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Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 655
Sun, 10 Dec 2023 01:40:36 GMT

Kyiv condemns plans to hold Russian elections in occupied territory; Volodymyr Zelenskiy heads to Argentina for inauguration of far-right counterpart Javier Milei

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Ukraine condemned Russian plans to hold presidential elections next spring on occupied territory, declaring them “null and void” and pledging to prosecute any observers sent to monitor them. Russia’s upper house set the country’s presidential election this week for next March, and chair Valentina Matviyenko said residents in four occupied Ukrainian regions would be able to vote for the first time. Ukraine’s foreign ministry said: “We call on the international community to resolutely condemn Russia’s intention to hold presidential elections in the occupied Ukrainian territories, and to impose sanctions on those involved in their organisation and conduct.”

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy was travelling to the inauguration of Argentina’s president-elect, Javier Milei, Kyiv said on Saturday. Zelenskiy congratulated Milei, a far-right populist who has challenged Argentina’s political establishment, on his victory and both leaders spoke on the phone soon after Milei’s election. Zelenskiy then thanked Milei for his “clear support for Ukraine”, saying: “This is well-noticed and appreciated by Ukrainians.” Milei’s office published a statement after the call saying he had “offered that Argentina could be the host of a summit between Ukraine and Latin America”.

Ukraine’s first lady, Olena Zelenska, warned that Ukrainians were in “mortal danger” of being left to die if western countries did not continue their financial support. Zelenska made the remarks a day after Republican senators in the US blocked a key aid bill that would have provided more than $60bn worth of support to Ukraine.

The Polish government denied reports that the delivery of military equipment to Ukraine was being hindered by protesting Polish truckers blockading the border. “I categorically deny that such a situation occurred,” said Polish vice-minister of national defence, Marcin Ociepa. “Military convoys that cross the border are convoys escorted by military police.”

Avdiivka, the eastern Ukrainian city that has seen some of the most intense fighting of the war, is on the verge of “imminent collapse” to Russian forces, according to a report. A dispatch in the Times by its former Kyiv correspondent said Ukrainian troops defending the frontline area were “starved of ammunition” and hamstrung in their attempts to repel the advancing enemy soldiers.

Olympic chiefs have been criticised for allowing Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete next year as neutrals, outside team events and if they do not actively support the invasion.

The Finnish supreme court has blocked the extradition of a Russian neo-Nazi group leader who fought in Ukraine, Jan Petrovsky, warning of the risk that he could be susceptible to inhuman treatment, which is precluded under the European convention on human rights.

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Shohei Ohtani: Baseball star joins LA Dodgers in record $700m deal
Sun, 10 Dec 2023 00:31:30 GMT
The new contract with LA Dodgers makes the Japanese star one of the world's most valuable athletes.
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Top 10 Best PLR(Private Label Rights) Websites | Which One You Should Join in 2022?
Sat, 26 Feb 2022 13:36:00 +0000

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The 19 Best Movies on Apple TV+ Right Now
Thu, 07 Dec 2023 20:00:00 +0000
From Fingernails to Hannah Waddingham: Home for Christmas, here’s everything you should be watching on Apple’s streaming service.
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The 20 Best Shows on Apple TV+ Right Now
Tue, 05 Dec 2023 20:00:00 +0000
From For All Mankind to Hijack, here’s everything you need to be watching on the streamer.
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Ryan O’Neal was a captivating and absurdly handsome movie star
Sat, 09 Dec 2023 00:39:43 GMT

The late actor’s beauty was used for a string of roles, including Love Story and Paper Moon, but he also displayed a rare comic prowess

Ryan O’Neal, Hollywood actor and star of Love Story, dies aged 82

There were plenty of handsome leading men in the Hollywood of the early 70s: Warren Beatty, Robert Redford, Kurt Russell, Burt Reynolds … but none of them were as purely and fascinatingly pretty as Ryan O’Neal, none with that cherubic pertness, complicated with a kind of wounded vulnerability: a pout, a frown, a beguiling flash of femininity to go with the dreamboat male-lead looks, which went hand-in-hand also with something worldly and hard-edged.

It is a great moment in 1973’s The Thief Who Came To Dinner when Ryan O’Neal’s jewel thief coolly inveigles himself into a fancy society soiree and Jacqueline Bisset is taken aback and perhaps even jealous of that brazen, faintly androgynous O’Neal beauty that almost matches her own. “You’re too pretty to be any good,” she says tauntingly. “Any good at what?” he deadpans. “What else is there?” she replies. What indeed?

O’Neal had made the entirety of American womanhood fall devastatingly in love with him with his breakthrough performance in Arthur Hiller’s Love Story in 1970, the heart wrenching date-movie weepie, in which he was the entitled Harvard rich kid falling for the smart, tough girl from the wrong side of the tracks: played by the formidable Ali MacGraw, who is to become terminally ill. Their romantic dynamic had something to do with her being stronger and more assertive than O’Neal’s character, who had been so browbeaten by his wealthy father – but he achieves a kind of nobility and hard won maturity through her sacrifice for him. (At the end of the decade, O’Neal starred in the somewhat anticlimactic sequel Oliver’s Story in which he finds love, of a sort, with Candice Bergen.)

In a sense, O’Neal’s stardom-sponsor at that stage was Robert Evans, the head of Paramount Pictures which produced Love Story – and who was at the time married to Ali MacGraw. But the film-maker who really put O’Neal on the map was the brilliant young director Peter Bogdanovich who cast him in two of his greatest pictures and found in O’Neal exactly the right qualities of insouciant suavity, comedy and romantic adventure.

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Worm’s rear end develops its own head, wanders off to mate
Fri, 08 Dec 2023 19:53:48 +0000
The butt even grows its own eyes, antennae, and brain.
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Google announces April 2024 shutdown date for Google Podcasts
Fri, 08 Dec 2023 18:58:12 +0000
Does this mean YouTube Podcasts is ready for prime time?
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What to watch with your kids: ‘The Boy and the Heron’ and more
Fri, 08 Dec 2023 12:00:03 +0000
Common Sense Media’s guide to this week’s family movies and TV shows.
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“The Zone of Interest” Finds Banality in the Evil of Auschwitz
Fri, 08 Dec 2023 11:00:00 +0000
Jonathan Glazer’s film about the family life of the Nazi commandant Rudolf Höss is calmly composed and fiercely controlled.
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Few Films Make Ideas Exciting, but “Origin” Succeeds
Thu, 07 Dec 2023 21:15:45 +0000
Ava DuVernay’s rendering of Isabel Wilkerson’s book “Caste” is a compelling fusion of history and drama.
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The Generative AI Copyright Fight Is Just Getting Started
Thu, 07 Dec 2023 12:00:00 +0000
The Authors Guild and other artists’ groups say that it's unfair to train AI algorithms on their work without permission. Tech companies generally argue that it counts as “fair use.”
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Oppenheimer to finally be released in Japan after ‘Barbenheimer’ backlash
Thu, 07 Dec 2023 03:40:58 GMT

Internet references conflating the two films drew anger in Japan, which was twice attacked by nuclear weapons during the second world war

Audiences in Japan will finally get to see Oppenheimer – Christopher Nolan’s hit biopic about the creator of the nuclear bomb – following criticism that it was marketed in a way that trivialised the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

The movie’s distributor in Japan, Bitters End, said on Thursday that the film, which examines J Robert Oppenheimer’s moral quandary over his key role in the world’s first nuclear attack on 6 August 1945, would be released in 2024.

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“The Sweet East” Plays Fast and Loose with the Politics of Hatred
Tue, 05 Dec 2023 00:28:51 +0000
Sean Price Williams’s accomplished and distinctive new film, centered on a teen-ager on the run, makes a neo-Nazi character its clearest spokesperson.
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The Terrifying Power of Art, in “Spain”
Mon, 04 Dec 2023 11:00:00 +0000
In Jen Silverman’s drama, Marin Ireland and Andrew Burnap play filmmakers working for the K.G.B. who tap Dos Passos and Hemingway for a Soviet propaganda movie.
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The Hollywood Writers AI Deal Sure Puts a Lot of Trust in Studios to Do the Right Thing
Thu, 28 Sep 2023 18:00:28 +0000
The Writers Guild of America won important protections, but it's not enough. When the Screen Actors Guild goes to the table, it should fight for more to keep AI from impinging on the work of artists.
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Most Frequently Asked Questions About NFTs(Non-Fungible Tokens)
Sun, 06 Feb 2022 10:04:00 +0000

 

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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Philippines accuses China of shooting water cannon at its boats
Sat, 09 Dec 2023 11:08:03 GMT
The incident is the latest dispute between the Philippines and China in the South China Sea.
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How much trouble is Xi really in? Outgunned Taiwan may be about to find out | Simon Tisdall
Sat, 09 Dec 2023 12:00:19 GMT

Cracks are appearing in China’s monolithic regime – and its leader might decide a military adventure will strengthen his grip on power

Smart, combative, handsome, Qin Gang was fast-tracked to stardom. As a protege of Xi Jinping, China’s dictator-president, the precocious “wolf warrior” diplomat rose to the giddy heights of foreign minister at age 56. Then, last summer, he vanished. It was as if he had been deleted, physically and digitally, as if he had never existed. He has yet to re-materialise.

Qin’s mysterious disappearance sparked wild, often prurient media speculation. Beijing has still not offered an official explanation. But Chinese online reports, which significantly went uncensored, implied he was disgraced after secretly fathering a child in an affair with a well-known TV reporter. This seemed like plausible grounds for defenestration.

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Chinese weather balloon spotted near Taiwan a month ahead of presidential election
Fri, 08 Dec 2023 04:09:27 GMT

Chinese military aircraft including 12 fighter jets also detected in Taiwan’s air defence zone in past 24 hours

Taiwan’s defence ministry has said that a Chinese balloon crossed the Taiwan Strait median line on Thursday, about a month before Taiwan’s presidential election.

The ministry of national defence (MND) earlier described it as a “surveillance balloon” but the defence minister, Chiu Kuo-cheng later told reporters at parliament: “our initial understanding is that it was a sounding balloon”.

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Shohei Ohtani: Baseball star joins LA Dodgers in record $700m deal
Sun, 10 Dec 2023 00:31:30 GMT
The new contract with LA Dodgers makes the Japanese star one of the world's most valuable athletes.
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David Cameron urged to tell China to free Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Lai
Sun, 10 Dec 2023 00:00:33 GMT

Newspaper tycoon’s son seeks meeting with foreign secretary as Briton, 76, faces trial and possible life sentence

Foreign secretary David Cameron is being urged to demand the release of newspaper tycoon Jimmy Lai as the British national prepares for a high-profile trial in Hong Kong this month.

Lai, 76, is facing a life sentence, accused of colluding with foreign forces under the draconian national security law introduced by Beijing in 2020 following mass protests.

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Your Digital Self: Another U.S.-China conflict is escalating. This one could be the most serious of all.
Sat, 09 Dec 2023 19:26:00 GMT
The U.S. and China are locked in an arms race to develop AI-controlled weapons.
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Peter Morici: China and the U.S. are testing the limits of global trade
Sat, 09 Dec 2023 19:08:00 GMT
Supply chains and international alliances are being rearranged.
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Cop28: China ‘would like to see agreement to substitute renewables for fossil fuels’
Sat, 09 Dec 2023 17:23:58 GMT

But country’s climate envoy, Xie Zhenhua, would not say whether it would support phase-out wording in climate deal

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China would like to see nations agree to substitute renewable energy for fossil fuels, the country’s chief climate official has said, as nations wrangled over the weekend on the wording of a deal on the climate crisis.

Xie Zhenhua, China’s climate envoy, would not be explicit on whether China supported or opposed a phase-out of fossil fuels, which more than 100 governments are pushing for at crucial climate talks, the Cop28 UN summit.

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AI-generated imaging using brain activity hits record 75% accuracy: Japan research
2023-12-09T16:49:44+00:00

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‘I’m really serious this time!’: have Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli made their final masterpiece?
Sat, 09 Dec 2023 11:55:19 GMT

The veteran animation genius has said he’s retiring – but as he’s changed his mind before, should anyone take his word for it? We travel to Ghibli HQ in Tokyo to find out what’s going on

When Hayao Miyazaki, the world’s greatest living animator, approached his longtime producer Toshio Suzuki in July 2016 and told him that he wanted to make another film, Suzuki was not enthusiastic. “I said: ‘Absolutely not. This is a bad idea,’” Suzuki recalls. He had his reasons. “I’ve seen many, many great directors, who feel that they can make one more great film and most of the time they fail. I didn’t want to see him go down that road.”

Besides, Miyazaki had supposedly already made his final film. Three years previously, following the release of his highly acclaimed The Wind Rises, Miyazaki told a packed press conference in Tokyo that he was retiring from feature film-making. At 72, he was slowing down, he said, and didn’t feel able to complete the exhausting work of making another feature. “I’m really serious this time,” Miyazaki insisted. “My era of animation is over.”

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A crisis at the Mexico border felt in Ukraine
Sat, 09 Dec 2023 01:31:34 GMT
Migrants from as far afield as China, Cameroon and Afghanistan walk into a US political quagmire.
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Friday Squid Blogging: Influencer Accidentally Posts Restaurant Table QR Ordering Code
2023-12-08T22:03:06Z

Another rare security + squid story:

The woman—who has only been identified by her surname, Wang—was having a meal with friends at a hotpot restaurant in Kunming, a city in southwest China. When everyone’s selections arrived at the table, she posted a photo of the spread on the Chinese social media platform WeChat. What she didn’t notice was that she’d included the QR code on her table, which the restaurant’s customers use to place their orders.

Even though the photo was only shared with her WeChat friends list and not the entire social network, someone—or a lot of someones—used that QR code to add a ridiculous amount of food to her order. Wang was absolutely shocked to learn that “her” meal soon included 1,850 orders of duck blood, 2,580 orders of squid, and an absolutely bonkers 9,990 orders of shrimp paste...

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Worm’s rear end develops its own head, wanders off to mate
Fri, 08 Dec 2023 19:53:48 +0000
The butt even grows its own eyes, antennae, and brain.
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: Wheat, soybean futures decline after USDA data
Fri, 08 Dec 2023 18:04:00 GMT

Wheat futures headed lower Friday, set for their first daily loss in nine sessions, while soybean futures inched lower after a monthly supply and demand report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The government agency raised its forecast for global wheat production by about 1 million metric tons to 783.01 million for the 2023/2024 marketing year. While there is plenty of wheat, it’s “interesting that the world is projected to use more wheat than it produces,” said Sal Gilbertie, chief executive officer at Teucrium. For soybeans, the USDA lowered its forecast for 2023/2024 global production by 1.5 million metric tons to 398.88 million metric tons due to lower production in Brazil. It also raised Brazil’s soybean exports forecast by 2 million metric tons and left its U.S. exports forecast unchanged. “This continues to indicate the U.S. remains a secondary player in the global soybean market due to the ongoing trade war with China,” said Darin Newsom, Barchart senior market analyst. In Chicago, the most-active March wheat futures contract WH24 traded at $6.29 a bushel, down 13 ¼ cents, or 2.1%. January soybeans SF24 fell 5 cents, or 0.4%, to $13.06 ¾ a bushel.

Market Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks and markets as they move. Visit MarketWatch.com for more information on this news.

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The Rise and Rollout of AOC’s Green New Deal
Fri, 08 Dec 2023 17:46:51 +0000

The Green New Deal sputtered on launch yet still made it into global orbit. Left policymakers can learn from the experience.

The post The Rise and Rollout of AOC’s Green New Deal appeared first on The Intercept.

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Almost 100 journalists killed and 400 imprisoned in 2023, says report
Fri, 08 Dec 2023 17:45:10 GMT

International Federation of Journalists says 68 killed covering Israel-Gaza war, more than in any other conflict in over 30 years

A leading organisation representing journalists worldwide has expressed deep concern at the number of media professionals killed around the globe doing their jobs in 2023, with more journalists killed during Israel’s war with Hamas than in any other conflict in more than 30 years.

In its annual count of media worker deaths, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) said 94 journalists had been killed so far this year and almost 400 others had been imprisoned.

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Sellafield: Europe’s most toxic nuclear site – podcast
Fri, 08 Dec 2023 03:00:38 GMT

The Guardian’s investigation into safety concerns at Europe’s most hazardous nuclear plant

The Guardian has found that the UK’s most hazardous nuclear site, Sellafield, has been hacked into by cyber groups closely linked to Russia and China, as well as uncovering other safety concerns. Reporters Anna Isaac and Alex Lawson tell Michael Safi about the Guardian’s investigation.

A Sellafield spokesperson said: “We take cybersecurity extremely seriously at Sellafield. All of our systems and servers have multiple layers of protection. Critical networks that enable us to operate safely are isolated from our general IT network, meaning an attack on our IT system would not penetrate these.

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Will China leave behind its economic woes in 2024?
Thu, 07 Dec 2023 11:26:14 +0000
Xi Jinping must decide whether to set an ambitious growth target
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Will a fiscal mess thwart Japan’s nascent economic growth?
Thu, 07 Dec 2023 11:16:56 +0000
Fears first raised a quarter of a century ago may be about to come true
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Hayao Miyazaki’s Magical Realms
Thu, 07 Dec 2023 11:00:00 +0000
The Japanese filmmaker behind “My Neighbor Totoro” and “Spirited Away” is renowned for stories about resourceful children navigating surreal, often perilous circumstances. In “The Boy and the Heron,” the eighty-two-year-old makes a rare return to his own youth.
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Kyoto Animation fire: Japan prosecutors seek death penalty over blaze that killed 36
Thu, 07 Dec 2023 06:48:02 GMT

Shinji Aoba has admitted starting fire but has pleaded not guilty, saying a psychological disorder makes him incapable of distinguishing between right and wrong

Prosecutors in Japan are seeking the death penalty for the suspect in an arson attack in 2019 that killed 36 people in one of the country’s deadliest crimes for decades.

Shinji Aoba, who was not arrested until he had recovered from the burns he sustained in the attack on an animation studio in Kyoto, admitted in court in September 2023 to starting the fire.

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Oppenheimer to finally be released in Japan after ‘Barbenheimer’ backlash
Thu, 07 Dec 2023 03:40:58 GMT

Internet references conflating the two films drew anger in Japan, which was twice attacked by nuclear weapons during the second world war

Audiences in Japan will finally get to see Oppenheimer – Christopher Nolan’s hit biopic about the creator of the nuclear bomb – following criticism that it was marketed in a way that trivialised the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

The movie’s distributor in Japan, Bitters End, said on Thursday that the film, which examines J Robert Oppenheimer’s moral quandary over his key role in the world’s first nuclear attack on 6 August 1945, would be released in 2024.

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Match ID: 21 Score: 40.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 2 days
qualifiers: 40.00 japan

India’s women are staying in school longer — but not for their careers
Sat, 09 Dec 2023 18:23:54 +0000
Female education levels in India are a success story, but the percentage of women in the workforce has decreased over time.
Match ID: 22 Score: 35.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 35.00 india

India v England: Tourists wrap up T20 series as hosts bowled out for 80
Sat, 09 Dec 2023 16:37:09 GMT
Brilliant England bowl a woeful India out for just 80 to complete a comfortable T20 series win with a game to spare.
Match ID: 23 Score: 35.00 source: www.bbc.co.uk age: 0 days
qualifiers: 35.00 india

No 10 team arrives in Delhi to revive talks over free trade deal
Fri, 08 Dec 2023 15:56:12 GMT

Exclusive: Pre-election agreement would provide a major boost to Narendra Modi and Rishi Sunak

Senior Downing Street officials have flown to Delhi to kickstart talks over a multibillion pound free trade agreement, with the government of Narendra Modi having indicated it is keen to finalise a deal in the next three months.

UK trade negotiators are in the Indian capital talking to their Indian counterparts as they look to revive a deal that looked a distant prospect just a few months ago.

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Match ID: 24 Score: 35.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 1 day
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Weather tracker: Low Mississippi River levels take toll on farmers
Fri, 08 Dec 2023 07:50:40 GMT

Economic loss from disruption on important travel route for grain exports estimated to be $20bn

Extreme drought and a warm autumn have left water levels on the Mississippi exceptionally low for the time of year. This is causing problems for farmers who rely on the river as a travel route for the crops: 60% of US grain exports use the waterway to reach the Gulf coasts.

The total economic loss is estimated to be about $20bn and, despite attempts to dredge the river, it remains worryingly low as the country enters an important month for grain transport.

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Match ID: 25 Score: 35.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 1 day
qualifiers: 35.00 india

India unveils ‘flatpack’ field hospital with mini x-ray for use in disaster zones
Fri, 08 Dec 2023 05:00:42 GMT

The portable unit, comprising mini cubes of medical equipment, enables surgeons to be operating within an hour, designers claim

India has designed and built a “flatpack” field hospital that can be flown to a disaster area by helicopter and assembled faster than an Ikea bookcase.

The hospital is contained in 72 small waterproof cubes, each weighing under 15kg and measuring 38cm x 38cm x 38cm (15 x 15 x 15in). They are packed with tents and specially designed medical equipment.

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Match ID: 26 Score: 35.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 1 day
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Anna Mani: Why you need to know this Indian weather scientist
Thu, 07 Dec 2023 22:33:06 GMT
Anna Mani, one of India's first women scientists, broke barriers to blaze a trail in meteorology.
Match ID: 27 Score: 35.00 source: www.bbc.co.uk age: 2 days
qualifiers: 35.00 india

Few Films Make Ideas Exciting, but “Origin” Succeeds
Thu, 07 Dec 2023 21:15:45 +0000
Ava DuVernay’s rendering of Isabel Wilkerson’s book “Caste” is a compelling fusion of history and drama.
Match ID: 28 Score: 35.00 source: www.newyorker.com age: 2 days
qualifiers: 35.00 india

Tokyo taxi driver arrested, accused of running over pigeon
Wed, 06 Dec 2023 04:38:48 GMT

Atsushi Ozawa accused of using car to kill common pigeon, which vets said died of traumatic shock

To some, they are another species of feathered friend; to others, they are rats with wings whose droppings deface historic buildings.

But in Japan, pigeons may have become the victims of crime, after police arrested a Tokyo taxi driver on suspicion of deliberately driving into a flock of the birds, killing one of them.

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Match ID: 29 Score: 34.29 source: www.theguardian.com age: 3 days
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iPhone manufacturers in India halt production due to Cyclone Michaung
Mon, 04 Dec 2023 20:21:32 GMT

Foxconn and Pegatron temporarily shut factories near Chennai because of torrential rains that have claimed at least four lives

Taiwan’s Foxconn and Pegatron have halted production of Apple iPhones at their factories near Chennai in southern India because of heavy rains, sources close to the matter said on Monday.

In Tamil Nadu’s capital Chennai, the state’s largest city and a major electronics and manufacturing hub, at least two people died and the runway of one of the country’s busiest airports was submerged after torrential rain as the city braced for a severe cyclone expected to hit in the next 24 hours. Two others had died elsewhere. Cyclone Michaung was expected to make landfall on the coast of the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh around noon on Tuesday, the country’s weather office said, with sustained winds of 90kph to 100kph (56mph to 62mph), gusting to 110kph.

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Match ID: 30 Score: 31.43 source: www.theguardian.com age: 5 days
qualifiers: 20.00 india, 11.43 taiwan

South Korea: The women pushing boundaries in K-drama
Sat, 09 Dec 2023 23:51:07 GMT
Korean dramas now have female leads, after years when the spotlight rarely shone on women.
Match ID: 31 Score: 30.00 source: www.bbc.co.uk age: 0 days
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Marapi eruption: Hikers recount escape from 'Mountain of Fire'
Fri, 08 Dec 2023 23:35:10 GMT
Mountaineers recall how they escaped scalding hot ash and rocks on Indonesia's Mount Marapi.
Match ID: 32 Score: 30.00 source: www.bbc.co.uk age: 1 day
qualifiers: 30.00 indonesia

AI and Mass Spying
2023-12-05T12:10:47Z

Spying and surveillance are different but related things. If I hired a private detective to spy on you, that detective could hide a bug in your home or car, tap your phone, and listen to what you said. At the end, I would get a report of all the conversations you had and the contents of those conversations. If I hired that same private detective to put you under surveillance, I would get a different report: where you went, whom you talked to, what you purchased, what you did.

Before the internet, putting someone under surveillance was expensive and time-consuming. You had to manually follow someone around, noting where they went, whom they talked to, what they purchased, what they did, and what they read. That world is forever gone. Our phones track our locations. Credit cards track our purchases. Apps track whom we talk to, and e-readers know what we read. Computers collect data about what we’re doing on them, and as both storage and processing have become cheaper, that data is increasingly saved and used. What was manual and individual has become bulk and mass. Surveillance has ...

Match ID: 33 Score: 28.57 source: www.schneier.com age: 4 days
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‘Jail crushes you slowly’: Kashmiri journalist reflects on prison ordeal
Tue, 05 Dec 2023 05:00:35 GMT

Fahad Shah, whose case was a symbol of harassment of region’s media, says he has different outlook after months behind bars

During his more than 600 days behind bars, Fahad Shah, a Kashmiri journalist, had begun to lose hope that he would ever see freedom again. It was in February last year that Shah, 34, the editor of the Kashmir Walla, one of the last remaining independent news websites in the region, was arrested on charges of “glorifying terrorism” and publishing “anti-national content”.

What followed was a crushing 21 months for Shah as his high-profile case became a symbol of the growing harassment faced by Kashmiri journalists. He was granted bail in one case, only to be swiftly re-arrested and hit with new, more draconian charges.

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Match ID: 34 Score: 25.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 4 days
qualifiers: 25.00 india

Stealthy Linux rootkit found in the wild after going undetected for 2 years
Fri, 08 Dec 2023 20:54:09 +0000
Krasue infects telecom firms in Thailand using techniques for staying under the radar.
Match ID: 35 Score: 20.00 source: arstechnica.com age: 1 day
qualifiers: 20.00 thailand

Taiwan: The 'God Flower' vanishing because of climate change
Thu, 07 Dec 2023 22:26:19 GMT
The Dendrobium orchid is sacred to Taiwan's Tsou tribe, but it is getting harder and harder to find.
Match ID: 36 Score: 20.00 source: www.bbc.co.uk age: 2 days
qualifiers: 20.00 taiwan

Julian Assange Could Face Extradition to the U.S. by Early 2024
Thu, 07 Dec 2023 21:19:54 +0000

On December 9, join me and Amy Goodman for the Belmarsh Tribunal, a live conversation on the WikiLeaks founder.

The post Julian Assange Could Face Extradition to the U.S. by Early 2024 appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 37 Score: 15.00 source: theintercept.com age: 2 days
qualifiers: 15.00 vietnam

Does China face a lost decade?
Sun, 10 Sep 2023 12:28:18 +0000
Xi Jinping has the tools to escape Japan’s fate. He should use them
Match ID: 38 Score: 11.43 source: www.economist.com age: 90 days
qualifiers: 5.71 japan, 5.71 china

Sri Lanka shows how broken debt negotiations have become
Thu, 28 Sep 2023 10:10:52 +0000
The country’s creditors decide they have no choice but to freeze out China
Match ID: 39 Score: 7.86 source: www.economist.com age: 72 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china, 2.14 sri lanka

China edges towards a big bail-out
Thu, 30 Nov 2023 11:50:15 +0000
But officials are wary of moral hazard
Match ID: 40 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 9 days
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Aero Engineer Brings NASA into Hawaii’s Classrooms
Tue, 28 Nov 2023 18:00:00 +0000
The field of aerial vehicle autonomy focuses on self-reliance, building the flight equivalent of puppets without puppeteers. Behind the scenes, however, is a rich network of people and systems that work together to develop frameworks, test new technologies, and inspire a pipeline of engineers to create the breakthroughs of the future. Encouraging kids to dream […]
Match ID: 41 Score: 5.71 source: www.nasa.gov age: 11 days
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How to save China’s economy
Thu, 23 Nov 2023 10:39:12 +0000
Lessons from the last stimulus for the next one
Match ID: 42 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 16 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

Joe Biden’s failures on trade benefit China
Wed, 15 Nov 2023 15:10:02 +0000
A new disappointment for Asian free-traders
Match ID: 43 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 24 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

How Japan poses a threat to the global financial system
Thu, 02 Nov 2023 11:07:01 +0000
Huge, reliable buyers of overseas bonds may be about to close their wallets
Match ID: 44 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 37 days
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China’s economy is a mess. Why aren’t firms going under?
Thu, 02 Nov 2023 11:07:48 +0000
The government’s desire to avoid bankruptcies is another drag on growth
Match ID: 45 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 37 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

Xi Jinping steps up his attempt to rescue China’s economy
Wed, 25 Oct 2023 17:37:39 +0000
The president unleashes stimulus, appoints a finance minister and visits the central bank
Match ID: 46 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 45 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

China’s economy may be growing faster, but big problems remain
Wed, 18 Oct 2023 18:21:59 +0000
None is more unnerving than the threat of deflation
Match ID: 47 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 52 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

China’s banks may be loaded up with hidden bad loans
Sun, 15 Oct 2023 16:36:13 +0000
The industry’s covid-era hangover could be about to intensify
Match ID: 48 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 55 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

China’s greying population is refusing to save for retirement
Thu, 05 Oct 2023 10:18:11 +0000
Much to the frustration of the country’s policymakers
Match ID: 49 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 65 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

Why investors cannot escape China exposure
Thu, 05 Oct 2023 10:13:35 +0000
The country’s minuscule stockmarket is only the start of the story
Match ID: 50 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 65 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

AI Chatbots Are Learning to Spout Authoritarian Propaganda
Wed, 04 Oct 2023 12:00:00 +0000
Regimes in China and Russia are rushing to repress what chatbots can say. It's an early warning about a new frontier of online censorship.
Match ID: 51 Score: 5.71 source: www.wired.com age: 66 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

Investors’ enthusiasm for Japanese stocks has gone overboard
Thu, 28 Sep 2023 10:12:51 +0000
Speculators have flocked to the country’s markets this year. They may soon regret it
Match ID: 52 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 72 days
qualifiers: 5.71 japan

The city that encapsulates China’s economic stagnation
Mon, 25 Sep 2023 17:49:26 +0000
Zhengzhou’s experience suggests that local problems will be hard to fix
Match ID: 53 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 75 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

Does China’s fear of floating exceed its fear of deflation?
Thu, 21 Sep 2023 10:09:52 +0000
The central bank is constrained by its own limits on the yuan
Match ID: 54 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 79 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

China’s slowdown is rattling Asian economies
Thu, 07 Sep 2023 10:14:20 +0000
Governments are rushing to limit the damage
Match ID: 55 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 93 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

Neuberger wins clearance to manage assets in China for Chinese residents
Mon, 28 Nov 2022 12:39:44 -0500
Neuberger Berman said Monday it became the second global institution to receive final approval from the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) to launch a wholly owned, newly established mutual fund business in China. Neuberger Berman will now be allowed to manage local assets for local clients, which has not been allowed previously. BlackRock Inc. was the first to receive approval. Patrick Liu, CEO of Neuberger Berman Fund Management (China) (FMC), said the country's commitment to opening up to high-quality financial services "will bring significant opportunities for local investors." Michelle Wei will become chief investment officer - equities of the FMC.
Match ID: 56 Score: 5.71 source: www.marketwatch.com age: 376 days
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Members of Israel’s Ruling Likud Party Once Planned to Assassinate Henry Kissinger
Thu, 30 Nov 2023 23:25:03 +0000

A radical faction within the Likud party plotted to kill Kissinger in 1977, according to a news report from the time.

The post Members of Israel’s Ruling Likud Party Once Planned to Assassinate Henry Kissinger appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 57 Score: 5.00 source: theintercept.com age: 9 days
qualifiers: 2.86 cambodia, 2.14 vietnam

The Hundred-Year Battle for India’s Radio Airwaves
Tue, 28 Nov 2023 14:12:40 +0000
The Indian government has a monopoly on radio news, allowing it to dictate what hundreds of millions of people hear. With an election approaching, that gives prime minister Narendra Modi a huge advantage.
Match ID: 58 Score: 5.00 source: www.wired.com age: 11 days
qualifiers: 5.00 india

Indigenous Student Brings Skills, Perspective to NASA Internship
Tue, 14 Nov 2023 13:25:29 +0000
On hot, summer days when Alyssa Warrior was growing up, she spent her time outside by her home on the Seneca Nation Cattaraugus Reservation near Buffalo, New York. She lay in the creek to escape the boiling sun, ran through the woods with her sister and five brothers, picked raspberries and wild onions, and lounged […]
Match ID: 59 Score: 5.00 source: www.nasa.gov age: 25 days
qualifiers: 5.00 india

How British colonialism increased diabetes in south Asians
Thu, 12 Oct 2023 12:00:16 GMT

People of south Asian origin today are between four and six times more likely to get type 2 diabetes than white people. While the role of diet and lifestyle has been explored, it’s only recently that the impact of the disproportionate number of famines under British colonial rule has been uncovered. Neelam Tailor looks into the history of famines during the British Raj and their lasting impact on south Asian genes

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Match ID: 60 Score: 5.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 58 days
qualifiers: 5.00 india

Why India hopes to make it into more big financial indices
Thu, 05 Oct 2023 10:15:40 +0000
Will others follow the example of JPMorgan Chase?
Match ID: 61 Score: 5.00 source: www.economist.com age: 65 days
qualifiers: 5.00 india

India’s property market is ready for take-off
Thu, 14 Sep 2023 09:43:47 +0000
A clean-up by Narendra Modi’s government shows signs of success
Match ID: 62 Score: 5.00 source: www.economist.com age: 86 days
qualifiers: 5.00 india

The end of a remarkable era in Indian finance
Thu, 07 Sep 2023 10:13:02 +0000
Uday Kotak, one of the past century’s great bankers, retired on September 1st
Match ID: 63 Score: 5.00 source: www.economist.com age: 93 days
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