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U.S. General Met Notorious Libyan Warlord
Tue, 26 Sep 2023 18:18:45 +0000
Victims’ relatives are fighting to hold Khalifa Hifter accountable for war crimes. Last week, a top Pentagon official held court with him.
The post U.S. General Met Notorious Libyan Warlord appeared first on The Intercept.
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qualifiers: 35.00 sanctions, 25.00 trump, 20.00 russia
: UBS shares drop after report U.S. DOJ probing Credit Suisse over Russian sanctions evasion
Wed, 27 Sep 2023 14:29:00 GMT
UBS shares fell Wednesday on a report that the U.S. Justice Department believes Credit Suisse may have helped Russian clients sidestep and itself may be facing compliance questions.
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qualifiers: 35.00 sanctions, 20.00 russia
: UBS shares drop on report U.S. DOJ probes Credit Suisse over Russian sanctions evasion
Wed, 27 Sep 2023 11:02:00 GMT
The Justice Department reportedly suspects Credit Suisse helped Russian clients evade sanctions, according to a published report. The report, from Bloomberg News, said what was a wide-ranging set of subpoenas sent to multiple banks is now focused on Credit Suisse. The report said the DOJ also is looking at possible compliance failures at UBS, Credit Suisse’s new parent. The report said neither UBS nor the Justice Department commented. UBS UBS shares skidded 5% in premarket trade.
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qualifiers: 35.00 sanctions, 20.00 russia
House Republicans Are Hurtling Toward the Most Pointless Shutdown Ever
Wed, 27 Sep 2023 03:00:00 +0000
Biden on the picket line and Republicans in disarray. A tale of two parties.
The post House Republicans Are Hurtling Toward the Most Pointless Shutdown Ever appeared first on The Intercept.
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qualifiers: 25.00 trump, 15.00 trump, 15.00 energy
Trump real estate empire under threat after fraud ruling; ex-US president to visit Detroit autoworkers – US politics live
Wed, 27 Sep 2023 14:44:44 GMT
Judge ordered cancellation of certificates that let Trump businesses operate in New York; Detroit visit comes just ahead of Republican debate
US soldier Travis King, who fled to North Korea in July, is in American custody after being expelled by Pyongyang into China, according to US officials.
North Korea’s KCNA state news agency said King had been expelled after he confessed to illegally entering the country. It said the soldier harboured ill feelings over inhumane treatment and racial discrimination within the US army.
This is genuinely new – I don’t think it’s ever happened before, a president on a picket line. Candidates do it frequently and prominent senators, but not a president.
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Match ID: 4 Score: 45.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 25.00 trump, 20.00 korea
Jared Kushner pressured Washington Post to fire editor over Russia, book says
Wed, 27 Sep 2023 13:50:43 GMT
Marty Baron says Trump’s son-in-law leaned on Post publisher to withdraw support of Russia election interference investigation
Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior White House adviser, Jared Kushner, tried to persuade the publisher of the Washington Post to fire its editor over coverage of the Russia investigation, that editor, Marty Baron, writes in a new book.
“With no delay and without pause during his four years as president,” Baron writes, “Trump and his team would go after the Post and everyone else in the media who didn’t bend to his wishes.
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Trump’s favorite European leader does Russia’s work in Europe
Wed, 27 Sep 2023 04:00:47 +0000
The bonhomie between Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and former president Donald Trump is just the tip of the spear of a broader ideological alliance.
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A Tricky New Way to Sneak Past Repressive Internet Censorship
Mon, 25 Sep 2023 11:00:00 +0000
With the number of internet blackouts on the rise, cybersecurity firm eQualitie figured out how to hide censored online news in satellite TV signals.
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qualifiers: 20.00 russia, 20.00 korea
‘Almost a troll of the legacy’: Reagan’s spirit looms over Republican debate
Wed, 27 Sep 2023 13:39:05 GMT
Republican presidential debate is being held at the 40th president’s library, but some say Reagan’s party is no longer recognizable
Tourists posed for photos beside the presidential seal, peered inside the cockpit, studied the nuclear football and gazed at a desk where a “Ronald Reagan” jacket slung over the chair, page of handwritten notes and jelly bean jar made it appear as if the 40th US president could saunter back at any moment.
Air Force One is the star attraction at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum in Simi Valley, California. But on Wednesday it is competing for attention with a curving Starship Enterprise-style stage set featuring seven lecterns and microphones for the second Republican presidential primary debate.
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qualifiers: 25.00 trump, 10.00 nuclear
Menendez "Appreciated" Meeting With Egypt Dictator Amid Alleged Bribes for Arms Sales
Fri, 22 Sep 2023 21:40:05 +0000
Sen. Robert Menendez was indicted Friday for taking bribes to approve arms sales to Egyptian strongman Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.
The post Menendez “Appreciated” Meeting With Egypt Dictator Amid Alleged Bribes for Arms Sales appeared first on The Intercept.
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qualifiers: 17.86 trump, 14.29 korea
China, Japan and South Korea agree talks to calm fears over US ties
Tue, 26 Sep 2023 09:32:30 GMT
Trilateral discussions to resume in response to Beijing’s fears over growing US influence in region
The leaders of China, Japan and South Korea will hold three-way talks “as soon as possible” after a meeting intended to ease Chinese concerns over Washington’s stronger security presence in the region.
Official said on Tuesday that the three countries’ deputy foreign ministers had agreed to revive trilateral talks after a four-year hiatus during which tensions have risen over North Korea’s nuclear weapons programme and Chinese military activity.
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qualifiers: 20.00 korea, 10.00 nuclear
What Republican voters think of GOP candidates before the second debate
Wed, 27 Sep 2023 06:00:06 EDT
Our poll found Donald Trump has the most positive image among potential Republican voters, with 67 percent reporting a favorable impression of him.
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How Jamaica-born Judge Tanya S. Chutkan became Trump’s latest target
Wed, 27 Sep 2023 06:00:13 EDT
Tayna Chutkan has been a public defender, a high-powered private attorney and a Jan. 6 judge. Now she presides over Donald Trump’s D.C. election case.
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‘Lachlan Murdoch is a Hamlet figure’: Michael Wolff unpicks the real-life succession drama
Wed, 27 Sep 2023 09:00:54 GMT
The author has returned to the Murdoch empire for his latest book, after a bestselling trilogy on Trump. He discusses power, politics, the media and why a person can be a moron and a genius
Immediately before Michael Wolff published The Fall: The End of the Murdoch Empire, the emperor himself, driver of its expansion and its bitter divisions, stepped aside. Last week, Rupert Murdoch announced he was anointing his eldest son, Lachlan, as his successor, which per Wolff’s narrative will have been a bitter blow to everyone, including Lachlan.
Wolff’s latest book joins an oeuvre that is remarkable for its access: in 2008, he wrote a biography of Murdoch, The Man Who Owns the News, for which the mogul gave him 50 hours of interviews. Never mind that it’s the longest Murdoch has ever spoken to a journalist, it’s probably the longest he’s ever spoken to a friend. “We really got along. He’s inexhaustible on the subject of the media, and I, too, am inexhaustible on that subject. We had a very good time,” says Wolff. So long as they were doing business or gossip, that is. “He’s very hard to talk to personally; he can’t reflect on his own past and his own experience. He can talk about his family; he was weirdly transparent about his children. But about himself, what he might be feeling, no.”
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Match ID: 13 Score: 25.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
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Donald Trump liable for business fraud, says judge in New York civil case
Wed, 27 Sep 2023 08:24:09 GMT
The former president was accused of overvaluing his net worth by as much as $ 2.2bn.
Match ID: 14 Score: 25.00 source: www.bbc.co.uk age: 0 days
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Donald Trump committed fraud as he built his real estate empire, New York judge rules
Wed, 27 Sep 2023 02:38:05 GMT
Judge refuses to dismiss a lawsuit accusing former US president of illegally inflating assets and net worth, as his lawyers say they’ll appeal
Donald Trump committed fraud for years while building the real estate empire that catapulted him to fame and the White House, a New York judge ruled on Tuesday in a strongly worded rejection of the former president’s bid to throw out a civil lawsuit against him.
Judge Arthur Engoron found that Trump and executives from his company, including his sons Eric and Donald Jr, routinely and repeatedly deceived banks, insurers and others by massively overvaluing assets and exaggerating his net worth on paperwork.
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Match ID: 15 Score: 25.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
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Trump administration officials ordered to testify on family separations
Wed, 27 Sep 2023 00:24:45 +0000
A magistrate judge ordered federal officials and lawyers for migrants to schedule depositions of two former Trump administration officials on family separations
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Republican candidates embrace Reagan. But he’d be out of step in Trump’s GOP.
Tue, 26 Sep 2023 19:35:54 EDT
The 40th president’s legacy will be the backdrop of the Republican race Wednesday, when seven candidates will debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.
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FCC details plan to restore the net neutrality rules repealed by Ajit Pai
Tue, 26 Sep 2023 18:47:55 +0000
Democrats finally have 3-2 majority needed to regulate ISPs as common carriers.
Match ID: 18 Score: 25.00 source: arstechnica.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 25.00 trump
Big Three Automakers’ Reputations Plummet as UAW Strike Rages
Tue, 26 Sep 2023 18:29:00 +0000
Two weeks into the largest auto strike in U.S. history, Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis face a falling approval rating from consumers, a new survey shows.
The post Big Three Automakers’ Reputations Plummet as UAW Strike Rages appeared first on The Intercept.
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Fact-checking Donald Trump's claim that wind turbines kill whales
Tue, 26 Sep 2023 17:53:32 GMT
The former president blamed wind farms for a spike in whale deaths - but his claims don't stand up.
Match ID: 20 Score: 25.00 source: www.bbc.co.uk age: 0 days
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Risk of a US Government Shutdown Is Fueled by Very Online Republicans
Tue, 26 Sep 2023 17:43:41 +0000
Egged on by a far-reaching conservative media ecosystem, right-wing hardliners are forcing Washington to bend to their reality as the federal government careens toward a possible shutdown.
Match ID: 21 Score: 25.00 source: www.wired.com age: 0 days
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Another campaign, another outrage over ‘free phones’
Tue, 26 Sep 2023 13:04:52 EDT
At his South Carolina rally, former president Donald Trump made an argument that would have been familiar in 2012.
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Gun laws become a 2024 issue in an unexpected way
Tue, 26 Sep 2023 10:36:17 EDT
Donald Trump couldn’t buy a gun if he wanted to. Hunter Biden did, and faces criminal charges as a result.
Match ID: 23 Score: 25.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 1 day
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Cassidy Hutchinson on Gaetz dating claim: ‘I have much higher standards’
Tue, 26 Sep 2023 10:36:13 EDT
The former Trump White House aide wrote about Matt Gaetz, Donald Trump and Rudy Giuliani in her new book, “Enough,” which is out Tuesday.
Match ID: 24 Score: 25.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 1 day
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Trump fights Jack Smith request for narrow gag order in Jan. 6 case
Tue, 26 Sep 2023 10:09:55 EDT
Prosecutors asked a judge to bar the former president’s ‘inflammatory’ attacks on case participants, citing a threat of violence and intimidation of jurors and others.
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Second Republican debate: When is it and what to expect
Tue, 26 Sep 2023 13:37:15 GMT
Seven candidates will battle it out in California, with frontrunner Donald Trump absent again.
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Ralph Nader, wary of Trump, offers to help Joe Biden win
Tue, 26 Sep 2023 06:00:07 EDT
The political firebrand, long estranged from Democrats, fears fascism will be on the ballot in 2024 and it must be defeated.
Match ID: 27 Score: 25.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 1 day
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Seven GOP presidential candidates are set to debate Wednesday night
Mon, 25 Sep 2023 22:10:41 EDT
Former Arkansas governor Asa Hutchinson did not make the stage after he failed to meet the RNC’s criteria. Former president Donald Trump will once again skip it.
Match ID: 28 Score: 25.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 1 day
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Is Trump Just an Ordinary Republican Now?
Mon, 25 Sep 2023 10:00:00 +0000
The former President’s rhetoric during his recent trip to Iowa wasn’t any tamer, but he no longer sounds distinct from his G.O.P. rivals.
Match ID: 29 Score: 25.00 source: www.newyorker.com age: 2 days
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US urged to withhold military aid to Egypt in wake of Bob Menendez charges
Mon, 25 Sep 2023 07:00:20 GMT
Senator Menendez was indicted on a set of explosive charges of corruptly aiding the government in Cairo
The indictment of Senator Bob Menendez on charges of corruptly aiding the Egyptian government has set the stage for a week of renewed pressure on US lawmakers to withhold military aid to Egypt.
Menendez stepped town temporarily from his position as head of the Senate foreign relations committee on Friday after he was indicted by New York’s southern district court on a set of explosive and detailed charges.
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Match ID: 30 Score: 25.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 2 days
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Russia-Ukraine war live: ‘killed’ Russian Black Sea fleet commander seen on video again
Wed, 27 Sep 2023 14:43:27 GMT
Russian military news outlet publishes a second video of Viktor Sokolov after Ukraine claimed to have killed him
Germany has welcomed a decision by Switzerland to open the way to sell back some of its German-made Leopard II tanks to help rebuild stocks depleted by aid to Ukraine.
Germany had asked Switzerland in February to sell back some of the 96 Leopard II tanks it has in storage to manufacturer Rheinmetall, Reuters reports.
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Match ID: 31 Score: 20.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 20.00 russia
US soldier who fled to North Korea in July back in US custody
Wed, 27 Sep 2023 14:35:10 GMT
Travis King harboured ill feelings over inhumane treatment and racial discrimination within US army, says North Korea
The American soldier Travis King, who fled across the border from South Korea to North Korea in July, is back in US custody, US officials said on Wednesday.
North Korea decided to expel King, who, according to the state news agency KCNA, has confessed to illegally entering the country.
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Match ID: 32 Score: 20.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
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Travis King in US custody after North Korea expulsion
Wed, 27 Sep 2023 14:32:50 GMT
It comes after a North Korean news agency said the country had decided to "deport" the 23-year-old.
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Ukraine live briefing: Russia releases more video of Black Sea Fleet commander
Wed, 27 Sep 2023 13:39:44 +0000
The fate of Russia’s black sea fleet commander Adm. Viktor Sokolov remains unclear, as Russia’s foreign Ministry accuses the U.S. of involvement in a strike on its Black Sea Fleet in Crimea.
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Russia reminds Hillary Clinton of her own gaffe in response to dig at Putin
Wed, 27 Sep 2023 13:34:50 GMT
Speaking of Ukraine war, Clinton said ‘too bad Vladimir, you brought it on yourself’, to which Kremlin pointed out 2009 mistake
Hillary Clinton needled Vladimir Putin over Nato enlargement as she returned to the state department for the unveiling of her official portrait on Tuesday night.
By early Wednesday morning, the Kremlin had fired back, reminding Clinton of an old gaffe about US-Russian relations.
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Match ID: 35 Score: 20.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
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North Korea expels U.S. soldier Travis King, who ran across border
Wed, 27 Sep 2023 13:34:10 +0000
Travis King had been punished for misconduct while serving in South Korea and was due to be sent back to the United States when he crossed the border.
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‘They see Hollywood movies as a right’: the Russians breaking the law to watch Barbie
Wed, 27 Sep 2023 13:16:45 GMT
Despite a Hollywood boycott triggered by the Ukraine war, Russians are still able to access the big releases thanks to a network of illicit screenings
As the war in Ukraine grinds on, civil liberties rapidly evaporate, and a currency spirals ever downward, trips to the cinema may be the least of the average Russian’s worries. Hollywood studios pulled its films out of Russia back in March 2022, but that hasn’t stopped many Russians from enjoying them as a vibrant illegal market for screenings of globally popular films such as Barbie and Oppenheimer has emerged in Russia’s largest cities, including Moscow, St Petersburg and Kazan.
Anton Dolin, who until recently was editor of Iskusstvo Kino, one of Russia’s oldest and most popular film magazines, was forced to leave the country in 2022 after being targeted by pro-war ultranationalists. Speaking from Riga in Latvia, where he is currently living, Dolin says that the popularity of these screenings reflects the attitudes of Russians who don’t agree with the war, and as a result feel that the removal of Hollywood films is another example of the privileges they once enjoyed being taken away as a result. Going to see Barbie, in a sense, represents a reclaiming of the lifestyle they had before the war. “They see watching Hollywood movies as a right,” he says.
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Match ID: 37 Score: 20.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
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Ukraine urges Uefa to reconsider Russia decision and will boycott tournaments
Wed, 27 Sep 2023 13:08:53 GMT
- UAF condemns Uefa’s plans to readmit Russia Under-17s teams
- FA backs Ukraine and says England will not play against Russia
Ukraine has said it will not play in tournaments involving Russian teams after Uefa announced plans to reinstate Russia’s under-17 sides to European competitions.
In a statement the Ukrainian Association of Football (UAF) urged Uefa to reconsider its decision and urged other countries not to play against Russian teams.
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Match ID: 38 Score: 20.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
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What we know about U.S. soldier Travis King, detained in North Korea
Wed, 27 Sep 2023 12:20:44 +0000
North Korea said it would expel U.S. soldier Travis T. King who ran across the border from South Korea during a tour of the Joint Security Area.
Match ID: 39 Score: 20.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 0 days
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Travis King: North Korea to deport US soldier who crossed border
Wed, 27 Sep 2023 12:13:55 GMT
The 23-year-old ran across the border from South Korea during a tour of the area in July.
Match ID: 40 Score: 20.00 source: www.bbc.co.uk age: 0 days
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Italian PM steps up crackdown on migrants with deportation decree
Wed, 27 Sep 2023 11:47:51 GMT
Giorgia Meloni sets sights on foreigners who lie about their age to benefit from protection scheme for unaccompanied minors
Foreigners who lie about their age to benefit from a protection scheme reserved for unaccompanied minors arriving in Italy will be deported under a security decree expected to be approved by Giorgia Meloni’s cabinet on Wednesday as part of her far-right government’s crackdown on irregular immigration.
The draft decree, parts of which were published by the Italian press, includes a measure stipulating that foreigners living legally in Italy will be deported if they are considered to be a threat to public order or national security.
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Match ID: 41 Score: 20.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
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The Hunt for the Nord Stream Bombers
Wed, 27 Sep 2023 10:00:00 +0000
A year after the attacks, no one has been charged with the bombing, but mounting evidence points to Ukrainian involvement.
The post The Hunt for the Nord Stream Bombers appeared first on The Intercept.
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Is it time to say goodbye to the binge watch?
Wed, 27 Sep 2023 10:00:02 GMT
With more streamers returning to the old fashioned week-by-week release of shows and those that don’t often paying the price, it might be the end for the all-at-once drop
Almost exactly two years ago, Netflix released Squid Game, the South Korean dystopian drama that temporarily took over social media. The Squid Game moment – and it was a moment, pervasive and fleeting – was an outsized version of the Netflix binge formula that, by late 2021 and especially after the mass couch event that was Covid, was so well-worn as to feel like clockwork. A show hits the streaming service all at once (in this case, nine episodes released worldwide on 17 September); it gains momentum online in memes, commentary and fan videos as part of an attention wildfire (142m households reportedly watched the show within a month); Netflix announces related projects building on the hype; the moment gives way to the next topic of the day and is consigned to the vast heap of viral internet history.
One could argue that Squid Game was the apotheosis and the denouement of the binge model – a massive phenomenon that, because it was available all at once, at people’s leisure, burned out quickly (see: Bridgerton, The Queen’s Gambit, Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story and more). Since then, the model that defined its platform also seems headed for the dustbin; Netflix, which has very publicly faced subscriber and financial challenges in the past few years, is reportedly considering releasing Squid Game: The Challenge, the competition show spinoff of the series, in batches rather than all at once.
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Match ID: 43 Score: 20.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
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A Ukrainian Woman Protected Her Daughter From Russian Soldiers — and Was Accused of Collaborating With the Enemy
Wed, 27 Sep 2023 10:00:00 +0000
At once a victim of Russian war crimes and a suspected collaborator, Anna is caught between Ukraine’s overlapping quests for justice.
The post A Ukrainian Woman Protected Her Daughter From Russian Soldiers — and Was Accused of Collaborating With the Enemy appeared first on The Intercept.
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Russia shows video to prove top commander is alive
Wed, 27 Sep 2023 08:54:15 GMT
Ukraine is "clarifying" its recent reports that Russia's Admiral Sokolov died in a missile attack on Friday.
Match ID: 45 Score: 20.00 source: www.bbc.co.uk age: 0 days
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Subway schooling: the Ukrainian children taking class in metro stations
Wed, 27 Sep 2023 08:00:52 GMT
Covid then the invasion meant Kharkiv could offer little in-person education. Now a scheme brings it deep underground
In a cheerfully decorated classroom in Kharkiv, 30km (19 miles) from the Russian border, a screen behind the teacher proclaimed the date to be “21 September: international day of peace”.
The children’s day had begun far from peacefully: just after 5.30am, the air raid sirens sounded and six Russian S300 surface-to-air missiles hit the eastern Ukrainian city.
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Match ID: 46 Score: 20.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
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Postcard from Bordighera: autumn sun on Italy’s Ligurian coast
Wed, 27 Sep 2023 06:00:50 GMT
Extravagant villas, wonderful food, exotic gardens and a calm beach attracted British expats to Bordighera in the 1880s – and it’s just as enticing today
Leaving my wife and daughter under a parasol on Bordighera’s beach, my teenage son and I set off in search of the largest Ficus macrophylla in western Europe.
The tree, commonly known as the strangler fig, was planted in 1886 by Clarence Bicknell, British botanist, collector, lover of Esperanto and chaplain of Bordighera’s Anglican church.
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Match ID: 47 Score: 20.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
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Revealed: Europe’s role in the making of Russia killer drones
Wed, 27 Sep 2023 04:00:48 GMT
Exclusive: Kyiv says Iranian drones used by Russia in Ukraine have various European components
Iranian kamikaze drones used in the latest attacks on Ukrainian cities are filled with European components, according to a secret document sent by Kyiv to its western allies in which it appeals for long-range missiles to attack production sites in Russia, Iran and Syria.
In a 47-page document submitted by Ukraine’s government to the G7 governments in August, it is claimed there were more than 600 raids on cities using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) containing western technology in the previous three months.
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Match ID: 48 Score: 20.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
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Ukraine live briefing: Russia criticizes delivery of U.S.-made M1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine
Wed, 27 Sep 2023 00:09:59 +0000
U.S. military officials said the deliveries of the M1 Abrams tanks will be gradual but they expect all 31 of them to arrive in the coming weeks.
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Kyiv says it killed Russian admiral. Moscow says he’s taking video calls.
Tue, 26 Sep 2023 20:22:03 +0000
Ukraine claims that a strike on Crimea killed Russian Admiral Viktor Sokolov. Russia claims that he is alive and on video.
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Why Rain Is Getting Fiercer on a Warming Planet
Tue, 26 Sep 2023 11:00:00 +0000
Extreme rain is getting more extreme as temperatures rise. That may seem counterintuitive, but the underlying physics is crystal clear.
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Ethnic Armenians flee Nagorno-Karabakh as Russia fails to uphold peace deal
Tue, 26 Sep 2023 08:10:59 +0000
Officials are bracing for a humanitarian crisis as Azerbaijan moves to retake control of the mountainous regions and thousands of ethnic Armenian residents leave their homes, fearing ethnic cleansing.
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Russia seeks to rejoin UN's human rights council
Tue, 26 Sep 2023 04:19:38 GMT
It was expelled from the United Nations council last year after its forces invaded Ukraine.
Match ID: 53 Score: 20.00 source: www.bbc.co.uk age: 1 day
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Who blew up the Nord Stream pipelines? What we know one year later.
Tue, 26 Sep 2023 02:35:14 +0000
Official investigations in three countries have yielded few answers in the year since underwater explosions damaged the gas pipelines linking Russia and Europe.
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Space Force chief says commercial satellites may need defending
Tue, 26 Sep 2023 00:25:20 +0000
"It would stand to reason that same philosophy would extend into space."
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Ukraine live briefing: First U.S.-supplied M1 Abrams tanks arrive in Ukraine
Mon, 25 Sep 2023 23:27:41 +0000
President Biden committed to send 31 of the advanced M1 Abrams battle tanks in January, amid intense pressure from Kyiv and European allies.
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Giorgio Napolitano, elder statesman of Italian politics, dies at 98
Mon, 25 Sep 2023 20:46:16 +0000
The long-serving president of Italy was a pillar of stability in the hurly-burly of his country’s politics.
Match ID: 57 Score: 20.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 1 day
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Russia attacks Odessa port, in latest assault on Ukrainian grain
Mon, 25 Sep 2023 19:39:57 +0000
Moscow has stepped up attacks on Ukraine’s vital agriculture sector, possibly to exploit divisions between Kyiv and its European neighbors over grain exports.
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Tucker Carlson finds a new booster: Russian TV
Mon, 25 Sep 2023 18:09:56 +0000
The former Fox News host’s anti-Ukrainian, anti-Biden rhetoric aligns so well with Kremlin propaganda that a Russian channel, Rossiya 24, is airing dubbed excerpts of his internet show.
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Jailed mafia boss dies after 30 years on the run
Mon, 25 Sep 2023 15:37:52 +0000
Italy’s most infamous mafia boss — Matteo Messina Denaro, 61 — died after a battle with colon cancer.
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Fox News viewers love Trump. Newsmax viewers idolize him.
Sat, 23 Sep 2023 06:00:02 EDT
A New Hampshire poll details the varying levels of Trump devotion in conservative media.
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North Carolina GOP Hides Redistricting Process From State Public Records Law
Fri, 22 Sep 2023 21:34:54 +0000
The change, snuck into the state budget at the last minute, will shield lawmakers from scrutiny in a state with a history of partisan gerrymandering.
The post North Carolina GOP Hides Redistricting Process From State Public Records Law appeared first on The Intercept.
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Instant Ramen Gets a Glow-Up
Sun, 24 Sep 2023 14:30:00 +0000
The Automat-like Instant Noodle Factory builds great meals on a convenience-food foundation.
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FBI Warned Sikhs in the U.S. About Death Threats After Killing of Canadian Activist
Sat, 23 Sep 2023 17:25:45 +0000
The FBI visits took on a new urgency after Canada alleged Indian government involvement in the assassination of a Sikh separatist on Canadian soil.
The post FBI Warned Sikhs in the U.S. About Death Threats After Killing of Canadian Activist appeared first on The Intercept.
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Rosebank oil field: Will it mean cheaper energy bills?
Wed, 27 Sep 2023 14:26:54 GMT
Regulators have approved the development of a controversial oil field in the North Sea.
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With Rosebank, Britain appears willing to leave climate plans in tatters
Wed, 27 Sep 2023 13:37:31 GMT
Giving the green light to the UK’s biggest untapped oilfield flies in the face of repeated warnings
Just 24 hours before the UK gave the go-ahead to develop the UK’s biggest untapped oilfield off Shetland, the world’s leading energy analysts reiterated that no no new oil and gas exploration should take place if the world was to limit global heating to 1.5C above pre-industrial temperatures.
That stark warning seems to have been ignored by ministers who, after a week in which they have rowed back on the UK’s net zero commitments and scrapped their own home energy efficiency taskforce, are accused of leaving the UK’s climate plans in tatters.
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The Tories’ huge new oilfield is a moral obscenity – but Rosebank can still be stopped | Caroline Lucas
Wed, 27 Sep 2023 12:33:12 GMT
Reliance on oil won’t slash our bills: this is a climate crime that will leave our economy more vulnerable
“This is just the start,” said Rishi Sunak last week in his climate-wrecking speech from Downing Street. It certainly was just the start, because today, the government has sanctioned drilling in Rosebank, the biggest undeveloped oilfield in the North Sea.
This just 14 months after the UK’s hottest day, in July 2022. In that same month, the high court ruled the government’s net zero strategy unlawful, and ministers were ordered to redo their homework.
Caroline Lucas is the Green MP for Brighton Pavilion
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UK go-ahead for North Sea oil and gas field angers environmental groups
Wed, 27 Sep 2023 07:26:39 GMT
Campaigners including Greta Thunberg had called for halt to Rosebank project involving Oslo-listed Equinor
Britain has given the go-ahead to develop the UK’s biggest untapped oilfield off Shetland, sparking outrage from environmental campaigners.
The UK oil and gas regulator’s decision to grant the Oslo-listed Equinor and the British firm Ithaca Energy permission to develop the Rosebank oil and gas field in the North Sea was condemned by the Green party MP Caroline Lucas as “the greatest act of environmental vandalism in my lifetime”.
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: Ithaca Energy shares rise after U.K. grants approval to Rosebank development
Wed, 27 Sep 2023 07:13:00 GMT
Ithaca Energy shares UK:ITH climbed 5% as the U.K. government approved the Rosebank offshore development off Scotland in a controversial decision. Equinor NO:EQNR, the majority owner, and Ithaca plan to invest $3.8 billion in the development. Recoverable resources are estimated at around 300 million barrels of oil from phase 1 and 2. TechnipFMC FTI, Odjfell Drilling and Altera were awarded contracts, the companies said.
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The US electrical grid is in desperate need of upgrades, watchdog warns | The SAFE Grid Security Project warns we’re not equipped to deal with modern energy demands and threats.
2023-09-27T00:47:35+00:00
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Most of the world’s wind is over deep water. Floating machines can harvest it.
Tue, 26 Sep 2023 17:16:25 +0000
Norway’s prime minister and crown prince were sweating like everyone else, zipped into their survival suits as they boarded helicopters to see the future.
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: Uniform maker Cintas tops profit expectations, and nudges up full-year outlook
Tue, 26 Sep 2023 12:41:00 GMT
Uniforms and restroom supplies company Cintas Corp. CTAS reported Tuesday fiscal first-quarter profit that topped expectations and nudged up its full-year outlook, while revenue rose in line with forecasts. Shares of Cintas, which was valued at $51.8 billion as of Monday’s close, were little changed ahead of the open. Net income for the quarter to Aug. 31 rose to $85.1 million, or $3.70 a share, from $351.7 million, or $3.39 a share, in the year-ago period. That beat the FactSet consensus for earnings per share of $3.67. Revenue grew 8.1% to $2.342 billion, compared with the FactSet consensus of $2.336 billion. Gross margin as a percentage of revenue improved to 48.7% from 47.5%, as energy expenses declined by about 0.50 percentage points. For the full fiscal year, the company lifted its guidance ranges for EPS to $14.00 to $14.45 from $13.85 to $14.35 and for revenue to $9.40 billion to $9.52 billion from $9.35 billion to $9.50 billion. Cintas shares have gained 11.9% year to date while the S&P 500 SPX has advanced 13.0%.
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Europe’s banks helped fossil fuel firms raise more than €1tn from global bond markets
Tue, 26 Sep 2023 09:34:14 GMT
Exclusive: Pan-European investigation looked at thousands of transactions since Paris climate agreement in 2016
Banks including some of Europe’s largest lenders have helped fossil fuel companies to raise more than €1tn (£869bn) from the global bond markets since the Paris climate agreement, according to an investigation by the Guardian and its reporting partners.
In the push to zero carbon, Europe’s biggest lenders face growing pressure to limit their financial support for fossil fuel companies through direct loans and other financing facilities.
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‘Staggering’ green growth gives hope for 1.5C, says global energy chief
Tue, 26 Sep 2023 05:00:27 GMT
IEA’s Fatih Birol says uptake of solar power and EVs is in line with net zero goal but rich countries must hasten their broader plans
The prospects of the world staying within the 1.5C limit on global heating have brightened owing to the “staggering” growth of renewable energy and green investment in the past two years, the chief of the world’s energy watchdog has said.
Fatih Birol, the executive director of the International Energy Agency, and the world’s foremost energy economist, said much more needed to be done but that the rapid uptake of solar power and electric vehicles were encouraging.
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Digital Strategy: A Handbook for Managing a Moving Target
2023-09-26T00:00:00Z
Digital strategy demands significant organizational energy at many companies. By the time teams have adapted to newly implemented technology, another platform has emerged to replace it. A book coedited by Feng Zhu offers a guide for executives trying to manage the chaos.
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Ford pauses work on $3.5 billion battery factory in Michigan
Mon, 25 Sep 2023 21:30:53 +0000
The site was going to make lithium iron phosphate cells for electric vehicles.
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Washington Post Completely Botches Chaturbate Rules in Virginia Candidate Takedown
Mon, 25 Sep 2023 18:05:55 +0000
The article about Susanna Gibson, a Democrat running in a crucial legislative district, bore the telltale signs of an opposition research dump.
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Petrostate windfall tax would help poor countries in climate crisis, says Brown
Mon, 25 Sep 2023 05:00:18 GMT
Former British PM calls for 3% levy on oil and gas export revenues of biggest producers to generate $25bn a year for global south
Petrostates should pay a small percentage of their soaring oil and gas revenues to help poor countries cope with the climate crisis, the former UK prime minister Gordon Brown has urged.
Countries with large oil and gas deposits have enjoyed a record bonanza in the last two years, amounting to about $4tn (£3.3tn) last year for the industry globally. Levying a 3% windfall tax on the oil and gas export revenues of the biggest-producing countries would yield about $25bn a year.
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Uninvited and Unaccountable: How CBP Policed George Floyd Protests
Thu, 21 Sep 2023 10:00:00 +0000
Thousands of pages of newly released documents detail CBP’s involvement in policing the 2020 racial justice protests.
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AIPAC Targets Black Democrats — While the Congressional Black Caucus Stays Silent
Thu, 21 Sep 2023 10:00:00 +0000
AIPAC has given at least $3.6 million to the CBC’s old guard since last year, while members of the Squad draw the Israel lobby’s ire.
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How should UK, US and Australia respond to Canada-India row?
Wed, 20 Sep 2023 18:52:20 GMT
Justin Trudeau’s accusation that India may be behind Sikh separatist killing puts western leaders in awkward position
Canada’s accusation on Monday that India may have been behind the car park murder of the Sikh separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in June – which New Delhi rejects outright – comes at an uncomfortable and unwelcome time for Britain, the US and Australia.
London, Washington and Canberra have all been prioritising closer ties with New Delhi, seeing it not just as a strategic bulwark against the fast-rising China, but also as a partner in the economic isolation of Russia after the invasion of Ukraine.
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US and UK Mount Aggressive Crackdown on Trickbot and Conti Ransomware Gangs
Thu, 07 Sep 2023 18:38:08 +0000
Authorities have sanctioned 11 alleged members of the cybercriminal groups, while the US Justice Department unsealed three federal indictments against nine people accused of being members.
Match ID: 82 Score: 7.86 source: www.wired.com age: 19 days
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How Russia dodges diesel sanctions
Thu, 29 Jun 2023 10:21:32 +0000
Restrictions are bringing easy bucks to those who do not observe them
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Confused Automakers Braced for Strike at the Wrong Plants
Tue, 19 Sep 2023 20:33:02 +0000
Striking autoworkers pulled off a major coup before their strike, baiting America’s largest auto manufacturers into self-sabotage.
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Renewable energy has hidden costs
Thu, 21 Sep 2023 10:06:10 +0000
Why it is often more expensive than policymakers expect to go green
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Why is Russia targeting hospitals in Kherson? – video explainer
Wed, 20 Sep 2023 10:00:14 GMT
Russia has been systematically targeting medical facilities in Kherson, Ukraine, severely affecting the lives of the city's residents, a report says. The Centre for Information Resilience, using information collected and verified through open-source research, says Russian shelling of civilian infrastructure in Kherson has intensified since it was liberated by Ukraine. The report focuses mainly on its impact on medical buildings: children's hospitals, maternity wards and a rehabilitation centre in the city
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Financial sanctions may not deter China from invading Taiwan
Thu, 29 Jun 2023 10:22:58 +0000
Wargaming what an economic conflict would look like
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Cost-of-living payments: Who is getting them and when?
Tue, 19 Sep 2023 23:08:29 GMT
Low-income households, pensioners and some disabled people will get extra help with energy bills.
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Biden and Trump in a dead heat in hypothetical 2024 rematch, poll finds
Tue, 01 Aug 2023 11:00:14 EST
Trump saw slightly more support from his base than Biden, with 88 percent of registered Republicans selecting Trump versus 83 percent of Democrats choosing Biden.
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Outside the Box: The Trump administration wants to discourage your 401(k) from including ESG investment options
Tue, 08 Sep 2020 21:11:24 GMT
Two proposed rules imply that investment managers promote social goals over sound investment analysis — but that’s not what actually happens.
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European Service Modules – made in Turin
Tue, 12 Sep 2023 15:09:00 +0200
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Artemis in Europe: the structure and radiators for the European Service Modules that fly NASA’s Orion spacecraft to the Moon are built in Turin, Italy.
Thales Alenia Space produces the structure that acts like a chassis on a car providing the solid foundations for all other elements to be attached to and also absorbs the forces that the Artemis spacecraft will endure during launch into Earth orbit and onto the Moon.
Technicians assemble the primary structure that is made from a core of Composite Fibre Reinforced Polymer sandwich panels and aluminium alloy elements for the secondary structures. This technology keeps the European Service Module light enough to fly farther and longer but strong enough to keep its shape.
Thales Alenia Space also supplies the radiators for the European Service Modules that consist of six elements forming two independent systems. Like a car’s radiator system the European Service Module radiators are designed to expel excess heat and keep the computers and other components inside from overheating.
The structures are trucked from Turin to Bremen, Germany, where the rest of the hardware that makes a spacecraft can be installed. The first step in their voyage to the Moon.
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Mozilla: Your New Car Is a Data Privacy Nightmare
Sat, 09 Sep 2023 13:00:00 +0000
Plus: Apple patches newly discovered flaws exploited by NSO Group spyware, North Korean hackers target security researchers, and more.
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The International Criminal Court Will Now Prosecute Cyberwar Crimes
Thu, 07 Sep 2023 16:19:25 +0000
And the first case on the docket may well be Russia’s cyberattacks against civilian critical infrastructure in Ukraine.
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A higher global oil price will help Russia pay for its war
Wed, 06 Sep 2023 16:50:08 +0000
The Kremlin tries new tactics to keep proceeds afloat
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Russia will struggle to cope with a sinking rouble
Mon, 14 Aug 2023 18:47:07 +0000
What does the currency’s collapse mean for Vladimir Putin’s ability to wage war?
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South Korea has had enough of being called an emerging market
Thu, 15 Jun 2023 10:12:22 +0000
And yet it may fail to join the top league of global bourses once again
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NASA Announces Launch Service for Arctic Warming Experiment
Mon, 14 Aug 2023 15:11 EDT
NASA has selected Rocket Lab USA Inc. of Long Beach, California, to provide the launch service for the agency’s PREFIRE (Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experiment) mission, which aims to give researchers a more accurate picture of the energy entering and leaving Earth.
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Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq snap 3-session skid as stocks eke out gains
Wed, 24 Aug 2022 16:01:33 -0500
U.S. stocks finished modestly higher Wednesday, with all three major stock benchmarks ending a 3-session skid, as investors picked up shares after a sharp market selloff earlier this week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose about 61 points, or 0.2%, ending near 32,970, while the S&P 500 index closed up 0.3% and the Nasdaq Composite Index advanced 0.4%. Stocks booked modest gains as investors remained focused on the Federal Reserve's inflation fight and Fed Chairman Jerome Powell's speech at the Jackson Hole, Wyo. symposium on Friday. Recession worries also were in focus, with pending homes sales falling in July, a sign that rate hikes have been helping cool demand, even through shelter costs, specifically rents, have contributed to high U.S. inflation. Benchmark lending climbed Wednesday, with the 10-year Treasury rate climbing to 3.105% Wednesday, the highest since June 28, according to Dow Jones Market Data based on 3 p.m. Eastern levels. The S&P 500's energy sector helped lead the way higher, up 1.2%, while financial rose 0.5%, according to FactSet
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Outside the Box: After underperforming the stock market for years, alternative energy is red hot
Fri, 25 Sep 2020 13:39:17 GMT
Is clean tech finally a viable investment?
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Stocks to Watch: Wisconsin Energy, Oracle, GE are stocks to watch
Mon, 23 Jun 2014 11:42:35 GMT
Wisconsin Energy Corp., Oracle Corp., and General Electric Co. may all see active trading after deals, or talk of deals.
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Israelis can travel to U.S. without visa from Nov. 30
Wed, 27 Sep 2023 14:58:00 +0000
In return, Israel is dropping travel restrictions against Palestinian and Arab Americans.
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Our night in an igloo bed: Naomi Harris’s best photograph
Wed, 27 Sep 2023 14:07:47 GMT
‘When I told Americans I was Canadian, they used to say, “Oh, do you live in an igloo?” So when I saw this hotel room in Edmonton, I knew we had to book it’
In the summer of 2011, thanks to a grant from Canada Council for the Arts, I spent four months driving from British Columbia to Newfoundland for what became my Oh Canada! project. Having moved from my native Toronto to New York in my mid-20s, I’d spent 14 years in the US, travelling more widely there than I ever had in the country of my birth. So this adventure was an opportunity to discover and photograph Canadians outside the big cities.
My dad tagged along for some of the trip, and I was joined by my mum for a couple of weeks. Neither of us had ever been to Alberta before. We went to a Star Trek festival, visited museums populated by stuffed gophers and creepy dolls, and explored a replica pioneer village. This picture was taken at the Fantasy Land hotel in West Edmonton Mall. People who grew up in Edmonton told me they would rent rooms there for birthday parties or prom nights. There were a lot of themed rooms, including one with an igloo-shaped bed. As soon as I saw that, I knew we had to book it.
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A Ukrainian Woman Protected Her Daughter From Russian Soldiers — and Was Accused of Collaborating With the Enemy
Wed, 27 Sep 2023 10:00:00 +0000
At once a victim of Russian war crimes and a suspected collaborator, Anna is caught between Ukraine’s overlapping quests for justice.
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Woman shields son from black bear eating birthday picnic in Mexico
Wed, 27 Sep 2023 09:15:16 GMT
Silvia Macías was celebrating 15th birthday of son Santiago when bear appeared and gulped down tacos
A woman in Mexico shielded her son after a bear leaped on to a picnic table, inches from his face, and devoured the tacos and enchiladas meant for his birthday dinner.
Silvia Macías of Mexico City had travelled to the Chipinque Park on the outskirts of the northern city of Monterrey to celebrate the 15th birthday of her son, Santiago, who has Down’s syndrome.
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Postcard from Bordighera: autumn sun on Italy’s Ligurian coast
Wed, 27 Sep 2023 06:00:50 GMT
Extravagant villas, wonderful food, exotic gardens and a calm beach attracted British expats to Bordighera in the 1880s – and it’s just as enticing today
Leaving my wife and daughter under a parasol on Bordighera’s beach, my teenage son and I set off in search of the largest Ficus macrophylla in western Europe.
The tree, commonly known as the strangler fig, was planted in 1886 by Clarence Bicknell, British botanist, collector, lover of Esperanto and chaplain of Bordighera’s Anglican church.
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Bon voyage! All aboard the perfect cruise – in pictures
Wed, 27 Sep 2023 06:00:51 GMT
Mounir Raji set off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, in search of the ideal holiday – a world where every detail is planned to deliver comfort and pleasure
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'Our daughter was killed by a speeding police car’
Wed, 27 Sep 2023 05:15:21 GMT
Shante Daniel-Folkes' parents call for a speed cap on police cars travelling in residential areas.
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Old-style camera once banned by the Taliban captures a new Afghan reality
Wed, 27 Sep 2023 04:28:19 +0000
Rodrigo Abd, a photographer with the Associated Press, traveled across Afghanistan with a wooden box camera known as a kamra-e-faoree.
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The Norwegian secret: how friluftsliv boosts health and happiness
Wed, 27 Sep 2023 04:00:48 GMT
The idea of communing with nature is instilled from birth in Norway. I hiked through a rain-drenched forest to try it myself
‘Being outdoors is a natural way of living in Norway,” Bente Lier tells me over the phone. “It’s a very important part of what we call the good life.” Lier is the secretary general of Norsk Friluftsliv, which represents more than 950,000 members of 500 outdoor clubs in Norway. Her words ring in my ears as I trudge through torrential rain in a forest just north of Oslo.
I am here to learn about friluftsliv, a way of being that is part of the Norwegian national identity. The term was coined by the playwright Henrik Ibsen in his 1859 poem On the Heights, although the concept is much older. Its literal translation is “free-air life”, but Ibsen used it to convey a spiritual connection with nature. To modern Norwegians, it means participating in outdoor activities, but also has a deeper sense of de-stressing in nature and sharing in a common culture. Could this outdoor life hold the key to Norwegians’ health and happiness?
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Big Three Automakers’ Reputations Plummet as UAW Strike Rages
Tue, 26 Sep 2023 18:29:00 +0000
Two weeks into the largest auto strike in U.S. history, Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis face a falling approval rating from consumers, a new survey shows.
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It’s time to consider how we can make the best of HS2 | Letters
Tue, 26 Sep 2023 16:41:26 GMT
A system built purely for speed ignores the needs of the populations it’s trying to connect, says Andrew Gore. Plus letters from David Watts, Allan Whittow and Jonathan Leeming
The rail industry always knew that the key issues for its future were capacity and connectivity, but thought that only the glamour of very high speed trains would persuade politicians (Gold-plated HS2 looks dead. So let’s run the numbers on a bronze-plated design, 22 September). Very high speed trains require complex engineering solutions, greater construction, rolling stock and signalling costs, and have a much greater environmental impact.
The real justification for new capacity was admitted belatedly, but the design of HS2 from London to Birmingham demonstrates the deficiencies of a system built essentially for pure speed: Milton Keynes and Northampton with populations of over 250,000 ignored, no interchange with East West Rail, not even a travelator link to Birmingham New Street station – and far more damaging to the environment than merely higher speeds.
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The Hollywood Walk of Shame: why the LA landmark is the world’s worst tourist attraction
Tue, 26 Sep 2023 15:54:44 GMT
Beating out some stiff competition, the dirty stars of Hollywood Boulevard can be crossed off your travel itinerary
Name: The Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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‘Staggering’ green growth gives hope for 1.5C, says global energy chief
Tue, 26 Sep 2023 05:00:27 GMT
IEA’s Fatih Birol says uptake of solar power and EVs is in line with net zero goal but rich countries must hasten their broader plans
The prospects of the world staying within the 1.5C limit on global heating have brightened owing to the “staggering” growth of renewable energy and green investment in the past two years, the chief of the world’s energy watchdog has said.
Fatih Birol, the executive director of the International Energy Agency, and the world’s foremost energy economist, said much more needed to be done but that the rapid uptake of solar power and electric vehicles were encouraging.
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Booking.com Shows the True Scope of the EU’s Big Tech Crackdown
Mon, 25 Sep 2023 16:59:04 +0000
European competition authorities have blocked an acquisition by Dutch travel company Booking as scrutiny on Big Tech companies heats up.
Match ID: 13 Score: 35.00 source: www.wired.com age: 1 day
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Is Finland the best place in the world to be a parent? – video
Wed, 20 Sep 2023 07:00:02 GMT
Finland is a world leader when it comes to early years education. Childcare is affordable and nursery places are universally available in a system that puts children's rights at the centre of decision-making.
Now the country is applying the same child-first thinking to paternity-leave policies in an attempt to tackle gender inequality in parenting. The Guardian's Alexandra Topping travels to Helsinki to find out why the UK pre-school system lags so far behind and whether it really is easier to be a parent in Finland.
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Match ID: 14 Score: 10.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 7 days
qualifiers: 10.00 travel(|ing)
DNA Evidence Sent Anthony Sanchez to Death Row. But Did It Actually Solve the Crime?
Mon, 18 Sep 2023 11:00:00 +0000
A college ballerina was raped and murdered in Oklahoma. DNA put Anthony Sanchez at the scene. But it did not tell the whole story.
The post DNA Evidence Sent Anthony Sanchez to Death Row. But Did It Actually Solve the Crime? appeared first on The Intercept.
Match ID: 15 Score: 5.00 source: theintercept.com age: 9 days
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Marcus Wandt will fly to International Space Station on third Axiom Space mission
Tue, 12 Sep 2023 14:00:00 +0200
ESA project astronaut Marcus Wandt from Sweden will travel to the International Space Station (ISS) on Axiom Mission 3 (Ax-3) no earlier than January 2024.
Match ID: 16 Score: 5.00 source: www.esa.int age: 15 days
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NASA Names University Teams to Take on Aeronautics Research Challenges
Fri, 10 Mar 2023 12:33 EST
NASA has selected four teams of university faculty and students to solve key challenges facing the future of air travel as part of the agency’s University Leadership Initiative.
Match ID: 17 Score: 5.00 source: www.nasa.gov age: 200 days
qualifiers: 5.00 travel(|ing)
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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Match ID: 18 Score: 5.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 350 days
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