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Still casting a spell: Broadcast’s 20 best songs – ranked!
Thu, 26 Sep 2024 12:00:02 GMT

As the Birmingham band fronted by the late Trish Keenan put out their final release, we pick the best from their eerie, evocative sound world

Originally a limited-edition sold on tour, and the band’s last release before singer Trish Keenan’s death in 2011, mini-album Mother Is the Milky Way was more about fragmentary sound collages than songs. But In Here the World Begins, which floats Keenan’s vocals over a murky, slowed-down tape loop, has a strange and compelling power.

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Tectonic Surfing

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Physics Lab Thermostat

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Maslow's Pyramid

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Late Cenozoic

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New York mayor Eric Adams defiant as prosecutors call his alleged misconduct ‘grave breach’ of public trust – live
Thu, 26 Sep 2024 17:42:28 GMT

Unsealed indictment shows charges against Eric Adams include wire fraud, bribery and soliciting illegal foreign donations

• Full report – indictment against New York mayor Eric Adams unsealed
• New York mayor faces calls to resign after corruption charges

Here is more from the federal indictment against Eric Adams:

In 2014, Eric Adams, the defendant, became Brooklyn borough president. Thereafter, for nearly a decade, Adams sought and accepted improper valuable benefits, such as luxury international travel, including from wealthy foreign businesspeople and at least one Turkish govermnent official seeking to gain influence over him.

By 2018, Adams – who had by then made known his plans to run for mayor of New York City – not only accepted, but sought illegal campaign contributions to his 2021 mayoral campaign, as well as other things of value, from foreign nationals.

Eric Adams, the defendant, sought and accepted illegal campaign contributions in the form of ‘nominee’ or ‘straw’ contributions, meaning that the true contributors conveyed their money through nominal donors, who falsely certified they were contributing their own money.

By smuggling their contributions to Adams through US-based straw donors, Adams’ overseas contributors defeated federal laws that serve to prevent foreign influence on US elections.

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Hurricane Helene heads to Florida as one of year’s most powerful US storms
Thu, 26 Sep 2024 17:14:56 GMT

Storm is expected to travel up south-eastern coast once it makes landfall, moving from Florida to North Carolina

• Tell us: have you been affected by Hurricane Helene?

0A storm barreling towards Florida’s Gulf coast is now expected to be a catastrophic category 4 strength hurricane, according to the National Hurricane Center, making it one of the most powerful storms to hit the US this year.

Much of Hurricane Helene’s gathering strength comes from the waters of the Gulf of Mexico, which have reached unprecedented high temperatures in recent years. In general, the ocean waters around Florida have also seen rising temperatures in recent years, making the state more susceptible to catastrophic storms.

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Pioneer of Change: America Reyes Wang Makes NASA Space Biology More Open
Thu, 26 Sep 2024 15:00:00 +0000
As humans return to the Moon and push on toward Mars, scientists are ramping up research into the effects of space on the body to make sure astronauts stay healthy on longer missions. This research often involves spaceflight studies of rodents, insects, and other models in orbiting laboratories such as the International Space Station. However, […]
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Eric Adams charged with taking bribes and foreign campaign contributions
Thu, 26 Sep 2024 14:53:57 GMT

Former police officer is the first sitting New York City mayor to be criminally charged and has vowed to stay in office

• US politics live – latest updates

Eric Adams, the mayor of New York City, has been charged with accepting bribes and illegal campaign contributions from foreign sources after an indictment was filed against the controversial leader of one of the world’s biggest cities.

In a five-count criminal indictment, US prosecutors allege that before and during his terms as mayor Adams “sought and accepted improper valuable benefits, such as luxury international travel, including from wealthy foreign businesspeople and at least one Turkish government official seeking to gain influence over him”.

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NASA’s Hubble Finds that a Black Hole Beam Promotes Stellar Eruptions
Thu, 26 Sep 2024 14:00:05 +0000
In a surprise finding, astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have discovered that the blowtorch-like jet from a supermassive black hole at the core of a huge galaxy seems to cause stars to erupt along its trajectory. The stars, called novae, are not caught inside the jet, but apparently in a dangerous neighborhood nearby. The […]
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Kamala Harris is planning to travel to the border on Friday, making a trip to Douglas,...
Wed, 25 Sep 2024 23:29:37 +0000

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You Should Stop Calling Immigrants “Migrants”
Tue, 24 Sep 2024 16:28:19 +0000

A subtle bipartisan shift in the language of immigration has opened the door to vilification and dehumanization.

The post You Should Stop Calling Immigrants “Migrants” appeared first on The Intercept.

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Trump’s Conspiracy Theory Campaign
Mon, 23 Sep 2024 15:40:59 +0000

Stoking and exploiting racist fears of immigrants is essentially all that Trump is running on.

The post Trump’s Conspiracy Theory Campaign appeared first on The Intercept.

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People across the UK: have you been affected by flooding?
Mon, 23 Sep 2024 11:11:21 GMT

We’d like to hear from people who experienced flooding recently, whether it affected their homes, communities or journeys

Flood warnings have been issued in parts of England as more than a month’s worth of rain could fall on Monday.

An amber weather alert for rain has been issued by the Met Office until 9pm in areas including Milton Keynes, Oxford, Reading, Bath and Gloucester, meaning some flooding and travel disruption was expected. There is a yellow warning for heavy rain until midnight for a much wider area, covering the majority of England.

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NASA Glenn Attends Air Shows in Cleveland and Wisconsin
Thu, 19 Sep 2024 12:16:48 +0000
The first “A” in NASA stands for aeronautics, and NASA’s Glenn Research Center helped bring that message to thousands of people at major airshows in Wisconsin and Ohio this summer.  In July, NASA Glenn subject matter experts and outreach professionals landed in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, to participate in EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2024. Thousands of aircraft arrived […]
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The National Guard Knows Its Armories Have Dangerous Lead Contamination, Putting Kids and Soldiers At Risk
Wed, 18 Sep 2024 15:45:00 +0000

An Intercept investigation reveals that the Army National Guard has known about poisonous lead dust at armories open to the public for years, but is doing little to respond.

The post The National Guard Knows Its Armories Have Dangerous Lead Contamination, Putting Kids and Soldiers At Risk appeared first on The Intercept.

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65 Years Ago: First Powered Flight of the X-15 Hypersonic Rocket Plane
Tue, 17 Sep 2024 13:00:00 +0000
The X-15 hypersonic rocket-powered aircraft, built by North American Aviation (NAA), greatly expanded our knowledge of flight at speeds exceeding Mach 6 and altitudes above 250,000 feet. A joint project among NASA, the U.S. Air Force, and the U.S. Navy, the X-15’s first powered flight took place on Sept. 17, 1959, at the Flight Research […]
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Guardian Traveller newsletter: Sign up for our free holidays email
Wed, 12 Oct 2022 14:21:58 GMT

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

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

You’ll also receive handpicked offers from Guardian Holidays.

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California Professors Fight Back Against Violent Repression of Palestine Protest
Fri, 20 Sep 2024 16:51:30 +0000

For the first time in more than 30 years, the Council of UC Faculty Associations filed a formal complaint against the UC system.

The post California Professors Fight Back Against Violent Repression of Palestine Protest appeared first on The Intercept.

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Meet the First Tenured Professor to Be Fired for Pro-Palestine Speech
Thu, 26 Sep 2024 09:00:00 +0000

Maura Finkelstein was terminated by Muhlenberg College for an Instagram repost.

The post Meet the First Tenured Professor to Be Fired for Pro-Palestine Speech appeared first on The Intercept.

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California’s new law forces digital stores to admit you’re just licensing content, not buying it | Digital storefronts won’t be able to use words like ‘buy’ or ‘purchase’ unless they make the disclosure.
2024-09-26T15:57:35+00:00

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Revealed: how the fossil fuel industry helps spread anti-protest laws across the US
Thu, 26 Sep 2024 10:00:16 GMT

Lobbyists and lawmakers have coordinated to enact new laws that increase criminal penalties for peaceful protests

Fossil fuel lobbyists coordinated with lawmakers behind the scenes and across state lines to push and shape laws that are escalating a crackdown on peaceful protests against oil and gas expansion, a new Guardian investigation reveals.

Records obtained by the Guardian show that lobbyists working for major North American oil and gas companies were key architects of anti-protest laws that increase penalties and could lead to non-violent environmental and climate activists being imprisoned up to 10 years.

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‘Simply wanting to belong to something’: why did children take part in the English riots?
Thu, 26 Sep 2024 14:36:15 GMT

Court proceedings have suggested that very few of the young people involved shared openly racist views. Judges were told youths saw the unrest as a social event

• What the data tells us about the 2024 UK rioters

The footage played in court lasted only seconds. A 16-year-old boy, dressed all in black with his face covered, hurled a rock towards riot police from the steps of Bolton’s cenotaph. Around him people chanted: “Allah! Allah! Who the fuck is Allah?”

Little over two weeks later the teenager stood, bewildered, in the glass dock of Manchester youth court, with a conviction for violent disorder.

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From kitchen scales to cake tins: 14 pieces of baking kit the pros can’t live without
Thu, 26 Sep 2024 12:00:03 GMT

Whether you’re a seasoned cake maker or simply inspired by the return of The Great British Bake Off, these baking essentials will have you knocking up showstoppers in no time

One essential baking tool is simply not enough, according to Benoit Blin, pastry chef, judge on Bake Off: The Professionals and author of Bake with Benoit Blin. A rolling pin, fluted cake tin, balloon whisk and silicone spatula – to “get all the batter out” of a bowl – top his baking kit list.

But this isn’t a sign that you need everything but the kitchen sink to be able to whip up a showstopper. As with most things in life, you often need less than you think, so consider what you plan to bake and equip accordingly.

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Meet Barbara Jones, the ex-judge now policing Trump’s business moves
Thu, 26 Sep 2024 11:40:21 +0000

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Home Office forced to release critical report on origins of Windrush scandal
Thu, 26 Sep 2024 08:18:07 GMT

Government had objected to report’s publication as it may ‘damage trust of affected communities’

The Home Office has been forced to release a suppressed report on the origins of the Windrush scandal by a tribunal judge who quoted George Orwell in a judgment criticising the department’s lack of transparency.

For the past three years, Home Office staff have worked to bury a hard-hitting research paper that states that roots of the scandal lay in 30 years of racist immigration legislation designed to reduce the UK’s non-white population.

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US and France working on Hezbollah-Israel ceasefire plan – as it happened
Thu, 26 Sep 2024 01:02:13 GMT

This live blog is now closed. For the latest on the Middle East, read our full report:

• France pushes for 21-day Hezbollah-Israel ceasefire in Lebanon

Lebanon’s minister of culture, Judge Mohammad Wissam El-Mortada, has been speaking to Sputnik Radio, and Lebanon’s National News Agency is carrying some quotes from the interview.

In it, he said “Lebanon is engaged in a confrontation in defence of everything that is humane in this world against the enemies of humanity. Israel is exceeding all restrictions.”

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DoNotPay has to pay $193K for falsely touting untested AI lawyer, FTC says
Wed, 25 Sep 2024 20:40:49 +0000
You can't "sue anyone with a click of a button" without testing it first, FTC says.
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Missouri Kills Marcellus Williams Over Objections From Prosecutor and Victim’s Family
Wed, 25 Sep 2024 14:19:59 +0000

Attorney General Andrew Bailey scuttled a deal that would have spared Williams’s life, and the courts and governor failed to intervene to stop the execution.

The post Missouri Kills Marcellus Williams Over Objections From Prosecutor and Victim’s Family appeared first on The Intercept.

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In Alabama, Officers Accused of Violence and Misconduct Carry Out Secretive Executions
Tue, 24 Sep 2024 16:45:10 +0000

As the state keeps details around the death penalty hidden, an investigation into its execution team raises questions about how incarcerated people are treated in their final moments.

The post In Alabama, Officers Accused of Violence and Misconduct Carry Out Secretive Executions appeared first on The Intercept.

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New York mayor Eric Adams defiant as prosecutors call his alleged misconduct ‘grave breach’ of public trust – live
Thu, 26 Sep 2024 17:42:28 GMT

Unsealed indictment shows charges against Eric Adams include wire fraud, bribery and soliciting illegal foreign donations

• Full report – indictment against New York mayor Eric Adams unsealed
• New York mayor faces calls to resign after corruption charges

Here is more from the federal indictment against Eric Adams:

In 2014, Eric Adams, the defendant, became Brooklyn borough president. Thereafter, for nearly a decade, Adams sought and accepted improper valuable benefits, such as luxury international travel, including from wealthy foreign businesspeople and at least one Turkish govermnent official seeking to gain influence over him.

By 2018, Adams – who had by then made known his plans to run for mayor of New York City – not only accepted, but sought illegal campaign contributions to his 2021 mayoral campaign, as well as other things of value, from foreign nationals.

Eric Adams, the defendant, sought and accepted illegal campaign contributions in the form of ‘nominee’ or ‘straw’ contributions, meaning that the true contributors conveyed their money through nominal donors, who falsely certified they were contributing their own money.

By smuggling their contributions to Adams through US-based straw donors, Adams’ overseas contributors defeated federal laws that serve to prevent foreign influence on US elections.

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Senate holds rich CEO of “third-world medicine” hospitals in contempt
Thu, 26 Sep 2024 14:56:42 +0000
Ralph de la Torre, CEO of Steward, faces up to 12 months in prison if convicted.
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GOP congressman posts, then deletes, racist comments about Haitians
Thu, 26 Sep 2024 00:59:51 +0000
Democrats moved Wednesday evening to censure Rep. Clay Higgins of Louisiana over an X post deriding the Haitian community.
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Congress is punting again to December. It still has a lot to do.
Wed, 25 Sep 2024 19:28:54 +0000

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CNN Anchors Won’t Stop Lying About Something Rashida Tlaib Never Said
Tue, 24 Sep 2024 19:35:48 +0000

The source of the quote corrected Jake Tapper and Dana Bash, but they kept accusing the Palestinian House representative of antisemitism anyway.

The post CNN Anchors Won’t Stop Lying About Something Rashida Tlaib Never Said appeared first on The Intercept.

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You Should Stop Calling Immigrants “Migrants”
Tue, 24 Sep 2024 16:28:19 +0000

A subtle bipartisan shift in the language of immigration has opened the door to vilification and dehumanization.

The post You Should Stop Calling Immigrants “Migrants” appeared first on The Intercept.

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Israel Bombed Lebanon Today, Killing Hundreds. The U.S. Is Sending More Bombs.
Mon, 23 Sep 2024 22:24:25 +0000

Weapons used in earlier Israeli strikes into Lebanon that have killed civilians have been found to be U.S.-made.

The post Israel Bombed Lebanon Today, Killing Hundreds. The U.S. Is Sending More Bombs. appeared first on The Intercept.

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California Professors Fight Back Against Violent Repression of Palestine Protest
Fri, 20 Sep 2024 16:51:30 +0000

For the first time in more than 30 years, the Council of UC Faculty Associations filed a formal complaint against the UC system.

The post California Professors Fight Back Against Violent Repression of Palestine Protest appeared first on The Intercept.

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These Human Rights Defenders Were Hacked by Pegasus. Now They Want Police to Charge the Spyware Maker.
Thu, 19 Sep 2024 09:00:00 +0000

So far, no one has been able to hold the notorious Israeli spyware firm accountable for complicity in human rights abuses.

The post These Human Rights Defenders Were Hacked by Pegasus. Now They Want Police to Charge the Spyware Maker. appeared first on The Intercept.

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It's Good Trump Won't Be Sentenced Until After the Election
Fri, 13 Sep 2024 15:16:15 +0000

Trump always wants to cast himself as a victim. Delaying his sentencing until after the election makes that harder.

The post It’s Good Trump Won’t Be Sentenced Until After the Election appeared first on The Intercept.

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The National Guard Knows Its Armories Have Dangerous Lead Contamination, Putting Kids and Soldiers At Risk
Wed, 18 Sep 2024 15:45:00 +0000

An Intercept investigation reveals that the Army National Guard has known about poisonous lead dust at armories open to the public for years, but is doing little to respond.

The post The National Guard Knows Its Armories Have Dangerous Lead Contamination, Putting Kids and Soldiers At Risk appeared first on The Intercept.

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Israeli Soldiers Killed 15 Protesters in the Same Place They Shot Aysenur Eygi
Tue, 17 Sep 2024 17:35:26 +0000

Since 2021, Israeli soldiers have met weekly protests in the West Bank village with deadly force.

The post Israeli Soldiers Killed 15 Protesters in the Same Place They Shot Aysenur Eygi appeared first on The Intercept.

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U.S. Army Is Upgrading an Israeli Base to Make Room for New Boeing Jets
Fri, 13 Sep 2024 14:00:12 +0000

In addition to billions in weapons, the U.S. military is renovating an air base in the south of Israel, according to a new contract.

The post U.S. Army Is Upgrading an Israeli Base to Make Room for New Boeing Jets appeared first on The Intercept.

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China test launches intercontinental ballistic missile for first time in decades
Wed, 25 Sep 2024 12:32:21 GMT

The ICBM, carrying a dummy warhead, was launched into ‘high seas’ of the Pacific Ocean

China has announced the launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile into the “high seas” of the Pacific Ocean, flying over the northern point of the Philippines in what is believed to be the first such test since the early 1980s.

The launch of the missile, which the defence ministry said was carrying a dummy warhead, comes at a time of growing international scrutiny of the country’s nuclear arsenal, and prompted statements of concern from several nations.

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Israel’s Pager Attacks and Supply Chain Vulnerabilities
2024-09-24T11:05:34Z

Israel’s brazen attacks on Hezbollah last week, in which hundreds of pagers and two-way radios exploded and killed at least 37 people, graphically illustrated a threat that cybersecurity experts have been warning about for years: Our international supply chains for computerized equipment leave us vulnerable. And we have no good means to defend ourselves.

Though the deadly operations were stunning, none of the elements used to carry them out were particularly new. The tactics employed by Israel, which has neither confirmed nor denied any role, to hijack an international supply chain and embed plastic explosives in Hezbollah devices have been used for years. What’s new is that Israel put them together in such a devastating and extravagantly public fashion, bringing into stark relief what the future of great power competition will look like—in peacetime, wartime and the ever expanding ...

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World’s longest-serving death row inmate acquitted in Japanese retrial
Thu, 26 Sep 2024 17:26:43 +0000
In a retrial that began after he spent 45 years on death row, 88-year-old Iwao Hakamada was found not guilty of a 1966 quadruple homicide.
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Archaeologists use AI to discover 303 unknown geoglyphs near Nazca Lines
Thu, 26 Sep 2024 15:11:13 GMT

Newly discovered figures dating back to 200BCE nearly double the number of known geoglyphs at enigmatic site

Archaeologists using artificial intelligence (AI) have discovered hundreds of new geoglyphs depicting parrots, cats, monkeys, killer whales and even decapitated heads near the Nazca Lines in Peru, in a find that nearly doubles the number of known figures at the enigmatic 2,000-year-old archaeological site.

A team from the Japanese University of Yamagata’s Nazca Institute, in collaboration with IBM Research, discovered 303 previously unknown geoglyphs of humans and animals – all smaller in size than the vast geometric patterns that date from AD200-700 and stretch across more than 400 sq km of the Nazca plateau.

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Hong Kong: Stand News journalists given jail terms for ‘sedition’
Thu, 26 Sep 2024 13:44:39 GMT

Chung Pui-kuen sentenced to 21 months while Patrick Lam gets 11-month term but is released on medical grounds

The former editor-in-chief of Hong Kong’s Stand News has been sentenced to jail on sedition charges for the publication of news reports and other articles that prosecutors said tried to promote “illegal ideologies”.

Chung Pui-kuen, 55, the former editor-in-chief and the former acting editor-in-chief Patrick Lam, 36, were found guilty of conspiring to publish seditious materials in late August after almost a year of delays. The parent company of the now-defunct Stand News, Best Pencil Ltd, was also convicted.

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China announces new measures to arrest housing slump and boost growth
Thu, 26 Sep 2024 12:26:49 GMT

Benefits to rise for poorest and local authorities to be given powers to intervene in real estate markets

• Business live – latest updates

Chinese leaders have vowed to arrest a slump in the housing market and boost growth after conceding that measures by the central bank to stimulate investment this week were likely to prove inadequate.

Promising to deploy “necessary spending” by the state to meet this year’s economic growth target of 5%, China’s politburo said it would increase benefits for the poorest and give local authorities the cash and power to intervene to prevent further falls in house price values.

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For the first time, Hong Kong imprisons a journalist for sedition
Thu, 26 Sep 2024 11:58:41 +0000
The Stand News editors are the first journalists to be convicted of sedition in Hong Kong as China seeks to crush dissent and remake the city in its image.
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World's longest-serving death row inmate acquitted in Japan
Thu, 26 Sep 2024 11:48:06 GMT
After almost half a century on death row Iwao Hakamada, 88, has been acquitted of murder.
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Japanese man who spent 46 years on death row cleared of murders
Thu, 26 Sep 2024 07:08:18 GMT

Iwao Hakamada found not guilty of 1966 murder of his boss and his family after a retrial was ordered a decade ago

A Japanese man who spent almost half a century on death row has been found not guilty of multiple murders, in a closely watched trial that has raised questions about Japan’s use of the death penalty.

Iwao Hakamada, 88, was sentenced to hang in 1968 after being found guilty of murdering his boss, his wife and their two teenage children, and setting fire to their home two years earlier.

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Who is in the running to be Japan’s next prime minister?
Thu, 26 Sep 2024 07:04:34 +0000
Whoever the Liberal Democratic Party chooses, they will have to handle graft, the economy — and maybe Donald Trump. Here’s what to know about the contenders.
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OpenAI asked US to approve energy-guzzling 5GW data centers, report says
Wed, 25 Sep 2024 17:44:22 +0000
OpenAI stokes China fears to woo US approvals for huge data centers, report says.
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Top Chinese economist disappears after criticising Xi Jinping in private chat – report
Wed, 25 Sep 2024 05:50:34 GMT

Zhu Hengpeng, who worked for an influential government thinktank, has reportedly not been seen in public since making disparaging remarks on WeChat

A leading Chinese economist at a government thinktank has reportedly disappeared after being disciplined for criticising Xi Jinping in a private chat group.

Zhu Hengpeng, 55, is believed to have made disparaging remarks about China’s economy, and potentially about the Chinese leader specifically, in a private WeChat group. Zhu was subsequently detained in April and put under investigation, according to the Wall Street Journal which cited anonymous sources.

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China’s central bank tries to save the economy—and the stockmarket
Tue, 24 Sep 2024 15:19:59 +0000
But it will need more help from the government
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Michael Kovrig: detention by China amounted to psychological torture, Canadian says
Tue, 24 Sep 2024 01:23:58 GMT

Former diplomat Michael Kovrig, who was taken into custody in December 2018, says he spent months in solitary confinement and was interrogated daily

A former Canadian diplomat detained by China for more than 1,000 days said he was placed in solitary confinement for months and interrogated for up to nine hours every day, treatment he said amounted to psychological torture.

Michael Kovrig, speaking to the Canadian Broadcasting Corp in his first major interview since his release, also said he had missed the birth of his daughter and met her for the first time when she was two-and-a half years old.

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Proposed Ban Would Be a ‘Death Sentence’ for Chinese EVs in the US
Mon, 23 Sep 2024 22:18:11 +0000
The US wants to ban any Chinese or Russian software installed in cars, purportedly over security concerns. If the proposed rule is finalized, don’t expect to see a China-made EV stateside any time soon.
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Meet the First Tenured Professor to Be Fired for Pro-Palestine Speech
Thu, 26 Sep 2024 09:00:00 +0000

Maura Finkelstein was terminated by Muhlenberg College for an Instagram repost.

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Pilots Are Dying of Tiredness. Tech Can’t Save Them
Thu, 26 Sep 2024 08:00:00 +0000
Extended hours after the pandemic have put pressure on pilots in India, who are working longer hours without rest, but monitoring technology to help curb overworking is glitchy and hard to find.
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From the archive: The unravelling of a conspiracy: were the 16 charged with plotting to kill India’s prime minister framed? – podcast
Wed, 25 Sep 2024 04:00:17 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: In 2018, Indian police claimed to have uncovered a shocking plan to bring down the government. But there is mounting evidence that the initial conspiracy was a fiction – and the accused are victims of an elaborate plot. By Siddhartha Deb

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You Should Stop Calling Immigrants “Migrants”
Tue, 24 Sep 2024 16:28:19 +0000

A subtle bipartisan shift in the language of immigration has opened the door to vilification and dehumanization.

The post You Should Stop Calling Immigrants “Migrants” appeared first on The Intercept.

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Iranian Hackers Tried to Give Hacked Trump Campaign Emails to Dems
Sat, 21 Sep 2024 10:30:00 +0000
Plus: The FBI dismantles the largest-ever China-backed botnet, the DOJ charges two men with a $243 million crypto theft, Apple’s MacOS Sequoia breaks cybersecurity tools, and more.
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Tesla Full Self Driving requires human intervention every 13 miles
Wed, 25 Sep 2024 15:31:16 +0000
It gave pedestrians room but ran red lights and crossed into oncoming traffic.
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Healthier rice variety could counter rise in diabetes, Philippine scientists say
Wed, 25 Sep 2024 06:00:22 GMT

Researchers develop grain with lower glycaemic index and more protein that ‘could have big impact in Asia and Africa’

Scientists in the Philippines have created a new variety of rice that could help reduce the growing burden of diabetes.

More than 537 million adults worldwide are living with the chronic disease – a number that is expected to grow to 783 million by 2045. Being overweight, genetics and a lack of exercise contribute to type 2 diabetes, which is the most common form. Type 2 occurs when the pancreas fails to produce enough of the insulin hormone, leaving too much glucose in the blood, and cells develop a resistance to insulin.

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Anura Kumara Dissanayake: who is Sri Lanka’s new leftist president?
Mon, 23 Sep 2024 15:21:42 GMT

JVP leader has positioned himself as opposite to political elites but not all have greeted his win with optimism

As he was sworn in as Sri Lanka’s new president on Monday morning, Anura Kumara Dissanayake heralded a “new era of renaissance” for the country. Many believe Dissanayake’s election marks a significant political pivot for Sri Lanka, which has been ruled by a rotation of the same few parties and families for decades, leading to a continuing economic recession and deep-rooted mistrust of traditional political leaders.

Swathes of the population said it was the promise of change that brought them to vote for the leftist leader for the first time last weekend.

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FBI Shuts Down Chinese Botnet
2024-09-19T15:40:17Z

The FBI has shut down a botnet run by Chinese hackers:

The botnet malware infected a number of different types of internet-connected devices around the world, including home routers, cameras, digital video recorders, and NAS drives. Those devices were used to help infiltrate sensitive networks related to universities, government agencies, telecommunications providers, and media organizations…. The botnet was launched in mid-2021, according to the FBI, and infected roughly 260,000 devices as of June 2024.

The operation to dismantle the botnet was coordinated by the FBI, the NSA, and the Cyber National Mission Force (CNMF), according to a press release dated ...

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Sri Lankan leftist candidate Dissanayake claims presidential election
Sun, 22 Sep 2024 16:56:22 GMT

Second-round victory viewed as widespread rejection of the old political elite amid economic crisis

The Marxist leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake has won Sri Lanka’s presidential election, in what was viewed as a widespread rejection of the old political elite who are blamed for the country’s ongoing economic woes.

For the first time in Sri Lanka’s history, the election went into a runoff on Sunday after no candidate managed to get more than 50% of the votes. However, after second-choice votes were counted, Dissanayake was declared the winner in the evening. “This victory belongs to all of us,” he said, writing on X.

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How Vladimir Putin hopes to transform Russian trade
Wed, 28 Aug 2024 17:44:29 +0000
He believes the country’s future lies with China and India. What could go wrong?
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Did a Chinese University Hacking Competition Target a Real Victim?
Wed, 18 Sep 2024 08:00:00 +0000
Participants in a hacking competition with ties to China’s military were, unusually, required to keep their activities secret, but security researchers say the mystery only gets stranger from there.
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How China’s communists fell in love with privatisation
Sun, 15 Sep 2024 15:33:09 +0000
Even though they are not very good at it
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Do Kamala Harris’s Neocon Supporters Just Hate Trump, or Is There Something More to Her Appeal?
Sat, 14 Sep 2024 11:36:50 +0000

Personally, I would not accept an endorsement from a world-historic war criminal.

The post Do Kamala Harris’s Neocon Supporters Just Hate Trump, or Is There Something More to Her Appeal? appeared first on The Intercept.

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China’s government is surprisingly redistributive
Thu, 12 Sep 2024 10:00:52 +0000
That is despite a stingy tax-and-transfer system
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NASA Tunnel Generates Decades of Icy Aircraft Safety Data
Thu, 05 Sep 2024 12:12:18 +0000
On Sept. 13, 1944, researchers subjected a Bell P-39L Airacobra to frigid temperatures and a freezing water spray in the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA)’s new Icing Research Tunnel (IRT) to study inflight ice buildup. Since that first run at the Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory (now NASA’s Glenn Research Center) in Cleveland, the facility […]
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China is suffering from a crisis of confidence
Thu, 05 Sep 2024 09:53:31 +0000
Can anything perk up its economy?
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Can Japan’s zombie bond market be brought back to life?
Thu, 29 Aug 2024 09:59:36 +0000
Ueda Kazuo begins on a dangerous mission
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Vance warns of China’s influence during Michigan rally
Tue, 27 Aug 2024 17:16:42 EST
Vance’s rally Tuesday was the first of a series of events in Rust Belt swing states that he and Trump are visiting this week.
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What is behind China’s perplexing bond-market intervention?
Wed, 14 Aug 2024 18:19:41 +0000
The central bank seems to think the government’s debt is too popular
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Why Japanese stocks are on a rollercoaster ride
Tue, 06 Aug 2024 06:24:53 +0000
Volatility in global markets continues
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Why Japanese markets have plummeted
Mon, 05 Aug 2024 10:21:56 +0000
The global rout continues, with the Topix experiencing its worst day since 1987
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Why fear is sweeping markets everywhere
Fri, 02 Aug 2024 19:41:12 +0000
American and Japanese indices have taken a battering. So have banks and gold
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China’s last boomtowns show rapid growth is still possible
Tue, 30 Jul 2024 14:09:53 +0000
All it takes is for the state to work with the market
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Japan’s strength produces a weak yen
Thu, 18 Jul 2024 10:17:13 +0000
Currency meddling will prove futile
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China’s leaders face miserable economic-growth figures
Mon, 15 Jul 2024 18:49:47 +0000
Reality intruded at the “third plenum”, intended to discuss long-term reforms
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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.
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British activist denied bail after years in Indian jail without trial
Wed, 18 Sep 2024 16:35:33 GMT

Jagtar Singh Johal is being arbitrarily detained and targeted for his human rights activism, say campaigners

Delhi’s high court has denied bail to the British activist Jagtar Singh Johal, who has been imprisoned in India for nearly seven years, in seven cases brought against him by the country’s National Investigations Agency.

The ruling has shocked family and supporters who claim it should jolt the British government into recognising that Johal is not receiving justice at the hands of the Indian legal system.

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India’s economic policy will not make it rich
Thu, 01 Aug 2024 13:58:55 +0000
A new World Bank report takes aim at emerging-market growth plans
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Indian state capitalism looks to be in trouble
Thu, 20 Jun 2024 09:59:48 +0000
A weakened Narendra Modi is bad news for investors in government-controlled firms
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Will services make the world rich?
Mon, 24 Jun 2024 20:51:25 +0000
American fried chicken can now be served from the Philippines
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Thermacell LIV Smart Mosquito Repellent System Review: Expensive but Effective
Thu, 26 Sep 2024 14:12:00 +0000
This pricey smart system sets up an anti-skeeter ring around your home.
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‘Weekend warrior’ workouts may be as effective as daily exercise, study shows
Thu, 26 Sep 2024 08:15:28 GMT

Scientists say total amount of physical activity people get is more important than how frequently they train

If exercise takes a back seat in the working week, take heart. Cramming the recommended amount of physical activity into the weekend still has significant health benefits, research suggests.

A study of nearly 90,000 people enrolled in the UK Biobank project found that “weekend warriors” who fit a week’s worth of exercise into one or two days had a lower risk of developing more than 200 diseases compared with inactive people.

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Best Headphones for Working Out (2024): Bose, Shokz, JLab
Wed, 25 Sep 2024 14:04:00 +0000
Rock your inner jock with a pair of sturdy, sweatproof, and tangle-proof headphones. Here are our favorites.
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Nike’s New CEO Has One Hell of a Challenge Ahead
Tue, 24 Sep 2024 09:35:29 +0000
A ruinous pandemic business strategy, declining innovation, exodus of talent, and a “worst sneaker of all time” accolade has laid the world's biggest sports brand low.
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