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Astronaut Exercise
Mon, 20 May 2024 19:00:00 +0000
Science in Space: May 2024 Future missions to the Moon and Mars must address many challenges, including preventing loss of bone and muscle tissue in astronauts. Research on the International Space Station is helping to address this challenge. Without Earth’s gravity, both bone and muscle atrophy, or become smaller and weaker. Early on, scientists realized […]
Match ID: 0 Score: 50.00 source: www.nasa.gov age: 0 days
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Southgate to give England defensive injury doubts chance in Euros squad
Mon, 20 May 2024 21:30:20 GMT

• Left-back Luke Shaw one of several fitness concerns
• Southgate selects provisional squad for Euro 2024 on Tuesday

Gareth Southgate will give his defensive injury doubts the opportunity to prove their fitness when he names his provisional England squad for Euro 2024 on Tuesday – with Luke Shaw and the left-back position his greatest headache.

The England manager is pleased that Uefa have given the go-ahead to a continuation of 26-man squads for the finals rather than reverting to 23; he offered his backing to the move at a coaches meeting in April largely because of the uncertainty he has over a number of players.

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More practice, fewer matches: the logic to Raducanu’s French Open withdrawal
Mon, 20 May 2024 17:59:38 GMT

Former US Open champion has decided against pursuing qualification for Roland Garros with the priority protecting her long-term fitness

For a few fleeting moments at the beginning of the clay court season, Emma Raducanu provided a firm reminder of the talent at her grasp. As Great Britain upset France on their own favoured surface, Raducanu played a starring role with two strong wins. Even more impressive than the victories was the level she exhibited throughout, which was some of the best tennis she has played. Two and a half years on from her US Open triumph, this was meaningful progress to build on.

After her opening win there over Caroline Garcia, a former world No 4, Raducanu made an interesting statement. Asked a standard question about the impact of the win on her confidence, she asserted that her belief was built on the practice court, not in matches. Dedicating significant time to training remained a priority.

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Match ID: 2 Score: 35.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
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Razer Fujin Pro Gaming Chair Review: Giving My Back an Extra Life
Sat, 18 May 2024 14:00:00 +0000
I’ve spent years struggling to find a chair that conforms to my back, rather than the other way around. My search might be over.
Match ID: 3 Score: 35.00 source: www.wired.com age: 2 days
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25 Best REI Anniversary Sale Deals: Fitness Trackers, Tents, Sleeping Bags, Outdoor Apparel
Fri, 17 May 2024 11:30:00 +0000
It’s the best time of the year to pick up all the tents, stoves, sleeping bags, and gear that you’ll need for summer fun.
Match ID: 4 Score: 30.00 source: www.wired.com age: 3 days
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Top 10 Best PLR(Private Label Rights) Websites | Which One You Should Join in 2022?
Sat, 26 Feb 2022 13:36:00 +0000

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Deion Sanders' Prime Lessons for Leading a Team to Victory
2024-04-26T00:00:00Z
The former star athlete known for flash uses unglamorous command-and-control methods to get results as a college football coach. Business leaders can learn 10 key lessons from the way 'Coach Prime' builds a culture of respect and discipline without micromanaging, says Hise Gibson.
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Taiwan’s new president takes office and calls on China to cease hostile actions
Mon, 20 May 2024 08:30:21 GMT

Lai Ching-te uses inauguration speech to push for peace in the region and says future of Taiwan important to future of the world

Lai Ching-te has been sworn in as Taiwan’s new president, urging China to “cease their political and military intimidation against Taiwan” and to keep the world free from the fear of more war.

Lai was inaugurated on Monday morning at the Japanese colonial-era presidential office in central Taipei, taking over from Tsai Ing-wen, whose eight years in power saw a deterioration in relations with Beijing.

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Taiwan swears in new president, stands up to Chinese aggression
Mon, 20 May 2024 08:45:19 +0000
Lai Ching-te vowed to continue Taiwan’s defense and foreign policy of avoiding tensions with China while also standing up for the island democracy’s freedoms.
Match ID: 1 Score: 60.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 1 day
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Life in Taiwan is rowdy and proud, never mind China’s threats
Mon, 20 May 2024 00:30:37 +0000
As Lai Ching-te takes office, these photos show how this island democracy revels in the vibrant society its people have created.
Match ID: 2 Score: 60.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 1 day
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Taiwan's steely leader rewrote the book on how to deal with China
Sat, 18 May 2024 22:24:57 GMT
Taiwan's outgoing president says boosting her country's military was the only way to defy China's threat.
Match ID: 3 Score: 60.00 source: www.bbc.com age: 2 days
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University Professors Are Losing Their Jobs Over “New McCarthyism” on Gaza
Thu, 16 May 2024 09:00:00 +0000

As brutal police repression sweeps campus encampments, schools have been cutting ties with pro-Palestine faculty members without tenure.

The post University Professors Are Losing Their Jobs Over “New McCarthyism” on Gaza appeared first on The Intercept.

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Japan blocks iconic Mt Fuji view to deter tourists
Tue, 21 May 2024 05:21:00 GMT
A big barrier is erected as local residents accuse tourists of dropping litter and parking illegally.
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Japan scientists mass-generate cells for sperm, eggs using human iPS
2024-05-21T00:29:49+00:00

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U.S. Fears Undersea Cables Are Vulnerable to Espionage From Chinese Repair Ships
2024-05-20T22:14:21+00:00
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Astronaut Exercise
Mon, 20 May 2024 19:00:00 +0000
Science in Space: May 2024 Future missions to the Moon and Mars must address many challenges, including preventing loss of bone and muscle tissue in astronauts. Research on the International Space Station is helping to address this challenge. Without Earth’s gravity, both bone and muscle atrophy, or become smaller and weaker. Early on, scientists realized […]
Match ID: 8 Score: 40.00 source: www.nasa.gov age: 0 days
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UK cannot afford to give ‘cold shoulder’ to China, says City minister
Mon, 20 May 2024 15:06:59 GMT

Bim Afolami’s comments distance British government from protectionist moves by US

The UK cannot afford to give the “cold shoulder” to China, the City minister said on Monday, in comments that will distance the British government from the Biden administration’s protectionist crackdown.

Addressing financial services bosses at the City Week conference in London’s Guildhall, Bim Afolami said it was “crucial” to engage with strategic competitors such as Beijing, and that the UK risked losing control of its economic future if it failed to find common ground.

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Russia-Ukraine war: Russia to make further bid to carve out ‘buffer zone’ in coming weeks, warns US defence secretary – as it happened
Mon, 20 May 2024 14:55:24 GMT

Lloyd Austin, speaking at the Ukraine Defence Contact Group, praises troops’ courage in ‘hard and dangerous fight’. This live blog has closed

Russia’s foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, held a meeting with his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, in Kazakhstan’s capital Astana, the Russian state news Tass agency reported on Monday.

It said the ministers were meeting to discuss the implementation of Russian-Chinese agreements reached during Vladimir Putin’s state visit to China last week, and events in Iran, whose president and foreign minister were killed in a helicopter crash on Sunday.

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What Asian America Meant to Corky Lee
Mon, 20 May 2024 10:00:00 +0000
A new anthology by Chinatown’s omnipresent documentarian, who captured half a century of shifting identities, activism, and daily life.
Match ID: 11 Score: 40.00 source: www.newyorker.com age: 0 days
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Delhi orders schools to close early for holidays as temperatures hit 47.4C
Tue, 21 May 2024 07:56:38 GMT

Authorities cut short school term as weather bureau warns of severe heatwave conditions this week

Authorities in the Indian capital, have ordered schools to shut early for the summer holiday, after temperatures in Delhi hit 47.4C (117F).

City officials told schools to shut with “immediate effect” due to the blistering heat, according to a government order quoted by the Hindustan Times on Tuesday, cutting the term by a few days.

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Nairobi to New York and back: the loneliness of the internationally educated elite
Tue, 21 May 2024 04:00:28 GMT

Every year, hundreds of Kenyans head off to study at elite universities in the US and UK. On graduating, many find themselves in a strange position: unable to fit in abroad, but no longer feeling like they belong back home

It was 30 December and the girls were all in Kilifi. Bottles on the table, music piping through a speaker, the beach and the Indian Ocean less than 200 metres away from the villa. Some of the girls had partied together in New York and Miami and Ibiza, and now they were on the Kenyan coast.

Like thousands of other young people across Africa who belong to a very specific social class, they had attended top universities in the UK and the US. After graduation, some had gone back to their countries and walked into fancy jobs in finance or consulting. Others had stayed abroad and lived in London, New York, Paris and the world’s other financial centres. Every December, they would go back home to visit.

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Johnson Celebrates AA and NHPI Heritage Month: Anima Patil-Sabale
Mon, 20 May 2024 18:00:14 +0000
Anima Patil-Sabale has been shooting for the stars since she was a little girl growing up in India. Inspired by books about the Apollo-era space program, Patil-Sabale decided she would be an astronaut one day. For the first step on her journey to space, Patil-Sabale hoped to become a fighter pilot, but India did not […]
Match ID: 14 Score: 35.00 source: www.nasa.gov age: 0 days
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Tech Today: From Spacesuits to Racing Suits
Mon, 20 May 2024 17:27:16 +0000
For spacewalks to even be possible, spacesuits need insulation and temperature controls to withstand temperature swings between 250 and minus 250 degrees Fahrenheit. This extreme environment made NASA innovators look beyond everyday materials to find something unique to keep explorers comfortable and safe.  In the 1980s, NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston entered into a […]
Match ID: 15 Score: 35.00 source: www.nasa.gov age: 0 days
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Revealed: Meta approved political ads in India that incited violence | India
2024-05-20T10:18:06+00:00

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Revealed: Meta approved political ads in India that incited violence
Mon, 20 May 2024 10:00:02 GMT

Exclusive: Ads containing AI-manipulated images were submitted to Facebook by civil and corporate accountability groups

The Facebook and Instagram owner Meta approved a series of AI-manipulated political adverts during India’s election that spread disinformation and incited religious violence, according to a report shared exclusively with the Guardian.

Facebook approved adverts containing known slurs towards Muslims in India, such as “let’s burn this vermin” and “Hindu blood is spilling, these invaders must be burned”, as well as Hindu supremacist language and disinformation about political leaders.

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Indian Voters Are Being Bombarded With Millions of Deepfakes. Political Candidates Approve
Mon, 20 May 2024 10:00:00 +0000
India’s elections are a glimpse of the AI-driven future of democracy. Politicians are using audio and video deepfakes of themselves to reach voters—who may have no idea they’ve been talking to a clone.
Match ID: 18 Score: 35.00 source: www.wired.com age: 0 days
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As India votes, a streetwise pol proves pragmatism often trumps ideology
Mon, 20 May 2024 05:00:21 +0000
Tapas Ray defected from his centrist, secular party for the right-wing, Hindu nationalist BJP, and his “vote bank” of backers has stuck with him.
Match ID: 19 Score: 35.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 1 day
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‘Modi builds highways but where are our jobs?’: rising inequality looms over India’s election
Mon, 20 May 2024 02:00:52 GMT

While the number of Indian billionaires soars, growing unemployment has become a big problem for the BJP as it campaigns for a third term

It wasn’t even the real wedding, just the pre-wedding party. But that didn’t stop India’s richest billionaire, Mukesh Ambani, whose son is set to marry the daughter of a millionaire, from throwing an affair so ostentatious that no one could question just how wealthy they are.

The pop star Rihanna was paid about $8m to perform. The catering alone cost $25m and the final bill for the glittering soiree, held in March, reportedly came in at about $150m.

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Toxic ‘forever chemicals’ ubiquitous in Great Lakes basin, study finds
Sat, 18 May 2024 18:06:03 GMT

PFAS chemicals present in air, rain, atmosphere and water in basin, which holds nearly 95% of US freshwater

Toxic PFAS “forever chemicals” are ubiquitous in the Great Lakes basin’s air, rain, atmosphere and water, new peer-reviewed research shows.

The first-of-its-kind, comprehensive picture of PFAS levels for the basin, which holds nearly 95% of the nation’s freshwater, also reveals that precipitation is probably a major contributor to the lakes’ contamination.

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The State Department Says Israel Isn’t Blocking Aid. Videos Show the Opposite.
Sat, 18 May 2024 10:00:00 +0000

From targeting humanitarian vehicles to standing by as mobs attack trucks, Israel is blocking aid from reaching Gaza.

The post The State Department Says Israel Isn’t Blocking Aid. Videos Show the Opposite. appeared first on The Intercept.

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The Race to Buy TikTok Is On—but There Might Not Be a Winner
Fri, 17 May 2024 15:50:05 +0000
Investors are interested in buying TikTok so that it can avoid a US ban. But even if ByteDance accepts, a takeover will be far from simple.
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Putin and Xi no longer have a partnership of equals
Fri, 17 May 2024 15:41:03 GMT
Vladimir Putin’s visit to China was a show of strength, but in reality he needs Beijing's support for his war in Ukraine.
Match ID: 24 Score: 34.29 source: www.bbc.com age: 3 days
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South Korea bans viral song glorifying Kim Jong-un due to ‘psychological warfare’ link
Tue, 21 May 2024 04:50:15 GMT

Song about North Korean leader titled Friendly Father includes lines like ‘let’s brag about Kim Jong-un’

South Korea’s media regulator has banned access to a North Korean propaganda music video that it said idolised and glorified leader Kim Jong-un as a “great leader”.

The catchy tune titled Friendly Father has become an unlikely social media hit around the world, going viral on short-form video app TikTok and other platforms.

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South Korea bans TikTok hit 'idolising' Kim Jong Un
Tue, 21 May 2024 02:29:24 GMT
The boppy propaganda tune extols Kim Jong Un as a "friendly father" and "great leader".
Match ID: 26 Score: 30.00 source: www.bbc.com age: 0 days
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The property firm that could break China’s back
Thu, 16 May 2024 10:04:20 +0000
If Vanke collapses, so might confidence in the state’s management of the economy
Match ID: 27 Score: 28.57 source: www.economist.com age: 4 days
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Republicans Can’t Decide: Do They Hate Prosecutors Because of Bail Reform or Abortion?
Thu, 16 May 2024 13:00:00 +0000

Since Dobbs, state-level Republicans have sought to strip power from DAs elected in Democratic cities who won’t prosecute abortion care.

The post Republicans Can’t Decide: Do They Hate Prosecutors Because of Bail Reform or Abortion? appeared first on The Intercept.

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23-year-old man accused of running $100 million online narcotics marketplace
Tue, 21 May 2024 00:28:13 +0000
The dark web's Incognito Market allowed people to buy and sell narcotics worldwide.
Match ID: 29 Score: 20.00 source: arstechnica.com age: 0 days
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Remembering Fu Pei-mei, who taught a generation to cook Chinese food
Mon, 20 May 2024 11:00:21 +0000
Fu Pei-mei has been called “the Julia Child of Chinese cooking,” but in Taiwan, where she is famous, many see Child as the Fu Pei-mei of French cooking.
Match ID: 30 Score: 20.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 0 days
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Biden outdoes Trump with ultra-high China tariffs
Tue, 14 May 2024 16:23:33 +0000
The move, which hits electric vehicles, carries an environmental cost
Match ID: 31 Score: 17.14 source: www.economist.com age: 6 days
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Iran’s president was flying in U.S.-designed helicopter when it crashed
Mon, 20 May 2024 19:51:10 +0000
The Bell 212 aircraft is a widely used civilian version of the Vietnam-era Huey military helicopter, operated by armed forces and businesses around the globe.
Match ID: 32 Score: 15.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 0 days
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Four kids left: The Thai school swallowed by the sea – video
Wed, 15 May 2024 10:47:18 GMT

Ban Khun Samut Chin, a coastal village in Samut Prakan province, Thailand, has been slowly swallowed by the sea over the past few decades. This has led to the relocation of the school and many homes, resulting in a dwindling population. Currently, there are only four students attending the school, often leaving just one in each classroom. The village has experienced severe coastal erosion, causing 1.1-2km (0.5-1.2 miles) of shoreline to disappear since the mid-1950s

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American Medical Missions Trapped in Gaza, Facing Death by Dehydration as Population Clings to Life
Mon, 13 May 2024 17:54:57 +0000

“We’re continuing to work around the clock with the government of Israel and with the government of Egypt to work on this issue,” the State Department said.

The post American Medical Missions Trapped in Gaza, Facing Death by Dehydration as Population Clings to Life appeared first on The Intercept.

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Meet NASA Women Behind World’s Largest Flying Laboratory
Mon, 13 May 2024 20:30:48 +0000
NASA’s DC-8 aircraft – the world’s largest flying science laboratory – began its science missions in 1987 and since then, has flown in service of the science community over places like Antarctica, Greenland, and Thailand. Aircraft like the DC-8 have enabled scientists to ask questions about life on Earth and explore them in a way […]
Match ID: 35 Score: 5.71 source: www.nasa.gov age: 7 days
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Microsoft Deploys Generative AI for US Spies
Sat, 11 May 2024 10:30:00 +0000
Plus: China is suspected in a hack targeting the UK’s military, the US Marines are testing gun-toting robotic dogs, and Dell suffers a data breach impacting 49 million customers.
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Could America and its allies club together to weaken the dollar?
Thu, 09 May 2024 09:58:40 +0000
China would not be happy
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What would get China’s consumers spending?
Thu, 09 May 2024 09:57:49 +0000
Clues from a grocer in a fourth-tier city
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What Xi Jinping gets wrong about China’s economy
Thu, 09 May 2024 09:57:57 +0000
Despite his protestations, the country does have an overcapacity problem
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Japan will struggle to rescue its plummeting currency
Mon, 29 Apr 2024 16:00:14 +0000
Expensive government intervention looks likely to provide only brief respite
Match ID: 40 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 21 days
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Why a stronger dollar is dangerous
Tue, 23 Apr 2024 16:00:59 +0000
It sets the stage for a nasty new Trump-China clash, among other things
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Can the IMF solve the poor world’s debt crisis?
Thu, 18 Apr 2024 10:05:21 +0000
The fund will freeze out China if that is what it takes to offer relief
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China’s better economic growth hides reasons to worry
Tue, 16 Apr 2024 13:33:05 +0000
The country’s leaders are too complacent about deflation
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What China’s central bank and Costco shoppers have in common
Thu, 11 Apr 2024 10:02:17 +0000
Hint: it is not a fondness for cryptocurrencies
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China’s state is eating the private property market
Thu, 11 Apr 2024 09:50:47 +0000
Pity those soon to buy a home
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How Xi Jinping plans to overtake America
Sun, 31 Mar 2024 12:31:35 +0000
Digital twins, nuclear fusion and the small matter of fixing China’s economy
Match ID: 46 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 50 days
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China’s banks have a bad-debt problem
Wed, 27 Mar 2024 14:12:05 +0000
As is becoming increasingly obvious
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Japan ends the world’s greatest monetary-policy experiment
Tue, 19 Mar 2024 13:12:06 +0000
For the first time in 17 years, officials raise interest rates
Match ID: 48 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 62 days
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How China, Russia and Iran are forging closer ties
Mon, 18 Mar 2024 19:52:43 +0000
Assessing the economic threat posed by the anti-Western axis
Match ID: 49 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 63 days
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China’s economic bright spots provide a warning
Thu, 14 Mar 2024 10:55:00 +0000
What a visit to an optimistic port reveals
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China is churning out solar panels—and upsetting sand markets
Thu, 14 Mar 2024 10:37:33 +0000
The hunt for grains with a silica concentration of more than 99.9%
Match ID: 51 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 67 days
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How Trump and Biden have failed to cut ties with China
Tue, 27 Feb 2024 18:46:06 +0000
It is hard to overcome economic incentives
Match ID: 52 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 83 days
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As the Nikkei 225 hits record highs, Japan’s young start investing
Thu, 22 Feb 2024 07:21:14 +0000
Will more now favour domestic stocks?
Match ID: 53 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 89 days
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Russia outsmarts Western sanctions—and China is paying attention
Wed, 21 Feb 2024 21:08:09 +0000
How the rise of middle powers helps America’s enemies
Match ID: 54 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 89 days
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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: 103 days
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NASA Licenses 3D-Printable Superalloy to Benefit US Economy
Thu, 09 May 2024 12:14:04 +0000
NASA’s investment in a breakthrough superalloy developed for the extreme temperatures and harsh conditions of air and spaceflight is on the threshold of paying commercial dividends. The agency is licensing its invention, dubbed “GRX-810,” to four American companies, a practice that benefits the United States economy as a return on investment of taxpayer dollars. GRX-810 […]
Match ID: 56 Score: 5.00 source: www.nasa.gov age: 11 days
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A New Surveillance Tool Invades Border Towns
Sat, 04 May 2024 10:30:00 +0000
Plus: An assassination plot, an AI security bill, a Project Nimbus revelation, and more of the week’s top security news.
Match ID: 57 Score: 5.00 source: www.wired.com age: 16 days
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Hedge funds make billions as India’s options market goes ballistic
Thu, 02 May 2024 10:14:54 +0000
The country’s retail investors are doing less well
Match ID: 58 Score: 5.00 source: www.economist.com age: 18 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: 59 Score: 5.00 source: www.economist.com age: 39 days
qualifiers: 5.00 india

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
Match ID: 60 Score: 5.00 source: www.economist.com age: 46 days
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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
Match ID: 61 Score: 5.00 source: www.economist.com age: 54 days
qualifiers: 5.00 india

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
Match ID: 62 Score: 4.29 source: www.economist.com age: 102 days
qualifiers: 4.29 indonesia

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Outside Groups Spent $285,000 Backing Jamaal Bowman. AIPAC Alone Just Dropped Nearly $2 Million to Attack Him.
Thu, 16 May 2024 21:08:07 +0000

With Bowman’s challenger handpicked by AIPAC, the Israel lobby is cementing its status as the biggest player in Democratic primary politics.

The post Outside Groups Spent $285,000 Backing Jamaal Bowman. AIPAC Alone Just Dropped Nearly $2 Million to Attack Him. appeared first on The Intercept.

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qualifiers: 21.43 republican, 21.43 politics, 21.43 democrat, 17.86 election, 10.71 executive, 10.71 elections, 7.14 congress

‘What’s happening is not genocide’: Biden criticizes ICC for seeking arrest warrants for Israeli officials – as it happened
Mon, 20 May 2024 22:15:15 GMT

This live blog is now closed. For the latest on the fallout from ICC seeking arrest warrants, read our full report:

• Biden attacks request by ICC prosecutor for Netanyahu arrest warrant

The Republican leaders of the US House of Representatives are reportedly weighing a legislative response to the decision by the international criminal court’s chief prosecutor, Karim Khan, to seek arrest warrants for Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar and the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity.

Punchbowl News has reported that House Republican leadership, which is very supportive of the Israeli government and its war in Gaza, are considering a response, but what the measure looks like and whether they can pull it off before the upcoming Memorial Day holiday remains unclear.

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qualifiers: 30.00 republican, 30.00 politics, 30.00 democrat, 10.00 house of representatives, 10.00 congress

Republicans Can’t Decide: Do They Hate Prosecutors Because of Bail Reform or Abortion?
Thu, 16 May 2024 13:00:00 +0000

Since Dobbs, state-level Republicans have sought to strip power from DAs elected in Democratic cities who won’t prosecute abortion care.

The post Republicans Can’t Decide: Do They Hate Prosecutors Because of Bail Reform or Abortion? appeared first on The Intercept.

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qualifiers: 21.43 republican, 21.43 politics, 21.43 democrat, 10.71 legislature, 10.71 executive, 10.71 constitution

State-endorsed violence is triumphing over left-aligned protests
Mon, 20 May 2024 21:15:01 +0000
Particularly but not only in red states, state-endorsed violence is manifesting in extreme forms.
Match ID: 3 Score: 90.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 30.00 republican, 30.00 politics, 30.00 democrat

Biden, lawmakers blast ICC’s intent to charge Israeli leaders
Mon, 20 May 2024 20:02:51 +0000
President Biden said it was “outrageous” that ICC prosecutor Karim Khan had applied for arrest warrants against Israeli leaders, while some liberal Democrats cheered the court’s move.
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Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., on Why He’s Running
Mon, 20 May 2024 10:00:00 +0000
David Remnick asks R.F.K., Jr., where his run for President and his beliefs are coming from.
Match ID: 5 Score: 85.00 source: www.newyorker.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 30.00 republican, 30.00 democrat, 25.00 election

Backed by rival GOP factions, vets in Va. primary look similar on paper
Mon, 20 May 2024 22:57:35 +0000
The GOP has more of an opening in Virginia’s 7th Congressional District after Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D) announced she’s running for governor.
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qualifiers: 30.00 republican, 30.00 politics, 10.00 congress

A busy week ahead for Biden; Trump’s trial nears end
Mon, 20 May 2024 22:14:35 +0000
Live updates from the 2024 campaign trail, with the latest news on presidential candidates, polls, primaries and more.
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qualifiers: 30.00 politics, 25.00 election, 15.00 elections

Indian Voters Are Being Bombarded With Millions of Deepfakes. Political Candidates Approve
Mon, 20 May 2024 10:00:00 +0000
India’s elections are a glimpse of the AI-driven future of democracy. Politicians are using audio and video deepfakes of themselves to reach voters—who may have no idea they’ve been talking to a clone.
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qualifiers: 30.00 politics, 25.00 election, 15.00 elections

As India votes, a streetwise pol proves pragmatism often trumps ideology
Mon, 20 May 2024 05:00:21 +0000
Tapas Ray defected from his centrist, secular party for the right-wing, Hindu nationalist BJP, and his “vote bank” of backers has stuck with him.
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qualifiers: 30.00 politics, 25.00 election, 15.00 elections

The State Department Says Israel Isn’t Blocking Aid. Videos Show the Opposite.
Sat, 18 May 2024 10:00:00 +0000

From targeting humanitarian vehicles to standing by as mobs attack trucks, Israel is blocking aid from reaching Gaza.

The post The State Department Says Israel Isn’t Blocking Aid. Videos Show the Opposite. appeared first on The Intercept.

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qualifiers: 30.00 politics, 30.00 democrat, 10.00 congress

Jacob Zuma not eligible to run for South African parliament, court rules
Mon, 20 May 2024 11:07:03 GMT

Ex-president’s jail sentence precludes him from standing for new MK party in decision that could affect general election results

South Africa’s highest court has ruled that former president Jacob Zuma cannot run for parliament in national elections on 29 May, the latest twist in the most competitive polls since the country’s first post-apartheid vote 30 years ago.

The constitutional court found that Zuma was ineligible to stand for election due to a 15-month prison sentence for contempt of court in 2021, after he failed to appear before a corruption inquiry.

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qualifiers: 25.00 election, 15.00 elections, 15.00 constitution, 10.00 congress

The Consumer Finance Protection Bureau Is Constitutional, After All
Thu, 16 May 2024 23:34:55 +0000

And for some reason Justice Samuel Alito can’t stop talking about this witch trial judge.

The post The Consumer Finance Protection Bureau Is Constitutional, After All appeared first on The Intercept.

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qualifiers: 21.43 republican, 21.43 politics, 10.71 constitution, 7.14 congress

Analysis: Why Biden is underperforming Democratic Senate candidates
Mon, 20 May 2024 17:39:37 +0000

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qualifiers: 30.00 politics, 30.00 democrat

Why Biden is underperforming Democratic Senate candidates
Mon, 20 May 2024 17:28:42 +0000
It’s more about the GOP than the Democrats.
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In Georgia’s Democratic primary on Tuesday, Fulton County District Attorney Fani T. Willis will face local...
Mon, 20 May 2024 17:22:41 +0000

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Tracking the Trump criminal cases and where they stand
Mon, 20 May 2024 15:13:59 +0000
Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, has been indicted in four criminal cases. Here is the latest news on each.
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qualifiers: 30.00 republican, 30.00 politics

After years of Democratic dominance, Nevada could be slipping from Biden’s grasp
Mon, 20 May 2024 13:20:09 +0000

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Politics Weekly Westminster: Infected blood inquiry final report – podcast
Mon, 20 May 2024 13:10:43 GMT

The Guardian’s Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey discuss the infected blood scandal as the final report is published on Monday. Plus: could inflation figures released on Wednesday give the Conservatives a desperately needed boost?

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qualifiers: 30.00 politics, 15.00 executive, 15.00 conservatives

Linda Reynolds says failed mediation with Brittany Higgins disappointing for those ‘damaged and wounded by this saga’
Tue, 21 May 2024 06:39:33 GMT

Defamation case now likely to head to trial, with the former defence minister saying it’s time for ‘us all to find a way to move on’

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A pair of high-profile defamation cases pitting the Liberal senator Linda Reynolds against her former political staffer Brittany Higgins and her fiance are likely to head to trial after mediation talks were unsuccessful.

The former defence minister, who plans to retire from politics at the next election, is suing Higgins and David Sharaz over a series of social media posts she says have damaged her reputation.

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Americans are down on the economy (again), with inflation topping election concerns
Mon, 20 May 2024 20:08:54 +0000

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Analysis: Would a guilty verdict in Trump’s trial reshape the election?
Mon, 20 May 2024 14:30:12 +0000

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Judge restricts how election expert can testify for defense
Mon, 20 May 2024 13:25:29 +0000

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Biden wants progressives to believe he’s reining in Israel. He isn’t | Mohamad Bazzi
Mon, 20 May 2024 10:01:01 GMT

Biden will be remembered as a president who could have restrained Israel but instead made the US complicit in this war

With great fanfare, Joe Biden confirmed on 8 May that his administration had suspended one weapons shipment to Israel, delaying the delivery of 3,500 bombs that can cause devastating casualties when dropped on population centers. Biden said he warned Israeli leaders that he would also block artillery shells and other munitions if Israel went ahead with a ground invasion of Rafah, Gaza’s southernmost city, where 1.4 million Palestinians have taken shelter.

It seemed Biden had finally decided to use the most effective leverage he has over Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, and his extremist government to force an end to Israel’s devastating war in Gaza. But less than a week later, it became clear that Biden had backtracked and he will continue sending Israel far more weapons than the one shipment he held back. Last Tuesday, the Biden administration notified Congress that it would move ahead with more than $1bn in new arms deals for Israel.

Mohamad Bazzi is director of the Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies, and a journalism professor at New York University

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qualifiers: 30.00 politics, 15.00 progressives, 10.00 congress

How Twitch Streamers Could Shape the 2024 Elections
Thu, 16 May 2024 20:14:54 +0000
WIRED talked to political streamer Hasan Piker about Joe Biden, the youth vote, and his advocacy for Gaza.
Match ID: 24 Score: 50.00 source: www.wired.com age: 4 days
qualifiers: 21.43 politics, 17.86 election, 10.71 elections

Russian Disinfo Campaign Blames Ukraine for Shooting of Slovakia’s Prime Minister
Thu, 16 May 2024 18:03:51 +0000
A seemingly coordinated campaign playing out across X, Telegram, and state-run media blames Ukraine for the attempted assassination of Robert Fico—something for which there is no evidence.
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qualifiers: 21.43 politics, 17.86 election, 10.71 elections

RFK Jr. Is Priming His Audience for Election Denialism
Thu, 16 May 2024 15:10:00 +0000
Robert F. Kennedy’s campaign—and his life’s work—have laid the groundwork for supporters to blame his inevitable loss on an elite conspiracy.
Match ID: 26 Score: 50.00 source: www.wired.com age: 4 days
qualifiers: 21.43 politics, 17.86 election, 10.71 elections

Infected blood scandal: ‘not inconceivable’ that officials or politicians could face prosecution, minister says – UK politics live
Tue, 21 May 2024 08:42:46 GMT

Mel Stride, work and pensions secretary, says possibility of prosecution will need to be ‘carefully looked at’ as Commons statement due on compensation

Max Hill, a former director of public prosecutions, said this morning that, although the corporate manslaughter charge could not be used to prosecute people involved in the infected blood scandal, other options were available.

He told Times Radio:

If the evidence is there, there is no bar to an investigation and a prosecution.

Now, sadly, corporate manslaughter came into force as a criminal offence on April 6, 2008 – much too late to deal with this case.

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UK risks ‘descending into darkness’ of antisemitism, Michael Gove to say
Mon, 20 May 2024 23:01:23 GMT

Safety of Jewish community ‘canary in mine’ for British political system, communities secretary will warn in speech

Michael Gove is to warn that Britain risks “descending into the darkness” if it fails to tackle growing antisemitism in the wake of the 7 October attacks.

In a major speech, the communities secretary will say the safety of the Jewish community in the UK is the “canary in the mine” for the health of the whole political system.

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The VA Is Quietly Fast-Tracking MDMA Therapy for Veterans
Mon, 20 May 2024 18:21:43 +0000

With FDA approval on the horizon, an internal document lays out measures to treat PTSD and stanch the suicide crisis.

The post The VA Is Quietly Fast-Tracking MDMA Therapy for Veterans appeared first on The Intercept.

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The Guardian view on the infected blood report: the disaster’s victims have at last been heard | Editorial
Mon, 20 May 2024 17:50:51 GMT

The grave failures of politicians, civil servants and the NHS over decades must lead to change

Nothing can bring back the 3,000 or so people who died as a result of contaminated blood products given to them by the NHS from the 1970s to the early 1990s. Thousands of others continue to struggle with viruses acquired in the same way, while others live with the knowledge that loved ones, including children, died or were infected needlessly. The report of the infected blood inquiry, published on Monday, has been far too long in coming. Victims of this disgraceful episode were fobbed off for decades, before the then prime minister Theresa May agreed to a public inquiry in 2017.

That decision was taken under strong pressure from campaigners. Andy Evans, who was infected with hepatitis C and HIV as a child, has described the official response as “kicking and screaming” all the way. The statement by the inquiry’s chair, Sir Brian Langstaff, on Monday was greeted with a standing ovation. But campaigners’ relief is mingled with anger and sadness. Truth, justice and accountability should not have been delayed for so long.

Do you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a response of up to 300 words by email to be considered for publication in our letters section, please click here.

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House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said in a statement Monday that Congress was reviewing all options,...
Mon, 20 May 2024 20:24:50 +0000

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Diplomatic row deepens after Javier Milei calls wife of Spanish PM ‘corrupt’
Mon, 20 May 2024 16:32:42 GMT

Spain recalls its Buenos Aires ambassador and demands apology from Argentina’s populist president

The Spanish government has recalled its ambassador from Buenos Aires and repeated its calls for Argentina’s populist president, Javier Milei, to apologise after he reopened a festering diplomatic row by suggesting that the wife of Spain’s prime minister was “corrupt”.

Milei, a self-described “anarcho-capitalist” and sworn enemy of socialism, infuriated Spain’s centre-left government when he used a speech at a summit of international far-right leaders in Madrid on Sunday to revive allegations that Pedro Sánchez’s wife, Begoña Gómez, had engaged in corruption and influence-peddling.

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Trump makes congressional endorsements ahead of next primaries
Mon, 20 May 2024 16:21:55 +0000

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University Professors Are Losing Their Jobs Over “New McCarthyism” on Gaza
Thu, 16 May 2024 09:00:00 +0000

As brutal police repression sweeps campus encampments, schools have been cutting ties with pro-Palestine faculty members without tenure.

The post University Professors Are Losing Their Jobs Over “New McCarthyism” on Gaza appeared first on The Intercept.

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qualifiers: 17.14 republican, 17.14 politics, 5.71 congress

On Trump and the Elusive Fantasy of a 2024 Election Game Changer
Thu, 16 May 2024 23:27:59 +0000
With a general-election debate and the ex-President’s criminal verdict looming, can anything move the immovable American electorate?
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qualifiers: 21.43 republican, 17.86 election

Victims of infected blood scandal to learn details of compensation
Tue, 21 May 2024 08:30:06 GMT

Minister to set out £10bn scheme after pledge from Rishi Sunak to pay ‘whatever it costs’

Thousands of victims of the infected blood scandal and their families are to learn how ministers plan to compensate them for their suffering and loss of earnings after Rishi Sunak pledged to pay “whatever it costs”.

The details of the long-delayed scheme, which is expected to cost more than £10bn, will be set out by the Cabinet Office minister John Glen on Tuesday.

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Australia respects ICC’s independence after Netanyahu arrest warrant request, government says
Tue, 21 May 2024 08:16:31 GMT

Government rejects suggestions it should criticise the court, which has sought arrest warrants for the Israeli PM and Hamas officials for war crimes

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The Albanese government says it respects the international criminal court’s “important” and “independent” role in upholding the law after its chief prosecutor requested arrest warrants for Hamas and Israeli officials for war crimes and crimes against humanity, including the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu.

A foreign affairs spokesperson said it was not appropriate to comment on matters before the court but added that Israel must comply with international laws, noting “every country is bound by the same fundamental rules” while defending itself.

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La Trobe University students end pro-Palestine camp – as it happened
Tue, 21 May 2024 08:14:56 GMT

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• Australia respects ICC’s independence following Netanyahu arrest warrant request, government says
• Centrepay scandal: Labor to reform debit scheme to combat ‘predatory behaviour’
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A High Court decision in Britain to allow Julian Assange to appeal his extradition to the US is a “small win” for the WikiLeaks founder but he should be freed now, the union for Australia’s journalists says.

As AAP reports, the Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance remains concerned there is no certainty an appeal will be successful, which would mean Assange could still be tried for espionage in the US.

Tonight’s decision by the High Court is a small win for Julian Assange and for the cause of media freedom worldwide.

MEAA welcomes the decision of the High Court, but we remain concerned that there is no guarantee of success.

We call on the Australian government to keep up the pressure on the US to drop the charges so Julian Assange can be reunited with his family.

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UK’s new dangerous cycling offence will achieve pretty much nothing
Tue, 21 May 2024 08:00:33 GMT

Move reflects wider state of politics around active travel – arguing around the margins and doing little to change lives for better

In the six days since a law to prosecute dangerous cyclists was announced, somewhere close to 30 people will have been killed on UK roads, none of them struck by bikes. About 500 more will have suffered serious, potentially life-changing injuries, with pretty much all connected to motor vehicles.

Again, going on the statistical averages, over those same six days, slightly more than 1,600 people across the UK will have died due to illnesses associated with physical inactivity. Riding a bike cuts your likelihood of developing such conditions by about half.

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Centrepay scandal: Labor to reform debit scheme to combat ‘predatory behaviour’
Tue, 21 May 2024 07:18:37 GMT

Review follows Guardian Australia investigation identifying deep and ongoing failures with voluntary bill-paying service for Centrelink recipients

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The Albanese government has pledged to reform the Centrepay debit system and has referred three energy companies to the regulator for using the system to wrongly take money from welfare recipients.

The announcement on Tuesday afternoon follows a Guardian Australia investigation identifying deep and ongoing failures with the Centrepay system, including its use by the major energy retailers AGL and Origin to wrongly take money from the welfare payments of former customers.

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Trump trial continues after key defense witness admonished by judge
Tue, 21 May 2024 07:00:33 GMT

Judge Juan Merchan asks Robert Costello, called by defense to try to discredit Michael Cohen, ‘Are you staring me down right now?’

Donald Trump’s criminal hush-money trial is to enter its 20th day on Tuesday with continued cross-examination of Robert Costello, whom the defense has used to try to discredit the ex-president’s one-time consigliere, Michael Cohen.

The former president, who is all but guaranteed to be the Republican presidential nominee, is charged with falsifying business records related to paying the adult film star Stormy Daniels $130,000 for her silence about an alleged sexual liaison.

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Trump trial judge clears court to scold witness: From the transcript
Tue, 21 May 2024 06:50:50 +0000
Judge Merchan told Robert Costello not to roll his eyes, stare him down, talk over objections or sigh “jeez.” At one point, he cleared the room of reporters.
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Trump tops Biden in April fundraising, but Biden keeps cash advantage
Tue, 21 May 2024 03:57:15 +0000
The Trump campaign and RNC reported that they jointly raised about $25 million more than the Biden campaign said it raised across all its committees in April.
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Prosecutors rest in Trump trial, and Judge Merchan erupts at a witness
Tue, 21 May 2024 00:21:52 +0000
After sending reporters out of the courtroom, Justice Juan Merchan threatened to hold Robert Costello in contempt if the witness continued to stare at him.
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Labour will aim to reveal new town sites within first year in power
Mon, 20 May 2024 22:50:13 GMT

Angela Rayner to promise party will build homes on sites by end of its first term and support private developers

A Labour government would aim to announce the sites for a series of new towns within a year of taking office, with the promise that homes would be built in them by the end of a first term, Angela Rayner is to say in a speech.

Giving more detail to a plan first outlined in Keir Starmer’s party conference speech in October, Rayner will tell a housing conference that Labour will strongly support private developers who create high-quality and affordable housing.

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‘Don’t roll your eyes’ and an entourage: Trump trial takeaways, day 19
Mon, 20 May 2024 22:29:19 GMT

The ex-president walked into the courtroom with a phalanx of supporters as the defense’s witness prompted near-chaos

Donald Trump’s criminal hush-money trial entered its 19th day on Monday in Manhattan with what has become a routine procession. Trump walked into the hallway, and then the courtroom, with a phalanx of supporters that included his son, Eric, and Republicans of varying prominence.

This morning, some of Trump’s guests included Kash Patel and the law professor Alan Dershowitz, whose reputation has waned due to his past association with Jeffrey Epstein. Others present included: a former leader of the New York Hells Angels chapter, and a disgraced former NYPD commissioner.

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U.S. Fears Undersea Cables Are Vulnerable to Espionage From Chinese Repair Ships
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President Biden, speaking at an event celebrating Jewish American Heritage Month, said that what the Israeli...
Mon, 20 May 2024 22:14:35 +0000

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Donald Trump has repeatedly proclaimed that he wants to testify in his criminal trial, sometimes saying...
Mon, 20 May 2024 21:59:14 +0000

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In dinging Cohen for stealing, Trump’s lawyers undercut their own premise
Mon, 20 May 2024 21:58:21 +0000
Trump’s lawyers landed a significant credibility blow when Michael Cohen admitted he “stole” from the Trump Organization. But at what cost?
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The death of Iran’s president
Mon, 20 May 2024 21:57:50 +0000
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi died in a helicopter crash on Sunday, along with other top officials. Today on “Post Reports,” the reactions to his death from within Iran and worldwide – and what it will mean for the country’s leadership.
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Prosecution rests in Trump hush money trial
Mon, 20 May 2024 21:23:27 +0000
Prosecutors rested their case after Michael Cohen finished testifying Monday in Donald Trump’s trial on allegations of business fraud related to a hush money payment.
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Nevada group turns in 200,000 signatures to qualify abortion ballot measure
Mon, 20 May 2024 21:19:51 +0000

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Justice Juan Merchan said he would reserve his decision on the defense motion to dismiss, and...
Mon, 20 May 2024 21:03:03 +0000

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Donald Trump has been closely listening to his lawyer Todd Blanche’s argument for throwing out the...
Mon, 20 May 2024 20:53:53 +0000

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The jury has been sent home for the day. The defense is now making its motion...
Mon, 20 May 2024 20:46:36 +0000

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Defense lawyer Emil Bove said they do not expect to call any more witnesses after Robert...
Mon, 20 May 2024 20:41:45 +0000

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Attorney says Cohen was suicidal after search of his office, residence
Mon, 20 May 2024 20:38:50 +0000

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The jury is being sent home for the day. Robert Costello has not finished his testimony.
Mon, 20 May 2024 20:37:33 +0000

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Here’s what made the judge angry at defense witness Robert Costello
Mon, 20 May 2024 20:36:12 +0000

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‘Are you staring me down right now?’ an angry Judge Merchan asks witness
Mon, 20 May 2024 20:20:34 +0000

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Merchan clears courtroom after growing angry with witness
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The courtroom has been reopened, and testimony from lawyer Robert Costello is resuming.
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It was an angry, tense moment in the courtroom as a furious Justice Juan Merchan ordered...
Mon, 20 May 2024 20:15:36 +0000

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The row of Donald Trump’s supporters, including several lawyers who are not officially part of the...
Mon, 20 May 2024 20:12:43 +0000

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Lawyer says Cohen told him he had nothing on Trump
Mon, 20 May 2024 19:59:10 +0000

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Defense says their next witness can show that Cohen perjured himself
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Robert Costello is not yet on the witness stand. The jury is out of the room...
Mon, 20 May 2024 19:36:00 +0000

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The analyst is off the stand and the defense is calling Robert Costello, a lawyer who...
Mon, 20 May 2024 19:30:14 +0000

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In a place with a history of hate, an unlikely fight against GOP extremism
Mon, 20 May 2024 19:17:01 +0000

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Defense takes final shots at Cohen
Mon, 20 May 2024 19:17:37 +0000

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An analyst from Trump lawyer Todd Blanche’s office is the first defense witness. His name is...
Mon, 20 May 2024 19:15:23 +0000

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“The people rest,” said prosecutor Joshua Steinglass.
Mon, 20 May 2024 19:14:11 +0000

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Michael Cohen has finished his testimony in Donald Trump’s trial.
Mon, 20 May 2024 19:12:46 +0000

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Prosecutor’s redirect questioning of Cohen is brief and to the point
Mon, 20 May 2024 19:07:45 +0000

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Trial testimony could wrap up today
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Binoculars and batteries: What it’s like covering Trump’s hush money trial
Mon, 20 May 2024 18:53:57 +0000

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Merchan says the Trump trial will be dark for most of the week
Mon, 20 May 2024 18:52:48 +0000

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Cooler heads appear to have prevailed in a sudden unexpected standoff over whether the trial would...
Mon, 20 May 2024 18:43:04 +0000

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‘Best day ever. I just wish I were younger’: the voices of infected blood victims
Mon, 20 May 2024 18:35:28 GMT

For most it has come as a relief and a vindication of their suffering over decades. But anger and doubts remain

• What is the infected blood scandal?

The final report on the infected blood scandal details the litany of government and healthcare failures which led to thousands of people being infected with HIV and Hepatitis C. It contains harsh words for doctors, ministers and civil servants, but it also aims to shine a light on the heartbreaking stories of pain and loss from victims and their families. Here are some of their reactions to the report in Westminster on Monday.

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How Rudy Giuliani tried, and failed, to avoid his latest indictment
Mon, 20 May 2024 18:32:07 +0000

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We are now on a 10-minute break during which prosecutors have to try to reach a...
Mon, 20 May 2024 18:30:05 +0000

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Defense lawyer Todd Blanche says it’s possible that both the prosecution and the defense may rest...
Mon, 20 May 2024 18:24:11 +0000

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Donald Trump and his lawyers have reentered the courtroom. The judge and jury have not yet...
Mon, 20 May 2024 18:12:56 +0000

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Infected blood scandal prompts politicians to again say ‘never again’ | John Crace
Mon, 20 May 2024 18:05:51 GMT

‘We must make sure nothing like this happens again’, Rishi Sunak exclaimed. Except it will

Remember Hillsborough? Remember Grenfell? Remember the Post Office Horizon scandal? Of course you do. So you probably don’t have much faith in organisations and government to tell the truth. Because on every occasion, what you get from politicians is a lot of hand-wringing. Bucketfuls of faux piety. Verging on the lachrymose. Not forgetting the sincerity. Always the sincerity.

“This. Must. Never. Be. Allowed. To. Happen. Again,” they say. Talking extra slowly and over-emphasising each word. Because this time they think the public might be watching them. Because this time they expect to be believed. “Read my lips. I’m an honest broker.” Except we all know they’re not. That every time they say this mustn’t happen again, there’s another thing coming just round the corner they had said must never happen again.

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Doug Burgum’s primary run was short-lived. Now he’s everywhere with Trump.
Mon, 20 May 2024 18:04:55 +0000

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Why are Trump’s supporters allowed in the courtroom?
Mon, 20 May 2024 17:40:35 +0000

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On the Trump Trials: Sidebar podcast, it’s Take a Friend to Court Day
Mon, 20 May 2024 17:16:50 +0000

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Blue Origin resumes human flights to suborbital space, but it wasn’t perfect
Mon, 20 May 2024 17:16:17 +0000
Blue Origin's space capsule safely landed despite a problem with one of its parachutes.
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Biden: ‘Outrageous’ for ICC prosecutor to seek to charge Israeli leaders
Mon, 20 May 2024 17:08:26 +0000

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UK review of protest tactics expected to stop short of banning groups
Mon, 20 May 2024 17:00:12 GMT

Palestine Action, Just Stop Oil and Extinction Rebellion to be highlighted in report by John Woodcock for ‘dangerous’ tactics

A review of disruptive tactics used by protesters is expected to stop short of demanding that named groups such as Palestine Action and Just Stop Oil should be banned.

The 240-page report, written by the former Labour MP John Woodcock, will instead recommend that groups that use protests to “create mayhem and hold the public and workers to ransom” should be proscribed in future.

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Prosecutors and defense lawyers argued about whether the jury can be shown images of Donald Trump...
Mon, 20 May 2024 16:58:14 +0000

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The parties are now leaving for the lunch break. Donald Trump has left the courtroom.
Mon, 20 May 2024 16:57:02 +0000

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The jury has gone on an early lunch break and we are hearing some legal arguments...
Mon, 20 May 2024 16:49:01 +0000

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Analysis: Arizona and Florida could send a big message on abortion rights
Mon, 20 May 2024 16:39:21 +0000

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Prosecutor: It might feel like Michael Cohen is on trial
Mon, 20 May 2024 16:33:17 +0000

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Arizona and Florida could send a big message on abortion rights
Mon, 20 May 2024 16:31:15 +0000
The abortion rights position has won in seven of seven states post-Roe v. Wade. But Arizona and Florida are especially big — as are the margins by which their ballot measures lead.
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As prosecutor Susan Hoffinger re-questions Michael Cohen, there have been repeated breaks for lawyers to have...
Mon, 20 May 2024 16:28:10 +0000

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Trump hired company to manipulate a poll, then didn’t pay bill, Cohen testifies
Mon, 20 May 2024 16:26:42 +0000

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Cohen says he stole Trump money as ‘self-help’
Mon, 20 May 2024 16:16:49 +0000

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During a sidebar discussion, Michael Cohen was sheepishly glancing in the direction of the jury and...
Mon, 20 May 2024 16:14:18 +0000

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A generation of students is being ripped off – and our blood should be boiling | Zoe Williams
Mon, 20 May 2024 16:14:45 GMT

Politicians talk about tuition fees as if the students were somehow getting a good deal. In reality, they’re being shockingly exploited

Whether or not universities are at risk of going bust is often talked about like a second-order problem. Sure, it’s sad and all, but is it as serious as a local authority going bankrupt? Is anyone actually going to die if non-Russell Group universities can no longer afford to run humanities degrees? Is it the end of the world for students to leave with 150 grand’s worth of debt, instead of 80?

But then one morning, you wake up and think: enough. Successive governments have been staring an entirely predictable calamity in the face for years, doing nothing about it while ripping off an entire generation with ever greater impunity, then masking that incompetence with casual anti-intellectualism and defeatism. OK, maybe saying that out loud doesn’t do an enormous amount to help students, but not saying it makes your blood boil.

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Prosecutor cleans up Michael Cohen testimony about key phone call
Mon, 20 May 2024 16:10:52 +0000

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Why unions are lobbying Labour over a ‘just transition’ to cleaner energy
Mon, 20 May 2024 16:08:26 GMT

Jobs and communities dependent on oil and gas sector must be considered in plan to ban North Sea licences, say GMB and Unite

Peace may have broken out between Labour and its union backers over workers’ rights, but shadow ministers face fierce lobbying in another key policy area: how to make the switch from fossil fuels without causing deep economic scarring.

Unions representing tens of thousands of oil and gas workers – in particular GMB and Unite – are demanding urgent answers about what will happen to members’ jobs as the UK switches to cleaner energy sources.

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Blanche tries to get Cohen to admit he would profit from Trump conviction
Mon, 20 May 2024 16:08:10 +0000

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Cohen says he is on a ‘journey ... to tell my story’
Mon, 20 May 2024 16:04:11 +0000

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Donald Trump’s lawyer Todd Blanche just finished his cross-examination of Michael Cohen, and redirect examination by...
Mon, 20 May 2024 16:00:31 +0000

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Donald Trump Jr. will attend his father’s trial on Tuesday, according to a person familiar with...
Mon, 20 May 2024 15:54:39 +0000

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Analysis: The inverted reality of the Trump VP shortlist
Mon, 20 May 2024 15:37:24 +0000

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Michael Cohen said a television show is being pitched around Hollywood about his life and times...
Mon, 20 May 2024 15:30:51 +0000

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Cohen grilled about his interactions with lawyer Robert Costello
Mon, 20 May 2024 15:23:56 +0000

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Why haven’t prosecutors called Allen Weisselberg?
Mon, 20 May 2024 15:17:53 +0000

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Tracking Biden administration political appointees to fill top roles
Mon, 20 May 2024 15:15:50 +0000
Follow the president's progress filling nearly 800 positions, among the 1,200 that require Senate confirmation, in this tracker from The Washington Post and the Partnership for Public Service.
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Donald Trump says if he wins a second term, he would consider nominating Texas Attorney General...
Mon, 20 May 2024 15:03:24 +0000

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Cohen actually stole $60,000 from the Trump Organization
Mon, 20 May 2024 15:01:35 +0000

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Cohen says Trump helped him land $50,000-a-month AT&T consulting gig
Mon, 20 May 2024 14:57:00 +0000

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Email shows Cohen discussed reimbursement ‘agreement’ for Stormy Daniels payment
Mon, 20 May 2024 14:46:27 +0000

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Marco Rubio and the inverted reality of the Trump VP shortlist
Mon, 20 May 2024 14:43:18 +0000
If you want to be vice president to the guy who rejects reality, there’s an important job qualification.
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Biden team braces for upcoming trials of Hunter Biden
Mon, 20 May 2024 14:28:47 +0000

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Cohen admits stealing from the Trump Organization
Mon, 20 May 2024 14:15:31 +0000

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Defense presses Michael Cohen over his 2016 business deals
Mon, 20 May 2024 14:00:30 +0000

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Donald Trump does not appear intensely engaged as Michael Cohen begins his third day on the...
Mon, 20 May 2024 13:54:26 +0000

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What science tells us about Biden, Trump and evaluating an aging brain
Mon, 20 May 2024 13:49:03 +0000

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Why is Michael Cohen allowed to testify about Trump, his former client?
Mon, 20 May 2024 13:39:54 +0000

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Michael Cohen is back on the witness stand. We are awaiting the jury’s arrival.
Mon, 20 May 2024 13:34:37 +0000

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Donald Trump is back in the courtroom.
Mon, 20 May 2024 13:33:15 +0000

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We are going on a 10-minute break before the jury comes in.
Mon, 20 May 2024 13:27:26 +0000

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Justice Juan Merchan denied a bid by Donald Trump’s lawyer to have an expert witness discuss...
Mon, 20 May 2024 13:09:57 +0000

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Before entering the courtroom in New York, Donald Trump reiterated his complaint that the hush money...
Mon, 20 May 2024 13:06:45 +0000

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Judge denies defense request to show jury an email sent to Michael Cohen
Mon, 20 May 2024 13:03:48 +0000

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Before entering the courtroom, Donald Trump reiterated his complaint that the trial was taking him away...
Mon, 20 May 2024 13:03:47 +0000

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Justice Juan Merchan just said this trial will go into next week. Testimony will wrap up...
Mon, 20 May 2024 12:54:04 +0000

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Proceedings have started, right on time. As planned, court is beginning 45 minutes early.
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DRC army says it stopped attempted coup involving three US citizens
Sun, 19 May 2024 21:08:57 GMT

Coup leader killed and 50 people, including Americans, arrested after men reportedly attacked presidency in capital Kinshasa

The leader of an attempted coup on Sunday in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been killed and about 50 people including three American citizens arrested, a spokesperson for the central African country’s army told Reuters.

Gunfire rang out around 4am in the capital Kinshasa, a Reuters reporter said. Armed men attacked the presidency in the city centre, according to spokesperson Sylvain Ekenge.

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Home Office in threat to deport disabled man to Nigeria after 38 years in UK
Sun, 19 May 2024 10:00:33 GMT

Anthony Olubunmi George, 61, has been refused leave to remain despite living most of his adult life in Britain

A disabled man who has lived in the UK for 38 years has been threatened with removal from the UK by the Home Office.

Anthony Olubunmi George, 61, came to the UK at the age of 24 in 1986 from Nigeria. He has not left the UK since and has no criminal convictions. In 2019, he had two strokes, which left him with problems with speech and mobility.

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Neither Candidate Has Much to Say About Israel. So Why Is AIPAC Pouring Money Into This Race?
Sat, 11 May 2024 12:00:00 +0000

The powerful lobbying group is going against a Capitol Police officer who fended off January 6 insurrectionists.

The post Neither Candidate Has Much to Say About Israel. So Why Is AIPAC Pouring Money Into This Race? appeared first on The Intercept.

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Medical Workers Evacuated From Gaza, but 3 Americans Refuse to Leave
Fri, 17 May 2024 23:47:13 +0000

Remaining health care workers won’t go until Israel stops blocking entry of new medical personnel.

The post Medical Workers Evacuated From Gaza, but 3 Americans Refuse to Leave appeared first on The Intercept.

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‘Bullet wounds are common’: crime rife in DRC’s rebel-besieged city of Goma
Fri, 17 May 2024 12:39:02 GMT

Robberies, shootings, extortion and rapes have surged since the Rwandan-backed M23 militia cut off the eastern Congolese capital

In broad daylight on 16 April, three armed and uniformed men held up a city centre mobile phone shop.

Threatening staff, they helped themselves to about £700 worth of goods, before making off on a motorbike, disappearing into the busy streets of Goma, in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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An Israeli Company Is Hawking Its Self-Launching Drone System to U.S. Police Departments
Fri, 17 May 2024 10:00:00 +0000

A Louisiana sheriff’s department has been testing the drone system, which is already used by the Israeli police and many settlements.

The post An Israeli Company Is Hawking Its Self-Launching Drone System to U.S. Police Departments appeared first on The Intercept.

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England's Euro 2024 squad - Southgate's big decisions
Tue, 21 May 2024 08:00:05 GMT
England manager Gareth Southgate picks his initial Euro 2024 squad on Tuesday and faces a few difficult selection issues.
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Tuesday briefing: What the death of Ebrahim Raisi means for Iran’s political future
Tue, 21 May 2024 05:44:41 GMT

In today’s newsletter: Uncertainty surrounds the country’s succession and foreign policy after a shocking crash which killed the president and six others

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Good morning. The death of a president is always an enormously consequential moment – but in Iran, where five days of mourning are under way after Ebrahim Raisi was killed in a helicopter crash on Sunday, the exact nature of those consequences is difficult to parse.

Raisi had been described as a likely successor to Iran’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei – but also as a figure of limited influence, often by the same analysts. His passing has led some to suggest that nothing will change at all, and others to say that, with a presidential election now due within 50 days, this could be a turning point.

Contaminated blood scandal | Thousands of victims of the infected blood scandal and their families are to learn how ministers plan to compensate them after Rishi Sunak pledged to pay “whatever it costs”. The details of the scheme will be set out on Tuesday after the publication of Sir Brian Langstaff’s report yesterday, which said that the calamity could “largely, though not entirely, have been avoided”.

WikiLeaks | Julian Assange has been granted leave to mount a fresh appeal against his extradition to the US on charges of leaking military secrets. Two judges accepted that there was an arguable case that he could be discriminated against, after being told that an US prosecutor has said the first amendment may not protect foreigners’ freedom of speech over national security issues.

Israel-Gaza war | The chief prosecutor of the international criminal court has said he is seeking arrest warrants for senior Hamas and Israeli officials for war crimes and crimes against humanity. The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and his defence minister, Yoav Gallant, are among them.

UK news | A nursery worker has been found guilty of killing a nine-month-old baby girl who died after being strapped face down to a beanbag for more than 90 minutes. Genevieve Meehan suffocated after being placed in “mortal danger” by Kate Roughley, the deputy manager of Tiny Toes nursery in Cheadle Hulme, Stockport, the trial heard.

Trump trial | Prosecutors in the Manhattan district attorney’s office rested their case on Monday after Michael Cohen – whose $130,000 hush money payment to the adult film star Stormy Daniels is at the heart of the criminal case against Donald Trump – testified that he knew the payment violated federal election law.

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What we know about the helicopter crash that killed Iranian President Raisi
Mon, 20 May 2024 19:26:08 +0000
First Vice President Mohammad Mokhber has assumed the duties of president and will hold an election within 50 days.
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Revealed: Meta approved political ads in India that incited violence
Mon, 20 May 2024 10:00:02 GMT

Exclusive: Ads containing AI-manipulated images were submitted to Facebook by civil and corporate accountability groups

The Facebook and Instagram owner Meta approved a series of AI-manipulated political adverts during India’s election that spread disinformation and incited religious violence, according to a report shared exclusively with the Guardian.

Facebook approved adverts containing known slurs towards Muslims in India, such as “let’s burn this vermin” and “Hindu blood is spilling, these invaders must be burned”, as well as Hindu supremacist language and disinformation about political leaders.

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Mexico’s presidential hopefuls accuse each other’s parties of cartel ties
Mon, 20 May 2024 09:26:43 +0000
In their last debate before the June 2 election, Claudia Sheinbaum and Xóchitl Gálvez pledged to reduce stubbornly high homicide rates.
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Taiwan’s new president takes office and calls on China to cease hostile actions
Mon, 20 May 2024 08:30:21 GMT

Lai Ching-te uses inauguration speech to push for peace in the region and says future of Taiwan important to future of the world

Lai Ching-te has been sworn in as Taiwan’s new president, urging China to “cease their political and military intimidation against Taiwan” and to keep the world free from the fear of more war.

Lai was inaugurated on Monday morning at the Japanese colonial-era presidential office in central Taipei, taking over from Tsai Ing-wen, whose eight years in power saw a deterioration in relations with Beijing.

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‘Modi builds highways but where are our jobs?’: rising inequality looms over India’s election
Mon, 20 May 2024 02:00:52 GMT

While the number of Indian billionaires soars, growing unemployment has become a big problem for the BJP as it campaigns for a third term

It wasn’t even the real wedding, just the pre-wedding party. But that didn’t stop India’s richest billionaire, Mukesh Ambani, whose son is set to marry the daughter of a millionaire, from throwing an affair so ostentatious that no one could question just how wealthy they are.

The pop star Rihanna was paid about $8m to perform. The catering alone cost $25m and the final bill for the glittering soiree, held in March, reportedly came in at about $150m.

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Israel Wants Endless War Without the Politics. Biden’s Going Along for the Doomed Ride.
Wed, 15 May 2024 09:00:00 +0000

This isn’t “politics by other means,” it’s never-ending conflict.

The post Israel Wants Endless War Without the Politics. Biden’s Going Along for the Doomed Ride. appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 147 Score: 23.57 source: theintercept.com age: 6 days
qualifiers: 12.86 politics, 10.71 election

AIPAC and Republican Donors Raising Big Money for Maxine Dexter Against Susheela Jayapal in Oregon
Fri, 10 May 2024 18:08:57 +0000

A donor to Dexter in the Portland congressional race tells The Intercept: “I give all my contributions through AIPAC.”

The post AIPAC and Republican Donors Raising Big Money for Maxine Dexter Against Susheela Jayapal in Oregon appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 148 Score: 22.14 source: theintercept.com age: 10 days
qualifiers: 4.29 republican, 4.29 politics, 4.29 democrat, 3.57 election, 2.14 progressives, 2.14 elections, 1.43 congress

Daily Cartoon: Thursday, May 16th
Thu, 16 May 2024 13:56:16 +0000
“The first rule of Moderate Republicans Club is ‘Never let on that you’re a moderate Republican.’ ”
Match ID: 149 Score: 21.43 source: www.newyorker.com age: 4 days
qualifiers: 21.43 republican

The Most Profoundly Not-Normal Facts About Trump’s 2024 Campaign
Sat, 18 May 2024 02:00:00 +0000
In Donald Trump’s run for the White House, the former President is, again, breaking political norms.
Match ID: 150 Score: 21.43 source: www.newyorker.com age: 3 days
qualifiers: 21.43 election

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Isn’t Going Away
Fri, 17 May 2024 19:00:00 +0000
David Remnick asks R.F.K., Jr., where his run for President and his beliefs are coming from. Plus, Miranda July’s new novel explores marriage, desire, and perimenopause.
Match ID: 151 Score: 21.43 source: www.newyorker.com age: 3 days
qualifiers: 21.43 election

Secrecy Concerns Mount Over Spy Powers Targeting US Data Centers
Tue, 14 May 2024 16:16:58 +0000
A coalition of digital rights groups is demanding the US declassify records that would clarify just how expansive a major surveillance program really is.
Match ID: 152 Score: 17.14 source: www.wired.com age: 6 days
qualifiers: 12.86 politics, 4.29 congress

Russia-Ukraine war live: Ukraine ‘urgently’ needs more air defences against ‘rain of Russian missiles’, says German minister
Tue, 21 May 2024 08:44:58 GMT

Annalena Baerbock says situation in Ukraine has ‘dramatically deteriorated’ as Volodymyr Zelenskiy calls for Nato states to help intercept Russian missiles

As we mentioned in the opening summary, the US treasury secretary, Janet Yellen, has urged German bank executives to step up efforts to comply with sanctions against Russia.

Here are some of her comments at the start of a meeting with bankers in Frankfurt:

Russia continues to procure sensitive goods and to expand its ability to domestically manufacture these goods. We must remain vigilant and be more ambitious.

I urge all institutions here to take heightened compliance measures and to increase your focus on Russian evasion attempts …

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Match ID: 153 Score: 15.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 15.00 executive

Paula Vennells: key questions the ex-Post Office boss must answer
Tue, 21 May 2024 05:00:29 GMT

Former chief executive is to give evidence at inquiry into Horizon IT scandal this week

It is a moment wrongly convicted post office operators have waited years for. From Wednesday the former Post Office chief executive Paula Vennells will appear before the long-running inquiry into how hundreds were pursued in the courts, fined and jailed over accounting shortfalls that were actually the fault of the Horizon IT system.

Vennells, who held the top job between 2012 and 2019, has become the highest-profile face of the scandal since the ITV drama Mr Bates vs the Post Office galvanised public opinion when it was screened in January – despite her keeping a low public profile in the past decade.

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Match ID: 154 Score: 15.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 15.00 executive

In their prime: how trillions of cicadas pop up right on time – podcast
Tue, 21 May 2024 04:00:28 GMT

Right now, across much of the midwestern and eastern US, trillions of cicadas are crawling out from the soil. And this year is extra special, because two broods are erupting from the ground at once. The first brood hasn’t been seen for 13 years, the other for 17 years and the last time they emerged together Thomas Jefferson was president. Ian Sample speaks to entomologist Dr Gene Kritsky to find out what’s going on, why periodical cicadas emerge in cycles of prime numbers and how they keep time underground

Clips: CBN News

Everything you need to know about the US cicada-geddon

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Match ID: 155 Score: 15.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 15.00 executive

Could Netanyahu really be arrested for war crimes?
Tue, 21 May 2024 02:00:25 GMT

International criminal court prosecutors have requested arrest warrants for the leaders of Israel and Gaza. Julian Borger reports

In a move Israel has long feared, the international criminal court has announced it is seeking arrest warrants for the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and the defence minister, Yoav Gallantm alongside the Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, and other Hamas officials Mohammed Deif and Ismail Haniyeh.

The news is a political earthquake, with the men all accused of crimes against humanity. For the Israeli politicians, this includes accusations related to starvation and, for the Hamas leaders, rape and torture. The news of the applications for arrest warrants has been met with outrage from Hamas, the Israeli government and allies of both sides.

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Match ID: 156 Score: 15.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 15.00 executive

Judge: Craig Wright forged documents on “grand scale” to support bitcoin lie
Mon, 20 May 2024 20:23:37 +0000
Wright "lied repeatedly and extensively" in response to forgery allegations.
Match ID: 157 Score: 15.00 source: arstechnica.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 15.00 judiciary

55 Years Ago: Two Months Until the Moon Landing
Mon, 20 May 2024 19:13:15 +0000
The march to the first Moon landing took a giant leap forward in May 1969 with the successful completion of Apollo 10, essentially a dress rehearsal for the landing mission. During their eight-day flight, the all-veteran Apollo 10 crew of Thomas P. Stafford, John W. Young, and Eugene A. Cernan rehearsed nearly every aspect of […]
Match ID: 158 Score: 15.00 source: www.nasa.gov age: 0 days
qualifiers: 15.00 executive

It’s Manchester City’s title again and Klopp says farewell: Football Weekly - podcast
Mon, 20 May 2024 15:19:34 GMT

Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, Philippe Auclair and Troy Townsend as Manchester City go top of the Premier League ahead of the final round of fixtures

How to listen to podcasts: everything you need to know

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

On the podcast today; the Premier League finale. Manchester City claim their fourth consecutive title with Phil Foden doing the business again with a goal after just 79 seconds. What does the success mean for a club facing 115 Premier League charges?

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Match ID: 159 Score: 15.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 15.00 executive

New Caledonia: Macron calls further security meeting as deadly unrest grinds on
Mon, 20 May 2024 11:29:51 GMT

French forces launch operation on Sunday to regain access to parts of Nouméa and allow airport to reopen

The French president, Emmanuel Macron, has called a meeting of his defence and security council to discuss the deadly unrest in the Pacific territory of New Caledonia.

It is the third such meeting in less than week, the previous two having resulted in the decision to declare a state of emergency in the French territory and then to send reinforcements to help government forces on the ground restore order.

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Match ID: 160 Score: 15.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 15.00 constitution

Why Liberals Struggle to Defend Liberalism
Mon, 20 May 2024 10:00:00 +0000
We may be months away from the greatest crisis the liberal state has known since the Civil War. How come it’s so hard to say what we’re defending?
Match ID: 161 Score: 15.00 source: www.newyorker.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 15.00 liberals

Iran’s constitution calls for first vice president to assume chief role upon president’s death
Mon, 20 May 2024 06:27:16 +0000

Match ID: 162 Score: 15.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 1 day
qualifiers: 15.00 constitution

After I was assaulted, I posted a photo of my injuries. The reaction I craved was not pity, but anger – podcast
Mon, 20 May 2024 04:00:54 GMT

Going public after I was attacked was hard, but it helped me overcome the shame that so many victims feel. By Rena Effendi

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Match ID: 163 Score: 15.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 1 day
qualifiers: 15.00 executive

The rightwing Christian group and the battle over end-of-life care - podcast
Mon, 20 May 2024 02:00:52 GMT

The Christian Legal Centre is behind a number of end-of-life court cases that could be ‘prolonging suffering’, according to doctors. Josh Halliday reports

Medics treating critically ill babies and children are citing instances of “considerable moral distress” that they say is being caused by the actions of a rightwing Christian group involved in several end-of-life court cases.

The Guardian’s north of England editor, Josh Halliday, tells Hannah Moore that while the Christian Legal Centre is not be a household name it has become highly influential in high-profile end-of-life cases in recent years.

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Match ID: 164 Score: 15.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 1 day
qualifiers: 15.00 executive

Marina Hyde on Russell Brand’s baptism; plus ‘deepfake’ cheerleaders: the woman wrongly accused over a viral video – podcast
Sat, 18 May 2024 04:00:02 GMT

Marina Hyde: ‘So Russell Brand was baptised in the Thames, and all his sins were washed away. Cheaper than a lawyer, I suppose’; plus Jenny Kleeman meets Raffaella Spone, the woman accused of creating and circulating a damaging ‘deepfake’ video of teenage cheerleaders. The problem? Nothing was fake after all.

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Match ID: 165 Score: 12.86 source: www.theguardian.com age: 3 days
qualifiers: 12.86 executive

The Two-Pronged Attack on a Muslim Judicial Nominee
Fri, 17 May 2024 18:54:39 +0000
How the smearing of Adeel Mangi became a bipartisan exercise.
Match ID: 166 Score: 12.86 source: www.newyorker.com age: 3 days
qualifiers: 12.86 judiciary

Binance executive denied bail in Nigeria over money laundering charges
Fri, 17 May 2024 15:58:40 GMT

Tigran Gambaryan faces allegations of ‘serious criminality’ on behalf of world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange

A Nigerian court has ruled that Tigran Gambaryan, the Binance executive detained on charges of tax evasion and money laundering, can face trial on behalf of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange.

In a judgment in Abuja on Friday – Gambaryan’s 40th birthday – the presiding judge, Emeka Nwite, denied the American national bail, saying he was likely to abscond.

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Match ID: 167 Score: 12.86 source: www.theguardian.com age: 3 days
qualifiers: 12.86 executive

'Fed up of politics': the view from Blackpool on byelection day – video
Thu, 02 May 2024 06:57:16 GMT

Ahead of the byelection in Blackpool South, the Guardian takes the temperature in the once prosperous northern coastal town, with many voters expressing complete apathy and disdain for the state of politics.

The area is going to the polls because the former Tory MP Scott Benton resigned after being found guilty of breaching standards rules in a lobbying scandal. Labour is hopeful of taking back the seat, which Benton won with a majority of 3,690 in 2019

• Polls open in England’s local elections with Tories braced for heavy losse

• Analysis: Will Tories dump Rishi Sunak if election results worse than expected?

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Match ID: 168 Score: 12.14 source: www.theguardian.com age: 19 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics, 3.57 election, 2.14 elections, 2.14 conservatives

Israel “Likely” Used U.S.-Supplied Weapons in Violation of International Law. That’s OK, Though, State Department Says.
Fri, 10 May 2024 22:42:27 +0000

Antony Blinken’s report identifies “incidents that raise concerns,” but says Israel is not blocking humanitarian aid.

The post Israel “Likely” Used U.S.-Supplied Weapons in Violation of International Law. That’s OK, Though, State Department Says. appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 169 Score: 10.00 source: theintercept.com age: 10 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics, 4.29 democrat, 1.43 congress

October 7 Survivors Sue Campus Protesters, Say Students Are “Hamas’s Propaganda Division”
Fri, 10 May 2024 18:44:33 +0000

Four lawsuits alleging Hamas ties against Students for Justice in Palestine, the AP, UNRWA, and a cryptocurrency exchange share many of the same plaintiffs.

The post October 7 Survivors Sue Campus Protesters, Say Students Are “Hamas’s Propaganda Division” appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 170 Score: 10.00 source: theintercept.com age: 10 days
qualifiers: 4.29 republican, 2.14 executive, 2.14 constitution, 1.43 congress

AI-Generated Fake News Is Coming to an Election Near You
Mon, 22 Jan 2024 12:00:00 +0000
Targeted, AI-generated political misinformation is already out there—and humans are falling for it.
Match ID: 171 Score: 10.00 source: www.wired.com age: 119 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics, 3.57 election, 2.14 elections

Even Biden’s Lawyers Are Urging the White House to Change Course on Gaza
Fri, 10 May 2024 14:44:59 +0000

An open letter from government attorneys questions the legal cover for arms transfers to Israel.

The post Even Biden’s Lawyers Are Urging the White House to Change Course on Gaza appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 172 Score: 8.57 source: theintercept.com age: 10 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics, 2.86 federal government, 1.43 congress

How to trade an election
Thu, 21 Mar 2024 11:10:12 +0000
It is becoming harder for investors to ignore politics
Match ID: 173 Score: 7.86 source: www.economist.com age: 60 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics, 3.57 election

Code Pink’s Medea Benjamin on Disrupting the U.S. War Machine
Wed, 15 May 2024 10:00:00 +0000

The 71-year-old veteran peace activist discusses the war on Gaza, the Biden administration, and shaking up Congress.

The post Code Pink’s Medea Benjamin on Disrupting the U.S. War Machine appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 174 Score: 5.71 source: theintercept.com age: 5 days
qualifiers: 5.71 congress

‘Cringeworthy’: what people in Dover think of Labour and Keir Starmer – video
Fri, 10 May 2024 17:39:27 GMT

Keir Starmer appeared in Dover and Deal alongside the Labour party’s newest MP, the former Tory Natalie Elphicke, to announce the scrapping of the Rwanda deportation scheme if Labour is elected. The Guardian spoke to people in Dover to get their reaction

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Match ID: 175 Score: 4.29 source: www.theguardian.com age: 10 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics

‘Disrupt whenever possible’: police clash with protesters blocking bus to Bibby Stockholm – video
Fri, 03 May 2024 10:39:26 GMT

Hundreds of protesters prevented an attempt to collect asylum seekers from a south London hotel and transfer them to the Bibby Stockholm barge. The Guardian witnessed crowds blocking the bus and the road outside the Best Western hotel in Peckham before police were able to move in and break up the protest. The bus eventually left the area after seven hours, with no asylum seekers onboard

London protesters block transfer of asylum seekers to Bibby Stockholm

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Match ID: 176 Score: 4.29 source: www.theguardian.com age: 17 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics

How American politics has infected investing
Sun, 21 Apr 2024 15:41:46 +0000
Beware: taking a stand can be expensive
Match ID: 177 Score: 4.29 source: www.economist.com age: 29 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics

A Dangerous New Home for Online Extremism
Wed, 24 Jan 2024 12:00:00 +0000
Decentralized Autonomous Organizations, or DAOs, offer independently-minded internet users a safe haven—but it’s also a boon to those with a darker purpose.
Match ID: 178 Score: 4.29 source: www.wired.com age: 117 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics

Regulators Are Finally Catching Up With Big Tech
Fri, 12 Jan 2024 12:00:00 +0000
The lawless, Wild West era of AI and technology is almost at an end, as data protection authorities use new and existing legislation to get tough.
Match ID: 179 Score: 4.29 source: www.wired.com age: 129 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics

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

 

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

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

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

Introduction

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

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

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

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

LimeWire AI Studio

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

AI Image Generation Tools

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

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

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

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

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

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Automatically Mint Your Content As NFTs

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

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

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

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

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

Earn Revenue From Your Content

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

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

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

LMWR Tokens

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

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

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

Pricing Plans

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

• Basic plan: 

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

• Advanced plan: 

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

• Pro plan: 

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

• Pro Plus plan: 

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

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

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Conclusion

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

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

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

Match ID: 180 Score: 4.29 source: techncruncher.blogspot.com age: 160 days
qualifiers: 4.29 democrat

When will Americans see those interest-rate cuts?
Wed, 10 Apr 2024 20:08:53 +0000
Following a nasty surprise, some now think they may come only after the presidential election
Match ID: 181 Score: 3.57 source: www.economist.com age: 40 days
qualifiers: 3.57 election

Russia’s economy once again defies the doomsayers
Sun, 10 Mar 2024 14:39:48 +0000
As an election nears, Vladimir Putin now looks to have inflation under control
Match ID: 182 Score: 3.57 source: www.economist.com age: 71 days
qualifiers: 3.57 election

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

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

Canva has a web version and also a mobile app

What is Canva?

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

Who is Canva best suited for?

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

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

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

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

Free vs Pro vs Enterprise Pricing plan

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

Free plan Features

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

Pro Plan Features 

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

Enterprise Plan Features

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

How to Use Canva?

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

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

Canva Sign Up

Designing with Canva

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

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

Templates

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

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

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

Elements

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

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

Photos

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

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

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

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

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

Text

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

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

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

Audio

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

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

Video

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

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

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

Backgrounds

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

Styles

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

Logos

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

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

Publishing with Canva

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

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

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

Canva Team

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

Canva Print

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

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

Canva Apps

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

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

Canva Pros and Cons

Pros:

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

Cons:

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

Conclusion

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

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