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Leaked Cables Show White House Opposes Palestinian Statehood
Wed, 17 Apr 2024 19:08:59 +0000
Despite Biden’s pledge to support a two-state solution, cables argue that Palestine should not be granted U.N. member status.
The post Leaked Cables Show White House Opposes Palestinian Statehood appeared first on The Intercept.
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Clean-up of Indian coal-fired power plants ‘could have saved 720,000 lives’
Fri, 19 Apr 2024 05:00:02 GMT
Researchers say early deaths may have been avoided over 10-year period if technology installed
Research has estimated the health impacts from the coal-fired power plants that operate across India.
Six hundred coal power plants generate more than 70% of India’s electricity. Despite regulations passed in 2015, fewer than 5% of these plants operate with modern systems to clean up air pollutants from their chimneys. In China, 95% of coal-fired power plants were fitted with clean-up technologies by 2013.
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Match ID: 1 Score: 75.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 1 day
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How a ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ finalist became an unlikely ambassador for Taiwan
Thu, 18 Apr 2024 09:00:18 +0000
Nymphia Wind has found an international stage where China has no interest (or influence) — and is using her platform to make gains for queer inclusivity in Asia.
Match ID: 2 Score: 60.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 1 day
qualifiers: 40.00 china, 20.00 taiwan
Solomon Islands election: PM Sogavare retains seat as count continues
Sat, 20 Apr 2024 03:27:55 GMT
Full results are expected in coming days to determine whether Manasseh Sogavare’s Our party can form the next government
Solomon Islands’ incumbent prime minister, Manasseh Sogavare, has retained his parliamentary seat, results showed on Saturday, but it will be days before vote counting determines whether his Our party can form the next government.
Wednesday’s national election was the first since Sogavare struck a security pact with China in 2022, drawing the Pacific island country closer to Beijing. The move concerned the US and Australia because of the potential impact on regional security.
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Match ID: 3 Score: 40.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
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China orders Apple to remove WhatsApp, Threads, other apps in censorship move
2024-04-20T00:19:23+00:00
Match ID: 4 Score: 40.00 source: www.reddit.com age: 0 days
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Apple pulls WhatsApp, Threads and Signal from app store in China
Fri, 19 Apr 2024 22:00:45 +0000
Apple has removed several widely used communications platforms from its app store in China at the request of the Chinese government.
Match ID: 5 Score: 40.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 0 days
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China orders Apple to remove Meta apps after “inflammatory” posts about president
Fri, 19 Apr 2024 17:03:18 +0000
WhatsApp, Threads, Telegram, and Signal removed from Apple App Store in China.
Match ID: 6 Score: 40.00 source: arstechnica.com age: 0 days
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FBI chief says Chinese hackers have infiltrated critical US infrastructure
Fri, 19 Apr 2024 15:44:17 GMT
Volt Typhoon hacking campaign is waiting ‘for just the right moment to deal a devastating blow’, says Christopher Wray
Chinese government-linked hackers have burrowed into US critical infrastructure and are waiting “for just the right moment to deal a devastating blow”, the director of the FBI, Christopher Wray, has warned.
An ongoing Chinese hacking campaign known as Volt Typhoon has successfully gained access to numerous American companies in telecommunications, energy, water and other critical sectors, with 23 pipeline operators targeted, Wray said in a speech at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, on Thursday.
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Apple deletes WhatsApp, Threads from China app store on orders from Beijing
2024-04-19T14:28:28+00:00
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Apple removes WhatsApp and Threads from China store under pressure from Beijing
2024-04-19T09:37:30+00:00
Match ID: 9 Score: 40.00 source: www.reddit.com age: 0 days
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Apple removes WhatsApp and Threads from Chinese App Store
Fri, 19 Apr 2024 06:46:15 GMT
Company says Chinese government ordered it to remove two Meta-owned apps for ‘national security’ reasons
Apple has removed WhatsApp and Threads from its Chinese App Store after the Chinese government ordered it to do so for “national security” reasons.
Apple confirmed it had withdrawn the two apps – both owned by Meta, also the owner of Facebook – under instruction from the Cyberspace Administration of China, which regulates and censors China’s highly restricted internet and online content.
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Match ID: 10 Score: 40.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 1 day
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Chinese cities sinking under their own weight
Thu, 18 Apr 2024 18:00:01 GMT
Extracting ground water for growing urban populations causes half of China's big cities to sink.
Match ID: 11 Score: 40.00 source: www.bbc.co.uk age: 1 day
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Tesla's Layoffs Won't Solve Its Growing Pains
Thu, 18 Apr 2024 16:47:32 +0000
The car company popularized EVs. Now, facing intense competition from China, it has to figure out what to do next.
Match ID: 12 Score: 40.00 source: www.wired.com age: 1 day
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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: 13 Score: 40.00 source: www.economist.com age: 1 day
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As India goes to the polls, can democracy deliver a better life for all of its people?
Sat, 20 Apr 2024 06:30:19 GMT
Behind a veneer of progress, injustice and inequality propped up by corruption and the caste system haunt the subcontinent
This year, more than 80 countries and half the world’s population face elections. While many islands in the Caribbean go to the polls, their people are usually more occupied with US and British elections than those in their ancestral homes in Africa and India.
This may be excusable; as there is an old saying: “When America sneezes, the world catches a cold.” It may also seem strange that some identify as Republican or Democrat, and Conservative or Labour, while living in a region that has to endure a rigorous process and heavy expense to obtain a visa to even holiday in those countries.
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‘Messianic spell’: how Narendra Modi created a cult of personality
Fri, 19 Apr 2024 12:08:31 GMT
Experts say Indian PM is hoping to be ‘bigger than Gandhi’ as he aims to win a third term in office
As the distant rumble of a helicopter drew closer, cheers erupted from the gathered crowds in anticipation. By the time India’s prime minister finally stepped on to the stage, bowing deeply while immaculately dressed in a white kurta and peach waistcoat and with a neatly trimmed beard, the chants had reached a deafening pitch: “Modi, Modi, Modi.”
These scenes, at a campaign rally on the outskirts of the Uttar Pradesh city of Meerut, have been replicated across the country in recent weeks as Modi and his Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) seek to win a third term in India’s election, which begins on 19 April and goes on for six weeks.
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Match ID: 15 Score: 35.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
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Voting begins in India’s election with Modi widely expected to win third term
Fri, 19 Apr 2024 02:30:01 GMT
First phase in world’s largest democratic exercise begins, with 969 million people eligible to vote over six-week period
Voting has begun in India’s mammoth general election, as Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata party hopes to increase its parliamentary majority amid allegations that the country’s democracy has been undermined since it came to power 10 years ago.
India’s elections are the largest democratic exercise in the world, with more than 969 million voters, amounting to more than 10% of the world’s population. The voting began at 8am on Friday, when polling opened at 102 constituencies across the country, and will continue over the next six weeks, in seven phases, until 1 June. All the results will be counted and declared on 4 June.
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Match ID: 16 Score: 35.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 1 day
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Fossil of ‘largest snake to have ever existed’ found in western India
Thu, 18 Apr 2024 16:46:20 GMT
Scientists estimate Vasuki indicus was up to 15m long, weighed a tonne and would have constricted its prey
Fossil vertebrae unearthed in a mine in western India are the remains of one of the largest snakes that ever lived, a monster estimated at up to 15 metres in length – longer than a T rex.
Scientists have recovered 27 vertebrae from the snake, including a few still in the same position as they would have been when the reptile was alive. They said the snake, which they named Vasuki indicus, would have looked like a large python and would not have been venomous.
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Match ID: 17 Score: 35.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 1 day
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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: 18 Score: 34.29 source: www.economist.com age: 3 days
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Indonesia volcano: thousands evacuated amid spreading ash and tsunami fears
Sat, 20 Apr 2024 04:17:13 GMT
More than 11,000 people told to leave their homes after Mount Ruang erupted at least three times since Friday afternoon
More than 2,100 people living near an erupting volcano on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island were evacuated on Friday due to the dangers of ash, falling rocks, hot volcanic clouds and the possibility of a tsunami.
Indonesia’s volcanology centre recorded at least three eruptions since Friday afternoon, with the maximum height of the eruption column reaching 1,200 metres (3,900 ft).
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Match ID: 19 Score: 30.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
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‘Only in Rio’: South Korea’s ambassador to Brazil is an unlikely samba star
Fri, 19 Apr 2024 14:32:25 GMT
Lim Ki-mo first heard Brazilian music 50 years ago in his home town of Busan; now his consular crooning marks a triumph of soft power
Brazil’s latest music sensation grinned from ear to ear as he moseyed down Copacabana beach contemplating his unusual rise to fame.
“Samba brings me joy and makes me happy,” the 59-year-old crooner said in Portuguese, as he paused to pose for photos in the shade of palm trees.
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The US Government Has a Microsoft Problem
Mon, 15 Apr 2024 10:30:00 +0000
Microsoft has stumbled through a series of major cybersecurity failures over the past few years. Experts say the US government’s reliance on its systems means the company continues to get a free pass.
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Gang members fire at Bollywood star’s home in antelope killing row
Tue, 16 Apr 2024 08:44:51 GMT
Two men from Bishnoi gang, whose leader has threatened to kill Salman Khan, arrested over Mumbai shooting
Two members of a criminal gang have been arrested by Indian police for firing at the home of the Bollywood actor Salman Khan in retaliation for the star’s killing of two antelopes.
The Bishnoi gang, accused of several murders and extortion rackets, hails from a wider desert-based religious sect that considers the species to be the reincarnation of their guru.
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Match ID: 22 Score: 25.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 4 days
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Israel and Israel Alone Kicked Off This Escalation — In a Bid to Drag U.S. Into War With Iran
Sun, 14 Apr 2024 18:38:27 +0000
Netanyahu’s recklessness was fostered by blind U.S. support, but Israel is the one pushing its war with Iran out of the shadows.
The post Israel and Israel Alone Kicked Off This Escalation — In a Bid to Drag U.S. Into War With Iran appeared first on The Intercept.
Match ID: 23 Score: 22.86 source: theintercept.com age: 5 days
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Bipartisan House coalition advances Ukraine aid
Fri, 19 Apr 2024 20:52:09 +0000
The vote now puts the legislation to fund Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan on a likely track of passing the House Saturday and comes after Israel carried out a strike on Iran early Friday in retaliation for a barrage of missiles and drones launched last weekend, an Israeli official said.
Match ID: 24 Score: 20.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 0 days
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U.S. Military Isn’t That Concerned About War With Iran
Sat, 13 Apr 2024 21:14:19 +0000
If Washington believed that Iran was about to start a war with Israel, would the Pentagon be bringing home its morticians?
The post U.S. Military Isn’t That Concerned About War With Iran appeared first on The Intercept.
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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: 26 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 8 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
Match ID: 27 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 8 days
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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
Match ID: 28 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 19 days
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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
Match ID: 29 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 23 days
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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
Match ID: 30 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 31 days
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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
Match ID: 31 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 32 days
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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
Match ID: 32 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 36 days
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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%
Match ID: 33 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 36 days
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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
Match ID: 34 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 52 days
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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?
Match ID: 35 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 58 days
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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
Match ID: 36 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 58 days
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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
Match ID: 37 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 72 days
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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
Match ID: 38 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 78 days
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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
Match ID: 39 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 81 days
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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
Match ID: 40 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 85 days
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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
Match ID: 41 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 88 days
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China’s population is shrinking and its economy is losing ground
Wed, 17 Jan 2024 16:14:24 +0000
The “peak China” narrative is proving difficult to shift
Match ID: 42 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 93 days
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Xi Jinping risks setting off another trade war
Tue, 09 Jan 2024 20:27:54 +0000
Why Western politicians should prepare for a second “China shock”
Match ID: 43 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 101 days
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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
Match ID: 44 Score: 5.00 source: www.economist.com age: 8 days
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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
Match ID: 45 Score: 5.00 source: www.economist.com age: 15 days
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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
Match ID: 46 Score: 5.00 source: www.economist.com age: 23 days
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How strong is India’s economy under Narendra Modi?
Mon, 15 Jan 2024 20:40:33 +0000
It has neither boomed nor slumped. But growth may be taking off
Match ID: 47 Score: 5.00 source: www.economist.com age: 95 days
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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
Match ID: 48 Score: 4.29 source: www.economist.com age: 71 days
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