Links 15/05/2024: Toll on Climate Change, Physical Assaults on Politicians
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Leftovers
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-05-06 [Older] Authorities Say Multiple Injuries After Building Under Construction Collapses in South Africa
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-05-06 [Older] An Inquiry Into a Building Fire in South Africa That Killed 76 Finds City Authorities Responsible
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-05-11 [Older] South Africa: survivor found 5 days after building collapse
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-05-09 [Older] South Africa: Dozens missing days after building collapse
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-05-11 [Older] Man Rescued Five Days After South Africa Building Collapse
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-05-07 [Older] Rescuers Search for Survivors After South Africa Building Collapses
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-05-07 [Older] Rescuers Contact Some Workers Alive in the Rubble of a Deadly Building Collapse in South Africa
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-05-07 [Older] Amazon Launches Online Shopping Service in South Africa
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Modern Diplomacy ☛ 2024-05-11 [Older] Termination of African Countries from AGOA Agreement: A Threat Or Opportunity For The African Economy?
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Counter Punch ☛ 2024-05-10 [Older] A Win for MK in South Africa will Not Necessarily be OK for the BRICS+ Group of Countries
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Modern Diplomacy ☛ 2024-05-08 [Older] Kigali Launches a Research Center in African Science Diplomacy
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CBC ☛ 2024-05-08 [Older] Should your mail be delivered daily? Canada Post wants Ottawa to rethink its mandate
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CBC ☛ 2024-05-06 [Older] Nunavut residents frustrated as Canada Post closes loophole that allowed free Amazon shipping to small communities
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Science
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Education
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BIA Net ☛ 2024-05-09 [Older] Turkey's education system faces 'rising violence, declining academic success'
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Times Higher Education ☛ Search engines are failing. Research methods classes need to catch up
The likes of Google are being undermined by both AI and their own commercial imperatives. Researchers can no longer rely on them, says Andy Farnell
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Health/Nutrition/Agriculture
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-05-06 [Older] Can Kenya fund doctors' demands for better working terms?
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-05-08 [Older] Kenya: Strike by doctors to end as government signs deal
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-05-06 [Older] CRISPR gene editing trial treats inherited blindness
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-05-09 [Older] Gene therapy trials treat inherited blindness and deafness
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CBC ☛ 2024-05-08 [Older] Health Canada eases barriers for sperm and egg donors
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CBC ☛ 2024-05-07 [Older] Case of Brantford woman who faked pregnancies and scammed doulas signals need for better screening: groups
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CBC ☛ 2024-05-07 [Older] Ottawa will stop providing COVID-19 rapid tests to regions
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-05-08 [Older] AstraZeneca withdraws COVID-19 vaccine, citing low demand [Ed: Yes, bad products have very low demand.]
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CBC ☛ 2024-05-06 [Older] U.S. lawmakers are taking aim at private equity in health care. Here's what is happening in Canada
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CBC ☛ 2024-05-07 [Older] From handknit socks to rural experience, here are ideas for attracting doctors to small towns
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CBC ☛ 2024-05-07 [Older] For cities and towns trying to cut out plastic, here's what's worked and what hasn't
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CBC ☛ 2024-05-07 [Older] This sixth-grader saved his friend's life — thanks to first-aid training he got during class
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-05-10 [Older] German suicide prevention plan hopes to help more men
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CBC ☛ 2024-05-06 [Older] This mom took her 14-year-old daughter off life support. She says her suicide was preventable
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-05-09 [Older] Social media: Abstinence can boost self-esteem
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-05-08 [Older] Malaysia plans 'orangutan diplomacy' to boost palm oil sales
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CBC ☛ 2024-05-06 [Older] Hundreds strike at Nestle chocolate plant in Toronto: Unifor
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-05-07 [Older] Can EU wean itself off essential drugs from China, India?
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Proprietary/Artificial Intelligence (AI)
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EuroGamer ☛ Square Enix impacted by unknown number of layoffs across US and European offices
Square Enix has been hit by a round of layoffs, impacting employees in its US and European offices as part of "structural reforms".
It's unclear how many people are affected, but as VGC reports, staff were informed during an internal meeting on Monday. Eurogamer has contacted Square Enix for comment.
The layoffs will happen over the next month, with employees in publishing, IT, and the indie games division Square Enix Collective most affected.
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Firstpost ☛ Big tech giants’ profits soar amid waves of mass layoffs
The past few weeks have been all about money matters for big tech giants. We’re talking about the world’s five biggest technology firms: Microsoft, Apple, Alphabet, Amazon, and Meta - firms leading the world in terms of earnings and stock market valuations. These tech giants have released their quarterly balance sheets, and they have reported billions of dollars in profits.
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San Fancisco ☛ Tesla’s layoff spree continues with 600 new job cuts in Bay Area
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“I See Two Paths Here…” Former Blizzard President Discusses Xbox’s Rocky Future [Ed: Xbox is doomed, even its creators are worried]
The last week feels like a horrible fever dream for not only Xbox fans, but the hard-working and talented people across Bethesda Studio's Arkane Austin, Tango Gameworks, Alpha Dog Games, and Roundhouse Studios. After only three years of Microsoft acquiring the studios for $7.5 billion, employees found themselves either jobless or moved elsewhere within the company.
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Security
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Defence/Aggression
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-05-06 [Older] Is Japan 'xenophobic' like US President Biden claims?
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-05-08 [Older] Nepal map on currency note stirs up border row with India
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-05-07 [Older] Australia says China's conduct in airspace 'unacceptable'
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-05-07 [Older] Boeing Starliner's first crewed launch to ISS postponed
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-05-06 [Older] Scholz vows Germany's 'unwavering' support for Baltics
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-05-09 [Older] Europe: Which countries have compulsory military service?
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-05-09 [Older] Germany: 2 far-right AfD politicians attacked in Stuttgart
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-05-06 [Older] Attacks on politicians in Germany on the rise
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Defence Web ☛ 2024-05-06 [Older] South African helicopter pilot killed in Cabo Delgado aircraft crash – report
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Defence Web ☛ 2024-05-06 [Older] South Africa’s polls unlikely to result in widespread public violence
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-05-06 [Older] Turkey Formally Opens Another Former Byzantine-Era Church as a Mosque
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ANF News ☛ 2024-05-07 [Older] At least 30 women murdered in Turkey in April
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-05-07 [Older] Turkey's Bosphorus Traffic Suspended After Ship Engine Failure, Agent Says
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-05-06 [Older] Turkey Strikes Northern Iraq From Air, Says It Kills PKK Members
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NL Times ☛ 2024-05-09 [Older] Corendon Boeing 737's tire blows out on landing in Turkey
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ANF News ☛ 2024-05-09 [Older] Israeli media: Turkey approves renewal of exports to Israel
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Defence Web ☛ 2024-05-10 [Older] Zimbabwe promotes women for peace
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CBC ☛ 2024-05-07 [Older] 6 Canadian children stuck in Syrian detention camp have now been returned to Canada
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-05-11 [Older] North Korea: Kim attends rocket launcher test
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-05-11 [Older] Sudan: Looming Darfur carnage likely to spur revenge
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-05-10 [Older] Antifa group claims Stuttgart incident against AfD lawmakers
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-05-10 [Older] China's military confronts US ship in South China Sea
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-05-10 [Older] Femicide in Kosovo: Why do women keep being killed?
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-05-10 [Older] Germany: COVID rule 'armed resistance' group to face trial
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-05-10 [Older] Mozambique battles Islamist attack in Cabo Delgado
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-05-08 [Older] DW captures attack on Green Party politician in Dresden
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-05-08 [Older] Franziska Giffey attack: Police detain 74-year-old man
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-05-08 [Older] Germany: Ice cream sellers probed over Mafia money
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CBC ☛ 2024-05-06 [Older] No jail time for Hamilton police officer who sexually assaulted woman he was mentoring, judge rules
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CBC ☛ 2024-05-06 [Older] Trial of Winnipeg man who admits to killing 4 women to be heard by judge alone
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-05-07 [Older] North Korea and Iran — a new alliance?
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-05-07 [Older] North Macedonia: Frustrated voters set to punish government
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Russia, Belarus, and War in Ukraine
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-05-07 [Older] What happens if the EU does not recognize Vladimir Putin?
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-05-06 [Older] A threat to Democracy: Attacks on politicians in Germany on the rise
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-05-11 [Older] As Germany mulls military service return, what about Europe?
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-05-11 [Older] Berlin museum pokes fun at German bureaucracy
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Environment
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Copenhagen Post ☛ 2024-05-05 [Older] Danish companies breach EU law, dump toxic waste into sea – Environment Ministry waves it through
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-05-06 [Older] German FM warns of climate threat during Fiji visit
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CBC ☛ 2024-05-06 [Older] In face of extreme weather, Canadians increasingly turn to crowdfunding for help
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CBC ☛ 2024-05-06 [Older] This voracious U.S. catfish species is now in Ontario, possibly due to climate change
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-05-07 [Older] As Climate Shifts, a Leafhopper Bug Plagues Argentina's Corn Fields
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Modern Diplomacy ☛ 2024-05-07 [Older] Tackling the Climate, Debt, and Inflation Trilemma
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-05-08 [Older] Greta Thunberg fined over Stockholm protest
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The Local SE ☛ 2024-05-08 [Older] Stockholm court fines Greta Thunberg over parliament climate protest
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-05-08 [Older] Germans fear migration more than climate change, study finds
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TruthOut ☛ 2024-05-08 [Older] Sense of Urgency About Climate Change Is Declining Among Youth, Poll Finds
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-05-11 [Older] Afghanistan: Flash floods near Kabul kills dozens
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TruthOut ☛ 2024-05-08 [Older] Scientists Warn Climate Change Is to Blame for Brazil’s Worst Floods in 80 Years
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-05-11 [Older] Brazil floods: More rains expected, as people await rescue
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-05-09 [Older] India elections: Why is no one talking about climate change?
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Bridge Michigan ☛ 2024-05-09 [Older] Michigan AG Nessel plans to sue fossil fuel companies over climate change
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TruthOut ☛ 2024-05-09 [Older] Tribal Communities Face Severe Risks of Flooding Due to Climate Change
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-05-10 [Older] Poland: Farmers protest against EU climate policies
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-05-10 [Older] Climate protesters in their 80s target Magna Carta
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Bridge Michigan ☛ 2024-05-10 [Older] Would tax break for MI data centers bring economic boon, or climate doom?
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-05-11 [Older] Vermont Legislature Adjourns Session Focused on Property Taxes, Housing, Climate Change
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CBC ☛ 2024-05-11 [Older] Ottawa turns to civilian first responders as another dire wildfire season approaches
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Energy/Transportation
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-05-07 [Older] FAA opens Boeing probe over possible 'falsified' 787 records
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-05-10 [Older] Will copper unleash a new commodities 'supercycle'?
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CBC ☛ 2024-05-09 [Older] Peel police arrest another suspect tied to Toronto airport gold heist
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TruthOut ☛ 2024-05-09 [Older] Trump Seeks $1 Billion From Big Oil, Vows to Overturn Climate Regulations
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Vox ☛ 2024-05-10 [Older] Why Japan is struggling to kick its coal dependency
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-05-10 [Older] Protesters attempt to storm Tesla's factory near Berlin
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-05-11 [Older] Berlin Tesla activists say civil disobedience is only option
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CBC ☛ 2024-05-09 [Older] Life of girl born on plane ends in abuse, neglect, manslaughter
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-05-10 [Older] US Plans to Impose Major New Tariffs on EVs, Other Chinese Green Energy Imports, AP Sources Say
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University of Michigan ☛ 2024-05-09 [Older] University receives $3.6M to advance nuclear energy
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-05-08 [Older] South Carolina Senate Turns Wide-Ranging Energy Bill Into Resolution Supporting More Power
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-05-07 [Older] Vulnerable Moldova Tightens Energy Cooperation With Norway
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Gizmodo ☛ 2024-05-06 [Older] Doctor Who's Latest Era Is a Burst of Regenerative Energy
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Modern Diplomacy ☛ 2024-05-06 [Older] China-U.S. Energy Enterprise Cooperation Forum
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-05-11 [Older] US Energy Secretary to Visit Saudi Arabia, UAE Next Week, Officials Say
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Jacobin Magazine ☛ 2024-05-05 [Older] “Just Energy Partnerships” Are Failing
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CBC ☛ 2024-05-06 [Older] Work stoppage averted as WestJet, aircraft engineers' union reach tentative deal
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Wildlife/Nature
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Overpopulation
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Finance
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CBC ☛ 2024-05-09 [Older] Hundreds of jobs affected as forestry giant Canfor makes cuts in northern B.C.
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-05-07 [Older] German exports rise unexpectedly high in March
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-05-07 [Older] Germany: Study shows correlation between racism and poverty
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CBC ☛ 2024-05-09 [Older] Veteran con man arrested over 'large scale' Ontario investment fraud
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CBC ☛ 2024-05-09 [Older] Canada's foreign student push 'mismatched' job market, data shows
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-05-10 [Older] Japanese angst as India set to overtake as 4th largest economy
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-05-09 [Older] Argentina: Unions call nationwide strike over Milei's policy
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AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-05-06 [Older] Panama election: Mulino declared president-elect
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-05-06 [Older] German politician attack: 4 teens identified as suspects
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-05-06 [Older] EU to drop action against Poland on 'rule of law' concerns [Ed: EU no longer cares about rule of law; it actively attacks the rule of law, e.g. in UPC and EPO]
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-05-06 [Older] Donald Trump threatened with jail time over gag order violations
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Daniel Pocock ☛ Marathon walk for Ann Delaney, woman deceased in Dublin street, fundraiser Alice Leahy Trust
Saturday, 24 February 2024: I walked past Mrs Delaney some time during the day. Given that I visit Camden Street regularly, I had seen Mrs Delaney there many times before and I noticed that she looked different. I felt concern about what appeared to be discoloration or bruises on her cheeks. I felt this was something new that I hadn't noticed on my previous visits mid-January and mid-December.
Sunday, 25 February 2024: I left the hotel some time between 7:30 and 8am to walk down Camden Street towards the city center. In other words, I walked past Mrs Delaney at the very moment she was dying. This wasn't obvious to a passer-by: many of the rough sleepers are wrapped up in sleeping bags, fast asleep until mid morning. Sunday mornings are extremely quiet in Dublin.
Mrs Delaney passed away. The reports from Irish Mirror suggest she died at approximately 9am at the place where she had been sleeping in the street.
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Gizmodo ☛ 2024-05-10 [Older] Nintendo Doesn't Want to Deal With X/Twitter Either
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Gizmodo ☛ 2024-05-10 [Older] Jack Dorsey Rains on Bluesky
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-05-08 [Older] Visiting Serbia, China's Xi boosts 'ironclad' relationship
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-05-09 [Older] China's Xi meets Orban in Hungary
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-05-11 [Older] Did China's Xi Jinping expose disunity in Europe?
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-05-11 [Older] Kuwait: Emir dissolves parliament, a month after elections
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CBC ☛ 2024-05-07 [Older] India's high commissioner to Canada scheduled to speak on bilateral relations after RCMP arrests
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Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda
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Censorship/Free Speech
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Project Censored ☛ 2024-05-06 [Older] Echoes of Rebellion: Student Protests, State Violence, and Spatial Power
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-05-07 [Older] Biden to Condemn Antisemitism, Praise Free Speech at Holocaust Remembrance
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TruthOut ☛ 2024-05-07 [Older] Trump Says Gag Order Jail Sentence Would Be “Sacrifice” to Protect Speech Rights
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-05-09 [Older] Xavier University Cancels UN Ambassador’s Commencement Speech After Student Outcry
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The Conversation ☛ 2024-05-09 [Older] Why removing protections on social media – in the name of free speech – is bad for peacebuilding
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Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-05-10 [Older] Human Rights Press Award goes to DW documentary about Bangladeshi death squad
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-05-09 [Older] Nigeria: Rights groups demand release of detained journalist
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ANF News ☛ 2024-05-09 [Older] MKG: 10 women journalists were detained in Turkey in April
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-05-06 [Older] Italy's RAI Journalists Strike Over Budget Streamlining, Complain of Censorship and Media Repression
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CBC ☛ 2024-05-09 [Older] Writer and journalist Rex Murphy dead at 77: National Post
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Civil Rights/Policing
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HRW ☛ 2024-05-06 [Older] South Africa: Toxic Rhetoric Endangers Migrants
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-05-07 [Older] South Africa's Zuma Faces Dissent in New Party as Election Nears
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CBC ☛ 2024-05-09 [Older] Toronto cop believed Black candidates would not be treated fairly, says defence at disciplinary hearing
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CBC ☛ 2024-05-09 [Older] Their dad died but Toronto police didn't tell them. They want to make sure it doesn't happen to anyone else
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CBC ☛ 2024-05-08 [Older] Earrings, clothing belonging to victims found in serial killer's home, police officer testifies
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CBC ☛ 2024-05-08 [Older] Killings of 4 Indigenous women were 'purposeful and racially motivated,' Crown argues as trial begins
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CBC ☛ 2024-05-08 [Older] Polyamorous relationships are on the rise in Canada. The law is still catching up
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-05-10 [Older] US: Virginia school board restores Confederate names
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Copyrights/Music
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-05-06 [Older] Beethoven's Ninth Symphony: 200 years on
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Monopolies/Monopsonies
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