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The 44 Best Shows on Hulu Right Now (February 2025)
Tue, 04 Feb 2025 20:00:00 +0000
Paradise, Scamanda, and What We Do in the Shadows are just a few of the shows you should be watching on Hulu this month.
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From Alice to Zelig via Rosemary’s Baby: Mia Farrow’s 20 best films – ranked!
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 14:00:17 GMT

As the Hollywood royal turns 80, we remember her greatest film roles that include an acting masterclass in Full Circle and a heartbreaking turn in The Purple Rose of Cairo

Like many a Hollywood star, Farrow took part in a 1970s disaster movie. In this Roger Corman production she’s in a love triangle with Rock Hudson, whose ski resort lies under an avalanche-prone mountain, and environmentalist Robert Forster, whose warnings are ignored. What happens next won’t surprise you.

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After 50 years, can’t we shut down this cult of Margaret Thatcher? Just look at the mess she made of Britain | Polly Toynbee
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 13:42:24 GMT

A whole slew of dramas and plays mark half a century since her election as Tory leader. But there is too much gloss, when so many people are still suffering

Now she’s an opera. Yet another myth-making apotheosis lifts Margaret Thatcher to iconic realms, crafting for her an image recalling Elizabeth I. Historian Dominic Sandbrook is writing the libretto of her story, as one Thatcher tribute act trips over the next. This week saw James Graham’s Brian and Maggie drama about an interview that helped tip her towards her downfall. Next week, Radio 4 brings us When Larry met Maggie, Tim Walker’s play imagining scenes when Laurence Olivier coached the ingenue education secretary in the art of wooing and even seducing audiences.

This week marks the 50th anniversary of Thatcher’s election as leader of her party. I started counting but lost track of the myriad actors who have played her, some of the greatest of our time. Harriet Walter was magnificent, as ever. So were Gillian Anderson and Meryl Streep. Lesley Manville was just as fine, as was Patricia Hodge, and I’m sure Frances Barber will be next week in Walker’s radio play. None but royalty of stage and screen are fit to play her.

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How the Oscar Race Got as Messy as “Conclave”
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 11:00:00 +0000
As in the movie, a succession of mini-scandals has threatened to derail one Best Picture contender after another.
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“The Fishing Place” Puts History Into the Present Tense
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 22:39:38 +0000
With a style as daring as his narrative sense, Rob Tregenza dramatizes the moral dilemmas of Norwegians under Nazi occupation.
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Mourning David Lynch in a City on Fire
Tue, 04 Feb 2025 11:00:00 +0000
In L.A., the death of the director of “Mulholland Drive” and “Inland Empire” leaves an unfillable void.
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George Hamilton Is Palm Beach’s It Boy, Again
Mon, 03 Feb 2025 11:00:00 +0000
Having starred opposite Lana Turner and Olivia de Havilland and done a stint as Colonel Sanders, the ultra-tan movie idol returns to the land of Mar-a-Lago.
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Most Frequently Asked Questions About NFTs(Non-Fungible Tokens)
Sun, 06 Feb 2022 10:04:00 +0000

 

NFTs

Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are the most popular digital assets today, capturing the attention of cryptocurrency investors, whales and people from around the world. People find it amazing that some users spend thousands or millions of dollars on a single NFT-based image of a monkey or other token, but you can simply take a screenshot for free. So here we share some freuently asked question about NFTs.

1) What is an NFT?

NFT stands for non-fungible  token, which is a cryptographic token on a blockchain with unique identification codes that distinguish it from other tokens. NFTs are unique and not interchangeable, which means no two NFTs are the same. NFTs can be a unique artwork, GIF, Images, videos, Audio album. in-game items, collectibles etc.

2) What is Blockchain?

A blockchain is a distributed digital ledger that allows for the secure storage of data. By recording any kind of information—such as bank account transactions, the ownership of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs), or Decentralized Finance (DeFi) smart contracts—in one place, and distributing it to many different computers, blockchains ensure that data can’t be manipulated without everyone in the system being aware.

3) What makes an NFT valuable?


The value of an NFT comes from its ability to be traded freely and securely on the blockchain, which is not possible with other current digital ownership solutionsThe NFT points to its location on the blockchain, but doesn’t necessarily contain the digital property. For example, if you replace one bitcoin with another, you will still have the same thing. If you buy a non-fungible item, such as a movie ticket, it is impossible to replace it with any other movie ticket because each ticket is unique to a specific time and place.

4) How do NFTs work?

One of the unique characteristics of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) is that they can be tokenised to create a digital certificate of ownership that can be bought, sold and traded on the blockchain. 

As with crypto-currency, records of who owns what are stored on a ledger that is maintained by thousands of computers around the world. These records can’t be forged because the whole system operates on an open-source network. 

NFTs also contain smart contracts—small computer programs that run on the blockchain—that give the artist, for example, a cut of any future sale of the token.

5) What’s the connection between NFTs and cryptocurrency?

Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) aren't cryptocurrencies, but they do use blockchain technology. Many NFTs are based on Ethereum, where the blockchain serves as a ledger for all the transactions related to said NFT and the properties it represents.5) How to make an NFT?

Anyone can create an NFT. All you need is a digital wallet, some ethereum tokens and a connection to an NFT marketplace where you’ll be able to upload and sell your creations

6) How to validate the authencity of an NFT?

When you purchase a stock in NFT, that purchase is recorded on the blockchain—the bitcoin ledger of transactions—and that entry acts as your proof of ownership.

7) How is an NFT valued? What are the most expensive NFTs?

The value of an NFT varies a lot based on the digital asset up for grabs. People use NFTs to trade and sell digital art, so when creating an NFT, you should consider the popularity of your digital artwork along with historical statistics.

In the year 2021, a digital artist called Pak created an artwork called The Merge. It was sold on the Nifty Gateway NFT market for $91.8 million.

8) Can NFTs be used as an investment?

Non-fungible tokens can be used in investment opportunities. One can purchase an NFT and resell it at a profit. Certain NFT marketplaces let sellers of NFTs keep a percentage of the profits from sales of the assets they create.

9) Will NFTs be the future of art and collectibles?

Many people want to buy NFTs because it lets them support the arts and own something cool from their favorite musicians, brands, and celebrities. NFTs also give artists an opportunity to program in continual royalties if someone buys their work. Galleries see this as a way to reach new buyers interested in art.

10) How do we buy an NFTs?

There are many places to buy digital assets, like opensea and their policies vary. On top shot, for instance, you sign up for a waitlist that can be thousands of people long. When a digital asset goes on sale, you are occasionally chosen to purchase it.

11) Can i mint NFT for free?

To mint an NFT token, you must pay some amount of gas fee to process the transaction on the Etherum blockchain, but you can mint your NFT on a different blockchain called Polygon to avoid paying gas fees. This option is available on OpenSea and this simply denotes that your NFT will only be able to trade using Polygon's blockchain and not Etherum's blockchain. Mintable allows you to mint NFTs for free without paying any gas fees.

12) Do i own an NFT if i screenshot it?

The answer is no. Non-Fungible Tokens are minted on the blockchain using cryptocurrencies such as Etherum, Solana, Polygon, and so on. Once a Non-Fungible Token is minted, the transaction is recorded on the blockchain and the contract or license is awarded to whoever has that Non-Fungible Token in their wallet.

12) Why are people investing so much in NFT?


 Non-fungible tokens have gained the hearts of people around the world, and they have given digital creators the recognition they deserve. One of the remarkable things about non-fungible tokens is that you can take a screenshot of one, but you don’t own it. This is because when a non-fungible token is created, then the transaction is stored on the blockchain, and the license or contract to hold such a token is awarded to the person owning the token in their digital wallet.

You can sell your work and creations by attaching a license to it on the blockchain, where its ownership can be transferred. This lets you get exposure without losing full ownership of your work. Some of the most successful projects include Cryptopunks, Bored Ape Yatch Club NFTs, SandBox, World of Women and so on. These NFT projects have gained popularity globally and are owned by celebrities and other successful entrepreneurs. Owning one of these NFTs gives you an automatic ticket to exclusive business meetings and life-changing connections.

Final Saying

That’s a wrap. Hope you guys found this article enlightening. I just answer some question with my limited knowledge about NFTs. If you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to drop them in the comment section below. Also I have a question for you, Is bitcoin an NFTs? let me know in The comment section below






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Best Tested Ski Clothes (2025): Shells, Jackets, Wool Socks
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 14:32:00 +0000
From weatherproof jackets and pants to puffers, gloves, and socks, WIRED’s winter sports experts have got you covered.
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More Than Mezcal: A Dive Into Oaxaca’s High-End Cocktail Scene
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 14:00:00 +0000
Using local ingredients like hoja santa, huitlacoche, insects, and a variety of mercurial spirits, bartenders in the Mexican city are testing the boundaries of flavor and presentation.
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A frozen, protected wonderland: slow adventure in the less visited French Alps
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 07:00:03 GMT

At the gateway to the Vanoise national park, new cabins make a great base for a wild winter retreat that’s laid-back but packed with activity

The snow is deep and soft as we pad slowly forward, a muffled crunching the only sound breaking the silence. All around us, the jagged peaks of the Vanoise massif pierce the sky, glinting in the clear morning light. As we walk, Matthieu, my snowshoeing guide, points out fresh tracks – mountain hare, roe deer, fox – and on the mountainside we spy ibex: first a lone male, then a group surveying us from on high.

Champagny-le-Haut, a 1,500-metre-high glacial valley in the French Alps close to the Italian border, is the gateway to the Vanoise national park. In summer it offers pristine mountain hikes and waterfalls, while in winter, with snow closing the road beyond the pretty hamlet of Le Bois where I’m staying, it’s a frozen, protected wonderland. A world away from the busy ski resorts elsewhere in La Plagne, it’s perfect for a more low-key, affordable winter holiday in the heart of nature.

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Parts of Japan blanketed by thick snow during strongest cold front for years
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 04:23:38 GMT

Hokkaido and the Japan Sea coast have been hardest hit, forcing domestic airlines to cancel flights between cities in the region and Tokyo

Large parts of Japan have been blanketed with snow, as the lowest temperatures this winter disrupted rail and air travel, amid warnings that more heavy snowfall was expected through the weekend.

Residents struggled to dig out cars that had been buried by snow in just a few hours, with the meteorological agency describing the cold front as the “strongest in several years”.

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Fuchsia Dunlop’s Taste for Adventure
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 21:00:00 +0000
The acclaimed Chinese-cuisine chef and writer reflects on stories of foreign travel in China, and what it feels like to fall in love with a place.
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State Department Puts ‘All Direct Hire’ USAID Personnel on Administrative Leave
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 02:36:00 +0000
The US government’s primary foreign aid agency has employees stationed all over the world, many of whom are now bracing to abruptly leave their posts.
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Twelve Days in Kobane, Where Syrian Kurds Are Under Attack by Turkey
Mon, 03 Feb 2025 18:26:50 +0000

Since the fall of Bashar al-Assad, Turkey and its militias have cut off the Kurdish city of Kobane from the rest of Syria.

The post Twelve Days in Kobane, Where Syrian Kurds Are Under Attack by Turkey appeared first on The Intercept.


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60 days in bed for science
Mon, 03 Feb 2025 16:30:00 +0100
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A group of volunteers is spending two months lying in bed—with their feet up and one shoulder always touching the mattress—even while eating, showering, and using the toilet. But why? This extreme bedrest study is helping scientists understand how space travel affects the human body and how to keep astronauts healthy on long missions.

Microgravity causes muscle and bone loss, fluid shifts, and other physiological changes similar to those experienced by bedridden patients on Earth. By studying volunteers here on Earth, researchers can develop better countermeasures for astronauts and even improve treatments for medical conditions like osteoporosis.

In this study, participants are divided into three groups: one stays in bed with no exercise, another cycles in bed to mimic astronaut workouts, and a third cycles while being spun in a centrifuge to simulate artificial gravity. Scientists hope artificial gravity could become a key tool in protecting astronauts during deep-space missions.


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Trend Alert! Raw Milk, Luxe Travel, and Knitting
Mon, 03 Feb 2025 11:00:00 +0000
A consultant, an artist, a model, and a former staffer to the Surgeon General walk into a wine bar to decide what’s in and what’s out.
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Endangered frog dads travel 7,000 miles to 'give birth'
Mon, 03 Feb 2025 00:51:00 GMT
Male frogs carrying tadpoles made an incredible journey to the UK by boat, plane, and car.
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A Well-Connected NYU Parent Is Trying to Get Students Deported
Fri, 31 Jan 2025 10:30:00 +0000

The founder of Mothers Against College Antisemitism says her 62,000-member Facebook group is influencing NYU policy.

The post A Well-Connected NYU Parent Is Trying to Get Students Deported appeared first on The Intercept.


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They Flee Russia as Dissidents Seeking Asylum. The U.S. Locks Them Up.
Sat, 25 Jan 2025 11:08:00 +0000

Asylum-seekers are being detained because they come from Russia and Central Asia, immigrants and attorneys told The Intercept.

The post They Flee Russia as Dissidents Seeking Asylum. The U.S. Locks Them Up. appeared first on The Intercept.


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Future of space travel: Could robots really replace human astronauts?
Tue, 31 Dec 2024 01:46:51 GMT
Advances in technology raise questions about the need to send people to space - and the risks and cost
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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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The Capitol Rioters Are Free — But Ed Martin’s Crusade Against Jan. 6 Prosecutors Is Just Getting Started
Tue, 04 Feb 2025 18:59:45 +0000

The Trump minion has said Jan. 6 defendants should get cash reparations and those responsible for the charges should get jail time.

The post The Capitol Rioters Are Free — But Ed Martin’s Crusade Against Jan. 6 Prosecutors Is Just Getting Started appeared first on The Intercept.


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Senate Democrats pledge to hold floor all night in protest against Trump’s budget pick – as it happened
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 01:45:41 GMT

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Donald Trump will sign an executive order to prevent transgender athletes from competing in women’s sports at 3pm today, the White House said.

Dubbed “No Men in Women’s Sports”, the order will change how the administration interprets Title IX, a civil rights law that addresses sex discrimination at schools that receive federal funding, including in athletics.

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Democrats and protesters rally outside treasury department to protest Elon Musk’s access to sensitive information – as it happened
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 03:49:42 GMT

This live coverage has ended. You can find the latest US news here.

As the clock nears midnight in Washington DC, signalling the beginning of Trump’s tariffs on China’s imports, here is a look at how China might respond, via AFP:

From retaliatory tariffs on US goods like car parts and soya beans to controls on raw minerals essential for American manufacturing – analysts say China has plenty of options if it wants to reply to fresh US levies.

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Key figure in Project 2025 expected to be confirmed as Trump’s budget chief – live
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 14:30:39 GMT

Russell Vought, who directed the OMB once before, during Trump’s first term, was a key figure in drafting Project 2025

Today is the deadline for federal workers to accept a buyout offer issued to employees by the Office of Personnel Management 28 January.

The Washington Post reports that more than 40,000 people had accepted the buyout offer as of Wednesday, 5 February. Confusion over how and if, in fact, it would actually be implemented persisted as the deadline approached. Elon Musk, who leads the unofficial government program “Department of Government Efficiency” has touted the offer.

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The Democratic National Committee Is Undemocratic. That’s by Design.
Sat, 01 Feb 2025 14:43:52 +0000

With the Democratic Party reeling from its losses, the DNC is voting on a new chair. Will it choose to reform its top-down model?

The post The Democratic National Committee Is Undemocratic. That’s by Design. appeared first on The Intercept.


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Democrats hold all-night Senate session to protest Trump’s budget pick
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 14:30:03 GMT

Senators express concern at expected confirmation of key Project 2025 architect Russell Vought

Democratic senators held an all-night session to protest the pending confirmation of Russell Vought to lead the office of management and budget (OMB), expressing their deep concerns in speeches through the night that a key architect of Project 2025 intends to work with Donald Trump to dismantle the federal government.

“We’re going to have more than 35 United States senators on the Democratic side, opposing Russ Vought’s nomination,”the senator Brian Schatz of Hawaii said in a video posted on X before he spoke on the floor on Wednesday afternoon. Schatz said Democrats would take to the floor for 30 hours – the time allowed for debate on Vought’s nomination.

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The National Republican Congressional Committee, the group charged with electing Republicans to the House of Representatives,...
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 23:53:18 +0000

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For years, Republicans cried foul at what they viewed as executive branch overreach by “unelected bureaucrats.”
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After 50 years, can’t we shut down this cult of Margaret Thatcher? Just look at the mess she made of Britain | Polly Toynbee
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 13:42:24 GMT

A whole slew of dramas and plays mark half a century since her election as Tory leader. But there is too much gloss, when so many people are still suffering

Now she’s an opera. Yet another myth-making apotheosis lifts Margaret Thatcher to iconic realms, crafting for her an image recalling Elizabeth I. Historian Dominic Sandbrook is writing the libretto of her story, as one Thatcher tribute act trips over the next. This week saw James Graham’s Brian and Maggie drama about an interview that helped tip her towards her downfall. Next week, Radio 4 brings us When Larry met Maggie, Tim Walker’s play imagining scenes when Laurence Olivier coached the ingenue education secretary in the art of wooing and even seducing audiences.

This week marks the 50th anniversary of Thatcher’s election as leader of her party. I started counting but lost track of the myriad actors who have played her, some of the greatest of our time. Harriet Walter was magnificent, as ever. So were Gillian Anderson and Meryl Streep. Lesley Manville was just as fine, as was Patricia Hodge, and I’m sure Frances Barber will be next week in Walker’s radio play. None but royalty of stage and screen are fit to play her.

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‘Desperate for change’ – but is UK gen Z really disillusioned with democracy?
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 05:00:03 GMT

Recent research claims young people are attracted to authoritarianism, populist politics and ‘strong man’ leaders

They have been dismissed as idealistic and over-sensitive snowflakes, obsessed with healthy living and social media. But generation Z – those born between the mid-to-late 1990s and the early 2000s – has recently been accused of something far more sinister.

A Mail on Sunday poll of 18- to 27-year-olds found 67% were in favour of chemically castrating sex offenders and 45% supported the death penalty. A study for Channel 4 found 52% of gen Zers thought “the UK would be a better place if a strong leader was in charge who does not have to bother with parliament and elections”.

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The Not-Quite-Anti-Woke Caucus
Tue, 04 Feb 2025 18:54:14 +0000
Democratic members of Congress are fed up with their party’s discourse on identity, but they can’t get on board with Donald Trump’s campaign to destroy D.E.I.
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Tulsi Gabbard Refused to Back Down on Edward Snowden. It Could Tank Her Nomination.
Thu, 30 Jan 2025 18:52:32 +0000

Facing more than a dozen questions about her views on the NSA leaker, Gabbard held her ground at her DNI confirmation hearing.

The post Tulsi Gabbard Refused to Back Down on Edward Snowden. It Could Tank Her Nomination. appeared first on The Intercept.


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Serbia’s students are showing the world how to restore democratic hope | Adriana Zaharijević
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 07:00:04 GMT

An authoritarian regime has been rocked by an anti-corruption movement generating society-wide anger and indignation

  • Adriana Zaharijević is a philosopher at the Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory, University of Belgrade

When a building structure collapses because it is old, as happened in Dresden a few months ago, people naturally respond with disbelief and disapproval of the authorities. It is a different story when new buildings crumble and kill people. The 1 November 2024 collapse of the concrete canopy of a railway station in Novi Sad, Serbia – whose restoration was completed only months earlier, accompanied by great government pomp – killed 15 people, and has sparked continuing nationwide outrage and indignation. The mass protests have forced the prime minister to resign and put the president under increasing pressure.

Initially, the powers that be downplayed the collapse and the 15 lives it claimed, relying on the usual shoulder-shrugging platitude that, despite the tragedy, “Serbia cannot stop”. No time for grief, no need for questions, as on so many previous occasions. Much has been sacrificed for this ruthless, unstoppable “progress”. The rule of law and democracy have been its cardinal victims, fostering a culture of impunity, violence, widespread incompetence and corruption. National institutions like the judiciary, long captured by the regime, turned a blind eye to the unconstitutional, usurping actions of the oligarchy in power. It seemed this would be another case where the public would receive no satisfactory explanation, and no one would be held accountable.

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Republican ire at USAID finds an unusual target: Politico
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 03:09:23 +0000
Elon Musk and elected officials falsely said Politico was subsidized by the government. Turns out, government officials were just paying for subscriptions.
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Democrats focus on Elon Musk as they search for a message to fight Trump
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 22:46:15 +0000
The party has struggled with how to respond to President Trump’s aggressive efforts to remake the federal bureaucracy and other controversies.
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Democratic lawmakers — and some Republicans — criticize Trump’s proposal
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 21:06:05 +0000

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Steve Witkoff, President Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy, walked into the Senate Republicans’ closed-door lunch Wednesday....
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 18:28:06 +0000

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Rep. Pete Aguilar (D-California), chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, said impeaching President Donald Trump is...
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 16:37:47 +0000

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Republican skeptics cave on Trump’s most controversial Cabinet picks
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 16:15:44 +0000
Several Senate Republicans initially put the brakes on a few Trump nominees, setting themselves up as a moral guardian on the choices. They all caved at the end.
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Senate Democrats plan 30-hour protest of Vought’s nomination for OMB
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 16:02:22 +0000

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Democrats settle on candidate for Rep. Stefanik’s seat
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 13:15:42 +0000

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What Happened to the Trump Resistance?
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 11:00:00 +0000
If the President’s first term was colored with protests and hashtags, his second has so far been characterized by a lack of dissidence.
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Peter Dutton coy on what public servant jobs he will slash if he wins election
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 07:54:13 GMT

Public service minister Katy Gallagher says opposition leader’s words are ‘reckless’ and would bring back ‘expensive consultants’ and robodebt

Peter Dutton has yet to reveal any detail about his plan to slash public servant jobs in Canberra under a government he leads, as Labor warns his plan will cut crucial government services and risks another robodebt.

In a rare press conference at Parliament House on Thursday, the opposition leader provided little information on his plans to get the “economy back on track” through slashing government jobs and other “wasteful spending”.

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Trump calls executive order targeting trans athletes ‘common sense’
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 01:59:54 +0000
The latest news on President Donald Trump’s return to the White House and the new Congress.
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Twelve Days in Kobane, Where Syrian Kurds Are Under Attack by Turkey
Mon, 03 Feb 2025 18:26:50 +0000

Since the fall of Bashar al-Assad, Turkey and its militias have cut off the Kurdish city of Kobane from the rest of Syria.

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Doge v USAid: how Elon Musk helped his acolytes infiltrate world’s biggest aid agency
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 17:26:08 GMT

Exclusive: Takeover of USAid agency by Doge operatives seen as pilot for large-scale overhaul of federal government

USAid security personnel were defending a secure room holding sensitive and classified data in a standoff with “department of government efficiency” employees when a message came directly from Elon Musk: give the Doge kids whatever they want.

Since Donald Trump’s inauguration last month, a posse of cocksure young engineers answering to Musk have stormed through Washington DC, gaining access to government computer systems as part of what Senator Chuck Schumer has called “an unelected shadow government … conducting a hostile takeover of the federal government”.

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The Far Right Has a New Hero: Elon Musk
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 17:11:39 +0000
Elon Musk’s takeover of the federal government has inspired adoration from far-right communities online that used to be reserved for Donald Trump.
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Mandelson says he will treat Trump with ‘respect and understanding’ in new job as ambassador to US – UK politics live
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 14:44:18 GMT

New UK ambassador to US says is hoping to persuade Trump administration to maintain isecurity guarantee for Europe and boost growth

During PMQs yesterday Keir Starmer implied there were national security factors not in the public domain that explained why the government was so committed to transferring sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius.

Alex Wickham from Bloomberg says he has cracked the secret. It is all to do with the International Telecommunication Union, apparently. He explains this in a post on social media. Here is an extract.

The US and UK currently have full and unrestricted access to the electromagnetic spectrum at the Diego Garcia military base, allowing them to securely control American and British military and diplomatic communications in the region, as well as monitor hostile activity from foreign states, the officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity discussing sensitive information …

The US and UK are members of the International Telecommunication Union, a United Nations agency based in Geneva, Switzerland which coordinates the electromagnetic spectrum and global satellite communications. If an international court was to rule in future that the US and UK were using Diego Garcia to run satellite communications in breach of international law, that would have consequences for the base and defense and technology companies involved in supply chains used there, the people said, highlighting the need to secure its legal status.

There must be no forced displacement of Palestinians, nor any reduction in the territory of the Gaza Strip. Palestinian civilians should be able to return to and rebuild their homes and their lives. That is a right, guaranteed under international law.

The UK is clear that we must see a negotiated two state solution, with a sovereign Palestinian state, which includes the West Bank and Gaza, alongside a safe and secure Israel with Jerusalem as the shared capital that has been the framework for peace for decades.

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Trump policies sow chaos, confusion across scientific community
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 11:00:09 +0000
U.S. scientists, unaccustomed to shock-and-awe political assaults, are reeling from President Donald Trump’s executive orders on DEI, gender and other subjects.
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The British Council will trash a precious national asset if it sells its art collection
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 08:55:13 GMT

Plans being considered to put on sale 9,000 works owned collectively by the public place a vital cultural asset in jeopardy

Last month we all saw striking images of Emmanuel Macron standing in front of the Mona Lisa to announce plans for the major renovation of the Louvre. France is immensely proud of its national collection. The Louvre “renaissance” will cost an estimated €700-800m (£583-£666m). The five-year renovation of the Pompidou Centre, housing an extensive modern and contemporary art collection, will cost €262m. Accommodating more visitors and ensuring everyone can see the treasures of the collections is important to these French institutions and their funders.

I wish there was such good news on this side of the Channel. Recent reports that the British Council has been contemplating selling its art collection have shocked us all. The British Council holds works from artists including Henry Moore, Tracey Emin, Lucian Freud and David Hockney, and shows them globally. It is our public face to the world. Yet chief executive Scott McDonald has said that due to a £250m pandemic-era emergency loan from the Foreign Office, with interest charged at £14m annually, the Council faces the “threat of insolvency”.

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Trump is unleashing sadism upon the world. But we cannot get overwhelmed | Judith Butler
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 07:00:05 GMT

Those who celebrate his defiance and sadism are as claimed by his logic as those who are paralyzed with outrage

As Trump delivers a series of devastating and appalling executive orders and public pronouncements every day, it has never been more important to avoid being captured by his obscenity and focus on how the issues are interconnected.

It is easy to forget or sideline the executive orders of the previous week: bans on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs and discourse as well as “gender ideology” in all federally funded programing, as new obscenities flood the news cycle. Threats of deportation to international students who engage in legitimate protest; expansionist designs on Panama and Greenland and proposals to take over the total and forcible displacement of Palestinians in Gaza from their land are announced in quick succession. In each case, Trump makes the declaration as a show of power, testing to see whether it can take effect. The executive orders can be stopped by courts, but the deportation of immigrants has already begun, as has the re-opening of the grotesque camps of Guantánamo.

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Starmer’s diplomatic dance with Trump and the EU – Politics Weekly UK
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 05:00:05 GMT

Keir Starmer is treading a fine line as he avoids picking sides between the EU and US. But with Donald Trump saying he wants to ‘take over’ Gaza and threatening to impose tariffs on the EU, can the prime minister really keep both on side? John Harris asks Prof Anand Menon, director of UK in a Changing Europe, and Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

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Is Flying Actually Becoming Less Safe?
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 01:00:00 +0000
The veteran transportation-safety reporter Matthew L. Wald breaks down the dangers of airline safety becoming a political flashpoint.
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President Donald Trump, speaking at the White House ceremony for his executive order banning trans athletes...
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 21:17:02 +0000

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President Donald Trump is about to sign an executive order banning transgender athletes from competing on...
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 20:47:50 +0000

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White House calls executive order targeting trans athletes a ‘common-sense action’
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 18:39:59 +0000

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How about HMS Backpedal for the new Royal Navy submarine? | Letters
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 18:04:03 GMT

Rosalind Mitchell says the name Agincourt could have offended Scots as well as the French. John Rushton finds the humour in news of a royal intervention

Never mind the possibility of offending the French by naming a submarine HMS Agincourt, Emma Brockes (Digested week, 31 January). What is often conveniently forgotten is that Agincourt (1415) was a strictly English victory. Scotland was on the other side, allied with France. Naming a vessel of the British Royal Navy after a defeat for a significant part of Britain seems odd, to say the least.

If the Royal Navy was minded to name a vessel Agincourt, perhaps it could restore the balance by calling another one Castillon, the 1453 Auld Alliance rout of a much larger English force that brought an end at last to the hundred years war. Curiously absent from the history syllabus in my English school.
Rosalind Mitchell
Edinburgh

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Live updates: Trump, at prayer breakfast, pushes new air traffic control technologies, immigration crackdown
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 14:40:57 +0000
The latest news on President Donald Trump’s return to the White House and the new Congress.
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Philippine vice-president Sara Duterte impeached over allegations including plot to kill president
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 03:19:30 GMT

Move likely to deepen political rift between Duterte and President Ferdinand Marcos Jr

Philippine vice-president Sara Duterte has been impeached on a range of accusations that include plotting to assassinate the president, large-scale corruption and failing to strongly denounce China’s aggressive actions against Filipino forces in the disputed South China Sea.

Wednesday’s move by legislators in the House of Representatives, many of them allies of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr, deepens a bitter political rift between the two highest leaders of one of Asia’s most rambunctious democracies.

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Modi’s BJP poised to win Delhi state elections for first time in 27 years, exit polls show
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 03:09:37 GMT

‘Poll of polls’ gives prime minister’s Bharatiya Janata party a majority in the Delhi assembly, which would oust the reformist Aam Aadmi party (AAP)

Indian prime minister Narendra Modi’s party appears poised to win Delhi state elections, a victory that would end a 27-year drought, according to voter exit polls.

If the projections hold, the Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) is set to end the reformist Aam Aadmi party’s (AAP) nearly decade-long rule in the national capital region and reclaim the Delhi assembly.

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Members of Congress spar over Elon Musk subpoena
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 16:42:28 +0000

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Deepfakes and the 2024 US Election
2025-02-04T12:01:36Z

Interesting analysis:

We analyzed every instance of AI use in elections collected by the WIRED AI Elections Project (source for our analysis), which tracked known uses of AI for creating political content during elections taking place in 2024 worldwide. In each case, we identified what AI was used for and estimated the cost of creating similar content without AI.

We find that (1) half of AI use isn’t deceptive, (2) deceptive content produced using AI is nevertheless cheap to replicate without AI, and (3) focusing on the demand for misinformation rather than the supply is a much more effective way to diagnose problems and identify interventions...


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Tulsi Gabbard Once Called for an Edward Snowden Pardon. Will She Flip-Flop Now?
Wed, 29 Jan 2025 19:34:43 +0000

Gabbard is a rare Washington politician who defended the NSA whistleblower. But she has also changed positions and even political parties.

The post Tulsi Gabbard Once Called for an Edward Snowden Pardon. Will She Flip-Flop Now? appeared first on The Intercept.


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Forensics Experts Challenged the FBI. So the FBI Tried to Censor Their Conference.
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 14:28:27 +0000

An FBI official urged the American Academy of Forensic Sciences to cancel a conference presentation titled “Taking on the FBI.”

The post Forensics Experts Challenged the FBI. So the FBI Tried to Censor Their Conference. appeared first on The Intercept.


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Trump’s Nightmare Plan for Gaza
Fri, 31 Jan 2025 11:00:00 +0000

Trump’s recent executive orders show unwavering support of Israel and the further dehumanization of Palestinians.

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A Forensics Company Tells Cops It Can Use DNA to Predict a Suspect’s Face. Scientists Worry the Tool Will Deepen Racial Bias.
Sun, 02 Feb 2025 11:03:00 +0000

Parabon NanoLabs sells police composite images of suspects built on DNA. Critics say the product is snake-oil science fiction that can exacerbate problems in the criminal legal system.

The post A Forensics Company Tells Cops It Can Use DNA to Predict a Suspect’s Face. Scientists Worry the Tool Will Deepen Racial Bias. appeared first on The Intercept.


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Gutting USAID threatens billions of dollars for U.S. farms, businesses
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 14:52:29 +0000
U.S. businesses that sold goods and services to USAID are in limbo, including American farms dealing in rice, wheat and soybeans.
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Middle East crisis live: Trump repeats wish to control Gaza, saying region would be ‘turned over’ to US by Israel
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 14:42:45 GMT

Region would be ‘one of the greatest and most spectacular developments on Earth’ and no US troops would be required, claims president

Spain’s foreign minister José Manuel Albares on Thursday rejected the suggestion by Israeli defence minister Israel Katz that Spain should accept displaced Palestinians from Gaza.

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President Donald Trump, as he attends two prayer breakfasts Thursday morning, has at times attempted to...
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 14:40:57 +0000

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Labour launches ads in Reform-style branding to boast about deportations
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 14:31:32 GMT

Some MPs and activists upset at tone of party’s Facebook campaign aimed at countering Farage

Labour has launched a series of adverts with Reform-style branding and messaging as the party looks to combat the rise of the right-wing party.

The Facebook adverts include a series from a group called UK Migration Updates boasting about how many migrants the government has deported. The adverts do not display the Labour logo and are in a similar shade of blue to that used by Reform UK.

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President Donald Trump, at the start of remarks before a second National Prayer Breakfast event, continued...
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 14:30:59 +0000

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Analysis: Biden’s ‘internet for all’ plans poised for overhaul under Trump
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 14:25:00 +0000

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Home Office commission paid ‘incels’ to take part in study
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 14:21:29 GMT

Exclusive: Hundreds of men given £20 or $20 for completing Commission for Countering Extremism survey

Hundreds of men who identified as “incels” or involuntary celibates were paid by a government body to take part in a survey.

Academics working for the Home Office’s Commission for Countering Extremism (CCE) gave the men £20 or $20 each for completing a 40-minute survey as part of an effort to investigate incel behaviour.

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Home Office ordered to pay £100,000 to asylum seeker whose life it ‘grossly restricted’
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 14:14:48 GMT

High court upholds verdict that Nadra Tabasam Almas suffered disproportionate breach of her rights in 2004

The Home Office must pay £100,000 to an asylum seeker who was unlawfully detained before her ability to work, buy food and socialise was “grossly restricted”, the high court has said.

After her student visa ran out in 2004, Nadra Tabasam Almas, of Leicester, made repeated attempts to stay in the UK, while complying with conditions placed on her as an overstayer.

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No room for reality as Yvette Cooper takes Nick Ferrari’s phone-in in her stride | John Crace
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 14:06:28 GMT

Neither home secretary nor presenter seemed willing to admit we live in an imperfect world we can’t fully control

This was more like it. The kind of slow day when the government more or less looked like it was going to set the news agenda. Not be derailed by some catastrophe or cock-up. Or Donald Trump declaring war on Greenland and turning Gaza into a Middle East Riviera of golf courses and casinos. The world as one large real-estate deal.

These are the days that governments live for. A rare moment of stability. Nothing going visibly wrong. Or more wrong that it already was. A day when ministers have the illusion of being in control. When their delusions were more or less aligned with reality. When Rachel Reeves could say the interest rate cut was all down to her. When Keir Starmer could go out and about and talk about his plans to build mini-nuclear reactors on every street corner and be guaranteed that a few people were actually listening.

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Trump advocates for new air traffic control technologies at prayer breakfast
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 14:05:58 +0000

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President Donald Trump used part of his speech at the National Prayer breakfast Thursday to promote...
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 14:03:27 +0000

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Trump, at prayer breakfast, says assassination attempt strengthened faith in God
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 14:00:05 +0000

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Kansas reckons with large tuberculosis outbreak as health officials hamstrung
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 14:00:19 GMT

Experts fear consequences of Trump’s restrictions on CDC as state sees one of largest outbreaks ever recorded in US

Kansas is experiencing one of the largest tuberculosis (TB) outbreaks ever recorded in the US, as public health powers at the state and federal level have been greatly curtailed.

Outbreaks like these may become more common and dangerous as officials’ efforts are hamstrung and their communications are limited, experts say.

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Is Albanese really a ‘pale imitation’ of Dutton on national security? The Coalition wants you to think so
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 14:00:20 GMT

Labor has found itself trailing up the scorched earth path blazed by Dutton on issues of national security and law and order

Labor has found itself once again dancing to the tune of Peter Dutton’s drumbeat on national security issues. And the wider Coalition is cheering on the show.

First, Labor executed an abrupt U-turn on not only its own legislation to further criminalise hate crimes, but also its own longstanding party policy against mandatory minimum sentencing.

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Make first-time, low-level offenders go to rehab instead of court, Bar Council suggests
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 13:48:24 GMT

Exclusive: Barristers also say offenders could pay compensation to victims, in effort to tackle court backlog

First-time offenders in low-level crimes should be diverted from trials by paying compensation to victims or enrolling in rehabilitation to solve the courts crisis, the Bar Council has said.

The government has proposed abandoning jury trials in some cases to tackle the backlog in crown court cases, but the body representing barristers in England and Wales said this was “not a principled response” and would not work.

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DOGE wants to cut $2 trillion from the federal budget. See just how hard that is.
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 13:41:02 +0000

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Federal workers must decide on deferred resignation offer today
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 13:17:12 +0000

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Trump, in social media post, doubles down on plan to displace Palestinians
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 13:04:23 +0000

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‘They’re hurting our children, our babies’: US schools on high alert amid Trump immigration raids
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 13:00:50 GMT

Educators have been rushing to keep students safe and support anxious parents, as fear of deportation ramps up

As immigration officers moved in on Chicago following Donald Trump’s inauguration, carrying out the president’s plans for “mass deportations”, the city’s schools began to notice waves of absences.

Parents were picking up kids early, or parking a few blocks away – fearful immigration raids will target the pickup rush. In a city that has received thousands of new immigrant students in recent years, teachers made house calls to check in on families that were terrified of leaving their homes. At after-school programs for high-schoolers, educators passed out “know your rights” information for students to give to their undocumented parents.

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This time, the anti-Trump resistance is in the courts, not in the streets
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 12:54:15 +0000

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Trump moves to shutter environmental offices across the government
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 12:33:13 +0000

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Dining across the divide: ‘He thinks politicians should be paid more – I think they should be paid less!’
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 12:30:49 GMT

One votes Conservative, the other Labour, and they disagreed on what should motivate MPs. Did they come any closer on Elon Musk or taxing cyclists?

Adam, 35, Blackpool

Occupation Accountant

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Elon Musk says DOGE will make upgrades to aviation system
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 12:17:52 +0000

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Analysis: How Trump’s return is playing for governors
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 12:02:32 +0000

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Trump might want to revive America’s imperial heyday – but does his base?
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 12:00:51 GMT

The president’s Gaza proposal is a signal that old-school, blunt-force US expansionism seems to be back in fashion

Donald Trump’s proposal that the US take ownership of the Gaza Strip, expel and resettle the people there, and turn Gaza into a “Riviera of the Middle East” has outraged Palestinians, shocked the international community and even confused many of his own conservative voters.

Yet the announcement seems like yet another sign that the president, while sometimes distancing himself from the neoconservative foreign policies that entangled the US in Iraq and Afghanistan, is willing to pursue – or at least entertain pursuing – an undisguised US imperialism that has more in common with the expansionism of Teddy Roosevelt and Andrew Jackson, the 19th- and early 20th-century presidents associated with some of American’s most brazen and violent conquests.

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Bank of England cuts interest rates to 4.5% and halves UK growth forecast
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 12:00:40 GMT

Latest quarter-point reduction comes with warning households face inflation of 3.7% by autumn

The Bank of England has cut interest rates to 4.5%, as it halved its UK growth forecasts for the year and warned households would face renewed pressure from rising prices.

With the government under fire over the sluggish economy, the Bank’s monetary policy committee (MPC) voted by a majority of seven to two to reduce its key base rate, down from 4.75%, to provide some financial relief to borrowers.

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Senate Dems speak through the night to protest Trump’s OMB nominee
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 11:45:02 +0000

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On first day as AG, Bondi demands ‘zealous advocacy’ of Trump’s agenda
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 11:30:42 +0000

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More than 40,000 workers said to accept deferred resignation offer
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 11:15:50 +0000

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White House tries to soften Trump’s mass displacement proposal for Gaza
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 11:00:49 +0000

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Which Trump family members and in-laws have conflicts of interest?
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 11:00:49 GMT

Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law who floated idea to take over Gaza, is just one member of president’s clan who has business ties that pose conflicts

Donald Trump’s stunning proposal to take over Gaza and turn it into a “Riviera for the Middle East” was first floated by his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, illuminating the potential for family-centered conflicts of interest in his administration.

Kushner, who is married to Trump’s eldest daughter, Ivanka, and served as an adviser in his first presidency, created headlines when he lauded the “very valuable” potential of the coastal strip’s “waterfront property” in an interview with the Harvard School of Government’s Middle East Initiative last year. Foreshadowing Trump, he proposed moving inhabitants out “to clean it up”.

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As Washington reels from Trump’s first actions, his voters like what they see
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 10:00:35 +0000
Most were in favor of his efforts to scale back the federal workforce, to stand by controversial Cabinet nominees and to slash foreign aid.
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CBS releases Harris interview materials amid Trump, FCC pressure. What to know.
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 09:27:58 +0000
CBS faces an FCC review and a lawsuit from President Donald Trump over its editing of a “60 Minutes” interview with Kamala Harris during the 2024 campaign.
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Eloise Vaughn, 92, and Patsy Clarke, 95: Mothers fought for AIDS victims
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 09:23:32 +0000
After each losing a son to AIDS, the two women took on Sen. Jesse Helms, an archconservative foe of gay rights, emerging as powerful advocates for their cause.
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Democrats Should Be Stopping A Lawless President, Not Helping Censor The Internet, Honestly WTF Are They Thinking
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Civil servants will need to work efficiently or face redundancy under new rules
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 08:58:38 GMT

Cabinet Office minister will unveil a set of performance standards intended to ensure value for money in Whitehall

Senior civil servants must find cuts in their Whitehall budgets or risk losing their jobs under new rules, ministers will announce on Thursday.

Pat McFadden, the Cabinet Office minister, will unveil a set of performance standards intended to ensure value for money in Whitehall.

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DOGE Teen Owns ‘Tesla.Sexy LLC’ and Worked at Startup That Has Hired Convicted Hackers
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 07:30:20 +0000
Experts question whether Edward Coristine, a DOGE staffer who has gone by “Big Balls” online, would pass the background check typically required for access to sensitive US government systems.
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Trump’s Gaza remarks are no surprise: ethnically cleansing was always the plan | Arwa Mahdawi
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 07:00:06 GMT

If Trump executes his plans, it’s because the media helped pave the way. It’s beyond time for more of my colleagues to speak up

“They make a desert and call it peace,” said Tacitus, paraphrasing Calgacus.

Israel, meanwhile, has made a graveyard of Gaza, and Donald Trump is calling it a real estate opportunity. The president, as you will know, has decided the US should just take over the Gaza Strip. As for the Palestinians who are inconveniently there at the moment? According to Trump, they can just be moved somewhere else. They can be dumped in Jordan or Egypt or Saudi Arabia. They won’t mind. Those Arabs are all the same anyway.

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Thursday briefing: The outlandish plan to turn Gaza into a ‘riviera of the Middle East’
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 06:52:45 GMT

In today’s newsletter: Donald Trump’s proposal is an attempt to reshape political reality that has historical precedent, explains architect and researcher Eyal Weizman

Good morning. Donald Trump’s suggestion that Palestinians should be forced out of Gaza so that it could be rebuilt as a US-run “Riviera of the Middle East” is so outlandish that many have returned to the reminder that we should beware of taking what he says too literally. And, it’s true, the comments don’t seem as if they came on the back of a detailed feasibility study; White House officials spent much of yesterday trying to walk his comments back.

But it’s also true that his proposal, which if enacted would amount to an unambiguous case of ethnic cleansing, tells us something about who Trump understands to be the stakeholders in Gaza’s future: not Palestinian civilians, but the United States, Israel, and the contractors who could make it happen. And the idea has so delighted the Israeli right that it is easy to see how, even if no American soldier ever sets foot in Gaza, it creates the space for serious discussion of the same project by other means.

UK economy | Bank of England policymakers are poised to cut interest rates and downgrade forecasts for economic growth, underlining the risks facing Rachel Reeves’s budget plans. With inflation falling, the Bank’s monetary policy committee is expected to cut rates by a quarter point to 4.5% – the lowest level since June 2023 – on Thursday.

Democratic Republic of the Congo | Hundreds of women were raped and burned alive after a Rwandan-backed rebel group entered the Congolese city of Goma last week. The female inmates were attacked in their wing inside Goma’s Munzenze prison during a mass jailbreak, according to a senior UN official.

Energy | Keir Starmer will unveil plans for a historic expansion in nuclear power across England and Wales, pledging to use Labour’s large majority to make new sites across the country available for new power stations. The prime minister said that he anticipated small modular reactors could be built by 2032 and could become commonplace across Britain.

UK news | The families of Valdo Calocane’s victims have called for doctors responsible for his treatment to be named and held accountable. The intervention followed the publication of a report detailing Calocane’s mental health treatment before the attacks in Nottingham in 2023.

Media | A high court judge has criticised lawyers representing Noel Clarke for “unacceptable” allegations against Guardian journalists which “should not have been made and publicly aired without foundation”. Mrs Justice Steyn dismissed claims there had been any fabrication of evidence by them and said any deletion of documents was “not in breach of any rule or duty” to preserve them.

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Rubio says he will not attend G-20 meeting in South Africa
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 01:59:54 +0000

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USAID announces sweeping moves to sideline remaining staff
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 00:55:35 +0000
The move is the latest action in a jarring broadside against America’s foreign aid architecture that has followed President Donald Trump’s return to the White House.
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Australian opposition leader praises Trump over Gaza comments – as it happened
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 00:51:44 GMT

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Australian prime minister, Anthony Albanese, says his government continues to support a two-state solution in the Middle East, “where both Israelis and Palestinians could live in peace and security.”

“We’ve supported a ceasefire, we’ve supported hostages being released and we’ve supported aid getting into Gaza,” he told reporters Wednesday in Canberra when asked about Trump’s remarks. “That is consistent with what Australia governments have always done, which is to provide support.”

Albanese did not directly respond to reporters’ questions about how he would characterise Trump’s Gaza plan.

“I’m not going to have a running commentary on statements by the president of the United States,” he said. “I’ve made that very clear.”

Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri said on Wednesday that US President Donald Trump’s remarks about taking over the Gaza Strip were ‘ridiculous’ and ‘absurd’.

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NOAA Employees Told to Pause Work With ‘Foreign Nationals’
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 00:29:35 +0000
An internal email obtained by WIRED shows that NOAA workers received orders to pause “ALL INTERNATIONAL ENGAGEMENTS.”
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Analysis: GOP vaccine defenders are bowing to RFK Jr. at a perilous time
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 00:11:49 +0000

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Keir Starmer unveils plan for large nuclear expansion across England and Wales
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 00:01:01 GMT

Prime minister vows to ‘push past nimbyism’ and calls on tech firms to help build small modular reactors to power AI datacentres

Keir Starmer will unveil plans for a historic expansion in nuclear power across England and Wales, pledging to use Labour’s large majority to make new sites across the country available for new power stations.

The announcement follows the prime minister’s call for tech companies to work alongside the government to build small modular reactors (SMRs) to power energy intensive AI datacentres across Britain.

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Video: Elon Musk is now a ‘special government employee’
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 23:11:52 +0000

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GOP vaccine defenders are bowing to RFK Jr. at a perilous time
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 22:58:25 +0000
They voted in unison for the prominent purveyor of vaccine misinformation even as it became even clearer that they were losing this battle on the right.
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Trump’s suggestion that U.S. troops could go to Gaza surprised Pentagon
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 22:47:42 +0000

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Lara Trump returns to Fox News with her own show
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 22:40:38 +0000

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Trump’s crackdown on federal workforce alarms military families
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 22:37:20 +0000
Trump’s blunt exercise of power has proved uniquely disruptive for government personnel who do remote work to accommodate their spouses’ military careers.
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DOGE targets U.S. health agencies, gains access to payment systems
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 21:56:36 +0000

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Hegseth refuses to rule out sending U.S. troops to Gaza
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 21:43:26 +0000

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President Donald Trump, as he exited the East Room of the White House, paused briefly as...
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 21:23:19 +0000

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Trump declares victory in another culture war fight
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 21:22:42 +0000

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President Donald Trump said Wednesday at a White House signing ceremony that he is directing Secretary...
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 21:21:57 +0000

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President Donald Trump once again heaped praise on White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, who was...
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 21:01:31 +0000

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Riley Gaines, the former NCAA swimmer who emerged as a leading voice against transgender women in...
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 21:00:20 +0000

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Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) is seated in the front row of President Donald Trump’s signing...
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 20:45:24 +0000

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Trump’s Mideast envoy tries to explain what president was talking about
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 20:40:25 +0000

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As Bondi takes over Justice Dept., official pledges no revenge on FBI agents
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 20:26:34 +0000

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Rwandan-backed M23 rebels launch new offensive in DRC
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 20:09:00 GMT

Clashes break ceasefire days before Rwandan and Congolese presidents attend crisis summit

Rebels of the M23 armed group and allied Rwandan forces have launched a new offensive in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), days before the Rwandan and Congolese presidents are due to attend a crisis summit.

The UN said the battle for the key city of Goma, which M23 and Rwandan troops seized last week, had left at least 2,900 people dead – far higher than the previous death toll of 900.

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Judge blocks Trump’s order to send trans women to men’s prisons
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 20:09:37 +0000

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Analysis: 4 explanations for Trump’s shocking Gaza proposal
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 20:07:38 +0000

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This DOGE Engineer Has Access to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 19:58:55 +0000
Sources tell WIRED that NOAA employees were ordered to give an engineer from Elon Musk’s DOGE task force access to all of the agency’s Google sites by the end of business on Wednesday.
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Rubio says he would have preferred a more ‘orderly’ USAID transition
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 19:51:16 +0000

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Elon Musk’s Takeover Is Causing Rifts in Donald Trump’s Inner Circle
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 19:45:22 +0000
“He’s getting too big for his breeches,” says one Trumpworld source.
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Rubio says offer to develop Gaza should not be seen as hostile
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 19:43:30 +0000

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EPA moves to eliminate Office of Environmental Justice
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 19:43:10 +0000

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UN chief warns against ‘ethnic cleansing’ after Trump’s Gaza proposal
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 19:28:43 GMT

President’s plan for US to take over Gaza Strip and move Palestinians out also rejected by allies Saudi Arabia and Jordan

Donald Trump’s proposal for a US takeover of Gaza was met with anger and blunt rejection from regional allies, delight from Israel’s far right and a warning against “ethnic cleansing” from the head of the UN.

The secretary general, António Guterres, told a UN meeting on Wednesday that “it is essential to avoid any form of ethnic cleansing” after the US president said he wanted to “own” Gaza and resettle its Palestinian residents elsewhere.

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14 attorneys general vow legal action if gender transition care is curtailed
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 19:24:28 +0000

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Former National Labor Relations Board member sues Trump for her firing
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 19:20:35 +0000

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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt didn’t provide many details previewing President Donald Trump’s Wednesday meeting...
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 18:57:16 +0000

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U.S. won’t pay to rebuild Gaza or send troops, White House says
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 18:56:52 +0000

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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said during Wednesday’s press briefing that if President Donald Trump...
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 18:55:14 +0000

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IRS tells certain employees to stay on the job, even if they already resigned
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 18:34:11 +0000

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Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) fell down the stairs Wednesday while leaving the Senate chamber. A couple...
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 18:31:39 +0000

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Former ESPN host Sage Steele is in the “new media seat” for the White House briefing...
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 18:28:22 +0000

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The Guardian view on class politics: it has faded as culture wars have risen | Editorial
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 18:25:42 GMT

As economic inequality deepens, political leaders continue to side-step structural issues while extremists aim to claim the votes of the left behind

Early in the 2010s, class politics was everywhere. Bankers were bailed out, and the price Europeans apparently had to pay was austerity. Protests erupted from Greece to Wall Street. Thomas Piketty’s book on inequality, Capital in the Twenty-First Century, took the world by storm, and Britain seemed poised for a shift – first with Ed Miliband’s critique of “predatory capital”, then when Labour members chose to back Jeremy Corbyn’s attack on a rigged economy.

A decade later, it might seem that time’s arrow has finally hit its mark. Britain has a Labour government with a whopping majority and, after years in which British prime ministers hopped off the conveyor belt from Eton or Winchester, the country is now led by the son of a toolmaker. Even the leader of the Tories, Kemi Badenoch, claims she “became working class” as a teen, while doing a few shifts at McDonald’s.

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How senators are voting on Trump’s Cabinet picks
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 18:00:57 +0000
The Senate is holding hearings and voting on President Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks. Here’s which earned the most bipartisan support.
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US Postal Service briefly halts packages arriving from China and Hong Kong
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 17:47:33 GMT

Normal service resumes after initial suspension, in latest episode of growing trade war between the US and China

The US Postal Service briefly suspended incoming parcels from China and Hong Kong on Tuesday before returning to normal service on Wednesday after accusations of “unreasonable suppression” from Beijing, in the latest episode of a growing trade war between the US and China.

The initial suspension came as Donald Trump said he was not in a hurry to speak to his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, despite expectations that they would hold talks after announcing tit-for-tat tariffs.

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Jill Biden headed to the Super Bowl, which Trump also plans to attend
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 17:41:55 +0000

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The Collapse of USAID Is Already Fueling Human Trafficking and Slavery at Scammer Compounds
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 17:33:53 +0000
The dismantling of USAID by Elon Musk's DOGE and a State Department funding freeze have severely disrupted efforts to help people escape forced labor camps run by criminal scammers.
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Senate confirms Scott Turner to be Housing and Urban Development secretary
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 17:31:14 +0000

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West Point disbands clubs for women, minorities after Trump DEI orders
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 17:28:25 +0000

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Long Island official aligned with Trump sued over ‘militia’ program
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 17:05:42 +0000

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Trump oversees swearing-in of Pam Bondi as attorney general
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 16:53:24 +0000

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The Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday rebranded its Gulf of Mexico Division as the Gulf of...
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 16:43:32 +0000

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Argentina to withdraw from World Health Organization, following Trump
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 16:43:20 +0000

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House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) said “the time has come” to disband the Department of Education,...
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 16:27:53 +0000

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Federal judge in Maryland blocks Trump’s birthright citizenship order
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 16:26:33 +0000

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Johnson claims Trump announcement on Gaza was ‘cheered’ around the world
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 16:25:45 +0000

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Lori Chavez-DeRemer, Trump’s pick to lead labor, to testify before Senate next week
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 16:23:12 +0000

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Trump’s Cabinet nomination process so far
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 16:20:00 +0000

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The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation voted favorably Wednesday morning to advance Howard Lutnick...
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 16:09:22 +0000

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4 explanations for Trump’s shocking Gaza proposal
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 16:08:41 +0000
Breaking down Trump’s shocking proposal — and whether it’s a distraction, a negotiating ploy or something more.
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Trump administration may allow local police to arrest immigrants
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 15:44:53 +0000

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At Guantánamo Bay detention camp, tents go up and troops await detainees
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 15:30:43 +0000

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Rash of ICE impersonation follows Trump immigration crackdown, police say
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 15:17:16 +0000

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Tracking who Trump is appointing to fill key administration roles
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 15:00:22 +0000
Follow President-elect Trump’s progress filling over 800 positions, among about 1,300 that require Senate confirmation, in this tracker from The Washington Post and the Partnership for Public Service.
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Trump to issue order targeting transgender athletes
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 14:57:18 +0000

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The Senate confirmed Pam Bondi as attorney general in a 54-46 vote last night, with Sen....
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 14:52:36 +0000

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Senate expected to confirm Scott Turner as housing secretary
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 14:33:48 +0000

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Trump ordered workers back to the office. They ask, where, exactly?
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 14:10:17 +0000

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Greenland bans foreign political funding as Trump seeks control
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 13:46:10 +0000

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President Donald Trump is scheduled to hold separate meetings with California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Texas...
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 13:30:51 +0000

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Trump congratulates Bondi, says she’ll be sworn in as attorney general today
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 12:58:22 +0000

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Hundreds of women raped and burned to death after Goma prison set on fire
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 08:00:33 GMT

Atrocity follows escape of thousands of male inmates amid chaos as Rwandan-backed M23 rebels seize eastern DRC city

Hundreds of women were raped and burned alive during the chaos after a Rwandan-backed rebel group entered the Congolese city of Goma last week.

The female inmates were attacked in their wing inside Goma’s Munzenze prison during a mass jailbreak, according to a senior UN official.

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State Department Puts ‘All Direct Hire’ USAID Personnel on Administrative Leave
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 02:36:00 +0000
The US government’s primary foreign aid agency has employees stationed all over the world, many of whom are now bracing to abruptly leave their posts.
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Trump: “The U.S. Will Take Over the Gaza Strip”
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 02:02:32 +0000

Trump told reporters that he wants to expel “all” Palestinians from Gaza — not just during a period of reconstruction, but permanently.

The post Trump: “The U.S. Will Take Over the Gaza Strip” appeared first on The Intercept.


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El Salvador offers to hold deportees and incarcerated US citizens in its jails
Tue, 04 Feb 2025 21:25:40 GMT

Human rights groups alarmed as Marco Rubio, US secretary of state, meets with Nayib Bukele during overseas trip

El Salvador’s president, Nayib Bukele, has offered to accept deportees from the US of any nationality and hold them in his jails, including “dangerous American criminals”, Marco Rubio said on Monday.

The US secretary of state, who this week made his first overseas trip as the top US diplomat, visited El Salvador on Monday as part of a wider trip through Central America and the Caribbean.

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Trump administration says it has begun deporting migrants to Guantánamo Bay
Tue, 04 Feb 2025 19:42:36 GMT

Press secretary says at least two deportation flights to Cuban base of undocumented immigrants ‘under way’

The Trump administration has begun flying undocumented immigrants from the US to a military detention facility at Guantánamo Bay in Cuba, the White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, said on Tuesday.

Leavitt told Fox Business Network that at least two deportation flights were “under way”, but gave no further details.

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Mauritian PM expects ‘speedy resolution’ with UK over Chagos Islands
Tue, 04 Feb 2025 19:11:51 GMT

Navin Ramgoolam says Keir Starmer expressed confidence about finalising agreement within weeks

Downing Street has refused to comment on the prospect of an imminent deal over the Chagos Islands, after the Mauritian prime minister said Keir Starmer had told him he was confident about finalising an agreement in the coming weeks.

An interim deal on returning sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, which would maintain the key UK-US military base on the largest of the islands, Diego Garcia, was agreed last year, building on work that began under the Conservative government.

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qualifiers: 30.00 politics

China Is Investigating Google Over Trump’s Tariffs
Tue, 04 Feb 2025 17:13:52 +0000
Google’s limited presence in China gives Beijing room to hit back harder if President Donald Trump’s trade war escalates.
Match ID: 158 Score: 30.00 source: www.wired.com age: 1 day
qualifiers: 30.00 politics

Federal Workers Sue to Disconnect DOGE Server
Tue, 04 Feb 2025 16:24:19 +0000
Two federal workers, citing reports that Elon Musk’s associates are operating an illegally connected email server at OPM, seek a restraining order.
Match ID: 159 Score: 30.00 source: www.wired.com age: 1 day
qualifiers: 30.00 politics

A 25-Year-Old With Elon Musk Ties Has Direct Access to the Federal Payment System
Tue, 04 Feb 2025 06:02:03 +0000
The Bureau of the Fiscal Service is a sleepy part of the Treasury Department. It’s also where, sources say, a 25-year-old engineer tied to Elon Musk has admin privileges over the code that controls Social Security payments, tax returns, and more.
Match ID: 160 Score: 30.00 source: www.wired.com age: 2 days
qualifiers: 30.00 politics

Elon Musk’s DOGE Is Still Blocking HIV/AIDS Relief Exempted From Foreign Aid Cuts
Tue, 04 Feb 2025 01:59:01 +0000
The Trump administration claims it is allowing “lifesaving” foreign aid to continue, but in reality, DOGE is preventing vital work on HIV and AIDS from saving lives.
Match ID: 161 Score: 30.00 source: www.wired.com age: 2 days
qualifiers: 30.00 politics

‘Clear signs of authoritarianism’: Ecuador’s ‘iron fist’ leader seeks re-election
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 10:00:03 GMT

Voters go to polls on Sunday to give verdict on Daniel Noboa, whose crime crackdown has eroded human rights

Carlos Javier Vega, 19, asked to switch shifts at his father’s bakery in Guayaquil, Ecuador’s largest city, so he could help his cousin sell a puppy.

A few blocks from the buyer’s location, however, their car was stopped at a checkpoint manned by navy troopers deployed on the streets after President Daniel Noboa decreed an “internal armed conflict” against organised crime.

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Match ID: 162 Score: 25.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 25.00 election

German activists sue X demanding election influence data
2025-02-06T07:44:48+00:00
German activists sue X demanding election influence data submitted by /u/Wagamaga
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Match ID: 163 Score: 25.00 source: www.reddit.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 25.00 election

Bill Gates and the New Trumpian Tech Oligarchs
Sun, 02 Feb 2025 11:00:00 +0000
The Microsoft founder discusses vaccine skepticism, his fellow-billionaires’ political pivots, and his dinner with the President at Mar-a-Lago.
Match ID: 164 Score: 21.43 source: www.newyorker.com age: 4 days
qualifiers: 21.43 politics

Trump the “Peacemaker” Ramps Up America’s Forever War in Somalia
Tue, 04 Feb 2025 13:49:44 +0000

The American tradition of airstrikes against Somalia is continuing into Trump’s second term.

The post Trump the “Peacemaker” Ramps Up America’s Forever War in Somalia appeared first on The Intercept.


Match ID: 165 Score: 20.00 source: theintercept.com age: 2 days
qualifiers: 20.00 federal government

A Well-Connected NYU Parent Is Trying to Get Students Deported
Fri, 31 Jan 2025 10:30:00 +0000

The founder of Mothers Against College Antisemitism says her 62,000-member Facebook group is influencing NYU policy.

The post A Well-Connected NYU Parent Is Trying to Get Students Deported appeared first on The Intercept.


Match ID: 166 Score: 19.29 source: theintercept.com age: 6 days
qualifiers: 12.86 politics, 6.43 executive

They Flee Russia as Dissidents Seeking Asylum. The U.S. Locks Them Up.
Sat, 25 Jan 2025 11:08:00 +0000

Asylum-seekers are being detained because they come from Russia and Central Asia, immigrants and attorneys told The Intercept.

The post They Flee Russia as Dissidents Seeking Asylum. The U.S. Locks Them Up. appeared first on The Intercept.


Match ID: 167 Score: 18.57 source: theintercept.com age: 12 days
qualifiers: 4.29 republican, 4.29 politics, 3.57 election, 2.86 federal government, 2.14 executive, 1.43 congress

Republicans Say This Anti-Immigrant Bill Will Protect Victims of Abuse. It Will Do the Opposite.
Fri, 24 Jan 2025 20:39:55 +0000

Advocates say the bill will put domestic violence survivors who face false allegations from their abusers at greater risk of deportation.

The post Republicans Say This Anti-Immigrant Bill Will Protect Victims of Abuse. It Will Do the Opposite. appeared first on The Intercept.


Match ID: 168 Score: 18.57 source: theintercept.com age: 12 days
qualifiers: 4.29 republican, 4.29 politics, 4.29 democrat, 2.14 judiciary, 2.14 executive, 1.43 congress

Trump Appointees Can’t Own Crypto. That Rule Doesn’t Apply to Trump Himself.
Tue, 28 Jan 2025 11:00:00 +0000

For many government employees, merely owning cryptocurrency is off-limits. Not for Trump, who created a “very grifty” meme coin.

The post Trump Appointees Can’t Own Crypto. That Rule Doesn’t Apply to Trump Himself. appeared first on The Intercept.


Match ID: 169 Score: 15.71 source: theintercept.com age: 9 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics, 4.29 democrat, 3.57 election, 2.14 executive, 1.43 congress

Mark Zuckerberg’s charity confirms support for DEI despite Meta’s overhaul
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 14:00:17 GMT

Exclusive: Chan Zuckerberg Initiative workers express concern, as recent changes there similar to those at Meta

The for-profit charity organization founded by Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan told employees last month that its commitment to corporate diversity is not changing even after Meta eliminated its diversity, equity and inclusion programs.

Employees of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) expressed concern in January after Meta’s top HR executive announced that that company would no longer put resources toward hiring and working with diverse and underrepresented job candidates and business suppliers (a suite of practices often referred to as DEI, for diversity, equity and inclusion), according to internal CZI messages viewed by the Guardian.

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Match ID: 170 Score: 15.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 15.00 executive

Newcastle edge near first silverware in decades: Football Weekly Extra - podcast
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 11:46:47 GMT

Robyn Cowen is joined by Barry Glendenning, Nicky Bandini and Sam Dalling as Newcastle breeze past Arsenal to book their place in the League Cup final

Rate, review, share on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Audioboom, Mixcloud, Acast and Stitcher, and join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter and email.

On the podcast today: that was much easier for Newcastle than anyone predicted as they beat Arsenal 2-0 at St James’ Park to win their League Cup semi-final 4-0 on aggregate. The panel question whether Eddie Howe has Arsenal’s number and just how restorative the Gunners’ warm-weather break in Dubai can really be before a gruelling end to the season.

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Match ID: 171 Score: 15.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 15.00 executive

DeepSeek, weapons and climate? What’s on the table at the Paris AI summit? – podcast
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 05:00:02 GMT

From the shockwaves caused by DeepSeek’s launch, to fears of a new AI arms race, and the continued questions over the technology’s energy use, AI continues to throw up new challenges. As world leaders gather for the Paris AI summit, the Guardian’s global technology editor, Dan Milmo, joins Madeleine Finlay to discuss what will be top of the agenda. And young people attending the Alan Turing Institute’s Children’s AI summit explain what their hopes and fears for the technology are

Support the Guardian: theguardian.com/sciencepod

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Match ID: 172 Score: 15.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 15.00 executive

What the weak yen might mean for Switch 2 pricing
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 18:35:02 +0000
Amid rising exchange rates, Nintendo prez looks to "affordable price that customers expect."
Match ID: 173 Score: 15.00 source: arstechnica.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 15.00 executive

From the archive: The false positives scandal: how thousands of innocent Colombians were killed so soldiers could get more holiday – podcast
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 05:00:28 GMT

We are raiding the Guardian Long Read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors.

This week, from 2020: When the Colombian army defeated the Farc guerrillas, ending decades of conflict, General Mario Montoya was hailed a national hero. But then it was revealed that thousands of ‘insurgents’ executed by the army were in fact innocent men. By Mariana Palau. Read by Lucy Scott

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Match ID: 174 Score: 15.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 1 day
qualifiers: 15.00 executive

Why has Trump made the Panama canal a top priority? – podcast
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 03:00:25 GMT

The US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, visited Panama on the weekend to put pressure on the country over how it runs the canal and its ties with China. Andrew Roth reports

“China is operating the Panama canal and we didn’t give it to China, we gave it to Panama, and we’re taking it back.”

Donald Trump’s claim in his inauguration speech that Panama had “broken its promises” to the US was alarming for many Panamanians. Washington relinquished control of the canal in 1977, so why is Trump pressing the issue now?

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Match ID: 175 Score: 15.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 1 day
qualifiers: 15.00 executive

NASA Tests in Simulated Lunar Gravity to Prep Payloads for Moon
Tue, 04 Feb 2025 21:04:22 +0000
The old saying — “Practice makes perfect!” — applies to the Moon too. On Tuesday, NASA gave 17 technologies, instruments, and experiments the chance to practice being on the Moon… without actually going there. Instead, it was a flight test aboard a vehicle adapted to simulate lunar gravity for approximately two minutes. The test began […]
Match ID: 176 Score: 15.00 source: www.nasa.gov age: 1 day
qualifiers: 15.00 executive

Trump Leans on WWII Japanese Incarceration Law to Deport Immigrants
Tue, 28 Jan 2025 19:02:36 +0000

The Alien Enemies Act provides sweeping powers to detain or deport foreign nationals. It’s ripe for abuse, experts say.

The post Trump Leans on WWII Japanese Incarceration Law to Deport Immigrants appeared first on The Intercept.


Match ID: 177 Score: 15.00 source: theintercept.com age: 8 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics, 2.86 federal government, 2.14 judiciary, 2.14 executive, 2.14 constitution, 1.43 congress

Indians flock to Hindu temples to pray for US visas after Trump crackdown
Mon, 03 Feb 2025 13:19:57 GMT

Aspiring emigrants seek help at ‘Visa Hanuman’ and ‘Visa God’ temples after US president demanded tougher vetting

Indian professionals have been flocking to Hindu temples believed to grant prayers for a US visa after Donald Trump signed several executive orders aimed at making immigration to the US more difficult.

The rush for divine help has been in evidence at Chamatkari Hanuman temple – popularly called “Visa Hanuman” – in Ahmedabad in the western state of Gujarat.

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Match ID: 178 Score: 12.86 source: www.theguardian.com age: 3 days
qualifiers: 12.86 executive

How Donald Trump Is Transforming Executive Power
Mon, 03 Feb 2025 11:00:00 +0000
A flurry of seemingly illegal orders and firings could tee up the Supreme Court to cement a vast expansion of Presidential authority.
Match ID: 179 Score: 12.86 source: www.newyorker.com age: 3 days
qualifiers: 12.86 executive

Donald Trump’s Anti-Woke Wrecking Ball
Sun, 02 Feb 2025 11:00:00 +0000
Was Trump just “weaving” when he ranted about diversity initiatives after a horrific plane crash, or getting back on message after a week of executive overreach?
Match ID: 180 Score: 10.71 source: www.newyorker.com age: 4 days
qualifiers: 10.71 executive

Treasury tells Congress that DOGE has ‘Read Only’ access to payment systems
2025-02-05T16:25:16+00:00
Treasury tells Congress that DOGE has ‘Read Only’ access to payment systems submitted by /u/No-Information6622
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Match ID: 181 Score: 10.00 source: www.reddit.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 10.00 congress

Proton Mail Says It’s “Politically Neutral” While Praising Republican Party
Tue, 28 Jan 2025 15:47:16 +0000

The “privacy-first” company surprised its user base when CEO Andy Yen lauded Trump on social media.

The post Proton Mail Says It’s “Politically Neutral” While Praising Republican Party appeared first on The Intercept.


Match ID: 182 Score: 10.00 source: theintercept.com age: 8 days
qualifiers: 4.29 republican, 4.29 politics, 1.43 congress

AI-Generated Fake News Is Coming to an Election Near You
Mon, 22 Jan 2024 12:00:00 +0000
Targeted, AI-generated political misinformation is already out there—and humans are falling for it.
Match ID: 183 Score: 10.00 source: www.wired.com age: 381 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics, 3.57 election, 2.14 elections

Trans Women in Federal Custody Face the Terror of Being Transferred to Men’s Prisons
Tue, 28 Jan 2025 22:42:01 +0000

Following Trump’s executive order, a trans woman held at a federal prison was told she would be moved to a men’s prison.

The post Trans Women in Federal Custody Face the Terror of Being Transferred to Men’s Prisons appeared first on The Intercept.


Match ID: 184 Score: 8.57 source: theintercept.com age: 8 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics, 2.14 executive, 2.14 constitution

Latino Voters Have Grown More Politically Divided. That’s Not Surprising.
2024-10-28T00:00:00Z
Demographics are not destiny in politics. Richard Calvo, Vincent Pons, and Jesse Shapiro explain how their latest research is playing out in the final stretch of the US presidential race.
Match ID: 185 Score: 8.57 source: hbswk.hbs.edu age: 101 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics, 4.29 democrat

FBI’s Warrantless Search Ruled Unconstitutional in a Blow to Government Spying
Mon, 27 Jan 2025 15:11:30 +0000

The FBI trawled NSA records without a warrant to investigate a man suspected of trying to join a terror group, prosecutors admit.

The post FBI’s Warrantless Search Ruled Unconstitutional in a Blow to Government Spying appeared first on The Intercept.


Match ID: 186 Score: 7.86 source: theintercept.com age: 9 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics, 2.14 constitution, 1.43 congress

Do Trump's politics connect in these English towns? - video
Tue, 28 Jan 2025 10:20:37 GMT

As the second Trump presidency begins, John Harris and John Domokos go to a Staffordshire town whose economy went from coal to Amazon warehousing to find out if 21st century populism 

is cutting through. At a byelection down the road, meanwhile, there's a big question facing voters: Labour or Reform UK?

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Match ID: 187 Score: 7.86 source: www.theguardian.com age: 9 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics, 3.57 election

CISA Under Trump
2025-01-28T12:09:53Z

Jen Easterly is out as the Director of CISA. Read her final interview:

There’s a lot of unfinished business. We have made an impact through our ransomware vulnerability warning pilot and our pre-ransomware notification initiative, and I’m really proud of that, because we work on preventing somebody from having their worst day. But ransomware is still a problem. We have been laser-focused on PRC cyber actors. That will continue to be a huge problem. I’m really proud of where we are, but there’s much, much more work to be done. There are things that I think we can continue driving, that the next administration, I hope, will look at, because, frankly, cybersecurity is a national security issue...


Match ID: 188 Score: 7.86 source: www.schneier.com age: 9 days
qualifiers: 3.57 election, 2.14 executive, 2.14 elections

Israel Bans UNRWA as Trump Throttles Foreign Aid
Wed, 29 Jan 2025 16:50:51 +0000

UNRWA delivered the majority of food aid during the war and sheltered more than 1 million people. What happens when it’s banned?

The post Israel Bans UNRWA as Trump Throttles Foreign Aid appeared first on The Intercept.


Match ID: 189 Score: 7.14 source: theintercept.com age: 7 days
qualifiers: 4.29 executive, 2.86 congress

Trump Frees Silk Road Creator Ross Ulbricht After 11 Years in Prison
Wed, 22 Jan 2025 00:49:46 +0000
Donald Trump pardoned the creator of the world’s first dark-web drug market, who is now a libertarian cause célèbre in some parts of the crypto community.
Match ID: 190 Score: 6.43 source: www.wired.com age: 15 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics, 2.14 libertarian

Economists need new indicators of economic misery
Thu, 14 Nov 2024 10:40:55 +0000
Existing measures of discomfort are failing to predict elections
Match ID: 191 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 84 days
qualifiers: 3.57 election, 2.14 elections

Why investors are unwise to bet on elections
Thu, 25 Jul 2024 09:55:47 +0000
Turning a profit from political news is a lot harder than it looks
Match ID: 192 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 196 days
qualifiers: 3.57 election, 2.14 elections

The Trial at the Tip of the Terrorgram Iceberg
Wed, 29 Jan 2025 12:00:00 +0000
Atomwaffen Division cofounder and alleged Terrorgram Collective member Brandon Russell is facing a potential 20-year sentence for an alleged plot on a Baltimore electrical station. His case is only the beginning.
Match ID: 193 Score: 4.29 source: www.wired.com age: 8 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics

Tell us: have you been threatened with ‘eviction’ from a specialist care home?
Mon, 27 Jan 2025 14:46:05 GMT

We’d like to hear from people or anyone in their family who has been ‘evicted’ from a care home providing specialist care for vulnerable adults due to funding cuts

Residential homes providing specialist care to thousands of vulnerable adults with learning disabilities and severe autism have warned they are having to “evict” residents to avoid insolvency because of tax and wage rises and local authority funding cuts.

The annual Sector Pulse Check survey of more than 200 social care providers, both private and charitable, says many are on the brink as they struggle to remain viable in the face of cash-strapped councils’ refusal or inability to meet the rising cost of services.

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Match ID: 194 Score: 4.29 source: www.theguardian.com age: 10 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics

The FCC’s Jessica Rosenworcel Isn’t Leaving Without a Fight
Fri, 17 Jan 2025 18:48:19 +0000
As the US faces “the worst telecommunications hack in our nation’s history,” by China’s Salt Typhoon hackers, the outgoing FCC chair is determined to bolster network security if it’s the last thing she does.
Match ID: 195 Score: 4.29 source: www.wired.com age: 19 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics

Biden's Cyber Ambassador Urges Trump Not to Cede Ground to Russia and China in Global Tech Fight
Thu, 16 Jan 2025 11:30:00 +0000
Nathaniel Fick, the ambassador for cyberspace and digital policy, has led US tech diplomacy amid a rising tide of pressure from authoritarian regimes. Will the Trump administration undo that work?
Match ID: 196 Score: 4.29 source: www.wired.com age: 21 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics

Hong Kong’s property slump may be terminal
Thu, 28 Nov 2024 11:05:20 +0000
Demographics and geopolitics will make a recovery harder
Match ID: 197 Score: 4.29 source: www.economist.com age: 70 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics

Betting markets are useful when politics is chaotic
Thu, 11 Jul 2024 09:36:12 +0000
Why, then, are they largely outlawed in America?
Match ID: 198 Score: 4.29 source: www.economist.com age: 210 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics

How American politics has infected investing
Sun, 21 Apr 2024 15:41:46 +0000
Beware: taking a stand can be expensive
Match ID: 199 Score: 4.29 source: www.economist.com age: 290 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics

A Dangerous New Home for Online Extremism
Wed, 24 Jan 2024 12:00:00 +0000
Decentralized Autonomous Organizations, or DAOs, offer independently-minded internet users a safe haven—but it’s also a boon to those with a darker purpose.
Match ID: 200 Score: 4.29 source: www.wired.com age: 379 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics

Regulators Are Finally Catching Up With Big Tech
Fri, 12 Jan 2024 12:00:00 +0000
The lawless, Wild West era of AI and technology is almost at an end, as data protection authorities use new and existing legislation to get tough.
Match ID: 201 Score: 4.29 source: www.wired.com age: 391 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics

LimeWire AI Studio Review 2023: Details, Pricing & Features
Tue, 12 Dec 2023 16:10:00 +0000

 

In the rapidly advancing landscape of AI technology and innovation, LimeWire emerges as a unique platform in the realm of generative AI tools. This platform not only stands out from the multitude of existing AI tools but also brings a fresh approach to content generation. LimeWire not only empowers users to create AI content but also provides creators with creative ways to share and monetize their creations.


As we explore LimeWire, our aim is to uncover its features, benefits for creators, and the exciting possibilities it offers for AI content generation. This platform presents an opportunity for users to harness the power of AI in image creation, all while enjoying the advantages of a free and accessible service.


Let's unravel the distinctive features that set LimeWire apart in the dynamic landscape of AI-powered tools, understanding how creators can leverage its capabilities to craft unique and engaging AI-generated images.


Introduction

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LimeWire, a name once associated with the notorious file-sharing tool from the 2000s, has undergone a significant transformation. The LimeWire we discuss today is not the file-sharing application of the past but has re-emerged as an entirely new entity—a cutting-edge AI content publishing platform.

This revamped LimeWire invites users to register and unleash their creativity by crafting original AI content, which can then be shared and showcased on the LimeWire Studio. Notably, even acclaimed artists and musicians, such as Deadmau5, Soulja Boy, and Sean Kingston, have embraced this platform to publish their content in the form of NFT music, videos, and images.


Beyond providing a space for content creation and sharing, LimeWire introduces monetization models to empower users to earn revenue from their creations. This includes avenues such as earning ad revenue and participating in the burgeoning market of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs). As we delve further, we'll explore these monetization strategies in more detail to provide a comprehensive understanding of LimeWire's innovative approach to content creation and distribution.


LimeWire Studio welcomes content creators into its fold, providing a space to craft personalized AI-focused content for sharing with fans and followers. Within this creative hub, every piece of content generated becomes not just a creation but a unique asset—ownable and tradable. Fans have the opportunity to subscribe to creators' pages, immersing themselves in the creative journey and gaining ownership of digital collectibles that hold tradeable value within the LimeWire community. Notably, creators earn a 2.5% royalty each time their content is traded, adding a rewarding element to the creative process.


The platform's flexibility is evident in its content publication options. Creators can choose to share their work freely with the public or opt for a premium subscription model, granting exclusive access to specialized content for subscribers.


LimeWire AI Studio

As of the present moment, LimeWire focuses on AI Image Generation, offering a spectrum of creative possibilities to its user base. The platform, however, has ambitious plans on the horizon, aiming to broaden its offerings by introducing AI music and video generation tools in the near future. This strategic expansion promises creators even more avenues for expression and engagement with their audience, positioning LimeWire Studio as a dynamic and evolving platform within the realm of AI-powered content creation.


AI Image Generation Tools

limewire AI Studio


The LimeWire AI image generation tool presents a versatile platform for both the creation and editing of images. Supporting advanced models such as Stable Diffusion 2.1, Stable Diffusion XL, and DALL-E 2, LimeWire offers a sophisticated toolkit for users to delve into the realm of generative AI art.


Much like other tools in the generative AI landscape, LimeWire provides a range of options catering to various levels of complexity in image creation. Users can initiate the creative process with prompts as simple as a few words or opt for more intricate instructions, tailoring the output to their artistic vision.


What sets LimeWire apart is its seamless integration of different AI models and design styles. Users have the flexibility to effortlessly switch between various AI models, exploring diverse design styles such as cinematic, digital art, pixel art, anime, analog film, and more. Each style imparts a distinctive visual identity to the generated AI art, enabling users to explore a broad spectrum of creative possibilities.


The platform also offers additional features, including samplers, allowing users to fine-tune the quality and detail levels of their creations. Customization options and prompt guidance further enhance the user experience, providing a user-friendly interface for both novice and experienced creators.


Excitingly, LimeWire is actively developing its proprietary AI model, signaling ongoing innovation and enhancements to its image generation capabilities. This upcoming addition holds the promise of further expanding the creative horizons for LimeWire users, making it an evolving and dynamic platform within the landscape of AI-driven art and image creation.

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Automatically Mint Your Content As NFTs

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Upon completing your creative endeavor on LimeWire, the platform allows you the option to publish your content. An intriguing feature follows this step: LimeWire automates the process of minting your creation as a Non-Fungible Token (NFT), utilizing either the Polygon or Algorand blockchain. This transformative step imbues your artwork with a unique digital signature, securing its authenticity and ownership in the decentralized realm.


Creators on LimeWire hold the power to decide the accessibility of their NFT creations. By opting for a public release, the content becomes discoverable by anyone, fostering a space for engagement and interaction. Furthermore, this choice opens the avenue for enthusiasts to trade the NFTs, adding a layer of community involvement to the artistic journey.


Alternatively, LimeWire acknowledges the importance of exclusivity. Creators can choose to share their posts exclusively with their premium subscribers. In doing so, the content remains a special offering solely for dedicated fans, creating an intimate and personalized experience within the LimeWire community. This flexibility in sharing options emphasizes LimeWire's commitment to empowering creators with choices in how they connect with their audience and distribute their digital creations.


After creating your content, you can choose to publish the content. It will automatically mint your creation as an NFT on the Polygon or Algorand blockchain. You can also choose whether to make it public or subscriber-only.


If you make it public, anyone can discover your content and even trade the NFTs. If you choose to share the post only with your premium subscribers, it will be exclusive only to your fans.


Earn Revenue From Your Content

Additionally, you can earn ad revenue from your content creations as well.

When you publish content on LimeWire, you will receive 70% of all ad revenue from other users who view your images, music, and videos on the platform.


This revenue model will be much more beneficial to designers. You can experiment with the AI image and content generation tools and share your creations while earning a small income on the side.


LMWR Tokens

The revenue you earn from your creations will come in the form of LMWR tokens, LimeWire’s own cryptocurrency.

Your earnings will be paid every month in LMWR, which you can then trade on many popular crypto exchange platforms like Kraken, ByBit, and UniSwap.

You can also use your LMWR tokens to pay for prompts when using LimeWire generative AI tools.

Pricing Plans

You can sign up to LimeWire to use its AI tools for free. You will receive 10 credits to use and generate up to 20 AI images per day. You will also receive 50% of the ad revenue share. However, you will get more benefits with premium plans.

  • Basic plan: 

For $9.99 per month, you will get 1,000 credits per month, up to 2 ,000 image generations, early access to new AI models, and 50% ad revenue share

  • Advanced plan: 

For $29 per month, you will get 3750 credits per month, up to 7500 image generations, early access to new AI models, and 60% ad revenue share

  • Pro plan: 

For $49 per month, you will get 5,000 credits per month, up to 10,000 image generations, early access to new AI models, and 70% ad revenue share

  • Pro Plus plan: 

For $99 per month, you will get 11,250 credits per month, up to 2 2,500 image generations, early access to new AI models, and 70% ad revenue share

With all premium plans, you will receive a Pro profile badge, full creation history, faster image generation, and no ads.

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Conclusion

In conclusion, LimeWire emerges as a democratizing force in the creative landscape, providing an inclusive platform where anyone can unleash their artistic potential and effortlessly share their work. With the integration of AI, LimeWire eliminates traditional barriers, empowering designers, musicians, and artists to publish their creations and earn revenue with just a few clicks.


The ongoing commitment of LimeWire to innovation is evident in its plans to enhance generative AI tools with new features and models. The upcoming expansion to include music and video generation tools holds the promise of unlocking even more possibilities for creators. It sparks anticipation about the diverse and innovative ways in which artists will leverage these tools to produce and publish their own unique creations.


For those eager to explore, LimeWire's AI tools are readily accessible for free, providing an opportunity to experiment and delve into the world of generative art. As LimeWire continues to evolve, creators are encouraged to stay tuned for the launch of its forthcoming AI music and video generation tools, promising a future brimming with creative potential and endless artistic exploration


Match ID: 202 Score: 4.29 source: techncruncher.blogspot.com age: 421 days
qualifiers: 4.29 democrat

Biden: Trump’s tax and tariffs plans are a ‘major mistake’
Tue, 10 Dec 2024 15:20:21 EST
Five weeks after the election, the president took his sharpest swing at Trump’s policy plans.
Match ID: 203 Score: 3.57 source: www.politico.com age: 57 days
qualifiers: 3.57 election

Why everyone wants to lend to weak companies
Thu, 28 Nov 2024 10:58:45 +0000
An unanticipated side-effect of Donald Trump’s election victory
Match ID: 204 Score: 3.57 source: www.economist.com age: 70 days
qualifiers: 3.57 election

America’s glorious economy should help Kamala Harris
Sun, 27 Oct 2024 15:11:58 +0000
Voters are starting to notice the good news just in time for the election
Match ID: 205 Score: 3.57 source: www.economist.com age: 101 days
qualifiers: 3.57 election

When will Americans see those interest-rate cuts?
Wed, 10 Apr 2024 20:08:53 +0000
Following a nasty surprise, some now think they may come only after the presidential election
Match ID: 206 Score: 3.57 source: www.economist.com age: 301 days
qualifiers: 3.57 election

Canva Review 2022: Details, Pricing & Features
Sun, 20 Feb 2022 12:02:00 +0000


Are you looking for a new graphic design tool? Would you like to read a detailed review of Canva? As it's one of the tools I love using. I am also writing my first ebook using canva and publish it soon on my site you can download it is free.  Let's start the review.

Canva has a web version and also a mobile app

What is Canva?

Canva is a free graphic design web application that allows you to create invitations, business cards, flyers, lesson plans, banners, and more using professionally designed templates. You can upload your own photos from your computer or from Google Drive, and add them to Canva's templates using a simple drag-and-drop interface. It's like having a basic version of Photoshop that doesn't require Graphic designing knowledge to use. It’s best for nongraphic designers.

Who is Canva best suited for?

Canva is a great tool for small business owners, online entrepreneurs, and marketers who don’t have the time and want to edit quickly.

To create sophisticated graphics, a tool such as Photoshop can is ideal. To use it, you’ll need to learn its hundreds of features, get familiar with the software, and it’s best to have a good background in design, too.

Also running the latest version of Photoshop you need a high-end computer.

So here  Canva takes place, with Canva you can do all that with drag-and-drop feature. It’s also easier to use and free. Also an even-more-affordable paid version is available for $12.95 per month.

Free vs Pro vs Enterprise Pricing plan

The product is available in three plans: Free, Pro ($12.99/month per user or  $119.99/year for up to 5 people), and Enterprise ($30 per user per month, minimum 25 people).

Free plan Features

  • 250,000+ free templates
  • 100+ design types (social media posts, presentations, letters, and more)
  • Hundreds of thousands of free photos and graphics
  • Invite members to your team
  • Collaborate and comment in real-time
  • 5GB of cloud storage
  • Try Canva Pro for free for 30 days

Pro Plan Features 

  • Everything Free, has plus:
  • 100+ million premium and  stock photos, videos, audio, and graphics
  • 610,000+ premium and free templates with new designs daily
  • Access to Background Remover and Magic Resize
  •  Create a library of your brand or campaign's colors, logos, and fonts with up to 100 Brand Kits
  • Remove image backgrounds instantly with background remover
  • Resize designs infinitely with Magic Resize
  • Save designs as templates for your team to use
  • 100GB of cloud storage
  • Schedule social media content to 8 platforms

Enterprise Plan Features

  • Everything Pro has plus:
  • Establish your brand's visual identity with logos, colors and fonts across multiple Brand Kits
  • Control your team's access to apps, graphics, logos, colors and fonts with brand controls
  • Built-in workflows to get approval on your designs
  • Set which elements your team can edit and stay on brand with template locking
  • Unlimited Storage
  • Log in with single-sign on (SSO) and have access to 24/7 Enterprise-level support.

How to Use Canva?

To get started on Canva, you will need to create an account by providing your email address, Google, Facebook or Apple credentials. You will then choose your account type between student, teacher, small business, large company, non-profit, or personal. Based on your choice of account type, templates will be recommended to you.

You can sign up for a free trial of Canva Pro, or you can start with the free version to get a sense of whether it’s the right graphic design tool for your needs.

Canva Sign Up

Designing with Canva

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When you sign up for an account, Canva will suggest different post types to choose from. Based on the type of account you set up  you'll be able to see templates categorized by the following categories: social media posts, documents, presentations, marketing, events, ads, launch your business, build your online brand, etc.

 Start by choosing a template for your post or searching for something more specific. Search by social network name to see a list of post types on each network.

Templates

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Next, you can choose a template. Choose from hundreds of templates that are ready to go, with customizable photos, text, and other elements.

You can start your design by choosing from a variety of ready-made templates, searching for a template matching your needs, or working with a blank template.


 Canva has a lot to choose from, so start with a specific search.if you want to create business card just search for it and you will see alot of templates to choose from

Elements

Inside the Canva designer, the Elements tab gives you access to lines and shapes, graphics, photos, videos, audio, charts, photo frames, and photo grids.The search box on the Elements tab lets you search everything on Canva.

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To begin with, Canva has a large library of elements to choose from. To find them, be specific in your search query. You may also want to search in the following tabs to see various elements separately:

Photos

The Photos tab lets you search for and choose from millions of professional stock photos for your templates.

You can replace the photos in our templates to create a new look. This can also make the template more suited to your industry.

You can find photos on other stock photography sites like pexel, pixabay and many more or simply upload your own photos.

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When you choose an image, Canva’s photo editing features let you adjust the photo’s settings (brightness, contrast, saturation, etc.), crop, or animate it.

 When you subscribe to Canva Pro, you get access to a number of premium features, including the Background Remover. This feature allows you to remove the background from any stock photo in  library or any image you upload.

Text

The Text tab lets you add headings, normal text, and graphical text to your design.

When you click on  text, you'll see options to adjust the font, font size, color, format, spacing, and text effects (like shadows). 

Canva Pro subscribers can choose from a large library of fonts on the Brand Kit or the Styles tab. Enterprise-level controls ensure that visual content remains on-brand, no matter how many people are working on it.

Audio

Create an animated image or video by adding audio to capture user’s attention in social news feeds.

If you want to use audio from another stock site or your own audio tracks, you can upload them in the Uploads tab or from the more option.

Video

Want to create your own videos? Choose from thousands of stock video clips. You’ll find videos that range upto 2 minutes

You can upload your own videos as well as videos from other stock sites in the Uploads tab. 

Once you have chosen a video, you can use the editing features in Canva to trim the video, flip it, and adjust its transparency.

Backgrounds

On the Background tab, you’ll find free stock photos to serve as backgrounds on your designs. Change out the background on a template to give it a more personal touch.

Styles


The Styles tab lets you quickly change the look and feel of your template with just a click. And if you have a Canva Pro subscription, you can upload your brand’s custom colors and fonts to ensure designs stay on brand.

Logos

If you have a Canva Pro subscription, you’ll have a Logos tab. Here, you can upload variations of your brand logo to use throughout your designs.

With Canva, you can also create your own logos. Note that you cannot trademark a logo with stock content in it.

Publishing with Canva

With Canva, free users can download and share designs to multiple platforms including Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Slack and Tumblr.

Canva Pro subscribers can create multiple post formats from one design. For example, you can start by designing an Instagram post, and Canva's Magic Resizer can resize it for other networks, Stories, Reels, and other formats.

Canva Pro subscribers can also use Canva’s Content Planner to post content on eight different accounts on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Slack, and Tumblr.

Canva Team

Canva Pro allows you to work with your team on visual content. Designs can be created inside Canva, and then sent to your team members for approval. Everyone can make comments, edits, revisions, and keep track via the version history.

Canva Print

When it comes to printing your designs, Canva has you covered. With an extensive selection of printing options, they can turn your designs into anything from banners and wall art to mugs and t-shirts. 

Canva Print is perfect for any business seeking to make a lasting impression. Create inspiring designs people will want to wear, keep, and share. Hand out custom business cards that leave a lasting impression on customers' minds.

Canva Apps

The Canva app is available on the Apple App Store and Google Play. The Canva app has earned a 4.9 out of five star rating from over 946.3K Apple users and a 4.5 out of five star rating from over 6,996,708 Google users.

In addition to mobile apps, you can use Canva’s integration with other Internet services to add images and text from sources like Google Maps, Emojis, photos from Google Drive and Dropbox, YouTube videos, Flickr photos, Bitmojis, and other popular visual content elements.

Canva Pros and Cons

Pros:

  • A user-friendly interface
  • Canva is a great tool for people who want to create professional graphics but don’t have graphic design skills.
  • Hundreds of templates, so you'll never have to start from scratch.
  • Wide variety of templates to fit multiple uses
  • Branding kits to keep your team consistent with the brand colors and fonts
  • Creating visual content on the go
  • You can find royalty free images, audio, and video without having to subscribe to another service.

Cons:

  • Some professional templates are available for Pro user only
  • Advanced photo editing features like blurring or erasing a specific area are missing.
  • Some elements that fall outside of a design are tricky to retrieve.
  • Features (like Canva presentations) could use some improvement.
  • If you are a regular user of Adobe products, you might find Canva's features limited.
  • Prefers to work with vectors. Especially logos.
  • Expensive enterprise pricing

Conclusion

In general, Canva is an excellent tool for those who need simple images for projects. If you are a graphic designer with experience, you will find Canva’s platform lacking in customization and advanced features – particularly vectors. But if you have little design experience, you will find Canva easier to use than advanced graphic design tools like Adobe Photoshop or Illustrator for most projects. If you have any queries let me know in the comments section.






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US Privacy Snags a Win as Judge Limits Warrantless FBI Searches
Sat, 25 Jan 2025 11:30:00 +0000
Plus: A hacker finds an issue with Cloudflare’s systems that could reveal app users’ rough locations, and the Trump administration puts a wrench in a key cybersecurity investigation.
Match ID: 209 Score: 2.14 source: www.wired.com age: 12 days
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What Wartime Service Taught These Historic Leaders
2024-11-08T00:00:00Z
What can corporate leaders learn from executives who served their country during wartime conflicts? Drawing on a series of case studies, Robert Simons shares important lessons from the experiences of Walt Disney, Dwight Eisenhower, and Robert McNamara.
Match ID: 210 Score: 2.14 source: hbswk.hbs.edu age: 90 days
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NASA Kicks off Testing Campaign for Remotely Piloted Cargo Flights
Tue, 07 Jan 2025 17:21:00 +0000
NASA recently began a series of flight tests with partners to answer an important aviation question: What will it take to integrate remotely piloted or autonomous planes carrying large packages and cargo safely into the U.S. airspace? Researchers tested new technologies in Hollister, California, that are helping to investigate what tools and capabilities are needed […]
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8 Best Air Fryers for Crispy Wings and Fries (2025)
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 11:37:00 +0000
We tested dozens of air fryers to find the best basket cookers, ovens, combi fryers, and even a great portable model.
Match ID: 0 Score: 50.00 source: www.wired.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 30.00 food, 20.00 recipes

Our best Super Bowl party recipes, including wings, dips, chili and pizza
Tue, 04 Feb 2025 19:24:17 +0000
Essential Super Bowl party food for the big game, featuring Buffalo wings, sliders and nachos.
Match ID: 1 Score: 50.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 1 day
qualifiers: 30.00 food, 20.00 recipes

Home Office ordered to pay £100,000 to asylum seeker whose life it ‘grossly restricted’
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 14:14:48 GMT

High court upholds verdict that Nadra Tabasam Almas suffered disproportionate breach of her rights in 2004

The Home Office must pay £100,000 to an asylum seeker who was unlawfully detained before her ability to work, buy food and socialise was “grossly restricted”, the high court has said.

After her student visa ran out in 2004, Nadra Tabasam Almas, of Leicester, made repeated attempts to stay in the UK, while complying with conditions placed on her as an overstayer.

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Match ID: 2 Score: 30.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 30.00 food

Yum Brands becomes latest fast-food chain to tap into AI
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 14:05:00 GMT
Byte by Yum! will include mobile app and web ordering, point-of-sale, kitchen and delivery optimization, menu management, inventory and labor management, and team-member tools.
Match ID: 3 Score: 30.00 source: www.marketwatch.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 30.00 food

More Than Mezcal: A Dive Into Oaxaca’s High-End Cocktail Scene
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 14:00:00 +0000
Using local ingredients like hoja santa, huitlacoche, insects, and a variety of mercurial spirits, bartenders in the Mexican city are testing the boundaries of flavor and presentation.
Match ID: 4 Score: 30.00 source: www.wired.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 30.00 food

Jalapeño poppers are great. These shishito popper tacos are better.
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 14:00:17 +0000
The jalapeño popper might be a perfect snack, but this riff, a cheese-stuffed shishito popper taco, might be even better.
Match ID: 5 Score: 30.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 30.00 food

Thieves steal 100,000 eggs from trailer in Pennsylvania as prices spike
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 13:11:38 GMT

Police search for culprit in Antrim township heist as US egg prices continue to rise amid bird flu outbreak

Police in Pennsylvania are hunting for thieves who stole 100,000 eggs from the back of a trailer, amid a US-wide spike in the price of eggs that has triggered panic-buying in some shops.

The eggs were lifted from the back of Pete & Gerry’s Organics’ distribution trailer on Saturday at about 8.40pm in Antrim township, according to police. There have been no arrests yet.

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Match ID: 6 Score: 30.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
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The 5 Best Bread Makers, Tested & Reviewed (2025)
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 13:10:00 +0000
Swap store-bought bread for a freshly baked homemade loaf with these convenient machines.
Match ID: 7 Score: 30.00 source: www.wired.com age: 0 days
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‘We water, rest, water’: the green belt of vegetable plots cooling a city
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 13:02:17 GMT

A green belt circling the capital of Burkina Faso is preparing the country for the climate crisis

As far as the eye can see is a hodge-podge of trees, vegetable plots and water tanks. Up close it may look like a gigantic allotment, but this unusual project actually stretches for 2,000 hectares (4,942 acres), a green belt that now completely rings the city of Ouagadougou.

The green belt began life many years ago in the 1970s, with the aim of building a protective wall against the encroaching desert that lies beyond the greenery, just a few steps away. In Burkina Faso, one-third of the territory – about 9 million hectares of productive land – is degraded, with an estimated average degradation rate of 360,000 hectares per year, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). “Burkina Faso is not a climatically favoured country, but the drought of the 1980s exacerbated the problem, leading to significant population movements toward less degraded areas,” explains Sidnoma Abdoul Aziz Traoré, an environmental economist and expert in land degradation at the Centre Universitaire de Ziniaré (CUZ). But the situation, he says, is not irreversible.

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Match ID: 8 Score: 30.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
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I have nothing but respect for waiters – except when they interrupt me | Adrian Chiles
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 11:00:47 GMT

I’m an undemanding diner who just wants to be left in peace to tell my world-beating anecdotes. So please don’t ask if I’m enjoying my meal when I’m mid-flow

My dad used to say that the mark of a good waiter or waitress was that they would always be looking around to see if anyone wanted to catch their eye. A fair point. I pride myself on being a low-maintenance diner, unlikely to grumble or make a scene unless the food is stone cold or has a dead mouse in it, or something. Even then, it’s hardly the fault of the waiting staff. But, yes, it is a bit annoying if you want something and can’t get anyone’s attention.

What I find more annoying, though – and I don’t feel good about saying this – is getting too much attention.

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Match ID: 9 Score: 30.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
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The long black: will this soon be the UK’s favourite coffee order?
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 10:00:02 GMT

Fans of the drink, brewed differently from an americano, say its taste is vastly superior – and are turning a niche product into a bestseller

If you’re a regular at specialist coffee shops in the UK – the kind where baristas carefully weigh out your grounds on tiny hypersensitive scales and practically frogmarch you from the premises if you order syrup – you may have noticed that americanos have fallen out of favour. In these fancier coffee spots, everyone’s dependable, unfussy go-to is being eclipsed by a newer import from Australia and New Zealand: the long black.

Conducting an unofficial survey of coffee spots, I noticed nearly every barista had a slightly different explanation of the drink. “It’s basically exactly the same as an americano,” one whispered conspiratorially. “It’s a shorter black coffee, the same size as a flat white,” explained another. The final barista I spoke to just shook her head in quiet disappointment when I asked if long black was just a more pretentious way of asking for an americano.

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Match ID: 10 Score: 30.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 30.00 food

Riverford employees to share £1.3m payout as veg box firm’s profits jump
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 07:00:03 GMT

More than 1,000 staff at Devon-based group will get about £1,000 each after profits more than doubled

Employees of Riverford will share in a payout of £1.3m after the organic vegetable box company more than doubled profits last year.

More than 1,000 staff at the Devon-based group, which began making deliveries from an old Citroën in 1993, will receive about £1,000 each as the employee-owned company nearly tripled its annual payout to workers.

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Match ID: 11 Score: 30.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
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Cooking chat: Does paprika actually add any flavor to a dish?
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 17:00:56 +0000
Every Wednesday at noon Eastern, Aaron Hutcherson and Becky Krystal answer your cooking questions.
Match ID: 12 Score: 30.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 0 days
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This vegetable-loaded American goulash packs in added nutrition
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 15:00:21 +0000
Vegetables add nutrients and fiber to dishes, and help us feel more full with fewer calories.
Match ID: 13 Score: 30.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 30.00 food

Scientists found a faster way to brew sour beer—with peas
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 13:00:37 +0000
The yeast cannot metabolize sugars derived from peas, thus promoting the growth of essential bacteria.
Match ID: 14 Score: 30.00 source: arstechnica.com age: 1 day
qualifiers: 30.00 food

How to make cassoulet – recipe | Felicity Cloake's Masterclass
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 12:00:37 GMT

A superbly rich bean stew laced with duck fat, sausages and pork belly

Being French, this rich, leguminous casserole passes as “a voluptuous monument to rustic tradition”, rather than being relegated, like our own pease pudding and ham, to the faintly dismissive category of “comfort food”. In truth, however, it is both: soothingly starchy and deliciously savoury. My take on this classic dish makes no claim to be the one true Carcassone, Castelnaudary or Toulouse cassoulet, but it is worth your time.

Soak 8 hr+
Prep 15 min
Cook 4 hr 15 min
Serves 6-8

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Match ID: 15 Score: 30.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 1 day
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These shareable Italian sub sliders boast big, bold flavors
Tue, 04 Feb 2025 15:00:13 +0000
With cured meats, toasted bread, pickled and brined produce, and a zippy sauce, these Italian sliders are a winning combination.
Match ID: 16 Score: 30.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 1 day
qualifiers: 30.00 food

I tried 60 low- and no-alcohol drinks: here are my favourite beers, wines and spirits
Tue, 04 Feb 2025 12:09:12 GMT

Staying sober beyond Dry January? Enjoy the buzz without the booze year–round with our pick of the best hangover-free beverages

Is there such a thing as a good alcohol-free wine?

Dry January may be behind us, but more and more of us are choosing to ditch the hard stuff year-round. Lighter on the waistline and wallet and hangxiety-free, low ABV (alcohol by volume) drinks have surged in popularity in recent years. A 2024 YouGov survey found almost half of young people regularly choose low- or no-alcohol drinks – and 39% of 18- to 24-year-olds never drink alcohol at all.

Whether you want to cement the good habits you formed during dry January, stay dry full-time or are simply tonight’s designated driver, there are plenty of tempting low- and no-alcohol tipples to try. And zebra striping (alternating alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks) is no chore when the 0% category is as refreshing as we have today.

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Match ID: 17 Score: 30.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 2 days
qualifiers: 30.00 food

Restaurant Review: Provence in the West Village, at Zimmi’s
Sun, 02 Feb 2025 11:00:00 +0000
At a cozy new restaurant inspired by the South of France, humble ingredients are lavished with respect, butter, and time.
Match ID: 18 Score: 21.43 source: www.newyorker.com age: 4 days
qualifiers: 21.43 food

Shishito Popper Tacos
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 10:00:00 +0000
Inspired by jalapeño poppers — a popular bar and game-day snack — these shishito pepper tacos are well-suited for a crowd.
Match ID: 19 Score: 20.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 1 day
qualifiers: 20.00 recipes

The food filter: which supermarket has the best extra-virgin olive oil?
Sat, 01 Feb 2025 10:00:39 GMT

From luxury Sicilian to budget buys, our Rome correspondent tests supermarket extra-virgin olive oils – and reveals how much you should spend

The best hot sauces, tasted and rated by Thomasina Miers

Years ago, a good cook, who happened to be Greek, told me to think of olive oil not simply as liquid fat, but as an essential ingredient, as flavour and as a seasoning, with the ability to act like herbs and spices. He’s absolutely right and his excellent advice continues to motivate me when I’m choosing extra-virgin olive oil, which is the single most important ingredient I buy, and my biggest expense in the kitchen. While I do have the odd special bottle for drizzling, I am more interested in a good-tasting all-rounder that I can use for everything (my cooking is largely vegetable-, pasta-, pulse-, cheese- and egg-centric), including deep-frying (in a very small pan).

Just to recap, olive oil is the liquid fat obtained by pressing olives, which are fruits. Once picked, they need to be processed as soon as possible – that is, crushed, then centrifugally spun to separate the pulp, water and oil, all in scrupulously clean machinery and at a steady temperature, which preserves the natural aromas of the olives. It takes about eight kilos of olives to make a litre of oil, which, to be considered extra-virgin olive oil, needs to have no defects and no more than 0.8% of free fatty acids. And that comes at a price: expect to pay between £14 and £18 a litre.

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Match ID: 20 Score: 17.14 source: www.theguardian.com age: 5 days
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Everything you need to make great coffee – and the kit that’s not worth your money
Fri, 31 Jan 2025 17:42:24 GMT

From thermal jugs to the best beans, upgrade your morning brew with our essential coffee kit list – including the things you don’t need

The best coffee machines for your home, according to our expert

If your belief in nominative determinism has led you to the Filter expecting coffee content, then – on this occasion at least – you’re in luck.

And if you’re here because you’re not entirely happy with the coffee in your cup now – or wish you could replicate the £4-a-cup magic brewed by your local barista – then you’ve definitely come to the right place.

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Match ID: 21 Score: 17.14 source: www.theguardian.com age: 5 days
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Israel Bans UNRWA as Trump Throttles Foreign Aid
Wed, 29 Jan 2025 16:50:51 +0000

UNRWA delivered the majority of food aid during the war and sheltered more than 1 million people. What happens when it’s banned?

The post Israel Bans UNRWA as Trump Throttles Foreign Aid appeared first on The Intercept.


Match ID: 22 Score: 8.57 source: theintercept.com age: 7 days
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Sign up for the Feast newsletter: our free Guardian food email
Tue, 09 Jul 2019 08:19:21 GMT

A weekly email from Yotam Ottolenghi, Meera Sodha, Felicity Cloake and Rachel Roddy, featuring the latest recipes and seasonal eating ideas

Each week we’ll send you an exclusive newsletter from our star food writers. We’ll also send you the latest recipes from Yotam Ottolenghi, Nigel Slater, Meera Sodha and all our star cooks, stand-out food features and seasonal eating inspiration, plus restaurant reviews from Grace Dent and Jay Rayner.

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Match ID: 23 Score: 7.14 source: www.theguardian.com age: 2039 days
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ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/18/2024
Thu, 18 Jul 2024 16:00:38 +0000
Boeing CST-100 Crewed Flight Test (CFT): Today, the CFT crew assisted the ISS crew with a few payload activities and completed Onboard Training for Backup Flight Control Proficiency. Payloads: Electro-static Levitation Furnace (ELF): The ELF cartridge holder containing the latest melted sample was removed and replaced with a new sample holder and sample. The completed …
Match ID: 24 Score: 4.29 source: www.nasa.gov age: 202 days
qualifiers: 4.29 food

ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/17/2024
Wed, 17 Jul 2024 16:00:39 +0000
Boeing CST-100 Crewed Flight Test (CFT): Today, the CFT crew assisted the ISS crew by completing the ongoing Plant Water Management 6 (PWM-6) activities. Payloads: Plant Ultraviolet-B (Plant UV-B): A laptop was connected and setup in preparation for future Plant UV-B operations. More information on this experiment can be found here. Plant Water Management 6 …
Match ID: 25 Score: 4.29 source: www.nasa.gov age: 203 days
qualifiers: 4.29 food

ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/16/2024
Tue, 16 Jul 2024 16:00:17 +0000
Boeing CST-100 Crewed Flight Test (CFT): Today, the CFT crew assisted the ISS crew by completing a Waste Hygiene Compartment (WHC) Filter Removal & Replacement (R&R), and completing various hydroponic flow tests with Plant Water Management 6 (PWM-6) hardware. Payloads: Lumina: The crew power-cycled the Lumina hardware, and transferred the science data to a Station …
Match ID: 26 Score: 4.29 source: www.nasa.gov age: 204 days
qualifiers: 4.29 food

ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/15/2024
Mon, 15 Jul 2024 16:00:09 +0000
Boeing CST-100 Crewed Flight Test (CFT): Today, the CFT crew assisted the ISS crew by performing a USOS food audit and continuing to complete different payload activities. Payloads: Combustion Integrated Rack (CIR): Fuel Oxidizer Management Assembly (FOMA) Calibration was performed. The upper rack doors were opened, the bottle valves were closed, the pressure in the …
Match ID: 27 Score: 4.29 source: www.nasa.gov age: 205 days
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Style, with substance: what’s really trending this week, a roundup of the best fashion journalism and your wardrobe dilemmas solved, direct to your inbox every Thursday

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Match ID: 28 Score: 4.29 source: www.theguardian.com age: 870 days
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What is Blockchain: Everything You Need to Know (2022)
Mon, 18 Apr 2022 05:49:00 +0000
What is Blockchain

If you want to pay online, you need to register an account and provide credit card information. If you don't have a credit card, you can pay with bank transfer. With the rise of cryptocurrencies, these methods may become old.

Imagine a world in which you can do transactions and many other things without having to give your personal information. A world in which you don’t need to rely on banks or governments anymore. Sounds amazing, right? That’s exactly what blockchain technology allows us to do.

It’s like your computer’s hard drive. blockchain is a technology that lets you store data in digital blocks, which are connected together like links in a chain. 

Blockchain technology was originally invented in 1991 by two mathematicians, Stuart Haber and W. Scot Stornetta. They first proposed the system to ensure that timestamps could not be tampered with.

A few years later, in 1998, software developer Nick Szabo proposed using a similar kind of technology to secure a digital payments system he called “Bit Gold.” However, this innovation was not adopted until Satoshi Nakamoto claimed to have invented the first Blockchain and Bitcoin.

So, What is Blockchain?

A blockchain is a distributed database shared between the nodes of a computer network. It saves information in digital format. Many people first heard of blockchain technology when they started to look up information about bitcoin.

Blockchain is used in cryptocurrency systems to ensure secure, decentralized records of transactions.

Blockchain allowed people to guarantee the fidelity and security of a record of data without the need for a third party to ensure accuracy.

To understand how a blockchain works, Consider these basic steps:

  • Blockchain collects information in “blocks”.
  • A block has a storage capacity, and once it's used up, it can be closed and linked to a previously served block.
  • Blocks form chains, which are called “Blockchains.”
  • More information will be added to the block with the most content until its capacity is full. The process repeats itself.
  • Each block in the chain has an exact timestamp and can't be changed.

Let’s get to know more about the blockchain.

How does blockchain work?

Blockchain records digital information and distributes it across the network without changing it. The information is distributed among many users and stored in an immutable, permanent ledger that can't be changed or destroyed. That's why blockchain is also called "Distributed Ledger Technology" or DLT.

Here’s how it works:

  • Someone or a computer will transacts
  • The transaction is transmitted throughout the network.
  • A network of computers can confirm the transaction.
  • When it is confirmed a transaction is added to a block
  • The blocks are linked together to create a history.

And that’s the beauty of it! The process may seem complicated, but it’s done in minutes with modern technology. And because technology is advancing rapidly, I expect things to move even more quickly than ever.

  • A new transaction is added to the system. It is then relayed to a network of computers located around the world. The computers then solve equations to ensure the authenticity of the transaction.
  • Once a transaction is confirmed, it is placed in a block after the confirmation. All of the blocks are chained together to create a permanent history of every transaction.

How are Blockchains used?

Even though blockchain is integral to cryptocurrency, it has other applications. For example, blockchain can be used for storing reliable data about transactions. Many people confuse blockchain with cryptocurrencies like bitcoin and ethereum.

Blockchain already being adopted by some big-name companies, such as Walmart, AIG, Siemens, Pfizer, and Unilever. For example, IBM's Food Trust uses blockchain to track food's journey before reaching its final destination.

Although some of you may consider this practice excessive, food suppliers and manufacturers adhere to the policy of tracing their products because bacteria such as E. coli and Salmonella have been found in packaged foods. In addition, there have been isolated cases where dangerous allergens such as peanuts have accidentally been introduced into certain products.

Tracing and identifying the sources of an outbreak is a challenging task that can take months or years. Thanks to the Blockchain, however, companies now know exactly where their food has been—so they can trace its location and prevent future outbreaks.

Blockchain technology allows systems to react much faster in the event of a hazard. It also has many other uses in the modern world.

What is Blockchain Decentralization?

Blockchain technology is safe, even if it’s public. People can access the technology using an internet connection.

Have you ever been in a situation where you had all your data stored at one place and that one secure place got compromised? Wouldn't it be great if there was a way to prevent your data from leaking out even when the security of your storage systems is compromised?

Blockchain technology provides a way of avoiding this situation by using multiple computers at different locations to store information about transactions. If one computer experiences problems with a transaction, it will not affect the other nodes.

Instead, other nodes will use the correct information to cross-reference your incorrect node. This is called “Decentralization,” meaning all the information is stored in multiple places.

Blockchain guarantees your data's authenticity—not just its accuracy, but also its irreversibility. It can also be used to store data that are difficult to register, like legal contracts, state identifications, or a company's product inventory.

Pros and Cons of Blockchain

Blockchain has many advantages and disadvantages. 

Pros

  • Accuracy is increased because there is no human involvement in the verification process.
  • One of the great things about decentralization is that it makes information harder to tamper with.
  • Safe, private, and easy transactions
  • Provides a banking alternative and safe storage of personal information

Cons

  • Data storage has limits.
  • The regulations are always changing, as they differ from place to place.
  • It has a risk of being used for illicit activities 

Frequently Asked Questions About Blockchain

I’ll answer the most frequently asked questions about blockchain in this section.

Is Blockchain a cryptocurrency?

Blockchain is not a cryptocurrency but a technology that makes cryptocurrencies possible. It's a digital ledger that records every transaction seamlessly.

Is it possible for Blockchain to be hacked?

Yes, blockchain can be theoretically hacked, but it is a complicated task to be achieved. A network of users constantly reviews it, which makes hacking the blockchain difficult.

What is the most prominent blockchain company?

Coinbase Global is currently the biggest blockchain company in the world. The company runs a commendable infrastructure, services, and technology for the digital currency economy.

Who owns Blockchain?

Blockchain is a decentralized technology. It’s a chain of distributed ledgers connected with nodes. Each node can be any electronic device. Thus, one owns blockhain.

What is the difference between Bitcoin and Blockchain technology?

Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency, which is powered by Blockchain technology while Blockchain is a distributed ledger of cryptocurrency 

What is the difference between Blockchain and a Database?

Generally a database is a collection of data which can be stored and organized using a database management system. The people who have access to the database can view or edit the information stored there. The client-server network architecture is used to implement databases. whereas a blockchain is a growing list of records, called blocks, stored in a distributed system. Each block contains a cryptographic hash of the previous block, timestamp and transaction information. Modification of data is not allowed due to the design of the blockchain. The technology allows decentralized control and eliminates risks of data modification by other parties.

Final Saying

Blockchain has a wide spectrum of applications and, over the next 5-10 years, we will likely see it being integrated into all sorts of industries. From finance to healthcare, blockchain could revolutionize the way we store and share data. Although there is some hesitation to adopt blockchain systems right now, that won't be the case in 2022-2023 (and even less so in 2026). Once people become more comfortable with the technology and understand how it can work for them, owners, CEOs and entrepreneurs alike will be quick to leverage blockchain technology for their own gain. Hope you like this article if you have any question let me know in the comments section

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