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“Little Home Market”: The Connecticut Company Accused of Fueling an Execution Spree
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 17:10:40 +0000
Evidence points to Absolute Standards as the source of a lethal drug the Trump administration used to restart federal executions after 17 years.
The post “Little Home Market”: The Connecticut Company Accused of Fueling an Execution Spree appeared first on The Intercept.
Match ID: 0 Score: 25.00 source: theintercept.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 15.00 judge, 10.00 congress
Idaho Goes to the Supreme Court to Argue That Pregnant People Are Second-Class Citizens
Fri, 19 Apr 2024 11:00:00 +0000
The state says EMTALA, a law barring discrimination in emergency medical care, interferes with its abortion ban.
The post Idaho Goes to the Supreme Court to Argue That Pregnant People Are Second-Class Citizens appeared first on The Intercept.
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You be the judge: should my flatmate stop setting the clocks fast – even if I am always late?
Fri, 26 Apr 2024 07:00:33 GMT
Fatima has taken drastic action to cure Sade’s chronic lateness. Sade says she doesn’t need her hand holding. You decide whose time is up
Find out how to get a disagreement settled or become a juror
I know I’m perennially late but by changing the clocks, Fatima makes me feel infantilised
Sade hasn’t changed all the clocks back. I think on a subconscious level she knows it actually helps her
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Match ID: 2 Score: 15.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
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Judge accused of bullying and misogyny
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 23:37:18 GMT
Five women have told the BBC about Judge Philip Lancaster's behaviour at employment tribunal hearings.
Match ID: 3 Score: 15.00 source: www.bbc.co.uk age: 0 days
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A N.Y. court tossed Harvey Weinstein’s conviction. Could it help Trump?
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 22:21:00 +0000
Legal experts said the judge overseeing Donald Trump’s trial will have to scrutinize the appeals court’s decision.
Match ID: 4 Score: 15.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 0 days
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Harvey Weinstein: New York court overturns 2020 rape conviction
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 20:34:12 GMT
Court rules judge who oversaw landmark trial was mistaken in allowing women whose accusations were not part of case to testify
The disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 conviction on sex crimes was overturned by a New York appeals court on Thursday, as prosecutors say they will retry the firestorm case.
In a 4-3 decision, the state of New York court of appeals ruled that the judge who oversaw Weinstein’s 2020 conviction prejudiced the ex-movie mogul with “egregious” improper rulings and was mistaken in allowing other women whose accusations were not a part of the 2020 case to testify.
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Match ID: 5 Score: 15.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
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FCC restores net neutrality rules that ban blocking and throttling in 3-2 vote
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 17:12:22 +0000
Broadband lobby groups prepare lawsuit, calling rules a "net fatality."
Match ID: 6 Score: 15.00 source: arstechnica.com age: 0 days
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Senior judges considering whether to allow Lucy Letby appeal
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 15:09:02 GMT
Ex-nurse has asked appeal court for green light to challenge convictions for murder and attempted murder of babies
Three of England’s most senior judges are considering whether to allow Lucy Letby to appeal against her convictions for the murder and attempted murder of babies.
The former nurse has asked the court of appeal for permission to mount a full legal challenge over her convictions for murdering seven infants and attempting to murder another six.
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Laurence Fox ordered to pay £180,000 to two people he called ‘paedophiles’
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 14:55:24 GMT
High court judge orders actor turned politician to pay £90,000 damages to each individual for social media libel
The actor and rightwing activist Laurence Fox has been ordered to pay £90,000 each in damages to two people he libelled by referring to them as “paedophiles” on social media.
A high court judge made the order in London on Thursday. Fox lost his high court libel battle in January, after Mrs Justice Collins Rice ruled that he had defamed two men by calling them paedophiles after they labelled him a racist.
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Match ID: 8 Score: 15.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
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Donald Trump Is Being Ritually Humiliated in Court
Wed, 24 Apr 2024 21:38:09 +0000
At his criminal trial, the ex-President has to sit there while potential jurors, prosecutors, the judge, witnesses, and even his own lawyers talk about him as a defective, impossible person.
Match ID: 9 Score: 15.00 source: www.newyorker.com age: 1 day
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UK accused by Amnesty of ‘deliberately destabilising’ human rights globally
Wed, 24 Apr 2024 11:19:56 GMT
Rights chief also warns Britain will be ‘judged harshly by history for its failure to help prevent civilian slaughter in Gaza’
The UK has been accused by Amnesty International of “deliberately destabilising” human rights on the global stage for its own political ends.
In its annual global report, released today, the organisation said Britain was weakening human rights protections nationally and globally, amid a near-breakdown of international law.
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Match ID: 10 Score: 15.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 1 day
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A Prosecutor Asked Texas to Kill Melissa Lucio. Now He Says She Should Be Freed.
Mon, 22 Apr 2024 18:05:10 +0000
If the courts agree to vacate the conviction, Lucio will have spent 16 years on death row for a crime that never happened.
The post A Prosecutor Asked Texas to Kill Melissa Lucio. Now He Says She Should Be Freed. appeared first on The Intercept.
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What does Taiwan get from the foreign aid bill and why is the US economy among the biggest winners?
Fri, 26 Apr 2024 04:33:06 GMT
The sweeping foreign aid package passed by congress has drawn the ire of China, but billions of dollars will actually stay in the US
Taiwan’s president Tsai Ing-wen has praised the US Congress for passing a sweeping foreign aid package this week which included arms support for the island, and has drawn the ire of China.
After months of delays and contentious debate, the bill was signed into law by Joe Biden on Wednesday. Described as $95bn in aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, the legislation actually contains provisions that broadly affect many parts of the Asia-Pacific, while also spending billions of dollars at home in America.
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Match ID: 12 Score: 10.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
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India election: fears that Modi’s BJP will polarise voters in fight for key state
Fri, 26 Apr 2024 01:00:24 GMT
Muslims worry Modi’s party will rely on familiar tactics of drawing on religious divisions as it battles Congress to to retain seats in Karnataka
The sun scorched the carpeted car park at Mudipu Junction outside Mangalore in Karnataka state as volunteers arranged rows of red plastic chairs and placed mounds of biryani and fruit on the table for a public iftar, the moment Muslims break their fast during Ramadan.
But this was no ordinary iftar. India is in the midst of a general election during which prime minister Narendra Modi and his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are seeking a third term, and factionalism is rife.
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Match ID: 13 Score: 10.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
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A Ukraine-born congresswoman voted no on aid. Her hometown feels betrayed.
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 17:41:47 +0000
Match ID: 14 Score: 10.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 0 days
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House Responds to Israeli-Iranian Missile Exchange by Taking Rights Away from Americans
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 15:18:48 +0000
A measure passed by the House seeks to block Americans from traveling to Iran on U.S. passports.
The post House Responds to Israeli-Iranian Missile Exchange by Taking Rights Away from Americans appeared first on The Intercept.
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Congress passed a TikTok bill. Will the US really ban the app?
Wed, 24 Apr 2024 22:45:34 GMT
A bill passed by Congress and signed by Biden requires owner ByteDance to sell or face a US ban – it’s its biggest threat yet
The House of Representatives passed a bill that would require TikTok owner ByteDance to sell the social media platform or face a total ban in the United States. The Senate passed it less than a week later. Joe Biden signed it a day after the Senate voted yes.
TikTok is facing its biggest existential threat yet in the US. The app was banned in Montana last year, but courts found that prohibition unconstitutional, and it never went into effect.
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Match ID: 16 Score: 10.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 1 day
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Biden signs $95bn foreign aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan
Wed, 24 Apr 2024 16:49:38 GMT
President says legislation is ‘going to make the world safer’ after months of congressional gridlock threatened support for Kyiv
Joe Biden has signed into law a bill that rushes $95bn in foreign aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, a bipartisan legislative victory he hailed as a “good day for world peace” after months of congressional gridlock threatened Washington’s support for Kyiv in its fight to repel Russia’s invasion.
The Senate overwhelmingly passed the measure in a 79 -18 vote late on Tuesday night, after the package won similarly lopsided approval in the Republican controlled House, despite months of resistance from an isolationist bloc of hardline conservatives opposed to helping Ukraine.
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Match ID: 17 Score: 10.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 1 day
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President Biden Signs Bill That Could Ban TikTok
Wed, 24 Apr 2024 15:12:59 +0000
The law will give TikTok a year to divest from ByteDance, its Chinese owner.
Match ID: 18 Score: 10.00 source: www.wired.com age: 1 day
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As Biden Cheers TikTok Ban, White House Embraces TikTok Influencers
Tue, 23 Apr 2024 21:25:12 +0000
The White House brushes off accusations of hypocrisy, courting TikTok while seeking to ban it.
The post As Biden Cheers TikTok Ban, White House Embraces TikTok Influencers appeared first on The Intercept.
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Chuck Schumer Privately Warns Pakistan: Don't Kill Imran Khan in Prison
Tue, 23 Apr 2024 20:04:01 +0000
Supporters worry Khan’s life is in danger and with good reason: The military has a long history of killing deposed leaders.
The post Chuck Schumer Privately Warns Pakistan: Don’t Kill Imran Khan in Prison appeared first on The Intercept.
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The Next US President Will Have Troubling New Surveillance Powers
Mon, 22 Apr 2024 16:59:38 +0000
Over the weekend, President Joe Biden signed legislation not only reauthorizing a major FISA spy program but expanding it in ways that could have major implications for privacy rights in the US.
Match ID: 21 Score: 8.57 source: www.wired.com age: 3 days
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Columbia Law School Faculty Condemn Administration for Mass Arrests and Suspensions
Mon, 22 Apr 2024 16:13:21 +0000
The blanket suspension of student protesters casts “serious doubt on the University’s respect for the rule-of-law values that we teach,” 54 law professors wrote.
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Match ID: 22 Score: 8.57 source: theintercept.com age: 3 days
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Lawsuit Links Wild UAE-Financed Smear Campaign to George Washington University
Sat, 20 Apr 2024 15:09:48 +0000
The smears spurred Austrian police to raid Islamophobia scholar Farid Hafez’s family home. Then the terrorism charges fell apart.
The post Lawsuit Links Wild UAE-Financed Smear Campaign to George Washington University appeared first on The Intercept.
Match ID: 23 Score: 5.71 source: theintercept.com age: 5 days
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Since October, Sen. John Fetterman Has Been Building a Roster of Republican Donors
Fri, 19 Apr 2024 19:32:30 +0000
“Yes I’m a Republican and I exclusively supported John through the Jewish community for his principled actions supporting Israel.”
The post Since October, Sen. John Fetterman Has Been Building a Roster of Republican Donors appeared first on The Intercept.
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U.S. Troops in Niger Say They’re “Stranded” and Can’t Get Mail, Medicine
Thu, 18 Apr 2024 21:22:11 +0000
U.S. military service members interviewed for a congressional inquiry said intelligence reports about how bad the situation is were being suppressed.
The post U.S. Troops in Niger Say They’re “Stranded” and Can’t Get Mail, Medicine appeared first on The Intercept.
Match ID: 25 Score: 2.86 source: theintercept.com age: 7 days
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Columbia Suspends Ilhan Omar’s Daughter One Day After Omar Grilled School Administrators
Thu, 18 Apr 2024 19:41:47 +0000
The university suspended three students out of hundreds participating in an on-campus encampment to protest the Israeli government.
The post Columbia Suspends Ilhan Omar’s Daughter One Day After Omar Grilled School Administrators appeared first on The Intercept.
Match ID: 26 Score: 2.86 source: theintercept.com age: 7 days
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The Gaping Hole in Supreme Court Rules for Tracking Links Between Litigants and Influence Groups
Thu, 18 Apr 2024 13:24:39 +0000
Parties appearing before the Supreme Court can fund the groups that file briefs supporting their arguments — and almost never have to disclose it.
The post The Gaping Hole in Supreme Court Rules for Tracking Links Between Litigants and Influence Groups appeared first on The Intercept.
Match ID: 27 Score: 2.86 source: theintercept.com age: 7 days
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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 […]
Match ID: 28 Score: 2.14 source: www.nasa.gov age: 30 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: 29 Score: 2.14 source: www.economist.com age: 87 days
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Columbia Suspended Two Students for Assault on Gaza Rally, School Says in Antisemitism Hearing
Wed, 17 Apr 2024 23:58:01 +0000
In congressional testimony, school administrators also said they are investigating pro-Israel and pro-Palestine professors.
The post Columbia Suspended Two Students for Assault on Gaza Rally, School Says in Antisemitism Hearing appeared first on The Intercept.
Match ID: 30 Score: 1.43 source: theintercept.com age: 8 days
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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.
Match ID: 31 Score: 1.43 source: theintercept.com age: 8 days
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Big Tech Says Spy Bill Turns Its Workers Into Informants
Wed, 17 Apr 2024 18:11:29 +0000
One of Silicon Valley’s most influential lobbying arms joins privacy reformers in a fight against the Biden administration–backed expansion of a major US surveillance program.
Match ID: 32 Score: 1.43 source: www.wired.com age: 8 days
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US Senate to Vote on a Wiretap Bill That Critics Call ‘Stasi-Like’
Tue, 16 Apr 2024 17:02:58 +0000
A controversial bill reauthorizing the Section 702 spy program may force whole new categories of businesses to eavesdrop on the US government’s behalf, including on fellow Americans.
Match ID: 33 Score: 1.43 source: www.wired.com age: 9 days
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House Votes to Extend—and Expand—a Major US Spy Program
Fri, 12 Apr 2024 19:30:44 +0000
The US House of Representatives voted on Friday to extend the Section 702 spy program. It passed without an amendment that would have required the FBI to obtain a warrant to access Americans’ information.
Match ID: 34 Score: 1.43 source: www.wired.com age: 13 days
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Israel Attack on Iran Is What World War III Looks Like
Sat, 20 Apr 2024 17:54:57 +0000
Like countless other hostilities, the stealthy Israeli missile and drone strike on Iran doesn’t risk war. It is war.
The post Israel Attack on Iran Is What World War III Looks Like appeared first on The Intercept.
Match ID: 0 Score: 131.43 source: theintercept.com age: 5 days
qualifiers: 22.86 japan, 22.86 china, 20.00 south china sea, 20.00 india, 17.14 south korea, 11.43 taiwan, 8.57 sri lanka, 8.57 philippines
Asia’s next war could be triggered by a rusting warship on a disputed reef
Fri, 26 Apr 2024 06:00:43 +0000
China claims the vast majority of the South China Sea and has ramped up efforts to prevent the Philippines from providing supplies to the Sierra Madre.
Match ID: 1 Score: 90.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 40.00 china, 35.00 south china sea, 15.00 philippines
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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Match ID: 2 Score: 80.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
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Rough waters in the South China Sea
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 00:00:39 +0000
Tensions in the South China Sea have grown more intense than at any time in recent years.
Match ID: 3 Score: 75.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 1 day
qualifiers: 40.00 china, 35.00 south china sea
Honda to spend $11 billion on four EV factories in North America
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 16:33:09 +0000
The new facilities are in addition to the previously announced EV hub in Ohio.
Match ID: 4 Score: 70.00 source: arstechnica.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 40.00 japan, 30.00 south korea
What does Taiwan get from the foreign aid bill and why is the US economy among the biggest winners?
Fri, 26 Apr 2024 04:33:06 GMT
The sweeping foreign aid package passed by congress has drawn the ire of China, but billions of dollars will actually stay in the US
Taiwan’s president Tsai Ing-wen has praised the US Congress for passing a sweeping foreign aid package this week which included arms support for the island, and has drawn the ire of China.
After months of delays and contentious debate, the bill was signed into law by Joe Biden on Wednesday. Described as $95bn in aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, the legislation actually contains provisions that broadly affect many parts of the Asia-Pacific, while also spending billions of dollars at home in America.
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Match ID: 5 Score: 60.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 40.00 china, 20.00 taiwan
The Marshall Star for April 24, 2024
Wed, 24 Apr 2024 20:51:43 +0000
NASA Announces 30th Human Exploration Rover Challenge Winners NASA announced the winners of the 30th Human Exploration Rover Challenge (HERC) April 22, with Parish Episcopal School, from Dallas, winning first place in the high school division, and the University of Alabama in Huntsville,capturing the college/university title. The annual engineering competition – one of NASA’s longest standing challenges […]
Match ID: 6 Score: 55.00 source: www.nasa.gov age: 1 day
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China warns relations with US could slip into ‘downward spiral’ if red lines crossed
Fri, 26 Apr 2024 08:34:00 GMT
Wang Yi tells Antony Blinken ‘disruptions’ could arise amid threat of sanctions over China’s support of Russia’s defence industry
China’s foreign minister, Wang Yi, has warned the US that the recent improvements in the two countries’ relations were being jeopardised by “disruptions” that could take them back to a “downward spiral” leading to rivalry, confrontation and even conflict.
Wang was speaking at the start of a meeting in Beijing with the US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, at a time of renewed tension in the relations between the superpowers. The US, he said, should not step on China’s “red lines”.
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Match ID: 7 Score: 40.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
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Yen slumps to fresh 34-year low as Bank of Japan stands pat with no sign of intervention
Fri, 26 Apr 2024 08:26:00 GMT
The Japanese yen fell to a fresh 34-year low versus the U.S. dollar after the Bank of Japan left monetary policy unchanged and gave little indication that intervention to support the currency was imminent.
Match ID: 8 Score: 40.00 source: www.marketwatch.com age: 0 days
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Japan comes face to face with its own space junk
Fri, 26 Apr 2024 08:24:57 GMT
A Tokyo company's satellite encounters a big lump of space debris high above the Earth.
Match ID: 9 Score: 40.00 source: www.bbc.co.uk age: 0 days
qualifiers: 40.00 japan
Xi meets Blinken as China warns US against crossing 'red lines'
Fri, 26 Apr 2024 08:13:47 GMT
Blinken had earlier met his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi, who warned that relations with US could slip into a 'downward spiral'.
Match ID: 10 Score: 40.00 source: www.bbc.co.uk age: 0 days
qualifiers: 40.00 china
TikTok's Chinese parent firm says no plans to sell
Fri, 26 Apr 2024 07:13:01 GMT
The video sharing app faces being banned in the US unless it severs ties with its China's ByteDance.
Match ID: 11 Score: 40.00 source: www.bbc.com age: 0 days
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Chess: Gukesh, 17, shocks favourites to become youngest challenger for title
Fri, 26 Apr 2024 07:00:34 GMT
The Chennai teenager won the Candidates by just half a point and will take on China’s Ding Liren for the world crown in a 14-game series later this year
Gukesh Dommaraju became, at 17, the youngest ever Candidates winner and world championship challenger on Sunday after edging out the favourites Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura and Ian Nepomniachtchi in a marathon six-hour final round in Toronto.
Gukesh will now meet the holder, China’s Ding Liren, in a 14-game series for the world crown from 20 November to 15 December. The world No 1, Norway’s Magnus Carlsen, abdicated his title in 2023 after a 10-year reign.
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Match ID: 12 Score: 40.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
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Mount Fuji view to be blocked as tourists overcrowd popular photo spot
Fri, 26 Apr 2024 06:46:56 GMT
Fujikawaguchiko town official says choice to erect huge barrier is ‘regrettable’ and last resort
A huge barrier to block views of Mount Fuji will be installed at a popular photo spot by Japanese authorities exasperated by crowds of badly behaved foreign tourists.
Construction of the mesh net – 2.5 metres (8ft) high and the length of a cricket pitch at 20 metres – will begin as early as next week, an official from Fujikawaguchiko town said on Friday.
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Match ID: 13 Score: 40.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
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Private Revolutions by Yuan Yang review – an intimate account of how China is changing
Fri, 26 Apr 2024 06:30:31 GMT
A social and economic revolution observed through the lives of four women in their 30s
Yuan Yang, the former Financial Times China correspondent, has written an engrossing new book that meticulously reports on a country in the throes of change, using the lives and choices of four women from her own generation as a lens.
Leiya, Sam, June and Siyue, born in the late 80s and 90s, all hail from different regions and social classes – but they share the trait of being “unusually accomplished idealists”. Lieya, who drops out of school to work in a factory, later goes on to run a childcare collective. Sam, “born into a special sliver of her generation: the urban middle class”, is drawn into the world of labour activism after interviewing an injured factory worker for a university sociology course. June is just 13 when her mother is killed – crushed on a conveyor belt in a coal mine. She becomes the only one of her village primary school classmates to make it to high school, and then university. Headstrong Siyue’s stressful childhood is characterised by the rising and falling fortunes of her parents, who try their hands at various business ventures (repairing Nokia handsets, for example). Later, as a single mother, she is adamant about parenting her daughter differently – and giving her own mother (who she tricks into going on her first ever holiday, to Bali) a new outlook on life, too.
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Match ID: 14 Score: 40.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
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Pandabuy: police raid ‘20 football stadiums’ worth of alleged fake goods warehouses
Fri, 26 Apr 2024 05:42:37 GMT
Arrests as Chinese authorities working with UK police and international trademark agencies seize millions of parcels bound for customers worldwide
Chinese authorities have targeted a major online sales platform accused of supplying counterfeit goods, raiding warehouses holding millions of packages destined for overseas buyers.
Earlier this month police raided the Hangzhou office and several warehouses of Pandabuy after reported legal action by 16 brands over copyright infringement. More than 200 public security branch officers, 50 private sector investigators and local police were involved, according to reports.
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Match ID: 15 Score: 40.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 40.00 china
U.S.-China ties are ‘beginning to stabilize,’ Chinese minister tells Blinken
Fri, 26 Apr 2024 02:58:58 +0000
Relations have improved since Blinken’s visit 10 months ago, enabling the world’s two biggest economies to manage their tense and interdependent relationship.
Match ID: 16 Score: 40.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 0 days
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The ex-flight attendant who now leads the airline
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 23:25:29 GMT
Mitsuko Tottori was named as the first female boss of Japan Airlines earlier this year.
Match ID: 17 Score: 40.00 source: www.bbc.co.uk age: 0 days
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Russia stands alone in vetoing UN resolution on nuclear weapons in space
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 23:09:17 +0000
"The United States assesses that Russia is developing a new satellite carrying a nuclear device."
Match ID: 18 Score: 40.00 source: arstechnica.com age: 0 days
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US wants allies to cut chip-related China exports amid Huawei alarm
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Match ID: 19 Score: 40.00 source: www.reddit.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 40.00 china
Millions of IPs remain infected by USB worm years after its creators left it for dead
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 18:49:07 +0000
Ability of PlugX worm to live on presents a vexing dilemma: Delete it or leave it be.
Match ID: 20 Score: 40.00 source: arstechnica.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 40.00 china
In the face of bans, ByteDance tightens grip over US TikTok operations
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 13:53:57 +0000
Relationship between TikTok, ByteDance deepens as tensions over the app’s ownership escalate.
Match ID: 21 Score: 40.00 source: arstechnica.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 40.00 china
Chinese student jailed for stalking activist over Boston campus fliers
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 13:37:07 +0000
Prosecutors say Xiaolei Wu, 26, harassed his victim, who was also from China, after she shared pro-democracy posters around Berklee College of Music’s campus.
Match ID: 22 Score: 40.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 40.00 china
In Search of Lost Flavors in Flushing
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 10:00:00 +0000
Rediscovering the tastes of childhood in New York’s biggest Chinatown.
Match ID: 23 Score: 40.00 source: www.newyorker.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 40.00 china
Congress passed a TikTok bill. Will the US really ban the app?
Wed, 24 Apr 2024 22:45:34 GMT
A bill passed by Congress and signed by Biden requires owner ByteDance to sell or face a US ban – it’s its biggest threat yet
The House of Representatives passed a bill that would require TikTok owner ByteDance to sell the social media platform or face a total ban in the United States. The Senate passed it less than a week later. Joe Biden signed it a day after the Senate voted yes.
TikTok is facing its biggest existential threat yet in the US. The app was banned in Montana last year, but courts found that prohibition unconstitutional, and it never went into effect.
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Match ID: 24 Score: 40.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 1 day
qualifiers: 40.00 china
The Dada Era of Internet Memes
Wed, 24 Apr 2024 20:45:25 +0000
How the viral TikToks of a Chinese glycine factory elucidate our increasingly chaotic digital environment.
Match ID: 25 Score: 40.00 source: www.newyorker.com age: 1 day
qualifiers: 40.00 china
'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: 26 Score: 40.00 source: www.wired.com age: 1 day
qualifiers: 40.00 china
President Biden Signs Bill That Could Ban TikTok
Wed, 24 Apr 2024 15:12:59 +0000
The law will give TikTok a year to divest from ByteDance, its Chinese owner.
Match ID: 27 Score: 40.00 source: www.wired.com age: 1 day
qualifiers: 40.00 china
NASA’s Chandra Releases Doubleheader of Blockbuster Hits
Wed, 24 Apr 2024 14:45:43 +0000
New movies of two of the most famous objects in the sky — the Crab Nebula and Cassiopeia A — are being released from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory. Each includes X-ray data collected by Chandra over about two decades. They show dramatic changes in the debris and radiation remaining after the explosion of two massive […]
Match ID: 28 Score: 40.00 source: www.nasa.gov age: 1 day
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As Biden Cheers TikTok Ban, White House Embraces TikTok Influencers
Tue, 23 Apr 2024 21:25:12 +0000
The White House brushes off accusations of hypocrisy, courting TikTok while seeking to ban it.
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Match ID: 29 Score: 40.00 source: theintercept.com age: 2 days
qualifiers: 40.00 china
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: 30 Score: 40.00 source: www.economist.com age: 2 days
qualifiers: 40.00 china
India election: fears that Modi’s BJP will polarise voters in fight for key state
Fri, 26 Apr 2024 01:00:24 GMT
Muslims worry Modi’s party will rely on familiar tactics of drawing on religious divisions as it battles Congress to to retain seats in Karnataka
The sun scorched the carpeted car park at Mudipu Junction outside Mangalore in Karnataka state as volunteers arranged rows of red plastic chairs and placed mounds of biryani and fruit on the table for a public iftar, the moment Muslims break their fast during Ramadan.
But this was no ordinary iftar. India is in the midst of a general election during which prime minister Narendra Modi and his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are seeking a third term, and factionalism is rife.
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Match ID: 31 Score: 35.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 35.00 india
Toyota will spend $1.4 billion to build electric 3-row SUV in Indiana
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 17:49:35 +0000
This is a different new 3-row EV from the one Toyota will build in Kentucky.
Match ID: 32 Score: 35.00 source: arstechnica.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 35.00 india
“Little Home Market”: The Connecticut Company Accused of Fueling an Execution Spree
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 17:10:40 +0000
Evidence points to Absolute Standards as the source of a lethal drug the Trump administration used to restart federal executions after 17 years.
The post “Little Home Market”: The Connecticut Company Accused of Fueling an Execution Spree appeared first on The Intercept.
Match ID: 33 Score: 35.00 source: theintercept.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 35.00 india
Chuck Schumer Privately Warns Pakistan: Don't Kill Imran Khan in Prison
Tue, 23 Apr 2024 20:04:01 +0000
Supporters worry Khan’s life is in danger and with good reason: The military has a long history of killing deposed leaders.
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Match ID: 34 Score: 35.00 source: theintercept.com age: 2 days
qualifiers: 35.00 india
Indonesia election: Prabowo formally declared president-elect after court rejects legal challenges
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 05:23:50 GMT
Rivals had said February election won by former general was undermined by state interference and unfair rule changes
Indonesia’s electoral commission has formally declared Prabowo Subianto president-elect in a ceremony, after the country’s highest court rejected challenges to his win by rival candidates.
Prabowo, 72, a former general dogged by allegations of human rights abuses, won a landslide victory in February’s elections, but his two opponents claimed that the vote had been undermined by state interference and unfair rule changes.
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Match ID: 35 Score: 30.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 1 day
qualifiers: 30.00 indonesia
Reporting in India ‘too difficult’ under Modi, says departing Australian journalist
Tue, 23 Apr 2024 06:33:49 GMT
Despite eventual visa backflip by authorities, ABC’s south-Asia correspondent Avani Dias left after being made to ‘feel so uncomfortable’
The south-Asia correspondent for Australia’s national broadcaster, Avani Dias, has been forced out of India after her reporting fell foul of the Indian government, in a sign of the increasing pressure on journalists in the country under Narendra Modi.
Dias, who has been based in Delhi for the ABC since January 2022, said she felt the government had made it “too difficult” for her to continue to do her job, claiming it blocked her from accessing events, issued takedown notices to YouTube for her news stories, and then refused her a standard visa renewal.
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Match ID: 36 Score: 30.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 3 days
qualifiers: 30.00 india
Narendra Modi accused of stirring tensions as voting in India continues
Mon, 22 Apr 2024 17:35:16 GMT
Opposition says prime minister targeting Muslim minority with ‘hate speech’ and violating election rules
India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, has been accused of hate speech during a campaign rally where he called Muslims “infiltrators” who had “many children” and claimed they would take people’s hard-earned money.
The opposition accused Modi of “blatantly targeting” India’s 200 million Muslim minority with comments made while addressing voters at a speech in Rajasthan on Sunday.
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Match ID: 37 Score: 30.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 3 days
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AI-Controlled Fighter Jets Are Dogfighting With Human Pilots Now
Sat, 20 Apr 2024 10:00:00 +0000
Plus: New York’s legislature suffers a cyberattack, police disrupt a global phishing operation, and Apple removes encrypted messaging apps in China.
Match ID: 38 Score: 22.86 source: www.wired.com age: 5 days
qualifiers: 22.86 china
Biden signs $95bn foreign aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan
Wed, 24 Apr 2024 16:49:38 GMT
President says legislation is ‘going to make the world safer’ after months of congressional gridlock threatened support for Kyiv
Joe Biden has signed into law a bill that rushes $95bn in foreign aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, a bipartisan legislative victory he hailed as a “good day for world peace” after months of congressional gridlock threatened Washington’s support for Kyiv in its fight to repel Russia’s invasion.
The Senate overwhelmingly passed the measure in a 79 -18 vote late on Tuesday night, after the package won similarly lopsided approval in the Republican controlled House, despite months of resistance from an isolationist bloc of hardline conservatives opposed to helping Ukraine.
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Match ID: 39 Score: 20.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 1 day
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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: 40 Score: 15.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 6 days
qualifiers: 15.00 india
Fighting rages at Myanmar’s border with Thailand as rebels target junta troops
Sat, 20 Apr 2024 18:58:40 GMT
Thousands of civilians flee as resistance fighters fight to flush out soldiers holed up at eastern bridge border crossing
Fighting raged at Myanmar’s eastern border with Thailand on Saturday, both governments said, forcing 3,000 civilians to flee as rebels fought to flush out Myanmar junta troops holed up for days at a bridge border crossing.
Resistance fighters and ethnic minority rebels seized the key trading town of Myawaddy on the Myanmar side of the frontier on 11 April, a blow to a well-equipped military struggling to govern and facing a test of battlefield credibility.
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Match ID: 41 Score: 11.43 source: www.theguardian.com age: 5 days
qualifiers: 11.43 thailand
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: 42 Score: 11.43 source: www.economist.com age: 7 days
qualifiers: 11.43 china
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.
Match ID: 43 Score: 11.43 source: theintercept.com age: 8 days
qualifiers: 5.71 japan, 5.71 china
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: 44 Score: 10.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 7 days
qualifiers: 10.00 india
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 15 metres 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: 45 Score: 10.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 7 days
qualifiers: 10.00 india
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: 46 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 9 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china
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.
Match ID: 47 Score: 5.71 source: www.wired.com age: 10 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china
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: 48 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 14 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china
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: 49 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 14 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china
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: 50 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 25 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china
China’s banks have a bad-debt problem
Wed, 27 Mar 2024 14:12:05 +0000
As is becoming increasingly obvious
Match ID: 51 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 29 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china
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: 52 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 37 days
qualifiers: 5.71 japan
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: 53 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 38 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china
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: 54 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 42 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china
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: 55 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 42 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china
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: 56 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 58 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china
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: 57 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 64 days
qualifiers: 5.71 japan
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: 58 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 64 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china
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: 59 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 78 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china
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: 60 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 84 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china
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: 61 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 87 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: 62 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 91 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: 63 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 94 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: 64 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 99 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: 65 Score: 5.00 source: www.economist.com age: 14 days
qualifiers: 5.00 india
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: 66 Score: 5.00 source: www.economist.com age: 21 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: 67 Score: 5.00 source: www.economist.com age: 29 days
qualifiers: 5.00 india
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: 68 Score: 4.29 source: www.economist.com age: 77 days
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