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Liz Truss says lettuce joke was ‘puerile’ and media did not understand her ideas

Former PM criticises Daily Star stunt at Dublin conference but says UK media’s irreverence is a good thing overall

The Guardian - UK

Covid inquiry: can it bring about meaningful change?

The first public hearings in the long-awaited Covid inquiry finally began this morning with a film featuring testimonies from bereaved families followed by opening statements.

The Week

Uyghur student convicted after posting protests video on WeChat

Kamile Wayit, 19, sentenced in China for ‘advocating extremism’ by sharing footage of anti-lockdown unrest

The Guardian - UK

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How Russia is shifting to a war economy in the face of international sanctions

As Russia’s progress in Ukraine has stalled, with enormous losses in material and people, the frustrated head of the Wagner mercenary force Yevgeny Prigozhin has called for Russia to shift to a total war economy:

The Conversation

More than a quarter of Republicans approve of Capitol attack, poll shows

Survey also reveals more than half of Republicans think January 6 was a form of legitimate political discourse

The Guardian - US

Nicholas Goldberg: How I became a tool of China's giant anti-American propaganda machine

When I write critical columns about U.S. policies and politics, I occasionally strike a nerve and get enraged letters from readers denouncing me as a traitor or suggesting I am providing grist for our nation's enemies.

Los Angeles Times

The Wall Street Journal, Economist and Financial Times all now have female editors – what does it mean for business?

February 1 was a date to celebrate for women in business everywhere. It happened to be the day that water group Severn Trent became the first large UK quoted company to be led by an all-female team by appointing Helen Miles as chief financial officer. That’s certainly worthy of celebration…

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Why the US declined to send Ukraine long-range missiles, tanks

When President Volodymyr Zelensky visited Washington on Wednesday, the US announced that it would finally be sending Patriot missiles to Ukraine, 300 days into the war. However, the Biden administration declined to give Ukraine ATACM long-range missiles due to wariness about escalation risks, and declined to send US tanks because…

France 24

*Gulp*: Ppl Figured Out How Much Mariah Carey Has Made From ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’

Forget different tax brackets. We are in different tax universes.

Pedestrian.tv

The 'end of crypto'?

The Economist asks if the FTX collapse spells final doom for crypto. The answer is easy

Fortune

Sir Evelyn de Rothschild: Financier dies ‘peacefully at home’ aged 91

Sir Evelyn served as chief executive and chairman of the bank NM Rothschild and Sons Ltd between 1976-2003, and was also a chairman of The Economist

Evening Standard

Free Trade Would Boost the Economy, But It's Not on the Ballot

Joe Biden adopted his predecessor’s protectionism, threatening our peace and prosperity.

Reason

Wire-Meta saga: Editors Guild withdraws Tek Fog remarks, Economist points to 3 lessons from ‘own-goal’

Hours after the Wire issued an apology to its readers over its controversial Meta stories, the Economist carried a piece on the website’s “own-goal” holding lessons for “opposition voices everywhere” while the Editors Guild of India withdrew its statement referring to the organisation’s Tek Fog reports.

Newslaundry

Lettuce rejoice: inside story of Daily Star iceberg’s triumph over Liz Truss

Editors explain tabloid stunt that ‘really captured the mood of the nation’

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Italy slams Economist ‘Welcome to Britaly’ cover for rehashing stereotypes

Weekly newspaper describes Britaly as ‘country of political instability, low growth and subordination to markets’

The Independent UK

Lettuce outlasts the Prime Minister as Truss resigns after 44 days

A live stream started by the Daily Star has been tracking whether a lettuce would outlast the Prime Minister.

The New Daily

Michael Pascoe: RIP trickle-down economics – even the financial markets have given up

Trickle-down economics: The cry of “you can’t tax your way to prosperity” is joined by “you can’t tax cut your way to prosperity either”.

The Conversation

US is becoming a 'developing country' on global rankings that measure democracy, inequality

The United States may regard itself as a “leader of the free world,” but an index of development released in July 2022 places the country much farther down the list.

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Ukraine: how the UK press reported the Nazi invasion 1941-45

During the second world war there were notable exceptions to the at times slavish patriotic devotion the press showed to the government line. Weekly political titles such as New Statesman and Nation, the Spectator and the Economist challenged government policy more consistently than daily newspapers.

Newslaundry

Adani’s NDTV takeover is a worrying portent for Indian media: Economist

Billionaire Gautam Adani’s takeover of NDTV has invited media attention not just in India but also abroad. In a recent piece the Economist describes the “tycoon’s takeover bid for an independent broadcaster is a worrying portent”, not least for media freedom.

The Independent UK

More than four in 10 Americans say civil war is more likely within the next decade, poll finds

The Economist/YouGov poll finds self-described ‘strong Republicans’ most likely to say there could be a US civil war in the next decade

The Guardian - US

More than 40% of Americans think civil war likely within a decade

More than half of ‘strong Republicans’ think such a conflict is at least somewhat likely, poll finds

Reuters

UK spy chief says Putin is losing information war in Ukraine -The Economist

Russia has failed to gain ground in cyberspace against Ukraine almost six months after its invasion of the country, the head of Britain's GCHQ intelligence service said on Friday.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Article on ‘Fat’ Arab Women Sparks Uproar over Body-Shaming

To Enas Taleb, the headline felt like a spiteful punch line. "Why women are fatter than men in the Arab world," it read in bold, above a photograph of the Iraqi actress waving onstage at an arts festival. The Economist article ran through possible explanations of the obesity gap of…

The Independent UK

Article on 'fat' Arab women sparks uproar over body-shaming

An article in The Economist about the prevalence of obesity among Arab women has triggered torrid criticism on social media, as well as a defamation lawsuit from an Iraqi actress whose photo was used to illustrate how Arab women are more prone to putting on weight

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