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      14 December

      Opinion: ‘Polycrisis’ can tackle world’s woes

      If the concept is used with greater clarity and focus, it can generate novel insights about our present predicament. Hyderabad: Commentators increasingly warn that the world is tightly bound in a “polycrisis,” a tangled knot of crises spanning global systems. But if we have any hope of escaping it, we must think more carefully about what polycrisis really means. It’s a bad sign when there’s a struggle to even name the world’s ongoing crises and words like disaster, catastrophe or emergency just won’t suffice. Experts are scrambling to coin new terms for humanity’s many problems. ‘Permacrisis’ is Collins Dictionary’s 2022 word of the year. Economist Nouriel Roubini warns of 10 “megathreats.” And a growing number of commentators have declared a polycrisis.…

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    • 14 December

      ‘China built villages, constructed road near border’

      The people said a number of Chinese drones flew close to the LAC prompting the IAF to scramble the jets and increase the overall combat readiness. New Delhi: Satellite images shows that China has built villages on their side of the India-China border abutting Arunachal Pradesh’s Tawang, and the PLA army has also constructed a road on that side, Indian Army sources said on Tuesday, a day after a clash between troops of both sides last week became public. The Indian Air Force scrambled fighter jets last week following China’s increasing air activities, people familiar with the matter said. The deployment of some aerial platforms including drones by China in the region preceded the Chinese attempts on December 9 to unilaterally change the…

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    • 14 December

      Arrested and executed in less than a month: Iran hangs second regime opponent

      The regime in Tehran executed a young man early Monday morning after a trial on murder charges and other accusations that barely lasted three weeks. Majidreza Rahnavard was convicted after a hasty trial overseen by the country’s hardline Revolutionary Court for allegedly stabbing two members of the pro-regime Basiji militia to death and injuring four others on 17 November in the northeast city Mashhad, the judiciary’s official Mizan news agency reported. He was arrested on 19 November, allegedly while trying to exit Iran, put on trial, convicted, and “publicly” hanged before a crowd of pro-regime gunmen and their families, according to Mizan. His family was informed of his death afterwards. “We have killed your son, and buried his body,” the family…

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    • 14 December

      South Africa parliament to vote on impeachment of Ramaphosa

      South African lawmakers are to vote Tuesday on whether to start impeachment proceedings against President Cyril Ramaphosa over a report that says he held undeclared foreign currency at his farm in 2020. The crucial vote comes after a damning parliamentary report alleged that Ramaphosa illegally hid at least $580,000 in cash in a sofa at his Phala Phala game ranch. It said he did not report the theft of the money to police in order to avoid questions over how he got the foreign currency and why he had not declared it to authorities. The report has brought Ramaphosa’s opponents — opposition parties and even rivals within his party, the ruling African National Congress — to call for him to step down. Lawmakers will need…

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    • 14 December

      US to announce ‘major’ nuclear fusion breakthrough in pursuit of near-limitless energy

      The US Department of Energy is set to make an announcement on Tuesday about a “major scientific breakthrough” following media reports that a major milestone in nuclear fusion research has been achieved. The Financial Times reported on Monday that the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California achieved the significant breakthrough of achieving a net energy gain from nuclear fusion. This would be the first time scientists have successfully produced more energy in a fusion reaction than was required to sustain it – an advance that may potentially lead to a climate-friendly, renewable energy source. While the laboratory confirmed to FT that it had recently conducted a “successful” experiment, it did not share further details, citing the preliminary nature of the study data. “US Secretary of Energy Jennifer M Granholm and…

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    • 14 December

      Indonesia summons U.N. official after criticism of new laws

      Indonesia summoned a United Nations official on Monday after the organisation expressed concerns over threats to civil liberties posed by the newly-ratified revisions to its criminal code, its foreign ministry said. Indonesia’s parliament last week approved an overhaul of its criminal code, prohibiting sex outside marriage and cohabitation between unmarried couples, among other controversial revisions. Officials say it aims to uphold “Indonesian values” in the world’s largest Muslim-majority nation. The U.N. said the revised laws could result in the erosion of press freedom, privacy and human rights in the world’s third-largest democracy. Teuku Faizasyah, a foreign ministry spokesperson, said the ministry summoned the U.N. resident coordinator in Jakarta over the comment, saying the organisation should have consulted with the government…

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    • 13 December

      Peru’s new leader offers early election after six die in protests

      Peru’s new president offered lawmakers a plan to bring elections forward by two years on Monday, after the ouster of her predecessor last week sparked protests that have left at least six dead. President Dina Boluarte, previously the vice president, was sworn in last week after former President Pedro Castillo was removed by Congress and arrested for trying to dissolve the legislature while preventing an impeachment vote against him. But Castillo supporters argue that Boluarte was not elected by the people. Demonstrators have taken to the streets to demand that Peru hold new elections, with some also calling for Congress to be shuttered and Castillo released. Local authorities in Apurimac said a 16-year-old had died from a gunshot wound, and two more…

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    • 13 December

      Twitter Blue is back as Musk announces to remove all legacy verified badges

      Twitter Blue subscription with verification was relaunched on Tuesday and people needed a verified phone number to sign up, as Elon Musk announced he will remove all legacy blue badges in coming months New Delhi: Twitter Blue subscription with verification was relaunched on Tuesday and people needed a verified phone number to sign up, as Elon Musk announced he will remove all legacy blue badges in coming months. The Blue subscription service with verification costs $8 for Android users and $11 for iPhone owners per month. “Starting today, when you subscribe your account will get access to subscriber-only features including Edit Tweet, 1080p video uploads, reader mode, and a blue checkmark (once your account has been reviewed),” said the company. “Soon, subscribers with the blue checkmark…

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    • 13 December

      Russia offers India help in overcoming G7’s oil price cap

      Moscow: Russia has welcomed India’s decision to not support the price cap on Russian oil announced by G7 and its allies and offered it cooperation on leasing and building large-capacity ships to overcome the ban on insurance services and tanker chartering in the European Union and Britain to continue buying discounted oil. The offer came as Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak held a meeting with the Indian Ambassador to Moscow, Pavan Kapoor, on Friday. “The Deputy Prime Minister welcomed India’s decision not to support the price cap on Russian oil, which was imposed on December 5 by the G7 countries and their allies,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement India’s appetite for Russian oil has swelled ever since…

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    • 13 December

      Meta shuts down Connectivity division

      Meta has reportedly shut down its Connectivity division almost 10 years after launching the initiative. San Francisco: Meta has reportedly shut down its Connectivity division almost 10 years after launching the initiative. The company will now split the division across its infrastructure and central products teams, reports The Verge. Launched in 2013, Meta Connectivity (formerly Facebook Connectivity) aimed to increase online usage so users could access the company’s social networks. Through the initiative, the company developed and later abandoned a project that involved high-flying, autonomous drones to beam the internet to remote areas of the world. It also focused on creating a low-Earth orbit satellite-based internet system similar to Starlink, but Amazon hired the team working on it last year. It remains unclear when…

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