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Tuesday briefing: What Ukraine might gain from two North Korean captives
Tue, 14 Jan 2025 06:48:28 GMT
In today’s newsletter: Kyiv’s interrogation footage of captured North Korean soldiers leads to questions about what it might do with the soldiers – and what the PoWs might do for them
Good morning. In a grinding war where significant changes at the front are hard to discern, a video released by Ukraine on Sunday is a rare point of focus: it featured two North Korean soldiers, answering questions from their Ukrainian captors, and weighing the circumstances of their presence in a conflict thousands of miles from home.
The video is, perhaps, not militarily significant. But it is a unique insight into one of the more extraordinary aspects of a conflict that has drawn in actors from all over the world, and is a crucible in which every participant is learning how modern wars are fought.
Economy | Rachel Reeves will remain as chancellor until the next general election, Keir Starmer has insisted, as he warned the Treasury would be “ruthless” over public spending cuts to help meet the government’s fiscal rules.
Gaza | Joe Biden has said his administration is on the brink of sealing a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas that could pause the war after more than 14 months of fighting. Biden administration officials have said they believe the deal may be concluded before Donald Trump’s inauguration next week.
US politics | Donald Trump would have been convicted of crimes over his failed attempt to cling to power in 2020 if he had not won the presidential election in 2024, according to the special counsel who investigated him. Jack Smith’s report detailing his team’s findings about Trump’s efforts to subvert democracy was released early on Tuesday.
UK news | A man accused of driving a young mother to suicide through domestic violence has been found guilty of assault and prolonged controlling behaviour but cleared of her manslaughter. Ryan Wellings, 30, was blamed from “beyond the grave” for the death of his partner, Kiena Dawes. Read more about the case.
‘Forever chemicals’ | The cost of cleaning up toxic forever chemical pollution could reach more than £1.6tn across the UK and Europe over a 20-year period, an annual bill of £84bn, research has found. PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) are used in everything from cosmetics to nonstick pans but are almost indestructible without human intervention.
[It is] unclear if North Korea will even claim the two captured soldiers as their own, given Moscow and Pyongyang’s refusal to officially admit that North Korean forces have been deployed to Russia. At the same time, Russia could claim them as their own and hand them over to North Korea after they are traded with Ukrainian PoWs.
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European jitters about Trump 2.0 not shared by much of world, poll finds
Tue, 14 Jan 2025 23:01:02 GMT
Exclusive: Findings suggest ‘weakening of west’ as relations become more transactional, say report’s authors
European anxiety about Donald Trump’s return to the White House is not shared in much of the world, a poll has shown, with more people in non-western powers such as China, Russia, India and Brazil welcoming his second term than not.
The 24-country poll, which also included Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Indonesia and Turkey, found that Switzerland, the UK, 11 EU nations surveyed and South Korea were alone in feeling Trump 2.0 would be bad for their country and for peace in the world.
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Oil prices tick higher after snapping 3-day winning streak
Wed, 15 Jan 2025 12:39:00 GMT
Oil futures were up modestly Wednesday, finding support after snapping a three-day winning streak that had been driven in part by wider U.S. sanctions on Russia as well as cold weather in much of the U.S. and Europe.
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Europe must take responsibility for its own security, says Polish minister
Wed, 15 Jan 2025 12:08:43 GMT
‘Very difficult time’ anticipated as Poland takes over EU presidency against backdrop of geopolitical uncertainty
Europe must “take responsibility” for its own security, Poland has told its fellow EU member states, as Warsaw takes over the rotating presidency of the bloc at a time of increasing geopolitical uncertainty.
Poland has started its six-month presidency as Donald Trump prepares to return to the White House having promised to bring a negotiated end to Russia’s war in neighbouring Ukraine and threatened to seize Greenland using military force.
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In the new Trumpian era, liberal democracies must hold their noses – and engage with difficult partners | Timothy Garton Ash
Wed, 15 Jan 2025 07:00:12 GMT
New polling says much of the world will welcome Trump. Europe will need to be more transactional abroad – but less so at home
When returning US president Donald Trump eyes up Greenland, Panama and Canada, as Vladimir Putin once eyed Crimea and Xi Jinping eyes Taiwan, he is both symptom and cause of a new world disorder. Trumpism is just one variant of transactionalism, which is the leitmotif of this new disorder. Liberal democracies, especially those in Europe, need to wake up and smell the gunpowder.
Russia and China are now revisionist great powers, which aim to change or overthrow the existing order, while middle powers like Turkey, Brazil and South Africa are happy to play with all sides. This is also a world of wars – in Ukraine, the Middle East and Sudan. Most Europeans carry on pretty much as if we still lived in late 20th-century peacetime, but the world around us increasingly resembles the late 19th-century Europe of fiercely competing great powers and empires writ large. For the geopolitical stage is now planetary, and most of the players are non-western states. Trump’s United States is likely to behave more like those other transactional great powers than like, say, Germany or Sweden.
Timothy Garton Ash is a Guardian columnist. He co-authored the report on the ECFR global poll with Ivan Krastev and Mark Leonard
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Trump’s Energy pick rejects link between climate change and wildfires
Wed, 15 Jan 2025 13:04:54 +0000
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Trump’s Crypto Council Chief Teamed Up With Sketchy Trump-Themed Meme Coin
Wed, 15 Jan 2025 10:00:00 +0000
And, when he ran for Congress, trust fund kid Bo Hines got half a million in support from FTX crypto fraudsters.
The post Trump’s Crypto Council Chief Teamed Up With Sketchy Trump-Themed Meme Coin appeared first on The Intercept.
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Democratic senators ask to postpone confirmation hearing for Trump’s energy pick
Tue, 14 Jan 2025 20:28:30 +0000
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Canada’s provincial leaders in disarray over response to Trump tariff threats
Tue, 14 Jan 2025 19:16:39 GMT
Responses range from conciliation to retaliation, including cutting off electricity and halting the purchase of US liquor
Canada’s provincial premiers are sharply divided on how to prepare for US trade tariffs, less than a week before Donald Trump takes office with a threat to dramatically reshape the relationship between the two countries.
Canadian officials have sought to defuse the crisis with personal appeals to the president-elect, multimillion-dollar advertising sprees and targeted threats, but the country remains gripped by uncertainty over how Trump’s tariffs might take effect. On Monday, Bloomberg reported that the incoming US administration is weighing hiking tariffs by 2%-5% a month to avoid spiking inflation.
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Anti-Al Capone tactics could work on people traffickers | Letters
Tue, 14 Jan 2025 18:09:12 GMT
Sanctions can play an important role in deterring the operation of criminal networks, writes Alex Prezanti; plus a letter from Ian Mynot
I read with great interest the foreign secretary’s opinion piece announcing the development of legislation for a new sanctions regime that specifically targets irregular migration and organised immigration crime (Journal, 8 January).
As a fellow barrister specialising in human rights, anti-corruption and sanctions, I am very curious about the scope and powers of the proposed law. Sanctions can play an important role in deterring the operation of criminal networks, by freezing their UK assets and cutting them off from UK financial and other services. Similar to tactics used by US prosecutors to bring down Al Capone in the 1930s, UK-based members of human trafficking networks may be easier to prosecute for violating sanctions than for the trafficking itself.
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Trump has right to consider Chagos deal, says No 10
Wed, 15 Jan 2025 14:46:22 GMT
The biggest island, Diego Garcia, hosts a joint UK-US airbase which is of strategic importance.
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Live updates: Senate to hold confirmation hearings for Trump picks including Pam Bondi, Marco Rubio
Wed, 15 Jan 2025 14:42:23 +0000
The Senate is accelerating the confirmation process Wednesday for President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet choices, scheduling half a dozen hearings.
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In written responses to questions from the Senate, Pam Bondi, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for attorney...
Wed, 15 Jan 2025 14:42:23 +0000
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How 'spirit guide' Usha Vance supported JD Vance's meteoric rise
Wed, 15 Jan 2025 14:31:17 GMT
The Vance's are often photographed hand-in-hand but since he was selected as Trump's VP, the couple has yet to sit for a news interview together.
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Trump’s attorney general pick Pam Bondi to face senators as key Republican says she’ll back Hegseth for Pentagon – US politics live
Wed, 15 Jan 2025 14:27:27 GMT
Bondi faces confirmation hearings alongside nominees Kristi Noem, Marco Rubio and CIA pick John Ratcliffe; Joni Ernst signals support for Pentagon pick
Donald Trump’s nominee for attorney general Pam Bondi is set to soon appear before the Senate judiciary committee for the first day of her confirmation hearings.
The former Florida attorney general has voiced support for Trump’s baseless claims that fraud was the cause of his re-election defeat in 2020. The president-elect nominated her to lead the justice department after his first choice, former congressman Matt Gaetz, bowed out amid reports of his sexual misconduct.
After four years of weakness in the White House, Americans deserve a strong Secretary of Defense. Our next commander in chief selected Pete Hegseth to serve in this role, and after our conversations, hearing from Iowans, and doing my job as a United States Senator, I will support President Trump’s pick for Secretary of Defense. As I serve on the Armed Services Committee, I will work with Pete to create the most lethal fighting force and hold him to his commitments of auditing the Pentagon, ensuring opportunity for women in combat while maintaining high standards, and selecting a senior official to address and prevent sexual assault in the ranks.
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Caroline Wiles, daughter of President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming White House chief of staff, Susie Wiles, has...
Wed, 15 Jan 2025 13:50:01 +0000
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Inflation heats up again, with prices weighing on Americans as Trump takes office
Wed, 15 Jan 2025 13:42:27 +0000
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US inflation ticks up in December and remains above Fed’s 2% target rate
Wed, 15 Jan 2025 13:40:08 GMT
Consumer price index rose at annual rate of 2.9% and while Trump promised to cut prices he now says it will be hard
Inflation ticked up across the US last month, according to the last report on consumer prices under the Biden administration.
Donald Trump has promised to bring prices down for millions of Americans. But while price rises have slowed sharply since their post-pandemic peak of 9.1%, the pace of inflation remains higher than the Federal Reserve’s target rate of 2% per annum.
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In written answers to questions from the Senate, Pam Bondi, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for attorney...
Wed, 15 Jan 2025 13:36:31 +0000
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The U.S. dollar has never been stronger, by one measure. That could create problems for investors.
Wed, 15 Jan 2025 13:32:00 GMT
As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to return to the White House, the U.S. dollar has, by at least one measure, never been stronger.
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Trump’s Treasury nominee Scott Bessent faces his Senate confirmation hearing. Here are 5 things to watch.
Wed, 15 Jan 2025 13:30:00 GMT
Scott Bessent, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Treasury secretary, will step into the spotlight this week, with the Senate Finance Committee scheduled to start his confirmation hearing at 10:30 a.m. Eastern time on Thursday.
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Trump’s threat to place conditions on fire aid outrages Democrats
Wed, 15 Jan 2025 13:00:56 +0000
Withholding natural disaster aid to force policy changes is unusual and would mark a major escalation in Republicans’ feuds with blue states.
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Trump trying to rewrite history in battle to bury Smith report, legal experts say
Wed, 15 Jan 2025 13:00:08 GMT
Ex-prosecutors alarmed by attempt to hide 2020 election subversion effort and by pledge to pardon January 6 rioters
Donald Trump’s desperate legal battles to block a damaging special counsel report about his efforts to subvert his 2020 election loss and his sentencing for a 34-count felony conviction in New York ultimately failed, but former prosecutors say they nevertheless reveal his continual disdain for the rule of law and his penchant for rewriting history.
One area where that may imminently play out, as Trump prepares to return to the White House, is with his repeated pledge to issue “major pardons” to participants in the 6 January 2021 assault on the Capitol in Washington.
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President-elect Donald Trump announced Wednesday he will nominate Keith Sonderling as the next deputy labor secretary....
Wed, 15 Jan 2025 12:46:23 +0000
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SEC lawsuit against Elon Musk is a big political test for Trump administration
Wed, 15 Jan 2025 12:36:00 GMT
Trump appointee Paul Atkins is set to face a major minefield upon taking over leadership of the SEC, given Musk’s close ties to the incoming president.
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Major banks are abandoning their climate alliance en masse. So much for ‘woke capital’ | Adrienne Buller
Wed, 15 Jan 2025 12:07:19 GMT
The scope of the Cop26 net zero banking alliance may have been limited, but the exodus of six US banks signifies a seismic political shift
Last week, as flames began tearing through greater Los Angeles, claiming multiple lives and forcing more than 100,000 people to evacuate, JP Morgan became the sixth major US bank to quit the Net Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA) since the start of December. A smaller story, certainly, but the departure of top US banks from the NZBA in the weeks since Donald Trump’s re-election nonetheless speaks to a seismic political shift prompting major financial institutions to turn away from the climate-related commitments they made in the optimistic years after the Paris agreement.
The NZBA is a voluntary network of global banks committed to “align lending and investment portfolios with net zero emissions by 2050”. It is part of the umbrella Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ), which counts among its membership dozens of “alliances” covering the various segments of global finance. For its part, the NZBA requires new members to submit science-aligned targets within 18 months of joining, alongside disclosing plans for and status updates on meeting them.
Adrienne Buller is director of The Break Down and the author of The Value of a Whale: on the illusions of green capitalism
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N.J. will stockpile abortion pills, governor says before Trump inauguration
Wed, 15 Jan 2025 12:03:36 +0000
Gov. Phil Murphy (D) said his state will begin stockpiling mifepristone “in light of the anti-choice policies supported by” Republican majorities in Congress.
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Trump’s attorney general pick to face scrutiny on first day of Senate hearing
Wed, 15 Jan 2025 12:00:08 GMT
Pam Bondi, first female Florida attorney general and Trump loyalist, will answer if she can resist White House pressure
Pam Bondi, Donald Trump’s nominee for attorney general, is expected to face scrutiny about her ability to resist political interference from the White House on Wednesday as she appears before the Senate judiciary committee for the first day of her confirmation hearing.
The hearing at 9.30 am comes at a crunch time for the department, which has faced unrelenting criticism from Trump after its prosecutors charged him in two federal criminal cases and is about to see Trump’s personal lawyers in those cases take over key leadership positions.
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Truce talks aided by Trump pressure and Hamas weakness, diplomat says
Wed, 15 Jan 2025 11:52:45 +0000
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Biden was the least popular president in polling history — besides Trump
Wed, 15 Jan 2025 11:45:50 +0000
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What happens if TikTok is banned?
Wed, 15 Jan 2025 11:00:48 GMT
Could there be ways to bypass the ban - and could president-elect Donald Trump find a way to stop the law?
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Analysis: Trump moves the needle on a Gaza ceasefire
Wed, 15 Jan 2025 06:56:26 +0000
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Trump moves the needle on a Gaza ceasefire
Wed, 15 Jan 2025 05:00:00 +0000
For months, Israel’s Prime Minister made a ceasefire deal seem impossible. Trump’s imminent return changed that.
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The SEC Is Suing Elon Musk. It’s All in the Timing
Wed, 15 Jan 2025 03:03:07 +0000
Less than a week before Donald Trump takes office, the SEC has filed a complaint against his most prominent benefactor.
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‘The entire community is just gone’: inside the Los Angeles wildfires – podcast
Wed, 15 Jan 2025 03:00:07 GMT
Gabrielle Canon reports from Los Angeles on the wildfires destroying homes and communities
As the Los Angeles wildfire spread closer to his home, George Elmaraghi was anxiously waiting for an evacuation order.
“When I saw the fire, from our backyard, almost parallel to our house, I was like, OK, we gotta go.”
George’s home in Altadena was destroyed in what is now the city’s most destructive wildfire. That fire is still burning and George and his family, along with 150,000 other displaced people, are now grappling with trauma, homelessness, insurance claims – and the ultimate decision of whether to rebuild or walk away.
For Gabrielle Canon, the Guardian’s extreme weather correspondent, this unprecedented fire must be understood as a compound climate disaster: the disastrous end result of a chain of events exacerbated by the climate crisis.
Gabrielle explains to Michael Safi why popular anger is growing around the Los Angeles mayor, Karen Bass, and unpacks the potential climate crisis implications of incoming US president Donald Trump’s record on misinformation, fossil fuel extraction and federal disaster response.
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Pete Hegseth, defense secretary pick, grilled during Senate confirmation hearing
Wed, 15 Jan 2025 02:19:11 +0000
The Senate begins holding confirmation hearings Tuesday for President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks, starting with Pete Hegseth for defense secretary.
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Democrats assail Hegseth as too divisive, inexperienced to run Pentagon
Wed, 15 Jan 2025 00:54:59 +0000
During a contentious hearing, Republicans rallied to the defense of Donald Trump’s pick for Pentagon chief as he faced tough questions about allegations of misconduct and his views on women.
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Hegseth, under Senate scrutiny, mutes critique of women in combat
Wed, 15 Jan 2025 00:37:45 +0000
Pete Hegseth, Trump’s choice for defense secretary, drew Democrats’ ire for past statements voicing strong opposition to female troops serving in combat units.
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Mike Johnson orders flags at the Capitol to be at full staff for Trump inauguration
Tue, 14 Jan 2025 23:53:02 +0000
The House speaker announced that the flags on the Hill will be raised for Trump’s inauguration and lowered the following day to honor the death of Jimmy Carter.
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In Greenland, a cold shoulder for Trump, but curiosity about U.S. ties
Tue, 14 Jan 2025 23:40:24 +0000
Greenland residents spoke to The Washington Post about President-elect Donald Trump’s proposed acquisition.
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What we learned from the Trump Jan. 6 report by special counsel Jack Smith
Tue, 14 Jan 2025 23:05:11 +0000
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Biden to remove Cuba from list of state sponsors of terrorism
Tue, 14 Jan 2025 22:49:09 GMT
Deal negotiated through Catholic church will involve ‘gradual’ release of 553 political prisoners, says Havana
The Biden administration has notified Congress that it will remove Cuba from its list of state sponsors of terrorism in a deal the country’s communist government said would involve the “gradual” release of 553 political prisoners.
The deal, which administration officials said was negotiated through the Catholic church, was announced on Tuesday, just five days before Biden exits the White House and Donald Trump is inaugurated as the country’s 47th president.
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Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg to attend Trump’s inauguration
Tue, 14 Jan 2025 22:33:54 +0000
They will be sitting on the dais during the swearing-in as Silicon Valley leaders aim to make inroads with Trump, who attacked Big Tech during his first presidency.
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Flags at the U.S. Capitol will be raised for Trump’s inauguration, Johnson says
Tue, 14 Jan 2025 22:32:01 +0000
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Maker of weight-loss drugs to ask Trump to pause price negotiations: Report
Tue, 14 Jan 2025 22:26:17 +0000
The next 15 drugs up for negotiation will be released soon and may include a GLP-1.
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Israel-Gaza ceasefire deal and hostage release in ‘final stages,’ Qatar says
Tue, 14 Jan 2025 22:08:51 +0000
A deal to halt the 15-month war and release hostages is “on the brink” of being finalized, Qatar’s Foreign Ministry said. President Joe Biden and Donald Trump also signaled optimism.
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Biden proposes front-of-pack food labels in his final days in office
Tue, 14 Jan 2025 21:58:52 +0000
The Biden administration's proposal is a last-ditch effort to put its stamp on the nation's food policy before President-elect Donald Trump takes office.
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Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg to attend Trump inauguration
Tue, 14 Jan 2025 21:28:06 +0000
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4 takeaways from Pete Hegseth’s confirmation hearing
Tue, 14 Jan 2025 20:46:34 +0000
Awkward exchanges about the defense secretary hopeful’s past were plentiful as Democrats went after the first embattled Trump pick to face a confirmation hearing.
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Congress Considers Putting Ken Paxton in Charge of Choosing Who to Deport
Tue, 14 Jan 2025 20:07:02 +0000
The Laken Riley Act authorizes state attorneys general to sue federal authorities to force deportations and block visas.
The post Congress Considers Putting Ken Paxton in Charge of Choosing Who to Deport appeared first on The Intercept.
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Michelle Obama to skip Trump’s inauguration, breaking with tradition
Tue, 14 Jan 2025 20:03:42 +0000
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Jack Smith’s final letter on Trump case offers little consolation and less justice
Tue, 14 Jan 2025 18:57:39 GMT
There is a certain pathos to special prosecutor’s insistence that his unfulfilled investigation was not in vain
A forlorn note from Jack Smith to Merrick Garland, the attorney general, provides a poignant epitaph into the unfulfilled and ultimately fruitless two-year criminal investigation into Donald Trump.
“While we were not able to bring the cases we charged to trial, I believe the fact that our team stood up for the rule of law matters,” the special prosecutor wrote in a letter attached to the 137-page report, which concludes that the president-elect would have been criminally convicted for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election if he had not been re-elected four years later.
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Pete Hegseth seems open to ordering soldiers to shoot protesters
Tue, 14 Jan 2025 18:50:25 +0000
Trump’s pick to lead the Defense Department indicates he would be willing to do what Mark Esper refused to do.
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Trump says he will create new ‘External Revenue Service’ office on Inauguration Day
Tue, 14 Jan 2025 18:35:28 +0000
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France must stand firm in face of ‘new world disorder’ embodied by Musk, says PM
Tue, 14 Jan 2025 18:24:44 GMT
François Bayrou said France must look global powers ‘face on’ in reference to Donald Trump’s return to office
The French prime minister has said the country must stand firm in the face of figures such as Elon Musk, who represents a “new world disorder”.
In his first policy speech to parliament on Tuesday, François Bayrou, a veteran centrist, said there was “a new world disorder, that threatens all equilibrium and all rules of defence. There are a certain number of people who embody this without complex, such as Elon Musk.”
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Pete Hegseth said he believes there will be a “recruiting renaissance” after Donald Trump takes office...
Tue, 14 Jan 2025 17:52:00 +0000
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Jack Smith’s subtle indictment of the Supreme Court
Tue, 14 Jan 2025 16:24:34 +0000
Special counsel Jack Smith’s final report on the Trump Jan. 6 case breaks little new evidentiary ground but suggests plenty of criticism for the Supreme Court.
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In his opening remarks, Pete Hegseth said President-elect Donald Trump has tasked him with bringing “the...
Tue, 14 Jan 2025 15:18:17 +0000
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The Trump election prosecution was about what he did, not his politics
Tue, 14 Jan 2025 15:16:37 +0000
Former special counsel Jack Smith’s report delineates how and why Trump’s actions were exceptional — and, he insists, provably illegal.
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Rep. Michael Waltz (R-Florida), President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to be national security adviser, described Hegseth as...
Tue, 14 Jan 2025 15:07:57 +0000
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Trumpland: carnival to insurrection – in pictures
Tue, 14 Jan 2025 09:00:06 GMT
Photojournalist JM Giordano has followed the rise of Donald Trump, from the carnival-like kick-off at his first rally in 2015, to the insurrection at the Capitol on 6 January 2021, when many thought his political career was over. Trump is unseen, but looms over Giordano’s new book, Trumpland, published by Nighted Life
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The Pressure Campaign to Get Pete Hegseth Confirmed as Defense Secretary
Tue, 14 Jan 2025 03:30:59 +0000
Supporters of Donald Trump’s nominee have intimidated potential witnesses and suppressed the F.B.I. background check of the former Fox News host in the run-up to his Senate hearing.
Match ID: 61 Score: 25.00 source: www.newyorker.com age: 1 day
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Iran is vulnerable to a Trumpian all-out economic assault
Mon, 13 Jan 2025 19:32:36 +0000
Oil prices are already at a five-month high
Match ID: 62 Score: 25.00 source: www.economist.com age: 1 day
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What Imperialist Game Is Donald Trump Playing with Greenland?
Mon, 13 Jan 2025 11:00:00 +0000
The President-elect’s brand of America First isolationism has always sat awkwardly with his Napoleonic tendencies.
Match ID: 63 Score: 25.00 source: www.newyorker.com age: 2 days
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The Money Money Money Issue
Mon, 13 Jan 2025 11:00:00 +0000
WIRED sent reporters far and wide to find out who controls the world's wealth. What did they find? Men. From Trump, Musk, and Putin to the CEOs, crypto schmoes, and solar bros, meet the patriarchy controlling the purse strings.
Match ID: 64 Score: 25.00 source: www.wired.com age: 2 days
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Rich Men Rule the World
Mon, 13 Jan 2025 11:00:00 +0000
The holders of the vast majority of the world’s wealth? Men. So many men—from Trump and Musk and Putin to every CEO, crypto schmo, and solar bro in between.
Match ID: 65 Score: 25.00 source: www.wired.com age: 2 days
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The Trump DOJ Loved Leaking, as Long as It Was to Rupert Murdoch’s Newspapers
Sun, 12 Jan 2025 11:00:00 +0000
The Trump administration spied on reporters to catch leakers. At the same time, it was leaking to right-wing media.
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Match ID: 66 Score: 21.43 source: theintercept.com age: 3 days
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The Inauguration of Trump’s Oligarchy
Sun, 12 Jan 2025 11:00:00 +0000
Certain business titans have made Mar-a-Lago a scene of such flagrant self-abnegation, ring-kissing, and genuflection that it would embarrass a medieval Pope.
Match ID: 67 Score: 21.43 source: www.newyorker.com age: 3 days
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'My country is in crisis': A divided South Korea grapples with Yoon's arrest
Wed, 15 Jan 2025 13:37:52 GMT
The country is deeply polarised by the president's attempt to impose martial law.
Match ID: 68 Score: 20.00 source: www.bbc.com age: 0 days
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‘A trash can for the US’: anger in Mexico and Canada over toxic waste shipments
Wed, 15 Jan 2025 12:00:10 GMT
Exclusive: US companies are increasingly shipping toxic waste to other countries, where some argue it poses a risk
US companies ship more than 1m tons of hazardous waste to other countries each year, raising questions over possible impacts on health and the environment, an investigation by the Guardian and Quinto Elemento Lab has found.
Exports of toxic waste, most of which is shipped to Mexico and Canada, have climbed 17% since 2018, US records show. And while sending it away for recycling and disposal is legal, some experts are concerned that more and more of America’s most dangerous discards are leaving the country.
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Match ID: 69 Score: 20.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
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South Korea’s Yoon Suk Yeol arrested after hours-long standoff at residence
Wed, 15 Jan 2025 10:28:13 GMT
Impeached president questioned over martial law declaration a month after first arrest attempt ended in stalemate
South Korea’s impeached president, Yoon Suk Yeol, has been arrested and is being questioned over his ill-fated declaration of martial law last month, anti-corruption investigators have said, bringing to an end an early-morning standoff outside his official residence in Seoul.
His detention makes him the first sitting president in the country’s history to be arrested.
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Match ID: 70 Score: 20.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
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South Korea’s President Yoon has been detained. Here’s what to know.
Wed, 15 Jan 2025 10:00:39 +0000
President Yoon Suk Yeol, who has already been impeached, became South Korea’s first sitting leader to be detained after weeks of openly defying authorities.
Match ID: 71 Score: 20.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 0 days
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Escalating armed conflict is most urgent threat for world in 2025, say global leaders
Wed, 15 Jan 2025 09:30:14 GMT
World Economic Forum says responses from experts in business, politics and academia also highlight climate crisis
Global leaders have said that escalating armed conflict is the most urgent threat in 2025 but the climate emergency is expected to cause the greatest concern over the next decade, according to the World Economic Forum.
Ahead of its yearly gathering in the Swiss ski resort of Davos next week, the WEF asked more than 900 leaders from business, politics and academia about the risks that most concern them.
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Match ID: 72 Score: 20.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
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Wednesday briefing: What a Gaza ceasefire might look like
Wed, 15 Jan 2025 07:03:15 GMT
In today’s newsletter: With reports of a breakthrough in ceasefire negotiations, a look at what the detail includes – and what its obstacles are
Good morning. After months of false starts, Israel and Hamas are close to agreeing a ceasefire that would involve the release of hostages and a major influx of aid into Gaza. Last night, both sides appeared to have accepted the outlines of a deal, with Reuters reporting that once Israel delivers maps showing how its forces will withdraw from Gaza, Hamas will give its response.
“It’s closer than it’s ever been before,” US secretary of state Antony Blinken said yesterday. “But, right now, as we sit here, we await final word from Hamas on its acceptance, and until we get that word, we’ll remain on the brink.”
Economy | UK inflation unexpectedly fell in December, handing some breathing space to the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, after a week of turbulence in financial markets. Figures from the Office for National Statistics showed the consumer prices index eased to 2.5%, below a reading of 2.6% in November.
UK politics | Tulip Siddiq has resigned as a Treasury minister after accepting the furore over her close ties to her aunt, the ousted prime minister of Bangladesh now accused of corruption, had become a distraction. An investigation found no evidence of wrongdoing but said a lack of records meant that it was not possible “to obtain comprehensive comfort” over properties linked to Sheikh Hasina.
South Korea | South Korea’s impeached president, Yoon Suk Yeol, has been arrested and is being questioned over his ill-fated declaration of martial law last month, anti-corruption investigators said on Wednesday, bringing to an end an early-morning standoff outside his official residence in Seoul.
Health | Doctors are proposing a “radical overhaul” of how obesity is diagnosed worldwide amid concerns that a reliance on body mass index may be causing millions of people to be misdiagnosed. Relying only on BMI is “ineffective” because it is not a direct measure of fat and does not provide information about a person’s health, a report by the Lancet commission said.
Comedy | The comedian and actor Tony Slattery has died aged 65 after a heart attack, his partner has announced. Slattery was known for his improvisations on the popular comedy show Whose Line Is It Anyway?, as well as his appearances on Just a Minute and Have I Got News for You.
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Match ID: 73 Score: 20.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
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South Korea’s impeached president detained over martial law gambit
Wed, 15 Jan 2025 06:39:24 +0000
Yoon Suk Yeol, who is facing insurrection charges after his effort to impose martial law last month, becomes the first South Korean president to be detained while in office.
Match ID: 74 Score: 20.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 0 days
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Exiled, shot, impeached, jailed: A history of South Korean presidents
Wed, 15 Jan 2025 05:30:29 +0000
Impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol is the latest in a long line of leaders to have their political careers marred by scandal or meet an otherwise unfortunate end.
Match ID: 75 Score: 20.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 0 days
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Ban on Chinese connected-car software is almost ready
Tue, 14 Jan 2025 19:09:56 +0000
There are some exemptions, but the rule would block imports from MY2027.
Match ID: 76 Score: 20.00 source: arstechnica.com age: 0 days
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U.S. support for Ukraine in its war against Russia, one of the biggest issues facing the...
Tue, 14 Jan 2025 18:46:07 +0000
Match ID: 77 Score: 20.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 0 days
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NATO launches new naval operation in Baltic Sea after severing of cables
Tue, 14 Jan 2025 13:09:40 +0000
The Baltic Sea operation in the region bordering Russia comes as European fears of sabotage mount after a string of disruptions to underwater cables.
Match ID: 78 Score: 20.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 1 day
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Yoon Suk Yeol impeachment: trial of suspended South Korean president begins
Tue, 14 Jan 2025 06:04:59 GMT
First of five hearings into martial law declaration lasts only minutes, while Yoon Suk Yeol remains holed up inside his presidential compound
The first hearing in the impeachment trial of South Korea’s suspended president, Yoon Suk Yeol, ended after just a few minutes on Tuesday as Yoon failed to appear at the constitutional court.
The court’s justices have about five months to decide whether to strip Yoon of his presidential duties over his short-lived declaration of martial law on 3 December or return him to office.
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Match ID: 79 Score: 20.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 1 day
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Philby had to choose ‘between suicide and prosecution’ before 1963 defection
Tue, 14 Jan 2025 00:01:43 GMT
Files released by National Archives reveal moment double agent was confronted by MI6 officer Nicholas Elliot
Cambridge spy Kim Philby said his choice was “between suicide and prosecution” in a confession shortly before the high-ranking M16 double agent fled on a Russian steamer in 1963, according to previously secret documents.
Philby, the “third man” in the Cambridge Five ring, was confronted by his friend, the MI6 officer Nicholas Elliott, who had been sent by the British security services to persuade Philby to confess.
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Match ID: 80 Score: 20.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 1 day
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South Korea's impeached president gets a pay rise while still resisting arrest
Mon, 13 Jan 2025 11:49:33 GMT
Yoon Suk Yeol’s failed coup attempt in December plunged country into worst political crisis in decades
The impeached South Korean president, Yoon Suk Yeol, will receive a pay rise, official documents revealed, as he continues to resist arrest over his ill-fated martial law declaration.
Yoon suspended civilian rule on 3 December, sending soldiers into parliament and plunging the country into its worst political crisis in decades. He was forced to backtrack hours later.
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Match ID: 81 Score: 20.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 2 days
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Queer, HIV-Positive, and Running Out of Medication in Gaza
Mon, 13 Jan 2025 10:11:39 +0000
A year in Palestine, living in fear of not just genocide — but AIDS.
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Match ID: 82 Score: 20.00 source: theintercept.com age: 2 days
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Searching for Justice and the Missing in the New Syria
Thu, 09 Jan 2025 12:30:00 +0000
The prisons are open, the secret files are unlocked. Now Syrians are trying to figure out how to hold war criminals accountable.
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Match ID: 83 Score: 19.29 source: theintercept.com age: 6 days
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My Ban From X Is About One Simple Thing: Elon Musk Controlling the Flow of Information
Wed, 08 Jan 2025 18:26:14 +0000
Whether it’s banning articles on X or killing fact checks on Meta, the only constant is that it benefits the powerful.
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Match ID: 84 Score: 19.29 source: theintercept.com age: 6 days
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She Lost Her Dad to Trump’s Killing Spree. Now She Wants Biden to Clear His Name.
Sat, 11 Jan 2025 12:00:00 +0000
Alfred Bourgeois’s daughter is convinced of his innocence. In the four years since his execution, she has waged a sometimes-lonely battle to prove it.
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Match ID: 85 Score: 17.86 source: theintercept.com age: 4 days
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What the End of Meta’s Fact-Checking Program Means for the Future of Free Speech
Sat, 11 Jan 2025 11:00:00 +0000
Meta’s decision to stop fact-checking or moderating content on its platforms signals fealty to Donald Trump.
Match ID: 86 Score: 17.86 source: www.newyorker.com age: 4 days
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A Tale of Two Justice Systems: Only Trump Gets Convicted of 34 Felonies and Receives No Punishment
Sat, 11 Jan 2025 01:20:37 +0000
Public defenders and legal professionals said they never see the leniency offered to Trump given to other defendants.
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Match ID: 87 Score: 17.86 source: theintercept.com age: 4 days
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Facebook Fact Checks Were Never Going to Save Us. They Just Made Liberals Feel Better.
Tue, 07 Jan 2025 20:23:02 +0000
Billionaires gonna billionaire — and lick the boots of whoever will bring them more riches and impunity.
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Match ID: 88 Score: 17.14 source: theintercept.com age: 7 days
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Congress Loves Crypto. So Why Do So Few Members Buy It?
Wed, 08 Jan 2025 09:00:00 +0000
And why those that do aren’t just trading in meme coins for the lulz.
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Match ID: 89 Score: 15.71 source: theintercept.com age: 7 days
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Conor Gallagher is at the centre of Atlético Madrid’s charge up La Liga
Wed, 15 Jan 2025 12:40:05 GMT
The English midfielder has given Diego Simeone’s team balance – and helped them win 14 games in a row
By Robbie Dunne for Opta Analyst
Andrea Berta left Atlético Madrid earlier this month after a decade as the club’s sporting director. As a parting gift, he gave Diego Simeone a treasure chest of new signings. Robin Le Normand, Alexander Sørloth, Julián Alvarez and Conor Gallagher arrived during an unprecedented summer of spending by the club. Clément Lenglet was added as a free agent and Giuliano Simeone was promoted to the first team to complete a squad the likes of which Atlético fans have not seen for a very long time.
The new players are having an impact. Atléti have won their last 14 games, the longest winning run in the club’s history. They are top of La Liga and guaranteed at least a place in the playoffs of the Champions League. What’s more exciting is that the team looks refreshed. The new signings are close to their prime years, with Gallagher and Alvarez, both 24, still only really getting started. The injection of energy means Simeone can push the limits of his squad.
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Match ID: 90 Score: 15.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
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Great Britain’s energy grid operator closes connection queue
Wed, 15 Jan 2025 12:00:58 GMT
Neso says ‘short pause’ will help ease logjam delaying vital green projects, as unfunded ‘zombie projects’ block queue
Great Britain’s energy system operator has been forced to block new electricity projects from joining the decade-long queue for a grid connection, to stop the growing logjam from delaying vital green developments.
The National Energy System Operator (Neso) says it plans to use the “short pause” to overhaul application rules that have allowed a surge of unfunded project proposals to join the queue, blocking the progress of legitimate green investments.
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Match ID: 91 Score: 15.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
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Arteta must revive Emirates roar as much as Arsenal’s fortunes on pitch
Wed, 15 Jan 2025 08:00:15 GMT
With Tottenham next up at home, Gunners manager must restore the positivity of the 2022-23 season
Mikel Arteta was sitting in the Emirates Stadium away dugout when he realised the scale of the task that awaited him. It was December 2019, and although he was still nominally the assistant manager of Manchester City, cruising to a 3-0 victory against Arsenal, thoughts were naturally beginning to turn towards the project he had secretly decided to take on. And – to put it mildly – he was alarmed.
This wasn’t simply a case of how bad Arsenal were on the pitch. Performance is a fickle thing. There are known variables, measurable objectives. Performance you can fix. But the energy in the stadium, the disgruntlement, the disconnect between the players on the pitch and the fans in the stands: as Arteta contemplated his first job in management, this was the challenge that worried him the most.
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Match ID: 92 Score: 15.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
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‘Solar Mamas empower our people by giving them electricity’: the women lighting up Zanzibar
Wed, 15 Jan 2025 05:00:10 GMT
Women with little to no formal education trained to become solar technicians, transforming villages and tackling patriarchal norms
In a dimly lit corridor of a mud-walled house nestled among coconut trees, Sharifa Hussein stripped red and black cables, a screwdriver voltage tester balanced between her lips and rolls of cable lying by her feet.
Then, with the help of three other women, she attached the two wires to an electronic device nailed on the wall.
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Match ID: 93 Score: 15.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
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Roman Space Telescope Wide Field Instrument Poster
Tue, 14 Jan 2025 23:10:13 +0000
The Wide-Field Instrument (WFI), the primary instrument aboard NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, is a 300-megapixel visible and infrared camera that will allow scientists to perform revolutionary astrophysics surveys. This specialized camera detects faint light across the cosmos and will be used to study a wide range of astrophysics topics including the expansion and […]
Match ID: 94 Score: 15.00 source: science.nasa.gov age: 0 days
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New Simulated Universe Previews Panoramas From NASA’s Roman Telescope
Tue, 14 Jan 2025 15:15:00 +0000
Astronomers have released a set of more than a million simulated images showcasing the cosmos as NASA’s upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will see it. This preview will help scientists explore a myriad of Roman’s science goals. “We used a supercomputer to create a synthetic universe and simulated billions of years of evolution, tracing […]
Match ID: 95 Score: 15.00 source: www.nasa.gov age: 0 days
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The Spectacular Burnout of a Solar Panel Salesman
Mon, 13 Jan 2025 11:00:00 +0000
He thought he’d make millions of dollars selling solar panels door-to-door. The reality was much darker.
Match ID: 96 Score: 15.00 source: www.wired.com age: 2 days
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Leaked Meta Rules: Users Are Free to Post “Mexican Immigrants Are Trash!” or “Trans People Are Immoral”
Fri, 10 Jan 2025 00:45:48 +0000
Under Meta’s relaxed hate speech rules, users can now post “I’m a proud racist” or “Black people are more violent than whites.”
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Match ID: 97 Score: 14.29 source: theintercept.com age: 5 days
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King Donald and the Presidents at the National Cathedral
Thu, 09 Jan 2025 23:48:23 +0000
A report from Jimmy Carter’s—and Joe Biden’s—long goodbye.
Match ID: 98 Score: 14.29 source: www.newyorker.com age: 5 days
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How the US TikTok Ban Would Actually Work
Thu, 09 Jan 2025 19:46:27 +0000
The fate of TikTok now rests in the hands of the US Supreme Court. If a law banning the social video app this month is upheld, it won’t disappear from your phone—but it will get messy fast.
Match ID: 99 Score: 14.29 source: www.wired.com age: 5 days
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ADL Chief Invokes Pager Attack as Inspiration for Taking on Internet Trolls
Thu, 09 Jan 2025 16:20:38 +0000
In a speech to Israel’s parliament, Jonathan Greenblatt admits the ADL’s battle against antisemitism is losing — but blows it on what to do.
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Match ID: 100 Score: 14.29 source: theintercept.com age: 5 days
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The TikTok Ban Is Also About Hiding Pro-Palestinian Content. Republicans Said So Themselves.
Thu, 09 Jan 2025 15:51:59 +0000
Conservatives have been hyperfixated on TikTok content that’s sympathetic with Gaza — and accused the company of algorithmic bias against Israel.
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Match ID: 101 Score: 14.29 source: theintercept.com age: 5 days
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Do Russians Really Support the War in Ukraine?
Fri, 10 Jan 2025 11:00:00 +0000
A group of sociologists found that few Russians were steadfast supporters of the war. Most had something more complicated to say.
Match ID: 102 Score: 11.43 source: www.newyorker.com age: 5 days
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Sanctions are sinking Russia’s flagship gas project
Thu, 07 Nov 2024 11:09:08 +0000
Whether that lasts is up to Donald Trump
Match ID: 103 Score: 11.43 source: www.economist.com age: 69 days
qualifiers: 5.00 sanctions, 3.57 trump, 2.86 russia
One Environmental Journalist Thinks That the U.S. Needs More Mining
Fri, 10 Jan 2025 19:00:00 +0000
Mining for rare-earth metals has severe environmental consequences. Speaking with Elizabeth Kolbert, the journalist Vince Beiser says that the U.S. needs more of it.
Match ID: 104 Score: 10.71 source: www.newyorker.com age: 4 days
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To Ban TikTok, Supreme Court Would Rank “National Security” Before First Amendment
Wed, 08 Jan 2025 17:30:00 +0000
Critics worry that a sweeping ban based on predictions rather than more concrete proof of TikTok’s security risks sets a precedent in line with repressive regimes.
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Match ID: 105 Score: 10.71 source: theintercept.com age: 6 days
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NASA Small Business Funding Enables Aircraft Inspection by Drone
Mon, 13 Jan 2025 15:50:52 +0000
A small business called Near Earth Autonomy developed a time-saving solution using drones for pre-flight checks of commercial airliners through a NASA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program and a partnership with The Boeing Company. Before commercial airliners are deemed safe to fly before each trip, a pre-flight inspection must be completed. This process can […]
Match ID: 106 Score: 10.00 source: www.nasa.gov age: 1 day
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The Most Dangerous People on the Internet in 2024
Mon, 30 Dec 2024 11:30:00 +0000
From Elon Musk and Donald Trump to state-sponsored hackers and crypto scammers, this was the year the online agents of chaos gained ground.
Match ID: 107 Score: 6.43 source: www.wired.com age: 16 days
qualifiers: 3.57 trump, 2.86 russia
How much oil can Trump pump?
Mon, 09 Dec 2024 18:44:21 +0000
The president-elect wants to be the ultimate energy baron
Match ID: 108 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 36 days
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Trump wastes no time in reigniting trade wars
Tue, 26 Nov 2024 14:24:15 +0000
Canada and Mexico look likely to suffer
Match ID: 109 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 50 days
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The biggest losers from Trumponomics
Thu, 14 Nov 2024 10:39:40 +0000
America’s president-elect wants to reshape trade, capital and labour flows
Match ID: 110 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 62 days
qualifiers: 3.57 trump, 2.14 trump
The return of Trumponomics excites markets but frightens the world
Wed, 06 Nov 2024 15:44:16 +0000
It may bring stronger growth, higher inflation and a global trade war
Match ID: 111 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 69 days
qualifiers: 3.57 trump, 2.14 trump
Why investors’ “Trump trade” might be flawed
Sun, 03 Nov 2024 10:37:43 +0000
Markets are betting Trump 2.0 would boost the dollar. It could fall instead
Match ID: 112 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 73 days
qualifiers: 3.57 trump, 2.14 trump
Donald Trump’s trade hawk is plotting behind bars
Tue, 11 Jun 2024 17:48:56 +0000
Peter Navarro’s dark vision of the global economy could shape Trump 2
Match ID: 113 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 217 days
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US Treasury Department Sanctions Chinese Company Over Cyberattacks
2025-01-07T12:00:42Z
From the Washington Post:
The sanctions target Beijing Integrity Technology Group, which U.S. officials say employed workers responsible for the Flax Typhoon attacks which compromised devices including routers and internet-enabled cameras to infiltrate government and industrial targets in the United States, Taiwan, Europe and elsewhere.
Match ID: 114 Score: 5.00 source: www.schneier.com age: 8 days
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How vulnerable is Israel to sanctions?
Thu, 15 Aug 2024 09:56:50 +0000
So far, measures have had little effect. That could change
Match ID: 115 Score: 5.00 source: www.economist.com age: 153 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: 116 Score: 5.00 source: www.economist.com age: 279 days
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Will Elon Musk dominate President Trump’s economic policy?
Thu, 02 Jan 2025 09:49:34 +0000
He will face challenges from both America firsters and conservative mainstreamers
Match ID: 117 Score: 3.57 source: www.economist.com age: 13 days
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What investors expect from President Trump
Wed, 01 Jan 2025 15:25:47 +0000
Shareholders are over the moon; bondholders are readying the whip hand
Match ID: 118 Score: 3.57 source: www.economist.com age: 13 days
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Trump asks Supreme Court to pause TikTok ban
Sat, 28 Dec 2024 00:32:00 GMT
Match ID: 119 Score: 3.57 source: www.marketwatch.com age: 18 days
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Stephen Miran is Trump's pick to lead Council of Economic Advisers
Sun, 22 Dec 2024 11:48:07 EST
Miran has called for a sweeping overhaul of the Fed to ensure greater political control over the central bank, including giving the president the power to fire board members at will.
Match ID: 120 Score: 3.57 source: www.politico.com age: 23 days
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The Federal Reserve takes on Trump—and stubborn inflation
Thu, 12 Dec 2024 11:12:20 +0000
Time for Jerome Powell to enter the octagon
Match ID: 121 Score: 3.57 source: www.economist.com age: 34 days
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Biden: Trump’s tax and tariffs plans are a ‘major mistake’
Tue, 10 Dec 2024 15:20:21 EST
Five weeks after the election, the president took his sharpest swing at Trump’s policy plans.
Match ID: 122 Score: 3.57 source: www.politico.com age: 35 days
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How China will strike back at Trump
Sun, 01 Dec 2024 16:45:27 +0000
Xi Jinping has set out his tariff red lines. What if America crosses them?
Match ID: 123 Score: 3.57 source: www.economist.com age: 44 days
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Why everyone wants to lend to weak companies
Thu, 28 Nov 2024 10:58:45 +0000
An unanticipated side-effect of Donald Trump’s election victory
Match ID: 124 Score: 3.57 source: www.economist.com age: 48 days
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Trump voters feel very differently about things now that he’s won, our new poll shows
Wed, 27 Nov 2024 16:47:39 EST
A pair of POLITICO|Morning Consult polls, one conducted in the final days of the election and the other conducted after Trump won, show how public opinion has changed.
Match ID: 125 Score: 3.57 source: www.politico.com age: 48 days
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How Trump, Starmer and Macron can avoid a debt crunch
Sun, 24 Nov 2024 16:25:06 +0000
With deficits soaring, their finance ministers will have to be smart
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What Scott Bessent’s appointment means for the Trump administration
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The president-elect’s nominee for treasury secretary faces a gruelling job
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What Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders get wrong about credit cards
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 11:05:10 +0000
Forget interest rates. Rewards are the real problem
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Donald Trump’s gas war is about to begin
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 10:52:57 +0000
It could annoy some of his most loyal supporters
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Why crypto mania is reaching new heights
Tue, 12 Nov 2024 19:49:32 +0000
Are bitcoin bros right to be so thrilled by Donald Trump’s victory?
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America’s strengthening dollar will rattle the rest of the world
Sun, 10 Nov 2024 15:53:02 +0000
Donald Trump’s policies could send the greenback soaring
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What betting markets got right and wrong about Trump’s victory
Thu, 07 Nov 2024 11:50:03 +0000
They might have simply been lucky, or biased
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Donald Trump would leave Asia with only bad options
Wed, 30 Oct 2024 18:16:07 +0000
The continent’s policymakers are too relaxed about the risks
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Trump’s trillion-dollar tax cuts are spiralling out of control
Thu, 17 Oct 2024 09:59:12 +0000
His zany promises would blow up the deficit
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An American sovereign-wealth fund is a risky idea
Thu, 12 Sep 2024 10:04:28 +0000
Donald Trump’s latest proposal has worryingly broad support
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Gary Gensler is the most controversial man in American finance
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Donald Trump is just the latest to take a swing. In an interview with The Economist, the SEC chair defends his record
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Donald Trump wants a weaker dollar. What are his options?
Thu, 25 Jul 2024 09:41:16 +0000
All come with their own drawbacks
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Trumponomics would not be as bad as most expect
Thu, 11 Jul 2024 09:35:08 +0000
Opposition would come from all angles
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Is America approaching peak tip?
Thu, 20 Jun 2024 10:05:29 +0000
The country’s gratuity madness may soon calm, so long as Donald Trump does not get his way
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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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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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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
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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?
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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
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The Worst Hacks of 2024
Thu, 26 Dec 2024 10:30:00 +0000
From Chinese cyberspies breaching US telecoms to ruthless ransomware gangs disrupting health care for millions of people, 2024 saw some of the worst hacks, breaches, and data leaks ever.
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The Invisible Russia-Ukraine Battlefield
Mon, 23 Dec 2024 10:00:00 +0000
In Russia’s war against Ukraine, electronic warfare, including signal-jamming, anti-drone weapons, and innovative protections for critical military systems, has become a key piece of the conflict.
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2024: NASA Armstrong Prepares for Future Innovative Research Efforts
Fri, 20 Dec 2024 18:01:00 +0000
NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, is preparing today for tomorrow’s mission. Supersonic flight, next generation aircraft, advanced air mobility, climate changes, human exploration of space, and the next innovation are just some of the topics our researchers, engineers, and mission support teams focused on in 2024. NASA Armstrong began 2024 with the […]
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The ART of training
Fri, 20 Dec 2024 11:38:00 +0100
For the first group of ESA’s Astronaut Reserve, two intensive months of Astronaut Reserve Training (ART) have come to a close. During this initial training phase, members of the ESA Astronaut Reserve Sara García Alonso from Spain, Andrea Patassa from Italy, Arnaud Prost from France, Amelie Schoenenwald from Germany, and Aleš Svoboda from Czechia were introduced to essential skills required for future space exploration and scientific research.
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Ukraine is winning the economic war against Russia
Wed, 18 Dec 2024 19:51:43 +0000
Whether that lasts depends on its ability to overcome acute shortages of power, men and money
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Russia’s plunging currency spells trouble for its war effort
Sun, 01 Dec 2024 14:44:25 +0000
Supplies from China are about to become more expensive
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Vladimir Putin is in a painful economic bind
Mon, 18 Nov 2024 18:53:16 +0000
Russia’s reliance on China is becoming a problem
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How Vladimir Putin hopes to transform Russian trade
Wed, 28 Aug 2024 17:44:29 +0000
He believes the country’s future lies with China and India. What could go wrong?
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Vladimir Putin spends big—and sends Russia’s economy soaring
Sun, 11 Aug 2024 15:58:18 +0000
How long can the party last?
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How Vladimir Putin created a housing bubble
Mon, 22 Jul 2024 15:39:56 +0000
Prices have risen by 172% in Russia’s biggest cities over the past three years
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European banks are making heady profits in Russia
Thu, 06 Jun 2024 09:56:28 +0000
But for how much longer?
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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
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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
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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
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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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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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Europe faces an unusual problem: ultra-cheap energy
Thu, 20 Jun 2024 09:53:05 +0000
The continent is failing to adapt to a renewables boom
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Fusion Sparks an Energy Revolution
Wed, 19 Jun 2024 14:00:00 +0000
After hitting a power-output milestone, fusion technology is ready to graduate from small-scale lab experiment to full-sized power plant.
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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.
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U.S. stock futures and bond yields drop on reports Putin has updated nuclear doctrine
Tue, 19 Nov 2024 08:55:00 GMT
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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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The 33 Best Shows on Apple TV+ Right Now (January 2025)
Tue, 14 Jan 2025 20:00:00 +0000
Severance, Silo, and Slow Horses are among the best shows on Apple TV+ this month.
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The 25 Best Shows on Amazon Prime Right Now (January 2025)
Sat, 11 Jan 2025 12:00:00 +0000
Citadel: Diana, The Rig, and Fallout are just a few of the shows you should be watching on Amazon Prime Video this week.
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Revenge: After the Levoyah review – five embark on a plot to kidnap Jeremy Corbyn
Wed, 15 Jan 2025 14:03:58 GMT
The Yard theatre, London
Twentysomething twins, a rabbi, a Holocaust survivor and an East End thug embark on an ingenious heist movie parody that’s also a deft exploration of being Jewish today
It begins with the accidental murder of a neo-Nazi plumber in the home of a pair of Essex-born Jewish twins. Soon enough, it has turned into a full-on heist movie parody involving a motley group of Jewish vigilantes – a rabbi, a Holocaust survivor and an East End thug, alongside the reluctant twins.
Their plan is to kidnap former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, facing charges of antisemitism in his party. Cue guns, helicopters and car chases, along with cameos from MI5, the CIA, the Mossad and a truckload of broad Jewish stereotypes.
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Baftas 2025: Conclave leads a pack of underdog tales – and Kneecap may already have won
Wed, 15 Jan 2025 13:09:53 GMT
The wonderfully watchable pope-voting movie has 12 righteous nominations – but films about defiant outsiders have clearly captured voters’ imaginations
• Read the full list of nominations
• Conclave blessed while Kidman shut out
These Bafta nominations have given us the traditional buffet of snubs for industry observers to frown at. Nothing at all for Luca Guadagnino’s tremendous drama Queer – its exuberant leading turn from Daniel Craig passed over. Nothing for the very moving Irish film Small Things Like These and so no Bafta nod for Cillian Murphy’s outstanding (arguably career-best) performance there. The appetite for Yorgos Lanthimos films starring Emma Stone seems to be maxed out. Nothing for their film Kinds of Kindness.
But one much-feared possible exclusion thankfully did not materialise: Marianne Jean-Baptiste has a best actress nomination for her superb performance in Mike Leigh’s blistering study of depression, Hard Truths, though no director nomination for Leigh himself.
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The best treadmills for your home: up your indoor miles with our runner-approved picks
Wed, 15 Jan 2025 12:00:07 GMT
Whether you’re chasing folding treadmills or gym quality on a budget, our top-rated running machines will accelerate your training
• The best running shoes to take you from trail to road to marathon, tried and tested by runners
Although the treadmill has been around since the early 1800s, when it was once used to punish prisoners (sounds about right), it didn’t become a common feature in the home until the late 1960s, when William Staub unleashed his PaceMaster 600 on the US public.
Where they were once a simple rolling deck, treadmills today are often glossy pieces of interactive tech. Many now offer on-demand, real-time workouts (pioneered by Peloton) and the latest blockbuster movies via streaming services. Even if your treadmill doesn’t sport a whopping touchscreen display, it probably works nicely with heart-rate monitors, smartwatches and smartphone apps to track workouts and offer performance statistics after every session.
Best treadmill overall:
Peloton Tread
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Best budget treadmill:
JTX Slimline
£599 at JTX Fitness
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£1,699 at JTX Fitness
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ProForm Pro 9000
£2,299 at Fitness Superstore
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Why is it so unsettling to watch an adult drink cold cow’s milk? | Arwa Mahdawi
Wed, 15 Jan 2025 11:00:05 GMT
Nicole Kidman’s Babygirl, which features an erotic dairy-based scene, is the latest reminder of the debate about mature milk-drinkers
Several years ago, I tried to impress a new girlfriend (now my wife) with my cultural credentials by dragging her to an off-off-off-off-Broadway play about psychedelics in a tiny East Village theatre. I can’t remember much about the play – other than it was terrible – but I will never forget the young man sitting in front of us. He arrived late, awkwardly clambered over a few people to get to his seat, and then proceeded to down a carton of milk. The lateness and the clambering I could excuse. But the milk-drinking? That was horrifying. There is something undeniably unsettling about adults who drink cold cow’s milk in public.
I have tried to scrub the East Village milkman from my mind but I was reminded of the incident last week when Nicole Kidman chugged a glass of milk while accepting her award for best actress in the film Babygirl (which features an erotic milk-based scene) at the National Board of Review Awards. Babygirl isn’t the first film to use milk, a liquid strongly associated with childhood and innocence, in a symbolic manner. “Adult milk-drinking has long been used to evoke creepiness in films,” Vice proclaimed in a 2022 piece that cited the milk bar in Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange (1971) and the famous milk scene in Inglourious Basterds (2009).
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New Simulated Universe Previews Panoramas From NASA’s Roman Telescope
Tue, 14 Jan 2025 15:15:00 +0000
Astronomers have released a set of more than a million simulated images showcasing the cosmos as NASA’s upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will see it. This preview will help scientists explore a myriad of Roman’s science goals. “We used a supercomputer to create a synthetic universe and simulated billions of years of evolution, tracing […]
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Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni, and the Collapse of the Hollywood #MeToo Era
Mon, 13 Jan 2025 21:13:59 +0000
The reportage that thrived in the late twenty-tens cannot break through on today’s volatile Internet, where information is misinformation and victims are offenders.
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Welcome to Our First/Final Book Club
Mon, 13 Jan 2025 11:00:00 +0000
Since reading isn’t our strong suit, let’s skip talking about the book that was recommended by a hot movie star and just eat brunch.
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Who and What Should Be Nominated for the 2025 Oscars
Thu, 09 Jan 2025 18:43:35 +0000
Critics don’t vote for the Academy Awards—but here’s how one critic would fill out his imaginary ballot.
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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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