October 4, 2023
Liberal MP Garth Hamilton says the suggestion that Australia hasn’t been growing and improving in dealing with Indigenous issues over time is “offensive”. An advertisement by the Yes23 campaign made the claim that a No vote in the Voice referendum means “no progress”. Indigenous activist Noel Pearson said on 3AW radio that there is “no
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Along hundreds of miles of Lake Victoria’s shoreline in Kenya, a squadron of young scientists and an army of volunteers are waging an all-out war on a creature that threatens the health of more people than any other on earth: the mosquito. They are testing new insecticides and ingenious new ways to deliver them. They
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AI paralyzed man walking Gert-Jan Oskam, paralyzed for 12 years, is able to walk again thanks to the brain-spine “digital bridge” interface developed at France’s Atomic Energy Commission (CEA). SOURCE: EPFL / CHUV via Reuters For the first time ever, a human has successfully received an implanted device to enable movement of the arms, hands
READ MORE On the heels of an exceptionally fiery and smoky summer, two new reports released Wednesday confirmed what many Americans have been already seeing and breathing. Smoke from increasingly frequent and increasingly large fires has started to undo decades of hard-won gains in air quality, and the problem is expected to only get worse, not just
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READ MORE In August 2021, Sayyid, whose name has been changed for his protection, watched in terror as the Taliban assumed power in Afghanistan. The former field support representative for a U.S. company told Fox News Digital he felt “like a prisoner … sentenced to hanging.” For four years, Sayyid said, he supported “fielding, installation, operation training
READ MOREby Calculated Risk on 8/25/2023 10:07:00 AM Fed Chair Powell’s speech here on YouTube. From Fed Chair Powell: Inflation: Progress and the Path Ahead It is the Fed’s job to bring inflation down to our 2 percent goal, and we will do so. We have tightened policy significantly over the past year. Although inflation has
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WASHINGTON, D.C.: The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) executive board has approved a $7.5-billion disbursement for Argentina despite Buenos Aires missing key financial targets as it grapples with a prolonged economic crisis, the IMF said on Wednesday. The agreement combines the fifth and sixth reviews of an existing 30-month, $44-billion IMF program, in a move aimed
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Advertisement Excessive recruitment fees are an omnipresent burden and decade-long forced labor risk for many of Taiwan’s over 700,000 migrant workers, as they incur substantial debts to pay home-country recruiters for jobs. Vietnamese pay by far the most. In 2022, we reported on workers paying the equivalent of three to four years’ wages at home
READ MORE CHINA’S annual services trade fair, the 2023 China International Fair for Trade in Services (Ciftis), will run from September 2 to 6 in Beijing, where about 60 companies and organizations will show their latest technological achievements, activating the global trade of services. More than 2,200 enterprises have confirmed their attendance at the on-site exhibition, and
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