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They Used to Say Arabs Can’t Have Democracy Because It’d Be Bad for Israel. Now the U.S. Can’t Have It Either.
Wed, 08 May 2024 17:06:07 +0000
On campus, inside the Capitol, and in court, there’s an all-out assault on American democracy in the name of Israel.
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Bookkeeping with a bang: Manchester’s stage spectacular The Accountants – in pictures
Tue, 07 May 2024 08:22:02 GMT
A world premiere presented by Factory International, The Accountants combines one tale of two auditing firms with another of friends who have connected British Indian and British Chinese heritages
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Castoffs to catwalk: fashion show shines light on vast Chile clothes dump visible from space
Wed, 08 May 2024 09:00:38 GMT
The Atacama desert has become a ‘global sacrifice zone’ of used fast fashion. Activists and designers organised an event to raise awareness of the devastation to the land and people
Draped in layers of denim, Sadlin Charles walks the catwalk of sand between piles of discarded clothes and tyres in Chile’s Atacama desert. His outfit has been made from items found in the surrounding heaps of rubbish, which are so vast they can be seen from space. Almost all of this waste has come from countries thousands of miles away, including the US, China, South Korea and the UK.
A staggering 60,000 tonnes of used clothing is shipped to Chile each year. According to the latest UN figures, Chile is the third largest importer of secondhand clothes in the world. Some of these clothes are resold in secondhand markets, but at least 39,000 tonnes ends up being illegally dumped in the Atacama desert. The desert is one of the country’s most popular tourism destinations, famed for its otherworldly beauty and stargazing, but for those living near the dump sites it has become a place of devastation.
Sadlin Charles models denim salvaged from discarded garments at Atacama fashion week
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Two poems, four years in detention: the Chinese dissident who smuggled his writing out of prison
Thu, 09 May 2024 04:00:40 GMT
My poems were written in anger after Tiananmen Square. But what motivates most prison writing is a fear of forgetting. Today I am free, but the regime has never stopped its war on words
Most of my manuscripts are locked up in the filing cabinets of the ministry of security, and the agents there study and ponder them repeatedly, more carefully than the creator himself. The guys working this racket have superb memories; a certain chief of the Chengdu public security bureau can still recite the poems I published in an underground magazine in the 1980s. While the literati write nostalgically, hoping to go down in literary history, the real history may be locked in the vaults of the security department.
The above is excerpted from my book June 4: My Testimony, published in Taiwan in 2011. I wrote that book three times, the later drafts on paper much better than the paper I used for writing in prison, which was so soft and brittle I had to write very lightly. Paper outside prison is solid and flexible enough that you don’t have to worry about puncturing it with the tip of a pen. Thus, I restrained myself and filled in a page of paper, and then how many thousand – ten thousand? More? How many ant-sized words can be packed on to a page? Who knows.
On 10 October 1995, at two in the afternoon, three police cars carrying about a dozen special agents burst in on me. Everything was carried out in accordance with “legal procedures”, the officers’ IDs and search warrant were presented, the entire search process was meticulously videotaped, and all written matter in the house (including manuscripts, letters, and notes) was confiscated. And this included the very nearly completed draft of this testimony – more than 300,000 characters representing my painstaking efforts of the past year and a half.
I was breathing normally, signed with a smile, and asked: “Should I bring clothes?” The answer: “No.” I was uneasy leaving my money and valuables at home as I prepared to be the guest of the state for a long time. The agents laughed.
At 10 o’clock in the evening, I exited the Baiguolin police station in the Xicheng district of Chengdu and was politely told: “Don’t leave the city for the next month.” Thank God, my head was still on my shoulders and I could still write.
I cursed my carelessness with the foulest language imaginable and set about rewriting with all my might. Without inspiration or passion, the pen slashed the paper to ribbons, and often I could only produce a few hundred words a day. Staring at the paper was useless, and cold sweat couldn’t solve my writer’s block. But I’d made a bet; I couldn’t admit defeat. I wanted to use this to validate my own stupid way of living as an insignificant individual – a bet with the world’s largest dictatorship – with writing materials, so that in future my kids won’t think their dad was just talking big.
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Court bans Glory to Hong Kong protest song prompting further fears for free speech
Thu, 09 May 2024 01:28:10 GMT
The territory’s justice minister has called for the anthem to be removed from the internet in the wake of the ruling
Hong Kong has demanded a protest song that was made popular during pro-democracy demonstrations in the territory be removed from the internet, in the wake of a court ruling which banned it.
In its judgment on Wednesday, the court of appeal described the song Glory to Hong Kong as a “weapon” to incite violent protests in 2019.
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BOJ’s policy board becoming more concerned about effects of a weaker yen
Thu, 09 May 2024 00:57:00 GMT
The Bank of Japan’s policy board is becoming more concerned about upside risks to its inflation outlook amid the yen’s sharp weakening which leads to higher import prices, according to a summary of opinions from its latest April meeting released Thursday.
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Nicaragua cancels Chinese plan for controversial canal 10 years on
Wed, 08 May 2024 20:49:39 GMT
Critics said proposal to build canal linking Atlantic and Pacific would endanger environment and rural communities
Nearly a decade after it broke ground on a controversial plan to build a canal linking the Atlantic and the Pacific, Nicaragua has canceled a concession granted to a Chinese businessman to complete the project which critics said would endanger the environment and displace rural communities.
Despite a symbolic “ground-breaking” in 2014, no work was done on the canal that was to link Nicaragua’s Atlantic and Pacific coasts. At one point, crews broke ground on access roads near the canal but digging the waterway never started.
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Intel’s and Qualcomm’s Huawei export licenses get revoked
Wed, 08 May 2024 19:19:44 +0000
Huawei's phone division has moved on, but laptops will suffer without Intel.
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US revokes Intel, Qualcomm's export licenses to sell to China's Huawei
2024-05-08T17:57:33+00:00
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A TikTok Ban Won’t Fix Social Media
Wed, 08 May 2024 17:07:13 +0000
You can take the platform away from American users, but it is far too late to contain the habits that it has unleashed.
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Michael Schumacher on the phone in Japan: Jon Nicholson’s best photograph
Wed, 08 May 2024 13:44:50 GMT
‘“What do you want me to do?” he said when we got to his trailer. I couldn’t have him just staring at me, so I said: “Maybe pick up the phone?” I don’t know if he called anyone’
I got into photographing motor sport through my friendship with Damon Hill. When we met, 40 years ago, I had a job in the marketing department of an office supplies manufacturer and he was mostly on a motorbike, either earning his living as a dispatch rider or racing at Brands Hatch. Then he switched to racing on four wheels – his dad, Graham Hill, had been a double Formula 1 world champion. Damon is a really shy bloke and it was important to him to be with people who weren’t just fascinated by his family history. I didn’t know one end of a racing car from the other.
My ambition was to work for Allsport, the sports photography agency. Eventually, I got a job there and stayed on the staff for three years until I couldn’t cope any more with going to Tottenham on a Tuesday night in the middle of February. Eamonn McCabe, the picture editor of the Guardian and the Observer, gave me a few shifts a week, and suddenly I was in at the deep end.
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NASA, JAXA XRISM Spots Iron Fingerprints in Nearby Active Galaxy
Wed, 08 May 2024 13:27:56 +0000
After starting science operations in February, Japan-led XRISM (X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission) studied the monster black hole at the center of galaxy NGC 4151. “XRISM’s Resolve instrument captured a detailed spectrum of the area around the black hole,” said Brian Williams, NASA’s project scientist for the mission at the agency’s Goddard Space Flight Center […]
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1942: Engine Roars to Life in First Test at Future NASA Glenn
Wed, 08 May 2024 12:45:31 +0000
In a crowded control room on May 8, 1942, National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) leaders George Lewis and John Victory pushed a button and spun a crank that activated a massive piston engine in the adjacent test cell of the Engine Propeller Research Building (EPRB). This commenced the first test conducted at the NACA’s […]
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US revokes Intel, Qualcomm's export licenses to sell to China's Huawei, sources say
2024-05-08T09:50:23+00:00
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‘Countries are now forced to confront it’: Rise in Chinese espionage arrests alarms Europe
Wed, 08 May 2024 06:00:36 GMT
Increase in cases reflects changing mood across continent towards Chinese threats, say experts
As China’s president, Xi Jinping, arrived in Serbia for the second leg of his European tour, authorities across the continent were grappling with a wave of allegations about Chinese spying.
On Tuesday, the UK prime minister, Rishi Sunak, revealed that a “malign actor” had compromised British military payroll records, with reports pointing the finger at China.
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Microsoft launches AI chatbot for spies
Tue, 07 May 2024 19:22:10 +0000
Air-gapping GPT-4 model on secure network won't prevent it from potentially making things up.
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China angles for Gaza mediation role to expand influence in Middle East
Tue, 07 May 2024 14:54:46 GMT
Beijing joins France in urging Israel against Rafah offensive in latest effort to make its diplomatic mark
Xi Jinping, sensing a diplomatic opening, is stepping up China’s intervention in the Middle East crisis, issuing a joint statement with the French president, Emmanuel Macron, to urge Israel not to go ahead with an offensive in Rafah.
The rare moment of Sino-European synergy is the latest effort by China to make its diplomatic mark in a region in which it has deep economic interests, but more shallow diplomatic moorings.
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China accuses Australian navy helicopter of flying near airspace in ‘provocative move’
Tue, 07 May 2024 13:32:27 GMT
Foreign ministry says Chinese jet pilot took ‘necessary measures at the scene’ after Australia claimed flares were released in front of helicopter
China’s foreign ministry has accused an Australian navy helicopter of deliberately flying “within close range” of Chinese airspace in a “provocative move” in the latest military altercation between the two nations.
The Australian government said China released flares in front of the helicopter in the Yellow Sea as HMAS Hobart participated in an operation to enforce United Nations sanctions against North Korea.
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The Marshall Star for May 8, 2024
Wed, 08 May 2024 19:20:32 +0000
New Flag is in the Stars for Marshall’s Huntsville Operations Support Center By Wayne Smith A new flag is flying closer to the stars outside the Huntsville Operations Support Center at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center following a May 2 ceremony. The white flag features a blue logo of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft and marks contributions […]
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GB News joint owner loses fight over £34m of secretly salvaged silver
Wed, 08 May 2024 18:34:52 GMT
Paul Marshall’s claim on thousands of WW2 silver bars successfully challenged by South African government
The joint owner of GB News has lost a legal battle with the South African government over £34m of silver secretly salvaged from a second world war shipwreck.
Paul Marshall, who is lining up a bid for the Daily Telegraph, had claimed ownership of 2,364 silver bars his company had recovered from the bottom of the Indian Ocean.
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Sulaiman Mountain Haze
Wed, 08 May 2024 17:43:42 +0000
An astronaut aboard the International Space Station took this Dec. 17, 2023, photograph of the Sulaiman Mountains in central Pakistan. The Sulaiman Mountains form a natural barrier between the plateaus to the west and the Indus River Valley to the east. Winds blowing from the Indian Ocean and Indus floodplain carry moisture and particulates inland, causing a […]
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‘We can’t defeat nature but we can be climate-resilient’: how plant roots can help stop landslides
Wed, 08 May 2024 17:34:31 GMT
Thanks to soil bioengineering in a village in north India, a submerged road was accessible in less than one week, according to officials
On 14 August 2023, heavy rainfall in north India triggered flash floods and landslides, devastating the region. Kishori Lal, the sarpanch (head) of the Kothi Gehri village in the Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh, recalls the events of that day: “Our link road connecting to the state highway and a few homes along that road were completely devastated.”
Torrential downpours in nearby Rewalsar, a picturesque lake town popular with tourists, led to several water bodies bursting their banks. The subsequent flooding and landslides wrecked homes in Lal’s village, necessitating the evacuation of hamlets and severing vital links to the outside world. With roads submerged, the ensuing closure of the Mandi-Rewalsar-Kalkhar Road and link roads left scores of tourists stranded and local communities isolated.
Amid this chaos, the resilience of Nog, a village in Bilaspur district, stands out. While roads across the region, including those in and around Kothi Gehri, remained closed, the road leading to Nog was accessible in less than one week, according to officials.
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Haley receives nearly 22 percent of Indiana vote
Wed, 08 May 2024 12:40:56 +0000
Match ID: 22 Score: 35.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 0 days
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Why have student protests against Israel’s war in Gaza gone global?
Wed, 08 May 2024 11:48:18 GMT
Ceasefire and divestment calls have spread beyond US campuses, with more expected as Rafah offensive begins
University campuses around the world have been the stage of a growing number of protests by students demanding academic institutions divest from companies supplying arms to Israel.
The protests, which first spread across college campuses in the US, have reached universities in the UK, the rest of Europe, as well as Lebanon and India.
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Sen. Mike Braun (R-Ind.) is the projected winner of the Republican gubernatorial primary in Indiana that...
Wed, 08 May 2024 11:00:12 +0000
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Indiana primary updates: Mike Braun wins Republican governor race
Wed, 08 May 2024 00:35:15 +0000
Live updates from the 2024 campaign trail with the latest news on presidential candidates, polls, primaries and more.
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Incumbent Rep. Victoria Spartz (R) is projected to win the Republican primary for Indiana’s 5th Congressional...
Wed, 08 May 2024 00:32:15 +0000
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Valerie McCray, a mental health clinician, is the projected winner of Indiana’s Senate Democratic primary, according...
Tue, 07 May 2024 23:04:00 +0000
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Sen. Mike Braun (R), who is stepping down from Congress to run for governor of Indiana,...
Tue, 07 May 2024 23:04:47 +0000
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Former president Donald Trump is the projected winner of the Republican presidential primary in Indiana, according...
Tue, 07 May 2024 23:03:08 +0000
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President Biden is projected to win Indiana’s Democratic presidential primary, according to the Associated Press.
Tue, 07 May 2024 23:02:20 +0000
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Why there are open House seats up for grabs in Indiana
Tue, 07 May 2024 22:43:24 +0000
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Polls are closing in Indiana
Tue, 07 May 2024 22:00:54 +0000
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Donald Trump endorsed Sen. Mike Braun (R-Ind.) for governor of Indiana ahead of Tuesday’s primary races,...
Tue, 07 May 2024 21:43:43 +0000
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Senator among crowded field running to succeed Republican governor in Indiana
Tue, 07 May 2024 21:24:00 +0000
Match ID: 34 Score: 35.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 1 day
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Three Republicans running for chance to challenge incumbent Democrat in Indiana’s 1st District
Tue, 07 May 2024 20:45:10 +0000
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Arrested U.S. soldier was in Russia to pursue girlfriend
Wed, 08 May 2024 15:51:31 +0000
Army Staff Sgt. Gordon Black, 34, met a Russian woman while stationed in South Korea and followed her to Russia without notifying his commanders.
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In No Labels Call, Josh Gottheimer, Mike Lawler, and University Trustees Agree: FBI Should Investigate Campus Protests
Sat, 04 May 2024 20:11:18 +0000
The bipartisan duo also praised schools that brought in police to violently quell protests and connected the demonstrations to the TikTok ban.
The post In No Labels Call, Josh Gottheimer, Mike Lawler, and University Trustees Agree: FBI Should Investigate Campus Protests appeared first on The Intercept.
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A New Surveillance Tool Invades Border Towns
Sat, 04 May 2024 10:30:00 +0000
Plus: An assassination plot, an AI security bill, a Project Nimbus revelation, and more of the week’s top security news.
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India opposition social media chief arrested over doctored video
Sat, 04 May 2024 08:30:41 GMT
Congress party’s Arun Reddy held over fake video of interior minister Amit Shah
Indian police have said they have arrested the social media chief of the country’s main opposition party over a doctored video widely shared during the ongoing national election.
Arun Reddy of the Congress party was detained late on Friday in connection with the edited footage, which falsely shows India’s powerful interior minister, Amit Shah, vowing in a campaign speech to end affirmative action policies for millions of poor and low-caste Indians.
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The Beautifully Unnerving Gaze of “Evil Does Not Exist”
Fri, 03 May 2024 22:20:45 +0000
The Japanese filmmaker Ryûsuke Hamaguchi follows his Oscar-winning “Drive My Car” with a hauntingly ambiguous drama of nature and capitalism in conflict.
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From UCLA to Columbia, Professors Nationwide Defend Students as Politicians and Police Attack
Thu, 02 May 2024 21:15:55 +0000
University faculty have put their bodies and livelihoods on the line amid a brutal, violent response to student protests for Gaza.
The post From UCLA to Columbia, Professors Nationwide Defend Students as Politicians and Police Attack appeared first on The Intercept.
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US official says Chinese seizure of TSMC in Taiwan would be 'absolutely devastating'
2024-05-09T02:37:41+00:00
Match ID: 42 Score: 20.00 source: www.reddit.com age: 0 days
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Malaysia offers trade partners 'orangutan diplomacy'
Wed, 08 May 2024 16:47:15 GMT
The great apes are proposed as gifts for palm oil importers, but conservationists voice concerns.
Match ID: 43 Score: 20.00 source: www.bbc.com age: 0 days
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How Fat Leonard compromised admirals in charge of Navy intelligence
Tue, 07 May 2024 10:00:02 +0000
Book excerpt: The Malaysian con man tempted admirals Ted “Twig” Branch and Bruce Loveless with cigars, meals and women — creating a counterintelligence disaster
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‘Our culture is dying’: vulture shortage threatens Zoroastrian burial rites
Sat, 04 May 2024 05:00:35 GMT
Inadvertent poisoning of scavengers across Indian subcontinent is forcing some communities to give up ancient custom
Traditional Zoroastrian burial rites are becoming increasingly impossible to perform because of the precipitous decline of vultures in India, Iran and Pakistan.
For millennia, Parsi communities have traditionally disposed of their dead in structures called dakhma, or “towers of silence”. These circular, elevated edifices are designed to prevent the soil, and the sacred elements of earth, fire and water, from being contaminated by corpses.
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Canadian police charge three over killing of Sikh activist
Fri, 03 May 2024 21:28:50 GMT
Prime minister said there were ‘credible allegations’ that India was behind killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar
Canadian police have charged three members of an alleged hit team for their role in the assassination of the Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, the first arrests in a high-profile killing that officials believe was masterminded by India.
The arrests come nearly a year after the prominent activist was killed in the parking lot of the Guru Nanak Sikh gurdwara on the evening of 18 June in the city of Surrey, British Columbia. In what investigators previously described as a carefully orchestrated operation, two assailants fired about 50 bullets at Nijjar and escaped the area in a grey car.
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Pete McCloskey, GOP congressman who called for Nixon’s resignation, dies at 96
Wed, 08 May 2024 21:14:27 +0000
A decorated Marine, he led dissent against the Vietnam War and called for President Richard M. Nixon’s impeachment over his conduct of the war.
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Hedge funds make billions as India’s options market goes ballistic
Thu, 02 May 2024 10:14:54 +0000
The country’s retail investors are doing less well
Match ID: 48 Score: 15.00 source: www.economist.com age: 6 days
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Wave of exceptionally hot weather scorches south and south-east Asia
Fri, 26 Apr 2024 06:03:19 GMT
Warnings of dangerous temperatures across parts of Philippines, Thailand, Bangladesh and India as hottest months of the year are made worse by El Niño
Millions of people across South and Southeast Asia are facing sweltering temperatures, with unusually hot weather forcing schools to close and threatening public health.
Thousands of schools across the Philippines, including in the capital region Metro Manila, have suspended in-person classes. Half of the country’s 82 provinces are experiencing drought, and nearly 31 others are facing dry spells or dry conditions, according to the UN, which has called for greater support to help the country prepare for similar weather events in the future. The country’s upcoming harvest will probably be below average, the UN said.
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Judith Butler Will Not Co-Sign Israel’s Alibi for Genocide
Wed, 01 May 2024 10:00:00 +0000
The famed scholar on why reducing Hamas to a terrorist label sanctions Israel’s war on Palestinians.
The post Judith Butler Will Not Co-Sign Israel’s Alibi for Genocide appeared first on The Intercept.
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Israel, Gaza, and the Turmoil at One American University
Fri, 03 May 2024 19:00:00 +0000
Not since the Vietnam War has a protest movement reached college campuses with such fury. We look at the reverberations at one school, Harvard University.
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China Has a Controversial Plan for Brain-Computer Interfaces
Tue, 30 Apr 2024 19:13:46 +0000
China's brain-computer interface technology is catching up to the US. But it envisions a very different use case: cognitive enhancement.
Match ID: 52 Score: 5.71 source: www.wired.com age: 8 days
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Japan will struggle to rescue its plummeting currency
Mon, 29 Apr 2024 16:00:14 +0000
Expensive government intervention looks likely to provide only brief respite
Match ID: 53 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 9 days
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School Employee Allegedly Framed a Principal With Racist Deepfake Rant
Sat, 27 Apr 2024 10:30:00 +0000
Plus: Google holds off on killing cookies, Samourai Wallet founders get arrested, and GM stops driver surveillance program.
Match ID: 54 Score: 5.71 source: www.wired.com age: 11 days
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Russia Vetoed a UN Resolution to Ban Space Nukes
Sat, 27 Apr 2024 10:00:00 +0000
A ban on weapons of mass destruction in orbit has stood since 1967. Russia apparently has other ideas.
Match ID: 55 Score: 5.71 source: www.wired.com age: 11 days
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'ArcaneDoor' Cyberspies Hacked Cisco Firewalls to Access Government Networks
Wed, 24 Apr 2024 16:00:00 +0000
Sources suspect China is behind the targeted exploitation of two zero-day vulnerabilities in Cisco’s security appliances.
Match ID: 56 Score: 5.71 source: www.wired.com age: 14 days
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Why a stronger dollar is dangerous
Tue, 23 Apr 2024 16:00:59 +0000
It sets the stage for a nasty new Trump-China clash, among other things
Match ID: 57 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 15 days
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Can the IMF solve the poor world’s debt crisis?
Thu, 18 Apr 2024 10:05:21 +0000
The fund will freeze out China if that is what it takes to offer relief
Match ID: 58 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 20 days
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China’s better economic growth hides reasons to worry
Tue, 16 Apr 2024 13:33:05 +0000
The country’s leaders are too complacent about deflation
Match ID: 59 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 22 days
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What China’s central bank and Costco shoppers have in common
Thu, 11 Apr 2024 10:02:17 +0000
Hint: it is not a fondness for cryptocurrencies
Match ID: 60 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 27 days
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China’s state is eating the private property market
Thu, 11 Apr 2024 09:50:47 +0000
Pity those soon to buy a home
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How Xi Jinping plans to overtake America
Sun, 31 Mar 2024 12:31:35 +0000
Digital twins, nuclear fusion and the small matter of fixing China’s economy
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China’s banks have a bad-debt problem
Wed, 27 Mar 2024 14:12:05 +0000
As is becoming increasingly obvious
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Japan ends the world’s greatest monetary-policy experiment
Tue, 19 Mar 2024 13:12:06 +0000
For the first time in 17 years, officials raise interest rates
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How China, Russia and Iran are forging closer ties
Mon, 18 Mar 2024 19:52:43 +0000
Assessing the economic threat posed by the anti-Western axis
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China’s economic bright spots provide a warning
Thu, 14 Mar 2024 10:55:00 +0000
What a visit to an optimistic port reveals
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China is churning out solar panels—and upsetting sand markets
Thu, 14 Mar 2024 10:37:33 +0000
The hunt for grains with a silica concentration of more than 99.9%
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How Trump and Biden have failed to cut ties with China
Tue, 27 Feb 2024 18:46:06 +0000
It is hard to overcome economic incentives
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As the Nikkei 225 hits record highs, Japan’s young start investing
Thu, 22 Feb 2024 07:21:14 +0000
Will more now favour domestic stocks?
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Russia outsmarts Western sanctions—and China is paying attention
Wed, 21 Feb 2024 21:08:09 +0000
How the rise of middle powers helps America’s enemies
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China’s stockmarket nightmare is nowhere near over
Wed, 07 Feb 2024 17:35:54 +0000
The situation ought to worry Xi Jinping
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China’s leaders are flailing as markets drop
Thu, 01 Feb 2024 11:10:43 +0000
The government is not used to being bullied
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Evergrande’s liquidation is a new low in China’s property crisis
Mon, 29 Jan 2024 13:04:03 +0000
A judge in Hong Kong surprises the mainland
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The false promise of friendshoring
Thu, 25 Jan 2024 11:14:50 +0000
America, China and Europe appear to be trading less with their geopolitical rivals
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As China’s markets suffer, what alternatives do investors have?
Mon, 22 Jan 2024 21:13:53 +0000
Optimism about the world’s second-largest stockmarket is a distant memory
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WhatsApp in India
2024-04-30T11:00:28Z
Meta has threatened to pull WhatsApp out of India if the courts try to force it to break its end-to-end encryption.
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India election: Modi and rivals trade accusations as voter turnout slumps in second phase
Sat, 27 Apr 2024 04:30:27 GMT
Parties clash over communal issues in increasingly charged campaign amid concerns unseasonably hot weather affecting voter numbers
India has held the second phase of the world’s biggest election, with prime minister Narendra Modi and his rivals hurling accusations of religious discrimination and threats to democracy amid flagging voter turnout.
Almost 1 billion people are eligible to vote in the seven-phase general election that began on 19 April and concludes on 1 June, with votes set to be counted on 4 June.
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How fast is India’s economy really growing?
Thu, 11 Apr 2024 10:00:46 +0000
Statisticians take the country’s figures with a pinch of salt
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How to build a global currency
Thu, 04 Apr 2024 09:55:08 +0000
India is the latest country to try. Painful reforms are required
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How India could become an Asian tiger
Wed, 27 Mar 2024 14:11:52 +0000
The world’s most selective bureaucracy is struggling to make it happen
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I’ve Covered Violent Crackdowns on Protests for 15 Years. This Police Overreaction Was Unhinged.
Wed, 01 May 2024 20:14:34 +0000
When police attacked student protesters, a lone trash can was the only damaged property I saw around City College of New York.
The post I’ve Covered Violent Crackdowns on Protests for 15 Years. This Police Overreaction Was Unhinged. appeared first on The Intercept.
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The false promise of Indonesia’s economy
Thu, 08 Feb 2024 11:10:49 +0000
Presidential candidates vow to deliver 7% growth. Voters have heard it before
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UK toddler has hearing restored in world first gene therapy trial
Thu, 09 May 2024 04:00:40 GMT
Opal Sandy can hear almost perfectly after groundbreaking surgery that took just 16 minutes
A British toddler has had her hearing restored after becoming the first person in the world to take part in a pioneering gene therapy trial, in a development that doctors say marks a new era in treating deafness.
Opal Sandy was born unable to hear anything due to auditory neuropathy, a condition that disrupts nerve impulses travelling from the inner ear to the brain and can be caused by a faulty gene.
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RFK Jr. says he had parasitic brain worm and undisclosed memory loss
Thu, 09 May 2024 01:38:56 +0000
Kennedy’s campaign spokeswoman said he contracted a parasite years ago while traveling “extensively in Africa, South America and Asia in his work as an environmental advocate.”
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NASA’s Webb Hints at Possible Atmosphere Surrounding Rocky Exoplanet
Wed, 08 May 2024 23:22:45 +0000
While the planet is too hot to be habitable, detecting its atmosphere could provide insights into the early conditions of Earth, Venus, and Mars. Researchers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope may have detected atmospheric gases surrounding 55 Cancri e, a hot rocky exoplanet 41 light-years from Earth. This is the best evidence to date […]
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Labour MP urges government to review ECB plans to sell stake in Hundred
Wed, 08 May 2024 18:00:26 GMT
- Proposal will offer eight franchises for sale to private investors
- John Spellar: ‘There should be full public accountability’
A Labour MP has called on the government to review any future decision by the England and Wales Cricket Board to sell its stake in the eight Hundred franchises to private investors.
The ECB has given the 18 counties plus the MCC until this Friday to give consent to this new “direction of travel” for the sport’s showpiece domestic competition. Under one current ECB proposal the Hundred teams will be offered for sale to private investors, with the ECB relinquishing all control over the teams.
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Castoffs to catwalk: fashion show shines light on vast Chile clothes dump visible from space
Wed, 08 May 2024 09:00:38 GMT
The Atacama desert has become a ‘global sacrifice zone’ of used fast fashion. Activists and designers organised an event to raise awareness of the devastation to the land and people
Draped in layers of denim, Sadlin Charles walks the catwalk of sand between piles of discarded clothes and tyres in Chile’s Atacama desert. His outfit has been made from items found in the surrounding heaps of rubbish, which are so vast they can be seen from space. Almost all of this waste has come from countries thousands of miles away, including the US, China, South Korea and the UK.
A staggering 60,000 tonnes of used clothing is shipped to Chile each year. According to the latest UN figures, Chile is the third largest importer of secondhand clothes in the world. Some of these clothes are resold in secondhand markets, but at least 39,000 tonnes ends up being illegally dumped in the Atacama desert. The desert is one of the country’s most popular tourism destinations, famed for its otherworldly beauty and stargazing, but for those living near the dump sites it has become a place of devastation.
Sadlin Charles models denim salvaged from discarded garments at Atacama fashion week
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5 Best French Presses (2024): Plastic, Glass, Stainless Steel, Travel
Mon, 06 May 2024 12:00:00 +0000
The humble French press is affordable, effective, and hard to mess up. Here are our favorites to make your morning cup of coffee.
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NYC Mayor Smeared a Grandmother as an “Outside Agitator” to Justify NYPD Assault on Columbia
Fri, 03 May 2024 20:34:07 +0000
Nahla Al-Arian lost more than 200 relatives in Israel's attacks on Gaza. Then Eric Adams said she was the reason police raided Columbia.
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‘The Greens are our enemy’: What is fuelling the far right in Germany?
Tue, 30 Apr 2024 11:42:56 GMT
The far right are on the march in Germany and the anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany has become the most popular party in several states. Immigration and a sense of being economically left behind have been driving factors in the rise in popularity but the Green party and the federal government’s climate policies have also borne the brunt of public anger. The Guardian travelled to Görlitz, on the German border with Poland, to find out to what extent Germany’s green policies are fuelling the far right
• How climate policies are becoming focus for far-right attacks in Germany
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NASA Langley Team to Study Weather During Eclipse Using Uncrewed Vehicles
Fri, 05 Apr 2024 18:18:40 +0000
A six-person team of researchers from NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, will travel to Fort Drum, N.Y., to study changes in the Sun’s radiation as it reaches Earth before, during, and after the total solar eclipse April 8. Weather sensors similar to what is used on daily weather balloons by the National Weather […]
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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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New Lawsuit Attempting to Make Adversarial Interoperability Legal
2024-05-06T11:03:08Z
Lots of complicated details here: too many for me to summarize well. It involves an obscure Section 230 provision—and an even more obscure typo. Read this.
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Judges with machine guns: the part-time drone hunters defending Kyiv
Thu, 09 May 2024 04:00:42 GMT
The ‘Mriya’ unit made up of members of the legal profession patrols the capital region’s skies with antique weapons
In a small wood in the Kyiv region Anatoliy Shyshak stared at the night sky. Dusk was falling. The only sounds came from a thrush nightingale and a faraway yapping dog. Shyshak – a sergeant in Ukraine’s territorial army – was listening for something else: an enemy drone. “It sounds like a moped. Not a classy Italian one, but something cheap and horrible,” he said. “They fly between 100 and 300 metres above the ground. You hear a rattling.”
For the past year Shyshak’s brigade, the 241st, has scoured the heavens for Russian flying objects. Its task is to shoot them down before they can reach the capital. He and his territorial defence colleagues are based about 100km east of Kyiv, along one of several drone flight paths. “I like my job. We are pretty successful. We stop death here. Our families are in Kyiv so we are protecting our wives and children,” he said.
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Judge keeps tying Trump to possible intimidation
Thu, 09 May 2024 00:17:31 +0000
Juan Merchan has cited at least three instances of Trump’s potentially intimidating a witness or jurors. But experts say it’s hard to police.
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Trump’s classified documents trial blown apart by Cannon
Wed, 08 May 2024 15:33:07 +0000
Judge Aileen Cannon, the Trump appointee in charge of the Florida prosecution, has repeatedly given Trump’s team exactly what it wants. His fans have noticed.
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I’m a British farmer. Here’s the scary truth about what’s happening to our crops | Guy Singh-Watson
Wed, 08 May 2024 14:26:56 GMT
The climate crisis is making the farming business unsustainable – and without support for us, food security will suffer too
- Guy Singh-Watson is the founder of organic veg box company Riverford
Farming has always been a risky business. To the chaos of Brexit and the relentless squeezing of the supermarkets, we can add the rapidly escalating threats associated with climate change. In most industries, at the point where risk is judged to outweigh the potential commercial reward, both capital and people tend to make a swift exit, following economist Adam Smith’s “invisible hand” of self-interest.
The problem with farming is that most farmers are emotionally invested in their work. An exit is seldom considered – perhaps we should be more like the bankers, but they wouldn’t be much good at growing potatoes.
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Who Ran This Derogatory Prison Meme Page? A Prison Guard.
Wed, 08 May 2024 13:23:26 +0000
A former facility psychologist is suing the Bureau of Prisons over an Instagram account that joked about suicide at FCC Lompoc.
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Judge indefinitely delays Trump’s classified documents trial in Florida
Wed, 08 May 2024 10:15:55 +0000
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They Exposed an Israeli Spyware Firm. Now the Company Is Badgering Them in Court.
Mon, 06 May 2024 19:03:09 +0000
NSO Group, which makes Pegasus spyware, keeps trying to extract information from Citizen Lab researchers — and a judge keeps swatting it down.
The post They Exposed an Israeli Spyware Firm. Now the Company Is Badgering Them in Court. appeared first on The Intercept.
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As Biden Warns Against Rafah Invasion, AIPAC Pushes Congress to Support Israel’s Operation
Thu, 09 May 2024 01:38:59 +0000
In talking points reviewed by The Intercept, the pro-Israel lobby argues that Israel has “no other option” but to invade Rafah.
The post As Biden Warns Against Rafah Invasion, AIPAC Pushes Congress to Support Israel’s Operation appeared first on The Intercept.
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Greene booed as Republicans turn on her over bid to oust Speaker Johnson
Thu, 09 May 2024 00:41:41 +0000
The Georgia lawmaker’s bid to remove the speaker angers GOP colleagues who have expressed a growing distaste for her antics during her three years in Congress.
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Amnesty urges Fifa to publish report on Qatar migrant worker compensation
Wed, 08 May 2024 23:01:33 GMT
- Llamas report focuses on responsibilities to workers
- Amnesty International calls on Fifa to reveal findings
Fifa must publish an independent report into its responsibilities to migrant workers in Qatar and begin the process of providing financial compensation, Amnesty International has said.
The human rights organisation has called on Fifa to finally publish the report by Michael Llamas, president of the Gibraltar Football Association, before its congress in Bangkok next week. It claims the Llamas report has found Fifa has a responsibility to provide financial remedy to workers or the families of workers involved in 2022 World Cup projects in Qatar and that its conclusions were approved by the executive Fifa council in March. The Guardian understands the report is under review by Fifa stakeholders but that the governing body remains committed to its publication.
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House quashes Marjorie Taylor Greene motion to oust speaker Mike Johnson
Wed, 08 May 2024 22:54:38 GMT
Far-right congresswoman booed on House floor before chamber votes 359-43 to kill proposal to remove Johnson from post
The House easily quashed Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene’s resolution to oust the Republican speaker, Mike Johnson, on Wednesday, as members of both parties came together in a rare moment of bipartisanship to keep the chamber open for business.
The vote on the motion to table Greene’s resolution was 359 to 43, as 196 Republicans and 163 Democrats supported killing the proposal.
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U.S. postpones delivery of report to Congress on Israel’s war conduct
Wed, 08 May 2024 22:33:39 +0000
The delay came as Israeli forces continued their incursion into Rafah, Gaza’s southernmost city, despite warnings from President Biden that more needs to be done to protect civilians.
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Pete McCloskey, Republican who tried to unseat Richard Nixon, dies aged 96
Wed, 08 May 2024 22:30:15 GMT
The California congressman co-wrote the Endangered Species Act, co-founded Earth Day and in his later years disavowed the GOP
Pete McCloskey, a pro-environment, anti-war California Republican who co-wrote the Endangered Species Act and co-founded Earth Day, has died. He was 96.
A fourth-generation Republican “in the mold of Teddy Roosevelt”, he often said, McCloskey represented the 12th congressional district for 15 years, running for president against an incumbent Richard Nixon in 1972.
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Congress hears testimony on Russia’s sonic attacks on US officials in Havana
Wed, 08 May 2024 21:57:01 GMT
Panel heard from expert witnesses how Russia had ‘means, motive and opportunity’ for covert targeting of intelligence officers
Russia has “targeted and neutralized” dozens of US intelligence agents in recent years in a covert worldwide operation using sonic weapons, a House committee heard on Wednesday as it looked into the mystery phenomenon known as Havana syndrome.
The panel heard from expert witnesses that Russia had “the motive, the means and the opportunity” to enact the attacks on US diplomats and other government employees at embassies and other government outposts that left many with debilitating or career-ending brain injuries and hearing loss.
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Pete McCloskey, GOP congressman who called for Nixon’s resignation, dies at 96
Wed, 08 May 2024 21:14:27 +0000
A decorated Marine, he led dissent against the Vietnam War and called for President Richard M. Nixon’s impeachment over his conduct of the war.
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Top FBI Official Urges Agents to Use Warrantless Wiretaps on US Soil
Wed, 08 May 2024 17:48:45 +0000
An internal email from FBI deputy director Paul Abbate, obtained by WIRED, tells employees to search for “US persons” in a controversial spy program's database that investigators have repeatedly misused.
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They Used to Say Arabs Can’t Have Democracy Because It’d Be Bad for Israel. Now the U.S. Can’t Have It Either.
Wed, 08 May 2024 17:06:07 +0000
On campus, inside the Capitol, and in court, there’s an all-out assault on American democracy in the name of Israel.
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Brazil’s far right pilloried for Madonna outrage after figures spotted at concert
Wed, 08 May 2024 15:11:48 GMT
Supporters of rightwing ex-president Jair Bolsonaro among 1.6m people at show despite conservative criticism of ‘satanist’ singer
For conservative supporters of Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro, Madonna’s recent mega show in Rio had seemed the perfect opportunity to score points against what they see as the ungodly and morally degenerate left.
After the Queen of Pop threw the biggest concert of her 40-year career on Copacabana beach on Saturday, one far-right congressman called the singer a “satanist”. Another reprehended the “immoral acts” that had unfolded on stage during the sexually charged event and called Madonna’s performance “an affront to Brazilian laws”.
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1942: Engine Roars to Life in First Test at Future NASA Glenn
Wed, 08 May 2024 12:45:31 +0000
In a crowded control room on May 8, 1942, National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) leaders George Lewis and John Victory pushed a button and spun a crank that activated a massive piston engine in the adjacent test cell of the Engine Propeller Research Building (EPRB). This commenced the first test conducted at the NACA’s […]
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Incumbent Rep. Victoria Spartz (R) is projected to win the Republican primary for Indiana’s 5th Congressional...
Wed, 08 May 2024 00:32:15 +0000
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Sen. Mike Braun (R), who is stepping down from Congress to run for governor of Indiana,...
Tue, 07 May 2024 23:04:47 +0000
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The Affordable Connectivity Program Has a Lifeline in the Senate
Tue, 07 May 2024 22:25:38 +0000
The ACP provided a broadband subsidy for millions of Americans. Now Congress has a plan to reinstate it.
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NYC Mayor Smeared a Grandmother as an “Outside Agitator” to Justify NYPD Assault on Columbia
Fri, 03 May 2024 20:34:07 +0000
Nahla Al-Arian lost more than 200 relatives in Israel's attacks on Gaza. Then Eric Adams said she was the reason police raided Columbia.
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In No Labels Call, Josh Gottheimer, Mike Lawler, and University Trustees Agree: FBI Should Investigate Campus Protests
Sat, 04 May 2024 20:11:18 +0000
The bipartisan duo also praised schools that brought in police to violently quell protests and connected the demonstrations to the TikTok ban.
The post In No Labels Call, Josh Gottheimer, Mike Lawler, and University Trustees Agree: FBI Should Investigate Campus Protests appeared first on The Intercept.
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Let’s Check In on AIPAC’s Assault on the Squad
Sat, 04 May 2024 10:00:00 +0000
The Israel lobby failed to take down Rep. Summer Lee. They’ve now set their sights on Reps. Jamaal Bowman and Cori Bush.
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India opposition social media chief arrested over doctored video
Sat, 04 May 2024 08:30:41 GMT
Congress party’s Arun Reddy held over fake video of interior minister Amit Shah
Indian police have said they have arrested the social media chief of the country’s main opposition party over a doctored video widely shared during the ongoing national election.
Arun Reddy of the Congress party was detained late on Friday in connection with the edited footage, which falsely shows India’s powerful interior minister, Amit Shah, vowing in a campaign speech to end affirmative action policies for millions of poor and low-caste Indians.
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AIPAC Is Secretly Intervening in Portland’s Congressional Race to Take Down Susheela Jayapal, Sources Say
Fri, 03 May 2024 21:11:34 +0000
The pro-Israel group is funneling money through a “pro-science” PAC, according to two members of Congress.
The post AIPAC Is Secretly Intervening in Portland’s Congressional Race to Take Down Susheela Jayapal, Sources Say appeared first on The Intercept.
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AIPAC’s Next Top Target? Rep. Jamaal Bowman
Fri, 03 May 2024 09:00:00 +0000
The Israel lobby is expected to start a $20 million ad blitz backing its handpicked candidate against the incumbent Squad member.
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From UCLA to Columbia, Professors Nationwide Defend Students as Politicians and Police Attack
Thu, 02 May 2024 21:15:55 +0000
University faculty have put their bodies and livelihoods on the line amid a brutal, violent response to student protests for Gaza.
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University Teams Selected as Finalists to Envision New Aviation Responses to Natural Disasters
Tue, 26 Mar 2024 18:12:46 +0000
Eight teams participating in the 2024 Gateways to Blue Skies: Advancing Aviation for Natural Disasters Competition have been selected to present their design concepts to a panel of industry experts at the 2024 Blue Skies Forum, May 30 and 31, 2024 at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California. Sponsored by NASA’s Aeronautics Research […]
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Evergrande’s liquidation is a new low in China’s property crisis
Mon, 29 Jan 2024 13:04:03 +0000
A judge in Hong Kong surprises the mainland
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Biden Says He Told Nigeria to Kill Fewer Civilians — but Nigeria Keeps Killing Lots of Civilians
Mon, 29 Apr 2024 10:00:00 +0000
Nigeria has gotten billions in U.S. security assistance, even as its counterterrorism campaign has a massive civilian death toll.
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How much protein is too much? - podcast
Thu, 09 May 2024 04:00:40 GMT
Sales of cottage cheese are booming thanks to a boost from protein-hungry social media influencers. But do we really need all this extra protein? Madeleine Finlay speaks to Joanne Slavin, a professor of food science and nutrition at the University of Minnesota, to find out what exactly protein is doing in our bodies, and what happens to it when we consume it in excess
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Match ID: 0 Score: 35.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
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19 Best Sex Toys (2024): Gender Inclusive, Couples, Solo
Wed, 08 May 2024 16:11:52 +0000
These are our favorite gender-inclusive vibrators, wand massagers, and sleeves to give you and your partner(s) a helping hand.
Match ID: 1 Score: 35.00 source: www.wired.com age: 0 days
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A moment that changed me: I thought fitness was my superpower. Then I realised it was a ball and chain
Wed, 08 May 2024 06:00:37 GMT
Running had been my identity, my career, my life. One beautiful spring day, I realised it wasn’t enough
I have Jane Fonda to thank for my fitness “discovery” in the late 1980s. Still in my teens, I wore through the carpet doing her workout videos in front of the TV. I also spent hours ploughing up and down the pool at the local leisure centre and honing my muscles at the gym.
I always regarded fitness as my superpower. Something that I worked hard at, for sure, but something that gave me kudos. Keeping fit – I mean, really fit – seemed to me an admirable and noble pursuit. I could fit into nice clothes easily. I could push my body and trust it not to fail. Whatever other qualities I didn’t possess, whatever I wasn’t good enough at, I could walk into a gym or toe a start line for a race and pass muster.
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Match ID: 2 Score: 35.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
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I Rode Saga's HoloBike and Things Got a Little Weird
Tue, 07 May 2024 09:00:00 +0000
Saga's HoloBike just launched on Kickstarter. It's pretty and has potential, but the rides themselves are short and need some work.
Match ID: 3 Score: 35.00 source: www.wired.com age: 1 day
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Mark Ulriksen’s “Shotime”
Mon, 06 May 2024 10:00:00 +0000
For many fans, the real harbinger of spring is the beginning of baseball season.
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Top 10 Best PLR(Private Label Rights) Websites | Which One You Should Join in 2022?
Sat, 26 Feb 2022 13:36:00 +0000
Content creation is one of the biggest struggles for many marketers and business owners. It often requires both time and financial resources, especially if you plan to hire a writer.
Today, we have a fantastic opportunity to use other people's products by purchasing Private Label Rights.
To find a good PLR website, first, determine the type of products you want to acquire. One way to do this is to choose among membership sites or PLR product stores. Following are 10 great sites that offer products in both categories.
What are PLR websites?
Private Label Rights (PLR) products are digital products that can be in the form of an ebook, software, online course videos, value-packed articles, etc. You can use these products with some adjustments to sell as your own under your own brand and keep all the money and profit yourself without wasting your time on product creation.
The truth is that locating the best website for PLR materials can be a time-consuming and expensive exercise. That’s why we have researched, analyzed, and ranked the best 10 websites:1. PLR.me
PLR.me is of the best places to get PLR content in 2021-2022. It offers a content marketing system that comes with courses, brandable tools, and more. It is the most trusted PLR website, among other PLR sites. The PLR.me platform features smart digital caching PLR tools for health and wellness professionals. The PLR.me platform, which was built on advanced caching technology, has been well-received by big brands such as Toronto Sun and Entrepreneur. The best thing about this website is its content marketing automation tools.
Pricing
- Pay-as-you-go Plan – $22
- 100 Monthly Plan – $99/month
- 400 Annual Plan – $379/year
- 800 Annual Plan – $579/year
- 2500 Annual Plan – $990/year
Pros
- Access over 15,940+ ready-to-use PLR coaching resources.
- Content marketing and sliding tools are provided by the site.
- You can create courses, products, webinars, emails, and nearly anything else you can dream of.
- You can cancel your subscription anytime.
Cons
- Compared to other top PLR sites, this one is a bit more expensive.
2. InDigitalWorks
InDigitalWorks is a leading private label rights membership website established in 2008. As of now, it has more than 100,000 members from around the globe have joined the platform. The site offers thousands of ready-to-be-sold digital products for online businesses in every single niche possible. InDigitalWorks features hundreds of electronic books, software applications, templates, graphics, videos that you can sell right away.
Pricing:
- 3 Months Plan – $39
- 1 Year Plan – $69
- Lifetime Plan – $79
Pros
- IndigitalWorks promotes new authors by providing them with 200 free products for download.
- Largest and most reputable private label rights membership site.
- 20000+ digital products
- 137 training videos provided by experts to help beginners set up and grow their online presence for free.
- 10 GB of web hosting will be available on a reliable server.
Cons
- Fewer people are experiencing the frustration of not getting the help they need.
3. BuyQualityPLR
BuyQualityPLR’s website is a Top PLR of 2021-2022! It's a source for major Internet Marketing Products and Resources. Whether you’re an Affiliate Marketer, Product Creator, Course Seller, BuyQualityPLR can assist you in the right direction. You will find several eBooks and digital products related to the Health and Fitness niche, along with a series of Security-based products. If you search for digital products, Resell Rights Products, Private Label Rights Products, or Internet Marketing Products, BuyQualityPLR is among the best websites for your needs.
Pricing
- Free PLR articles packs, ebooks, and other digital products are available
- Price ranges from 3.99$ to 99.9$
Pros
- Everything on this site is written by professionals
- The quick download features available
- Doesn't provide membership.
- Offers thousand of PLR content in many niches
- Valuable courses available
Cons
- You can't buy all content because it doesn't provide membership
4. IDPLR
The IDPLR website has helped thousands of internet marketers since 2008. This website follows a membership approach and allows you to gain access to thousands of PLR products in different niches. The best thing about this site is the quality of the products, which is extremely impressive.
This is the best PLR website of 2021-2022, offering over 200k+ high-quality articles. It also gives you graphics, templates, ebooks, and audio.
Pricing
- 3 Months ACCESS: $39
- 1 YEAR ACCESS: $69
- LIFETIME ACCESS: $79
Pros
- You will have access to over 12,590 PLR products.
- You will get access to training tutorials and Courses in a Gold membership.
- 10 GB of web hosting will be available on a reliable server.
- You will receive 3D eCover Software
- It offers an unlimited download limit
- Most important, you will get a 30 day money-back guarantee
Cons:
- A few products are available for free membership.
5. PLRMines
PLRmines is a leading digital product library for private label rights products. The site provides useful information on products that you can use to grow your business, as well as licenses for reselling the content. You can either purchase a membership or get access through a free trial, and you can find unlimited high-quality resources via the site's paid or free membership. Overall, the site is an excellent resource for finding outstanding private label rights content.
Pricing
Pros
- 4000+ ebooks from top categories
- Members have access to more than 660 instructional videos covering all kinds of topics in a membership area.
- You will receive outstanding graphics that are ready to use.
- They also offer a variety of helpful resources and tools, such as PLR blogs, WordPress themes, and plugins
Cons
- The free membership won't give you much value.
6. Super-Resell
Super-Resell is another remarkable provider of PLR material. The platform was established in 2009 and offers valuable PLR content to users. Currently, the platform offers standard lifetime memberships and monthly plans at an affordable price. Interested users can purchase up to 10,000 products with digital rights or rights of re-sale. Super-Resell offers a wide range of products such as readymade websites, article packs, videos, ebooks, software, templates, and graphics, etc.
Pricing
- 6 Months Membership: $49.90
- Lifetime membership: $129
Pros
- It offers you products that come with sales pages and those without sales pages.
- You'll find thousands of digital products that will help your business grow.
- Daily News update
Cons
- The company has set up an automatic renewal system. This can result in costs for you even though you are not using the service.
7. Unstoppable PLR
UnStoppablePLR was launched in 2006 by Aurelius Tjin, an internet marketer. Over the last 15 years, UnStoppablePLR has provided massive value to users by offering high-quality PLR content. The site is one of the best PLR sites because of its affordability and flexibility.
Pricing
Pros
- You’ll get 30 PLR articles in various niches for free.
- 100% money-back guarantee.
- Members get access to community
- It gives you access to professionally designed graphics and much more.
Cons
- People often complain that not enough PLR products are released each month.
8. Resell Rights Weekly
Resell Rights Weekly, a private label rights (PLR) website, provides exceptional PLR content. It is among the top free PLR websites that provide free membership. You will get 728+ PLR products completely free and new products every single week. The Resell Rights Weekly gives you free instant access to all products and downloads the ones you require.
Pricing
- Gold Membership: $19.95/Month
Pros
- Lots of products available free of cost
- Free access to the members forum
Cons
- The prices for the products at this PLR site are very low quality compared to other websites that sell the same items.
9. MasterResellRights
MasterResellRights was established in 2006, and it has helped many successful entrepreneurs. Once you join MasterResellRights, you will get access to more than 10,000 products and services from other members. It is one of the top PLR sites that provide high-quality PLR products to members across the globe. You will be able to access a lot of other membership privileges at no extra price. The website also provides PLR, MRR, and RR license products.
Pricing
⦁ One Month Membership: $19.97
⦁ Three Month Membership: $47.00
Pros
⦁ Access more than 10,000 high-quality, PLR articles in different niches.
⦁ Get daily fresh new updates
⦁ Users get 8 GB of hosting space
⦁ You can pay using PayPal
Cons
⦁ Only members have access to the features of this site.
10. BigProductStore
BigProductStore is a popular private label rights website that offers tens of thousands of digital products. These include software, videos, video courses, eBooks, and many others that you can resell, use as you want, or sell and keep 100% of the profit.
The PLR website updates its product list daily. It currently offers over 10,000 products.
The site offers original content for almost every niche and when you register as a member, you can access the exclusive products section where you can download a variety of high-quality, unique, and exclusive products.
Pricing
- Monthly Plan: $19.90/Month 27% off
- One-Time-Payment: $98.50 50% off
- Monthly Ultimate: $29.90/Month 36% off
- One-Time-Payment Ultimate: $198.50 50% off
Pros
- You can use PLR products to generate profits, give them as bonuses for your affiliate promotion campaign, or rebrand them and create new unique products.
- Lifetime memberships for PLR products can save you money if you’re looking for a long-term solution to bulk goods.
- The website is updated regularly with fresh, quality content.
Cons
- Product descriptions may not provide much detail, so it can be difficult to know just what you’re downloading.
- Some product categories such as WP Themes and articles are outdated.
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Deion Sanders' Prime Lessons for Leading a Team to Victory
2024-04-26T00:00:00Z
The former star athlete known for flash uses unglamorous command-and-control methods to get results as a college football coach. Business leaders can learn 10 key lessons from the way 'Coach Prime' builds a culture of respect and discipline without micromanaging, says Hise Gibson.
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How American states squeeze athletes (and remote workers)
Thu, 25 Jan 2024 11:05:59 +0000
The public loves jock taxes; baseball players do not
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