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L’Oreal Professionnel AirLight Pro Review: Faster, Lighter, and Repairable
Sun, 22 Dec 2024 13:32:00 +0000
L'Oréal's first professional hair dryer combines infrared light, wind, and heat to drastically reduce your drying time.
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My voyage of good cheer around Finland – the world’s happiest country
Sun, 22 Dec 2024 07:00:40 GMT

With clean air, vast green spaces and more saunas than cars, Finns have plenty of reasons to be cheerful

According to the World Happiness Report, the cheeriest country in the world is one nature-loving Nordic nation – Finland. On paper, it’s not hard to see why. It’s one of the world’s least corrupt countries, built on a democracy and quick to give women the vote. Education, from daycare to university, is free. Crime is low, the water is clean, the air fresh and there are more saunas than cars. But is it noticeably a nice place to be? And can the Finns teach me (and the rest of the UK, which ranks 20th in the Happiness Report) anything about wellbeing in the land of forests and freedom?

I start in Helsinki. With a population of just 630,000, this is a pocket-sized, but delightful capital city, buzzing with a Nordic foodie scene, a clutch of tech startups and its own design aesthetic, all bathed in up to 19 hours a day of sunlight in the summer. Over coffee at Nolita, his zero-waste restaurant and bakery, Serbian-born chef Luca Basic tells me that he came to Helsinki aged 19 and immediately decided to stay. So, what’s happiness in the city? He doesn’t hesitate. “It’s trust in the state. It goes beyond things like buses being on time, or my staff being able to afford to live in the middle of their city.”

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Best Running Shoes (2024): Asics, Hoka, Nike, On Running
Sat, 21 Dec 2024 14:02:00 +0000
We clocked thousands of test miles to bring you the best running shoes for every pace, ability, and running goal.
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21 WIRED-Tested Gifts for People Who Need Some Sleep (2024)
Fri, 20 Dec 2024 14:38:00 +0000
Sweet dreams are made of these, from special lamps to noise machines.
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In Waning Senate Days, Kyrsten Sinema Screwed Workers and Spent Campaign Cash on Stay at French Castle
Fri, 20 Dec 2024 10:00:00 +0000

The Arizona senator’s prodigious campaign spending in global wine hot spots can’t possibly be related to the campaign she’s not running, says an ethics complaint.

The post In Waning Senate Days, Kyrsten Sinema Screwed Workers and Spent Campaign Cash on Stay at French Castle appeared first on The Intercept.

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Ugandan runner due to arrive in London after 516 days and 7,700 miles on the road
Fri, 20 Dec 2024 10:00:09 GMT

Deo Kato says journey from Cape Town gave him hope in humanity, despite facing racism from police and passersby on a daily basis

A Ugandan athlete who arrives in London this weekend after running 7,730 miles (12,440km) from South Africa to raise awareness about racism has revealed he suffered repeated abuse on reaching Europe.

Deo Kato set off from Cape Town in July 2023, running steadily north on a 516-day odyssey that has seen him jailed for weeks, laid low with serious illness and having to pass through war zones.

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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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NASA Accelerates Space Exploration, Earth Science for All in 2024
Fri, 06 Dec 2024 21:54:15 +0000
With a look back at 2024, NASA is celebrating its many innovative and inspiring accomplishments this year including for the first time, landing new science and technology on the Moon with an American company, pushing the boundaries of exploration by launching a new mission to study Jupiter’s icy moon Europa; maintaining 24 years of continuous […]
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The 25 Best Movies on Amazon Prime Right Now (December 2024)
Sat, 21 Dec 2024 12:00:00 +0000
It's a Wonderful Life, Merry Little Batman, and My Old Ass are just a few of the movies you should be watching on Amazon Prime Video this week.
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The 66 Best Movies on Disney+ Right Now (December 2024)
Thu, 19 Dec 2024 20:00:00 +0000
Deadpool & Wolverine, Alien: Romulus, and Elton John: Never Too Late are just a few of the movies you should be watching on Disney+ this month.
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TV: Barbara Ellen’s 10 best shows of 2024
Sun, 22 Dec 2024 11:00:44 GMT

Andrew Scott’s masterly Tom Ripley, Samurai feuds, a contentious stalker and brazen 80s naughtiness hit the spot

1. Ripley
Netflix; April
Filmed in Italy in chic monochrome, Steven Zaillian’s take on Patricia Highsmith’s The Talented Mr Ripley was a restrained masterclass in prowling suspense. In the lead role, Andrew Scott coated the fabled literary antihero with a disquieting glaze of need and envy, delivering a Tom Ripley wreathed in shadows. Magnifico!

2. Mr Bates vs the Post Office
ITV1; January
Gwyneth Hughes’s powerful telling of the decades-old miscarriage of justice involving wrongly accused UK post office owner-operators caused a national stir. With Toby Jones playing Alan Bates, who led the fight for justice, it was campaigning British drama at its finest.

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Willem Dafoe on “Nosferatu”
Fri, 20 Dec 2024 19:00:00 +0000
The actor talks with Adam Howard about playing a vampire hunter in Robert Eggers’s remake of “Nosferatu.” After hundreds of vampire movies, Eggers “wanted him to be scary again.”
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“The Brutalist” ’s Epic Inversion of the American Dream
Fri, 20 Dec 2024 11:00:00 +0000
In his latest film, the director Brady Corbet depicts the fate of a brilliant Hungarian architect, who lands in the United States after surviving Buchenwald.
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The 50 best films of 2024 in the UK
Fri, 20 Dec 2024 08:00:00 GMT

Jonathan Glazer’s Holocaust drama was chilling, Lily Farhadpour charmed in Iran and Paul Mescal was tremendous in a fantasy-romance as our critics select their standout picks of the year
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The “Nickel Boys” Director RaMell Ross on Making the Most Haunting Scene
Wed, 18 Dec 2024 21:25:27 +0000
The Oscar-nominated filmmaker discusses finding the proper perspective for depicting the characters of his latest film adaptation.
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The Best Films of 2024
Wed, 18 Dec 2024 11:00:00 +0000
The year’s strongest films offered thrilling affirmation of cinema as a global medium.
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Is It a Movie or a Film?
Tue, 17 Dec 2024 11:00:00 +0000
Movies are scored by Hans Zimmer. Films are scored by someone who has said, at least once, “I don’t feel challenged by Hans Zimmer’s work.”
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Charles Hall Insisted He Wanted the Death Penalty. Now He’s Asking Biden for Mercy.
Sun, 15 Dec 2024 11:00:00 +0000

The jurors that sent Hall to death row never heard critical evidence that could have convinced them to spare his life. Some of them now support his bid for clemency.

The post Charles Hall Insisted He Wanted the Death Penalty. Now He’s Asking Biden for Mercy. appeared first on The Intercept.

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NASA Accelerates Space Exploration, Earth Science for All in 2024
Fri, 06 Dec 2024 21:54:15 +0000
With a look back at 2024, NASA is celebrating its many innovative and inspiring accomplishments this year including for the first time, landing new science and technology on the Moon with an American company, pushing the boundaries of exploration by launching a new mission to study Jupiter’s icy moon Europa; maintaining 24 years of continuous […]
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The Real Story of “The Order”
Fri, 06 Dec 2024 19:28:04 +0000
The new film about an FBI agent chasing a white supremacist terror cell is based on a true story—and one that connects the headlines of 40 years ago to those of today.
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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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Health Insurance Execs Should Live in Fear of Prison, Not Murder
Thu, 19 Dec 2024 17:00:00 +0000

The U.S. political system is owned by corporations despised by the American people. Luigi Mangione is the result.

The post Health Insurance Execs Should Live in Fear of Prison, Not Murder appeared first on The Intercept.

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Republicans Said the FTC Was Too Politicized. Now Trump’s FTC Pick Says It Should be Politicized — by Trump.
Wed, 18 Dec 2024 09:30:00 +0000

“When you imagine what the FTC is willing and able to do in the service of an authoritarian Trump administration, that takes you to some really terrifying places.”

The post Republicans Said the FTC Was Too Politicized. Now Trump’s FTC Pick Says It Should be Politicized — by Trump. appeared first on The Intercept.

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In Waning Senate Days, Kyrsten Sinema Screwed Workers and Spent Campaign Cash on Stay at French Castle
Fri, 20 Dec 2024 10:00:00 +0000

The Arizona senator’s prodigious campaign spending in global wine hot spots can’t possibly be related to the campaign she’s not running, says an ethics complaint.

The post In Waning Senate Days, Kyrsten Sinema Screwed Workers and Spent Campaign Cash on Stay at French Castle appeared first on The Intercept.

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House Democrats may not have the votes to help Republicans pass latest proposal
Fri, 20 Dec 2024 21:32:57 +0000

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Federal Labor Unions Steel Themselves for Trump and DOGE’s Mass Firings
Wed, 18 Dec 2024 10:00:00 +0000

Trump wants a bloodbath for the federal employees, but government workers aren’t the only ones who will suffer.

The post Federal Labor Unions Steel Themselves for Trump and DOGE’s Mass Firings appeared first on The Intercept.

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Senate Approves Defense Bill Blocking Health Care for Thousands of Trans Youth
Wed, 18 Dec 2024 21:28:04 +0000

Biden appears ready to sign the NDAA, despite objections from advocates and some Democrats about an insidious anti-trans rider.

The post Senate Approves Defense Bill Blocking Health Care for Thousands of Trans Youth  appeared first on The Intercept.

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What Killed Daniel Prude? The Cops and New York AG Said a Diagnosis That’s Since Been Debunked.
Sat, 21 Dec 2024 10:00:00 +0000

A newly obtained document sheds light on how the disavowed “excited delirium” diagnosis infiltrated the Rochester Police Department before Prude’s death.

The post What Killed Daniel Prude? The Cops and New York AG Said a Diagnosis That’s Since Been Debunked. appeared first on The Intercept.

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Trump’s claims of a mandate run into reality of narrow majorities
Sat, 21 Dec 2024 07:57:45 +0000
Donald Trump’s last-minute demands for a congressional funding package were rejected by Republicans, foreshadowing the challenges he could face next year.
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Who does Trump want in his cabinet, and why? – podcast
Fri, 20 Dec 2024 05:00:04 GMT

As Donald Trump’s nominees woo Senate Republicans to secure their confirmation, Joan E Greve and Hugo Lowell look at who could be in charge of the major government departments and what they’ll have to do to keep the president happy for the next four years

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Top Senator Warns Sweeping New Surveillance Powers Will “Inevitably Be Misused” by Trump
Wed, 18 Dec 2024 11:00:00 +0000

Everyone from janitors to the Geek Squad could be forced to help the NSA spy — and Democrats barely put up a fight.

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Senate Democrats find many ethical lapses by Supreme Court justices
Sun, 22 Dec 2024 00:39:28 +0000
A 20-month investigation by Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee found that Justice Clarence Thomas failed to report jet and yacht trips.
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Absent US congresswoman has been dealing with ‘dementia issues’, family says
Sun, 22 Dec 2024 19:23:33 GMT

Republican Kay Granger of Texas living at senior living facility, which she had not disclosed to public

A Republican congresswoman from Texas has not cast a vote in the US House since July while she has been grappling with “dementia issues” and residing at a senior living facility, according to her family – something she did not disclose to the public before a Dallas media outlet figured out where she was during her prolonged absence.

Kay Granger, 81, has represented Texas’s 12th congressional district, which includes part of the Dallas-Fort Worth area, since 1997. And beginning in January 2023 she spent more than a year as the chairperson of the powerful House appropriations committee.

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Republicans averted a shutdown, yet showed boundaries of Trump’s power
Sun, 22 Dec 2024 10:00:48 +0000
This week’s events were a preview of the perils of governing that face Trump and Republicans in Congress, despite their narrow majorities.
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The G.O.P.’s Elon Musk Problem
Sat, 21 Dec 2024 21:48:57 +0000
The tech billionaire derailed a government-funding deal and made a shutdown more likely. His intervention signals the growing sway of wealth in politics, and its risks.
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Biden signs stopgap funding bill, but congressional fight to continue
Sat, 21 Dec 2024 20:48:28 +0000
The incoming Congress, which will be controlled by Republicans, is still expected to face bruising battles over government funding in Trump’s second term.
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‘Even diehard Conservatives would not vote for her’: how Liz Truss tried to remake herself after her spectacular election defeat
Sat, 21 Dec 2024 07:00:11 GMT

Booted out of her Norfolk constituency in July’s general election, the former PM is still wildly ambitious. Will she make a comeback?

By 5am on 5 July, it was clear to the hundreds of candidates, officials, activists and journalists gathered in the Lynnsport leisure centre in King’s Lynn for election night that the former prime minister Liz Truss had lost her parliamentary seat.

But from then until 6.45am, Truss was nowhere to be seen. Even when the other candidates were told to make their way on stage for the official announcement that Labour’s Terry Jermy had spectacularly overturned Truss’s previous majority of 26,000 to win the seat of South West Norfolk, the former prime minister was still not there.

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Biden keeps quiet amid angry battle over government spending bill
Fri, 20 Dec 2024 23:53:36 +0000
As the government neared a shutdown, the president appeared content to let Republicans battle it out.
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Trump made one big demand. And the GOP is quickly ignoring it.
Fri, 20 Dec 2024 21:40:44 +0000
Trump’s team was assured that he, not Elon Musk, is in charge --- right before congressional Republicans disregarded him.
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John Fetterman to fellow Democrats on second Trump term: ‘You gotta chill out’
Sun, 22 Dec 2024 17:41:22 GMT

Pennsylvania senator who’s seeking to position himself as a bridge to the far-right advises Democrats to ‘pace yourself’

Senator John Fetterman – once a darling of the left but increasingly seeking to position himself as a bridge to the far-right – on Sunday doubled down on advice for fellow Democrats loathing the thought of the looming second Donald Trump presidency: “You gotta chill out.”

“You know, like the constant … freak out – it’s not helpful,” Fetterman said.

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Congress also approved boosts to Social Security payments and disaster aid
Sun, 22 Dec 2024 00:09:43 +0000
The federal government avoided a shutdown. Here are some notable takeaways from legislation that cleared the House and Senate this week.
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Children executed and women raped in front of their families as M23 militia unleashes fresh terror on DRC
Sat, 21 Dec 2024 13:07:30 GMT

First-hand accounts from victims of unthinkable violence paint a gruesome picture of the brutality sweeping the central African country. How long is the West prepared to look away?

They were looking for new ways to kill, ways to send fresh terror across North Kivu.

It was early afternoon when the M23 militia raided the Congolese town of Rubaya. In a marketplace, gunmen found a giant wooden pestle and mortar for crushing grain. They began rounding up children, wedging them tight in the mortar. Isabel, 32, watched the rebels stove in their skulls. The mortar turned red, overflowing with blood.

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Rep. Adam Smith (Washington), the top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee, walked onto the...
Fri, 20 Dec 2024 22:48:27 +0000

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Republicans must have a good feeling about this bill. Once they’ve voted, they are bolting from...
Fri, 20 Dec 2024 22:40:27 +0000

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House Democrats are cheering inside their caucus meeting, a change of tone from Thursday night when...
Fri, 20 Dec 2024 22:33:47 +0000

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Trump’s wake-up call: Republicans are willing to defy him
Fri, 20 Dec 2024 17:22:09 EST
His push ran into longstanding GOP resistance to raising the debt ceiling.
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Trump reiterates anti-immigration promise at rightwing convention rally
Sun, 22 Dec 2024 19:39:11 GMT

In speech president-elect doubles down on idea that his clear but relatively narrow victory was in fact a landslide

Donald Trump used a Sunday morning speech at a rightwing convention in Phoenix, Arizona, as a victory lap, doubling down on the idea that his clear though relatively narrow victory was in fact a landslide – and impressing upon his base the idea that he enjoys an overwhelming mandate.

“Our movement not only won a mandate,” said Trump, who won the popular vote in November’s election by about half a percentage point while clinching the electoral college 312-226. “We’ve built majorities all over the place that will define our country’s future.”

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Chinese man charged with acting as Beijing agent in local California election
Sun, 22 Dec 2024 18:27:27 GMT

Authorities arrest Yaoning Sun for allegedly working for Chinese government while trying to get politician elected

A Chinese man was arrested this week on charges of acting as an illegal agent for Beijing while serving as the campaign manager for a Los Angeles-area politician, in a case that highlights rising concerns that the Chinese government has cultivated a network of operatives to influence US politicians and advance their interests.

US authorities on Thursday arrested Yaoning “Mike” Sun, 64, on accusations he worked for the Chinese government while trying to get an unnamed politician elected to a southern California city council.

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I travelled up and down the UK this year. One album sums up what I saw | John Harris
Sun, 22 Dec 2024 12:00:45 GMT

Weariness, confusion, flashes of anger – for me, English Teacher’s lyrics evoke the texture of British life today

The most revelatory experience I had this year happened at Glastonbury, on the festival’s Saturday night. I was at the Left Field, the 1,500-capacity big top where the afternoons begin with panel discussions about politics, and the evenings are given over to music. The penultimate attraction of the day was a quartet from Leeds called English Teacher, who played for an hour, and took my breath away: not just because their music was brimming with ideas and creativity, but because it also seemed to perfectly crystallise the state of the country. As the performance went on, the crowd received it all with an increasing feeling of rapture; by the end, it felt like everyone had concluded that they were experiencing something very special indeed.

Their first album, This Could Be Texas, came out in April. Its songs do not achieve their feats with rhetoric or sloganeering, nor have much to do with party politics: their subject matter is too kaleidoscopic to be reduced to simple social or political commentary, and like the best zeitgeist-capturing musicians, English Teacher deal in poetic, impressionistic, often wonderfully strange language. The words written, sung and spoken by the singer and lyricist Lily Fontaine sometimes suggest fragments of conversations you might hear at bus stops, or in pubs or cafes, full of a sense of life having been upturned, but human beings somehow muddling on: “Shoes were bought, broken in / One new pair breaks the bank … Can a river stop its banks from bursting? Blame the council, not the rain / No preparation for the breakdown … That country is in a bad state / There’s a familiar atmosphere about the place”.

John Harris is a Guardian columnist

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Mozambique on edge before ruling on disputed election results
Sun, 22 Dec 2024 08:00:40 GMT

Final outcome expected after rigging allegations, weeks of protests and crackdown in which dozens have been killed

Mozambique is on edge ahead of a ruling expected on Monday to determine the final results of October’s disputed elections, after allegations of rigging triggered weeks of protests in which security forces have killed dozens of people.

The opposition presidential candidate Venâncio Mondlane has threatened “chaos” if the constitutional council confirms the initial election results, which gave the ruling party candidate, Daniel Chapo, 70.7% of the vote and Mondlane 20.3%.

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UK to ban bee-killing pesticides but highly toxic type could still be allowed
Sat, 21 Dec 2024 06:00:11 GMT

Ministers set out plans for outlawing neonicotinoids but considering application by farmers to use Cruiser SB

Bee-killing pesticides are to be banned by the UK government, as ministers set out plans to outlaw the use of neonicotinoids.

However, the highly toxic neonicotinoid Cruiser SB could be allowed for use next year, as ministers are considering applications from the National Farmers’ Union and British Sugar.

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Trudeau running out of road even as he announces cabinet reshuffle
Fri, 20 Dec 2024 20:05:28 GMT

Canada’s PM races to infuse fresh blood into cabinet while New Democratic party announces withdrawal of support

Justin Trudeau has carried out a major reshuffle of his cabinet, changing a third of his senior team – even as a series of blows seemed to guarantee the end of his term as prime minister and a spring election for Canada.

The move on Friday came at the end of a disastrous week that saw the shock resignation of his deputy, calls for his resignation from within his own party and public mockery from Donald Trump.

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A MAGA power play roils Senate GOP campaign groups
Thu, 19 Dec 2024 19:02:25 EST
This intraparty warfare is driven in part by the vacuum caused by Mitch McConnell’s exit from GOP leadership.
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EPA Staffers Demand Biden Release Climate Funds Withheld Over Gaza
Thu, 19 Dec 2024 15:16:12 +0000

“The funds to CJA are critical for building community resilience against climate change threats.”

The post EPA Staffers Demand Biden Release Climate Funds Withheld Over Gaza appeared first on The Intercept.

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Critics at Large Live: The Year of the Flop
Thu, 19 Dec 2024 11:00:00 +0000
Across culture and politics, 2024 was a year of great expectations followed by disastrous misses. What space might these upsets open up in their wake?
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We Have Some Questions for Isaac Chotiner About 2024
Wed, 18 Dec 2024 23:32:13 +0000
“Joe Biden set out not just to defeat Donald Trump but to defeat Trumpism,” Chotiner says. “And he failed at that.”
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The Real Danger of ABC News Settling Its Lawsuit With Donald Trump
Tue, 17 Dec 2024 09:00:00 +0000

The big news outlets used to say settlements would encourage more lawsuits. Trump is already targeting smaller newspapers.

The post The Real Danger of ABC News Settling Its Lawsuit With Donald Trump appeared first on The Intercept.

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‘The great capitulation’: why key US figures are seeking Trump’s favor
Sun, 22 Dec 2024 12:00:45 GMT

People from tech executives to foreign leaders and even some mainstream media figures are ‘acquiescing in advance’, experts say, because of greed and fear

When “Justice for All”, a dirge-like version of the national anthem sung by defendants jailed over their alleged roles in the January 6, 2021 insurrection, was played last month at Mar-a-Lago in Florida, guests stood with hand on heart.

Among them was Mark Zuckerberg, the billionaire founder of Facebook.

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Farage, Musk and Candy say ‘cheese’ – now British democracy’s toast | Stewart Lee
Sun, 22 Dec 2024 10:00:42 GMT

Last week’s photo op with the Reform leader and X owner was further evidence of the UK’s inevitable march towards the far right. Merry Christmas!

There’s a new photo of Nigel Farage and the Reform treasurer, Nick Candy, who partied through the pandemic at Lord Shaun “Bum and Boobs” Bailey of Paddington’s Pissedmas disco with a load of dancing Tory spads in horrible Christmas jumpers, meeting Elon Musk at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago document storage unit slash vanity art display mausoleum. How’s that for an opening para? It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. They think it’s all over. It is now.

The last time Farage posed like this was eight years ago, with his fellow bad boys of Brexit and Trump himself at the same Trump Tower lift where Michael Gove contemporaneously observed “an immensely dignified African American operator”. But now Farage is finally standing next to the organ-grinder in charge of democracy’s hand-cranked dance of death, instead of the orange monkey whose jaunty capering distracts the punters while their passports are lifted and burned.

Stewart Lee tours Stewart Lee vs the Man-Wulf next year, with a Royal Festival Hall run in July. He is also a guest of all-female Fall karaoke act the Fallen Women, at the Lexington, London, on 28 December

Do you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a letter of up to 250 words to be considered for publication, email it to us at observer.letters@observer.co.uk

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Just 10 of 4,000 tainted blood victims have had compensation, campaigners say
Sun, 22 Dec 2024 07:00:41 GMT

Survivors claim to have been ‘disengaged’ by Labour government after ‘token gesture’ meetings

Furious victims of the infected blood scandal have said that just 10 out of 4,000 people have received compensation under a new scheme, despite pledges from the Conservatives and Labour to sort out payments this year.

Campaigners say they have been “disengaged” by the Labour government and that, by this month, just 17 people out of the thousands eligible had been invited to register for compensation.

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GOP Lawmakers Want Elon Musk to Be Speaker of the House
Thu, 19 Dec 2024 19:02:57 +0000
There is no requirement that the Speaker of the House be an elected member of Congress. After Elon Musk all but killed a bill to fund the government, lawmakers now propose to cut out the middleman.
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How Trump and Musk set off the shutdown crisis — but got little in return
Sat, 21 Dec 2024 22:58:15 +0000
The past week provides a preview of what spending battles could be like in a closely divided Congress and with warring GOP factions.
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Mike Johnson concludes the 118th Congress as it began — in chaos
Sat, 21 Dec 2024 18:57:16 +0000
A historically unproductive Congress ends with a House speaker battling to keep his job amid an ungovernable majority. Will the 119th Congress fare better?
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Congress averts government shutdown as Senate passes funding bill
Sat, 21 Dec 2024 17:34:51 +0000
After a week of political turmoil, lawmakers approved bipartisan legislation.
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Senate passes spending bill to avert government shutdown, sending to Biden
Sat, 21 Dec 2024 06:01:25 +0000
Congress has limited time to avert a government shutdown by passing a continuing resolution after the latest Trump-backed bill failed Thursday.
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Good vibes are in the House of Representatives after the bill’s passage. “The House will be...
Fri, 20 Dec 2024 23:11:21 +0000

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£100m spent in England on failed efforts to block children’s Send support
Sun, 22 Dec 2024 20:00:02 GMT

Exclusive: Councils win just 1.2% of tribunals, as experts see signs provision is becoming a battle with desperate families

• Analysis: Why England’s Send system is buckling
• ‘Fobbed off and rejected’: Birmingham’s Send crisis

More than £100m was spent last year by local authorities and the government on failed efforts to block support for children and young people with special educational needs in England, according to analysis by the Guardian.

The enormous cost in legal fees and staff resources came after councils won just 136 out of more than 10,000 tribunals in 2022-23, a success rate of 1.2%, as record numbers of families took to the courts to challenge councils over agreements known as education, health and care plans (EHCPs).

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Oregon officials condemn letter telling residents to track down ‘brown people’
Sun, 22 Dec 2024 19:18:01 GMT

Anonymous note in Lincoln county told people to write license numbers to find those who may be undocumented

Law enforcement officials in Lincoln county, Oregon, have condemned an anonymous letter encouraging residents to track down and report “brown people” in the Pacific coast community, particularly those believed to be undocumented.

The letter, titled brown round-up part 1, told recipients to write down the license plate numbers of cars driven by people of color in order to identify people who might not have permanent legal status, the New York Times reported. It instructed readers to send that information to the Department of Homeland Security after Donald Trump’s inauguration.

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Tracking Trump’s picks for his Cabinet and administration
Sun, 22 Dec 2024 18:40:19 +0000
Here are the people Donald Trump has picked or is considering to fill his Cabinet and key positions in his administration.
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The Guardian view on a 'community right to buy': unleashing the power of the local | Editorial
Sun, 22 Dec 2024 17:25:51 GMT

After a decade and a half in which social infrastructure has been allowed to crumble, Labour is right to see bottom-up reform as part of the solution

In his 2018 book The Social Edge, the prominent public health researcher and author Anthony Costello writes that social trust and the conditions that allow it to flourish are a neglected feature in studies of human progress. Small-scale “sympathy groups”, he suggests, through cooperating and organising together over shared concerns, can be the building blocks of collective wellbeing. Empowering local communities works.

For years, politicians have rhetorically nodded to such thinking, while failing to provide the resources that would allow it to be translated into practice. Between 2010 and 2024, as a parade of Conservative ministers waxed lyrical on the virtues of localism, the governments they served presided over a bonfire of community assets on a shocking scale.

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Trump names former Treasury official for key economic post
Sun, 22 Dec 2024 17:18:18 +0000
Stephen Miran, Trump’s choice for chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, served in the first Trump administration.
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Nicola Jennings on the ghost of Christmas yet to come – cartoon
Sun, 22 Dec 2024 17:18:05 GMT
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UK visa income test ‘cruel’ barrier to family reunions, says charity
Sun, 22 Dec 2024 17:14:27 GMT

Charity says thousands of children separated from one of their parents this Christmas are hidden victims of visa rules

Thousands of children are facing Christmas with one of their parents stranded abroad due to the Home Office’s restrictive visa policies, prompting charities to call the UK one of the worst countries for family reunion.

Under family immigration rules, a British citizen or settled resident has to earn a minimum of £29,000 before an application can be made for a visa for a non-UK spouse to live here.

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Waspi decision will lead to voters deserting Labour | Letters
Sun, 22 Dec 2024 17:03:28 GMT

Readers respond to the recent announcement that the government won’t pay compensation to women affected by the rising pension age

I’m furious at the government’s decision to ignore the advice of the ombudsman and refusal to compensate Waspi women (Anger greets UK government decision not to compensate ‘Waspi women’, 17 December). What’s the point in having a lengthy and expensive review if you don’t pay it any heed? I along with many others have been waiting a long time to hear what our compensation would be, even though it would go nowhere near the £50,000 many of us lost. I didn’t imagine they would so easily dismiss our suffering as a result of government failure to give us time to plan. Labour has already removed the winter fuel allowance. One wonders what it will hit us with next.

When you’re close to the edge of a precipice, every kick brings greater jeopardy. It’s almost as if they want pensioners to suffer, that we are their scapegoats. This is a last straw for me when it comes to Labour. I will never trust it with my vote again. I’d leave the country and go and live close to my daughter in New Zealand, but I can’t because the government then freezes your pension and you’re effectively worse off every year. I wrote to the pension minister about that, but it seems I’m not even important enough to warrant a reply. Maybe the government thinks we don’t matter because we’re not powerful, or that we’ll be gone before too long. It underestimates us.
Cathy Preston
Heathfield, East Sussex

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Peter Mandelson must be most important voice in Trump’s ear, says ex-ambassador
Sun, 22 Dec 2024 16:40:37 GMT

Kim Darroch says Trump’s second term will be ‘like a 24/7 bar-room brawl’ and UK diplomat needs ‘thick skin’

Peter Mandelson will need to make his “the most important voice” in Donald Trump’s ear when the US president-elect returns to the White House next month if he is to best represent Britain’s interests with the potentially chaotic administration, one of his predecessors has said.

Kim Darroch, who was the UK’s ambassador to Washington for four years from 2016, said Lord Mandelson would also need “a thick skin” to weather regular attacks such as that by a key Trump campaign adviser calling him an “absolute moron” after his appointment.

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How far do Elon Musk and Reform UK share a political vision?
Sun, 22 Dec 2024 15:41:02 GMT

Immigration, culture wars and shrinking the public sector all feature highly on their agendas

The get-together last week of Elon Musk, Nigel Farage and Reform UK’s treasurer, Nick Candy, was not just a gathering of Donald Trump fans. It was a meeting of minds.

Immigration, culture wars and shrinking the public sector all feature highly on their political agendas, developed under the umbrella of Trump’s Maga vision.

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Trump threatens to take back Panama Canal over ‘ridiculous’ fees
Sun, 22 Dec 2024 14:41:50 GMT

Trump also warns he would not let a ‘vital national asset’ for the US fall into the ‘wrong hands’

Donald Trump has demanded that the Panama Canal be given back to the US if Panama did not manage the waterway in a fashion that was acceptable to him – and he accused the central American country of charging excessive rates for use of the ocean-connecting ship passage.

“The fees being charged by Panama are ridiculous, especially knowing the extraordinary generosity that has been bestowed to Panama by the US,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform late Saturday, a little more than a month before the start of his second US presidency. “This complete ‘rip-off’ of our Country will immediately stop….”

Reuters contributed reporting

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‘I can understand frustration’ about Labour’s first six months, minister says
Sun, 22 Dec 2024 13:21:17 GMT

Commons leader Lucy Powell ‘disappointed’ by state of economy and shares people’s impatience for change

A cabinet minister has said she “can understand people’s frustration” with the Labour government since it came into power as the party ended the year slumped in the polls with MPs jittery after a turbulent first few months.

Lucy Powell, the Commons leader, said she shared public impatience for change and was “disappointed” over the state of the economy but the party’s inheritance meant it was “a bit like turning around a huge oil tanker”.

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Funding gap for women’s centres will mean more prison sentences, experts warn
Sun, 22 Dec 2024 13:00:47 GMT

About 50 centres for women in crisis in England and Wales face deficit of £5.1m after funding ends in March

A £5m funding gap for women’s centres will lead to more women being imprisoned and derail government reform plans, experts warn.

Women’s centres work with thousands in crisis, playing a central role in keeping vulnerable women out of prison. But two significant streams of government funding will end in March 2025, even though ministers have announced plans to reduce the number of women being locked up.

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About 1 million people in UK yet to obtain eVisa days before deadline
Sun, 22 Dec 2024 12:15:24 GMT

Physical residence permits proving right to live and work in Britain will cease to be valid at end of December

About 1 million people who need to obtain eVisas to prove their right to live and work in the UK or return after travelling abroad have not yet done so even though the deadline to register is just over a week away.

The eVisa programme set up by the previous government is a digital system to prove the right to reside in the UK for British residents who are not citizens or holders of British passports. No other country is known to be entirely ceasing to issue both physical entry visas and residence permits.

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Staff at top London restaurants consider legal action over cover charges
Sun, 22 Dec 2024 12:10:53 GMT

Exclusive: unions could back legal action against firms such as Harrods that levy a charge that is not passed on to staff

Workers are considering legal action against a swathe of upmarket London restaurant owners including Harrods, the Savoy Grill, the Ivy and the Wolseley that add a cover charge to diners’ bills that does not go to workers.

Legislation that came into force in October requires business owners to hand over all tips and service charges to staff. However, a number of restaurants add a mandatory cover charge as well as a service charge and only pass on the latter to workers.

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The Political World Just Lost its Last Bipartisan Meeting Place
Sun, 22 Dec 2024 07:00:00 EST
David Axelrod’s podcast was the last place where members of the opposite party could sit down and share ideas.
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Rachel Reeves’ push to improve EU ties remains boxed in by red lines
Sun, 22 Dec 2024 11:43:15 GMT

Chancellor’s visit to EU meeting looks for smoother trade to improve growth but youth mobility scheme remains sticking point

Rachel Reeves is seeking a “deeper, more mature relationship” between Britain and the EU: this was her central message to the bloc’s finance ministers in Brussels a fortnight ago.

In her brief speech to the meeting of her European counterparts – the first a UK chancellor had attended since Brexit – Reeves mentioned the UK’s relationship with the EU nine times.

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Trump signals plans to use all levers of power against the media
Sun, 22 Dec 2024 11:00:00 +0000
Press freedom advocates say they fear that the second Trump administration will ramp up pressure on journalists, in keeping with the president-elect’s combative rhetoric.
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Exit Interview: Manchin defends his pivotal role as he departs Senate
Sun, 22 Dec 2024 11:00:26 +0000
In an interview with the Post, retiring Senator Joe Manchin discusses what he thinks his legacy is and the role he wants to play in politics moving forward.
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Biden pardoned son while leaving hundreds seeking clemency in limbo
Sun, 22 Dec 2024 11:00:47 +0000
President Biden’s historic one-day clemency act included commutations that sparked outrage, in part because the White House skipped normal vetting procedures.
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Let China build electric cars in UK, Tory ex-chancellor tells Rachel Reeves ahead of trade trip
Sun, 22 Dec 2024 06:00:40 GMT

Despite ‘spy’ scandal, Philip Hammond says Britain should now adopt a ‘pragmatic approach to Beijing’

China should be encouraged to build electric cars and renewable energy technology in the UK as part of a new pragmatic trading relationship that would benefit both countries, a former Tory chancellor has said ahead of a landmark visit by Rachel Reeves to Beijing early in the new year.

Philip Hammond, who was chancellor from 2016 to 2019, and the last UK minister to take part in formal economic discussions with China before the process was abruptly ended, told the Observer that while Reeves should never “compromise security for trade”, there were vital economic sectors where deals could be struck.

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From Charli to Jilly to Moo Deng the hippo: the faces we won’t forget from 2024
Sun, 22 Dec 2024 06:00:39 GMT

Some made a splash in politics, social media, sport or the arts. Others took a brave personal stand. Observer writers and critics pick the names on everyone’s lips this year

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John Pesutto calls fresh vote to readmit Moira Deeming to Victorian Liberal party room in extraordinary backflip
Sun, 22 Dec 2024 04:53:29 GMT

Opposition leader says there is now a ‘definite absolute majority’ of MPs who want Deeming to be welcomed back

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Victorian Liberal MPs will vote again on whether to readmit Moira Deeming to the party room after an extraordinary backflip by state leader John Pesutto.

In a statement on Sunday, Pesutto announced that he had called a special Liberal party room meeting for 15 January, to vote on a motion moved by him to readmit the ousted MP who successfully sued him for defamation in the federal court.

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Ferry capsizes in Congo killing 38 and leaving 100 more missing
Sun, 22 Dec 2024 02:52:50 GMT

The sinking comes less than four days after another boat capsized in the country’s north-east, leaving 25 people dead

A ferry overloaded with people returning home for Christmas capsized on the Busira River in north-eastern Congo, leaving 38 people confirmed dead and more than 100 others missing, officials and eyewitnesses said on Saturday.

Twenty people have been rescued so far.

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Lara Trump drops out of contention for U.S. Senate seat for Florida
Sun, 22 Dec 2024 00:00:37 +0000
President-elect Donald Trump had indicated to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis that he wanted his daughter-in-law to be appointed.
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Trump names ‘Apprentice’ creator Mark Burnett as special U.K. envoy
Sat, 21 Dec 2024 22:48:35 +0000
The scope of Burnett’s diplomatic role was not immediately clear. Such posts are usually set up for countries where there are conflicts or the U.S. has no diplomatic presence.
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Sentenced to death under a Biden law — and now hoping for Biden’s mercy
Sat, 21 Dec 2024 10:00:00 +0000
Biden wrote a 1994 bill that designated dozens of new capital offenses. Inmates sentenced under that law hope he will commute their sentences.
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Senate passes funding bill, averting government shutdown
Sat, 21 Dec 2024 05:40:34 +0000

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Senate passes bill to expand Social Security benefits for pension recipients
Sat, 21 Dec 2024 05:16:32 +0000

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What’s remaining for the Senate tonight
Sat, 21 Dec 2024 03:49:49 +0000

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The Senate has reached an agreement to cut short debate and begin voting on the continuing...
Sat, 21 Dec 2024 03:33:40 +0000

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Freedom Caucus chair is ‘undecided’ on Johnson remaining speaker
Sat, 21 Dec 2024 03:15:14 +0000

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The Senate just passed legislation by a simple voice vote to fund pediatric cancer research, a...
Sat, 21 Dec 2024 02:10:25 +0000

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Biden keeps a low profile amid raging battle over spending
Sat, 21 Dec 2024 01:27:00 +0000

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RFK stadium out, full Baltimore bridge funding preserved in deal to avert shutdown
Sat, 21 Dec 2024 00:55:50 +0000

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Senate confirms 2 Biden judicial nominees, boosting total over Trump
Sat, 21 Dec 2024 00:54:34 +0000
President Joe Biden’s diverse cohort of judges includes more women, people of color and LGBTQ individuals than those tapped by any other U.S. president.
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Senate has some business first before taking up funding bill
Sat, 21 Dec 2024 00:38:34 +0000

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How every House member voted on the bill to avoid a shutdown
Sat, 21 Dec 2024 00:18:33 +0000
See how your lawmaker voted to extend funding until mid-March and avoid a government shutdown.
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Oath Keepers leader who pleaded to seditious conspiracy gets probation
Sat, 21 Dec 2024 00:14:53 +0000
Joshua James, who helped recruit members of the Oath Keepers to the Capitol on Jan. 6 and then led them inside, received probation after cooperating with prosecutors.
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8 policies stripped from GOP bill after Trump-Musk rebellion
Fri, 20 Dec 2024 23:26:46 +0000

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It’s unclear when the Senate will take up the spending bill the House just passed, but...
Fri, 20 Dec 2024 23:14:35 +0000

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House passes bill to avert government shutdown
Fri, 20 Dec 2024 23:02:17 +0000

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Elon Musk now appears to be in favor of the latest measure after being skeptical earlier...
Fri, 20 Dec 2024 23:01:15 +0000

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A two-thirds majority needed to pass the legislation would be more than 288 votes. With five...
Fri, 20 Dec 2024 22:59:32 +0000

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The White House said President Joe Biden backs the newest bill put forth by the House....
Fri, 20 Dec 2024 22:58:06 +0000

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The House is voting now on a bill that would avert a government shutdown that’s otherwise...
Fri, 20 Dec 2024 22:34:10 +0000

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The last paycheck federal employees are scheduled to receive this year should not be delayed by...
Fri, 20 Dec 2024 22:27:01 +0000

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Musk voices skepticism on Johnson’s latest plan
Fri, 20 Dec 2024 22:02:49 +0000

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Presidential inauguration to continue even if a shutdown happens
Fri, 20 Dec 2024 22:01:12 +0000

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The House will be back in session in 15 minutes ahead of an expected 5 p.m....
Fri, 20 Dec 2024 21:36:26 +0000

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2024 Was the Year the Bottom Fell Out of the Games Industry
Fri, 20 Dec 2024 20:10:35 +0000
From layoffs to the return of Gamergate, video games—and the people who make and play them—had a rough year.
Match ID: 95 Score: 30.00 source: www.wired.com age: 2 days
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Power of the Pardon
Fri, 20 Dec 2024 16:10:00 +0000

Biden is running out of time to stop another Trump execution spree.

The post Power of the Pardon  appeared first on The Intercept.

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Major Trump donors who complained of immigrant ‘invasion’ used Mexican workers illegally, sources allege
Fri, 20 Dec 2024 14:00:52 GMT

Exclusive: Experts believe the alleged ‘shuttle support’ program used by Uline – a company owned by billionaires Liz and Dick Uihlein – is likely illegal and exploitative of workers

A company owned by two of Donald Trump’s top mega-donors has routinely brought dozens of its workers from Mexico to staff its warehouses in Wisconsin and other locations even though they do not appear to have permission to work in the US, according to a Guardian investigation.

Uline – a giant Wisconsin-based office and shipping supply company controlled by billionaires Liz and Dick Uihlein – shuttles in its own workers from Mexico, who are using tourist visas and visas meant for employees who are entering the US temporarily to receive professional training, known as B1 visas. But instead of being part of a dedicated training program, the Mexican employees stay for one to six months and – sources with direct knowledge of the matter allege – perform normal work in Uline’s US warehouses.

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The facts about a planet facing climate disaster are clear. Why won’t this Labour government face them? | Jeremy Corbyn
Fri, 20 Dec 2024 12:00:48 GMT

Labour seems gripped by a form of denialism. The danger is real and incremental change won’t avert it

• Jeremy Corbyn is independent MP for Islington North and was leader of the Labour party from 2015 to 2020

There is no need to overcomplicate things: a rise in global temperatures of 3.1C is not compatible with human survival. That is where we are heading, unless we act now. On our current path, the world will exceed 1.5C of warming, and could reach a rise of 2.6-3.1C by the end of the century.

For you, today, that might make the difference between wearing a jumper or a jacket. For humanity, it is the difference between survival and extinction. Paris and Berlin will bake under heatwaves. New York will be hit by frequent storm-surges. Coastal towns will be submerged; 800 million people are living on land that will be underwater.

Jeremy Corbyn is independent MP for Islington North and was leader of the Labour party from 2015 to 2020

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Match ID: 98 Score: 30.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 2 days
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The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics
Fri, 20 Dec 2024 05:00:00 EST
Every week political cartoonists throughout the country and across the political spectrum apply their ink-stained skills to capture the foibles, memes, hypocrisies and other head-slapping events in the world of politics. The fruits of these labors are hundreds of cartoons that entertain and enrage readers of all political stripes. Here's an offering of the best of this week's crop, picked fresh off the Toonosphere. Edited by Matt Wuerker.
Match ID: 99 Score: 30.00 source: www.politico.com age: 2 days
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Top GOP pollster fired after financial mismanagement allegations
Thu, 19 Dec 2024 19:00:00 EST
Two company audits found that Chris Wilson, who has worked on behalf of Ron DeSantis and Ted Cruz, likely used company money on personal expenses. He denies the allegations.
Match ID: 100 Score: 30.00 source: www.politico.com age: 2 days
qualifiers: 30.00 politics

The Top Cybersecurity Agency in the US Is Bracing for Donald Trump
Mon, 16 Dec 2024 11:30:00 +0000
Staffers at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency tell WIRED they fear the new administration will cut programs that keep the US safe—and “persecution.”
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qualifiers: 12.86 politics, 10.71 election, 6.43 elections

Congress Again Fails to Limit Scope of Spy Powers in New Defense Bill
Wed, 18 Dec 2024 20:31:00 +0000
The National Defense Authorization Act passed today, but lawmakers stripped language that would keep the Trump administration from wielding unprecedented authority to surveil Americans.
Match ID: 102 Score: 28.57 source: www.wired.com age: 4 days
qualifiers: 21.43 politics, 7.14 congress

America Gets a Taste of Its Own Medicine: Drone Terror
Wed, 18 Dec 2024 09:00:00 +0000

For more than two decades, the U.S. has flown drones over the heads of millions of people — watching, recording, and even killing some of them.

The post America Gets a Taste of Its Own Medicine: Drone Terror appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 103 Score: 28.57 source: theintercept.com age: 4 days
qualifiers: 21.43 democrat, 7.14 congress

The Remarkable Collapse of Iran’s Powerful Alliances
Thu, 19 Dec 2024 19:19:03 +0000
The Islamic Republic is weaker—on multiple fronts—than it’s been in nearly half a century.
Match ID: 104 Score: 25.71 source: www.newyorker.com age: 3 days
qualifiers: 25.71 politics

Minister issues warning after British Sikhs report harassment by India
Thu, 19 Dec 2024 17:00:48 GMT

Exclusive: Dan Jarvis has written to the Sikh Federation after allegations of people being stopped at UK airports

The UK will not tolerate attempts by foreign countries to harass or intimidate British citizens, the security minister has warned, after a number of Sikhs complained they were being targeted either by or on behalf of the Indian government.

Dan Jarvis has written to the Sikh Federation after reports of harassment involving British Sikhs, including people being stopped at UK airports and asked about their views on the Indian state.

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Match ID: 105 Score: 25.71 source: www.theguardian.com age: 3 days
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Starmer backs minister accused of embezzling billions in Bangladesh
Thu, 19 Dec 2024 16:07:31 GMT

Tulip Siddiq denies claims that she brokered corrupt deal with Russia to build nuclear power plant

Keir Starmer has given his full support to Tulip Siddiq, the Treasury minister, after Bangladesh’s anti-corruption commission accused her and family members of embezzling billions as part of a deal for a nuclear power plant.

Siddiq’s role as economic secretary to the Treasury includes responsibility for tackling financial corruption. She has denied any involvement in the claims.

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Match ID: 106 Score: 25.71 source: www.theguardian.com age: 3 days
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Will Japan’s close ties with US survive the caprice and quirks of Donald Trump?
Thu, 19 Dec 2024 05:00:08 GMT

Japan’s complex defence alliances built up over years as protection against China could be put at risk in a Trump-launched trade war

Arguably, no country in Asia has better reason to be in a state of anxiety over the return of Donald Trump to the White House than Japan, since the US has been the linchpin of Japanese foreign and security policy since the second world war.

Back in 2017, well before he became prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba described Trump’s method as one of “placing his counterpart in a state of anxiety and tension, creating psychological instability and then initiating a deal”.

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Match ID: 107 Score: 25.71 source: www.theguardian.com age: 3 days
qualifiers: 25.71 politics

Trump's transition is happening over private emails. Federal officials are nervous.
Wed, 18 Dec 2024 18:06:00 EST
Agencies are weighing in-person requirement for sensitive data.
Match ID: 108 Score: 25.71 source: www.politico.com age: 3 days
qualifiers: 25.71 politics

Your pictures on the theme of 'bright lights'
Sun, 22 Dec 2024 00:43:30 GMT
A selection of pictures by our readers on a set theme.
Match ID: 109 Score: 25.00 source: www.bbc.com age: 0 days
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Our favorite illustrations of 2024
Fri, 20 Dec 2024 22:00:33 +0000
A selection of our favorite illustrations commissioned in 2024, showcasing work from artists around the world on a wide range of topics.
Match ID: 110 Score: 25.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 1 day
qualifiers: 25.00 election

eBay Coupon Codes and Deals: Up to 60% Off Select Items
Fri, 20 Dec 2024 07:00:00 +0000
Save up to 60% on a selection of items at eBay, including electronics, home products, card games, and more.
Match ID: 111 Score: 25.00 source: www.wired.com age: 2 days
qualifiers: 25.00 election

Indiana’s Midnight Executions Are a Relic of Another Age
Sun, 22 Dec 2024 11:00:00 +0000

Indiana wanted to kill Joseph Corcoran under the cover of darkness, but one journalist slipped in to witness.

The post Indiana’s Midnight Executions Are a Relic of Another Age appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 112 Score: 20.00 source: theintercept.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 20.00 federal government

Vanuatu hit by another earthquake as hundreds of Australians return home
Sun, 22 Dec 2024 02:52:09 GMT

Magnitude 6.1 quake shakes country’s main island as RAAF flights carrying 144 passengers land in Brisbane and Sydney

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Vanuatu has been hit by another earthquake after hundreds of Australians landed on home soil from the islands and the federal government announced a new round of financial assistance.

The latest magnitude 6.1 quake shook buildings on the country’s main island at 2.30am on Sunday after it struck 30km west of the capital, Port Vila.

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December 2024
Mon, 16 Dec 2024 21:35:40 EST
Political cartoons from the desk of Matt Wuerker.
Match ID: 114 Score: 17.14 source: www.politico.com age: 5 days
qualifiers: 17.14 politics

Eric Adams’ troubles pile up, just as he seems to get his post-indictment footing
Mon, 16 Dec 2024 19:12:41 EST
The New York City mayor learned Monday he will be denied millions of dollars in public campaign matching funds.
Match ID: 115 Score: 17.14 source: www.politico.com age: 5 days
qualifiers: 17.14 politics

Congress Keeps Trying to Hide the True Gaza Death Toll
Thu, 12 Dec 2024 21:34:24 +0000

A little-noticed provision in the annual defense bill would bar the Pentagon from citing the Gaza Health Ministry as an authoritative source.

The post Congress Keeps Trying to Hide the True Gaza Death Toll appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 116 Score: 15.71 source: theintercept.com age: 9 days
qualifiers: 4.29 republican, 4.29 politics, 4.29 democrat, 1.43 house of representatives, 1.43 congress

Trump taps top ally Richard Grenell as envoy for ‘special missions’
Sat, 14 Dec 2024 20:00:27 EST
Speculation swirled for weeks as Grenell was seemingly snubbed for the role of secretary of State.
Match ID: 117 Score: 15.71 source: www.politico.com age: 7 days
qualifiers: 8.57 politics, 7.14 election

Louisiana holds people in prisons past their release date, DoJ lawsuit alleges
Sun, 22 Dec 2024 20:47:33 GMT

State accused of ‘systemic overdetention’ that violates inmates’ rights and costs taxpayers millions of dollars a year

Louisiana’s prison system routinely holds people weeks and months after they have completed their sentences, the US justice department alleged in a lawsuit filed on Friday. The suit against the state of Louisiana follows a multi-year investigation into what federal officials say is a pattern of “systemic overdetention” that violates inmates’ rights and costs taxpayers millions of dollars a year.

The justice department alleges that since at least 2012, more than a quarter of the people due to be released from Louisiana prisons have instead been held past their release dates. The DoJ warned Louisiana officials last year that the state could face a lawsuit if it didn’t fix the problems – but lawyers for the department say the state’s “marginal efforts” to address the issues were “inadequate” and showed a “deliberate indifference” to the constitutional rights of incarcerated individuals.

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Match ID: 118 Score: 15.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 15.00 constitution

Arctic tundra changes are a dire warning for us all | Letter
Sun, 22 Dec 2024 17:02:58 GMT

Prof Phoebe Barnard and Liliana Karesh say we are at a crossroads of humanity, and governments around the work need to draft new constitutions to navigate the future more wisely

The shift of Arctic tundra and other carbon sinks to carbon sources (Arctic tundra is now emitting more carbon than it absorbs, US agency says, 10 December) reminds us that tipping points are largely irreversible on human timelines. We are involved in teams of specialists and students working to help global governments prepare for the decreasing stability of our planet, climate and societies. This needs fundamental changes while keeping them as steady as possible.

One of us co-authored, with Sir David King and 17 others, a dramatic but essential plan based on vast-scale ecosystem and climate restoration, and behavioural and systemic change.

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qualifiers: 15.00 constitution

Bros’s Matt Goss on love and loss; ‘my father, the serial killer’; Marina Hyde on Prince Andrew and the spy; and Philippa Perry on finding purpose at 80 – podcast
Sat, 21 Dec 2024 05:00:08 GMT

The Duke of York is a royal problem, says Marina Hyde: it’s time they owned it. Matt Goss discusses mega-fame, political correctness and loneliness with Simon Hattenstone. After April Balascio’s foster brother was killed, she started piecing together evidence that revealed her father was a serial killer. And Philippa advises an 80-year-old reader how to face the existential void that is overwhelming them.

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Americans Stuck in Gaza Sue the U.S. for Leaving Them “Trapped in a War Zone”
Fri, 20 Dec 2024 20:04:16 +0000

“I have a fundamental right to be protected by my government, especially in times of war. My children and I deserve to return to the safety of the U.S.”

The post Americans Stuck in Gaza Sue the U.S. for Leaving Them “Trapped in a War Zone” appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 121 Score: 15.00 source: theintercept.com age: 2 days
qualifiers: 15.00 constitution

Rocket Report: ULA has a wild idea; Starliner crew will stay in orbit even longer
Fri, 20 Dec 2024 19:40:02 +0000
ULA's Vulcan rocket is at least several months away from flying again, and Stoke names its engine.
Match ID: 122 Score: 15.00 source: arstechnica.com age: 2 days
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Best of 2024: ‘It comes for your very soul’: how Alzheimer’s undid my dazzling, creative wife in her 40s – podcast
Fri, 20 Dec 2024 05:00:05 GMT

Every Monday and Friday for the rest of December we will publish some of our favourite audio long reads of 2024, in case you missed them, with an introduction from the editorial team to explain why we’ve chosen it.

From August: By the time my wife got a diagnosis, her long and harrowing deterioration had already begun. By the end, I was in awe of her. By Michael Aylwin

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Yasser’s story: the Syrian refugee who lived with me - podcast
Fri, 20 Dec 2024 03:00:00 GMT

Helen Pidd speaks to her former lodger, Yasser, a Syrian refugee contemplating moving back home

In 2015, Syrian refugee Yasser moved into Today in Focus presenter Helen Pidd’s home. He had travelled for 37 days across land and sea to escape the horrors of the war in Syria. Since then, Yasser has lived in Manchester, but has always longed to return to Syria.

“Sunday morning, 8 December 2024. That was the best morning of my life,” Yasser tells Helen.

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Match ID: 124 Score: 15.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 2 days
qualifiers: 15.00 executive

The Top Twenty-five New Yorker Stories of 2024
Tue, 17 Dec 2024 18:00:00 +0000
Readers spent the most time this year on articles involving fraudulent identities, Kanye West, the turbulent U.S. election and its aftermath, and other memorable topics.
Match ID: 125 Score: 14.29 source: www.newyorker.com age: 5 days
qualifiers: 14.29 election

Carabao Cup quarter-finals and what’s next for Rashford: Football Weekly Extra - podcast
Thu, 19 Dec 2024 12:39:31 GMT

Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, Jonathan Liew and Sam Dalling as Arsenal, Newcastle and Liverpool progress to the League Cup semis

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: the League Cup semi-finals are shaping up to be quite interesting, with four teams who’ll definitely feel a trophy will help their cause this season guaranteed to feature.

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Match ID: 126 Score: 12.86 source: www.theguardian.com age: 3 days
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Highlights from Trump's freewheeling Mar-a-Lago presser
Mon, 16 Dec 2024 15:51:48 EST

Match ID: 127 Score: 12.86 source: www.politico.com age: 6 days
qualifiers: 12.86 politics

Democrats need to change their approach to Trump's second term, top Kamala Harris pollster says
Fri, 13 Dec 2024 13:31:38 EST
One of the first public airings of Democrats' strategy suggests they should try something new this time around with the president-elect.
Match ID: 128 Score: 12.14 source: www.politico.com age: 9 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics, 4.29 democrat, 3.57 election

‘Now she’s the world’s problem’: Some Arizona Republicans relieved Lake is heading to Washington
Thu, 12 Dec 2024 16:31:37 EST
She's still expected to play a role in Arizona politics.
Match ID: 129 Score: 12.14 source: www.politico.com age: 9 days
qualifiers: 4.29 republican, 4.29 politics, 3.57 election

Democrats inch toward the anger phase of their election loss
Sat, 07 Dec 2024 16:00:00 EST
The winter meeting of state Democratic chairs in Arizona marked one of the first major gatherings of top party officials since last month’s disastrous election.
Match ID: 130 Score: 12.14 source: www.politico.com age: 15 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics, 4.29 democrat, 3.57 election

Charles Hall Insisted He Wanted the Death Penalty. Now He’s Asking Biden for Mercy.
Sun, 15 Dec 2024 11:00:00 +0000

The jurors that sent Hall to death row never heard critical evidence that could have convinced them to spare his life. Some of them now support his bid for clemency.

The post Charles Hall Insisted He Wanted the Death Penalty. Now He’s Asking Biden for Mercy. appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 131 Score: 11.43 source: theintercept.com age: 7 days
qualifiers: 8.57 democrat, 2.86 congress

How to Protect Yourself From the Salt Typhoon Hack, No Matter What the FBI Says
Wed, 11 Dec 2024 20:54:57 +0000

The FBI is still touting the debunked idea that its agents could access communications without opening a door to foreign hackers.

The post How to Protect Yourself From the Salt Typhoon Hack, No Matter What the FBI Says appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 132 Score: 10.71 source: theintercept.com age: 11 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics, 2.86 federal government, 2.14 executive, 1.43 congress

AI-Generated Fake News Is Coming to an Election Near You
Mon, 22 Jan 2024 12:00:00 +0000
Targeted, AI-generated political misinformation is already out there—and humans are falling for it.
Match ID: 133 Score: 10.00 source: www.wired.com age: 335 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics, 3.57 election, 2.14 elections

The Catholics in Trump's administration could take GOP in whole new direction
Sun, 15 Dec 2024 07:00:00 EST
The president-elect has nominated at least a dozen Catholics to top positions.
Match ID: 134 Score: 8.57 source: www.politico.com age: 7 days
qualifiers: 8.57 politics

Trump picks Devin Nunes to lead Intelligence Advisory Board
Sat, 14 Dec 2024 16:23:08 EST
Nunes is CEO of Truth Social and will continue leading Trump Media & Technology Group, a public company with a nearly $8 billion market cap.
Match ID: 135 Score: 8.57 source: www.politico.com age: 7 days
qualifiers: 8.57 politics

Trump picks Bill White as ambassador to Belgium
Sat, 14 Dec 2024 15:52:17 EST
A major donor and surrogate to Trump’s 2024 campaign, White previously backed President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, both Democrats.
Match ID: 136 Score: 8.57 source: www.politico.com age: 8 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics, 4.29 democrat

The Chamber of Commerce asks the GOP for another dance
Fri, 13 Dec 2024 05:00:00 EST
Former GOP Rep. Rodney Davis is the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s new top lobbyist. Can he warm his former Republican colleagues’ frosty relationship with the Chamber in time for reconciliation and the Trump presidency?
Match ID: 137 Score: 8.57 source: www.politico.com age: 9 days
qualifiers: 4.29 republican, 4.29 politics

Syrian Activists Feared Assad’s Retaliation. His Fall Frees Them to Speak Openly.
Thu, 12 Dec 2024 19:54:24 +0000

The Syrian regime’s ouster unleashed a collective unmasking across the country and its vast diaspora.

The post Syrian Activists Feared Assad’s Retaliation. His Fall Frees Them to Speak Openly. appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 138 Score: 8.57 source: theintercept.com age: 10 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics, 4.29 democrat

Trump allies adopt new strategy for nominees: Make the doubters pay
Tue, 10 Dec 2024 05:00:00 EST
Skeptical Republican senators were singing a different tune about Pete Hegseth on Monday.
Match ID: 139 Score: 8.57 source: www.politico.com age: 12 days
qualifiers: 4.29 republican, 4.29 politics

Democratic governors (and 2028 hopefuls) gather to chart path under a Trump administration
Sat, 07 Dec 2024 18:51:54 EST
In a potential preview of the 2028 Democratic primary, the party’s rising star governors descended this weekend on Beverly Hills.
Match ID: 140 Score: 8.57 source: www.politico.com age: 14 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics, 4.29 democrat

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: 141 Score: 8.57 source: hbswk.hbs.edu age: 55 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics, 4.29 democrat

Keeping Sanctions in Force Would “Pull the Rug Out From Under Syria”
Fri, 13 Dec 2024 16:46:24 +0000

Hours before Assad fell, Congress moved to extend sanctions. Despite presidential waivers, Syria won’t open up until they’re off the books.

The post Keeping Sanctions in Force Would “Pull the Rug Out From Under Syria” appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 142 Score: 7.86 source: theintercept.com age: 9 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics, 2.14 executive, 1.43 congress

How to trade an election
Thu, 21 Mar 2024 11:10:12 +0000
It is becoming harder for investors to ignore politics
Match ID: 143 Score: 7.86 source: www.economist.com age: 276 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics, 3.57 election

Trump wants to end birthright citizenship. Can that really happen?
Tue, 10 Dec 2024 10:00:00 EST
Trump has suggested, without offering details, that he could enact his plan through an executive order.
Match ID: 144 Score: 6.43 source: www.politico.com age: 12 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics, 2.14 executive

Warren on UnitedHealthcare CEO’s killing: ‘People can only be pushed so far’
Wed, 11 Dec 2024 13:15:03 EST
The Massachusetts lawmaker condemned the assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, but added that the visceral reaction online should be a "warning" to the industry.
Match ID: 145 Score: 5.71 source: www.politico.com age: 11 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics, 1.43 congress

Pam Bondi will face an ethics quagmire as attorney general
Sat, 07 Dec 2024 07:00:00 EST
She and her firm have clients that have been doing legal battle with the U.S. government.
Match ID: 146 Score: 5.71 source: www.politico.com age: 15 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics, 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: 147 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 38 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: 148 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 150 days
qualifiers: 3.57 election, 2.14 elections

Trump’s plan to end birthright citizenship could be decided by the Supreme Court
Sat, 14 Dec 2024 11:00:00 EST
His early messaging is setting the stage for one of the first major legal battles of his second term.
Match ID: 149 Score: 4.29 source: www.politico.com age: 8 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics

As the Mastermind of Far-Right ‘Active Clubs’ Goes to Prison, His Violent Movement Goes Global
Fri, 13 Dec 2024 10:00:00 +0000
The white supremacist Robert Rundo faces years in prison. But the “Active Club” network he helped create has proliferated in countries around the world, from Eastern Europe to South America.
Match ID: 150 Score: 4.29 source: www.wired.com age: 9 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics

Trump's bringing several billionaires — and their conflicts — to Washington
Wed, 11 Dec 2024 18:22:44 EST
From Howard Lutnick to Warren Stephens, several of Trump's uber wealthy picks could face scrutiny in the Senate.
Match ID: 151 Score: 4.29 source: www.politico.com age: 10 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics

Time magazine to name Trump ‘Person of the Year’
Wed, 11 Dec 2024 13:34:31 EST
He was also recognized in 2016.
Match ID: 152 Score: 4.29 source: www.politico.com age: 11 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics

The 'war' on disabled people and my fight for an independent life – video
Tue, 10 Dec 2024 10:31:41 GMT

Disability services in the UK have been consistently cut after 14 years of Tory rule and austerity, but with the promise of change from a new Labour government, musician and activist John Kelly is concerned that politicians are still not listening to disabled voices and what they want. Kelly chained himself to London buses in the 1990s to protest over a lack of access to transport, but has watched the right to an independent life be steadily eroded. He worries that yet more cuts to services are on their way

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Match ID: 153 Score: 4.29 source: www.theguardian.com age: 12 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics

Lara Trump leaves RNC amid Senate chatter
Mon, 09 Dec 2024 09:02:45 EST
In announcing her resignation the president-elect’s daughter-in-law said "the job I came to do is now complete."
Match ID: 154 Score: 4.29 source: www.politico.com age: 13 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics

South Korean president says he won’t seek to impose martial law again, ‘truly sorry’ for anxiety
Fri, 06 Dec 2024 20:39:38 EST
Parliament will vote Saturday on a motion to impeach Yoon Suk Yeol.
Match ID: 155 Score: 4.29 source: www.politico.com age: 15 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics

Hegseth gets a temporary reprieve
Fri, 06 Dec 2024 13:55:16 EST
The Defense secretary nominee is the beneficiary of fortuitous timing.
Match ID: 156 Score: 4.29 source: www.politico.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: 157 Score: 4.29 source: www.economist.com age: 24 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: 158 Score: 4.29 source: www.economist.com age: 164 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: 159 Score: 4.29 source: www.economist.com age: 245 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: 160 Score: 4.29 source: www.wired.com age: 333 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: 161 Score: 4.29 source: www.wired.com age: 345 days
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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

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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: 163 Score: 3.57 source: www.politico.com age: 12 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: 164 Score: 3.57 source: www.economist.com age: 24 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: 165 Score: 3.57 source: www.politico.com age: 24 days
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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: 166 Score: 3.57 source: www.economist.com age: 56 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: 167 Score: 3.57 source: www.economist.com age: 256 days
qualifiers: 3.57 election

Russia’s economy once again defies the doomsayers
Sun, 10 Mar 2024 14:39:48 +0000
As an election nears, Vladimir Putin now looks to have inflation under control
Match ID: 168 Score: 3.57 source: www.economist.com age: 287 days
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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.

Match ID: 169 Score: 3.57 source: techncruncher.blogspot.com age: 1036 days
qualifiers: 3.57 election

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Match ID: 170 Score: 3.57 source: www.theguardian.com age: 3033 days
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The ‘Ghost Gun’ Linked to Luigi Mangione Shows Just How Far 3D-Printed Weapons Have Come
Wed, 11 Dec 2024 02:13:54 +0000
The design of the gun police say they found on the alleged UnitedHealthcare CEO’s killer—the FMDA or “Free Men Don’t Ask”—was released by a libertarian group.
Match ID: 171 Score: 2.14 source: www.wired.com age: 11 days
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What Wartime Service Taught These Historic Leaders
2024-11-08T00:00:00Z
What can corporate leaders learn from executives who served their country during wartime conflicts? Drawing on a series of case studies, Robert Simons shares important lessons from the experiences of Walt Disney, Dwight Eisenhower, and Robert McNamara.
Match ID: 172 Score: 2.14 source: hbswk.hbs.edu age: 44 days
qualifiers: 2.14 executive

NASA Accelerates Space Exploration, Earth Science for All in 2024
Fri, 06 Dec 2024 21:54:15 +0000
With a look back at 2024, NASA is celebrating its many innovative and inspiring accomplishments this year including for the first time, landing new science and technology on the Moon with an American company, pushing the boundaries of exploration by launching a new mission to study Jupiter’s icy moon Europa; maintaining 24 years of continuous […]
Match ID: 173 Score: 1.43 source: www.nasa.gov age: 15 days
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Google asks federal judge to take ‘caution’ while crafting monopoly remedy
2024-12-21T22:41:31+00:00

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Match ID: 0 Score: 40.00 source: www.reddit.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 25.00 federal judge(|s), 15.00 judge

Time for Tyson Fury to consider leaving the stage after Usyk defeat dims aura
Sun, 22 Dec 2024 20:25:49 GMT

The Briton stayed the distance against Oleksandr Usyk but after back-to-back defeats what is left for the 36-year-old to prove?

In the end everyone runs out of road. It was probably necessary for Tyson Fury to say he was robbed in the Kingdom Arena on Saturday night. Boxing demands this level of irrationality. Logical multimillionaires do not willingly schedule a brain-jarring, soul‑shredding half-hour beating from one of the most effective practitioners of controlled violence ever to walk the planet. A basic suspension of reason is required. Without it no one would ever step in the ring.

So Fury will maintain that all three judges were wrong to award a unanimous points decision in Oleksandr Usyk’s favour after 12 thrillingly intense rounds in Riyadh. Last time out Fury said he lost because of the war in Ukraine. This time he said it was because of Christmas. Nobody was robbed here. Fury, the challenger, needed to go out and actively take the heavyweight belts. In the event the champion always seemed to have his head above the water.

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Match ID: 1 Score: 15.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 15.00 judge

Indiana’s Midnight Executions Are a Relic of Another Age
Sun, 22 Dec 2024 11:00:00 +0000

Indiana wanted to kill Joseph Corcoran under the cover of darkness, but one journalist slipped in to witness.

The post Indiana’s Midnight Executions Are a Relic of Another Age appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 2 Score: 15.00 source: theintercept.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 15.00 judge

Senate confirms 2 Biden judicial nominees, boosting total over Trump
Sat, 21 Dec 2024 00:54:34 +0000
President Joe Biden’s diverse cohort of judges includes more women, people of color and LGBTQ individuals than those tapped by any other U.S. president.
Match ID: 3 Score: 15.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 1 day
qualifiers: 15.00 judge

Man who claims he invented bitcoin faces prison after filing $1.1 trillion suit
Fri, 20 Dec 2024 18:46:14 +0000
UK judge issues 1-year suspended prison sentence as Wright hides in Asia.
Match ID: 4 Score: 15.00 source: arstechnica.com age: 2 days
qualifiers: 15.00 judge

The Real Danger of ABC News Settling Its Lawsuit With Donald Trump
Tue, 17 Dec 2024 09:00:00 +0000

The big news outlets used to say settlements would encourage more lawsuits. Trump is already targeting smaller newspapers.

The post The Real Danger of ABC News Settling Its Lawsuit With Donald Trump appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 5 Score: 14.29 source: theintercept.com age: 5 days
qualifiers: 8.57 judge, 5.71 congress

Craig Wright Found in Contempt of Court Over Bitcoin Creation Claims
Thu, 19 Dec 2024 17:03:10 +0000
A UK judge has ruled that Craig Wright violated a court order preventing him from bringing lawsuits based on his spurious claim to be Satoshi Nakamoto, creator of Bitcoin.
Match ID: 6 Score: 12.86 source: www.wired.com age: 3 days
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Health Insurance Execs Should Live in Fear of Prison, Not Murder
Thu, 19 Dec 2024 17:00:00 +0000

The U.S. political system is owned by corporations despised by the American people. Luigi Mangione is the result.

The post Health Insurance Execs Should Live in Fear of Prison, Not Murder appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 7 Score: 12.86 source: theintercept.com age: 3 days
qualifiers: 12.86 judge

Absent US congresswoman has been dealing with ‘dementia issues’, family says
Sun, 22 Dec 2024 19:23:33 GMT

Republican Kay Granger of Texas living at senior living facility, which she had not disclosed to public

A Republican congresswoman from Texas has not cast a vote in the US House since July while she has been grappling with “dementia issues” and residing at a senior living facility, according to her family – something she did not disclose to the public before a Dallas media outlet figured out where she was during her prolonged absence.

Kay Granger, 81, has represented Texas’s 12th congressional district, which includes part of the Dallas-Fort Worth area, since 1997. And beginning in January 2023 she spent more than a year as the chairperson of the powerful House appropriations committee.

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Republicans averted a shutdown, yet showed boundaries of Trump’s power
Sun, 22 Dec 2024 10:00:48 +0000
This week’s events were a preview of the perils of governing that face Trump and Republicans in Congress, despite their narrow majorities.
Match ID: 9 Score: 10.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 0 days
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Congress also approved boosts to Social Security payments and disaster aid
Sun, 22 Dec 2024 00:09:43 +0000
The federal government avoided a shutdown. Here are some notable takeaways from legislation that cleared the House and Senate this week.
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How Trump and Musk set off the shutdown crisis — but got little in return
Sat, 21 Dec 2024 22:58:15 +0000
The past week provides a preview of what spending battles could be like in a closely divided Congress and with warring GOP factions.
Match ID: 11 Score: 10.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 0 days
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The G.O.P.’s Elon Musk Problem
Sat, 21 Dec 2024 21:48:57 +0000
The tech billionaire derailed a government-funding deal and made a shutdown more likely. His intervention signals the growing sway of wealth in politics, and its risks.
Match ID: 12 Score: 10.00 source: www.newyorker.com age: 0 days
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Biden signs stopgap funding bill, but congressional fight to continue
Sat, 21 Dec 2024 20:48:28 +0000
The incoming Congress, which will be controlled by Republicans, is still expected to face bruising battles over government funding in Trump’s second term.
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Mike Johnson concludes the 118th Congress as it began — in chaos
Sat, 21 Dec 2024 18:57:16 +0000
A historically unproductive Congress ends with a House speaker battling to keep his job amid an ungovernable majority. Will the 119th Congress fare better?
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Congress averts government shutdown as Senate passes funding bill
Sat, 21 Dec 2024 17:34:51 +0000
After a week of political turmoil, lawmakers approved bipartisan legislation.
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Trump’s claims of a mandate run into reality of narrow majorities
Sat, 21 Dec 2024 07:57:45 +0000
Donald Trump’s last-minute demands for a congressional funding package were rejected by Republicans, foreshadowing the challenges he could face next year.
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Senate passes spending bill to avert government shutdown, sending to Biden
Sat, 21 Dec 2024 06:01:25 +0000
Congress has limited time to avert a government shutdown by passing a continuing resolution after the latest Trump-backed bill failed Thursday.
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Biden keeps quiet amid angry battle over government spending bill
Fri, 20 Dec 2024 23:53:36 +0000
As the government neared a shutdown, the president appeared content to let Republicans battle it out.
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Trump made one big demand. And the GOP is quickly ignoring it.
Fri, 20 Dec 2024 21:40:44 +0000
Trump’s team was assured that he, not Elon Musk, is in charge --- right before congressional Republicans disregarded him.
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In Waning Senate Days, Kyrsten Sinema Screwed Workers and Spent Campaign Cash on Stay at French Castle
Fri, 20 Dec 2024 10:00:00 +0000

The Arizona senator’s prodigious campaign spending in global wine hot spots can’t possibly be related to the campaign she’s not running, says an ethics complaint.

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Who does Trump want in his cabinet, and why? – podcast
Fri, 20 Dec 2024 05:00:04 GMT

As Donald Trump’s nominees woo Senate Republicans to secure their confirmation, Joan E Greve and Hugo Lowell look at who could be in charge of the major government departments and what they’ll have to do to keep the president happy for the next four years

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GOP Lawmakers Want Elon Musk to Be Speaker of the House
Thu, 19 Dec 2024 19:02:57 +0000
There is no requirement that the Speaker of the House be an elected member of Congress. After Elon Musk all but killed a bill to fund the government, lawmakers now propose to cut out the middleman.
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EPA Staffers Demand Biden Release Climate Funds Withheld Over Gaza
Thu, 19 Dec 2024 15:16:12 +0000

“The funds to CJA are critical for building community resilience against climate change threats.”

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Senate Approves Defense Bill Blocking Health Care for Thousands of Trans Youth
Wed, 18 Dec 2024 21:28:04 +0000

Biden appears ready to sign the NDAA, despite objections from advocates and some Democrats about an insidious anti-trans rider.

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Congress Again Fails to Limit Scope of Spy Powers in New Defense Bill
Wed, 18 Dec 2024 20:31:00 +0000
The National Defense Authorization Act passed today, but lawmakers stripped language that would keep the Trump administration from wielding unprecedented authority to surveil Americans.
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Top Senator Warns Sweeping New Surveillance Powers Will “Inevitably Be Misused” by Trump
Wed, 18 Dec 2024 11:00:00 +0000

Everyone from janitors to the Geek Squad could be forced to help the NSA spy — and Democrats barely put up a fight.

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Federal Labor Unions Steel Themselves for Trump and DOGE’s Mass Firings
Wed, 18 Dec 2024 10:00:00 +0000

Trump wants a bloodbath for the federal employees, but government workers aren’t the only ones who will suffer.

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Republicans Said the FTC Was Too Politicized. Now Trump’s FTC Pick Says It Should be Politicized — by Trump.
Wed, 18 Dec 2024 09:30:00 +0000

“When you imagine what the FTC is willing and able to do in the service of an authoritarian Trump administration, that takes you to some really terrifying places.”

The post Republicans Said the FTC Was Too Politicized. Now Trump’s FTC Pick Says It Should be Politicized — by Trump. appeared first on The Intercept.

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America Gets a Taste of Its Own Medicine: Drone Terror
Wed, 18 Dec 2024 09:00:00 +0000

For more than two decades, the U.S. has flown drones over the heads of millions of people — watching, recording, and even killing some of them.

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Charles Hall Insisted He Wanted the Death Penalty. Now He’s Asking Biden for Mercy.
Sun, 15 Dec 2024 11:00:00 +0000

The jurors that sent Hall to death row never heard critical evidence that could have convinced them to spare his life. Some of them now support his bid for clemency.

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Keeping Sanctions in Force Would “Pull the Rug Out From Under Syria”
Fri, 13 Dec 2024 16:46:24 +0000

Hours before Assad fell, Congress moved to extend sanctions. Despite presidential waivers, Syria won’t open up until they’re off the books.

The post Keeping Sanctions in Force Would “Pull the Rug Out From Under Syria” appeared first on The Intercept.

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Congress Keeps Trying to Hide the True Gaza Death Toll
Thu, 12 Dec 2024 21:34:24 +0000

A little-noticed provision in the annual defense bill would bar the Pentagon from citing the Gaza Health Ministry as an authoritative source.

The post Congress Keeps Trying to Hide the True Gaza Death Toll appeared first on The Intercept.

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How to Protect Yourself From the Salt Typhoon Hack, No Matter What the FBI Says
Wed, 11 Dec 2024 20:54:57 +0000

The FBI is still touting the debunked idea that its agents could access communications without opening a door to foreign hackers.

The post How to Protect Yourself From the Salt Typhoon Hack, No Matter What the FBI Says appeared first on The Intercept.

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Warren on UnitedHealthcare CEO’s killing: ‘People can only be pushed so far’
Wed, 11 Dec 2024 13:15:03 EST
The Massachusetts lawmaker condemned the assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, but added that the visceral reaction online should be a "warning" to the industry.
Match ID: 34 Score: 1.43 source: www.politico.com age: 11 days
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Pam Bondi will face an ethics quagmire as attorney general
Sat, 07 Dec 2024 07:00:00 EST
She and her firm have clients that have been doing legal battle with the U.S. government.
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NASA Accelerates Space Exploration, Earth Science for All in 2024
Fri, 06 Dec 2024 21:54:15 +0000
With a look back at 2024, NASA is celebrating its many innovative and inspiring accomplishments this year including for the first time, landing new science and technology on the Moon with an American company, pushing the boundaries of exploration by launching a new mission to study Jupiter’s icy moon Europa; maintaining 24 years of continuous […]
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Immediate fire threat moves to NSW as Victoria continues to battle Grampians blaze
Sun, 22 Dec 2024 20:43:40 GMT

Authorities warn travellers and tourists to be alert to emergency warnings with extreme fire danger forecast over much of NSW, Victoria, WA and SA

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Millions of residents and travellers across several states have been warned to stay alert as the risk of Christmas week bushfires intensify.

Several states entered Monday battling dangerous blazes or warning of potential outbreaks, including NSW, with hot, dry and windy conditions expected to pose extreme fire danger in Sydney.

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Heathrow cancels flights as winds disrupt festive travel
Sun, 22 Dec 2024 18:29:52 GMT
Strong winds are continuing to cause some disruption as millions of people travel ahead of Christmas.
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Winds blow UK Christmas travel off course, with ferries and flights cancelled
Sun, 22 Dec 2024 16:06:21 GMT

More than 100 Heathrow flights cancelled, along with ferry services between Northern Ireland and Scotland

Thousands of people in the UK are facing a Christmas travel nightmare after strong winds led to the cancellation of hundreds of flights and ferries.

A Met Office yellow weather warning was in place until 9pm on Sunday from John o’Groats to Land’s End, with gusts of up to 60mph widespread and some as strong as 70mph on hills and around exposed coasts.

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9 Best French Presses (2024): Plastic, Glass, Stainless Steel, Travel
Sun, 22 Dec 2024 13:04:00 +0000
The humble French press is affordable, effective, and hard to mess up. Here are our favorites to make your morning cup of coffee.
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About 1 million people in UK yet to obtain eVisa days before deadline
Sun, 22 Dec 2024 12:15:24 GMT

Physical residence permits proving right to live and work in Britain will cease to be valid at end of December

About 1 million people who need to obtain eVisas to prove their right to live and work in the UK or return after travelling abroad have not yet done so even though the deadline to register is just over a week away.

The eVisa programme set up by the previous government is a digital system to prove the right to reside in the UK for British residents who are not citizens or holders of British passports. No other country is known to be entirely ceasing to issue both physical entry visas and residence permits.

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I travelled up and down the UK this year. One album sums up what I saw | John Harris
Sun, 22 Dec 2024 12:00:45 GMT

Weariness, confusion, flashes of anger – for me, English Teacher’s lyrics evoke the texture of British life today

The most revelatory experience I had this year happened at Glastonbury, on the festival’s Saturday night. I was at the Left Field, the 1,500-capacity big top where the afternoons begin with panel discussions about politics, and the evenings are given over to music. The penultimate attraction of the day was a quartet from Leeds called English Teacher, who played for an hour, and took my breath away: not just because their music was brimming with ideas and creativity, but because it also seemed to perfectly crystallise the state of the country. As the performance went on, the crowd received it all with an increasing feeling of rapture; by the end, it felt like everyone had concluded that they were experiencing something very special indeed.

Their first album, This Could Be Texas, came out in April. Its songs do not achieve their feats with rhetoric or sloganeering, nor have much to do with party politics: their subject matter is too kaleidoscopic to be reduced to simple social or political commentary, and like the best zeitgeist-capturing musicians, English Teacher deal in poetic, impressionistic, often wonderfully strange language. The words written, sung and spoken by the singer and lyricist Lily Fontaine sometimes suggest fragments of conversations you might hear at bus stops, or in pubs or cafes, full of a sense of life having been upturned, but human beings somehow muddling on: “Shoes were bought, broken in / One new pair breaks the bank … Can a river stop its banks from bursting? Blame the council, not the rain / No preparation for the breakdown … That country is in a bad state / There’s a familiar atmosphere about the place”.

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My voyage of good cheer around Finland – the world’s happiest country
Sun, 22 Dec 2024 07:00:40 GMT

With clean air, vast green spaces and more saunas than cars, Finns have plenty of reasons to be cheerful

According to the World Happiness Report, the cheeriest country in the world is one nature-loving Nordic nation – Finland. On paper, it’s not hard to see why. It’s one of the world’s least corrupt countries, built on a democracy and quick to give women the vote. Education, from daycare to university, is free. Crime is low, the water is clean, the air fresh and there are more saunas than cars. But is it noticeably a nice place to be? And can the Finns teach me (and the rest of the UK, which ranks 20th in the Happiness Report) anything about wellbeing in the land of forests and freedom?

I start in Helsinki. With a population of just 630,000, this is a pocket-sized, but delightful capital city, buzzing with a Nordic foodie scene, a clutch of tech startups and its own design aesthetic, all bathed in up to 19 hours a day of sunlight in the summer. Over coffee at Nolita, his zero-waste restaurant and bakery, Serbian-born chef Luca Basic tells me that he came to Helsinki aged 19 and immediately decided to stay. So, what’s happiness in the city? He doesn’t hesitate. “It’s trust in the state. It goes beyond things like buses being on time, or my staff being able to afford to live in the middle of their city.”

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The Don, London: ‘The expectation was for something warmer’ – restaurant review
Sun, 22 Dec 2024 06:00:39 GMT

The menu here was overseen by Rowley Leigh, but his generous touch in the kitchen is missing

The Don, 20 St Swithin’s Lane, London EC4N 8AD. Starters £14.50–£19.50, mains £22.50–£47.50, desserts £11.50–£12.50, wines from £35

The Don in London’s Square Mile is a chilly restaurant. It’s not simply that on this grey November lunchtime, the vent to our left is pumping frigid air into the room, as if they failed to notice the clocks went back weeks ago. It’s also the hard-lined space with the slab-like picture windows looking out on to St Swithin’s Lane. It’s the parquet and the bright lights, the hefty chairs upholstered in a frosty shade of cadet blue, and the desperate attempt to soften everything with a large fern imprint on a taupe wall. The tables are set just far enough apart so diners can plot against their rivals and mutter “your shout or mine” at each other without being overheard. It feels like an overworked TV production designer’s idea of a City restaurant, from which at any moment every stick of furniture could be removed, along with the bar. Then it could become another much-needed commercial property sales office, as if nature were healing.

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This Tropical Virus Is Spreading Out of the Amazon to the US and Europe
Fri, 20 Dec 2024 19:05:48 +0000
Oropouche virus has posed little threat outside South America in the past, but land-use change, the climate crisis, and international travel all appear to be spreading this insect-borne disease to new places.
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The AI war between Google and OpenAI has never been more heated
Fri, 20 Dec 2024 15:44:05 +0000
Potentially groundbreaking AI releases have been coming in fast, sending experts' heads spinning.
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In Waning Senate Days, Kyrsten Sinema Screwed Workers and Spent Campaign Cash on Stay at French Castle
Fri, 20 Dec 2024 10:00:00 +0000

The Arizona senator’s prodigious campaign spending in global wine hot spots can’t possibly be related to the campaign she’s not running, says an ethics complaint.

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Yasser’s story: the Syrian refugee who lived with me - podcast
Fri, 20 Dec 2024 03:00:00 GMT

Helen Pidd speaks to her former lodger, Yasser, a Syrian refugee contemplating moving back home

In 2015, Syrian refugee Yasser moved into Today in Focus presenter Helen Pidd’s home. He had travelled for 37 days across land and sea to escape the horrors of the war in Syria. Since then, Yasser has lived in Manchester, but has always longed to return to Syria.

“Sunday morning, 8 December 2024. That was the best morning of my life,” Yasser tells Helen.

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Tokyo’s Best Video Game Arcades in Akihabara: Where to Go, What to Do
Thu, 19 Dec 2024 13:30:00 +0000
I visited several Japanese arcades, aka game centers, in Tokyo’s Akihabara ward. Here’s some advice about how to get the most out of your visit to gamer’s paradise—and which arcade you shouldn’t miss.
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America Gets a Taste of Its Own Medicine: Drone Terror
Wed, 18 Dec 2024 09:00:00 +0000

For more than two decades, the U.S. has flown drones over the heads of millions of people — watching, recording, and even killing some of them.

The post America Gets a Taste of Its Own Medicine: Drone Terror appeared first on The Intercept.

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U.S. Defied Spanish Embargo on Arms Bound for Israel by Making Enforcement More Difficult
Tue, 17 Dec 2024 10:00:00 +0000

As the diplomatic row over the embargo escalates, the U.S. sent Israel millions of pounds of ammunition through Spanish territory.

The post U.S. Defied Spanish Embargo on Arms Bound for Israel by Making Enforcement More Difficult appeared first on The Intercept.

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'The Syrian regime hit us with chemical weapons: only now can we speak out' – video
Sun, 15 Dec 2024 16:52:17 GMT

Syrian airforce helicopters dropped two cylinders of chlorine gas onto the town of Douma on 7 April 2018. At least 43 people choked to death. For six years, afraid of reprisals, the town has grieved in silence for loved ones lost to chemical attacks and countless others killed by conventional weapons.

But after an astonishing and rapid offensive by rebel forces led by the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), more than 50 years of Assad family rule collapsed last week, and the residents of Douma are finally free to tell their stories. The Guardian’s Bethan McKernan travelled to the town to listen to them

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Charles Hall Insisted He Wanted the Death Penalty. Now He’s Asking Biden for Mercy.
Sun, 15 Dec 2024 11:00:00 +0000

The jurors that sent Hall to death row never heard critical evidence that could have convinced them to spare his life. Some of them now support his bid for clemency.

The post Charles Hall Insisted He Wanted the Death Penalty. Now He’s Asking Biden for Mercy. appeared first on The Intercept.

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NASA Accelerates Space Exploration, Earth Science for All in 2024
Fri, 06 Dec 2024 21:54:15 +0000
With a look back at 2024, NASA is celebrating its many innovative and inspiring accomplishments this year including for the first time, landing new science and technology on the Moon with an American company, pushing the boundaries of exploration by launching a new mission to study Jupiter’s icy moon Europa; maintaining 24 years of continuous […]
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NASA to Test Technology for X-59’s Unique Shock Wave Measurements
Thu, 05 Dec 2024 22:49:29 +0000
Lee esta historia en Español aquí. NASA will soon test advancements made on a key tool for measuring the unique “sonic thumps” that its quiet supersonic X-59 research aircraft will make while flying. A shock-sensing probe is a cone-shaped air data probe developed with specific features to capture the unique shock waves the X-59 will produce. […]
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Guardian Traveller newsletter: Sign up for our free holidays email
Wed, 12 Oct 2022 14:21:58 GMT

From biking adventures to city breaks, get inspiration for your next break – whether in the UK or further afield – with twice-weekly emails from the Guardian’s travel editors. You’ll also receive handpicked offers from Guardian Holidays.

From biking adventures to city breaks, get inspiration for your next break – whether in the UK or further afield – with twice-weekly emails from the Guardian’s travel editors.

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