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The 22 Best Movies on Apple TV+ Right Now (June 2024)
Thu, 30 May 2024 19:00:00 +0000
Argylle, Mad Max: Fury Road, Napoleon, and Blade Runner 2049 are just a few of the movies you should be watching on Apple TV+ this month.
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Happy 94th birthday Clint Eastwood: his best films – ranked!
Thu, 30 May 2024 12:27:55 GMT
As he reaches the momentous milestone – and ahead of new movie Juror No 2 – we rate the screen icon’s best performances, from playing a poncho-clad anti-hero to having squinty showdowns in cemeteries
Against all advice, Clint Eastwood switched direction with a knockabout comedy that would be one of his biggest hits. He plays a bare-knuckle fighter who falls for a country singer, though the real romantic chemistry is between him and Clyde the orangutan. Barroom brawls aplenty! Ruth Gordon (as “Ma”) v Nazi bikers!
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The 27 Best Shows on Apple TV+ Right Now (June 2024)
Tue, 28 May 2024 19:00:00 +0000
Constellation, For All Mankind, and a Steve Martin documentary are among the best shows on Apple TV+ this month.
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Summer Camp review – Diane Keaton and pals reunite in so-so friendship comedy
Thu, 30 May 2024 16:36:09 GMT
The star hopes for some more of that Book Club magic although she’s the weakest link in a trio buoyed by Kathy Bates and Alfre Woodard
The many gasps that met the $100m-plus box office total for 2018’s Book Club were not quite shared by all. The film, a frothy comedy led by four women over the age of 65, might have been an outlier at the time but it proved that once again, when smartly catered to, underserved audiences will come out en masse, a more inevitable result than many seem to think. When Bridesmaids proved this with younger women back in 2011, the industry was lethargic in its response, a wave of adjacent green lights failing to come as expected but Book Club had an instant impact, a string of grey-hued imitators in its wake.
But luck ran out a little faster than expected. Jane Fonda’s 80 for Brady and Diane Keaton’s Poms both fizzled upon release before even a Book Club sequel couldn’t lure audiences out, making less than a third of what its predecessor made. The reluctance of some older cinemagoers to return to the cinema as a result of the pandemic was an issue but so was positioning – nothing felt like an event compared with Book Club – and quality – nothing felt quite as sparky as it either. Keaton, who recently travelled to the UK for a British spin on the formula with Arthur’s Whisky, is trying her luck again with Summer Camp, a similarly lightweight tale of underused older female actors having fun on a bigger stage than they have become accustomed to.
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‘People are looking to forgive him’: inside Will Smith’s carefully choreographed comeback
Thu, 30 May 2024 15:00:13 GMT
Two years after that slap at the Oscars made him persona non grata, the Fresh Prince is making a fresh start with a return to Bad Boys. His rehabilitation seems assured – so long as his films don’t flop
In one of those dumb ironies that can abound in Hollywood, the first Will Smith movie to be greenlit since the slap in March 2022 hinges on an innocent man trying to clear his name. Previous iterations of the odd-couple, cop buddy movie Bad Boys, starring Smith and Martin Lawrence as two foul-mouthed Miami cops quibbling as they tear through traffic, have centred on missing drug busts, money laundering and Klansmen.
In the latest instalment of the franchise, Bad Boys: Ride or Die, released next week, a criminal cabal frames the errant duo, turning them into fugitives from their own police department. Because nothing signals your earnest desire to give public restitution for assaulting the host of the Oscars like a burst of automatic-weapon fire, exploding propane tanks and Lawrence doing his “Oh shit” face.
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Sam Altman Dreams of an A.I. Girlfriend
Wed, 29 May 2024 20:00:00 +0000
A recent OpenAI product had an uncanny resemblance to Scarlett Johansson’s character in the movie “Her.” Did the company make a critical misstep?
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I Spent an Hour in Marvel’s Apple Vision Pro 'What If...?' Experience. I’m Still Not Sure Why
Wed, 29 May 2024 19:00:00 +0000
The new What If…? experience for Vision Pro is a win-win for Marvel and Apple. But it’s not built for—or accessible to—everyone.
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All the Films in Competition at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, Ranked from Best to Worst
Sun, 26 May 2024 15:15:09 +0000
The twenty-two films that premièred in the 2024 festival’s main program offered much to savor and revile.
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Shockbuster Season: Why the Death of the Summer Movie Is a Good Thing
Sun, 26 May 2024 11:00:00 +0000
It’s been nearly 50 years since Jaws and Star Wars turned summer moviegoing into an endless parade of family-friendly fandom flicks. This year promises something blessedly more bleak.
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“Love Is Blind,” and Allegedly Toxic
Fri, 24 May 2024 19:00:00 +0000
Lawsuits and the labor movement come to reality TV, by way of the Netflix hit. Plus, Ilana Glazer’s buddy movie tackles the realities of pregnancy, motherhood, and friendship.
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NASA’s Commitment to Safety Starts with its Culture
Tue, 30 Apr 2024 15:00:00 +0000
NASA works on projects that often have never been done, or perhaps the way they are being done has never been tried. Living on the edge of innovation requires a high degree of risk. After organizational silence led to the loss of space shuttle Challenger and its crew in 1986, NASA vowed to change the […]
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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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Meet the Chinese army’s latest weapon: the gun-toting dog
Thu, 30 May 2024 15:38:42 GMT
China shows off mechanical canine with an automatic rifle on its back at joint military drills with Cambodia
The Chinese army has debuted its latest weapon: a gun-toting robotic dog.
The mechanical canine, which has an automatic rifle on its back, was front and centre of recent joint military drills with Cambodia, according to footage from the state broadcaster CCTV.
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Taiwan passes controversial reform bill after violence and protests
Wed, 29 May 2024 03:51:04 GMT
Reforms will expand parliamentarians’ powers to question officials and citizens
Taiwan’s opposition-controlled parliament has passed a controversial reform bill after days of hostile debate and physical fights between MPs inside, and mass protests by citizens outside.
The bills passed 58 votes to 45, Bloomberg reported, after a third reading on Tuesday evening in Taipei during which there were further scuffles and members of the ruling party throwing paper planes and hurling garbage bags at the opposition.
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Weather tracker: Cyclone Remal lashes coast of Bangladesh and India
Mon, 27 May 2024 09:33:07 GMT
Hundreds of thousands of people evacuated while red alerts issued for unrelenting heat across north-western India and Pakistan
During the early hours of Saturday morning, an area of low pressure over the east-central Bay of Bengal intensified, and has been named Cyclone Remal.
Cyclone Remal made landfall between Sagar Island in West Bengal, India, and Bangladesh’s Khepupara region late on Sunday as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued warnings for heavy rain, strong winds, storm surges, and rough seas. Cumulative rainfall totals through the first half of this week could reach 200-300mm across the majority of Bangladesh, north-eastern states of India, and West Bengal. More than 150mm is also possible across southern parts of Bhutan and western Myanmar.
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Summary of the 2023 GRACE Follow-On Science Team Meeting
Thu, 30 May 2024 14:27:20 +0000
Felix Landerer, NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory, felix.w.landerer@jpl.nasa.gov Introduction In October 2023, the annual gathering of the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) and GRACE Follow-On [G-FO] Science Team took place in Boulder, CO, hosted at University Corporation for Atmospheric Research’s (UCAR) Center Green campus. The event had 70 in-person participant and an additional 52 online participants […]
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‘Hong Kong 47’ trial: 14 activists found guilty of conspiracy to commit subversion
Thu, 30 May 2024 16:16:00 GMT
Western governments condemn verdict in biggest case since introduction of national security law
Fourteen people have been found guilty of subversion by a court in Hong Kong in the biggest case against pro-democracy campaigners – against a group known as the “Hong Kong 47” – since China imposed a national security law to crush dissent.
A panel of judges handpicked by Hong Kong’s government found that the convicted people – one organiser and 13 candidates, almost all of them former politicians – had committed the national security offence of “conspiracy to subvert state power” by holding unofficial election primaries in 2020.
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11 years after launch, 49M people still use their PS4s, matching the PS5
Thu, 30 May 2024 14:39:27 +0000
But PS5 users spend more money and gameplay time on their consoles.
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Meta says it removed six influence campaigns including those from Israel and China
2024-05-30T13:06:00+00:00
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The Unusual Espionage Act Case Against a Drone Photographer
Thu, 30 May 2024 10:30:00 +0000
In seemingly the first case of its kind, the US Justice Department has charged a Chinese national with using a drone to photograph a Virginia shipyard where the US Navy was assembling nuclear submarines.
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Xi Jinping’s surprising new source of economic advice
Thu, 30 May 2024 10:06:54 +0000
What China’s leader may learn from a pair of reform-minded academics
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Microsoft's newest tactic to convert Windows 10 users is giving them a big comparison list
2024-05-29T22:50:34+00:00
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‘Largest Botnet Ever’ Tied to Billions in Stolen Covid-19 Relief Funds
Wed, 29 May 2024 21:16:13 +0000
The US says a Chinese national operated the “911 S5” botnet, which included computers worldwide and was used to file hundreds of thousands of fraudulent Covid claims and distribute CSAM, among other crimes.
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From the archive: The secret deportations: how Britain betrayed the Chinese men who served the country in the war – podcast
Wed, 29 May 2024 04:00:04 GMT
We are raiding the Guardian Long Read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors.
This week, from 2021: During the second world war, Chinese merchant seamen helped keep Britain fed, fuelled and safe – and many gave their lives doing so. But from late 1945, hundreds of them who had settled in Liverpool suddenly disappeared. Now their children are piecing together the truth. By Dan Hancox
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The Guardian view on India’s election: Narendra Modi’s audacity of hate | Editorial
Thu, 30 May 2024 17:52:58 GMT
India’s prime minister encourages a belief in his divinity, leading followers to think it is God’s purpose to spread fear and loathing
“No party or candidate shall include in any activity which may aggravate existing differences or create mutual hatred or cause tension between different castes and communities, religious or linguistic.” So reads the rulebook for Indian elections. Has anyone told Narendra Modi? India’s prime minister has resorted to overtly Islamophobic language during the two-month campaign, painting India’s 200 million Muslims as an existential threat to the Hindu majority. Laughably, the body charged with conducting free and fair polls did issue a feeble call for restraint from “star campaigners”. With the Indian election results out next week, one commentator warned Mr Modi has “put a target on Indian Muslims’ backs, redirecting the anger of poor and marginalised Hindu communities away from crony capitalists and the privileged upper castes”.
Mr Modi’s tirades are meant to distract an electorate suffering from high inflation and a lack of jobs despite rapid economic growth. His Bharatiya Janata party’s political strategy is to emphasise threats to Hindu civilisation, and the need for a united Hindu nation against Muslims. However, Mr Modi has fused this Hindu nationalism with the idea that he was sent by God. The Congress party’s Rahul Gandhi, his main opponent, suggested that anyone else making such a claim needed to see a psychiatrist.
Do you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a response of up to 300 words by email to be considered for publication in our letters section, please click here.
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‘Unliveable’: Delhi’s residents struggle to cope in record-breaking heat
Thu, 30 May 2024 16:05:16 GMT
Temperatures of more than 45C have left population of 29 million exhausted – but the poorest suffer most
As the water tanker drove into a crowded Delhi neighbourhood, a ruckus erupted. Dozens of residents ran frantically behind it, brandishing buckets, bottles and hoses, and jumped on top of it to get even a drip of what was stored inside. Temperatures that day had soared to 49C (120F), the hottest day on record – and in many places across India’s vast capital, home to more than 29 million people, water had run out.
Every morning, Tripti, a social health worker who lives in the impoverished enclave of Vivekanand Camp, is among those who has to stand under the blazing sun with buckets and pots, waiting desperately for the water tanker to arrive.
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Ask Sahaj: Second-generation American feels small in White workplace
Thu, 30 May 2024 13:00:00 +0000
A second-generation Indian American feels like they’re “fading into the background” at work.
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2024 Is the Year of the Generative AI Election
Thu, 30 May 2024 11:30:00 +0000
AI is already being used and abused in elections around the world. From passive income scams to dead men endorsing their successors, fiction is proving stranger than reality.
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Foreign investors are rejecting Indian stocks
Thu, 30 May 2024 10:05:08 +0000
A roaring economy is not enough to entice them
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How we met: ‘I couldn’t just go with the flow – so I told him I had romantic feelings’
Thu, 30 May 2024 10:00:26 GMT
Rasika, 29, and Varad, 27, met while working in rural India. When Rasika found out she had cancer, Varad gave her the motivation she needed to survive
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After studying medicine in New Delhi, Varad, who grew up in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, knew he wanted to make a difference in the world. In 2021, he travelled to the remote forest reserve of Gadchiroli to work for a local NGO while he submitted applications for the next steps of his education. “I was doing community Covid management, supporting the vaccination programme,” he says.
A month after arriving he met Rasika, a physiotherapist from Nagpur, Maharashtra, who’d also come to work for the NGO. “I had been studying in Mumbai but wanted to better understand rehabilitation in rural areas of India,” she says. “While I was being shown around, we went to see the badminton court – which was some mud ground with a net – and that’s where I saw Varad for the first time.”
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The fake news divide: how Modi’s rule is fracturing India – video
Thu, 30 May 2024 09:31:48 GMT
India is in the final stages of a general election, and almost one billion people are registered to vote. The country's prime minister ,Narendra Modi, has been in power for more than 10 years, and his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) is seeking a third term.
But critics of Modi and the BJP say his government has become increasingly authoritarian, fracturing the country along religious lines and threatening India’s secular democracy. At the same time, the space for freedom of speech has been shrinking while disinformation and hate speech has exploded on social media.
The Guardian’s video team travelled through India to explore how fake news and censorship might be shaping the outcome of the election
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Delhi heatwave: officials investigating if temperature of 52.9C due to faulty sensor
Thu, 30 May 2024 06:04:03 GMT
Meteorological department examining data from Mungeshpur station amid soaring temperatures that came close to 50 degrees Celsius
Authorities in India are investigating whether a faulty sensor may have been behind a reading that showed temperatures in Delhi soaring past 50 degrees for the first time, amid a scorching heatwave in the capital.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said it was examining the data and sensors at the Mungeshpur station after an unusually large variation in temperatures was recorded at the station compared to others.
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How an Indian state became a testing ground for Hindu nationalism – podcast
Thu, 30 May 2024 02:00:16 GMT
Hannah Ellis-Petersen reports from Uttarakhand, which offers a glimpse into what the future might look like if the BJP retains its power in national elections
“One of the most significant elements of Modi’s rule is how his Hindu nationalist politics has reshaped the country,” the Guardian’s south Asia correspondent Hannah Ellis-Petersen tells Michael Safi. “Uttarakhand is a state where I think we’ve seen the real consequences of that narrative play out.”
Hannah explains how religious tensions have been stoked in the state of Uttarakhand through conspiracy theories, political rhetoric and the destruction of Muslim shrines and tombs. We hear about the rising violence against the Muslim minority in the area and why this election is a concerning time for them in the state.
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Record-breaking heatwave hits Delhi as India swelters – in pictures
Wed, 29 May 2024 06:19:52 GMT
Temperatures in Delhi have soared to record highs of 49.9C (121.8F) as authorities warn of water shortages. The India Meteorological Department (IMD), which reported “severe heatwave conditions”, recorded the temperatures on Tuesday, saying they were nine degrees higher than expected
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India’s historic election
Tue, 28 May 2024 22:27:51 +0000
India’s general election ends this weekend, with Prime Minister Nerendra Modi leading the polls. Today on “Post Reports,” we unpack where Modi’s support comes from and what a win for his party would mean for the world’s largest democracy.
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Seoul to offer cash to reverse vasectomies, untie tubes as birthrate falls
Thu, 30 May 2024 09:12:14 +0000
The South Korean capital — which has the country’s lowest fertility rate — plans to provide up to $730 to cover costs for reversing the sterilization procedures.
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Election risks, safety summits and Scarlett Johansson: the week in AI – podcast
Thu, 30 May 2024 04:00:23 GMT
It’s been a busy week in the world of artificial intelligence. OpenAI found itself in hot water with Scarlett Johansson after launching its new chatbot, Sky, drawing comparisons to the Hollywood star’s character in the sci-fi film Her. In South Korea, the second global AI summit took place, and a report from the Alan Turing Institute explored how AI could influence elections. The Guardian’s UK technology editor, Alex Hern, tells Madeleine Finlay about what’s been happening
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North Korea launches waste-filled balloons to taunt the South
Wed, 29 May 2024 07:31:41 +0000
The balloons carried trash and “filth,” according to South Korean authorities. They were a reaction to balloons previously sent by activists from the South.
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India elections: PM Narendra Modi claims he has been chosen by God
Mon, 27 May 2024 06:56:56 GMT
Indian leader tells interviewer God ‘just keeps making me do things’ but that he ‘cannot dial him directly’
Indian prime minister Narendra Modi has said he believes he has been chosen by God, as the multi-stage Indian election nears its completion.
“I am convinced that ‘Parmatma’ (God) sent me for a purpose. Once the purpose is achieved, my work will be one done. This is why I have completely dedicated myself to God,” he told NDTV news channel on Sunday.
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Aasif Mandvi Contains Multitudes
Sun, 26 May 2024 10:00:00 +0000
The actor and comedian on his “Daily Show” breakthrough, writing the roles he wanted to see, and playing a new kind of character in “Evil.”
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Why Vladimir Putin’s Family Is Learning Mandarin
Sat, 25 May 2024 01:00:00 +0000
During the last few weeks, American political discourse has been consumed by what’s happening inside a New York City courtroom. But the world outside it hasn’t stopped.
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Brazil, India and Mexico are taking on China’s exports
Thu, 23 May 2024 10:13:46 +0000
To avoid an economic shock, they are pursuing a strange mix of free trade and protectionism
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Singapore Airlines plane dropped 54 metres in seconds, flight data shows
Wed, 29 May 2024 10:47:09 GMT
Investigation report says aircraft ‘experienced a rapid change in gravitational force’ during turbulence
The Singapore Airlines flight hit by severe turbulence last week dropped 54 metres in altitude in less than five seconds, preliminary findings from an investigation show.
A 73-year-old British passenger died of a suspected heart attack and dozens of people were injured after flight SQ321 from London to Singapore encountered what the airline described as sudden, extreme turbulence while flying over Myanmar. The flight carrying 211 passengers and 18 crew diverted to Bangkok for an emergency landing.
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Is turbulence getting worse? And where were the worst flight paths in 2023 – video
Wed, 29 May 2024 02:13:28 GMT
We know turbulence is a common part of flying – but are some routes more prone? And where is it the worst? Turbulence is the leading cause of in-flight injuries to crew and passengers and after the fatal Singapore Airlines incident and injuries to passengers above Turkey on a Qatar Airways flight, you might be wondering if flights are about to get bumpier. Incidents of severe turbulence are on the rise – increasing by 55% between 1979 and 2020 – and the climate crisis is thought to be a responsible factor
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Family of man who died after being deported blame Home Office delays
Mon, 27 May 2024 07:00:24 GMT
Appeal allowed Sudharsan Ithayachandran to return to UK to be with his family, but he died in Sri Lanka while awaiting visa
The family of a man who died abroad after being wrongly deported by the UK Home Office have blamed the department for causing delays that stopped him being reunited with his children.
Sudharsan Ithayachandran, 41, was deported from the UK to Sri Lanka on 24 December 2019 – his wedding anniversary – after admitting to working illegally at Tesco and using false documents.
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Restaurant Review: Lola’s
Sun, 26 May 2024 10:00:00 +0000
An alumna of Danny Meyer’s Union Square Hospitality Group offers a Southern-inflected menu that subtly sings.
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Alarming levels of ‘forever chemicals’ found in water near Bangladesh garment factories
Wed, 29 May 2024 08:00:06 GMT
Study confirms huge concentrations of potentially dangerous PFAS in rivers, lakes and taps in Dhaka
Rivers, lakes and tap water in areas of Bangladesh that host garment factories are swarming with dangerous levels of toxic “forever chemicals”, some with links to serious health issues, according to new research.
In the first study of its kind conducted in Bangladesh, a global fashion hub supplying international brands, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), commonly known as forever chemicals, were found in 27 water samples collected close to textile factories in the capital, Dhaka.
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A Leak of Biometric Police Data Is a Sign of Things to Come
Thu, 23 May 2024 16:00:00 +0000
Thousands of fingerprints and facial images linked to police in India have been exposed online. Researchers say it’s a warning of what will happen as the collection of biometric data increases.
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The Taiwanese civilians training for a Chinese invasion – video
Wed, 10 Jan 2024 09:05:28 GMT
Kuo Chiu, known as KC to his friends, teaches urban design at Tunghai University in Taiwan. He’s also one of many of the country's citizens who practises rifle skills in his spare time, in case of a Chinese invasion.
The population of Taiwan has long grown familiar with Beijing’s pledge to one day ‘unify’ what it claims is a breakaway province. But recently, there has been a significant increase in aggressive and intimidatory acts.
Taiwan’s 160,000 active military personnel are vastly outnumbered by China’s 2 million-member armed forces, leading many civilians to turn to voluntary medical and combat training to protect themselves.
The Guardian's video team spent time with KC to see how he is preparing
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The property firm that could break China’s back
Thu, 16 May 2024 10:04:20 +0000
If Vanke collapses, so might confidence in the state’s management of the economy
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Biden outdoes Trump with ultra-high China tariffs
Tue, 14 May 2024 16:23:33 +0000
The move, which hits electric vehicles, carries an environmental cost
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Microsoft Deploys Generative AI for US Spies
Sat, 11 May 2024 10:30:00 +0000
Plus: China is suspected in a hack targeting the UK’s military, the US Marines are testing gun-toting robotic dogs, and Dell suffers a data breach impacting 49 million customers.
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Could America and its allies club together to weaken the dollar?
Thu, 09 May 2024 09:58:40 +0000
China would not be happy
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What would get China’s consumers spending?
Thu, 09 May 2024 09:57:49 +0000
Clues from a grocer in a fourth-tier city
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What Xi Jinping gets wrong about China’s economy
Thu, 09 May 2024 09:57:57 +0000
Despite his protestations, the country does have an overcapacity problem
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Japan will struggle to rescue its plummeting currency
Mon, 29 Apr 2024 16:00:14 +0000
Expensive government intervention looks likely to provide only brief respite
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Why a stronger dollar is dangerous
Tue, 23 Apr 2024 16:00:59 +0000
It sets the stage for a nasty new Trump-China clash, among other things
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Can the IMF solve the poor world’s debt crisis?
Thu, 18 Apr 2024 10:05:21 +0000
The fund will freeze out China if that is what it takes to offer relief
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China’s better economic growth hides reasons to worry
Tue, 16 Apr 2024 13:33:05 +0000
The country’s leaders are too complacent about deflation
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What China’s central bank and Costco shoppers have in common
Thu, 11 Apr 2024 10:02:17 +0000
Hint: it is not a fondness for cryptocurrencies
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China’s state is eating the private property market
Thu, 11 Apr 2024 09:50:47 +0000
Pity those soon to buy a home
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How Xi Jinping plans to overtake America
Sun, 31 Mar 2024 12:31:35 +0000
Digital twins, nuclear fusion and the small matter of fixing China’s economy
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China’s banks have a bad-debt problem
Wed, 27 Mar 2024 14:12:05 +0000
As is becoming increasingly obvious
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Japan ends the world’s greatest monetary-policy experiment
Tue, 19 Mar 2024 13:12:06 +0000
For the first time in 17 years, officials raise interest rates
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How China, Russia and Iran are forging closer ties
Mon, 18 Mar 2024 19:52:43 +0000
Assessing the economic threat posed by the anti-Western axis
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China’s economic bright spots provide a warning
Thu, 14 Mar 2024 10:55:00 +0000
What a visit to an optimistic port reveals
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China is churning out solar panels—and upsetting sand markets
Thu, 14 Mar 2024 10:37:33 +0000
The hunt for grains with a silica concentration of more than 99.9%
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How Trump and Biden have failed to cut ties with China
Tue, 27 Feb 2024 18:46:06 +0000
It is hard to overcome economic incentives
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As the Nikkei 225 hits record highs, Japan’s young start investing
Thu, 22 Feb 2024 07:21:14 +0000
Will more now favour domestic stocks?
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Russia outsmarts Western sanctions—and China is paying attention
Wed, 21 Feb 2024 21:08:09 +0000
How the rise of middle powers helps America’s enemies
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NASA Licenses 3D-Printable Superalloy to Benefit US Economy
Thu, 09 May 2024 12:14:04 +0000
NASA’s investment in a breakthrough superalloy developed for the extreme temperatures and harsh conditions of air and spaceflight is on the threshold of paying commercial dividends. The agency is licensing its invention, dubbed “GRX-810,” to four American companies, a practice that benefits the United States economy as a return on investment of taxpayer dollars. GRX-810 […]
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Hedge funds make billions as India’s options market goes ballistic
Thu, 02 May 2024 10:14:54 +0000
The country’s retail investors are doing less well
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How fast is India’s economy really growing?
Thu, 11 Apr 2024 10:00:46 +0000
Statisticians take the country’s figures with a pinch of salt
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How to build a global currency
Thu, 04 Apr 2024 09:55:08 +0000
India is the latest country to try. Painful reforms are required
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How India could become an Asian tiger
Wed, 27 Mar 2024 14:11:52 +0000
The world’s most selective bureaucracy is struggling to make it happen
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Four kids left: The Thai school swallowed by the sea – video
Wed, 15 May 2024 10:47:18 GMT
Ban Khun Samut Chin, a coastal village in Samut Prakan province, Thailand, has been slowly swallowed by the sea over the past few decades. This has led to the relocation of the school and many homes, resulting in a dwindling population. Currently, there are only four students attending the school, often leaving just one in each classroom. The village has experienced severe coastal erosion, causing 1.1-2km (0.5-1.2 miles) of shoreline to disappear since the mid-1950s
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Meet NASA Women Behind World’s Largest Flying Laboratory
Mon, 13 May 2024 20:30:48 +0000
NASA’s DC-8 aircraft – the world’s largest flying science laboratory – began its science missions in 1987 and since then, has flown in service of the science community over places like Antarctica, Greenland, and Thailand. Aircraft like the DC-8 have enabled scientists to ask questions about life on Earth and explore them in a way […]
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What’s Up: June 2024 Skywatching Tips from NASA
Thu, 30 May 2024 19:43:06 +0000
Planets rule the a.m., and what’s that bright light? Saturn and Mars meet up with the Moon, Jupiter returns at dawn, and tips for identifying some common objects seen in the sky. Highlights “Planet Parade” note: Some online sources have shared excitement about a “parade of planets” visible in the morning sky in early June […]
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Summer Camp review – Diane Keaton and pals reunite in so-so friendship comedy
Thu, 30 May 2024 16:36:09 GMT
The star hopes for some more of that Book Club magic although she’s the weakest link in a trio buoyed by Kathy Bates and Alfre Woodard
The many gasps that met the $100m-plus box office total for 2018’s Book Club were not quite shared by all. The film, a frothy comedy led by four women over the age of 65, might have been an outlier at the time but it proved that once again, when smartly catered to, underserved audiences will come out en masse, a more inevitable result than many seem to think. When Bridesmaids proved this with younger women back in 2011, the industry was lethargic in its response, a wave of adjacent green lights failing to come as expected but Book Club had an instant impact, a string of grey-hued imitators in its wake.
But luck ran out a little faster than expected. Jane Fonda’s 80 for Brady and Diane Keaton’s Poms both fizzled upon release before even a Book Club sequel couldn’t lure audiences out, making less than a third of what its predecessor made. The reluctance of some older cinemagoers to return to the cinema as a result of the pandemic was an issue but so was positioning – nothing felt like an event compared with Book Club – and quality – nothing felt quite as sparky as it either. Keaton, who recently travelled to the UK for a British spin on the formula with Arthur’s Whisky, is trying her luck again with Summer Camp, a similarly lightweight tale of underused older female actors having fun on a bigger stage than they have become accustomed to.
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Travel
Thu, 30 May 2024 16:04:28 +0000
The NSSC provides travel reimbursement services for all authorized Agency travel including: domestic, foreign, local, ETDY, and Change of Station (COS). References Federal Travel Regulations (FTR) Traveler Extended TDY and Taxes Domestic Per Diem Rates Foreign Per Diem Rates Change of Station NSSC Travel now has another way that a transferee Traveler may submit his […]
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Bridgerton's Nicola Coughlan is a little bit fat and a lot hot. Like her, I dream of the day when we’re not talking about this | Rebecca Shaw
Thu, 30 May 2024 15:00:14 GMT
The backlash to the Bridgerton star’s very normal-sized body is not just because she appears on screen – but because she dares to be desirable and sexual on screen
Every so often a celebrity goes on a publicity tour that is so undeniably charming that it ends up all over the internet. Right now it is Nicola Coughlan, who is travelling around the world talking to people about her saucy starring role in the new season of Bridgerton.
I (queer, fat, middle-aged, horny) am the exact demographic to receive this content. Her turn as straight-edged lesbian Clare in Derry Girls is an incredible component of one of my favourite comedies.
There’s nothing wrong with fat – it’s hardly a moral shortcoming – but a zest for equality and diversity (and in this case good acting) just isn’t enough to make a fat girl who wins the prince remotely plausible.
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First lady Jill Biden is traveling to the battleground states of Wisconsin and Pennsylvania this weekend....
Thu, 30 May 2024 14:39:02 +0000
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The White House on Thursday announced new details about President Biden’s travel to France next week.
Thu, 30 May 2024 13:39:21 +0000
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Costa Brava town bans penis suits and sex dolls from stag and hen dos
Thu, 30 May 2024 11:03:28 GMT
Platja d’Aro announces fines up to €1,500 for appearing in public ‘with clothing representing human genitals’
A popular resort town on Spain’s Costa Brava has banned inflatable penis costumes and sex dolls from stag and hen night celebrations, with fines of up to €1,500 (£1,276).
Platja d’Aro, whose population of 12,500 can host as many as 300,000 visitors on a summer weekend, is a favourite destination for bachelor and bachelorette nights. Numerous websites offer packages that include accommodation, cruises and male or female strippers.
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How we met: ‘I couldn’t just go with the flow – so I told him I had romantic feelings’
Thu, 30 May 2024 10:00:26 GMT
Rasika, 29, and Varad, 27, met while working in rural India. When Rasika found out she had cancer, Varad gave her the motivation she needed to survive
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After studying medicine in New Delhi, Varad, who grew up in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, knew he wanted to make a difference in the world. In 2021, he travelled to the remote forest reserve of Gadchiroli to work for a local NGO while he submitted applications for the next steps of his education. “I was doing community Covid management, supporting the vaccination programme,” he says.
A month after arriving he met Rasika, a physiotherapist from Nagpur, Maharashtra, who’d also come to work for the NGO. “I had been studying in Mumbai but wanted to better understand rehabilitation in rural areas of India,” she says. “While I was being shown around, we went to see the badminton court – which was some mud ground with a net – and that’s where I saw Varad for the first time.”
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The fake news divide: how Modi’s rule is fracturing India – video
Thu, 30 May 2024 09:31:48 GMT
India is in the final stages of a general election, and almost one billion people are registered to vote. The country's prime minister ,Narendra Modi, has been in power for more than 10 years, and his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) is seeking a third term.
But critics of Modi and the BJP say his government has become increasingly authoritarian, fracturing the country along religious lines and threatening India’s secular democracy. At the same time, the space for freedom of speech has been shrinking while disinformation and hate speech has exploded on social media.
The Guardian’s video team travelled through India to explore how fake news and censorship might be shaping the outcome of the election
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Privacy Implications of Tracking Wireless Access Points
2024-05-29T11:01:24Z
Brian Krebs reports on research into geolocating routers:
Apple and the satellite-based broadband service Starlink each recently took steps to address new research into the potential security and privacy implications of how their services geolocate devices. Researchers from the University of Maryland say they relied on publicly available data from Apple to track the location of billions of devices globally—including non-Apple devices like Starlink systems—and found they could use this data to monitor the destruction of Gaza, as well as the movements and in many cases identities of Russian and Ukrainian troops...
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Friday Squid Blogging: Emotional Support Squid
2024-05-17T21:04:39Z
When asked what makes this an “emotional support squid” and not just another stuffed animal, its creator says:
They’re emotional support squid because they’re large, and cuddly, but also cheerfully bright and derpy. They make great neck pillows (and you can fidget with the arms and tentacles) for travelling, and, on a more personal note, when my mum was sick in the hospital I gave her one and she said it brought her “great comfort” to have her squid tucked up beside her and not be a nuisance while she was sleeping.
As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered...
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NASA’s X-59 Passes Milestone Toward Safe First Flight
Wed, 15 May 2024 18:14:56 +0000
NASA has taken the next step toward verifying the airworthiness for its quiet supersonic X-59 aircraft with the completion of a milestone review that will allow it to progress toward flight. A Flight Readiness Review board composed of independent experts from across NASA has completed a study of the X-59 project team’s approach to safety […]
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Hej, nej, hej hej: Danish words and phrases all travellers should learn
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 09:11:48 GMT
Thinking about visiting Denmark? From saying hello, to talking about owls in the bog, here’s how learning a little local lingo can enhance your trip and leave you feeling like an egg yolk …
OK, we’ll admit it. Danish isn’t the easiest language to learn – pronouncing certain words involves some invigorating tongue gymnastics and a talent for gulping down glottal stops. With just 6 million native speakers, Danish hardly matches widely spoken Mandarin (941 million speakers) or Spanish (486 million speakers) either.
But mastering a few basics – how to order a coffee or commenting on the weather by talking about windswept pelicans (seriously, read on) – can deeply enrich your experience when visiting Denmark. The Danes are a convivial bunch and will truly appreciate your efforts getting to grips with their Old Norse-descended syntax (no matter how foolish you may feel). Try to speak Danish in a snug cafe or pub and it could lead to some illuminating conversations and lifelong friendships. Heck, you might even be able to watch an episode of The Killing/Borgen with the subtitles off when you get back home too …
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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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Musk tried to ‘punish’ critics, judge rules, in tossing a lawsuit
Wed, 29 May 2024 21:28:45 +0000
A federal judge ruled the lawsuit against the Center for Countering Digital Hate was about “punishing the defendants for their speech.”
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Spanish MPs give final approval to amnesty law for Catalonia’s separatists
Thu, 30 May 2024 16:49:39 GMT
Ex-regional president Carles Puigdemont among high-profile beneficiaries after MPs approve law by 177 votes to 172
Spanish MPs have given their final approval to the deeply divisive amnesty law that the country’s socialist prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, offered Catalan separatists in return for helping him back to power after last year’s inconclusive general election.
The new law, approved by 177 votes to 172 in Spain’s 350-seat congress of deputies, will apply to about 400 people involved in the symbolic independence referendum of November 2014 and the illegal unilateral poll that followed three years later, which triggered Spain’s worst political crisis in four decades.
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Jury returns with verdict in Trump hush-money trial – live
Thu, 30 May 2024 20:49:35 GMT
Follow latest updates after 12 jurors have concluded weighing 34 felony counts of falsifying business records against Trump
Before the jury began deliberations late Wednesday morning, judge Juan Merchan delivered instructions intended to guide them on how to weigh the case.
Merchan said that jurors shouldn’t look to his comments during the trial as suggesting that Donald Trump was innocent or guilty. He said:
It is not my responsibility to judge the evidence here. You are the judgers of the facts.
You may not speculate with matters related to sentencing or punishment.
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Just as the judge and the lawyers were preparing to leave court for the day, the...
Thu, 30 May 2024 20:42:24 +0000
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The jury has a verdict, according to a note just read by Judge Merchan.
Thu, 30 May 2024 20:39:31 +0000
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N.Y. law banning snacks for voters waiting in line is unconstitutional, judge rules
Thu, 30 May 2024 20:15:19 +0000
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Gerard Piqué to be investigated over Super Cup’s Saudi Arabia switch
Thu, 30 May 2024 19:04:00 GMT
- Ex-Barça star’s company allegedly received illegal payments
- Agreement for €40m bonus according to court documents
A Spanish judge has placed former Barcelona player Gerard Piqué under official investigation for his alleged involvement in illegal payments in the relocation of Spain’s Super Cup to Saudi Arabia.
Judge Delia Rodrigo concluded there were indications of wrongdoing in the deal between Piqué’s company Kosmos and the Spanish soccer federation (RFEF), according to a court document.
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WeWork eliminates $4bn in debt after judge approves bankruptcy plan
Thu, 30 May 2024 16:46:36 GMT
Days after co-founder dropped buying bid, the company claims it is set for ‘sustainable, profitable growth’ and to re-emerge next month
A US bankruptcy judge approved WeWork’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy plan, enabling the struggling shared office space provider to eliminate $4bn of debt and handing control over to a group of lenders and real estate tech firm Yardi Systems.
Days after Adam Neumann, co-founder and ex-CEO, confirmed he had shelved a bid to buy the business, WeWork said it expected to emerge from bankruptcy next month.
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‘Hong Kong 47’ trial: 14 activists found guilty of conspiracy to commit subversion
Thu, 30 May 2024 16:16:00 GMT
Western governments condemn verdict in biggest case since introduction of national security law
Fourteen people have been found guilty of subversion by a court in Hong Kong in the biggest case against pro-democracy campaigners – against a group known as the “Hong Kong 47” – since China imposed a national security law to crush dissent.
A panel of judges handpicked by Hong Kong’s government found that the convicted people – one organiser and 13 candidates, almost all of them former politicians – had committed the national security offence of “conspiracy to subvert state power” by holding unofficial election primaries in 2020.
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As the judge finished rereading his jury instructions, Donald Trump wrote a note to his attorney...
Thu, 30 May 2024 14:32:04 +0000
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Donald Trump is nodding off as the judge continues rereading a section of the instructions he...
Thu, 30 May 2024 14:06:24 +0000
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Jurors want to hear a significant chunk of the judge’s instructions again, according to a new...
Thu, 30 May 2024 13:55:25 +0000
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Donald Trump closed his eyes while the judge and lawyers discussed what material would be repeated...
Thu, 30 May 2024 13:43:43 +0000
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Cher wins royalties lawsuit against Sonny Bono’s widow
Thu, 30 May 2024 09:12:58 GMT
Mary Bono had argued that she no longer needed to pay royalties to Cher after invoking a feature of US copyright law, but a judge has ruled otherwise
Cher has prevailed in a long-running lawsuit that she filed against the widow of her former musical partner and husband, Sonny Bono.
Cher had received royalties from her chart-topping song catalogue with Bono since an agreement in their 1978 divorce settlement, that stated publishing revenue would be split evenly between the pair. Bono died in 1998, and his share passed to his heirs.
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Man pleads guilty to making 12,000 harassing calls to Congress members
Thu, 30 May 2024 20:44:36 +0000
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Early election results in South Africa suggest major setback for ruling ANC
Thu, 30 May 2024 20:09:16 +0000
The African National Congress looks likely to win the most parliamentary seats but fall short of a majority for the first time in three decades.
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The Guardian view on India’s election: Narendra Modi’s audacity of hate | Editorial
Thu, 30 May 2024 17:52:58 GMT
India’s prime minister encourages a belief in his divinity, leading followers to think it is God’s purpose to spread fear and loathing
“No party or candidate shall include in any activity which may aggravate existing differences or create mutual hatred or cause tension between different castes and communities, religious or linguistic.” So reads the rulebook for Indian elections. Has anyone told Narendra Modi? India’s prime minister has resorted to overtly Islamophobic language during the two-month campaign, painting India’s 200 million Muslims as an existential threat to the Hindu majority. Laughably, the body charged with conducting free and fair polls did issue a feeble call for restraint from “star campaigners”. With the Indian election results out next week, one commentator warned Mr Modi has “put a target on Indian Muslims’ backs, redirecting the anger of poor and marginalised Hindu communities away from crony capitalists and the privileged upper castes”.
Mr Modi’s tirades are meant to distract an electorate suffering from high inflation and a lack of jobs despite rapid economic growth. His Bharatiya Janata party’s political strategy is to emphasise threats to Hindu civilisation, and the need for a united Hindu nation against Muslims. However, Mr Modi has fused this Hindu nationalism with the idea that he was sent by God. The Congress party’s Rahul Gandhi, his main opponent, suggested that anyone else making such a claim needed to see a psychiatrist.
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ANC looks set to lose majority in watershed moment for South Africa
Thu, 30 May 2024 17:29:25 GMT
Early election count puts African National Congress on 42% of the vote, compared with 57% in final tally in 2019
South Africa’s ruling African National Congress party looks set to lose its majority for the first time since it swept to power at the end of apartheid, in a watershed moment for the country, as support for the former liberation movement collapsed below 50% in partial results.
With 41.1% of votes counted on Thursday night, South Africa was on the precipice of an era of national coalition government. The ANC had 42.6% of the vote, with the pro-business Democratic Alliance on 23.8%.
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Justice Alito tells Congress he will not recuse from Jan. 6-related cases
Thu, 30 May 2024 01:05:54 +0000
Some Democrats asked whether Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. could be impartial after an upside-down flag flew at his home following the 2021 U.S. Capitol attack.
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‘I just need change’: voters voice discontent as South Africa goes to polls
Wed, 29 May 2024 18:20:44 GMT
ANC majority in national election at risk for first time since 1990s as unemployment, corruption and power cuts erode support
In the heart of Soweto, at the president’s home voting station, support for the African National Congress (ANC) was everywhere as South Africa went to the polls, with many voters wearing the party’s bright yellow and speaking of their families’ generational loyalty to the movement that fought to end apartheid.
However, even here, there were voters who had turned against the ANC, as it risked losing its majority in national elections on Wednesday for the first time since Nelson Mandela led it to power in South Africa’s first fully democratic vote in 1994.
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How to Pick Stocks Like You’re in Congress
Mon, 27 May 2024 10:00:00 +0000
The team at Autopilot, an app that lets you copy the trades of Nancy Pelosi’s husband (up forty-five per cent last year) or Dan Crenshaw (up forty-one), choose their newest offering.
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WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange Can Appeal His Extradition to the US, British Court Says
Mon, 20 May 2024 12:57:45 +0000
Two judges in London have ruled that WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange can appeal his extradition to the US on freedom of speech grounds.
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Secrecy Concerns Mount Over Spy Powers Targeting US Data Centers
Tue, 14 May 2024 16:16:58 +0000
A coalition of digital rights groups is demanding the US declassify records that would clarify just how expansive a major surveillance program really is.
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Politics Weekly Westminster: Diane Abbott and the election campaigns – podcast
Wed, 29 May 2024 17:12:28 GMT
The Guardian’s Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey discuss the confusion around Diane Abbott’s return to the Labour party. Plus, the ins and outs of the Conservative and Liberal Democrat campaigns so far
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The Rwanda bill effect – Politics Weekly UK – podcast
Thu, 30 May 2024 04:00:24 GMT
The government’s safety of Rwanda bill finally passed into law in April. But, with the announcement last week of a general election, the Conservative ‘dream’ of deportation flights taking off might never happen. So what has the bill achieved? And what does it mean for those it has targeted? The Guardian’s John Harris hears what life is really like for migrants in the UK
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Keir Starmer put on the back foot over treatment of Diane Abbott
Thu, 30 May 2024 19:13:41 GMT
Labour spent the day in a muddle of its own making over whether or not the north London MP would be standing again
Keir Starmer began his day by taunting Rishi Sunak for the faltering start to the Conservative’s election campaign.
On a visit to Wales the Labour leader said Sunak thought he was laying a trap by calling a snap summer election but a series of blunders since meant he had “caught himself in his own ambush”.
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Leading Black figures criticise Labour’s ‘disgraceful’ treatment of Diane Abbott
Thu, 30 May 2024 17:56:09 GMT
Open letter says party’s inability to make a decision on Abbott’s future is example of systemic racism
Leading Black British actors, professors, authors and broadcasters have urged Labour to “rectify and reverse” the “disrespectful” treatment of Diane Abbott or risk losing the backing of the party’s most loyal supporters.
Lenny Henry, David Harewood, Renni Eddo-Lodge, Misan Harriman, Afua Hirsch, Jackie Kay, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Adrian Lester and Gary Younge are among the prominent Black figures to have signed a damning open letter, classing various briefings and Abbott’s own claim that she has been barred from standing for the party as “disproportionate, undemocratic and vindictive”.
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Reveal party funding before elections, says European anti-corruption chief
Thu, 30 May 2024 16:07:55 GMT
Marin Mrčela also calls on EU to join Group of States Against Corruption to show it is serious about tackling misconduct
Political parties across Europe, including the UK, should be forced to publish the names of their private funders before elections, not after, the president of the Council of Europe’s anti-corruption body has said.
Unveiling the annual report of the Group of States Against Corruption (Greco), Marin Mrčela, who is the justice of the supreme court of Croatia, also called on the European Union to stop using “excuses” not to join the body.
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Six-year income tax threshold squeeze to last until 2028, says UK chancellor
Thu, 30 May 2024 10:10:33 GMT
Jeremy Hunt clashes with BBC presenter over linking increased mortgage rates to Liz Truss mini-budget
Jeremy Hunt has confirmed the six-year income tax threshold freeze, which drags millions into paying higher rates, will last until 2028.
The chancellor’s comments on what has been Britain’s biggest tax rise on incomes in at least 50 years give space for Labour to follow suit, meaning that taxes are likely to go up no matter who wins the election.
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How an Indian state became a testing ground for Hindu nationalism – podcast
Thu, 30 May 2024 02:00:16 GMT
Hannah Ellis-Petersen reports from Uttarakhand, which offers a glimpse into what the future might look like if the BJP retains its power in national elections
“One of the most significant elements of Modi’s rule is how his Hindu nationalist politics has reshaped the country,” the Guardian’s south Asia correspondent Hannah Ellis-Petersen tells Michael Safi. “Uttarakhand is a state where I think we’ve seen the real consequences of that narrative play out.”
Hannah explains how religious tensions have been stoked in the state of Uttarakhand through conspiracy theories, political rhetoric and the destruction of Muslim shrines and tombs. We hear about the rising violence against the Muslim minority in the area and why this election is a concerning time for them in the state.
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Sunak rejects Farage’s offer of electoral deal with Reform party
Wed, 29 May 2024 19:13:33 GMT
Brexit campaigner suggested he and prime minister should ‘have a conversation’ after favours he had done Tories over the years
Rishi Sunak has ruled out a deal with Nigel Farage after the Reform politician suggested they should “have a conversation” before the election.
Farage has held back from running as a candidate for the Reform party, which is led and funded by Richard Tice, but on Wednesday he extended an olive branch to Sunak in an interview with the Sun, telling him: “Give me something back. We might have a conversation.”
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Why is Sunak’s election campaign so chaotic? – podcast
Wed, 29 May 2024 02:00:47 GMT
Big beasts have stepped down, a sitting MP has endorsed a Reform UK candidate and the prime minister has already had to have a campaign reset. Peter Walker reports
It started with more a whimper than a bang. Rishi Sunak’s surprise election announcement was marred by pouring rain and a protester blasting out the Labour 1997 campaign classic Things Can Only Get Better. But since then things have not exactly got any better for Sunak.
From Steve Baker going on holiday to Lucy Allan endorsing a Reform candidate, his MPs have not all fallen into line, while Michael Gove surprised many by joining the large number of Tory MPs saying they will not stand. The Guardian’s senior political correspondent Peter Walker says that while not disastrous, it is certainly far from the smooth, slick start Sunak would have wanted to his campaign.
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‘I just need change’: voters voice discontent as South Africa goes to polls
Wed, 29 May 2024 18:20:44 GMT
ANC majority in national election at risk for first time since 1990s as unemployment, corruption and power cuts erode support
In the heart of Soweto, at the president’s home voting station, support for the African National Congress (ANC) was everywhere as South Africa went to the polls, with many voters wearing the party’s bright yellow and speaking of their families’ generational loyalty to the movement that fought to end apartheid.
However, even here, there were voters who had turned against the ANC, as it risked losing its majority in national elections on Wednesday for the first time since Nelson Mandela led it to power in South Africa’s first fully democratic vote in 1994.
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Coalition’s ex-detainee curfew amendments made regime unlawful, high court toldin high court
Thu, 30 May 2024 15:00:13 GMT
Exclusive: Lawyers for YBFZ argue default ankle bracelets and curfews are punitive and breach the separation of executive and judiciary
Coalition amendments beefing up the Albanese government’s regime of electronic monitoring and curfews for people released from immigration detention have been cited in the high court as a key reason to strike the laws down.
Lawyers for YBFZ, a stateless man from Eritrea challenging the laws, have argued the curfews are unconstitutional, in part, because the default is that they are imposed on all non-citizens unless the minister is satisfied the condition is not necessary to protect the community.
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‘Purge’ of Labour leftwingers must end, Keir Starmer told
Thu, 30 May 2024 20:47:22 GMT
Labour leader accused of ‘cull’ and picking close allies to contest safe seats as others are blocked from standing for party in UK election
Keir Starmer is under mounting pressure to end what his critics say is a “purge” of those on the Labour left ahead of a crunch meeting of the party’s governing body next week.
Party members on Thursday accused the Labour leader of orchestrating a “cull of leftwingers” after several high-profile figures were told they would not be selected as candidates for seats they held or had previously contested.
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Biden, Trump remain in tight race nationally, latest poll finds
Thu, 30 May 2024 20:44:36 +0000
Live updates from the 2024 campaign trail, with the latest news on presidential candidates, polls, primaries and more.
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SNP deletes TikTok election campaign video featuring sexually explicit song
Thu, 30 May 2024 18:42:03 GMT
Pretty Girls Walk by Big Boss Vette was used by the party as it promoted its policies on the platform
The Scottish National party has deleted an election campaign video on TikTok after it featured a sexually explicit song by the American rapper Big Boss Vette.
The track, Pretty Girls Walk, carries an explicit lyrics warning on streaming platforms and starts with an expletive-laden first verse.
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Ben Jennings on Keir Starmer’s election campaign and the Diane Abbott row – cartoon
Thu, 30 May 2024 18:04:01 GMT
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Ex-Apprentice producer claims Trump used racial slur for Black contestant
Thu, 30 May 2024 17:56:46 GMT
Bill Pruitt also says the then reality TV star was incompetent and implied illicit trysts while engaged to Melania
Donald Trump used a racial epithet to reject the prospect of a Black winner on the debut season of The Apprentice, the Emmy-nominated series that transformed the former president into a reality TV star and fuelled his political career.
Trump rejected the views of close aides that Kwame Jackson, a broker who worked for Goldman Sachs, had been the most impressive contestant, saying, “Would America buy a [N-word] winning?”, according to a producer who worked on the NBC show’s opening series in 2004, when it was called Meet the Billionaire.
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Conservative Mark Logan defects to Labour in fresh blow to Rishi Sunak
Thu, 30 May 2024 17:53:47 GMT
Former Bolton North East MP says Tory party is ‘now unrecognisable’ and likens this general election to 1997
Rishi Sunak has been dealt a fresh blow from within his own ranks after another outgoing Conservative MP said he is now backing Labour.
Mark Logan, who represented Bolton North East until parliament was dissolved, said the Tory party was “now unrecognisable” from the one he joined a decade ago and that Labour could “bring back optimism into British life”.
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Which leftwingers won’t be Labour candidates in the general election?
Thu, 30 May 2024 17:27:05 GMT
Diane Abbott’s doubtful position has thrown a spotlight on the fate of other leftwing figures
The confusion over whether Diane Abbott will be allowed to stand for the constituency she has represented for more than 37 years comes as Keir Starmer’s team has been accused of seeking to purge the Labour left.
But while Abbott may yet still end up as a Labour candidate – deputy leader Angela Rayner has said her colleague has not been treated “fairly or appropriately” by some Labour colleagues – a spotlight has also fallen on the fate of other leftwing Labour figures.
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There are three ways for Labour to head off looming disaster over Diane Abbott – but there’s not much time | Simon Woolley
Thu, 30 May 2024 17:20:21 GMT
The party seems unaware of the anger from those who fear that a pioneer and others like her have been targeted. It must wise up fast
After one week of campaigning, and successfully so, Keir Starmer is discovering there are some events that defy storyboarding and scrupulous choreography. He clearly had no inkling that on Wednesday, as he took his battlebus and trusted lieutenants to Wales, he would be talking not just about his six steps for the beginnings of a Labour government but would also be forced to address the wide and growing, and increasingly vociferous, concerns about his treatment of the Black Labour veteran, and my friend, Diane Abbott.
And yet the problem here is that the perfect storm that now surrounds the pioneering MP and the party leader desperate for a decisive, steady-as-she-goes election is one that could and should have been planned for. It was foreseeable, maybe even predictable.
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Greens keep it short and sweet to avoid the don’t-want-to-knows | Marina Hyde
Thu, 30 May 2024 16:59:00 GMT
The more people find out about the Green party’s policies, the more they tend to switch off. So today’s campaign launch was over in 15 minutes
The Green party campaign launch took place this morning in Bristol and lasted precisely 15 minutes. I’m not saying that going to Bristol for 15 minutes was the least green thing I’ve done all year, but it may make the top 10. I’m very sorry. I didn’t even manage to plant a question as offset.
Anyway, the launch featured some of the things you might expect – knitted green rosettes, a lot of jolly good points about sewage – and some you mightn’t. All the many ”vote Green” signs were plastic (maybe they don’t count as single-use) while the lecterns lit up (energy-efficient bulbs, perhaps).
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Tice and Farage, the happy couple wedded to migration incoherence | John Crace
Thu, 30 May 2024 16:50:59 GMT
Our Nige at least manages to sound slightly plausible while talking utter rubbish
It’s not hard to pick out where the power lies at any Reform party event. Just check out the middle-aged men with a tan. Richard Tice, Nigel Farage and David Bull all look like they’ve spent a suspiciously long time on the sunbed. Or maybe they’ve got a bulk offer on spray tan. Either way, you have to blink several times when you see them in the flesh. The glare is oppressive. Welcome to the party with heavy 1970s Benidorm vibes.
Nigel Farage had insisted that when he first booked Glaziers Hall near London Bridge, it had been to announce that he was planning to stand as a candidate in the election. Like a lot of things Our Nige says, this may be wishful thinking. Or a straight porky. Check out the timings. Rishi Sunak calls a general election last Wednesday. Nige books the room the next day. All set to go. Then changes his mind within days. Mmm. Maybe not.
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‘A disaster’: undecided voters say Britain is a mess but still worry about Labour
Thu, 30 May 2024 14:27:41 GMT
A focus group in Hitchin blames Liz Truss for their financial woes, is split on Rishi Sunak and still unsure about Keir Starmer
“Hopefully we can get on with it, because what we’ve got happening at the moment isn’t really working, is it?” That was how Gemma, a construction manager, reacted to last week’s general election announcement. She was one of nine undecided voters in the new parliamentary seat of Hitchin, in Hertfordshire, who More in Common spoke to as part of a focus group on Wednesday evening.
The participants were certainly not natural Labour voters. More than any other group we’ve spoken to this year, they were frustrated at high taxes and in particular the impact of fiscal drag and benefit cutoffs. Matt, an account manager, told us that rules around benefits thresholds and child benefit had “rankled him for years”. Ben, a facilities manager, said he had cut down the amount he worked to avoid hitting new thresholds, saying: “If everything goes up and the thresholds don’t increase then you just start getting penalised more.”
Luke Tryl is the UK director of the research group More in Common.
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Midlothian voters: tell us which issues will decide this election
Thu, 30 May 2024 13:42:13 GMT
The Guardian is reporting from the constituency of Midlothian to find out what issues people there care about most – and we want your help
The Guardian will be reporting from Midlothian ahead of the general election. This will be part of a series of pieces from across the country focused on finding out what matters most to the people who live there.
If you live in the constituency of Midlothian, can you tell us what will decide your vote? We’d like to understand the big issues facing you and your family and which policies matter to you. How happy are you with the state of housing, work, public transport, local facilities for young people, policing and health services? What local issues should we be looking at?
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Packaging firm calls for tighter UK rules on plastics to drive green economy
Thu, 30 May 2024 13:13:22 GMT
FTSE 100 firm DS Smith, which works with firms over alternatives, urges next government to match global standards
Whoever wins the UK general election must tighten regulations to reduce the use of plastic packaging, match global standards and drive “green consumption”, the boss of one of the sector’s biggest manufacturers has urged.
Miles Roberts, the chief executive of the packaging firm DS Smith, made the call to the next government as the company celebrated passing its target to replace more than 1bn pieces of plastic 16 months early.
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Blocked Labour candidate Faiza Shaheen to challenge deselection
Thu, 30 May 2024 13:06:14 GMT
Shaheen claims party has ‘problem with black and brown people’ after panel stops her standing in London seat
Faiza Shaheen, the candidate blocked by Labour from standing in Chingford and Woodford Green, has announced she will challenge the decision in the courts, claiming she has faced “a systematic campaign of racism, Islamophobia and bullying”.
Citing a series of recent issues, including having a local organiser removed from her team and being blocked from producing videos blaming inflation on “corporate greed,” Shaheen claimed Keir Starmer’s party had “a problem with black and brown people”.
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Hackney North and Stoke Newington voters: tell us which issues will decide this election
Thu, 30 May 2024 13:04:58 GMT
The Guardian is reporting from the constituency of Hackney North and Stoke Newington to find out what issues people there care about most – and we want your help
The Guardian will be reporting from Hackney North and Stoke Newington – the constituency of Diane Abbott MP – ahead of the general election. This will be part of a series of pieces from across the country focused on finding out what matters most to the people who live there.
Diane Abbott has promised to stay on as MP for as “long as possible” setting up a possible clash with Keir Starmer after a deal for her to retire from parliament broke down.
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2024 Is the Year of the Generative AI Election
Thu, 30 May 2024 11:30:00 +0000
AI is already being used and abused in elections around the world. From passive income scams to dead men endorsing their successors, fiction is proving stranger than reality.
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The WIRED AI Elections Project
Thu, 30 May 2024 09:00:00 +0000
More than 60 countries are holding elections in 2024. Throughout the year, WIRED will be tracking every instance of AI’s use in and around those campaigns.
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Diane Abbott says she will stand in general election 'by any means possible' – video
Thu, 30 May 2024 07:37:15 GMT
Diane Abbott has promised to stay on as an MP for her east London constituency 'for as long as possible', setting up a clash with Keir Starmer after a deal for her to retire from parliament broke down.
Abbott was given back the Labour whip this week after an investigation into comments she made about racism last year. A Labour source briefed journalists that Abbott would be barred from standing again in her Hackney North and Stoke Newington constituency. Starmer denied on Wednesday that she had been barred
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Justice Alito tells Congress he will not recuse from Jan. 6-related cases
Thu, 30 May 2024 01:05:54 +0000
Some Democrats asked whether Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. could be impartial after an upside-down flag flew at his home following the 2021 U.S. Capitol attack.
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‘I feel sick’: fury in Diane Abbott’s constituency at treatment of their MP
Wed, 29 May 2024 19:04:29 GMT
Hackney North and Stoke Newington voters express anger and unease – and most say MP should be allowed to stand
It has been 13 months since the Labour party suspended Diane Abbott for comments about which groups do and do not experience racism. Since then there has been endless speculation about the political future of Britain’s first black female MP, who has spent nearly four decades in Westminster.
On Wednesday, that question became further obscured after Abbott announced she had been handed back the Labour whip, but would not be allowed to stand as a Labour candidate – a decision Keir Starmer later denied. Abbott insisted she would continue as an MP for “as long as I’m allowed to”.
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Germany’s Far-Right Party Is Running Hateful Ads on Facebook and Instagram
Wed, 29 May 2024 11:30:00 +0000
Published ahead of the EU elections, the ads blame immigrants for crime and sexual violence.
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You Can Get Paid to Talk to Friends About Voting
Wed, 29 May 2024 10:30:00 +0000
Annoying texts and disinformation campaigns have wrecked get-out-the-vote drives. Relentless, a progressive organizing group, thinks it has a solution: you.
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Godalming and Ash voters: tell us which issues will decide this election
Wed, 29 May 2024 09:36:06 GMT
The Guardian is reporting from the constituency of Godalming and Ash to find out what issues people there care about most – and we want your help
The Guardian will be reporting from Godalming and Ash ahead of the general election. This will be part of a series of pieces from across the country focused on finding out what matters most to the people who live there.
If you live in the constituency of Godalming and Ash, can you tell us what will decide your vote? We’d like to understand the big issues facing you and your family and which policies matter to you. How happy are you with the state of housing, work, community relations, policing and health services? What local issues should we be looking at?
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Burnley voters: tell us which issues will decide this election
Tue, 28 May 2024 14:40:36 GMT
The Guardian is reporting from the constituency of Burnley to find out what issues people there care about most – and we want your help
The Guardian will be reporting from Burnley ahead of the general election. This will be part of a series of pieces from across the country focused on finding out what matters most to the people who live there.
In 2019, the Lancashire town elected its first Conservative MP in more than a century. If you live in the constituency of Burnley, can you tell us what will decide your vote? We’d like to understand the big issues facing you and your family and which policies matter to you. How happy are you with the state of housing, work, community relations, policing and health services? What local issues should we be looking at?
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ANC looks set to lose majority in watershed moment for South Africa
Thu, 30 May 2024 17:29:25 GMT
Early election count puts African National Congress on 42% of the vote, compared with 57% in final tally in 2019
South Africa’s ruling African National Congress party looks set to lose its majority for the first time since it swept to power at the end of apartheid, in a watershed moment for the country, as support for the former liberation movement collapsed below 50% in partial results.
With 41.1% of votes counted on Thursday night, South Africa was on the precipice of an era of national coalition government. The ANC had 42.6% of the vote, with the pro-business Democratic Alliance on 23.8%.
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Chief Justice Roberts declines to meet with Democrats on court ethics
Thu, 30 May 2024 19:48:03 +0000
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American voters are evenly divided over whether they are more likely to vote for a Republican...
Thu, 30 May 2024 17:55:33 +0000
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Most House Republicans who backed Trump challengers cruised to primary victories
Thu, 30 May 2024 12:17:00 +0000
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‘It’s bullshit’: voters on what Trump’s hush-money case means to them
Thu, 30 May 2024 10:00:27 GMT
Many seem ambivalent on whether the ex-president will be found guilty – and some think it will only deepen polarization
For Josh Ellis, a refrigerator technician from southern Wisconsin, Donald Trump’s trial in New York is a sideshow. He’s not convinced of the prosecution’s narrative, or the former president’s – and the verdict will probably not affect his vote in November anyway.
“Biden’s running this country into the ground,” said Ellis, who said the economy was his main concern. At 49, Ellis has long viewed politicians as out of touch on economic issues; he used to vote for Democrats, but switched in 2016 to vote for Trump, who he saw as possibly offering a change.
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Jon Stewart weighs in on Labour blocking academic from standing in UK election
Thu, 30 May 2024 20:26:57 GMT
US chatshow host describes as ‘‘dumb’ decision not to endorse Faiza Shaheen as candidate for London seat over tweets that she liked
The US satirist Jon Stewart has waded into the row about Britain’s Labour party blocking an academic from standing as a candidate in July’s general election over her social media activity.
Faiza Shaheen was not endorsed as the Labour candidate for Chingford and Woodford Green in north London after she liked a series of posts on X that allegedly downplayed antisemitism accusations, one of which featured a clip from an episode of The Daily Show, which Stewart hosted.
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What the jurors said about Trump during the selection process
Thu, 30 May 2024 18:12:59 +0000
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Man who allegedly rammed Trump sign at police on January 6 arrested by FBI
Thu, 30 May 2024 17:57:54 GMT
William Knight, 37, of South Dakota, accused of being among first participants in Capitol attack, faces two felony charges
The FBI has arrested a South Dakota man on charges that he stood among the first participants in the January 6 insurrection, allegedly breaking police lines and ramming a large sign toward officers during the riot.
William Knight, 37, of Rapid City, faces two felony charges of obstructing law enforcement and resisting or impeding officers, the justice department announced on Thursday. He also faces five misdemeanor charges, including engaging in violence on the day supporters of Donald Trump tried to derail certification of his defeat to Joe Biden in the 2020 election.
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A simple guide to the 4 July general election
Thu, 30 May 2024 16:44:15 GMT
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced the UK general election will take place on 4 July.
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Greens and Plaid Cymru pledge to push Labour on climate, housing and poverty
Thu, 30 May 2024 15:56:13 GMT
Election campaigns kick off with policies on single market, climate crisis, NHS and clean seas
Plaid Cymru and the Green party have launched their election campaigns, focusing on issues ranging from offshore windfarms’ profits to initiatives for improving water and air quality.
The parties, which hope to win about four seats each, vowed to keep a Labour government in check and to push the party’s leader, Keir Starmer, to be bolder in areas such as health, housing and the environment.
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Analysis: In the trial, like the election, Trump’s base is inoculated against loss
Thu, 30 May 2024 11:35:35 +0000
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AI Election Project Methodology and Submission Information
Thu, 30 May 2024 09:00:00 +0000
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Labour to face fresh attack from Green party in key seats in election
Thu, 30 May 2024 05:00:21 GMT
Party hopes to lure voters who want radical change and strong climate policies, rather than centrism
Labour will face a renewed attack from the Green party in key marginal seats at this general election, as the group known primarily for its climate stance tries to reach voters who want radical change rather than centrism.
In sharp contrast to all of the main parties, the Greens will make an unabashed argument for higher taxes, which they will say are needed to fund the NHS, education and other priorities, alongside their call much stronger action on the climate crisis.
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Quarter of political donations in EU go to extremist and populist parties, data reveals
Thu, 30 May 2024 04:00:20 GMT
Figures from 200 parties in 25 countries suggest hardline groups have had rise in donations in recent years, increasing war chests before European parliament elections
A quarter of all private money donated to political parties in the EU is going to far-right, far-left and populist movements, boosting their finances by millions of euros before crucial European parliament elections next week.
With the polls predicting a rise in support for hardline conservative, Eurosceptic and pro-Russia parties, the Guardian and other 26 media partners, led by the investigations group Follow the Money, are publishing Transparency Gap, the most extensive analysis yet of political financing in the EU.
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Election risks, safety summits and Scarlett Johansson: the week in AI – podcast
Thu, 30 May 2024 04:00:23 GMT
It’s been a busy week in the world of artificial intelligence. OpenAI found itself in hot water with Scarlett Johansson after launching its new chatbot, Sky, drawing comparisons to the Hollywood star’s character in the sci-fi film Her. In South Korea, the second global AI summit took place, and a report from the Alan Turing Institute explored how AI could influence elections. The Guardian’s UK technology editor, Alex Hern, tells Madeleine Finlay about what’s been happening
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Analysis: In the trial, like the election, Trump’s base is inoculated against loss
Wed, 29 May 2024 21:26:17 +0000
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Election poll tracker: How do the parties compare?
Wed, 29 May 2024 20:23:02 GMT
How do people say they will vote in the UK general election? Our poll tracker measures the trends.
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Labour needs dreamers and idealists like Jeremy Corbyn | Letters
Wed, 29 May 2024 16:50:43 GMT
We need a centrist, electable party, writes one Labour member, but a good result for its former leader as an independent in Islington North would be welcome. Plus letters from Libby Telling, Simon Short, Susan Merli and Graeme Smith
A thoughtful article by Andy Beckett (It’s Corbyn’s last stand. But can he beat Labour’s Starmerite machine?, 24 May). The Labour party has always had idealists who have been important to the heart of the movement. They have also often been problematic to their party leaders. Think Clement Attlee and Nye Bevan, Harold Wilson and Tony Benn.
As a Labour party member, I did not vote for Jeremy Corbyn and did not believe he could lead the Labour party to electoral success. Sadly, I was proved right.
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South Africa goes to the polls – in pictures
Wed, 29 May 2024 14:18:46 GMT
South Africa’s national and provincial elections are being held to elect a new national assembly and legislatures in each of the nine provinces. Results will officially be announced on 2 June
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The woman feeding Liverpool from an ice-cream van – video
Tue, 28 May 2024 09:47:52 GMT
Michelle Roach bought a used ice-cream van in order to bring cheap, affordable food to Liverpool's struggling communities. She wanted a vehicle with freezers built in for frozen food, and also something cheerful that was able to break down stigmas around food poverty. Using a '10 items for £5' model, Michelle sources discount food from supermarket surplus and donations.
The Guardian's Christopher Cherry follows Michelle and the van on its rounds, with the service struggling to meet overwhelming demand as the cost of living crisis deepens, and the UK's general election fast approaches.
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The Guardian view on India’s election: Narendra Modi’s audacity of hate | Editorial
Thu, 30 May 2024 17:52:58 GMT
India’s prime minister encourages a belief in his divinity, leading followers to think it is God’s purpose to spread fear and loathing
“No party or candidate shall include in any activity which may aggravate existing differences or create mutual hatred or cause tension between different castes and communities, religious or linguistic.” So reads the rulebook for Indian elections. Has anyone told Narendra Modi? India’s prime minister has resorted to overtly Islamophobic language during the two-month campaign, painting India’s 200 million Muslims as an existential threat to the Hindu majority. Laughably, the body charged with conducting free and fair polls did issue a feeble call for restraint from “star campaigners”. With the Indian election results out next week, one commentator warned Mr Modi has “put a target on Indian Muslims’ backs, redirecting the anger of poor and marginalised Hindu communities away from crony capitalists and the privileged upper castes”.
Mr Modi’s tirades are meant to distract an electorate suffering from high inflation and a lack of jobs despite rapid economic growth. His Bharatiya Janata party’s political strategy is to emphasise threats to Hindu civilisation, and the need for a united Hindu nation against Muslims. However, Mr Modi has fused this Hindu nationalism with the idea that he was sent by God. The Congress party’s Rahul Gandhi, his main opponent, suggested that anyone else making such a claim needed to see a psychiatrist.
Do you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a response of up to 300 words by email to be considered for publication in our letters section, please click here.
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N.Y. law banning snacks for voters waiting in line is unconstitutional, judge rules
Thu, 30 May 2024 20:15:19 +0000
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In historic first, Canada lawmaker addresses legislature in Indigenous language
Tue, 28 May 2024 17:56:44 GMT
Sol Mamakwa gave first-ever Indigenous-language speech to Ontario provincial legislature, following rule change
A First Nations lawmaker in Ontario has addressed the province’s legislature in Anishininiimowin, in a “historic” milestone that repudiates a centuries-long colonial “war” on Indigenous languages.
Sol Mamakwa, a New Democratic party member from the community of Kingfisher Lake First Nation, rose on Tuesday to give the province’s first-ever Indigenous language speech in Queen’s Park, telling colleagues the moment left him feeling “thankful and proud”.
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Man pleads guilty to making 12,000 harassing calls to Congress members
Thu, 30 May 2024 20:44:36 +0000
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French PM says voters for far right may end up like Britons ‘who cry over Brexit’
Thu, 30 May 2024 14:43:49 GMT
Gabriel Attal cautions against backing Marine Le Pen’s National Rally, which leads solidly in polls for European elections
The French prime minister, Gabriel Attal, has said voters choosing the far right in the European elections next week risk becoming like British people who regret backing Brexit.
“Don’t be like the British who cried after Brexit,” he told RTL radio on Thursday. “A large majority of British people regret Brexit and sometimes regret not turning out to vote, or voting for something that was negative for their country.
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Faisal Islam: Election tax row is a phony war
Thu, 30 May 2024 11:58:30 GMT
Promises by the Conservatives and Labour on tax are similar but reality will emerge after 4 July.
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Rare music, famous dogs and naughty feral chickens – take the Thursday quiz
Thu, 30 May 2024 10:00:29 GMT
Questions on general knowledge and topical trivia, plus a few jokes, every Thursday. How will you fare?
This week the Thursday quiz is steadfastly ignoring the general election in the UK, though not ignoring elections elsewhere. You face 15 questions on topical news, general knowledge, and some other stuff that caught the eye this week. There are no prizes, but you can let us know how you got on in the comments, where you can pick up bonus points for being funny, but lose points for tediously quibbling with the questions like that one boring bloke does at your local pub quiz every week. Enjoy!
The Thursday quiz, No 162
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The fake news divide: how Modi’s rule is fracturing India – video
Thu, 30 May 2024 09:31:48 GMT
India is in the final stages of a general election, and almost one billion people are registered to vote. The country's prime minister ,Narendra Modi, has been in power for more than 10 years, and his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) is seeking a third term.
But critics of Modi and the BJP say his government has become increasingly authoritarian, fracturing the country along religious lines and threatening India’s secular democracy. At the same time, the space for freedom of speech has been shrinking while disinformation and hate speech has exploded on social media.
The Guardian’s video team travelled through India to explore how fake news and censorship might be shaping the outcome of the election
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Italy’s PM says fascism is ‘consigned to history’. Not everyone is so sure
Thu, 30 May 2024 05:01:43 GMT
With the far right set to gain in European elections, is the extreme becoming mainstream in Italy?
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Early election results in South Africa suggest major setback for ruling ANC
Thu, 30 May 2024 20:09:16 +0000
The African National Congress looks likely to win the most parliamentary seats but fall short of a majority for the first time in three decades.
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Spanish MPs give final approval to amnesty law for Catalonia’s separatists
Thu, 30 May 2024 16:49:39 GMT
Ex-regional president Carles Puigdemont among high-profile beneficiaries after MPs approve law by 177 votes to 172
Spanish MPs have given their final approval to the deeply divisive amnesty law that the country’s socialist prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, offered Catalan separatists in return for helping him back to power after last year’s inconclusive general election.
The new law, approved by 177 votes to 172 in Spain’s 350-seat congress of deputies, will apply to about 400 people involved in the symbolic independence referendum of November 2014 and the illegal unilateral poll that followed three years later, which triggered Spain’s worst political crisis in four decades.
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India elections: PM Narendra Modi claims he has been chosen by God
Mon, 27 May 2024 06:56:56 GMT
Indian leader tells interviewer God ‘just keeps making me do things’ but that he ‘cannot dial him directly’
Indian prime minister Narendra Modi has said he believes he has been chosen by God, as the multi-stage Indian election nears its completion.
“I am convinced that ‘Parmatma’ (God) sent me for a purpose. Once the purpose is achieved, my work will be one done. This is why I have completely dedicated myself to God,” he told NDTV news channel on Sunday.
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Live updates: Jury has reached a verdict in Trump’s hush money trial
Thu, 30 May 2024 20:58:11 +0000
The jury has reached a verdict in Donald Trump’s trial on allegations of business fraud related to a hush money payment.
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If Trump were convicted in his hush money trial, here’s what he could face next
Thu, 30 May 2024 20:57:30 +0000
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Analysis: Is the New York trial changing minds about Trump’s guilt?
Thu, 30 May 2024 20:56:24 +0000
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A basic guide to what the jurors might decide
Thu, 30 May 2024 20:56:21 +0000
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Eric Trump is the only member of the family in the courtroom. He’s seated next to...
Thu, 30 May 2024 20:54:27 +0000
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Part of the courtroom video feed in the overflow room briefly cut out, with a big...
Thu, 30 May 2024 20:53:16 +0000
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Trump’s N.Y. trial is not televised, but TV played a starring role
Thu, 30 May 2024 20:51:09 +0000
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Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg and a bunch of his advisors just came into the room.
Thu, 30 May 2024 20:51:49 +0000
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Donald Trump’s punishment, if he is convicted, would be up to New York Supreme Court Justice...
Thu, 30 May 2024 20:51:34 +0000
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Prosecutors are mostly sitting quietly and looking straight ahead, also waiting with intense anticipation. They sometimes...
Thu, 30 May 2024 20:50:49 +0000
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There is now an anxious energy in the courtroom, where a 30-minute wait is going to...
Thu, 30 May 2024 20:46:13 +0000
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Trump was looking cheerful and relaxed, sharing smiles and laughs with his lawyers, as they prepared...
Thu, 30 May 2024 20:44:35 +0000
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Just as the judge and the lawyers were preparing to leave court for the day, the...
Thu, 30 May 2024 20:42:24 +0000
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At the defense table, Trump has his arms crossed and his lawyer Todd Blanche is whispering...
Thu, 30 May 2024 20:41:06 +0000
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The jury has a verdict, according to a note just read by Judge Merchan.
Thu, 30 May 2024 20:39:31 +0000
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IRS Direct File is here to stay. All 50 states are invited.
Thu, 30 May 2024 20:29:03 +0000
The Biden administration announced plans to renew the experimental free tax filing service that it tested this year, and to make it available in more than 12 states.
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Trump and Blanche were smiling and talking animatedly as they took their seats
Thu, 30 May 2024 20:23:52 +0000
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The paper trail of evidence at the center of the trial
Thu, 30 May 2024 20:16:00 +0000
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The jury is going home at 4:30 p.m., Justice Juan Merchan just told the parties.
Thu, 30 May 2024 20:14:37 +0000
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There have been no new jury notes since the panel went back to the jury room...
Thu, 30 May 2024 20:01:42 +0000
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If jurors find Trump guilty, do they also decide the sentence?
Thu, 30 May 2024 19:49:11 +0000
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Supreme Court rules official likely violated NRA’s free speech rights
Thu, 30 May 2024 19:27:35 +0000
A unanimous Supreme Court ruled that government officials cannot use their substantial powers to try to quash points of view they do not like.
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The Trump hush money trial’s greatest misses
Thu, 30 May 2024 19:21:51 +0000
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Trump backs Rep. Kelly Armstrong in North Dakota governor race
Thu, 30 May 2024 19:11:07 +0000
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Photos: As jury deliberates, Trump supporters and protesters gather outside courthouse
Thu, 30 May 2024 18:57:07 +0000
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Musk denies there have been discussions about possible Trump White House role
Thu, 30 May 2024 18:51:37 +0000
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Do jurors have to reach the same verdict on all 34 counts?
Thu, 30 May 2024 18:34:45 +0000
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GOP megadonor Miriam Adelson to bankroll pro-Trump super PAC
Thu, 30 May 2024 18:25:06 +0000
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Everton can talk to new buyers with 777 Partners set to miss latest deadline
Thu, 30 May 2024 17:57:06 GMT
- American investment firm expected to miss 31 May deadline
- Majority owner Moshiri can then talk to new potential buyers
Everton’s prospective owner, 777 Partners, is expected to miss its latest deadline to buy the club, enabling Farhad Moshiri to commence talks with any other parties interested in his majority shareholding.
This month, Moshiri extended a share purchase agreement (SPA) with 777 to 31 May despite the Miami-based investment firm’s well-documented financial and legal challenges and inability to satisfy the Premier League’s conditions for a takeover after eight months. The SPA is expected to expire at midnight east-coast time in the US (5am BST) without 777 paying off a loan of £158m to MSP Sports Capital and two Merseyside businessmen, George Downing and Andy Bell, leaving Moshiri free to explore other investment options in the financially troubled club.
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Trump’s son offers trial commentary on TikTok, app he once attacked
Thu, 30 May 2024 17:41:01 +0000
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North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum (R), a rumored contender to be Donald Trump’s running mate, was...
Thu, 30 May 2024 17:34:25 +0000
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What happens if jurors cannot agree on a verdict?
Thu, 30 May 2024 17:19:09 +0000
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Some 76 percent of Americans — including 81 percent of registered voters — say they are...
Thu, 30 May 2024 17:10:07 +0000
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Meet the couples braving the Trump trial chaos to get married at the courthouse next door
Thu, 30 May 2024 16:57:58 +0000
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Analysis: Trump and allies step up suggestions of rigged trial — with bad evidence
Thu, 30 May 2024 16:50:02 +0000
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Trump and allies step up suggestions of rigged trial — with bad evidence
Thu, 30 May 2024 16:26:11 +0000
And it’s not just the false claim that the jury doesn’t need to be unanimous about his crimes.
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Watch: A busy campaign day for party leaders
Thu, 30 May 2024 16:24:40 GMT
Political party leaders were out and about, campaigning around the country on Thursday.
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New poll: Most voters say Trump guilty verdict would not affect vote
Thu, 30 May 2024 16:24:24 +0000
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Nikki Haley criticized for writing ‘Finish Them!’ on artillery shell in Israel
Thu, 30 May 2024 16:23:45 +0000
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Little change in a presidential campaign most Americans don’t want
Thu, 30 May 2024 15:59:24 +0000
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If convicted in his hush money trial, here’s what Trump could face next
Thu, 30 May 2024 15:55:10 +0000
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New vodcast episode dives into closing arguments, jury instructions
Thu, 30 May 2024 15:34:29 +0000
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Analysis: The right-wing technocratic dream of stopping nonexistent voter fraud
Thu, 30 May 2024 15:29:50 +0000
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Donald Trump left the courtroom after jurors headed back to the jury room. The former president...
Thu, 30 May 2024 15:20:26 +0000
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The court reporters have concluded reading back the testimony requested by the jury. The panel is...
Thu, 30 May 2024 15:17:35 +0000
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What David Pecker testified to: Secrets and tabloid pacts
Thu, 30 May 2024 15:15:21 +0000
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Scientists have discovered a 50,000-year-old herpes virus – and perhaps how modern humans came to rule the world | Jonathan Kennedy
Thu, 30 May 2024 15:03:35 GMT
Revolutionary ancient DNA evidence indicates that Homo sapiens finished off Neanderthals through deadly infectious diseases
Less than a decade ago, the American anthropologist James C Scott described infectious diseases as the “loudest silence” in the prehistoric archaeological record. Epidemics must have devastated human societies in the distant past and changed the course of history, but, Scott lamented, the artefacts left behind reveal nothing about them.
Over the last few years, the silence has been shattered by pioneering research that analyses microbial DNA extracted from very old human skeletons. The latest example of this is a groundbreaking study that identified three viruses in 50,000-year-old Neanderthal bones. These pathogens still afflict modern humans: adenovirus, herpesvirus and papillomavirus cause the common cold, cold sores, and genital warts and cancer, respectively. The discovery may help us resolve the greatest mystery of the Palaeolithic era: what caused the extinction of Neanderthals.
Jonathan Kennedy teaches politics and global health at Queen Mary University of London and is the author of Pathogenesis: How Germs Made History
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Origin Energy offered to sell Eraring power station to NSW government for $544m
Thu, 30 May 2024 15:00:15 GMT
Exclusive: Documents reveal offer was made three years before Origin and government reached deal to keep Australia’s biggest coal-fired power station open
Origin Energy offered to sell its Eraring power station to the New South Wales government for more than half a billion dollars before announcing it would close the plant in August 2025, a document now made public reveals.
The energy company, which last week announced a pact with the government to keep the nation’s biggest coal-fired power station open for at least another two years, had offered to sell back the privatised facility for $544m during negotiations in 2021.
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Hit the road: will 24 new multimillion-dollar electric buses be left sitting in a Brisbane shed?
Thu, 30 May 2024 15:00:13 GMT
Brisbane city council ordered 60 of the electric vehicles, but a cut back in scheduled services means just over half may be needed
Two dozen state-of-the art, multimillion-dollar electric buses could be left sitting idle in a shed when the Brisbane Metro service starts operations this year, because it will operate less frequently than initially planned.
The system was originally designed to operate every three minutes, but it’s now planned to run every five minutes, which would require fewer vehicles.
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Gaza pier suspension another blow to troubled U.S. aid mission
Thu, 30 May 2024 15:00:29 +0000
Biden administration officials say it will take days to reassemble the Gaza pier after a section floated away, but that the project remains viable.
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Poll: Most voters say Trump guilty verdict would not affect vote
Thu, 30 May 2024 14:58:41 +0000
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Donald Trump passed a note to his attorney Todd Blanche. Blanche read it, smiled and gave...
Thu, 30 May 2024 14:58:48 +0000
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Testimony readbacks: The community theater of court
Thu, 30 May 2024 14:53:18 +0000
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First lady Jill Biden is traveling to the battleground states of Wisconsin and Pennsylvania this weekend....
Thu, 30 May 2024 14:39:02 +0000
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Donald Trump said something to his attorney Emil Bove and shook his head. Bove made a...
Thu, 30 May 2024 14:39:44 +0000
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As the judge finished rereading his jury instructions, Donald Trump wrote a note to his attorney...
Thu, 30 May 2024 14:32:04 +0000
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Justice Juan Merchan is done repeating parts of his charge. Two court reporters have begun rereading...
Thu, 30 May 2024 14:31:21 +0000
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The right-wing technocratic dream of stopping nonexistent voter fraud
Thu, 30 May 2024 14:24:26 +0000
When you’re a right-wing actor who’s good with computers, you may be confident that you’re the one who can prove the existence of something that doesn’t exist.
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Yesterday, Donald Trump complained on social media that he does not know what the charges are...
Thu, 30 May 2024 14:23:36 +0000
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Ukraine setbacks nudge Biden toward allowing use of U.S. weapons in Russia
Thu, 30 May 2024 14:19:19 +0000
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Jurors must be unanimous to convict Trump, can disagree on underlying crimes
Thu, 30 May 2024 14:14:49 +0000
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Donald Trump is nodding off as the judge continues rereading a section of the instructions he...
Thu, 30 May 2024 14:06:24 +0000
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Mother of Jan. 6 officer ‘swatted’ at Va. home hours after he criticized Trump
Thu, 30 May 2024 14:03:14 +0000
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Justice Juan Merchan is now reading a large section of his legal instructions to the jury,...
Thu, 30 May 2024 13:58:38 +0000
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Jurors want to hear a significant chunk of the judge’s instructions again, according to a new...
Thu, 30 May 2024 13:55:25 +0000
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Donald Trump closed his eyes while the judge and lawyers discussed what material would be repeated...
Thu, 30 May 2024 13:43:43 +0000
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Justice Juan Merchan is on the bench, and he and the lawyers are beginning to discuss...
Thu, 30 May 2024 13:40:21 +0000
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The White House on Thursday announced new details about President Biden’s travel to France next week.
Thu, 30 May 2024 13:39:21 +0000
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Jury's out
Thu, 30 May 2024 13:39:31 +0000
This week, the crew discusses the closing arguments from both the prosecution and defense in Trump's New York trial. Justice Department reporter Perry Stein joins Libby Casey and James Hohmann in the studio, while Rhonda Colvin reports from outside the Manhattan courthouse.
Plus, what were the legal instructions that Justice Juan Merchan gave the jury?
And when there's a verdict, join us on WashingtonPost.com for live video coverage. A new episode of The Trump Trials: Sidebar will publish soon after the verdict is read, and you can keep up with The Post's ongoing coverage in The Trump Trials newsletter.
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Donald Trump is in the courtroom.
Thu, 30 May 2024 13:32:38 +0000
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Trump closing gap among those who ‘definitely’ plan to vote, per new poll
Thu, 30 May 2024 13:17:04 +0000
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Listen to the latest episode of The Trump Trials: Sidebar podcast
Thu, 30 May 2024 13:13:03 +0000
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Where is Donald Trump while the jury deliberates? Justice Juan Merchan said Wednesday that Trump and...
Thu, 30 May 2024 13:06:54 +0000
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While Trump waits for verdict, they wed
Thu, 30 May 2024 13:04:29 +0000
Meet the couples braving the chaos to get married at the Manhattan courthouse next door to Trump’s hush money trial
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When will the jury reach a verdict?
Thu, 30 May 2024 13:00:30 +0000
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President Biden on Thursday marked the ninth anniversary of the death of his son, Beau, with...
Thu, 30 May 2024 12:58:06 +0000
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Jury wants to rehear testimony about Trump talks with Cohen, Pecker
Thu, 30 May 2024 12:58:09 +0000
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What happened during the jury’s first day of deliberations
Thu, 30 May 2024 12:57:42 +0000
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Analysis: Biden’s uphill battle with Haley supporters
Thu, 30 May 2024 11:55:34 +0000
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Dining across the divide: ‘I think killing animals and eating them is fine. He doesn’t’
Thu, 30 May 2024 11:30:08 GMT
Did a committed omnivore and a committed vegan chew things over in a friendly manner? And what happened when they moved on to bullying on social media?
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In New York, jury deliberation began Wednesday in Donald Trump’s hush money case. Jurors were dismissed...
Thu, 30 May 2024 11:15:26 +0000
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RFK Jr. files complaint over potential exclusion from debate stage
Thu, 30 May 2024 11:00:31 +0000
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Biden, Harris launch Black voter group as they aim to blunt Trump’s gains
Thu, 30 May 2024 10:45:48 +0000
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Where is Joe Biden’s fury about decapitated Palestinian babies? | Arwa Mahdawi
Thu, 30 May 2024 10:01:26 GMT
Politicians parroted untrue rumors that Hamas had beheaded Israeli babies. When the children are Palestinian, they shrug
Earlier this week, I sat down to write a piece about a campus safety officer at a public college in New York who told pro-Palestinian protesters that he supported genocide. “Yes I do, I support genocide,” the officer said, after a protester accused him of this at a graduation event at the College of Staten Island, part of the public City University of New York (Cuny) system, last Thursday. “I support killing all you guys, how about that?”
It’s possible that you didn’t hear about this incident: while it was covered by a few outlets, including the Associated Press, it didn’t get a huge amount of press. It certainly wasn’t splashed all over the front page of the New York Post the way it would have been if that guard had made the same comment about Israelis. The New York Times, which has written a lot about safety on college campuses – and published a piece on anti-Israel speeches at Cuny just a couple of days before this incident – didn’t seem to deem it newsworthy. And the White House didn’t chime in with a horrified statement about anti-Palestinian bias on campuses. After all, this wasn’t a big deal, right? It was just a security guard saying he supports genocide. Which, it should be clear now, is essentially the same position as the US government.
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ABC boss rejects suggestion it ‘cowered to a News Corp pile-on’ over Laura Tingle comments
Thu, 30 May 2024 09:34:48 GMT
David Anderson says News Corp is ‘obsessed’ with the ABC after Tingle faces backlash over ‘racist country’ comments
The ABC managing director, David Anderson, has told Senate estimates he believes the attack on the political journalist Laura Tingle this week was a “News Corp pile-on” but denies the broadcaster’s response was “cowering”.
Justin Stevens, the public broadcaster’s news director, said on Wednesday that Tingle’s remarks at the Sydney writers’ festival did not meet the ABC’s editorial standards and that she had been counselled.
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Next UK government should introduce scams legislation, says City lobby group
Thu, 30 May 2024 06:29:08 GMT
Group wants big tech social media firms to pay up to £40m a year to reimburse customers after years of shouldering cost of fraud
A leading City lobby group is calling on the next government to bring in scams legislation that forces big tech and social media companies to cough up up to £40m a year to reimburse customers and fight fraud on their platforms.
The demand came in a ‘financial services manifesto’ released by UK Finance, which represents banks, payments companies and other financial firms.
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The ugly truth behind ChatGPT: AI is guzzling resources at planet-eating rates | Mariana Mazzucato
Thu, 30 May 2024 06:00:21 GMT
Big tech is playing its part in reaching net zero targets, but its vast new datacentres are run at huge cost to the environment
- Mariana Mazzucato is professor of economics at UCL, and director of the Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose
When you picture the tech industry, you probably think of things that don’t exist in physical space, such as the apps and internet browser on your phone. But the infrastructure required to store all this information – the physical datacentres housed in business parks and city outskirts – consume massive amounts of energy. Despite its name, the infrastructure used by the “cloud” accounts for more global greenhouse emissions than commercial flights. In 2018, for instance, the 5bn YouTube hits for the viral song Despacito used the same amount of energy it would take to heat 40,000 US homes annually.
This is a hugely environmentally destructive side to the tech industry. While it has played a big role in reaching net zero, giving us smart meters and efficient solar, it’s critical that we turn the spotlight on its environmental footprint. Large language models such as ChatGPT are some of the most energy-guzzling technologies of all. Research suggests, for instance, that about 700,000 litres of water could have been used to cool the machines that trained ChatGPT-3 at Microsoft’s data facilities. It is hardly news that the tech bubble’s self-glorification has obscured the uglier sides of this industry, from its proclivity for tax avoidance to its invasion of privacy and exploitation of our attention span. The industry’s environmental impact is a key issue, yet the companies that produce such models have stayed remarkably quiet about the amount of energy they consume – probably because they don’t want to spark our concern.
Mariana Mazzucato is professor in the economics of innovation and public value at University College London, where she is founding director of the UCL Institute for Innovation & Public Purpose
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Samuel Alito has decided that Samuel Alito is sufficiently impartial
Wed, 29 May 2024 21:35:16 +0000
That notwithstanding the significant questions that remain about the flag that flew outside the Supreme Court justice’s Virginia home.
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Musk tried to ‘punish’ critics, judge rules, in tossing a lawsuit
Wed, 29 May 2024 21:28:45 +0000
A federal judge ruled the lawsuit against the Center for Countering Digital Hate was about “punishing the defendants for their speech.”
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If there’s one thing President Biden wants swing voters to consider when marking their ballots, it’s...
Wed, 29 May 2024 21:11:38 +0000
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Biden lists the promises he’s kept at a campaign event in Philadelphia
Wed, 29 May 2024 20:34:15 +0000
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House Ethics Committee to investigate Rep. Henry Cuellar bribery allegations
Wed, 29 May 2024 20:01:00 +0000
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White House rejected offer from TikTok allowing US government to oversee social media app
2024-05-29T17:23:34+00:00
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I see no reason why Diane Abbott can't stand for Labour, says Angela Rayner
Wed, 29 May 2024 04:04:33 GMT
Meanwhile, Rishi Sunak is pressed on his Covid lockdown fine at a public Q&A in Buckinghamshire.
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Family of man who died after being deported blame Home Office delays
Mon, 27 May 2024 07:00:24 GMT
Appeal allowed Sudharsan Ithayachandran to return to UK to be with his family, but he died in Sri Lanka while awaiting visa
The family of a man who died abroad after being wrongly deported by the UK Home Office have blamed the department for causing delays that stopped him being reunited with his children.
Sudharsan Ithayachandran, 41, was deported from the UK to Sri Lanka on 24 December 2019 – his wedding anniversary – after admitting to working illegally at Tesco and using false documents.
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Haiti gang kills US politician’s missionary daughter and her husband
Fri, 24 May 2024 17:20:54 GMT
Missouri state representative Ben Baker’s daughter and her husband were reportedly ambushed when leaving a church
The daughter and son-in-law of a US Republican politician are among three Christian missionaries who have been killed by gang members in Haiti as it emerged that the long-awaited deployment of an multinational security force tasked with rescuing the Caribbean country from months of bloodshed had been delayed.
Ben Baker, a Republican state representative from Missouri, announced the news of the couple’s murder on Facebook late on Thursday, writing: “My heart is broken in a thousand pieces. I’ve never felt this kind of pain.”
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Lauren James ruled out of England’s Euro 2025 qualifiers against France
Thu, 30 May 2024 19:16:35 GMT
- Sarina Wiegman confirms Chelsea striker has foot problem
- Jess Naz called up as replacement for back-to-back matches
The Chelsea forward Lauren James has a foot problem and will not be available for England’s back-to-back Euro 2025 qualifiers against France, Sarina Wiegman has confirmed.
“No, not everyone is available for selection,” said Wiegman. “Lauren James didn’t make it so will not be selected. Jess Naz will be eligible. She had foot problems at club and we hoped she could build up for tomorrow [but she could not].”
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U.K. Parliament dissolves, and election campaign drama gets underway
Thu, 30 May 2024 17:44:02 +0000
This is not a repeat of the United Kingdom’s last general election in 2019, Boris Johnson is AWOL. And no one wants to talk about Brexit.
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Former Tory MP backs Labour at general election
Thu, 30 May 2024 17:28:22 GMT
Mark Logan, who is standing down as an MP, says the Tory Party is "unrecognisable" from a decade ago.
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‘Hong Kong 47’ trial: 14 activists found guilty of conspiracy to commit subversion
Thu, 30 May 2024 16:16:00 GMT
Western governments condemn verdict in biggest case since introduction of national security law
Fourteen people have been found guilty of subversion by a court in Hong Kong in the biggest case against pro-democracy campaigners – against a group known as the “Hong Kong 47” – since China imposed a national security law to crush dissent.
A panel of judges handpicked by Hong Kong’s government found that the convicted people – one organiser and 13 candidates, almost all of them former politicians – had committed the national security offence of “conspiracy to subvert state power” by holding unofficial election primaries in 2020.
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Plaid Cymru only party putting Wales first - leader
Thu, 30 May 2024 16:02:59 GMT
Plaid Cymru is launching its general election campaign, promising a "positive alternative".
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Greens challenge 'timid' Labour at election launch
Thu, 30 May 2024 14:59:51 GMT
After record local election gains, the Greens are aiming for four MPs in their "most ambitious" campaign.
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Starmer left-wing purge row is not dying down, says Chris Mason
Thu, 30 May 2024 13:52:17 GMT
The Labour leader is facing a backlash over claims he is freezing out left-wing election candidates.
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California comedown: how illicit cannabis farms have left a wilderness where ‘you’re lucky to see a lizard’
Thu, 30 May 2024 11:00:07 GMT
The golden state legalised marijuana production in 2016, but strict curbs have led to a thriving black market. Its hub is in Siskiyou county, where the environmental damage is clear to see
In the shadow of Mount Shasta in northern California, a sea of makeshift greenhouses and plywood huts sprawls between the conifer trees of the high desert. From the air, many of the polytunnels look in bad shape, their plastic covers torn by the wind to reveal what’s inside: hundreds of cannabis plants packet tightly together, their distinctive green leaves easily identifiable against the volcanic soil.
This remote area of Siskiyou county is known for its goldrush history, black bears and returning grey wolves, but in the last few years it has also become a hub for California’s parallel market in cannabis production. More than 6,000 hectares (15,000 acres) of illicit cannabis farms cover the Republic-leaning county, which voted not to legalise commercial farming despite the statewide vote for legalisation in November 2016.
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Labour and Tories rule out raising VAT after election
Thu, 30 May 2024 09:38:11 GMT
It comes as the two main parties traded blows over their spending plans.
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Election 2024 Live
Thu, 30 May 2024 04:57:16 GMT
Follow continuing coverage of the 2024 General Election Campaign.
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Corbyn launches election campaign as an independent
Wed, 29 May 2024 21:13:57 GMT
The former Labour leader will stand against the party he led from 2015 to 2020 to contest Islington North.
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Electioncast: What’s going on with Diane Abbott?
Wed, 29 May 2024 18:27:00 GMT
Keir Starmer denies Diane Abbott is barred from standing for Labour
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ITV to host first general election leaders' debate
Wed, 29 May 2024 10:38:50 GMT
Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer will face each other in a head-to-head debate hosted by ITV on 4 June.
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India’s historic election
Tue, 28 May 2024 22:27:51 +0000
India’s general election ends this weekend, with Prime Minister Nerendra Modi leading the polls. Today on “Post Reports,” we unpack where Modi’s support comes from and what a win for his party would mean for the world’s largest democracy.
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‘It was like the wild west’: meet the First Nations guardians protecting Canada’s pristine shores
Thu, 30 May 2024 07:00:23 GMT
From crab monitoring and bear patrols to rescue operations, the watchmen are the official eyes and ears of indigenous communities
It’s Delaney Mack’s first time pulling crab traps and she is unsure what to do. Mack, the newest member of the Nuxalk Guardian Watchmen, has had months of training for the multifaceted job, which might on any given day include rescuing a kayaker, taking ocean samples or monitoring a logging operation. But winching crabs up 100ft from the sea floor was not in the manual.
Soon, however, the four-person operation is humming along. The crab survey is a vital part of their work as guardians of this Indigenous territory in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It was started more than 15 years ago in response to heavy commercial crab fishing in an area where the federal government had done little independent monitoring to determine if a fishery was sustainable.
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NASA Releases New High-Quality, Near Real-Time Air Quality Data
Thu, 30 May 2024 18:07:27 +0000
NASA has made new data available that can provide air pollution observations at unprecedented resolutions – down to the scale of individual neighborhoods. The near real-time data comes from the agency’s TEMPO (Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution) instrument, which launched last year to improve life on Earth by revolutionizing the way scientists observe air quality […]
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If A.I. Can Do Your Job, Maybe It Can Also Replace Your C.E.O. | Chief executives are vulnerable to the same forces buffeting their employees. Leadership is important, but so is efficiency — and cost-cutting.
2024-05-30T15:26:26+00:00
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Derby dream may become reality for 91-year-old environmental campaigner
Thu, 30 May 2024 14:22:24 GMT
Bill Gredley, owner of Ambiente Friendly, fourth-favourite for Epsom Classic, takes unconventional route in racing and in life
In 1933, when Bill Gredley was born into a working-class family in the East End of London, it was a time when much of the local population would decamp to Epsom on the first Wednesday in June for an afternoon out at the Derby. It is probably fair to say the chance of Poplar’s newest resident making the same trip 91 years later as the owner of one of the big-race favourites were slim to nil.
But Gredley has always been something of a one-off, in racing as in life. The self-made property millionaire once turned up at Royal Ascot sporting a morning suit, a top hat and a ponytail, which caused a conniption among the ultra-conservatives in the Ascot fashion police. “They had a conference with the Queen and everybody, should they let me in?” Gredley said this week. “I was talking to the Queen many years later and she was giggling about it. She said they made such a fuss.”
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Olympiakos make history, while Wembley awaits for Dortmund and Real Madrid: Football Weekly Extra – podcast
Thu, 30 May 2024 11:07:17 GMT
Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, Jonathan Liew, Mark Langdon and Stephen Kountourou as Olympiakos win their first major European trophy
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On the podcast today: Olympiakos are the first Greek team to win a major European trophy, and while the final itself wasn’t a classic, success for teams like them is surely why the Conference League was created. What a night for manager José Luis Mendilibar and heartache for Fiorentina, who lose in the final again.
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Nine acknowledges ‘trauma’ and need to ‘do more’ after allegations of sexual harassment and toxic culture
Thu, 30 May 2024 09:52:17 GMT
Mike Sneesby a signatory to all-staff email detailing response to allegations of predatory behaviour and bullying in newsrooms
Nine Entertainment has acknowledged “the trauma” caused by alleged acts of bullying, misuse of power and sexual harassment in its newsrooms and conceded to staff it needs to “do more” to make it a safe place to work.
In an all-staff email sent late on Thursday, Nine outlined its response to widespread reporting of predatory behaviour, bullying and sexual harassment by senior executives across the company.
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Amazon execs may be personally liable for tricking users into Prime sign-ups
Wed, 29 May 2024 21:58:39 +0000
Emails reveal Amazon has pushed back on FTC demands for data on all Prime users.
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Bonus Daily Cartoon: Constitutional Wishes
Wed, 29 May 2024 20:35:37 +0000
“Add ‘the right to a speedy trial.’ I hate waiting for a verdict.”
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From the archive: The secret deportations: how Britain betrayed the Chinese men who served the country in the war – podcast
Wed, 29 May 2024 04:00:04 GMT
We are raiding the Guardian Long Read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors.
This week, from 2021: During the second world war, Chinese merchant seamen helped keep Britain fed, fuelled and safe – and many gave their lives doing so. But from late 1945, hundreds of them who had settled in Liverpool suddenly disappeared. Now their children are piecing together the truth. By Dan Hancox
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Argentinian president to meet Silicon Valley CEOs in bid to court tech titans
Tue, 28 May 2024 18:22:38 GMT
Javier Milei to hold private talks with Sundar Pichai and Sam Altman as Argentina faces worst economic crisis in decades
Javier Milei, Argentina’s president, is set to meet with the leaders of some of the world’s largest tech companies in Silicon Valley this week. The far-right libertarian leader will hold private talks with Sundar Pichai of Google, Sam Altman of OpenAI, Mark Zuckerberg of Meta and Tim Cook of Apple.
Milei also met last month with Elon Musk, who has become one of the South American president’s most prominent cheerleaders and repeatedly shared his pro-deregulation, anti-social justice message on X (formerly Twitter). Peter Thiel, the tech billionaire, has also twice visited Milei, flying to Buenos Aires to speak with him in February and May of this year.
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Canada to restore right of citizens born abroad to pass citizenship to children also born outside country
Fri, 24 May 2024 16:40:47 GMT
Federal government to amend Citizenship Act, removing ‘second-generation cut-off’ introduced by Conservative government
Canada plans to restore the right of citizens born abroad to pass their citizenship to children also born outside the country, following a court ruling that a “first-generation limit” in the law was unconstitutional.
The federal government announced legislation to amend the Citizenship Act, removing a “second-generation cut-off” introduced by the previous Conservative government, after an Ontario court ruled in December that the limit was unconstitutional.
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Why Vladimir Putin’s Family Is Learning Mandarin
Sat, 25 May 2024 01:00:00 +0000
During the last few weeks, American political discourse has been consumed by what’s happening inside a New York City courtroom. But the world outside it hasn’t stopped.
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In the Bronx, Donald Trump Goes to His Hateful, Happy Place
Fri, 24 May 2024 14:58:57 +0000
“Like it or not, this is a rally,” the former President said, seemingly a little embarrassed by the unremarkable size of the crowd.
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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.
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How to Pick Stocks Like You’re in Congress
Mon, 27 May 2024 10:00:00 +0000
The team at Autopilot, an app that lets you copy the trades of Nancy Pelosi’s husband (up forty-five per cent last year) or Dan Crenshaw (up forty-one), choose their newest offering.
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What the Rise of Far-Right Politics Says About the Economy in an Election Year
2024-05-21T00:00:00Z
With voters taking to the polls in dozens of countries this year, could election outcomes lean conservative? Paula Rettl says a lack of social mobility and a sense of economic insecurity are some of the factors fueling far-right movements around the world.
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How to trade an election
Thu, 21 Mar 2024 11:10:12 +0000
It is becoming harder for investors to ignore politics
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Secrecy Concerns Mount Over Spy Powers Targeting US Data Centers
Tue, 14 May 2024 16:16:58 +0000
A coalition of digital rights groups is demanding the US declassify records that would clarify just how expansive a major surveillance program really is.
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‘Cringeworthy’: what people in Dover think of Labour and Keir Starmer – video
Fri, 10 May 2024 17:39:27 GMT
Keir Starmer appeared in Dover and Deal alongside the Labour party’s newest MP, the former Tory Natalie Elphicke, to announce the scrapping of the Rwanda deportation scheme if Labour is elected. The Guardian spoke to people in Dover to get their reaction
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How American politics has infected investing
Sun, 21 Apr 2024 15:41:46 +0000
Beware: taking a stand can be expensive
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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.
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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.
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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
LimeWire, a name once associated with the notorious file-sharing tool from the 2000s, has undergone a significant transformation. The LimeWire we discuss today is not the file-sharing application of the past but has re-emerged as an entirely new entity—a cutting-edge AI content publishing platform.
This revamped LimeWire invites users to register and unleash their creativity by crafting original AI content, which can then be shared and showcased on the LimeWire Studio. Notably, even acclaimed artists and musicians, such as Deadmau5, Soulja Boy, and Sean Kingston, have embraced this platform to publish their content in the form of NFT music, videos, and images.
Beyond providing a space for content creation and sharing, LimeWire introduces monetization models to empower users to earn revenue from their creations. This includes avenues such as earning ad revenue and participating in the burgeoning market of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs). As we delve further, we'll explore these monetization strategies in more detail to provide a comprehensive understanding of LimeWire's innovative approach to content creation and distribution.
LimeWire Studio welcomes content creators into its fold, providing a space to craft personalized AI-focused content for sharing with fans and followers. Within this creative hub, every piece of content generated becomes not just a creation but a unique asset—ownable and tradable. Fans have the opportunity to subscribe to creators' pages, immersing themselves in the creative journey and gaining ownership of digital collectibles that hold tradeable value within the LimeWire community. Notably, creators earn a 2.5% royalty each time their content is traded, adding a rewarding element to the creative process.
The platform's flexibility is evident in its content publication options. Creators can choose to share their work freely with the public or opt for a premium subscription model, granting exclusive access to specialized content for subscribers.
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.
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
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
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
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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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
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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
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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
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.
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 fromElements
Inside the Canva designer, the Elements tab gives you access to lines and shapes, graphics, photos, videos, audio, charts, photo frames, and photo grids.The search box on the Elements tab lets you search everything on Canva.
To begin with, Canva has a large library of elements to choose from. To find them, be specific in your search query. You may also want to search in the following tabs to see various elements separately:
Photos
The Photos tab lets you search for and choose from millions of professional stock photos for your templates.
You can replace the photos in our templates to create a new look. This can also make the template more suited to your industry.
You can find photos on other stock photography sites like pexel, pixabay and many more or simply upload your own photos.
When you choose an image, Canva’s photo editing features let you adjust the photo’s settings (brightness, contrast, saturation, etc.), crop, or animate it.
When you subscribe to Canva Pro, you get access to a number of premium features, including the Background Remover. This feature allows you to remove the background from any stock photo in library or any image you upload.
Text
The Text tab lets you add headings, normal text, and graphical text to your design.
When you click on text, you'll see options to adjust the font, font size, color, format, spacing, and text effects (like shadows).
Canva Pro subscribers can choose from a large library of fonts on the Brand Kit or the Styles tab. Enterprise-level controls ensure that visual content remains on-brand, no matter how many people are working on it.
Audio
Create an animated image or video by adding audio to capture user’s attention in social news feeds.
If you want to use audio from another stock site or your own audio tracks, you can upload them in the Uploads tab or from the more option.
Video
Want to create your own videos? Choose from thousands of stock video clips. You’ll find videos that range upto 2 minutes
You can upload your own videos as well as videos from other stock sites in the Uploads tab.
Once you have chosen a video, you can use the editing features in Canva to trim the video, flip it, and adjust its transparency.
Backgrounds
On the Background tab, you’ll find free stock photos to serve as backgrounds on your designs. Change out the background on a template to give it a more personal touch.
Styles
The Styles tab lets you quickly change the look and feel of your template with just a click. And if you have a Canva Pro subscription, you can upload your brand’s custom colors and fonts to ensure designs stay on brand.
Logos
If you have a Canva Pro subscription, you’ll have a Logos tab. Here, you can upload variations of your brand logo to use throughout your designs.
With Canva, you can also create your own logos. Note that you cannot trademark a logo with stock content in it.
Publishing with Canva
With Canva, free users can download and share designs to multiple platforms including Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Slack and Tumblr.
Canva Pro subscribers can create multiple post formats from one design. For example, you can start by designing an Instagram post, and Canva's Magic Resizer can resize it for other networks, Stories, Reels, and other formats.
Canva Pro subscribers can also use Canva’s Content Planner to post content on eight different accounts on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Slack, and Tumblr.
Canva Team
Canva Pro allows you to work with your team on visual content. Designs can be created inside Canva, and then sent to your team members for approval. Everyone can make comments, edits, revisions, and keep track via the version history.
Canva Print
When it comes to printing your designs, Canva has you covered. With an extensive selection of printing options, they can turn your designs into anything from banners and wall art to mugs and t-shirts.
Canva Print is perfect for any business seeking to make a lasting impression. Create inspiring designs people will want to wear, keep, and share. Hand out custom business cards that leave a lasting impression on customers' minds.
Canva Apps
The Canva app is available on the Apple App Store and Google Play. The Canva app has earned a 4.9 out of five star rating from over 946.3K Apple users and a 4.5 out of five star rating from over 6,996,708 Google users.
In addition to mobile apps, you can use Canva’s integration with other Internet services to add images and text from sources like Google Maps, Emojis, photos from Google Drive and Dropbox, YouTube videos, Flickr photos, Bitmojis, and other popular visual content elements.
Canva Pros and Cons
Pros:
- A user-friendly interface
- Canva is a great tool for people who want to create professional graphics but don’t have graphic design skills.
- Hundreds of templates, so you'll never have to start from scratch.
- Wide variety of templates to fit multiple uses
- Branding kits to keep your team consistent with the brand colors and fonts
- Creating visual content on the go
- You can find royalty free images, audio, and video without having to subscribe to another service.
Cons:
- Some professional templates are available for Pro user only
- Advanced photo editing features like blurring or erasing a specific area are missing.
- Some elements that fall outside of a design are tricky to retrieve.
- Features (like Canva presentations) could use some improvement.
- If you are a regular user of Adobe products, you might find Canva's features limited.
- Prefers to work with vectors. Especially logos.
- Expensive enterprise pricing
Conclusion
In general, Canva is an excellent tool for those who need simple images for projects. If you are a graphic designer with experience, you will find Canva’s platform lacking in customization and advanced features – particularly vectors. But if you have little design experience, you will find Canva easier to use than advanced graphic design tools like Adobe Photoshop or Illustrator for most projects. If you have any queries let me know in the comments section.
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Biden administration eases some economic restrictions on Cuba
Tue, 28 May 2024 23:54:39 +0000
Private enterprises with no link to the communist government will be granted access to U.S. banks and additional internet services.
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Summary of the 2023 GRACE Follow-On Science Team Meeting
Thu, 30 May 2024 14:27:20 +0000
Felix Landerer, NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory, felix.w.landerer@jpl.nasa.gov Introduction In October 2023, the annual gathering of the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) and GRACE Follow-On [G-FO] Science Team took place in Boulder, CO, hosted at University Corporation for Atmospheric Research’s (UCAR) Center Green campus. The event had 70 in-person participant and an additional 52 online participants […]
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U.S. concerned about Ukraine strikes on Russian nuclear radar stations
Thu, 30 May 2024 00:23:57 +0000
Washington conveyed to Kyiv that attacks on Russian early-warning systems could be destabilizing.
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Why Vladimir Putin’s Family Is Learning Mandarin
Sat, 25 May 2024 01:00:00 +0000
During the last few weeks, American political discourse has been consumed by what’s happening inside a New York City courtroom. But the world outside it hasn’t stopped.
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Live updates: Jury has reached a verdict in Trump’s hush money trial
Thu, 30 May 2024 20:58:11 +0000
The jury has reached a verdict in Donald Trump’s trial on allegations of business fraud related to a hush money payment.
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If Trump were convicted in his hush money trial, here’s what he could face next
Thu, 30 May 2024 20:57:30 +0000
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Analysis: Is the New York trial changing minds about Trump’s guilt?
Thu, 30 May 2024 20:56:24 +0000
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Eric Trump is the only member of the family in the courtroom. He’s seated next to...
Thu, 30 May 2024 20:54:27 +0000
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Part of the courtroom video feed in the overflow room briefly cut out, with a big...
Thu, 30 May 2024 20:53:16 +0000
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Trump’s N.Y. trial is not televised, but TV played a starring role
Thu, 30 May 2024 20:51:09 +0000
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Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg and a bunch of his advisors just came into the room.
Thu, 30 May 2024 20:51:49 +0000
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Donald Trump’s punishment, if he is convicted, would be up to New York Supreme Court Justice...
Thu, 30 May 2024 20:51:34 +0000
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Prosecutors are mostly sitting quietly and looking straight ahead, also waiting with intense anticipation. They sometimes...
Thu, 30 May 2024 20:50:49 +0000
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Jury returns with verdict in Trump hush-money trial – live
Thu, 30 May 2024 20:49:35 GMT
Follow latest updates after 12 jurors have concluded weighing 34 felony counts of falsifying business records against Trump
Before the jury began deliberations late Wednesday morning, judge Juan Merchan delivered instructions intended to guide them on how to weigh the case.
Merchan said that jurors shouldn’t look to his comments during the trial as suggesting that Donald Trump was innocent or guilty. He said:
It is not my responsibility to judge the evidence here. You are the judgers of the facts.
You may not speculate with matters related to sentencing or punishment.
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Trump was looking cheerful and relaxed, sharing smiles and laughs with his lawyers, as they prepared...
Thu, 30 May 2024 20:44:35 +0000
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Biden, Trump remain in tight race nationally, latest poll finds
Thu, 30 May 2024 20:44:36 +0000
Live updates from the 2024 campaign trail, with the latest news on presidential candidates, polls, primaries and more.
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Just as the judge and the lawyers were preparing to leave court for the day, the...
Thu, 30 May 2024 20:42:24 +0000
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At the defense table, Trump has his arms crossed and his lawyer Todd Blanche is whispering...
Thu, 30 May 2024 20:41:06 +0000
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The jury has a verdict, according to a note just read by Judge Merchan.
Thu, 30 May 2024 20:39:31 +0000
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Trump and Blanche were smiling and talking animatedly as they took their seats
Thu, 30 May 2024 20:23:52 +0000
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The jury is going home at 4:30 p.m., Justice Juan Merchan just told the parties.
Thu, 30 May 2024 20:14:37 +0000
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There have been no new jury notes since the panel went back to the jury room...
Thu, 30 May 2024 20:01:42 +0000
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If jurors find Trump guilty, do they also decide the sentence?
Thu, 30 May 2024 19:49:11 +0000
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The Trump hush money trial’s greatest misses
Thu, 30 May 2024 19:21:51 +0000
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Jimmy Kimmel: ‘Imagine being proud to be at your father’s porn star trial’
Thu, 30 May 2024 19:12:45 GMT
Late-night host discussed end of the ex-president’s hush-money trial and also talked about public support from his sons
Jimmy Kimmel took aim at Donald Trump and the end of his hush-money trial on last night’s edition of his late-night show.
On Jimmy Kimmel Live!, the host spoke about the former president’s New York City trial, where he faces multiple charges, which is coming to an end as the jury deliberates. Trump must stay in the courthouse to “sit there for hours farting next to the vending machine”.
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Trump backs Rep. Kelly Armstrong in North Dakota governor race
Thu, 30 May 2024 19:11:07 +0000
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Photos: As jury deliberates, Trump supporters and protesters gather outside courthouse
Thu, 30 May 2024 18:57:07 +0000
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Musk denies there have been discussions about possible Trump White House role
Thu, 30 May 2024 18:51:37 +0000
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GOP megadonor Miriam Adelson to bankroll pro-Trump super PAC
Thu, 30 May 2024 18:25:06 +0000
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What the jurors said about Trump during the selection process
Thu, 30 May 2024 18:12:59 +0000
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Man who allegedly rammed Trump sign at police on January 6 arrested by FBI
Thu, 30 May 2024 17:57:54 GMT
William Knight, 37, of South Dakota, accused of being among first participants in Capitol attack, faces two felony charges
The FBI has arrested a South Dakota man on charges that he stood among the first participants in the January 6 insurrection, allegedly breaking police lines and ramming a large sign toward officers during the riot.
William Knight, 37, of Rapid City, faces two felony charges of obstructing law enforcement and resisting or impeding officers, the justice department announced on Thursday. He also faces five misdemeanor charges, including engaging in violence on the day supporters of Donald Trump tried to derail certification of his defeat to Joe Biden in the 2020 election.
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Ex-Apprentice producer claims Trump used racial slur for Black contestant
Thu, 30 May 2024 17:56:46 GMT
Bill Pruitt also says the then reality TV star was incompetent and implied illicit trysts while engaged to Melania
Donald Trump used a racial epithet to reject the prospect of a Black winner on the debut season of The Apprentice, the Emmy-nominated series that transformed the former president into a reality TV star and fuelled his political career.
Trump rejected the views of close aides that Kwame Jackson, a broker who worked for Goldman Sachs, had been the most impressive contestant, saying, “Would America buy a [N-word] winning?”, according to a producer who worked on the NBC show’s opening series in 2004, when it was called Meet the Billionaire.
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Trump’s son offers trial commentary on TikTok, app he once attacked
Thu, 30 May 2024 17:41:01 +0000
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North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum (R), a rumored contender to be Donald Trump’s running mate, was...
Thu, 30 May 2024 17:34:25 +0000
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Meet the couples braving the Trump trial chaos to get married at the courthouse next door
Thu, 30 May 2024 16:57:58 +0000
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Analysis: Trump and allies step up suggestions of rigged trial — with bad evidence
Thu, 30 May 2024 16:50:02 +0000
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Trump and allies step up suggestions of rigged trial — with bad evidence
Thu, 30 May 2024 16:26:11 +0000
And it’s not just the false claim that the jury doesn’t need to be unanimous about his crimes.
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New poll: Most voters say Trump guilty verdict would not affect vote
Thu, 30 May 2024 16:24:24 +0000
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Daily Cartoon: Thursday, May 30th
Thu, 30 May 2024 15:58:53 +0000
“Why does it feel like we’re more nervous about the jury decision than Trump is?”
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If convicted in his hush money trial, here’s what Trump could face next
Thu, 30 May 2024 15:55:10 +0000
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Donald Trump left the courtroom after jurors headed back to the jury room. The former president...
Thu, 30 May 2024 15:20:26 +0000
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The court reporters have concluded reading back the testimony requested by the jury. The panel is...
Thu, 30 May 2024 15:17:35 +0000
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Poll: Most voters say Trump guilty verdict would not affect vote
Thu, 30 May 2024 14:58:41 +0000
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Donald Trump passed a note to his attorney Todd Blanche. Blanche read it, smiled and gave...
Thu, 30 May 2024 14:58:48 +0000
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Donald Trump said something to his attorney Emil Bove and shook his head. Bove made a...
Thu, 30 May 2024 14:39:44 +0000
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As the judge finished rereading his jury instructions, Donald Trump wrote a note to his attorney...
Thu, 30 May 2024 14:32:04 +0000
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Justice Juan Merchan is done repeating parts of his charge. Two court reporters have begun rereading...
Thu, 30 May 2024 14:31:21 +0000
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The right-wing technocratic dream of stopping nonexistent voter fraud
Thu, 30 May 2024 14:24:26 +0000
When you’re a right-wing actor who’s good with computers, you may be confident that you’re the one who can prove the existence of something that doesn’t exist.
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Yesterday, Donald Trump complained on social media that he does not know what the charges are...
Thu, 30 May 2024 14:23:36 +0000
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Jurors must be unanimous to convict Trump, can disagree on underlying crimes
Thu, 30 May 2024 14:14:49 +0000
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Donald Trump is nodding off as the judge continues rereading a section of the instructions he...
Thu, 30 May 2024 14:06:24 +0000
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Mother of Jan. 6 officer ‘swatted’ at Va. home hours after he criticized Trump
Thu, 30 May 2024 14:03:14 +0000
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Justice Juan Merchan is now reading a large section of his legal instructions to the jury,...
Thu, 30 May 2024 13:58:38 +0000
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Jurors want to hear a significant chunk of the judge’s instructions again, according to a new...
Thu, 30 May 2024 13:55:25 +0000
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Donald Trump closed his eyes while the judge and lawyers discussed what material would be repeated...
Thu, 30 May 2024 13:43:43 +0000
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Justice Juan Merchan is on the bench, and he and the lawyers are beginning to discuss...
Thu, 30 May 2024 13:40:21 +0000
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Jury's out
Thu, 30 May 2024 13:39:31 +0000
This week, the crew discusses the closing arguments from both the prosecution and defense in Trump's New York trial. Justice Department reporter Perry Stein joins Libby Casey and James Hohmann in the studio, while Rhonda Colvin reports from outside the Manhattan courthouse.
Plus, what were the legal instructions that Justice Juan Merchan gave the jury?
And when there's a verdict, join us on WashingtonPost.com for live video coverage. A new episode of The Trump Trials: Sidebar will publish soon after the verdict is read, and you can keep up with The Post's ongoing coverage in The Trump Trials newsletter.
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Donald Trump is in the courtroom.
Thu, 30 May 2024 13:32:38 +0000
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Trump closing gap among those who ‘definitely’ plan to vote, per new poll
Thu, 30 May 2024 13:17:04 +0000
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Listen to the latest episode of The Trump Trials: Sidebar podcast
Thu, 30 May 2024 13:13:03 +0000
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Where is Donald Trump while the jury deliberates? Justice Juan Merchan said Wednesday that Trump and...
Thu, 30 May 2024 13:06:54 +0000
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While Trump waits for verdict, they wed
Thu, 30 May 2024 13:04:29 +0000
Meet the couples braving the chaos to get married at the Manhattan courthouse next door to Trump’s hush money trial
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Jury wants to rehear testimony about Trump talks with Cohen, Pecker
Thu, 30 May 2024 12:58:09 +0000
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Most House Republicans who backed Trump challengers cruised to primary victories
Thu, 30 May 2024 12:17:00 +0000
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Trump jury reaches verdict in criminal hush-money trial
Thu, 30 May 2024 12:10:34 GMT
The 12 New Yorkers have reached a unanimous decision in the first criminal trial of a former US president.
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Analysis: In the trial, like the election, Trump’s base is inoculated against loss
Thu, 30 May 2024 11:35:35 +0000
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In New York, jury deliberation began Wednesday in Donald Trump’s hush money case. Jurors were dismissed...
Thu, 30 May 2024 11:15:26 +0000
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Biden, Harris launch Black voter group as they aim to blunt Trump’s gains
Thu, 30 May 2024 10:45:48 +0000
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‘It’s bullshit’: voters on what Trump’s hush-money case means to them
Thu, 30 May 2024 10:00:27 GMT
Many seem ambivalent on whether the ex-president will be found guilty – and some think it will only deepen polarization
For Josh Ellis, a refrigerator technician from southern Wisconsin, Donald Trump’s trial in New York is a sideshow. He’s not convinced of the prosecution’s narrative, or the former president’s – and the verdict will probably not affect his vote in November anyway.
“Biden’s running this country into the ground,” said Ellis, who said the economy was his main concern. At 49, Ellis has long viewed politicians as out of touch on economic issues; he used to vote for Democrats, but switched in 2016 to vote for Trump, who he saw as possibly offering a change.
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Analysis: In the trial, like the election, Trump’s base is inoculated against loss
Wed, 29 May 2024 21:26:17 +0000
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Daily Cartoon: Wednesday, May 29th
Wed, 29 May 2024 13:54:07 +0000
Pick a door, any door.
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You Can Get Paid to Talk to Friends About Voting
Wed, 29 May 2024 10:30:00 +0000
Annoying texts and disinformation campaigns have wrecked get-out-the-vote drives. Relentless, a progressive organizing group, thinks it has a solution: you.
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Biden says Ukraine can use U.S. arms for limited strikes in Russia
Thu, 30 May 2024 20:49:12 +0000
The U.S. dramatic policy shift comes after Russia’s assault on the city of Kharkiv and a chorus of pressure from European allies.
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Ukraine allowed to hit some targets in Russia with US weapons
Thu, 30 May 2024 20:17:10 GMT
The US give Ukraine permission to use US-supplied weapons to strike targets in Russia, but only near the Kharkiv region.
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Russia not invited to D-Day 80th anniversary ceremonies, Élysée says
Thu, 30 May 2024 19:55:52 +0000
The French presidency said Russia will not be invited to events in Normandy on the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings because of the Kremlin’s war in Ukraine.
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Russia-Ukraine war: Moscow troop build-up near Kharkiv ‘still not enough for large-scale offensive’ – as it happened
Thu, 30 May 2024 15:01:13 GMT
Ukraine’s top commander says enemy sending reinforcements to area but lacks numbers for a major push
Russia’s foreign ministry said on Thursday it was finalising a proposal for “retaliatory measures” against the EU over the bloc’s ban on the broadcast of four Russian media outlets on its territory.
The EU said earlier this month it was suspending the distribution of the Voice of Europe, the RIA Novosti news agency and the Izvestia and Rossiyskaya Gazeta newspapers.
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Ukraine setbacks nudge Biden toward allowing use of U.S. weapons in Russia
Thu, 30 May 2024 14:19:19 +0000
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Critics of Putin and his allies targeted with spyware inside the EU
Thu, 30 May 2024 12:00:08 GMT
Israeli-made Pegasus cyberweapon used in hacking attempts on at least seven journalists and activists in EU
At least seven journalists and activists who have been vocal critics of the Kremlin and its allies have been targeted inside the EU by a state using Pegasus, the hacking spyware made by Israel’s NSO Group, according to a new report by security researchers.
The targets of the hacking attempts – who were first alerted to the attempted cyber-intrusions after receiving threat notifications from Apple on their iPhones – include Russian, Belarusian, Latvian and Israeli journalists and activists inside the EU.
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Seoul to offer cash to reverse vasectomies, untie tubes as birthrate falls
Thu, 30 May 2024 09:12:14 +0000
The South Korean capital — which has the country’s lowest fertility rate — plans to provide up to $730 to cover costs for reversing the sterilization procedures.
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As Ukraine stumbles in war, Kyiv and Western powers struggle to coordinate
Thu, 30 May 2024 09:03:50 +0000
Strategic disagreements between and among Ukraine and some of its biggest Western supporters, including the U.S., are hampering are the defense against Russia’s invasion..
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Italy’s PM says fascism is ‘consigned to history’. Not everyone is so sure
Thu, 30 May 2024 05:01:43 GMT
With the far right set to gain in European elections, is the extreme becoming mainstream in Italy?
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Quarter of political donations in EU go to extremist and populist parties, data reveals
Thu, 30 May 2024 04:00:20 GMT
Figures from 200 parties in 25 countries suggest hardline groups have had rise in donations in recent years, increasing war chests before European parliament elections
A quarter of all private money donated to political parties in the EU is going to far-right, far-left and populist movements, boosting their finances by millions of euros before crucial European parliament elections next week.
With the polls predicting a rise in support for hardline conservative, Eurosceptic and pro-Russia parties, the Guardian and other 26 media partners, led by the investigations group Follow the Money, are publishing Transparency Gap, the most extensive analysis yet of political financing in the EU.
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Election risks, safety summits and Scarlett Johansson: the week in AI – podcast
Thu, 30 May 2024 04:00:23 GMT
It’s been a busy week in the world of artificial intelligence. OpenAI found itself in hot water with Scarlett Johansson after launching its new chatbot, Sky, drawing comparisons to the Hollywood star’s character in the sci-fi film Her. In South Korea, the second global AI summit took place, and a report from the Alan Turing Institute explored how AI could influence elections. The Guardian’s UK technology editor, Alex Hern, tells Madeleine Finlay about what’s been happening
Clips: Today, BBC News
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How the Kremlin uses comics to glorify its war in Ukraine
Wed, 29 May 2024 23:46:37 GMT
Under a Kremlin-backed scheme, comics praising the invasion of Ukraine and glorifying Russian soldiers are being distributed to schools across Russia.
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Europe seeks to emulate NASA’s revolutionary commercial cargo program
Wed, 29 May 2024 23:15:55 +0000
European governments must commit more funding for the program to achieve its goals.
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Privacy Implications of Tracking Wireless Access Points
2024-05-29T11:01:24Z
Brian Krebs reports on research into geolocating routers:
Apple and the satellite-based broadband service Starlink each recently took steps to address new research into the potential security and privacy implications of how their services geolocate devices. Researchers from the University of Maryland say they relied on publicly available data from Apple to track the location of billions of devices globally—including non-Apple devices like Starlink systems—and found they could use this data to monitor the destruction of Gaza, as well as the movements and in many cases identities of Russian and Ukrainian troops...
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North Korea launches waste-filled balloons to taunt the South
Wed, 29 May 2024 07:31:41 +0000
The balloons carried trash and “filth,” according to South Korean authorities. They were a reaction to balloons previously sent by activists from the South.
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Why the Summer Could Be Disastrous for Ukraine
Tue, 28 May 2024 23:50:52 +0000
Amid a new advance by Russian forces, Zelensky faces enormous challenges in marshalling the equipment and the manpower necessary to keep them at bay.
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Jeremy Bowen: Ukraine faces its worst crisis since the war began
Tue, 28 May 2024 05:05:08 GMT
The composure Ukrainians show in the face of Russian attacks cannot conceal the dangers Kyiv faces in the summer ahead.
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As Trump trial hurtles towards verdict, are Americans paying attention?
Sun, 26 May 2024 05:01:21 GMT
It's been a historic event filled with salacious detail, but polls suggest a strange level of detachment.
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Ecuador Is Literally Powerless in the Face of Drought
Thu, 30 May 2024 18:51:48 +0000
Drought-stricken hydro dams have led to daily electricity cuts in Ecuador. As weather becomes less predictable die to climate change, experts say other countries need to take notice.
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No need for countries to issue new oil, gas or coal licences, study finds
Thu, 30 May 2024 18:00:16 GMT
Researchers say world has enough fossil fuel projects planned to meet demand forecasts to 2050 if net zero is reached
The world has enough fossil fuel projects planned to meet global energy demand forecasts to 2050 and governments should stop issuing new oil, gas and coal licences, according to a large study aimed at political leaders.
If governments deliver the changes promised in order to keep the world from breaching its climate targets no new fossil fuel projects will be needed, researchers at University College London and the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) said on Thursday.
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Greens keep it short and sweet to avoid the don’t-want-to-knows | Marina Hyde
Thu, 30 May 2024 16:59:00 GMT
The more people find out about the Green party’s policies, the more they tend to switch off. So today’s campaign launch was over in 15 minutes
The Green party campaign launch took place this morning in Bristol and lasted precisely 15 minutes. I’m not saying that going to Bristol for 15 minutes was the least green thing I’ve done all year, but it may make the top 10. I’m very sorry. I didn’t even manage to plant a question as offset.
Anyway, the launch featured some of the things you might expect – knitted green rosettes, a lot of jolly good points about sewage – and some you mightn’t. All the many ”vote Green” signs were plastic (maybe they don’t count as single-use) while the lecterns lit up (energy-efficient bulbs, perhaps).
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Match ID: 93 Score: 15.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
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Twin NASA Satellites Ready to Help Gauge Earth’s Energy Balance
Thu, 30 May 2024 16:01:04 +0000
Information from the PREFIRE mission will illuminate how clouds and water vapor in the Arctic and Antarctic influence the amount of heat the poles radiate into space. A pair of new shoebox-size NASA satellites will help unravel an atmospheric mystery that’s bedeviled scientists for years: how the behavior of clouds and water vapor at Earth’s […]
Match ID: 94 Score: 15.00 source: www.nasa.gov age: 0 days
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Origin Energy offered to sell Eraring power station to NSW government for $544m
Thu, 30 May 2024 15:00:15 GMT
Exclusive: Documents reveal offer was made three years before Origin and government reached deal to keep Australia’s biggest coal-fired power station open
Origin Energy offered to sell its Eraring power station to the New South Wales government for more than half a billion dollars before announcing it would close the plant in August 2025, a document now made public reveals.
The energy company, which last week announced a pact with the government to keep the nation’s biggest coal-fired power station open for at least another two years, had offered to sell back the privatised facility for $544m during negotiations in 2021.
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Match ID: 95 Score: 15.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
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Fracking wastewater has “shocking” amount of clean-energy mineral lithium
Thu, 30 May 2024 13:35:50 +0000
40% of US need for lithium could be covered by Pennsylvania's fracking byproduct.
Match ID: 96 Score: 15.00 source: arstechnica.com age: 0 days
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The ugly truth behind ChatGPT: AI is guzzling resources at planet-eating rates | Mariana Mazzucato
Thu, 30 May 2024 06:00:21 GMT
Big tech is playing its part in reaching net zero targets, but its vast new datacentres are run at huge cost to the environment
- Mariana Mazzucato is professor of economics at UCL, and director of the Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose
When you picture the tech industry, you probably think of things that don’t exist in physical space, such as the apps and internet browser on your phone. But the infrastructure required to store all this information – the physical datacentres housed in business parks and city outskirts – consume massive amounts of energy. Despite its name, the infrastructure used by the “cloud” accounts for more global greenhouse emissions than commercial flights. In 2018, for instance, the 5bn YouTube hits for the viral song Despacito used the same amount of energy it would take to heat 40,000 US homes annually.
This is a hugely environmentally destructive side to the tech industry. While it has played a big role in reaching net zero, giving us smart meters and efficient solar, it’s critical that we turn the spotlight on its environmental footprint. Large language models such as ChatGPT are some of the most energy-guzzling technologies of all. Research suggests, for instance, that about 700,000 litres of water could have been used to cool the machines that trained ChatGPT-3 at Microsoft’s data facilities. It is hardly news that the tech bubble’s self-glorification has obscured the uglier sides of this industry, from its proclivity for tax avoidance to its invasion of privacy and exploitation of our attention span. The industry’s environmental impact is a key issue, yet the companies that produce such models have stayed remarkably quiet about the amount of energy they consume – probably because they don’t want to spark our concern.
Mariana Mazzucato is professor in the economics of innovation and public value at University College London, where she is founding director of the UCL Institute for Innovation & Public Purpose
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Match ID: 97 Score: 15.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
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Climate and health benefits of wind and solar dwarf all subsidies
Wed, 29 May 2024 20:18:53 +0000
By displacing fossil fuels, wind and solar saved the US $250 billion over 4 years.
Match ID: 98 Score: 15.00 source: arstechnica.com age: 1 day
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7 tasks for your June home maintenance checklist
Wed, 29 May 2024 13:50:54 +0000
Focus your energy this month on chores that will make summer more enjoyable, or that are a lot easier to do before it gets too hot.
Match ID: 99 Score: 15.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 1 day
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On the Zero-Day Market
2024-05-24T11:07:53Z
New paper: “Zero Progress on Zero Days: How the Last Ten Years Created the Modern Spyware Market“:
Abstract: Spyware makes surveillance simple. The last ten years have seen a global market emerge for ready-made software that lets governments surveil their citizens and foreign adversaries alike and to do so more easily than when such work required tradecraft. The last ten years have also been marked by stark failures to control spyware and its precursors and components. This Article accounts for and critiques these failures, providing a socio-technical history since 2014, particularly focusing on the conversation about trade in zero-day vulnerabilities and exploits. Second, this Article applies lessons from these failures to guide regulatory efforts going forward. While recognizing that controlling this trade is difficult, I argue countries should focus on building and strengthening multilateral coalitions of the willing, rather than on strong-arming existing multilateral institutions into working on the problem. Individually, countries should focus on export controls and other sanctions that target specific bad actors, rather than focusing on restricting particular technologies. Last, I continue to call for transparency as a key part of oversight of domestic governments’ use of spyware and related components...
Match ID: 100 Score: 15.00 source: www.schneier.com age: 6 days
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Ukraine Faces a Crucial Moment in the War
Sun, 26 May 2024 10:00:00 +0000
Two years after Russia launched its invasion, the fighting is shifting in its favor.
Match ID: 101 Score: 14.29 source: www.newyorker.com age: 4 days
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The Bronx Cheers—Mostly—for Trump
Fri, 24 May 2024 23:41:53 +0000
Biden’s a pedophile; Trump’s a fascist; the MAGA Hasidim have to get their act together—and other sentiments spewed at the former President’s rally in Crotona Park.
Match ID: 102 Score: 14.29 source: www.newyorker.com age: 5 days
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How Many Charging Stations Would We Need to Totally Replace Gas Stations?
Mon, 27 May 2024 10:30:00 +0000
The United States could fully transition to electric vehicles in about 20 years. When that happens, we’re going to need a lot of chargers.
Match ID: 103 Score: 12.86 source: www.wired.com age: 3 days
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US Offshore Wind Farms Are Being Strangled With Red Tape
Sun, 26 May 2024 10:30:00 +0000
This year has seen wind farm costs rise and many projects canceled as developers struggle with opaque regulations and determined opposition—but the industry is far from dead.
Match ID: 104 Score: 10.71 source: www.wired.com age: 4 days
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In the Bronx, Donald Trump Goes to His Hateful, Happy Place
Fri, 24 May 2024 14:58:57 +0000
“Like it or not, this is a rally,” the former President said, seemingly a little embarrassed by the unremarkable size of the crowd.
Match ID: 105 Score: 10.71 source: www.newyorker.com age: 6 days
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The Unusual Espionage Act Case Against a Drone Photographer
Thu, 30 May 2024 10:30:00 +0000
In seemingly the first case of its kind, the US Justice Department has charged a Chinese national with using a drone to photograph a Virginia shipyard where the US Navy was assembling nuclear submarines.
Match ID: 106 Score: 10.00 source: www.wired.com age: 0 days
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Russia outsmarts Western sanctions—and China is paying attention
Wed, 21 Feb 2024 21:08:09 +0000
How the rise of middle powers helps America’s enemies
Match ID: 107 Score: 7.86 source: www.economist.com age: 98 days
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What is happening to gas and electricity bills?
Fri, 24 May 2024 09:51:56 GMT
A new energy price cap means the cost of electricity and gas will fall from 1 July.
Match ID: 108 Score: 6.43 source: www.bbc.co.uk age: 6 days
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Would America dare to bring down a Chinese bank?
Wed, 10 Apr 2024 18:26:59 +0000
Janet Yellen promises sanctions for those supporting Vladimir Putin’s war
Match ID: 109 Score: 5.00 source: www.economist.com age: 50 days
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Biden outdoes Trump with ultra-high China tariffs
Tue, 14 May 2024 16:23:33 +0000
The move, which hits electric vehicles, carries an environmental cost
Match ID: 110 Score: 3.57 source: www.economist.com age: 16 days
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Why a stronger dollar is dangerous
Tue, 23 Apr 2024 16:00:59 +0000
It sets the stage for a nasty new Trump-China clash, among other things
Match ID: 111 Score: 3.57 source: www.economist.com age: 37 days
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Trump Is Misleading You With Covid-Era Statistics. So Is Biden.
Fri, 19 Apr 2024 04:00:00 EST
Biden and Trump are both campaigning on warped economic statistics, cherry-picking weird data from the Covid crisis.
Match ID: 112 Score: 3.57 source: www.politico.com age: 41 days
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Even without war in the Gulf, pricier petrol is here to stay
Wed, 17 Apr 2024 15:59:46 +0000
Expensive oil could put Donald Trump in the White House
Match ID: 113 Score: 3.57 source: www.economist.com age: 43 days
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Europe’s economy is under attack from all sides
Tue, 26 Mar 2024 20:00:46 +0000
First Putin, now Xi. Next Trump?
Match ID: 114 Score: 3.57 source: www.economist.com age: 65 days
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The world is in the midst of a city-building boom
Thu, 07 Mar 2024 11:22:29 +0000
Everyone, from Donald Trump and Peter Thiel to Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, is getting involved
Match ID: 115 Score: 3.57 source: www.economist.com age: 84 days
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How Trump and Biden have failed to cut ties with China
Tue, 27 Feb 2024 18:46:06 +0000
It is hard to overcome economic incentives
Match ID: 116 Score: 3.57 source: www.economist.com age: 93 days
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Trump wants to whack Chinese firms. How badly could he hurt them?
Thu, 22 Feb 2024 10:41:31 +0000
History provides a guide
Match ID: 117 Score: 3.57 source: www.economist.com age: 98 days
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US says Russia likely launched anti-satellite weapon
Wed, 22 May 2024 04:22:18 GMT
The Russian satellite launched last week may be capable of attacking other satellites, the Pentagon says.
Match ID: 118 Score: 2.86 source: www.bbc.com age: 8 days
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US Official Warns a Cell Network Flaw Is Being Exploited for Spying
Sat, 18 May 2024 10:00:00 +0000
Plus: Three arrested in North Korean IT workers fraud ring, Tesla staffers shared videos from owners’ cars, and more.
Match ID: 119 Score: 2.86 source: www.wired.com age: 12 days
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Microsoft Deploys Generative AI for US Spies
Sat, 11 May 2024 10:30:00 +0000
Plus: China is suspected in a hack targeting the UK’s military, the US Marines are testing gun-toting robotic dogs, and Dell suffers a data breach impacting 49 million customers.
Match ID: 120 Score: 2.86 source: www.wired.com age: 19 days
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Russia’s gas business will never recover from the war in Ukraine
Thu, 02 May 2024 10:04:48 +0000
Hopes of a Chinese rescue look increasingly vain
Match ID: 121 Score: 2.86 source: www.economist.com age: 28 days
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Frozen Russian assets will soon pay for Ukraine’s war
Thu, 18 Apr 2024 09:54:20 +0000
And America now hopes to convince others to make better use of the stash
Match ID: 122 Score: 2.86 source: www.economist.com age: 42 days
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Ukrainian drone strikes are hurting Russia’s oil industry
Thu, 11 Apr 2024 09:51:54 +0000
The world’s third-largest producer is now an importer of petrol
Match ID: 123 Score: 2.86 source: www.economist.com age: 49 days
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How China, Russia and Iran are forging closer ties
Mon, 18 Mar 2024 19:52:43 +0000
Assessing the economic threat posed by the anti-Western axis
Match ID: 124 Score: 2.86 source: www.economist.com age: 73 days
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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: 125 Score: 2.86 source: www.economist.com age: 81 days
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What do you do with 191bn frozen euros owned by Russia?
Wed, 28 Feb 2024 21:21:18 +0000
The question that now confronts Western policymakers
Match ID: 126 Score: 2.86 source: www.economist.com age: 91 days
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Energy bills predicted to fall by 7% in July
Fri, 17 May 2024 11:47:34 GMT
If the forecast proves correct, it would mean a typical annual bill could be £500 lower than last summer.
Match ID: 127 Score: 2.14 source: www.bbc.com age: 13 days
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NASA Teammates Recall Favorite Memories Aboard Flying Laboratory
Tue, 14 May 2024 15:00:00 +0000
After flying more than three decades and 158 science campaigns, just one flight remains. NASA’s DC-8 Airborne Science Laboratory will make its final flight May 15 to Idaho State University in Pocatello, Idaho, where it will be used to train future aircraft technicians by providing real-world experience in the college’s Aircraft Maintenance Technology Program. Before […]
Match ID: 128 Score: 2.14 source: www.nasa.gov age: 16 days
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Meet NASA Women Behind World’s Largest Flying Laboratory
Mon, 13 May 2024 20:30:48 +0000
NASA’s DC-8 aircraft – the world’s largest flying science laboratory – began its science missions in 1987 and since then, has flown in service of the science community over places like Antarctica, Greenland, and Thailand. Aircraft like the DC-8 have enabled scientists to ask questions about life on Earth and explore them in a way […]
Match ID: 129 Score: 2.14 source: www.nasa.gov age: 17 days
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Global Emissions Could Peak Sooner Than You Think
Wed, 17 Jan 2024 12:00:00 +0000
Global deployment of solar and wind power, plus a surge in EV sales, means emissions from fossil-fuel-derived energy will finally hit the downward slope.
Match ID: 130 Score: 2.14 source: www.wired.com age: 134 days
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How Xi Jinping plans to overtake America
Sun, 31 Mar 2024 12:31:35 +0000
Digital twins, nuclear fusion and the small matter of fixing China’s economy
Match ID: 131 Score: 1.43 source: www.economist.com age: 60 days
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