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China’s Xi is visiting Vietnam, Cambodia and Malaysia — countries Trump hit with tariffs
Mon, 14 Apr 2025 13:42:23 +0000
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‘No winners’ in a trade war, says China’s Xi as he heads to Vietnam on charm offensive
Mon, 14 Apr 2025 10:55:04 GMT
Xi Jinping expected to present China as reliable partner in contrast to US, which imposed – then suspended – tariffs over 40% on some countries
The Chinese president, Xi Jinping, warned there would be “no winners” in a trade war and that protectionism “leads nowhere”, as he began a three-nation trip to south-east Asia, starting in Vietnam on Monday.
Xi’s tour, which started in Hanoi, also includes rare visits to Malaysia and Cambodia and will seek to strengthen ties with China’s closest neighbours amid a trade war that has sent shock waves through global markets.
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China’s Xi promises Vietnam the ‘stability’ of neighborhood diplomacy
Mon, 14 Apr 2025 09:23:39 +0000
China’s Xi Jinping is visiting Vietnam, Cambodia and Malaysia — countries President Donald Trump hit with tariffs — and presenting himself as a reliable partner.
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Sky-high US-China tariffs are a mutual trade embargo that will hurt both sides
Mon, 14 Apr 2025 11:27:49 GMT
Effects could tip one into recession and undermine other’s fragile economy but prospects for rapprochement are not hopeless
Sky-high tariffs that now hang heavily over US-China trade mean, effectively, that they have declared a trade embargo on each other, normally an act of war. The economic consequences for both will hurt.
The US’s $150bn (£113bn) or so of exports to China will fall away quickly, while China’s $440bn worth of exports to the US may drop by up to 75% over the next 18 months, unless some sort of negotiation happens. No one will be spared the effects.
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A Cybersecurity Professor Disappeared Amid an FBI Search. His Family Is ‘Determined to Fight’
Mon, 14 Apr 2025 22:21:15 +0000
The abrupt firing of Xiaofeng Wang and his wife from Indiana University last month shocked the academic community and is stoking fears that Chinese-born scholars are being targeted.
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‘Invasion’ barges, subsea cable cutters and surprise naval drills: how China is testing Donald Trump
Mon, 14 Apr 2025 00:30:18 GMT
China has been flexing its maritime muscle in the Indo-Pacific – moves that pose a challenge for the US president
In the space of just five weeks, China held live-fire drills on the doorsteps of Australia, Taiwan and Vietnam. It tested new landing barges on ships that could facilitate an amphibious assault on Taiwan. And it unveiled deep-sea cable cutters with the ability to switch off another country’s internet access – a tool no other nation admits to having.
China has been flexing its maritime muscle in the Indo-Pacific to send a message of supremacy to its regional neighbours, experts say. But it’s also testing the thinking of a bigger rival further afield: Donald Trump.
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NASA Announces 31st Human Exploration Rover Challenge Winners
Mon, 14 Apr 2025 19:34:16 +0000
NASA has announced the winning student teams in the 2025 Human Exploration Rover Challenge. This year’s competition challenged teams to design, build, and test a lunar rover powered by either human pilots or remote control. In the human-powered division, Parish Episcopal School in Dallas, Texas, earned first place in the high school division, and the […]
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Trump Appears to Be Targeting Muslim and “Non-White” Students for Deportation
Tue, 08 Apr 2025 13:03:13 +0000
Students from Muslim-majority countries as well as Asia and Africa are having their visas revoked with little or no explanation.
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China Sort of Admits to Being Behind Volt Typhoon
2025-04-14T11:08:27Z
The Wall Street Journal has the story:
Chinese officials acknowledged in a secret December meeting that Beijing was behind a widespread series of alarming cyberattacks on U.S. infrastructure, according to people familiar with the matter, underscoring how hostilities between the two superpowers are continuing to escalate.
The Chinese delegation linked years of intrusions into computer networks at U.S. ports, water utilities, airports and other targets, to increasing U.S. policy support for Taiwan, the people, who declined to be named, said.
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China’s Xi Jinping is in Vietnam to figure out how to ‘screw’ the US, says Trump
Tue, 15 Apr 2025 01:34:17 GMT
US president issues scathing view of Chinese counterpart’s motivations amid escalating trade war with Beijing
Xi Jinping’s tour of South-east Asia this week is likely intended to “screw” the United States, President Donald Trump has suggested, as the Chinese leader embarks on five-day tour of some nations hardest hit by Trump’s tariffs.
China’s president arrived in Hanoi on Monday, where he met Vietnam’s top leader, To Lam, called for stronger trade ties, and signed dozens of cooperation agreements, including on enhancing supply chains.
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UN calls on Trump to exempt poorest countries from ‘reciprocal’ tariffs
Mon, 14 Apr 2025 11:50:49 GMT
Unctad says many countries targeted with high tariff rates are unlikely to be a threat to US
The UN’s trade and development arm, Unctad, is calling on Donald Trump to exempt the world’s poorest and smallest countries from “reciprocal” tariffs, or risk “serious economic harm”.
In a report published on Monday, Unctad identifies 28 nations the US president singled out for a higher tariff rate than the 10% baseline – despite each accounting for less than 0.1% of the US trade deficit.
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Meet the Activists Motivated by Hatred of Elon Musk
Sat, 12 Apr 2025 10:00:00 +0000
Protesters across the country have been rallying every weekend to try and drive Elon Musk’s car business into the ground.
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Apple said to be flying iPhones from India to US to avoid Trump tariffs
Thu, 10 Apr 2025 15:04:42 GMT
Tech firm has reportedly flown 600 tonnes of handsets from Indian factories as Chinese goods face huge tariffs
Apple is reportedly chartering cargo flights to ferry iPhones from its Indian manufacturing plants to the US in an attempt to beat Donald Trump’s tariffs.
The tech company has flown 600 tonnes of iPhones, or as many as 1.5m handsets, to the US from India since March after ramping up production at its plants in the country, according to Reuters.
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What Could Progressive Tariffs Actually Look Like?
Wed, 09 Apr 2025 11:00:00 +0000
The U.S. moved toward tariffs that protected U.S. workers, industry, and the environment, says one expert. Trump is undoing it all.
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Trump administration freezes $2.3bn in funds after Harvard defies demands – as it happened
Tue, 15 Apr 2025 01:53:03 GMT
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Donald Trump will meet this morning with El Salvador’s president, Nayib Bukele, at 11am ET at the White House.
Referring to the cost of imprisoning the detainees in El Salvador, Trump told reporters on Sunday about Bukele:
I think he’s doing a fantastic job, and he’s taking care of a lot of problems that we have that we really wouldn’t be able to take care of from a cost standpoint.
He’s been amazing. We have some very bad people in that prison. People that should have never have been allowed into our country. People that murdered, drug dealers, some of the worst people on earth are in that prison. And he’s able to do that.
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Ukraine war briefing: Captive Chinese soldiers appear before the press in Kyiv
Tue, 15 Apr 2025 01:00:22 GMT
Republicans increase pressure on Trump after 35 killed in Sumy, with US president calling for ‘death and destruction to stop’. What we know on day 1,147
Ukraine held a press conference with Chinese soldiers captured on the frontline after Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Russia of recruiting fighters from China using social media. The men were led into a press centre handcuffed and flanked by armed Ukrainian guards and it was unclear if they were speaking of their own volition. The pair told journalists they hoped to be part of a prisoner swap.
Zelenskyy, the Ukrainian president, has accused Moscow of dragging Beijing into its invasion, saying that several hundred Chinese nationals were fighting at the frontline. The Kremlin has denied it claim while Beijing has warned parties to the conflict against making “irresponsible remarks”.
Zelenskyy accused Vladimir Putin of remaining focused on continuing the war, saying Russia had openly refused to engage in ceasefire talks. “There is only one reason for this – in Moscow, they are not afraid. If there is no strong enough pressure on Russia, they will keep doing what they are used to – they will keep waging war.”
Republicans supporters of Ukraine are pointing to Russia’s latest strikes as evidence Donald Trump needs to take a firmer tone with Putin, the Russian president, if he wants a ceasefire deal, Andrew Roth writes. GOP lawmakers – who generally tread carefully considering Trump’s apparent affinity for the Kremlin – have become invigorated and vocal in recent days after the deadly Palm Sunday strike in the Ukrainian city of Sumy.
Democrats in the US House introduced legislation to boost support for Ukraine after a similar move by those in the Senate, including funding for security and reconstruction. The bill would also include stiff sanctions on Russia if lawmakers deem it unwilling to engage in good-faith peace efforts.
Trump insisted on Monday he was working “diligently to get the death and destruction to stop” in Ukraine, while falsely blaming Zelenskyy and the previous US president, Joe Biden, for allowing the invasion to take place. Trump wrote on Truth Social: “We have to get it to stop, and fast.”
Russia has claimed the attack on Sumy, which killed at least 35 people, including two children, was targeting a gathering of Ukrainian troops, not civilians. A spokesperson for the Kremlin accused Kyiv of using civilians as shields by holding military meetings in dense city centres. Russia gave no evidence to back up its claims, and during the war there have been widespread Russian attacks killing many civilians.
Ukrainians mourned victims of the Palm Sunday strikes at gatherings on Monday. “It was chaos. There were mountains of corpses,” a combat medic who helped the injured said. “My shoes were covered in blood. I haven’t cleaned them yet, it’s the blood of the wounded.”
Ukraine’s air force said another Russian missile and guided bombs struck the outskirts of Sumy on Monday – no casualties were reported.
The US held “constructive” talks with Ukraine last week about a proposed minerals deal, a senior official said on Monday. The two countries were supposed to finalise a pact in March to extract Ukraine’s mineral resources, but those plans were derailed after Trump and Zelenskyy clashed at the White House.
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Apple hasn’t gotten an ‘all clear’ on tariffs, but its stock is still rising
Mon, 14 Apr 2025 23:12:00 GMT
While Trump promises new tariffs for tech products, Apple seems to have avoided the worst-case scenario, as smartphones are exempt from the current reciprocal tariffs against China.
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Senior Labour figures call for review of Chinese investment in UK infrastructure
Mon, 14 Apr 2025 19:46:39 GMT
Government’s rapprochement with Beijing may risk national security in wake of British Steel crisis, party members say
Senior Labour figures have urged the government to review Chinese investment in UK infrastructure in the wake of theBritish Steel crisis, warning that a rapprochement with Beijing could risk national security.
Government officials insisted on Monday the country remained open to funding from Chinese companies even after a dramatic weekend during which ministers wrested control of the Scunthorpe steelmaking plant from the Chinese owners, Jingye.
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‘The sky won’t fall’: China plays down Trump tariff risks as stock markets rally
Mon, 14 Apr 2025 18:16:59 GMT
Chinese customs official says trade has diversified away from US in recent years and plays up ‘vast domestic market’
China has played down the risk of damage to its exports from Donald Trump’s tariffs, with an official saying the “sky won’t fall”, as stock markets rose amid signs of a retreat on electronics restrictions.
The US president claimed his strategy was working on Monday, with record levels of investment. Addressing reporters at the White House, he continued to threaten new tariffs on pharmaceutical goods.
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The Guardian view on Friedrich Merz’s grand coalition: gambling on a new centre ground | Editorial
Mon, 14 Apr 2025 17:37:19 GMT
The deal signed last week between the centre-right CDU and centre-left SPD paves the way for vital investment in Europe’s biggest economy
Some years ago, hundreds of German finance ministry staff dressed in black and formed a giant zero to salute their boss, Wolfgang Schäuble, as he left office. It was a tribute to Mr Schäuble’s extreme fiscal conservatism, which had delivered Germany’s first balanced budget in the postwar period. Amid resurgent prosperity in the Angela Merkel years, the so-called black zero – symbolising a constitutional prohibition on public debt – had gradually acquired cult status.
As a new administration prepares to take power in Berlin, it seems unlikely that human euro signs will welcome the latest politician to take on Mr Schäuble’s former role. But in dramatic fashion, the spending taps are set to be turned on. Via a swiftly staged March vote in the outgoing Bundestag, “debt brake” dogma was consigned to history by the chancellor‑elect, Friedrich Merz. The way was thus paved for groundbreaking expenditure on defence, and the overhaul of an economy being left behind in a changed, suddenly menacing world.
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How much vital UK infrastructure does China own?
Mon, 14 Apr 2025 16:43:33 GMT
BBC Verify looks at what we know about the extent of Chinese investment in the UK economy.
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Amid Trump tariff chaos, Nvidia launches AI chip production on US soil
Mon, 14 Apr 2025 15:55:47 +0000
New announcement seems aimed at appeasing Trump, signals company shift.
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Another UK government is doing contradictory things when it comes to China
Mon, 14 Apr 2025 15:15:16 GMT
Approach to expanding trade has been castigated for allowing Beijing to invest heavily in vital UK infrastructure
As even Donald Trump was forced to accept in scaling back his latest tariffs, China is just too big to ignore. And so it is, on a much smaller scale, that yet another UK government is doing several contradictory things at once when it comes to Beijing.
This weekend brought a particularly resonant example. On the one hand, the business secretary, Jonathan Reynolds, was hinting that British Steel’s Chinese owner, Jingye, was to blame for neglect – if not worse – over the fate of the threatened blast furnaces at Scunthorpe.
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NASA Sets Coverage for Astronaut Don Pettit, Crewmates Return
Mon, 14 Apr 2025 14:54:33 +0000
NASA astronaut Don Pettit, along with Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner, will depart the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft and return to Earth on Saturday, April 19. Pettit, Ovchinin, and Vagner will undock from the orbiting laboratory’s Rassvet module at 5:57 p.m. EDT, heading for a parachute-assisted landing at 9:20 […]
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F1 in Bahrain: I dare you to call that race boring
Mon, 14 Apr 2025 14:49:38 +0000
After a snoozer in Japan, F1's return to the Middle East went well.
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China halts exports of rare earth exports, sparking fears of shortages in critical industries | "Based on everything we are seeing, the critical inputs for our future supply chain are shut down"
2025-04-14T13:57:10+00:00
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Why It’s Impossible for Most Small Businesses to Manufacture in the US
Mon, 14 Apr 2025 10:00:00 +0000
American companies that make everything from keychains to mattresses say Chinese manufacturing is superior, and tariffs won’t be enough to shift production to the United States.
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The Unusual Nonprofit That Helps ICE Spy on Wire Transfers
Mon, 14 Apr 2025 10:00:00 +0000
A little-known database logs hundreds of millions of wire transfers sent to or from Mexico, Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas.
The post The Unusual Nonprofit That Helps ICE Spy on Wire Transfers appeared first on The Intercept.
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Smishing Triad: The Scam Group Stealing the World’s Riches
Mon, 14 Apr 2025 10:00:00 +0000
Millions of scam text messages are sent every month. The Chinese cybercriminals behind many of them are expanding their operations—and quickly innovating.
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Brass Typhoon: The Chinese Hacking Group Lurking in the Shadows
Mon, 14 Apr 2025 10:00:00 +0000
Though less well-known than groups like Volt Typhoon and Salt Typhoon, Brass Typhoon, or APT 41, is an infamous, longtime espionage actor that foreshadowed recent telecom hacks.
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China, where fat equals rich, tries to tackle a growing obesity crisis
Mon, 14 Apr 2025 09:13:20 +0000
With more than half of Chinese adults now classified as overweight, health authorities are stepping up measures to get people to literally tighten their belts.
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UK MP refused entry to Hong Kong accuses China of ‘hidden blacklist’
Mon, 14 Apr 2025 07:50:12 GMT
Wera Hobhouse says her apparent presence on secret list of critics of country’s human rights record made her a target
A Liberal Democrat MP refused entry to Hong Kong to see her young grandson has said her experience should be “a wake-up call for any parliamentarian”, given that it seems to show China holds a secret list of banned politicians.
Wera Hobhouse, who was turned back by officials on Thursday, said she was given no explanation as to why this happened, and could only assume that it was because she had spoken out about rights abuses by China.
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Trump says he'll announce new chips tariffs over next week
2025-04-14T03:50:34+00:00
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Trump warns exemptions on smartphones, electronics will be short-lived, promises future tariffs
2025-04-14T00:33:38+00:00
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Steel, China, and the MP Refused Entry to Hong Kong
Sun, 13 Apr 2025 11:41:00 GMT
Lib Dem Wera Hobhouse is in the studio.
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The Tesla Takedown Shows How We Can Make Oligarchs Feel the Pain
Sun, 13 Apr 2025 10:00:00 +0000
The “Tesla Takedown” protests reveal a major vulnerability of the Trump regime.
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China Secretly (and Weirdly) Admits It Hacked US Infrastructure
Sat, 12 Apr 2025 10:30:00 +0000
Plus: The Department of Homeland Security begins surveilling immigrants' social media, President Donald Trump targets former CISA director who refuted his claims of 2020 election fraud, and more.
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Trump Gets a “Spanking” from the Bond Market
Sat, 12 Apr 2025 10:00:00 +0000
“His tolerance for chaos is perhaps going to end up running up against China’s tolerance for pain,” the staff writer Evan Osnos says.
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UK’s oldest Indian restaurant faces closure in dispute with crown estate
Mon, 14 Apr 2025 19:01:49 GMT
Owner of Michelin-starred Veeraswamy, London, heads to high court to object to ‘heartless’ plans to upgrade building
It has been a fixture of British-Indian dining since it first opened its doors in April 1926 on the day of Elizabeth II’s birth, serving guests over the decades ranging from Marlon Brando to the late Queen herself.
Yet despite surviving the Blitz and London’s relentlessly competitive restaurant sector, a dispute with the current monarch’s property developer threatens the survival of London’s oldest Indian restaurant just short of its 100th anniversary.
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Investors realise Trump’s pause was not the salvation it appeared
Fri, 11 Apr 2025 14:03:24 +0000
As China strikes back, reality sets in
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Share how changing US tariffs may affect your business
Fri, 11 Apr 2025 11:03:21 GMT
We’d like to hear from small business owners in the UK and elsewhere about any impact of changing tariffs
China has raised tariffs on US imports to 125% in an escalation of the trade dispute between the world’s two largest economies.
US tariffs on Chinese goods now total 145%, while most other countries, including the UK, have maintained a 10% tariff on goods following Donald Trump’s announcements on Wednesday pausing “reciprocal” tariffs for 90 days.
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South Korea unveils $23 billion support package for chips amid US tariff uncertainty
2025-04-15T01:01:37+00:00
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Can China fight America alone?
Thu, 10 Apr 2025 10:16:55 +0000
The world’s two biggest economies begin an almighty trade clash
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China has a weapon that could hurt America: rare-earth exports
Thu, 10 Apr 2025 10:11:39 +0000
It has only just begun to use it
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US extradites Canadian citizen to India for alleged role in deadly Mumbai attacks
Thu, 10 Apr 2025 18:43:18 GMT
Tahawwur Hussain Rana, 64, to stand trial for plotting multiday slaughter carried out by 10 Islamist gunmen
A Pakistan-born Canadian citizen wanted for his alleged role in the deadly 2008 Mumbai siege has landed in New Delhi after his extradition from the United States.
Tahawwur Hussain Rana, 64, arrived at a military airbase outside the Indian capital under heavily armed guard late on Thursday, and will be held in detention to face trial.
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At Least 50 Arizona State Students Have Now Had Visas Revoked, Lawyer Says
Tue, 08 Apr 2025 00:49:38 +0000
Just weeks away from graduation, some international students at Arizona State University have been blocked from completing degrees.
The post At Least 50 Arizona State Students Have Now Had Visas Revoked, Lawyer Says appeared first on The Intercept.
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Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Malaysian transitional prime minister, dies at 85
Mon, 14 Apr 2025 16:26:10 +0000
He faced criticism inside and outside his party for generally lackluster and ineffectual leadership over six years.
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Nick Turse Joins The Intercept as Inaugural National Security Reporting Fellow
Fri, 11 Apr 2025 13:00:00 +0000
The veteran investigative journalist will cover U.S. military operations, national security issues, and foreign affairs through this yearlong fellowship.
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Why China thinks it might win a trade war with Trump
Tue, 08 Apr 2025 14:43:49 +0000
The country’s officials vow to “fight to the end”
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Arguing Against CALEA
2025-04-08T11:08:13Z
At a Congressional hearing earlier this week, Matt Blaze made the point that CALEA, the 1994 law that forces telecoms to make phone calls wiretappable, is outdated in today’s threat environment and should be rethought:
In other words, while the legally-mandated CALEA capability requirements have changed little over the last three decades, the infrastructure that must implement and protect it has changed radically. This has greatly expanded the “attack surface” that must be defended to prevent unauthorized wiretaps, especially at scale. The job of the illegal eavesdropper has gotten significantly easier, with many more options and opportunities for them to exploit. Compromising our telecommunications infrastructure is now little different from performing any other kind of computer intrusion or data breach, a well-known and endemic cybersecurity problem. To put it bluntly, something like Salt Typhoon was inevitable, and will likely happen again unless significant changes are made...
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World reacts to Trump's sweeping 'liberation day' tariffs – video
Thu, 03 Apr 2025 05:18:34 GMT
Leaders around the world have reacted with a mix of a mix of confusion and concern after Donald Trump announced sweeping tariffs on some of its largest trading partners, upending decades of US trade policy and starting a possible global trade war. The tariffs range from 10% to 49% on all goods imported from abroad
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Charting the US-China Trade War: What Does 'Made in Vietnam' Mean?
2024-10-24T00:00:00Z
Chinese companies have been evading US tariffs by shipping goods through Vietnam, but not to the degree that the headlines would suggest. Ebehi Iyoha and Jaya Wen dig into trade microdata to illustrate Vietnam's strategic importance and why American policymakers should take note.
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Cybersecurity Professor Faced China-Funding Inquiry Before Disappearing, Sources Say
Wed, 02 Apr 2025 17:31:26 +0000
A lawyer for Xiaofeng Wang and his wife says they are “safe” after FBI searches of their homes and Wang’s sudden dismissal from Indiana University, where he taught for over 20 years.
Match ID: 52 Score: 10.71 source: www.wired.com age: 12 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china, 5.00 india
How Vladimir Putin hopes to transform Russian trade
Wed, 28 Aug 2024 17:44:29 +0000
He believes the country’s future lies with China and India. What could go wrong?
Match ID: 53 Score: 10.71 source: www.economist.com age: 229 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china, 5.00 india
Tulip Siddiq decries Bangladesh arrest warrant as ‘politically motivated smear’
Mon, 14 Apr 2025 14:59:24 GMT
Former City minister denies allegations she received land illegally from her aunt, the ousted PM Sheikh Hasina
The former City minister Tulip Siddiq has said an arrest warrant issued against her in Bangladesh over allegations she illegally received a plot of land from her aunt, the country’s ousted former prime minister, is a “politically motivated smear campaign”.
Speaking to reporters on Monday, the Hampstead and Highgate MP said: “No one from the Bangladeshi authorities has contacted me. The entire time they’ve done trial by media. My lawyers proactively wrote to the Bangladeshi authorities, they never responded.
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Tulip Siddiq attacks 'smear campaign' after Bangladesh issues arrest warrant
Mon, 14 Apr 2025 12:36:46 GMT
Bangladeshi authorities issued the arrest warrant over allegations of corruption, which the British MP denies.
Match ID: 55 Score: 10.00 source: www.bbc.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 10.00 bangladesh
Arrest warrant issued in Bangladesh for UK MP Tulip Siddiq
Sun, 13 Apr 2025 17:32:20 GMT
Former City minister accused of illegally receiving plot of land from her aunt, ousted PM Sheikh Hasina
An arrest warrant for the former City minister Tulip Siddiq has been issued in Bangladesh with a new allegation accusing her of illegally receiving a plot of land from her aunt, the ousted former prime minister Sheikh Hasina.
Bangladeshi media reported the warrant was issued by a judge for 53 people connected to Hasina, including Siddiq. There is no formal extradition treaty between the UK and Bangladesh.
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It's only early April and north India is bracing for extreme heat
Mon, 07 Apr 2025 07:05:09 GMT
India's weather department has issued a yellow alert for parts for northern India until Wednesday.
Match ID: 57 Score: 10.00 source: www.bbc.com age: 7 days
qualifiers: 10.00 india
How China uses ‘salami-slicing’ tactics to exert pressure on Taiwan – video
Fri, 28 Feb 2025 09:14:05 GMT
China has dramatically increased military activities around Taiwan, with more than 3,000 incursions into Taiwan's airspace in 2024 alone. Amy Hawkins examines how Beijing is deploying 'salami-slicing' tactics, a strategy of gradual pressure that stays below the threshold of war while steadily wearing down Taiwan's defences. From daily air incursions to strategic military exercises, we explore the four phases of China's approach and what it means for Taiwan's future
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Match ID: 58 Score: 8.57 source: www.theguardian.com age: 45 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china, 2.86 taiwan
China hits back hard against Trump’s tariffs
Fri, 04 Apr 2025 16:55:54 +0000
Stockmarkets plunge further in response
Match ID: 59 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 10 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china
Trump says tariff policies ‘WILL NEVER CHANGE’ amid plunging stocks, Chinese response
Fri, 04 Apr 2025 09:38:22 EST
The president’s sweeping tariff plan has thrown markets into chaos and risks sparking a global trade war.
Match ID: 60 Score: 5.71 source: www.politico.com age: 10 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china
Can foreign investors learn to love China again?
Thu, 27 Mar 2025 11:07:30 +0000
Wall Street still needs more to coax it back. But non-American firms may be ready to return
Match ID: 61 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 18 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china
ESA and JAXA strengthen ties on Moon and Mars exploration
Thu, 20 Mar 2025 14:00:00 +0100
The European Space Agency's (ESA) Director of Human and Robotic Exploration, Daniel Neuenschwander, and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's (JAXA) Vice President for Exploration and Human Spaceflight, Mayumi Matsuura, have signed a new statement of intent focused on Moon and Mars activities. This statement marks their intention towards a step forward in space exploration cooperation between ESA and JAXA, and lays the groundwork for expanded collaboration between the two agencies in advancing science, technology and international partnerships.
Match ID: 62 Score: 5.71 source: www.esa.int age: 25 days
qualifiers: 5.71 japan
Can anything get China’s shoppers to spend?
Mon, 17 Mar 2025 19:25:03 +0000
An economic recovery depends on it. Yet a new action plan may not do the job
Match ID: 63 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 28 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china
Beijing’s deflation dilemma: Falling prices signal bigger troubles ahead for China’s economy
Tue, 04 Mar 2025 00:30:00 EST
Such challenges are the backdrop to the annual session of China’s parliament.
Match ID: 64 Score: 5.71 source: www.politico.com age: 41 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china
Trump’s new tariffs are his most extreme ever
Mon, 03 Mar 2025 23:16:05 +0000
America targets its three biggest trading partners: Canada, Mexico and China
Match ID: 65 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 42 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china
China’s leaders look to have blinked in their property face-off
Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:11:06 +0000
They did not want to bail out indebted firms. Now they are on the verge of doing so
Match ID: 66 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 53 days
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Xi Jinping shows how he will return American fire
Tue, 04 Feb 2025 16:46:53 +0000
China’s trade retaliation carries a warning of worse to come
Match ID: 67 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 69 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china
Trump’s brutal tariffs far outstrip any he has imposed before
Sun, 02 Feb 2025 00:05:43 +0000
Canada, Mexico and China are going to be made to suffer
Match ID: 68 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 72 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china
Has Japan truly escaped low inflation?
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 11:04:26 +0000
Its central bankers are increasingly hopeful
Match ID: 69 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 81 days
qualifiers: 5.71 japan
China’s financial system is under brutal pressure
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 10:45:53 +0000
When will something break?
Match ID: 70 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 81 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china
China meets its official growth target. Not everyone is convinced
Fri, 17 Jan 2025 13:37:51 +0000
For one thing, 2024 saw the second-weakest rise in nominal GDP since the 1970s
Match ID: 71 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 87 days
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China’s markets take a fresh beating
Tue, 07 Jan 2025 16:30:24 +0000
Authorities have responded by bossing around investors
Match ID: 72 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 97 days
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China’s firms are taking flight, worrying its rulers
Sun, 29 Dec 2024 15:22:45 +0000
Policymakers at home and abroad are anxious about offshoring
Match ID: 73 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 106 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china
What a censored speech says about China’s economy
Thu, 12 Dec 2024 11:09:08 +0000
If growth is on target, why is inflation so low?
Match ID: 74 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 123 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china
The hidden cost of Chinese loans
Thu, 05 Dec 2024 11:12:33 +0000
Governments that borrow from China must pay more to borrow from others
Match ID: 75 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 130 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china
How China will strike back at Trump
Sun, 01 Dec 2024 16:45:27 +0000
Xi Jinping has set out his tariff red lines. What if America crosses them?
Match ID: 76 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 134 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china
Russia’s plunging currency spells trouble for its war effort
Sun, 01 Dec 2024 14:44:25 +0000
Supplies from China are about to become more expensive
Match ID: 77 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 134 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china
Is China really a nation of slackers?
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 10:54:55 +0000
A new survey raises the question
Match ID: 78 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 144 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china
Vladimir Putin is in a painful economic bind
Mon, 18 Nov 2024 18:53:16 +0000
Russia’s reliance on China is becoming a problem
Match ID: 79 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 147 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china
The biggest losers from Trumponomics
Thu, 14 Nov 2024 10:39:40 +0000
America’s president-elect wants to reshape trade, capital and labour flows
Match ID: 80 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 151 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china
Why China needs to fill its empty homes
Thu, 31 Oct 2024 11:03:24 +0000
The country’s economy is broken. A recovery requires a healthier property market
Match ID: 81 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 165 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china
Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Japanese atomic bomb survivors
Fri, 11 Oct 2024 09:05:00 GMT
Match ID: 82 Score: 5.71 source: www.marketwatch.com age: 185 days
qualifiers: 5.71 japan
China’s property crisis claims more victims: companies
Thu, 10 Oct 2024 10:25:56 +0000
Unsold homes are contributing to a balance-sheet recession
Match ID: 83 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 186 days
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At last, China pulls the trigger on a bold stimulus package
Fri, 27 Sep 2024 17:22:31 +0000
“Buy everything,” says an American hedge fund
Match ID: 84 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 199 days
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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
Match ID: 85 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 202 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china
How China’s communists fell in love with privatisation
Sun, 15 Sep 2024 15:33:09 +0000
Even though they are not very good at it
Match ID: 86 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 211 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china
China’s government is surprisingly redistributive
Thu, 12 Sep 2024 10:00:52 +0000
That is despite a stingy tax-and-transfer system
Match ID: 87 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 214 days
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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?
Match ID: 88 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 221 days
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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
Match ID: 89 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 228 days
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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
Match ID: 90 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 243 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china
Why Japanese stocks are on a rollercoaster ride
Tue, 06 Aug 2024 06:24:53 +0000
Volatility in global markets continues
Match ID: 91 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 251 days
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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
Match ID: 92 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 252 days
qualifiers: 5.71 japan
Why fear is sweeping markets everywhere
Fri, 02 Aug 2024 19:41:12 +0000
American and Japanese indices have taken a battering. So have banks and gold
Match ID: 93 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 255 days
qualifiers: 5.71 japan
China’s last boomtowns show rapid growth is still possible
Tue, 30 Jul 2024 14:09:53 +0000
All it takes is for the state to work with the market
Match ID: 94 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 258 days
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ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/18/2024
Thu, 18 Jul 2024 16:00:38 +0000
Boeing CST-100 Crewed Flight Test (CFT): Today, the CFT crew assisted the ISS crew with a few payload activities and completed Onboard Training for Backup Flight Control Proficiency. Payloads: Electro-static Levitation Furnace (ELF): The ELF cartridge holder containing the latest melted sample was removed and replaced with a new sample holder and sample. The completed …
Match ID: 95 Score: 5.71 source: www.nasa.gov age: 270 days
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Japan’s strength produces a weak yen
Thu, 18 Jul 2024 10:17:13 +0000
Currency meddling will prove futile
Match ID: 96 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 270 days
qualifiers: 5.71 japan
China’s leaders face miserable economic-growth figures
Mon, 15 Jul 2024 18:49:47 +0000
Reality intruded at the “third plenum”, intended to discuss long-term reforms
Match ID: 97 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 273 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china
NASA Makes Progress on Advanced Drone Safety Management System
Wed, 02 Apr 2025 21:49:14 +0000
From agriculture and law enforcement to entertainment and disaster response, industries are increasingly turning to drones for help, but the growing volume of these aircraft will require trusted safety management systems to maintain safe operations. NASA is testing a new software system to create an improved warning system – one that can predict hazards to drones before […]
Match ID: 98 Score: 5.00 source: www.nasa.gov age: 12 days
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Cybersecurity Professor Mysteriously Disappears as FBI Raids His Homes
Mon, 31 Mar 2025 19:42:00 +0000
Xiaofeng Wang, a longtime computer science professor at Indiana University, has disappeared along with his wife, and their profiles on the school's website were wiped ahead of recent FBI raids.
Match ID: 99 Score: 5.00 source: www.wired.com age: 14 days
qualifiers: 5.00 india
India has undermined a popular myth about development
Thu, 27 Feb 2025 10:55:44 +0000
Extreme poverty in the country has dropped to negligible levels
Match ID: 100 Score: 5.00 source: www.economist.com age: 46 days
qualifiers: 5.00 india
Narendra Modi is struggling to boost Indian growth
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 11:20:10 +0000
Tax cuts may lift short-term output, but deeper reform is required
Match ID: 101 Score: 5.00 source: www.economist.com age: 67 days
qualifiers: 5.00 india
Manmohan Singh was India’s economic freedom fighter
Sat, 28 Dec 2024 19:47:46 +0000
India’s most consequential finance minister, who later became PM, has died aged 92
Match ID: 102 Score: 5.00 source: www.economist.com age: 107 days
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India is undergoing an astonishing stockmarket revolution
Thu, 07 Nov 2024 11:12:08 +0000
Small investors, rejoice—and beware
Match ID: 103 Score: 5.00 source: www.economist.com age: 158 days
qualifiers: 5.00 india
Can markets reduce pollution in India?
Thu, 10 Oct 2024 09:55:05 +0000
An experiment in Gujarat yields impressive results
Match ID: 104 Score: 5.00 source: www.economist.com age: 186 days
qualifiers: 5.00 india
India’s economic policy will not make it rich
Thu, 01 Aug 2024 13:58:55 +0000
A new World Bank report takes aim at emerging-market growth plans
Match ID: 105 Score: 5.00 source: www.economist.com age: 256 days
qualifiers: 5.00 india
The World Bank is struggling to serve all 78 poor countries
Thu, 12 Dec 2024 11:16:45 +0000
Bangladesh and Niger are very different places
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US college students detained in Denmark after alleged Uber driver dispute
Mon, 14 Apr 2025 21:19:24 GMT
Two students traveling on spring break were arrested and charged with assault in Copenhagen, police say
Two American college students traveling for spring break were arrested in Copenhagen, charged with assault, and held in a Danish prison for two weeks following an alleged dispute with an Uber driver, Danish police said.
The family of Owen Ray, a 19-year-old studying at Miami University in Ohio, said he and an unnamed friend have been forced to forfeit their passports and remain in the country.
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Match ID: 0 Score: 35.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
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The Last of Us season two review – Bella Ramsey is absolutely wonderful
Mon, 14 Apr 2025 21:15:28 GMT
The actor’s take on a damaged young soul fighting for autonomy is a punchy, watchable delight. The second season is slower and narrower in scope, but it is just as gutsy and thoughtful
Season one of The Last of Us was a lot. It must have surprised some viewers to find that an adaptation of a video game was among the best dramas of 2023 – although it wasn’t too unexpected for anyone who noticed that it was co-created by Craig Mazin, writer of the magnificent Chernobyl. More to the point, The Last of Us was relentless, constantly shifting and weaving to deliver devastation and heartbreak in brutal new ways. On its return for a second season, it has earned the right to take a breath and slow down.
A quick recap. A fungus-based pandemic has splintered civilisation as we know it, turning the millions of “infected” into groaning, lurching sub-humans who are not undead but are still monsters whose only impulse is to bite the healthy. Joel (Pedro Pascal), a man whose 14-year-old daughter died at the start of the outbreak 20 years ago, has travelled from Massachusetts to Wyoming with Ellie (Bella Ramsey), who was also 14 when they met and is one of the very few who are immune to the fungal lurgy. Season one’s cross-country odyssey ended with the conclusion of Joel’s quest to deliver Ellie to a resistance group who were working on a cure; when he realised the procedure would involve experimenting on Ellie’s brain, sacrificing her for the good of humanity, he killed everyone in the building to save his adopted child.
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Lunar Gateway’s skeleton is complete—its next stop may be Trump’s chopping block
Mon, 14 Apr 2025 20:29:25 +0000
The NASA official in charge of Gateway briefed Ars on the program's challenges and achievements.
Match ID: 2 Score: 35.00 source: arstechnica.com age: 0 days
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Topgolf founders raise $34m to turn pool hi-tech as activity bars boom
Mon, 14 Apr 2025 15:21:32 GMT
Steve and Dave Jolliffe plan to open first Poolhouse in London next year
Pool sharks could soon be playing a digitally enhanced version of the bar-room sport, after the British founders of the competitive leisure venues Topgolf and Puttshack raised $34m (£25m) to turn the game hi-tech.
The venture is the latest attempt to offer a technological twist on traditional competitive pastimes alongside food and drink to attract younger audiences who want more than a pint in the pub.
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US sees biggest drop in Australian visitors since Covid as travellers avoid Trump’s America
Mon, 14 Apr 2025 15:00:23 GMT
Almost 4,600 fewer people went to the US in March compared with the same time last year, according to government data
Australians are increasingly avoiding travel to the US under Donald Trump’s second presidency, fresh data shows, with forecasters expecting tourist numbers to plummet further throughout the year.
Official statistics from the US International Trade Administration reveal the number of visitors from Australia in March 2025 was down by 7% compared with March 2024 – a reduction of 4,559 people.
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Helinox Chair One (re) Review: The Best Camping Chair
Mon, 14 Apr 2025 14:02:00 +0000
Despite the annoying naming convention, the Helinox Chair One (re) is an impressive upgrade to Helinox's classic, compact camping chair.
Match ID: 5 Score: 35.00 source: www.wired.com age: 0 days
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Set alerts, use filters and buy less: everything I’ve learned about secondhand shopping
Mon, 14 Apr 2025 14:00:20 GMT
This week: top tips for buying preloved; the best secateurs, tested; and genuinely great-smelling diffusers
While waiting for a show during London fashion week in February, I and a few fashion writers, stylists and editors were admiring each other’s outfits. Surprise, surprise, we discovered that the pieces we loved most were preowned (and largely from charity shops, I might add).
It’s no secret that industry insiders love secondhand fashion: Kate Moss is known for her love of vintage; British Vogue recently hosted a vintage sale in collaboration with eBay; celebrities such as Zendaya, Kendall Jenner and Miley Cyrus are turning to archive looks for their red carpet appearances; even Selfridges now offers Reselfridges, a range of preloved designer bags and accessories.
The best secateurs to save you time and effort when pruning your garden, tested
The best diffusers for your home: 22 genuinely great-smelling diffusers for every mood and budget
The best power banks and battery packs for reliable charging on the go, tested
‘Very pale and oddly wrinkly’: the best (and worst) supermarket hot cross buns for Easter, tested
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HBO’s The Last of Us is back for season 2, and so are we
Mon, 14 Apr 2025 12:00:24 +0000
One game-player and one newbie return to recap HBO's fungal free-for-all.
Match ID: 7 Score: 35.00 source: arstechnica.com age: 0 days
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Share your views of travelling to the US
Mon, 14 Apr 2025 11:22:07 GMT
If you have changed your travel plans about travelling to the US, we’d like to hear from you
According to the US National Travel and Tourism Office, overseas visits to the country was down 11.6% in March compared to the same month last year.
We’re interested in finding out more about your views of travelling to the US. Have you recently changed your travel plans or decided not to travel to the US? Or perhaps you have booked a trip this year or are planning to visit in the near future? Whatever your reasons for travelling, or not, we’d like to hear from you.
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10 Lisbon restaurants I’d recommend to a friend visiting the city
Mon, 14 Apr 2025 06:00:36 GMT
A local food writer selects places to eat that offer a flavour of Lisbon’s fast-evolving restaurant scene
This fun, welcoming restaurant – a renovated tavern with traditional tiled floor in the Santa Apolónia neighbourhood – focuses on the flavours of the Algarve. Chef Bertílio Gomes’s family comes from this southern region, and his seasonal, constantly changing menu features dishes such as octopus with sweet potato and razor-clam soup, which evoke balmy summer days and demand a chilled glass of rosé. Daily specials (available only at lunchtime) might be a bifana (pork sandwich) or duck rice. Mains start at €17.
Closed Sun and Mon, Tues dinner only, tabernaalbricoque.eatbu.com
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The Best Backpacking Water Filters of 2025, Tested and Reviewed
Sun, 13 Apr 2025 12:02:00 +0000
We’ve tested filter from Sawyer, Katadyn, LifeStraw, MSR and more to find the best option for every adventure.
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Is Airplane Mode on Flights Necessary or Outdated? (2025)
Sat, 12 Apr 2025 12:02:00 +0000
If you don’t, your flight won’t crash, but ignoring airplane mode uses up your battery and annoys the pilot.
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‘As an environmental scientist, I’m horrified’: Should supersonic passenger travel be making a comeback?
Sat, 12 Apr 2025 09:00:43 GMT
Twenty years after Concorde was grounded, a new wave of ‘quiet’ supersonic aircraft are in development – but not everyone welcomes the return of this costly, carbon-intensive technology
When I call Blake Scholl from New York, he says it’s a shame we couldn’t have met at his office in Colorado. If only there were a supersonic jet that could cruise at 1.7 times the speed of sound, and get me there two hours quicker than the typical JFK-to-Denver route.
There soon might be. Scholl is the CEO of Boom Supersonic, a company betting that ordinary civilians want to shoot across the sky at 1,100 miles (1,700 kilometres) per hour. After the pandemic brought a slump to the skies, air travel has returned to its former levels, and in-person business events are back on track. As a faster option for these travellers, Boom is developing its breakneck jets to be operational by 2029 – nearly a quarter century after Concorde landed its last plane.
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Reimagining Democracy
2025-04-11T00:35:00Z
Imagine that all of us—all of society—have landed on some alien planet and need to form a government: clean slate. We do not have any legacy systems from the United States or any other country. We do not have any special or unique interests to perturb our thinking. How would we govern ourselves? It is unlikely that we would use the systems we have today. Modern representative democracy was the best form of government that eighteenth-century technology could invent. The twenty-first century is very different: scientifically, technically, and philosophically. For example, eighteenth-century democracy was designed under the assumption that travel and communications were both hard...
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Elderly British couple ‘interrogated 29 times by Taliban’ since imprisonment
Thu, 10 Apr 2025 21:55:51 GMT
Daughter of Peter and Barbie Reynolds, 79 and 75, says they have ‘no idea’ why they have been in jail for two months
An elderly British couple taken captive by the Taliban have been interrogated 29 times since they were imprisoned more than two months ago, and still have “absolutely no idea” why they have been incarcerated, their daughter has said.
No charges have been brought against Peter Reynolds, 79, and his wife, Barbie, 75, who ran school training programmes and were arrested alongside an American friend, Faye Hall, as they travelled to their home in Bamyan province, in central Afghanistan, in February.
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Trump Appears to Be Targeting Muslim and “Non-White” Students for Deportation
Tue, 08 Apr 2025 13:03:13 +0000
Students from Muslim-majority countries as well as Asia and Africa are having their visas revoked with little or no explanation.
The post Trump Appears to Be Targeting Muslim and “Non-White” Students for Deportation appeared first on The Intercept.
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At Least 50 Arizona State Students Have Now Had Visas Revoked, Lawyer Says
Tue, 08 Apr 2025 00:49:38 +0000
Just weeks away from graduation, some international students at Arizona State University have been blocked from completing degrees.
The post At Least 50 Arizona State Students Have Now Had Visas Revoked, Lawyer Says appeared first on The Intercept.
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NASA Supports Wildland Fire Technology Demonstration
Thu, 03 Apr 2025 20:52:42 +0000
Advancements in NASA’s airborne technology have made it possible to gather localized wind data and assess its impacts on smoke and fire behavior. This information could improve wildland fire decision making and enable operational agencies to better allocate firefighters and resources. A small team from NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, is demonstrating […]
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NASA Boosts Efficiency with Custom X-66 Flooring
Fri, 28 Mar 2025 21:00:00 +0000
Lee esta historia en español aquí. NASA designed temporary floorboards for the MD-90 aircraft to use while it is transformed into the X-66 experimental demonstrator aircraft. These floorboards will protect the original flooring and streamline the modification process. Supporting the agency’s Sustainable Flight Demonstrator project, a small team in the Experimental Fabrication Shop at NASA’s Armstrong […]
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NASA’s X-59 Completes ‘Cruise Control’ Engine Speed Hold Test
Wed, 26 Mar 2025 20:49:55 +0000
Lee esta historia en español aquí. The team behind NASA’s X-59 completed another critical ground test in March, ensuring the quiet supersonic aircraft will be able to maintain a specific speed during operation. The test, known as engine speed hold, is the latest marker of progress as the X-59 nears first flight this year. “Engine […]
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BBC travels out to 'blistered and burnt' oil tanker in North Sea
Wed, 12 Mar 2025 21:32:53 GMT
While at least two million litres of jet fuel are in the water, there is some positive news.
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Future of space travel: Could robots really replace human astronauts?
Tue, 31 Dec 2024 01:46:51 GMT
Advances in technology raise questions about the need to send people to space - and the risks and cost
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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.
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“The Studio” Pokes Fun at Hollywood’s Existential Struggle
Thu, 10 Apr 2025 10:00:00 +0000
The new Apple TV+ show follows a bumbling studio executive who’s caught between making great movies and making marketable ones. The industry itself faces a similar challenge.
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The 24 Best Shows on Amazon Prime Right Now (April 2025)
Sat, 12 Apr 2025 11:00:00 +0000
The Wheel of Time, Reacher, and The Bondsman are just a few of the shows you should be watching on Amazon Prime Video this week.
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‘Don’t you besmirch Super Mario Bros!’: how video game adaptations became prestige TV
Mon, 14 Apr 2025 13:44:52 GMT
From The Last of Us to Fallout, the days of ropey dramas stemming from consoles is over. Television insiders open up about why high-end shows and gaming now go hand-in-hand
Two teenagers plan how to dispatch their latest undead enemy: a kill-shot to the head, or a knife in the side of the neck? One of them throws a glass bottle, distracting their prey. Then she goes in for the kill with all the breezy confidence of a kid playing a video game on easy.
It’s a rare moment of playfulness in the second-season opener of The Last of Us, a show that generally takes its storytelling deadly seriously. While the wildly lucrative Minecraft movie strip-mines its IP for laughs, this celebrated HBO series, adapted from the PlayStation titles of the same name, is as focused on taut character drama as the thrills and spills of the zombie genre.
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What ‘The Last of Us’ Season Premiere’s Final Moments Really Mean
Mon, 14 Apr 2025 02:00:00 +0000
During The Last of Us’ second-season premiere, Ellie gets called a homophobic slur. Craig Mazin tells WIRED it highlights what happens when humanity stops moving forward.
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“Jenny Annie Fanny Addie,” by Adam Levin.
Sun, 13 Apr 2025 10:00:00 +0000
“Terminator 2” was a good choice. Throughout the whole movie I forgot about the groping.
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“The Shrouds” Is a Casket Case—and an Unsettling Vision of Techno-Paranoia
Fri, 11 Apr 2025 10:00:00 +0000
In David Cronenberg’s film, billed as his most personal work, Vincent Cassel plays a grieving husband who has devised a novel way of never letting go.
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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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Paris said au revoir to cars. Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change.
Mon, 14 Apr 2025 13:18:05 +0000
Air pollution fell substantially as the city restricted car traffic and made way for parks and bike lanes.
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The Tesla Takedown Shows How We Can Make Oligarchs Feel the Pain
Sun, 13 Apr 2025 10:00:00 +0000
The “Tesla Takedown” protests reveal a major vulnerability of the Trump regime.
The post The Tesla Takedown Shows How We Can Make Oligarchs Feel the Pain appeared first on The Intercept.
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Scientists made a stretchable lithium battery you can bend, cut, or stab
Mon, 14 Apr 2025 19:30:33 +0000
Its performance isn't great, but its endurance is similar to standard lithium-ion.
Match ID: 2 Score: 15.00 source: arstechnica.com age: 0 days
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NASA Wallops Breaks Ground on New Causeway Bridge
Mon, 14 Apr 2025 19:22:54 +0000
NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility commemorated the start of construction of its new Wallops Island causeway bridge during a groundbreaking ceremony at 10 a.m., Monday, April 14, 2025, on the island. The ceremony was held at the base of the old Wallops Island causeway bridge. Virgina state Sen. Bill DeSteph attended the groundbreaking, along with staffers […]
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NASA Sets Coverage for SpaceX 32nd Station Resupply Launch, Arrival
Mon, 14 Apr 2025 19:03:53 +0000
NASA and SpaceX are targeting 4:15 a.m. EDT, Monday, April 21, for the next launch to deliver science investigations, supplies, and equipment to the International Space Station. This is the 32nd SpaceX commercial resupply services mission to the orbiting laboratory for the agency. Filled with more than 6,400 pounds of supplies, a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft […]
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NASA to Host Webinar with Small Business Administration Leadership
Mon, 14 Apr 2025 18:43:26 +0000
NASA’s Office of Small Business Programs will host the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) for the first time at its monthly webinar for small businesses at 1 p.m. EDT Wednesday, April 16. The webinar, currently open for registration, will focus on a new SBA manufacturing initiative and provide information about SBA’s flagship 7(a) loan program […]
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Exploring the Universe Through Sight, Touch, and Sound
Mon, 14 Apr 2025 18:34:45 +0000
For the first time in history, we can explore the universe through a rich blend of senses—seeing, touching, and hearing astronomical data—in ways that deepen our understanding of space. While three-dimensional (3D) models are essential tools for scientific discovery and analysis, their potential extends far beyond the lab. Space can often feel distant and abstract, […]
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NASA’s Lucy Spacecraft Prepares Second Asteroid Encounter
Mon, 14 Apr 2025 17:59:58 +0000
NASA’s Lucy spacecraft is 6 days and less than 50 million miles (80 million km) away from its second close encounter with an asteroid; this time, the small main belt asteroid Donaldjohanson. This upcoming event represents a comprehensive “dress rehearsal” for Lucy’s main mission over the next decade: the exploration of multiple Trojan asteroids that […]
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NASA Sets Coverage for Astronaut Don Pettit, Crewmates Return
Mon, 14 Apr 2025 14:54:33 +0000
NASA astronaut Don Pettit, along with Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner, will depart the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft and return to Earth on Saturday, April 19. Pettit, Ovchinin, and Vagner will undock from the orbiting laboratory’s Rassvet module at 5:57 p.m. EDT, heading for a parachute-assisted landing at 9:20 […]
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F1 in Bahrain: I dare you to call that race boring
Mon, 14 Apr 2025 14:49:38 +0000
After a snoozer in Japan, F1's return to the Middle East went well.
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With NASA’s Webb, Dying Star’s Energetic Display Comes Into Full Focus
Mon, 14 Apr 2025 14:00:00 +0000
Gas and dust ejected by a dying star at the heart of NGC 1514 came into complete focus thanks to mid-infrared data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. Its rings, which are only detected in infrared light, now look like “fuzzy” clumps arranged in tangled patterns, and a network of clearer holes close to the […]
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What I’ve learned after 40 years as the Observer’s science editor
Sun, 13 Apr 2025 07:00:08 GMT
Almost as amazing as the knowledge we have gained in the past four decades is the fact that some people continue to deny the damage we are doing to our world
Earlier this year I received an email from a reader asking background questions about an article I had written more than four decades ago. Given the time gap, my recollection was hazy. To be honest, it was almost non-existent. So I was intrigued – and then astonished when I read the feature.
I had written about the British glaciologist John Mercer, author of a 1978 Nature paper in which he warned that continuing increases in fossil fuel consumption would cause amounts of atmospheric carbon dioxide to soar. Global temperatures could rise by 2C by the mid-21st century, causing major ice loss at the poles and threatening a 5-metre rise in sea levels, he warned.
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Inside the fight to save California’s dying sea lions from toxic algae: ‘We’re like 911 operators’
Sat, 12 Apr 2025 16:00:50 GMT
An animal’s chance of survival after domoic acid poisoning is 50-50, and this year an outbreak has sickened hundreds
It was just after 8am on Tuesday, a thick morning fog still clinging to the California coastline, and SeaWorld’s animal rescue team had already made their first save of the day: a hefty, sick-looking sea lion that had been waddling dangerously close to a four-lane highway in downtown San Diego.
Now, in a private area of SeaWorld that few of the theme park’s thousands of daily visitors ever get to see, the rescue team was in full “triage” mode. Half a dozen staff members maneuvered the caged sea lion off the bed of a truck, and grabbed IV bags full of fluids and vitamins.
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‘As an environmental scientist, I’m horrified’: Should supersonic passenger travel be making a comeback?
Sat, 12 Apr 2025 09:00:43 GMT
Twenty years after Concorde was grounded, a new wave of ‘quiet’ supersonic aircraft are in development – but not everyone welcomes the return of this costly, carbon-intensive technology
When I call Blake Scholl from New York, he says it’s a shame we couldn’t have met at his office in Colorado. If only there were a supersonic jet that could cruise at 1.7 times the speed of sound, and get me there two hours quicker than the typical JFK-to-Denver route.
There soon might be. Scholl is the CEO of Boom Supersonic, a company betting that ordinary civilians want to shoot across the sky at 1,100 miles (1,700 kilometres) per hour. After the pandemic brought a slump to the skies, air travel has returned to its former levels, and in-person business events are back on track. As a faster option for these travellers, Boom is developing its breakneck jets to be operational by 2029 – nearly a quarter century after Concorde landed its last plane.
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Reimagining Democracy
2025-04-11T00:35:00Z
Imagine that all of us—all of society—have landed on some alien planet and need to form a government: clean slate. We do not have any legacy systems from the United States or any other country. We do not have any special or unique interests to perturb our thinking. How would we govern ourselves? It is unlikely that we would use the systems we have today. Modern representative democracy was the best form of government that eighteenth-century technology could invent. The twenty-first century is very different: scientifically, technically, and philosophically. For example, eighteenth-century democracy was designed under the assumption that travel and communications were both hard...
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What Could Progressive Tariffs Actually Look Like?
Wed, 09 Apr 2025 11:00:00 +0000
The U.S. moved toward tariffs that protected U.S. workers, industry, and the environment, says one expert. Trump is undoing it all.
The post What Could Progressive Tariffs Actually Look Like? appeared first on The Intercept.
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NASA Supports Wildland Fire Technology Demonstration
Thu, 03 Apr 2025 20:52:42 +0000
Advancements in NASA’s airborne technology have made it possible to gather localized wind data and assess its impacts on smoke and fire behavior. This information could improve wildland fire decision making and enable operational agencies to better allocate firefighters and resources. A small team from NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, is demonstrating […]
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NASA Makes Progress on Advanced Drone Safety Management System
Wed, 02 Apr 2025 21:49:14 +0000
From agriculture and law enforcement to entertainment and disaster response, industries are increasingly turning to drones for help, but the growing volume of these aircraft will require trusted safety management systems to maintain safe operations. NASA is testing a new software system to create an improved warning system – one that can predict hazards to drones before […]
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NASA Boosts Efficiency with Custom X-66 Flooring
Fri, 28 Mar 2025 21:00:00 +0000
Lee esta historia en español aquí. NASA designed temporary floorboards for the MD-90 aircraft to use while it is transformed into the X-66 experimental demonstrator aircraft. These floorboards will protect the original flooring and streamline the modification process. Supporting the agency’s Sustainable Flight Demonstrator project, a small team in the Experimental Fabrication Shop at NASA’s Armstrong […]
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NASA’s X-59 Completes ‘Cruise Control’ Engine Speed Hold Test
Wed, 26 Mar 2025 20:49:55 +0000
Lee esta historia en español aquí. The team behind NASA’s X-59 completed another critical ground test in March, ensuring the quiet supersonic aircraft will be able to maintain a specific speed during operation. The test, known as engine speed hold, is the latest marker of progress as the X-59 nears first flight this year. “Engine […]
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NASA Demonstrates New Wildland Fire Airspace Management System
Tue, 25 Mar 2025 18:02:36 +0000
Editor’s Note: This article was updated March 27, 2025, to reflect the final dates for the testing period. NASA researchers conducted initial validation of a new airspace management system designed to enable crews to use aircraft to fight and monitor wildland fires 24 hours a day, even during low-visibility conditions. From March 17-26, NASA’s Advanced […]
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ARMD Solicitations (ULI Proposals Invited)
Tue, 01 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +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 Leadership InitiativeStep-A proposals due […]
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How countries cheat their carbon targets – video
Thu, 27 Mar 2025 11:54:28 GMT
Net zero is a target that countries should be striving for to stop the climate crisis. But beyond the buzzword, it is a complex scientific concept – and if we get it wrong, the planet will keep heating.
Biodiversity and environment reporter Patrick Greenfield explains how a loophole in the 2015 Paris climate agreement allows countries to cheat their net zero targets through creative accounting, and how scientists want us to fix it
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New Aircraft Wing Undergoes Crucial NASA Icing Testing
Tue, 25 Mar 2025 14:39:32 +0000
In the future, aircraft with long, thin wings supported by aerodynamic braces could help airlines save on fuel costs. But those same wings could be susceptible to ice buildup. NASA researchers are currently working to determine if such an issue exists, and how it could be addressed. In the historic Icing Research Tunnel at NASA’s […]
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NASA Invites Media to View Wildland Fire Technology Flight Test
Tue, 18 Mar 2025 17:12:04 +0000
NASA will conduct a live flight test of aircraft performing simulated wildland fire response operations using a newly developed airspace management system at 9 a.m. PDT on Tuesday, March 25, in Salinas, California. NASA’s new portable airspace management system, part of the agency’s Advanced Capabilities for Emergency Response Operations (ACERO) project, aims to significantly expand […]
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Finalists Selected in NASA Aeronautics Agriculture-Themed Competition
Fri, 14 Mar 2025 17:59:12 +0000
Eight finalist teams participating in the 2025 NASA Gateways to Blue Skies Competition have been selected to present to a panel of judges their design concepts for aviation solutions that can help the agriculture industry. Sponsored by NASA’s Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate, this year’s competition asked teams of university students to research new or improved […]
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Thousands of high-risk toxic sites unchecked due to lack of cash
Thu, 13 Mar 2025 13:01:49 GMT
BBC investigation finds nine out of ten high-risk contaminated areas have not been tested.
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The Arctic: climate change’s great economic opportunity
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 10:41:08 +0000
An enormous prize is on offer. When might it be grasped?
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ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/23/2024
Tue, 23 Jul 2024 16:00:01 +0000
Boeing CST-100 Crewed Flight Test (CFT): The CFT crew assisted the ISS crew by performing payload activities. They completed the ArgUS 1-1 sub-payloads installation and several Thor-Davis sessions. Payloads: ArgUS 1-1: The ArgUS 1-1 sub-payloads were installed onto the ArgUS Multi Payload Platform and stowed in the NanoRacks Airlock (NRAL). More information about this investigation …
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ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/15/2024
Mon, 15 Jul 2024 16:00:09 +0000
Boeing CST-100 Crewed Flight Test (CFT): Today, the CFT crew assisted the ISS crew by performing a USOS food audit and continuing to complete different payload activities. Payloads: Combustion Integrated Rack (CIR): Fuel Oxidizer Management Assembly (FOMA) Calibration was performed. The upper rack doors were opened, the bottle valves were closed, the pressure in the …
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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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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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