Tag: World news
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Russia’s best tech talent is fleeing the country. Pushed out by a draft for the war in Ukraine, nearly a quarter of the nation’s best developers have left, according to a report in The New Scientist: Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! These engineers are the key to dominating the…
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Iran’s government has shut down the internet in many parts of the country amid mass protests. But Elon Musk is offering Iranians a lifeline. Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! Musk hopes to provide internet to Iranians cut off from the web. He is seeking an exemption from Iran sanctions…
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A major state-backed investment fund in China is in shambles as several top executives have been arrested. From the MIT Technology Review: Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! China’s chipmaking industry descended into chaos last week, with at least four top executives associated with a state-owned semiconductor fund arrested on…
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You just went to a protest marking the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre. You were scared, but you went. You wore a mask and took a winding route home. No one could have seen you. You arrive home to your Hong Kong apartment and decide to check your bank…
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North Korean defector and Youtuber Yeonmi Park is reporting a massive uprising in Musan, North Korea. The uprising began when police cracked down on a market selling Chinese products, which is illegal in North Korea despite them being the only goods available. Farmers took their farm implements and attacked the…
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Government bond yields are increasing in many countries, including the US. Australia is already taking action. Europe and Japan also appear to be close: This morning, Australian three-year government bond yields reached as high as 0.15% at the market open, far above the 0.1% ceiling established by the Reserve Bank…
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There is a huge increase in homelessness in Brazil, per Der Spiegel. Many have lost jobs due to the COVID pandemic, leading to a second humanitarian crisis, this one economic. I found this quote from a factory worker who recently lost his job particularly striking: “I never thought I would…
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Today, Myanmar’s (deeply flawed) democracy fell today to a military coup: The coup follows a disputed election in November that Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy party won by a landslide. The main opposition party, the army-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party, claimed the vote was marred by fraud. Myanmar’s…
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Tremendous 