Links 24/08/2024: Ukraine Updates, Wildfires, Protests
Contents
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Leftovers
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Science
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LabX Media Group ☛ 2024-08-22 [Older] Biotechs Bolster Biosecurity to Safeguard the Future of Nucleic Acid Sequencing
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The Conversation ☛ 2024-08-20 [Older] What the unique shape of the human heart tells us about our evolution
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The Conversation ☛ 2024-08-19 [Older] Slingshot in space: the tricky manoeuvre that will use Earth and the Moon to send the Juice mission to Jupiter
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The Conversation ☛ 2024-08-22 [Older] Bayesian yacht disaster: how specialist search and rescue teams work underwater
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The Conversation ☛ 2024-08-22 [Older] We discovered a new way mountains are formed – from ‘mantle waves’ inside the Earth
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The Conversation ☛ 2024-08-21 [Older] The Moon was once covered by an ocean of molten rock, data from India’s space mission suggests
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Health/Nutrition/Agriculture
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-08-21 [Older] How Russia's war in Ukraine triggered suicides in India
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BIA Net ☛ 2024-08-15 [Older] Anti-drug operations across Turkey lead to seizure of 3.7 tons of narcotics
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BIA Net ☛ 2024-08-22 [Older] Farmer protests spread across Turkey
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BIA Net ☛ 2024-08-22 [Older] Turkey's human rights agency affirms prisoners' right to request non-smoking cells
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Proprietary/Artificial Intelligence (AI)
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-08-17 [Older] RECOMMENDED — Could real-life models soon be a thing of the past? Many companies are turning to AI for their advertising campaigns.
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WCCF Tech ☛ Phil Spencer Speaks on Changes for Microsoft and Xbox Exclusives [Ed: Microsoft lost leverage over the market]
Indiana Jones and The Great Circle was previously slated to be an Xbox exclusive. However, that idea has since been scrapped, and the game will also be coming to PlayStation 5. Xbox confirmed this on Tuesday at Gamescom Opening Night Live, where it was revealed that the game will be swinging onto PS5 in early 2025. However, those on PC and Xbox Series X|S will experience the adventure on 9 December, 2024. Today, Phil Spencer spoke about upcoming changes for Microsoft.
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-08-17 [Older] AI-generated models revolutionize the fashion industry [Ed: Glorifying a form of plagiarism]
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UNIXdigest ☛ 2024-08-21 [Older] I passionately hate hype, especially the AI hype
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Security
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Privacy/Surveillance
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Defence/Aggression
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International Business Times ☛ 2024-08-19 [Older] Cybersecurity Expert Reveals Why More And More Stolen Phones In London Are Ending Up In China
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Modern Diplomacy ☛ 2024-08-20 [Older] China’s Global Security Initiative: Evolving trends
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ANF News ☛ 2024-08-22 [Older] Internal Security Forces: Our will to resist Turkey’s attacks is stronger than ever
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Modern Diplomacy ☛ 2024-08-22 [Older] The Security Imperative: Pakistan’s Nuclear Deterrence and Diplomacy – Book Review
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Defence Web ☛ 2024-08-22 [Older] Police commit to clamping down on gang violence and extortion in Eastern Cape
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-08-20 [Older] Cypriot YouTuber turned MEP sparks debate with video on island's division
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-08-16 [Older] Haiti: Inmates killed in 3rd prison break this year
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ANF News ☛ 2024-08-18 [Older] Hozat: Turkey wants a war between Iran and Israel to become the first hegemonic power in the region
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-08-17 [Older] Argentina police thwart terror attack targeting Jews
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-22 [Older] Nepal Lifts TikTok Ban After App Addresses Cyber Crime Concerns [Ed: Nepal correctly identified it as a weapon]
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-22 [Older] Nepal Lifts Its Ban on TikTok Imposed for Disrupting Social Harmony
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Russia, Belarus, and War in Ukraine
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CPJ ☛ 2024-08-19 [Older] Russia prosecutes Italian journalists covering war in Kursk region
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-17 [Older] Italian Reporters to Return After Russian Anger at Kursk Report
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-08-22 [Older] Visiting Sudzha, Russian Kursk border town held by Ukraine
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-22 [Older] Factbox-Kursk Nuclear Plant Is One of Russia's Top Atomic Power Stations
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-22 [Older] Ferry Loaded With Fuel Sinks at Russian Port After Ukrainian Attack
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-22 [Older] Frail and Elderly Flee East Ukrainian City as Russians Advance
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-22 [Older] Russian Guided Bombs Kill Two in Ukraine's Sumy Region
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-22 [Older] Ukraine Says It Used U.S.-Made Bomb to Hit Target in Russia's Kursk Region
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-21 [Older] Hungary Says Russian 'National Card' Visa Holders Will Go Through Same Security Screening as Others
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-21 [Older] Russian Priests Bring Icon to Try to Tame Depot Fire After Drone Attack
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-21 [Older] Russia's Arctic Airports Back to Work After Drone Alert
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-21 [Older] Russia's Medvedev Says There Will Be No Talks With Ukraine After Kursk Incursion
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-21 [Older] Russia's Putin Meets Chinese Premier Li Qiang in Moscow
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-21 [Older] Scholz: Ukraine Did Not Consult Germany Over Russia Incursion
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-21 [Older] Ukraine Says It Hits Pontoon Bridges in Russia With U.S.-Made Weapons
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-21 [Older] Zelenskiy Says Ukraine Is Boosting Its Forces in East to Resist Russian Advance
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-08-20 [Older] Is Russia's war in Ukraine an environmental war crime?
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-08-20 [Older] Why India’s PM Modi is visiting Ukraine after Russia talks?
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-20 [Older] A Massive Fire Rages for a Third Day at a Russian Oil Depot Targeted in a Ukrainian Drone Attack
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-20 [Older] Fire at Huge Russian Diesel Depot Engulfing More Storage Tanks, Media Reports
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-20 [Older] Russia Hits Energy Infrastructure in Airstrikes on Ukraine
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-20 [Older] Russian Military Says It Takes Control of Strategic Ukrainian Town of 'Niu-York'
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-20 [Older] Russia's FSB Detains Scientist on Suspicion of Treason, Ifax Reports
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-20 [Older] Ukraine Adopts Law Paving Way for Ban of Russia-Linked Minority Church
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-20 [Older] Ukraine Air Defences Down 3 Missiles, 25 Drones Fired by Russia, Ukrainian Air Force Says
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CBC ☛ 2024-08-19 [Older] Conservative Party posts — then deletes — video showing Russian-made jets
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-08-19 [Older] How Ukraine’s advance in Russia threatens EU gas supply
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CBC ☛ 2024-08-18 [Older] Volcano eruption after powerful quake in Russia triggers airspace 'code red' and aftershock fears
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CBC ☛ 2024-08-18 [Older] Ukrainian forces strike 2nd bridge in Russia's Kursk area
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-18 [Older] Ukraine Drone Debris Sparks Diesel Fire in Russia's Rostov, Regional Governor Says
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-18 [Older] North Korea Condemns Ukraine's Incursion Into Russia as Act of Terror
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-18 [Older] Russia Denies Media Report About Indirect Talks With Ukraine
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-18 [Older] Russia Launches Third Ballistic Missile Attack on Kyiv This Month, Ukraine Says
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-18 [Older] Ukraine Says It Has Destroyed Another Bridge in Russia's Kursk Region
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-18 [Older] Ukrainian Forces Strike 2 Key Bridges in Russia's Kursk Area in a Possible Sign They Intend to Stay
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-17 [Older] Volcano Erupts After Powerful Earthquake in Russia's Far East and Scientists Warn of a Stronger One
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-08-17 [Older] Ukraine updates: Western weapons used in Kursk, Russia says
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-17 [Older] Chechen Warlord Invites Musk to Russia After He's Filmed Driving Machine-Gun Mounted Cybertruck
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-17 [Older] Analysis-How Russia Looked the Wrong Way as Ukraine Invaded
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-17 [Older] Russian Missile Sparks Blaze in Ukraine as Kyiv's Troops Push Into Russia's Kursk Region
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-17 [Older] Quake of Magnitude 7.2 Hits off Coast of Russia's Kamchatka Region
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-17 [Older] Russia Accuses Ukraine of Bombing Road Near Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-17 [Older] Russia Says Ukraine Planning Kursk Nuclear Plant 'Provocation'
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-17 [Older] Russia Says Ukraine Used Western Rockets to Destroy Bridge in Kursk Region
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-17 [Older] Russia's Kadyrov Equips Tesla Truck With Machinegun for War
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-17 [Older] Ukraine Strengthens Positions in Russia's Kursk Region, Zelenskiy Says
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-16 [Older] Ukrainian Forces Left a Path of Destruction in the Kursk Operation. AP Visited a Seized Russian Town
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-08-22 [Older] Modi calls for Ukraine 'dialogue' during Poland visit
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-08-22 [Older] Ukraine updates: Drone attack sparks Volgograd storage fire
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-22 [Older] Ukraine Says It Hosts First Follow-Up to Swiss Peace Summit
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CBC ☛ 2024-08-21 [Older] Ukraine launches significant drone attack on Moscow, mayor says
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-08-21 [Older] Ukraine updates: Moscow downs drones, loses land in Kursk
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-21 [Older] India's Modi Visits Poland for Security and Trade Talks En Route to War-Torn Ukraine
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-21 [Older] Ukraine Ratifies Rome Statute, Paving Way for ICC Membership
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-21 [Older] Ukraine Says It Hits Pontoon Bridges in Kursk Region With US-Made Rockets
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-08-20 [Older] Ukraine updates: Kyiv issues evacuation orders in Pokrovsk
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-20 [Older] People in Ukraine's Ternopil Urged to Stay Inside After Large Fire Breaks Out
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-20 [Older] Ukraine Gives Final Approval for Minimum Grain Export Prices
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-08-19 [Older] Germany to cut Ukraine financial aid by 2026
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-08-19 [Older] Ukraine and US missiles shape Germany's regional elections
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-08-19 [Older] Ukraine updates: India's Modi to visit Kyiv
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The Age AU ☛ 2024-08-19 [Older] The Ukrainian cricketers who ditched their bats to save their country
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The Local DK ☛ 2024-08-19 [Older] Denmark gives 800 million kroner to Ukraine for weapons purchases
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CBC ☛ 2024-08-18 [Older] How did divers manage to blow up the Nord Stream pipeline? We went down to the spot to find out
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-08-18 [Older] Ukraine updates — Belarus sends extra troops to border
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-08-18 [Older] Ukraine updates: Zelenskyy seeks Kursk 'buffer zone'
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-18 [Older] Belarus' Lukashenko Says Nearly a Third of Army Sent to Ukraine Border, Belta Reports
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-17 [Older] IAEA Says Safety at Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant Deteriorates
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-17 [Older] Ukraine Offensive Doesn't Alter Western Anti-Escalation Stance, Poland Says
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Environment
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-08-15 [Older] What are mountain glaciers and why do they matter?
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CBC ☛ 2024-08-22 [Older] World's most effective climate policies identified in new study
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-22 [Older] What Has Worked to Fight Climate Change? Policies Where Someone Pays for Polluting, Study Finds
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CBC ☛ 2024-08-21 [Older] Climate change is pushing wildfires closer to urban areas. Firefighters say they're not prepared
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TruthOut ☛ 2024-08-20 [Older] Walz’s Climate Record Is Complicated by Coziness With Fossil Fuel Companies
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Truthdig ☛ 2024-08-20 [Older] The DNC Is Aware of Its Climate Paradox
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Jacobin Magazine ☛ 2024-08-19 [Older] For and Against Climate Progress in the Atomic Garden
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NL Times ☛ 2024-08-18 [Older] Haarlem mayor can't fine climate activists for demonstrating, court rules
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Scheerpost ☛ 2024-08-18 [Older] Thousands of Disaster Survivors Urge the Department of Justice to Investigate Fossil Fuel Companies for Climate Crimes
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TruthOut ☛ 2024-08-17 [Older] Nike Promised Climate Action, But Its Corporate Jets Kept Flying – and Polluting
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CBC ☛ 2024-08-17 [Older] The threat of climate change demands something more than thoughts, prayers and excuses
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Energy/Transportation
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Wildlife/Nature
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-17 [Older] Firefighters Battle to Contain Five Wildfires Across Turkey, Minister Says
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BIA Net ☛ 2024-08-16 [Older] Wildfire threatens residential, industrial areas in Turkey’s İzmir
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BIA Net ☛ 2024-08-19 [Older] Turkey faces massive surge in wildfires in 2024
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BIA Net ☛ 2024-08-19 [Older] Turkey saw 247 wildfires in four days amid high temperatures
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-08-17 [Older] Germany: Endangered Barbary macaque escapes wildlife park
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Finance
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Gizmodo ☛ 2024-08-21 [Older] Bankers Have Lost So Much Money Thanks to Elon’s Terrible Twitter Deal
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The Local SE ☛ 2024-08-21 [Older] Sweden's mortgage war heats up as banks race to cut rates
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BIA Net ☛ 2024-08-19 [Older] Turkey’s unemployment rate remains steady in second quarter of 2024
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-08-17 [Older] US: Harris lays out economic plan to target cost of living
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Modern Diplomacy ☛ 2024-08-21 [Older] A Collapse of the Russian Economy Might Lead to Chinese Aggression
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-20 [Older] Czechs Will Buy Ammunition for Ukraine With Income From Frozen Russian Assets
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International Business Times ☛ 2024-08-20 [Older] UK Judge Blocks Katie Price's TikTok Income To Help Pay For £760K Debt Following Recent £10K Face Lift
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The Age AU ☛ 2024-08-22 [Older] Watchdog sets sights on insurers as premiums, complaints soar
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Business Insider ☛ I'm quitting my job at a big tech company to travel. Hustle culture is overrated — I'm taking a year off.
A project manager at a big tech firm is putting her burgeoning career on hold to focus on her mental health.
I worked in Big Law for 4 years but felt like I was sacrificing my morals. I took a 75% pay cut but love my work now.
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Project Censored ☛ 2024-08-19 [Older] Colonialism and Capitalism: From Earth to Space
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AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics
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TruthOut ☛ 2024-08-21 [Older] In DNC Speech, Sanders Says Overturning “Citizens United” Should Be a Priority
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Truthdig ☛ 2024-08-21 [Older] Sanders Condemns ‘Oligarchs’ Buying Elections in Convention Speech
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-08-18 [Older] Sweden sees drop in immigration as more people leave
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-08-18 [Older] Slovakia: Ongoing protests against increasingly authoritarian government
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-08-17 [Older] Thailand: Former PM Thaksin Shinawatra receives royal pardon
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-08-17 [Older] Polish activists say new abortion guidelines not good enough
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-08-17 [Older] Pro-opposition Venezuelans protest election 'fraud'
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-08-17 [Older] Ram Mandir float in NYC's India Day parade stirs controversy
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-08-17 [Older] India protests: Doctors strike nationwide, disrupt services
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-08-17 [Older] Indonesia marks Independence Day in unfinished Nusantara
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Censorship/Free Speech
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Scheerpost ☛ 2024-08-17 [Older] In These Five Social Media Speech Cases, Supreme Court Set Foundational Rules for the Future
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Scheerpost ☛ 2024-08-20 [Older] Meta Permanently Bans The Cradle in Latest Attack on Free Speech
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-08-18 [Older] X shuts Brazil operations over 'censorship' orders: Musk
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-17 [Older] X Announces Suspension of Brazil Operations, Alleging ‘Censorship Orders’ From Supreme Court Justice
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International Business Times ☛ 2024-08-21 [Older] Netizens Slam Amazon Driver For Suggesting That Customers Who Order Daily Should Offer Tips Or Snacks
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-22 [Older] Amazon Must Face D.C.'s Antitrust Lawsuit, Appeals Court Rules
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Patents
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Kangaroo Courts
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IP Kat ☛ 2024-08-20 [Older] [UPCKat] UPC asserts its jurisdiction in parallel patent proceedings in Mala v Nokia dispute [Ed: What jurisdiction for an illegal, fake, unconstitutional kangaroo court? This is corruption at the very heard of Europe, including the so-called "court" system]
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IP Kat ☛ 2024-08-21 [Older] Falling between the cracks: The challenges of patent strategy for stem cell therapies (T 1259/22) [Ed: And the EPO's very own kangaroo court, which the dictator controls]
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Trademarks
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Copyrights
Monopolies/Monopsonies
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