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Sales of Vietnamese doll plunge over face marking like China’s ‘nine-dash line’
Thu, 20 Mar 2025 06:30:53 GMT
One version of Baby Three doll appears to bear a mark resembling the shape of the ocean border on which China bases its illegitimate claim to most of the South China Sea
Regional tensions over the South China Sea have tanked the sales of a popular children’s doll in Vietnam after it was put under investigation and accused of being unpatriotic because a design marking appeared to resemble China’s “nine-dash line”.
The Baby Three doll is Chinese-made and had reportedly been hugely popular among children and Gen Z in Vietnam earlier this year. Between September, when it first gained popularity, and December the dolls reportedly generated US$1.6m in sales.
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Match ID: 0 Score: 90.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 2 days
qualifiers: 40.00 china, 35.00 south china sea, 15.00 vietnam
Donald Trump’s imperial presidency is a throwback to a greedier, pernicious age | Simon Tisdall
Sat, 22 Mar 2025 18:15:01 GMT
His attempts to bully and exploit the weak hark back to an era when the US emulated the worst aspects of the British empire
Donald Trump’s imperial presidency is a tawdry, threadbare affair. The emperor has no clothes to cloak his counterfeit rule. Lacking crown and robes, he resorts to vulgar ties and baseball caps. His throne is but a bully pulpit, his palace a pokey, whitewashed house, his courtiers mere common hacks. His royal edicts – executive orders – are judicially contested. And while he rages like Lear, his critics are publicly crucified or thrown to the lions at Fox News.
Yet for all his crudely plebeian ordinariness, a parvenu imperialism is Trump’s global offer, his trademark deal and most heinous crime. He peddles it against the tide of history and all human experience, as if invasion, genocide, racial inequality, economic exploitation and cultural conquest had never been tried before. If it wasn’t clear already, it is now. He wants to rule the world.
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Match ID: 1 Score: 40.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 40.00 china
Hamilton hits out at 'yapping' critics after China sprint win
Sat, 22 Mar 2025 12:18:30 GMT
Lewis Hamilton hits out at "yapping" critics after taking his first win for Ferrari in the sprint race at the Chinese Grand Prix.
Match ID: 2 Score: 40.00 source: www.bbc.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 40.00 china
BYD's 5-Minute EV Charging Sounds Great. But How Useful Is it?
Sat, 22 Mar 2025 11:00:00 +0000
Fast charging is viable, but experts say building the actual charging stations will be the tricky—and potentially very expensive—part.
Match ID: 3 Score: 40.00 source: www.wired.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 40.00 china
The obscure Jimmy Lai ruling that exposed the erosion of Hong Kong’s rule of law
Sat, 22 Mar 2025 00:30:35 GMT
The moves that barred the media mogul’s choice of lawyer are immune from legal challenge, giving the national security committee what one expert called ‘the powers of a police state’
The dwindling freedom in Hong Kong over the past few years has been described as “death by a thousand cuts”. Critics have been jailed, elections have been transformed into “patriots only” affairs, journalists have been harassed and hundreds of thousands of people have left.
This week, an obscure legal development has, in the eyes of some legal experts, inflicted another cut on the city’s once revered legal system.
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Match ID: 4 Score: 40.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 1 day
qualifiers: 40.00 china
Elon Musk to visit Pentagon to discuss China and DOGE reforms, officials say
Fri, 21 Mar 2025 10:32:13 +0000
Match ID: 5 Score: 40.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 1 day
qualifiers: 40.00 china
Who's Elon Musk’s Biggest Fan? His Mom
Thu, 20 Mar 2025 17:37:18 +0000
On this episode of Uncanny Valley, we tell you everything you need to know about Maye Musk.
Match ID: 6 Score: 40.00 source: www.wired.com age: 2 days
qualifiers: 40.00 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: 7 Score: 40.00 source: www.esa.int age: 2 days
qualifiers: 40.00 japan
Low-Cost Drone Add-Ons From China Let Anyone With a Credit Card Turn Toys Into Weapons of War
Thu, 20 Mar 2025 09:00:00 +0000
Chinese ecommerce giants like Temu and AliExpress sell drone accessories like those used by soldiers in the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
Match ID: 8 Score: 40.00 source: www.wired.com age: 2 days
qualifiers: 40.00 china
MS Dhoni: The 43-year-old Indian cricket icon gears up for another IPL
Sun, 23 Mar 2025 01:50:23 GMT
Dhoni, who turns 44 in July, is playing his 18th straight IPL season. Will this be his swansong?
Match ID: 9 Score: 35.00 source: www.bbc.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 35.00 india
Draper shocked by Mensik in Miami Open second round
Sat, 22 Mar 2025 21:53:03 GMT
British number one Jack Draper loses in straight sets to Jakub Mensik at the Miami Open in his first match since lifting the Indian Wells title.
Match ID: 10 Score: 35.00 source: www.bbc.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 35.00 india
Indian Wells champion Jack Draper dealt reality check by Jakub Mensik
Sat, 22 Mar 2025 21:42:48 GMT
- Briton loses 7-6 (2) 7-6 (3) in Miami Open second round
- Jacob Fearnley also exits at hands of Alexander Zverev
Just under a week after pulling off the greatest achievement of his career so far, the next task for Jack Draper was to cast all thoughts of his sublime Indian Wells title run to the back of his mind while maintaining the form that had taken his tennis to new heights.
Performing at the highest level week after week regardless of circumstances and conditions remains one of the toughest challenges in professional tennis and on Saturday it proved a step too far. Draper fell back to earth with an unsatisfying 7-6 (2), 7-6 (3) defeat to the 19-year-old Jakub Mensik of the Czech Republic in the second round of the Miami Open.
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Match ID: 11 Score: 35.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 35.00 india
He Sued Trump Over Free Speech. Then ICE Demanded He Turn Himself In.
Fri, 21 Mar 2025 21:34:51 +0000
Cornell student Momodou Taal’s lawyers said the demand was “retribution” for his lawsuit against the crackdown on pro-Palestine speech.
The post He Sued Trump Over Free Speech. Then ICE Demanded He Turn Himself In. appeared first on The Intercept.
Match ID: 12 Score: 35.00 source: theintercept.com age: 1 day
qualifiers: 35.00 india
X sues Modi's government over content removal in new India censorship fight
Thu, 20 Mar 2025 21:12:07 GMT
Elon Musk’s company is arguing against the government’s expanded powers to allow easier removal of online content
India’s IT ministry has unlawfully expanded censorship powers to allow the easier removal of online content and empowered “countless” government officials to execute such orders, Elon Musk’s X has alleged in a new lawsuit against New Delhi.
The lawsuit and the allegations mark an escalation in an ongoing legal dispute between X and the government of India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, over how New Delhi orders content to be taken down. It also comes as Musk is getting closer to launching his other key ventures, Starlink and Tesla, in India.
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Match ID: 13 Score: 35.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 2 days
qualifiers: 35.00 india
Australian tourist killed and two injured as snorkelling boat capsizes off Bali
Sat, 22 Mar 2025 01:03:08 GMT
Boat carrying 13 people capsizes in rough seas while travelling to island of Nusa Penida
A snorkelling boat carrying 13 people, including 11 Australian tourists, capsized in rough seas off Indonesia’s resort island of Bali on Friday, killing a woman and injuring two others, police said.
The Sea Dragon boat was on its way from a port in Bali to Nusa Penida, a popular tiny island near Bali, when it was overwhelmed by high waves, local police spokesperson Agus Widiono said.
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Match ID: 14 Score: 30.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 1 day
qualifiers: 30.00 indonesia
Flights leaving Bali cancelled after volcanic eruption shoots ash plume 8km into sky
Fri, 21 Mar 2025 04:03:58 GMT
Indonesia’s 1,700m Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki erupted for 11 minutes on Thursday, causing ash cloud but no damage to nearby villages on the island of Flores
At least seven international flights from Indonesia’s resort island Bali have been cancelled, an airport official said on Friday, after a volcano in the archipelago nation’s east erupted, shooting dark ash 8km into the sky.
Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki, a 1,703m (5,587ft) twin-peaked volcano on the tourist island of Flores, erupted for 11 minutes and nine seconds late on Thursday, authorities said, raising the volcano’s alert status to the highest level.
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Match ID: 15 Score: 30.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 2 days
qualifiers: 30.00 indonesia
West Papuan Indigenous people call for KitKat boycott over alleged ecocide
Thu, 20 Mar 2025 18:14:29 GMT
Thousands of acres of rainforest is being cleared to produce palm oil, used in popular Nestlé and Mondelēz brands
West Papua’s Indigenous people have called for a boycott of KitKat, Smarties and Aero chocolate, Oreo biscuits and Ritz crackers, and the cosmetics brands Pantene and Herbal Essences, over alleged ecocide in their territory.
All are products that contain palm oil and are made, say the campaigners, by companies that source the ingredient directly from West Papua, which has been under Indonesian control since 1963 and where thousands of acres of rainforest are being cleared for agriculture.
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Match ID: 16 Score: 30.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 2 days
qualifiers: 30.00 indonesia
Trump Reasserts U.S. as the World’s Policeman With Massive Yemen Escalation
Mon, 17 Mar 2025 20:51:37 +0000
Trump’s bid for regime change in Yemen should be anathema to both America Firsters and Democrats, but will anyone speak out?
The post Trump Reasserts U.S. as the World’s Policeman With Massive Yemen Escalation appeared first on The Intercept.
Match ID: 17 Score: 22.86 source: theintercept.com age: 5 days
qualifiers: 22.86 china
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: 18 Score: 22.86 source: www.economist.com age: 5 days
qualifiers: 22.86 china
Taiwan warns of growing Chinese threat, partly to secure Trump’s support
Fri, 21 Mar 2025 14:32:38 +0000
Match ID: 19 Score: 20.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 1 day
qualifiers: 20.00 taiwan
Trump Rushes Deportations Using a Wartime Law With a Shameful History
Sun, 16 Mar 2025 06:22:11 +0000
Trump says the Alien Enemies Act gives him power to deport people he alleges are linked to the Tren de Aragua prison gang.
The post Trump Rushes Deportations Using a Wartime Law With a Shameful History appeared first on The Intercept.
Match ID: 20 Score: 17.14 source: theintercept.com age: 6 days
qualifiers: 17.14 japan
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.
Match ID: 21 Score: 15.00 source: hbswk.hbs.edu age: 150 days
qualifiers: 7.14 china trade, 5.71 china, 2.14 vietnam
Trump and Biden Financed Duterte’s Crimes. They Too Should Pay for It.
Wed, 19 Mar 2025 17:44:49 +0000
Will the international community hold accountable those who financed and were complicit in Rodrigo Duterte’s bloody, state-sanctioned killing campaign?
The post Trump and Biden Financed Duterte’s Crimes. They Too Should Pay for It. appeared first on The Intercept.
Match ID: 22 Score: 12.86 source: theintercept.com age: 3 days
qualifiers: 12.86 philippines
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: 23 Score: 10.71 source: www.economist.com age: 206 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china, 5.00 india
Brazil, India and Mexico are taking on China’s exports
Thu, 23 May 2024 10:13:46 +0000
To avoid an economic shock, they are pursuing a strange mix of free trade and protectionism
Match ID: 24 Score: 10.71 source: www.economist.com age: 303 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china, 5.00 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: 25 Score: 8.57 source: www.theguardian.com age: 22 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china, 2.86 taiwan
TP-Link Router Botnet
2025-03-14T11:02:58Z
There is a new botnet that is infecting TP-Link routers:
The botnet can lead to command injection which then makes remote code execution (RCE) possible so that the malware can spread itself across the internet automatically. This high severity security flaw (tracked as CVE-2023-1389) has also been used to spread other malware families as far back as April 2023 when it was used in the Mirai botnet malware attacks. The flaw also linked to the Condi and AndroxGh0st malware attacks.
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Of the thousands of infected devices, the majority of them are concentrated in Brazil, Poland, the United Kingdom, Bulgaria and Turkey; with the botnet targeting manufacturing, medical/healthcare, services and technology organizations in the United States, Australia, China and Mexico...
Match ID: 26 Score: 5.71 source: www.schneier.com age: 8 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china
Pentagon Cuts Threaten Programs That Secure Loose Nukes and Weapons of Mass Destruction
Thu, 06 Mar 2025 19:22:52 +0000
Documents obtained by WIRED show the US Department of Defense is considering cutting up to 75 percent of workers who stop the spread of chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons.
Match ID: 27 Score: 5.71 source: www.wired.com age: 16 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china
US Charges 12 Alleged Spies in China’s Freewheeling Hacker-for-Hire Ecosystem
Wed, 05 Mar 2025 17:12:56 +0000
The Justice Department claims 10 alleged hackers and two Chinese government officials took part in a wave of cyberattacks around the globe that included breaching the US Treasury Department and more.
Match ID: 28 Score: 5.71 source: www.wired.com age: 17 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china
1 Million Third-Party Android Devices Have a Secret Backdoor for Scammers
Wed, 05 Mar 2025 11:00:00 +0000
New research shows at least a million inexpensive Android devices—from TV streaming boxes to car infotainment systems—are compromised to allow bad actors to commit ad fraud and other cybercrime.
Match ID: 29 Score: 5.71 source: www.wired.com age: 17 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: 30 Score: 5.71 source: www.politico.com age: 19 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: 31 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 19 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: 32 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 30 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china
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: 33 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 46 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: 34 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 49 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: 35 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 58 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: 36 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 58 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: 37 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 64 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china
China’s markets take a fresh beating
Tue, 07 Jan 2025 16:30:24 +0000
Authorities have responded by bossing around investors
Match ID: 38 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 74 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china
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: 39 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 83 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: 40 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 100 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: 41 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 107 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: 42 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 111 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: 43 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 111 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: 44 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 121 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: 45 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 124 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: 46 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 128 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: 47 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 142 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china
Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Japanese atomic bomb survivors
Fri, 11 Oct 2024 09:05:00 GMT
Match ID: 48 Score: 5.71 source: www.marketwatch.com age: 162 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: 49 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 163 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china
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: 50 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 176 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china
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: 51 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 179 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: 52 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 188 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: 53 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 191 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china
China is suffering from a crisis of confidence
Thu, 05 Sep 2024 09:53:31 +0000
Can anything perk up its economy?
Match ID: 54 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 198 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china
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: 55 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 205 days
qualifiers: 5.71 japan
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: 56 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 220 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: 57 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 228 days
qualifiers: 5.71 japan
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: 58 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 229 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: 59 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 232 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: 60 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 235 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china
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: 61 Score: 5.71 source: www.nasa.gov age: 247 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: 62 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 247 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: 63 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 250 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china
China’s currency is not as influential as once imagined
Thu, 13 Jun 2024 09:38:25 +0000
Its share of international reserves has stalled
Match ID: 64 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 282 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china
China is distorting its stockmarket by trying to prop it up
Mon, 10 Jun 2024 18:14:09 +0000
State purchases of shares are bad enough, but other measures are far more destructive
Match ID: 65 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 285 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china
China’s economic model retains a dangerous allure
Mon, 03 Jun 2024 17:08:43 +0000
Despite the country’s current struggles, autocrats elsewhere see a lot to admire
Match ID: 66 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 292 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china
Xi Jinping’s surprising new source of economic advice
Thu, 30 May 2024 10:06:54 +0000
What China’s leader may learn from a pair of reform-minded academics
Match ID: 67 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 296 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china
Pakistan accuses India of sponsoring militant terror group after train hijacking
Fri, 14 Mar 2025 18:40:24 GMT
A spokesperson offered no evidence for the claim after 26 people were killed on a train that was hijacked in Balochistan province on Tuesday
Pakistan’s military has accused neighbouring India of sponsoring militant groups in the south-west of the country as survivors recounted their ordeal from an unprecedented attack that killed 26 passengers on a hijacked train.
The scope of the attack in Balochistan province underscores the struggles that Pakistan faces to rein in militant groups.
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Match ID: 68 Score: 5.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 8 days
qualifiers: 5.00 india
US journalist sues Indian government after losing his overseas citizenship
Thu, 13 Mar 2025 18:15:09 GMT
Raphael Satter had his OCI card taken away after publishing a story critical of an Indian businessman
A US journalist has taken the Indian government to court after his Indian overseas citizenship was unilaterally cancelled, after the publication of a story critical of a prominent Indian businessman.
Raphael Satter, who covers cybersecurity for the Reuters news agency in the US, received a letter from India’s ministry of home affairs in early December 2023, accusing him of producing work that “maliciously” tarnished India’s reputation and informing him that his Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) card had been cancelled.
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Match ID: 69 Score: 5.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 9 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: 70 Score: 5.00 source: www.economist.com age: 23 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: 71 Score: 5.00 source: www.economist.com age: 44 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: 72 Score: 5.00 source: www.economist.com age: 84 days
qualifiers: 5.00 india
India is undergoing an astonishing stockmarket revolution
Thu, 07 Nov 2024 11:12:08 +0000
Small investors, rejoice—and beware
Match ID: 73 Score: 5.00 source: www.economist.com age: 135 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: 74 Score: 5.00 source: www.economist.com age: 163 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: 75 Score: 5.00 source: www.economist.com age: 233 days
qualifiers: 5.00 india
Indian state capitalism looks to be in trouble
Thu, 20 Jun 2024 09:59:48 +0000
A weakened Narendra Modi is bad news for investors in government-controlled firms
Match ID: 76 Score: 5.00 source: www.economist.com age: 275 days
qualifiers: 5.00 india
Foreign investors are rejecting Indian stocks
Thu, 30 May 2024 10:05:08 +0000
A roaring economy is not enough to entice them
Match ID: 77 Score: 5.00 source: www.economist.com age: 296 days
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Will services make the world rich?
Mon, 24 Jun 2024 20:51:25 +0000
American fried chicken can now be served from the Philippines
Match ID: 78 Score: 2.14 source: www.economist.com age: 271 days
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‘OpenAI’ Job Scam Targeted International Workers Through Telegram
Tue, 25 Feb 2025 11:30:00 +0000
An alleged job scam, led by “Aiden” from “OpenAI,” recruited workers in Bangladesh for months before disappearing overnight, according to FTC complaints obtained by WIRED.
Match ID: 79 Score: 1.43 source: www.wired.com age: 25 days
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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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10 recipes to pack on your cherry blossom picnic
Sat, 22 Mar 2025 14:00:05 +0000
Enjoy the beauty of D.C.’s cherry blossoms while they last with a spread of spring salads, pink sweets and more.
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Yotam Ottolenghi’s recipes for roast chicken with butter beans, and potatoes with peppers and garlic
Sat, 22 Mar 2025 10:00:48 GMT
Beans, herbs and peppers add a tasty twist to the classic combination our parents cooked for us
• Read Yotam on ditching fad diets
Cooked slowly in the chicken juices, the butter beans are creamy and rich on the bottom and satisfyingly crispy on top. You can easily swap them with chickpeas or other legumes. Look online for a quick guide on how to spatchcock a chicken. It really is very simple and it makes the chicken cook evenly. All you need is a pair of heavy-duty scissors or standard garden secateurs.
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Poet Jason Allen-Paisant: ‘We belong in the picture’
Sat, 22 Mar 2025 18:00:01 GMT
The Jamaican-born author on exploring nature and black identity in his nonfiction debut, his chaotic writing habits, and how the TS Eliot prize changed his life
Jason Allen-Paisant, born in Jamaica in 1980, is a poet, writer and academic. Currently a professor of critical theory and creative writing at Manchester University, he released his debut poetry collection, Thinking With Trees, in 2021. His second collection, Self-Portrait as Othello, (2023) won the TS Eliot and the Forward prize. Through time spent in the north of England and Jamaica’s rural Coffee Grove district, his debut in nonfiction, The Possibility of Tenderness (Penguin), intimately explores ideas around class, leisure, economics and self-discovery, looking closely at the life of his farmer grandmother, as well as the plants and people that shaped who he is today. Allen-Paisant lives in Leeds with his wife and two children.
The Possibility of Tenderness is a departure from your work in poetry. How did you go about writing it?
I started with a mix of poetry and prose. Then I thought to write a series of essays [and] hammer out some of these big questions around leisure and class within nature but I remember thinking: “All of the ideas that I’m talking about in a theoretical way, I can bring them all out if I just tell a story.” My grandma, “Mama”, she’s the protagonist outside myself. I can use the story of her life to talk about planting, food independence, food sovereignty, living with plants, plants as medicine, globalisation and its effects and kinship with the land.
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Breakfast fads come and go, but at heart, is Britain a nation of cereal eaters? | Rachel Cooke
Sat, 22 Mar 2025 17:00:55 GMT
There are times when a bowl of cornflakes is more enticing than dragging ourselves out for dinner. And avocados? Forget it
At a party not so long ago, a friend told me that she was about to leave. “I’m hungry,” she said, her eyes sliding towards the coats. “I’m going home for a bowl of Weetabix.” I greeted this with some surprise, if not outright derision. Wouldn’t she prefer a pizza with me? But already she was entering an ecstatic state. “Weetabix is lovely,” she went on. “Sugar, cold milk … ” Half a century of eating the stuff had taught her the optimum point at which to devour it, a fleeting moment she could judge by sight. Its biscuit-dryness had to be gone, but it needed to be soft rather than soggy. Her eyes half closed, she wantonly mimed pushing a spoon into this late-night ambrosia.
I thought of this the other day, when Alan Titchmarsh, TV gardener and aspirant steamy novelist, informed the nation it should stop eating avocados on the grounds of their environmental impact (to summarise: many of those sold in the UK are grown on land that was formerly rainforest; their cultivation involves huge amounts of water in places where it’s scarce; they must be shipped 5,000 miles or more to reach us). “There’s a lot to be said for cornflakes, Weetabix and Shreddies,” he announced, deploying the homely tartness that made him such a hit on Pebble Mill and Ground Force to deal with the 21st-century hipster breakfast of choice. Ha! Next time my friend refused a dinner date on the grounds that she would rather commune with a bowl of cereal, I would have no choice but to mention him. Several times. In my best (native) Yorkshire accent.
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Match ID: 3 Score: 30.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
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George Foreman: a charmer who left his mark in the dirt and dust of the fight game
Sat, 22 Mar 2025 16:44:47 GMT
Former heavyweight champion was always more complex and interesting than his contrasting personae suggested
Boxing seems a smaller and darker world now. George Foreman has gone and, with his death, he takes a little more of the fading light and lost glory of the ring with him. My own life in boxing, which stretches across 55 years, can be divided into stages and all of them carry markers Foreman left in the dirt and dust of the fight game.
From the malevolent force he personified when he became heavyweight champion of the world to the lovable old grandad making hundreds of millions as the face of a food grill business, Foreman could be easily caricatured. But he was always more complex and interesting than his contrasting personae suggested.
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Hot dog towers are the high-low mashup we didn’t know we needed
Sat, 22 Mar 2025 16:00:26 +0000
Hot dog towers might be the new seafood towers in these precarious financial times.
Match ID: 5 Score: 30.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 0 days
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Dame Denise Lewis: ‘I love an apple crumble – just don’t talk to me while I enjoy myself’
Sat, 22 Mar 2025 16:00:54 GMT
The broadcaster and Olympic gold medallist on her favourite dessert, batch cooking with her mum and how to make the perfect gin and tonic
I was a naughty athlete. Ask Daley [Thompson] and Linford [Christie]: they didn’t drink, and they still don’t drink. Not a drop passes their lips. Those are the consummate athletes. I was a mischievous athlete. You know the little miniature bottles of Drambuie? My roommates would notice at the end of a competition that Lewis would have a little Drambuie. Delicious! But when I won the gold medal [at the 2000 Olympics] I actually had a bottle of bubbly for that. My roomies must have thought it was going to happen, so they had a little bottle for me.
My early memories are of food associated with my heritage and my mum: a lot of big flavours, a lot of curry chicken. One dish I can actually taste in my mouth now is snapper, which is a very popular fish in the Caribbean. Especially on Good Friday – we only had fish, so she would prepare whole snapper in a pan, with onions, peppers, a lot of black pepper and fish seasoning. It was just heaven. Whether you ate it hot or cold, that snapper would just be exquisite.
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Match ID: 6 Score: 30.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
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‘We’re in an impossible situation’: co-founder of London bakery targeted with graffiti reacts
Sat, 22 Mar 2025 11:35:28 GMT
Vandals accuse Dusty Knuckle of gentrification in Haringey despite its work with at-risk young people
An east London bakery – as famous for its long-fermented breads as the work it does with at-risk young people – has been targeted by vandals accusing it of destroying their local community.
Ashley Walters, Jamie Oliver and Yotam Ottolenghi are among fans of the Dusty Knuckle’s menu, from its £11.50, two-hander, pilpelchuma celeriac sandwich to its £7.60 egg, pickled green chilli and cheese focaccia.
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‘I didn’t hate it, but I didn’t feel particularly well afterwards’: the best (and worst) vegan cheese, tested
Sat, 22 Mar 2025 10:00:48 GMT
Which brand makes the cheesiest cheddar alternative? And whose tastes like grout? Meera Sodha samples popular plant-based blocks
• ‘Hands down my favourite bit of kit’: 13 kitchen gadgets top chefs can’t live without
When I was asked to review plant-based cheeses, I thought twice about doing so. Although there are some companies, usually smaller operations, that make non-dairy cheese out of fermented nuts or soya beans, more often than not it’s manufactured by big companies who are adept at recreating flavours, but who use ultra-processed ingredients such as emulsifiers, stabilisers and additives to get there.
I’ve used vegan cheese only a handful of times in the eight years I’ve been writing my vegan column for the Guardian, partly because I like to know what’s going into my body (and, on reading the ingredients, I am often bamboozled), and also because it varies so wildly in terms of how it behaves: does it melt, split, grate and, most importantly, how does it taste? For a food writer, that makes it tricky to use and make sure there’s consistency in the journey between my kitchen and yours.
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Hill Country raised the bar for barbecue in D.C. Now it’s closing.
Sat, 22 Mar 2025 09:00:55 +0000
The Penn Quarter meat market that helped spread the gospel of Texas-style barbecue will close March 28.
Match ID: 9 Score: 30.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 0 days
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USDA cancels $500M in food deliveries, leaving food banks scrambling
Fri, 21 Mar 2025 19:07:29 +0000
Match ID: 10 Score: 30.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 1 day
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Hungryroot Meal Kit Review (2025): AI-Guided Menu
Fri, 21 Mar 2025 18:36:15 +0000
Hungryroot is a shockingly innovative meal kit. Though the results can be more like fast-casual meal assembly than cooking.
Match ID: 11 Score: 30.00 source: www.wired.com age: 1 day
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You asked: How long do dried beans last?
Fri, 21 Mar 2025 14:00:00 +0000
The answer to a reader question about the shelf life of beans is more about quality than safety.
Match ID: 12 Score: 30.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 1 day
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Glacier meltdown risks food and water supply of 2 billion people, says UN
Thu, 20 Mar 2025 23:00:42 GMT
Unesco report highlights ‘unprecedented’ glacier loss driven by climate crisis, threatening ecosystems, agriculture and water sources
Retreating glaciers threaten the food and water supply of 2 billion people around the world, the UN has warned, as current “unprecedented” rates of melting will have unpredictable consequences.
Two-thirds of all irrigated agriculture in the world is likely to be affected in some way by receding glaciers and dwindling snowfall in mountain regions, driven by the climate crisis, according to a Unesco report.
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West Papuan Indigenous people call for KitKat boycott over alleged ecocide
Thu, 20 Mar 2025 18:14:29 GMT
Thousands of acres of rainforest is being cleared to produce palm oil, used in popular Nestlé and Mondelēz brands
West Papua’s Indigenous people have called for a boycott of KitKat, Smarties and Aero chocolate, Oreo biscuits and Ritz crackers, and the cosmetics brands Pantene and Herbal Essences, over alleged ecocide in their territory.
All are products that contain palm oil and are made, say the campaigners, by companies that source the ingredient directly from West Papua, which has been under Indonesian control since 1963 and where thousands of acres of rainforest are being cleared for agriculture.
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The best Mother’s Day gifts: 68 thoughtful ideas for £50 and under they’ll love
Thu, 20 Mar 2025 17:00:36 GMT
From a reading light to a gardening knife, a meditation cushion to a birthstone ring, these fun, and often useful, gifts tick every box
• The best flower delivery: seven favourites, freshly picked
Whether you’re 16 or 60, shopping for your own mum or someone else’s, Mother’s Day gifts needn’t be formulaic. In fact, we’d argue that they should be thoughtful, fun or useful (but possibly not too useful), or provide a moment of escape. There’s no worse gift than one bought out of obligation, unconsidered and, therefore, underused.
We hope this carefully curated guide of 68 presents will spark some ideas for the mothers in your life. Whether she’s in the first frazzle of parenthood, sitting on an empty nest, or anything in between, we’ve got Mother’s Day covered.
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Match ID: 15 Score: 30.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 2 days
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Israel Violated the Gaza Ceasefire From the Start. Why Won’t the Media Tell You That?
Wed, 19 Mar 2025 13:10:29 +0000
Long before this week’s deadly strikes, Israel failed to abide by the terms of its ceasefire deal with Hamas.
The post Israel Violated the Gaza Ceasefire From the Start. Why Won’t the Media Tell You That? appeared first on The Intercept.
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Each week we’ll send you an exclusive newsletter from our star food writers. We’ll also send you the latest recipes from Yotam Ottolenghi, Nigel Slater, Meera Sodha and all our star cooks, stand-out food features and seasonal eating inspiration, plus restaurant reviews from Grace Dent and Jay Rayner.
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Match ID: 17 Score: 7.14 source: www.theguardian.com age: 2083 days
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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 […]
Match ID: 18 Score: 4.29 source: www.nasa.gov age: 8 days
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Lab-grown food could be sold in UK within two years
Mon, 10 Mar 2025 01:38:42 GMT
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is looking at how it can speed up the approval process for lab-grown foods.
Match ID: 19 Score: 4.29 source: www.bbc.com age: 13 days
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How plastics are invading our brain cells – video
Thu, 06 Mar 2025 10:14:00 GMT
Plastics are everywhere, but their smallest fragments – nanoplastics – are making their way into the deepest parts of our bodies, including our brains and breast milk.
Scientists have now captured the first visual evidence of these particles inside human cells, raising urgent questions about their impact on our health. From the food we eat to the air we breathe, how are nanoplastics infiltrating our systems?
Neelam Tailor looks into the invisible invasion happening inside us all
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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: 21 Score: 4.29 source: www.nasa.gov age: 247 days
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ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/17/2024
Wed, 17 Jul 2024 16:00:39 +0000
Boeing CST-100 Crewed Flight Test (CFT): Today, the CFT crew assisted the ISS crew by completing the ongoing Plant Water Management 6 (PWM-6) activities. Payloads: Plant Ultraviolet-B (Plant UV-B): A laptop was connected and setup in preparation for future Plant UV-B operations. More information on this experiment can be found here. Plant Water Management 6 …
Match ID: 22 Score: 4.29 source: www.nasa.gov age: 248 days
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ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/16/2024
Tue, 16 Jul 2024 16:00:17 +0000
Boeing CST-100 Crewed Flight Test (CFT): Today, the CFT crew assisted the ISS crew by completing a Waste Hygiene Compartment (WHC) Filter Removal & Replacement (R&R), and completing various hydroponic flow tests with Plant Water Management 6 (PWM-6) hardware. Payloads: Lumina: The crew power-cycled the Lumina hardware, and transferred the science data to a Station …
Match ID: 23 Score: 4.29 source: www.nasa.gov age: 249 days
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ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/15/2024
Mon, 15 Jul 2024 16:00:09 +0000
Boeing CST-100 Crewed Flight Test (CFT): Today, the CFT crew assisted the ISS crew by performing a USOS food audit and continuing to complete different payload activities. Payloads: Combustion Integrated Rack (CIR): Fuel Oxidizer Management Assembly (FOMA) Calibration was performed. The upper rack doors were opened, the bottle valves were closed, the pressure in the …
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What is Blockchain: Everything You Need to Know (2022)
Mon, 18 Apr 2022 05:49:00 +0000
If you want to pay online, you need to register an account and provide credit card information. If you don't have a credit card, you can pay with bank transfer. With the rise of cryptocurrencies, these methods may become old.Imagine a world in which you can do transactions and many other things without having to give your personal information. A world in which you don’t need to rely on banks or governments anymore. Sounds amazing, right? That’s exactly what blockchain technology allows us to do.
It’s like your computer’s hard drive. blockchain is a technology that lets you store data in digital blocks, which are connected together like links in a chain.
Blockchain technology was originally invented in 1991 by two mathematicians, Stuart Haber and W. Scot Stornetta. They first proposed the system to ensure that timestamps could not be tampered with.
A few years later, in 1998, software developer Nick Szabo proposed using a similar kind of technology to secure a digital payments system he called “Bit Gold.” However, this innovation was not adopted until Satoshi Nakamoto claimed to have invented the first Blockchain and Bitcoin.
So, What is Blockchain?
A blockchain is a distributed database shared between the nodes of a computer network. It saves information in digital format. Many people first heard of blockchain technology when they started to look up information about bitcoin.
Blockchain is used in cryptocurrency systems to ensure secure, decentralized records of transactions.
Blockchain allowed people to guarantee the fidelity and security of a record of data without the need for a third party to ensure accuracy.
To understand how a blockchain works, Consider these basic steps:
- Blockchain collects information in “blocks”.
- A block has a storage capacity, and once it's used up, it can be closed and linked to a previously served block.
- Blocks form chains, which are called “Blockchains.”
- More information will be added to the block with the most content until its capacity is full. The process repeats itself.
- Each block in the chain has an exact timestamp and can't be changed.
Let’s get to know more about the blockchain.
How does blockchain work?
Blockchain records digital information and distributes it across the network without changing it. The information is distributed among many users and stored in an immutable, permanent ledger that can't be changed or destroyed. That's why blockchain is also called "Distributed Ledger Technology" or DLT.
Here’s how it works:
- Someone or a computer will transacts
- The transaction is transmitted throughout the network.
- A network of computers can confirm the transaction.
- When it is confirmed a transaction is added to a block
- The blocks are linked together to create a history.
And that’s the beauty of it! The process may seem complicated, but it’s done in minutes with modern technology. And because technology is advancing rapidly, I expect things to move even more quickly than ever.
- A new transaction is added to the system. It is then relayed to a network of computers located around the world. The computers then solve equations to ensure the authenticity of the transaction.
- Once a transaction is confirmed, it is placed in a block after the confirmation. All of the blocks are chained together to create a permanent history of every transaction.
How are Blockchains used?
Even though blockchain is integral to cryptocurrency, it has other applications. For example, blockchain can be used for storing reliable data about transactions. Many people confuse blockchain with cryptocurrencies like bitcoin and ethereum.
Blockchain already being adopted by some big-name companies, such as Walmart, AIG, Siemens, Pfizer, and Unilever. For example, IBM's Food Trust uses blockchain to track food's journey before reaching its final destination.
Although some of you may consider this practice excessive, food suppliers and manufacturers adhere to the policy of tracing their products because bacteria such as E. coli and Salmonella have been found in packaged foods. In addition, there have been isolated cases where dangerous allergens such as peanuts have accidentally been introduced into certain products.
Tracing and identifying the sources of an outbreak is a challenging task that can take months or years. Thanks to the Blockchain, however, companies now know exactly where their food has been—so they can trace its location and prevent future outbreaks.
Blockchain technology allows systems to react much faster in the event of a hazard. It also has many other uses in the modern world.
What is Blockchain Decentralization?
Blockchain technology is safe, even if it’s public. People can access the technology using an internet connection.
Have you ever been in a situation where you had all your data stored at one place and that one secure place got compromised? Wouldn't it be great if there was a way to prevent your data from leaking out even when the security of your storage systems is compromised?
Blockchain technology provides a way of avoiding this situation by using multiple computers at different locations to store information about transactions. If one computer experiences problems with a transaction, it will not affect the other nodes.
Instead, other nodes will use the correct information to cross-reference your incorrect node. This is called “Decentralization,” meaning all the information is stored in multiple places.
Blockchain guarantees your data's authenticity—not just its accuracy, but also its irreversibility. It can also be used to store data that are difficult to register, like legal contracts, state identifications, or a company's product inventory.
Pros and Cons of Blockchain
Blockchain has many advantages and disadvantages.
Pros
- Accuracy is increased because there is no human involvement in the verification process.
- One of the great things about decentralization is that it makes information harder to tamper with.
- Safe, private, and easy transactions
- Provides a banking alternative and safe storage of personal information
Cons
- Data storage has limits.
- The regulations are always changing, as they differ from place to place.
- It has a risk of being used for illicit activities
Frequently Asked Questions About Blockchain
I’ll answer the most frequently asked questions about blockchain in this section.
Is Blockchain a cryptocurrency?
Blockchain is not a cryptocurrency but a technology that makes cryptocurrencies possible. It's a digital ledger that records every transaction seamlessly.
Is it possible for Blockchain to be hacked?
Yes, blockchain can be theoretically hacked, but it is a complicated task to be achieved. A network of users constantly reviews it, which makes hacking the blockchain difficult.
What is the most prominent blockchain company?
Coinbase Global is currently the biggest blockchain company in the world. The company runs a commendable infrastructure, services, and technology for the digital currency economy.
Who owns Blockchain?
Blockchain is a decentralized technology. It’s a chain of distributed ledgers connected with nodes. Each node can be any electronic device. Thus, one owns blockhain.
What is the difference between Bitcoin and Blockchain technology?
Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency, which is powered by Blockchain technology while Blockchain is a distributed ledger of cryptocurrency
What is the difference between Blockchain and a Database?
Generally a database is a collection of data which can be stored and organized using a database management system. The people who have access to the database can view or edit the information stored there. The client-server network architecture is used to implement databases. whereas a blockchain is a growing list of records, called blocks, stored in a distributed system. Each block contains a cryptographic hash of the previous block, timestamp and transaction information. Modification of data is not allowed due to the design of the blockchain. The technology allows decentralized control and eliminates risks of data modification by other parties.
Final Saying
Blockchain has a wide spectrum of applications and, over the next 5-10 years, we will likely see it being integrated into all sorts of industries. From finance to healthcare, blockchain could revolutionize the way we store and share data. Although there is some hesitation to adopt blockchain systems right now, that won't be the case in 2022-2023 (and even less so in 2026). Once people become more comfortable with the technology and understand how it can work for them, owners, CEOs and entrepreneurs alike will be quick to leverage blockchain technology for their own gain. Hope you like this article if you have any question let me know in the comments section
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