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Indonesia volcano eruption spreads ash to Malaysia and shuts airports
Wed, 01 May 2024 05:51:41 GMT
Ships evacuating 12,000 islanders over fears that side of Mount Ruang might slide into sea and cause tsunami
Eruptions at a remote Indonesian volcano have forced more than half a dozen airports to close with ash spreading as far as Malaysia, according to officials, while authorities rushed to evacuate thousands due to tsunami fears.
Mount Ruang erupted three times on Tuesday, spewing lava and ash more than 5km (three miles) into the sky and forcing authorities to issue evacuation orders for 12,000 people.
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qualifiers: 30.00 indonesia, 20.00 malaysia
‘Intense and insane’: was this the most unsettling reality TV show ever?
Thu, 02 May 2024 07:11:07 GMT
In the new documentary The Contestant, a Japanese man is put through an astonishing TV experience for more than a year
When Tomoaki Hamatsu, an aspiring comedian from the Japanese province of Fukushima, auditioned for the reality show Susunu! Denpa Shōnen in January 1998, he arrived with zero expectations and a dream for some fame. Reality television was still in its Wild West infancy – no contracts, no protections, still just a handful of home-grown personalities. The new frontier of reality celebrity was just opening up, and Hamatsu, who went by the childhood nickname Nasubi – the Japanese word for eggplant, owing to his long face – saw an opportunity. His only boundary was a request from his mother: “Don’t get naked.”
As captured by the show’s producers and now reassembled in the remarkable new Hulu documentary The Contestant, a young Nasubi – short hair, wide and near-blinding smile – “won” the audition with the right lottery ticket. His prize? A stranger-than-fiction 15-month ordeal and groundbreaking national celebrity. Not that Nasubi was aware of it, at the time; he was escorted straight from the audition, blindfolded, to a studio apartment in Tokyo furnished with nothing but a camera, a table, a radio, a phone, a cushion, and a full magazine rack. Ordered to strip naked, Nasubi tentatively undressed, still hamming for the camera. His assignment was to obtain everything he needed (clothes, food, entertainment) via magazine sweepstakes contests, until he won the equivalent of one million yen ($8,000).
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Match ID: 1 Score: 40.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
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Chinese EVs are good for the world. Biden says they’re bad for America.
Thu, 02 May 2024 04:00:08 +0000
President Biden finds himself in a predicament: electrify America’s roads faster with cheap Chinese EVs, or safeguard the nation’s auto industry?
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Bob Carr accuses Winston Peters of defamation after NZ deputy PM calls him a ‘Chinese puppet’
Thu, 02 May 2024 03:28:55 GMT
Former NSW premier’s threat to sue comes amid debate about whether New Zealand should join pillar two of Aukus pact
Australia’s former foreign minister and New South Wales premier, Bob Carr, says he intends to sue New Zealand’s deputy prime minister, Winston Peters, for allegations made about Carr’s closeness to China as debate about Aukus ramps up.
Peters called Carr “nothing more than a Chinese puppet” on the national broadcaster RNZ on Thursday morning.
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Match ID: 3 Score: 40.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
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Solomon Islands chooses China-friendly ex-diplomat Jeremiah Manele as new prime minister
Thu, 02 May 2024 02:49:20 GMT
Move seen as continuation of Pacific country’s policy of growing closer to Beijing
Solomon Islands lawmakers have elected as their new prime minister Jeremiah Manele, a former foreign minister who has pledged to continue the Pacific country’s policy of embracing China.
Manele said outside parliament on Thursday “the people have spoken” and called for calm.
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Match ID: 4 Score: 40.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
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Why the Solomon Islands election matters to China and the U.S.
Thu, 02 May 2024 01:53:03 +0000
Jeremiah Manele, who was foreign minister when the Solomon Islands forged a controversial security deal with China, is the Pacific nation’s next prime minister.
Match ID: 5 Score: 40.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 0 days
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The vast new whaling ‘mother ship’ that Japan hopes will revive a shrinking industry
Thu, 02 May 2024 00:32:02 GMT
A new $47m vessel is preparing for its maiden voyage in coastal waters, but there are fears the Kangei Maru could one day mean a return to hunting in the Southern Ocean
The dish of the day has the appearance and consistency of steak. But the item on the menu at Nisshin Maru in Shimonoseki isn’t brisket or rib-eye – it is a prime cut of the restaurant’s speciality: whale meat.
Every few minutes, chefs in the open kitchen produce another plate of cetacean delicacies – raw sashimi marbled with fat, slices of “bacon”, roast minke whale cut into bite-size pieces and served with a selection of dipping sauces. On a warm weeknight, every table is full.
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Match ID: 6 Score: 40.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
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The Marshall Star for May 1, 2024
Wed, 01 May 2024 22:23:55 +0000
Marshall Prepares for Strategic Facilities Updates NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center is getting ready for the next big step in the evolution of its main campus. Through a series of multi-year infrastructure projects, Marshall is optimizing its footprint to assure its place as a vibrant and vital hub for the aerospace community in the next […]
Match ID: 7 Score: 40.00 source: www.nasa.gov age: 0 days
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Half of U.S. Adults Support TikTok Ban, and 46% Think China Uses App to Spy on Americans: Poll
2024-05-01T22:16:00+00:00
Match ID: 8 Score: 40.00 source: www.reddit.com age: 0 days
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Report: China’s propaganda units harvest data from overseas tech firms
Wed, 01 May 2024 20:07:18 +0000
Beijing’s propaganda engine is pulling data from Chinese tech firms, including popular shopping and gaming apps with hundreds of millions of U.S. users, researchers say.
Match ID: 9 Score: 40.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 0 days
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The Guardian view on the cost of a cashless society: the most vulnerable will pay | Editorial
Wed, 01 May 2024 17:25:35 GMT
The pandemic accelerated the shift away from notes and coins. But China and others are realising that transition has a price
One of the idiosyncrasies of China’s huge appetite for luxury goods has been the high sales of man bags – a niche item in the west. Their popularity initially reflected not just the fondness of the newly rich for conspicuous consumption, but also the practical need to carry large wodges of banknotes in a country that hadn’t truly embraced credit cards. Early last decade, it was unremarkable to pay a quarter’s rent or buy a car in cash.
Yet even vegetable sellers in small markets, or people begging on the streets, now use QR codes. By 2020, 98% of people in a survey said they most commonly paid using smartphone apps. The advantage, for the consumer, is convenience. For the authorities it offers not only efficiency but oversight, in a country which is battling corruption and which closely surveils its citizens. Beijing has also been promoting a “digital yuan” developed by its central bank.
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Match ID: 10 Score: 40.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
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Mulberry sales decline as wealthy shoppers slow spending
Wed, 01 May 2024 12:12:46 GMT
Luxury British brand expects challenging trading conditions in UK and China to continue
Mulberry, the luxury British brand best known for its leather handbags that can cost more than £1,600 each, has reported a 4% decline in annual sales, becoming the latest high-end company to warn of a slowdown in spending among the richest shoppers.
In a trading update, Thierry Andretta, the chief executive, said: “While we achieved positive revenue growth in the first half, Mulberry has not been immune to the broader downturn in luxury spending experienced in recent months, particularly in the UK and Asia. This decline was partially offset by positive trading in the US, where we have benefited from increased brand awareness.
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Match ID: 11 Score: 40.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
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I’ve been restricted from voting my whole life – I can’t bear to see apathy disenfranchising my friends | Joyce Yang
Wed, 01 May 2024 11:00:55 GMT
As someone who is unable to vote in the UK’s local elections, I hope my peers don’t waste the precious gift they’ve been given
Local elections are coming this week. After receiving far-right leaflets (“Close the borders! Pause all immigration!”) through my letterbox and paying taxes to an underwhelming council, I can’t wait to vote – except that I’m not eligible. As an immigrant with no settled status, voting isn’t one of my rights.
And while most of my friends here can vote, many say they won’t. My best friend, for example, keeps his electoral registration up to date, but rarely goes to the polling station.
Joyce Yang is a freelance writer based in London
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Match ID: 12 Score: 40.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
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Number of writers jailed in China exceeds 100 for first time, says report
Wed, 01 May 2024 10:00:55 GMT
Freedom to Write index says there are 107 people in prison for published content in China, with many accused of ‘picking quarrels’
The number of writers jailed in China has surpassed 100, with nearly half imprisoned for online expression.
The grim milestone is revealed in the 2023 Freedom to Write index, a report compiled by Pen America, published on Wednesday.
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Match ID: 13 Score: 40.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
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Judith Butler Will Not Co-Sign Israel’s Alibi for Genocide
Wed, 01 May 2024 10:00:00 +0000
The famed scholar on why reducing Hamas to a terrorist label sanctions Israel’s war on Palestinians.
The post Judith Butler Will Not Co-Sign Israel’s Alibi for Genocide appeared first on The Intercept.
Match ID: 14 Score: 40.00 source: theintercept.com age: 0 days
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Is Bougainville the next battleground between China and the U.S.?
Wed, 01 May 2024 09:00:50 +0000
The Pacific region is hoping a huge, abandoned copper-and-gold mine will be its ticket for independence from Papua New Guinea. But which superpower will back it?
Match ID: 15 Score: 40.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 0 days
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Akiya houses: why Japan has nine million empty homes
Wed, 01 May 2024 05:15:13 GMT
New figures show nearly 14% of all houses in Japan are empty – but this real estate glut is attracting growing interest from foreigners
As the declining population continues to impact Japan’s society and economy, the number of vacant houses has topped nine million – enough to accommodate the entire population of Australia at three people per dwelling.
Government figures released on Tuesday show the number of empty houses, known as akiya, as of October 2023 was up by more than half a million since the previous survey in 2018.
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Match ID: 16 Score: 40.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 1 day
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China Has a Controversial Plan for Brain-Computer Interfaces
Tue, 30 Apr 2024 19:13:46 +0000
China's brain-computer interface technology is catching up to the US. But it envisions a very different use case: cognitive enhancement.
Match ID: 17 Score: 40.00 source: www.wired.com age: 1 day
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First scientist to publish Covid sequence in China protests over lab ‘eviction’
Tue, 30 Apr 2024 10:40:18 GMT
Zhang Yongzhen stages sit-in protest, as government attempts to avoid scrutiny over handling of outbreak
The first Chinese scientist to publish a genomic sequence of the Covid-19 virus, in defiance of government orders, staged a sit-in protest after claiming he was locked out of his laboratory over the weekend.
Zhang Yongzhen, a virologist, said in an online post on Monday that he and his team had been given a sudden eviction notice from their lab, and guards had barred him from entering it over the weekend. The post, published on Weibo, was later deleted, Associated Press (AP) reported.
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Match ID: 18 Score: 40.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 1 day
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Japan to trial AI bear warning system after record number of attacks
Tue, 30 Apr 2024 03:38:40 GMT
Six people have been killed and more than 200 injured in attacks by bears over the past year
Japan is to trial an AI bear-warning system after a record number of attacks on humans over the past year as the animals struggle to find their staple foods.
A pilot system in Toyama prefecture, central Japan, will monitor live feeds from government, municipal and private security cameras to identify bears on the move in areas close to people, and send instant warnings to relevant local authorities, police and hunters. AI will also be used to monitor bears movement patterns and try to predict their future whereabouts.
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Match ID: 19 Score: 40.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 2 days
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Tensions grow as China ramps up mining for green tech
Mon, 29 Apr 2024 23:17:17 GMT
China has taken big stakes in mines across the world extracting minerals vital to the green economy.
Match ID: 20 Score: 40.00 source: www.bbc.co.uk age: 2 days
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Elon Musk Can’t Solve Tesla’s China Crisis With His Desperate Asia Visit
Mon, 29 Apr 2024 19:50:29 +0000
Tesla’s deal with Baidu isn’t new, the mapping data Tesla will collect likely can’t leave China, and Full Self-Driving can’t compete with the more advanced Chinese alternatives.
Match ID: 21 Score: 40.00 source: www.wired.com age: 2 days
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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
Match ID: 22 Score: 40.00 source: www.economist.com age: 2 days
qualifiers: 40.00 japan
Alarming superbug from deadly eyedrop outbreak has spread to dogs
Wed, 01 May 2024 20:07:19 +0000
It's unclear how the dogs became infected with the same strain in the eyedrops.
Match ID: 23 Score: 35.00 source: arstechnica.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 35.00 india
Google lays off hundreds of 'Core' employees, moves some positions to India and Mexico
2024-05-01T17:33:29+00:00
Match ID: 24 Score: 35.00 source: www.reddit.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 35.00 india
India's secret assassination plot on U.S. soil
Tue, 30 Apr 2024 21:47:32 +0000
India is rising as a competitive global power. It is also joining a club of nations that aggressively target dissidents on foreign soil. Today on “Post Reports,” we dive into India’s assassination plots.
Match ID: 25 Score: 35.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 1 day
qualifiers: 35.00 india
WhatsApp in India
2024-04-30T11:00:28Z
Meta has threatened to pull WhatsApp out of India if the courts try to force it to break its end-to-end encryption.
Match ID: 26 Score: 35.00 source: www.schneier.com age: 1 day
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Why China Is So Bad at Disinformation
Mon, 29 Apr 2024 06:00:00 +0000
China’s state-sponsored disinformation campaign has been running at a massive scale for seven years—but no one is looking at it.
Match ID: 27 Score: 34.29 source: www.wired.com age: 3 days
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Wave of exceptionally hot weather scorches south and south-east Asia
Fri, 26 Apr 2024 06:03:19 GMT
Warnings of dangerous temperatures across parts of Philippines, Thailand, Bangladesh and India as hottest months of the year are made worse by El Niño
Millions of people across South and Southeast Asia are facing sweltering temperatures, with unusually hot weather forcing schools to close and threatening public health.
Thousands of schools across the Philippines, including in the capital region Metro Manila, have suspended in-person classes. Half of the country’s 82 provinces are experiencing drought, and nearly 31 others are facing dry spells or dry conditions, according to the UN, which has called for greater support to help the country prepare for similar weather events in the future. The country’s upcoming harvest will probably be below average, the UN said.
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Match ID: 28 Score: 34.29 source: www.theguardian.com age: 6 days
qualifiers: 15.00 india, 8.57 thailand, 6.43 philippines, 4.29 bangladesh
Israel Attack on Iran Is What World War III Looks Like
Sat, 20 Apr 2024 17:54:57 +0000
Like countless other hostilities, the stealthy Israeli missile and drone strike on Iran doesn’t risk war. It is war.
The post Israel Attack on Iran Is What World War III Looks Like appeared first on The Intercept.
Match ID: 29 Score: 32.86 source: theintercept.com age: 11 days
qualifiers: 5.71 japan, 5.71 china, 5.00 south china sea, 5.00 india, 4.29 south korea, 2.86 taiwan, 2.14 sri lanka, 2.14 philippines
School Employee Allegedly Framed a Principal With Racist Deepfake Rant
Sat, 27 Apr 2024 10:30:00 +0000
Plus: Google holds off on killing cookies, Samourai Wallet founders get arrested, and GM stops driver surveillance program.
Match ID: 30 Score: 28.57 source: www.wired.com age: 4 days
qualifiers: 28.57 china
Russia Vetoed a UN Resolution to Ban Space Nukes
Sat, 27 Apr 2024 10:00:00 +0000
A ban on weapons of mass destruction in orbit has stood since 1967. Russia apparently has other ideas.
Match ID: 31 Score: 28.57 source: www.wired.com age: 4 days
qualifiers: 28.57 china
India election: Modi and rivals trade accusations as voter turnout slumps in second phase
Sat, 27 Apr 2024 04:30:27 GMT
Parties clash over communal issues in increasingly charged campaign amid concerns unseasonably hot weather affecting voter numbers
India has held the second phase of the world’s biggest election, with prime minister Narendra Modi and his rivals hurling accusations of religious discrimination and threats to democracy amid flagging voter turnout.
Almost 1 billion people are eligible to vote in the seven-phase general election that began on 19 April and concludes on 1 June, with votes set to be counted on 4 June.
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Match ID: 32 Score: 20.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 5 days
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Japan comes face to face with its own space junk
Fri, 26 Apr 2024 08:24:57 GMT
A Tokyo company's satellite encounters a big lump of space debris high above the Earth.
Match ID: 33 Score: 17.14 source: www.bbc.co.uk age: 6 days
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I never thought people like me voted for the far right. I was wrong | Khuê Phạm
Thu, 02 May 2024 06:00:52 GMT
In Germany the AfD uses second-generation members to overhaul its xenophobic image – some buy into the message
Like many here in Germany, my home country, I have been following the rise of the far-right Alternative für Deutschland obsessively, expecting it to dominate the state elections in eastern Germany this September: polls put it ahead in all three states that are set to vote. Imagine Reform UK winning the north of England by promising to target and deport refugees and immigrants. It feels threatening to people like me.
I guess my alarm is no surprise, given that I come from a Vietnamese family. But I have been shocked to learn that even immigrant Germans are considering voting for the AfD. There are no numbers on this yet, but still, I cannot help but feel a personal sense of disappointment. How can people like me side with them?
Khuê Phạm is a German journalist and writer. Her debut novel, Brothers and Ghosts, which is inspired by her Vietnamese family, has just been released
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Match ID: 34 Score: 15.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
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I’ve Covered Violent Crackdowns on Protests for 15 Years. This Police Overreaction Was Unhinged.
Wed, 01 May 2024 20:14:34 +0000
When police attacked student protesters, a lone trash can was the only damaged property I saw around City College of New York.
The post I’ve Covered Violent Crackdowns on Protests for 15 Years. This Police Overreaction Was Unhinged. appeared first on The Intercept.
Match ID: 35 Score: 15.00 source: theintercept.com age: 0 days
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“Little Home Market”: The Connecticut Company Accused of Fueling an Execution Spree
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 17:10:40 +0000
Evidence points to Absolute Standards as the source of a lethal drug the Trump administration used to restart federal executions after 17 years.
The post “Little Home Market”: The Connecticut Company Accused of Fueling an Execution Spree appeared first on The Intercept.
Match ID: 36 Score: 15.00 source: theintercept.com age: 6 days
qualifiers: 15.00 india
'ArcaneDoor' Cyberspies Hacked Cisco Firewalls to Access Government Networks
Wed, 24 Apr 2024 16:00:00 +0000
Sources suspect China is behind the targeted exploitation of two zero-day vulnerabilities in Cisco’s security appliances.
Match ID: 37 Score: 11.43 source: www.wired.com age: 7 days
qualifiers: 11.43 china
Global defence budget jumps to record high of $2440bn
Sun, 21 Apr 2024 23:01:08 GMT
For the first time, government military spending increased in all five geographical regions, Sipri thinktank finds
Global military expenditure has reached a record high of $2440bn (£1970bn) after the largest annual rise in government spending on arms in over a decade, according to a report.
The 6.8% increase between 2022 and 2023 was the steepest since 2009, pushing spending to the highest recorded by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (Sipri) in its 60-year history.
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Match ID: 38 Score: 10.71 source: www.theguardian.com age: 10 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china, 5.00 india
As Biden Cheers TikTok Ban, White House Embraces TikTok Influencers
Tue, 23 Apr 2024 21:25:12 +0000
The White House brushes off accusations of hypocrisy, courting TikTok while seeking to ban it.
The post As Biden Cheers TikTok Ban, White House Embraces TikTok Influencers appeared first on The Intercept.
Match ID: 39 Score: 5.71 source: theintercept.com age: 8 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china
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: 40 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 8 days
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AI-Controlled Fighter Jets Are Dogfighting With Human Pilots Now
Sat, 20 Apr 2024 10:00:00 +0000
Plus: New York’s legislature suffers a cyberattack, police disrupt a global phishing operation, and Apple removes encrypted messaging apps in China.
Match ID: 41 Score: 5.71 source: www.wired.com age: 11 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china
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
Match ID: 42 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 13 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china
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
Match ID: 43 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 15 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china
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
Match ID: 44 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 20 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china
China’s state is eating the private property market
Thu, 11 Apr 2024 09:50:47 +0000
Pity those soon to buy a home
Match ID: 45 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 20 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: 46 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 31 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china
China’s banks have a bad-debt problem
Wed, 27 Mar 2024 14:12:05 +0000
As is becoming increasingly obvious
Match ID: 47 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 35 days
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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
Match ID: 48 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 43 days
qualifiers: 5.71 japan
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: 49 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 44 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china
China’s economic bright spots provide a warning
Thu, 14 Mar 2024 10:55:00 +0000
What a visit to an optimistic port reveals
Match ID: 50 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 48 days
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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%
Match ID: 51 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 48 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china
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: 52 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 64 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china
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?
Match ID: 53 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 70 days
qualifiers: 5.71 japan
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: 54 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 70 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china
China’s stockmarket nightmare is nowhere near over
Wed, 07 Feb 2024 17:35:54 +0000
The situation ought to worry Xi Jinping
Match ID: 55 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 84 days
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China’s leaders are flailing as markets drop
Thu, 01 Feb 2024 11:10:43 +0000
The government is not used to being bullied
Match ID: 56 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 90 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china
Evergrande’s liquidation is a new low in China’s property crisis
Mon, 29 Jan 2024 13:04:03 +0000
A judge in Hong Kong surprises the mainland
Match ID: 57 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 93 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china
The false promise of friendshoring
Thu, 25 Jan 2024 11:14:50 +0000
America, China and Europe appear to be trading less with their geopolitical rivals
Match ID: 58 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 97 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china
As China’s markets suffer, what alternatives do investors have?
Mon, 22 Jan 2024 21:13:53 +0000
Optimism about the world’s second-largest stockmarket is a distant memory
Match ID: 59 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 100 days
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Chuck Schumer Privately Warns Pakistan: Don't Kill Imran Khan in Prison
Tue, 23 Apr 2024 20:04:01 +0000
Supporters worry Khan’s life is in danger and with good reason: The military has a long history of killing deposed leaders.
The post Chuck Schumer Privately Warns Pakistan: Don’t Kill Imran Khan in Prison appeared first on The Intercept.
Match ID: 60 Score: 5.00 source: theintercept.com age: 8 days
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Reporting in India ‘too difficult’ under Modi, says departing Australian journalist
Tue, 23 Apr 2024 06:33:49 GMT
Despite eventual visa backflip by authorities, ABC’s south-Asia correspondent Avani Dias left after being made to ‘feel so uncomfortable’
The south-Asia correspondent for Australia’s national broadcaster, Avani Dias, has been forced out of India after her reporting fell foul of the Indian government, in a sign of the increasing pressure on journalists in the country under Narendra Modi.
Dias, who has been based in Delhi for the ABC since January 2022, said she felt the government had made it “too difficult” for her to continue to do her job, claiming it blocked her from accessing events, issued takedown notices to YouTube for her news stories, and then refused her a standard visa renewal.
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Match ID: 61 Score: 5.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 9 days
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Narendra Modi accused of stirring tensions as voting in India continues
Mon, 22 Apr 2024 17:35:16 GMT
Opposition says prime minister targeting Muslim minority with ‘hate speech’ and violating election rules
India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, has been accused of hate speech during a campaign rally where he called Muslims “infiltrators” who had “many children” and claimed they would take people’s hard-earned money.
The opposition accused Modi of “blatantly targeting” India’s 200 million Muslim minority with comments made while addressing voters at a speech in Rajasthan on Sunday.
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Match ID: 62 Score: 5.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 9 days
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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
Match ID: 63 Score: 5.00 source: www.economist.com age: 20 days
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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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The false promise of Indonesia’s economy
Thu, 08 Feb 2024 11:10:49 +0000
Presidential candidates vow to deliver 7% growth. Voters have heard it before
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I’ve Covered Violent Crackdowns on Protests for 15 Years. This Police Overreaction Was Unhinged.
Wed, 01 May 2024 20:14:34 +0000
When police attacked student protesters, a lone trash can was the only damaged property I saw around City College of New York.
The post I’ve Covered Violent Crackdowns on Protests for 15 Years. This Police Overreaction Was Unhinged. appeared first on The Intercept.
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Judith Butler Will Not Co-Sign Israel’s Alibi for Genocide
Wed, 01 May 2024 10:00:00 +0000
The famed scholar on why reducing Hamas to a terrorist label sanctions Israel’s war on Palestinians.
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“Kill All Arabs”: The Feds Are Investigating UMass Amherst for Anti-Palestinian Bias
Wed, 24 Apr 2024 18:00:00 +0000
The Department of Education is probing claims that the school discriminated against Palestinian and Arab students amid Israel’s war on Gaza.
The post “Kill All Arabs”: The Feds Are Investigating UMass Amherst for Anti-Palestinian Bias appeared first on The Intercept.
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Columbia Law School Faculty Condemn Administration for Mass Arrests and Suspensions
Mon, 22 Apr 2024 16:13:21 +0000
The blanket suspension of student protesters casts “serious doubt on the University’s respect for the rule-of-law values that we teach,” 54 law professors wrote.
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University Teams Selected as Finalists to Envision New Aviation Responses to Natural Disasters
Tue, 26 Mar 2024 18:12:46 +0000
Eight teams participating in the 2024 Gateways to Blue Skies: Advancing Aviation for Natural Disasters Competition have been selected to present their design concepts to a panel of industry experts at the 2024 Blue Skies Forum, May 30 and 31, 2024 at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California. Sponsored by NASA’s Aeronautics Research […]
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Briefly Noted Book Reviews
Mon, 29 Apr 2024 10:00:00 +0000
“Knife,” “A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages,” “Neighbors and Other Stories,” and “Butter.”
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Thunderstorms in England and Wales may give way to warmest day of year
Thu, 02 May 2024 08:00:44 GMT
Met Office says storms may cause travel disruption and flooding, leading to difficult driving conditions
Heavy thunderstorms could give way to the warmest day of the year so far in Britain.
The same storm caused mudslides in northern France, which started around midnight and killed at least one person, a 57-year-old woman, and injured her partner.
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Where Odysseus threw a barbecue: exploring Sicily’s Favignana island
Thu, 02 May 2024 06:00:51 GMT
The Egadi isles are said to have inspired the mythical islands in the Odyssey. Today, the largest of the group is a quiet place of blissful beaches, fresh fish, neon seas and ice-cream breakfasts
I cycled into birdsong, into colour, the light glimmering against the white of the low stone walls. There was a spaciousness as I cycled, a lateral stretching of soundscape, big skies, birds fluting. I didn’t meet anyone else on the narrow lanes and had a sense of being completely alone on an island of 2,000 people. Is there anything happier than being on a bicycle early in the morning, heading to the sea?
The Egadi archipelago off the north-west coast of Sicily is a well-kept secret. Italians come here on holiday, but the islands are relatively unknown to international tourists. And an even better-kept secret is that these magical islands inspired the fantastical lands of the Odyssey, Europe’s oldest travel story. There are a total of five islands and it’s possible to visit three of them.
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‘They are trying to eradicate us completely’: the passion and pain of telling the stories of Afghan women
Thu, 02 May 2024 04:00:50 GMT
Her family have been threatened and her team faces increasing risks in Afghanistan, but Zahra Joya knows she must keep reporting from exile
On the nights that she manages to fall asleep, Zahra Joya always returns to Afghanistan in her dreams. On good nights she travels back to Bamyan, her home province, with its green mountains and bright blue lakes, or to her parents as they looked when she was a little girl.
Increasingly though, her dreams are full of roadside bombs or men with guns. Some nights, memories of her last hours in Afghanistan play over and over on a loop: the panicked crowds outside Kabul airport, people being whipped and beaten, the sound of her sisters crying.
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The Marshall Star for May 1, 2024
Wed, 01 May 2024 22:23:55 +0000
Marshall Prepares for Strategic Facilities Updates NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center is getting ready for the next big step in the evolution of its main campus. Through a series of multi-year infrastructure projects, Marshall is optimizing its footprint to assure its place as a vibrant and vital hub for the aerospace community in the next […]
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Alarming superbug from deadly eyedrop outbreak has spread to dogs
Wed, 01 May 2024 20:07:19 +0000
It's unclear how the dogs became infected with the same strain in the eyedrops.
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ScienceCraft for Outer Planet Exploration (SCOPE)
Wed, 01 May 2024 18:40:47 +0000
Mahmooda SultanaNASA Goddard Space Flight Center Missions to the outer solar system are an important part of NASA’s goals because these scarcely visited worlds, particularly the ice giants Neptune and Uranus, hold secrets about the formation and evolution of our solar system and countless others. However, due to the high cost, long travel time and […]
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Pulsed Plasma Rocket (PPR): Shielded, Fast Transits for Humans to Mars
Wed, 01 May 2024 18:38:51 +0000
Brianna ClementsHowe Industries The future of a space-faring civilization will depend on the ability to move both cargo and humans efficiently and rapidly. Due to the extremely large distances that are involved in space travel, the spacecraft must reach high velocities for reasonable mission transit times. Thus, a propulsion system that produces a high thrust […]
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By Their Powers Combined
Wed, 01 May 2024 17:42:38 +0000
This April 20, 2024, image shows a first: all six radio frequency antennas at the Madrid Deep Space Communication Complex, part of NASA’s Deep Space Network (DSN), carried out a test to receive data from the agency’s Voyager 1 spacecraft at the same time. Combining the antennas’ receiving power, or arraying, lets the DSN collect […]
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Is Labour about to win a local election landslide? – podcast
Wed, 01 May 2024 02:00:43 GMT
Councillors, mayors and police commissioners across England and Wales are facing voters this week. What’s at stake?
This week voters in more than 100 local authorities in England and Wales are heading to the polls. And Labour are predicted to win big. Helen Pidd travelled to Accrington in Hyndburn, where the local authority has an equal number of Labour and Conservative councillors, to see what people there thought about the local elections.
What she found was a more complicated picture than predictions of a Labour landslide suggest. She found the Conservative council leader in a surprisingly confident mood – and the local Labour politicians unwilling to speak to her. She also met voters in the town who told her of their discontent with Labour over its approach to the conflict in Gaza and that it was the Green party who would be picking up their votes.
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‘The Greens are our enemy’: What is fuelling the far right in Germany?
Tue, 30 Apr 2024 11:42:56 GMT
The far right are on the march in Germany and the anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany has become the most popular party in several states. Immigration and a sense of being economically left behind have been driving factors in the rise in popularity but the Green party and the federal government’s climate policies have also borne the brunt of public anger. The Guardian travelled to Görlitz, on the German border with Poland, to find out to what extent Germany’s green policies are fuelling the far right
• How climate policies are becoming focus for far-right attacks in Germany
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11 Best Sleeping Bags (2024): Ultralight, for Car Campers, Warm Weather, for Kids
Sun, 28 Apr 2024 14:00:00 +0000
Whether you’re climbing peaks or taking the family to the local park, we’ve found the best sleeping bags for every temperature, budget, and camping expedition.
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7 Best Sleeping Pads (2024): For Camping, Backpacking, and Travel
Sat, 27 Apr 2024 15:00:00 +0000
Whether you’re snoozing in a campground or schlepping up to an alpine valley, these are the best pads we’ve found for resting your weary bones.
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QAnon Was Born Out of the Sex Ad Moral Panic That Took Down Backpage.com
Sat, 27 Apr 2024 10:00:00 +0000
For years, the political establishment opportunistically railed against sex trafficking. Then came Pizzagate.
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House Responds to Israeli-Iranian Missile Exchange by Taking Rights Away From Americans
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 15:18:48 +0000
A measure passed by the House seeks to block Americans from traveling to Iran on U.S. passports.
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The Rise of Large-Language-Model Optimization
2024-04-25T11:02:48Z
The web has become so interwoven with everyday life that it is easy to forget what an extraordinary accomplishment and treasure it is. In just a few decades, much of human knowledge has been collectively written up and made available to anyone with an internet connection.
But all of this is coming to an end. The advent of AI threatens to destroy the complex online ecosystem that allows writers, artists, and other creators to reach human audiences.
To understand why, you must understand publishing. Its core task is to connect writers to an audience. Publishers work as gatekeepers, filtering candidates and then amplifying the chosen ones. Hoping to be selected, writers shape their work in various ways. This article might be written very differently in an academic publication, for example, and publishing it here entailed pitching an editor, revising multiple drafts for style and focus, and so on...
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As Biden Cheers TikTok Ban, White House Embraces TikTok Influencers
Tue, 23 Apr 2024 21:25:12 +0000
The White House brushes off accusations of hypocrisy, courting TikTok while seeking to ban it.
The post As Biden Cheers TikTok Ban, White House Embraces TikTok Influencers appeared first on The Intercept.
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Idaho Goes to the Supreme Court to Argue That Pregnant People Are Second-Class Citizens
Fri, 19 Apr 2024 11:00:00 +0000
The state says EMTALA, a law barring discrimination in emergency medical care, interferes with its abortion ban.
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NASA Langley Team to Study Weather During Eclipse Using Uncrewed Vehicles
Fri, 05 Apr 2024 18:18:40 +0000
A six-person team of researchers from NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, will travel to Fort Drum, N.Y., to study changes in the Sun’s radiation as it reaches Earth before, during, and after the total solar eclipse April 8. Weather sensors similar to what is used on daily weather balloons by the National Weather […]
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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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