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China Falls Back Into Deflation, Reviving Fears Over Weak Recovery

  
WSJ - 11.09.2023 Original article ›
Stella Yifan Xie
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The world is truly changing again. China followed Japan as Asia's second economy going through rapid industrialization and urbanization in the 1990's. After two decades of hypergrowth with huge imbalances of trade with the US, China is not only slowing, it is now experiencing the kind of deflation that hit Japan at this point in its development as a modern economy. 

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Inside the Places Where America Makes Its Goods, From Rockets to Felted Hats

  
WSJ - 11.10.2023 Original article ›
Pia Peterson Haggarty | Photographs By Christopher Payne
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Christopher Payne's new book "America at Work," shows photographs taken by Payne of factories and manufacturing across America in 2023. It celebrates America's new found conviction that it is a manufacturing nation, that it is manufacturing that brought America its greatest success in the 20th century, and it is in manufacturing lies its future and the future of the American people. 

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‘Feminisation of poverty’: France’s cost-of-living crisis is hitting women hardest

  
France 24 - 11.18.2023 Original article ›
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French charity Secours Catholique says it catered to one million people with food in 2022. It says single family households represented 75 percent of this one million. Fifty seven percent of these households were led by women living in poverty, of these 20 percent were single women and 27 percent were single mothers. Shown here is a woman in Toulouse, France.

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What the New, Low Test Scores for 13-Year-Olds Say About U.S. Education Now

  
NYTimes.com - 06.21.2023 Original article ›
Dana Goldstein
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That two thirds of American fourth graders failed to show proficiency in reading comprehension in NAEP is a very serious problem in the US. This report is found in NYT buried somewhere where it could go unnoticed. The title is also accepting and passive and makes no mention about the 4th grader's English proficiency skills on NAEP released some months back.

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How a Side Hustle as a Tennis Announcer Lifted Chris Eubanks at Wimbledon

  
WSJ - 07.11.2023 Original article ›
Joshua Robinson
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His job covering tennis matches at Tennis Channel helped Chris Eubanks get a new perspective on the game from a safe distance. He did this as a way to find a channel for his energies after making it to the top 200 and stalling. He is now the top US player at Wimbledon playing in the quarterfinals after winning a five set match with Tsitsipas.

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California resort extends ski season as rest of US west suffers from heatwaves

  
The Guardian - 07.21.2023 Original article ›
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With record snow after years of drought the eastern Sierra region in California is experiencing effects of climate change. The ski season will extend into August 6 in the mountains because of the effects of the climate crisis, even as nearby Arizona sees record temperatures of 111 degrees Fahrenheit.  The southern US is experiencing a heat wave with temperatures at levels unprecedented in history.

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Macron’s Lesson After Riots? France Needs Order ‘at Every Level’

  
NYTimes.com - 07.25.2023 Original article ›
Aurelien Breeden
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Since his election Macron has faced a whole host of issues related to ease of living- the yellow vest protests on the cost of living, the protests related to the changes in retirement law, and recently rioting by minorities over policing practices. His second term was expected to be one in which some lessons were learned from the first term, yet the unease in the country remains. 

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The Four-Day Workweek Gets Shorter With Practice, Companies Find

  
WSJ - 07.26.2023 Original article ›
Vanessa Fuhrmans
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The idea of shorter workweeks with more efficient work and giving room for health and exercize is a reality. Many companies are trying new ways of approaching work as shown here in the WSJ. The old idea of longer work hours producing better results left little time for health and exercize that affects productive work and ignored that results come from energy and enthusiasm for work. 

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WSJ News Exclusive | German Biotech Sees Its Coronavirus Vaccine Ready for Approval by December

  
WSJ - 07.10.2020 Original article ›
Bojan Pancevski
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A German company BioNTech founded by Dr. Sahin, a son of Turkish immigrants, is based in Mainz. Dr. Sahin says it will be ready with a vaccine by December 2020 when it will seek regulatory approval. BioNTech is partnering with Pfizer of the U.S. and plans to have several hundred million doses ready by the end of this year, 1 billion doses of vaccine by 2021. 

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How Face Masks Work and Which Types Offer the Best Covid-19 Protection

  
WSJ - 07.28.2020 Original article ›
Austen Hufford, Andrew Williams
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An in depth look at face masks, how they protect, how to wear, and which types are available. Three layers are needed in a face mask, an inner layer near the mouth that gets moist, a middle filtration layer, and an outside layer exposed to the environment. When removing do not touch the front of the mask, remove by touching the straps at the back of your head.

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Macron's popularity climbs after signing EU pandemic stimulus, reshuffling gov't

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France 24 - 07.30.2020 Original article ›
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Macron gets a well deserved boost in France as his popularity grows after he worked hard with Germany's Merkel at his side in long drawn out negotiations with the Dutch and Swedes to get the $390 billion non repayable aid for the European Recovery Fund. The money goes to hard hit Spain, Italy, Greece and other nations who had great difficulty borrowing to support recovery.

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What to Know About KN95 Face Masks

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WSJ - 08.03.2020 Original article ›
Austen Hufford
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What is the difference between a K95 mask and a N95 mask. A K95 mask is based on a Chinese standard. A N95 mask is based on the American standard. The N95 masks was first made by 3M a company making masks for industrial and healthcare use based in Minneapolis, U.S. Tests on K95 masks have shown that many fail to meet basic filtration quality test standards.

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Sinema’s exit sparks rush to the center in Arizona Senate race

  
POLITICO - 03.07.2024 Original article ›
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Krysten Sinema of Arizona and Joe Muchin of West Virginia were key votes in the Senate to pass much needed climate and infrastructure legislation. Sinema is retiring. Rep. Ruben Gallegos a Democrat faces Kari Lake a Trump Republican. Politico says voters in Arizona are veering to the moderate positions. Sinema had her base in the Democratic party and her moderate voters are seen as critical in 2024.

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‘It’s about survival’: Athens mayor focuses on getting capital through extreme heat

  
The Guardian - 07.10.2024 Original article ›
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23% of the green lung around Athens has been destroyed by fires. The result is that it is very humid and temperatures above 40 degrees C are affecting the elderly. Many of the elderly are now going to airconditioned spaces set up by the city government of Athens. The mayor and vice mayor are setting a goal of planting trees to restore some of the green cover.

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Republicans at 'Principles First' summit look beyond Trump – DW – 02/25/2024

  
dw.com - 06.30.2024 Original article ›
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A reminder that the old Republican party of Eisenhower and Teddy Roosevelt still exists, simply waiting to be revived from its slumber with a new platform that brings in a different attitude and culture to the problems facing the US of infrastructure, manufacturing at home, public services, health and education access for all Americans and holding on to the bedrock of principles and courage of Ike and TR.

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Analysis | Mapping America’s access to nature, neighborhood by neighborhood

  
Washington Post - 04.11.2024 Original article ›
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NatureQuant is a startup in Oregon that is providing ways for people to spend more time in places that best support the link of nature to healthy living. It has developed a Nature Score using satellite imagery on noise, air pollution, park space, trees, and open spaces. One can look up Nature Scores by neighborhood as shown here in The Washington Post by Harry Stevens, Climate Lab columnist.

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France braced for ‘most consequential election in decades’ after far-right surge

  
The Guardian - 06.10.2024 Original article ›
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Macron's call for snap elections quickly is also a move to have the election for National Assembly when the National Rally opposition party has so little time to prepare by June 30 in  just 3 weeks. It comes after the National Rally of Le Pen won 32% of the vote in France in EU elections, about twice the 15% for Macron's En Marche party.

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How Support for Britain’s Conservative Party Is Collapsing

  
NYTimes.com - 06.24.2024 Original article ›
Josh Holder
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The NYT gives maps of UK showing the collapse of Conservatives party, Nigel Farage taking a fifth of conservative voters. The shift of the working class areas back to Labour party. Conservatives losing even more seats with Liberal Democrats picking up votes. And some areas such as Bristol show Greens benefitting from Keir Starmer's backing away from the $28 Green energy plan because of budgetary constraints.

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‘The claims are just outrageous’: Republican ex-governor condemns Arizona election lies

  
The Guardian - 07.05.2024 Original article ›
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Jan Brewer is the former Governor of Arizona and a Republican. Here she says as Secretary of State she passed the rule that voter ID is required to vote and adopted other rules to make elections fair and trustworthy. She says overall the system in Arizona for elections is sound and fair. She is vigorous in saying that claims to the contrary only hurt America's democracy.

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Why America’s Berries Have Never Tasted So Good

  
WSJ - 07.06.2024 Original article ›
Ben Cohen | Photographs By Carolyn Fong For Wsj
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Another example of aggressive pricing is sweetest batch with prices at $6.99 for 12 strawberries. For years Driscoll's did not market the sweetest strawberries because these berries were not of the abundant variety. Now Driscoll's is charging high prices for these strawberries. Strawberries is the most popular fruit and and it is $9 billion market with 40% growth over last 5 years. 

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Need to create between 60 million and 148 million more jobs in 6 years till 2030: IMF’s Gita Gopinath

  
The Indian Express - 08.16.2024 Original article ›
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Job creation will be a major issue for India in the years to 2030.  In this Interview with Gita Gopinanth, First Deputy Managing Director of the IMF, in the Indian Express, she talks to Udit Misra. Running IMF models on India's development Gopinath says job creation at a high level is needed. India will need about 8 million jobs created every year, says Gopinath.

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Spain Is Thirsty. Here’s How It Gets Water.

  
NYTimes.com - 08.12.2024 Original article ›
Stanley Reed, Rachel Chaundler
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A look at the Torrevieja plant for desalinated water in the NYT by Reed and Chaundler. The plant uses solar energy to cut the cost. Spain is a leader in this technology. The use of desalinated water is expecially useful in places like Saudi Arabia and the Emirates with plenty of sunshine for solar energy and demand for water in cities located near the sea.

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‘Ludicrous’: bitter row erupts over plan to replace original Notre Dame windows

  
The Guardian - 12.28.2024 Original article ›
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Claire Tabouret will design the stained glass windows showing people in prayer to replace ones made in 1844. She was chosen in a competition and will have the stained galss done at a glassmaker in Reims operating since 1640. It is less controversial than The Guardian makes it sound as it is supported by church authorites and makes Notre Dame more relevant to churchgoers today.

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Why is Germany's next chancellor, Merz, so unpopular? – DW – 04/25/2025

  
dw.com - 04.26.2025 Original article ›
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New German chancellor Merz's personal popularity is hitting new lows in April 2025 even before a new government takes charge in Germany. Merz speaks understandably 60%, trustworthy 21%, strong leader 40%, results of Stern magazine survey April 2025. In a fragmented scene for political parties Merz takes office as the Ukraine war continues, and new tariff challenges are raised by the US for German exports.

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How Russia’s Offensive Ran Aground

  
NYTimes.com - 04.06.2023 Original article ›
Josh Holder, Marco Hernandez
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After months of putting new forces into eastern Ukraine the Russian offensive has made little progress, says this report in NYT. Beyond a high profile battle in Bakhmut there are few gains.

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