2023 Articles

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US announces actions against 14 foreign companies for importing fentanyl

 

Officials said the sanctions and indictments against Chinese and Canadian firms target a ‘major China-based syndicate’

 

Gloria Oladipo

Wed 4 Oct 2023 16.49 BST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/04/us-sanctions-indictments-chinese-canadian-companies-importing-fentanyl

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Russian woman has lived 80 years with needle in her brain, doctors discover

 

Local health department believe woman was victim of failed infanticide by her parents during second world war

 

AFP in Moscow

Wed 4 Oct 2023 17.58 BST













https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/04/russian-woman-has-lived-80-years-with-needle-in-her-brain-doctors-discover
 

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‘Gobsmackingly bananas’: scientists stunned by planet’s record September heat

 

The carbon emissions driving the climate crisis and rapid arrival of an El Niño event are to blame, researchers say

 

Damian Carrington Environment editor

Thu 5 Oct 2023 03.00 BST












https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/05/gobsmackingly-bananas-scientists-stunned-by-planets-record-september-heat

A buddy of mine flew to Ottawa and he wrote me today that temperature is  82.4F...A lot warmer than the norm for the period
 

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Picasso portrait of Marie-Thérèse Walter expected to reach $120m at auction

 

Femme à la Montre, one of artist’s few major works featuring a wristwatch, to be sold by Sotheby’s in New York

 

Harriet Sherwood Arts and culture correspondent

Thu 5 Oct 2023 14.18 BST














https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/oct/05/picasso-portrait-of-marie-therese-walter-expected-to-reach-120m-at-auction

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pablo_Picasso
 

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US jet shoots down Turkish drone in Syria -Pentagon

 

By Idrees Ali and Huseyin Hayatsever

October 5, 202311:43 PM GMT+2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.reuters.com/world/turkish-officials-says-ground-operation-into-syria-an-option-after-bombing-2023-10-05/

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Jailed Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi wins Nobel peace prize

 

Mohammadi wins prize for her fight against oppression of women in Iran and to promote human rights for all

 

Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

Fri 6 Oct 2023 14.32 BST












https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/06/jailed-iranian-activist-narges-mohammadi-wins-2023-nobel-peace-prize
 

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New Mexico footprints are oldest sign of humans in Americas, research shows

 

Fossil footprints date back to between 21,000 and 23,000 years ago, upending previous theory that humans reached continent later

 

Associated Press

Fri 6 Oct 2023 14.11 BST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/oct/06/footprints-humans-americas-oldest-sign-new-mexico

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Biles wins sixth all-around world championships title

 

Reuters

October 6, 202311:27 PM GMT+2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.reuters.com/sports/biles-wins-sixth-all-around-world-championships-title-2023-10-06/

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Israel and Hamas at war after surprise attacks from Gaza Strip

 

Twenty-two Israelis confirmed dead so far and 545 injured, with death toll likely to rise, after aerial and ground attack

 

Bethan McKernan in Jerusalem

Sat 7 Oct 2023 11.49 BST














https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/07/hamas-launches-surprise-attack-on-israel-as-palestinian-gunmen-reported-in-south
 

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Encryption services are sending the right message to the quantum codebreakers

 

Quantum computers may still be years away, but it’s prudent that end-to-end encryption providers are ramping up defences

 

Sat 7 Oct 2023 16.00 BST

John Naughton

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/oct/07/encryption-services-quantum-computers-cryptography-rsa-signal-whatsapp

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How healthy is America’s renewed love affair with weight loss medications?

 

While some may be taking them for medically valid reasons, the trend is worrying eating disorder experts and signaling a cultural shift away from body positivity

 

Sat 7 Oct 2023 13.00 BST

Arwa Mahdawi

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/oct/07/us-ozempic-weight-loss-medications

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Spanish company launches reusable rocket in breakthrough for European space ambitions

 

Startup PLD Space says launch of Miura-1 is ‘just the beginning’ amid European drive to send satellites into orbit

 

Reuters in Madrid

Sat 7 Oct 2023 04.24 BST












https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/oct/07/spanish-company-launches-reusable-rocket-in-breakthrough-for-european-space-ambitions
 

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Louisiana student punished by school for dancing at private party

 

Kaylee Timonet was stripped of student government title and denied scholarship support after video surfaced of her at party

 

Coral Murphy Marcos

Sat 7 Oct 2023 14.40 BST











https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/07/louisiana-student-punished-by-school-for-dancing-at-private-party
 

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Screenwriters won a historic victory against AI. The rest of us should follow

 

The WGA not only proved the power of strikes – it laid the first brick in a wall that every other union in the US must rush to help build

 

Sat 7 Oct 2023 11.02 BST

Hamilton Nolan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/oct/07/screenwriters-won-a-historic-victory-against-ai-the-rest-of-us-should-follow

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Economy that kills and excludes 'a perversion' says Pope

 

In message to online meeting 'The Economy of Francesco'

 

Redazione ANSA ROME

07 October 202312:26 News

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.ansa.it/english/news/vatican/2023/10/07/economy-that-kills-and-excludes-a-perversion-says-pope_83bbff71-3759-495d-84bf-4f82d73ba64c.html

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White House condemns Hamas and pledges support for Israel after attacks

 

Joe Biden says US will offer ‘rock solid and unwavering’ support to Israeli government as Tel Aviv mounts counterattack

 

Coral Murphy Marcos

Sat 7 Oct 2023 20.24 BST












https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/07/us-reaction-defense-secretary-says-he-is-closely-monitoring-attack-on-israel
 

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Shot 14 times, no charges for police: family’s grief over death of Cop City activist

 

Manuel Paez Terán, known as ‘Tortuguita’ was isolated and alone as police shot him dead – and his family and friends say the full story is being kept from them

 

Timothy http://iqd.me/l/11 in Atlanta

Sun 8 Oct 2023 12.00 BST














https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/08/cop-city-activist-tortuguita-georgia-manuel-paez-teran
 

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Pope urges end to hostilities in Israel, says war 'a defeat'

 

Violence does not resolve anything insists Francis at Angelus

 

Redazione ANSA ROME

08 October 202315:00 News

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.ansa.it/english/news/2023/10/08/pope-urges-end-to-hostilities-in-israel-says-war-a-defeat_427fb0c7-f6c2-4295-befc-7863ebb386cf.html

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Egypt: police officer shoots dead two Israeli tourists and Egyptian guide

 

Israel’s national security council says its citizens should avoid going abroad and those in Egypt should leave

 

AFP in Cairo

Sun 8 Oct 2023 20.39 BST











https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/08/egypt-police-officer-shoots-dead-two-israeli-tourists-and-egyptian-guide
 

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How the Hamas attack on the Supernova festival in Israel unfolded

 

Thousands of young people were partying at dawn when Palestinian militants opened fire

 

Harriet Sherwood

Mon 9 Oct 2023 11.30 BST












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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/09/how-the-hamas-attack-on-the-supernova-festival-in-israel-unfolded
 

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The US library system, once the best in the world, faces death by a thousand cuts

 

In addition to political censorship and budget cuts, libraries are being undermined by rapacious digital licensing agreements

 

Mon 9 Oct 2023 11.02 BST

Brewster Kahle

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/oct/09/us-library-system-attack-digital-licensing

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Iran prisoner swap for $6 billion in spotlight after Hamas attacks Israel

 

Reuters

October 9, 20236:02 AM GMT+2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/iran-prisoner-swap-6-billion-spotlight-after-hamas-attacks-israel-2023-10-09/

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‘People are happier in a walkable neighborhood’: the US community that banned cars

 

A new housing development outside Phoenix is looking towards European cities for inspiration and shutting out the cars. So far residents love it

 

Wed 11 Oct 2023 11.00 BST

by Oliver Milman in Tempe, Arizona

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2023/oct/11/culdesac-car-free-neighborhood-tempe-arizona

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Oklahoma judge who sent 500 texts to bailiff during murder trial faces removal

 

Chief justice says Traci Soderstrom showed ‘gross neglect of duty’ after she mocked prosecutor and praised defense attorney

 

Associated Press in Oklahoma City

Thu 12 Oct 2023 12.42 BST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/12/oklahoma-judge-text-messages-murder-trial

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The IRS says Microsoft may owe about $29 billion in back taxes. Microsoft disagrees

 

Updated 5:31 PM CEST, October 12, 2023

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://apnews.com/article/microsoft-taxes-irs-96eb66abe86de19f1108209a8d57431a