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How foreign influence campaigns manipulate your social media feeds
Wed, 09 Oct 2024 13:32:33 +0000
Russians, Chinese, Iranians, and Israelis are trying to change your beliefs.
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qualifiers: 40.00 china, 35.00 india
China to head green energy boom with 60% of new projects in next six years
Wed, 09 Oct 2024 05:00:06 GMT
IEA says faster clean energy rollout being led by solar power in China with country set to boast half of world’s renewables by 2030
China is expected to account for almost 60% of all renewable energy capacity installed worldwide between now and 2030, according to the International Energy Agency.
The IEA’s highly influential renewable energy report found that over the next six years renewable energy projects will roll out at three times the pace of the previous six years, led by the clean energy programmes of China and India.
Continue reading...The Socceroos recovered after going 1-0 down to secure a crucial 3-1 win in Adelaide
Against my better judgment, I’ll let James Paraskevas tempt fate on the email line.
"I am predicting a comfortable, easy 2-0 victory for Australia. China will pose no problem at all and will barely register a shot on target in the entire game.”
Continue reading...An Australian news agency is reporting that robot vacuum cleaners from the Chinese company Deebot are surreptitiously taking photos and recording audio, and sending that data back to the vendor to train their AIs.
Ecovacs’s privacy policy—available elsewhere in the app—allows for blanket collection of user data for research purposes, including:
- The 2D or 3D map of the user’s house generated by the device
- Voice recordings from the device’s microphone
- Photos or videos recorded by the device’s camera
It also states that voice recordings, videos and photos that are deleted via the app may continue to be held and used by Ecovacs...
Zoo says Mujambi, who suffered a medical episode, had been with lioness Amani for 16 years
Australia’s oldest lioness and her paired partner have been euthanised, leaving Adelaide zoo keepers in mourning.
The zoo’s African lions, Amani and Mujambi, died on Thursday morning after 19-year-old Mujambi suffered a medical episode over the weekend.
Continue reading...The country had faced a campaign from rights groups who accused it of being ‘unfit to serve on the Human Rights Council’
Saudi Arabia narrowly failed in its bid to win a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council, a blow to Riyadh’s efforts to boost the country’s rights reputation abroad, four years after it was rejected in a 2020 bid to join the 47-member body.
Saudi Arabia is spending billions to transform its global image from a country known for strict religious restrictions and human rights abuses into a tourism and entertainment hub under a plan its Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman, launched known as Vision 2030.
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Investors disappointed after hoped-for policy plans by Beijing to stimulate economy failed to materialise
Chinese stocks have suffered their worst fall in 27 years after efforts by Beijing to stimulate the world’s second-largest economy disappointed investors.
Stock markets in Asia fell sharply after China’s top economic planning authority failed to announce further measures to improve flagging growth.
Continue reading...The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Chinese hackers (Salt Typhoon) penetrated the networks of US broadband providers, and might have accessed the backdoors that the federal government uses to execute court-authorized wiretap requests. Those backdoors have been mandated by law—CALEA—since 1994.
It’s a weird story. The first line of the article is: “A cyberattack tied to the Chinese government penetrated the networks of a swath of U.S. broadband providers.” This implies that the attack wasn’t against the broadband providers directly, but against one of the intermediary companies that sit between the government CALEA requests and the broadband providers...
Ignore warnings of the Rock following the Chagos Islands – new border checks are more of a threat to livelihoods in the territory and beyond
A few hours after the British government announced that it was giving up control of the Chagos Islands and handing sovereignty to Mauritius, Fabian Picardo appeared on the BBC. Gibraltar’s chief minister was “confident”, he said, that the case of the Indian Ocean archipelago set “absolutely no precedent whatsoever” for the UK’s sovereignty over Gibraltar.
Reaffirming the identity of this non-self-governing territory (as the UN defines it), under British rule since the 1713 treaty of Utrecht, is routine. Sometimes it occurs after seemingly trivial incidents. After Spain’s victory over England in the Euro championship in July, Álvaro Morata, the captain of the Spanish football team, briefly encouraged the crowd at a late-night party in Madrid to chant “Gibraltar is Spanish”. It was a joke, but Gibraltar formally complained to Uefa, which sanctioned Morata and his team-mate Rodrigo Hernández, or Rodri, who plays for Manchester City and had joined the chants on stage.
María Ramírez is a journalist and deputy managing editor of elDiario.es, a news outlet in Spain
Continue reading...Tata, described as ‘a truly uncommon leader’, credited with transforming Tata Group into a global conglomerate
The Indian business tycoon and former Tata Group chairman Ratan Tata has died, aged 86.
Tata, who had headed India’s largest conglomerate for over 20 years, had been receiving intensive care at Mumbai hospital, according to Reuters.
Additional reporting by Reuters
Continue reading...You can make this Indian street food from just about anything savoury, transforming it with tangy sauces, funky spices, creamy yoghurt and crunchy noodles
Chaat, according to author and food writer Priya Krishna, is less a family of savoury Indian snacks and more “a way of life … a category of food that hits practically every element that makes something craveable – sweet, sour, tangy, spicy, and crunchy”. The name, Nashville chef Maneet Chauhan told the New York Times, comes from the verb chaatna, meaning “to lick”, because good chaat, which can be eaten at any time of day, should be, well, finger-licking good. Chef and author Roopa Gulati explains in India, her contribution to Bloomsbury’s World Vegetarian series: “There’s no single word in the English language that describes the spectrum of flavours delivered by chaat. However, in India, it’s the emotive-sounding chatpata that evokes myriad explosive tastes and textures. If you fee like eating something chatpata, the assumption is that it’s chaat, or at least a spicy, crunchy snack.”
A chaat, whether enjoyed at a street stall, in a restaurant or with a pot of tea at home, is usually based around a starchy main ingredient – chopped samosas, for example, or fried potatoes – topped with a colourful canopy of fruity chutneys, cool dairy, crunchy snacks and a hot and tangy blend of spices. It’s a combination that’s precision-engineered to keep you coming back for another spoonful, so if you’re looking to eat more pulses, this chickpea version is guaranteed to help.
Continue reading...Narendra Modi’s BJP loses first election since stripping the region of its autonomy and statehood
The Indian prime minister’s hopes of his party gaining power in Kashmir were dashed on Tuesday as it emerged that his BJP had lost the first election held since the national government stripped the region of its autonomy and statehood.
The elections instead delivered a resounding victory to India’s main opposition party, Congress, and its regional partner, the Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (JKNC), which had come together in a alliance to defeat Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata party (BJP), which also rules at the national level.
Continue reading...Sanjay Roy charged with crime that prompted nationwide anger and protests over violence against women
A man has been charged in the high-profile case of a doctor’s rape and murder in a Kolkata hospital, a crime that prompted widespread anger and protests over the threat of sexual violence faced by women in India.
The suspect, Sanjay Roy, was arrested the day after the young doctor’s bloodied body was discovered on 9 August in a room at RG Kar hospital, where she had gone to rest after a 36-hour shift.
Continue reading...British climber Fay Manners, who was stuck for three days, says: ‘There was a big, big, long sense of silence between us’
A British mountaineer and her American companion who were stranded in the Himalayas for three days without food have described the long silence between them after the bulk of their equipment plunged into a ravine.
Fay Manners, 37, and Michelle Dvorak, 31, had been climbing the Chaukhamba mountain in northern India, when they issued an SOS message on Thursday, with nothing further being heard from them.
Continue reading...Many who last week couldn’t have got within 500 miles of Mauritius on a map now can’t bear it taking the archipelago
What a difference a week makes. Just last Wednesday, you could have put money on most MPs being totally clueless about the exact location of the Chagos Islands. Give them a map and many would have better luck being blindfolded.
Even a hint wouldn’t have made much difference. Are they east, west, south or north of Mauritius? To be in with a shout, you have to know where Mauritius is. And most MPs wouldn’t get within 500 miles. The Indian Ocean is bigger than you think. And don’t get them started on Diego Garcia. Surely he’s the younger brother of the titular character in the 1974 Sam Peckinpah film Bring me the Head of Alfredo Garcia.
A year in Westminster: John Crace, Marina Hyde and Pippa Crerar
On Tuesday 3 December, join Crace, Hyde and Crerar as they look back at a political year like no other, live at the Barbican in London and livestreamed globally. Book tickets here or at guardian.live
Taking the Lead by John Crace is published by Little, Brown (£18.99). To support the Guardian and Observer, order your copy at guardianbookshop.com. Delivery charges may apply.
Continue reading...US and EU are supporting infrastructure projects in Angola, which has historically been closer to Russia and China
When Joe Biden travels to Angola on Sunday, it will be the first trip to an African country of his presidency and the first to the continent by a sitting US president since Barack Obama visited Kenya and Ethiopia in 2015.
It is a marker of how Africa’s 54 countries are increasingly courted by global powers, drawn to the continent by geopolitical shifts and an abundance of minerals needed for electric cars and other battery-powered technologies.
Continue reading...Han, whose works include The Vegetarian, was praised for her ‘intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life’
The Nobel prize in literature has been awarded to 53-year-old South Korean novelist Han Kang for her “intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life”. Her works include The Vegetarian, The White Book, Human Acts and Greek Lessons.
“I was able to talk to Han Kang on the phone,” said Swedish Academy permanent secretary Mats Malm after announcing the winner. “She was having an ordinary day it seemed – had just finished supper with her son. She wasn’t really prepared for this, but we have begun to discuss preparations for December” – when Han will be presented with the Nobel prize.
Continue reading...The small, resilient horses are more than just working animals – they are cultural symbols
On the parched plains of Sumba, a remote island in Indonesia’s eastern archipelago, a breed of hardy ponies plays a vital role in the lives of the local people.
Known as sandalwood ponies, these small, resilient horses are more than just working animals – they are cultural symbols, markers of status, and increasingly, a draw for tourists eager to experience the island’s untouched landscapes and traditions.
Gerson swimming horses, West Sumba regency, Nusa Tenggara
Continue reading...In areas where people are being ordered to leave, those incarcerated in jails have no choice but to stay.
The post Florida Counties Refuse to Evacuate Jails in Hurricane Milton Flood Zones appeared first on The Intercept.
Ten children reportedly among those killed during intense aerial campaigns last month
Myanmar’s military has launched some of its heaviest aerial campaigns since the 2021 coup in recent months, killing at least 26 people in a series of attacks in early September.
The military, which has repeatedly been accused of indiscriminate aerial bombardments, launched at least seven airstrikes in four days between 3 and 6 September. According to Unicef, 10 children were among those killed. A pregnant woman also lost her unborn child.
A camp for internally displaced people (IDP) in Pekhon township, southern Shan state, was one of the seven locations targeted. Daw Ohn Mar Khaing, a volunteer teacher at the camp, known as “Bangkok”, told the Guardian it was struck despite there being no fighting in the township, or opposition fighters nearby.
“We only have helpless women and children, who were displaced from the war in their villages,” she said.
106th over: England 514-3 (Root 192, Brook 146) The home broadcaster show a short video of the commentator Rameez Raja chatting to Babar before the start of the play. “I promise,” he says, “it wasn’t a fielding session…”
England continue to tick along, with the deficit down to 43. Brook is taking time to get his eye in again; in terms of tempo adjustment this has been one of his better innings. It would be so easy, with his talent and record in Pakistan, to see a pitch like this and think you can hit every ball for four. He has been greedy rather than indulgent, an excellent sign after that slightly immature innings against Sri Lanka at the Oval.
Continue reading...Former president to run for mayor of Davao amid fight for power against formidable Marcos family
Former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte, 79, returned to politics this week when he registered to run as mayor in his family’s stronghold, Davao city. It leaves little doubt: two of the country’s most powerful political families, the Dutertes and the Marcoses, are set for an epic struggle for power.
For the Dutertes, it could prove a battle for their survival. Rodrigo Duterte is facing an investigation by the international criminal court for crimes against humanity over his brutal war on drugs, and the family needs political clout and powerful friends.
Continue reading...Taking stock of the human toll of one year of destruction in the densely packed Gaza Strip.
The post Israel’s Year of Killing, Maiming, Starving, and Terrorizing the People of Gaza appeared first on The Intercept.
After paying for the rounds after work, writer Andrzej Łukowski would set his sights on a large-scale legacy: turning his home city of Birmingham into an international tourist destination
I have genuinely had a long-term obsession with the idea that if I won big on the EuroMillions I would be aggressively casual about it. For no reason other than not telling people I have won the lottery just strikes me as quite cool. I’ve never really seen myself as one of those “presented with a giant cheque” guys.
We’d be talking about a vibe shift, first and foremost. I would suddenly insist on eating out or ordering in for every meal; I would propose a trip to the pub and be the first person to offer to buy a round, my antipathy towards £7 pints having mysteriously evaporated. If I won the Tuesday-night EuroMillions, I’d still go to work on the Wednesday, but I would arouse my colleagues’ suspicions by not bringing a packed lunch in for the first time in a decade.
Continue reading...Fishermen are catching more squid as other fish are depleted.
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