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WHO World Health on 300 million smokers of China

  
- 09.21.2022 Original article ›
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The dangers to public health from Tobacco use in China are huge. About 1 in 3 cigarettes in the world are smoked in China says the WHO prominently on its site. The result high levels of cancer, lung and heart disease that could be prevented. A similar situation exists in India and South Korea. Asian countries have performed badly in tobacco use and production creating catastrophic public health risks, even countries that have adopted new technologies and caught up with Europe and the US. 

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Justice Sandra Day O'Connor On Lincoln's Legacy

  
YouTube National Constitution Center - 12.12.2023 Original article ›
Sandra Day O'connor
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Sandra Day O'Connor, one of the great voices of America in her own voice in this video from the National Constitution Center. Sandra O'Connor talks about the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments to the US Constitution that represented in 1865 the second founding of these United States. A second founding that was a new birth of freedom true to the original founders that all men are created equal and are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

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How bad will Omicron get?

  
The Times - 12.18.2021 Original article ›
Tom Calver, Data Projects Editor
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This analysis in The Times looks at the latest information on the omicron variant gathered in the UK and what it means for the capital London and the UK. It looks at the hospital admissions in January 2021 that could be expected in the UK compared to  January 2020. A big spike infections with a sharp fall is the scenario seen as expected based on experience in South Africa, with 2% of cases as hospital admissions as in the prior January, or in a "milder" scenario somewhat smaller percentage.

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Trump Fires Salvo on North American Trade Pact

  
WSJ - 11.26.2024 Original article ›
Jason Douglas In Singapore, Anthony Harrup, José De Córdoba In Mexico City
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Trump takes action against Mexico, China and Canada for illegal flows of fentanyl and migrants across US borders. It is specific targeted and excludes EU, India, Japan, South Korea trading partners. For a decade some countries acted with impunity and American leaders did not respond to protect the people from illegal flows across borders. This action did not come in the first DJT term in 2016-2020 though tariffs were placed. Free trade has to be clean trade where such illegal flows are not in the picture or acceptable.

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Sikkim’s history: From buffer state for British to a referendum in favour of India

  
The Indian Express - 05.14.2023 Original article ›
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The monarchy in Sikkim ended in 1975 after a referendum through which it became the 22nd state of India. 

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Slovakia to test entire population for coronavirus in global first

  
France 24 - 11.01.2020 Original article ›
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Slovakia hopes to complete testing of the entire population in 2 days and conduct mass tests again the following weekend.

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Strikes impact German rail network, five airports – DW – 04/21/2023

  
dw.com - 04.21.2023 Original article ›
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Rail workers in Germany go on strike for a 12% wage increase, rejecting a 5% increase offered by Deutsche Bahn.

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U.S. Struggles With Goal of Admitting 10,000 Syrians

  
The New York Times - 05.31.2016 Original article ›
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This is a summary of the syrian 10,000 article.

this seems to work pretty well.

 

 

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Jan. 6 Hearing: Barr Says Trump Was ‘Detached From Reality’

  
NYTimes.com - 06.13.2022 Original article ›
Luke Broadwater, Maggie Haberman
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William Barr, a former Attorney General in the Trump administration testifies before Congress that there were no grounds for Mr. Trump's claim that the election had been stolen. "He's become detached from reality if he believes this stuff. There was never an indication of interest in what the actual facts were."

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A Dancing Goalie Sends Australia to the World Cup

  
WSJ - 06.14.2022 Original article ›
Joshua Robinson
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Redmayne is the Australian goalie brought in as a sub for a penalty shootout by the coach against Peru. The result 5-4 in favor of Australia. Here he is shown as being a really unconventional choice, no one had even heard of him, to bring a bit of distraction for the Peruvian soccer players.

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‘People are ripping up contracts’: price of rice boils over into new territory in UK

  
The Guardian - 06.22.2022 Original article ›
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A rice importer from Britain talks about the difficulties in importing rice. Contracts that lasted 12 months are now for 2 months and prices are up by about 15% for rice imports. Vietnamese rice is replacing Italian long grain varieties, yet there is only a limited supply of Vietnamese rice to meet world needs.

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Who is Droupadi Murmu?

  
The Hindu - 06.28.2022 Original article ›
The Hindu Bureau
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A former Jharkhand state governor nominated for president of India. She will be the first tribal woman elected president of India if elected. She was born in a district in Odisha in 1958 and is from the Santhal community. She was a teacher at the Aurobindo Integral Education Center before running for the state legislature. 

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Katie Boulter dedicates Wimbledon win to late grandmother

  
- 06.30.2022 Original article ›
David Brown, Charlie Parker
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Katie Boulter of Leicester, England wins hearts and makes fans teary eyed at Centre Court Wimbledon as she overcomes injury to win over last years finalist Pliskova. She dedicates the win to her grandmother and talks about how she learned the game playing with her grandmother Jill, a regional champion, when she was just 4 years old.

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U.S. and South Korea Agree to Cooperate on Nuclear Weapons

  
NYTimes.com - 04.26.2023 Original article ›
David E. Sanger
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In return for South Korea not developing its own nuclear weapons the US will give South Korea a central role for strategic planning in the use of nuclear weapons in any conflict with North Korea. This was an agreement reached during the visit of Yoon Yeol of South Korea to the US in meetings with president Biden.

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‘The country is becoming a desert’: Drought-struck Spain is running out of water

  
France 24 - 05.13.2023 Original article ›
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After a long drought Spain is hit by a heat wave. There are no rains in April leaving a large agricultural region south of Valencia and other parts of Spain without water. There is a sense that the current concept of water use by building more reservoirs has to be completely redone as rivers run dry.

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Carlo Ancelotti passionately calls out the racism

  
Sky Sports News - 05.25.2023 Original article ›
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In this video from Sky Sports News Carlos Ancelotti passionately calls out the racism in La Liga evident in a recent game in Valencia. He says he does not see it in the Premier League. He also says responding in the right way can make things better, not by remaining silent or making excuses. 

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Debt ceiling deal passes hurdle in the US House, teeing up Wednesday vote

  
France 24 - 05.31.2023 Original article ›
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The US debt ceiling agreement gets out of the committee stage in the House with a vote of 7 to 6 and now goes for a vote to to the House floor. Republican and Democratic moderates are likely to have it passed by combining their votes in the US Congress  for passage.

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South Carolina Is Expected to Get First Slot on Democrats’ 2024 Primary Calendar

  
WSJ - 02.04.2023 Original article ›
John Mc Cormick, Ken Thomas
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To better reflect a diverse electorate in the presidential nominating process in the state primary elections president Biden is proposing including states with more union voters and diversity. South Carolina comes first with more union and diverse voters, then Iowa and New Hampshire with more rural voters, then Michigan with more union voters, followed by Georgia.

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Adani Group Plans $1.1 Billion Loan Repayment After Share Collateral Plummets

  
WSJ - 02.06.2023 Original article ›
Dave Sebastian, Weilun Soon
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In a confidence boosting move the Adani Group plans repayment on a$1.1 billion loan. The shares of Adani Group companies decline was limited to 5% from 10% on Indian exchanges. Two companies that have invested billions in the Adani Group companies SBI and LIC say these investments are less than 1% of their holdings.

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The Toxic Chemicals Spilled by the Ohio Train Derailment: A Visual Breakdown

  
WSJ - 02.17.2023 Original article ›
Brian Mc Gill, Taylor Umlauf, Esther Fung
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Of 38 Southern Norfolk railcars that derailed near East Palestine, Ohio, 11 were hazardous chemical cars. Officials assume 9 had vented, seeped into ground or nearby waterways, says this report in WSJ. An Emergency Response Manager at EPA lists 5 toxic chemicals that may have contaminated soil, water or air near the site of train derailment.

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Caves, Tents and Shipping Containers: Quake Survivors’ Desperate Hunt for Shelter

  
NYTimes.com - 02.18.2023 Original article ›
Cora Engelbrecht, Nimet Kirac
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NYT shows about 1 million people in Turkey living in makeshift and other shelters after the earthquake. In the midst of the rubble of collapsed buildings. Many are out in freezing weather. There are 47,000 buildings that collapsed. 369,000 tents were sent to the quake zone, says the relief agency AFAD, 172,000 have been built.

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Where Were the Regulators as SVB Crashed?

  
WSJ - 03.11.2023 Original article ›
Ben Eisen, Andrew Ackerman
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This report in the WSJ says Silicon Valley Bank grew too fast on borrowed money and its risks were lurking in plain sight. The Guardian reports that the bank lobbied heavily spending half a million dollars to avoid regulation. The lobbying worked says the Guardian leaving huge gaps in regulation even after the 2009 financial crisis.

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Explained | The C-295 and India’s aircraft industry

  
The Hindu - 11.01.2022 Original article ›
Dinakar Peri
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The C-295 aircraft manufacturing in Vadodara, Gujarat is part of a broader development of the Indian aircraft industry. Boeing, Lockheed and Airbus all have manufacturing operations in India. Other sites for the aircraft industry are in Bengaluru and Hyderabad. In the next 10 years India will need over 2000 new passenger and cargo aircraft.

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The 4% Rule for Retirement Spending Makes a Comeback

  
WSJ - 12.12.2022 Original article ›
Anne Tergesen
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The 4% rule for retirement spending was devised by financial planner Bill Bengen in 1994. It forms the basis for retirement spending for many years with variation between 3 and 4% for income to last about 30 years from a portfolio of savings. WSJ looks at the 4% rule at a time of high inflation.

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Yes, You Can Be More Than Your Job Title

  
WSJ - 04.18.2022 Original article ›
Rachel Feintzeig
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Rachel Feitzeig shows how one can incorporate a new fitness routine that energizes and is good for mental health into that tedious daily routine of work and kids. Doing it so it makes you feel good, moderate is ok, asking and getting the flexibility that you need is a good idea.

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