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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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Tesla must face fraud suit for claiming its cars could fully drive themselves
Thu, 16 May 2024 17:56:24 +0000
Lawsuit targets 2016 claim that all Tesla cars "have full self-driving hardware."
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Michael Cohen tells trial he once thought Stormy Daniels was extorting Trump over her story – as it happened
Thu, 16 May 2024 20:45:15 GMT

This live blog is now closed. You can read our latest reporting below:

• Michael Cohen admits to prior lies in cross-examination in Trump trial
• Michael Cohen receives a grilling: Trump trial key takeaways, day 18
• Republican invokes Trump’s call to far-right group in trial visit

Judge Juan Merchan is on the bench and the court is in session.

Donald Trump has arrived in the courtroom for day 18 of his criminal trial.

Matt Gaetz, a Florida Republican representative

Lauren Boebert, a Colorado Republican congresswoman

Eric Trump

Boris Epshteyn, a longtime Trump aide

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Environmental Defenders Office did not breach funding rules while opposing Santos gas project, review finds
Fri, 17 May 2024 05:29:31 GMT

Tanya Plibersek ordered investigation after judge accused law firm of ‘subtle coaching’ of Tiwi Island traditional owners during legal challenge

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The Environmental Defenders Office did not breach the conditions of its $8.2m in federal funding, according to a government review of the legal firm’s conduct.

The environment minister, Tanya Plibersek, requested the review after a federal court judgment in January made sharp criticisms of the EDO’s conduct in a legal matter against Santos.

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Judge rules that Tesla must face proposed class action lawsuit alleging “fraud and related negligence” for claiming its cars could fully drive themselves
2024-05-17T02:29:54+00:00

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Arizona woman accused of helping North Koreans get remote IT jobs at 300 companies
Thu, 16 May 2024 22:49:22 +0000
Alleged $6.8M conspiracy involved "laptop farm," identity theft, and résumé coaching.
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South Africa calls on ICJ to order Israel to end Rafah offensive
Thu, 16 May 2024 20:40:01 GMT

Lawyers urge international court of justice to issue urgent measures over assault on Gaza’s southernmost city

South Africa has asked the international court of justice (ICJ) to urgently order Israel to end its assault on Rafah, halt its military campaign across Gaza, and allow international investigators and journalists into the territory.

In a court hearing, lawyers for South Africa expanded a written request for judges to issue an emergency order to stop the offensive into Rafah, Gaza’s southernmost city.

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Before the jury was brought back in, the judge directed Todd Blanche to clarify what prosecutors...
Thu, 16 May 2024 18:36:44 +0000

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Caleb Azumah Nelson wins £20,000 Dylan Thomas prize for Small Worlds
Thu, 16 May 2024 18:15:15 GMT

Judges describe second novel set between south-east London and Ghana as ‘symphonic’ and ‘viscerally moving’

British-Ghanaian author Caleb Azumah Nelson has won this year’s Dylan Thomas prize for his second novel Small Worlds, which judges described as “symphonic” and “viscerally moving”.

Azumah Nelson, 30, was awarded the £20,000 prize at ceremony on Thursday in Swansea, the home city of the poet Dylan Thomas. The prize is given to a writer aged 39 or under in memory of Thomas, who died at that age.

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Former teen models accuse magician David Copperfield of misconduct
Thu, 16 May 2024 14:10:17 GMT

Some allege harassment, one claims she was sexually assaulted. His lawyers deny the allegations

• Revealed: Magician David Copperfield accused of sexual misconduct by multiple women
• ‘I honest to God believe I was drugged’: magician David Copperfield’s alleged victims speak out

It was September 1991 in New York and the grand finale of Look of the Year, a prestigious modeling contest that had helped launch the careers of supermodels Cindy Crawford and Helena Christensen.

The celebrity magician David Copperfield, one of the judges, watched from the front row as 58 contestants paraded across the runway in their branded hot pink and sorbet yellow swimsuits. Nearly all the contestants were teenagers; some were as young as 14.

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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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This U.S. Attorney Resigned Amid an Ethics Investigation. Yet He Wound Up Overseeing Judges’ Ethics.
Tue, 14 May 2024 23:57:58 +0000

After inquiries from The Intercept, Duane Kees stepped down from his ethics panel position.

The post This U.S. Attorney Resigned Amid an Ethics Investigation. Yet He Wound Up Overseeing Judges’ Ethics.  appeared first on The Intercept.

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Criticizing Israel? Nonprofit Media Could Lose Tax-Exempt Status Without Due Process
Fri, 10 May 2024 10:00:00 +0000

A new anti-terrorism bill would allow the government to take away vital tax exemptions from nonprofit news outlets.

The post Criticizing Israel? Nonprofit Media Could Lose Tax-Exempt Status Without Due Process appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 12 Score: 12.86 source: theintercept.com age: 6 days
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Biden asserts executive privilege to block release of special counsel interviews
Thu, 16 May 2024 21:34:12 GMT

House Republicans seek recordings of classified documents case interviews, in what Democrats call a ‘purely political’ move

Joe Biden asserted executive privilege to stop House Republicans obtaining recordings of his interviews with Robert Hur, the special counsel who investigated Biden’s retention of classified information after his time as a senator and as vice-president to Barack Obama.

In a letter reported by the New York Times and other outlets on Thursday, the White House counsel, Edward Siskel, told the Republican chairs of the House judiciary and oversight committees: “The absence of a legitimate need for the audio recordings lays bare your likely goal – to chop them up, distort them and use them for partisan political purposes.

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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.

Match ID: 14 Score: 10.00 source: theintercept.com age: 0 days
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Gaetz invokes Trump’s call to far-right Proud Boys at hush-money trial
Thu, 16 May 2024 20:13:55 GMT

Republican congressman travels to New York to support former president and says he is ‘standing back, and standing by’

Matt Gaetz echoed Donald Trump’s infamous remarks about the far-right Proud Boys on Thursday, as the Florida Republican congressman and other rightwing supporters of the former US presidentattended his criminal trial in Manhattan.

“Standing back, and standing by, Mr President,” Gaetz wrote on social media, with a photo of his group of supporters standing behind Trump outside the court where Trump is on trial on election subversion charges arising from hush-money payments to an adult film star during the 2016 campaign.

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Ex-lawyer for Cohen contradicts him in testimony before Congress
Thu, 16 May 2024 19:43:05 +0000

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Supreme Court rejects broad challenge to consumer watchdog CFPB
Thu, 16 May 2024 19:34:22 +0000
The Biden administration urged the Supreme Court to reject an appeals court decision that cast doubt on Congress’s authority to decide how to fund an agency.
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Michael Cohen says he hoped for pardon, lied about it to Congress
Thu, 16 May 2024 15:35:43 +0000

Match ID: 18 Score: 10.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 0 days
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Washington is pushing policies to combat antisemitism. Critics say they could violate free speech
Thu, 16 May 2024 12:00:07 GMT

In the wake of campus protests, some say proposals are part of of a broader effort to silence criticism of Israel

Against the backdrop of demonstrations against Israel’s war in Gaza on college campuses, the White House and Congress have announced a string of policies and commitments aimed at addressing what Joe Biden warned was a “ferocious surge of antisemitism” in the United States.

Antisemitism was on the rise in the US before Hamas attacked Israel on 7 October, killing roughly 1,200 people and taking another 250 hostage. But the ensuing war has exacerbated the problem, with the law enforcement officials recording a spike in threats against Jewish Americans.

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Match ID: 19 Score: 10.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 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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The US Election Threats Are Clear. What to Do About Them Is Anything But
Wed, 15 May 2024 23:05:47 +0000
A Senate Intelligence Committee hearing today saw broad agreement on how AI and other threats loom ahead of the US election—and uncertainty about how to respond.
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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.

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Secrecy Concerns Mount Over Spy Powers Targeting US Data Centers
Tue, 14 May 2024 16:16:58 +0000
A coalition of digital rights groups is demanding the US declassify records that would clarify just how expansive a major surveillance program really is.
Match ID: 23 Score: 10.00 source: www.wired.com age: 2 days
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Pentagon Compensated Zero Civilian Victims in 2022 — Despite Evidence That the U.S. Killed a Mom and Child in Somalia
Mon, 13 May 2024 21:30:00 +0000

The 22-year-old woman and her child were civilian casualties of a U.S. drone strike, but the Pentagon won't return the family's messages.

The post Pentagon Compensated Zero Civilian Victims in 2022 — Despite Evidence That the U.S. Killed a Mom and Child in Somalia appeared first on The Intercept.

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The TikTok Ban Is “a Vast Overreach, Rooted in Hypocrisy,” Wired’s Katie Drummond says
Mon, 13 May 2024 10:00:00 +0000
A prominent tech journalist sees Silicon Valley corporations making policy in Washington—and lawmakers refusing to regulate social media properly.
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Jailed Indian opposition leader granted bail to take part in election campaign
Fri, 10 May 2024 14:52:34 GMT

Supreme court judges order Arvind Kejriwal’s release until 1 June and question timing of his arrest on corruption charges

One of India’s best-known opposition leaders, Arvind Kejriwal, the chief minister of Delhi, has been granted bail by the country’s supreme court to allow him to take part in general election campaigningafter being kept behind bars for almost two months.

Kejriwal, who heads the Aam Aadmi party (AAP), has been held in jail since March when he was arrested on money-laundering charges. He has maintained that his arrest and detention was politically motivated to prevent him taking part in the election, which began in April and will continue until June.

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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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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: 28 Score: 4.29 source: theintercept.com age: 6 days
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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.

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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.

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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.

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New Lawsuit Attempting to Make Adversarial Interoperability Legal
2024-05-06T11:03:08Z

Lots of complicated details here: too many for me to summarize well. It involves an obscure Section 230 provision—and an even more obscure typo. Read this.

Match ID: 32 Score: 2.86 source: www.schneier.com age: 10 days
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As Biden Warns Against Rafah Invasion, AIPAC Pushes Congress to Support Israel’s Operation
Thu, 09 May 2024 01:38:59 +0000

In talking points reviewed by The Intercept, the pro-Israel lobby argues that Israel has “no other option” but to invade Rafah.

The post As Biden Warns Against Rafah Invasion, AIPAC Pushes Congress to Support Israel’s Operation appeared first on The Intercept.

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Top FBI Official Urges Agents to Use Warrantless Wiretaps on US Soil
Wed, 08 May 2024 17:48:45 +0000
An internal email from FBI deputy director Paul Abbate, obtained by WIRED, tells employees to search for “US persons” in a controversial spy program's database that investigators have repeatedly misused.
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How NASA Tracked the Most Intense Solar Storm in Decades
Thu, 16 May 2024 18:01:14 +0000
May 2024 has already proven to be a particularly stormy month for our Sun. During the first full week of May, a barrage of large solar flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs) launched clouds of charged particles and magnetic fields toward Earth, creating the strongest solar storm to reach Earth in two decades — and […]
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What keeps the world’s top climate scientists up at night? - podcast
Thu, 16 May 2024 02:00:55 GMT

Hundreds of climate experts expect global temperatures to rise to at least 2.5C (4.5F) above preindustrial levels by 2100. Damian Carrington reports

When the Guardian’s environment editor, Damian Carrington, decided to survey the world’s top climate scientists, he had no idea how many of them would want to participate.

“I was astonished by the flood of responses that came back,” he tells Hannah Moore.

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NASA Teammates Recall Favorite Memories Aboard Flying Laboratory
Tue, 14 May 2024 15:00:00 +0000
After flying more than three decades and 158 science campaigns, just one flight remains. NASA’s DC-8 Airborne Science Laboratory will make its final flight May 15 to Idaho State University in Pocatello, Idaho, where it will be used to train future aircraft technicians by providing real-world experience in the college’s Aircraft Maintenance Technology Program. Before […]
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Meet NASA Women Behind World’s Largest Flying Laboratory
Mon, 13 May 2024 20:30:48 +0000
NASA’s DC-8 aircraft – the world’s largest flying science laboratory – began its science missions in 1987 and since then, has flown in service of the science community over places like Antarctica, Greenland, and Thailand. Aircraft like the DC-8 have enabled scientists to ask questions about life on Earth and explore them in a way […]
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Government adviser on disruptive protest accused of conflict of interest
Fri, 17 May 2024 05:00:29 GMT

John Woodcock, whose review proposes bans for protest groups, has lobbying links to firms in arms and fossil fuel sectors

Activists have accused the government’s independent adviser on political violence of a conflict of interest, after it emerged that he had lobbying links to companies that would benefit from curbs to protesting.

John Woodcock, formerly a Labour MP and now a crossbench peer, has prepared a review of “far-left” involvement in disruptive protest, which includes activism against climate change and war. At the same time, he has been chairing and advising lobby groups representing arms manufacturers and fossil fuel firms.

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NASA Earns Best Place to Work in Government for 12 Straight Years
Thu, 16 May 2024 22:31:40 +0000
NASA was named Thursday as the 2023 Best Place to Work in the Federal Government – large agency – for the 12th year in a row by the Partnership for Public Service. The title serves as a reflection of employee satisfaction with the workplace and functioning of the overall agency as NASA explores the unknown […]
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NASA, European Space Agency Unite to Land Europe’s Rover on Mars
Thu, 16 May 2024 18:54:37 +0000
NASA and ESA (European Space Agency) announced Thursday they signed an agreement to expand NASA’s work on the ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover, an ESA-led mission launching in 2028 that will search for signs of ancient life on the Red Planet. With this memorandum of understanding, the NASA Launch Services Program will procure a U.S. commercial […]
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FY2024 TEAM II NOFO Announcement
Thu, 16 May 2024 17:46:19 +0000
Next Gen STEM’s Teams Engaging Affiliated Museums and Informal Institutions (TEAM II) program is pleased to announce an upcoming FY2024 Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) that will expand the current program from a two-tier to a three-tier system by adding a mid-level funding tier. The NOFO is expected to be released in the third quarter […]
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NASA Recognizes 5 Early Career Planetary Scientists
Thu, 16 May 2024 15:59:06 +0000
NASA has selected five early-career scientists for its 2023 Planetary Science Early Career Award (ECA) based on their demonstrated leadership, involvement in the planetary science community, and potential for future impact. The ECA program supports exceptional early-career scientists who play a meaningful role in the planetary science community to pursue professional development in areas relevant […]
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I’ve seen how deadly floods are devastating Europe – we are not prepared for what’s next
Thu, 16 May 2024 15:50:12 GMT

In this week’s Down to Earth newsletter: what the Guardian’s Sirin Kale saw when reporting on environmental disasters in Germany, Belgium and the UK

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It’s common to think about the climate crisis as something that will happen in the future, in the global south.

Brutal heatwaves and submerged cities: what a 3C world would look like

I understand climate scientists’ despair – but stubborn optimism may be our only hope | Christiana Figueres

What are the most powerful climate actions you can take? The expert view

Fast fashion is wasteful, and thrifting is flawed. The solution: swap!

Herd of 170 bison could help store CO2 equivalent of almost 2m cars, researchers say

‘It’s unbelievable the difference a path has made’: how volunteers are building a cycle network a yard at a time

‘The stakes could not be higher’: world is on edge of climate abyss, UN warns

Four kids left: The Thai school swallowed by the sea

‘It just didn’t work’: how businesses are struggling with reuseable packaging

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Match ID: 9 Score: 15.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
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New Dutch coalition aims to reintroduce 80mph limit in cull of climate goals
Thu, 16 May 2024 14:46:00 GMT

Government, including far-right leader Geert Wilders, announces it will abandon key green policies in strategy

The Netherlands’ new right-wing coalition government aims to reintroduce daytime speeds of 80mph on motorways as part of a number of proposed changes to the country’s environmental policies which have sparked concern.

The move echoes the anti-green stance of other right-wing parties across the continent, as environmental issues become popular bogeymen for populist politicians. In Germany, for example, heat pumps have been politicised, as members of the far-right party AfD have called the Green party “our enemies’.

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Activists sue Russia over ‘weak’ climate policy
Thu, 16 May 2024 14:28:44 GMT

Russian constitutional court is considering claim, which activists hope will raise awareness about emissions

A group of activists are fighting for the right to scrutinise Russia’s climate policies, and in particular its enormous methane emissions, in court.

Russia’s constitutional court is considering a claim brought by 18 individuals and the NGO Ecodefense that insufficient action by the Russian state to cut national greenhouse gas emissions is violating their rights to life, health and a healthy environment.

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Students Across US to Hear from NASA Astronaut Aboard Space Station
Thu, 16 May 2024 14:15:10 +0000
Students of a volunteer service organization will have the opportunity next week to hear from NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps aboard the International Space Station. The Earth-to-space call will stream live at 11:40 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, May 21, on NASA+, NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agency’s website. Media interested in covering the event must RSVP […]
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Accounts Payable
Thu, 16 May 2024 13:18:38 +0000
Vendor Payment NASA is committed to expedient and accurate payment of invoices.  Any questions or inquiries should be addressed to the Contracting Officer designated on your award or to the NSSC Customer Contact Center. NSSC Customer Contact Center telephone: 1-877-677-2123 (1-877-NSSC123) Fax: 1-866-779-6772 (1-866-779-NSSC) Vouchers and invoices are to be submitted in the Treasury’s Invoice Processing Platform […]
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Net zero U-turns will hit UK infrastructure, say government advisers
Thu, 16 May 2024 06:00:01 GMT

Sir John Armitt urges ministers to act swiftly or risk impeding growth and jeopardising climate targets

Rishi Sunak’s U-turns over net zero have delayed progress on vital infrastructure that is needed for economic growth, the government’s advisers have said.

Sir John Armitt, the chair of the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC), said good progress had been made on renewable energy in the past five years, but changes to key policies, including postponing a scheme to boost heat pump takeup, had created uncertainty and delay.

The government will fail to meet its targets on heat pump rollout.

The promised lifting of a ban on new onshore windfarms has not gone far enough.

Massive investment is needed in the electricity grid.

There is no proper plan for rail in the north and Midlands now that the northern leg of HS2 has been cancelled, severely inhibiting economic growth in those regions.

Water bills will need to go up to fix the sewage crisis, and more reservoirs are needed to avoid drought, while water companies have done too little to staunch leaks.

The UK lacks a coherent strategy on flooding, with more than 900,000 properties at risk of river or sea flooding and 910,000 at risk of surface water flooding.

Good progress has been made on the rollout of gigabit broadband around the country.

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Like a ‘civil war’: Nouméa residents describe terror as deadly riots sweep New Caledonia capital
Thu, 16 May 2024 05:42:17 GMT

Some locals say they have been too scared to leave their homes as protests over changes to the voting law grew into deadly riots

Lizzie Carboni knew that life in New Caledonia had changed forever when the school she had attended as a child went up in flames on Wednesday night.

“I could hear people yelling, screaming and grenades being fired,” she says, adding that it was “the worst night of my life” and likening the scenes unfolding in the capital, Nouméa, to “civil war”.

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The Marshall Star for May 15, 2024
Wed, 15 May 2024 20:04:09 +0000
Joint Chiefs Vice Chairman Visits Marshall Navy Adm. Christopher Grady, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, his wife Christine Grady, and son Luke Grady talk with Nick Benjamin, right, a payload operations director for the International Space Station, at the Payload Operations Integration Center during the vice chairman’s tour of NASA’s Marshall Space […]
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NASA Invites Media to View NOAA’s Newest Environmental Satellite
Wed, 15 May 2024 19:11:50 +0000
NASA will host a media availability to view NOAA’s (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s) GOES-U (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite U) spacecraft Thursday June 6, at the Astrotech Space Operations payload processing facility in Titusville, Florida. NASA is targeting a two-hour launch window opening at 5:16 p.m. EDT Tuesday, June 25, for the launch of GOES-U […]
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NASA’s X-59 Passes Milestone Toward Safe First Flight
Wed, 15 May 2024 18:14:56 +0000
NASA has taken the next step toward verifying the airworthiness for its quiet supersonic X-59 aircraft with the completion of a milestone review that will allow it to progress toward flight.  A Flight Readiness Review board composed of independent experts from across NASA has completed a study of the X-59 project team’s approach to safety […]
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These Electric School Buses Are on Their Way to Save the Grid
Wed, 15 May 2024 14:00:00 +0000
Loaded with ever more renewables, the grid will need to store a whole lot of energy. Enter: a new kind of magic school bus—one that can both charge and give power back.
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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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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.

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NASA Licenses 3D-Printable Superalloy to Benefit US Economy
Thu, 09 May 2024 12:14:04 +0000
NASA’s investment in a breakthrough superalloy developed for the extreme temperatures and harsh conditions of air and spaceflight is on the threshold of paying commercial dividends. The agency is licensing its invention, dubbed “GRX-810,” to four American companies, a practice that benefits the United States economy as a return on investment of taxpayer dollars. GRX-810 […]
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NASA Uses Small Engine to Enhance Sustainable Jet Research
Mon, 29 Apr 2024 10:00:00 +0000
Located inside a high-tech NASA laboratory in Cleveland is something you could almost miss at first glance: a small-scale, fully operational jet engine to test new technology that could make aviation more sustainable.  The engine’s smaller size and modestly equipped test stand means researchers and engineers can try out newly designed engine components less expensively […]
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ARMD Solicitations
Fri, 03 May 2024 19:00:00 +0000
This ARMD solicitations page compiles the opportunities to collaborate with NASA’s aeronautical innovators and/or contribute to their research to enable new and improved air transportation systems. A summary of available opportunities with key dates requiring action are listed first. More information about each opportunity is detailed lower on this page. University Leadership InitiativeKey date: May […]
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NASA’s Commitment to Safety Starts with its Culture
Tue, 30 Apr 2024 15:00:00 +0000
NASA works on projects that often have never been done, or perhaps the way they are being done has never been tried. Living on the edge of innovation requires a high degree of risk. After organizational silence led to the loss of space shuttle Challenger and its crew in 1986, NASA vowed to change the […]
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The White House Has a New Master Plan to Stop Worst-Case Scenarios
Tue, 30 Apr 2024 14:00:00 +0000
President Joe Biden has updated the directives to protect US critical infrastructure against major threats, from cyberattacks to terrorism to climate change.
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NASA, FAA Partner to Develop New Wildland Fire Technologies
Fri, 19 Apr 2024 16:47:24 +0000
NASA and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) have established a research transition team to guide the development of wildland fire technology.  Wildland fires are occurring more frequently and at a larger scale than in past decades, according to the U.S. Forest Service. Emergency responders will need a broader set of technologies to prevent, monitor, and […]
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NASA Photographer Honored for Thrilling Inverted In-Flight Image
Wed, 17 Apr 2024 17:37:45 +0000
Riding in the back seat of a car can be boring. Riding in the back of a NASA aircraft is exhilarating, especially for photographers capturing NASA’s story. Jim Ross, photo lead at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, was awarded first place for an image he took while flying upside down in a […]
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NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Team Says Goodbye … for Now
Wed, 17 Apr 2024 00:54:28 +0000
The final downlink shift by the Ingenuity team was a time to reflect on a highly successful mission — and to prepare the first aircraft on another world for its new role. Engineers working on NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter assembled for one last time in a control room at the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in […]
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How NIMBYs increase carbon emissions
Thu, 14 Mar 2024 10:59:08 +0000
Opposition to new buildings has unfortunate consequences
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Hottest February marks ninth new monthly record
Thu, 07 Mar 2024 03:06:49 GMT
It's the ninth month of global temperature records in a row, driven by climate change and El Niño.
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Why firms are racing to produce green ammonia
Tue, 27 Feb 2024 00:04:21 GMT
Ammonia is essential for fertiliser production but producing it is carbon intensive.
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A New Way to See Your Climate Anxiety
Mon, 22 Jan 2024 12:00:00 +0000
The climate crisis has become a mental health crisis. But eco-anxiety isn’t necessarily a pathology.
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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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Ahrefs vs SEMrush: Which SEO Tool Should You Use?
Tue, 01 Mar 2022 12:16:00 +0000

SEMrush and Ahrefs are among the most popular tools in the SEO industry. Both companies have been in business for years and have thousands of customers per month.

If you're a professional SEO or trying to do digital marketing on your own, at some point you'll likely consider using a tool to help with your efforts. Ahrefs and SEMrush are two names that will likely appear on your shortlist.

In this guide, I'm going to help you learn more about these SEO tools and how to choose the one that's best for your purposes.

What is SEMrush?

SEMrush is a popular SEO tool with a wide range of features—it's the leading competitor research service for online marketers. SEMrush's SEO Keyword Magic tool offers over 20 billion Google-approved keywords, which are constantly updated and it's the largest keyword database.

The program was developed in 2007 as SeoQuake is a small Firefox extension

Features

• Most accurate keyword data: Accurate keyword search volume data is crucial for SEO and PPC campaigns by allowing you to identify what keywords are most likely to bring in big sales from ad clicks. SEMrush constantly updates its databases and provides the most accurate data.
• Largest Keyword database: SEMrush's Keyword Magic Tool now features 20-billion keywords, providing marketers and SEO professionals the largest database of keywords.


• All SEMrush users receive daily ranking data, mobile volume information, and the option to buy additional keywords by default with no additional payment or add-ons needed
• Most accurate position tracking tool: This tool provides all subscribers with basic tracking capabilities, making it suitable for SEO professionals. Plus, the Position Tracking tool provides local-level data to everyone who uses the tool.
• SEO Data Management: SEMrush makes managing your online data easy by allowing you to create visually appealing custom PDF reports, including Branded and White Label reports, report scheduling, and integration with GA, GMB, and GSC.
• Toxic link monitoring and penalty recovery: With SEMrush, you can make a detailed analysis of toxic backlinks, toxic scores, toxic markers, and outreach to those sites.
• Content Optimization and Creation Tools: SEMrush offers content optimization and creation tools that let you create SEO-friendly content. Some features include the SEO Writing Assistant, On-Page SEO Check, er/SEO Content Template, Content Audit, Post Tracking, Brand Monitoring.

Ahrefs

Ahrefs is a leading SEO platform that offers a set of tools to grow your search traffic, research your competitors, and monitor your niche. The company was founded in 2010, and it has become a popular choice among SEO tools. Ahrefs has a keyword index of over 10.3 billion keywords and offers accurate and extensive backlink data updated every 15-30 minutes and it is the world's most extensive backlink index database.

Features

• Backlink alerts data and new keywords: Get an alert when your site is linked to or discussed in blogs, forums, comments, or when new keywords are added to a blog posting about you.
• Intuitive interface: The intuitive design of the widget helps you see the overall health of your website and search engine ranking at a glance.
• Site Explorer: The Site Explorer will give you an in-depth look at your site's search traffic.
• Domain Comparison
• Reports with charts and graphs
• JavaScript rendering and a site audit can identify SEO issues.
• A question explorer that provides well-crafted topic suggestions

Direct Comparisons: Ahrefs vs SEMrush

Now that you know a little more about each tool, let's take a look at how they compare. I'll analyze each tool to see how they differ in interfaces, keyword research resources, rank tracking, and competitor analysis.

User Interface

Ahrefs and SEMrush both offer comprehensive information and quick metrics regarding your website's SEO performance. However, Ahrefs takes a bit more of a hands-on approach to getting your account fully set up, whereas SEMrush's simpler dashboard can give you access to the data you need quickly.

In this section, we provide a brief overview of the elements found on each dashboard and highlight the ease with which you can complete tasks.

AHREFS

The Ahrefs dashboard is less cluttered than that of SEMrush, and its primary menu is at the very top of the page, with a search bar designed only for entering URLs.

Additional features of the Ahrefs platform include:

• You can see analytics from the dashboard, including search engine rankings to domain ratings, referring domains, and backlink
• Jumping from one tool to another is easy. You can use the Keyword Explorer to find a keyword to target and then directly track your ranking with one click.
• The website offers a tooltip helper tool that allows you to hover your mouse over something that isn't clear and get an in-depth explanation.

SEMRUSH

When you log into the SEMrush Tool, you will find four main modules. These include information about your domains, organic keyword analysis, ad keyword, and site traffic.

You'll also find some other options like

• A search bar allows you to enter a domain, keyword, or anything else you wish to explore.
• A menu on the left side of the page provides quick links to relevant information, including marketing insights, projects, keyword analytics, and more.
• The customer support resources located directly within the dashboard can be used to communicate with the support team or to learn about other resources such as webinars and blogs.
• Detailed descriptions of every resource offered. This detail is beneficial for new marketers, who are just starting.

WHO WINS?

Both Ahrefs and SEMrush have user-friendly dashboards, but Ahrefs is less cluttered and easier to navigate. On the other hand, SEMrush offers dozens of extra tools, including access to customer support resources.

When deciding on which dashboard to use, consider what you value in the user interface, and test out both.

Rank Tracking

If you're looking to track your website's search engine ranking, rank tracking features can help. You can also use them to monitor your competitors.

Let's take a look at Ahrefs vs. SEMrush to see which tool does a better job.

Ahrefs

The Ahrefs Rank Tracker is simpler to use. Just type in the domain name and keywords you want to analyze, and it spits out a report showing you the search engine results page (SERP) ranking for each keyword you enter.

Rank Tracker looks at the ranking performance of keywords and compares them with the top rankings for those keywords. Ahrefs also offers:

You'll see metrics that help you understand your visibility, traffic, average position, and keyword difficulty.

It gives you an idea of whether a keyword would be profitable to target or not.

SEMRUSH

SEMRush offers a tool called Position Tracking. This tool is a project tool—you must set it up as a new project. Below are a few of the most popular features of the SEMrush Position Tracking tool:

All subscribers are given regular data updates and mobile search rankings upon subscribing

The platform provides opportunities to track several SERP features, including Local tracking.

Intuitive reports allow you to track statistics for the pages on your website, as well as the keywords used in those pages.

Identify pages that may be competing with each other using the Cannibalization report.

WHO WINS?

Ahrefs is a more user-friendly option. It takes seconds to enter a domain name and keywords. From there, you can quickly decide whether to proceed with that keyword or figure out how to rank better for other keywords.

SEMrush allows you to check your mobile rankings and ranking updates daily, which is something Ahrefs does not offer. SEMrush also offers social media rankings, a tool you won't find within the Ahrefs platform. Both are good which one do you like let me know in the comment.

Keyword Research

Keyword research is closely related to rank tracking, but it's used for deciding which keywords you plan on using for future content rather than those you use now.

When it comes to SEO, keyword research is the most important thing to consider when comparing the two platforms.

AHREFS

The Ahrefs Keyword Explorer provides you with thousands of keyword ideas and filters search results based on the chosen search engine.

Ahrefs supports several features, including:

• It can search multiple keywords in a single search and analyze them together. At SEMrush, you also have this feature in Keyword Overview.
• Ahrefs has a variety of keywords for different search engines, including Google, YouTube, Amazon, Bing, Yahoo, Yandex, and other search engines.
• When you click on a keyword, you can see its search volume and keyword difficulty, but also other keywords related to it, which you didn't use.

SEMRUSH

SEMrush's Keyword Magic Tool has over 20 billion keywords for Google. You can type in any keyword you want, and a list of suggested keywords will appear.

The Keyword Magic Tool also lets you to:

• Show performance metrics by keyword
• Search results are based on both broad and exact keyword matches.
• Show data like search volume, trends, keyword difficulty, and CPC.
• Show the first 100 Google search results for any keyword.
• Identify SERP Features and Questions related to each keyword
• SEMrush has released a new Keyword Gap Tool that uncovers potentially useful keyword opportunities for you, including both paid and organic keywords.

WHO WINS?

Both of these tools offer keyword research features and allow users to break down complicated tasks into something that can be understood by beginners and advanced users alike.

If you're interested in keyword suggestions, SEMrush appears to have more keyword suggestions than Ahrefs does. It also continues to add new features, like the Keyword Gap tool and SERP Questions recommendations.

Competitor Analysis

Both platforms offer competitor analysis tools, eliminating the need to come up with keywords off the top of your head. Each tool is useful for finding keywords that will be useful for your competition so you know they will be valuable to you.

AHREFS

Ahrefs' domain comparison tool lets you compare up to five websites (your website and four competitors) side-by-side.it also shows you how your site is ranked against others with metrics such as backlinks, domain ratings, and more.

Use the Competing Domains section to see a list of your most direct competitors, and explore how many keywords matches your competitors have.

To find more information about your competitor, you can look at the Site Explorer and Content Explorer tools and type in their URL instead of yours.

SEMRUSH

SEMrush provides a variety of insights into your competitors' marketing tactics. The platform enables you to research your competitors effectively. It also offers several resources for competitor analysis including:

Traffic Analytics helps you identify where your audience comes from, how they engage with your site, what devices visitors use to view your site, and how your audiences overlap with other websites.

SEMrush's Organic Research examines your website's major competitors and shows their organic search rankings, keywords they are ranking for, and even if they are ranking for any (SERP) features and more.

The Market Explorer search field allows you to type in a domain and lists websites or articles similar to what you entered. Market Explorer also allows users to perform in-depth data analytics on These companies and markets.

WHO WINS?

SEMrush wins here because it has more tools dedicated to competitor analysis than Ahrefs. However, Ahrefs offers a lot of functionality in this area, too. It takes a combination of both tools to gain an advantage over your competition.

Pricing

Ahrefs

• Lite Monthly: $99/month
• Standard Monthly: $179/month
• Annually Lite: $990/year
• Annually Standard: $1790/year

SEMRUSH

• Pro Plan: $119.95/month
• Guru Plan:$229.95/month
• Business Plan: $449.95/month

Which SEO tool should you choose for digital marketing?

When it comes to keyword data research, you will become confused about which one to choose.

Consider choosing Ahrefs if you

• Like friendly and clean interface
• Searching for simple keyword suggestions

• Want to get more keywords for different search engines like Amazon, Bing, Yahoo, Yandex, Baidu, and more

 

Consider SEMrush if you:

• Want more marketing and SEO features
• Need competitor analysis tool
• Need to keep your backlinks profile clean
• Looking for more keyword suggestions for Google

Both tools are great. Choose the one which meets your requirements and if you have any experience using either Ahrefs or SEMrush let me know in the comment section which works well for you.

 

 

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Ukraine war briefing: Kharkiv campaign won’t deliver major Russian breakthrough – Nato general
Fri, 17 May 2024 00:36:17 GMT

Ukraine accuses invaders of killing civilians and setting up human shields; sanctions over North Korean arms supply to Russia. What we know on day 814

Russia does not have sufficient forces on the ground to make a major breakthrough in Ukraine after launching its offensive in the Kharkhiv region, Nato’s supreme allied commander for Europe, Christopher Cavoli, said on Thursday. “More to the point they don’t have the skill and the ability to do it,” said the US general. “I’ve been in very close contact with our Ukrainian colleagues and I’m confident that they will hold the line.

Ukraine said on Thursday it was trying to “stabilise” the frontline in the Kharkiv region. Moscow has seized 278 sq km (107 sq miles) of Ukrainian territory between 9 and 15 May, based on data from the Institute for the Study of War (ISW). It represents the largest territorial gain in a single operation since mid-December 2022. Cavoli said Ukraine’s forces were “being shipped vast amounts of ammunition, vast amounts of short range air defence systems and significant amounts of armoured vehicles right now”.

Dan Sabbagh writes that Russia’s rapid advances in Kharkiv raise serious questions about Kyiv’s ability to defend itself. Russia had telegraphed the operation in advance and Ukraine was warned by western intelligence, Sabbagh writes – though military analysts stress there are explanations for why Ukraine has been forced back. “It’s suicidal for Ukraine to have its main line of defence on the border, where the Russians can hit you with artillery and glide bombs and the Ukrainians don’t have weapons available like Himars rocket artillery to hit back because of US restrictions,” said George Barros, an analyst with the Institute for the Study of War. As a result, Russian forces were able to mass across the border in a relatively safe space, then mobilise into a lightly populated “grey zone” of Ukraine.

Ukraine accused Russia of capturing and killing civilians in the border town of Vovchansk and of keeping about 35 to 40 people as “human shields”. “According to operational information, the Russian military, trying to gain a foothold in the city, did not allow local residents to evacuate,” said the interior minister, Igor Klymenko. “They began abducting people and driving them to basements.” Sergiy Bolvinov, head of the Kharkiv region’s police investigation department: “The Russians keep them in one place and actually use them as a human shield, as their command headquarters is nearby.” There was no immediate response from Moscow to the allegations.

Volodymyr Zelenskiy met military leaders in Kharkiv city and said: “The situation in the Kharkiv region is generally under control, and our soldiers are inflicting significant losses on the occupier. However, the area remains extremely difficult. We are reinforcing our units.”

A protracted air raid alert in most of the Kharkiv region was lifted early on Friday. The regional governor, Oleh Syniehubov, said at least five drones struck Kharkiv. The public broadcaster Suspilne said an air raid alert had been in effect for more than 16 1/2 hours in Kharkiv city, the longest recorded since the Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Ukrainian attacks have destroyed one or more Russian warplanes and infrastructure at the Belbek airbase in occupied Crimea, according to reporting based on satellite imagery and other resources. The pro-Ukrainian partisan force Atesh said a warehouse at Belbek was hit, destroying ammunition for Russian warplanes. Multiple fires at the Belbek complex have been detected by Nasa’s satellite fire tracking service, Firms, in recent days. Ukrainian strikes using Atacms missiles were characterised by occupation authorities as having been repelled, in line with standard Russian official language playing down Ukrainian operations.

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Putin visits China’s ‘Little Moscow’ as allies seek to cement economic ties – follow live updates
Fri, 17 May 2024 05:36:27 GMT

Leader visits city known for historically large Russian population on second day of visit

• Putin and Xi announce plans to strengthen military ties in Beijing

Former US president Donald Trump has accused Putin and Xi of getting together to “do damage”. Speaking after the end of the day’s proceedings at his hush money trial in New York on Thursday, Trump said:

President Xi of China, I know well, President Putin of Russia, know him well, they’re right now together working on plans where they … get together and do damage, because that’s ultimately what they’re thinking about doing, damage.

Ties between the two countries have strengthened dramatically following North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s visit to Russia’s far east in September and a summit with President Vladimir Putin.

But Kim Yo Jong said the North Korea-Russia arms deal “theory” made up of prejudice and fiction was the “most absurd theory” that does not deserve anyone’s evaluation or interpretation, according to KCNA quoting her press statement, calling it a false rumour spread by its hostile forces.

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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.

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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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It’s a Climate Election Now
Wed, 15 May 2024 10:00:00 +0000
Trump’s reported billion-dollar offer to fossil-fuel executives shows that this is the key year to save the planet.
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Putin arrives in China on mission to deepen partnership with Xi
Thu, 16 May 2024 04:32:20 GMT

During the Russian leader’s two-day visit, the war in Ukraine, energy and trade will be on the agenda

President Vladimir Putin has arrived in Beijing for talks with his Chinese counterpart and “old friend” Xi Jinping as he seeks to deepen ties after launching some of Russia’s most significant incursions into Ukraine since its invasion in 2022.

It is Putin’s second visit to Beijing in less than a year, and his first foreign visit since being sworn in for a new term that will keep him in power until at least 2030. The visit will also celebrate 75 years since the Soviet Union recognised the People’s Republic of China in 1949.

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Take a Friend to Court Day
Thu, 16 May 2024 23:31:54 +0000
This week, the crew discusses former Trump attorney Michael Cohen's testimony and cross-examination by defense lawyers – and whether Cohen ended up being the star witness prosecutors hoped for. Law enforcement reporter Tom Jackman joins the show to discuss what he's seen in court, whether the jury is likely to believe Cohen's testimony, and the tight-rope Justice Juan Merchan has walked in trying to control Trump. Plus, a whole host of Republican politicians have attended court this week to support Trump. Why are they there, and what are they accomplishing?
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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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Trump’s lawyer charges Michael Cohen lied to jury
Thu, 16 May 2024 22:31:49 +0000
The confrontation between Michael Cohen and Trump lawyer Todd Blanche was the most anticipated moment in the trial, which is now speeding toward a conclusion.
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House GOP escalates war on Justice Dept. as members flock to Trump trial
Thu, 16 May 2024 22:15:58 +0000

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Michael Cohen accused of lying over phone call at Trump hush-money trial
Thu, 16 May 2024 21:30:14 GMT

Former lawyer and fixer for Donald Trump is under fierce attacks on his credibility by the ex-president’s legal team

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Donald Trump’s lawyer on Thursday attacked the core charge against the former president as he sought to undercut Michael Cohen, the former attorney whose $130,000 hush-money payment to the adult film star Stormy Daniels is at the heart of the criminal trial in New York.

The defense, led by the Trump lawyer Todd Blanche, had Cohen admit that technically Daniels entered into a legal contract to sell the rights of her story about a sexual encounter with Trump, apparently in an attempt to justify labelling the repayments as legal expenses.

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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.

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Trump praises lawyers, says Thursday showed trial to be a ‘scam’
Thu, 16 May 2024 20:59:42 +0000

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Michael Cohen pressed on past lies during cross-examination at Trump’s hush money trial
Thu, 16 May 2024 20:59:42 +0000
Michael Cohen returned to the witness stand to be cross-examined in Donald Trump’s trial on allegations of business fraud related to a hush money payment.
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Analysis: 4 takeaways on the new Trump-Biden debates
Thu, 16 May 2024 20:50:13 +0000

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Michael Cohen tells trial he once thought Stormy Daniels was extorting Trump over her story – as it happened
Thu, 16 May 2024 20:45:15 GMT

This live blog is now closed. You can read our latest reporting below:

• Michael Cohen admits to prior lies in cross-examination in Trump trial
• Michael Cohen receives a grilling: Trump trial key takeaways, day 18
• Republican invokes Trump’s call to far-right group in trial visit

Judge Juan Merchan is on the bench and the court is in session.

Donald Trump has arrived in the courtroom for day 18 of his criminal trial.

Matt Gaetz, a Florida Republican representative

Lauren Boebert, a Colorado Republican congresswoman

Eric Trump

Boris Epshteyn, a longtime Trump aide

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4 takeaways on the new Trump-Biden debates
Thu, 16 May 2024 20:41:11 +0000
It’s a necessary test for Biden, but one with real pitfalls. And some key dynamics stand out.
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Washington Post reporters covering Donald Trump’s hush money trial will take your questions in a live...
Thu, 16 May 2024 20:39:32 +0000

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We’re posting searchable daily transcripts of Donald Trump’s New York criminal trial on The Washington Post’s...
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The trial is adjourned until Monday, which could conclude testimony altogether if Donald Trump decides not...
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The trial broke with a back-and-forth that captured the essence of the day pretty well. Defense...
Thu, 16 May 2024 20:15:52 +0000

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Gaetz invokes Trump’s call to far-right Proud Boys at hush-money trial
Thu, 16 May 2024 20:13:55 GMT

Republican congressman travels to New York to support former president and says he is ‘standing back, and standing by’

Matt Gaetz echoed Donald Trump’s infamous remarks about the far-right Proud Boys on Thursday, as the Florida Republican congressman and other rightwing supporters of the former US presidentattended his criminal trial in Manhattan.

“Standing back, and standing by, Mr President,” Gaetz wrote on social media, with a photo of his group of supporters standing behind Trump outside the court where Trump is on trial on election subversion charges arising from hush-money payments to an adult film star during the 2016 campaign.

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Donald Trump laughed at something attorney Todd Blanche told him as they prepared for the final...
Thu, 16 May 2024 19:34:35 +0000

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While the court took an afternoon break, Justice Juan Merchan met with a juror and an...
Thu, 16 May 2024 19:26:37 +0000

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Cohen defends memory of key Trump call
Thu, 16 May 2024 19:22:28 +0000

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Analysis: Trump’s ‘they’re out to get me’ campaign and its enablers
Thu, 16 May 2024 19:08:40 +0000

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Michael Cohen pressed on the ethics of recording Trump
Thu, 16 May 2024 19:06:41 +0000

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Donald Trump has projected more interest than usual in the proceedings Thursday. On some days he...
Thu, 16 May 2024 19:03:07 +0000

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Transcript: Prosecutors complained about Trump supporters entering court mid-testimony
Thu, 16 May 2024 18:56:26 +0000

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Since coming back from the lunch break, the tone of the proceeding has relaxed again. Todd...
Thu, 16 May 2024 18:46:34 +0000

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VIDEO: Trump has repeatedly said he wants to testify
Thu, 16 May 2024 18:42:08 +0000

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Before the jury was brought back in, the judge directed Todd Blanche to clarify what prosecutors...
Thu, 16 May 2024 18:36:44 +0000

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Donald Trump and his team are now in the courtroom.
Thu, 16 May 2024 18:13:08 +0000

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Matt Gaetz says he’s ‘standing back and standing by’ for Trump
Thu, 16 May 2024 18:07:24 +0000

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Trump: ‘No problem’ with including RFK Jr. in debates
Thu, 16 May 2024 17:11:08 +0000

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The trial broke for lunch. Just before the break, Blanche suggested that Cohen had made up...
Thu, 16 May 2024 16:59:39 +0000

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Todd Blanche became angry as he seemed to disprove part of Cohen’s testimony two days earlier,...
Thu, 16 May 2024 16:57:47 +0000

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Republican allies join Trump at the New York hush money trial
Thu, 16 May 2024 16:32:10 +0000

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Courtroom photos of Trump allowed again after brief ban
Thu, 16 May 2024 16:23:20 +0000

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Many lawmakers in Donald Trump’s entourage left the courtroom during the brief break and are now...
Thu, 16 May 2024 15:59:00 +0000

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Michael Cohen is back in the courtroom and testimony will resume momentarily.
Thu, 16 May 2024 15:46:10 +0000

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Justice Juan Merchan said the “jurors have indicated that they cannot work next Wednesday, so that...
Thu, 16 May 2024 15:45:29 +0000

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Jeffrey Clark, the former Trump administration Justice Department lawyer whose home was searched by federal agents...
Thu, 16 May 2024 15:36:53 +0000

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The court is on its midmorning break. Leaving the courtroom, Donald Trump gave a thumbs-up when...
Thu, 16 May 2024 15:35:06 +0000

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Michael Cohen has repeatedly said he lied and pleaded guilty to tax charges he considered “bogus”...
Thu, 16 May 2024 15:24:53 +0000

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Donald Trump is clearly paying close attention as Todd Blanche presses Michael Cohen. He is watching...
Thu, 16 May 2024 15:24:42 +0000

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During a short sidebar, Reps. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) and Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) were whispering with Boris...
Thu, 16 May 2024 15:23:46 +0000

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Todd Blanche’s tone has oozed skepticism as he presses Michael Cohen repeatedly about past statements and...
Thu, 16 May 2024 15:19:34 +0000

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Michael Cohen admitted that he blames many other people for his conviction, including his accountant, his...
Thu, 16 May 2024 15:17:59 +0000

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Trump’s ‘they’re out to get me’ campaign and its enablers
Thu, 16 May 2024 15:11:47 +0000
In 2016, he was the outsider. In 2020, he was the incumbent. In 2024, Trump’s running as the victim.
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“I know what perjury means,” Michael Cohen acknowledged as Donald Trump’s lawyer walked the key prosecution...
Thu, 16 May 2024 15:03:04 +0000

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Michael Cohen is speaking very slowly and almost over-articulating, presenting a very different image from the...
Thu, 16 May 2024 14:52:34 +0000

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The biggest 2024 Supreme Court rulings so far, and what’s still to come
Thu, 16 May 2024 14:39:03 +0000
We’re tracking decisions in the biggest cases before the Supreme Court in 2024. See the latest.
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Todd Blanche is gesturing animatedly and sometimes leaning forward to grasp the lectern as he questions...
Thu, 16 May 2024 14:27:54 +0000

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Donald Trump has not reacted visibly as the defense takes the courtroom through Michael Cohen’s profane,...
Thu, 16 May 2024 14:26:36 +0000

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Gaetz, Boebert among Trump’s many supporters in court Thursday
Thu, 16 May 2024 14:10:48 +0000

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Defense attorney Todd Blanche and witness Michael Cohen both sound a bit frustrated with each other...
Thu, 16 May 2024 14:09:19 +0000

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Justice Juan Merchan told the jury that they might have to sit next Wednesday — a...
Thu, 16 May 2024 13:57:18 +0000

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Michael Cohen is back on the witness stand. The jury is coming in.
Thu, 16 May 2024 13:51:11 +0000

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The sidebar has ended. “I apologize for all the whispering,” Justice Juan Merchan said. “I think...
Thu, 16 May 2024 13:50:37 +0000

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As the lengthy sidebar came to an end, Eric Trump leaned over to show Rep. Matt...
Thu, 16 May 2024 13:49:31 +0000

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Donald Trump is at the defense table with one of his lawyers, Susan Necheles, who moved...
Thu, 16 May 2024 13:46:34 +0000

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The bench conference has been going on for almost 10 minutes and prosecutor Susan Hoffinger appears...
Thu, 16 May 2024 13:41:34 +0000

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Analysis: The incomprehensible, unattainable scale of Trump’s deportation plan
Thu, 16 May 2024 13:38:37 +0000

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New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan began the day by asking if there were any...
Thu, 16 May 2024 13:34:14 +0000

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Donald Trump, in his usual blue suit and red tie, sat back and immediately shut his...
Thu, 16 May 2024 13:33:01 +0000

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Proceedings are beginning.
Thu, 16 May 2024 13:31:03 +0000

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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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Hasan Piker Won’t Tell You to Vote for Joe Biden
Thu, 16 May 2024 11:30:00 +0000
Twitch streamers could have a serious impact on the election—even by sitting it out.
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The Trump hush-money trial reveals a seamy world shot through with moral rot | Robert Reich
Thu, 16 May 2024 10:01:05 GMT

The former president’s orbit is a sell-or-tell, catch-and-kill society where money and power are the only true values

There is something important about Trump’s criminal trial in New York that’s not being openly talked about. I don’t mean we’re not getting the facts about what’s happening in Manhattan superior court. But something very big is being left out.

The trial has introduced us to a world of moral and ethical loathsomeness in which people use and abuse one another routinely. It’s Trump world.

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Stormy Daniels’s Biggest Role Yet
Thu, 16 May 2024 10:00:00 +0000
Naomi Fry on the “epic battle of wills” she witnessed between Stormy Daniels and Donald Trump during Trump’s criminal trial.
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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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Donald Trump comes face to face with former fixer Michael Cohen - podcast
Wed, 15 May 2024 18:23:32 GMT

This week, it was Donald Trump’s former fixer Michael Cohen’s turn to take the stand in the hush-money trial in New York. Cohen walked the jury through the steps he says he took to make any potential story that would damage Trump’s image go away, in advance of the 2016 election.

The defence is trying to chip away at Cohen’s credibility, to sow seeds of doubt among the jury listening to his testimony. So how did he do? Jonathan Freedland asks former federal prosecutor Ankush Khardori what he makes of the prosecution’s star witness so far

Archive: Fox News 5, CBS News, CNN, Sky Australia

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This U.S. Attorney Resigned Amid an Ethics Investigation. Yet He Wound Up Overseeing Judges’ Ethics.
Tue, 14 May 2024 23:57:58 +0000

After inquiries from The Intercept, Duane Kees stepped down from his ethics panel position.

The post This U.S. Attorney Resigned Amid an Ethics Investigation. Yet He Wound Up Overseeing Judges’ Ethics.  appeared first on The Intercept.

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Can You Believe What Michael Cohen Just Said at the Trump Trial?
Tue, 14 May 2024 17:43:06 +0000
The star witness in the former President’s criminal trial is also the most aggrieved and seemingly unreliable one.
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Biden outdoes Trump with ultra-high China tariffs
Tue, 14 May 2024 16:23:33 +0000
The move, which hits electric vehicles, carries an environmental cost
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Daily Cartoon: Tuesday, May 14th
Tue, 14 May 2024 15:37:23 +0000
The three unwise monkeys.
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The Historic Trump Court Cases That We Cannot See
Mon, 13 May 2024 17:02:39 +0000
The former President is on trial in a courtroom that has banned cameras. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court is deciding whether his other trials should even happen.
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Ukraine’s failure to build defenses in Kharkiv aided Russian reinvasion
Fri, 17 May 2024 05:00:34 +0000
Despite months of complaints from troops over shortages and fatigue, Kyiv has been slow to ramp up mobilization, leaving some areas of the front critically understaffed.
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Ukraine's defence lines stretched as Russian troops advance
Fri, 17 May 2024 04:59:01 GMT
The BBC's Jonathan Beale joins Ukrainian forces in Kharkiv as they try to shore up a weakened frontline.
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Key weeks ahead for Russia’s war in Ukraine
Thu, 16 May 2024 23:39:31 GMT
Russia has launched a push north of Kharkiv but its ultimate goal is so far unclear.
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Arizona woman accused of helping North Koreans get remote IT jobs at 300 companies
Thu, 16 May 2024 22:49:22 +0000
Alleged $6.8M conspiracy involved "laptop farm," identity theft, and résumé coaching.
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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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Russia expels British military attache in diplomatic tit for tat
Thu, 16 May 2024 17:05:38 GMT

Adrian Coghill ordered to leave in response to UK expelling Kremlin’s attache to London for alleged spying

Russia is expelling Britain’s defence attache to Moscow in the latest diplomatic tit for tat, after the UK accused it of sponsoring espionage and hacking attacks against top British officials in a years-long campaign of “malign activity”.

The Russian foreign ministry said it had declared the British defence attache, Adrian Coghill, as “persona non grata. He must leave the territory of the Russian Federation within a week.”

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Activists sue Russia over ‘weak’ climate policy
Thu, 16 May 2024 14:28:44 GMT

Russian constitutional court is considering claim, which activists hope will raise awareness about emissions

A group of activists are fighting for the right to scrutinise Russia’s climate policies, and in particular its enormous methane emissions, in court.

Russia’s constitutional court is considering a claim brought by 18 individuals and the NGO Ecodefense that insufficient action by the Russian state to cut national greenhouse gas emissions is violating their rights to life, health and a healthy environment.

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Zelenskiy says situation is ‘difficult’ on visit to Kharkiv; Putin calls China relationship an international ‘stabilising factor’ – as it happened
Thu, 16 May 2024 13:46:30 GMT

Ukrainian military says its has forced Russia to reduce tempo of offensive; Russian president thanks Xi Jinping for ‘trying to solve Ukraine crisis’. This live blog is closed

• Putin in China on mission to strengthen relationship
• How Russia has advanced in Kharkiv despite warnings attack was coming

Vladimir Putin has said that Russia-China cooperation is not directed against any other power and is a stabilising factor for the world, during his meeting with Xi Jinping.

It is of crucial significance that relations between Russia and China are not opportunistic and are not directed against anyone. Our cooperation in world affairs today acts as one of the main stabilising factors in the international arena.”

In our new journey we intend to remain good neighbours, trusted friends and reliable partners, consistently strengthening the relationship between our two nations … defending international equality.”

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‘We are very strong’: Georgia’s gen Z drives protests against return to past
Thu, 16 May 2024 11:37:22 GMT

Resolutely European young people brave violent repression to loudly reject ‘foreign agents’ law and alignment with Moscow

Mariska Iurevicz’s mother has been crying a lot recently. “She is always asking when I’ll be home”, the 22-year-old says. “I think we are feeling the same. We are nervous and some of us feeling unsafe. But we are very strong. We will do everything to change the situation.”

Iurevicz, a philosophy student at the TSU State University in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, belongs to one of a myriad of protest groups sprouting out of universities and schools that have been driving the mass protests against the “foreign agents” law being introduced in the east European country.

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Putin and Xi announce plans to strengthen military ties in Beijing
Thu, 16 May 2024 11:36:54 GMT

Russian leader praises ‘comradely’ talks with Chinese president ahead of concert to mark 75 years of ‘friendship’

Russia and China have announced they will deepen their already close military ties, as Vladimir Putin met Xi Jinping in Beijing on his first foreign trip since being inaugurated for a new term as Russia’s president.

It is the latest in a string of statements and signals that the warm relationship between the two countries is as strong as it has ever been.

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Putin hails Russia’s ties with China as ‘stabilizing’ force in the world
Thu, 16 May 2024 10:22:54 +0000
Chinese leader Xi Jinping gave Vladimir Putin a red-carpet welcome in Beijing, and the pair extolled their relationship. But analysts say it’s mostly transactional.
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Now armed with AI, America's adversaries will try to influence election, security officials warn
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US jamming technology is significantly worse than Russia's, ex-Pentagon officials warn
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The families risking everything to keep Ukraine’s trains running – photo essay
Thu, 16 May 2024 07:00:03 GMT

Dutch photographer Jelle Krings has been documenting the workers of the Ukrainian railway since the war began. Here, he revisits the families that have kept a war-torn country moving, often to great personal sacrifice

• Words and pictures by Jelle Krings

In the early hours of 24 February 2022, when Russian bombs and rockets struck Ukrainian cities and infrastructure throughout the country, railway workers boarded trains heading east. Determined to get as many people as possible to safety, they would end up evacuating millions to Ukraine’s borders in the west.

Ukraine’s new railway chief Yevhen Liashchenko was in the team that guided the network through the first stages of the war. He says his people acted not because they were instructed to but because “they didn’t know any other way”. There was no time for bureaucracy, “decisions were made by the people on the ground, and they love the railway, not as a business but as a family”.

The railway station in Lyman, Donbas, destroyed by shelling

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Starlink internet shutdown in Sudan will punish millions, Elon Musk warned
Thu, 16 May 2024 04:00:58 GMT

With a widespread telecoms blackout already in place, emergency help and humanitarian aid at risk if satellite service withdrawn, say NGOs

Nearly 100 humanitarian groups in Sudan have warned Elon Musk he risks “collectively punishing” millions of Sudanese by shutting down his vital Starlink satellite internet service in the war-ravaged country.

Sudan has been grappling with a widespread telecommunications blackout for several months, with many aid groups using Starlink to operate during the humanitarian crisis which the UN has warned is the largest in decades.

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Putin arrives in China's 'Little Moscow' on second day of visit
Thu, 16 May 2024 00:24:14 GMT
It comes a day after the Russian and Chinese leaders pledged a "new era" of partnership between their countries.
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The US Election Threats Are Clear. What to Do About Them Is Anything But
Wed, 15 May 2024 23:05:47 +0000
A Senate Intelligence Committee hearing today saw broad agreement on how AI and other threats loom ahead of the US election—and uncertainty about how to respond.
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U.S. offers aid as Zelensky drops foreign trip due to Russian advance
Wed, 15 May 2024 22:12:07 +0000
But the Biden administration remains opposed to allowing Ukraine to strike targets inside Russian territory with U.S. weaponry — something Ukrainian policymakers have been pushing for.
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Clashes at Georgian parliament as 'foreign agents bill' passes – video
Tue, 14 May 2024 16:56:59 GMT

Georgian protesters opposed to a 'foreign influence' bill picketed the Georgian parliament amid a major police presence during the third, and final reading of the bill. Police attempted to disperse demonstrators and people were seen being detained. The 84-30 vote has cleared the way for the bill to become law. The draft now goes to the president, Salome Zourabichvili, who has said she will veto it, but her decision can be overridden by another vote in parliament, which is controlled by the ruling party and its allies. Government critics and western countries have criticised the new bill as authoritarian and Russian-inspired

• Georgia parliament approves ‘foreign agent’ bill amid ongoing protests

• Why are Georgians protesting against a ‘foreign agents’ bill?

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Environmental Defenders Office did not breach funding rules while opposing Santos gas project, review finds
Fri, 17 May 2024 05:29:31 GMT

Tanya Plibersek ordered investigation after judge accused law firm of ‘subtle coaching’ of Tiwi Island traditional owners during legal challenge

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The Environmental Defenders Office did not breach the conditions of its $8.2m in federal funding, according to a government review of the legal firm’s conduct.

The environment minister, Tanya Plibersek, requested the review after a federal court judgment in January made sharp criticisms of the EDO’s conduct in a legal matter against Santos.

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Union urges Labour not to ban new North Sea licences without plan for jobs
Thu, 16 May 2024 23:01:21 GMT

Unite launches bid to persuade Keir Starmer to invest more in north-east Scotland

The UK’s oil and gas workers risk becoming “the coal miners of our generation,” Unite’s general secretary, Sharon Graham, has warned, urging Labour not to ban new North Sea licences without a clear plan to safeguard jobs.

Unite is launching a billboard campaign in six Scottish constituencies aimed at persuading Keir Starmer to commit more investment to north-east Scotland, the centre of the offshore oil and gas industry.

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Chevron to sell off its remaining North Sea oil and gas fields
Thu, 16 May 2024 20:33:51 GMT

US company denies decision is linked to UK’s 35% windfall tax on North Sea producers

Chevron is preparing to call time on more than five decades in the North Sea with a plan to sell its remaining oil and gas fields in the ageing oil basin.

The US oil company said on Thursday that it will launch a sale of its North Sea interests, including a 19.4% stake in the giant Claire oilfield in the West of Shetland region, which could raise up to $1bn.

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NASA, European Space Agency Unite to Land Europe’s Rover on Mars
Thu, 16 May 2024 18:54:37 +0000
NASA and ESA (European Space Agency) announced Thursday they signed an agreement to expand NASA’s work on the ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover, an ESA-led mission launching in 2028 that will search for signs of ancient life on the Red Planet. With this memorandum of understanding, the NASA Launch Services Program will procure a U.S. commercial […]
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Tesla’s Controversial Factory Expansion Is Approved
Thu, 16 May 2024 18:43:56 +0000
After anti-Tesla activists clashed with police in Germany last week, local councillors today backed Elon Musk’s plan to make Tesla’s only European Gigafactory even bigger.
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Pedego Moto review: Fast and furious fun for $4,000
Thu, 16 May 2024 18:39:25 +0000
Pedego's newest e-bike is quality even if a little bit impractical.
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How NASA Tracked the Most Intense Solar Storm in Decades
Thu, 16 May 2024 18:01:14 +0000
May 2024 has already proven to be a particularly stormy month for our Sun. During the first full week of May, a barrage of large solar flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs) launched clouds of charged particles and magnetic fields toward Earth, creating the strongest solar storm to reach Earth in two decades — and […]
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US installs record 5 million solar panels, aims 10 million by 2030 | SEIA predicts that solar installations in the US will increase twofold to 10 million by 2030 and triple to 15 million by 2034.
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‘Turning point in energy history’ as solar, wind start pushing fossil fuels off the grid
2024-05-16T12:07:28+00:00

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Net zero U-turns will hit UK infrastructure, say government advisers
Thu, 16 May 2024 06:00:01 GMT

Sir John Armitt urges ministers to act swiftly or risk impeding growth and jeopardising climate targets

Rishi Sunak’s U-turns over net zero have delayed progress on vital infrastructure that is needed for economic growth, the government’s advisers have said.

Sir John Armitt, the chair of the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC), said good progress had been made on renewable energy in the past five years, but changes to key policies, including postponing a scheme to boost heat pump takeup, had created uncertainty and delay.

The government will fail to meet its targets on heat pump rollout.

The promised lifting of a ban on new onshore windfarms has not gone far enough.

Massive investment is needed in the electricity grid.

There is no proper plan for rail in the north and Midlands now that the northern leg of HS2 has been cancelled, severely inhibiting economic growth in those regions.

Water bills will need to go up to fix the sewage crisis, and more reservoirs are needed to avoid drought, while water companies have done too little to staunch leaks.

The UK lacks a coherent strategy on flooding, with more than 900,000 properties at risk of river or sea flooding and 910,000 at risk of surface water flooding.

Good progress has been made on the rollout of gigabit broadband around the country.

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The Marshall Star for May 15, 2024
Wed, 15 May 2024 20:04:09 +0000
Joint Chiefs Vice Chairman Visits Marshall Navy Adm. Christopher Grady, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, his wife Christine Grady, and son Luke Grady talk with Nick Benjamin, right, a payload operations director for the International Space Station, at the Payload Operations Integration Center during the vice chairman’s tour of NASA’s Marshall Space […]
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These Electric School Buses Are on Their Way to Save the Grid
Wed, 15 May 2024 14:00:00 +0000
Loaded with ever more renewables, the grid will need to store a whole lot of energy. Enter: a new kind of magic school bus—one that can both charge and give power back.
Match ID: 108 Score: 15.00 source: www.wired.com age: 1 day
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NASA Teammates Recall Favorite Memories Aboard Flying Laboratory
Tue, 14 May 2024 15:00:00 +0000
After flying more than three decades and 158 science campaigns, just one flight remains. NASA’s DC-8 Airborne Science Laboratory will make its final flight May 15 to Idaho State University in Pocatello, Idaho, where it will be used to train future aircraft technicians by providing real-world experience in the college’s Aircraft Maintenance Technology Program. Before […]
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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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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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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.

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Match ID: 112 Score: 10.71 source: theintercept.com age: 6 days
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Criticizing Israel? Nonprofit Media Could Lose Tax-Exempt Status Without Due Process
Fri, 10 May 2024 10:00:00 +0000

A new anti-terrorism bill would allow the government to take away vital tax exemptions from nonprofit news outlets.

The post Criticizing Israel? Nonprofit Media Could Lose Tax-Exempt Status Without Due Process appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 113 Score: 10.71 source: theintercept.com age: 6 days
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NASA Recognizes 5 Early Career Planetary Scientists
Thu, 16 May 2024 15:59:06 +0000
NASA has selected five early-career scientists for its 2023 Planetary Science Early Career Award (ECA) based on their demonstrated leadership, involvement in the planetary science community, and potential for future impact. The ECA program supports exceptional early-career scientists who play a meaningful role in the planetary science community to pursue professional development in areas relevant […]
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Russia outsmarts Western sanctions—and China is paying attention
Wed, 21 Feb 2024 21:08:09 +0000
How the rise of middle powers helps America’s enemies
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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
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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: 117 Score: 3.57 source: www.economist.com age: 23 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: 118 Score: 3.57 source: www.politico.com age: 27 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: 119 Score: 3.57 source: www.economist.com age: 29 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: 120 Score: 3.57 source: www.economist.com age: 51 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
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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: 122 Score: 3.57 source: www.economist.com age: 79 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: 123 Score: 3.57 source: www.economist.com age: 84 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: 124 Score: 3.57 source: www.economist.com age: 98 days
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A (Strange) Interview With the Russian-Military-Linked Hackers Targeting US Water Utilities
Wed, 08 May 2024 10:00:00 +0000
Despite Cyber Army of Russia’s claims of swaying US “minds and hearts,” experts say the cyber sabotage group appears to be hyping its hacking for a domestic audience.
Match ID: 125 Score: 2.86 source: www.wired.com age: 8 days
qualifiers: 2.86 russia

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: 126 Score: 2.86 source: www.economist.com age: 14 days
qualifiers: 2.86 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: 127 Score: 2.86 source: www.wired.com age: 15 days
qualifiers: 2.86 russia

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: 128 Score: 2.86 source: www.wired.com age: 16 days
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Frozen Russian assets will soon pay for Ukraine’s war
Thu, 18 Apr 2024 09:54:20 +0000
And America now hopes to convince others to make better use of the stash
Match ID: 129 Score: 2.86 source: www.economist.com age: 28 days
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Ukrainian drone strikes are hurting Russia’s oil industry
Thu, 11 Apr 2024 09:51:54 +0000
The world’s third-largest producer is now an importer of petrol
Match ID: 130 Score: 2.86 source: www.economist.com age: 35 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: 131 Score: 2.86 source: www.economist.com age: 59 days
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Russia’s economy once again defies the doomsayers
Sun, 10 Mar 2024 14:39:48 +0000
As an election nears, Vladimir Putin now looks to have inflation under control
Match ID: 132 Score: 2.86 source: www.economist.com age: 67 days
qualifiers: 2.86 russia

What do you do with 191bn frozen euros owned by Russia?
Wed, 28 Feb 2024 21:21:18 +0000
The question that now confronts Western policymakers
Match ID: 133 Score: 2.86 source: www.economist.com age: 78 days
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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
Match ID: 134 Score: 2.14 source: www.economist.com age: 91 days
qualifiers: 2.14 energy

Global Emissions Could Peak Sooner Than You Think
Wed, 17 Jan 2024 12:00:00 +0000
Global deployment of solar and wind power, plus a surge in EV sales, means emissions from fossil-fuel-derived energy will finally hit the downward slope.
Match ID: 135 Score: 2.14 source: www.wired.com age: 120 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
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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.

Match ID: 0 Score: 155.00 source: theintercept.com age: 0 days
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Biden asserts executive privilege to block release of special counsel interviews
Thu, 16 May 2024 21:34:12 GMT

House Republicans seek recordings of classified documents case interviews, in what Democrats call a ‘purely political’ move

Joe Biden asserted executive privilege to stop House Republicans obtaining recordings of his interviews with Robert Hur, the special counsel who investigated Biden’s retention of classified information after his time as a senator and as vice-president to Barack Obama.

In a letter reported by the New York Times and other outlets on Thursday, the White House counsel, Edward Siskel, told the Republican chairs of the House judiciary and oversight committees: “The absence of a legitimate need for the audio recordings lays bare your likely goal – to chop them up, distort them and use them for partisan political purposes.

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Match ID: 1 Score: 140.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 30.00 republican, 30.00 politics, 30.00 democrat, 15.00 judiciary, 15.00 executive, 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.

Match ID: 2 Score: 135.00 source: theintercept.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 30.00 republican, 30.00 politics, 30.00 democrat, 15.00 legislature, 15.00 executive, 15.00 constitution

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.

Match ID: 3 Score: 111.43 source: theintercept.com age: 5 days
qualifiers: 31.43 midterms, 17.14 republican, 17.14 politics, 17.14 democrat, 14.29 election, 8.57 elections, 5.71 congress

Keir Starmer: ‘no quick fix to Tory mess’ if Labour wins election
Thu, 16 May 2024 17:00:28 GMT

Party leader says six election pledges revealed at launch event will take two terms of government to materialise

• UK politics live –latest updates

There will be no “quick fix” to the deep problems Labour will inherit if it wins the next election, Keir Starmer has said while unveiling his party’s six election pledges amid a fanfare of endorsements from senior public figures.

The Labour leader said “most reasonable, tolerant people” in the country wanted what his party wanted for Britain, before he received an extraordinary endorsement from the Boots chief executive, Sebastian James, an Old Etonian who was a member of the private all-male Bullingdon Club alongside David Cameron.

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Match ID: 4 Score: 100.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
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Gaetz invokes Trump’s call to far-right Proud Boys at hush-money trial
Thu, 16 May 2024 20:13:55 GMT

Republican congressman travels to New York to support former president and says he is ‘standing back, and standing by’

Matt Gaetz echoed Donald Trump’s infamous remarks about the far-right Proud Boys on Thursday, as the Florida Republican congressman and other rightwing supporters of the former US presidentattended his criminal trial in Manhattan.

“Standing back, and standing by, Mr President,” Gaetz wrote on social media, with a photo of his group of supporters standing behind Trump outside the court where Trump is on trial on election subversion charges arising from hush-money payments to an adult film star during the 2016 campaign.

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Match ID: 5 Score: 95.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 30.00 republican, 30.00 politics, 25.00 election, 10.00 congress

Angela Alsobrooks, Maryland’s Democratic nominee for the Senate, immediately responded to Republican former governor Larry Hogan’s...
Thu, 16 May 2024 17:26:17 +0000

Match ID: 6 Score: 90.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 0 days
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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.

Match ID: 7 Score: 85.00 source: theintercept.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 30.00 republican, 30.00 politics, 15.00 constitution, 10.00 congress

Voters key to past Democratic wins are skeptical and undermotivated
Thu, 16 May 2024 17:23:37 +0000
New polling reinforces President Biden’s struggles as the general election nears.
Match ID: 8 Score: 85.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 30.00 politics, 30.00 democrat, 25.00 election

The US Election Threats Are Clear. What to Do About Them Is Anything But
Wed, 15 May 2024 23:05:47 +0000
A Senate Intelligence Committee hearing today saw broad agreement on how AI and other threats loom ahead of the US election—and uncertainty about how to respond.
Match ID: 9 Score: 80.00 source: www.wired.com age: 1 day
qualifiers: 30.00 politics, 25.00 election, 15.00 elections, 10.00 congress

Biden campaign accepts invite to a vice-presidential debate
Thu, 16 May 2024 22:15:58 +0000
Live updates from the 2024 campaign trail with the latest news on presidential candidates, polls, primaries and more.
Match ID: 10 Score: 70.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 30.00 politics, 25.00 election, 15.00 elections

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: 11 Score: 70.00 source: www.wired.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 30.00 politics, 25.00 election, 15.00 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.
Match ID: 12 Score: 70.00 source: www.wired.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 30.00 politics, 25.00 election, 15.00 elections

The Guardian view on Labour’s election campaign: Keir Starmer sounded like a prime minister in waiting | Editorial
Thu, 16 May 2024 17:46:11 GMT

The opposition leader knows that he is being measured for the highest office in the land

The outward purpose of Labour’s campaign event in Thurrock on Thursday was to launch Sir Keir Starmer’s six “first steps” commitments, most of which were already familiar in some way. This was duly done, and with presentational panache. But the event had a far larger objective – to make it clear to the public that the Labour party is now ready to govern Britain.

In all but name this was a general election campaign launch, even though the vote is probably months away. The shadow cabinet was there, seated in rows. The event was professionally prepared, choreographed to include personal stories, none more powerful than that from the cancer patient Nathaniel Dye. There were also important video endorsements of Labour, including from the CEO of Boots, Seb James, and from the former senior Met police officer Neil Basu. Each pledge was presented by the relevant shadow minister. It was structured and slick, evidence of a party that knows what it is doing.

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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Match ID: 13 Score: 70.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
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Ben Jennings on Keir Starmer’s ‘first steps for change’ – cartoon
Thu, 16 May 2024 17:13:34 GMT

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Match ID: 14 Score: 70.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
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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: 15 Score: 70.00 source: www.wired.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 30.00 politics, 25.00 election, 15.00 elections

Starmer takes it step by step in the phoney war that is a general election campaign | John Crace
Thu, 16 May 2024 13:44:43 GMT

With no date in sight, the waiting game drags on. So Labour spells out the message again, and again

Call it the phoney war. The government has long since stopped governing. Politics is now conducted entirely through the prism of a general election campaign. The Tories go through a weekly relaunch in a desperate hunt for credibility. Something that might allow them to at least save some face.

Losing has already been factored into everyone’s calculations. But still we don’t have a date as Rishi Sunak hangs on for a miracle. At this rate, by the time the election is announced we’re all going to be thoroughly knackered.

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Match ID: 16 Score: 70.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 30.00 politics, 25.00 election, 15.00 elections

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.

Match ID: 17 Score: 70.00 source: theintercept.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 30.00 republican, 30.00 politics, 10.00 congress

Donald Trump comes face to face with former fixer Michael Cohen - podcast
Wed, 15 May 2024 18:23:32 GMT

This week, it was Donald Trump’s former fixer Michael Cohen’s turn to take the stand in the hush-money trial in New York. Cohen walked the jury through the steps he says he took to make any potential story that would damage Trump’s image go away, in advance of the 2016 election.

The defence is trying to chip away at Cohen’s credibility, to sow seeds of doubt among the jury listening to his testimony. So how did he do? Jonathan Freedland asks former federal prosecutor Ankush Khardori what he makes of the prosecution’s star witness so far

Archive: Fox News 5, CBS News, CNN, Sky Australia

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Match ID: 18 Score: 70.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 1 day
qualifiers: 30.00 politics, 25.00 election, 15.00 executive

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: 19 Score: 66.43 source: theintercept.com age: 6 days
qualifiers: 12.86 republican, 12.86 politics, 12.86 democrat, 10.71 election, 6.43 progressives, 6.43 elections, 4.29 congress

Take a Friend to Court Day
Thu, 16 May 2024 23:31:54 +0000
This week, the crew discusses former Trump attorney Michael Cohen's testimony and cross-examination by defense lawyers – and whether Cohen ended up being the star witness prosecutors hoped for. Law enforcement reporter Tom Jackman joins the show to discuss what he's seen in court, whether the jury is likely to believe Cohen's testimony, and the tight-rope Justice Juan Merchan has walked in trying to control Trump. Plus, a whole host of Republican politicians have attended court this week to support Trump. Why are they there, and what are they accomplishing?
Match ID: 20 Score: 60.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 30.00 republican, 30.00 politics

Analysis: Voters key to past Democratic wins are skeptical and undermotivated
Thu, 16 May 2024 18:28:02 +0000

Match ID: 21 Score: 60.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 0 days
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Republican allies join Trump at the New York hush money trial
Thu, 16 May 2024 16:32:10 +0000

Match ID: 22 Score: 60.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 0 days
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New Hogan ad features Democrats saying nice things about him
Thu, 16 May 2024 16:11:19 +0000

Match ID: 23 Score: 60.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 0 days
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Senate Democrats’ 51-49 majority is in peril this fall, and nonpartisan analysts see Arizona as a...
Thu, 16 May 2024 14:16:28 +0000

Match ID: 24 Score: 60.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 0 days
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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?
Match ID: 25 Score: 55.00 source: www.newyorker.com age: 0 days
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Hasan Piker Won’t Tell You to Vote for Joe Biden
Thu, 16 May 2024 11:30:00 +0000
Twitch streamers could have a serious impact on the election—even by sitting it out.
Match ID: 26 Score: 55.00 source: www.wired.com age: 0 days
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How we met: ‘I cried because the bar didn’t have any pizza and he comforted me’
Thu, 16 May 2024 10:00:05 GMT

Philippa, 32, and Jack, 30, met at a post-election party in 2019. They plan to marry in September and move to Spain
• Tell us your story of how you met someone special

When Philippa moved to Sheffield from London in 2018, one of the first things she did was join her local Labour party. “I was studying for a PhD in housing and planning and was already involved in a tenants’ union,” she says. “I was very active socially, but I lived alone, so it was a bit lonely for me.”

A year after moving up north, she began supporting the 2019 general election campaign. “We’d send groups from different areas to go leafleting and door knocking,” she says. “Olivia Blake, who we’d been supporting, won her seat, so she put on a little victory party just before Christmas.”

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Match ID: 27 Score: 55.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
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It’s a Climate Election Now
Wed, 15 May 2024 10:00:00 +0000
Trump’s reported billion-dollar offer to fossil-fuel executives shows that this is the key year to save the planet.
Match ID: 28 Score: 55.00 source: www.newyorker.com age: 1 day
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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: 29 Score: 55.00 source: theintercept.com age: 1 day
qualifiers: 30.00 politics, 25.00 election

Biden moves could help shape political landscape in his favor
Thu, 16 May 2024 23:39:24 +0000
Actions on audio recordings, marijuana, debates address political vulnerabilities
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qualifiers: 30.00 politics, 15.00 executive

Ministers knew about carer’s allowance problems three years ago, report reveals
Thu, 16 May 2024 18:46:02 GMT

Suppressed DWP study told of hardship endured by carers forced to repay thousands after minor allowance breaches

Ministers were warned three years ago that unpaid carers were being treated unfairly and forced to repay huge sums for minor benefit breaches, a long suppressed government report has revealed.

A Department for Work and Pensions document presented to politicians in 2021 detailed how carers – the majority of whom were on low incomes and spending 65 hours a week caring for loved ones – endured financial hardship, stress and anger after being heavily penalised for falling foul of strict carer’s allowance eligibility rules.

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NI government failed to be proactive in Covid pandemic, Sue Gray tells inquiry
Thu, 16 May 2024 17:44:30 GMT

Former civil servant who investigated Partygate says power-sharing executive was prone to ‘silo working’ and leaks

Northern Ireland’s government lacked cohesion and failed to be proactive during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to Sue Gray, the former senior civil servant who investigated the Downing Street Partygate scandal.

Gray, who is now Keir Starmer’s chief of staff, said the power-sharing executive at Stormont was prone to “silo working” and leaks that would have been a “terrible thing” if replicated at Westminster.

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How does Natalie Elphicke fit in with Labour’s values and vision? | Letters
Thu, 16 May 2024 16:57:40 GMT

Readers remain unconvinced about how the rightwing MP can help the party’s ‘national renewal’

Who could argue with Keir Starmer’s desire for the Labour party to be “less tribal” or being welcoming to those “who want to join in our object of national renewal” (Labour should be ‘less tribal’, says Keir Starmer after Elphicke defection, 10 May). But platitudes are normally expected of leaders operating at the fag end of a failing government, not those poised to take power.

Natalie Elphicke may have apologised for the moral offence of insulting sexually assaulted women. She may deny the ethical offence of lobbying on behalf of her disgraced ex-husband. But neither she nor her Labour cheerleaders have explained how her rabidly rightwing vision will produce the romantic synergy with Labour policies that’s necessary to achieve “national renewal”.
Paul McGilchrist
Cromer, Norfolk

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Michael Cohen tells trial he once thought Stormy Daniels was extorting Trump over her story – as it happened
Thu, 16 May 2024 20:45:15 GMT

This live blog is now closed. You can read our latest reporting below:

• Michael Cohen admits to prior lies in cross-examination in Trump trial
• Michael Cohen receives a grilling: Trump trial key takeaways, day 18
• Republican invokes Trump’s call to far-right group in trial visit

Judge Juan Merchan is on the bench and the court is in session.

Donald Trump has arrived in the courtroom for day 18 of his criminal trial.

Matt Gaetz, a Florida Republican representative

Lauren Boebert, a Colorado Republican congresswoman

Eric Trump

Boris Epshteyn, a longtime Trump aide

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Ex-lawyer for Cohen contradicts him in testimony before Congress
Thu, 16 May 2024 19:43:05 +0000

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qualifiers: 30.00 politics, 10.00 congress

Supreme Court rejects broad challenge to consumer watchdog CFPB
Thu, 16 May 2024 19:34:22 +0000
The Biden administration urged the Supreme Court to reject an appeals court decision that cast doubt on Congress’s authority to decide how to fund an agency.
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qualifiers: 30.00 politics, 10.00 congress

Hundreds of French police deployed amid New Caledonia riots
Thu, 16 May 2024 17:04:02 GMT

State of emergency in place because of deadly unrest over bill that will let French people vote in provincial elections after 10 years of residence

Hundreds of police reinforcements have arrived in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia as the government in Paris insisted talks would not happen until calm had been restored.

As many as 1,000 extra police and gendarmes are being deployed to bolster the 1,700-strong force already in New Caledonia after three nights of violent riots that have killed five people, including two police officers.

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qualifiers: 25.00 election, 15.00 elections

Robert Fico stable after shooting as Slovakia’s president-elect calls for unity
Thu, 16 May 2024 16:30:00 GMT

Peter Pellegrini says PM ‘escaped death by a hair’ and urges people to temper their emotions after ‘we crossed a red line’

The Slovakian prime minister, Robert Fico, is in a stable condition but “not out of the woods yet”, officials have said, as the country’s president-elect pleaded for unity after a shooting that laid bare the deep political divisions of recent months.

The shooting, the first major assassination attempt on a European political leader in more than 20 years, sent shockwaves across the continent, with leaders linking the violence to an increasingly febrile and polarised political climate across its countries in the run-up to European parliament elections in June.

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Michael Cohen says he hoped for pardon, lied about it to Congress
Thu, 16 May 2024 15:35:43 +0000

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Washington is pushing policies to combat antisemitism. Critics say they could violate free speech
Thu, 16 May 2024 12:00:07 GMT

In the wake of campus protests, some say proposals are part of of a broader effort to silence criticism of Israel

Against the backdrop of demonstrations against Israel’s war in Gaza on college campuses, the White House and Congress have announced a string of policies and commitments aimed at addressing what Joe Biden warned was a “ferocious surge of antisemitism” in the United States.

Antisemitism was on the rise in the US before Hamas attacked Israel on 7 October, killing roughly 1,200 people and taking another 250 hostage. But the ensuing war has exacerbated the problem, with the law enforcement officials recording a spike in threats against Jewish Americans.

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‘He likes scaring people’: how Modi’s right-hand man, Amit Shah, runs India
Thu, 16 May 2024 04:00:57 GMT

For 40 years, Amit Shah has been at Narendra Modi’s side – his confidant, consigliere and enforcer. Today he is India’s second-most powerful man, and he is reshaping the country in radical ways

Late one night in November 2005, a small group of plain-clothed police officers pulled over a bus in western India. They escorted off a man named Sohrabuddin Sheikh, who was joined on the side of the road by his wife, Kausar. Sheikh and Kausar were put into separate police cars and driven 600 miles away, across state lines, into Gujarat. They would never see each other again.

Sheikh had not been charged with anything. The Gujarat police did not have any legal grounds to detain him, let alone his wife. Upon reaching Ahmedabad, Gujarat’s most populous city, Sheikh and Kausar were not taken to a police station. They were instead detained in separate bungalows in a residential neighbourhood. Two days later, on 26 November, Sheikh was driven to a highway intersection in south Ahmedabad and shot dead. Police claimed that Sheikh was a member of an Islamist terrorist group and had been shot while trying to escape. Four days after Sheikh’s death, on 29 November, Kausar was killed. Policemen allegedly poisoned her, then carried her body to the Narmada River, where they burned it and dumped the remains in the water.

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Secrecy Concerns Mount Over Spy Powers Targeting US Data Centers
Tue, 14 May 2024 16:16:58 +0000
A coalition of digital rights groups is demanding the US declassify records that would clarify just how expansive a major surveillance program really is.
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‘Pressured to withdraw’: BJP accused of intimidation tactics in India polls
Tue, 14 May 2024 02:00:22 GMT

Opposition say ruling party undermining democracy by using police to harass candidates into not contesting in elections

When the people of Gujarat cast their votes last week in India’s six-week-long election, there was one constituency in the state that stood silent. There were no polling stations or impatient queues of people, and no one with the tell-tale inky finger. In Surat, no voting was necessary – the outcome was already decided.

Mukesh Dalal, from the ruling Bharatiya Janata party (BJP), won the seat by default after every other candidate was either disqualified or dropped out of the race. It was the first time in 73 years that Surat’s candidate was appointed, not elected.

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qualifiers: 21.43 election, 12.86 elections

Australia news live: wastewater reveals city-regional divide in drinking habits; University of Queensland wants student encampments ended
Fri, 17 May 2024 05:47:50 GMT

Friday statement says university wants a ‘peaceful resolution’ to the ongoing Israel-Palestine encampments on campus. Follow live updates

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Shorten and Dutton clash over reduced migration

Earlier this morning the NDIS minister, Bill Shorten, and the opposition leader, Peter Dutton, clashed over Dutton’s promise to reduce Australia’s migration intake in his budget reply speech last night.

Well, Bill, a couple of points. One is that we say that, in the first year, 40,000 homes will be freed up. That includes the numbers who would be bidding at auctions this weekend against Australian citizens.

If the government had have adopted our policy over a five-year period, you would free up 325,000 homes. So the number of people who are foreign citizens, who are buying houses in our country is low, but nonetheless it contributes to an overall shortage of housing in our country.

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Environmental Defenders Office did not breach funding rules while opposing Santos gas project, review finds
Fri, 17 May 2024 05:29:31 GMT

Tanya Plibersek ordered investigation after judge accused law firm of ‘subtle coaching’ of Tiwi Island traditional owners during legal challenge

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The Environmental Defenders Office did not breach the conditions of its $8.2m in federal funding, according to a government review of the legal firm’s conduct.

The environment minister, Tanya Plibersek, requested the review after a federal court judgment in January made sharp criticisms of the EDO’s conduct in a legal matter against Santos.

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Swimming boss defends athletes lobbying national gallery to take down Gina Rinehart portraits
Fri, 17 May 2024 05:13:04 GMT

Swimming Queensland chief Kevin Hasemann says ‘I’ve never been to a gallery’ and furore has ‘evolved into something I could never have imagined’

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The head of Swimming Queensland has defended a campaign that saw Olympic champions lobby the National Gallery of Australia to take down portraits of their patron, Gina Rinehart, because they were deemed “offensive”.

An acrylic colour portrait by Vincent Namatjira of Australia’s richest woman was the target of the campaign along with a second black and white portrait by Namatjira in ink and pencil.

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Junior doctors talks need time and space, says health secretary
Fri, 17 May 2024 05:00:13 GMT
The health secretary says renewed negotiations should take place away from deadlines and social media.
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Government adviser on disruptive protest accused of conflict of interest
Fri, 17 May 2024 05:00:29 GMT

John Woodcock, whose review proposes bans for protest groups, has lobbying links to firms in arms and fossil fuel sectors

Activists have accused the government’s independent adviser on political violence of a conflict of interest, after it emerged that he had lobbying links to companies that would benefit from curbs to protesting.

John Woodcock, formerly a Labour MP and now a crossbench peer, has prepared a review of “far-left” involvement in disruptive protest, which includes activism against climate change and war. At the same time, he has been chairing and advising lobby groups representing arms manufacturers and fossil fuel firms.

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Peter Dutton talks a big game on migration – but do his budget reply promises stack up?
Fri, 17 May 2024 04:59:53 GMT

In its potential impact on housing, the opposition leader’s vowed crackdown on migration and foreign property buyers may be less than it seems

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The centrepiece of Peter Dutton’s budget reply was a crackdown on permanent migration, foreign property buyers and international students.

But would the cut to migration actually operate as intended, or is the opposition leader’s bark worse than his bite?

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MediSecure data breach: cyber security chief says no current prescriptions affected
Fri, 17 May 2024 04:46:04 GMT

National cyber security coordinator says scale of ransomware attack on electronic prescriptions provider remains unclear

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Current prescriptions have not been caught up in the MediSecure cyberattack, the national cyber security coordinator has said, but it has yet to be revealed how many people have had their personal information exposed.

The Australian federal police are investigating after the electronic prescriptions provider MediSecure reported being the victim of a large-scale ransomware data breach to national cyber security coordinator on Wednesday.

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Post-Brexit rules on antibiotic use on farms water down EU laws, experts say
Fri, 17 May 2024 04:00:27 GMT

Scientists point to loopholes in new legislation that have been closed under European Union regulations

New rules intended to reduce the use of antibiotics in farming in the UK have been criticised as too lax and weaker than their equivalent under EU laws.

The updated regulations come into force on Friday. They ban the routine use of antibiotics on farm animals, and specifically their use to “compensate for poor hygiene, inadequate animal husbandry, or poor farm management practices”.

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Greg Lynn trial: Russell Hill’s friend ‘almost fell on the floor’ when he heard of 20-year affair with Carol Clay, court told
Fri, 17 May 2024 03:28:23 GMT

Robert Ashlin says he advised Hill’s wife Robyn to go to the police because ‘something’s not right’

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A longtime friend of Russell Hill “almost fell on the floor” when he found out about Hill’s two-decade affair with Carol Clay, the Victorian supreme court has heard.

Robert Ashlin also said Hill loved the Wonnangatta Valley and did not mind sharing it with people, saying Hill was “happy as a pig in shit” camping there.

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Macarthur FC ‘shocked’ after police charge three players over alleged betting corruption
Fri, 17 May 2024 03:03:59 GMT

NSW police allege Ulises Dávila, Kearyn Baccus and Clayton Lewis were involved in a scheme ‘for yellow cards to occur during certain games’ in late 2023

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Macarthur FC has said it is “shocked” after three of its players were arrested and charged in Sydney in relation to an international investigation that uncovered an alleged betting corruption scandal.

New South Wales police said on Friday they had arrested and charged the three A-League footballers in early morning raids across the city following an investigation by the organised crime squad which began in December and was assisted by the UK gambling commission.

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Pentagon says Gaza pier anchored, but U.N. casts doubt on distribution
Fri, 17 May 2024 01:54:30 +0000
U.S. officials said aid deliveries from the Gaza pier could start “within days,” but it was unclear if there was a firm deal with the U.N. for its distribution.
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Union urges Labour not to ban new North Sea licences without plan for jobs
Thu, 16 May 2024 23:01:21 GMT

Unite launches bid to persuade Keir Starmer to invest more in north-east Scotland

The UK’s oil and gas workers risk becoming “the coal miners of our generation,” Unite’s general secretary, Sharon Graham, has warned, urging Labour not to ban new North Sea licences without a clear plan to safeguard jobs.

Unite is launching a billboard campaign in six Scottish constituencies aimed at persuading Keir Starmer to commit more investment to north-east Scotland, the centre of the offshore oil and gas industry.

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Trump’s lawyer charges Michael Cohen lied to jury
Thu, 16 May 2024 22:31:49 +0000
The confrontation between Michael Cohen and Trump lawyer Todd Blanche was the most anticipated moment in the trial, which is now speeding toward a conclusion.
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House GOP escalates war on Justice Dept. as members flock to Trump trial
Thu, 16 May 2024 22:15:58 +0000

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America is so polarized that there are just half a dozen swing states these days. That...
Thu, 16 May 2024 22:02:49 +0000

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CNN gets a presidential debate — and a much-needed win
Thu, 16 May 2024 21:52:30 +0000

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Michael Cohen accused of lying over phone call at Trump hush-money trial
Thu, 16 May 2024 21:30:14 GMT

Former lawyer and fixer for Donald Trump is under fierce attacks on his credibility by the ex-president’s legal team

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Donald Trump’s lawyer on Thursday attacked the core charge against the former president as he sought to undercut Michael Cohen, the former attorney whose $130,000 hush-money payment to the adult film star Stormy Daniels is at the heart of the criminal trial in New York.

The defense, led by the Trump lawyer Todd Blanche, had Cohen admit that technically Daniels entered into a legal contract to sell the rights of her story about a sexual encounter with Trump, apparently in an attempt to justify labelling the repayments as legal expenses.

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The debates certainly risk confirming people’s concerns about President Biden’s age if he can’t volley with...
Thu, 16 May 2024 21:17:18 +0000

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Trump praises lawyers, says Thursday showed trial to be a ‘scam’
Thu, 16 May 2024 20:59:42 +0000

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Michael Cohen pressed on past lies during cross-examination at Trump’s hush money trial
Thu, 16 May 2024 20:59:42 +0000
Michael Cohen returned to the witness stand to be cross-examined in Donald Trump’s trial on allegations of business fraud related to a hush money payment.
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Analysis: 4 takeaways on the new Trump-Biden debates
Thu, 16 May 2024 20:50:13 +0000

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4 takeaways on the new Trump-Biden debates
Thu, 16 May 2024 20:41:11 +0000
It’s a necessary test for Biden, but one with real pitfalls. And some key dynamics stand out.
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Washington Post reporters covering Donald Trump’s hush money trial will take your questions in a live...
Thu, 16 May 2024 20:39:32 +0000

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We’re posting searchable daily transcripts of Donald Trump’s New York criminal trial on The Washington Post’s...
Thu, 16 May 2024 20:38:44 +0000

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The trial is adjourned until Monday, which could conclude testimony altogether if Donald Trump decides not...
Thu, 16 May 2024 20:27:33 +0000

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The trial broke with a back-and-forth that captured the essence of the day pretty well. Defense...
Thu, 16 May 2024 20:15:52 +0000

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Business titans privately urged NYC mayor to use police on Columbia protesters, chats show
Thu, 16 May 2024 20:13:17 +0000

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Blanche says Playboy model’s payment didn’t involve ‘bags full of cash’
Thu, 16 May 2024 20:05:33 +0000

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Cohen says ABC News almost got Stormy Daniels’s story
Thu, 16 May 2024 19:53:49 +0000

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Analysis: Comer’s Biden impeachment probe has been in its final stages for about six months
Thu, 16 May 2024 19:49:48 +0000

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Post-Brexit deal on border between Gibraltar and Spain remains unresolved
Thu, 16 May 2024 19:43:34 GMT

European Commission vice president, Maroš Šefčovič, cites progress on trade and economy for territory but not border checks

Talks on a post-Brexit deal to govern the border between Gibraltar and Spain have broken up without an agreement, although both sides insisted a deal was “getting closer”.

David Cameron, the UK foreign secretary, met the European Commission vice president, Maroš Šefčovič, in Brussels to discuss the British overseas territory on the Iberian peninsula, which has been in limbo since Britain left the EU.

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Donald Trump laughed at something attorney Todd Blanche told him as they prepared for the final...
Thu, 16 May 2024 19:34:35 +0000

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Only in the surreal Fox universe can James Comer be treated as credible
Thu, 16 May 2024 19:31:27 +0000
The impeachment investigation has been in its final stages for about six months.
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While the court took an afternoon break, Justice Juan Merchan met with a juror and an...
Thu, 16 May 2024 19:26:37 +0000

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It could soon be illegal to publicly wear a mask for health reasons in NC
Thu, 16 May 2024 19:25:21 +0000
Senators skeptical of legal trouble for harmless masking after moving to make it illegal.
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Cohen defends memory of key Trump call
Thu, 16 May 2024 19:22:28 +0000

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Defense tries to show that Michael Cohen adopted first witness’s phrasing
Thu, 16 May 2024 19:15:24 +0000

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Analysis: Trump’s ‘they’re out to get me’ campaign and its enablers
Thu, 16 May 2024 19:08:40 +0000

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Michael Cohen pressed on the ethics of recording Trump
Thu, 16 May 2024 19:06:41 +0000

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Donald Trump has projected more interest than usual in the proceedings Thursday. On some days he...
Thu, 16 May 2024 19:03:07 +0000

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Transcript: Prosecutors complained about Trump supporters entering court mid-testimony
Thu, 16 May 2024 18:56:26 +0000

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Ahead of Biden’s speech at Morehouse, top aide notes ‘no community is monolithic’
Thu, 16 May 2024 18:48:14 +0000

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Since coming back from the lunch break, the tone of the proceeding has relaxed again. Todd...
Thu, 16 May 2024 18:46:34 +0000

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VIDEO: Trump has repeatedly said he wants to testify
Thu, 16 May 2024 18:42:08 +0000

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Before the jury was brought back in, the judge directed Todd Blanche to clarify what prosecutors...
Thu, 16 May 2024 18:36:44 +0000

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Donald Trump and his team are now in the courtroom.
Thu, 16 May 2024 18:13:08 +0000

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Biden announces support for DOJ measure to reclassify marijuana
Thu, 16 May 2024 18:08:17 +0000

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Matt Gaetz says he’s ‘standing back and standing by’ for Trump
Thu, 16 May 2024 18:07:24 +0000

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Vice President Harris is in Wisconsin, once again visiting the battleground state, this time to speak...
Thu, 16 May 2024 17:49:43 +0000

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Cross-examination of key witness Michael Cohen gears up with claim of false testimony at hush money trial
Thu, 16 May 2024 17:40:17 +0000

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Trump: ‘No problem’ with including RFK Jr. in debates
Thu, 16 May 2024 17:11:08 +0000

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The trial broke for lunch. Just before the break, Blanche suggested that Cohen had made up...
Thu, 16 May 2024 16:59:39 +0000

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Todd Blanche became angry as he seemed to disprove part of Cohen’s testimony two days earlier,...
Thu, 16 May 2024 16:57:47 +0000

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In Maryland Senate race, Hogan takes a ‘pro-choice’ pivot to codify Roe
Thu, 16 May 2024 16:53:39 +0000

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Beryl Cook/Tom of Finland review – ‘One’s trying to make you laugh, the other’s trying to make you horny’
Thu, 16 May 2024 16:52:51 GMT

Studio Voltaire, London
From Tom’s pert-bottomed hunks to Cook’s curvacious ladies, both artists wanted to give pleasure

‘Hate the politics, love the uniform,” would pretty much sum up Touko Valio Laaksonen’s attitude towards the Wehrmacht soldiers he encountered as a young, conscripted anti-aircraft officer in the Finnish army, fighting alongside the Germans in the second world war. After the war, Laaksonen began signing his commercial drawings for physique magazines with the moniker Tom of Finland, and the very different uniform of the sexual outlaw, inspired by American biker culture (and in particular by Marlon Brando in the 1953 movie The Wild One), replaced field grey with leather and denim, a hyper-masculine look that developed in gay culture from the 1950s onward.

Pert-bottomed and conspicuously well hung, six-packed and nipples erected, poured into their jeans and their leather trousers, Tom of Finland’s groups of hunks and Muscle Marys indulge in all sorts of horseplay. They suck, they rim, they fist, they fuck. They pose and they cruise, they watch and, given half a chance, they join in. There’s a bit of lighthearted BDSM, but not much else to vary the routine. What a tiring round their days must be. Away from the magazine page or beyond the edge of the drawing they might complain, if they had the time, about their onerous moisturising regimes, the daily workouts and depilation routines. Never mind the same old outfits every day, or that as soon as one scene has ended another’s begun. Even when they’re tied to a tree and being thrashed with a belt they seem happy enough, and no one ever screams their safe word.

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Bad liar or bad lawyer?
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Cohen repeatedly denies interest in White House job
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Courtroom photos of Trump allowed again after brief ban
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For a bird’s eye view of British conservatism, look at sport. No wonder VAR in football is in trouble | Simon Jenkins
Thu, 16 May 2024 16:11:01 GMT

Once we create rules and customs, it’s a devil’s job to change them. The debate about video refereeing will be a mighty test

There is one test of a true radical. It is not a quest for revolution in politics, philosophy, art or religion. The challenge lies in the realm of sport. Sport alone is immune to reform. It is enslaved to the past.

Olympic athletes wield the weapons of ancient Athens. The golf club dates from the hundred years war. The size of a football goal was fixed in a Holborn pub in 1863, probably by the reach of the barman. The elegance of cricket is a legacy of the British empire. Gentlemen officers enjoyed a languid five days in which to play a match.

Simon Jenkins is a Guardian columnist

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Whether Robert Fico survives and resumes office or not, Slovakia stands on the brink | John Kampfner
Thu, 16 May 2024 16:08:22 GMT

The shock of an assassination attempt could heal the deep divisions that Fico exploited, but the omens are not promising

A few years after the dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1993, known as the “velvet divorce”, the newly independent Slovakian state to the south was already a cause of concern. The US secretary of state at the time, Madeleine Albright, called it “the black hole” of Europe.

Eventually, in 2004 Slovakia joined the EU and Nato. The assumption then in the west was that the country, finally, had a settled identity and a settled set of alliances.

John Kampfner is an author and broadcaster, and made the BBC World Service documentary Slovakia Divided

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Cohen appears calm and comfortable
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Many lawmakers in Donald Trump’s entourage left the courtroom during the brief break and are now...
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Mike Pence will get federal matching funds to pay down campaign debt
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Michael Cohen is back in the courtroom and testimony will resume momentarily.
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Justice Juan Merchan said the “jurors have indicated that they cannot work next Wednesday, so that...
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Nicole Shanahan says she’s giving $8 million more to RFK Jr.’s campaign
Thu, 16 May 2024 15:37:36 +0000

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Jeffrey Clark, the former Trump administration Justice Department lawyer whose home was searched by federal agents...
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The court is on its midmorning break. Leaving the courtroom, Donald Trump gave a thumbs-up when...
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Michael Cohen has repeatedly said he lied and pleaded guilty to tax charges he considered “bogus”...
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Donald Trump is clearly paying close attention as Todd Blanche presses Michael Cohen. He is watching...
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During a short sidebar, Reps. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) and Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) were whispering with Boris...
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Biden campaign celebrates Dow hitting 40,000 points
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Todd Blanche’s tone has oozed skepticism as he presses Michael Cohen repeatedly about past statements and...
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Cohen says he pleaded guilty to tax crimes under pressure
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Michael Cohen admitted that he blames many other people for his conviction, including his accountant, his...
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Trump’s ‘they’re out to get me’ campaign and its enablers
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In 2016, he was the outsider. In 2020, he was the incumbent. In 2024, Trump’s running as the victim.
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“I know what perjury means,” Michael Cohen acknowledged as Donald Trump’s lawyer walked the key prosecution...
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Michael Cohen more willing to admit past lies than he was two days ago
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GOP primary battle turns Va.’s 5th District into a political Tilt-a-Whirl
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Michael Cohen explains his taxi-related crimes
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Cohen says he should not have been charged with tax crimes
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Michael Cohen is speaking very slowly and almost over-articulating, presenting a very different image from the...
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Jurors hear about Cohen’s history of lying in official proceedings
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Biden campaign accepts VP debate invitation
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The biggest 2024 Supreme Court rulings so far, and what’s still to come
Thu, 16 May 2024 14:39:03 +0000
We’re tracking decisions in the biggest cases before the Supreme Court in 2024. See the latest.
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Todd Blanche is gesturing animatedly and sometimes leaning forward to grasp the lectern as he questions...
Thu, 16 May 2024 14:27:54 +0000

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Donald Trump has not reacted visibly as the defense takes the courtroom through Michael Cohen’s profane,...
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Jury hears recordings of a much higher-octane Michael Cohen
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Defense kicks off by trying (and failing) to show Cohen’s texts
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Gaetz, Boebert among Trump’s many supporters in court Thursday
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Justice Juan Merchan told the jury that they might have to sit next Wednesday — a...
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Bob Menendez, a senator motivated by greed or deluded by love?
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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.’ ”
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Michael Cohen is back on the witness stand. The jury is coming in.
Thu, 16 May 2024 13:51:11 +0000

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The sidebar has ended. “I apologize for all the whispering,” Justice Juan Merchan said. “I think...
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As the lengthy sidebar came to an end, Eric Trump leaned over to show Rep. Matt...
Thu, 16 May 2024 13:49:31 +0000

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Donald Trump is at the defense table with one of his lawyers, Susan Necheles, who moved...
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The bench conference has been going on for almost 10 minutes and prosecutor Susan Hoffinger appears...
Thu, 16 May 2024 13:41:34 +0000

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Analysis: The incomprehensible, unattainable scale of Trump’s deportation plan
Thu, 16 May 2024 13:38:37 +0000

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New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan began the day by asking if there were any...
Thu, 16 May 2024 13:34:14 +0000

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Michael Cohen’s reliability will be targeted in second day of cross-examination
Thu, 16 May 2024 13:34:11 +0000

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Donald Trump, in his usual blue suit and red tie, sat back and immediately shut his...
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Proceedings are beginning.
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Red Cross and Foreign Office to discuss plan to visit Palestinians in Israeli detention
Thu, 16 May 2024 12:51:39 GMT

ICRC is denied access to prisoners in what is said to be breach of Geneva conventions but critics say UK plan may weaken rule of law

Red Cross officials are to hold talks with the UK over a Foreign Office plan to visit Palestinian detainees held by Israel. Critics say this bypasses a duty on Israel under the Geneva conventions to give the Red Cross access to detainees.

Israel has suspended the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) from access to Palestinian detainees since the Hamas attack on 7 October, and says it will not rescind the policy until Hamas grants access to Israeli hostages.

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Dining across the divide: ‘Soon there won’t be any leftwingers in Labour, just Keir Starmer clones’
Thu, 16 May 2024 11:30:07 GMT

They’re both natural Labour supporters, but one is so unhappy with the leadership he isn’t planning to vote for the party. Will either of them see red?

Clive, 65, London

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The Trump hush-money trial reveals a seamy world shot through with moral rot | Robert Reich
Thu, 16 May 2024 10:01:05 GMT

The former president’s orbit is a sell-or-tell, catch-and-kill society where money and power are the only true values

There is something important about Trump’s criminal trial in New York that’s not being openly talked about. I don’t mean we’re not getting the facts about what’s happening in Manhattan superior court. But something very big is being left out.

The trial has introduced us to a world of moral and ethical loathsomeness in which people use and abuse one another routinely. It’s Trump world.

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Net zero U-turns will hit UK infrastructure, say government advisers
Thu, 16 May 2024 06:00:01 GMT

Sir John Armitt urges ministers to act swiftly or risk impeding growth and jeopardising climate targets

Rishi Sunak’s U-turns over net zero have delayed progress on vital infrastructure that is needed for economic growth, the government’s advisers have said.

Sir John Armitt, the chair of the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC), said good progress had been made on renewable energy in the past five years, but changes to key policies, including postponing a scheme to boost heat pump takeup, had created uncertainty and delay.

The government will fail to meet its targets on heat pump rollout.

The promised lifting of a ban on new onshore windfarms has not gone far enough.

Massive investment is needed in the electricity grid.

There is no proper plan for rail in the north and Midlands now that the northern leg of HS2 has been cancelled, severely inhibiting economic growth in those regions.

Water bills will need to go up to fix the sewage crisis, and more reservoirs are needed to avoid drought, while water companies have done too little to staunch leaks.

The UK lacks a coherent strategy on flooding, with more than 900,000 properties at risk of river or sea flooding and 910,000 at risk of surface water flooding.

Good progress has been made on the rollout of gigabit broadband around the country.

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US interior department staffer is first Jewish Biden appointee to resign over war in Gaza
Wed, 15 May 2024 20:52:59 GMT

Lily Greenberg Call, special assistant to chief of staff, accused the president of using Jewish people to justify US policy in the conflict

An interior department staffer on Wednesday became the first Jewish political appointee to publicly resign in protest of US support for Israel’s war in Gaza.

Lily Greenberg Call, a special assistant to the chief of staff in the interior department, accused Joe Biden of using Jewish people to justify US policy in the conflict.

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Refused asylum seekers also at risk of being sent to Rwanda, says Home Office
Wed, 15 May 2024 15:59:39 GMT

UK and Rwanda agree deal to extend cohort of those eligible to be forcibly removed to east African country

• UK politics live – latest updates

Tens of thousands of people who have been refused asylum in the UK have been added to the group of people at risk of being forcibly removed to Rwanda, the Home Office has announced.

The UK and Rwandan governments have agreed a deal to extend the cohort of those eligible to be forcibly removed to the east African country to refused asylum seekers. Lawyers have condemned the development and said it would drive asylum seekers underground.

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There’s Nothing Revolutionary About ‘Morning After the Revolution’
Tue, 14 May 2024 11:00:00 +0000
Former New York Times tech reporter and media entrepreneur Nellie Bowles’ book Morning After the Revolution bills itself as a bold contrarian missive but serves up lukewarm dogma.
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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.

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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.

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Criticizing Israel? Nonprofit Media Could Lose Tax-Exempt Status Without Due Process
Fri, 10 May 2024 10:00:00 +0000

A new anti-terrorism bill would allow the government to take away vital tax exemptions from nonprofit news outlets.

The post Criticizing Israel? Nonprofit Media Could Lose Tax-Exempt Status Without Due Process appeared first on The Intercept.

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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.

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Meghan mania and big skirts: Africa's top shots
Fri, 17 May 2024 00:14:19 GMT
A selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent.
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More than 6,000 UK bank branches now gone in nine years of ‘disastrous’ closures
Thu, 16 May 2024 23:01:21 GMT

Thirty-three constituencies, including two in London, will not have a single bank branch by the end of the year, says Which?

The number of UK bank branches that have shut their doors for good over the last nine years will pass 6,000 on Friday, and by the end of the year the pace of closures may leave 33 parliamentary constituencies – including two in London – without a single branch.

The tally is being published by the consumer group Which? as it seeks to make the “avalanche” of closures and the “disastrous” impact they can have on local communities an election battleground.

Barnsley East (estimated population: 94,000)

Bolton West (98,000)

Bradford South (106,000)

Bury South (103,000)

Central Suffolk and North Ipswich (102,000)

Chatham and Aylesford (103,000)

Clwyd South (70,000)

Colne Valley (112,000)

Dagenham and Rainham (117,000)

Denton and Reddish (88,000)

Don Valley (99,000)

East Worthing and Shoreham (99,000)

Erith and Thamesmead (117,000)

Glasgow North East (88,000)

Liverpool, West Derby (94,000)

Mid Bedfordshire (121,000)

Mid Derbyshire (83,000)

Newport East (84,000)

North East Derbyshire (92,000)

Nottingham East (98,000)

Penistone and Stocksbridge (89,000)

Plymouth Moor View (94,000)

Reading West (112,000)

Rhondda (68,000)

Sedgefield (85,000)

Sheffield Hallam (85,000)

St Helens North (100,000)

Stone (86,000)

Swansea East (81,000)

Warrington North (95,000)

Wentworth and Dearne (100,000)

Wirral West (68,000)

York Outer (92,000)

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sues Meta, citing chatbot’s reply as evidence of shadowban
Thu, 16 May 2024 21:43:03 +0000
Presidential candidate believes Meta’s chatbot can reliably reveal shadowbans.
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Newscast
Thu, 16 May 2024 19:24:00 GMT
Starmer unveils the “first steps” Labour would take if they win the general election
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The Guardian view on the shooting of Slovakian PM Robert Fico: an attack on democracy | Editorial
Thu, 16 May 2024 17:45:09 GMT

The assassination attempt has shocked the country, but reflects deep divisions there and across Europe

Slovakia’s prime minister, Robert Fico, is an immensely divisive figure who has helped polarise his country. But Wednesday’s assassination attempt has rightly united figures from across the political spectrum and the world in condemnation. The shooting was not only an attack on the prime minister but, as his domestic opponents stressed, an attack on democracy itself.

The background and motivation of this attack are not yet fully known. Ministers have suggested that the suspect now in custody was a “lone wolf” who disagreed with the government’s justice and media policies. But the case is widely seen as a shocking manifestation of the deep ruptures in Slovakian society. “What happened yesterday was an individual act. But the tense atmosphere of hatred was our collective work,” warned the outgoing president, Zuzana Čaputová – an opponent of Mr Fico who is stepping down after herself receiving death threats. It will also fuel concerns about extremism and attacks on politicians elsewhere in the continent.

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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New Dutch coalition aims to reintroduce 80mph limit in cull of climate goals
Thu, 16 May 2024 14:46:00 GMT

Government, including far-right leader Geert Wilders, announces it will abandon key green policies in strategy

The Netherlands’ new right-wing coalition government aims to reintroduce daytime speeds of 80mph on motorways as part of a number of proposed changes to the country’s environmental policies which have sparked concern.

The move echoes the anti-green stance of other right-wing parties across the continent, as environmental issues become popular bogeymen for populist politicians. In Germany, for example, heat pumps have been politicised, as members of the far-right party AfD have called the Green party “our enemies’.

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Now armed with AI, America's adversaries will try to influence election, security officials warn
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NASA Earns Best Place to Work in Government for 12 Straight Years
Thu, 16 May 2024 22:31:40 +0000
NASA was named Thursday as the 2023 Best Place to Work in the Federal Government – large agency – for the 12th year in a row by the Partnership for Public Service. The title serves as a reflection of employee satisfaction with the workplace and functioning of the overall agency as NASA explores the unknown […]
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Accounts Payable
Thu, 16 May 2024 13:18:38 +0000
Vendor Payment NASA is committed to expedient and accurate payment of invoices.  Any questions or inquiries should be addressed to the Contracting Officer designated on your award or to the NSSC Customer Contact Center. NSSC Customer Contact Center telephone: 1-877-677-2123 (1-877-NSSC123) Fax: 1-866-779-6772 (1-866-779-NSSC) Vouchers and invoices are to be submitted in the Treasury’s Invoice Processing Platform […]
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Jailed Indian opposition leader granted bail to take part in election campaign
Fri, 10 May 2024 14:52:34 GMT

Supreme court judges order Arvind Kejriwal’s release until 1 June and question timing of his arrest on corruption charges

One of India’s best-known opposition leaders, Arvind Kejriwal, the chief minister of Delhi, has been granted bail by the country’s supreme court to allow him to take part in general election campaigningafter being kept behind bars for almost two months.

Kejriwal, who heads the Aam Aadmi party (AAP), has been held in jail since March when he was arrested on money-laundering charges. He has maintained that his arrest and detention was politically motivated to prevent him taking part in the election, which began in April and will continue until June.

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‘Super cute please like’: the unstoppable rise of Shein – podcast
Fri, 17 May 2024 04:00:28 GMT

It is taking fast fashion to ever faster and ever cheaper extremes, and making billions from it. Why is the whole world shopping at Shein? By Nicole Lipman

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The children of the contaminated blood scandal – podcast
Fri, 17 May 2024 02:00:24 GMT

It is the NHS’s worst treatment disaster – with 30,000 patients infected. Two survivors, Ade Goodyear and Andy Evans, explain why it took so long for it to be brought to light

Ade Goodyear was 15 when he was told he had contracted HIV. Like about 30,000 other NHS patients – including more than 300 children – who were given blood transfusions or commercial blood products before 2019, he was infected by contaminated blood. Some patients got HIV and hepatitis C from blood transfusions after childbirth or other medical procedures. Ade was infected with HIV at the medical centre of his school.

Pupils at his Treloar’s college, which had a specialist haemophilia unit, were among those given injections of a blood plasma product called factor VIII concentrate. Concerns had been raised a decade before by the World Health Organization because it was a commercial product that mixed plasma from tens of thousands of often high-risk donors. If one had an infection such as HIV, it could contaminate the whole batch.

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Match ID: 170 Score: 15.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 15.00 executive

Former Post Office executive tells Horizon inquiry she blocked Paula Vennells’ number
Thu, 16 May 2024 17:43:01 GMT

Lesley Sewell said departed CEO had called for help ‘plugging gaps in her memory’ before select committee appearance

A former Post Office executive has told the inquiry into the Horizon scandal that she blocked Paula Vennells’s phone number after the company’s ex-CEO contacted her asking for help to “plug memory gaps” and to “avoid an independent inquiry”.

Lesley Sewell, who was chief information officer at the Post Office until she left in 2015, said that she had subsequently been contacted by her former boss four times in 2020 and 2021.

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Match ID: 171 Score: 15.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 15.00 executive

Activists sue Russia over ‘weak’ climate policy
Thu, 16 May 2024 14:28:44 GMT

Russian constitutional court is considering claim, which activists hope will raise awareness about emissions

A group of activists are fighting for the right to scrutinise Russia’s climate policies, and in particular its enormous methane emissions, in court.

Russia’s constitutional court is considering a claim brought by 18 individuals and the NGO Ecodefense that insufficient action by the Russian state to cut national greenhouse gas emissions is violating their rights to life, health and a healthy environment.

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Match ID: 172 Score: 15.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 15.00 constitution

Concerns over addicted kids spur probe into Meta and its use of dark patterns
Thu, 16 May 2024 13:25:16 +0000
EU is concerned Meta isn't doing enough to protect children using its apps.
Match ID: 173 Score: 15.00 source: arstechnica.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 15.00 executive

The Premier League’s race for Europe and Celtic’s title - Football Weekly Extra podcast
Thu, 16 May 2024 11:47:30 GMT

Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, Nedum Onuoha and John Brewin as Manchester United and Chelsea get important wins in their hunt for European football next season

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 race for fifth/sixth and Europa League football next season is still alive – Chelsea could still catch Spurs and only Manchester United winning the FA Cup would earn Newcastle a spot.

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Match ID: 174 Score: 15.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 15.00 executive

AI, algorithms and apps: can dating be boiled down to a science? – podcast
Thu, 16 May 2024 04:01:00 GMT

Last week the founder of the dating app Bumble forecasted a near future dating landscape where AI ‘dating concierges’ filter out prospective partners for us. But does AI, or even science, really understand what makes two people compatible? Madeleine Finlay speaks to Amie Gordon, assistant professor of psychology at the University of Michigan, to find out what we know about why two people go the distance, and why she’s designing her own dating app to learn more.

Clips: Bloomberg

Read more about Amie’s app here

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What keeps the world’s top climate scientists up at night? - podcast
Thu, 16 May 2024 02:00:55 GMT

Hundreds of climate experts expect global temperatures to rise to at least 2.5C (4.5F) above preindustrial levels by 2100. Damian Carrington reports

When the Guardian’s environment editor, Damian Carrington, decided to survey the world’s top climate scientists, he had no idea how many of them would want to participate.

“I was astonished by the flood of responses that came back,” he tells Hannah Moore.

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Match ID: 176 Score: 15.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 1 day
qualifiers: 15.00 executive

France declares state of emergency in New Caledonia after deadly riots
Wed, 15 May 2024 20:01:17 GMT

Macron holds crisis meeting amid unrest over plan to increase number of French nationals eligible to vote in Pacific territory

France has said it will impose a state of emergency in New Caledonia for at least 12 days, after a second night of unrest over changes to voting rights in the overseas territory that has resulted in the deaths of at least four people.

More than 130 people have been arrested and more than 300 injured, according to the french high commission.

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Match ID: 177 Score: 15.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 1 day
qualifiers: 15.00 constitution

Manchester City have one hand on trophy and Villa into the Champions League: Football Weekly - podcast
Wed, 15 May 2024 11:04:34 GMT

Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, Jonathan Wilson and Robyn Cowen as Manchester City go top of the Premier League ahead of the final round of fixtures.

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; Manchester City beat Spurs to make sure winning the Premier League is in their hands – they are on the brink of their fourth consecutive title. Will the reserve goalkeeper Stefan Ortega be remembered as the man who got them there, saving one-on-one against a charging Son Heung-min?

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Match ID: 178 Score: 15.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 1 day
qualifiers: 15.00 executive

Laura Kuenssberg: How it went wrong for Project Sunak
Wed, 15 May 2024 06:24:13 GMT
His supporters hoped Rishi Sunak would breathe life back into the Conservatives. Few are convinced he has.
Match ID: 179 Score: 15.00 source: www.bbc.com age: 1 day
qualifiers: 15.00 conservatives

‘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: 180 Score: 12.86 source: www.theguardian.com age: 6 days
qualifiers: 12.86 politics

'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: 181 Score: 12.14 source: www.theguardian.com age: 14 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics, 3.57 election, 2.14 elections, 2.14 conservatives

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.

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As Biden Warns Against Rafah Invasion, AIPAC Pushes Congress to Support Israel’s Operation
Thu, 09 May 2024 01:38:59 +0000

In talking points reviewed by The Intercept, the pro-Israel lobby argues that Israel has “no other option” but to invade Rafah.

The post As Biden Warns Against Rafah Invasion, AIPAC Pushes Congress to Support Israel’s Operation appeared first on The Intercept.

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qualifiers: 4.29 politics, 4.29 democrat, 1.43 congress

Some Universities Chose Violence. Others Responded to Protests by Considering Student Demands.
Wed, 08 May 2024 21:42:05 +0000

At least seven schools have reached an agreement with students around investment transparency and exploring divestment from Israel.

The post Some Universities Chose Violence. Others Responded to Protests by Considering Student Demands. appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 184 Score: 10.00 source: theintercept.com age: 8 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics, 3.57 election, 2.14 executive

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: 185 Score: 10.00 source: www.wired.com age: 115 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics, 3.57 election, 2.14 elections

Pentagon Compensated Zero Civilian Victims in 2022 — Despite Evidence That the U.S. Killed a Mom and Child in Somalia
Mon, 13 May 2024 21:30:00 +0000

The 22-year-old woman and her child were civilian casualties of a U.S. drone strike, but the Pentagon won't return the family's messages.

The post Pentagon Compensated Zero Civilian Victims in 2022 — Despite Evidence That the U.S. Killed a Mom and Child in Somalia appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 186 Score: 8.57 source: theintercept.com age: 3 days
qualifiers: 8.57 congress

The TikTok Ban Is “a Vast Overreach, Rooted in Hypocrisy,” Wired’s Katie Drummond says
Mon, 13 May 2024 10:00:00 +0000
A prominent tech journalist sees Silicon Valley corporations making policy in Washington—and lawmakers refusing to regulate social media properly.
Match ID: 187 Score: 8.57 source: www.newyorker.com age: 3 days
qualifiers: 8.57 congress

Israeli Military Refusers Appeal to Biden: “Stop Arming Israel’s War”
Thu, 09 May 2024 20:31:16 +0000

Tal Mitnick and Sofia Orr, who are in prison for refusing to serve in Israel’s military, are pleading with Biden to help stop the war on Gaza.

The post Israeli Military Refusers Appeal to Biden: “Stop Arming Israel’s War” appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 188 Score: 8.57 source: theintercept.com age: 7 days
qualifiers: 8.57 politics

How to trade an election
Thu, 21 Mar 2024 11:10:12 +0000
It is becoming harder for investors to ignore politics
Match ID: 189 Score: 7.86 source: www.economist.com age: 56 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics, 3.57 election

‘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: 190 Score: 4.29 source: www.theguardian.com age: 13 days
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How American politics has infected investing
Sun, 21 Apr 2024 15:41:46 +0000
Beware: taking a stand can be expensive
Match ID: 191 Score: 4.29 source: www.economist.com age: 25 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: 192 Score: 4.29 source: www.wired.com age: 113 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: 193 Score: 4.29 source: www.wired.com age: 125 days
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LimeWire AI Studio Review 2023: Details, Pricing & Features
Tue, 12 Dec 2023 16:10:00 +0000

 

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

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

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

Introduction

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: 194 Score: 4.29 source: techncruncher.blogspot.com age: 156 days
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When will Americans see those interest-rate cuts?
Wed, 10 Apr 2024 20:08:53 +0000
Following a nasty surprise, some now think they may come only after the presidential election
Match ID: 195 Score: 3.57 source: www.economist.com age: 36 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: 196 Score: 3.57 source: www.economist.com age: 67 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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