed that his government preferred a diplomatic solution

• See all our coverage of the Israel-Gaza war

Here are some of the latest images from Israel, where an anti-government demonstration has again attempted to block highways while demanding that Benjamin Netanyahu strike a deal to return Israeli hostages held by Hamas, and to call elections in Israel.

Haaretz reporter Bar Peleg has posted this video, which shows protesters blocking a road by setting a fire.

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NCA failure to investigate imports linked to forced Uyghur labour unlawful, court rules
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 13:35:08 GMT

Decision could result in retailers being prosecuted if they import goods made through forced labour, campaigners say

The UK National Crime Agency’s decision not to launch an investigation into the importation of cotton products manufactured by forced labour in China’s Xinjiang province was unlawful, the court of appeal has found.

Global Legal Action Network (GLAN) and the World Uyghur Congress (WUC), which brought the action, said Thursday’s decision was a landmark win that could lead to high street retailers being prosecuted under the Proceeds of Crime Act (Poca) if they import goods made through forced labour.

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Elections, strikes and wildfires: photos of the day – Thursday
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 13:08:30 GMT

The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world

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Iran is picking a new president. Here’s what to know.
Wed, 26 Jun 2024 06:00:00 +0000
Six men are running for president in Friday’s vote. Only one is considered a reformist.
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The Dominican Election That Took Over Upper Manhattan
Mon, 24 Jun 2024 10:00:00 +0000
A newly elected representative of the Dominican Republic’s overseas population gives advice to the U.S. on orderly elections and muses on the Yankees star Juan Soto.
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Supreme Court blocks EPA’s ‘downwind’ air-quality initiative
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 17:59:16 +0000
States, trade associations and companies sought to pause the EPA’s “good neighbor” plan to fight downwind pollution, which is being challenged in a lower court.
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Judge Cannon orders hearing for Trump to challenge Mar-a-Lago search
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 17:57:51 +0000
U.S. District Judge Aileen M. Cannon rejected one request by Donald Trump but said “further factual development is warranted” related to the search warrant.
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The biggest Supreme Court rulings of 2024, and what’s left to decide
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 17:56:24 +0000
We’re tracking decisions in the biggest cases before the Supreme Court in 2024 — what has been decided and what is still to come. See the latest.
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DNC targets Trump in series of billboards
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 17:45:07 +0000

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Abortion ruling leaves pregnant women, doctors in limbo over high-risk care
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 17:45:04 +0000
The Supreme Court did not settle whether patients nationwide whose health is in jeopardy during pregnancy are entitled to emergency care.
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Analysis: Could this be the rare debate that changes a presidential race?
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 17:44:46 +0000

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Trump campaign to air new ads during debate attacking Biden on economy, age
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 17:35:34 +0000

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With new rules, 2024 debates may be less chaotic than 2020
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 17:34:06 +0000

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Supreme Court officially allows emergency abortions in Idaho, for now
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 17:29:07 +0000
The ruling, which was prematurely posted by the high court, allows emergency abortions in Idaho to stabilize patients — for now, while litigation continues.
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The first televised U.S. presidential debate was between two women
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Even though both President Biden and Donald Trump would be the oldest president ever if they...
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What we know about how the CNN presidential debate will work
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Biden campaign features doctor forced to leave Idaho because of abortion ban
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Could this be the rare debate that changes a presidential race?
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 17:05:24 +0000
An enormous amount of research has been done on the effects of presidential debates. But this year’s is not like past presidential contests.
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Analysis: Meet two swing voters who plan to watch tonight’s debate
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How have debate topics changed? What to expect tonight.
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Supreme Court blocks controversial Purdue Pharma opioid settlement
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 16:55:12 +0000
Plans would have provided billions of dollars to help address the nation’s opioid crisis while protecting the family that owns Purdue Pharma from future lawsuits.
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Former heads of Bolivia’s army and navy arrested over failed coup
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 16:48:14 GMT

Minister says alleged putschists will be charged with crimes after apparent mutiny in volatile country

The former heads of Bolivia’s army and navy are among a dozen people so far arrested for their alleged roles in a seemingly bungled military coup designed to topple the South American country’s leftwing president, Luis Arce.

Speaking on Thursday morning, just over 12 hours after the fleeting insurrection in La Paz, Bolivia’s minister of government, Eduardo Del Castillo, accused the former army chief Gen Juan José Zúñiga Macías and the former head of the navy R Adm Juan Arnez Salvador of leading a group of putschists who had “conspired to bring down a democratically elected government”.

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Donald Trump and President Biden have agreed to stand at uniform lecterns onstage during Thursday night’s...
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Analysis: How did we end up with a Biden-Trump rematch?
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Supreme Court rules on Idaho abortion, EPA, Purdue bankruptcy and SEC cases, leaves Trump immunity for another day
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 16:23:25 +0000
The Supreme Court’s remaining decisions include Donald Trump’s claim of immunity, charges for Jan. 6 rioters, homeless encampments, Chevron and more.
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Rough sleeping in London hits highest level in a decade
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 16:23:04 GMT

Almost 12,000 rough sleepers were seen by outreach workers in 2023-24, a 19% increase on the previous year

Rough sleeping in the capital has hit the highest level in a decade, with more than 1,100 people living on London’s streets for the first time because of evictions.

The number of new rough sleepers seen for the first time by outreach workers between April 2023 and March 2024, surged 25% to 7,974 people – the highest in at least four years. Almost one in 10 people living on the streets was aged 25 or under – including 13 children.

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After the first presidential debate Thursday night, Vice President Harris plans to join a campaign live...
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Then there were five
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Analysis: The danger of over-reading individual polls
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In conservative win, Supreme Court limits use of SEC in-house tribunals
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Libraries are a lifeline that we cannot afford to lose | Letters
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 15:49:37 GMT

Readers respond to a long read on how Britain’s libraries provide much more than books to local communities

I volunteer at my local library in Richmond, North Yorkshire, in the prime minister’s constituency. It’s a lovely place, staffed by committed librarians who rely on a group of willing volunteers. I feel privileged to be able to work there. I visit libraries wherever I go and am always charmed.

I read with interest Aida Edemariam’s long read on libraries (‘If there’s nowhere else to go, this is where they come’: how Britain’s libraries provide much more than books 25 June) and recognised many of the situations she described. As I was reaching the conclusion, I received an email from our volunteer coordinator who was trying to find someone to fill a shift on Saturday. If a volunteer can’t be found to support the librarian, the library has to remain closed. Sadly, this scenario occurs occasionally.

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Supreme Court blocks Purdue Pharma opioid settlement
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Old ideas and new towns in Labour’s housing plan | Letters
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 15:46:16 GMT

Wendy Shillam and Prof Roger Brown reflect on the party’s proposals to tackle the housing crisis

I enjoy the Guardian’s Today in Focus podcast series as it gives a bit more air to issues of immediate importance. The episode on Labour’s housing plan (24 June) got me thinking. I used to work on Gordon Brown’s eco-towns project and found that the biggest objection was that new towns had failed in the past. We need to convince people that this programme signals change. This time, we need to do better.

Surely the best way is to use the new new towns to repair some of the less successful old new towns. Take Livingston, near Glasgow – not a disaster, but a “could do better”.

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Candidates’ microphones will be muted throughout the debate on Thursday night except for when it’s their...
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 15:41:42 +0000

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Jackson: This ‘is not a victory’
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Biden praises Supreme Court decision allowing emergency abortions in Idaho
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It’s official: The court’s calendar shows that next Monday — July 1 — is an opinion...
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In SEC case dissent, Sotomayor says court overstepped its role
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Following the Supreme Court’s decision to invalidate the Purdue Pharma bankruptcy settlement, the company called the...
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Purdue Pharma victims advocate urges need to compensate victims
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Groups outside the Trump and Biden campaigns are running ads to coincide with the CNN debate....
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Nuclear more costly and could ‘sound the death knell’ for Australia’s decarbonisation efforts, report says
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 15:00:14 GMT

Analysis from Bloomberg New Energy Finance says even if nuclear is successfully implemented it would be ‘at least four times’ more expensive than average cost of renewables

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A nuclear-powered Australian economy would result in higher-cost electricity and would “sound the death knell” for decarbonisation effort if it distracts from renewables investment, a report by Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) argues.

The report comes as ANZ forecast September quarter power prices will dive as much as 30% once government rebates kick in. A separate review by the market watchdog has found household energy bills were 14% lower because of last year’s rebates.

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Labor-led committee raises human rights concerns over NDIS bill as Shorten blasts delays
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 15:00:11 GMT

Minister says more consultation with states would be a ‘circle-jerk’ after Coalition and Greens team up to delay vote on NDIS reforms until late August

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A Labor-chaired parliamentary committee has flagged human rights concerns with the Albanese government’s proposed changes to the national disability insurance scheme, warning some aspects may not be “sufficiently flexible” and others not in line with international human rights law.

The NDIS minister, Bill Shorten, used a press conference on Thursday evening to attack the opposition and the Greens after the unlikely alliance teamed up to send the NDIS reform bill back to a committee until early August.

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Before adjourning court for the day, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. did not make an...
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SEC tribunal ruling shows starkly different views of federal agency power
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EPA says ruling against pollution plan could result in more premature deaths
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All non-major-party candidates, including Robert F. Kennedy Jr., have failed to qualify for Thursday’s debate, CNN...
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Gorsuch says EPA ‘sidestepped’ concerns about pollution-cutting initiative
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 14:43:02 +0000

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The decision in Ohio v. EPA deals yet another blow to the Biden administration’s ambitious environmental...
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And the fourth ruling of the day is the Idaho emergency-abortion ruling that was inadvertently posted...
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Edward Neiger, who represents thousands of victims who stood to benefit from the Purdue Pharma bankruptcy...
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We are now awaiting a fourth ruling, which will be the last of the day. More...
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Trump is leading in 6 of the 7 battleground states, polls find
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The third decision of the day is from Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., on in-house...
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The Purdue Pharma decision was 5-4, with Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh joined by Chief Justice John...
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Supreme Court allows White House contacts with social media platforms; Trump immunity still undecided
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 14:16:05 +0000
The Supreme Court’s remaining decisions include Donald Trump’s claim of immunity, charges for Jan. 6 rioters and abortion care.
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The second ruling is on Harrington v. Purdue Pharma. The high court is reversing the U.S....
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In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court stayed the Environmental Protection Agency’s “good neighbor” rule, which...
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The first ruling is in Ohio v. EPA, which weighed the legality of a major federal...
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We’ll be getting our first opinion soon. The court put out two boxes of printed rulings...
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Posting of draft opinion on abortion was a rare gaffe
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The stakes are high for CNN tonight, too
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Justices again decided a case by ruling the litigants lack standing
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In the spotlight over ethics, Justice Thomas lashed out in recent speech
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Separate opinions in a single case may be slowing the court’s pace
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Biden campaign rolls out seven-figure ad blitz ahead of debate
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 13:31:03 +0000

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Early posting of abortion ruling was ‘inadvertent,’ spokeswoman says
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Read our tracker to learn about the major cases of this term
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Decided Wednesday: White House contacts with social media firms
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New ad seeks to dramatize what contraception restrictions could look like
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 13:00:17 +0000

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What Biden, Trump need to do to win Thursday’s presidential debate
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Trump has more enthusiastic supporters than Biden, poll shows
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Nine decisions are left this Supreme Court term, with more expected to be published Thursday and...
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What are Donald Trump’s plans for the economy?
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India’s supreme court to rule on new penal code permitting marital rape
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 11:26:07 GMT

Rights groups protesting at Modi government’s view that criminalising sexual assault violates ‘sanctity’ of marriage

Campaigners angry that marital rape is not to be criminalised under India’s long-awaited new penal code have been promised a ruling on the issue by the supreme court next month.

Human rights organisations, including the All India Democratic Women’s Association, have been petitioning India’s supreme court to make it a criminal offence. The court has in turn asked the government for a response.

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What are President Biden’s plans for the economy?
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 11:17:23 +0000

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What Atlanta voters will see on debate day
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 10:45:05 +0000

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Analysis: Americans once feared Trump in a crisis. They now prefer him.
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Melbourne’s airport rail link hits more turbulence after mediation falters
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 09:55:02 GMT

Airport operator says it will fight for more costly underground option despite expert report’s findings

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The long-promised train to Melbourne airport appears to have hit yet another snag, after the prolonged and bitter standoff between Victoria and the airport that has delayed the line for years intensified, despite government-imposed mediation.

The train project – which would be funded by the federal and state governments – has stalled over the state’s insistence it would only finance a cheaper above-ground train station instead of the costlier underground option demanded by the airport.

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Teenager charged with planning terrorist attack after allegedly entering NSW MP’s office with ‘intention to kill’
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 09:16:35 GMT

Labor MP for Newcastle Tim Crakanthorp said he and his staff were safe and unharmed after the ‘very serious incident’

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A New South Wales teenager has been charged with planning a terrorist attack after he allegedly entered Labor MP Tim Crakanthorp’s office carrying items including “knives and tactical equipment” with the “intention to kill”.

Jordan Patten, a 19-year-old from Raymond Terrace, was arrested in Newcastle after midday on Wednesday and was charged with one count of preparing or planning a terrorist act.

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Josephine Butler: the forgotten feminist who fought the UK police – and their genital inspections
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 09:00:34 GMT

Half a century before women could vote, Butler took on the patriarchy. Since the murder of Sarah Everard, her campaigning has never seemed more relevant

What went through the mind of Josephine Butler in 1869 as she decided to throw herself into a stormy national debate? When she agreed to lead efforts to repeal the Contagious Diseases Acts – CD Acts for short – she was in her early 40s, had lost her only beloved daughter in a tragic accident and was already involved in what was known as “rescue work”; she had employed a woman freed from Newgate prison after serving a sentence for infanticide.

In her memoir, Personal Reminiscences of a Great Crusade, Butler described her deliberations as filled with angst. She and her husband, a headteacher in Liverpool, knew it would harm his career. But neither was in doubt that the acts had to be fought. They gave the police the power to carry out compulsory genital examinations of women they believed to be prostitutes – but not their male customers. If the women refused to be checked, they were sentenced to jail with hard labour. If found to have a venereal disease, they were forcibly detained in a “lock hospital”.

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Shorten says NDIS ‘too important for political games’ after bill blocked – as it happened
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 08:57:34 GMT

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Wong rejects Birmingham’s criticism, says US alliance ‘deep and strong’

Asked about her Liberal counterpart Simon Birmingham’s criticism of Anthony Albanese’s phone call with Julian Assange and his claims that the deal to release Assange has “damaged” the US-Australian alliance, Penny Wong says:

That’s not not correct and disappointing that Simon would go to the alliance. He would know that our relationship with the United States is deep and strong.

And that is why we were able to advocate in the way we did. And ultimately, the pathway to resolving this, … had to be through the resolution of the legal process.

Dr Yang remains a priority for our government. We continue to raise his case with the Chinese authorities at all appropriate levels and we will continue to do so. It was obviously raised, as you know, when Premier Li was here.

What I would say is today I am very pleased to see Mr Assange reunited with his family in Australia.

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‘Max is my eyes’: Paralympian says post-Brexit rules stop him flying with his guide dog
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 07:00:33 GMT

Mar Gunnarsson, swimmer and Manchester student who is due to compete at the Paris Games, says his career is at risk

A Paralympic swimmer due to compete in this summer’s Games has said his career is at risk after a post-Brexit policy change barred him from flying in and out of the UK with his guide dog.

Mar Gunnarsson, a visually impaired Icelandic national studying in Manchester, has been unable to fly to sporting championships to represent his country because his guide dog is not recognised as a service animal by the UK authorities.

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Supreme Court would allow emergency abortions for now, early opinion says
Wed, 26 Jun 2024 23:04:02 +0000
The prematurely published decision says Idaho hospitals may perform emergency abortions to stabilize patients while litigation on the matter continues.
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Americans once feared Trump in a crisis. They now prefer him.
Wed, 26 Jun 2024 21:32:25 +0000
A look at one of the most striking — and potentially crucial — reversals from 2016 and 2020.
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Pa. candidates views on abortion changed. Now come the ads.
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A new measure of Americans’ deep distrust of the media
Wed, 26 Jun 2024 20:56:19 +0000
Washington Post-Schar School polling in six swing states found that 7 in 10 voters don’t trust the media to report on politics accurately and fairly.
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Sanders calls outside spending in Bowman race an ‘insult’ to democracy
Wed, 26 Jun 2024 20:52:49 +0000

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Supreme Court allows White House contacts with social media firms
Wed, 26 Jun 2024 20:34:09 +0000
In a 6-3 ruling, the majority said the challengers did not have legal grounds — or standing — to bring the case against the Biden administration.
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Analysis: A historically bad night for Trump’s candidates
Wed, 26 Jun 2024 20:21:54 +0000

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Trump makes surprise call to campaign Black business roundtable in Atlanta
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Biden border restrictions bring sharp drop in illegal crossings
Wed, 26 Jun 2024 19:49:55 +0000
The number of migrants crossing the U.S. southern border illegally has dropped more than 40 percent in three weeks, officials said.
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Biden and Trump in tight race in Wisconsin, new poll shows
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Efforts to sell ‘Anglo neighborhoods in Israel’ at LA synagogue erupt in protests
Wed, 26 Jun 2024 19:32:46 GMT

Pro-Palestinian protesters accuse companies of trying to sell stolen land in the West Bank, and question legality

Efforts to market homes in Israel and “stolen” land in West Bank to Jewish Americans are continuing to spark protests across North America, with the latest angry confrontations happening outside a synagogue in one of Los Angeles’s most prominent Jewish neighborhoods.

The volatile protest and counter-protest outside a real estate event at the Adas Torah synagogue on Sunday prompted denunciations from Democratic politicians, including Joe Biden, who said protests targeting a house of worship were antisemitic and unacceptable.

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GOP officials back Biden in Georgia while Trump’s allies court Black men
Wed, 26 Jun 2024 19:31:47 +0000

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Supreme Court ruling on Indiana mayor is latest to weaken corruption laws
Wed, 26 Jun 2024 19:18:48 +0000
The ruling says federal corruption law prohibiting payments to public officials applies only when officials accept gifts before taking government action.
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Officials scramble after Supreme Court accidentally posts abortion decision
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Where support for American democracy is the most wobbly
Wed, 26 Jun 2024 18:50:10 +0000
New Washington Post-Schar School polling in six swing states included an at-times-worrisome assessment of views of authoritarianism.
Match ID: 164 Score: 30.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 30.00 politics

War Crime Prosecutions Enter a New Digital Age
Wed, 26 Jun 2024 17:35:10 +0000
A custom platform developed by SITU Research aided the International Criminal Court’s prosecution in a war crimes trial for the first time. It could change how justice is enacted on an international scale.
Match ID: 165 Score: 30.00 source: www.wired.com age: 1 day
qualifiers: 30.00 politics

Supreme Court Rules That US Government Can Continue Talking to Social Media Companies
Wed, 26 Jun 2024 15:27:15 +0000
The SCOTUS ruling overturns an earlier injunction that prevented platforms from communicating with the government for more than a year.
Match ID: 166 Score: 30.00 source: www.wired.com age: 1 day
qualifiers: 30.00 politics

What have we learned from the political betting saga?
Wed, 26 Jun 2024 15:09:43 GMT
Different cases are posing wider questions about the relationship between politics and gambling.
Match ID: 167 Score: 30.00 source: www.bbc.com age: 1 day
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Oklahoma Prepares to Kill Another Man Who Says He’s Innocent
Wed, 26 Jun 2024 12:57:28 +0000

Richard Rojem’s death sentence was twice overturned by appellate courts, but his conviction itself has never been fully revisited.

The post Oklahoma Prepares to Kill Another Man Who Says He’s Innocent appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 168 Score: 30.00 source: theintercept.com age: 1 day
qualifiers: 15.00 legislature, 15.00 constitution

Sarah Finch: climate activism ‘early adopter’ behind supreme court win
Wed, 26 Jun 2024 11:02:03 GMT

UK campaigner who fronted lawsuit on future impact of fossil fuel projects says she fears for future despite ruling

Sarah Finch considers herself an early adopter of environmentalism, even if she is not quite sure what the initial spark was. “I was only ever interested in the environment,” she says. “That’s all I wanted to do.”

She never expected her name to become part of legal history. Last week, the supreme court handed down a landmark ruling in a lawsuit that Finch fronted, ruling that the climate impact of burning coal, oil and gas must be taken into account when deciding whether to approve projects. It set an important legal precedent and threw doubt on the approval of new fossil fuel projects in the UK.

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Match ID: 169 Score: 30.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 1 day
qualifiers: 30.00 politics

‘Some people refused to leave their flats’: Britain through the Thatcher years – in pictures
Wed, 26 Jun 2024 06:00:11 GMT

Throughout the 1970s, 80s and 90s, Mike Abrahams travelled the country photographing National Front marches, prison life and people’s everyday struggles

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Match ID: 170 Score: 30.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 1 day
qualifiers: 30.00 politics

Warnings over lethal and contagious strain of mpox as children in DRC die
Wed, 26 Jun 2024 05:00:07 GMT

Alarm over high mortality and miscarriage rates as mutated virus spreads in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

A dangerous strain of mpox that is killing children and causing miscarriages in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is the most transmissible yet and could spread internationally, scientists have warned.

The virus appears to be spreading from person to person via both sexual and non-sexual contact, in places ranging from brothels to schools.

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Match ID: 171 Score: 30.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 1 day
qualifiers: 30.00 democrat

Red Crescent Says Israel Never Reached Out About Hind Rajab’s Death, Despite State Department Claim That Israel Said Otherwise
Tue, 25 Jun 2024 17:56:58 +0000

When asked about Hind’s killing, the U.S. said that, according to Israel, the Palestine Red Crescent Society and U.N. have not helped investigate.

The post Red Crescent Says Israel Never Reached Out About Hind Rajab’s Death, Despite State Department Claim That Israel Said Otherwise appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 172 Score: 30.00 source: theintercept.com age: 2 days
qualifiers: 30.00 politics

Javad Zarif, negotiator of Iran nuclear deal, backs reformist presidential candidate
Tue, 25 Jun 2024 12:41:28 GMT

Fiery former foreign minister enters campaign to elect consensual reformist Masoud Pezeshkian

Javad Zarif, the former foreign minister and probably the Iranian politician best known to the west, has thrown himself into the campaign to elect the reformist Masoud Pezeshkian as the country’s president.

Zarif emerged from academia back to frontline politics to face heckling at public rallies, outright bans from one university and allegations that he is seeking to settle scores with those who thwarted his foreign policy when in office between 2013 and 2021.

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Match ID: 173 Score: 30.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 2 days
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The Unfiltered Charm of Jet’s Beauties of the Week
Tue, 25 Jun 2024 10:00:00 +0000
Decades before Instagram, the magazine’s legendary column democratized the thirst trap.
Match ID: 174 Score: 30.00 source: www.newyorker.com age: 2 days
qualifiers: 30.00 democrat

The Politics That Derailed Congestion Pricing in New York
Mon, 24 Jun 2024 19:52:35 +0000
Governor Hochul’s last-minute decision to pause the program feels like a pivot, a fateful flinch, for the city.
Match ID: 175 Score: 30.00 source: www.newyorker.com age: 2 days
qualifiers: 30.00 politics

Why are the Tories collapsing? These true-blue towns know the answers - video
Fri, 21 Jun 2024 11:29:26 GMT

In the latest episode of Anywhere but Westminster, John Harris and John Domokos go to Woking, Guildford and Aldershot. Most of England's south-east used to be loyally Conservative - now, however, people in the "blue wall" are struggling, cuts are biting, and Toryism today is leaving younger voters behind.

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Match ID: 176 Score: 30.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 6 days
qualifiers: 12.86 politics, 10.71 election, 6.43 elections

John Fetterman’s War
Mon, 24 Jun 2024 10:00:00 +0000
Is the Pennsylvania senator trolling the left or offering a way forward for Democrats?
Match ID: 177 Score: 25.71 source: www.newyorker.com age: 3 days
qualifiers: 25.71 democrat

America!: Republican Vice-Presidential Candidates Compete for Trump’s Favor in the Thunderdome
Mon, 24 Jun 2024 10:00:00 +0000
It’s the same as the real world, but more steampunk—so, worse.
Match ID: 178 Score: 25.71 source: www.newyorker.com age: 3 days
qualifiers: 25.71 republican

What Moscow, Beijing and Delhi think of Biden v Trump rematch
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 07:31:28 GMT
Eight BBC correspondents give their view on the US election from global capitals.
Match ID: 179 Score: 25.00 source: www.bbc.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 25.00 election

'How will we afford children with rent increases?'
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 05:16:50 GMT
The average private rent for tenancies in England has risen by 22% since the last general election.
Match ID: 180 Score: 25.00 source: www.bbc.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 25.00 election

Watch continuing coverage of the campaigns
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 04:57:27 GMT
Continuing coverage of the 2024 General Election Campaign, from BBC News
Match ID: 181 Score: 25.00 source: www.bbc.co.uk age: 0 days
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Chris Mason: Debates done - next the election sprint begins
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 03:55:45 GMT
With the election finish line nearing, the vast lead Labour has in the polls over the Tories hasn’t budged.
Match ID: 182 Score: 25.00 source: www.bbc.com age: 0 days
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What You Need to Know About 2024’s Most Significant Supreme Court Decisions
Wed, 26 Jun 2024 23:00:00 +0000
In some of its most consequential cases, the Court is trying to clarify the sweeping decisions it previously made in Bruen and Dobbs.
Match ID: 183 Score: 25.00 source: www.newyorker.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 25.00 election

Sunak v Starmer: Watch key moments from final pre-election head-to-head
Wed, 26 Jun 2024 22:26:14 GMT
There were combative exchanges during the last leaders' debate ahead of the general election.
Match ID: 184 Score: 25.00 source: www.bbc.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 25.00 election

Electioncast: Sunak vs Starmer (The Final Debate!)
Wed, 26 Jun 2024 22:18:00 GMT
We’re in the spin room as Sunak and Starmer go head-to-head for the final time
Match ID: 185 Score: 25.00 source: www.bbc.co.uk age: 0 days
qualifiers: 25.00 election

The Duelling Incomprehensibility of Biden and Trump in the 2020 Presidential Debates
Wed, 26 Jun 2024 10:00:00 +0000
One of the many asymmetries of the Presidential race is that incoherence helps Trump and hurts Biden.
Match ID: 186 Score: 25.00 source: www.newyorker.com age: 1 day
qualifiers: 25.00 election

Rethinking Democracy for the Age of AI
2024-06-18T11:04:08Z

There is a lot written about technology’s threats to democracy. Polarization. Artificial intelligence. The concentration of wealth and power. I have a more general story: The political and economic systems of governance that were created in the mid-18th century are poorly suited for the 21st century. They don’t align incentives well. And they are being hacked too effectively.

At the same time, the cost of these hacked systems has never been greater, across all human history. We have become too powerful as a species. And our systems cannot keep up with fast-changing disruptive technologies...

Match ID: 187 Score: 24.29 source: www.schneier.com age: 9 days
qualifiers: 8.57 gerrymandering, 4.29 politics, 4.29 democrat, 3.57 election, 2.14 elections, 1.43 congress

Open letter in India calls for withdrawal of go-ahead to prosecute Arundhati Roy
Sun, 23 Jun 2024 15:59:48 GMT

Over 200 signatories urge government to reverse decision enabling action against writer under anti-terrorism law

More than 200 Indian academics, activists and journalists have published an open letter urging the Indian government to withdraw last week’s decision sanctioning the prosecution of the Booker prize-winning author Arundhati Roy under the country’s stringent anti-terrorism law.

“We … deplore this action and appeal to the government and the democratic forces in the country to ensure that no infringement of the fundamental right to freely and fearlessly express views on any subject takes place in our nation,” the group said in the letter.

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Match ID: 188 Score: 21.43 source: www.theguardian.com age: 4 days
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Biden’s Moment to Show Who the Real Economic Populist Is
Mon, 24 Jun 2024 10:00:00 +0000
In Thursday’s debate, the President should highlight his Administration’s efforts to check the power of big corporations and eliminate some of their exploitative practices.
Match ID: 189 Score: 21.43 source: www.newyorker.com age: 3 days
qualifiers: 21.43 election

British Columbia investigates after claims energy company ‘dramatically’ influenced climate policy
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 17:37:07 GMT

Inquiry into possible violations of provincial law after TC Energy executive claims company influenced government

British Columbia’s attorney general has called for an investigation into possible violations of provincial law after a Canadian oil and gas executive claimed the company improperly used political connections to “dramatically’’ weaken the province’s environmental policies.

In leaked audio recordings first published by the Narwhal and heard by the Guardian, the executive, Liam Iliffe, claimed that TC Energy, a Calgary-based pipeline company with operations spanning the continent had ghostwritten ministerial briefing notes and planted employees “next to the strawberries or the romaine lettuce” at a Costco supermarket to choreograph seemingly impromptu meetings with senior bureaucrats in order to push the company’s agenda.

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Match ID: 190 Score: 15.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 15.00 executive

BP imposes hiring freeze and halts new offshore wind projects
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 15:35:03 GMT

New boss Murray Auchincloss reverses move away from fossil fuels, which had weighed on company’s share price

The head of BP has imposed a hiring freeze and halted new offshore wind projects, in an apparent attempt to placate investors who are unhappy with the oil company’s green targets.

Murray Auchincloss, BP’s former finance chief, took up the role of CEO in January after the shock departure of his predecessor, Bernard Looney, with a promise to focus on delivering value for shareholders.

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Match ID: 191 Score: 15.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 15.00 executive

Are we experiencing Gamergate 2.0? - podcast
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 04:00:28 GMT

Ten years ago, misogyny in gaming reached new heights with Gamergate - an online harassment campaign and a right-wing backlash against female journalists and developers in the gaming industry. A decade later, Chanté Joseph talks to the Guardian’s video game editor Keza McDonald and Ash Parrish, a video game reporter for The Verge about what’s changed in the industry and why some believe we’re seeing a resurgence of this online hate campaign

Archive: Now This, ABC, BBC

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Match ID: 192 Score: 15.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 15.00 executive

History for Georgia and heartbreak for Ukraine - Football Daily
Wed, 26 Jun 2024 22:58:45 GMT

Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, Lars Sivertsen and Jonathan Fadugba as Georgia make history by reaching the knockout stages of Euro 2024

Follow Football Weekly wherever you get your podcasts and join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter and email.

On the podcast today; Georgia stun Portugal to reach the last 16, they looked to have scored too early but maintained the level all game and left enough in the tank for the historic scenes at the end. Elsewhere in the group, Czech Republic are out, not quite doing enough against Turkey who progress.

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Match ID: 193 Score: 15.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 15.00 executive

Ex-president of Honduras sentenced to 45 years in US prison for drug trafficking
Wed, 26 Jun 2024 17:58:07 GMT

Juan Orlando Hernández said all Honduran political parties accepted drug money, but denied taking bribes himself

Juan Orlando Hernández, the disgraced former president of Honduras, has been sentenced to 45 years in prison for enabling drug traffickers to use his military and national police force to help ship tons of cocaine into the United States.

US federal judge P Kevin Castel sentenced Hernández to 45 years in a US prison and fined him $8m. A jury convicted him in March in a Manhattan federal court after a two-week trial, which was closely followed in his home country.

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Match ID: 194 Score: 15.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 1 day
qualifiers: 15.00 political parties

Toys “R” Us riles critics with “first-ever” AI-generated commercial using Sora
Wed, 26 Jun 2024 16:58:31 +0000
AI-generated commercials are here, and critics are displeased—but human work is still key.
Match ID: 195 Score: 15.00 source: arstechnica.com age: 1 day
qualifiers: 15.00 executive

The Night That Won’t End in Gaza
Wed, 26 Jun 2024 10:00:00 +0000

A new documentary tells the stories of three Palestinian families as they have fought to survive nine months of genocide.

The post The Night That Won’t End in Gaza appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 196 Score: 15.00 source: theintercept.com age: 1 day
qualifiers: 15.00 executive

From the archive: Brazilian butt lift: behind the world’s most dangerous cosmetic surgery – podcast
Wed, 26 Jun 2024 04:00:08 GMT

We are raiding the Guardian Long Read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors.

This week, from 2021: The BBL is the fastest growing cosmetic surgery in the world, despite the mounting number of deaths resulting from the procedure. What is driving its astonishing rise? By Sophie Elmhirst

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Match ID: 197 Score: 15.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 1 day
qualifiers: 15.00 executive

The Day Israeli Tanks Fired Directly at AFP’s Gaza Bureau
Tue, 25 Jun 2024 04:01:00 +0000

Israel denied the attack, but a four-month investigation shows the Agence France-Presse office came under direct tank fire.

The post The Day Israeli Tanks Fired Directly at AFP’s Gaza Bureau appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 198 Score: 15.00 source: theintercept.com age: 2 days
qualifiers: 15.00 executive

What to Expect from the Biden-Trump Debate, with the Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin
Sat, 22 Jun 2024 13:15:08 +0000
“If anybody’s wondering whether debates matter,” Evan Osnos says, “the truth is that the history on this is pretty eloquent, which is that they do matter in very tight contests.”
Match ID: 199 Score: 14.29 source: www.newyorker.com age: 5 days
qualifiers: 14.29 election

The Mail
Mon, 24 Jun 2024 10:00:00 +0000
Readers respond to Eyal Press’s piece on state constitutions, Merve Emre’s essay on Freud biographies, and Rebecca Mead’s review of “Catland.”
Match ID: 200 Score: 12.86 source: www.newyorker.com age: 3 days
qualifiers: 12.86 constitution

Will sewage in the Thames hurt the Tories? The view from Henley and Thame – video
Tue, 11 Jun 2024 13:58:25 GMT

In the run-up to July's general election, the Guardian video team is touring the UK looking at the issues that matter to voters. After swimmers and rowers fell sick from sewage discharges into the River Thames we went to the seat of Henley and Thame to see how environmental concerns rank for voters in a seat that has been Conservative for more than 100 years

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Match ID: 201 Score: 12.14 source: www.theguardian.com age: 16 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics, 3.57 election, 2.14 elections, 2.14 conservatives

Inside Donald Trump’s hush-money trial: three key testimonies – video
Fri, 31 May 2024 02:35:05 GMT

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

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

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

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

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

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Match ID: 202 Score: 12.14 source: www.theguardian.com age: 27 days
qualifiers: 4.29 republican, 4.29 politics, 3.57 election

Project Trump, Global Edition
Fri, 21 Jun 2024 17:17:00 +0000
Cut off all economic ties with China? End all aid to Ukraine? The ex-President’s men have a plan.
Match ID: 203 Score: 10.71 source: www.newyorker.com age: 6 days
qualifiers: 10.71 election

The Hacking of Culture and the Creation of Socio-Technical Debt
2024-06-19T11:09:52Z

Culture is increasingly mediated through algorithms. These algorithms have splintered the organization of culture, a result of states and tech companies vying for influence over mass audiences. One byproduct of this splintering is a shift from imperfect but broad cultural narratives to a proliferation of niche groups, who are defined by ideology or aesthetics instead of nationality or geography. This change reflects a material shift in the relationship between collective identity and power, and illustrates how states no longer have exclusive domain over either. Today, both power and culture are increasingly corporate...

Match ID: 204 Score: 10.71 source: www.schneier.com age: 8 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics, 4.29 democrat, 2.14 libertarian

Who is fighting for the steelworkers in this election? The view from Port Talbot – video
Tue, 18 Jun 2024 11:28:59 GMT

In the run-up to July's election, the Guardian video team is touring the UK looking at issues that matter to communities. In the town of Port Talbot, in the Aberafan Maesteg constituency, many voters are worried about the future of the steelworks where at least 2,800 jobs are on the line. ​We spoke to businesses, food banks and charities and politicians, all worried about the knock-on effect on families who have been steelworkers for generations. We also heard voters' other concerns and asked politicians what people were saying about the steelworks on the doorstep

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Match ID: 205 Score: 10.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 9 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics, 3.57 election, 2.14 elections

This Labour city backed Brexit and went Tory: what did it get in return? - video
Fri, 14 Jun 2024 10:48:36 GMT

In the first video of a new series of Anywhere but Westminster, John Harris and John Domokos revisit Stoke-on-Trent, the once-loyal Labour city that went totally Tory in 2019. Has 'levelling up' money made up for swingeing local cuts? Will Labour win again? And what do people working hard to turn the place around think  about the future? 

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Match ID: 206 Score: 10.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 13 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics, 3.57 election, 2.14 elections

Will Gaza cost Labour votes in east London? The view from Ilford – video
Fri, 07 Jun 2024 08:38:22 GMT

In the run-up to July's election, the Guardian video team will be touring the UK looking at the issues that matter to voters. In a week when an attack on a refugee camp in Rafah and the Labour party's treatment of Diane Abbott and Faiza Shaheen dominated the headlines, we spoke to voters in Ilford – North and South – who were protesting locally about Gaza. We asked whether these issues would make a difference to how they vote in the election, met canvassers getting behind independent candidates, and spoke to business owners about their political priorities

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Match ID: 207 Score: 10.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 20 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics, 3.57 election, 2.14 conservatives

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: 208 Score: 10.00 source: www.wired.com age: 157 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics, 3.57 election, 2.14 elections

Texas A&M Wants to Keep Emails About Leonard Leo’s $15 Million Gift Secret
Tue, 18 Jun 2024 14:14:58 +0000

The donation, one of the largest in the school’s history, was made as right-wing megadonor Leo shopped a new law school center.

The post Texas A&M Wants to Keep Emails About Leonard Leo’s $15 Million Gift Secret appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 209 Score: 8.57 source: theintercept.com age: 9 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics, 2.14 judiciary, 2.14 constitution

US Leaders Dodge Questions About Israel’s Influence Campaign
Tue, 11 Jun 2024 16:13:26 +0000
Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries has joined US intelligence officials in ignoring repeated inquiries about Israel’s “malign” efforts to covertly influence US voters.
Match ID: 210 Score: 8.57 source: www.wired.com age: 16 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics, 4.29 democrat

“Utterly Dismayed”: Air Force Engineer Resigns as Dissent Against Gaza War Slowly Spreads Within Military
Tue, 18 Jun 2024 10:00:00 +0000

“I don’t want to be working on something that can turn around and be used to slaughter innocent people.”

The post “Utterly Dismayed”: Air Force Engineer Resigns as Dissent Against Gaza War Slowly Spreads Within Military appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 211 Score: 7.86 source: theintercept.com age: 9 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics, 2.14 constitution, 1.43 congress

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

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

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

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Match ID: 212 Score: 7.86 source: www.theguardian.com age: 30 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics, 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: 213 Score: 7.86 source: www.economist.com age: 98 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics, 3.57 election

The U.S. Says a Far-Right Ukrainian Army Unit Can Now Get Aid. A Photo Shows Training Was Already Happening.
Sat, 22 Jun 2024 09:00:00 +0000

The administration says the “Azov Brigade” is separate from the old, Nazi-linked “Azov Battalion.” The unit itself says they’re the same.

The post The U.S. Says a Far-Right Ukrainian Army Unit Can Now Get Aid. A Photo Shows Training Was Already Happening. appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 214 Score: 5.71 source: theintercept.com age: 5 days
qualifiers: 5.71 congress

Columbia Task Force for Dealing With Campus Protests Declares That Anti-Zionism Is Antisemitism
Mon, 17 Jun 2024 23:25:16 +0000

The task force revealed its plans not in a communiqué to faculty and students — but instead in an Israeli newspaper article.

The post Columbia Task Force for Dealing With Campus Protests Declares That Anti-Zionism Is Antisemitism appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 215 Score: 5.71 source: theintercept.com age: 9 days
qualifiers: 4.29 republican, 1.43 congress

EU elections fallout: a shock snap vote, resignations and the far right – video report
Mon, 10 Jun 2024 16:36:36 GMT

Emmanuel Macron stunned politicians and the public by announcing a snap general election after the far-right National Rally party won about 32% of the French vote. But it wasn’t just in France that the far right was celebrating. In Germany and Austria, parties on the populist right made stunning gains. Despite that, the pro-European centre appeared to have held in a set of results likely to complicate EU lawmaking

• EU elections: populist right makes gains but pro-European centre holds

• Fears for Green Deal as number of MEPs from climate-denying parties set to rise

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Match ID: 216 Score: 5.71 source: www.theguardian.com age: 17 days
qualifiers: 3.57 election, 2.14 elections

The fake news divide: how Modi’s rule is fracturing India – video
Thu, 30 May 2024 09:31:48 GMT

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

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

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

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Match ID: 217 Score: 5.71 source: www.theguardian.com age: 28 days
qualifiers: 3.57 election, 2.14 elections

Federal Prosecutors Attacked Me for My Reporting — and They’re Doing It to Hide Info From the Public
Thu, 20 Jun 2024 15:22:46 +0000

If the Biden administration is serious about protecting press freedoms, officials from Washington might want to have a stern talk with federal prosecutors in Detroit.

The post Federal Prosecutors Attacked Me for My Reporting — and They’re Doing It to Hide Info From the Public appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 218 Score: 4.29 source: theintercept.com age: 7 days
qualifiers: 4.29 constitution

How American politics has infected investing
Sun, 21 Apr 2024 15:41:46 +0000
Beware: taking a stand can be expensive
Match ID: 219 Score: 4.29 source: www.economist.com age: 67 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: 220 Score: 4.29 source: www.wired.com age: 155 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: 221 Score: 4.29 source: www.wired.com age: 167 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics

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

 

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

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

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

Introduction

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

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

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

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

LimeWire AI Studio

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

AI Image Generation Tools

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

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

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

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

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

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Automatically Mint Your Content As NFTs

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

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

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

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

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

Earn Revenue From Your Content

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

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

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

LMWR Tokens

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

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

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

Pricing Plans

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

• Basic plan: 

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

• Advanced plan: 

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

• Pro plan: 

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

• Pro Plus plan: 

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

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

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Conclusion

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

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

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

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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.

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No one was present when the sinkhole, 100ft wide and 30ft deep, suddenly collapsed the field

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Most Frequently Asked Questions About NFTs(Non-Fungible Tokens)
Sun, 06 Feb 2022 10:04:00 +0000

 

Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are the most popular digital assets today, capturing the attention of cryptocurrency investors, whales and people from around the world. People find it amazing that some users spend thousands or millions of dollars on a single NFT-based image of a monkey or other token, but you can simply take a screenshot for free. So here we share some freuently asked question about NFTs.

1) What is an NFT?

NFT stands for non-fungible  token, which is a cryptographic token on a blockchain with unique identification codes that distinguish it from other tokens. NFTs are unique and not interchangeable, which means no two NFTs are the same. NFTs can be a unique artwork, GIF, Images, videos, Audio album. in-game items, collectibles etc.

2) What is Blockchain?

A blockchain is a distributed digital ledger that allows for the secure storage of data. By recording any kind of information—such as bank account transactions, the ownership of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs), or Decentralized Finance (DeFi) smart contracts—in one place, and distributing it to many different computers, blockchains ensure that data can’t be manipulated without everyone in the system being aware.

3) What makes an NFT valuable?

The value of an NFT comes from its ability to be traded freely and securely on the blockchain, which is not possible with other current digital ownership solutionsThe NFT points to its location on the blockchain, but doesn’t necessarily contain the digital property. For example, if you replace one bitcoin with another, you will still have the same thing. If you buy a non-fungible item, such as a movie ticket, it is impossible to replace it with any other movie ticket because each ticket is unique to a specific time and place.

4) How do NFTs work?

One of the unique characteristics of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) is that they can be tokenised to create a digital certificate of ownership that can be bought, sold and traded on the blockchain. 

As with crypto-currency, records of who owns what are stored on a ledger that is maintained by thousands of computers around the world. These records can’t be forged because the whole system operates on an open-source network. 

NFTs also contain smart contracts—small computer programs that run on the blockchain—that give the artist, for example, a cut of any future sale of the token.

5) What’s the connection between NFTs and cryptocurrency?

Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) aren't cryptocurrencies, but they do use blockchain technology. Many NFTs are based on Ethereum, where the blockchain serves as a ledger for all the transactions related to said NFT and the properties it represents.5) How to make an NFT?

Anyone can create an NFT. All you need is a digital wallet, some ethereum tokens and a connection to an NFT marketplace where you’ll be able to upload and sell your creations

6) How to validate the authencity of an NFT?

When you purchase a stock in NFT, that purchase is recorded on the blockchain—the bitcoin ledger of transactions—and that entry acts as your proof of ownership.

7) How is an NFT valued? What are the most expensive NFTs?

The value of an NFT varies a lot based on the digital asset up for grabs. People use NFTs to trade and sell digital art, so when creating an NFT, you should consider the popularity of your digital artwork along with historical statistics.

In the year 2021, a digital artist called Pak created an artwork called The Merge. It was sold on the Nifty Gateway NFT market for $91.8 million.

8) Can NFTs be used as an investment?

Non-fungible tokens can be used in investment opportunities. One can purchase an NFT and resell it at a profit. Certain NFT marketplaces let sellers of NFTs keep a percentage of the profits from sales of the assets they create.

9) Will NFTs be the future of art and collectibles?

Many people want to buy NFTs because it lets them support the arts and own something cool from their favorite musicians, brands, and celebrities. NFTs also give artists an opportunity to program in continual royalties if someone buys their work. Galleries see this as a way to reach new buyers interested in art.

10) How do we buy an NFTs?

There are many places to buy digital assets, like opensea and their policies vary. On top shot, for instance, you sign up for a waitlist that can be thousands of people long. When a digital asset goes on sale, you are occasionally chosen to purchase it.

11) Can i mint NFT for free?

To mint an NFT token, you must pay some amount of gas fee to process the transaction on the Etherum blockchain, but you can mint your NFT on a different blockchain called Polygon to avoid paying gas fees. This option is available on OpenSea and this simply denotes that your NFT will only be able to trade using Polygon's blockchain and not Etherum's blockchain. Mintable allows you to mint NFTs for free without paying any gas fees.

12) Do i own an NFT if i screenshot it?

The answer is no. Non-Fungible Tokens are minted on the blockchain using cryptocurrencies such as Etherum, Solana, Polygon, and so on. Once a Non-Fungible Token is minted, the transaction is recorded on the blockchain and the contract or license is awarded to whoever has that Non-Fungible Token in their wallet.

12) Why are people investing so much in NFT?

 Non-fungible tokens have gained the hearts of people around the world, and they have given digital creators the recognition they deserve. One of the remarkable things about non-fungible tokens is that you can take a screenshot of one, but you don’t own it. This is because when a non-fungible token is created, then the transaction is stored on the blockchain, and the license or contract to hold such a token is awarded to the person owning the token in their digital wallet.

You can sell your work and creations by attaching a license to it on the blockchain, where its ownership can be transferred. This lets you get exposure without losing full ownership of your work. Some of the most successful projects include Cryptopunks, Bored Ape Yatch Club NFTs, SandBox, World of Women and so on. These NFT projects have gained popularity globally and are owned by celebrities and other successful entrepreneurs. Owning one of these NFTs gives you an automatic ticket to exclusive business meetings and life-changing connections.

Final Saying

That’s a wrap. Hope you guys found this article enlightening. I just answer some question with my limited knowledge about NFTs. If you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to drop them in the comment section below. Also I have a question for you, Is bitcoin an NFTs? let me know in The comment section below

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