Links 10/12/2024: Health, Politics, Economics, and More
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Leftovers
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Science
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Career/Education
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Hardware
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Health/Nutrition/Agriculture
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-11-27 [Older] Germany sees dramatic rise in measles cases
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Modern Diplomacy ☛ 2024-11-30 [Older] Pandemics and global health security: Lessons from covid-19
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-11-28 [Older] Indians slowly choking under clouds of air pollution
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-12-03 [Older] Germany can't quit chocolate, despite record-high prices
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-11-28 [Older] How can Delhi finally end chronic air pollution?
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Project Censored ☛ 2024-12-03 [Older] #3. Saltwater Intrusion Threatens US Freshwater Supplies
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Project Censored ☛ 2024-12-03 [Older] #19. Unregulated PFAS Harming Native American Communities
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Project Censored ☛ 2024-12-03 [Older] #23. Hospital School Programs Support Students’ Mental Health and Education
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Project Censored ☛ 2024-12-03 [Older] #24. Forced Labor Traps Adopted Children in Paraguay
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CBC ☛ 2024-12-03 [Older] Halifax woman waited 3 years for MRI that showed she had brain tumour
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CBC ☛ 2024-12-02 [Older] 2024 worst year for Ontario ER closures, CBC analysis finds
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HRW ☛ 2024-12-03 [Older] Canada: Abuse, Bias Against Immigration Detainees with Disabilities
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CBC ☛ 2024-12-02 [Older] Health order sending Manitoba woman to jail for tuberculosis treatment 'wildly excessive': lawyer
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-11-29 [Older] UK lawmakers vote assisted dying bill through to next phase
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CBC ☛ 2024-11-26 [Older] Fighter dies following Edmonton-area MMA match
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-12-02 [Older] Guinea: Dozens killed after stampede over soccer penalty
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-12-02 [Older] Humans are addicted to love — here's how we know
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CBC ☛ 2024-11-28 [Older] Canada expands recall of organic carrots at risk of E. coli contamination
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-11-29 [Older] SunFed Cucumbers and Costco Eggs Recalled Due to Potential Salmonella Contamination
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-11-30 [Older] EU coronavirus fund payouts: How do they work?
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CBC ☛ 2024-11-30 [Older] A northern Alberta senior thought she was going into cardiac arrest. The medevac cost her $29K
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CBC ☛ 2024-11-30 [Older] Ontario inmates at 'extremely high risk' of death from opioids, Hamilton doctor tells inquest
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CBC ☛ 2024-12-03 [Older] He was barred from his mother's long-term care home. Now, he's pushing back
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Security
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Integrity/Availability/Authenticity
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Privacy/Surveillance
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Defence Web ☛ 2024-12-02 [Older] Data-driven strategies take centre stage at policing conference
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CBC ☛ 2024-11-28 [Older] Air Canada rolling out facial recognition technology at Vancouver airport
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The Conversation ☛ 2024-12-02 [Older] Getting your child a smartphone or tablet for Christmas? Here’s what you need to know about security [Ed: Bad idea all around; those are digital weapons]
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-12-03 [Older] FBI Tells Telecom Firms to Boost Security Following Wide-Ranging Chinese Hacking Campaign [Ed: The real issue here is the FBI demanding back doors (along with other agencies), e.g. CALEA/2]
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Project Censored ☛ 2024-12-03 [Older] #13. Homeland Security, ICE Using Cell-Site Simulators for Illegal Tracking
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Confidentiality
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Defence/Aggression
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-12-03 [Older] South Korea ends martial law after lawmakers vote it down
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-11-30 [Older] Taiwan's Lai provokes China's ire with planned US visit
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-12-01 [Older] Taiwan's Lai says 'war has no winners' as he visits Hawaii
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-12-03 [Older] Taiwan: How is China reacting to Lai's 'transit diplomacy?'
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-11-26 [Older] Turkey Helped UAE to Arrest Suspects Accused of Killing Israeli Rabbi
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BIA Net ☛ 2024-11-27 [Older] Turkey captures, extradites UAE rabbi murder suspects
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Project Censored ☛ 2024-12-03 [Older] Philadelphia Gun Violence Driving Higher Enrollment in Cyber-Charter Schools
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Project Censored ☛ 2024-12-03 [Older] #7. Military Personnel Target Gen Z Recruits with Lurid Social Media Tactics
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Project Censored ☛ 2024-12-03 [Older] #12. Indigenous Activists in Panama Shut Down Notorious Copper Mine
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Project Censored ☛ 2024-12-03 [Older] #18. Constitutional Loophole Propels Xenophobic Border Policies in Texas
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Defence Web ☛ 2024-11-26 [Older] Mozambique the most overt manifestation of terrorism in southern Africa
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-12-03 [Older] Biden says 'US is all in on Africa' during Angola visit
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-11-29 [Older] Joe Biden makes Angola his last stop
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HRW ☛ 2024-12-02 [Older] Make President Biden’s Only Trip to Africa Count
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Jacobin Magazine ☛ 2024-12-02 [Older] The Hidden Story of Britain’s Anti-Apartheid Militants
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Defence Web ☛ 2024-12-02 [Older] Military rule is on the rise in Africa – nothing good came from it in the past
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-11-28 [Older] Germany: Antisemitic incidents in Berlin rise sharply
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-11-28 [Older] Germany's Faeser calls for 'vigilance' at Christmas markets
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-12-03 [Older] Bangladesh summons India envoy after consulate attack
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-11-29 [Older] Bangladesh communal tensions grow amid Hindu protests
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-12-02 [Older] India: What is behind the 'reclaiming temples' campaign?
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-11-29 [Older] Ceasefire in Lebanon: Civil society ramps up reconstruction plans
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-11-26 [Older] Canada Hints at Fast-Tracking Refugee Refusals
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-12-02 [Older] Migrant Arrests at US Borders With Mexico and Canada Fell in November, Senior Official Says
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-12-02 [Older] Canada Pulls Refugee Welcome Mat, Launches Ads Warning Asylum Claims Hard
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-12-03 [Older] Ethiopia: Civilian deaths mount from drone strikes in Amhara
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-12-01 [Older] Australia PM says Musk pushing agenda after social media ban
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CBC ☛ 2024-11-30 [Older] Everyone agrees Canada should spend more on defence. How do we pay for it?
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CBC ☛ 2024-12-01 [Older] Overhaul police training to reduce police shootings — and look to Norway for answers: expert
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CBC ☛ 2024-11-30 [Older] Teen accused of plotting to bomb pro-Israel rally on Parliament Hill denied bail
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-12-01 [Older] Biden’s Long-Awaited Africa Trip to Tout a Win Against China
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-11-26 [Older] China Warns NZ Against Joining AUKUS Amid Security Concerns -Report
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-11-29 [Older] Chad to end security cooperation with France
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-11-29 [Older] France on the Back Foot in Africa After Chadian Snub
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-12-01 [Older] Senegal Seeks Answers 80 Years After French Massacre of African Soldiers
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Modern Diplomacy ☛ 2024-11-29 [Older] The Coming Kakistocracy: The Cabinet Nominations of Trump and Future of U.S. National Security
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-11-30 [Older] Kosovo Arrests Eight Linked to Canal Explosion as Tensions With Serbia Rise
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Counter Punch ☛ 2024-12-03 [Older] Nuclear Weapons Create and Exacerbate Human Insecurity
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Scheerpost ☛ 2024-12-03 [Older] Iran Extends Its Full Support to Syria To Fight Against Terrorist Groups in Country’s North
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-12-03 [Older] Fact check: Misleading claims as Syria fight intensifies
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CBC ☛ 2024-12-02 [Older] Iran-backed militia fighters enter Syria to help government forces fight off rebels
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-12-02 [Older] Syria: Iraqi militias provide Assad support
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-12-02 [Older] Explainer-Who Is Fighting in Syria and Why?
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-12-02 [Older] Iraqi Militias Deploy in Syria to Back Government's Counteroffensive Against Insurgents
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-12-02 [Older] Iraqi Militias Enter Syria to Reinforce Government Forces, Military Sources Say
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-12-02 [Older] Pro-Iranian Militias Enter Syria From Iraq to Aid Beleaguered Syrian Army
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-12-02 [Older] Syrian Government Needs to Reconcile With Its People and Opposition, Turkey Says
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-12-01 [Older] Syrian Military Launches Counterattacks in an Attempt to Halt Insurgents' Surprise Advance
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Russia, Belarus, and War in Ukraine
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-11-27 [Older] Ex-Manchester City striker set to become Georgia's president
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-11-30 [Older] Usmanov retained as world fencing boss despite sanctions
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-11-29 [Older] Georgia arrests dozens as police clash with pro-EU protesters
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-11-30 [Older] Poland seeks new partners in Scandinavia and the Baltics
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-12-01 [Older] Georgia: Clashes outside parliament on third protest night
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-11-30 [Older] Georgia: Police arrest scores amid ongoing pro-EU protests
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-11-30 [Older] Zelenskyy says NATO guarantees can end 'hot stage' of war
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Environment
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-11-27 [Older] South Korea's Seoul inundated by record November snowfall
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-11-28 [Older] Uganda landslides kill several, destroy dozens of homes
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Project Censored ☛ 2024-12-03 [Older] #2. A “Vicious Circle” of Climate Debt Traps World’s Most Vulnerable Nations
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HRW ☛ 2024-12-02 [Older] Midwives See Bigger Risks, and Bigger Role in Climate Crisis
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-12-02 [Older] World's top court starts landmark climate hearings
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-12-02 [Older] ICJ begins hearings to clarify climate change obligations
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TruthOut ☛ 2024-12-02 [Older] Frontline Nations Demand Climate Accountability at the ICJ
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Truthdig ☛ 2024-12-02 [Older] The World’s Biggest Climate Case Begins at The Hague
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HRW ☛ 2024-12-02 [Older] World Court Considers Climate Change
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-12-03 [Older] Top Emitter China Tells World Court That UN Treaties Cover States' Climate Obligations
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Renewable Energy World ☛ 2024-12-03 [Older] As climate focus shifts to states, East Coast partnership offers model for multi-state collaboration
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-12-02 [Older] Climate Solution: Sails Make a Comeback in Shipping, to Dent Its Huge Carbon Footprint
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-12-02 [Older] Landmark Climate Change Case Opens at the Top UN Court as Island Nations Fear Rising Seas
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-12-02 [Older] Threatened by Climate Change, Panama Canal Has Big Plans to Deal With Drought
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-12-01 [Older] A Landmark Climate Change Case Will Open at the Top UN Court as Island Nations Fear Rising Seas
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Modern Diplomacy ☛ 2024-11-30 [Older] Climate Finance Gap in COP 29: Barrier to Inclusive Global Trade
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Vox ☛ 2024-11-30 [Older] These metal chambers measure burps and farts. For science.
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Modern Diplomacy ☛ 2024-11-29 [Older] Landless but Not Voiceless: Women of the Pacific in a Changing Climate
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Counter Punch ☛ 2024-11-29 [Older] The Carbon Soil Opportunity: Organic Farming Helps Counter Climate Change
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Modern Diplomacy ☛ 2024-11-27 [Older] COP29 in Baku: A Milestone for Global Climate Governance and Local Sustainable Development
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-11-27 [Older] China Scientists Rush to Climate-Proof Potatoes
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Modern Diplomacy ☛ 2024-11-26 [Older] Climate Finance: A Test of Global Solidarity and Survival
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Vox ☛ 2024-11-26 [Older] How to raise kids who give back to the world
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-12-02 [Older] What will it take to slow plastic production?
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Energy/Transportation
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CBC ☛ 2024-11-27 [Older] Hyundai recalls over 48,000 cars sold in Canada to fix rear-view cameras
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-11-30 [Older] Vietnam greenlights north-south highspeed rail link
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-12-01 [Older] Germany: Volkswagen strikes called by trade union
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-11-29 [Older] Volkswagen rejects union proposal as strikes loom
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-11-27 [Older] Are German carmakers exploiting Serbian workers?
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Project Censored ☛ 2024-12-03 [Older] #4. Natural Gas Industry Hid Health and Climate Risks of Gas Stoves
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Project Censored ☛ 2024-12-03 [Older] #14. Companies’ Net-Zero Promises Have Near Zero Credibility
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HRW ☛ 2024-11-27 [Older] China State Bank Shouldn’t Back East African Crude Oil Pipeline
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CBC ☛ 2024-12-02 [Older] Quebec's Lion Electric temporarily lays off more than half of remaining workforce
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CBC ☛ 2024-11-26 [Older] Crowsnest Pass voted for coal — other Alberta communities don't all share the enthusiasm
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University of Michigan ☛ 2024-12-03 [Older] Ann Arbor continues to tackle renewable energy goals with new Sustainable Energy Utility
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Bridge Michigan ☛ 2024-11-29 [Older] Michigan’s controversial wind, solar energy law is in effect. What to know
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-11-28 [Older] Cuba Decrees Contingency Plan, New Restrictions as Energy Crisis Deepens
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Bridge Michigan ☛ 2024-11-27 [Older] Deep in the UP, an abandoned mine could offer hope for green energy fights
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The Local DK ☛ 2024-11-27 [Older] Two foreign nationals die in accident at Danish energy plant
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-11-26 [Older] Peru's Congress Removes Energy and Mines Minister Amid Sector Protests
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-12-01 [Older] Peru Names Jorge Montero as Minister of Mines and Energy
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The Age AU ☛ 2024-11-27 [Older] Sydney risks blackouts as heat soars and coal power plants falter
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The Age AU ☛ 2024-11-27 [Older] Australia news LIVE: Social media ban passes lower house; Inflation holds steady at 2.1 per cent
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-11-29 [Older] WWF suing Norway over possible deep-sea mining impacts
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-12-02 [Older] Norway suspends deep-sea mining plans
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-12-01 [Older] Deutsche Bahn: Ghost trains latest signal of Germany's railway woes
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-12-01 [Older] France: Bus crashes near ski resort, killing 2
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-11-30 [Older] Kosovo claims 'terrorist act' after power plant canal blast
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-11-30 [Older] Nigeria: Dozens dead or missing after boat capsizes in river
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Wildlife/Nature
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-11-27 [Older] Canada Lynx Proposed for New Habitat Protections in US Southern Rockies
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International Business Times ☛ 2024-11-26 [Older] Disgusting Video Of Butterball Turkeys Sexually Abused By Workers Sends Shockwaves Before Thanksgiving
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Vox ☛ 2024-11-27 [Older] 8 million turkeys will be thrown in the trash this Thanksgiving
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Project Censored ☛ 2024-12-03 [Older] #6. Global Forest Protection Goals at Risk
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Overpopulation
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Finance
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International Business Times ☛ 2024-11-27 [Older] US Boomer 'Unretires' And Works 7 Days A Week After Struggling With $1,470 Social Security Payments
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CBC ☛ 2024-11-27 [Older] Government settles in Phoenix pay system class-action suit
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India Times ☛ YesMadam allegedly asks employees if they are stressed, and then fires them; leaked letter goes viral
IndiGo's Associate Director of Digital Marketing recently shared a leaked internal mail sent by startup and Shark tank-famed YesMadam, to their employees, a home salon and a tech-enabled platform for beauty and wellness, saying they have parted ways with workers employees who indicated significant stress during its survey.
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-12-03 [Older] Businesses need 'safe and stable' Africa to invest: Habeck
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-11-29 [Older] Why German investors see business in Africa as too risky
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-12-02 [Older] Where are the video games from Africa?
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CBC ☛ 2024-12-03 [Older] Cargill plans to slash roughly 8,000 jobs globally
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CBC ☛ 2024-12-02 [Older] Montreal police move in to dismantle part of homeless encampment east of downtown
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CBC ☛ 2024-11-30 [Older] Union files labour complaint against Canada Post over layoffs of striking workers
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CBC ☛ 2024-11-28 [Older] Canada Post says it has been temporarily laying off striking workers
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CBC ☛ 2024-12-01 [Older] Canada Post presents union with 'framework' to reach deal, end strike
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CBC ☛ 2024-12-02 [Older] Still no deal between Canada Post and its striking staff
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CBC ☛ 2024-12-02 [Older] U.S. Postal Service won't accept Canada-bound mail for now due to strike
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-11-29 [Older] Eurozone inflation up to 2.3% in November
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-11-29 [Older] China and Trump's tariffs: Beijing tries to unleash economy
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CBC ☛ 2024-11-26 [Older] Beef prices hit record high at the grocery store — and on the ranch, too
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CBC ☛ 2024-11-26 [Older] Economic impact of Taylor Swift's Eras Tour in Vancouver estimated at $157M
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-12-03 [Older] Is France heading for an economic storm?
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-12-03 [Older] Germany's stock index DAX hits 20,000 despite economic woes
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CBC ☛ 2024-11-27 [Older] Mediation talks between Canada Post and union suspended
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-12-02 [Older] Labor dispute at VW escalates amid worsening cost crisis
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-12-02 [Older] Nepal looks to kick start stalled China-funded projects
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-12-01 [Older] Could G20 plan lift 500 million people out of poverty?
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CBC ☛ 2024-12-02 [Older] Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares steps down as carmaker continues struggle with slumping sales
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CBC ☛ 2024-12-01 [Older] More women are breadwinners in Canadian families — but the motherhood penalty persists
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AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-12-02 [Older] Indonesia, Canada Sign Comprehensive Economic Partnership
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-11-26 [Older] Tim Walz Accepts Turkey Presentation as He Eases Back Into His Duties as Minnesota's Governor
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-12-02 [Older] Tanzania: Opposition cries foul after CCM election victory
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-12-03 [Older] Namibia elects Nandi-Ndaitwah as first woman president
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-11-29 [Older] What is the West's response to China's role in Myanmar war?
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-11-27 [Older] Myanmar: ICC prosecutor seeks arrest warrant for junta chief
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-11-27 [Older] Namibia votes for new president and parliament
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-11-27 [Older] Is Indonesia experiencing election fatigue?
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-11-28 [Older] US slaps sanctions on Venezuelan officials
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-11-28 [Older] Afghanistan refugees in Germany: 'Sport is freedom'
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-11-28 [Older] Ex-British soldier found guilty of spying for Iran
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-11-28 [Older] Georgia: Thousands protest after PM suspends EU entry bid
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-12-01 [Older] Barack Obama to present Angela Merkel's book 'Freedom' in the US
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-12-02 [Older] Angela Merkel to testify on Germany's pullout of Afghanistan
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-12-02 [Older] Borkum's Klaasohm festival vows to abolish 'ritual' of spanking women
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-12-02 [Older] France: Barnier risks confidence vote forcing budget through
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-12-02 [Older] France: Government at risk as PM forces budget through
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-12-01 [Older] Iceland: Opposition Social Democrats win election
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Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda
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Censorship/Free Speech
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Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press
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Civil Rights/Policing
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CBC ☛ 2024-11-28 [Older] Montreal mall criticized for using Baby Shark song to deter homeless people
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Project Censored ☛ 2024-12-03 [Older] #1. Thousands Killed and Injured on the Job, with Significant Racial Disparities in Deaths and Injuries
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-11-30 [Older] Taliban overhaul Afghanistan's education system
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Modern Diplomacy ☛ 2024-11-30 [Older] Cross-Border Data Flows Under RCEP: Striking a Balance Between Security and Competitiveness
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Project Censored ☛ 2024-12-03 [Older] #21. California’s Groundbreaking Investment in Education for Incarcerated Youth
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-12-02 [Older] Abortion in Germany: Preelection push for liberalization
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-12-02 [Older] Belgium loses case over babies stolen in former colonies
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Internet Policy/Net Neutrality
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Trademarks
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IP Kat ☛ 2024-11-26 [Older] [Guest post] EUIPO Second Board of Appeal refers case to Grand Board of Appeal following earlier refusal to register a photograph of a man’s head/face as an EU trade mark [Ed: But the EUIPO's "courts" are as corrupt as hell; this is well documented]
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Monopolies/Monopsonies
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