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The 40 Best Movies on Netflix Right Now (February 2025)
Sat, 25 Jan 2025 12:00:00 +0000
The Babadook, Mononoke the Movie: Phantom in the Rain, and Emilia Pérez are just a few of the movies you should watch on Netflix this month.
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The 22 Best Movies on Amazon Prime Right Now (January 2024)
Sat, 25 Jan 2025 12:00:00 +0000
Challengers, My Old Ass, and Killer Heat are just a few of the movies you should be watching on Amazon Prime Video this week.
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The 40 Best Shows on Netflix Right Now (February 2025)
Sat, 25 Jan 2025 12:00:00 +0000
Squid Game, Castlevania: Nocturne, and Sakamoto Days are just a few of the shows you need to watch on Netflix this month.
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The 25 Best Shows on Amazon Prime Right Now (February 2025)
Sat, 25 Jan 2025 12:00:00 +0000
Citadel: Diana, The Rig, and Fallout are just a few of the shows you should be watching on Amazon Prime Video this week.
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The 46 Best Shows on Max (aka HBO Max) Right Now (January 2025)
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 20:00:00 +0000
The Pitt, Somebody Somewhere, and Dune: Prophecy are just a few of the shows you need to be watching on Max this month.
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“A Visit from the Chief,” by Samanta Schweblin
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 11:00:00 +0000
She’d seen enough movies to know that this was the moment when she needed to brandish the gun and threaten the man.
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David Lynch’s (Possible) Realism
Sat, 25 Jan 2025 11:00:00 +0000
His movies were dreamlike. But what if life is a dream?
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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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The best women’s walking boots to hit the trails in style and comfort, tested by our expert hiker
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 10:59:35 GMT

From waterproof versions to leather designs, we put women’s walking boots to the test to find the best for every adventure

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A great pair of walking boots will get you outdoors in any weather. While you can get away with wearing trainers for a stroll in the park, more exciting, hilly terrain (or just walking through mud or in rain) calls for a proper pair of walking boots.

They’ll keep you warm and dry, support your ankles and give you a decent grip underfoot. It’s worth investing in a quality pair that fit well, and they’ll last years if you look after them. Here are the best hiking boots, tested and rated.

Best overall:
Lowa Renegade EVO GTX
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Best leather boots:
Vasque St Elias
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Best fabric boots:
Aku Ultra Light Original GTX
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Best summer boots:
Keen Terradora II Waterproof
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Best for technical terrain:
Scarpa Mescalito TRK Pro GTX
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Trump’s Anti-Trans Executive Order Is Unscientific Nonsense
Wed, 22 Jan 2025 22:22:38 +0000

The Trump administration is taking a brute-force approach to push trans people out of public life.

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Candy Crush, Tinder, MyFitnessPal: See the Thousands of Apps Hijacked to Spy on Your Location
Thu, 09 Jan 2025 21:05:24 +0000
A hack of location data company Gravy Analytics has revealed which apps are—knowingly or not—being used to collect your information behind the scenes.
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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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They Flee Russia as Dissidents Seeking Asylum. The U.S. Locks Them Up.
Sat, 25 Jan 2025 11:08:00 +0000

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

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

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

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

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Trump’s Anti-Trans Executive Order Is Unscientific Nonsense
Wed, 22 Jan 2025 22:22:38 +0000

The Trump administration is taking a brute-force approach to push trans people out of public life.

The post Trump’s Anti-Trans Executive Order Is Unscientific Nonsense appeared first on The Intercept.

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Disasters Like the LA Fires Always Hit the Poor the Hardest. Trump Wants to Make It Worse.
Wed, 22 Jan 2025 16:38:01 +0000

An executive order from Trump helps ensure that inequities of the federal aid distribution system will keep favoring the white and wealthy.

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The first week of the new Trump era leaves House Democrats spinning
Sat, 25 Jan 2025 11:00:58 +0000
The party finds itself at a crossroads over how best to do battle with Trump and congressional Republicans.
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Democrats Are Worried About John Ratcliffe’s Role in the 2020 Election. They Should Also Take a Look At His AI Gigs.
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 14:18:24 +0000

The CIA director nominee’s tour through the revolving door included work on AI — an industry now angling to pick up major government contracts.

The post Democrats Are Worried About John Ratcliffe’s Role in the 2020 Election. They Should Also Take a Look At His AI Gigs. appeared first on The Intercept.

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Democratic lawmakers devising legal obstacles to fight anti-immigration push
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 14:00:56 GMT

California, New York and other states resist by expanding healthcare and education and limiting detention centers

As Donald Trump tightens the nation’s immigration policies, lawmakers in Democrat-led states are proposing new measures that could erect legal obstacles for federal immigration officials and help immigrants lacking legal status avoid deportation.

The resistance efforts in California, New York and other states are a counterpoint to the many Republican-led states advancing measures to aid Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration, highlighting a national divide.

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Republicans try to look ‘forward,’ but Trump forces them back to Jan. 6
Sat, 25 Jan 2025 20:34:13 +0000
GOP leaders say they want to focus on conservative policy, but the president is fixated on relitigating the 2020 election even though it doesn’t resonate.
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The Pregnant Immigrants Fighting Trump’s Bid to End Birthright Citizenship
Wed, 22 Jan 2025 21:30:13 +0000

Trump hopes to gut birthright citizenship via executive order. In lawsuits filed across the country, immigrants seek to stop him.

The post The Pregnant Immigrants Fighting Trump’s Bid to End Birthright Citizenship appeared first on The Intercept.

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JD Vance defends Trump’s January 6 pardons as Graham says it could spur more violence
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 17:03:14 GMT

Senator Lindsey Graham says pardoning violent offenders is a ‘mistake’ and could spur more violence

JD Vance on Sunday tried to offer a rationale to a record number of executive orders and controversial policy shifts enacted by Donald Trump during the first five days of the latter man’s second presidency, claiming without evidence that the moves “accomplished more than Joe Biden” and his administration did in the last four years.

But one of those moves – Trump’s blanket pardons for about 1,500 people who attacked the US Capitol in early 2021 – was labeled a “mistake” by a prominent fellow Republican of the president and Vance: US senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, who feared the clemency could end up spurring more violence.

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AI Will Write Complex Laws
2025-01-22T12:04:19Z

Artificial intelligence (AI) is writing law today. This has required no changes in legislative procedure or the rules of legislative bodies—all it takes is one legislator, or legislative assistant, to use generative AI in the process of drafting a bill.

In fact, the use of AI by legislators is only likely to become more prevalent. There are currently projects in the US House, US Senate, and legislatures around the world to trial the use of AI in various ways: searching databases, drafting text, summarizing meetings, performing policy research and analysis, and more. A Brazilian municipality ...

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‘They fear for their lives’: Bishop confronts Trump on immigration and gay rights – video
Tue, 21 Jan 2025 22:42:34 GMT

President Donald Trump began his first full day in office attending a prayer service at the Washington National Cathedral. The Episcopal bishop of Washington, Mariann Edgar Budde, pleaded with Trump during the service, asking the newly elected president to protect immigrants and respect gay rights. ‘There are gay, lesbian and transgender children in Democratic, Republican and independent families, some who fear for their lives,’ she said as Trump and his family watched on. After the inauguration, Trump launched a sweeping immigration crackdown and promised mass deportations

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DOGE Will Allow Elon Musk to Surveil the US Government From the Inside
Fri, 24 Jan 2025 15:19:15 +0000
A former USDS employee called the repurposing of the Digital Service into DOGE an “A+ bureaucratic jiujitsu move.” It will give Musk and his associates access to unclassified data in every government agency.
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The Trump Cryptonaissance Is Here
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 22:11:38 +0000
US President Donald Trump has wasted no time in demonstrating his fealty to the cryptocurrency industry that backed his 2024 election ambitions. The alliance could herald a golden dawn for crypto, industry figures believe.
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I Protested Trump’s First Inauguration. But I’m Not Marching Against Him Today.
Mon, 20 Jan 2025 09:00:00 +0000

There is little point in going to Washington today to oppose Trump’s return — Trumpism never left. There are more urgent tasks now.

The post I Protested Trump’s First Inauguration. But I’m Not Marching Against Him Today. appeared first on The Intercept.

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What we know so far about Trump’s orders on diversity, equity and inclusion
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 14:00:53 GMT

In his first few days in office, the president reversed four years of work on DEI efforts in the federal government

Within his first few days in office, Donald Trump reversed four years of work to increase diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts in the federal government.

Since taking office, he’s signed a flurry of executive orders, two of which amount to crackdowns on DEI within the federal government. One overturns Joe Biden’s efforts to increase DEI programs in the federal government, while a second bans DEI measures from being taken by the federal government.

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Trump presses pause on parts of the federal government
Sat, 25 Jan 2025 00:03:32 +0000
Heads of federal agencies turned Trump’s executive orders into mandates to cut communication with outside parties, halt most foreign aid, and pause legal filings.
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‘We’re watching mass delusion happen’: Trump’s return to White House brings cascade of lies
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 11:00:47 GMT

In first week in office, president has made false claims on topics from immigration and economy to Panama canal

Donald Trump had been US president again for less than 15 minutes when he made his first factually dubious claim.

“The vicious, violent and unfair weaponisation of the justice department and our government will end,” he said early in his inaugural address. There is no evidence that former president Joe Biden ordered the justice department to prosecute Trump and no violence took place.

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The 12 Democrats who make the most sense for 2028
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 02:53:20 +0000
There’s a vacuum atop an adrift Democratic Party. Here’s who could fill it.
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Republican senators applauded when Vice President JD Vance arrived to break the 50-50 tie on the...
Sat, 25 Jan 2025 03:11:42 +0000

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President Donald Trump said that he has tasked Michael Whatley, the co-chair of the Republican National...
Fri, 24 Jan 2025 19:15:50 +0000

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The Global Far Right Is Celebrating Trump’s New World Order
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 14:58:46 +0000
Far-right lawmakers and extremist influencers the world over are celebrating Trump’s early days in office and advocating for similar efforts in their own countries.
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From Panama to Mars: the most extreme announcements in Trump's inauguration speech – video
Mon, 20 Jan 2025 21:54:54 GMT

Donald Trump vowed to 'plant the stars and stripes on the planet Mars' and 'take back' the Panama Canal as he was sworn into office for the second time. He announced a number of measures he planned to take such as ending the Green New Deal and declaring a national emergency on the US-Mexico border

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MPs in new freebie row after accepting darts hospitality from betting firm
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 12:00:50 GMT

Labour’s James Frith and Conservative Caroline Nokes gifted tickets by Paddy Power worth up to £1,000 each

Two MPs received VIP tickets for the sold-out World Darts Championships courtesy of a betting company – weeks after a national outcry over politicians accepting freebies.

Labour MP James Frith, who has campaigned for safer gambling, and Conservative MP Caroline Nokes, the deputy speaker of the House of Commons, were gifted “platinum” hospitality tickets by Paddy Power worth up to £1,000 each.

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‘They did not come to destroy’: Sussan Ley praises First Fleet and likens it to Elon Musk’s Mars mission
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 04:30:08 GMT

It’s the latest example of the Coalition appearing to echo or praise US president Donald Trump’s new administration

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Deputy opposition leader Sussan Ley has compared the arrival of the First Fleet to Elon Musk’s SpaceX seeking to reach Mars, in an Australia Day address.

Her comments come a day after opposition leader Peter Dutton announced a newly created role of shadow minister for government efficiency – replicating Musk’s idea of a Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

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Senate confirms Pete Hegseth as defense secretary
Sat, 25 Jan 2025 03:44:43 +0000
Get the latest news on President Donald Trump’s return to the White House and the new Congress.
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Ontario premier Doug Ford to call snap election to fight Trump tariff threat
Fri, 24 Jan 2025 19:41:30 GMT

Progressive Conservative leader of Canada’s most populous province seeks ‘strong mandate’ to counter 25% tariff plan

The Ontario premier, Doug Ford, has said an early election is needed in the Canadian province in order to fend off an income “attack” from Donald Trump as a trade war looms between the close allies.

But opposition parties criticized the move, calling it a “distraction” from an ongoing criminal investigation into the government’s handling of a controversial multibillion-dollar land swap.

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Trump Promised a Russia–Ukraine Peace Deal. Where Is It?
Tue, 21 Jan 2025 22:29:27 +0000

Trump boasted he would end the war between Russia and Ukraine as soon as he took office. That didn’t happen.

The post Trump Promised a Russia–Ukraine Peace Deal. Where Is It? appeared first on The Intercept.

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DOGE Got Sued Three Times While Elon Musk Watched the Trump Inauguration
Mon, 20 Jan 2025 20:35:19 +0000

The so-called Department of Government Efficiency flouts federal law, the lawsuits allege.

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Trump’s Executive Orders Are Full of Deadlines. We’re Tracking Them.
Tue, 21 Jan 2025 23:28:41 +0000

The orders require drafting strategies to enforce the gender binary (within 30 days) and meetings on fighting DEI and environmental justice (monthly).

The post Trump’s Executive Orders Are Full of Deadlines. We’re Tracking Them. appeared first on The Intercept.

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From showers to tiny fish to windmills, Trump’s climate policies are driven by fixations
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 13:30:50 GMT

‘It was striking that the White House memo included toilets and shower heads as a presidential priority,’ said one expert

From crusading against showers he feels don’t sufficiently wash his hair to reversing protections for a small fish he calls “worthless”, Donald Trump’s personal fixations have helped shape his first environmental priorities as US president.

While withdrawing the US from the Paris climate accords and declaring an “energy emergency” were among Trump’s most noteworthy executive orders on his first day in office, both were further down a list of priorities put out by the White House than measures to improve “consumer choice in vehicles, shower heads, toilets, washing machines, lightbulbs and dishwashers”.

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‘We just can’t take the hit’: businesses worldwide brace as Trump threatens tariffs
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 12:00:51 GMT

Across the world, exporters to the US are preparing for an era of disruption if tariffs are imposed

Donald Trump, a self-declared “big believer” in tariffs on foreign goods, has promised to use them to boost the US economy, revitalize America’s industrial heartlands, and reward the tens of millions of voters who sent him back to the White House.

“Come make your product in America,” the president told top executives gathered at the World Economic Forum in Davos this week, promising low taxes to those who take him up on the invitation. “But if you don’t make your product in America – which is your prerogative – then, very simply, you will have to pay a tariff.”

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Trump shocks the system. Will he solve problems voters care about most?
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 10:00:00 +0000
The president’s audaciousness in his first week was shocking and legally questionable. Many moves will do little to address Americans’ worries over inflation and other basic needs.
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My mum the family vlogger and child abuser; Marina Hyde on Trump’s ‘golden age’; and Spotify’s Billions Club – podcast
Sat, 25 Jan 2025 05:00:15 GMT

Confusing and capricious, Trump started as he means to go on: chaos, dysfunction and a coalition of creeps; Ruby Franke was a social media star who made viral videos about her six children – until she was jailed for child abuse. Now her eldest daughter Shari is telling her side of the story; and No Dylan but loads of Coldplay! What the songs with a billion streams on Spotify tell us about music taste today.

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Trump reverses Biden actions intended to protect abortion access
Sat, 25 Jan 2025 03:39:27 +0000
The president reinstated a policy blocking U.S. aid to foreign organizations that use funds for abortion. He also overturned two Biden executive orders, contending they violated the law barring federal funding for abortion.
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Trump administration’s blast email confuses U.S. judiciary employees
Fri, 24 Jan 2025 22:21:38 +0000

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President Donald Trump said Friday that he will sign an executive order “slashing all red tape”...
Fri, 24 Jan 2025 18:08:49 +0000

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‘We Have Seen a Lot More Hate’: Trans People Are Already Terrified
Fri, 24 Jan 2025 14:41:09 +0000
After Donald Trump signed a sweeping executive order directed against trans people this week, trans and nonbinary people are scared of what happens next.
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Trump Wants a War With Cartels—and May Just Get One
Fri, 24 Jan 2025 11:00:00 +0000
An executive order designating cartels as terrorist organizations will expand prosecutors' jurisdictions, affect relations with Mexico, and risk blowback for which the US is unprepared.
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Rubio Orders State Department to Stop Issuing Accurate Passports to Trans People
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 18:39:49 +0000

Trans, intersex, and nonbinary people applying for passports will no longer be able to select an “X” marker for gender.

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Key moments from Donald Trump's inauguration – video
Mon, 20 Jan 2025 22:39:36 GMT

Donald Trump has been sworn in as the 47th US president, beginning what could be a vengeful second term. His swearing-in ceremony, which was initially scheduled to take place outside on the Capitol’s west front, was moved inside. Trump vowed to sign a series of executive orders, with many focusing on immigration. The president was sworn in among global conservative politicians and tech billionaires

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What you need to know about the very predictable Belarus elections
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 08:00:29 +0000
The E.U. has called the election a sham, and President Alexander Lukashenko has said he’s “too busy” to even campaign.
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Trump defends ousting at least 15 independent inspectors general in late-night purge
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 02:40:01 +0000
The dismissals appeared to violate federal law, which requires Congress to receive 30 days’ notice of any intent to fire a Senate-confirmed inspector general.
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Johnson invites Trump to address joint session of Congress
Sat, 25 Jan 2025 23:50:02 +0000
The address is typically a vehicle for an incoming commander in chief to outline a vision for the coming four years and lay out a legislative agenda.
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Trump Halts Sanctions on Israeli Settlers, Threatens to Seize Assets of War Crimes Investigators
Wed, 22 Jan 2025 15:59:35 +0000

Trump lifted sanctions against Israeli settlers in the West Bank. Within hours, Netanyahu launched a new invasion.

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Could the Southport attack have been prevented? – Politics Weekly UK
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 05:00:34 GMT

The government has announced a public inquiry into why authorities failed to stop Axel Rudakubana before he killed three girls in Southport. But is it enough to stop another such attack? John Harris asks the counter-terrorism practitioner Rashad Ali. Plus, the Guardian political correspondent Kiran Stacey explores how Keir Starmer will deal with Donald Trump’s return

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Biden Attack on Nonprofit Over Palestine Stance Made Trump’s Job Easier
Wed, 22 Jan 2025 19:46:50 +0000

By denying funding to the Climate Justice Alliance over Palestine, Biden went after Trump’s political opponents for him.

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Third Interdisciplinary Workshop on Reimagining Democracy (IWORD 2024)
2025-01-23T14:58:39Z

Last month, Henry Farrell and I convened the Third Interdisciplinary Workshop on Reimagining Democracy (IWORD 2024) at Johns Hopkins University’s Bloomberg Center in Washington DC. This is a small, invitational workshop on the future of democracy. As with the previous two workshops, the goal was to bring together a diverse set of political scientists, law professors, philosophers, AI researchers and other industry practitioners, political activists, and creative types (including science fiction writers) to discuss how democracy might be reimagined in the current century...

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Factchecking Trump's inauguration speech – video
Mon, 20 Jan 2025 22:06:17 GMT

Donald Trump repeatedly made false and misleading claims during his inaugural address. Here are the facts on some of the false claims offered during his speech

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Nearly $1 Trillion: The Staggering Combined Net Worth Cheering at Trump’s Inauguration
Mon, 20 Jan 2025 20:00:19 +0000

The ultra-rich have long held immense influence in U.S. politics. But Trump’s inauguration shows oligarchy is stronger than ever.

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Trump Frees Silk Road Creator Ross Ulbricht After 11 Years in Prison
Wed, 22 Jan 2025 00:49:46 +0000
Donald Trump pardoned the creator of the world’s first dark-web drug market, who is now a libertarian cause célèbre in some parts of the crypto community.
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The Guardian view on commemorating Auschwitz’s liberation: the urgency of Holocaust remembrance | Editorial
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 17:30:55 GMT

Eighty years after the Nazi death camp was freed, the testimony of survivors is as crucial as ever

Memory is fragile. A decade ago, 300 survivors gathered at Auschwitz to commemorate the Nazi death camp’s liberation. On Monday, 50 will assemble for the 80th anniversary. The median age of Holocaust survivors was estimated at 86 in a study published last year. At 97, Esther Senot is still keeping the promise she made to her dying sister Fanny, whose last wish was that she “tell what happened to us ... so that we are not forgotten by history.” Almost 1 million of the 6 million Jews murdered in the Holocaust were killed at the complex in German-occupied Poland, along with smaller numbers of Poles, Roma and Sinti, Soviet prisoners of war, gay men, political prisoners and others. Its name has become synonymous with evil.

The Auschwitz museum’s decision to ban speeches by politicians this year may be in part pragmatic. Holocaust memory has too often been a battleground in Poland. The museum’s mission stands above politics, yet cannot be wholly insulated from global affairs. Vladimir Putin has attended in the past, but there will be no Russian presence this time. Earlier this month, Poland’s deputy foreign minister appeared to suggest that authorities would be obliged to arrest the Israeli prime minister if he travelled to the ceremony, because the international criminal court has issued a warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu’s arrest for alleged war crimes in Gaza. The Polish prime minister, Donald Tusk, insisted Mr Netanyahu would be able to attend safely, though Israel’s delegation is not expected to include him.

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The Guardian view on a global AI race: geopolitics, innovation and the rise of chaos | Editorial
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 17:25:55 GMT

China’s tech leap challenges US dominance through innovation. But unregulated competition increases the risk of catastrophe

Eight years ago, Vladimir Putin proclaimed that mastering artificial intelligence (AI) would make a nation the “ruler of the world”. Western tech sanctions after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine should have dashed his ambitions to lead in AI by 2030. But that might be too hasty a judgment. Last week, the Chinese lab DeepSeek unveiled R1, an AI that analysts say rivals OpenAI’s top reasoning model, o1. Astonishingly, it matches o1’s capabilities while using a fraction of the computing power – and at a tenth of the cost. Predictably, one of Mr Putin’s first moves in 2025 was to align with China on AI development. R1’s launch seems no coincidence, coming just as Donald Trump backed OpenAI’s $500bn Stargate plan to outpace its peers. OpenAI has singled out DeepSeek’s parent, High Flyer Capital, as a potential threat. But at least three Chinese labs claim to rival or surpass OpenAI’s achievements.

Anticipating tighter US chip sanctions, Chinese companies stockpiled critical processors to ensure their AI models could advance despite restricted access to hardware. DeepSeek’s success underscores the ingenuity born of necessity: lacking massive datacentres or powerful specialised chips, it achieved breakthroughs through better data curation and optimisation of its model. Unlike proprietary systems, R1’s source code is public, allowing anyone competent to modify it. Yet its openness has limits: overseen by China’s internet regulator, R1 conforms to “core socialist values”. Type in Tiananmen Square or Taiwan, and the model reportedly shuts down the conversation.

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How disabled adults are sidelined by social care | Letters
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 17:18:50 GMT

Charging people on benefits for care in their homes causes real financial hardship, writes Claire Bolderson, while Jill Souter worries for the future of the charity that cares for her daughter. Plus, letters from Ray Downing and John Beer

John Harris is right about the lack of attention given to working-age adults with disabilities in discussions about the reform of social care (Shut away and ignored: thousands of disabled adults are at the frontier of the human rights struggle, 19 January). However, to the list of failings I would add the impact of the local authority charges that must be paid by those disabled and chronically ill people who need care in their own homes.

These charges (referred to by some councils as a “contribution”) are determined by a means test. Earned income is exempt from the assessment. But welfare benefits, including most disability benefits, are taken into account. Even those with no savings at all and who are entirely dependent on benefits must pay. When benefits go up, so do the charges – a practice described by one interviewee in my recent master’s research as the state “giving it you with one hand and taking it with the other”.

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China’s top diplomat to visit UK in February for talks with David Lammy
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 17:17:17 GMT

Source says purpose of Wang Yi’s visit is to hold first UK-China strategic dialogue since 2018

China’s top diplomat, Wang Yi, is due to visit the UK next month for talks with the British foreign secretary, David Lammy, the Guardian has learned.

The Foreign Office (FCDO) is drawing up plans to host the Chinese foreign minister in mid-February, according to three people briefed on the plans. The FCDO declined to comment.

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Why Labour should put green before growth | Letters
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 17:14:54 GMT

An increase in economic activity should be directed towards rebuilding public services and turbocharging a green transition, writes Colin Hines. And Mike Lake thinks all could be solved by Rachel Reeves launching a meme coin

It would appear that Rachel Reeves would rather put growth ahead of protecting our children’s future with net zero policies (Rachel Reeves’s bid to expand Heathrow could add £40 to airline ticket, 23 January). Yet in the acres of coverage about this government’s growth mantra, three crucial questions are never asked, let alone answered.

First, what exactly is the end goal of growth? The response should be an increase in economic activity directed predominantly towards rebuilding public services and turbocharging a green transition.

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Trump’s inauguration was a glimpse of what is to come | Sidney Blumenthal
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 17:00:54 GMT

Trump began his inauguration day encircled by a bevy of oligarchs, but ended it giving favor to his mob

The most sacred ceremony conducted at the Trump inauguration undoubtedly for Donald Trump personally, with its mystical meaning elevating him to his greatest height as an emperor, was the prayer for Fred Trump. Father Frank Mann, a retired priest from Brooklyn, offered a blessing to the ruthless real estate operator who made his fortune in the borough and bankrolled his son’s pilgrimage over the Queensboro Bridge into Manhattan to blow a half-billion dollars through six bankruptcies and the financial collapse of the Taj Mahal Hotel and Trump Castle casino in Jersey City, and a blessing for Fred’s wife, too, without whom “this day would never be the miracle that has just begun”.

Father Frank had struck up a relationship with Donald after he sent him a photograph of how he had weeded the Trump family gravesite at the Lutheran All Faiths Cemetery. A single tombstone marks not only Donald’s parents, but also Fred’s father and mother, Donald’s original immigrant grandparents – Friedrich deemed an undesirable in Germany – and Fred Jr, subject of Fred’s abuse that helped drive him into alcoholism and his early spot in the family plot. “From their place in heaven,” intoned Father Frank, “may they shield their son from all harm by their loving protection and give him the strength to guide our nation along the path that will make America great again”.

Sidney Blumenthal is a Guardian US columnist. He is a former senior adviser to President Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton, has published three books of a projected five-volume political life of Abraham Lincoln: A Self-Made Man, Wrestling With His Angel and All the Powers of Earth

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Trump says ‘clean out’ Gaza, urges Arab countries to take more refugees
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 16:45:59 +0000
President Donald Trump said he wanted Jordan and Egypt to take in more Palestinians from Gaza so they could "maybe live in peace" there.
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Convenient or intrusive? How Poland has embraced digital ID cards
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 16:25:52 GMT

From driving licence to local air quality, app offers myriad of features and has been rolled out to little opposition

• Concerns Gov.uk app could lead to ‘mandatory ID scheme’

Much is being said about Poland’s economy potentially overtaking Britain by 2030, but in some areas Poles are already ahead.

They can produce a digital identity card or driving licence and use an array of public services using a mobile app, mObywatel. When accessing it for the first time, users have to verify their identity by logging into electronic banking, using a digitally enabled physical ID card, or through a special “trusted profile” online.

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Stop wealthy seat-holders’ big profits from reselling at Royal Albert Hall, peer says
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 16:00:54 GMT

Sales of trustees’ tickets should go through the RAH box office rather than commercial sites, Lord Hodgson proposes

A potential conflict of interest in the way the Royal Albert Hall is governed will allow wealthy individuals and companies to increase their opportunities to make big profits from seats they own at the charitable venue, according to a member of the House of Lords.

Peers are expected to vote this week on a proposal to avoid a conflict between the private interests of trustees who own seats and the RAH’s charitable status. The move has the support of the Charity Commission.

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How the roots of the ‘PayPal mafia’ extend to apartheid South Africa
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 16:00:54 GMT

Elon Musk grew up with the privileges of a stratified racial order and Peter Thiel lived in a city that venerated Hitler

When Elon Musk’s arm shot out in a stiff arm salute at Donald Trump’s inaugural celebrations, startled viewers mostly drew the obvious comparison.

But in the fired-up debate about Musk’s intent that followed, as the world’s richest man insisted he wasn’t trying to be a Nazi, speculation inevitably focused on whether his roots in apartheid-era South Africa offered an insight.

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Gov.uk app could lead to ‘mandatory ID scheme’, claim privacy groups
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 16:00:55 GMT

App and wallet would allow people to carry digital versions of key documents such as driving licence on their phones

• Convenient or intrusive? How Poland has embraced digital ID cards

A new app to hold citizens’ driving licences, passports and benefits documents risks being used as a “launchpad for a mandatory ID scheme”, privacy campaigners have claimed.

Peter Kyle, the technology secretary, last week unveiled plans for a gov.uk app and gov.uk wallet, intended to save time and hassle for millions by allowing them to carry on their phones digital versions of paper documents.

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The anti-abortion movement weighs its next move: ‘We haven’t gone away’
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 14:30:32 GMT

The movement is on the upswing thanks to Trump but a question lingers: what is their role in his administration?

Minutes into the National Pro-Life Summit, Kristan Hawkins, president of Students for Life of America, had convinced its more than attendees to leap to their feet. She was recording a video, and she had a message she wanted them to send to Donald Trump.

“THANK YOU MISTER PRESIDENT!” the crowd in the ballroom thundered, before bursting into raucous applause – complete with wolf whistles.

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Scrap automatic right of bishops to sit in Lords, says Harriet Harman
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 14:00:52 GMT

Former Labour MP puts forward amendment to reform bill aiming to end privilege for 26 C of E bishops

Church of England bishops who sit in the House of Lords by right should be removed as part of the government’s changes to the second chamber, according to the veteran legislator Harriet Harman.

Harman, who was a Labour MP for more than 40 years until 2024, has put forward an amendment to the government’s hereditary peers bill, aimed at ending the automatic right of 26 bishops to sit in the Lords.

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From DOGE to SMOGE, Peter Dutton’s Coalition is an eerie echo of Trump (and Musk’s) America
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 14:00:56 GMT

Dutton’s cabinet reshuffle added the shadow minister of government efficiency role to Jacinta Nampijinpa Price’s position – but it sounds a bit familiar

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On 22 January, Gina Rinehart said: “If we are sensible, we should set up a DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency] immediately, reduce government waste, gov­ernment tape and regulations.”

Mere days later, on 25 January, Peter Dutton appointed Jacinta Nampijinpa Price as the shadow minister for government efficiency (SMOGE?), describing her new job as to cut “wasteful spending”.

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Home truths: the only thing Labour is building is a bigger, more dysfunctional housing market | George Monbiot
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 13:03:57 GMT

Private developers offer politicians a simple solution for bulldozing through this crisis – build more. But it won’t work

Build baby, build. That’s about the intellectual limit of the government’s housing strategy. Millions are under-housed, so let’s “bulldoze” the planning system and build more homes. But it’s not nearly so simple.

As soon as anyone challenges the policy, the government brands them a nimby – another of the crude truncations that pass for debate on this issue: nimbys versus yimbys. So before I go further, let me state that I want to see lots of new social and genuinely affordable housing built as part of a massive programme to solve the worst housing crisis of any wealthy country. I’ve been making similar calls for years, not least in the report I co-authored for the Labour party in 2019: Land for the Many. I oppose Labour’s current approach for a different reason. It will fail.

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Energized neo-Nazis feel their moment has come as Trump changes everything
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 12:00:50 GMT

Far-right chatrooms are abuzz as extremists plan to use the next four years as ‘breathing room’ and look to expand

One week into Donald Trump’s second administration and the verdict among far-right activists and neo-Nazis is that the next four years will be a time to relax, organize and take advantage of the popular awakening of American fascism.

“Be ready to cash out the next four years,” wrote one delighted neo-Nazi account on Telegram, in a post viewed more than 1,000 times. “Get the bag, infiltrate existing institutions with power, build new institutions while we have breathing room, and tear down anything leftist.”

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What does the inauguration’s authoritarian-chic fashion tell us? Designers are suddenly eager to dress the Trumps | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 11:59:03 GMT

The first time round, high fashion shunned the president’s family. Now industry figures are flocking to them

Mussolini once said that “any power whatsoever is destined to fail before fashion. If fashion says skirts are short, you will not succeed in lengthening them, even with the guillotine.” For that reason, far-right authoritarian movements have long attempted to capture the fashion system. We can argue endlessly about whether the new Trump administration can be compared to fascism. I think that it meets most of the key traits identified by Umberto Eco, but others will disagree. Regardless of your stance, it’s fair to say that the women of the Republican party have deployed fashion in ways that send a political message.

Though men especially like to highlight fashion’s supposed vapidity (tell that to Roland Barthes, I always think) it is an art form and a visual language that has much to tell us about the state of the world, and is as worthy of analysis as any other aspect of culture. The rise of the tradwife – and the modest, floral prairie dresses so beloved by these rightwing influencers, which then trickled down to the high street – has mirrored the shift in the US much further to the right. As this new administration inevitably comes to roll back more women’s rights, I wonder how it will be reflected in fashion. Prairie dresses are on the way out, but there are other styles to replace them.

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What ending birthright citizenship could look like in the U.S.
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 11:00:00 +0000
Legal experts say the undocumented population would grow and that all Americans would be impacted if Trump’s order ending birthright citizenship takes effect.
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Trump adds his criticism to L.A. voters’ anger at Mayor Karen Bass
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 11:00:46 +0000
As local voters say they have lost confidence in the mayor, a presidential visit gave her a platform to plead her case. Then the president intervened.
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The Donald and Elon Show is an unholy mess | Stewart Lee
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 11:00:48 GMT

Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do

‘Abba, selach ’ethon la nakhru mah h’mon pelalin!” Flood the zone with shit. Police investigators that pore professionally over horrific imagery online have counselling and mental health support. This week I’ve followed the news from Musk’s America for the sake of another supposedly funny Observer column, and no one’s checking to see if I’m coping. I’m going to go to CEX here in St Albans tomorrow to score a second-hand copy of Ruggero Deodato’s Cannibal Holocaust, just for some light relief.

“Abba, selach ’ethon la nakhru mah h’mon pelalin!” Flood the zone with shit. I asked to file this week’s supposedly funny column a day later than usual, hoping there might be some glimmer of hope by 4pm Wednesday. On Monday night I went out to do my standup show at Dorking Halls, and four hours later, when I got back to my hotel, the routine I’d just performed about America’s new leader Elon Musk was already irrelevant, white supremacists worldwide delighted that he appeared to have given two full-on Nazi salutes to the faithful. I didn’t have that on my Trump inauguration ceremony bingo card.

Stewart Lee tours Stewart Lee vs the Man-Wulf this year, with a Royal Festival Hall run in July

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Rachel Reeves indicates support for third runway at Heathrow
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 10:53:10 GMT

Chancellor says runway would mean fewer planes circling London, and points to moves towards sustainable flying

Rachel Reeves has indicated her support for building a third runway at Heathrow airport, arguing that it would have environmental benefits such as fewer planes circling London.

Ahead of a major speech on economic growth this coming week, the chancellor made the case for Heathrow expansion and said there was “huge investment” in more sustainable aviation.

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Another convicted January 6 US Capitol attacker rejects Trump’s pardon
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 09:00:47 GMT

Jason Riddle says he rejected pardon because ‘it happened. I did those things, and they weren’t pardonable’

At least one more person who was convicted in connection with the 2021 US Capitol attack carried out by Donald Trump supporters has rejected a pardon from the president, saying he believed his actions “weren’t pardonable”.

In an interview published Friday by New Hampshire Public Radio (NHPR), US navy veteran Jason Riddle said: “It’s almost like [Trump] was trying to say it didn’t happen. And it happened. I did those things, and they weren’t pardonable.

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Until we tackle the nihilistic rage behind terrorism, it will stay the menace of our age | Kenan Malik
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 08:00:46 GMT

We need to rethink our understanding of violent attacks such as in Southport, in order to confront the deeper reasons why furious young men kill

‘Britain faces a new threat,” Keir Starmer claimed last week after Axel Rudakubana pleaded guilty to the murders of three young girls in a Taylor Swift dance class in Southport; terror not just from “highly organised groups with clear political intent” but also “acts of extreme violence perpetrated by loners, misfits, young men in their bedroom, accessing all manner of material online, desperate for notoriety”. The Crown Prosecution Service, to the outrage of many, has refused to categorise the Southport killings as terrorism because “there is no evidence the purpose was to advance a particular political or ideological cause”.

This, though, is not a new feature of terror assaults. “What such attacks expose is the continuing degeneration of Islamist terror and the increasingly blurred lines between ideological violence and sociopathic rage.” I wrote those words almost eight years ago after an attack on the Houses of Parliament by Khalid Masood in March 2017. Five people were killed, including Masood himself, after he drove a car at pedestrians on Westminster Bridge before running into the grounds of the parliament building and stabbing a police officer.

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‘I sense Brussels is ready to be bold and ambitious’: hope mixes with anger on Brexit’s fifth anniversary
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 07:00:43 GMT

The union jack was lowered in Brussels this week in 2020. Today, despite the problems caused by leaving, a yearning for ‘Breturn’ flowers

Andrew Moss despairs, even now, when he thinks back to the end of January 2020. It was a painful, traumatic time for anyone building an export business in the UK.

On 30 January, the World Health Organization declared Covid-19 a public health emergency of ­international concern. The ­following day, the UK finally exited the European Union.

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UK haunted by Johnson’s ‘botched Brexit deal’ and Labour’s plans don’t go far enough | Anand Menon and Joël Reland
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 07:00:44 GMT

Five years on, it’s unclear how a proposed UK-EU relationship reset would repair damage to the economy

Five years since Brexit, the UK wants to reset the EU relationship. A simple question of sitting down with the EU and negotiating, surely?

Sort of, though not quite. It’s easy to see why a self-professed growth-obsessed government might seek to be closer to the EU. It’s less clear why it’s seeking what it is, or whether achieving any of it will be easy.

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Elon Musk urges far-right German party to move beyond ‘past guilt’
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 00:21:33 +0000
The billionaire was received by cheers while addressing a rally for Alternative for Germany where he told attendees they shouldn’t be ashamed of their history.
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Rwandan army ‘ready to invade DRC’ and help rebels seize city
Sat, 25 Jan 2025 23:07:04 GMT

Intelligence sources suggest battle for Congolese regional capital Goma is imminent before UN crisis talks on Sunday

Large numbers of troops from Rwanda have been pouring across the border into the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to help rebels seize the regional capital of Goma before an emergency UN meeting about the crisis takes place on Sunday, intelligence officials have warned.

Rwanda Defence Force (RDF) soldiers are believed to have secretly crossed into the eastern DRC over the past few days to assist a lightning offensive by the M23 militia.

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Trump’s first-week strategy: ‘Flood the zone.’ Repeat.
Sat, 25 Jan 2025 20:53:15 +0000
It was all part of a plan to begin with a bang and follow a detailed policy blueprint, although key administrative posts remain stuck in a hiring bottleneck and many of his directives have lacked immediate effect.
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5 ways Project 2025 appeared in Trump’s presidential directives
Sat, 25 Jan 2025 20:15:54 +0000
A Post analysis identified at least two dozen presidential directives with some text that closely resembled the language or policy of Project 2025.
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Kristi Noem confirmed by Senate as secretary of Dept. of Homeland Security
Sat, 25 Jan 2025 19:47:32 +0000
The role is key to Trump’s plans for his second term after pledging to deport millions of undocumented immigrants and impose a crackdown at the southern border.
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Pete Hegseth confirmed as defense secretary after Vance breaks tie
Sat, 25 Jan 2025 17:24:45 +0000
The Senate’s 50-50 vote for Pete Hegseth marked the second time in history that a vice president was called upon to break the tie to confirm a Cabinet official.
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The Heathrow runway row is back as debate over airport growth gets noisier
Sat, 25 Jan 2025 13:00:21 GMT

With four similar expansions set for take-off around the south-east of England, could the proposal finally get clearance?

Two decades and 0.2C of global warming after a Labour government last weighed in on Heathrow, the answer appears the same: keep digging. Rachel Reeves’s anticipated backing for a third runway would again prioritise growth and the global economy over climate. Interviewers are even asking Ed Miliband if he would resign in protest – a question that last troubled the headlines in 2009.

Airport expansion in the UK, especially in the south-east of England, is coming regardless, with four other London-branded airports sneaking ahead in the queue. Stansted and City have both been granted permission to grow. Fully developed plans that will radically alter the scale of Gatwick and Luton have, meanwhile, been through the inspectorate and await ministerial signoff.

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How a rule imposed by Trump shapes abortion access around the world
Sat, 25 Jan 2025 05:09:11 +0000
The Mexico City policy, or “global gag rule,” blocks U.S. aid to foreign organizations that perform or discuss abortions.
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McConnell cites ‘major adversaries’ globally as reason for vote against Hegseth
Sat, 25 Jan 2025 03:43:01 +0000

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How every senator voted on Pete Hegseth for defense secretary
Sat, 25 Jan 2025 03:24:52 +0000
Pete Hegseth was confirmed after Vice President JD Vance cast a tie-breaking vote in support of his nomination. See how your senators voted.
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How senators (and the vice president) voted on Hegseth’s nomination
Sat, 25 Jan 2025 03:17:08 +0000

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Sen. Mitch McConnell’s no vote on Pete Hegseth means the confirmation paths of some other contentious...
Sat, 25 Jan 2025 03:15:48 +0000

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“We have a great secretary of defense,” President Donald Trump told reporters in Los Angeles. He...
Sat, 25 Jan 2025 02:54:13 +0000

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Pete Hegseth is confirmed as defense secretary
Sat, 25 Jan 2025 02:51:03 +0000

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Vice President JD Vance hinted at casting a tiebreaking vote for Pete Hegseth in an X...
Sat, 25 Jan 2025 02:40:24 +0000

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Sen. Thom Tillis (R-North Carolina) cast the 50th vote for Pete Hegseth for defense secretary just...
Sat, 25 Jan 2025 02:28:32 +0000

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What is FEMA, the agency Trump has threatened to get rid of?
Sat, 25 Jan 2025 02:11:57 +0000
Ahead of a tour of two states struck by natural disasters, President Donald Trump criticized the disaster response agency as “very bureaucratic” and “very slow.”
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Vice President JD Vance is headed to Capitol Hill and prepared to break a tie, if...
Sat, 25 Jan 2025 01:59:53 +0000

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Pete Hegseth arrived at the Capitol ahead of the confirmation vote for his nomination for secretary...
Sat, 25 Jan 2025 01:35:46 +0000

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Trump reinstates Hyde Amendment and ‘global gag rule’ on abortion
Sat, 25 Jan 2025 01:28:25 +0000

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Trump strikes conciliatory tone during briefing in L.A.
Sat, 25 Jan 2025 01:17:50 +0000

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Touring disaster sites, Trump says he wants to get rid of FEMA
Sat, 25 Jan 2025 00:43:35 +0000
In the first official trip of his second term, Trump also threatened to withhold disaster aid to California unless the state enacts a voter ID law.
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Trump’s gusher of misleading economic statistics at Davos
Sat, 25 Jan 2025 00:23:30 +0000
The president errs on the budget and trade deficits.
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Trump is touring the damage at the Alphabet Streets in the Pacific Palisades. Newsom is no...
Sat, 25 Jan 2025 00:10:56 +0000

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) said President Donald Trump’s scheduled visit on Friday means a lot...
Fri, 24 Jan 2025 23:44:13 +0000

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Trump administration asks for pause on Supreme Court cases
Fri, 24 Jan 2025 23:40:51 +0000
The motions in cases involving student loans and the environment suggest how the Trump administration will shift its priorities at the Supreme Court.
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President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump walked off of Air Force One wearing black...
Fri, 24 Jan 2025 23:16:32 +0000

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LOS ANGELES — California Gov. Gavin Newsom hadn’t heard back from President Donald Trump about his...
Fri, 24 Jan 2025 23:01:11 +0000

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There’s some last-minute drama to the confirmation vote for Pete Hegseth, President Donald Trump’s nominee to...
Fri, 24 Jan 2025 22:53:02 +0000

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Plans for Trump’s border mission include combat vehicles, infantry
Fri, 24 Jan 2025 22:22:54 +0000
The Pentagon is rushing to provide the Trump administration with options to vastly expand the military’s footprint from Texas to California.
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Supreme Court to weigh whether states can allow religious public schools
Fri, 24 Jan 2025 22:14:09 +0000

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RFK Jr. skipped meeting where officials planned fight against a future pandemic
Fri, 24 Jan 2025 21:57:02 +0000

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Education Department dismisses complaints about book removals
Fri, 24 Jan 2025 21:57:53 +0000

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Vance credits Trump with ending Roe v. Wade at antiabortion rally
Fri, 24 Jan 2025 21:44:10 +0000

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Justice Department to cut back prosecution of abortion clinic protest cases
Fri, 24 Jan 2025 21:40:26 +0000

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Trump wants to tackle inflation. Will these top actions bring prices down?
Fri, 24 Jan 2025 21:11:13 +0000

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Americans say government is inefficient, but don’t want to see big cuts, especially to safety net
Fri, 24 Jan 2025 20:49:05 +0000

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Interior Department moves toward federal renaming of Denali and Gulf of Mexico
Fri, 24 Jan 2025 20:24:46 +0000

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Trump’s pause on foreign aid has few exceptions, says State Department memo
Fri, 24 Jan 2025 20:23:45 +0000

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Trump’s budget pick, Russ Vought, is starting to upend Washington
Fri, 24 Jan 2025 19:39:58 +0000

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Career FDA official tapped as acting agency head
Fri, 24 Jan 2025 19:21:25 +0000

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Fauci loses government security protection as his critics take power
Fri, 24 Jan 2025 19:03:44 +0000

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Los Angeles mayor to join Trump for wildfires briefing
Fri, 24 Jan 2025 18:28:05 +0000

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FEMA’s data at odds with Trump’s claims about hurricane response
Fri, 24 Jan 2025 18:19:22 +0000

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Stewart Rhodes, whose sentence was commuted, ordered to stay out of D.C.
Fri, 24 Jan 2025 18:18:55 +0000
Leader of extremist Oath Keepers group remains under post-release supervision and must stay away from scene of the seditious conspiracy plot without prior court approval.
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Military chief killed as M23 rebels close in on Goma in eastern DRC
Fri, 24 Jan 2025 17:04:28 GMT

Maj Gen Peter Cirimwami Nkuba shot near frontline as advance causes panic among civilian population

The military governor of North Kivu province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has died from injuries sustained during the army’s fight against the M23 rebel group as it advances towards the city of Goma.

Maj Gen Peter Cirimwami Nkuba, who led the province since 2023, died after being shot near the frontline on Thursday, government and UN sources told various news agencies.

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The Broligarchy: The Who’s Who of the Silicon Gilded Age
Fri, 24 Jan 2025 11:00:00 +0000

Tech CEOs cozying up to Trump want to reshape reality to their politics.

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The Big Tech Takeover of American Politics
Fri, 24 Jan 2025 11:00:00 +0000
Social media is no longer just a tool for politicians to get out their message; politicians now have to shape themselves into optimized vessels for social media.
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Netanyahu Has an ICC Arrest Warrant. Poland’s Promise to Ignore It Would Be a “Grave Mistake.”
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 20:23:04 +0000

Poland has promised Netanyahu safe passage to an Auschwitz memorial service. Former and current EU officials are speaking out.

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Trump Inauguration Official’s “Phony Charity” Allegedly Pocketed East Palestine Train Disaster Funds
Sun, 19 Jan 2025 18:52:34 +0000

Under a settlement with Ohio’s attorney general, GOP operative Pat Lee can never fundraise for charity in the state again.

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The Proud Boys Are Plotting a Comeback. And They Want Revenge
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 16:25:12 +0000
Fresh out of federal prison, former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio suggests he’s still in charge as the far-right organization looks to regroup.
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The Who's Who of MAGA Influencers You Should Know About by Now
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 12:00:00 +0000
Welcome to Trump 2.0, where these creators have the ears not only of their audiences but of the president as well.
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Psychology Can Be Harnessed to Combat Violent Extremism
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 09:00:00 +0000
Organized violence is set to grow—but the social media-powered mechanisms that expose would-be extremists to threats can also be used to help empathy flourish.
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David Remnick on the Dawn of Trump’s Second Term
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 01:12:56 +0000
“The hunger that there was to know every detail, every tweet, every remark, has receded immeasurably, to Trump’s benefit,” the editor of The New Yorker says.
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Lukashenko says he has ‘no regrets’ about Belarus helping Russia to invade Ukraine
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 17:17:24 GMT

Autocrat makes comment about support for ‘older brother’ Putin as Belarusians vote in ‘sham’ presidential election

Belarusian autocrat Alexander Lukashenko said he had “no regrets” about allowing Russia to use his country to invade Ukraine, amid condemnation of the “sham” presidential vote almost certain to extend his 31 years of authoritarian rule.

Germany’s foreign minister, Annalena Baerbock, said on Sunday that the vote was a “bitter day for all those who long for freedom and democracy”.

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The best new novelists for 2025
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 08:00:43 GMT

Welcome to our annual selection of the year’s finest debut novels. We have a proven track record in picking authors that go on to be loved by readers and win awards … from Douglas Stuart and Sally Rooney to Caleb Azumah Nelson and Bonnie Garmus. Here are 2025’s gems

For the 12th year running, writers and editors on the Observer New Review spent the busy weeks before Christmas immersed in dozens of forthcoming debut novels, seeking out the titles we reckon deserve to be in everyone’s hands over the months ahead. Whatever your taste in fiction, this list gives you a heads-up on the future prize winners, mega-sellers and word-of-mouth hits that change the literary conversation. From Shuggie Bain to Conversations with Friends and The Miniaturist, and from Caleb Azumah Nelson to Bonnie Garmus and Sheena Patel – all found early champions here. Colin Barrett, one of last year’s picks, just won this year’s Nero debut fiction prize, awarded last year to Michael Magee, one of our 2023 picks.

Our search for the year’s best debut novels only ever has one rule: the writers we choose must live in the UK or Ireland. After that, anything goes. The class of 2025 includes authors whose manuscripts were snapped up before they’d left university, and some who didn’t put pen to paper until a later-life left turn. Some are published by independent presses, others by cash-splashing corporates trumpeting the spoils of multiway bidding wars, television rights already in the bag. There are novels on this list that were written at dawn, through lunch breaks, whenever the nine-to-five allowed, and at least one that was written on the cushion of a six-figure advance – a pressure of its own. Several authors here are already well known for their short story collections. Nothing mattered to us but the novels themselves.

The strong showing from writers in Ireland and Northern Ireland makes sense when you hear them talk about the subsidised literary magazines and development agencies that helped them grow. Surprise, surprise: arts funding is transformative. Those kinds of fortifying networks exist in Britain too, yet the mood feels more atomised, less collegiate, not least since the White Review – a magazine that broke many new names – ceased to publish after Arts Council cuts in 2023.

If there’s a theme among this year’s books, it might be care – parent-child relationships recur in a variety of guises – but their style and subject differ as widely as their paths to publication. There’s a dizzyingly transcontinental ecological epic about Hindu nationalism, set everywhere from the Chagos Islands to the Arctic Circle. There’s a spare, slender tale of embattled gay love in 1980s south Wales. There’s a pacy page-turner about escaping coercive control, and a filthy comic romp about an “Islamic State bride” in Iraq (really). And that’s just for starters; we loved every one of these outstanding novels, and we think you will too. Here’s to yet more excellent reading.
Anthony Cummins

A lot of eco fiction is very worthy. My book has car chases!

As a teenager, sex is all-consuming … grotty but still erotic, even romantic – shenanigans in cinemas, shenanigans behind cinemas

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Elon Musk makes surprise appearance at AfD event in eastern Germany
Sat, 25 Jan 2025 20:39:04 GMT

Tycoon tells 4,500 people at campaign event in Halle to be proud of German culture in speech via video link

Elon Musk made a surprise appearance during Germany’s Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) election campaign event in Halle in eastern Germany on Saturday, speaking publicly in support of the far-right party for the second time in as many weeks.

Addressing a hall of 4,500 people alongside the party’s co-leader, Alice Weidel, Musk spoke live via video link about preserving German culture and protecting the German people.

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A Spirit of Vengeance in Trump’s First Week
Sat, 25 Jan 2025 11:00:00 +0000
“There is no distinction between his personal grievances and his policy aims,” Evan Osnos says.
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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 costs as much as a whole gaming PC—but it sure is fast
Fri, 24 Jan 2025 16:28:44 +0000
Even setting aside Frame Generation, this is a fast, power-hungry $2,000 GPU.
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Mexico Rushes to Help Stranded Migrants After Trump Shuts Down the CBP One App
Wed, 22 Jan 2025 17:44:35 +0000
The Mexico Embraces You program provides 2,000 pesos for deported migrants who cannot afford to return home.
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How Much Power Does President Trump Have?
Wed, 22 Jan 2025 20:37:37 +0000
In his executive orders, Trump repeatedly asserted that he can make and interpret law, alongside Congress and the courts.
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Rocket Report: Did China’s reusable rocket work?; DOT may review SpaceX fines
Fri, 24 Jan 2025 12:00:19 +0000
Rocket Lab announced it will soon launch a batch of eight German-owned wildfire-detection satellites.
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Canada’s top court to hear challenge to controversial Quebec secularism law
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 20:40:56 GMT

Federal government appeals against law critics say disproportionately affects hijab-wearing Muslim women

Canada’s top court has agreed to hear a challenge to Quebec’s controversial secularism law, paving the way for a fierce debate over provincial powers and the fundamental rights of ethnic and religious minorities.

The supreme court signaled on Thursday that it would grant leave to appeal against the 2019 law which prohibits certain public workers in positions of authority – including judges, police officers, prison guards and teachers – from wearing religious symbols while at work. Other public workers such as bus drivers, doctors and social workers must only keep their faces uncovered.

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Why My Memories of Being Taken From My Mom at the Border Came Flooding Back
Sun, 19 Jan 2025 09:00:00 +0000

I was separated from my mom at age 10. Donald Trump's reelection has reignited my family's fears.

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Crypto, TikTok, tariffs: How Trump’s whirlwind first week hit your wallet and your phone
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 16:37:00 GMT
President Donald Trump issued a barrage of executive orders that were aimed squarely at markets and your money — but what will they actually do?
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Is language the key to resolving the WFH v back-to-the-office culture wars? | Emma Beddington
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 14:00:52 GMT

Those who work from home and their office-based colleagues need to understand each other better – and that starts with language. Here’s my new corporate glossary

I note, wearily, that the work culture wars grind on. We are in the midst of yet another push to get staff back in to the office, with Amazon, Morgan Stanley and Asda all desperately trying to stuff the human genie back into its cubicle bottle. Staff at the Office for National Statistics and the Land Registry, among others, have voted to strike to preserve their right to work from home (WFH). Stuart Rose, former CEO of M&S and until November executive chair of Asda, told Panorama that home work isn’t “proper work” and the Mail quotes a “Gen Z CEO” saying he is wrong. Can’t we all just get along?

One possible explanation for the continued conflict is that we have become strangers to each other. Absence made the heart grow more suspicious: our office-based overlords think we WFHers have become an army of side-hustling slackers. We, meanwhile, know them only by their diktats: to us they are as blankly remote and unrelatable as extras in Severance.

Emma Beddington is a Guardian columnist

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Trump’s Attempt to Redefine America
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 11:00:00 +0000
The effect of the President’s executive orders was to convey an open season, in which virtually nothing—including who gets to be an American citizen—is guaranteed.
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US Privacy Snags a Win as Judge Limits Warrantless FBI Searches
Sat, 25 Jan 2025 11:30:00 +0000
Plus: A hacker finds an issue with Cloudflare’s systems that could reveal app users’ rough locations, and the Trump administration puts a wrench in a key cybersecurity investigation.
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‘Keep moving forward’: Yunupingu leads Australia Day honours
Sat, 25 Jan 2025 11:01:18 GMT

Late Yolŋu Indigenous rights activist appointed companion of the Order of Australia, along with lawyer Megan Davis and refugee advocate Gillian Triggs

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The late Yolŋu Indigenous rights activist Dr Galarrwuy Yunupingu has posthumously been appointed a companion of the Order of Australia in this year’s Australia Day honours list, where he is joined by emeritus professor Gillian Triggs, the former head of the Australian Human Rights Commission, and Cobble Cobble constitutional lawyer and Indigenous advocate scientia professor Megan Davis.

Yunupingu, a supporter of the Indigenous voice to parliament, died six months before the referendum on constitutional recognition that was the driving force of the final decades of his life.

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WHO starts cutting costs as US withdrawal date set for January 2026
Fri, 24 Jan 2025 22:27:39 +0000
The US is currently the WHO's biggest funder, contributing about 18% of its budget.
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How the world has responded to Trump’s Paris climate agreement withdrawal
Fri, 24 Jan 2025 12:00:31 GMT

From Europe to Africa and South America, countries reaffirm commitment to tackle crisis

World leaders, senior ministers and key figures in climate diplomacy have, one by one, reaffirmed their commitment to the Paris agreement this week, in response to the order by Donald Trump to withdraw the US from the pact.

The prospect of the world keeping temperatures to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels, as the treaty calls for, was damaged by the incoming US president’s move. Hopes of meeting the target were already fast receding, and last year was the first to consistently breach the 1.5C limit, but the goal will be measured over years or even decades and stringent cuts to emissions now could still make a difference.

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Match ID: 146 Score: 15.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 2 days
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Dating Apps Promise to Remain a Rare Haven Following Trump’s Executive Order
Fri, 24 Jan 2025 12:00:00 +0000
As President Trump moves to change federal policy so the US government only recognizes “two genders” and social media platforms become less safe for LGBTQ+ people, dating apps could become a refuge.
Match ID: 147 Score: 15.00 source: www.wired.com age: 2 days
qualifiers: 15.00 executive

Humphrey’s world: how the Samuel Smith beer baron built Britain’s strangest pub chain – podcast
Fri, 24 Jan 2025 05:00:02 GMT

Since the 1970s, Humphrey Smith has acquired scores of pubs and historic properties around the UK. But time after time, he has left the buildings empty. Why has he allowed his empire to moulder? By Mark Blacklock. Read by Joe Layton

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Match ID: 148 Score: 15.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 2 days
qualifiers: 15.00 executive

Southport attacks: the failures that allowed Axel Rudakubana to kill – podcast
Fri, 24 Jan 2025 03:00:44 GMT

The murders of three little girls in the seaside town led to horror – and then racist riots. Now the teenaged killer has been sentenced to 52 years. Josh Halliday reports

It was hard to imagine a more unlikely place for horror to unfold than a community centre holding a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in the sleepy seaside town of Southport. So when three little girls were murdered and eight other children and two adults viciously stabbed by a 17-year-old boy, it seemed incomprehensible. But before the shock could wear off, misinformation and lies about who had unleashed this misery began to spread. The result was days of racist riots and violence.

Josh Halliday, the Guardian’s North of England editor, covered the attacks, the riots and now the court case of Axel Rudakubana as he was sentenced to 52 years in prison. On Monday, as the jury was expected to be sworn in, the now 18-year-old Rudakubana shocked everyone by pleading guilty to all the charges he was faced with. And this week the judge gave him a life sentence.

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Match ID: 149 Score: 15.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 2 days
qualifiers: 15.00 executive

Trump Is Already Drowning Us in Outrages
Fri, 24 Jan 2025 00:16:48 +0000
A guide to the Week One distractions, late-night devilry, executive overreach, and the Administration’s early infighting.
Match ID: 150 Score: 15.00 source: www.newyorker.com age: 2 days
qualifiers: 15.00 executive

All federal agencies ordered to terminate remote work—ideally within 30 days
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 21:28:47 +0000
US agencies wasting billions on empty offices an “embarrassment,” RTO memo says.
Match ID: 151 Score: 15.00 source: arstechnica.com age: 2 days
qualifiers: 15.00 executive

Trump can save TikTok without forcing a sale, ByteDance board member claims
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 20:33:00 +0000
ByteDance apparently sees several non-sale options as Trump mulls resolution.
Match ID: 152 Score: 15.00 source: arstechnica.com age: 2 days
qualifiers: 15.00 executive

Secret Phone Surveillance Tech Was Likely Deployed at 2024 DNC
Fri, 10 Jan 2025 15:21:46 +0000
Data WIRED collected during the 2024 Democratic National Convention strongly suggests the use of a cell-site simulator, a controversial spy device that intercepts sensitive data from every phone in its range.
Match ID: 153 Score: 14.29 source: www.wired.com age: 16 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics, 4.29 democrat, 3.57 election, 2.14 elections

Court rules FBI’s warrantless searches violated Fourth Amendment
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 17:50:39 +0000
Rights groups demand lawmakers add a warrant requirement to Section 702.
Match ID: 154 Score: 12.86 source: arstechnica.com age: 3 days
qualifiers: 12.86 constitution

City down and almost out in Paris as Arsenal march on – Football Weekly Extra
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 12:35:12 GMT

Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, Nicky Bandini, Jonathan Fadugba and Barney Ronay to discuss the Champions League action

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

On the podcast today: PSG do the very thing PSG aren’t supposed to do and un-implode against Manchester City, coming back from 2-0 down to win 4-2 and leave Pep’s side with a chance of not making the Champions League playoffs.

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Match ID: 155 Score: 12.86 source: www.theguardian.com age: 3 days
qualifiers: 12.86 executive

Elon Musk Plays DOGE Ball—and Hits America’s Geek Squad
Wed, 22 Jan 2025 23:00:00 +0000
Under Donald Trump, the United States Digital Service is morphing into Elon Musk’s cost-cutting machine.
Match ID: 156 Score: 12.86 source: www.wired.com age: 3 days
qualifiers: 12.86 executive

Donald Trump Invents an Energy Emergency
Tue, 21 Jan 2025 20:48:35 +0000
The Day One executive orders call for more drilling—something that, really, nobody wants.
Match ID: 157 Score: 10.71 source: www.newyorker.com age: 4 days
qualifiers: 10.71 executive

AI-Generated Fake News Is Coming to an Election Near You
Mon, 22 Jan 2024 12:00:00 +0000
Targeted, AI-generated political misinformation is already out there—and humans are falling for it.
Match ID: 158 Score: 10.00 source: www.wired.com age: 370 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics, 3.57 election, 2.14 elections

UK MPs withdraw report criticising current Bangladesh regime over ‘bias’
Sun, 19 Jan 2025 13:00:03 GMT

Exclusive: Complaints said report was 'inaccurate’ and biased in favour of ousted Sheikh Hasina’s government

A group of MPs has withdrawn a controversial report into Bangladesh after complaints that it was biased in favour of the ousted government of Sheikh Hasina.

The all-party parliamentary group (APPG) on the Commonwealth issued a report on Bangladesh last November that criticised the current regime in Dhaka but was accused of significant inaccuracies.

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Match ID: 159 Score: 8.57 source: www.theguardian.com age: 7 days
qualifiers: 8.57 politics

Latino Voters Have Grown More Politically Divided. That’s Not Surprising.
2024-10-28T00:00:00Z
Demographics are not destiny in politics. Richard Calvo, Vincent Pons, and Jesse Shapiro explain how their latest research is playing out in the final stretch of the US presidential race.
Match ID: 160 Score: 8.57 source: hbswk.hbs.edu age: 90 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics, 4.29 democrat

How to trade an election
Thu, 21 Mar 2024 11:10:12 +0000
It is becoming harder for investors to ignore politics
Match ID: 161 Score: 7.86 source: www.economist.com age: 311 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics, 3.57 election

A New Jam-Packed Biden Executive Order Tackles Cybersecurity, AI, and More
Thu, 16 Jan 2025 10:30:00 +0000
US president Joe Biden just issued a 40-page executive order that aims to bolster federal cybersecurity protections, directs government use of AI—and takes a swipe at Microsoft’s dominance.
Match ID: 162 Score: 6.43 source: www.wired.com age: 10 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics, 2.14 executive

Biden Signs New Cybersecurity Order
2025-01-20T12:06:19Z

President Biden has signed a new cybersecurity order. It has a bunch of provisions, most notably using the US governments procurement power to improve cybersecurity practices industry-wide.

Some details:

The core of the executive order is an array of mandates for protecting government networks based on lessons learned from recent major incidents­—namely, the security failures of federal contractors.

The order requires software vendors to submit proof that they follow secure development practices, building on a mandate that debuted in 2022 in response to ...

Match ID: 163 Score: 6.43 source: www.schneier.com age: 6 days
qualifiers: 6.43 executive

Washington’s TikTok Ban Hypocrisy: Internet Censorship Is Good, Now
Sat, 18 Jan 2025 13:00:00 +0000

With the Supreme Court approving the TikTok ban, the U.S. is embracing the type of internet authoritarianism it long opposed.

The post Washington’s TikTok Ban Hypocrisy: Internet Censorship Is Good, Now appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 164 Score: 5.71 source: theintercept.com age: 8 days
qualifiers: 4.29 democrat, 1.43 congress

Economists need new indicators of economic misery
Thu, 14 Nov 2024 10:40:55 +0000
Existing measures of discomfort are failing to predict elections
Match ID: 165 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 73 days
qualifiers: 3.57 election, 2.14 elections

Why investors are unwise to bet on elections
Thu, 25 Jul 2024 09:55:47 +0000
Turning a profit from political news is a lot harder than it looks
Match ID: 166 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 185 days
qualifiers: 3.57 election, 2.14 elections

The FCC’s Jessica Rosenworcel Isn’t Leaving Without a Fight
Fri, 17 Jan 2025 18:48:19 +0000
As the US faces “the worst telecommunications hack in our nation’s history,” by China’s Salt Typhoon hackers, the outgoing FCC chair is determined to bolster network security if it’s the last thing she does.
Match ID: 167 Score: 4.29 source: www.wired.com age: 8 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics

Biden's Cyber Ambassador Urges Trump Not to Cede Ground to Russia and China in Global Tech Fight
Thu, 16 Jan 2025 11:30:00 +0000
Nathaniel Fick, the ambassador for cyberspace and digital policy, has led US tech diplomacy amid a rising tide of pressure from authoritarian regimes. Will the Trump administration undo that work?
Match ID: 168 Score: 4.29 source: www.wired.com age: 10 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics

Rumble Among 15 Targets of Texas Attorney General’s Child Privacy Probe
Thu, 09 Jan 2025 21:02:36 +0000
Texas has become a leading enforcer of internet rules. Its latest probe includes some platforms that privacy experts describe as unusual suspects.
Match ID: 169 Score: 4.29 source: www.wired.com age: 16 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics

How the US TikTok Ban Would Actually Work
Thu, 09 Jan 2025 19:46:27 +0000
The fate of TikTok now rests in the hands of the US Supreme Court. If a law banning the social video app this month is upheld, it won’t disappear from your phone—but it will get messy fast.
Match ID: 170 Score: 4.29 source: www.wired.com age: 16 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics

Hong Kong’s property slump may be terminal
Thu, 28 Nov 2024 11:05:20 +0000
Demographics and geopolitics will make a recovery harder
Match ID: 171 Score: 4.29 source: www.economist.com age: 59 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics

Betting markets are useful when politics is chaotic
Thu, 11 Jul 2024 09:36:12 +0000
Why, then, are they largely outlawed in America?
Match ID: 172 Score: 4.29 source: www.economist.com age: 199 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics

How American politics has infected investing
Sun, 21 Apr 2024 15:41:46 +0000
Beware: taking a stand can be expensive
Match ID: 173 Score: 4.29 source: www.economist.com age: 280 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics

A Dangerous New Home for Online Extremism
Wed, 24 Jan 2024 12:00:00 +0000
Decentralized Autonomous Organizations, or DAOs, offer independently-minded internet users a safe haven—but it’s also a boon to those with a darker purpose.
Match ID: 174 Score: 4.29 source: www.wired.com age: 368 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics

Regulators Are Finally Catching Up With Big Tech
Fri, 12 Jan 2024 12:00:00 +0000
The lawless, Wild West era of AI and technology is almost at an end, as data protection authorities use new and existing legislation to get tough.
Match ID: 175 Score: 4.29 source: www.wired.com age: 380 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics

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

 

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

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

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

Introduction

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

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

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

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

LimeWire AI Studio

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

AI Image Generation Tools

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

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

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

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

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

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Automatically Mint Your Content As NFTs

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

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

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

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

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

Earn Revenue From Your Content

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

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

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

LMWR Tokens

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

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

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

Pricing Plans

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

• Basic plan: 

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

• Advanced plan: 

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

• Pro plan: 

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

• Pro Plus plan: 

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

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

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Conclusion

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

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

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

Match ID: 176 Score: 4.29 source: techncruncher.blogspot.com age: 411 days
qualifiers: 4.29 democrat

How we're getting ripped off by hidden inflation – video
Thu, 16 Jan 2025 08:59:18 GMT

Why are your favourite products getting smaller but costing the same? From toilet paper rolls to snacks, shrinkflation is the sneaky tactic is affecting many things we buy.

In this video, Neelam Tailor looks into how companies hide shrinkflation and what you can do about it.

After a holiday season where festive treats like Cadbury’s Christmas selection boxes shrank while prices stayed the same, shrinkflation continues to impact shoppers in 2025. Start the year informed and learn how to spot these subtle changes to protect your budget.

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Match ID: 177 Score: 3.57 source: www.theguardian.com age: 10 days
qualifiers: 3.57 election

Biden: Trump’s tax and tariffs plans are a ‘major mistake’
Tue, 10 Dec 2024 15:20:21 EST
Five weeks after the election, the president took his sharpest swing at Trump’s policy plans.
Match ID: 178 Score: 3.57 source: www.politico.com age: 46 days
qualifiers: 3.57 election

Why everyone wants to lend to weak companies
Thu, 28 Nov 2024 10:58:45 +0000
An unanticipated side-effect of Donald Trump’s election victory
Match ID: 179 Score: 3.57 source: www.economist.com age: 59 days
qualifiers: 3.57 election

Trump voters feel very differently about things now that he’s won, our new poll shows
Wed, 27 Nov 2024 16:47:39 EST
A pair of POLITICO|Morning Consult polls, one conducted in the final days of the election and the other conducted after Trump won, show how public opinion has changed.
Match ID: 180 Score: 3.57 source: www.politico.com age: 59 days
qualifiers: 3.57 election

America’s glorious economy should help Kamala Harris
Sun, 27 Oct 2024 15:11:58 +0000
Voters are starting to notice the good news just in time for the election
Match ID: 181 Score: 3.57 source: www.economist.com age: 91 days
qualifiers: 3.57 election

When will Americans see those interest-rate cuts?
Wed, 10 Apr 2024 20:08:53 +0000
Following a nasty surprise, some now think they may come only after the presidential election
Match ID: 182 Score: 3.57 source: www.economist.com age: 290 days
qualifiers: 3.57 election

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

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

Canva has a web version and also a mobile app

What is Canva?

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

Who is Canva best suited for?

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

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

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

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

Free vs Pro vs Enterprise Pricing plan

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

Free plan Features

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

Pro Plan Features 

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

Enterprise Plan Features

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

How to Use Canva?

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

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

Canva Sign Up

Designing with Canva

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

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

Templates

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

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

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

Elements

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

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

Photos

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

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

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

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

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

Text

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

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

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

Audio

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

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

Video

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

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

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

Backgrounds

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

Styles

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

Logos

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

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

Publishing with Canva

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

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

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

Canva Team

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

Canva Print

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

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

Canva Apps

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

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

Canva Pros and Cons

Pros:

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

Cons:

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

Conclusion

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

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What Wartime Service Taught These Historic Leaders
2024-11-08T00:00:00Z
What can corporate leaders learn from executives who served their country during wartime conflicts? Drawing on a series of case studies, Robert Simons shares important lessons from the experiences of Walt Disney, Dwight Eisenhower, and Robert McNamara.
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NASA Kicks off Testing Campaign for Remotely Piloted Cargo Flights
Tue, 07 Jan 2025 17:21:00 +0000
NASA recently began a series of flight tests with partners to answer an important aviation question: What will it take to integrate remotely piloted or autonomous planes carrying large packages and cargo safely into the U.S. airspace? Researchers tested new technologies in Hollister, California, that are helping to investigate what tools and capabilities are needed […]
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The Guardian view on a global AI race: geopolitics, innovation and the rise of chaos | Editorial
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 17:25:55 GMT

China’s tech leap challenges US dominance through innovation. But unregulated competition increases the risk of catastrophe

Eight years ago, Vladimir Putin proclaimed that mastering artificial intelligence (AI) would make a nation the “ruler of the world”. Western tech sanctions after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine should have dashed his ambitions to lead in AI by 2030. But that might be too hasty a judgment. Last week, the Chinese lab DeepSeek unveiled R1, an AI that analysts say rivals OpenAI’s top reasoning model, o1. Astonishingly, it matches o1’s capabilities while using a fraction of the computing power – and at a tenth of the cost. Predictably, one of Mr Putin’s first moves in 2025 was to align with China on AI development. R1’s launch seems no coincidence, coming just as Donald Trump backed OpenAI’s $500bn Stargate plan to outpace its peers. OpenAI has singled out DeepSeek’s parent, High Flyer Capital, as a potential threat. But at least three Chinese labs claim to rival or surpass OpenAI’s achievements.

Anticipating tighter US chip sanctions, Chinese companies stockpiled critical processors to ensure their AI models could advance despite restricted access to hardware. DeepSeek’s success underscores the ingenuity born of necessity: lacking massive datacentres or powerful specialised chips, it achieved breakthroughs through better data curation and optimisation of its model. Unlike proprietary systems, R1’s source code is public, allowing anyone competent to modify it. Yet its openness has limits: overseen by China’s internet regulator, R1 conforms to “core socialist values”. Type in Tiananmen Square or Taiwan, and the model reportedly shuts down the conversation.

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qualifiers: 35.00 sanctions, 25.00 trump, 20.00 russia

Netanyahu Has an ICC Arrest Warrant. Poland’s Promise to Ignore It Would Be a “Grave Mistake.”
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 20:23:04 +0000

Poland has promised Netanyahu safe passage to an Auschwitz memorial service. Former and current EU officials are speaking out.

The post Netanyahu Has an ICC Arrest Warrant. Poland’s Promise to Ignore It Would Be a “Grave Mistake.” appeared first on The Intercept.

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qualifiers: 35.00 sanctions, 25.00 trump, 20.00 italy

North Korea preparing to send more troops to Ukraine war, says South Korea
Fri, 24 Jan 2025 09:20:22 GMT

Pyongyang said to be planning to increase support despite high casualties among estimated 11,000 already sent

North Korea is preparing to send more soldiers to fight in the Ukraine war, military officials in South Korea have said, despite reports of heavy casualties among troops from the communist state who have already been sent to the battlefield.

The claim that Pyongyang could be planning to increase its support for the Kremlin came as Donald Trump suggested he would attempt to rekindle his relationship with Kim Jong-un, describing the North Korean leader as a “smart guy” in an interview with Fox News.

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qualifiers: 25.00 trump, 20.00 russia, 20.00 korea

Democrats Are Worried About John Ratcliffe’s Role in the 2020 Election. They Should Also Take a Look At His AI Gigs.
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 14:18:24 +0000

The CIA director nominee’s tour through the revolving door included work on AI — an industry now angling to pick up major government contracts.

The post Democrats Are Worried About John Ratcliffe’s Role in the 2020 Election. They Should Also Take a Look At His AI Gigs. appeared first on The Intercept.

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

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

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

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The week around the world in 20 pictures
Fri, 24 Jan 2025 18:26:21 GMT

Trump’s inauguration, fires in California, the hostage release in Israel and Storm Éowyn: the past seven days as captured by the world’s leading photojournalists

• Warning: this gallery contains images that some readers may find distressing

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Trump Halts Sanctions on Israeli Settlers, Threatens to Seize Assets of War Crimes Investigators
Wed, 22 Jan 2025 15:59:35 +0000

Trump lifted sanctions against Israeli settlers in the West Bank. Within hours, Netanyahu launched a new invasion.

The post Trump Halts Sanctions on Israeli Settlers, Threatens to Seize Assets of War Crimes Investigators appeared first on The Intercept.

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From showers to tiny fish to windmills, Trump’s climate policies are driven by fixations
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 13:30:50 GMT

‘It was striking that the White House memo included toilets and shower heads as a presidential priority,’ said one expert

From crusading against showers he feels don’t sufficiently wash his hair to reversing protections for a small fish he calls “worthless”, Donald Trump’s personal fixations have helped shape his first environmental priorities as US president.

While withdrawing the US from the Paris climate accords and declaring an “energy emergency” were among Trump’s most noteworthy executive orders on his first day in office, both were further down a list of priorities put out by the White House than measures to improve “consumer choice in vehicles, shower heads, toilets, washing machines, lightbulbs and dishwashers”.

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Trump’s gusher of misleading economic statistics at Davos
Sat, 25 Jan 2025 00:23:30 +0000
The president errs on the budget and trade deficits.
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Ontario premier Doug Ford to call snap election to fight Trump tariff threat
Fri, 24 Jan 2025 19:41:30 GMT

Progressive Conservative leader of Canada’s most populous province seeks ‘strong mandate’ to counter 25% tariff plan

The Ontario premier, Doug Ford, has said an early election is needed in the Canadian province in order to fend off an income “attack” from Donald Trump as a trade war looms between the close allies.

But opposition parties criticized the move, calling it a “distraction” from an ongoing criminal investigation into the government’s handling of a controversial multibillion-dollar land swap.

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How the world has responded to Trump’s Paris climate agreement withdrawal
Fri, 24 Jan 2025 12:00:31 GMT

From Europe to Africa and South America, countries reaffirm commitment to tackle crisis

World leaders, senior ministers and key figures in climate diplomacy have, one by one, reaffirmed their commitment to the Paris agreement this week, in response to the order by Donald Trump to withdraw the US from the pact.

The prospect of the world keeping temperatures to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels, as the treaty calls for, was damaged by the incoming US president’s move. Hopes of meeting the target were already fast receding, and last year was the first to consistently breach the 1.5C limit, but the goal will be measured over years or even decades and stringent cuts to emissions now could still make a difference.

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The Broligarchy: The Who’s Who of the Silicon Gilded Age
Fri, 24 Jan 2025 11:00:00 +0000

Tech CEOs cozying up to Trump want to reshape reality to their politics.

The post The Broligarchy: The Who’s Who of the Silicon Gilded Age appeared first on The Intercept.

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Trump can save TikTok without forcing a sale, ByteDance board member claims
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 20:33:00 +0000
ByteDance apparently sees several non-sale options as Trump mulls resolution.
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The Pregnant Immigrants Fighting Trump’s Bid to End Birthright Citizenship
Wed, 22 Jan 2025 21:30:13 +0000

Trump hopes to gut birthright citizenship via executive order. In lawsuits filed across the country, immigrants seek to stop him.

The post The Pregnant Immigrants Fighting Trump’s Bid to End Birthright Citizenship appeared first on The Intercept.

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Why Is the Mastermind of Trump’s Tariff Plan Still Sitting at Home in Florida?
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 11:00:00 +0000
Robert Lighthizer, the former U.S. Trade Representative, lost his bid to rejoin the White House, but he still believes the President’s protectionist instincts can jump-start American manufacturing.
Match ID: 14 Score: 34.29 source: www.newyorker.com age: 3 days
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Biden Attack on Nonprofit Over Palestine Stance Made Trump’s Job Easier
Wed, 22 Jan 2025 19:46:50 +0000

By denying funding to the Climate Justice Alliance over Palestine, Biden went after Trump’s political opponents for him.

The post Biden Attack on Nonprofit Over Palestine Stance Made Trump’s Job Easier appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 15 Score: 34.29 source: theintercept.com age: 3 days
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Trump Promised a Russia–Ukraine Peace Deal. Where Is It?
Tue, 21 Jan 2025 22:29:27 +0000

Trump boasted he would end the war between Russia and Ukraine as soon as he took office. That didn’t happen.

The post Trump Promised a Russia–Ukraine Peace Deal. Where Is It? appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 16 Score: 32.14 source: theintercept.com age: 4 days
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AI Will Write Complex Laws
2025-01-22T12:04:19Z

Artificial intelligence (AI) is writing law today. This has required no changes in legislative procedure or the rules of legislative bodies—all it takes is one legislator, or legislative assistant, to use generative AI in the process of drafting a bill.

In fact, the use of AI by legislators is only likely to become more prevalent. There are currently projects in the US House, US Senate, and legislatures around the world to trial the use of AI in various ways: searching databases, drafting text, summarizing meetings, performing policy research and analysis, and more. A Brazilian municipality ...

Match ID: 17 Score: 28.57 source: www.schneier.com age: 4 days
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Trump’s Executive Orders Are Full of Deadlines. We’re Tracking Them.
Tue, 21 Jan 2025 23:28:41 +0000

The orders require drafting strategies to enforce the gender binary (within 30 days) and meetings on fighting DEI and environmental justice (monthly).

The post Trump’s Executive Orders Are Full of Deadlines. We’re Tracking Them. appeared first on The Intercept.

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Donald Trump Invents an Energy Emergency
Tue, 21 Jan 2025 20:48:35 +0000
The Day One executive orders call for more drilling—something that, really, nobody wants.
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What Trump 2.0 Means for Ukraine and the World
Tue, 21 Jan 2025 16:15:31 +0000
The President’s various foreign-policy “personas” vacillate between a desire for domination and withdrawal.
Match ID: 20 Score: 25.71 source: www.newyorker.com age: 5 days
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Nearly $1 Trillion: The Staggering Combined Net Worth Cheering at Trump’s Inauguration
Mon, 20 Jan 2025 20:00:19 +0000

The ultra-rich have long held immense influence in U.S. politics. But Trump’s inauguration shows oligarchy is stronger than ever.

The post Nearly $1 Trillion: The Staggering Combined Net Worth Cheering at Trump’s Inauguration appeared first on The Intercept.

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Trump wants neighbours to take in Palestinians to clean out Gaza
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 17:51:06 GMT
The comments will outrage Palestinians in Gaza, for whom it is their home.
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Middle East crisis live: Hamas says Israel is violating ceasefire by blocking Palestinians’ return to northern Gaza
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 17:45:59 GMT

Israel delays removal of troops, accusing Hamas of breaking terms of deal by failing to release civilian hostage

• Trump suggests Palestinians leave Gaza and ‘we just clean out’ territory

Conditions are “not yet in place” for the safe return of Lebanese citizens to southern Lebanon, according to a joint statement by the UN special coordinator for Lebanon, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, and Unifil’s head of mission and force commander Lt. Gen. Aroldo Lázaro.

In a post on X, the joint statement read:

Much has changed in Lebanon since the Cessation of Hostilities Understanding came into force in the early hours of 27 November 2024.

Violence has dramatically decreased. In many areas of southern Lebanon, hundreds of thousands of people have been able to return to their towns and villages. The Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) have shown resolve in deploying to positions from which the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) are withdrawing. Supported by Unifil, the LAF is helping restore services and facilitating access to communities most affected by conflict…

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Why Labour should put green before growth | Letters
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 17:14:54 GMT

An increase in economic activity should be directed towards rebuilding public services and turbocharging a green transition, writes Colin Hines. And Mike Lake thinks all could be solved by Rachel Reeves launching a meme coin

It would appear that Rachel Reeves would rather put growth ahead of protecting our children’s future with net zero policies (Rachel Reeves’s bid to expand Heathrow could add £40 to airline ticket, 23 January). Yet in the acres of coverage about this government’s growth mantra, three crucial questions are never asked, let alone answered.

First, what exactly is the end goal of growth? The response should be an increase in economic activity directed predominantly towards rebuilding public services and turbocharging a green transition.

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Trump vs Powell: Who will drive the stock market as the Fed holds its first meeting of the year?
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 17:09:00 GMT
The Federal Reserve’s first meeting of 2025 this week may throw a wrench into the stock-market rally just as investors worry President Donald Trump’s potentially inflationary policies could complicate the central bank’s effort to tame the last bout of price pressures
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JD Vance defends Trump’s January 6 pardons as Graham says it could spur more violence
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 17:03:14 GMT

Senator Lindsey Graham says pardoning violent offenders is a ‘mistake’ and could spur more violence

JD Vance on Sunday tried to offer a rationale to a record number of executive orders and controversial policy shifts enacted by Donald Trump during the first five days of the latter man’s second presidency, claiming without evidence that the moves “accomplished more than Joe Biden” and his administration did in the last four years.

But one of those moves – Trump’s blanket pardons for about 1,500 people who attacked the US Capitol in early 2021 – was labeled a “mistake” by a prominent fellow Republican of the president and Vance: US senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, who feared the clemency could end up spurring more violence.

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Trump’s inauguration was a glimpse of what is to come | Sidney Blumenthal
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 17:00:54 GMT

Trump began his inauguration day encircled by a bevy of oligarchs, but ended it giving favor to his mob

The most sacred ceremony conducted at the Trump inauguration undoubtedly for Donald Trump personally, with its mystical meaning elevating him to his greatest height as an emperor, was the prayer for Fred Trump. Father Frank Mann, a retired priest from Brooklyn, offered a blessing to the ruthless real estate operator who made his fortune in the borough and bankrolled his son’s pilgrimage over the Queensboro Bridge into Manhattan to blow a half-billion dollars through six bankruptcies and the financial collapse of the Taj Mahal Hotel and Trump Castle casino in Jersey City, and a blessing for Fred’s wife, too, without whom “this day would never be the miracle that has just begun”.

Father Frank had struck up a relationship with Donald after he sent him a photograph of how he had weeded the Trump family gravesite at the Lutheran All Faiths Cemetery. A single tombstone marks not only Donald’s parents, but also Fred’s father and mother, Donald’s original immigrant grandparents – Friedrich deemed an undesirable in Germany – and Fred Jr, subject of Fred’s abuse that helped drive him into alcoholism and his early spot in the family plot. “From their place in heaven,” intoned Father Frank, “may they shield their son from all harm by their loving protection and give him the strength to guide our nation along the path that will make America great again”.

Sidney Blumenthal is a Guardian US columnist. He is a former senior adviser to President Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton, has published three books of a projected five-volume political life of Abraham Lincoln: A Self-Made Man, Wrestling With His Angel and All the Powers of Earth

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Stocks are pricey, but these overlooked sectors may be your best bet
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 16:52:00 GMT
A rip-roaring rally at the onset of President Donald Trump’s second term in office has brought the S&P 500 back to record territory, stretching market valuations to extremes.
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Trump says ‘clean out’ Gaza, urges Arab countries to take more refugees
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 16:45:59 +0000
President Donald Trump said he wanted Jordan and Egypt to take in more Palestinians from Gaza so they could "maybe live in peace" there.
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Crypto, TikTok, tariffs: How Trump’s whirlwind first week hit your wallet and your phone
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 16:37:00 GMT
President Donald Trump issued a barrage of executive orders that were aimed squarely at markets and your money — but what will they actually do?
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Will America’s crypto frenzy end in disaster?
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 16:30:21 +0000
Donald Trump’s team is about to bring digital finance into the mainstream
Match ID: 31 Score: 25.00 source: www.economist.com age: 0 days
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CIA now backs lab leak theory to explain origins of Covid-19
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 16:29:35 GMT

Analysis released by new director, John Ratcliffe, suggests the agency believes totality of evidence makes a lab origin

The CIA now believes the virus responsible for the coronavirus pandemic most likely originated from a laboratory, according to an assessment released on Saturday that points the finger at China even while acknowledging that the spy agency has “low confidence” in its own conclusion.

The finding is not the result of any new intelligence, and the report was completed at the behest of the Biden administration and former CIA director William Burns. It was declassified and released on Saturday on the orders of president Donald Trump’s pick to lead the agency, John Ratcliffe, who was sworn in as director on Thursday.

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How the roots of the ‘PayPal mafia’ extend to apartheid South Africa
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 16:00:54 GMT

Elon Musk grew up with the privileges of a stratified racial order and Peter Thiel lived in a city that venerated Hitler

When Elon Musk’s arm shot out in a stiff arm salute at Donald Trump’s inaugural celebrations, startled viewers mostly drew the obvious comparison.

But in the fired-up debate about Musk’s intent that followed, as the world’s richest man insisted he wasn’t trying to be a Nazi, speculation inevitably focused on whether his roots in apartheid-era South Africa offered an insight.

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Confident, organised, still freewheeling: Trump 2.0 has learned from past
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 15:31:15 GMT
Donald Trump’s first week in office shows he has returned with a plan - and knows how to avoid some of the chaos of his first term.
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The anti-abortion movement weighs its next move: ‘We haven’t gone away’
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 14:30:32 GMT

The movement is on the upswing thanks to Trump but a question lingers: what is their role in his administration?

Minutes into the National Pro-Life Summit, Kristan Hawkins, president of Students for Life of America, had convinced its more than attendees to leap to their feet. She was recording a video, and she had a message she wanted them to send to Donald Trump.

“THANK YOU MISTER PRESIDENT!” the crowd in the ballroom thundered, before bursting into raucous applause – complete with wolf whistles.

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What we know so far about Trump’s orders on diversity, equity and inclusion
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 14:00:53 GMT

In his first few days in office, the president reversed four years of work on DEI efforts in the federal government

Within his first few days in office, Donald Trump reversed four years of work to increase diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts in the federal government.

Since taking office, he’s signed a flurry of executive orders, two of which amount to crackdowns on DEI within the federal government. One overturns Joe Biden’s efforts to increase DEI programs in the federal government, while a second bans DEI measures from being taken by the federal government.

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From DOGE to SMOGE, Peter Dutton’s Coalition is an eerie echo of Trump (and Musk’s) America
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 14:00:56 GMT

Dutton’s cabinet reshuffle added the shadow minister of government efficiency role to Jacinta Nampijinpa Price’s position – but it sounds a bit familiar

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On 22 January, Gina Rinehart said: “If we are sensible, we should set up a DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency] immediately, reduce government waste, gov­ernment tape and regulations.”

Mere days later, on 25 January, Peter Dutton appointed Jacinta Nampijinpa Price as the shadow minister for government efficiency (SMOGE?), describing her new job as to cut “wasteful spending”.

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Democratic lawmakers devising legal obstacles to fight anti-immigration push
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 14:00:56 GMT

California, New York and other states resist by expanding healthcare and education and limiting detention centers

As Donald Trump tightens the nation’s immigration policies, lawmakers in Democrat-led states are proposing new measures that could erect legal obstacles for federal immigration officials and help immigrants lacking legal status avoid deportation.

The resistance efforts in California, New York and other states are a counterpoint to the many Republican-led states advancing measures to aid Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration, highlighting a national divide.

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Is this a Rachel Reeves reset?
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 13:45:00 GMT
Plus, President Trump says Keir Starmer is doing a “very good job”
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‘We just can’t take the hit’: businesses worldwide brace as Trump threatens tariffs
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 12:00:51 GMT

Across the world, exporters to the US are preparing for an era of disruption if tariffs are imposed

Donald Trump, a self-declared “big believer” in tariffs on foreign goods, has promised to use them to boost the US economy, revitalize America’s industrial heartlands, and reward the tens of millions of voters who sent him back to the White House.

“Come make your product in America,” the president told top executives gathered at the World Economic Forum in Davos this week, promising low taxes to those who take him up on the invitation. “But if you don’t make your product in America – which is your prerogative – then, very simply, you will have to pay a tariff.”

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Should Los Angeles be in such a rush to rebuild after the devastating wildfires?
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 12:00:51 GMT

Experts suggest that replicating the conditions that saw neighorhoods burn to the ground may not be the best policy

Gavin Newsom signed a $2.5bn wildfire relief package this week, with the goal of helping Los Angeles “rebuild faster”. Both the California governor and the Los Angeles mayor, Karen Bass, pledged to suspend environmental and other regulations to make rebuilding homes and businesses easier. Donald Trump has reportedly said he wants the city to recover quickly so that the 2028 Olympics, which Los Angeles is hosting, can be “the greatest Games”.

But many environmental and urban planning experts say that Los Angeles should actually be pausing, and taking a moment to consider how and where to safely rebuild communities located in high-risk wildfire zones.

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Energized neo-Nazis feel their moment has come as Trump changes everything
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 12:00:50 GMT

Far-right chatrooms are abuzz as extremists plan to use the next four years as ‘breathing room’ and look to expand

One week into Donald Trump’s second administration and the verdict among far-right activists and neo-Nazis is that the next four years will be a time to relax, organize and take advantage of the popular awakening of American fascism.

“Be ready to cash out the next four years,” wrote one delighted neo-Nazi account on Telegram, in a post viewed more than 1,000 times. “Get the bag, infiltrate existing institutions with power, build new institutions while we have breathing room, and tear down anything leftist.”

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What does the inauguration’s authoritarian-chic fashion tell us? Designers are suddenly eager to dress the Trumps | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 11:59:03 GMT

The first time round, high fashion shunned the president’s family. Now industry figures are flocking to them

Mussolini once said that “any power whatsoever is destined to fail before fashion. If fashion says skirts are short, you will not succeed in lengthening them, even with the guillotine.” For that reason, far-right authoritarian movements have long attempted to capture the fashion system. We can argue endlessly about whether the new Trump administration can be compared to fascism. I think that it meets most of the key traits identified by Umberto Eco, but others will disagree. Regardless of your stance, it’s fair to say that the women of the Republican party have deployed fashion in ways that send a political message.

Though men especially like to highlight fashion’s supposed vapidity (tell that to Roland Barthes, I always think) it is an art form and a visual language that has much to tell us about the state of the world, and is as worthy of analysis as any other aspect of culture. The rise of the tradwife – and the modest, floral prairie dresses so beloved by these rightwing influencers, which then trickled down to the high street – has mirrored the shift in the US much further to the right. As this new administration inevitably comes to roll back more women’s rights, I wonder how it will be reflected in fashion. Prairie dresses are on the way out, but there are other styles to replace them.

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Trump suggests plan to ‘just clean out’ Gaza, wants Arab nations to take more refugees
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 11:47:14 +0000

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Donald Trump says residents of Greenland want to be part of US
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 11:30:05 GMT

President tells reporters he believes US will take control of island, after reports of ‘horrendous’ call with Denmark PM

Donald Trump has said he believes the US will take control of Greenland, after details emerged of a “horrendous” call in which he made economic threats to Denmark, which has said the territory is not for sale.

Speaking onboard Air Force One on Saturday, Trump said: “I think we’re going to have it,” and claimed that the Arctic island’s 57,000 residents “want to be with us”.

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With Davos dominated by Trump’s second coming, global collaboration is out | Heather Stewart
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 11:17:39 GMT

Adapting themselves to Trump’s zero-sum worldview, global leaders ditched any appeal to high-flown ideas

In the heady mountain air of Davos last week, away from the parties and the back-slapping tech bros, another, more beleaguered crew touted their wares: the multilateralists.

On the sidelines of the World Economic Forum, representatives of aid agencies, development banks and multilateral lenders grabbed a moment with the many world leaders present, vying for attention among the glitz.

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‘We’re watching mass delusion happen’: Trump’s return to White House brings cascade of lies
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 11:00:47 GMT

In first week in office, president has made false claims on topics from immigration and economy to Panama canal

Donald Trump had been US president again for less than 15 minutes when he made his first factually dubious claim.

“The vicious, violent and unfair weaponisation of the justice department and our government will end,” he said early in his inaugural address. There is no evidence that former president Joe Biden ordered the justice department to prosecute Trump and no violence took place.

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Why Bishop Mariann Budde Wanted to Speak to Donald Trump
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 11:00:00 +0000
“If you know what people are thinking about when they’re coming into church on Sunday morning, it’s very important to acknowledge that,” Budde says.
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What ending birthright citizenship could look like in the U.S.
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 11:00:00 +0000
Legal experts say the undocumented population would grow and that all Americans would be impacted if Trump’s order ending birthright citizenship takes effect.
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Trump’s Attempt to Redefine America
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 11:00:00 +0000
The effect of the President’s executive orders was to convey an open season, in which virtually nothing—including who gets to be an American citizen—is guaranteed.
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Trump adds his criticism to L.A. voters’ anger at Mayor Karen Bass
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 11:00:46 +0000
As local voters say they have lost confidence in the mayor, a presidential visit gave her a platform to plead her case. Then the president intervened.
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The Donald and Elon Show is an unholy mess | Stewart Lee
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 11:00:48 GMT

Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do

‘Abba, selach ’ethon la nakhru mah h’mon pelalin!” Flood the zone with shit. Police investigators that pore professionally over horrific imagery online have counselling and mental health support. This week I’ve followed the news from Musk’s America for the sake of another supposedly funny Observer column, and no one’s checking to see if I’m coping. I’m going to go to CEX here in St Albans tomorrow to score a second-hand copy of Ruggero Deodato’s Cannibal Holocaust, just for some light relief.

“Abba, selach ’ethon la nakhru mah h’mon pelalin!” Flood the zone with shit. I asked to file this week’s supposedly funny column a day later than usual, hoping there might be some glimmer of hope by 4pm Wednesday. On Monday night I went out to do my standup show at Dorking Halls, and four hours later, when I got back to my hotel, the routine I’d just performed about America’s new leader Elon Musk was already irrelevant, white supremacists worldwide delighted that he appeared to have given two full-on Nazi salutes to the faithful. I didn’t have that on my Trump inauguration ceremony bingo card.

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Trump suggests Palestinians leave Gaza and ‘we just clean out’ territory
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 10:11:41 GMT

US president says he wants people to move to neighbouring nations, after resuming shipments of 2,000lb bombs to Israel

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Donald Trump has suggested large numbers of Palestinians should leave Gaza to “just clean out” the whole strip, after ordering the US military to restart shipments of 2,000lb bombs to Israel.

The US president said he wanted Gaza residents to move to neighbouring nations, and that they could be displaced “temporarily or could be long-term”, after a phone call with Jordan’s King Abdullah on Saturday.

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Trump shocks the system. Will he solve problems voters care about most?
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 10:00:00 +0000
The president’s audaciousness in his first week was shocking and legally questionable. Many moves will do little to address Americans’ worries over inflation and other basic needs.
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Another convicted January 6 US Capitol attacker rejects Trump’s pardon
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 09:00:47 GMT

Jason Riddle says he rejected pardon because ‘it happened. I did those things, and they weren’t pardonable’

At least one more person who was convicted in connection with the 2021 US Capitol attack carried out by Donald Trump supporters has rejected a pardon from the president, saying he believed his actions “weren’t pardonable”.

In an interview published Friday by New Hampshire Public Radio (NHPR), US navy veteran Jason Riddle said: “It’s almost like [Trump] was trying to say it didn’t happen. And it happened. I did those things, and they weren’t pardonable.

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The best new novelists for 2025
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 08:00:43 GMT

Welcome to our annual selection of the year’s finest debut novels. We have a proven track record in picking authors that go on to be loved by readers and win awards … from Douglas Stuart and Sally Rooney to Caleb Azumah Nelson and Bonnie Garmus. Here are 2025’s gems

For the 12th year running, writers and editors on the Observer New Review spent the busy weeks before Christmas immersed in dozens of forthcoming debut novels, seeking out the titles we reckon deserve to be in everyone’s hands over the months ahead. Whatever your taste in fiction, this list gives you a heads-up on the future prize winners, mega-sellers and word-of-mouth hits that change the literary conversation. From Shuggie Bain to Conversations with Friends and The Miniaturist, and from Caleb Azumah Nelson to Bonnie Garmus and Sheena Patel – all found early champions here. Colin Barrett, one of last year’s picks, just won this year’s Nero debut fiction prize, awarded last year to Michael Magee, one of our 2023 picks.

Our search for the year’s best debut novels only ever has one rule: the writers we choose must live in the UK or Ireland. After that, anything goes. The class of 2025 includes authors whose manuscripts were snapped up before they’d left university, and some who didn’t put pen to paper until a later-life left turn. Some are published by independent presses, others by cash-splashing corporates trumpeting the spoils of multiway bidding wars, television rights already in the bag. There are novels on this list that were written at dawn, through lunch breaks, whenever the nine-to-five allowed, and at least one that was written on the cushion of a six-figure advance – a pressure of its own. Several authors here are already well known for their short story collections. Nothing mattered to us but the novels themselves.

The strong showing from writers in Ireland and Northern Ireland makes sense when you hear them talk about the subsidised literary magazines and development agencies that helped them grow. Surprise, surprise: arts funding is transformative. Those kinds of fortifying networks exist in Britain too, yet the mood feels more atomised, less collegiate, not least since the White Review – a magazine that broke many new names – ceased to publish after Arts Council cuts in 2023.

If there’s a theme among this year’s books, it might be care – parent-child relationships recur in a variety of guises – but their style and subject differ as widely as their paths to publication. There’s a dizzyingly transcontinental ecological epic about Hindu nationalism, set everywhere from the Chagos Islands to the Arctic Circle. There’s a spare, slender tale of embattled gay love in 1980s south Wales. There’s a pacy page-turner about escaping coercive control, and a filthy comic romp about an “Islamic State bride” in Iraq (really). And that’s just for starters; we loved every one of these outstanding novels, and we think you will too. Here’s to yet more excellent reading.
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A lot of eco fiction is very worthy. My book has car chases!

As a teenager, sex is all-consuming … grotty but still erotic, even romantic – shenanigans in cinemas, shenanigans behind cinemas

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Tension and defiance in Panama after Trump threatens to ‘take back’ canal
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 07:00:42 GMT

Diplomatic frenzy and rattled nerves in republic as officials and former president reject US president’s comments

From a modern control room high above the canal expansion – overlooking the Cocolí locks, then lakes, rainforest canopy and, eventually, the Atlantic ocean – it barely registers that the era of gunboat diplomacy is returning to the Panama canal.

But four days into Donald Trump’s second administration, here we are. Trump has declared that he is “taking back” the Panama canal, sending TV crews from Washington to Beijing scrambling here to cover a crisis that has led to frenzied diplomatic efforts and elicited fears of a repeat of the 1989 US military invasion.

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‘They did not come to destroy’: Sussan Ley praises First Fleet and likens it to Elon Musk’s Mars mission
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 04:30:08 GMT

It’s the latest example of the Coalition appearing to echo or praise US president Donald Trump’s new administration

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Deputy opposition leader Sussan Ley has compared the arrival of the First Fleet to Elon Musk’s SpaceX seeking to reach Mars, in an Australia Day address.

Her comments come a day after opposition leader Peter Dutton announced a newly created role of shadow minister for government efficiency – replicating Musk’s idea of a Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

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Trump says Keir Starmer doing 'very good job'
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 03:46:13 GMT
The US president tells BBC he will be speaking to the prime minister in the next 24 hours.
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Trump defends ousting at least 15 independent inspectors general in late-night purge
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 02:40:01 +0000
The dismissals appeared to violate federal law, which requires Congress to receive 30 days’ notice of any intent to fire a Senate-confirmed inspector general.
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Johnson invites Trump to address joint session of Congress
Sat, 25 Jan 2025 23:50:02 +0000
The address is typically a vehicle for an incoming commander in chief to outline a vision for the coming four years and lay out a legislative agenda.
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Trump’s first-week strategy: ‘Flood the zone.’ Repeat.
Sat, 25 Jan 2025 20:53:15 +0000
It was all part of a plan to begin with a bang and follow a detailed policy blueprint, although key administrative posts remain stuck in a hiring bottleneck and many of his directives have lacked immediate effect.
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Republicans try to look ‘forward,’ but Trump forces them back to Jan. 6
Sat, 25 Jan 2025 20:34:13 +0000
GOP leaders say they want to focus on conservative policy, but the president is fixated on relitigating the 2020 election even though it doesn’t resonate.
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5 ways Project 2025 appeared in Trump’s presidential directives
Sat, 25 Jan 2025 20:15:54 +0000
A Post analysis identified at least two dozen presidential directives with some text that closely resembled the language or policy of Project 2025.
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Kristi Noem confirmed by Senate as secretary of Dept. of Homeland Security
Sat, 25 Jan 2025 19:47:32 +0000
The role is key to Trump’s plans for his second term after pledging to deport millions of undocumented immigrants and impose a crackdown at the southern border.
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Migrants stranded by Trump decision face rising hostility in Mexico
Sat, 25 Jan 2025 14:00:44 +0000
In Mexico City, some migrants have built tent cities and slept on the streets. In a country long sympathetic to migrants, neighbors are protesting.
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US Privacy Snags a Win as Judge Limits Warrantless FBI Searches
Sat, 25 Jan 2025 11:30:00 +0000
Plus: A hacker finds an issue with Cloudflare’s systems that could reveal app users’ rough locations, and the Trump administration puts a wrench in a key cybersecurity investigation.
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The first week of the new Trump era leaves House Democrats spinning
Sat, 25 Jan 2025 11:00:58 +0000
The party finds itself at a crossroads over how best to do battle with Trump and congressional Republicans.
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Donald Trump Throws the Doors to the Patriot Wing Open
Sat, 25 Jan 2025 11:00:00 +0000
More than fifteen hundred of the January 6th rioters were pardoned by the President. What will they do next?
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A Spirit of Vengeance in Trump’s First Week
Sat, 25 Jan 2025 11:00:00 +0000
“There is no distinction between his personal grievances and his policy aims,” Evan Osnos says.
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How a rule imposed by Trump shapes abortion access around the world
Sat, 25 Jan 2025 05:09:11 +0000
The Mexico City policy, or “global gag rule,” blocks U.S. aid to foreign organizations that perform or discuss abortions.
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My mum the family vlogger and child abuser; Marina Hyde on Trump’s ‘golden age’; and Spotify’s Billions Club – podcast
Sat, 25 Jan 2025 05:00:15 GMT

Confusing and capricious, Trump started as he means to go on: chaos, dysfunction and a coalition of creeps; Ruby Franke was a social media star who made viral videos about her six children – until she was jailed for child abuse. Now her eldest daughter Shari is telling her side of the story; and No Dylan but loads of Coldplay! What the songs with a billion streams on Spotify tell us about music taste today.

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Senate confirms Pete Hegseth as defense secretary
Sat, 25 Jan 2025 03:44:43 +0000
Get the latest news on President Donald Trump’s return to the White House and the new Congress.
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Trump reverses Biden actions intended to protect abortion access
Sat, 25 Jan 2025 03:39:27 +0000
The president reinstated a policy blocking U.S. aid to foreign organizations that use funds for abortion. He also overturned two Biden executive orders, contending they violated the law barring federal funding for abortion.
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“We have a great secretary of defense,” President Donald Trump told reporters in Los Angeles. He...
Sat, 25 Jan 2025 02:54:13 +0000

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What is FEMA, the agency Trump has threatened to get rid of?
Sat, 25 Jan 2025 02:11:57 +0000
Ahead of a tour of two states struck by natural disasters, President Donald Trump criticized the disaster response agency as “very bureaucratic” and “very slow.”
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Funds for fight against HIV/AIDS paused in Trump aid freeze
Sat, 25 Jan 2025 01:31:08 +0000
The President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, or PEPFAR, is credited with saving 25 million lives worldwide and has long enjoyed bipartisan support.
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Trump reinstates Hyde Amendment and ‘global gag rule’ on abortion
Sat, 25 Jan 2025 01:28:25 +0000

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Trump strikes conciliatory tone during briefing in L.A.
Sat, 25 Jan 2025 01:17:50 +0000

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Touring disaster sites, Trump says he wants to get rid of FEMA
Sat, 25 Jan 2025 00:43:35 +0000
In the first official trip of his second term, Trump also threatened to withhold disaster aid to California unless the state enacts a voter ID law.
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Trump is touring the damage at the Alphabet Streets in the Pacific Palisades. Newsom is no...
Sat, 25 Jan 2025 00:10:56 +0000

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Trump presses pause on parts of the federal government
Sat, 25 Jan 2025 00:03:32 +0000
Heads of federal agencies turned Trump’s executive orders into mandates to cut communication with outside parties, halt most foreign aid, and pause legal filings.
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) said President Donald Trump’s scheduled visit on Friday means a lot...
Fri, 24 Jan 2025 23:44:13 +0000

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Trump administration asks for pause on Supreme Court cases
Fri, 24 Jan 2025 23:40:51 +0000
The motions in cases involving student loans and the environment suggest how the Trump administration will shift its priorities at the Supreme Court.
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President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump walked off of Air Force One wearing black...
Fri, 24 Jan 2025 23:16:32 +0000

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LOS ANGELES — California Gov. Gavin Newsom hadn’t heard back from President Donald Trump about his...
Fri, 24 Jan 2025 23:01:11 +0000

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There’s some last-minute drama to the confirmation vote for Pete Hegseth, President Donald Trump’s nominee to...
Fri, 24 Jan 2025 22:53:02 +0000

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WHO starts cutting costs as US withdrawal date set for January 2026
Fri, 24 Jan 2025 22:27:39 +0000
The US is currently the WHO's biggest funder, contributing about 18% of its budget.
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Plans for Trump’s border mission include combat vehicles, infantry
Fri, 24 Jan 2025 22:22:54 +0000
The Pentagon is rushing to provide the Trump administration with options to vastly expand the military’s footprint from Texas to California.
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Trump administration’s blast email confuses U.S. judiciary employees
Fri, 24 Jan 2025 22:21:38 +0000

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Vance credits Trump with ending Roe v. Wade at antiabortion rally
Fri, 24 Jan 2025 21:44:10 +0000

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Trump wants to tackle inflation. Will these top actions bring prices down?
Fri, 24 Jan 2025 21:11:13 +0000

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

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

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Trump’s pause on foreign aid has few exceptions, says State Department memo
Fri, 24 Jan 2025 20:23:45 +0000

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Trump’s budget pick, Russ Vought, is starting to upend Washington
Fri, 24 Jan 2025 19:39:58 +0000

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President Donald Trump said that he has tasked Michael Whatley, the co-chair of the Republican National...
Fri, 24 Jan 2025 19:15:50 +0000

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Los Angeles mayor to join Trump for wildfires briefing
Fri, 24 Jan 2025 18:28:05 +0000

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FEMA’s data at odds with Trump’s claims about hurricane response
Fri, 24 Jan 2025 18:19:22 +0000

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President Donald Trump said Friday that he will sign an executive order “slashing all red tape”...
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DOGE Will Allow Elon Musk to Surveil the US Government From the Inside
Fri, 24 Jan 2025 15:19:15 +0000
A former USDS employee called the repurposing of the Digital Service into DOGE an “A+ bureaucratic jiujitsu move.” It will give Musk and his associates access to unclassified data in every government agency.
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‘We Have Seen a Lot More Hate’: Trans People Are Already Terrified
Fri, 24 Jan 2025 14:41:09 +0000
After Donald Trump signed a sweeping executive order directed against trans people this week, trans and nonbinary people are scared of what happens next.
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Which LA Fire Victims Get Money on GoFundMe — and Who Gets Left Out?
Fri, 24 Jan 2025 12:30:00 +0000

GoFundMe campaigns tend to favor the white and wealthy. After the Eaton fire, Altadena’s Black community is fighting back.

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Rocket Report: Did China’s reusable rocket work?; DOT may review SpaceX fines
Fri, 24 Jan 2025 12:00:19 +0000
Rocket Lab announced it will soon launch a batch of eight German-owned wildfire-detection satellites.
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Dating Apps Promise to Remain a Rare Haven Following Trump’s Executive Order
Fri, 24 Jan 2025 12:00:00 +0000
As President Trump moves to change federal policy so the US government only recognizes “two genders” and social media platforms become less safe for LGBTQ+ people, dating apps could become a refuge.
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Trump Wants a War With Cartels—and May Just Get One
Fri, 24 Jan 2025 11:00:00 +0000
An executive order designating cartels as terrorist organizations will expand prosecutors' jurisdictions, affect relations with Mexico, and risk blowback for which the US is unprepared.
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The Unchecked Authority of Trump’s Immigration Orders
Fri, 24 Jan 2025 11:00:00 +0000
The President is recasting migration as a form of “invasion,” broadening his already expansive powers and making anyone in the U.S. who’s undocumented a potential target.
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The Big Tech Takeover of American Politics
Fri, 24 Jan 2025 11:00:00 +0000
Social media is no longer just a tool for politicians to get out their message; politicians now have to shape themselves into optimized vessels for social media.
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Trump Is Already Drowning Us in Outrages
Fri, 24 Jan 2025 00:16:48 +0000
A guide to the Week One distractions, late-night devilry, executive overreach, and the Administration’s early infighting.
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The Trump Cryptonaissance Is Here
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 22:11:38 +0000
US President Donald Trump has wasted no time in demonstrating his fealty to the cryptocurrency industry that backed his 2024 election ambitions. The alliance could herald a golden dawn for crypto, industry figures believe.
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All federal agencies ordered to terminate remote work—ideally within 30 days
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 21:28:47 +0000
US agencies wasting billions on empty offices an “embarrassment,” RTO memo says.
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Rubio Orders State Department to Stop Issuing Accurate Passports to Trans People
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 18:39:49 +0000

Trans, intersex, and nonbinary people applying for passports will no longer be able to select an “X” marker for gender.

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Trump vows to leave Paris climate agreement and 'drill, baby, drill'
Tue, 21 Jan 2025 03:20:20 GMT
The White House announces a "national energy emergency" to reverse US climate regulations and boost oil and gas.
Match ID: 112 Score: 22.86 source: www.bbc.com age: 5 days
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NASA JPL Prepping for Full Year of Launches, Mission Milestones
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 17:55:52 +0000
Missions will study everything from water on the Moon to the transformation of our universe after the big bang and ongoing changes to Earth’s surface. With 2024 receding into the distance, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is already deep into a busy 2025. Early in the new year, the Eaton Fire came close to JPL, destroying […]
Match ID: 113 Score: 21.43 source: www.nasa.gov age: 3 days
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Trump’s FCC chair gets to work on punishing TV news stations accused of bias
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 16:52:08 +0000
Chairman Brendan Carr revives bias complaints against CBS, ABC, and NBC stations.
Match ID: 114 Score: 21.43 source: arstechnica.com age: 3 days
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The Proud Boys Are Plotting a Comeback. And They Want Revenge
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 16:25:12 +0000
Fresh out of federal prison, former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio suggests he’s still in charge as the far-right organization looks to regroup.
Match ID: 115 Score: 21.43 source: www.wired.com age: 3 days
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The Global Far Right Is Celebrating Trump’s New World Order
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 14:58:46 +0000
Far-right lawmakers and extremist influencers the world over are celebrating Trump’s early days in office and advocating for similar efforts in their own countries.
Match ID: 116 Score: 21.43 source: www.wired.com age: 3 days
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The Who's Who of MAGA Influencers You Should Know About by Now
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 12:00:00 +0000
Welcome to Trump 2.0, where these creators have the ears not only of their audiences but of the president as well.
Match ID: 117 Score: 21.43 source: www.wired.com age: 3 days
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Under Trump, US Cyberdefense Loses Its Head
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 11:00:00 +0000
Chinese hacks, rampant ransomware, and Donald Trump’s budget cuts all threaten US security. In an exit interview with WIRED, former CISA head Jen Easterly argues for her agency’s survival.
Match ID: 118 Score: 21.43 source: www.wired.com age: 3 days
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Could the Southport attack have been prevented? – Politics Weekly UK
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 05:00:34 GMT

The government has announced a public inquiry into why authorities failed to stop Axel Rudakubana before he killed three girls in Southport. But is it enough to stop another such attack? John Harris asks the counter-terrorism practitioner Rashad Ali. Plus, the Guardian political correspondent Kiran Stacey explores how Keir Starmer will deal with Donald Trump’s return

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David Remnick on the Dawn of Trump’s Second Term
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 01:12:56 +0000
“The hunger that there was to know every detail, every tweet, every remark, has receded immeasurably, to Trump’s benefit,” the editor of The New Yorker says.
Match ID: 120 Score: 21.43 source: www.newyorker.com age: 3 days
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Elon Musk Plays DOGE Ball—and Hits America’s Geek Squad
Wed, 22 Jan 2025 23:00:00 +0000
Under Donald Trump, the United States Digital Service is morphing into Elon Musk’s cost-cutting machine.
Match ID: 121 Score: 21.43 source: www.wired.com age: 3 days
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Trump’s Anti-Trans Executive Order Is Unscientific Nonsense
Wed, 22 Jan 2025 22:22:38 +0000

The Trump administration is taking a brute-force approach to push trans people out of public life.

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Match ID: 122 Score: 21.43 source: theintercept.com age: 3 days
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How Much Power Does President Trump Have?
Wed, 22 Jan 2025 20:37:37 +0000
In his executive orders, Trump repeatedly asserted that he can make and interpret law, alongside Congress and the courts.
Match ID: 123 Score: 21.43 source: www.newyorker.com age: 3 days
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The Guardian view on commemorating Auschwitz’s liberation: the urgency of Holocaust remembrance | Editorial
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 17:30:55 GMT

Eighty years after the Nazi death camp was freed, the testimony of survivors is as crucial as ever

Memory is fragile. A decade ago, 300 survivors gathered at Auschwitz to commemorate the Nazi death camp’s liberation. On Monday, 50 will assemble for the 80th anniversary. The median age of Holocaust survivors was estimated at 86 in a study published last year. At 97, Esther Senot is still keeping the promise she made to her dying sister Fanny, whose last wish was that she “tell what happened to us ... so that we are not forgotten by history.” Almost 1 million of the 6 million Jews murdered in the Holocaust were killed at the complex in German-occupied Poland, along with smaller numbers of Poles, Roma and Sinti, Soviet prisoners of war, gay men, political prisoners and others. Its name has become synonymous with evil.

The Auschwitz museum’s decision to ban speeches by politicians this year may be in part pragmatic. Holocaust memory has too often been a battleground in Poland. The museum’s mission stands above politics, yet cannot be wholly insulated from global affairs. Vladimir Putin has attended in the past, but there will be no Russian presence this time. Earlier this month, Poland’s deputy foreign minister appeared to suggest that authorities would be obliged to arrest the Israeli prime minister if he travelled to the ceremony, because the international criminal court has issued a warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu’s arrest for alleged war crimes in Gaza. The Polish prime minister, Donald Tusk, insisted Mr Netanyahu would be able to attend safely, though Israel’s delegation is not expected to include him.

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Match ID: 124 Score: 20.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
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Lukashenko says he has ‘no regrets’ about Belarus helping Russia to invade Ukraine
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 17:17:24 GMT

Autocrat makes comment about support for ‘older brother’ Putin as Belarusians vote in ‘sham’ presidential election

Belarusian autocrat Alexander Lukashenko said he had “no regrets” about allowing Russia to use his country to invade Ukraine, amid condemnation of the “sham” presidential vote almost certain to extend his 31 years of authoritarian rule.

Germany’s foreign minister, Annalena Baerbock, said on Sunday that the vote was a “bitter day for all those who long for freedom and democracy”.

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Match ID: 125 Score: 20.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
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S. Korean president indicted on insurrection charges after martial law attempt
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 12:25:18 +0000
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, who was impeached and is now in detention, was indicted on charges relating to his declaration of martial law.
Match ID: 126 Score: 20.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 0 days
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South Korean president indicted for insurrection over martial law decree
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 11:17:45 GMT

Impeached leader Yoon Suk Yeoul could face years in prison after six-hour imposition which set off political upheaval

South Korea’s prosecutors indicted the impeached president, Yoon Suk Yeol, on Sunday on charges of leading an insurrection with his short-lived imposition of martial law on 3 December, the main opposition party said.

The charges are unprecedented for a South Korean president, and if convicted, Yoon could face years in prison for his shock martial law decree, which sought to ban political and parliamentary activity and control the media.

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Match ID: 127 Score: 20.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
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Polls open in Belarus with Lukashenko’s 30-year rule set to be extended
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 06:59:39 GMT

The 70-year-old former collective farm boss has been in power in reclusive, Moscow-allied Belarus since 1994

Belarusians began voting on Sunday, with president Alexander Lukashenko expected to cruise to victory unchallenged for a seventh term, prolonging his three-decade authoritarian rule.

Lukashenko – a 70-year-old former collective farm boss – has been in power in reclusive, Moscow-allied Belarus since 1994.

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Match ID: 128 Score: 20.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
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Europe overhauls funding to Tunisia after Guardian exposes migrant abuse
Fri, 24 Jan 2025 06:00:04 GMT

Allegations of rape, beatings and collusion by EU-funded security forces prompt shift in migration arrangements

The European Commission is fundamentally overhauling how it makes payments to Tunisia after a Guardian investigation exposed myriad abuses by EU-funded security forces, including widespread sexual violence against migrants.

Officials are drawing up “concrete” conditions to ensure that future European payments to Tunis can go ahead only if human rights have not been violated.

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Mexico Rushes to Help Stranded Migrants After Trump Shuts Down the CBP One App
Wed, 22 Jan 2025 17:44:35 +0000
The Mexico Embraces You program provides 2,000 pesos for deported migrants who cannot afford to return home.
Match ID: 130 Score: 17.86 source: www.wired.com age: 4 days
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Disasters Like the LA Fires Always Hit the Poor the Hardest. Trump Wants to Make It Worse.
Wed, 22 Jan 2025 16:38:01 +0000

An executive order from Trump helps ensure that inequities of the federal aid distribution system will keep favoring the white and wealthy.

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Match ID: 131 Score: 17.86 source: theintercept.com age: 4 days
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Trump Frees Silk Road Creator Ross Ulbricht After 11 Years in Prison
Wed, 22 Jan 2025 00:49:46 +0000
Donald Trump pardoned the creator of the world’s first dark-web drug market, who is now a libertarian cause célèbre in some parts of the crypto community.
Match ID: 132 Score: 17.86 source: www.wired.com age: 4 days
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‘They fear for their lives’: Bishop confronts Trump on immigration and gay rights – video
Tue, 21 Jan 2025 22:42:34 GMT

President Donald Trump began his first full day in office attending a prayer service at the Washington National Cathedral. The Episcopal bishop of Washington, Mariann Edgar Budde, pleaded with Trump during the service, asking the newly elected president to protect immigrants and respect gay rights. ‘There are gay, lesbian and transgender children in Democratic, Republican and independent families, some who fear for their lives,’ she said as Trump and his family watched on. After the inauguration, Trump launched a sweeping immigration crackdown and promised mass deportations

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Match ID: 133 Score: 17.86 source: www.theguardian.com age: 4 days
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What D.C. Saw at Donald Trump’s Second Inauguration
Tue, 21 Jan 2025 21:56:21 +0000
Thousands of MAGA supporters poured into the Capital One Arena as the new Administration took shape in ballrooms across the city.
Match ID: 134 Score: 17.86 source: www.newyorker.com age: 4 days
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Bonus Q&A: Trump returns to the White House
Tue, 21 Jan 2025 13:41:00 GMT
Nick and Amol are joined by Justin Webb to answer your questions.
Match ID: 136 Score: 14.29 source: www.bbc.co.uk age: 5 days
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Donald Trump Plays Church
Tue, 21 Jan 2025 00:07:31 +0000
On Inauguration Day, the forty-seventh President cast himself as an especially favored vessel of the Almighty.
Match ID: 137 Score: 14.29 source: www.newyorker.com age: 5 days
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Key moments from Donald Trump's inauguration – video
Mon, 20 Jan 2025 22:39:36 GMT

Donald Trump has been sworn in as the 47th US president, beginning what could be a vengeful second term. His swearing-in ceremony, which was initially scheduled to take place outside on the Capitol’s west front, was moved inside. Trump vowed to sign a series of executive orders, with many focusing on immigration. The president was sworn in among global conservative politicians and tech billionaires

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Donald Trump’s Inaugural Day of Vindication
Mon, 20 Jan 2025 22:18:13 +0000
The reëlected President reprised his “American Carnage” address, with repeated jabs at America’s “decline” under Joe Biden, but his central theme, as always, was himself.
Match ID: 139 Score: 14.29 source: www.newyorker.com age: 5 days
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Factchecking Trump's inauguration speech – video
Mon, 20 Jan 2025 22:06:17 GMT

Donald Trump repeatedly made false and misleading claims during his inaugural address. Here are the facts on some of the false claims offered during his speech

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Match ID: 140 Score: 14.29 source: www.theguardian.com age: 5 days
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From Panama to Mars: the most extreme announcements in Trump's inauguration speech – video
Mon, 20 Jan 2025 21:54:54 GMT

Donald Trump vowed to 'plant the stars and stripes on the planet Mars' and 'take back' the Panama Canal as he was sworn into office for the second time. He announced a number of measures he planned to take such as ending the Green New Deal and declaring a national emergency on the US-Mexico border

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Match ID: 141 Score: 14.29 source: www.theguardian.com age: 5 days
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Donald Trump issues fresh tariff threats
Mon, 20 Jan 2025 21:15:29 +0000
But it may be a while before he unleashes a universal levy
Match ID: 142 Score: 14.29 source: www.economist.com age: 5 days
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DOGE Got Sued Three Times While Elon Musk Watched the Trump Inauguration
Mon, 20 Jan 2025 20:35:19 +0000

The so-called Department of Government Efficiency flouts federal law, the lawsuits allege.

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Match ID: 143 Score: 14.29 source: theintercept.com age: 5 days
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Sanctions are sinking Russia’s flagship gas project
Thu, 07 Nov 2024 11:09:08 +0000
Whether that lasts is up to Donald Trump
Match ID: 144 Score: 11.43 source: www.economist.com age: 80 days
qualifiers: 5.00 sanctions, 3.57 trump, 2.86 russia

Daily Cartoon: Monday, January 20th
Mon, 20 Jan 2025 16:53:24 +0000
“Come to think of it, I’d love to contribute to the coronation fund.”
Match ID: 145 Score: 10.71 source: www.newyorker.com age: 6 days
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Donald Trump Returns to Washington
Mon, 20 Jan 2025 11:00:00 +0000
The weekend’s pre-inaugural balls and parties reflected the exuberance of an ascendant MAGA movement—and the factional dissent already emerging.
Match ID: 146 Score: 10.71 source: www.newyorker.com age: 6 days
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A Longtime Biden Adviser Gives a Final Defense of Bidenomics
Mon, 20 Jan 2025 11:00:00 +0000
Jared Bernstein, the outgoing chair of the Council of Economic Advisers, says that Donald Trump is inheriting a strong economy, but with less freedom to maneuver than he had during his first term.
Match ID: 147 Score: 10.71 source: www.newyorker.com age: 6 days
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I Protested Trump’s First Inauguration. But I’m Not Marching Against Him Today.
Mon, 20 Jan 2025 09:00:00 +0000

There is little point in going to Washington today to oppose Trump’s return — Trumpism never left. There are more urgent tasks now.

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Match ID: 148 Score: 10.71 source: theintercept.com age: 6 days
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Trump Inauguration Official’s “Phony Charity” Allegedly Pocketed East Palestine Train Disaster Funds
Sun, 19 Jan 2025 18:52:34 +0000

Under a settlement with Ohio’s attorney general, GOP operative Pat Lee can never fundraise for charity in the state again.

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Match ID: 149 Score: 10.71 source: theintercept.com age: 6 days
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Why My Memories of Being Taken From My Mom at the Border Came Flooding Back
Sun, 19 Jan 2025 09:00:00 +0000

I was separated from my mom at age 10. Donald Trump's reelection has reignited my family's fears.

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Match ID: 150 Score: 7.14 source: theintercept.com age: 7 days
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Biden's Cyber Ambassador Urges Trump Not to Cede Ground to Russia and China in Global Tech Fight
Thu, 16 Jan 2025 11:30:00 +0000
Nathaniel Fick, the ambassador for cyberspace and digital policy, has led US tech diplomacy amid a rising tide of pressure from authoritarian regimes. Will the Trump administration undo that work?
Match ID: 151 Score: 6.43 source: www.wired.com age: 10 days
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How much oil can Trump pump?
Mon, 09 Dec 2024 18:44:21 +0000
The president-elect wants to be the ultimate energy baron
Match ID: 152 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 47 days
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Trump wastes no time in reigniting trade wars
Tue, 26 Nov 2024 14:24:15 +0000
Canada and Mexico look likely to suffer
Match ID: 153 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 61 days
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The biggest losers from Trumponomics
Thu, 14 Nov 2024 10:39:40 +0000
America’s president-elect wants to reshape trade, capital and labour flows
Match ID: 154 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 73 days
qualifiers: 3.57 trump, 2.14 trump

The return of Trumponomics excites markets but frightens the world
Wed, 06 Nov 2024 15:44:16 +0000
It may bring stronger growth, higher inflation and a global trade war
Match ID: 155 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 81 days
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Why investors’ “Trump trade” might be flawed
Sun, 03 Nov 2024 10:37:43 +0000
Markets are betting Trump 2.0 would boost the dollar. It could fall instead
Match ID: 156 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 84 days
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Donald Trump’s trade hawk is plotting behind bars
Tue, 11 Jun 2024 17:48:56 +0000
Peter Navarro’s dark vision of the global economy could shape Trump 2
Match ID: 157 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 229 days
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How vulnerable is Israel to sanctions?
Thu, 15 Aug 2024 09:56:50 +0000
So far, measures have had little effect. That could change
Match ID: 158 Score: 5.00 source: www.economist.com age: 164 days
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Would America dare to bring down a Chinese bank?
Wed, 10 Apr 2024 18:26:59 +0000
Janet Yellen promises sanctions for those supporting Vladimir Putin’s war
Match ID: 159 Score: 5.00 source: www.economist.com age: 290 days
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Lael Brainard's ‘Crisis Management Agency’ — and Her Warning For Trump
Sat, 18 Jan 2025 12:00:00 EST
Joe Biden's top economic adviser opens up on harrowing moments from her time in the White House, and what makes her nervous about the Trump agenda.
Match ID: 160 Score: 3.57 source: www.politico.com age: 8 days
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Will Donald Trump unleash Wall Street?
Wed, 15 Jan 2025 16:38:26 +0000
Bankers have plenty of reason to be hopeful
Match ID: 161 Score: 3.57 source: www.economist.com age: 11 days
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Iran is vulnerable to a Trumpian all-out economic assault
Mon, 13 Jan 2025 19:32:36 +0000
Oil prices are already at a five-month high
Match ID: 162 Score: 3.57 source: www.economist.com age: 12 days
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How the US TikTok Ban Would Actually Work
Thu, 09 Jan 2025 19:46:27 +0000
The fate of TikTok now rests in the hands of the US Supreme Court. If a law banning the social video app this month is upheld, it won’t disappear from your phone—but it will get messy fast.
Match ID: 163 Score: 3.57 source: www.wired.com age: 16 days
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Will Elon Musk dominate President Trump’s economic policy?
Thu, 02 Jan 2025 09:49:34 +0000
He will face challenges from both America firsters and conservative mainstreamers
Match ID: 164 Score: 3.57 source: www.economist.com age: 24 days
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What investors expect from President Trump
Wed, 01 Jan 2025 15:25:47 +0000
Shareholders are over the moon; bondholders are readying the whip hand
Match ID: 165 Score: 3.57 source: www.economist.com age: 25 days
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Trump asks Supreme Court to pause TikTok ban
Sat, 28 Dec 2024 00:32:00 GMT

Match ID: 166 Score: 3.57 source: www.marketwatch.com age: 29 days
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Stephen Miran is Trump's pick to lead Council of Economic Advisers
Sun, 22 Dec 2024 11:48:07 EST
Miran has called for a sweeping overhaul of the Fed to ensure greater political control over the central bank, including giving the president the power to fire board members at will.
Match ID: 167 Score: 3.57 source: www.politico.com age: 35 days
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The Federal Reserve takes on Trump—and stubborn inflation
Thu, 12 Dec 2024 11:12:20 +0000
Time for Jerome Powell to enter the octagon
Match ID: 168 Score: 3.57 source: www.economist.com age: 45 days
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Biden: Trump’s tax and tariffs plans are a ‘major mistake’
Tue, 10 Dec 2024 15:20:21 EST
Five weeks after the election, the president took his sharpest swing at Trump’s policy plans.
Match ID: 169 Score: 3.57 source: www.politico.com age: 46 days
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How China will strike back at Trump
Sun, 01 Dec 2024 16:45:27 +0000
Xi Jinping has set out his tariff red lines. What if America crosses them?
Match ID: 170 Score: 3.57 source: www.economist.com age: 56 days
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Why everyone wants to lend to weak companies
Thu, 28 Nov 2024 10:58:45 +0000
An unanticipated side-effect of Donald Trump’s election victory
Match ID: 171 Score: 3.57 source: www.economist.com age: 59 days
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Trump voters feel very differently about things now that he’s won, our new poll shows
Wed, 27 Nov 2024 16:47:39 EST
A pair of POLITICO|Morning Consult polls, one conducted in the final days of the election and the other conducted after Trump won, show how public opinion has changed.
Match ID: 172 Score: 3.57 source: www.politico.com age: 59 days
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How Trump, Starmer and Macron can avoid a debt crunch
Sun, 24 Nov 2024 16:25:06 +0000
With deficits soaring, their finance ministers will have to be smart
Match ID: 173 Score: 3.57 source: www.economist.com age: 63 days
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What Scott Bessent’s appointment means for the Trump administration
Sat, 23 Nov 2024 10:56:21 +0000
The president-elect’s nominee for treasury secretary faces a gruelling job
Match ID: 174 Score: 3.57 source: www.economist.com age: 64 days
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What Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders get wrong about credit cards
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 11:05:10 +0000
Forget interest rates. Rewards are the real problem
Match ID: 175 Score: 3.57 source: www.economist.com age: 66 days
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Donald Trump’s gas war is about to begin
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 10:52:57 +0000
It could annoy some of his most loyal supporters
Match ID: 176 Score: 3.57 source: www.economist.com age: 66 days
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Why crypto mania is reaching new heights
Tue, 12 Nov 2024 19:49:32 +0000
Are bitcoin bros right to be so thrilled by Donald Trump’s victory?
Match ID: 177 Score: 3.57 source: www.economist.com age: 74 days
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America’s strengthening dollar will rattle the rest of the world
Sun, 10 Nov 2024 15:53:02 +0000
Donald Trump’s policies could send the greenback soaring
Match ID: 178 Score: 3.57 source: www.economist.com age: 77 days
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What betting markets got right and wrong about Trump’s victory
Thu, 07 Nov 2024 11:50:03 +0000
They might have simply been lucky, or biased
Match ID: 179 Score: 3.57 source: www.economist.com age: 80 days
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Donald Trump would leave Asia with only bad options
Wed, 30 Oct 2024 18:16:07 +0000
The continent’s policymakers are too relaxed about the risks
Match ID: 180 Score: 3.57 source: www.economist.com age: 87 days
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Trump’s trillion-dollar tax cuts are spiralling out of control
Thu, 17 Oct 2024 09:59:12 +0000
His zany promises would blow up the deficit
Match ID: 181 Score: 3.57 source: www.economist.com age: 101 days
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An American sovereign-wealth fund is a risky idea
Thu, 12 Sep 2024 10:04:28 +0000
Donald Trump’s latest proposal has worryingly broad support
Match ID: 182 Score: 3.57 source: www.economist.com age: 136 days
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Gary Gensler is the most controversial man in American finance
Thu, 01 Aug 2024 10:18:55 +0000
Donald Trump is just the latest to take a swing. In an interview with The Economist, the SEC chair defends his record
Match ID: 183 Score: 3.57 source: www.economist.com age: 178 days
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Donald Trump wants a weaker dollar. What are his options?
Thu, 25 Jul 2024 09:41:16 +0000
All come with their own drawbacks
Match ID: 184 Score: 3.57 source: www.economist.com age: 185 days
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Trumponomics would not be as bad as most expect
Thu, 11 Jul 2024 09:35:08 +0000
Opposition would come from all angles
Match ID: 185 Score: 3.57 source: www.economist.com age: 199 days
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Is America approaching peak tip?
Thu, 20 Jun 2024 10:05:29 +0000
The country’s gratuity madness may soon calm, so long as Donald Trump does not get his way
Match ID: 186 Score: 3.57 source: www.economist.com age: 220 days
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Biden outdoes Trump with ultra-high China tariffs
Tue, 14 May 2024 16:23:33 +0000
The move, which hits electric vehicles, carries an environmental cost
Match ID: 187 Score: 3.57 source: www.economist.com age: 257 days
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Why a stronger dollar is dangerous
Tue, 23 Apr 2024 16:00:59 +0000
It sets the stage for a nasty new Trump-China clash, among other things
Match ID: 188 Score: 3.57 source: www.economist.com age: 278 days
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Even without war in the Gulf, pricier petrol is here to stay
Wed, 17 Apr 2024 15:59:46 +0000
Expensive oil could put Donald Trump in the White House
Match ID: 189 Score: 3.57 source: www.economist.com age: 284 days
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Europe’s economy is under attack from all sides
Tue, 26 Mar 2024 20:00:46 +0000
First Putin, now Xi. Next Trump?
Match ID: 190 Score: 3.57 source: www.economist.com age: 305 days
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A New Jam-Packed Biden Executive Order Tackles Cybersecurity, AI, and More
Thu, 16 Jan 2025 10:30:00 +0000
US president Joe Biden just issued a 40-page executive order that aims to bolster federal cybersecurity protections, directs government use of AI—and takes a swipe at Microsoft’s dominance.
Match ID: 191 Score: 2.86 source: www.wired.com age: 10 days
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2024: NASA Armstrong Prepares for Future Innovative Research Efforts
Fri, 20 Dec 2024 18:01:00 +0000
NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, is preparing today for tomorrow’s mission. Supersonic flight, next generation aircraft, advanced air mobility, climate changes, human exploration of space, and the next innovation are just some of the topics our researchers, engineers, and mission support teams focused on in 2024. NASA Armstrong began 2024 with the […]
Match ID: 192 Score: 2.86 source: www.nasa.gov age: 36 days
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The ART of training
Fri, 20 Dec 2024 11:38:00 +0100

For the first group of ESA’s Astronaut Reserve, two intensive months of Astronaut Reserve Training (ART) have come to a close. During this initial training phase, members of the ESA Astronaut Reserve Sara García Alonso  from Spain,  Andrea Patassa  from Italy,  Arnaud Prost  from France,  Amelie Schoenenwald  from Germany, and  Aleš Svoboda  from Czechia were introduced to essential skills required for future space exploration and scientific research.

Match ID: 193 Score: 2.86 source: www.esa.int age: 37 days
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Ukraine is winning the economic war against Russia
Wed, 18 Dec 2024 19:51:43 +0000
Whether that lasts depends on its ability to overcome acute shortages of power, men and money
Match ID: 194 Score: 2.86 source: www.economist.com age: 38 days
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Russia’s plunging currency spells trouble for its war effort
Sun, 01 Dec 2024 14:44:25 +0000
Supplies from China are about to become more expensive
Match ID: 195 Score: 2.86 source: www.economist.com age: 56 days
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Vladimir Putin is in a painful economic bind
Mon, 18 Nov 2024 18:53:16 +0000
Russia’s reliance on China is becoming a problem
Match ID: 196 Score: 2.86 source: www.economist.com age: 68 days
qualifiers: 2.86 russia

How Vladimir Putin hopes to transform Russian trade
Wed, 28 Aug 2024 17:44:29 +0000
He believes the country’s future lies with China and India. What could go wrong?
Match ID: 197 Score: 2.86 source: www.economist.com age: 151 days
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Vladimir Putin spends big—and sends Russia’s economy soaring
Sun, 11 Aug 2024 15:58:18 +0000
How long can the party last?
Match ID: 198 Score: 2.86 source: www.economist.com age: 168 days
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How Vladimir Putin created a housing bubble
Mon, 22 Jul 2024 15:39:56 +0000
Prices have risen by 172% in Russia’s biggest cities over the past three years
Match ID: 199 Score: 2.86 source: www.economist.com age: 188 days
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European banks are making heady profits in Russia
Thu, 06 Jun 2024 09:56:28 +0000
But for how much longer?
Match ID: 200 Score: 2.86 source: www.economist.com age: 234 days
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Russia’s gas business will never recover from the war in Ukraine
Thu, 02 May 2024 10:04:48 +0000
Hopes of a Chinese rescue look increasingly vain
Match ID: 201 Score: 2.86 source: www.economist.com age: 269 days
qualifiers: 2.86 russia

Frozen Russian assets will soon pay for Ukraine’s war
Thu, 18 Apr 2024 09:54:20 +0000
And America now hopes to convince others to make better use of the stash
Match ID: 202 Score: 2.86 source: www.economist.com age: 283 days
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Ukrainian drone strikes are hurting Russia’s oil industry
Thu, 11 Apr 2024 09:51:54 +0000
The world’s third-largest producer is now an importer of petrol
Match ID: 203 Score: 2.86 source: www.economist.com age: 290 days
qualifiers: 2.86 russia

NASA Scientists, Engineers Receive Presidential Early Career Awards
Fri, 17 Jan 2025 20:25:23 +0000
President Biden has named 19 researchers who contribute to NASA’s mission as recipients of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). These recipients are among nearly 400 federally funded researchers receiving the honor.   Established in 1996 by the National Science and Technology Council, the PECASE Award is the highest honor given by […]
Match ID: 204 Score: 2.14 source: www.nasa.gov age: 8 days
qualifiers: 2.14 energy

Europe faces an unusual problem: ultra-cheap energy
Thu, 20 Jun 2024 09:53:05 +0000
The continent is failing to adapt to a renewables boom
Match ID: 205 Score: 2.14 source: www.economist.com age: 220 days
qualifiers: 2.14 energy

Fusion Sparks an Energy Revolution
Wed, 19 Jun 2024 14:00:00 +0000
After hitting a power-output milestone, fusion technology is ready to graduate from small-scale lab experiment to full-sized power plant.
Match ID: 206 Score: 2.14 source: www.wired.com age: 221 days
qualifiers: 2.14 energy

Global Emissions Could Peak Sooner Than You Think
Wed, 17 Jan 2024 12:00:00 +0000
Global deployment of solar and wind power, plus a surge in EV sales, means emissions from fossil-fuel-derived energy will finally hit the downward slope.
Match ID: 207 Score: 2.14 source: www.wired.com age: 375 days
qualifiers: 2.14 energy

U.S. stock futures and bond yields drop on reports Putin has updated nuclear doctrine
Tue, 19 Nov 2024 08:55:00 GMT

Match ID: 208 Score: 1.43 source: www.marketwatch.com age: 68 days
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How Xi Jinping plans to overtake America
Sun, 31 Mar 2024 12:31:35 +0000
Digital twins, nuclear fusion and the small matter of fixing China’s economy
Match ID: 209 Score: 1.43 source: www.economist.com age: 301 days
qualifiers: 1.43 nuclear

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NASA Invites Media to Expedition 71 Crew Visit at Marshall
Fri, 24 Jan 2025 21:16:38 +0000
NASA will host four astronauts at 9 a.m. CDT Wednesday, Jan. 29, for a media opportunity at the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. NASA astronauts Matt Dominick, Mike Barratt, Jeanette Epps, and Tracy C. Dyson served as part of Expedition 71 and will discuss their recent missions to the International Space Station. […]
Match ID: 0 Score: 30.00 source: www.nasa.gov age: 1 day
qualifiers: 15.00 climate change, 15.00 carbon

NASA JPL Prepping for Full Year of Launches, Mission Milestones
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 17:55:52 +0000
Missions will study everything from water on the Moon to the transformation of our universe after the big bang and ongoing changes to Earth’s surface. With 2024 receding into the distance, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is already deep into a busy 2025. Early in the new year, the Eaton Fire came close to JPL, destroying […]
Match ID: 1 Score: 25.71 source: www.nasa.gov age: 3 days
qualifiers: 12.86 climate change, 12.86 carbon

I’ve lost contact with my mother and feel I’m the family pariah | Ask Philippa
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 06:00:43 GMT

Is there room for a more exploratory – rather than confrontational – dialogue?

The question I grew up as the scapegoat in a toxic family where my mother played her children off against each other. I went no-contact with her a few years ago and keep my interactions with my siblings to a minimum.

I am now the divorced mother of four young adults, all living away from home. I have a male relative who, with his partner, has become close to two of my children. Initially I welcomed this, but it has increasingly come at some cost to me. The relative has been expressing astonishment that a person who is such a mess (me, apparently) could have brought up such wonderful children. By doing that, they are trying to cause a rift between myself and the children. They have also become very friendly with my ex-husband, despite the latter never being interested in cultivating any sort of relationship with them until I ended the marriage.

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Match ID: 2 Score: 15.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 15.00 toxic

The Cause of the LA Fires Might Never Be Known—but AI Is Hunting for Clues
Sat, 25 Jan 2025 12:00:00 +0000
The source of more than half of all wildfires in the Western US remains unknown, so the US Forest Service has teamed up with computer scientists to create tools that can find answers.
Match ID: 3 Score: 15.00 source: www.wired.com age: 1 day
qualifiers: 15.00 climate change

NASA Invites Media to Second Intuitive Machines Launch to Moon
Fri, 24 Jan 2025 19:47:29 +0000
For the second time, Intuitive Machines will launch a lunar lander to deliver NASA technology demonstrations and science investigations to the Moon for the benefit of all. Media accreditation is open for the IM-2 launch, part of NASA’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative and Artemis campaign to establish a long-term presence on the Moon.  […]
Match ID: 4 Score: 15.00 source: www.nasa.gov age: 1 day
qualifiers: 15.00 carbon

NASA to Brief Media on Asteroid Sample Mission Findings
Fri, 24 Jan 2025 18:36:44 +0000
NASA will brief media at 11 a.m. EST Wednesday, Jan. 29, to provide an update on science results from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security – Regolith Explorer) mission, which delivered a sample of asteroid Bennu to Earth in September 2023. Audio of the media call will stream live on the agency’s […]
Match ID: 5 Score: 15.00 source: www.nasa.gov age: 1 day
qualifiers: 15.00 carbon

NASA Space Tech’s Favorite Place to Travel in 2025: The Moon!
Fri, 24 Jan 2025 17:24:43 +0000
NASA Space Technology has big travel plans for 2025, starting with a trip to the near side of the Moon! Among ten groundbreaking NASA science and technology demonstrations, two technologies are on a ride to survey lunar regolith – also known as “Moon dust” – to better understand surface interactions with incoming lander spacecraft and […]
Match ID: 6 Score: 15.00 source: www.nasa.gov age: 2 days
qualifiers: 15.00 carbon

NICER Status Update
Fri, 24 Jan 2025 15:00:00 +0000
Jan. 24, 2025 NASA’s NICER Continues Science Operations Post Repair NASA crew aboard the International Space Station installed patches to the agency’s NICER (Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer) mission during a spacewalk on Jan. 16. NICER, an X-ray telescope perched near the station’s starboard solar array, resumed science operations later the same day. The patches […]
Match ID: 7 Score: 15.00 source: www.nasa.gov age: 2 days
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40 Years Ago: STS-51C, the First Dedicated Department of Defense Shuttle Mission
Fri, 24 Jan 2025 14:07:24 +0000
On Jan. 24, 1985, space shuttle Discovery took off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida on STS-51C, the first space shuttle mission entirely dedicated to the Department of Defense (DOD). As such, many of the details of the flight remain classified. Discovery’s crew of Commander Thomas “T.K.” Mattingly, Pilot Loren Shriver, Mission Specialists […]
Match ID: 8 Score: 15.00 source: www.nasa.gov age: 2 days
qualifiers: 15.00 carbon

NASA Tests Air Traffic Surveillance Technology Using Its Pilatus PC-12 Aircraft
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 15:58:48 +0000
As air taxis, drones, and other innovative aircraft enter U.S. airspace, systems that communicate an aircraft’s location will be critical to ensure air traffic safety. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) requires aircraft to communicate their locations to other aircraft and air traffic control in real time using an Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) system. NASA is […]
Match ID: 9 Score: 12.86 source: www.nasa.gov age: 3 days
qualifiers: 12.86 carbon

The Arctic: climate change’s great economic opportunity
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 10:41:08 +0000
An enormous prize is on offer. When might it be grasped?
Match ID: 10 Score: 12.86 source: www.economist.com age: 3 days
qualifiers: 12.86 climate change

Biden Attack on Nonprofit Over Palestine Stance Made Trump’s Job Easier
Wed, 22 Jan 2025 19:46:50 +0000

By denying funding to the Climate Justice Alliance over Palestine, Biden went after Trump’s political opponents for him.

The post Biden Attack on Nonprofit Over Palestine Stance Made Trump’s Job Easier appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 11 Score: 12.86 source: theintercept.com age: 3 days
qualifiers: 12.86 climate change

Donald Trump Invents an Energy Emergency
Tue, 21 Jan 2025 20:48:35 +0000
The Day One executive orders call for more drilling—something that, really, nobody wants.
Match ID: 12 Score: 10.71 source: www.newyorker.com age: 4 days
qualifiers: 10.71 climate change

Till Lauer’s “Flames and Shadows”
Mon, 20 Jan 2025 11:00:00 +0000
Paradise turns to ashes.
Match ID: 13 Score: 6.43 source: www.newyorker.com age: 6 days
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We’re a team of science & tech journalists covering AI, climate change, and biotech. We just published our annual list of 10 Breakthrough Technologies, a round-up of promising tech that we believe could have a real impact on the world. Ask us anything about emerging tech in 2025 and beyond!
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NASA Kicks off Testing Campaign for Remotely Piloted Cargo Flights
Tue, 07 Jan 2025 17:21:00 +0000
NASA recently began a series of flight tests with partners to answer an important aviation question: What will it take to integrate remotely piloted or autonomous planes carrying large packages and cargo safely into the U.S. airspace? Researchers tested new technologies in Hollister, California, that are helping to investigate what tools and capabilities are needed […]
Match ID: 15 Score: 4.29 source: www.nasa.gov age: 19 days
qualifiers: 2.14 climate change, 2.14 carbon

2024: NASA Armstrong Prepares for Future Innovative Research Efforts
Fri, 20 Dec 2024 18:01:00 +0000
NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, is preparing today for tomorrow’s mission. Supersonic flight, next generation aircraft, advanced air mobility, climate changes, human exploration of space, and the next innovation are just some of the topics our researchers, engineers, and mission support teams focused on in 2024. NASA Armstrong began 2024 with the […]
Match ID: 16 Score: 4.29 source: www.nasa.gov age: 36 days
qualifiers: 2.14 climate change, 2.14 carbon

NASA Scientists, Engineers Receive Presidential Early Career Awards
Fri, 17 Jan 2025 20:25:23 +0000
President Biden has named 19 researchers who contribute to NASA’s mission as recipients of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). These recipients are among nearly 400 federally funded researchers receiving the honor.   Established in 1996 by the National Science and Technology Council, the PECASE Award is the highest honor given by […]
Match ID: 17 Score: 2.14 source: www.nasa.gov age: 8 days
qualifiers: 2.14 carbon

ARMD Solicitations (USRC Proposal Updates)
Thu, 16 Jan 2025 20:00:00 +0000
This ARMD solicitations page compiles the opportunities to collaborate with NASA’s aeronautical innovators and/or contribute to their research to enable new and improved air transportation systems. A summary of available opportunities with key dates requiring action are listed first. More information about each opportunity is detailed lower on this page. University Student Research ChallengeQ&A: January […]
Match ID: 18 Score: 2.14 source: www.nasa.gov age: 9 days
qualifiers: 2.14 carbon

NASA Small Business Funding Enables Aircraft Inspection by Drone
Mon, 13 Jan 2025 15:50:52 +0000
A small business called Near Earth Autonomy developed a time-saving solution using drones for pre-flight checks of commercial airliners through a NASA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program and a partnership with The Boeing Company. Before commercial airliners are deemed safe to fly before each trip, a pre-flight inspection must be completed. This process can […]
Match ID: 19 Score: 2.14 source: www.nasa.gov age: 13 days
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A year of extreme weather that challenged billions
Sun, 29 Dec 2024 02:03:56 GMT
Climate change caused 41 additional days of dangerous heat and extreme weather, say scientists.
Match ID: 20 Score: 2.14 source: www.bbc.com age: 28 days
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Ken Freeman Receives Air Traffic Control Association (ATCA) Award for ATM-X Digital Information Platform (DIP)
Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:47:32 +0000
Air Traffic Control Association (ATCA) Award to the NASA ATM-X Digital Information Platform (DIP) TeamIn November 2024, the Digital Information Platform (DIP) team received the prestigious Industry Award from the Air Traffic Control Association (ATCA) at the annual ATCA Connect Conference in Washington, DC. The award recognized the team’s efforts in supporting NASA’s Sustainable Flight National Partnership (SFNP), […]
Match ID: 21 Score: 2.14 source: www.nasa.gov age: 33 days
qualifiers: 2.14 carbon

NASA Runs X-59 Engine with Maximum Afterburner for First Time
Fri, 20 Dec 2024 16:36:26 +0000
NASA completed the first maximum afterburner engine run test on its X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft on Dec. 12. The ground test, conducted at Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, California, marks a significant milestone as the X-59 team progresses toward flight. An afterburner is a component of some jet engines that generates additional […]
Match ID: 22 Score: 2.14 source: www.nasa.gov age: 37 days
qualifiers: 2.14 carbon

NASA, Notre Dame Connect Students to Inspire STEM Careers
Fri, 20 Dec 2024 13:09:24 +0000
High school students in Indiana are contributing to NASA’s groundbreaking research to develop quieter, more fuel-efficient aircraft engines. Their learning experience is a collaboration between aircraft noise researchers from NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland and educators from the University of Notre Dame’s Turbomachinery Laboratory. The collaboration aims to encourage students’ interest in science, technology, […]
Match ID: 23 Score: 2.14 source: www.nasa.gov age: 37 days
qualifiers: 2.14 carbon

One in four properties at flood risk by 2050 - report
Tue, 17 Dec 2024 03:20:56 GMT
Climate change could increase flood threats without improvements to defences, the Environment Agency warns.
Match ID: 24 Score: 2.14 source: www.bbc.com age: 40 days
qualifiers: 2.14 climate change

Greener Is Getting Going
Wed, 19 Jun 2024 15:00:00 +0000
We’ve reached a tipping point where we’ve got a cleaner alternative for most transport. Now we have to commit.
Match ID: 25 Score: 2.14 source: www.wired.com age: 221 days
qualifiers: 2.14 climate change

Why any estimate of the cost of climate change will be flawed
Thu, 30 May 2024 09:51:10 +0000
Temperature fluctuations are unpredictable. Humans are even more so
Match ID: 26 Score: 2.14 source: www.economist.com age: 241 days
qualifiers: 2.14 climate change

A New Way to See Your Climate Anxiety
Mon, 22 Jan 2024 12:00:00 +0000
The climate crisis has become a mental health crisis. But eco-anxiety isn’t necessarily a pathology.
Match ID: 27 Score: 2.14 source: www.wired.com age: 370 days
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Global Emissions Could Peak Sooner Than You Think
Wed, 17 Jan 2024 12:00:00 +0000
Global deployment of solar and wind power, plus a surge in EV sales, means emissions from fossil-fuel-derived energy will finally hit the downward slope.
Match ID: 28 Score: 2.14 source: www.wired.com age: 375 days
qualifiers: 2.14 carbon

Ahrefs vs SEMrush: Which SEO Tool Should You Use?
Tue, 01 Mar 2022 12:16:00 +0000

SEMrush and Ahrefs are among the most popular tools in the SEO industry. Both companies have been in business for years and have thousands of customers per month.

If you're a professional SEO or trying to do digital marketing on your own, at some point you'll likely consider using a tool to help with your efforts. Ahrefs and SEMrush are two names that will likely appear on your shortlist.

In this guide, I'm going to help you learn more about these SEO tools and how to choose the one that's best for your purposes.

What is SEMrush?

SEMrush is a popular SEO tool with a wide range of features—it's the leading competitor research service for online marketers. SEMrush's SEO Keyword Magic tool offers over 20 billion Google-approved keywords, which are constantly updated and it's the largest keyword database.

The program was developed in 2007 as SeoQuake is a small Firefox extension

Features

• Most accurate keyword data: Accurate keyword search volume data is crucial for SEO and PPC campaigns by allowing you to identify what keywords are most likely to bring in big sales from ad clicks. SEMrush constantly updates its databases and provides the most accurate data.
• Largest Keyword database: SEMrush's Keyword Magic Tool now features 20-billion keywords, providing marketers and SEO professionals the largest database of keywords.


• All SEMrush users receive daily ranking data, mobile volume information, and the option to buy additional keywords by default with no additional payment or add-ons needed
• Most accurate position tracking tool: This tool provides all subscribers with basic tracking capabilities, making it suitable for SEO professionals. Plus, the Position Tracking tool provides local-level data to everyone who uses the tool.
• SEO Data Management: SEMrush makes managing your online data easy by allowing you to create visually appealing custom PDF reports, including Branded and White Label reports, report scheduling, and integration with GA, GMB, and GSC.
• Toxic link monitoring and penalty recovery: With SEMrush, you can make a detailed analysis of toxic backlinks, toxic scores, toxic markers, and outreach to those sites.
• Content Optimization and Creation Tools: SEMrush offers content optimization and creation tools that let you create SEO-friendly content. Some features include the SEO Writing Assistant, On-Page SEO Check, er/SEO Content Template, Content Audit, Post Tracking, Brand Monitoring.

Ahrefs

Ahrefs is a leading SEO platform that offers a set of tools to grow your search traffic, research your competitors, and monitor your niche. The company was founded in 2010, and it has become a popular choice among SEO tools. Ahrefs has a keyword index of over 10.3 billion keywords and offers accurate and extensive backlink data updated every 15-30 minutes and it is the world's most extensive backlink index database.

Features

• Backlink alerts data and new keywords: Get an alert when your site is linked to or discussed in blogs, forums, comments, or when new keywords are added to a blog posting about you.
• Intuitive interface: The intuitive design of the widget helps you see the overall health of your website and search engine ranking at a glance.
• Site Explorer: The Site Explorer will give you an in-depth look at your site's search traffic.
• Domain Comparison
• Reports with charts and graphs
• JavaScript rendering and a site audit can identify SEO issues.
• A question explorer that provides well-crafted topic suggestions

Direct Comparisons: Ahrefs vs SEMrush

Now that you know a little more about each tool, let's take a look at how they compare. I'll analyze each tool to see how they differ in interfaces, keyword research resources, rank tracking, and competitor analysis.

User Interface

Ahrefs and SEMrush both offer comprehensive information and quick metrics regarding your website's SEO performance. However, Ahrefs takes a bit more of a hands-on approach to getting your account fully set up, whereas SEMrush's simpler dashboard can give you access to the data you need quickly.

In this section, we provide a brief overview of the elements found on each dashboard and highlight the ease with which you can complete tasks.

AHREFS

The Ahrefs dashboard is less cluttered than that of SEMrush, and its primary menu is at the very top of the page, with a search bar designed only for entering URLs.

Additional features of the Ahrefs platform include:

• You can see analytics from the dashboard, including search engine rankings to domain ratings, referring domains, and backlink
• Jumping from one tool to another is easy. You can use the Keyword Explorer to find a keyword to target and then directly track your ranking with one click.
• The website offers a tooltip helper tool that allows you to hover your mouse over something that isn't clear and get an in-depth explanation.

SEMRUSH

When you log into the SEMrush Tool, you will find four main modules. These include information about your domains, organic keyword analysis, ad keyword, and site traffic.

You'll also find some other options like

• A search bar allows you to enter a domain, keyword, or anything else you wish to explore.
• A menu on the left side of the page provides quick links to relevant information, including marketing insights, projects, keyword analytics, and more.
• The customer support resources located directly within the dashboard can be used to communicate with the support team or to learn about other resources such as webinars and blogs.
• Detailed descriptions of every resource offered. This detail is beneficial for new marketers, who are just starting.

WHO WINS?

Both Ahrefs and SEMrush have user-friendly dashboards, but Ahrefs is less cluttered and easier to navigate. On the other hand, SEMrush offers dozens of extra tools, including access to customer support resources.

When deciding on which dashboard to use, consider what you value in the user interface, and test out both.

Rank Tracking

If you're looking to track your website's search engine ranking, rank tracking features can help. You can also use them to monitor your competitors.

Let's take a look at Ahrefs vs. SEMrush to see which tool does a better job.

Ahrefs

The Ahrefs Rank Tracker is simpler to use. Just type in the domain name and keywords you want to analyze, and it spits out a report showing you the search engine results page (SERP) ranking for each keyword you enter.

Rank Tracker looks at the ranking performance of keywords and compares them with the top rankings for those keywords. Ahrefs also offers:

You'll see metrics that help you understand your visibility, traffic, average position, and keyword difficulty.

It gives you an idea of whether a keyword would be profitable to target or not.

SEMRUSH

SEMRush offers a tool called Position Tracking. This tool is a project tool—you must set it up as a new project. Below are a few of the most popular features of the SEMrush Position Tracking tool:

All subscribers are given regular data updates and mobile search rankings upon subscribing

The platform provides opportunities to track several SERP features, including Local tracking.

Intuitive reports allow you to track statistics for the pages on your website, as well as the keywords used in those pages.

Identify pages that may be competing with each other using the Cannibalization report.

WHO WINS?

Ahrefs is a more user-friendly option. It takes seconds to enter a domain name and keywords. From there, you can quickly decide whether to proceed with that keyword or figure out how to rank better for other keywords.

SEMrush allows you to check your mobile rankings and ranking updates daily, which is something Ahrefs does not offer. SEMrush also offers social media rankings, a tool you won't find within the Ahrefs platform. Both are good which one do you like let me know in the comment.

Keyword Research

Keyword research is closely related to rank tracking, but it's used for deciding which keywords you plan on using for future content rather than those you use now.

When it comes to SEO, keyword research is the most important thing to consider when comparing the two platforms.

AHREFS

The Ahrefs Keyword Explorer provides you with thousands of keyword ideas and filters search results based on the chosen search engine.

Ahrefs supports several features, including:

• It can search multiple keywords in a single search and analyze them together. At SEMrush, you also have this feature in Keyword Overview.
• Ahrefs has a variety of keywords for different search engines, including Google, YouTube, Amazon, Bing, Yahoo, Yandex, and other search engines.
• When you click on a keyword, you can see its search volume and keyword difficulty, but also other keywords related to it, which you didn't use.

SEMRUSH

SEMrush's Keyword Magic Tool has over 20 billion keywords for Google. You can type in any keyword you want, and a list of suggested keywords will appear.

The Keyword Magic Tool also lets you to:

• Show performance metrics by keyword
• Search results are based on both broad and exact keyword matches.
• Show data like search volume, trends, keyword difficulty, and CPC.
• Show the first 100 Google search results for any keyword.
• Identify SERP Features and Questions related to each keyword
• SEMrush has released a new Keyword Gap Tool that uncovers potentially useful keyword opportunities for you, including both paid and organic keywords.

WHO WINS?

Both of these tools offer keyword research features and allow users to break down complicated tasks into something that can be understood by beginners and advanced users alike.

If you're interested in keyword suggestions, SEMrush appears to have more keyword suggestions than Ahrefs does. It also continues to add new features, like the Keyword Gap tool and SERP Questions recommendations.

Competitor Analysis

Both platforms offer competitor analysis tools, eliminating the need to come up with keywords off the top of your head. Each tool is useful for finding keywords that will be useful for your competition so you know they will be valuable to you.

AHREFS

Ahrefs' domain comparison tool lets you compare up to five websites (your website and four competitors) side-by-side.it also shows you how your site is ranked against others with metrics such as backlinks, domain ratings, and more.

Use the Competing Domains section to see a list of your most direct competitors, and explore how many keywords matches your competitors have.

To find more information about your competitor, you can look at the Site Explorer and Content Explorer tools and type in their URL instead of yours.

SEMRUSH

SEMrush provides a variety of insights into your competitors' marketing tactics. The platform enables you to research your competitors effectively. It also offers several resources for competitor analysis including:

Traffic Analytics helps you identify where your audience comes from, how they engage with your site, what devices visitors use to view your site, and how your audiences overlap with other websites.

SEMrush's Organic Research examines your website's major competitors and shows their organic search rankings, keywords they are ranking for, and even if they are ranking for any (SERP) features and more.

The Market Explorer search field allows you to type in a domain and lists websites or articles similar to what you entered. Market Explorer also allows users to perform in-depth data analytics on These companies and markets.

WHO WINS?

SEMrush wins here because it has more tools dedicated to competitor analysis than Ahrefs. However, Ahrefs offers a lot of functionality in this area, too. It takes a combination of both tools to gain an advantage over your competition.

Pricing

Ahrefs

• Lite Monthly: $99/month
• Standard Monthly: $179/month
• Annually Lite: $990/year
• Annually Standard: $1790/year

SEMRUSH

• Pro Plan: $119.95/month
• Guru Plan:$229.95/month
• Business Plan: $449.95/month

Which SEO tool should you choose for digital marketing?

When it comes to keyword data research, you will become confused about which one to choose.

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• Want more marketing and SEO features
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• Need to keep your backlinks profile clean
• Looking for more keyword suggestions for Google

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I was separated from my mom at age 10. Donald Trump's reelection has reignited my family's fears.

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Ultimate custard, perfectly timed pasta, espresso-fuelled stews: 37 brilliant recipe hacks
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 14:00:52 GMT

Make a splash in the kitchen – top chefs and cooks share easy ways to take your dinner to the next level

Chef-owner of Murano and Cafe Murano, London, and co-host of the Dish from Waitrose podcast

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Salt ’n’ pepper chips, hash brown bhaji, hot honey and bacon mash – Poppy O’Toole’s potato recipes
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 13:00:50 GMT

From chef to social-media sensation, the queen of spuds celebrates ‘the glory’ of the humble potato

Potatoes are my heart, so it had to happen,” says Poppy O’Toole, the 31-year-old chef and TikTok superstar once referred to by Nigella Lawson as the “high priestess of the potato”. O’Toole has every reason to be sincere about the humble spud. In November 2020, when she was an out-of-work chef, she made a TikTok video of her “crispy crunchy parmesan roasties”, which quickly got a million views. Since then, she has built up 4.4 million followers on TikTok, 1.1 million on Instagram, and is a regular on TV, whipping up potato dishes on Saturday Kitchen and This Morning. It is only a wonder that it has taken her so long to get around to writing an entire potato-themed cookbook. Next month’s The Potato Book is the fourth in her Poppy Cooks series. “Good things come to those who wait,” she says.

I meet O’Toole for coffee in a cafe in the centre of Birmingham. “You’ll have to excuse me, I’ve got green fingers,” she says. Last night she went to a party dressed as Shrek. She grew up in the West Midlands, lives nearby, and a lot of her training was done here, first under Glynn Purnell at the recently closed Purnell’s, and then under Alex Claridge at the Wilderness. We drool over one of the city’s very best potato dishes, the aloo tuk at Opheem. “Aktar Islam knows how to respect a vegetable,” she says, admiringly. When she was writing The Potato Book, she realised that in all of her previous jobs, she’d been asked to look after the spuds. “They’d be like, ‘Oh yeah, Poppy, do dauphinoise’, or ‘Poppy, do the fondant potatoes’. Maybe I was always meant to be the potato queen.”

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7 make-ahead lunches to power your workday
Sat, 25 Jan 2025 15:00:43 +0000
Save time — and money — at the office with these make-ahead lunches, including chili, pasta and more.
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The framing of the shrew: California students photograph mammal never caught on film
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 17:43:13 GMT

Three young scientists set traps to capture and film species of special concern in move that can help conserve the shrew

In a 7,000ft-high marshy spot in the cold, rugged eastern Sierra mountains, two groups of mammals scurried around at night. One was going about their normal nocturnal routine of hunting worms. The other was hoping for a glimpse of an elusive creature: the Mount Lyell shrew, the only known California mammal never photographed alive.

The three young student scientists faced a tight timeline. They baited 150 pitfall traps – small cups dug into the earth to catch wandering creatures – with cat food and mealworms and monitored them across a 600ft area, checking each trap every two hours for any signs of their goal. They slept no more than two hours at a time. Shrews have such a fast metabolism that they die in traps quickly, one of the reasons this species had never been photographed or studied live.

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This pasta dish makes Brussels sprouts taste positively indulgent
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 15:00:03 +0000
This vegetarian pasta from Ed Barrow shreds the sprouts and bathes them in a generous amount of butter and cream.
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This New Designer Kitchen Tool Is Just a Stick. So Why Are We Obsessed With It?
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 14:00:00 +0000
Stir with it, flip with it, cook with it—a Danish kitchenware studio has reinvented man’s OG tool.
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Solution to Evan Birnholz’s Jan. 26 crossword, ‘Food Processing’
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 14:00:33 +0000
Mixed up in the kitchen.
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Diageo rules out sale of Guinness brand amid stout speculation
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 13:52:58 GMT

Drinks company also denies it plans to dispose of 34% stake in champagne and cognac business Moët Hennessy

Diageo has ruled out a sale of its famous Guinness brand, quashing speculation that the drinks giant was looking to cash-in on runaway demand demand for the fashionable Irish stout.

The FTSE 100 company issued a statement on Sunday, denying that Guinness was up for sale or that a disposal of its 34% stake in the champagne and cognac business Moët Hennessy was on the cards.

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Waitrose v M&S: free coffee, longer toilet paper and the battle to win over the middle class shopper
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 13:00:50 GMT

Fancy food halls and freebies are tactics in the store wars. But do customers truly care where they shop?

“We’re sorry the machine isn’t working now.” This was the crushing notice greeting shoppers looking for a free hit last week in Waitrose’s Finchley Road store in north London. The unpalatable fact was that neither of the two complimentary coffee makers were in operation.

Taking into account apocalyptic fires and geopolitical instability, this mechanical breakdown may not have qualified as a harbinger of global crisis. Indeed, customers took the malfunction in their stride, gamely going about their business uncaffeinated.

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Alex Kapranos: ‘It took me a few years to realise that I didn’t have to drink everything on the rider’
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 12:00:49 GMT

The Franz Ferdinand frontman, and former chef, on songwriting, souffles and celebrating his Greek roots

Alex Kapranos has been a regular at Le Pantruche since he made Paris his most regular home two or three years ago, following his marriage to French singer-songwriter Clara Luciani. The bistro is a 1930s fantasy of a neighbourhood restaurant in Pigalle, set among the guitar shops of the city’s equivalent of Tin Pan Alley or Denmark Street: a dozen tables and a well-stocked bar crowded into a tiny shopfront room; today’s wines by the glass chalked on a board (nothing over €10); a menu that changes according to what seasonal flavours chef Franck Baranger is excited about cooking; casually stylish regulars who all seem to know Martin, waiter and maitre d’, by name.

Kapranos was introduced to the restaurant by the producer of Franz Ferdinand’s new album, who has a studio round the corner. He loves it here for many reasons, he says, but specifically for the everyday miracle of its Grand Marnier souffle. Before he was a rock star, Kapranos was a chef himself, most notably at Glasgow’s outpost of London’s Groucho Club, Saint Judes, so he knows what’s involved. “At Saint Judes, we used to do this thing called an inside-out chocolate pudding,” he says. “When it was perfectly executed, you had this wonderful light crust a bit like a cannoli. And then you would just tap it gently, and the whole thing would collapse in on itself and this gooey, delicious chocolate would ooze out. But to get it right was literally a margin of about 10 seconds of cooking. And if you fucked it up, that meant you had to start again. We didn’t even try souffles – but when they do them perfectly each time here, I’m still just awestruck.”

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How to be a foodie in 2025
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 11:00:49 GMT

Is it still worth queueing for a croissant? What kind of flavour is ‘swicy’? And who on earth are the leguminati? Tony Naylor has the answers

As difficult as it may be to believe, there was a time when Britain was not obsessed with food. Rewind to 1984 and this phenomenon was so new that in The Official Foodie Handbook journalists Ann Barr and Paul Levy were poking gentle fun at (as Levy later wrote in the Guardian) a new breed of “perfectly sane people” who “had suddenly become obsessed with every aspect of food”.

The book was not alone in identifying the foodie. By 1980, the New York magazine restaurant critic, Gael Greene, was observing the behaviour of “serious foodies”, too. But Barr and Levy, then working at Harper’s & Queen magazine, certainly popularised this depiction of ardent hobbyists who bonded over artisan cheese, travelled widely to eat, dug for organic self-sufficiency or studied food’s interaction with art and literature.

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Ultra-processed food? Forever chemicals? Declining birth rates? What’s behind rising cancer in the under-50s?
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 09:00:46 GMT

Research into the disease has never been more far-reaching, but there is little consensus as to what is causing the rocketing rates of diagnosis in young adults

In 2022, around 16% of the 20 million people with cancer worldwide were under 50. Cancer has always been markedly more of an older person’s disease, says Lynn Turner, director of research at Worldwide Cancer Research. But between 1990 and 2019, the incidence of the disease in under-50s rose by 79%, according to research published in the British Medical Journal in 2023. That short timeframe means the rise cannot be explained by genetic factors, according to Tracey Woodruff, director of the University of California, San Francisco’s programme on reproductive health and the environment.

Many of these “early-onset” cases are happening in wealthier countries, says Kathryn Bradbury, senior research fellow at the University of Auckland’s school of population health. The rates are striking because younger populations are mainly non-smokers, says Mary Beth Terry, a professor of epidemiology at Columbia University. About two-thirds of cancers in under-50s occur in women, she adds.

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Dzo! Viet Kitchen, London: ‘Worth your money and your time’ – restaurant review
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 06:00:42 GMT

This charismatic Vietnamese place stands out, even among all the attention-seekers on Upper Street Islington

Dzo! Viet Kitchen, 163 Upper Street, London N1 1US. Small plates £7.90-£11.90, large and sharing plates £10.90-£25.90, dessert £7.50, Saigon beer £6, wine from £35

You’ll never want for an emergency schnitzel on Islington’s Upper Street. Or a plate of Padrón peppers. Or a charred broccoli salad, heady with the scent of health consciousness. You’ll never want for anything. Some years ago, I walked the road from Angel tube at the southern end to Highbury & Islington tube at the northern, counting places to eat. It was a bit like the RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch, only for people who have earned their prescription for statins. Back then there were well over 100 restaurants, and many more if you counted those tucked away down sidestreets. It’s a curious place, both profoundly neighbourhood and very much not. Most businesses were sparrows and starlings; a few were garish kingfishers.

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Mexican workers set up tent city to house deportees from US
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 00:20:35 GMT
As well as a place to sleep, returning Mexicans will receive food, medicine and help in obtaining documents.
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The best hot sauces, tasted and rated by Thomasina Miers
Sat, 25 Jan 2025 10:00:17 GMT

Our Mexican food specialist gives us her take on hot sauces from UK supermarkets

• ‘An absolute belter’: Grace Dent tests the best extra-chocolatey biscuits

What a fun job, tasting hot sauces! I had a great time with my 13-year-old and her Ethiopian pal, who assured me of her skill in this department thanks to the traditionally spicy food her family eats at home.

We tasted the sauces on their own and with food. Both are essential: with the first drop, you’re looking for the flavour profile and overall taste; with the second mouthful on food – in our case a margherita pizza – you’re looking for how the heat and flavour of the sauce cut through. The moment the heat from the chillies comes into contact with food, especially carbohydrates and fats, the potency is reduced and the heat is sucked up. If you want a sauce to season food and enhance its flavours, then you need more heat than is obvious, and definitely more heat than when tasting the sauces on their own.

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NASA Invites Media to Expedition 71 Crew Visit at Marshall
Fri, 24 Jan 2025 21:16:38 +0000
NASA will host four astronauts at 9 a.m. CDT Wednesday, Jan. 29, for a media opportunity at the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. NASA astronauts Matt Dominick, Mike Barratt, Jeanette Epps, and Tracy C. Dyson served as part of Expedition 71 and will discuss their recent missions to the International Space Station. […]
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This Man Eats So Much Butter, Cheese, and Beef That Cholesterol Oozes From His Skin
Fri, 24 Jan 2025 20:03:30 +0000
High cholesterol is considered 240 mg/dL. The man’s was over 1,000 mg/dL.
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Scientists point to Andes potato pathogen as origin of Irish famine
Fri, 24 Jan 2025 19:00:01 GMT

Researchers say study may help global efforts in controlling disease that still destroys crops today

It was a disaster that killed about 1 million people, devastating 19th century Ireland, but while the potato disease linked to the Irish famine is well known, a battle has raged over where it originated.

Scientists have long been divided over whether the fungus-like pathogen Phtytophthora infestans cropped up in the Andes or originated in Mexico.

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Humphrey’s world: how the Samuel Smith beer baron built Britain’s strangest pub chain – podcast
Fri, 24 Jan 2025 05:00:02 GMT

Since the 1970s, Humphrey Smith has acquired scores of pubs and historic properties around the UK. But time after time, he has left the buildings empty. Why has he allowed his empire to moulder? By Mark Blacklock. Read by Joe Layton

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Is Social Media More Like Cigarettes or Junk Food?
Wed, 22 Jan 2025 11:00:00 +0000
Lawmakers attempting to regulate children’s access to social media must decide whether bans or warning labels are the optimal route for keeping kids safe.
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Trump Inauguration Official’s “Phony Charity” Allegedly Pocketed East Palestine Train Disaster Funds
Sun, 19 Jan 2025 18:52:34 +0000

Under a settlement with Ohio’s attorney general, GOP operative Pat Lee can never fundraise for charity in the state again.

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Why My Memories of Being Taken From My Mom at the Border Came Flooding Back
Sun, 19 Jan 2025 09:00:00 +0000

I was separated from my mom at age 10. Donald Trump's reelection has reignited my family's fears.

The post Why My Memories of Being Taken From My Mom at the Border Came Flooding Back appeared first on The Intercept.

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Sign up for the Feast newsletter: our free Guardian food email
Tue, 09 Jul 2019 08:19:21 GMT

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

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

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How we're getting ripped off by hidden inflation – video
Thu, 16 Jan 2025 08:59:18 GMT

Why are your favourite products getting smaller but costing the same? From toilet paper rolls to snacks, shrinkflation is the sneaky tactic is affecting many things we buy.

In this video, Neelam Tailor looks into how companies hide shrinkflation and what you can do about it.

After a holiday season where festive treats like Cadbury’s Christmas selection boxes shrank while prices stayed the same, shrinkflation continues to impact shoppers in 2025. Start the year informed and learn how to spot these subtle changes to protect your budget.

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We’re a team of science & tech journalists covering AI, climate change, and biotech. We just published our annual list of 10 Breakthrough Technologies, a round-up of promising tech that we believe could have a real impact on the world. Ask us anything about emerging tech in 2025 and beyond!
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ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/15/2024
Mon, 15 Jul 2024 16:00:09 +0000
Boeing CST-100 Crewed Flight Test (CFT): Today, the CFT crew assisted the ISS crew by performing a USOS food audit and continuing to complete different payload activities. Payloads: Combustion Integrated Rack (CIR): Fuel Oxidizer Management Assembly (FOMA) Calibration was performed. The upper rack doors were opened, the bottle valves were closed, the pressure in the …
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Style, with substance: what’s really trending this week, a roundup of the best fashion journalism and your wardrobe dilemmas solved, direct to your inbox every Thursday

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What is Blockchain: Everything You Need to Know (2022)
Mon, 18 Apr 2022 05:49:00 +0000

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

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

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

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

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

So, What is Blockchain?

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

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

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

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

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

Let’s get to know more about the blockchain.

How does blockchain work?

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

Here’s how it works:

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

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

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

How are Blockchains used?

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

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

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

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

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

What is Blockchain Decentralization?

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

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

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

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

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

Pros and Cons of Blockchain

Blockchain has many advantages and disadvantages. 

Pros

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

Cons

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

Frequently Asked Questions About Blockchain

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

Is Blockchain a cryptocurrency?

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

Is it possible for Blockchain to be hacked?

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

What is the most prominent blockchain company?

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

Who owns Blockchain?

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

What is the difference between Bitcoin and Blockchain technology?

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

What is the difference between Blockchain and a Database?

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

Final Saying

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

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