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Lobbying - What other scandals have there been in British politics?

  
The Guardian - 04.14.2021 Original article ›
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Lobbying is a major problem in the US and was an issue in the last two presidential election campaigns. This is a problem in Britain as shown in the Greenhill scandal with a former prime minister. During the pandemic there is public dissatisfaction with the conduct of politicians violating the trust placed by the people. Recent reports of lobbying in Germany involved the giving of contracts for health supplies and PPE leading to new rules set by the CDU party for its members. 

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Taiwan: The threat that the world ignores | DW | 18.09.2020

  
DW.COM - 09.18.2020 Original article ›
Richard Walker
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This article in German news service DW.com looks at Taiwan and the threat it faces from China. It looks at different scenarios that might erode Taiwan's status as an independent country. Taiwan's foreign minister Joseph Wu sees the internal situation in China as affecting China's approach to Taiwan. He says China "may find Taiwan a convenient scapegoat" because of the internal situation with floods in China, the economy affected by coronavirus, and other problems.

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Why Ruth Bader Ginsburg Refused to Step Down

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NYTimes.com - 09.22.2020 Original article ›
Emily Bazelon
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Supreme Court Justice could simply have retired and let then president Obama appoint her successor. She decided to stay into her eighties. As a result president Trump will choose a conservative as her successor and has the votes lined up in the Senate. In Britain the retirement age was changed from lifetime to 75 by an Act in 1959. In India the Constitution set the retirement age for the Supreme Court at 65. Only in the U.S. is this practice maintained.

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Covid-19 Live Updates: U.S. Nears Record, With More Than 75,000 Virus Cases

  
NYTimes.com - 10.23.2020 Original article ›
Elaine Yu, Mitch Smith
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Daily cases of coronavirus reach a high of 75,000 with increases in the upper midwestern states of Wisconsin, Illinois,  in Kentucky, Tennessee in the south, and in western states. Most of the increase is in the rural areas of the country in the second wave. In the first wave the high density urban areas such as New York and Los Angeles were worst hit with the rural areas not being hit. This time Chicago is in the worst hit midwestern areas.

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Virtual cinema festival to screen films from Cannes, Venice

  
France 24 - 04.27.2020 Original article ›
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Mark your calendar for May 29 when You Tube will host screenings  of the virtual film festival from multiple locations- Cannes France, Venice Italy, Berlin Germany, Toronto Canada, and New York. This is the "We Are One- Global Film Festival," with virtual cinema program for 10 days with feature films, documentaries, shorts and round tables. Films can can inspire and bring people in different countries together in a useful virtual format combining many of the best film festivals worldwide.

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Strewth! Australian scientists smash internet speed record

  
The Times - 05.25.2020 Original article ›
Bernard Lagan, Sydney
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A new internet speed record of 44 terabits per second has been set by a team from three Australian Universities. This is a million times faster than the 44 Mbps average speed in Australia. The average speed is 133 Mbps in U.S. and 67 Mbps in UK.The team used a micro-comb, a small optical chip that replaces 80 separate infrared lasers. It used normal cable technology to do the test, so that it has potential for use on current broadband networks.

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China Borrows at Negative Rates for the First Time

  
WSJ - 11.19.2020 Original article ›
Frances Yoon, Anna Hirtenstein
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China raises $3.7 billion in a 3 part deal in euros by issuing bonds worth 4 billion euros, for 5, 10, and 15 year bonds. Yields were a negative 0.152% for 5 year bonds and 0.32% and 0.66% for the 10 and 15 year bonds. This is the first time China has sold negative yielding bonds. Moody's projections show China public sector debt is at 185-190% of gross domestic product in 2020, up from 167% in 2019.  

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China’s Xi Ramps Up Control of Private Sector. ‘We Have No Choice but to Follow the Party.’

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WSJ - 12.10.2020 Original article ›
Lingling Wei
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China's effort under president Xi to expand the state run sector by providing more credit to state run enterprises and expecting private companies to pursue goals of the state's planned economy. Tackling the coronavirus economic impact required state planning and that experience has further renewed the effort to build the state run companies as a reliable partner for the government. There is also a conviction that private companies are unreliable in a large and complex economy as China's.

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Padma Shri at 105, meet the Coimbatore grandma who is giving a leg up to organic farming

  
The Hindu - 02.04.2021 Original article ›
Akila Kannadasan
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A 105 year old woman farmer in Tamilnadu state (formerly Madras) works on her 2.5 acre farm growing bananas. These days she has taken to organic farming with zeal. She was awarded Padma Shri India's national award for her work increasing popularity of organic farming. She comes from a village near the city of Coimbatore. She has worked closely with Tamilnadu Agricultural University and travels to many farmer meetings. Students from the University visit her farm as part of the Village Stay Program.

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In Guatemala, Harris Tells Undocumented to Stay Away From U.S. Border

  
NYTimes.com - 06.08.2021 Original article ›
Zolan Kanno Youngs
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US vice president Kamala Harris sends a message to Guatemalan migrants in her visit to Guatemala City, telling them not to come to the US. Biden administration policy is not to have migrants from Guatemala come to the US border with Mexico for economic reasons. Europe and the US have learned from past experience that economic migration is an endless process- that the only way to tackle this is to help improve conditions in neighboring countries of Central America and North Africa.

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Opinion: Saxony-Anhalt election result is a clear victory for Armin Laschet | DW | 07.06.2021

  
DW.COM - 06.07.2021 Original article ›
Rosalia Romaniec
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The CDU gets 36% of the vote in the state of Saxony-Anhalt in east Germany. The FDP gets 7%. This was a result that surprised the CDU as the AfD party was polling well before the election, The result gives the ruling CDU party hope of doing better in east Germany where it had lost votes to the right wing AfD party. This was a crucial election ahead of German elections for a new government to replace Merkel. The Greens are polling well nationally.

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High Hopes for Johnson & Johnson’s Covid Vaccine Have Fizzled in the U.S.

  
NYTimes.com - 06.18.2021 Original article ›
Noah Weiland
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When regulators told J&J that tens of millions of doses at a Baltimore plant had to be discarded for contamination, the initial enthusiasm for a one dose vaccine began to fade. Production problems and the pause in the vaccine J&J as problems are sorted out, is making the J&J vaccine less effective in this crisis. Only 11.4 million doses have been adminstered of J&J vaccine says the NYT, making its role less significant.

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Arunachal Pradesh officials trek 9 hours to vaccinate 16 grazers

  
The Hindu - 07.13.2021 Original article ›
Rahul Karmakar
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The remarkable story of coronavirus vaccine given at 14,000 feet in the Himalayas of Arunachal Pradesh in India. A team trekked for 9 hours to reach a village in Tawang district so that 16 yak grazers could be given the vaccine. These grazers were away from home grazing their yaks and had missed an earlier vaccination camp. The village is aerially 30 miles from the Tibet border. The trek took them through dense forests, swampy stretches, and the Luguthang river, crossing two mountain peaks.

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Teenage star Bianca Andreescu stuns Serena Williams in US Open final

  
- 09.08.2019 Original article ›
Nick Pitt
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Eighteen year old Bianca Andreescu of Canada wins the U.S. Open 6-3, 7-5 defeating 37 year old veteran Serena Williams as she attempted a comeback. The intelligent game with a whole range of shots and use of creative game mixing up the shots was a feature of Andrescu's style that made it fun to watch the game. Martina Navritolova says Andrescu's style is so creative that its great to have a new player like her in the game.

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Nobel Prize in Economics Winners Include Former Fed Chair Ben Bernanke

  
WSJ - 10.10.2022 Original article ›
Paul Hannon
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Ben Bernanke former Fed chairman gets a Nobel Prize for an economic paper written in 1983 that showed the role central bankers need to adopt to prevent a banking crisis from transforming into an economic depression. Banks could feel the effects of a crisis but also could cause an economic crisis as happened in 2009 with catastrophic mortgage lending practices. Other economists with similar research including Douglas Diamond of the University of Chicago, and Philip Dybvig at Washington University also received the Nobel Prize.

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WSJ News Exclusive | Frackers Are Now Drilling for Clean Power

  
WSJ - 02.29.2024 Original article ›
Amrith Ramkumar, Benoît Morenne | Photographs By Lindsay D’addato For The Wall Street Journal
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Trapping underground heat to create energy is a way shale oil and fracking companies are trying to create clean energy. Chevron, BP and Devon Energy are part of a group of companies investing hundreds of millions of dollars in geothermal projects. New technologies that can drill thousands of feet below the earth's surface make it possible to reach more geothermal energy inside the earth's surface. This could power 65 million homes in the US by 2050, according to the Energy Department.

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Inflation Picks Up but Modest Price Pressures Could Encourage Fed to Hold Rates Steady

  
WSJ - 08.10.2023 Original article ›
Amara Omeokwe, Nick Timiraos, Christian Robles
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About 90% of the 3.2% rise in inflation in July comes from shelter or housing costs. A letter from the US Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco this week shows the shelter costs are going down steeply in coming months down to where they may be a tiny fraction or even negative contribution to inflation. This is good news for the US Federal Reserve in its fight against inflation and may even lead it to a pause in inflation fighting rate increases.

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‘Poms’ great Ashes hypocrisy’: Australia reacts to second Test controversy

  
The Guardian - 07.03.2023 Original article ›
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The run out given on English batsman Bairstow as he stepped out of the crease while batting creates tension at Lord's cricket crowd Ashes Test on July 2, 2023. A huge effort by English captain Stokes with 154 runs still leaves England short of the 43 runs to match the Aussie batting effort. England's Ben Duckett 98 and 83 runs and Aussies Steve Smith 110 and 34 runs were batsmen who scored for their side. 

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Elina Svitolina says Ukraine war made her stronger after shocking Iga Swiatek

  
The Guardian - 07.11.2023 Original article ›
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Elina Svitolina of Ukraine wins in three sets over Iga Swiatek of Poland to make it to the semifinals of Wimbledon. Svitolina says the war made her stronger, and also made her mentally stronger. "Mentally I don't take difficult situations as like a disaster you know? There are worse things in life." The Ukraine war is a women's war as millions of women became refugees in different parts of Europe including Swiatek's Poland. 

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World Cup: US met with Dutch resistance in sign of the times – DW – 07/27/2023

  
dw.com - 07.28.2023 Original article ›
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Since the last Women's World Cup Soccer the Netherlands and other European teams have caught up with the US. The gap no longer exists as shown in the Netherlands US women's soccer game in which the Dutch dominated the first half and led 1-0. The game ended 1-1 but the myths surrounding the US women's soccer team had fallen. The Dutch coach said his team was in better fitness shape than the Americans.

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By Adding Patents, Drugmaker Keeps Cheaper Humira Copies Out of U.S.

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WSJ - 10.16.2018 Original article ›
Peter Loftus, Denise Roland
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In a new twist drugmaker AbbieVie will bring out less costly versions of Humira in Europe where its patents have expired and still keep the U.S. market at higher Humira prices using a thicket of patents. Reports show pharmaceutical drug pricing as a major issue in U.S. midterm elections. Biologic drugs are costly. In this case Humira will sell at a 10-20% discount in Europe. Abbie Vie countered by getting hundreds of new patents in the U.S. to continue selling at high prices.

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Vodafone Looks for Dominance in India

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WSJ - 03.20.2017 Original article ›
Stu Woo In London, Karan Deep Singh In New Delhi
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Vodafone announces a merger with Idea Cellular Ltd to become India's largest telecom carrier in March 2017. Vodafone has spent heavily in acquiring companies after selling its stake in Verizon Wireless in 2014. It faces tough competition in the price sensitive Indian market with some plans going for as little as $3 a month, and the offer of 6 month services for free by Mr. Ambani's carrier. In Nov. 2015 Vodafone took a 5 billion euro writeoff for its Indian operations.

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Marriage Falls in China, Transforming Finances and Families

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The New York Times - 09.12.2016 Original article ›
Amie Tsang, Zhang Tiantian
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With more women getting higher education and pursuing careers, young Chinese women now prefer to be independent and postpone marraige. This has important consequences including smaller households and lower demand for some products. Women now make up more than half of all undergraduate students and half of graduate students in China. Beyond pursuing a career many women also see the importance of a loving relationship before marraige as opposed to being introduced to someone and finding a partner to go through life.

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Hopes of Brexit Breakthrough Dashed as Bipartisan Talks Collapse

  
WSJ - 05.17.2019 Original article ›
Jason Douglas, Max Colchester
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The Labour Party in Britain pulls the plug on further talks with the ruling Conservative government of Theresa May. No agreement could be reached on whether a customs union should be forged with the EU after Brexit, or on whether there should be a second referendum on Brexit as most Labour Party members want. Mrs. May has struggled to get her agreement negotiated with the EU passed in British parliament after trying several times, leading to most observers calling it a huge mess.

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Farmers Built a Soybean Export Empire Around China. Now They’re Fighting to Save It.

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WSJ - 07.04.2019 Original article ›
Jesse Newman
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American farms now produce more soyabeans than corn. It took 2 decades to build up exports to China of $21 billion. Last week China announced it was suspending all imports of American agricultural products in a blow to the farm sector in the U.S. American farmers are also a key support base for president Trump. It was largely the rural vote that elected Mr. Trump and the vote in the midwestern states such as Iowa, Michigan, Indiana and Wisconsin that put Trump ahead. 

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