Tag: global affairs
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The controversial ruler of Dubai has acquired a land and property empire in Britain that appears to exceed 40,000 hectares (100,000 acres), making him one of the country’s largest landowners,… more ›
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The Taliban are gaining strength. Opium production has quadrupled. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/12/09/world/middleeast/afghanistan-war-cost.html more ›
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The exiled former president of Burkina Faso, Blaise Compaoré, is to be tried in absentia in for the murder of Thomas Sankara, one of Africa’s most revered post-independence leaders who… more ›
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A previous version of the report, released by the Obama administration, highlighted the risk of a pandemic and the vast economic disruption it could cause — a prescient prediction in… more ›
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HSINCHU, Taiwan — Chuang Cheng-deng’s modest rice farm is a stone’s throw from the nerve center of Taiwan’s computer chip industry, whose products power a huge share of the world’s… more ›
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This report provides information on the reporting period from January 2020 to December 2020. This report provides visibility into our content moderation processes including details related to: The tools we… more ›
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There’s a remarkably simple notation for sketching cities, and I think it points at a better way to design software. What’s the minimum you need to trick your brain into… more ›
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Remote work (and the technology that exists around it like Zoom and Slack) are a new medium. Those companies who recognize this are finding ways to more drastically adapt their… more ›