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Europe’s best beach holidays: Arcachon, France
Sun, 05 May 2024 12:00:08 GMT

A buzzy town prom, plates of moules with chilled rosé and cycle rides to sandy beaches on Cap Ferret add up to happy holidays on the Atlantic coast

The Bay of Arcachon, on the south-west coast of France, is a happy place. It must be, because I’ve been visiting it with my family nearly every year for the past 15 years. We usually rent a small apartment in Arcachon town for four or five days, but such is the draw that we have been known to make a two-hour drive just to spend the day there when we’ve been in that part of the world. Everything about it speaks of summer joy: the promenade thrumming with cyclists and strollers; the parade of bistros serving moules, oysters and buckets of chilled rosé; families playing beach tennis on the sands; and a bay brimming with pleasure boats and ferries. It’s like a scene from a Raoul Dufy painting.

The first day begins at Halle Baltard, the town market, where we drink coffee with brioche and croissants, then head to the bike rental shop, and always the same one (Dingo Vélos), because you don’t need a car in this largely flat landscape. Next, we buy ferry tickets at the little beach cabins on Thiers jetty to take the ferry over the bay to Cap Ferret. The wait in the queue on the jetty is more Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday than huff and puff, the air thick with sunscreen and anticipation. Children wear inflatables around their waists and rest crab nets on their shoulders, parents sport sunnies and straw hats and carry overloaded picnic bags and rugs. There’s a babble of chatter as the ferry crew load bikes on the roof and passengers scramble for outside seats.

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The Big Apple blossoms: from red carpet to Trump courthouse, New York lives again
Sun, 05 May 2024 10:00:09 GMT

Emerging from Covid’s shadow, the city is resonating with glamour, politics and power – and the traffic jams are building up too

Call it a return to IRL (In Real Life). New Yorkers are experiencing a bracing resumption of the physical experience of living in the city, four years after the onset of the pandemic upended routines, pushed people online and left much of the population, as in so many places, wondering if normality would ever return.

Uptown, police have broken up student protests on the Columbia and City University campuses condemning Israel’s attack on Gaza. Downtown, a furious Donald Trump is commandeering attention from the courthouse on the edge of Chinatown, snarling up traffic as his motorcade travels to and fro. President Biden’s fundraising trips to the city to fund his re-election are having a similar effect.

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10 UK stays that take tranquillity to the next level
Sun, 05 May 2024 10:00:07 GMT

From a hideaway with star-gazing spectacular enough to keep you off your phone to a ‘burnout’ retreat and a reimagined coastguard lookout

Bordering the Consall Nature Park, a nature reserve featuring 740 acres of woodland, heath and moor, is The Tawny, a “deconstructed hotel”. This means that instead of a single house with rooms there are a collection of boathouses, huts and treehouses scattered around the woodlands and lakes. At the top of the hill is a modern glass building, the Plumicorn restaurant, and a heated outdoor pool looking out over the gardens. Stargazing sessions and night-time meditation are on offer, while spa treatments can be booked in the thatched cottage onsite.
Huts from £240 B&B; thetawny.co.uk

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‘High degree of probability’ bodies found in northern Mexico are missing Perth brothers
Sat, 04 May 2024 23:27:37 GMT

Siblings Callum and Jake Robinson and US citizen Jack Carter Rhoad were travelling on a surfing holiday when they were reported missing

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Three people have been arrested on charges of kidnapping after three bodies were found in an area of northern Mexico where two Australian brothers and an American friend went missing.

Perth siblings Callum and Jake Robinson, both in their 30s, were travelling in the region on a surfing holiday, with their friend Jack Carter Rhoad, a US citizen. The trio was reported missing when they failed to check into pre-arranged accommodation near the city of Ensenada last weekend.

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It’s Star Wars Day and we have a new trailer for The Acolyte to celebrate
Sat, 04 May 2024 19:45:51 +0000
"The Jedi justify their galactic dominance in the name of peace. But that peace is a lie."
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Climate emissions from air travel 50 per cent higher than reported
2024-05-04T14:27:55+00:00

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NYC Mayor Smeared a Grandmother as an “Outside Agitator” to Justify NYPD Assault on Columbia
Fri, 03 May 2024 20:34:07 +0000

Nahla Al-Arian lost more than 200 relatives in Israel's attacks on Gaza. Then Eric Adams said she was the reason police raided Columbia.

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Vice President Harris will travel to Las Vegas on Saturday for political events, according to a...
Fri, 03 May 2024 19:02:10 +0000

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Hubble Hunts Visible Light Sources of X-Rays
Fri, 03 May 2024 11:02:32 +0000
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the dwarf galaxy IC 776. This swirling collection of new and old stars is located in the constellation Virgo, in the Virgo galaxy cluster, 100 million light-years from Earth. Although IC 776 is a dwarf galaxy, it’s also classified as a SAB-type or ‘weakly barred’ spiral. This highly […]
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Briefly Noted Book Reviews
Mon, 29 Apr 2024 10:00:00 +0000
“Knife,” “A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages,” “Neighbors and Other Stories,” and “Butter.”
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Tell us: have you been affected by disruptions at the Co-op Live arena?
Thu, 02 May 2024 10:05:34 GMT

We would like to hear from people who have been affected by postponements and cancellations at the Co-op Live arena

The Co-op Live arena has postponed or cancelled several of its music and comedy shows in recent weeks due to technical problems at the venue. Olivia Rodrigo, Peter Kay and A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie are among the performers whose gigs have been disrupted.

We would like to hear from people who have been affected by the disruptions at the Co-op Live arena. Had you planned to travel to see the show? Will you make it to a rescheduled show?

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‘The Greens are our enemy’: What is fuelling the far right in Germany?
Tue, 30 Apr 2024 11:42:56 GMT

The far right are on the march in Germany and the anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany has become the most popular party in several states. Immigration and a sense of being economically left behind have been driving factors in the rise in popularity but the Green party and the federal government’s climate policies have also borne the brunt of public anger. The Guardian travelled to Görlitz, on the German border with Poland, to find out to what extent Germany’s green policies are fuelling the far right

• How climate policies are becoming focus for far-right attacks in Germany

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QAnon Was Born Out of the Sex Ad Moral Panic That Took Down Backpage.com
Sat, 27 Apr 2024 10:00:00 +0000

For years, the political establishment opportunistically railed against sex trafficking. Then came Pizzagate.

The post QAnon Was Born Out of the Sex Ad Moral Panic That Took Down Backpage.com appeared first on The Intercept.

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House Responds to Israeli-Iranian Missile Exchange by Taking Rights Away From Americans
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 15:18:48 +0000

A measure passed by the House seeks to block Americans from traveling to Iran on U.S. passports.

The post House Responds to Israeli-Iranian Missile Exchange by Taking Rights Away From Americans appeared first on The Intercept.

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The Rise of Large-Language-Model Optimization
2024-04-25T11:02:48Z

The web has become so interwoven with everyday life that it is easy to forget what an extraordinary accomplishment and treasure it is. In just a few decades, much of human knowledge has been collectively written up and made available to anyone with an internet connection.

But all of this is coming to an end. The advent of AI threatens to destroy the complex online ecosystem that allows writers, artists, and other creators to reach human audiences.

To understand why, you must understand publishing. Its core task is to connect writers to an audience. Publishers work as gatekeepers, filtering candidates and then amplifying the chosen ones. Hoping to be selected, writers shape their work in various ways. This article might be written very differently in an academic publication, for example, and publishing it here entailed pitching an editor, revising multiple drafts for style and focus, and so on...

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As Biden Cheers TikTok Ban, White House Embraces TikTok Influencers
Tue, 23 Apr 2024 21:25:12 +0000

The White House brushes off accusations of hypocrisy, courting TikTok while seeking to ban it.

The post As Biden Cheers TikTok Ban, White House Embraces TikTok Influencers appeared first on The Intercept.

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NASA Langley Team to Study Weather During Eclipse Using Uncrewed Vehicles
Fri, 05 Apr 2024 18:18:40 +0000
A six-person team of researchers from NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, will travel to Fort Drum, N.Y., to study changes in the Sun’s radiation as it reaches Earth before, during, and after the total solar eclipse April 8. Weather sensors similar to what is used on daily weather balloons by the National Weather […]
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Guardian Traveller newsletter: Sign up for our free holidays email
Wed, 12 Oct 2022 14:21:58 GMT

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

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

You’ll also receive handpicked offers from Guardian Holidays.

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He’s 93, he’s run 52 marathons and he’s in the gym six days a week: can this man teach us how to age well?
Sun, 05 May 2024 13:00:11 GMT

Known to his friends as the Legend, John Starbrook is living, breathing proof of the power of exercise and enthusiasm. I tried to keep up with him – and barely survived

I like to think of myself as a strong swimmer. I’m not fast, I can’t dive or tumble turn, but when I get a lane to myself I’ll happily bash out 50 or 60 lengths. Give me a nice big lake, and my idea of heaven is to backstroke into the middle and watch the swallows overhead. I don’t worry that I’ll cramp up or suddenly forget how to float.

But I’ve never fancied water polo. If you’ve not watched it, it’s a sort of cross between swimming, basketball and wrestling, usually played in a pool that’s so deep you have to tread water or drown. There are two teams, two goals, a large ball and an ungodly amount of throwing, catching and flat-out sprinting. Aquatics GB, the governing body, says players can swim two miles in a single game, and need “remarkable stamina” to cope with all the holding and pushing.

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I was a running addict – but pushing myself to the limit led to two knee replacements | Rod Gilchrist
Sun, 05 May 2024 12:15:20 GMT

Beware what the fitness gurus tell you: the body has its limits. Perhaps that’s why orthopaedic waiting lists are so long

I am preparing for an anaesthetist to sink a hypodermic needle into my back at a busy London hospital ahead of a scheduled surgery to replace my knee. Knowing this might be painful, I ask a fellow patient how he got his mind around the jab. “Two spliffs of good dope worked for me,” he confessed. I’m yet to try that, but this is my second left knee replacement in less than 15 years – an increasingly common story as our population ages and obesity levels cause growing strain on our joints.

More than 2m hip and knee replacements have been performed in the UK since the early 2000s and waiting lists continue to grow. By 2060, demand for hip and knee joint replacement (based on data for England, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Isle of Man) is estimated to increase by almost 40%.

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How to Track Your Sleep Using Your Fitbit
Sat, 04 May 2024 12:30:00 +0000
Use any of Fitbit’s trackers or smartwatches to get a better idea of how you’re sleeping and how to improve your slumber.
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Crave Tease Review: Not Jewelry, Barely a Vibrator
Fri, 03 May 2024 12:30:00 +0000
By trying to be both jewelry and a sex toy, Crave’s vibrator—which goes on your finger—fails to be either one.
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Le Wand Die Cast Massager Review: A Wand for Wand Connoisseurs
Thu, 02 May 2024 13:30:00 +0000
Le Wand's vibrator is an elegant reimagining of a sex-tech classic that can vibrate your jeans right off.
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Why the Sports Movie Always Wins
Thu, 02 May 2024 10:00:00 +0000
Films like Luca Guadagnino’s “Challengers” and last year’s “The Iron Claw” offer Zeitgeisty takes on masculinity. Do they signal a shift in the storied genre?
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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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How American states squeeze athletes (and remote workers)
Thu, 25 Jan 2024 11:05:59 +0000
The public loves jock taxes; baseball players do not
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‘Ghostly’: Taiwan park dotted with hundreds of statues of late dictator as row rages over their fate
Sun, 05 May 2024 13:00:11 GMT

Tributes that were removed from public spaces after the end of Chiang Kai-shek’s brutal rule in 1975 now crowd a site west of Taipei

The last time Mrs Hsieh came to Cihu Park in Taoyuan was almost 50 years ago, on a school trip to the grave of Taiwan’s recently deceased dictator. Busloads of children were brought in to pay their respects to Chiang Kai-shek, known as Generalissimo, who had died at 87, after decades ruling the island under brutal martial law.

“There were a lot of buses, and there was a long queue,” Hsieh recalled. “It was a school rule. We had to bow, and then we went home.”

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From UCLA to Columbia, Professors Nationwide Defend Students as Politicians and Police Attack
Thu, 02 May 2024 21:15:55 +0000

University faculty have put their bodies and livelihoods on the line amid a brutal, violent response to student protests for Gaza.

The post From UCLA to Columbia, Professors Nationwide Defend Students as Politicians and Police Attack appeared first on The Intercept.

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Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry review – a beguiling tale of midlife love from Georgia
Sun, 05 May 2024 14:00:11 GMT

Eka Chavleishvili is superb as an unmarried fortysomething woman whose life is turned upside-down by romance in Elene Naveriani’s handsome drama

The local gossips, with their tittering, pitying glances, might find it hard to believe, but 48-year-old Etero (Eka Chavleishvili) is single by choice. Finally free from the overbearing chauvinism of her father and brother, she dedicates herself to the running of her austere little shop in a Georgian mountain village (she stocks a sparse selection of toiletries, cleaning products and sundry disappointments) and to her hobbies – picking blackberries near the river gorge and demolishing enormous, slab-like portions of cake. But then, suddenly and unexpectedly, love finds Etero. A passionate encounter with delivery man Murman (Temiko Chichinadze) next to the detergent boxes in her storeroom divests her of her virginity. Now she must balance her newfound yearning for emotional contact against her hard-won freedom.

Chavleishvili is terrific, delivering a performance that carries the picture and sets its tone. Her Etero displays a combination of severity and sensuality that should be incongruous but works beautifully. And the character is mirrored by the film’s Kaurismäkiesque colour palette, which seems gloomy at first glance but is revealed to be rich, full-blooded and strikingly handsome.

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China’s water battery has almost double energy capacity than lithium cells | Aqueous batteries use water as the solvent for electrolytes, enhancing the safety of the batteries.
2024-05-05T13:05:36+00:00

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‘It’s just not hitting like it used to’: TikTok was in its flop era before it got banned in the US
Sun, 05 May 2024 12:00:10 GMT

I used to be an avid user of TikTok, but the algorithm serves much less delight and serendipity than it used to

TikTok is facing its most credible existential threat yet. Last week, the US Congress passed a bill that bans the short-form video app if it does not sell to an American company by this time next year. But as a former avid user whose time on the app has dropped sharply in recent months, I am left wondering – will I even be using the app a year from now?

Like many Americans of my demographic (aging millennial), I first started using TikTok regularly when the Covid-19 pandemic began and lockdowns gave many of us more time than we knew how to fill.

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The Big Apple blossoms: from red carpet to Trump courthouse, New York lives again
Sun, 05 May 2024 10:00:09 GMT

Emerging from Covid’s shadow, the city is resonating with glamour, politics and power – and the traffic jams are building up too

Call it a return to IRL (In Real Life). New Yorkers are experiencing a bracing resumption of the physical experience of living in the city, four years after the onset of the pandemic upended routines, pushed people online and left much of the population, as in so many places, wondering if normality would ever return.

Uptown, police have broken up student protests on the Columbia and City University campuses condemning Israel’s attack on Gaza. Downtown, a furious Donald Trump is commandeering attention from the courthouse on the edge of Chinatown, snarling up traffic as his motorcade travels to and fro. President Biden’s fundraising trips to the city to fund his re-election are having a similar effect.

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China Big Tech: Why many overworked employees are quitting to become entrepreneurs amid internet slowdown
2024-05-05T04:10:30+00:00

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World's 1st 'tooth regrowth medicine' to be tested in Japan from Sept. 2024
2024-05-05T03:15:15+00:00

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In No Labels Call, Josh Gottheimer, Mike Lawler, and University Trustees Agree: FBI Should Investigate Campus Protests
Sat, 04 May 2024 20:11:18 +0000

The bipartisan duo also praised schools that brought in police to violently quell protests and connected the demonstrations to the TikTok ban.

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The Beautifully Unnerving Gaze of “Evil Does Not Exist”
Fri, 03 May 2024 22:20:45 +0000
The Japanese filmmaker Ryûsuke Hamaguchi follows his Oscar-winning “Drive My Car” with a hauntingly ambiguous drama of nature and capitalism in conflict.
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Counterfeit Cisco gear ended up in US military bases, used in combat operations
Fri, 03 May 2024 21:58:50 +0000
"One of the largest counterfeit-trafficking operations ever."
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Microsoft ties executive pay to security following multiple failures and breaches
Fri, 03 May 2024 20:25:53 +0000
Microsoft has been criticized for "preventable" failures and poor communication.
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NASA hasn’t landed on the Moon in decades—China just sent its third in six years
Fri, 03 May 2024 20:16:03 +0000
China is going. NASA is talking about going. What gives?
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Inside Shōgun: How visual effects brought 17th-century feudal Japan to vivid life
Fri, 03 May 2024 14:00:06 +0000
VFX supervisor Michael Cliett on the importance of historical accuracy in the show's VFX.
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Hayao Miyazaki’s Anti-Comfort Movie
Thu, 02 May 2024 20:38:15 +0000
“The Boy and the Heron” finds the filmmaker revising—and sometimes upending—the themes that have defined his career.
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“The Contestant” Is More Than a Cautionary Tale
Thu, 02 May 2024 19:46:07 +0000
The new Hulu documentary charts the rise of one of the earliest reality-TV stars and the ethically queasy production choices that cemented his fame—but it’s elevated by its interest in what came afterward.
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I agree that Britain is a work in progress. But let’s be wary of distorting the past | Letter
Sun, 05 May 2024 15:57:03 GMT

Shyamol Banerji responds to an article by Mihir Bose on the country coming to terms with its colonial past

Mihir Bose’s experiences in the UK resonate somewhat with my own (I came to Britain from India, fulfilled a dream, and I say this: we’re a great country, but a work in progress, 30 April). In 1966, as a 14-year-old, I arrived at Tilbury Docks on a cold foggy morning aboard the SS Himalaya. My father, on temporary assignment in the UK, was able to get me admission to Westminster City grammar, a five-minute walk from Buckingham Palace. I was the only Indian; the racism I faced was not vicious but muted, often manifested through jokes and accent mimicry.

There is a certain advantage to being a minority of one versus a group. People are more accommodating. However, I still remember the first joke from school: “Did you hear about the Indian who lived with a cow?”

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From a forgotten Indian cookbook, a deeply flavored chickpea curry
Sun, 05 May 2024 14:00:33 +0000
“Lord Krishna’s Cuisine” by Yamuna Devi, 800 pages and a decade in the making, won awards in 1987. Why isn’t her work still talked about?
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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.
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India opposition social media chief arrested over doctored video
Sat, 04 May 2024 08:30:41 GMT

Congress party’s Arun Reddy held over fake video of interior minister Amit Shah

Indian police have said they have arrested the social media chief of the country’s main opposition party over a doctored video widely shared during the ongoing national election.

Arun Reddy of the Congress party was detained late on Friday in connection with the edited footage, which falsely shows India’s powerful interior minister, Amit Shah, vowing in a campaign speech to end affirmative action policies for millions of poor and low-caste Indians.

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Canada arrests alleged hit-squad members in killing of Sikh separatist
Fri, 03 May 2024 22:54:38 +0000
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told lawmakers last year that authorities were pursuing “credible allegations” linking the Indian government to the slaying of Hardeep Singh Nijjar.
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Canadian police charge three over killing of Sikh activist
Fri, 03 May 2024 21:28:50 GMT

Prime minister said there were ‘credible allegations’ that India was behind killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar

Canadian police have charged three members of an alleged hit team for their role in the assassination of the Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, the first arrests in a high-profile killing that officials believe was masterminded by India.

The arrests come nearly a year after the prominent activist was killed in the parking lot of the Guru Nanak Sikh gurdwara on the evening of 18 June in the city of Surrey, British Columbia. In what investigators previously described as a carefully orchestrated operation, two assailants fired about 50 bullets at Nijjar and escaped the area in a grey car.

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Bob Carr accuses Winston Peters of defamation after NZ deputy PM calls him a ‘Chinese puppet’
Thu, 02 May 2024 03:28:55 GMT

Former NSW premier’s threat to sue comes amid debate about whether New Zealand should join pillar two of Aukus pact

Australia’s former foreign minister and New South Wales premier, Bob Carr, says he intends to sue New Zealand’s deputy prime minister, Winston Peters, for allegations made about Carr’s closeness to China as debate about Aukus ramps up.

Peters called Carr “nothing more than a Chinese puppet” on the national broadcaster RNZ on Thursday morning.

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Solomon Islands chooses China-friendly ex-diplomat Jeremiah Manele as new prime minister
Thu, 02 May 2024 02:49:20 GMT

Move seen as continuation of Pacific country’s policy of growing closer to Beijing

Solomon Islands lawmakers have elected as their new prime minister Jeremiah Manele, a former foreign minister who has pledged to continue the Pacific country’s policy of embracing China.

Manele said outside parliament on Thursday “the people have spoken” and called for calm.

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Floods and landslide kill more than a dozen people in Indonesia’s Sulawesi island
Sat, 04 May 2024 06:29:32 GMT

Officials say a landslide hit Luwu regency in South Sulawesi on Friday after torrential rain pounded the area

A flood and a landslide have hit Indonesia’s Sulawesi island, killing at least 14 people, according to officials.

The landslide hit Luwu regency in South Sulawesi on Friday just after 1am local time, Abdul Muhari, spokesperson of Indonesia’s disaster mitigation agency (BNPB), said in a statement.

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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: 25 Score: 30.00 source: www.economist.com age: 3 days
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Number of writers jailed in China exceeds 100 for first time, says report
Wed, 01 May 2024 10:00:55 GMT

Freedom to Write index says there are 107 people in prison for published content in China, with many accused of ‘picking quarrels’

The number of writers jailed in China has surpassed 100, with nearly half imprisoned for online expression.

The grim milestone is revealed in the 2023 Freedom to Write index, a report compiled by Pen America, published on Wednesday.

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Judith Butler Will Not Co-Sign Israel’s Alibi for Genocide
Wed, 01 May 2024 10:00:00 +0000

The famed scholar on why reducing Hamas to a terrorist label sanctions Israel’s war on Palestinians.

The post Judith Butler Will Not Co-Sign Israel’s Alibi for Genocide appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 27 Score: 28.57 source: theintercept.com age: 4 days
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China Has a Controversial Plan for Brain-Computer Interfaces
Tue, 30 Apr 2024 19:13:46 +0000
China's brain-computer interface technology is catching up to the US. But it envisions a very different use case: cognitive enhancement.
Match ID: 28 Score: 28.57 source: www.wired.com age: 4 days
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WhatsApp in India
2024-04-30T11:00:28Z

Meta has threatened to pull WhatsApp out of India if the courts try to force it to break its end-to-end encryption.

Match ID: 29 Score: 20.00 source: www.schneier.com age: 5 days
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Japan will struggle to rescue its plummeting currency
Mon, 29 Apr 2024 16:00:14 +0000
Expensive government intervention looks likely to provide only brief respite
Match ID: 30 Score: 17.14 source: www.economist.com age: 6 days
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Israel, Gaza, and the Turmoil at One American University
Fri, 03 May 2024 19:00:00 +0000
Not since the Vietnam War has a protest movement reached college campuses with such fury. We look at the reverberations at one school, Harvard University.
Match ID: 31 Score: 15.00 source: www.newyorker.com age: 1 day
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Ruined centuries-old town re-emerges as Philippines dam dries up during heatwave
Fri, 03 May 2024 02:40:31 GMT

After a long spell of intense heat and little rain, water levels have fallen to reveal parts of a sunken church, tombstones and foundations at Pantabangan

Ruins of a centuries-old town have emerged at a dam parched by drought in the northern Philippines.

After a prolonged spell of intense heat and little rain, water levels in the dam have fallen to reveal parts of a sunken church, tombstones and the foundations of structures from the 300-year-old town in Nueva Ecija province.

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I’ve Covered Violent Crackdowns on Protests for 15 Years. This Police Overreaction Was Unhinged.
Wed, 01 May 2024 20:14:34 +0000

When police attacked student protesters, a lone trash can was the only damaged property I saw around City College of New York.

The post I’ve Covered Violent Crackdowns on Protests for 15 Years. This Police Overreaction Was Unhinged. appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 33 Score: 12.86 source: theintercept.com age: 3 days
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Wave of exceptionally hot weather scorches south and south-east Asia
Fri, 26 Apr 2024 06:03:19 GMT

Warnings of dangerous temperatures across parts of Philippines, Thailand, Bangladesh and India as hottest months of the year are made worse by El Niño

Millions of people across South and Southeast Asia are facing sweltering temperatures, with unusually hot weather forcing schools to close and threatening public health.

Thousands of schools across the Philippines, including in the capital region Metro Manila, have suspended in-person classes. Half of the country’s 82 provinces are experiencing drought, and nearly 31 others are facing dry spells or dry conditions, according to the UN, which has called for greater support to help the country prepare for similar weather events in the future. The country’s upcoming harvest will probably be below average, the UN said.

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School Employee Allegedly Framed a Principal With Racist Deepfake Rant
Sat, 27 Apr 2024 10:30:00 +0000
Plus: Google holds off on killing cookies, Samourai Wallet founders get arrested, and GM stops driver surveillance program.
Match ID: 35 Score: 5.71 source: www.wired.com age: 8 days
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Russia Vetoed a UN Resolution to Ban Space Nukes
Sat, 27 Apr 2024 10:00:00 +0000
A ban on weapons of mass destruction in orbit has stood since 1967. Russia apparently has other ideas.
Match ID: 36 Score: 5.71 source: www.wired.com age: 8 days
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'ArcaneDoor' Cyberspies Hacked Cisco Firewalls to Access Government Networks
Wed, 24 Apr 2024 16:00:00 +0000
Sources suspect China is behind the targeted exploitation of two zero-day vulnerabilities in Cisco’s security appliances.
Match ID: 37 Score: 5.71 source: www.wired.com age: 11 days
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As Biden Cheers TikTok Ban, White House Embraces TikTok Influencers
Tue, 23 Apr 2024 21:25:12 +0000

The White House brushes off accusations of hypocrisy, courting TikTok while seeking to ban it.

The post As Biden Cheers TikTok Ban, White House Embraces TikTok Influencers appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 38 Score: 5.71 source: theintercept.com age: 11 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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AI-Controlled Fighter Jets Are Dogfighting With Human Pilots Now
Sat, 20 Apr 2024 10:00:00 +0000
Plus: New York’s legislature suffers a cyberattack, police disrupt a global phishing operation, and Apple removes encrypted messaging apps in China.
Match ID: 40 Score: 5.71 source: www.wired.com age: 15 days
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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
Match ID: 41 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 17 days
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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
Match ID: 42 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 19 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

What China’s central bank and Costco shoppers have in common
Thu, 11 Apr 2024 10:02:17 +0000
Hint: it is not a fondness for cryptocurrencies
Match ID: 43 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 24 days
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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
Match ID: 44 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 24 days
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How Xi Jinping plans to overtake America
Sun, 31 Mar 2024 12:31:35 +0000
Digital twins, nuclear fusion and the small matter of fixing China’s economy
Match ID: 45 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 35 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
Match ID: 46 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 39 days
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Japan ends the world’s greatest monetary-policy experiment
Tue, 19 Mar 2024 13:12:06 +0000
For the first time in 17 years, officials raise interest rates
Match ID: 47 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 47 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: 48 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 47 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
Match ID: 49 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 52 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

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: 50 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 52 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

How Trump and Biden have failed to cut ties with China
Tue, 27 Feb 2024 18:46:06 +0000
It is hard to overcome economic incentives
Match ID: 51 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 67 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: 52 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 73 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: 53 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 73 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: 54 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 88 days
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China’s leaders are flailing as markets drop
Thu, 01 Feb 2024 11:10:43 +0000
The government is not used to being bullied
Match ID: 55 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 94 days
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Evergrande’s liquidation is a new low in China’s property crisis
Mon, 29 Jan 2024 13:04:03 +0000
A judge in Hong Kong surprises the mainland
Match ID: 56 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 97 days
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The false promise of friendshoring
Thu, 25 Jan 2024 11:14:50 +0000
America, China and Europe appear to be trading less with their geopolitical rivals
Match ID: 57 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 101 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

As China’s markets suffer, what alternatives do investors have?
Mon, 22 Jan 2024 21:13:53 +0000
Optimism about the world’s second-largest stockmarket is a distant memory
Match ID: 58 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 103 days
qualifiers: 5.71 china

India election: Modi and rivals trade accusations as voter turnout slumps in second phase
Sat, 27 Apr 2024 04:30:27 GMT

Parties clash over communal issues in increasingly charged campaign amid concerns unseasonably hot weather affecting voter numbers

India has held the second phase of the world’s biggest election, with prime minister Narendra Modi and his rivals hurling accusations of religious discrimination and threats to democracy amid flagging voter turnout.

Almost 1 billion people are eligible to vote in the seven-phase general election that began on 19 April and concludes on 1 June, with votes set to be counted on 4 June.

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Match ID: 59 Score: 5.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 8 days
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“Little Home Market”: The Connecticut Company Accused of Fueling an Execution Spree
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 17:10:40 +0000

Evidence points to Absolute Standards as the source of a lethal drug the Trump administration used to restart federal executions after 17 years.

The post “Little Home Market”: The Connecticut Company Accused of Fueling an Execution Spree appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 60 Score: 5.00 source: theintercept.com age: 10 days
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Chuck Schumer Privately Warns Pakistan: Don't Kill Imran Khan in Prison
Tue, 23 Apr 2024 20:04:01 +0000

Supporters worry Khan’s life is in danger and with good reason: The military has a long history of killing deposed leaders.

The post Chuck Schumer Privately Warns Pakistan: Don’t Kill Imran Khan in Prison appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 61 Score: 5.00 source: theintercept.com age: 11 days
qualifiers: 5.00 india

Reporting in India ‘too difficult’ under Modi, says departing Australian journalist
Tue, 23 Apr 2024 06:33:49 GMT

Despite eventual visa backflip by authorities, ABC’s south-Asia correspondent Avani Dias left after being made to ‘feel so uncomfortable’

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The south-Asia correspondent for Australia’s national broadcaster, Avani Dias, has been forced out of India after her reporting fell foul of the Indian government, in a sign of the increasing pressure on journalists in the country under Narendra Modi.

Dias, who has been based in Delhi for the ABC since January 2022, said she felt the government had made it “too difficult” for her to continue to do her job, claiming it blocked her from accessing events, issued takedown notices to YouTube for her news stories, and then refused her a standard visa renewal.

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Match ID: 62 Score: 5.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 12 days
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How fast is India’s economy really growing?
Thu, 11 Apr 2024 10:00:46 +0000
Statisticians take the country’s figures with a pinch of salt
Match ID: 63 Score: 5.00 source: www.economist.com age: 24 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: 64 Score: 5.00 source: www.economist.com age: 31 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: 65 Score: 5.00 source: www.economist.com age: 39 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: 66 Score: 4.29 source: www.economist.com age: 87 days
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Experts dismiss Kristi Noem’s ‘dubious’ claim to have met Kim Jong-un
Fri, 03 May 2024 14:37:11 GMT

South Dakota governor says she met North Korean dictator in same book in which she describes killing her dog

The South Dakota governor, Republican vice-presidential hopeful and self-confessed dog-killer Kristi Noem’s bizarre claim in a new book to have met the North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un has been dismissed by experts as “dubious” and not “conceivable”.

The Dakota Scout first reported Noem’s claim, which is in her forthcoming book, No Going Back: The Truth on What’s Wrong With Politics and How We Move America Forward.

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Match ID: 0 Score: 45.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 2 days
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So empire and the slave trade contributed little to Britain’s wealth? Pull the other one, Kemi Badenoch| Will Hutton
Sun, 05 May 2024 08:00:04 GMT

The business and trade secretary played into the ideological tosh that the wonders of the Industrial Revolution were funded by beer brewers and sheep farmers

Britain ran an empire for centuries that at its peak 100 years ago occupied just under a quarter of the world’s land area. Yet if you believe “Imperial Measurement”, a report released last week from the rightwing Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA), the net economic impact of this vast empire on Britain was negligible, even negative.

If you thought the empire profoundly shaped our industry, trade and financial institutions, with slavery an inherent part of the equation, helped turbocharge the Industrial Revolution and underwrote what was the world’s greatest navy for 150 years, think again. The contribution of the transatlantic trade in enslaved people to our economy was trumped by domestic brewing and sheep farming, opines the IEA. The tax “burden” of defending this barely profitable empire was not worth the candle. Instead, it was free-market economics that unleashed British economic growth – a truth that must be restated before Marxists and reparation-seeking ex-colonies start controlling the narrative.

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

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North Korean weapons are killing Ukrainians. The implications are far bigger
Sat, 04 May 2024 22:06:02 GMT
A missile that crashed in Kharkiv shows the surprising scale at which Pyongyang's weapons are used.
Match ID: 2 Score: 40.00 source: www.bbc.co.uk age: 0 days
qualifiers: 20.00 russia, 20.00 korea

Judith Butler Will Not Co-Sign Israel’s Alibi for Genocide
Wed, 01 May 2024 10:00:00 +0000

The famed scholar on why reducing Hamas to a terrorist label sanctions Israel’s war on Palestinians.

The post Judith Butler Will Not Co-Sign Israel’s Alibi for Genocide appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 3 Score: 39.29 source: theintercept.com age: 4 days
qualifiers: 25.00 sanctions, 14.29 russia

Judge mulls sanctions over Google’s “shocking” destruction of internal chats
Fri, 03 May 2024 23:17:57 +0000
Punishing Google for being the best would be “unprecedented,” lawyer argued.
Match ID: 4 Score: 35.00 source: arstechnica.com age: 1 day
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Cable News Viewers Have a Skewed Attitude Toward Gaza War, Survey Finds
Tue, 30 Apr 2024 15:45:45 +0000

A tale of two Americas.

The post Cable News Viewers Have a Skewed Attitude Toward Gaza War, Survey Finds appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 5 Score: 25.71 source: theintercept.com age: 5 days
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Democrats rally to Biden’s defense over response to pro-Palestinian student protests
Sun, 05 May 2024 17:53:50 GMT

Republicans accuse president of weak response, but prominent Democrats claim he ‘has been very strong from the beginning’

Some Democrats rallied to the defense of Joe Biden on Sunday as the president came under increased criticism over his response to pro-Palestinian student protests and his handling of Israel’s war on Gaza.

Republicans have seized on Biden’s response to the protests, which have seen more than2,000 people arrested around the country, accusing him of a weak response. But prominent Democrats, including Biden re-election campaign co-chairperson Mitch Landrieu, the former mayor of New Orleans, claimed the president “has been very strong about this from the beginning”.

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Match ID: 6 Score: 25.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
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Kristi Noem defends killing dog: ‘I’m tired of politicians pretending to be what they’re not’
Sun, 05 May 2024 16:59:34 GMT

South Dakota governor and possible Trump running mate says she made ‘a choice between [my children] and a dangerous animal’

The South Dakota governor and Republican vice-presidential hopeful Kristi Noem asked the American public to consider having to “make a choice between your children or a dangerous animal”, as she again defended her killing of a 14-month-old dog.

“I would ask everybody in the country to put themselves in that situation,” Noem told CBS’s Face the Nation about her decision to shoot the dog, named Cricket, after the animal ruined a pheasant hunt and killed a neighbor’s chickens.

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Divided Trump campaign weighs joining TikTok, the app he tried to ban
Sun, 05 May 2024 12:05:13 +0000
The move could spark outrage among Trump’s supporters, but some advisers are arguing it would help him reach young voters who believe it’s cool to be “Trump-adjacent.”
Match ID: 8 Score: 25.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 0 days
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It’s six months until the US election. Do pollsters know where their candidates are?
Sun, 05 May 2024 11:00:09 GMT

Depending on the expert, either Biden or Trump is likely to pull ahead, but nothing about this election – especially events – is predictable

“You know what I hate?” Donald Trump asked in Freeland, Michigan, on Wednesday night. “When these guys get on television, they say – pundits, you know, the great pundits that never did a thing in their whole lives – ‘You know, we have two very unpopular candidates. We have Biden or we have Trump. These are very unpopular.’”

Watched by a crowd of adoring fans in Make America Great Again (Maga) regalia, against the backdrop of a plane marked “Trump” in giant gold letters, the former US president protested a little too much: “I’m not unpopular!”

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Match ID: 9 Score: 25.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
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The Big Apple blossoms: from red carpet to Trump courthouse, New York lives again
Sun, 05 May 2024 10:00:09 GMT

Emerging from Covid’s shadow, the city is resonating with glamour, politics and power – and the traffic jams are building up too

Call it a return to IRL (In Real Life). New Yorkers are experiencing a bracing resumption of the physical experience of living in the city, four years after the onset of the pandemic upended routines, pushed people online and left much of the population, as in so many places, wondering if normality would ever return.

Uptown, police have broken up student protests on the Columbia and City University campuses condemning Israel’s attack on Gaza. Downtown, a furious Donald Trump is commandeering attention from the courthouse on the edge of Chinatown, snarling up traffic as his motorcade travels to and fro. President Biden’s fundraising trips to the city to fund his re-election are having a similar effect.

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From mayoral elections to Rwanda removals, Sunak won’t let the truth jeopardise his mission | Stewart Lee
Sun, 05 May 2024 09:00:05 GMT

Last week, Conservative campaigning gave a chilling indication of the depths to which they will sink to retain power

In the psychedelic 60s stop-frame animation children’s television series Trumpton, all the characters have identifying proper names – the fireman Captain Flack, the state stormtrooper Police Constable Potter, and the mysterious dungeon-dwelling economist Gideon Pencils Osborne. The mayor of Trumpton, however, was known only as The Mayor, and neither his actual name nor his political affiliations were ever revealed, though he smelt of pubs and Wormwood Scrubs and too many rightwing meetings.

All over the land last week, Tory mayors dreamed of similar anonymity, hoping that if no one knew anything about them, and their campaign literature didn’t reveal they belonged to the Tory party, people might at least vote for them by accident, thinking they were someone else. “Oh! Andy Street was the West Midlands’ Tory mayor candidate? I thought I was voting for the glamorous, and now deceased, Welsh wrestler Adrian Street. I liked it when he pulled out Jimmy Savile’s hair in 1971.”

Stewart Lee’s new live show, Stewart Lee vs the Man-Wulf, opens in London in December before a national tour

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Sometimes our take on human nature trumps our political allegiances. Good | Sonia Sodha
Sun, 05 May 2024 08:30:06 GMT

As I found during last week’s assisted dying debate, it’s not wrong to agree with the other side

It’s not often you find yourself nodding along with those with whom you normally profoundly disagree, and raising an eyebrow at the contributions of those you would count as political allies. But it was the position I found myself in listening to MPs debate assisted dying last week.

What to make of my outbreak of fervent agreement with Conservative Danny Kruger and DUP MP Ian Paisley? Some may see this as the mark of a repressed rightwinger, or a born-again social conservative. If you agree with a member of tribe X, you must de facto be part of that tribe, or so the argument goes.

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Top RNC lawyer resigns after rift grows with Trump
Sun, 05 May 2024 03:06:30 +0000
Former president Donald Trump was angered by Charlie Spies’s criticism of his false 2020 election fraud claims.
Match ID: 13 Score: 25.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 0 days
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Trump escalates attacks on prosecutors, says Democrats run ‘a Gestapo administration’
Sun, 05 May 2024 01:20:07 +0000
Saturday’s sometimes profane remarks illustrated the central role Donald Trump’s legal cases are playing in his bid to return to the White House for a second term.
Match ID: 14 Score: 25.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 0 days
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D.C. court temporarily suspends Trump lawyer John Eastman’s law license
Sat, 04 May 2024 21:57:51 +0000
California temporarily suspended his law license in March over his role in a legal strategy to help Donald Trump stay in power after his 2020 election loss.
Match ID: 15 Score: 25.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 0 days
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What Is Hope Hicks Crying About?
Sat, 04 May 2024 19:14:12 +0000
During Donald Trump’s criminal trial, the inscrutable former White House aide was equally inscrutable on the witness stand, despite breaking out into tears while testifying.
Match ID: 16 Score: 25.00 source: www.newyorker.com age: 0 days
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Biden confronts campus protests; Trump hedges on accepting election results
Sat, 04 May 2024 13:30:07 +0000
The current president had weighty foreign policy issues on his plate, while the former described in detail his authoritarian plans if reelected.
Match ID: 17 Score: 25.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 1 day
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Hope Hicks testimony reveals how Trump and his team dealt with reporters
Sat, 04 May 2024 12:00:42 +0000
Jurors in Donald Trump’s historic trial in New York got the inside scoop on how a presidential campaign responds to unflattering news stories.
Match ID: 18 Score: 25.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 1 day
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Who Should Be More Worried about Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.—Biden or Trump?
Sat, 04 May 2024 10:00:00 +0000
“He’s not a serious threat in terms of being able to win,” Jane Mayer says, “but he is potentially a serious threat in being able to spoil this election for one side or the other.”
Match ID: 19 Score: 25.00 source: www.newyorker.com age: 1 day
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‘I can say things other people are afraid to’: Margaret Atwood on censorship, literary feuds and Trump
Sat, 04 May 2024 08:00:34 GMT

At 84, The Handmaid’s Tale author is as outspoken as ever. She talks about aging, culture wars - and why “the orange guy” can’t be allowed back into the White House

“I’m the great sage on top of the mountain,” Margaret Atwood says with a smile, on a video call from her home in Toronto. “If you’ve lived to a certain age people think you know something because they haven’t got there yet.”

At 84, most writers could be forgiven for taking it easy, but especially Atwood, after a tumultuous few years that have seen The Handmaid’s Tale become a hit TV series; the publication of its long-awaited sequel The Testaments, joint winner of the Booker prize in 2019; and the death of her partner of nearly 50 years, novelist Graeme Gibson. He died of a stroke two days after the UK launch of the novel, and Atwood, with typical grit, carried on with the tour.

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Hope Hicks gets teary testifying at Trump’s hush money trial
Fri, 03 May 2024 22:25:45 +0000
After a week of tabloid-focused testimony, Hope Hicks led Donald Trump’s jury through the whirlwind of the 2016 campaign and directly to the Oval Office.
Match ID: 21 Score: 25.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 1 day
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Biden honors distinguished Americans; Trump back in N.Y. court
Fri, 03 May 2024 21:40:50 +0000
Live updates from the 2024 campaign trail with the latest news on presidential candidates, polls, primaries and more.
Match ID: 22 Score: 25.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 1 day
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The ‘Access Hollywood’ video cemented Trump’s air of invincibility
Fri, 03 May 2024 20:50:39 +0000

Match ID: 23 Score: 25.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 1 day
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Hope Hicks testimony ends; Trump hush money trial concludes for the week
Fri, 03 May 2024 20:38:25 +0000
Hope Hicks, a former top aide, is answering questions about the Access Hollywood video, Donald Trump, women and the 2016 campaign.
Match ID: 24 Score: 25.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 1 day
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Donald Trump has paid his $9,000 in fines owed to the court for nine violations of...
Fri, 03 May 2024 20:38:25 +0000

Match ID: 25 Score: 25.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 1 day
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The trial has concluded for the week. Proceedings are scheduled to resume Monday morning at 9:30...
Fri, 03 May 2024 19:49:18 +0000

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Judge denies bid to allow jurors to learn of Trump’s recent gag order contempt findings
Fri, 03 May 2024 19:46:37 +0000

Match ID: 27 Score: 25.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 1 day
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Cross-examination just ended. It was about 20 minutes. Hicks is leaving because there is no re-direct...
Fri, 03 May 2024 19:33:13 +0000

Match ID: 28 Score: 25.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 1 day
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Donald Trump will be the keynote speaker of the National Rifle Association’s 2024 annual meeting in...
Fri, 03 May 2024 19:30:48 +0000

Match ID: 29 Score: 25.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 1 day
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Hope Hicks, now appearing calmer, is back in the courtroom. The jury is being brought back...
Fri, 03 May 2024 19:13:36 +0000

Match ID: 30 Score: 25.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 1 day
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Hicks: Trump thought it was better Stormy Daniels story came out after election
Fri, 03 May 2024 19:09:19 +0000

Match ID: 31 Score: 25.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 1 day
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As Hope Hicks got emotional out of nowhere, she appeared to be rummaging for a tissue...
Fri, 03 May 2024 19:04:50 +0000

Match ID: 32 Score: 25.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 1 day
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There was just an abrupt break because at the start of cross, Hope Hicks started crying....
Fri, 03 May 2024 19:01:37 +0000

Match ID: 33 Score: 25.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 1 day
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Direct-examination of Hope Hicks just concluded. Trump lawyer Emil Bove is beginning cross.
Fri, 03 May 2024 19:00:16 +0000

Match ID: 34 Score: 25.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 1 day
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Hope Hicks has been poised and professional on the witness stand since the beginning. While she...
Fri, 03 May 2024 18:56:36 +0000

Match ID: 35 Score: 25.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 1 day
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‘Make sure the newspapers weren’t delivered,’ Donald Trump sought to hide affair stories from Melania
Fri, 03 May 2024 18:52:54 +0000

Match ID: 36 Score: 25.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 1 day
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Hope Hicks is testifying not far away from Donald Trump, her former boss. He still looks...
Fri, 03 May 2024 18:49:08 +0000

Match ID: 37 Score: 25.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 1 day
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We are back, once again, on something to do with Michael Cohen and a cellphone. A...
Fri, 03 May 2024 18:45:49 +0000

Match ID: 38 Score: 25.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 1 day
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Trump denied Playboy model, adult film star claims to top aide during campaign
Fri, 03 May 2024 18:39:59 +0000

Match ID: 39 Score: 25.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 1 day
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Trump blasts GOP runoff candidate who already dropped out of race
Fri, 03 May 2024 18:25:52 +0000

Match ID: 40 Score: 25.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 1 day
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Matthew Colangelo is resuming his direct-examination of Hope Hicks.
Fri, 03 May 2024 18:20:34 +0000

Match ID: 41 Score: 25.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 1 day
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Judge Juan Merchan is back on the bench. He just called Hope Hicks into the room.
Fri, 03 May 2024 18:18:29 +0000

Match ID: 42 Score: 25.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 1 day
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Donald Trump and his lawyers are back in the courtroom.
Fri, 03 May 2024 18:16:37 +0000

Match ID: 43 Score: 25.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 1 day
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Hope Hicks is expected to return to the stand soon to resume her testimony. She likely...
Fri, 03 May 2024 18:07:28 +0000

Match ID: 44 Score: 25.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 1 day
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After Trump won in 2016, hush money lawyer asked, ‘What have we done?’
Fri, 03 May 2024 17:56:27 +0000

Match ID: 45 Score: 25.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 2 days
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How Hope Hicks went from Trump confidante to key prosecution witness
Fri, 03 May 2024 11:40:48 EST
She always survived the many shakeups in the White House.
Match ID: 46 Score: 25.00 source: www.politico.com age: 2 days
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Two seconds of hope for fusion power
Fri, 03 May 2024 16:10:12 +0000
A fusion reactor in San Diego surpasses a limit on plasma density.
Match ID: 47 Score: 25.00 source: arstechnica.com age: 2 days
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Trump Is Turning Victimhood Into His Legal Strategy
Fri, 03 May 2024 10:00:00 +0000
In the early days of the trial, lawyers on both sides have started to reveal their strategies. Will the jury believe that Trump’s sordid acquisition of the White House was political business as usual?
Match ID: 48 Score: 25.00 source: www.newyorker.com age: 2 days
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AIPAC’s Next Top Target? Rep. Jamaal Bowman
Fri, 03 May 2024 09:00:00 +0000

The Israel lobby is expected to start a $20 million ad blitz backing its handpicked candidate against the incumbent Squad member.

The post AIPAC’s Next Top Target? Rep. Jamaal Bowman appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 49 Score: 25.00 source: theintercept.com age: 2 days
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Is 2024 Doomed to Repeat 1968 or 2020—or Both?
Thu, 02 May 2024 23:50:45 +0000
Donald Trump has now made clear that he won’t concede if he loses the election. Believe him.
Match ID: 50 Score: 25.00 source: www.newyorker.com age: 2 days
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From UCLA to Columbia, Professors Nationwide Defend Students as Politicians and Police Attack
Thu, 02 May 2024 21:15:55 +0000

University faculty have put their bodies and livelihoods on the line amid a brutal, violent response to student protests for Gaza.

The post From UCLA to Columbia, Professors Nationwide Defend Students as Politicians and Police Attack appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 51 Score: 25.00 source: theintercept.com age: 2 days
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I’ve Covered Violent Crackdowns on Protests for 15 Years. This Police Overreaction Was Unhinged.
Wed, 01 May 2024 20:14:34 +0000

When police attacked student protesters, a lone trash can was the only damaged property I saw around City College of New York.

The post I’ve Covered Violent Crackdowns on Protests for 15 Years. This Police Overreaction Was Unhinged. appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 52 Score: 21.43 source: theintercept.com age: 3 days
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The Guardian view on transnational repression: dissidents need safety in their new homes | Editorial
Sun, 05 May 2024 17:30:15 GMT

Authoritarian governments are extending their pursuit of critics far beyond their borders

Forty-five years ago, the Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov was killed in London with a poison-tipped umbrella as he made his way home from work. The horrifying case transfixed the British public.

So transnational repression is not new, including on British shores. But unless its target is unusually high-profile, or it uses startling tactics such as those employed by Markov’s killers – or in the attempt to assassinate Sergei Skripal – much of it passes with minimal attention.

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Match ID: 53 Score: 20.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 20.00 russia

France reclaims world record after baking baguette measuring 140.53m
Sun, 05 May 2024 15:56:21 GMT

Parisian bakers have claimed victory over rivals in Italy who created a baguette almost 133 metres long in 2019

For the past five years, bragging rights over the world’s longest baguette have belonged not to the residents of a small village or a city in France, but rather to a clutch of bakers 500 miles away in Como, Italy.

On Sunday a crop of 12 bakers from France set out to rectify this, spending hours kneading, shaping and baking their way back to victory.

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Match ID: 54 Score: 20.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 20.00 italy

Meet the Vatican Swiss Guards ready to sacrifice their lives for the pope
Sun, 05 May 2024 14:00:12 GMT

World’s smallest army, which is preparing to swear in its latest recruits, has in the past engaged in ferocious battles

With their feathered helmets, ruffled collars and coloured, puffed-sleeve uniforms, the Vatican Swiss Guards are often likened by curious visitors to medieval court jesters. But while they willingly pose for photographs, the watchmen are not there to entertain.

Since the early 16th century, when Swiss mercenaries, revered for their bravery and loyalty, marched to Rome to serve Pope Julius II, the world’s smallest army has been enlisted at the Vatican to protect the pope, his residence and the city’s borders.

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Match ID: 55 Score: 20.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
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Shadow of war hangs over Orthodox Easter as Zelenskiy and Putin mark holiday
Sun, 05 May 2024 10:30:58 GMT

Russian president attends service led by one of his staunchest backers while Zelenskiy asserts God is on Kyiv’s side

Orthodox Easter services in Ukraine and Russia have taken on a political tone, as Volodymyr Zelenskiy asserted that God had a “Ukrainian flag on his shoulder” and Vladimir Putin attended a church service led by a staunch supporter of Moscow’s invasion.

Noting that Ukraine had now been fighting Russia for 802 days, Zelenskiy called on Ukrainians to pray for each other and the soldiers on the frontline. “And we believe: God has a chevron with the Ukrainian flag on his shoulder,” said the president, dressed in a traditional embroidered Ukrainian vyshyvanka shirt and khaki trousers. “So with such an ally, life will definitely win over death.”

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Match ID: 56 Score: 20.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 20.00 russia

Cubans lured to Russian army by high pay and passports
Sat, 04 May 2024 23:58:07 GMT
The number of Cubans recruited to fight in Ukraine is thought to be in the hundreds.
Match ID: 57 Score: 20.00 source: www.bbc.co.uk age: 0 days
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It’s Star Wars Day and we have a new trailer for The Acolyte to celebrate
Sat, 04 May 2024 19:45:51 +0000
"The Jedi justify their galactic dominance in the name of peace. But that peace is a lie."
Match ID: 58 Score: 20.00 source: arstechnica.com age: 0 days
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Confident of victory over Ukraine, Russia exhibits Western war trophies
Sat, 04 May 2024 09:00:04 +0000
The exhibition comes just ahead of a May 9 Victory Day celebration that is very different from last year’s, when Russia was facing battlefield setbacks.
Match ID: 59 Score: 20.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 1 day
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Microsoft ties executive pay to security following multiple failures and breaches
Fri, 03 May 2024 20:25:53 +0000
Microsoft has been criticized for "preventable" failures and poor communication.
Match ID: 60 Score: 20.00 source: arstechnica.com age: 1 day
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US confirms Russian forces deployed to same Niger airbase as American troops
Fri, 03 May 2024 13:00:04 GMT

Russians in separate compound and do not have access to US forces or equipment, says defence secretary

• Ukraine war – live updates

The US secretary of defence, Lloyd Austin, has confirmed Russian security forces have been deployed to the same airbase as American troops in the Nigerien capital, Niamey.

It remains unclear when the Russian troops, who have been in Niger for weeks, were deployed to Airbase 101, which is next to Diori Hamani international airport in Niamey. It is also unclear how many troops are on the ground.

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Match ID: 61 Score: 20.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 2 days
qualifiers: 20.00 russia

Noem book dogged by new claims of inaccuracies
Fri, 03 May 2024 05:55:10 EST
The South Dakota governor says she met with North Korea's dictator and, separately, that she was threatened by Nikki Haley. Both are being questioned.
Match ID: 62 Score: 20.00 source: www.politico.com age: 2 days
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Russian troops enter airbase in Niger where US soldiers are stationed
Thu, 02 May 2024 20:27:12 GMT

Move comes after west African country’s military government had told US to withdraw its troops

Russian military personnel have entered an airbase in Niger that is hosting American troops, after a decision by Niger’s junta to expel US forces from the country.

The military officers ruling the west African country have told the US to withdraw its nearly 1,000 military personnel, which until a coup last year had been a key partner for Washington’s fight against insurgents who have killed thousands of people and displaced millions more.

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Match ID: 63 Score: 20.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 2 days
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A Georgia Official Pressured by Trump Prepares for Another Election
Tue, 30 Apr 2024 19:00:00 +0000
Brad Raffensperger, Georgia’s secretary of state, refused to “find” votes for Donald Trump in 2020. Amid threats, he says he’s ready for voters to cast their ballots in 2024.
Match ID: 64 Score: 17.86 source: www.newyorker.com age: 4 days
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Russia’s gas business will never recover from the war in Ukraine
Thu, 02 May 2024 10:04:48 +0000
Hopes of a Chinese rescue look increasingly vain
Match ID: 65 Score: 17.14 source: www.economist.com age: 3 days
qualifiers: 17.14 russia

Inside Ukraine’s Killer-Drone Startup Industry
Thu, 02 May 2024 06:00:00 +0000
Ukraine needs small drones to combat Russian forces—and is bootstrapping its own industry at home.
Match ID: 66 Score: 17.14 source: www.wired.com age: 3 days
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Brighton’s João Pedro stuns Aston Villa to stall their Champions League charge
Sun, 05 May 2024 15:24:54 GMT

Aston Villa are running on fumes. The chance to go 10 points clear on Tottenham ended up reopening the door to the Champions League. Groggy from the short turnaround and shock result of their 4-2 Thursday defeat to Olympiakos, Unai Emery’s team could not replicate the energy of their manager, whose frantic touchline exhortations reflected a golden chance in danger of slipping away.

Ezri Konsa’s tired tackle on Simon Adingra served up a late penalty that Robin Olsen saved from João Pedro only for the Brazilian to nod home the rebound and score the first goal from a Brighton player since March.

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Match ID: 67 Score: 15.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
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The Pogues review – triumphant tribute to energy and poetry of band’s early days
Sun, 05 May 2024 15:19:07 GMT

Hackney Empire, London
An inspired cast of guests from Nadine Shah to Jim Sclavunos stand in for the late Shane MacGowan in a raucous run-through of the band’s debut album and other highlights

With late frontman Shane MacGowan replaced by a succession of guests, this 40th anniversary show for the Pogues’ debut album, Red Roses For Me, could so easily have been a pale imitation, glorified karaoke. And yet, it’s utterly triumphant. There are no overwrought speeches during this evening curated by the band’s co-founder Spider Stacy, only a brief dedication to MacGowan and other departed bandmates Darryl Hunt and Philip Chevron, and the Dubliners’ Ronnie Drew before The Irish Rover. Instead, they pay more fitting tribute by tapping back into the tornado of energy, passion and poetry that made the Pogues thrilling to begin with.

Within a nanosecond of opener Transmetropolitan, it’s pandemonium amid a sell-out crowd who burst instantly into a hundreds-strong mosh, bellowing back every word. The Battle Of Brisbane pushes things even higher; Greenland Whale Fisheries a notch higher than that. By Boys From The County Hell, it’s totally feral.

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Match ID: 68 Score: 15.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
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China’s water battery has almost double energy capacity than lithium cells | Aqueous batteries use water as the solvent for electrolytes, enhancing the safety of the batteries.
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Match ID: 69 Score: 15.00 source: www.reddit.com age: 0 days
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A Company Is Building a Giant Compressed-Air Battery in the Australian Outback
Sat, 04 May 2024 11:00:00 +0000
Hydrostor, a leader in compressed-air energy storage, aims to break ground on a 200-MW plant in New South Wales by the end of this year. It wants to follow that with a 500-MW facility in California.
Match ID: 70 Score: 15.00 source: www.wired.com age: 1 day
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What Kind of Battery Would You Need to Power a Lightsaber?
Sat, 04 May 2024 10:00:00 +0000
On Star Wars Day, we use some basic physics to measure the power of the Force. It’s strong!
Match ID: 71 Score: 15.00 source: www.wired.com age: 1 day
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Ecobee is shutting down some of its very first products
Fri, 03 May 2024 18:38:02 +0000
Even after a commendable 16-year runtime, the company is offering discounts.
Match ID: 72 Score: 15.00 source: arstechnica.com age: 1 day
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Britain’s climate action plan unlawful, high court rules
Fri, 03 May 2024 10:44:31 GMT

Environmental campaign groups took joint action against decision to approve carbon budget delivery plan

The UK government’s climate action plan is unlawful, the high court has ruled, as there is not enough evidence that there are sufficient policies in place to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

The energy secretary, Claire Coutinho, will now be expected to draw up a revised plan within 12 months. This must ensure that the UK achieves its legally binding carbon budgets and its pledge to cut emissions by more than two-thirds by 2030, both of which the government is off track to meet.

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Match ID: 73 Score: 15.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 2 days
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2024 Total Solar Eclipse: Prediction vs. Reality
Thu, 02 May 2024 18:38:31 +0000
Before a total solar eclipse crossed North America on April 8, 2024, scientists at Predictive Science Inc. of San Diego aimed to foresee what the Sun’s outer atmosphere, the corona, would look like during totality. The predictions help researchers understand the accuracy of their models of the Sun’s corona, which extends along its magnetic field. […]
Match ID: 74 Score: 15.00 source: science.nasa.gov age: 2 days
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Hi-C Rocket Experiment Achieves Never-Before-Seen Look at Solar Flares
Thu, 02 May 2024 18:00:00 +0000
By Jessica Barnett  After months of preparation and years since its last flight, the upgraded High Resolution Coronal Imager Flare mission – Hi-C Flare, for short – took to the skies for a never-before-seen view of a solar flare. The low-noise cameras – built at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama – are […]
Match ID: 75 Score: 12.86 source: www.nasa.gov age: 3 days
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Israeli Weapons Firms Required to Buy Cloud Services From Google and Amazon
Wed, 01 May 2024 19:58:49 +0000

Google downplays its military work with Israel, but “Project Nimbus” documents tie the American tech giants to Israel’s deadly military capabilities.

The post Israeli Weapons Firms Required to Buy Cloud Services From Google and Amazon appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 76 Score: 12.86 source: theintercept.com age: 3 days
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The Dangerous Rise of GPS Attacks
Tue, 30 Apr 2024 17:16:03 +0000
Thousands of planes and ships are facing GPS jamming and spoofing. Experts warn these attacks could potentially impact critical infrastructure, communication networks, and more.
Match ID: 77 Score: 11.43 source: www.wired.com age: 5 days
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House Responds to Israeli-Iranian Missile Exchange by Taking Rights Away From Americans
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 15:18:48 +0000

A measure passed by the House seeks to block Americans from traveling to Iran on U.S. passports.

The post House Responds to Israeli-Iranian Missile Exchange by Taking Rights Away From Americans appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 78 Score: 11.43 source: theintercept.com age: 10 days
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How to Play Putin
Mon, 29 Apr 2024 10:00:00 +0000
Will Keen and Michael Stuhlbarg, the stars of the play “Patriots,” about the rise of the Russian President, studied how Putin plays table tennis and why his hand trembles.
Match ID: 79 Score: 8.57 source: www.newyorker.com age: 6 days
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U.S.-Trained Burkina Faso Military Executed 220 Civilians
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 10:56:17 +0000

A new report reveals details of the massacres by a longtime U.S. ally and counterterrorism partner.

The post U.S.-Trained Burkina Faso Military Executed 220 Civilians appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 80 Score: 7.86 source: theintercept.com age: 10 days
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North Koreans Secretly Animated Amazon and Max Shows, Researchers Say
Mon, 22 Apr 2024 07:00:00 +0000
Thousands of exposed files on a misconfigured North Korean server hint at one way the reclusive country may evade international sanctions.
Match ID: 81 Score: 7.86 source: www.wired.com age: 13 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: 82 Score: 7.86 source: www.economist.com age: 73 days
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“Kill All Arabs”: The Feds Are Investigating UMass Amherst for Anti-Palestinian Bias
Wed, 24 Apr 2024 18:00:00 +0000

The Department of Education is probing claims that the school discriminated against Palestinian and Arab students amid Israel’s war on Gaza.

The post “Kill All Arabs”: The Feds Are Investigating UMass Amherst for Anti-Palestinian Bias appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 83 Score: 5.00 source: theintercept.com age: 11 days
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Would America dare to bring down a Chinese bank?
Wed, 10 Apr 2024 18:26:59 +0000
Janet Yellen promises sanctions for those supporting Vladimir Putin’s war
Match ID: 84 Score: 5.00 source: www.economist.com age: 24 days
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Russia Vetoed a UN Resolution to Ban Space Nukes
Sat, 27 Apr 2024 10:00:00 +0000
A ban on weapons of mass destruction in orbit has stood since 1967. Russia apparently has other ideas.
Match ID: 85 Score: 4.29 source: www.wired.com age: 8 days
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QAnon Was Born Out of the Sex Ad Moral Panic That Took Down Backpage.com
Sat, 27 Apr 2024 10:00:00 +0000

For years, the political establishment opportunistically railed against sex trafficking. Then came Pizzagate.

The post QAnon Was Born Out of the Sex Ad Moral Panic That Took Down Backpage.com appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 86 Score: 3.57 source: theintercept.com age: 8 days
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“Little Home Market”: The Connecticut Company Accused of Fueling an Execution Spree
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 17:10:40 +0000

Evidence points to Absolute Standards as the source of a lethal drug the Trump administration used to restart federal executions after 17 years.

The post “Little Home Market”: The Connecticut Company Accused of Fueling an Execution Spree appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 87 Score: 3.57 source: theintercept.com age: 10 days
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As Biden Cheers TikTok Ban, White House Embraces TikTok Influencers
Tue, 23 Apr 2024 21:25:12 +0000

The White House brushes off accusations of hypocrisy, courting TikTok while seeking to ban it.

The post As Biden Cheers TikTok Ban, White House Embraces TikTok Influencers appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 88 Score: 3.57 source: theintercept.com age: 11 days
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Why a stronger dollar is dangerous
Tue, 23 Apr 2024 16:00:59 +0000
It sets the stage for a nasty new Trump-China clash, among other things
Match ID: 89 Score: 3.57 source: www.economist.com age: 12 days
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Trump has a rocky relationship with Black voters. He’s trying to change it.
Sat, 20 Apr 2024 06:00:00 EST
Three officials with his campaign outlined the former president’s strategy.
Match ID: 90 Score: 3.57 source: www.politico.com age: 15 days
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Trump Is Misleading You With Covid-Era Statistics. So Is Biden.
Fri, 19 Apr 2024 04:00:00 EST
Biden and Trump are both campaigning on warped economic statistics, cherry-picking weird data from the Covid crisis.
Match ID: 91 Score: 3.57 source: www.politico.com age: 16 days
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Even without war in the Gulf, pricier petrol is here to stay
Wed, 17 Apr 2024 15:59:46 +0000
Expensive oil could put Donald Trump in the White House
Match ID: 92 Score: 3.57 source: www.economist.com age: 18 days
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Watch: Trump visits bodega after day two of hush money trial
Wed, 17 Apr 2024 09:25:39 EST

Match ID: 93 Score: 3.57 source: www.politico.com age: 18 days
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Europe’s economy is under attack from all sides
Tue, 26 Mar 2024 20:00:46 +0000
First Putin, now Xi. Next Trump?
Match ID: 94 Score: 3.57 source: www.economist.com age: 39 days
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The world is in the midst of a city-building boom
Thu, 07 Mar 2024 11:22:29 +0000
Everyone, from Donald Trump and Peter Thiel to Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, is getting involved
Match ID: 95 Score: 3.57 source: www.economist.com age: 59 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: 96 Score: 3.57 source: www.economist.com age: 67 days
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Trump wants to whack Chinese firms. How badly could he hurt them?
Thu, 22 Feb 2024 10:41:31 +0000
History provides a guide
Match ID: 97 Score: 3.57 source: www.economist.com age: 73 days
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Bankers have reason to hope Trump triumphs
Thu, 08 Feb 2024 11:06:55 +0000
Will they now spend big on his campaign?
Match ID: 98 Score: 3.57 source: www.economist.com age: 87 days
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What Donald Trump can learn from the Big Mac index
Thu, 25 Jan 2024 11:01:35 +0000
Should the presidential candidate go on another crusade against the yuan?
Match ID: 99 Score: 3.57 source: www.economist.com age: 101 days
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UK accused by Amnesty of ‘deliberately destabilising’ human rights globally
Wed, 24 Apr 2024 11:19:56 GMT

Rights chief also warns Britain will be ‘judged harshly by history for its failure to help prevent civilian slaughter in Gaza’

The UK has been accused by Amnesty International of “deliberately destabilising” human rights on the global stage for its own political ends.

In its annual global report, released today, the organisation said Britain was weakening human rights protections nationally and globally, amid a near-breakdown of international law.

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Chuck Schumer Privately Warns Pakistan: Don't Kill Imran Khan in Prison
Tue, 23 Apr 2024 20:04:01 +0000

Supporters worry Khan’s life is in danger and with good reason: The military has a long history of killing deposed leaders.

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Frozen Russian assets will soon pay for Ukraine’s war
Thu, 18 Apr 2024 09:54:20 +0000
And America now hopes to convince others to make better use of the stash
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Ukrainian drone strikes are hurting Russia’s oil industry
Thu, 11 Apr 2024 09:51:54 +0000
The world’s third-largest producer is now an importer of petrol
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How China, Russia and Iran are forging closer ties
Mon, 18 Mar 2024 19:52:43 +0000
Assessing the economic threat posed by the anti-Western axis
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Russia’s economy once again defies the doomsayers
Sun, 10 Mar 2024 14:39:48 +0000
As an election nears, Vladimir Putin now looks to have inflation under control
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What do you do with 191bn frozen euros owned by Russia?
Wed, 28 Feb 2024 21:21:18 +0000
The question that now confronts Western policymakers
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When Climate Goals, Housing Policy, and Corporate R&D Collide, Social Good Can Emerge
2024-04-09T00:00:00Z
Grants designed to improve housing can make homes more energy efficient and save money for low-income families, providing a powerful way to confront climate change, says research by Omar Asensio. What do the findings mean for companies trying to scale innovation?
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The Ukraine war offers energy arbitrage opportunities
Thu, 15 Feb 2024 11:15:12 +0000
It also provides a glimpse at the future of European gas supplies
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Global Emissions Could Peak Sooner Than You Think
Wed, 17 Jan 2024 12:00:00 +0000
Global deployment of solar and wind power, plus a surge in EV sales, means emissions from fossil-fuel-derived energy will finally hit the downward slope.
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How Xi Jinping plans to overtake America
Sun, 31 Mar 2024 12:31:35 +0000
Digital twins, nuclear fusion and the small matter of fixing China’s economy
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