Listen To The World: Recent Episodes
Rich Andy
Stories on science and world affairs in English.
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Kevin McCarthy lost the first three votes to become Speaker of America’s House of Representatives, after 20 hard-right Republicans withheld their support.
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(3 Jan 2023) Here are the top stories for Tuesday, January 3rd: Bankman-Fried pleads not guilty; McCarthy falls short in first speaker vote; Pelé buried in Brazil; SpaceX launches first mission of 2023
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Russia’s ministry of defence said that 63 servicemen had been killed in a Ukrainian attack on their quarters in Makiivka, a Russian-occupied town in the Donbas region.
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(2 Jan 2023) Here are the top stories for Monday, Jan. 2nd: Thousands pay their respects to Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI; Mourners file past Pelé's casket in Brazil; Three dead in NC construction accident; Biden returns to Washington as GOP retakes control of U.S. House.
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Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was sworn in as Brazil’s president. Also, according to the head of the IMF, a third of the world economy will fall into recession in 2023
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https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/is-your-phone-actually-draining-your-brain/
(31 Dec 2022) Highlights of this day in history: Thomas Edison demonstrates light bulb; The United States winds down the Marshall Plan; Actor Anthony Hopkins, composer Jule Styne and musician Donna Summer are born. (Dec. 31)
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Belarus summoned Ukraine’s ambassador after a missile was downed 15km inside Belarusian territory
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Southwest airlines is promising today will be different, after canceling close to 16 thousand flights this holiday season. Weekly jobless claims are up, meaning it may be harder to find a new job. A Chinese fighter jet intercepted a US plane - we'll bring you the details. Fans are paying tribute to Brazilian soccer legend Pelé who's died at the age of 82. And, sesame has made it to the food allergen list.
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America announced that travellers from China will have to produce a negative covid-19 test on arrival.
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(30 Dec 2022) Here's the latest for Friday December 30th: Biden signs budget; House committee to release Trump taxes; Ukraine says Russia fired dozens of missiles; Soccer legend Pele dead at age 82.
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Ukrainian officials urged residents of Kherson to evacuate as Russian forces escalated their attack on the southern city, which was liberated in November having been occupied by the Russians since the start of the war.
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(28 Dec 2022) Here's the latest for Wednesday December 28th: Vatican says health of retired pope Benedict XVI 'worsening'; Judge orders another long prison term in Gov. Whitmer plot; Netanyahu government: West Bank settlements a priority; Bats plunge to ground in cold.
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China announced a plan to end mandatory quarantine for inbound travellers, beginning on January 8th, as part of an official downgrade of its level of response to the covid-19 pandemic.
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(27 Dec 2022) Here's the latest for Tuesday, December 27: Southwest under scrutiny after wave of storm cancellations; Co-leader of Whitmer kidnapping plot gets 16 years in prison; Santos admits lying about background; Making pig livers humanlike to ease organ shortage.
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China announced a plan to end mandatory quarantine for inbound travellers as part of an official downgrade of its level of response to the covid-19 pandemic.
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(26 Dec 2022) Here's the latest for Monday, December 26: US winter storm continues; US holiday travelers face busy airports, cancellations; Ukraine FM aims for February peace summit; China will China urges elderly to get COVID jab.
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A leaked memo revealed China’s National Health Commission to have estimated that nearly 250 million citizens were infected with covid-19 during the first 20 days of December. Also, A Ukrainian drone attacked an airbase deep within Russia.
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https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/why-your-dog-might-think-you-rsquo-re-a-bonehead/
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(23 Dec 2022) Highlights of this day in history: Apollo Eight astronauts orbit the moon; Ku Klux Klan is founded; Human voice first transmitted via radio; Suez Canal opened. (Dec. 24)
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Russia may cut oil output by up to 7% in early 2023, said Alexander Novak, a deputy prime minister. This month the EU, the G7 and Australia imposed a $60-a-barrel price cap on Russian seaborne oil
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There are flight cancellations, power outages and traffic bans across the US as a winter storm causes chaos ahead of the holidays. The January 6 House Select Committee has released its full report on the capitol attack. Covid-19 is hitting China hard, but the official figures tell a different story. The UN is calling for help for the almost 200 refugees who have been stranded for 2 months on a boat in the Indian Ocean. Plus, Dolly Parton has a new song ... kind of.
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Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of FTX, a failed cryptocurrency exchange, was released on a $250m bond after a hearing in New York.
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(23 Dec 2022) Here's the latest for Friday December 23rd: Winter storm brings deep freeze to US; Senate passes $1.7T budget bill; South Korea says North Korea fired ballistic missile; NYC Staten Island ferry evacuated.
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Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukraine’s president, met with President Joe Biden in the White House and gave an address to Congress.
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(22 Dec 2022) Here's the latest for Wednesday, December 21: Ukraine's Zelenskyy visits Washington; Texas national guard closes border gap; former FTX CEO extradited; freezing temperatures disrupt travel.
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Several news outlets reported that Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukraine’s president, plans to visit Washington on Wednesday, to address Congress and meet Joe Biden, his American counterpart.
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The House committee investigating the Capitol riot of January 6th 2021 recommended that the Justice Department charge Donald Trump with four federal crimes.
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(19 Dec 2022) Here’s the latest for Monday Dec. 19: Jan. 6 committee recommends charges against Trump; Sam Bankman-Fried may return to US to face charges; Ohio man sentenced to life for killing eight; Kharkiv’s Christmas tree goes underground.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6nhMG4wqTU
Ukrainian officials said that electricity supplies had been restored in Kharkiv, the country’s second-biggest city, and water and heat were back on in Kyiv, the capital, after a wave of Russian missile attacks on the country’s infrastructure on Friday.
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Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange, said it had processed $6bn in net withdrawals between Monday and Wednesday, as FTX’s collapse continued to unnerve crypto investors
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Central banks in Europe and Britain followed the lead of the Federal Reserve by raising interest rates by 0.5 percentage points, lower than the previous rises of 0.75.
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The Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate by half a percentage point.
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America’s core consumer price index, a measure of inflation excluding food and energy costs, rose by just 0.2% in November, its second straight month at a subdued level.
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(12 Dec 2022) Here’s the latest for Monday, December 12: Libyan accused of bombing Pan Am Flight 103 in 1988 in federal court; Richmond removes last Confederate statue; Washington, D.C., to make bus fare free; President and first lady help Toys for Tots.
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Ukrainian forces struck the occupied city of Melitopol in the south-east with a missile barrage.
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America’s House of Representatives approved legislation that mandates federal recognition of same-sex marriages.
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(8 Dec 2022) Here’s the latest for Thursday, Dec. 8: Brittney Griner freed in prisoner exchange; House passes same-sex marriage protections; Strike hits New York Times; Two women to have signatures on U.S. currency for first time.
Lawmakers in Peru voted 101-6 to oust Pedro Castillo as president shortly after he tried to dissolve Congress.
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(7 Dec 2022) Here's the latest for Wednesday, December 7th: Justices skeptical of elections case; Suspected German coup plot spawns dozens of arrests; Hawaii remembrance draws a handful of Pearl Harbor survivors; Date set for Prince Harry's memoir
A jury in Manhattan convicted Donald Trump’s real-estate company of tax fraud.
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Iran’s attorney-general said that the country would abolish its hateful morality police, whose tasks include ensuring that women wear the hijab.
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https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/being-bad-at-video-games-ups-aggression1/
Diplomats from the EU agreed on a price cap for Russian oil of $60 per barrel.
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(4 Dec 2022) Associated Press Correspondent Terry Anderson is released from captivity; American troops head to Somalia; General George Washington says farewell to his officers in New York; Frank Zappa dies. (Dec. 4)
Diplomats from the EU agreed on a price cap for Russian oil of $60 per barrel, according to Poland’s ambassador.
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We start by looking at former President Trump’s recent legal setbacks, as two courts rule against him. China has signaled it’s going to start easing some Covid-19 restrictions, but is still going after protesters. South Africa’s president is facing calls to resign - we’ll tell you why. President Joe Biden wants to change the Democrats’ primary map. Plus, how teenagers’ brains changed during the pandemic.
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During Emmanuel Macron’s state visit to America, Joe Biden said he was “prepared to speak with” Vladmir Putin, as Mr Macron has, if the Russian president signalled an interest in ending the war in Ukraine.
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(1 Dec 2022) Here’s the latest for Thursday, December 1: Biden acknowledges European concerns about clean energy law; Kherson hit by more Russian shelling; Seven children injured in school bus crash; Prince and Princess of Wales visit Boston-area green tech incubator.
Two cities in China—Chongqing and Guangzhou—said that they would ease covid-19 restrictions amid the continuing protests against the country’s stringent measures.
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(30 Nov 2022) House Democrats elect Rep. Hakeem Jeffries as their new leader; House votes to avert rail strike by imposing labor agreement; Tornadoes kill at least two and destroy homes in South; Tourists flock to Big Island to watch Mauna Loa eruption. (Nov. 30)
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China began suppressing the widespread protests that erupted over the weekend in frustration at the government’s stringent anti-covid measures.
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(29 Nov 2022) Here's the latest for Tuesday, November 29th: NATO meets on Ukraine; Congressional leaders optimistic on rail deal; Mauna Loa eruption continues; Ukrainian First Lady visits British Parliament.
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(28 Nov 2022) Here’s the latest for Monday, November 28: Houston residents under water boil order; Gunman pleads guilty to killing 10 in Buffalo grocery; Hawaii volcano erupts; White House holiday decorations on display.
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Wall Street slumped at the prospect that further unrest in China and rising covid-19 cases would slow its economy.
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Protesters clashed with police in Shanghai on Sunday night, as they staged a demonstration against China’s draconian anti-covid measures.
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https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/a-burned-redwood-forest-tells-a-story-of-climate-change-past-present-and-future/
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Iranian security officials fired at protesters in the south-eastern province of Sistan-Baluchistan after Friday prayers, leaving dozens of casualties, according to activists tracking the demonstrations
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The US has reached a grim milestone when it comes to mass shootings - we'll bring you the details of some of this week's attacks. The UN's human rights chief is calling for an investigation into human rights violations in Iran. Sarah Palin's political comeback attempt has failed once again. A court in Brazil has rejected the outgoing president's election results challenge. Plus, the FDA approves the most expensive drug in the world.
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Ukraine continued to reckon with the fallout from Russia’s air strikes on its energy infrastructure. Also, Covid-19 infections in China recorded a new daily high of over 30,000.
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(24 Nov 2022) Here’s the latest for Thursday, Nov. 24: Spectators visit New York for the Thanksgiving Day Parade; EU energy leaders discuss rising gas prices; COVID-19 lockdowns expand in Beijing; Visegrad 4 countries encourage Hungary to ratify NATO accession.
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Russia’s strikes on Ukrainian infrastructure caused mass blackouts, and obliged officials to remove three nuclear power plants from the national grid as a precautionary measure.
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The World Health Organisation warned that Ukraine faces a “devastating energy crisis” this winter.
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(22 Nov 2022) Here's the latest for Tuesday, November 22nd; The Supreme Court allows House Democrats to obtain Trump's tax returns; Dr. Anthony Fauci gives his final briefing; Cristiano Ronaldo to leave Manchester United; Berlin turns on Christmas lights
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America said it was likely that Russians “all the way up the chain of command” were responsible for war crimes in Ukraine.
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(21 Nov 2022) Here's the latest for Monday, November 21st: Gay bar shooting suspect facing several charges in Colo.; 1 dead, 16 hurt when SUV crashes into Apple store; At least 162 people killed in Indonesia earthquake; President Biden pardons National Thanksgiving Turkey.
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New Zealand's erect-crested penguin lays two eggs but rejects the first one—the opposite of how most birds prioritize their offspring.
[Full Transcript]
Christopher Intagliata: For 60-Second Science, I'm Christopher Intagliata.
Hundreds of miles southeast of New Zealand, lie the windswept Bounty and Antipodes Islands. It's there you'll find the breeding grounds of what may be the world's most punk-rock penguin.
[Penguin calls]
… which sports twin bleached-blond mohawks.
Lloyd Davis: "It's like if you took a penguin and put its flipper in an electricity outlet and it got a shock. That's what you might imagine it looks like."
Intagliata: Lloyd Davis of New Zealand's University of Otago says the erect-crested penguin, as it's known, also has a peculiar breeding strategy. The females lay two eggs. But generally leave the first one to die.
Davis: "They just plop the egg on the rock. It's just bizarre to see. And then 40 percent just turn their back on it. They don't even attempt to incubate it, it's like 'I don't care about that.'"
Intagliata: Davis says that's unusual—because most birds pour resources into the first egg, and the second, and however many more … but the last egg is almost an afterthought.
Davis: "The final egg acts like an insurance policy for them, so if they lose one of the other eggs, they can rear the chick from that one. But this is quite the opposite. Because, in this case—and this is why it's such a conundrum in the biological world—they don't favor the first egg, they favor the second one."
Intagliata: Davis and his colleagues traveled to the Antipodes Islands in 1998 to investigate that conundrum. And in reanalyzing their data, they've narrowed down the possible explanations for this behavior.
First, they think the penguins might reject the first egg because it forms while the birds are migrating, so it's smaller—inferior, perhaps—to the second, larger egg. And the penguins may be acknowledging a reality many species face—they simply don't have the resources to rear two chicks.
The study appears in the journal PLOS ONE. [Lloyd S. Davis et al, The breeding biology of erect-crested penguins, Eudyptes sclateri: Hormones, behavior, obligate brood reduction and conservation]
Davis notes that the penguins are now endangered.
Davis: "They seem to have gone down by about a third based on evidence we have and yet we know nothing about them, we know nothing about the causes, and we need to do what we can to protect these wonderful and forgotten penguins."
Intagliata: After all, you could say the birds themselves are already putting all their eggs in one basket.
Penguin audio courtesy study author Thomas Mattern, The Tawaki Trust, Dunedin, New Zealand, and the Global Penguin Society, Puerto Madryn, Argentina.
[The above text is a transcript of this podcast.]
Reference:
https://www.linkresearcher.com/careers/96927f24-265a-4051-8560-4df33ada3c32
https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/these-punk-rock-penguins-have-a-bizarre-breeding-strategy/
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(20 Nov 2022) Highlights of this day in history: Nazi war crimes trial begins at Nuremberg; Robert F. Kennedy born; Britain's future Queen Elizabeth II marries; Spain's dictator Francisco Franco dies; Mexican Revolution begins; 'Cabaret' hits Broadway. (Nov. 20)
Elon Musk abruptly closed Twitter’s headquarters until Monday, as his unique management style appears to have caused a Twexodus
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Russian missile strikes continue in Ukraine, putting the country’s damaged power grid under extra strain. Closing arguments begin today in a seditious conspiracy trial of five Oath Keepers. The Justice Department is signaling it’ll go to the Supreme Court to reinstate Biden’s federal student debt relief program. FIFA says alcohol will not be sold at any World Cup stadiums in Qatar. Plus, NASA thinks we could be one step closer to getting humans on the Mars.
NATO’s secretary-general, Jens Stoltenberg, said that it is “likely” that a missile that hit a farm in Poland was fired by Ukraine’s air-defense force.
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(17 Nov 2022) Here’s the latest for Thursday, November 17: Nancy Pelosi to step down from House Democratic leadership; Starbucks workers strike more than 100 stores; 3 convicted in 2014 downing of jet over Ukraine; Space telescope finds distant, previously unseen galaxies.
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NATO’s secretary-general, Jens Stoltenberg, said that it is “likely” that a missile that hit a farm in Poland was fired by Ukraine’s air-defence force.
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(17 Nov 2022) Here are the top stories for Wednesday, Nov. 16th: Austin says missile strike in Poland 'likely' from Ukraine; McConnell reelected as Senate GOP leader; Ferry with hundreds aboard catches fire near Bali; Orion space capsule heads to the moon.
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Leaders of the G7 held a crisis meeting after two Russian-made missiles hit Poland; the Kremlin denied responsibility for what would be the first Russian strike on a NATO country.
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(15 Nov 2022) Here's the latest for Tuesday, November 15: NASA prepares for early morning launch; Ukraine's Zelenskyy addresses nation; Three Israelis are killed by Palestinian gunman; Walmart settles opioid lawsuit.
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(14 Nov 2022) Here’s the latest for Monday, November 14: Student arrested in University of Virginia shooting; Ukraine’s president visits newly liberated Kherson; President Biden met with China’s President Xi; Investigators look at wreckage of fatal vintage plane crash.
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President Joe Biden rejected the idea of a “new cold war” with China and said he believed Taiwan faced no “imminent” threat of invasion.
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A recent experiment finds that when people are about to lie via digital text they take longer to construct their words. Christie Nicholson reports
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https://www.linkresearcher.com/careers/db18fc23-89f8-4c7c-b356-167973488c35
The Democrats retained control of the Senate after Catherine Cortez Masto was elected for a Nevada seat.
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(12 Nov 2022) Highlights of this day in history: Josef Stalin consolidates power in USSR; World War II's naval Battle of Guadalcanal begins; Women's rights pioneer Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Actress-turned-royalty Grace Kelly and singer Neil Young born. (Nov. 12)
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Ukrainian troops entered the city of Kherson as Russian forces retreated from it.
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More vote totals are coming in from key states while control of Congress remains up in the air. Former President Donald Trump has sued the January 6th committee to fight a subpoena for documents and testimony. The Covid-19 public health emergency could be extended past mid-January in the US. Underwater explorers discovered pieces of the Space Shuttle Challenger that broke apart after its launch in 1986. Plus, the voice actor who played Batman for decades in animated series and films has died.
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American stockmarkets leapt after lower-than-expected inflation figures raised hopes that the Federal Reserve will ease its tightening.
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(10 Nov 2022) Here’s the latest for Thursday, November 10: Tropical storm sends Florida homes into ocean; Warnock and Walker to meet in Georgia Senate runoff; Biden to meet China’s Xi in Bali; $400 million more in US weapons to Ukraine
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The race for a Senate seat in Georgia will go to a run-off next month, meaning that control of Congress’s upper chamber may not be known for weeks.
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(9 Nov 2022) Here's the latest for Wednesday, Nov. 9th: Dems beating back GOP surge, but control of Congress unclear; Russia says it's withdrawing from Kherson region; Griner sent to Russian penal colony; Tropical Storm Nicole forces evacuations in Bahamas, Florida.
Polling stations closed on the east coast and in the middle of America, as midterm voters across the country cast ballots to determine who will control congress.
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(8 Nov 2022) Here's the latest for Tuesday, November 8th: Election scrutiny high, but US votes without a hitch; Powerball ticket sold in California for record $2.04B win; Montenegro opposition protest; 18-carat pink diamond reaps $28.8 million at Geneva auction.
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Emmanuel Macron promised delegates at the United Nations’ annual climate summit that the war in Ukraine (and the energy crisis it triggered) will not mean his country slacks on its climate commitments.
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(7 Nov 2022) Here’s the latest for Monday, November 7: Justice Department to send election monitors to 24 states; UN Secretary-General calls for climate cooperation; Last total lunar eclipse in 3 years on Tuesday; Houston celebrates Astros’ World Series win.
A study of millions of tweets found that public opinion quickly solidifies, even without an overwhelming consensus. Allie Wilkinson reports
Full TranscriptAll rise, the Twitter court of public opinion is now in session.
And the next case on the docket will reach a quick verdict. Because public opinion solidifies rapidly on Twitter. That’s according to a study in the journal Chaos. [Fei Xiong and Yun Liu, Opinion formation on social media: An empirical approach]
Researchers collected almost 6 million tweets during a six-month period. They sorted the tweets for either positive or negative sentiments, then focused on three topics related to electronics.
At first opinions fluctuated, with one side gaining a slight advantage. This advantage grew gradually and then quickly leveled off, leaving one opinion in a stable and dominant position—but without an overwhelming consensus.
And once public opinion is established, it is unlikely to change. Only those who see a large number of dissenting opinions among the people they follow on Twitter will reconsider and examine the opposing viewpoint.
These results may offer a valuable lesson for companies, candidates and anyone else in the spotlight. If you plan to sway the jury, be sure to make your case early. Because once public opinion stabilizes, the jury is dismissed.
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https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/twitter-opinion-quickly-stabilizes/
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Highlights of this day in history: FDR wins unprecedented third term in the White House; Richard Nixon elected President; Former President Reagan says he has Alzheimer's; George Foreman sets boxing record; Pianist Vladimir Horowitz dies. (Nov. 5)
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The US job numbers are out, and turns out fewer jobs were added last month than the month before - we’ll tell you why that’s good news for the government. Early voting for the 2022 midterms is up compared to 2018 in some key states to watch, but it might be a while until we get results. A session in French parliament was halted because of a lawmaker’s questionable comment. And, complaints are pushing the government to do something about the size of seats on airplanes.
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(3 Nov 2022) The U.S. and South Korea warn North Korea on use of nuclear weapons; President Joe Biden kicks off a three-day campaign trip; G-7 leaders grapple with fallout from war in Ukraine; Houston Astros' bullpen combined for World Series no-hitter.
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Here's the latest for Wednesday, November 2nd: Biden, the optimist, wrestles with the election, other worries; Russia rejoins key deal on Ukrainian grain exports; Fed unleashes another rate hike, hints at pullback; Search for solutions to save Utah salt flats.
https://news.yahoo.com/ap-top-stories-november-2-214243308.html
(1 Nov 2022) Here's the latest for Tuesday, November 1st: Supreme Court temporarily blocks the release of Donald Trump's taxes; Ukraine's Zelenskyy says 40% of energy infrastructure destroyed; Copy of U.S. Constitution goes to auction; Taylor Swift announces U.S. tour.
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Here's the latest for Monday October 31st: India police make arrests after bridge collapse; Federal charges filed in Pelosi attack case; Trump Organization criminal tax fraud trial begins; Powerball jackpot reached $1 billion.
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