Tag: International

Zuckerberg’s Metaverse a Gateway to ‘Transhumanism’, Gettr CEO Warns

October 3, 2022
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Mark Zuckerberg’s Metaverse will encourage people to distance themselves from reality and devote more time to the virtual world, says Gettr CEO Jason Miller. Miller, who founded Gettr in July 2021 in response to censorship from incumbent social media services, said Meta’s endeavours to create a virtual world is an attempt by the tech giant…

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World Factory Activity Weakens on Global Slowdown, Cost Pressures

October 3, 2022
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LONDON/TOKYO—Global factory output mostly weakened in September as slowing demand added to the pain from persistent cost pressures and tighter monetary policy, surveys showed on Monday, diminishing economic recovery prospects. The data clouds the outlook for a sustained recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and could add to concerns of a global slowdown as major central…

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Global Gas Markets to Remain Tight Next Year Amid Supply Squeeze: IEA

October 3, 2022
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LONDON—Global gas markets are expected to remain tight next year as Russian pipeline gas supplies dwindle and gas demand falls in Europe in response to energy saving measures and high prices, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Monday. Natural gas markets worldwide have been tightening since 2021 and global gas consumption is expected to…

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UK Defence Secretary Promises 2 Ships to Protect Underwater Cables

October 3, 2022
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Defence Secretary Ben Wallace says the British government plans to commit “two specialist ships” to the task of protecting vital underwater cables which could be attacked by Russia or other hostile foreign powers. Wallace told the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham the “mysterious” damage suffered by the Nord Stream gas pipelines in the Baltic on…

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Kremlin Calls for Cool After Putin Ally Urges Nuclear Strike Against Ukraine

October 3, 2022
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The Kremlin has called for a cool-headed approach to the potential use of nuclear weapons that’s based on Russia’s established military doctrine rather than “emotions” after Putin ally Ramzan Kadyrov, head of Russia’s region of Chechnya, said on Saturday that Moscow should use a tactical nuke in Ukraine after Russian forces suffered a battlefield defeat….

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Beijing Will Know More About You Than You Do: Gettr CEO

October 3, 2022
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When people think of a “data breach,” their natural reaction is to worry about losing information like passwords. But founder of the social media app Gettr, Jason Miller, says much more is at risk. “What it’s about is they’re going to know more about your mental makeup than you do, and that’s scary,” he told…

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Here Are the 10 Wealthiest Cities in the World, 5 of Them Are in the US

October 3, 2022
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New York City is home to more than 345,600 millionaires and is considered the wealthiest city in the world. That’s what a new report claims. The San Francisco Bay Area, the second-richest city in the U.S., holds the third spot among the world’s wealthiest cities. According to the report by the investment migration consultancy Henley…

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Classrooms Are a Battleground, Aussie Conservatives Need to Take Action to Reclaim It: Historian

October 3, 2022
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Conservatives need to start getting involved in the culture wars to push back on critical race and gender theories being taught to children in classrooms, Bella d’Abrera from the Institute of Public Affairs (IPA) said. In an address to CPAC Australia, d’Abrera said Australians should learn from the recent Virginian state election and take action…

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Australian Housing Prices Continue 5th Consecutive Month of Decline

October 2, 2022
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Home values across Australia dropped for the fifth month in a row in September as interest rate hikes continued to affect the housing market. According to real estate data provider CoreLogic, its national home value index fell 1.4 percent in September, following a 1.6 percent decrease in August. Among the capital cities, Sydney saw the…

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Invasive Procedures May Not Be Needed to Investigate Mild Heart Attacks: Study

October 2, 2022
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Patients may no longer need to endure invasive procedures to investigate mild heart attacks, according to a new study from Flinders University in South Australia. If a randomised control trial (RCT) is successful, the CT scan could become a preferred tool for doctors which could also reduce the risk of complications. The current preferred procedure…

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