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Case Remains for 'Common but Differentiated Responsibility' in Climate Mitigation The COP30 summit must reaffirm the principle of common but differentiated responsibility, linking it to nations’ per capita carbon emissions. Countries should outline net-zero pathways, ensuring cumul...

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Donald Trump in a dark suit and red tie, standing in a doorway. Foreground shows the back of a person's head. A headline reads: "Trump Cuts Refugee Admissions and Prioritizes White South Africans." Photo by Haiyun Jiang for The New York Times.

The Trump administration is drastically cutting the number of refugees it will admit to the U.S., rejecting thousands of people fleeing war and persecution while reserving the record-low number of slots for mostly white Afrikaner South Africans. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/u...

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Godzilla stomps through some austere-looking architecture: "Rowgrr!*" *Brains! Caption: "Zombie Godzilla (eats only universities)"

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‘Yes, we’ve been to the moon before’: Nasa rebuffs Kim Kardashian conspiracy theory Nasa chief Sean Duffy confirms 1969 landing was indeed real after US celebrity on TV show says ‘I think it was fake’ Nasa has rejected comments made by Kim Kardashian about the 1969 moon landing and confirmed that it did, in fact, happen. During Thursday’s episode of The Kardashians, the Skims founder questioned whether the space mission ever took place while noting her interest in conspiracy theories. Continue reading...

‘Yes, we’ve been to the moon before’: Nasa rebuffs Kim Kardashian conspiracy theory

She entered as a ‘special case.’ She left as India’s first woman engineer The untold story of Ayyalasomayajula Lalitha, India’s first woman engineer who entered college as a “special case” and rewired the future.

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India Employment Report 2024
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What Southeast Asian history tells us about a multipolar order | Aeon Essays As Pax Americana ends, a multipolar order is emerging. The history of Southeast Asia holds lessons for what’s to come

Southeast Asian history shows us that there are other pathways to international order and that, contrary to Western modes of thinking, a hegemonic power is not required for stability

Central Pay Commission 2025: Trade Unions on Restrictive ToR & Delays Trade Unions 2025: CITU and AITUC criticise the government's restrictive Terms of Reference for the eighth Central Pay Commission, highlighting concerns over austerity impacts and delays tied to Delhi...

'Curtailing employee benefits': Trade unions raise displeasure over Central Pay Commission's ToR
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Household Debt India: Surge in India's Household Debt Indian Economy: Explore the growing trend of household debt in India, revealing a shift from savings to debt-driven consumption.

The silent surge in India’s household debt
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How social norms evolved over time and differ across countries When humans interact with each other and engage in everyday activities, they typically follow various undefined rules, also known as social norms. These rules include things like greeting acquaintance...

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Transgender Rights: SC Empowers Transgender Community Transgender Empowerment: SC's push for equality, exposing systemic failures and directing policy changes for transgender rights.

SC order empowers transgender people
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Intelligent toys, complex questions: A literature review of artificial intelligence in children's toys and devices

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Relatability versus responsibility: Social media influencers on their roles in youth mental health - Emily Adeane, Karolina Stasiak, 2025 Objective Social media influencers—individuals with substantial, loyal followings—are influential in shaping public discourse, particularly among youth, on topi...

Relatability versus responsibility: Social media influencers on their roles in youth mental health

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YouTube video by Real Science How This Frog Broke the World

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Groundwater depletion in a drying world New research shows that, in the context of an increasingly dry planet, many countries have become overly reliant on groundwater to meet growing water demands. Aquifer depletion has led to widespread c...

Groundwater depletion in a drying world
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📰 Experimental archaeology confirms the theory that Rapa Nui (Easter Island)'s moai could have been 'walked' using ropes and as few as 15 people!

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📰 Experimental archaeology confirms the theory that Rapa Nui (Easter Island)'s moai could have been 'walked' using ropes and as few as 15 people!

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Japanese convenience stores are hiring robots run by workers in the Philippines Filipino tele-operators remotely control Japan’s convenience store robots and train AI, benefiting from an uptick in automation-related jobs.

With Japan facing a worker shortage as its population ages, convenience stores are hiring AI robots monitored by workers in the Philippines.

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‘You can learn a lot by losing’: meet Don Manuel, the 104-year-old chess player Manuel Álvarez Escudero, from Spain, describes how the board game has provided him with a lifetime of fun and friendship

‘You can learn a lot by losing’: meet Don Manuel, the 104-year-old chess player

AI-generated ‘poverty porn’ fake images being used by aid agencies Exclusive: Pictures depicting the most vulnerable and poorest people are being used in social media campaigns in the sector, driven by concerns over consent and cost AI-generated images of extreme poverty, children and sexual violence survivors are flooding stock photo sites and increasingly being used by leading health NGOs, according to global health professionals who have voiced concern over a new era of “poverty porn”. “All over the place, people are using it,” said Noah Arnold, who works at Fairpicture, a Swiss-based organisation focused on promoting ethical imagery in global development. “Some are actively using AI imagery, and others, we know that they’re experimenting at least.” Continue reading...

AI-generated ‘poverty porn’ fake images being used by aid agencies

Arundhati Roy on the Deepest Measure of Success “To love. To be loved. To never forget your own insignificance… To seek joy in the saddest places. To pursue beauty to its lair. To never simplify what is complicated or complicate what…

"To love. To be loved. To never forget your own insignificance.... To seek joy in the saddest places. To pursue beauty to its lair. To never simplify what is complicated or complicate what is simple..."

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Wildfires Ravage One of Africa’s Largest Nature Reserves - bellingcat Satellite analysis of the Etosha wildfires in Namibia has found that more than a third of the nature reserve was burned.

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Kerala will soon be free of extreme poverty, says government THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Four years ago, at just 24, Remya P's life seemed to be falling apart.She was a widow, a cancer patient, and a mother of two small children

Kerala will soon be free of extreme poverty, says government
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'The juggling made burnout inevitable': Women share why they've left the workforce Nearly half a million women have left their jobs so far this year. Here’s why, in their own words

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US anti-vax stance to blame for continent-wide surge in measles, say experts The disease was eliminated across the Americas in 2024, but urgent vaccination drives are now under way as cases rise from Mexico to Bolivia after outbreaks farther north

US anti-vax stance to blame for continent-wide surge in measles, say experts