Links 24/12/2025: Spotify Surveillance and Shadow Over Rule of Law in Hong Kong
Contents
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Leftovers
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Science
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The Conversation ☛ 2025-12-16 [Older] How family gatherings unlock forgotten childhood memories that help us understand who we really are
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The Conversation ☛ 2025-12-17 [Older] Five family Christmas games that reveal how we think, communicate and connect
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The Conversation ☛ 2025-12-17 [Older] Why do so many love a good ghost story at Christmas? A psychologist explains
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The Conversation ☛ 2025-12-22 [Older] Great apes are humans’ closest relatives, but many are endangered by illegal trading. Here’s what needs to be done
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The Conversation ☛ 2025-12-22 [Older] Over 16,000 dinosaur tracks discovered at a site in Bolivia
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The Conversation ☛ 2025-12-22 [Older] The universe may be lopsided – new research
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The Conversation ☛ 2025-12-19 [Older] Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus is an attractive target in the search for life – new research
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The Conversation ☛ 2025-12-19 [Older] Why you should spend more time with a dog this Christmas
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The Conversation ☛ 2025-12-18 [Older] People with personality disorders often use language differently – our research reveals how
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Career/Education
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Health/Nutrition/Agriculture
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Proprietary
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International Business Times ☛ 2025-12-22 [Older] Apple Forces iOS 26 on Millions of iPhones — Users Lose Downgrade Escape Route
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-22 [Older] Italy Antitrust Agency Fines Apple $116 Million Over Privacy Feature; Apple Announces Appeal
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) / LLM Slop / Plagiarism
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Social Control Media
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-19 [Older] Mystery as YouTube Creator's Finance Livestream Appears on White House Website
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Security
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Privacy/Surveillance
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Defence/Aggression
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-14 [Older] Hanukkah Security Ramped up Around the World After Bondi Shootings
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-15 [Older] US Jewish Groups Urge Heightened Security at Public Events After Hanukkah Attack in Australia
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-14 [Older] Attacker Who Killed US Troops in Syria Was a Recent Recruit to Security Forces, Official Says
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-12-14 [Older] Chile election: Far-right Kast wins presidential runoff
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CBC ☛ 2025-12-18 [Older] TikTok inks deal with investors to keep operating in U.S.
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-12-16 [Older] Poland arrests teen, alleging Christmas market attack plot
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-12-16 [Older] US strikes on vessels in eastern Pacific kill 8
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-12-16 [Older] Bondi Beach attack seems driven by 'Islamic State ideology'
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-12-16 [Older] Bondi shooting: What we know about the victims
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-12-15 [Older] Bondi Beach attacks: What you need to know
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-12-15 [Older] Bondi Beach shooting: Australia agrees to tougher gun laws
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-12-15 [Older] Border clashes drive Thailand's election strategy
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-12-17 [Older] Wealthy nations curb labor migration as demand surges
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-12-17 [Older] Venezuela blockade: What it would mean for the Maduro regime and oil markets
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Russia, Belarus, and War in Ukraine
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-12-22 [Older] Ukraine: Zelenskyy cautiously optimistic about peace talks
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-22 [Older] Delivering Under Fire: How Nova Post Became Ukraine's Wartime Success Story
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-22 [Older] Ukraine Is Leveraging Its Powerful – and Cheap – New Drone Killers for Air Defense
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-22 [Older] Ukraine's Zelenskiy Says Negotiations on War Settlement 'Close to a Real Result'
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-21 [Older] Kremlin Says Peace Prospects Not Improved by Europe, Ukraine Changes to US Proposals
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-21 [Older] UK's Starmer Discusses Ukraine Peace Efforts in Call With Cheeto Mussolini
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USDOJ ☛ 2025-12-20 [Older] Ukrainian National Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Use Nefilim Ransomware to Attack Companies in the United States and Other Countries
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-20 [Older] Ukraine and Portugal Agree on Co-Production of Ukrainian Sea Drones
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CBC ☛ 2025-12-19 [Older] The quiet war: What Ukraine taught me about modern conflict
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CBC ☛ 2025-12-19 [Older] Military intelligence operative accused of lying to superiors over Ukraine contacts
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-12-19 [Older] EU secures Ukraine funding while exposing limits of unity
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-12-19 [Older] Ukraine: Zelenskyy's Polish visit 'bad news for Moscow'
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-12-19 [Older] What do Ukrainians want from a peace agreement?
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-19 [Older] IMF Welcomes EU's 90 Billion Euro Loan to Ukraine, More Work to Be Done
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-19 [Older] Markets Quietly Welcome EU Shift to Joint Borrowing for Ukraine Loan
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-19 [Older] Rubio Says Progress Has Been Made in Talks to End War in Ukraine, but Still a Ways to Go
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-19 [Older] Cheeto Mussolini Envoy Witkoff to Meet National Security Advisers of Ukraine, Germany, France and UK
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-19 [Older] Ukraine Can Advise Poland on Drone Defence, Zelenskiy Says in Warsaw
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-19 [Older] Ukraine Starts New Round of Talks With US, Kyiv Negotiator Says
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-19 [Older] UK Welcomes EU Funding Agreement for Ukraine
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-19 [Older] What to Know About the EU's New $106 Billion Loan to Ukraine
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-12-18 [Older] What security guarantees is Ukraine likely to be granted?
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-18 [Older] Kremlin Envoy Set to Visit Miami for Talks on US Peace Plan for Ukraine
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-18 [Older] Asked About NATO, Zelenskiy Says Ukraine Should Not Change Its Constitution
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-18 [Older] ECB's Lagarde 'Fully Confident' EU Will Agree Reparation Loan Plan for Ukraine
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-12-17 [Older] Ukraine updates: Zelenskyy to attend EU summit
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-17 [Older] EU Leaders Prepare to Take Unprecedented Steps to Help Ukraine at a High-Stakes Summit
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CBC ☛ 2025-12-16 [Older] Canadian military intelligence operative accused of leaking secrets was trying to help Ukraine: sources
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-12-16 [Older] Ukraine updates: Europe creates a commission for war damages
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-16 [Older] Europe to Launch International Commission for Ukraine War Damages
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-16 [Older] Belarusian President Calls for Fast Action on Ukraine War While US Is Engaged
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-12-15 [Older] Ukraine updates: EU allies continue peace talks in Berlin
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-12-15 [Older] Ukraine-US talks 'real chance for peace process' — Germany
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-15 [Older] European Leaders Agree Ukraine Security Guarantees Should Include European-Led Peacekeeping Force
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-15 [Older] European Leaders Expected to Cement Support for Ukraine Amid US Pressure to Accept Peace Deal
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-15 [Older] Ukraine Peace Talks Stretch Into Second Day at Start of Pivotal Week for Europe
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-12-14 [Older] Ukraine: Zelenskyy meets US, European officials in Berlin
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-14 [Older] Ukraine, US Peace Talks in Berlin End, to Resume Monday, Zelenskiy Adviser Says
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-14 [Older] US Security Experts Say Ukraine's Abandonment of NATO Goal Will Not Alter Peace Talks
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The Age AU ☛ 2025-12-23 [Older] Car bomb kills another Russian general in Moscow
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Counter Punch ☛ 2025-12-22 [Older] Confusion at NATO: Rutte, Russia and Delusions about Cheeto Mussolini
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-12-22 [Older] Russian general killed in Moscow car bombing
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-22 [Older] Ukrainian Drone Attack Damages Two Vessels in Russia's Krasnodar, Officials Say
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-22 [Older] Italian Prosecutors Ask to Drop Case of Suspected Russian Drone Flyovers
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-22 [Older] Russian General Killed by Bomb Under His Car in Moscow
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-22 [Older] Russian General Killed in Moscow Car Bomb, Investigators Say
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-22 [Older] South Africans Dragged Into Russia's War in Ukraine Dig Trenches, Dodge Bullets
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-22 [Older] Sweden Releases Boarded Russian Freighter After Customs Inspection
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-22 [Older] The Killing of a General in Moscow Follows a Series of Assassinations Russia Blames on Ukraine
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-22 [Older] Ukraine's Zelenskyy Says Progress in US-Led Peace Talks Is 'Quite Solid'
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-22 [Older] Starlink in the Crosshairs: How Russia Could Attack Elon Musk's Conquering of Space
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Jacobin Magazine ☛ 2025-12-21 [Older] For a Peace From Below in Ukraine
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-12-21 [Older] Ukraine battles new Russian incursion in Sumy region
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The Age AU ☛ 2025-12-21 [Older] The British expat tracking Russia’s shadow fleet from his Singapore deck
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-21 [Older] Russian Forces Take Ukrainian Villagers Across Border, Media Says
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-21 [Older] Russia Says Talks on US Peace Plan for Ukraine 'Are Proceeding Constructively'
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-21 [Older] Swedish Customs Says It Has Boarded Russian Ship in Swedish Waters to Conduct Inspection
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-21 [Older] US Envoy Witkoff Calls Ukraine, Russia Talks Productive
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CBC ☛ 2025-12-20 [Older] Russian strike kills 8 in Ukraine's Odesa as Kremlin envoy heads to U.S. for truce talks
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-12-20 [Older] Ukraine updates: Russia set to join talks in Miami
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-20 [Older] Russian Strike on Odesa Kills 8 as US Hosts a Kremlin Envoy for Talks on Peace Plan
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-20 [Older] Escalating Russian Airstrikes Aim to Cut Ukraine off From Sea, Zelenskiy Says
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-20 [Older] Ukraine Says It Hit Russian Oil Rig, Patrol Ship in Caspian Sea
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-20 [Older] US Offers New Talks Format Including Russia and Ukraine, Zelenskiy Says
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-20 [Older] US, Russian Officials to Meet in Florida for More Ukraine Talks
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Copenhagen Post ☛ 2025-12-19 [Older] Danish intelligence attributes cyberattack to state-linked pro-Russians
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Copenhagen Post ☛ 2025-12-19 [Older] Russian embassy denies involvement in cyberattacks on Denmark
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CPJ ☛ 2025-12-19 [Older] Moldovan media caught between democracy and Russian interference
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CBC ☛ 2025-12-19 [Older] Putin says Russia in a position of strength in Ukraine, with no need to make compromises on talks
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The Local DK ☛ 2025-12-19 [Older] Denmark blames cyberattacks on groups tied to Russian state
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-19 [Older] Rubio Will Field Questions on Russia-Ukraine, Gaza and Venezuela at News Conference
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-19 [Older] Denmark Blames Russia for Cyberattacks on Water Utility That Left Houses Without Water
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-19 [Older] How Will the EU's $105 Billion Loan to Ukraine Work Without Frozen Russian Assets?
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-19 [Older] Israel Charges Russian With Allegedly Spying for Iran
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-19 [Older] Putin Says Russia Does Not Believe Ukraine Is Ready for Peace Talks
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-19 [Older] Russian Defense Firms Targeted by Hackers Using AI, Other Tactics
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-19 [Older] Russian Missiles Attack Port Near Ukraine's Odesa, Kill Seven, Officials Say
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-19 [Older] Russian President Putin's Remarks at End-Of-Year Press Conference
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-19 [Older] Russia's Dmitriev Heading for US to Meet Witkoff, Kushner, Source Says
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-19 [Older] Putin Tells His Annual News Conference That the Kremlin's Military Goals in Ukraine Will Be Met
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-19 [Older] Russia's Putin Warns of Risks for Top Oil Producers' Reserves in EU
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-19 [Older] Russia, Ukraine Carry Out New Exchange of Bodies
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-19 [Older] Rogue Texts, Aliens and a Marriage Proposal - Welcome to Vladimir Putin's Phone-In
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-19 [Older] Turkey Finds Russian Orlan-10 Drone in Northwestern City – Interior Ministry
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-19 [Older] Ukraine Strikes Russian 'Shadow Fleet' Tanker in Mediterranean
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-19 [Older] Ukrainian and Polish Presidents Show Unity Against Russia, Address Historical Tensions
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Copenhagen Post ☛ 2025-12-18 [Older] Russia threatens to sue European banks for frozen assets
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CBC ☛ 2025-12-18 [Older] Zelenskyy urges EU leaders to agree on handing over Russian assets
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-12-18 [Older] EU summit: Russian frozen assets for Ukraine top agenda
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-18 [Older] Russia Has Few Legal Options to Challenge EU Frozen Asset Plan
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-18 [Older] Belarus Has Deployed Russia's Oreshnik Missile, Lukashenko Says
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-18 [Older] Belarusian Leader Says Russia Deployed Its Latest Nuclear-Capable Oreshnik Missile to the Country
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-18 [Older] Belarus Prepares 'Big Deal' With US but Not at Russia's Expense, Lukashenko Says
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-18 [Older] EU Leaders Agree to Work on Using Russian Assets for Loan for Ukraine -Polish PM
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-18 [Older] EU Leaders Think It Is Fair to Use Russian Assets for Ukraine, Polish PM Says
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-18 [Older] EU Leaders to Propose Ukraine Reparations Loan Using Russia's Frozen Assets Under Conditions - Draft Document
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-18 [Older] Russia Has Equipped a Brigade With New Oreshnik Missiles, TASS Quotes Top General as Saying
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-18 [Older] Russia Jails Man for 22 Years for Blowing up Trains in Siberia at Ukraine's Behest
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-18 [Older] Russia Says Commission on Ukraine War Damages Has No Legal Force for Moscow
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CBC ☛ 2025-12-17 [Older] Under pressure to surrender land to Russia, Zelenskyy pitches a referendum
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-12-17 [Older] Russia's frozen assets — everything you need to know
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-17 [Older] Kremlin Says Russia's Position on European Troops in Ukraine Is Known but Open to Discussions
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-17 [Older] Putin Says Russia Will Achieve War Goals, Keep Expanding 'Buffer Zone'
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-17 [Older] Italy's Meloni Says Using Frozen Russian Assets for Ukraine 'Far From Easy' Ahead of EU Summit
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-17 [Older] Russian Attack on Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia Injures 26, Governor Says
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-17 [Older] Ukraine Drone Debris Sparks Fire at Russia's Slavyansk Refinery, Authorities Say
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-17 [Older] Ukraine Says It Controls 90% of Kupiansk, Russia Denies It
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-12-16 [Older] German politicians decry Russia labeling DW 'undesirable'
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CBC ☛ 2025-12-15 [Older] U.S. offers security guarantees to Kyiv, says Russia not opposed to Ukraine joining EU
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Counter Punch ☛ 2025-12-15 [Older] Europe Needs an Ally Against Russia and Cheeto Mussolini: China
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-15 [Older] UK MI6 Spy Chief Warns of 'Aggressive' Russia Threat in First Speech
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-15 [Older] Russian Anti-Kremlin Punk Band 'Pussy Riot' Designated an Extremist Organisation by Court
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-15 [Older] UK Military Chief Urges Britain to Better Prepare for Russia Threat
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-15 [Older] Ukraine Says Underwater Drones Hit Submarine, but Moscow Denies Damage
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CBC ☛ 2025-12-14 [Older] Zelenskyy offers to drop NATO aspirations, remains against ceding territory to Russia
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-14 [Older] Russia Says It Destroyed 130 Ukrainian Drones Overnight, Some Moscow Airports Disrupted
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Environment
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Energy/Transportation
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-22 [Older] Cheeto Mussolini Administration Suspends 5 Wind Projects off the East Coast, Cites National Security Concerns
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-12-16 [Older] Gas-loving Cheeto Mussolini cedes electric car market to China
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-12-15 [Older] Germany news: Automakers see worst profits since 2009
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-12-16 [Older] Why Germany's auto capitals face financial crisis
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Green Party UK ☛ 2025-12-16 [Older] Green Party react to Conservative plans to scrap petrol and diesel vehicle sale cut off
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Wildlife/Nature
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The Conversation ☛ 2025-12-16 [Older] Humans aren’t the only animals that gather to hunker down together at Christmas
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Green Party UK ☛ 2025-12-22 [Older] Animal Welfare Strategy must have real teeth to deliver for animals, say Greens
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The Conversation ☛ 2025-12-15 [Older] The best dinosaur discoveries of 2025
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Finance
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-12-15 [Older] Why China's property crash must be kept top secret
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-12-15 [Older] Spain fines Airbnb as fight against housing prices continues
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-12-15 [Older] Louvre workers' strike turns away thousands of visitors
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-12-14 [Older] How the world's first global trader, Jakob Fugger, got rich
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Jacobin Magazine ☛ 2025-12-17 [Older] It’s Time for New York to Take On Amazon
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The Conversation ☛ 2025-12-15 [Older] Christmas adverts are hijacking the Love Actually feel-good spirit to get us spending more
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Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-15 [Older] Reaction to Hong Kong Tycoon Jimmy Lai's Guilty Verdict in National Security Trial
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-14 [Older] Hong Kong Court Finds Tycoon Jimmy Lai Guilty in Landmark Security Trial
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-15 [Older] Former Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Media Mogul Jimmy Lai Convicted in Landmark National Security Trial
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HRW ☛ 2025-12-15 [Older] Hong Kong: Jimmy Lai Convicted on Bogus National Security Charges
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-12-15 [Older] Jimmy Lai verdict casts shadow over rule of law in Hong Kong
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-12-15 [Older] Hong Kong court finds pro-democracy tycoon Jimmy Lai guilty
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Digital Restrictions (DRM)
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The Register UK ☛ Hacktivists scrape 86M Spotify tracks, claim their aim is to preserve culture
What would happen to the world's music collections if streaming services disappeared? One hacktivist group says it has a solution: scrape around 300 terabytes of music and metadata from Spotify and offer it up for free as what it calls the world’s first “fully open” music preservation archive.
The scraping appears to have been carried out by people associated with Anna's Archive, a shadow-library site that focuses on preserving media - traditionally books and academic papers - by aggregating metadata and distributing large datasets rather than directly hosting copyrighted works. In practice, Anna's Archive functions more like a metadata search engine, allowing users to find the content they want and connecting them with downloads, usually via torrent, from other sources to reduce legal liability.
In a Saturday blog post, the group said it couldn't pass up an opportunity "outside of text" to scrape Spotify at scale, claiming to have archived roughly 86 million music files, which it says account for about 99.6 percent of listens on the platform.
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Trademarks
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Copyrights
Monopolies/Monopsonies
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