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<p>A ceremony is held to announce the Basic Science Lifetime Award at Tsinghua University, March 21, 2025. /ICBS</p>
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<p>The 2025 International Congress of Basic Science (ICBS 2025) announced its esteemed Basic Science Lifetime Award (BSLA) recipients at a press conference held at Tsinghua University on Friday.</p>
<p>Six globally acclaimed scientists, including Nobel laureates Samuel Chao Chung Ting, David Jonathan Gross, Steven Chu, Turing Award winner Robert Endre Tarjan, Fields medalist mathematician Shigefumi Mori, and Wolf Prize winner George Lusztig were recognized for their groundbreaking contributions to mathematics, physics, information science and engineering.</p>
<p>The 2025 BSLA in Mathematics is awarded to:</p>
<p>Prof. Shigefumi Mori from Kyoto University</p>
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<p>"For his fundamental contributions to algebraic geometry, the Minimal Model Program, and profound influence in the classification of higher-dimensional algebraic varieties."</p>
<p>Prof. George Lusztig from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)</p>
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<p>"For his unparalleled contributions to representation theory, and the profound influence of the theory of Deligne–Lusztig varieties, and Kazhdan–Lusztig theory."</p>
<p>The 2025 BSLA in Physics is awarded to:</p>
<p>Prof. David Jonathan Gross from University of California, Santa Barbara</p>
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<p>"For the discovery of asymptotic freedom and other pioneering contributions to elementary particle physics and string theory."</p>
<p>Prof. Samuel Chao Chung Ting from MIT</p>
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<p>"For his transformative discovery of the J/ψ meson, groundbreaking contributions to space-based research, and visionary leadership in global collaborations in experimental physics."</p>
<p>The 2025 BSLA in Information Science and Engineering is awarded to:</p>
<p>Prof. Steven Chu from Stanford University</p>
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<p>"For his transformative contributions to atomic physics, biophysics, precision measurements, and energy innovations."</p>
<p>Prof. Robert Endre Tarjan from Princeton University</p>
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<p>"For his pioneering contributions to computer science, invention of novel efficient graph algorithms and data structures, and their profound influence in data science."</p>
<p>Established in 2023, the BSLA honors extraordinary scientists whose work in basic science have been both outstanding and innovative and have, over the course of the past 30 years or more, brought about fundamental change in his or her discipline. This year's recipients have each achieved landmark breakthroughs that continue to inspire future generations of researchers.</p>
<p>The 2025 International Congress of Basic Science is scheduled for July, aiming to further strengthen international collaboration and advance foundational scientific research following the success of previous events.</p>
<p>The 2024 congress brought together nearly 1,000 top scientists from over 40 countries and regions, featuring more than 500 cutting-edge academic presentations. The event attracted over 5 million participants online and offline, fostering a vibrant platform for global scientific exchange.</p>
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title: Trump Is Just Bush In A Red Hat
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<p><span>Trump is</span> <a href="https://news.antiwar.com/2025/03/18/trump-gave-israel-the-green-light-to-restart-large-scale-bombing-in-gaza/" rel>butchering children in Gaza</a><span>,</span> <a href="https://news.antiwar.com/2025/03/13/doj-deploys-antisemitism-task-force-to-four-us-cities-as-part-of-crackdown-on-pro-palestine-protests/" rel>stomping out free speech</a> <span>in the US,</span> <a href="https://news.antiwar.com/2025/03/20/more-us-airstrikes-hit-yemen-as-houthis-fire-missiles-at-israel/" rel>bombing Yemen for Israel</a><span>, and</span> <a href="https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/the-iran-war-plan" rel>preparing for full-scale war with Iran</a> <span>in plans which reportedly include the</span> <a href="https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/the-nuclear-war-plan-for-iran" rel>possible use of nuclear weapons</a><span>.</span></p>
<p>And from what I can see, Trump supporters are mostly fine with it. Everything the so-called MAGA movement claims to stand for is a lie.</p>
<p>“MAGA” is just Republicans doing Republican things. Ten years ago the GOP started wallpapering over its shattered reputation from the Bush administration with a right wing populist message which purported to oppose neoconservative war agendas, support free speech, seek to drain the swamp, and put America first. In practice what we are seeing is Trump murdering and warmongering in the middle east just like Bush, rolling out freakish authoritarian agendas in the US just like Bush, advancing longstanding neoconservative agendas just like Bush, and putting Israel first just like every Republican for decades.</p>
<p>Trump is all the most evil things Bush was, but MAGA morons pretend he’s something different because he put on a red hat. Dumbest, most pathetic and fraudulent political faction in existence.</p>
<p>❖</p>
<p>As footage of dead kids in Gaza fills your social media timeline once again, keep in mind that the reason the empire has worked so hard to stomp out all criticism of Israel’s western-backed atrocities is because our rulers planned on sponsoring a lot more atrocities and murdering a lot more kids.</p>
<p>❖</p>
<p>Ever trip on how Israel and its western backers keep calling this a “war”? What’s happening in Gaza is not a war, it’s a few thousand guys with homemade rockets fighting an entire empire, and Israel isn’t even focused on them — it’s focused on the entire population of Gaza.</p>
<p>States often try to avoid using the word “war” to describe their actions due to people’s negative associations with it. The US likes to call its wars “humanitarian interventions”. Russia called its invasion of Ukraine a “Special Military Operation”. But Israel immediately rushed in to call its naked ethnic cleansing operation in Gaza a “war”, as did its western allies and their propaganda press. Why is that?</p>
<p>I will tell you why. It’s to justify permanently taking Gaza away from the Palestinians. Israel has an established track record of using the wars it has fought to grab up more territory, which its apologists then justify by saying things like “Yeah well they lost a war in 1967, you lose territory when you fight a war and lose.” They’re laying the narrative foundation to make sure everyone in the future will see Gaza in the same light after they annex it, purge it of Palestinians, and replace them with Jews.</p>
<p><span>That’s all this has ever been: not a war with Hamas, but another Israeli land grab. There are</span> <a href="https://x.com/caitoz/status/1856795055375487249" rel>mountains</a> <span>of</span> <a href="https://booty.substack.com/p/october-7" rel>evidence</a> <span>that Israeli officials</span> <a href="https://www.moonofalabama.org/2024/11/oct-7-2023-netanyahoo-knew-the-attack-was-coming-he-let-it-happen-on-purpose.html" rel>let October 7 happen on purpose</a> <span>in order to justify this land grab, and they’ve been framing this as a “war” ever since to make sure they can get away with it.</span></p>
<p>Framing this as a war has other benefits to be sure, such as framing the civilians and civilian infrastructure it has been deliberately targeting as “collateral damage” instead of systematic extermination and demolition. But first and foremost this is about the expansion of Israeli territory.</p>
<p>❖</p>
<p><span>A new Economist/YouGov poll</span> <a href="https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article302353359.html" rel>has found</a> <span>that most Republicans believe protesting your government should be legal—except for protests against Israel. When it comes to protesting Israel a majority of Republicans either believe it should be illegal or are not sure.</span></p>
<p>I don’t even know what to say to this. Imagine being someone answering those polling questions and not taking your own answers as a call to do some serious self-reflection. Imagine coming right out and admitting something like this about yourself, and then not changing.</p>
<p>❖</p>
<p>It’s the people going “HAHA GAZA’S ON FIRE I BET YOU WISH YOU’D VOTED FOR KAMALA NOW” who really get to me. This is exactly why the Democrats lost: because they saw Gaza as nothing more than a political plaything to be ignored when inconvenient and gloated about when convenient. This is just a game to these assholes.</p>
<p>These freaks spent months shouting down everyone who protested against the genocidal atrocities of Joe Biden and dismissing anyone who had a problem with Harris refusing to put any daylight between herself and the president on this extremely important issue. Now that Trump is continuing Biden’s genocide they’re somehow acting like they’re on the right side of history? Fuck off you obnoxious shitstains.</p>
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<p>China’s leading electric vehicle (EV) maker BYD unveiled a new battery and charging system this week that is widely considered a technological breakthrough, as it promised to drastically cut charging time close to refueling the tank of a gasoline car.</p>
<p>The system can provide a 400-kilometer range with just five minutes of charging – the fastest charging speed for any production EV to date, the company claimed. BYD Chairman Wang Chuanfu proudly said at a launch event that the new battery will get rid of “recharge anxiety” for EV users, as it will take five to eight minutes for both EV or gasoline car owners to wait at a refuel station for similar range.</p>
<p>The news has drawn widespread attention around the globe, with well-known tech website Axios.com comparing it to another “DeepSeek moment.” It has been only a few months since Chinese company DeepSeek shook the world with its powerful AI model that is believed to be able to challenge established giants like OpenAI with a much smaller cost.</p>
<p>Neil Beveridge, a senior analyst at research firm Bernstein, told the Financial Times that BYD’s charging system is the fastest on the market and if this technology is widely adopted, it could eliminate range anxiety, one of the biggest barriers to EV adoption. How significant is BYD’s new charging technology? What did the international media and experts say about it? Here are some key points to share.</p>
<p><strong>How does it compare to competitors?</strong></p>
<p>Axios suggests that this development could mark a DeepSeek moment for the EV industry, as a Chinese company is breaking down adoption barriers with significantly more efficient technology.</p>
<p>Comparisons made by Reuters with Tesla highlight the leap, saying BYD’s 1,000 kW charging speed is twice as fast as Tesla’s Supercharger network, which currently maxes out at 500 kW.</p>
<p>According to The Guardian, Tesla is facing growing competition from more affordable EVs, particularly from BYD and other Chinese manufacturers.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, Chinese automakers such as Nio, Li Auto, Xpeng and Zeekr have been aggressively expanding their charging infrastructure and may soon introduce similar fast-charging innovations. Zeekr, a premium EV brand under Geely, launched an 800-volt platform last year, enabling its Zeekr 007 sedan to charge from 10 percent to 80 percent in about 10 minutes. Similarly, Li Auto and Xpeng offer technology that can deliver over 400 km of range with just a 10-minute charge.</p>
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<p><strong>How did BYD achieve this ?  </strong></p>
<p>The challenge of ultra-fast charging lies in delivering high voltage and large current without overheating the battery. BYD says it overcame these hurdles with several innovations:  </p>
<p>– Reduced battery internal resistance, enabling faster charging without excessive heat buildup.  </p>
<p>– New-generation silicon carbide power chips to handle ultra-high voltages.  </p>
<p>– A 10C charging multiplier, meaning the battery can be charged at 10 times its capacity per hour. </p>
<p>– Ultra-fast chargers supporting 1,000 kW of power, significantly higher than existing industry standards.  </p>
<p><strong>Potential challenges and concerns</strong></p>
<p>Despite its technological edge, some media reports say BYD’s new system still needs to deal with a few hurdles.</p>
<p>- Energy costs: Reuters said that widespread fast-charging adoption could strain power grids, requiring significant infrastructure upgrades. BYD plans to address this by integrating energy storage units with its fast chargers, though this may increase costs.</p>
<p>- Battery degradation: Frequent fast charging can accelerate battery wear, potentially reducing overall lifespan – an issue still being studied with high-voltage systems, according to The Guardian.</p>
<p><strong>Is it likely to be adopted soon?</strong></p>
<p>The first models featuring this technology, the Han L sedan and Tang L SUV, will start at 270,000 yuan ($37,330). To support the rollout, BYD plans to install 4,000 ultra-fast charging stations across China, mirroring Tesla’s Supercharger network.  </p>
<p>However, mass adoption could take time:  </p>
<p>- Premium brands may adopt it first, while budget EVs focus on lower battery costs rather than extreme charging speeds.  </p>
<p>- Home chargers remain sufficient for many EV owners, reducing the urgency for ultra-fast public charging.  </p>
<p>- Infrastructure needs to scale – not all regions have the grid capacity to support the fast charging.</p>
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title: New quality productive forces: Visualizing China&amp;#039;s shift in innovation
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<p>What happens when technology rewrites the rules of entire industries? We have created visuals with AI to capture the transformative power of breakthroughs that are redefining efficiency, safety and sustainability in China.</p>
<p>Through stark visual contrasts, we document pivotal "before vs. after" moments across sectors.</p>
<p>Each image tells a story of disruption – where old limitations collide with new possibilities. Discover how exponential innovation isn't just improving industries, it's rebuilding them from the ground up.</p>
<p>(Note: Some parts of the visuals were created with the help of AI.)</p>
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<p>Want to know more about China's development? Scheduled to take place in Beijing from March 23 to 24, the China Development Forum (CDF) 2025 will serve as a premier platform for dialogue between the Chinese government, global businesses, academia and international organizations.</p>
<p>Global business leaders are looking to expand their presence in China as they gear up for the forum.</p>
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title: The Quicker the Ukraine War Ends, the Less Territory Ukraine Will Lose
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<div><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/youtube/w_728,c_limit/BWbDO4UJ0wg" data-sanitized-class="ff-og-image-inserted"></div><p>On 20 March 2025, I was on the “Deep Dive” with Lt. Col (ret.) Danny Davis — the Israel lobby’s latest victim — talking about where the Ukraine war is headed.</p>
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<p>The world’s largest conference dedicated to game developers, GDC, has just wrapped up in San Francisco. </p>
<p>As CGTN’s Mark Niu reports, game development is growing increasingly sophisticated, thanks in large part to artificial intelligence.</p>
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title: Israel Exists Simultaneously As The Perpetual Aggressor And The Perpetual Victim
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<p><span>One major challenge is that Zionists benefit from abusing Palestinians and exerting influence in western governments, and they</span> <em><strong>also</strong></em> <span>benefit from people opposing these things — because it can be used to feed their victim-LARPing “antisemitism” narrative.</span></p>
<p>This dynamic allows Israel to go all-out in committing mass atrocities and apartheid abuses while Zionist oligarchs like Miriam Adelson openly purchase western governments without having to worry about the damage it does to their public image, because any response to the damage it does to their public image can be reframed as “antisemitism” and used to advance their interests even further by stomping out civil rights.</p>
<p>People demonstrate against Israel’s genocidal atrocities? That’s antisemitism — those protesters need to be silenced, arrested, and deported. People object to blatant Zionist influence in their governments? Antisemitic conspiracy theories; we need more hate speech laws and internet censorship. Palestinians take up armed resistance against their oppressors? Israel is the victim of unprovoked attacks from Jew-hating Arabs.</p>
<p>Even real anti-Jewish prejudice benefits the Zionists, because it strengthens the narrative about an urgent crisis of antisemitism which must be crushed by any amount of force necessary, as well as the narrative that Jews need a nation of their own where they can feel safe. So Israel can openly mass murder children while Israeli officials make overt statements of genocidal intent, and if someone blames all Jews for this because they see a state committing atrocities under the banner of the Star of David while claiming to represent all Jews, it only benefits Israel and its supporters.</p>
<p>(As an aside, this is why it’s so important not to blame this on “the Jews”. It’s not just that it’s inaccurate — not all Jews are Zionists, the majority of Zionists are non-Jews, and some of the most effective anti-Zionists in the world happen to be Jewish — it’s that you’re doing exactly what the Zionists and the empire propagandists want you to do. You’re doing their job for them. Don’t be a pro bono Israel propagandist. Make them work for that shit.)</p>
<p>Zionism therefore benefits from abuse and influence, and also benefits from any backlash against its abuse and influence. It is able to do this because Israel is backed by the propaganda machine of the western empire — the most powerful weapon of mass psychological influence ever devised. If the western political-media class were not constantly running cover for Israel’s crimes and helping Zionism spin all opposition to Israel as antisemitism, Israel would not be able to pull off this freakish cognitive straddle where it is simultaneously both the aggressor and the victim at all times.</p>
<p>And this is why it’s so important to fight against the western empire’s propaganda about Israel. Israel’s reliance on the imperial propaganda machine is the only weak point in this otherwise unassailable dynamic where any backlash against Israel’s abuses is harnessed and turned into a weapon to defend Israel. Propaganda only works if you don’t know it’s happening to you, so the only way to keep people from buying into the victim-LARPing of the Zionists is to open people’s eyes to the truth.</p>
<p>Once enough people see with sufficient clarity the lies and manipulations which go into protecting the interests of this genocidal apartheid state, Israel loses one of its most powerful weapons, because nobody’s going to buy into the narrative framework wherein Israel and its supporters try to frame themselves as the victims of the opposition to their abuses.</p>
<p>You fight against the propaganda by spreading truth and understanding about this dynamic in whatever way you can. Talk to people. Share useful information. Attend demonstrations. Distribute literature. Tweet, blog, make videos, make zines, make street art; whatever tools you have at your disposal to help people understand what’s really going on with Israel and the western empire.</p>
<p>All positive changes in human behavior are always preceded by an expansion of consciousness. Consciousness and dysfunction cannot coexist. All we need to do to bring health to this world is to spread awareness of the truth, so that the dysfunction which can only survive in darkness is unable to sustain itself.</p>
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title: Innovative Hainan: Globalizing healthcare through policy openness
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<div><img src="https://news.cgtn.com/news/2025-03-23/Innovative-Hainan-Globalizing-healthcare-through-policy-openness-1BTu5pK6mVa/img/564621f5e5e04b68a080d2f091ebc2e8/564621f5e5e04b68a080d2f091ebc2e8-750.jpeg" data-sanitized-class="ff-og-image-inserted"></div><p>In February 2025, Hainan's Boao Lecheng International Medical Tourism Pilot Zone achieved a significant milestone by carrying out China's first temporary importation and application of special medical formula food. This accomplishment highlights Hainan's growing leadership in medical innovation and international healthcare collaboration.</p>
<p>The breakthrough follows the approval of provisional regulations on December 30, 2024, which allow designated medical institutions in the pilot zone to import limited quantities of specialized medical food, full-nutrition medical products for rare diseases, and appropriate dietary supplements legally marketed overseas.</p>
<p>Established in 2013, the pilot zone in Boao has been pivotal in advancing China's healthcare landscape. Special policies enable the zone to fast-track the use of internationally licensed pharmaceuticals and medical devices that are not yet available domestically, offering patients access to cutting-edge treatments.</p>
<p>China has implemented policies in Hainan to attract global medical enterprises and enhance healthcare accessibility. On November 29, 2024, the country announced plans to permit the establishment of wholly foreign-owned hospitals in major cities, including Beijing, Shanghai, and Shenzhen, alongside Hainan Province. This initiative is expected to strengthen international medical collaboration and expand healthcare services in the region.</p>
<p>Hainan's flexible Free Trade Port policies have further encouraged innovation by attracting global healthcare enterprises, accelerating advancements, and improving access to state-of-the-art treatments.</p>
<p>The province's progress aligns closely with China's "Healthy China 2030" blueprint, which emphasizes healthcare innovation, technology advancement, and international cooperation. By streamlining approval processes, expanding medical offerings, and enhancing patient care, Hainan continues to strengthen its position as a key player in global healthcare development.</p>
<p>Aligned with the 2025 Boao Forum for Asia's key theme, "Building Trust and Promoting Cooperation in a Fast-Changing World," Hainan's efforts have reinforced its role as a hub for global medical collaboration. The upcoming Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference, scheduled from March 25 to 28 in Boao, will further highlight the region's influence in driving healthcare innovation and fostering international partnerships.</p>

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<div><img src="https://news.cgtn.com/news/2025-03-23/China-s-Feitian-spacesuits-break-records-boost-spacewalks-1BYeeBnkwEw/img/01bf6bf2eb754b69b2f7d64374cbe6d1/01bf6bf2eb754b69b2f7d64374cbe6d1-1280.jpeg" data-sanitized-class="ff-og-image-inserted"></div><p>China's first batch of extravehicular spacesuits for its space station has set a record for their expected lifespan and continues to perform reliably after the Shenzhou-19 crew completed their third extravehicular activity (EVA) on Friday.</p>
<p>These spacesuits, named Feitian, which means "flying into space," have exceeded the original design life of "15 uses within 3 years," according to the China Astronaut Research and Training Center.</p>
<p>"One of the spacesuits has been used up to 17 times," said Liu Dongyue from the center.</p>
<p>The Feitian spacesuits are the most important piece of equipment for spacewalk tasks. In addition to all the functions of an intravehicular spacesuit, it includes features such as radiation protection, heat insulation, micrometeorite shielding and ultraviolet protection, while ensuring reliable performance and telemetry communication. Furthermore, the suit is equipped with a liquid cooling system to maintain thermal balance and a backpack-style life support system. These functions provide astronauts with appropriate atmospheric pressure, sufficient oxygen, and optimal temperature and humidity during their extravehicular activities.</p>
<p>"The extravehicular spacesuit is more intricate than the spacesuit worn inside the spacecraft. It has more layers to meet the demands of spacewalks. In addition to ensuring a proper pressure differential, which helps astronauts survive in space, the suit also includes a system to regulate temperature effectively," said Yang Yuguang, chair of the Space Transportation Committee of the International Astronautical Federation.</p>
<p>The second-generation Feitian extravehicular spacesuit, currently worn by Chinese astronauts, weighs about 130 kilograms and costs around 30 million yuan (about $4.14 million) per suit. During the Shenzhou-19 crew's third spacewalk, two astronauts spent over seven hours outside the space station, carrying out a series of tasks. </p>
<p>Given the extended duration and intense physical demands of extravehicular missions, the spacesuit is equipped with built-in provisions for food and water to sustain astronauts' energy throughout their tasks.</p>
<p>"The astronaut helmet is equipped with a drinking tube on one side, allowing them to drink when they're thirsty. On the other side, there is a compartment for food energy bars, tailored to the mission's requirements. These provisions are typically designed to provide high-calorie, high-energy sustenance to help the astronauts maintain their strength during the spacewalks," said Yang.</p>
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title: China&amp;#039;s deep-sea robot conquers world&amp;#039;s deepest trenches
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<div><img src="https://news.cgtn.com/news/2025-03-23/China-s-deep-sea-robot-conquers-world-s-deepest-trenches-1BYgLxKqfm0/img/45833fc926254516a74428026051b17a/45833fc926254516a74428026051b17a.gif" data-sanitized-class="ff-og-image-inserted"></div><p>A Chinese team has developed a small robot that can operate in the world's deepest sea trench under extremely high pressure.</p>
<p>The robot's operational ability is an engineering marvel that was previously achievable only by large, rigid submersibles weighing several tonnes.</p>
<p>Drawing inspiration from the movement patterns of the batfish, researchers led by Beihang University faculty members designed a 50-centimeter-long robot capable of swimming, gliding and crawling.</p>
<p>Experts report that this pressure-resistant robot has successfully completed these tasks in the Haima Cold Seep and the Mariana Trench at depths of 1,384 meters and 10,666 meters, respectively. "We've figured out how to make its movement in the deep sea just as good as, or even better than it performs on land under normal temperature and pressure," said Wen Li, a professor from the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Automation at Beihang University.</p>
<p>While swimming, the robot generates thrust through its tail fin, reaching a maximum speed of 5.5 centimeters per second. When crawling, it can move at 3 centimeters per second on sandy surfaces using its limbs, according to the study published this week in the Science Robotics journal. </p>
<p>In the 10,600-meter-deep Mariana Trench, pressure can reach 110 million pascals – akin to a 1-tonne weight being placed on a thumbnail. The team crafted a flexible actuation device that exploits the stiffening properties of soft silicone materials under high pressure.</p>
<p>"The material structure transforms external high pressure into enhanced speed and amplitude for the actuator, turning the weakness into an asset," said Pan Fei, the paper's first author from Beihang. </p>
<p>In deep-sea temperatures of 2 to 4 degrees Celsius, the team attached shape-memory alloy springs to the robot's actuator. By heating the springs with periodic currents to force them to alternately contract, they enabled high-frequency, rapid oscillation, according to the study.</p>
<p>Currently, the team is actively pursuing research in the field of deep-sea morphable robotics combined with artificial intelligence, aiming to create more extensive opportunities for intelligent operations in deep-sea environments.</p>
<p>(With input from Xinhua)</p>

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title: Sino-Dutch women in science: Bridging gender gap in research
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<div><img src="https://news.cgtn.com/news/2025-03-23/Sino-Dutch-women-in-science-Bridging-gender-gap-in-research-1BYuZHV6kE0/img/3e4f24bd5e7a42ba9206db9b71cbd827/3e4f24bd5e7a42ba9206db9b71cbd827-1920.png" data-sanitized-class="ff-og-image-inserted"></div><p>The global proportion of female researchers has increased to 41 percent as of 2022, compared to only 28 percent in 2001, with a particularly prominent proportion of female researchers in the health sciences, according to the "Gender Equality in Research and Innovation 2024" by Elsevier, a global scientific and medical information analytics with renowned digital journals such as "The Lancet" and "Cell".</p>
<p>The numbers were shared during a seminar on Friday highlighting women in science, jointly organized by China's Ministry of Science and Technology and the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in China. The event celebrated the 30th anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women held in Beijing in 1995 and aimed to encourage more women to pursue careers in scientific research.​</p>
<p>Despite these advancements, traditional research evaluation frameworks may overlook many contributions and impacts of female researchers. This undervaluation perpetuates gender inequality, posing significant challenges to the research ecosystem.​</p>
<p>"The Netherlands and China recognize this challenge, and both countries are committed to promoting gender equality in science," said Roderick Wols, Minister Plenipotentiary and Deputy Head of Mission at the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Beijing. </p>
<p>From keynote speeches to panel discussion, the event showcased the outstanding achievements of female scientists in Sino-Dutch collaborative research projects, offered career advice to researchers, and shared strategies and best practices for promoting women in the scientific field.</p>
<p>Sino-Dutch scientific cooperation has a long-standing and productive history. Speakers at the event shared recent progress in joint projects, including research between the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research on adult pancreas stem cells for regenerative approaches in diabetes, and collaborations in advanced battery technologies.​</p>
<p>A panel discussion concluded the event, focusing on the advantages and concerns of being female scientists.</p>
<p>"Do not let her choose what she should do. Let her choose what she likes," said Li Hongnan, a professor at the Institute of Agricultural Environment and Sustainable Development at the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences.</p>

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title: In Movies We Understand That The Genocidal Child Murderers Who Blow Up Hospitals Are The Villains
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<p><em><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUyil3yHyaI" rel>Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley)</a></em><span>:</span></p>


<p>Remember in The Dark Knight when we all applauded the Joker for heroically blowing up a hospital?</p>
<p>Or remember when we watched Star Wars and cheered for the protagonist Darth Vader as he destroyed a planet to punish the rebel scum for daring to resist him?</p>
<p>How about when we watched Schindler’s List anxiously hoping the Nazis would be able to thwart the diabolical scheming of the villain Oskar Schindler to prevent them from committing genocide?</p>
<p>Or when we watched Avatar and cheered for the interstellar megacorporation and its army of mercenaries to displace the indigenous people of Pandora to steal their land?</p>

<p>Or when we watched The Pelican Brief hoping the heroes would find some way to kill Julia Roberts and Denzel Washington to stop them from reporting the truth about their crimes?</p>
<p>Or when we watched The Pianist and wept at the evil Jews attacking innocent Nazis in the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising?</p>
<p>Or when we watched The Lord of the Rings and booed the villainous men, elves and dwarves fighting to survive a siege by Saruman’s heroic army of orcs?</p>
<p>Or when we watched V for Vendetta on the edge of our seats worried that the government would fail to stomp out the rebellion, suppress the truth from coming out, and impose more authoritarian measures on the people?</p>
<p>Or when we watched Revenge of the Sith and cheered for the hero Anakin Skywalker mass murdering children in order to wipe the Jedi out of existence?</p>

<p>Yeah, I don’t remember that either.</p>
<p>Nobody seems to have trouble figuring out who the real villains are when it’s happening in the movies. The narrative managers and spinmeisters make it a lot harder to sort out the villains from the victims in real life.</p>
<p>Normally it’s misguided to view any conflict as simply evil villains murdering innocent victims, but not with Israel and Gaza. It’s an apartheid state that’s backed by a globe-spanning empire, raining bombs onto a giant concentration camp packed full of children because they’re the wrong ethnicity.</p>
<p>It’s pretty black and white, actually.</p>
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title: World Meteorological Day: China pledges to close the early warning gap
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<p>China is marking World Meteorological Day on March 23 with a focus on "closing the early warning gap" through various activities.</p>
<p>The country has pledged to further explore the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance early warning systems. Additionally, China will launch three geostationary meteorological satellites covering Africa, Asia, and other regions, providing Africa with all-weather, high-precision meteorological disaster monitoring services, Chen Zhenlin, head of the China Meteorological Administration, told reporters ahead of the event.</p>
<p>The push to close the early warning gap comes as 2024 was recorded as the hottest year in history.</p>
<p>"Global warming has led to increased instability in climate systems, with frequent and recurring extreme weather and climate events, along with compound disasters of high intensity and wide-ranging impacts," Chen said.</p>
<p>He also noted that significant disparities exist between countries in the development of early warning systems, with particularly severe challenges in vulnerable regions such as small island developing nations.</p>
<p>According to the "Global Meteorological Development Report 2024," released on Sunday, some of China's early warning achievements and experiences have been adopted internationally, proving useful in multiple countries and helping to narrow the early warning gap.</p>
<p>The report highlights that Fengyun meteorological satellites now serve 133 countries and regions. Through establishing platforms such as the China-ASEAN and China-Arab meteorological cooperation forums, China has been actively promoting and sharing its expertise and technology to contribute to global meteorological governance and climate change response.</p>
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title: Palestinians Didn&amp;#039;t Choose The Religion Of Their Oppressors
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<p><em><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Z6m63LLGRk" rel>Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley)</a></em><span>:</span></p>


<p>One of the dumbest narratives we’re asked to swallow about Palestinians is that they are guilty of anti-Jewish prejudice which makes them comparable to Nazis. Palestinians didn’t choose the religion of their oppressors; any hatred they have toward Israelis is because Israelis are the ones oppressing and murdering them, not because of their religion. Expecting Palestinians not to hate the oppressors who hate them just because those oppressors happen to be Jewish is shitbrained thinking.</p>
<p>Every so often you’ll see the IDF plant a copy of Mein Kampf in a building in Gaza and then wave it around as though it would somehow justify what Israel is doing to the Palestinians, and it’s just so stupid. The reason we’ve come to abhor hatred toward Jews in the west is because we know the west has an extensive history of committing atrocities against Jewish people because of their religion.</p>
<p>Palestinians harbor no such prejudice and are guilty of no such crimes. Any violence they’ve inflicted upon Israelis has been in an effort to keep their land and resist tyrannical oppression, not because they have some weird European Hitlerite hatred toward Jews. Anytime you hear Palestinians talk about “the Jews” they’re always talking solely and exclusively about their oppressors in the context of the occupation; they’re not talking about some Jewish guy in Canada.</p>
<p>Palestinians would hate their oppressors whether the oppression was being inflicted by Hindus, Buddhists or Catholics. That’s normal. That’s how people’s minds and emotions work; we hate people who hate us, and we hate people who abuse us. Any failure to understand this is a failure to put yourself in someone else’s shoes and imagine what it would be like to live in their situation. It’s a sign that you lack normal human empathy.</p>
<p>❖</p>
<p>The world needs Israel. Without Israel where would sexual predators go for safety and protection? Where would we get our surveillance technology? Who would use human targets to field test new kinds of murder robots, military explosives and AI systems used to kill entire families?</p>
<p>❖</p>

<p>❖</p>
<p><span>Critics of Israel should familiarize themselves with</span> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitchens%27s_razor" rel>Hitchens’s razor</a><span>: “What can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence.”</span></p>
<p>Whether it’s beheaded babies, mass rapes, Hamas bases in hospitals, or Hamas killing the Bibas kids with their bare hands, if it’s being asserted without evidence, it can be immediately dismissed.</p>
<p>❖</p>
<p><span>It is a well-documented fact that Israel and its supporters use</span> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lSjXhMUVKE" rel>lobbying</a><span>,</span> <a href="https://x.com/mtracey/status/1837886438903357920" rel>campaign funding</a> <span>and</span> <a href="https://consortiumnews.com/2024/11/05/israel-blackmail-the-presidents/" rel>blackmail</a> <span>to exert influence over western nations. It is also a fact that the US empire has the power to stop Israel from doing this at any time, but chooses not to. The empire managers in the official elected government don’t do anything to stop these influence operations, nor do the empire managers in the far more powerful unelected national security state. Does anyone really believe Israel would still be exerting such massive influence over the US government if the CIA determined that this was impeding their agendas of global domination?</span></p>
<p>It follows that the Zionist influence operations exist because the empire wants them to. The artificially manufactured support for Israel has been deemed a necessary evil to help ensure constant violence, division and instability in the middle east and justify endless military presence in a crucial geostrategic region which, if left to its own devices, might unite and conduct its affairs in a way that is disadvantageous to western interests.</p>
<p>There are many other nations in the middle east who are aligned with the US and are used to advance its interests in the region, but none of them are fully dependent on support from the US government for their continued existence. It’s a completely artificial construct that was inserted into the middle east like a glass shard into a foot, and its continued existence benefits both the settler colonialists who live there and the long-term hegemonic interests of the US-centralized empire.</p>
<p>I say all this to point out that the west isn’t some passive innocent victim of manipulations by the big mean tyrant Israel. It is just as guilty of Israel’s crimes as Israel itself, because those crimes are inseparable from the western empire as a whole. You see some on the right trying to argue that the west would be this wonderful virtuous place if not for the malign influence of those nasty Jews, but this narrative is refuted by the entire historical existence of the western world. The west has always been a warmongering, genocidal civilization driven by conquest and domination, and the western settler-colonialist project of Israel is just one more manifestation of the dystopia we are living in.</p>
<p>❖</p>

<p>❖</p>
<p>Defending Trump’s warmongering in the middle east by babbling about his peacemaking efforts in Ukraine is the same as saying it’s okay for him to torch Gaza because he’s not bombing Argentina. It’s nonsensical. You don’t negate your crimes by being less criminal somewhere else.</p>
<p>❖</p>
<p>Whenever I criticize Trump’s actions in the middle east I’ll get some Democrat going “I BET YOU WISH YOU’D SUPPORTED KAMALA NOW, HUH?”</p>
<p>That’s not what this is, idiots. I did this exact same commentary throughout the Biden administration, because Biden is also evil. I am simply criticizing the world’s most murderous and destructive power structure and whatever empire managers happen to be sitting at the front desk while it happens. This is just what it looks like when you apply scrutiny to the empire without being a partisan hack.</p>
<p>❖</p>
<p>Bernie Sanders has been such a worthless empire simp I sometimes wonder why the Democratic Party establishment even bothered sabotaging his primary campaigns. They would have gotten another Obama, selling people false hope while advancing the interests of oligarchy and empire.</p>
<p>❖</p>
<p>Our species evolved these brains of unprecedented sophistication only to use them to destroy our biosphere, invent new ways to blow each other up, and make ourselves miserable with our own thoughts.</p>
<p>❖</p>
<p>It’s not about hostages. It’s not about Hamas. It’s not about terrorism. Those aren’t the reasons, they’re the excuses. The excuses to expel Palestinians and turn more Palestinian land into Israeli land. That’s all this has ever been about. Anyone who says otherwise is lying.</p>
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<p>Researchers examining pulverized rock samples aboard NASA's Curiosity rover have discovered the largest organic molecules ever found on Mars, according to a new study published on Monday.</p>
<p>The findings suggest that prebiotic chemistry may have advanced further on Mars than previously observed, according to the study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.</p>
<p>Scientists probed a rock sample inside Curiosity's Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) mini-lab and found the molecules decane, undecane and dodecane. These compounds, which are made up of 10, 11 and 12 carbon atoms, respectively, are thought to be fragments of fatty acids preserved in the sample.</p>
<p>Fatty acids are key organic molecules on Earth that serve as chemical building blocks of life, according to NASA.</p>
<p>While Curiosity's previous discoveries included small, simple organic molecules, this new finding of larger compounds offers the first evidence that organic chemistry on Mars may have progressed toward the complexity necessary for the potential origin of life, NASA said.</p>
<p>Launched on November 26, 2011, Curiosity is the largest rover ever sent to Mars. It landed on Mars on August 5, 2012.</p>
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<p>(Cover: NASA's Curiosity rover takes a selfie in the clay-rich Glen Etive crater on Mars, October 11, 2019. /VCG)</p>
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<p>Artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer confined to science and engineering. It has become a general education subject for students across disciplines.</p>
<p>In 2023, China's Ministry of Education laid out a plan for optimizing emerging disciplines by 2025, in a quest to keep in touch with new technologies, emerging sectors and new business modes.</p>
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<p>The School of Artificial Intelligence, Guangxi University, is officially inaugurated in Nanning City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, February 25, 2025. /VCG</p>
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<p data-sanitized-class="title">The School of Artificial Intelligence, Guangxi University, is officially inaugurated in Nanning City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, February 25, 2025. /VCG</p>
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<p>The recent government work report also emphasizes efforts to expand quality undergraduate education and accelerate the development of world-class universities and academic disciplines.</p>
<p>Accordingly, leading Chinese universities such as Tsinghua University, Wuhan University and Shanghai Jiao Tong University have announced plans to expand their enrollments in AI and related interdisciplinary fields to meet growing demand.</p>
<p>Medicine is one of the most closely integrated disciplines. Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University currently offers over 20 AI-related courses, which cover both essential computer theories and practical applications.</p>
<p>"Deep Learning in Medical Imaging" is one such course. The teaching team for this course consists of professors with backgrounds in biomedical engineering, who deeply understand the importance of interdisciplinary collaboration.</p>
<p>While enhancing AI education, Chinese universities also place great emphasis on collaborating with industries and enterprises. For instance, Nanjing University in east China's Jiangsu Province has worked closely with leading tech enterprises, such as Baidu and Huawei, to jointly develop intelligent tools that support AI-based teaching and assessment.</p>
<p>Chengdu-based Southwest Jiaotong University in southwest China's Sichuan Province, meanwhile, has partnered with Amazon, JD.com and other companies in designing AI courses to enhance the practical skills of students. The university has also established a training system for top-tier AI talent, spanning undergraduate to doctoral levels.</p>
<p>China's long-term vision for education was reinforced in January with the unveiling of a master plan concerning building the country into a leading nation in terms of education by 2035.</p>
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<p>A robotics science event is held in a primary school in Jinan City, Shandong Province, east China, March 19, 2024. /VCG</p>
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<p>"DeepSeek and robotics represent China's achievements in technological innovation and talent cultivation, while also placing new demands on our education development and talent training," said China's Minister of Education Huai Jinpeng.</p>
<p>The need is clear – job postings for drone engineers, algorithm engineers and machine learning positions saw a year-on-year increase of about 40 percent in February, according to a survey by Zhaopin, an online recruitment platform in China. Industry reports indicate that by 2030, China is likely to face a shortage of 4 million AI professionals.</p>
<p>Experts believe that fostering collaboration between universities and enterprises is key to bridging the gap between talent development levels and enterprise needs – while also enhancing university research via enterprise technology.</p>
<p>"Higher education in any country is a valuable resource for national strategy," Huai said, adding that more efforts will be made to incorporate key fields, such as AI and biotechnology, to better align with national strategies and technological development.</p>
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<p><span>Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer</span> <a href="https://archive.is/1n2Zg" rel>said in a recent interview</a> <span>that his job “is to keep the left pro-Israel,” which is just sad. Being a liberal Israel supporter these days probably feels like being a defense attorney for an accused murderer who won’t shut up about how much he loves murdering.</span></p>
<p><span>A Palestinian co-director of the Oscar-winning film No Other Land was</span> <a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-25/oscar-winner-hamdan-ballal-beaten-by-israeli-settlers/105092422" rel>assaulted and injured</a> <span>by a gang of Israeli settlers in the West Bank village of Susya before being abducted by Israeli soldiers on Monday. Hamdan Ballal and two other Palestinians were reportedly transferred from the Israeli military to the police for questioning, and as of this writing are still detained.</span></p>
<p>No Other Land is a documentary about Israeli abuses toward Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, which makes the lynch mob assault by the settlers not only ironic but completely vindicating of Ballal’s work. These freaks are so consumed by hatred and Zionist brain rot that they actually thought they’d advance their cause by attacking Palestinians in the West Bank in response to a documentary about the mistreatment of Palestinians in the West Bank.</p>

<p>This happens as Israel adds two more bodies to the mountain of Palestinian journalists it has deliberately killed in Gaza. Al Jazeera reporter Hossam Shabat and Palestine Today TV correspondent Mohammad Mansour were both killed in separate airstrikes in different parts of the Gaza Strip on Monday, bringing the total number of Palestinian journalists killed in the Gaza holocaust to 208.</p>
<p><span>Israel is murdering journalists and persecuting documentary filmmakers because</span> <a href="https://www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/israel-hates-truth" rel>Israel hates truth</a><span>. It kills press workers in Gaza for the same reason it blocks western reporters from entering the scorched Palestinian territory: because Israel doesn’t want people to see the full picture of its atrocities.</span></p>
<p><span>This comes after Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz made amazingly explicit</span> <a href="https://www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/israel-makes-its-most-explicit-statement" rel>statements of genocidal intent</a> <span>last week, telling the entire population of Gaza that they will face “total devastation” if they do not find some way to overthrow Hamas themselves and return all the hostages.</span></p>
<p>They’re just getting more and more brazen with this stuff. More and more often, to a further and further extent, Israel is showing its true face to the world.</p>
<p><span>The other day Israel</span> <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/3/22/israel-blows-up-gazas-only-specialised-cancer-hospital-in-massive-strike" rel>demolished</a> <span>Gaza’s only specialized cancer treatment hospital and an adjacent medical school in its</span> <a href="https://www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/israels-savage-destruction-of-gazas" rel>ongoing systematic destruction</a> <span>of the enclave’s entire healthcare system with</span> <a href="https://www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/the-idf-didnt-just-target-hospitals" rel>the goal of making it unlivable</a><span>.</span></p>

<p><span>Shortly thereafter, Israel</span> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-bombs-gazas-nasser-hospital-again-killing-patients" rel>bombed another hospital</a> <span>in Khan Younis, killing a member of Hamas’s political bureau as well as a</span> <a href="https://news.antiwar.com/2025/03/24/american-surgeon-says-israeli-strike-on-gaza-hospital-could-have-killed-him/" rel>16 year-old boy</a><span>. The imperial media fell all over themselves to</span> <a href="https://x.com/AssalRad/status/1904040116881907758" rel>churn out headlines</a> <span>announcing that Israel had targeted a Hamas leader in a strike on a hospital — as though bombing hospitals is this perfectly acceptable thing we should all view as normal now — but we all know these same media outlets would be shrieking their lungs out if any of the empire’s enemies did this exact same thing.</span></p>
<p><span>As Jonathan Cook</span> <a href="https://jonathancook.substack.com/p/would-it-be-okay-for-hamas-to-strike" rel>points out in a recent essay</a><span>, this is the same as if Hamas had bombed the hospital Benjamin Netanyahu stayed at earlier this year in retaliation for his crimes. And we can all imagine the reaction of the western political-media class if that had happened.</span></p>
<p><span>Speaking of Netanyahu, a new</span> <a href="https://www.ynet.co.il/yedioth/article/yokra14303894" rel>report</a> <span>from the Israeli outlet Ynet says that after the October 7 attacks the prime minister angrily ordered the IDF to massively expand its bombing campaign without intelligence on who they were hitting, demanding that they just bomb as many buildings as possible entirely for the sake of bombing them.</span></p>
<p>According to the report, on October 9, 2023 the IDF told Netanyahu that they were bombing 1,500 targets per day because that’s what they had the intel to justify, and Netanyahu angrily demanded to know why they weren’t launching 5,000 airstrikes instead, telling them “I’m not interested in targets. Take down houses, bomb with everything you have.”</p>

<p>So that’s what Israel has been up to lately. It’s just getting uglier and uglier, and people who purport to stand for equality and justice are having a harder and harder time squaring their ideological positions with their steadfast support for the genocidal apartheid state.</p>
<p><span>Liberal Zionists like Bernie Sanders have tried to reconcile their support for Israel by pinning the blame entirely on Netanyahu. A recent</span> <a href="https://x.com/SenSanders/status/1904184005190169078" rel>tweet</a> <span>by Sanders reads, “Netanyahu has not allowed any aid into Gaza in 22 days. He broke the ceasefire, resuming a bombing campaign that has killed more than 50,000 people. Now he is threatening a long-term occupation of Gaza. NO MORE MILITARY AID TO NETANYAHU’S WAR MACHINE.”</span></p>
<p>One of the biggest scams being peddled by Democrats today is this frantic campaign to spin Netanyahu as meaningfully separate and distinct from everything Israel is — instead of the perfect embodiment of it — to protect Israel’s image while it commits genocide and ethnic cleansing.</p>
<p>They’re working overtime to hang this whole mess on the prime minister, so that when it’s all over and the final solution to the Palestinian question has been carried out, he can take the sins of the Zionist state and the entire US-centralized empire with him when he leaves office without anything ever needing to change about status quo US foreign policy. They’re repeating the George W Bush playbook.</p>

<p>Netanyahu didn’t create the genocidal racism in Israel, the genocidal racism in Israel created Netanyahu. He rode already-existing sentiments within Israel to power, and has relied on them to stay in power ever since. You could not ask for a better representative of everything Israel is than Benjamin Netanyahu — nor indeed a better representative of everything the US empire stands for.</p>
<p>Liberal Zionists are having a hard time reconciling their positions of antiracism and social justice with their support for Israel because at the end of the day western liberalism is just as fraudulent and deceitful as Zionism is. We all watched them passively allow the Democratic president to turn Gaza into a pile of steaming blood-soaked wreckage and then demand everyone vote for his vice president. Democrats hold their worldview in place by psychologically compartmentalizing away from the atrocities their government commits in the here and now, while singing fondly about innocuous whitewashed historical revisionist versions of their civil rights heroes who died decades ago.</p>
<p>Democrats are an inseparable part of the US empire and its abuses, just as the US empire is an inseparable part of Israel and its abuses. It’s all one big mess of depravity, with liberals tasked with the increasingly difficult assignment of placing a warm progressive face on one of the darkest chapters in human history.</p>
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<p>The Trump administration is targeting another Columbia University student for deportation due to speech crimes against the state of Israel. This time they’re going after a 21 year-old woman who was born in South Korea but has been in the US since age seven and is a legal permanent US resident.</p>
<p><span>The New York Times</span> <a href="https://archive.is/tOF6l" rel>reports</a><span>:</span></p>
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<p>“The student, Yunseo Chung, is a legal permanent resident and junior who has participated in pro-Palestinian demonstrations at the school. The Trump administration is arguing that her presence in the United States hinders the administration’s foreign policy agenda of halting the spread of antisemitism.”</p>
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<p><span>This “foreign policy” narrative is the same as</span> <a href="https://theintercept.com/2025/03/13/mahmoud-khalil-legal-free-speech-deport/" rel>the one being used</a> <span>by the Trump administration’s efforts to deport Mahmoud Khalil for his pro-Palestinian activism at Columbia; Trump himself</span> <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114139222625284782" rel>posted on social media</a> <span>that Khalil and his activism are “counter to our national and foreign policy interests.” The legal argument here is that because these activists are obstructing the foreign policy goals of the US government, it’s okay to remove them because they are not citizens.</span></p>
<p><span>What people are missing about Trump’s new policy of deporting pro-Palestine protesters on the grounds that their activism is contrary to US “foreign policy interests” is that it’s not just an attack on the activists’ political speech, it’s also an attack on US citizens’ right to</span> <em><strong>hear</strong></em> <span>criticism of their government’s foreign policy.</span></p>
<p>As Frederick Douglass said, “To suppress free speech is a double wrong. It violates the rights of the hearer as well as those of the speaker.” Even if you believe people who aren’t US citizens should have no free speech rights and that it’s fine for the US government to deport them for criticizing its actions, you can’t use that same logic to argue that the US government should also have the right to prevent US citizens from hearing those criticisms.</p>
<p>But that’s exactly what the Trump administration is doing. By making it clear that it is deporting pro-Palestinian activists not for any crime but for obstructing their “foreign policy goals”, they are admitting that they are taking action to stop Americans from hearing criticisms and objections to their own government’s actions in the middle east. It’s tantamount to blocking Americans from reading certain political books or viewing certain political websites because the criticisms of US foreign policy contained therein might contaminate them with wrongthink.</p>
<p>Governments around the world inflict this sort of censorship all the time, but the United States is supposed to have constitutional restrictions on Washington’s ability to violate people’s freedom to hear dissenting political speech. And until very recently, patriotic conservative Americans tended to pride themselves in those freedoms their country provides. But apparently they’re willing to light the whole thing on fire as long as it advances the interests of the state of Israel.</p>
<p>Americans who are not fully brainwashed into the cult of Trumpism should be asking themselves if this is the kind of country they want to live in, though. Do you really want your government deciding what kind of political speech you are allowed to hear, and protecting your fragile little mind from wrongthink? Or do you want to decide such matters for yourself?</p>
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<p><span>The Atlantic has</span> <a href="https://archive.is/vnPIk" rel>published the full contents</a> <span>of a Signal chat from earlier this month featuring top Trump administration officials discussing the bombing campaign the president was about to begin in Yemen.</span></p>
<p><span>There’s a whole scandal in mainstream US politics right now about the Trump team’s carelessness in letting the conversation become public. The story goes that Trump’s national security advisor Mike Waltz accidentally included in the chat Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg, who then swiftly exited instead of staying and doing some actual journalism by observing what these warmongering swamp monsters were up to. Goldberg did this because he is not actually a journalist, he is one of the most virulent war propagandists working in US media today, having famously</span> <a href="https://militarist-monitor.org/profile/jeffrey-goldberg/" rel>worked to manufacture consent</a> <span>for the invasion of Iraq by publishing false narratives linking Saddam Hussein to Al Qaeda. He is also a</span> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Goldberg#Early_life_and_education" rel>former IDF prison guard</a><span>.</span></p>
<p>What’s getting a lot less discussion in mainstream political discourse is the depraved nature of the bombing itself, and the Trump team’s exuberance about murdering civilians seen in the brief exchange of messages. Waltz describes to the group how US forces waited until a target entered an apartment building and then flattened it with an airstrike, eliciting digital applause from the rest of the administration.</p>

<p>“The first target — their top missile guy — we had positive ID of him walking into his girlfriend’s building, and it’s now collapsed,” Waltz said.</p>
<p>“Excellent,” Vice President JD Vance responded.</p>
<p>“Great job all,” said Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.</p>
<p>“Kudos to all — most particularly those in theater and CENTCOM! Really Great. God bless,” said White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles.</p>
<p>“Great work and effects!” replied intelligence chief Tulsi Gabbard.</p>
<p>Waltz and Trump’s middle east envoy Steve Witkoff are seen posting numerous celebratory emojis.</p>
<p>Imagine how fucked up you have to be inside to react this way to the bombing of an apartment building full of civilians. How far gone you have to be as a human being. These are the kinds of freaks who rule our world.</p>

<p><span>Another thing that strikes me about the Signal chat is how Trump’s supporters are so much more confident that Yemen needs to be bombed than Trump’s own cabinet was. Any time I criticize Trump’s ongoing war on Yemen I get his cultists in my replies going “Well obviously the Houthis need to be bombed to protect global shipping routes, what choice did Trump have?” But if you scroll through</span> <a href="https://archive.is/vnPIk#selection-814.26-1078.0" rel>the chat</a> <span>you’ll find mixed opinions about it, admissions that there’s no urgent need to launch any strikes right away, and nonsense about how the bombings can be used “to send a message.”</span></p>
<p>Trumpers have their tongues so far up Trump’s asshole that they’re more supportive of Trump’s warmongering than Trump’s own appointed officials.</p>
<p><span>In reality this entire conflict could have been avoided by simply</span> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/feb/21/biden-stop-gaza-bombing-genocide-israel" rel>using the leverage the US has</a> <span>over Israel to make it honor its ceasefire agreement with Hamas. The</span> <a href="https://responsiblestatecraft.org/houthi-rebels-red-sea/" rel>only reason</a> <span>Yemeni forces began attacking ships in the first place was to blockade Israel because of its genocidal atrocities in Gaza; as soon as a ceasefire was in place those attacks stopped, and</span> <a href="https://news.antiwar.com/2025/03/11/yemens-houthis-announce-renewed-blockade-on-israeli-ships-due-to-lack-of-gaza-aid/" rel>the Houthis only announced</a> <span>that their blockade would resume again when Israel announced a genocidal starvation siege on the entire Gaza Strip. The Trump administration told Israel to</span> <a href="https://news.antiwar.com/2025/03/20/more-us-airstrikes-hit-yemen-as-houthis-fire-missiles-at-israel/" rel>let the US handle the Houthis</a> <span>for them, and that’s exactly what happened.</span></p>

<p>But the main thing that stands out for me right now is a section of the conversation where Pete Hegseth talks about what the administration’s “messaging” should be about the airstrikes.</p>
<p>Hegseth wrote the following in the lead-up to the strikes:</p>
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<p>“I think messaging is going to be a problem no matter what — nobody knows who the Houthis are — which is why we would need to stay focused on: 1) Biden failed &amp; 2) Iran funded.”</p>
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<p>It’s always fascinated me how much empire managers focus on messaging. Their focus is never on whether or not they should do evil things, it’s on what narrative they’re going to sell to the public about the evil things they’re going to do.</p>
<p>Here we see Hegseth talking about the challenges in the administration’s “messaging” regarding its upcoming bombing campaign on Yemen, and the need to establish a public narrative about how (1) Biden is to blame for it and (2) the Houthis are “Iran funded”.</p>
<p>At no time does anyone ever raise the issue of whether or not it’s ethical to rain military explosives on an already war-ravaged and deeply impoverished nation in order to protect Israel’s right to commit genocide. Hegseth’s interest is solely in what stories will be told to the public to justify those actions.</p>
<p>These are the kinds of people who rule our world. This is how they think.</p>
<p><span>The powerful understand that narrative control is everything. Power is the ability to control what happens, but ultimate power is the ability to control what people</span> <em><strong>think</strong></em> <span>about what happens. Human consciousness is dominated by mental narratives, so if you can control what narratives the humans believe about their reality, you can control the humans.</span></p>

<p><span>The need to control the narrative is why the US empire has invested so heavily in soft power, and why it has the most</span> <a href="https://consortiumnews.com/2023/06/05/caitlin-johnstone-15-reasons-why-media-dont-do-journalism/" rel>sophisticated propaganda machine</a> <span>ever constructed. It’s why Palestinian journalists are being killed in Gaza while western journalists aren’t being allowed in. It’s why pro-Palestine activists are being silenced and deported. It’s why the internet is being censored with increasing aggression. It’s why Julian Assange spent years in prison.</span></p>
<p>The empire invests extensively in narrative control, as do manipulative people in general. If you’ve ever had the misfortune of knowing a malignant narcissist or sociopath, you’ll know they tend to pour immense amounts of energy into manipulating the social narrative about themselves and the people in their circle. Manipulators understand the power of narrative control, while ordinary people do not.</p>
<p>And that’s why the world looks the way it looks: powerful manipulators understand this dynamic, while the rest of humanity typically doesn’t. Normal people tend to assume they’re looking at a more or less accurate picture of what’s happening and how the world works from the information that’s laid out in front of them, not understanding that the information they consume is being constantly distorted, funneled and manipulated by the powerful to the benefit of our rulers.</p>
<p>That’s how consent is manufactured. That’s how wars are justified. That’s how revolution is suppressed. That’s how the political status quo is maintained. That’s how the public is duped year after year into signing on to more of the same while being robbed, cheated, exploited, impoverished, censored, oppressed, brainwashed, and driven to environmental disaster.</p>
<p>The real currency of our world is not gold, nor bureaucratic fiat, nor even war machinery. The real currency of our world is narrative and the ability to control it. We will keep being manipulated into disaster and dystopia until enough of us wake up to this reality.</p>
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<p>China is accelerating the establishment of a modern ecological and environmental monitoring system, a government official said on Wednesday.</p>
<p>The establishment of a comprehensive aerial, terrestrial and maritime monitoring network is the most fundamental and essential task in building a modern monitoring system, said Jiang Huohua, head of the ecological and environmental monitoring department of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment.</p>
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<p>Artificial intelligence (AI) technologies and satellite remote-sensing will play increasingly significant roles in ecological and environmental monitoring, he said, citing the in-field application of DeepSeek as an example.</p>
<p>The ministry has rolled out policies to boost the development of environmental protection robots and remote-operation equipment for environmental monitoring, amid a variety of efforts to boost the application of new technology, he said.</p>
<p>Remote-sensing methods, including methods that use satellites and drones, are set to play increasingly significant roles in environmental protection. The ministry will enhance the country's satellite remote-sensing monitoring capabilities, leveraging the unique advantages of remote-sensing technology and exploring synergistic applications with large AI models, he said.</p>
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<p>Cover: An unmanned rescue boat and a water sampling and monitoring vessel are displayed in an ecological park in Beijing, China, March 22, 2025. /VCG</p>
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<p>Neptune's glowing auroras have been captured in the best detail yet by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope.</p>
<p>Hints of auroras were first faintly detected in ultraviolet light during a flyby of the Voyager 2 spacecraft in 1989. Webb captured Neptune's shimmering lights in infrared light, providing direct evidence they exist.</p>
<p>NASA released the images on Wednesday, and the results were published in the journal Nature Astronomy.</p>
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<p>Auroras on any planet occur when electrically charged particles from space enter and collide with molecules in the atmosphere, creating a series of reactions that emits light.</p>
<p>On Earth, auroras tend to occur near the polar regions, producing spectacular northern and southern lights.</p>
<p>Scientists have studied auroras on Saturn and Jupiter for decades, but Neptune, the farthest planet from the sun, has been harder to see up close.</p>
<p>Neptune's auroras occur near the mid-latitudes of the planet, not the polar regions, because of differences in its magnetic field, which determine the span of auroras.</p>
<p>More than three decades after Voyager 2's pass, scientists have seen Neptune's auroras again with the powerful Webb telescope. The researchers also revealed that Neptune's atmosphere has cooled significantly since the 1980s, which may have somewhat dimmed the light of the auroras.</p>
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title: Construction of China&amp;#039;s High Energy Photon Source enters final stage
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<div><img src="https://news.cgtn.com/news/2025-03-27/Construction-of-China-s-High-Energy-Photon-Source-enters-final-stage-1C5n7VyVERi/img/156d229bc5744ba8820a5132cd233a26/156d229bc5744ba8820a5132cd233a26-750.png" data-sanitized-class="ff-og-image-inserted"></div><p>The High Energy Photon Source (HEPS), China's flagship synchrotron radiation facility, has officially launched its joint commissioning phase, marking its final construction stage.</p>
<p>The Institute of High Energy Physics (IHEP) under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the main HEPS developer, announced the new development at a parallel forum of the 2025 Zhongguancun Forum in Beijing on Thursday.</p>
<p>A synchrotron radiation light source is a source of electromagnetic radiation usually produced by a storage ring. As one of the country's key scientific and technological infrastructure projects, HEPS is expected to become a fourth-generation synchrotron radiation facility with the world's highest brightness, serving as a research platform for material science, chemical engineering, biomedicine and other fields.</p>
<p>The construction of the HEPS project began in Beijing's suburban Huairou District on June 29, 2019. The facility comprises several parts, including accelerators, beamlines, end stations and support facilities.</p>
<p>The HEPS project is expected to be operational by the end of 2025. Once completed, HEPS will be able to emit light one trillion times brighter than the Sun and will be open to users in fields such as aerospace, energy, environment, life science and pharmaceuticals, according to IHEP.</p>
<p>In January, HEPS achieved a world-class electron beam emittance of 93 picometer radians in the storage ring following the achievement of a beam current of more than 40 mA, which means the facility is able to produce high-quality bright synchrotron radiation.</p>
<p>Pan Weimin, director of the HEPS project, said the HEPS team innovated a scheme to utilize its booster as both an accelerator and an accumulator, significantly reducing the infrastructure's costs.</p>
<p>Jiao Yi, deputy head of the accelerator division, highlighted that HEPS's injection and extraction system enables electron beam recycling, making the process more environmentally friendly.</p>
<p>The project's first phase includes the construction of 14 user beamlines and a test beamline. Among them, the Hard X-ray Imaging (HXI) beamline is one of the distinctive experimental platforms aimed at studying internal microstructures in engineering materials.</p>
<p>Dong Yuhui, HEPS executive deputy director, highlighted the beamline's unique advantages. "The HXI beamline innovatively integrates insertion devices and a long sample-source distance to achieve higher coherence, deeper penetration, a wider field of view, and higher resolution, surpassing conventional X-ray sources."</p>
<p>"The high-energy X-ray has been transmitted into the end station of the HXI beamline, which will revolutionize studies in aerospace materials and whole-brain neural networks, offering greater efficiency and precision," Dong added.</p>

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title: China&amp;#039;s 10 scientific advances of 2024 released at ZGC Forum
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<div><img src="https://news.cgtn.com/news/2025-03-27/China-s-10-scientific-advances-of-2024-released-at-ZGC-Forum-1C5tEAjDQac/img/0cc9a27bd459498ab9ccd932001f4030/0cc9a27bd459498ab9ccd932001f4030-1280.jpeg" data-sanitized-class="ff-og-image-inserted"></div><p>The 2025 Zhongguancun Forum (ZGC Forum) kicked off in Beijing on Thursday. At the opening ceremony, China's 10 scientific advances of 2024 were released.</p>
<p>The selection of the advances is hosted by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) and organized by the High Technology Research and Development Center (Basic Research Management Center) of NSFC.</p>
<p>1. Samples returned by the Chang'e-6 mission reveal lunar far side volcanism 2.8 billion years ago</p>
<p>Chang'e-6 mission samples reveal volcanic activity on the moon's far side 2.8 billion years ago. Chinese researchers found basalt, breccia, glass, and light-colored rock fragments with low density and bimodal grain size. The basalt's unique composition suggests a complex origin, formed from a depleted mantle source. Evidence also points to volcanic activity 4.2 billion years ago, highlighting a long volcanic history. These samples offer crucial insights into the moon's geological differences, impact history, and volcanic evolution, marking a new era in lunar research.</p>
<p>2. Large-scale photonic chiplets empower the training and inference for artificial general intelligence</p>
<p>Researchers developed the "Taichi" photonic chiplet, achieving 160-Tera Operations per Joule energy efficiency. It introduces a new architecture that enables efficient in-situ photonic training, eliminating reliance on electronic systems. The chiplet boosts energy efficiency by two orders of magnitude and accelerates training speed tenfold. This breakthrough is expected to advance foundation models, artificial general intelligence, and unmanned systems, providing a high-speed, energy-efficient computing path in the post-Moore era.</p>
<p>3. Elucidating the molecular mechanisms of monoamine neurotransmitter transporters and the action of psychiatric drugs</p>
<p>Researchers explored neurotransmitter transporters like DAT, NET, GlyTl, and VMAT2 to uncover the molecular basis of neurotransmitter regulation. Their findings reveal how psychiatric drugs interact with these transporters, identifying new binding sites that reduce addictive risks. This research offers insights for developing safer neuropsychiatric drugs with fewer side effects.</p>
<p>4. Nanolasers with atomic-scale feature sizes and reconfigurable phased arrays</p>
<p>Researchers developed atomic-scale nanolasers using a unique dispersion equation, achieving the smallest mode volumes yet. These nanolasers demonstrated coherent lasing patterns like the Chinese characters "中" and "国" (China), offering powerful imaging tools for materials and life sciences. Their low energy use and fast modulation speeds hold promise for IT and other fields.</p>
<p>5. Discovery of giant magnetocaloric effect in spin supersolid state and new mechanism for ultra-low temperature refrigeration</p>
<p>Researchers discovered a spin supersolid state in a cobalt-based material, combining solid and superfluid traits. This quantum state achieves a giant magnetocaloric effect, enabling ultra-low temperatures of -273.056 degrees Celsius without helium-3. This breakthrough opens new avenues for advanced cryogenic cooling solutions.</p>
<p>6. Allogeneic CAR-T therapy for autoimmune diseases</p>
<p>Researchers successfully treated patients with severe autoimmune diseases using universal CAR-T cells from healthy donors. This marks the first international success in achieving significant clinical efficacy with allogeneic CAR-T cells, improving accessibility and reducing costs.</p>
<p>7. Extra X chromosome impairs the development of male germ cells in multiple dimensions</p>
<p>A study revealed that developmental defects in male germ cells with an extra X chromosome begin in the fetal stage. The failure to inactivate the extra X chromosome disrupts gene regulation, hindering cell differentiation and leading to infertility.</p>
<p>8. Experimental discovery of graviton modes in condensed matter</p>
<p>Researchers observed graviton-like particles in GaAs quantum wells, revealing spin-2 low-energy excitations in the fractional quantum Hall effect. This discovery advances quantum gravity research and enhances understanding of semiconductor structures and topological quantum computing.</p>
<p>9. The creation of high-energy-conversion-efficiency actinide-based radio photovoltaic micronuclear battery</p>
<p>Researchers developed a novel actinide-based micronuclear battery featuring a coalescent energy transducer that boosts energy conversion efficiency 8,000-fold. This battery design achieves record-high efficiency and introduces new strategies for radioactive waste recovery.</p>
<p>10. Discovery of key evidence that supermassive black holes influence the formation and evolution of host galaxies</p>
<p>A study found that galaxies with more massive supermassive black holes (SMBHs) have less cold gas, crucial for star formation. This finding confirms SMBHs' role in transitioning galaxies from active to quiescent states, advancing understanding of galaxy evolution.</p>
<p>Themed "New Quality Productive Forces and Global Technology Cooperation," this year's ZGC forum will run until March 31.</p>

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<p><em><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qa8QqfhvvO0" rel>Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley)</a></em><span>:</span></p>


<p>I envy the Palestinians. Not for what they’re going through, obviously, but for what they have. Their supremely authentic culture, with its deep roots and ancient connection to the land.</p>
<p>One of the very, very few good things that the Gaza holocaust has brought into this world is a deluge of footage of Palestinians living their lives, interacting with each other and relating to their loved ones as they find ways to get by in this nightmare. Westerners like me have been quietly watching these video clips on our little screens in our homes, and watching the various films, documentaries and shows that have been made about Palestinian life over the years, and taking it all in.</p>
<p>And it’s just so very moving. Palestinians are such amazingly beautiful people. How tender they are with each other. How real and organic their spirituality is. How deeply they love their culture in all its unique expressions. How profoundly intimate their connections with each other are, both between individuals and with their community as a whole.</p>
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<p>I’m a white Australian. We just don’t experience such things. The indigenous inhabitants of this land were massacred, robbed and displaced just as the Palestinians are today, and my ancestors were brought to this continent from Ireland and Scotland by circumstances beyond their control. Now for the most part it’s just this shallow, vapid civilization whose primary cultural identity consists of not getting too worked up about things. We live with this perpetual vague state of alienation and dysphoria buzzing in the background of our consciousness, because we have no roots here.</p>
<p>My husband Tim is an American of Irish descent and has had much the same experience. That’s just what it’s like for white people in the colonized world. We have no connectedness. No historical depth. No real culture. No real grounding. That’s why we’re always reaching around for something other than what we have, whether it’s more money and more possessions or a return to the religion of our grandparents or New Age spirituality or substance abuse. Our experience here just doesn’t feel quite right. We don’t feel like we belong.</p>
<p>Then we look at the Palestinians and how starkly their society contrasts with our own, and we can’t help but feel a sense of deep longing. They live so naturally and so warmly. It just looks right.</p>
<p><span>And I am quite certain Israelis feel the same way when they look at Palestinians. Here they are with this ridiculously fake culture of AI and electronic dance music, speaking a strange new version of a dead language that Zionists</span> <a href="https://www.commentary.org/articles/ralph-weiman/the-re-creation-of-hebrewa-dead-language-lives-again/" rel>reanimated a few generations ago</a> <span>so they could LARP as middle easterners and pretend the “Israel” of today has anything whatsoever in common with the historic Israel of Biblical times. And then they look over at the people who were living there before them with their deep roots and vibrant authenticity, and they feel envy. And their envy turns to spite. And their spite turns to hate. And their hate turns to genocide.</span></p>

<p><span>There are other reasons for the hatred Israelis feel toward Palestinians, to be sure — the entire apartheid state depends on their being</span> <a href="https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/the-chris-hedges-report-with-miko" rel>aggressively indoctrinated</a> <span>into viewing the lower-tiered inhabitants of the land as less than human. But jealousy surely plays a part.</span></p>
<p>And I hope they don’t succeed in wiping out the Palestinians. I hope they don’t succeed in driving them off their land. It would be such a loss to the whole world for a thing of such beauty to be snapped from its roots and cast into the dustbin of history. Apart from all the other reasons to feel heartbroken about the abuses we are witnessing in Gaza and the West Bank, there’s the fact that our world is losing one of the most breathtakingly beautiful things it has ever birthed into existence.</p>
<p>If these freaks succeed in stomping out Palestine, I think it will genuinely feel like losing a loved one. I think many people around the world will feel the same way.</p>
<p>I desperately hope this doesn’t happen. If I were a different sort of person with a different sort of spirituality, I would say I pray this doesn’t happen. In a world that’s increasingly fake and fraudulent, we can’t afford to lose Palestine.</p>
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<div><img src="https://video.cgtn.com/news/2025-03-27/Robots-on-the-runway-Humanoid-stuns-Shanghai-Fashion-Week-1C5qQ7ZO2HK/video/wu_1inbroad611fv19c4avs14pr6c2e/wu_1inbroad611fv19c4avs14pr6c2e-750.jpg" data-sanitized-class="ff-og-image-inserted"></div><p>In a groundbreaking fusion of fashion and technology, Unitree Robotics' humanoid robot G1 and its robotic dog companion strutted onto the runway during Shanghai Fashion Week on Wednesday.</p>
<p>The showcase, presented by avant-garde label NMTG, delivered a performance that was less traditional catwalk and more immersive behavioral art.</p>
<p>The moment came after the models had completed their walk. A robotic dog suddenly flipped mid-stage, revealing a custom outfit. Then, the G1 humanoid robot sprang to life, interacting with a blue-clad model who shook its hand and adorned it with a 3D-printed necklace shaped like a deer – a symbol of harmony and hope.</p>
<p>The show's creative director, Xu Shangxi, drew inspiration from Unitree's viral Chinese New Year performance, where the G1 dazzled audiences with traditional dance moves. </p>
<p>"I wanted to explore the symbiosis of nature, humanity and technology," Xu said.</p>
<p>The event, a tripartite collaboration between Unitree, NMTG and Shanghai Fashion Week, broke the boundaries between tech and culture. As Xu put it, "This isn't just a show; it's a manifesto for the future."</p>
<p>The Unitree G1 is an advanced humanoid robot developed by China's Unitree Robotics, showcasing remarkable agility and precision. It features AI-driven, full-body motion control, enabling dynamic movements, such as dancing, spinning handkerchiefs and performing coordinated routines with human-like dexterity.</p>
<p><a href="https://news.cgtn.com/news/2025-03-06/Vlog-Giving-Unitree-s-humanoid-robot-a-tour-of-CGTN-s-office-1BwEawsRxSg/p.html">Watch: A Unitree humanoid robot visited CGTN's office!</a></p>
<p><a href="https://news.cgtn.com/news/2025-01-29/Behind-China-s-humanoid-robot-dance-How-did-they-catch-handkerchiefs--1Az4YTMlFpm/p.html">Read more: Behind China's humanoid robot dance: How did they catch handkerchiefs?</a></p>
<p>(The video was created and shot by Lingji Youxi and provided to CGTN Digital via Unitree Robotics. Edits were made before posting.)</p>

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<p>China's advancements in science and technology and its expanding international collaborations are driving global progress and shared development, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun told reporters at a regular press briefing on Thursday.</p>
<p>Responding to a question on China's sci-tech achievements and cooperation efforts, Guo highlighted remarks by Chinese Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang, who delivered a keynote speech earlier in the day at the opening ceremony of the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) Annual Conference 2025. Ding underscored China's accelerated push for high-level self-reliance in sci-tech and integrating innovation in both technological and industrial sectors.</p>
<p>Guo noted that China's innovation-driven development strategy has significantly enhanced its sci-tech capabilities, facilitating a smooth transition between traditional and emerging growth drivers. This progress, he said, has not only helped China navigate economic challenges but also demonstrated its long-term development potential.</p>
<p>"I believe you have noticed China's technological breakthroughs from digital networks to artificial intelligence, from exploring outer space and the deep sea to improving daily life," Guo told a reporter from China Media Group. "These breakthroughs have delivered tangible benefits to its people."</p>
<p>Guo added that these advancements align with global discussions at the BFA on AI governance, digital capacity-building and tech collaboration.</p>
<p>The spokesperson further outlined China's commitment to international cooperation in innovation, citing ongoing initiatives such as the China-Japan-Republic of Korea Innovation Cooperation Center and a joint AI innovation hub with Laos. He also confirmed that China has signed agreements with Pakistan to train astronauts, with the China Space Station set to welcome its first international crew member.</p>
<p>"History shows that openness and collaboration broaden the path to progress," Guo said. "China will continue working with global partners to foster an inclusive, equitable and nondiscriminatory environment for sci-tech advancement, ensuring its benefits reach more nations and peoples."</p>
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title: The Signal Scandal: Another Signal that the U.S. is in Deep Kimchi
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<p><em><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eypQ-86MZIk" rel>Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley)</a></em><span>:</span></p>


<p>I’d like to point out that the tired MAGA talking point about how Trump “never started any new wars” has officially been invalidated because of Yemen.</p>
<p><span>The focus on “new wars” was always a dopey arbitrary distinction meant to shelter Trump from criticism of his</span> <a href="https://www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/both-trumpism-and-anti-trumpism-are" rel>extensive warmongering</a> <span>throughout his first term, but his restarting the US bombing campaign in Yemen in order to protect Israel’s right to commit genocide means even this feeble excuse has gone up in smoke.</span></p>
<p><span>The US launched</span> <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/3/28/us-hits-multiple-targets-in-yemen-report" rel>dozens of airstrikes</a> <span>in Yemen on Friday morning in its new offensive against Ansar Allah, who are essentially Yemen’s ruling government since the territory they control contains</span> <a href="https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2021/03/21/bidens-problem-in-yemen-the-houthis-are-winning/" rel>some 80 percent</a> <span>of the nation’s population. The US has bombed Yemen every day since restarting the war earlier this month, and Trump</span> <a href="https://news.antiwar.com/2025/03/27/trump-says-he-will-continue-bombing-yemen-for-a-long-time/" rel>told the press</a> <span>on Wednesday that he intends to keep the attacks going “for a long time”.</span></p>

<p>And when I say war, I mean war. When you are bombing a country every single day and announcing that you intend to keep bombing it for a long time, that’s the thing that war is. You might not call it that, but that is in fact what you are doing. You are waging war on that country.</p>
<p><span>And make no mistake: this is a new war that Trump started. Yemen was at war between 2015 and 2022 against a US-backed coalition spearheaded by Saudi Arabia, but that conflict has been over</span> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yemeni_peace_process#UN_brokered_ceasefire" rel>for three years</a><span>. Biden</span> <a href="https://caitlinjohnstone.com.au/2024/01/23/the-biden-administrations-absurd-justification-for-its-yemen-war/" rel>had been launching airstrikes</a> <span>against Houthi forces in 2024 in response to their Red Sea shipping blockade which was aimed at forcing Israel to halt its genocide in Gaza, but Ansar Allah</span> <a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/01/29/nx-s1-5270518/with-gaza-ceasefire-yemens-houthi-rebels-halt-attacks-on-ships-in-the-red-sea" rel>suspended that blockade</a> <span>when a ceasefire was reached between Israel and Hamas, and the Red Sea had been peaceful.</span></p>
<p><span>That all ended when Trump began</span> <a href="https://www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/the-gaza-ceasefire-is-being-sabotaged" rel>sabotaging the ceasefire</a> <span>and failed to use the White House’s</span> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/feb/21/biden-stop-gaza-bombing-genocide-israel" rel>immense leverage</a> <span>to force Israel to abide by its agreement with Hamas. Israel</span> <a href="https://www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/israel-begins-choking-gaza-again" rel>announced</a> <span>a genocidal starvation siege on Gaza in full coordination with the Trump administration, and Ansar Allah responded by</span> <a href="https://news.antiwar.com/2025/03/11/yemens-houthis-announce-renewed-blockade-on-israeli-ships-due-to-lack-of-gaza-aid/" rel>saying</a> <span>it would resume the Red Sea blockade to pressure Israel to halt its genocidal atrocities. Trump then</span> <a href="https://www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/trump-is-bombing-yemen-for-israel" rel>began bombing Yemen</a> <span>before the Houthis had even launched any kind of attack, all to make sure Israel could commit genocide without consequences. The Trump administration</span> <a href="https://news.antiwar.com/2025/03/20/more-us-airstrikes-hit-yemen-as-houthis-fire-missiles-at-israel/" rel>reportedly</a> <span>even asked Israel not to respond to Yemeni attacks against it, saying the US would take care of the whole thing.</span></p>
<p><span>So there you have it. Trump started a new war, in every way that matters. There was peace, and then Trump actively sabotaged it, committing instead to a long-term war so needlessly that his own cabinet was seen in a</span> <a href="https://archive.is/vnPIk" rel>leaked group chat</a> <span>questioning the decision and trying to come up with reasons why it was even necessary.</span></p>

<p><span>Face it Trumpers: you’ve been had. You voted for a president who told you he was going to end the wars, and he started a new war and was backing an active genocide within a few weeks of taking office. You voted for a president who said he’d protect free speech, and he’s</span> <a href="https://www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/censorship-violates-the-rights-of" rel>stomping out free speech</a> <span>throughout</span> <a href="https://news.antiwar.com/2025/03/13/doj-deploys-antisemitism-task-force-to-four-us-cities-as-part-of-crackdown-on-pro-palestine-protests/" rel>the United States</a> <span>to</span> <a href="https://www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/even-more-assaults-on-free-speech" rel>silence criticism of Israel</a><span>. You voted for a president who said he’d put America first, and he’s putting Israel first.</span></p>
<p>Mark Twain said “It’s easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled,” so maybe I am wasting my breath here. But you have been fooled, my red-hatted lovelies. You have been fooled very badly.</p>
<p>If you can’t accept it just yet, don’t worry. He’ll show you more proof before long.</p>
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<p>Recently the plant immunity team led by Professor Liu Zhiyong from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology (IGDB), Chinese Academy of Sciences, along with collaborators from Nanjing Normal University, Yazhouwan National Laboratory, and Xianghu Laboratory, unveiled a novel immune mechanism by which tandem kinases combat pathogen invasion: an atypical NLR protein, WTN1 (Wheat Tandem NBD 1), partners with the tandem kinase WTK3 to detect pathogen effectors and initiate immune responses, thereby conferring resistance to multiple fungal diseases in wheat.  </p>
<p>This research significantly advances the understanding of tandem kinase functionality, establishes a new paradigm for tandem kinase-NLR cooperation in disease resistance, addresses a critical gap in the immune regulatory pathways of tandem kinases, and provides a solid theoretical and practical foundation for the precise engineering of crop varieties with broad-spectrum and multi-pathogen resistance. </p>
<p>The work was published on Friday in Science under the title "A wheat tandem kinase and NLR pair confers resistance to multiple fungal pathogens."</p>
<p>Tandem kinase proteins (TKPs) represent a recently discovered class of disease resistance proteins in wheat and barley. Characterized by two or more tandemly arranged kinase domains, these proteins confer resistance to a range of fungal pathogens, including stripe rust, leaf rust, stem rust, powdery mildew, wheat blast, and smut, making them highly valuable for breeding applications. Previously, the plant immunity research group led by Liu at IGDB successfully cloned the broad-spectrum powdery mildew resistance genes Pm24 (WTK3, Nature Communications, 2020) and Pm36 (WTK7-TM, Nature Communications, 2024), which encode novel tandem kinases derived from Chinese wheat landraces and wild emmer wheat, respectively. Despite these advances, key scientific questions remain unanswered regarding these novel resistance proteins, such as the mechanisms by which tandem kinases recognize pathogen effectors (Avr), the functional roles of their distinct kinase domains in crop immunity, and the specific immune pathways through which tandem kinases activate disease resistance responses.</p>
<p>Through screening EMS-induced susceptible mutants of the powdery mildew resistance gene Pm24 (WTK3), the research team identified WTN1, a pivotal component of the WTK3-mediated disease resistance pathway. WTN1, an atypical NLR protein, is tightly linked to WTK3. Genetic analyses demonstrated that WTN1 is indispensable for WTK3-mediated immunity against wheat powdery mildew, with the WTK3-WTN1 pair activating immune responses via a sensor-executor cooperative model. Notably, WTK3 not only confers resistance to wheat powdery mildew but also recognizes the wheat blast effector PWT4, triggering immune responses and exhibiting potential resistance to wheat blast. </p>
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<p>By employing a multidisciplinary approach – including plant immunology, biochemical assays, electrophysiological experiments, and evolutionary analysis – the team uncovered a closely coordinated relationship between WTK3 and WTN1, which enables wheat to combat pathogen invasion. Specifically, WTK3 features two critical functional modules: the first module, comprising the pseudo-kinase fragment (PKF) and the first kinase domain (Kinase I), is responsible for recognizing pathogen effectors, while the second kinase domain (Kinase II) interacts with the NLR protein WTN1, forming a robust "defense team." Upon detecting pathogens invasion, the WTK3-WTN1 complex is rapidly activated, forming an ion channel that facilitates calcium ion (Ca²⁺) influx, thereby inducing hypersensitive responses and programmed cell death.</p>
<p>Importantly, prior research has established that Pm24 (WTK3) is a unique genetic resource derived from Chinese wheat landraces. Through years of backcrossing and marker-assisted breeding, the team successfully introduced Pm24 into multiple high-yield wheat varieties, and the newly developed disease-resistant germplasms have been freely distributed to domestic institutions for breeding applications. These findings are anticipated to address the scarcity of broad-spectrum powdery mildew resistance genes in China's major wheat-producing regions, establish a potential genetic barrier against wheat blast, and provide essential theoretical and technical support for sustainable agricultural development and industrial upgrading.</p>
<p>This work was supported by the National Key R&amp;D Program of China, the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the National Natural Science Foundation of China, and the Youth Innovation Promotion Association of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.</p>
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<p>Amid escalating U.S. tariffs and geopolitical tensions, South Korean businesses are doubling down on China's supply chain resilience and market potential. At the ongoing ​Zhongguancun Forum in Beijing, South Korean experts are actively exploring collaboration opportunities in ​humanoid robotics – a key growth sector where China leads in both innovation and manufacturing scale.</p>
<p>Kim Jong-moon, Representative of the ​Korea Innovation Center in China, shared insights with ​CGTN on how the recent ​25 percent U.S. tariffs on imported cars and auto parts are reshaping global supply chains, and why deeper ​China-South Korea tech partnerships could be the strategic response.</p>
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<p>The word “bombing” is interesting, because it becomes a different word depending on what part of the world it’s being used in reference to.</p>
<p>If I look at you with a shocked and serious expression and say “There’s been a bombing,” you’ll immediately assume I mean there was an explosion in a city near you, or perhaps in some other western city like New York or London. If you see me reading the paper and casually stating “Wow there were dozens of bombings last night,” you’ll probably assume I mean military explosives being dropped on people in the middle east.</p>
<p>If I was in the UK in the nineties and said “There’s been a bombing,” everyone would immediately assume I meant an IRA attack on British soil and respond with grief. If I made the exact same noises with my mouth in the UK today, people would assume I’m probably talking about Gaza, Lebanon or Yemen, and they’d shrug.</p>
<p>It’s two very different words. They’re spelled and pronounced the same. They have basically the same meaning. But they’re different words. At least in the parts of the world where English is the dominant language, they have a completely different weight, and they land completely differently. One is shocking and horrifying, while the other is normal and expected. One will be the leading story in your news media for days, while the other might not even get mentioned.</p>
<p>The words have two different meanings in our society because western society does not regard non-westerners as fully human. An explosion of deliberate human origin taking place in our own neighborhood is an unacceptable outrage that we’ll speak about for the rest of our lives, but the exact same thing happening in a neighborhood in the middle east is just the natural order of things — even if it was perpetrated by our own leaders.</p>
<p>Someone exploding a building full of pale-skinned English speakers is an earth-shaking tragedy, while someone exploding a building full of darker-skinned Arabic speakers is just Tuesday.</p>
<p>They’re viewed as two completely different things because the victims are viewed as two entirely different species. The victims of the bombing campaigns the western empire perpetrates and sponsors are seen as subhuman. They are seen as subhuman because we’ve been propagandized to see them that way, and we are propagandized to see them that way because if we saw them as fully human, nothing about our society would make sense.</p>
<p>If we saw the inhabitants of the global south as fully human, it would not make sense for us to be extracting their labor and resources at extortionate rates for our own benefit. It would not make sense for our leaders to be staging coups, interfering in elections, and launching all-out regime change invasions to ensure they have governments which serve our interests. It would not make sense for the US empire to be setting up military bases in and around their countries to ensure its planetary domination. It would not make sense for an entire industry of war profiteering to be built around manufacturing consent for needless military operations and military expansionism in impoverished nations. It would not make sense for western governments to be shipping their trash to developing nations whose populations are now drowning in garbage.</p>
<p>Our entire civilization is built around this division. The division between westerners whose lives matter and non-westerners whose lives do not. This split is the unacknowledged elephant in the room in most aspects of our day to day lives. It directly touches the products we use and discard, the energy we consume, the status quo political systems we talk about and vote on, the very device you’re reading these words on. It’s all made possible by the fact that our lives are built on the blood, sweat and tears of the majority of this planet’s population whose lives are not regarded as fully human.</p>
<p>We like to think of ourselves as having transcended the evils of slavery and genocidal colonialism which ravaged so much of humanity in previous centuries, but we haven’t. Not really. We’ve made it more sanitized. More photogenic. Now you can read about slavery and shake your head about how terrible it was while wearing and holding objects that were manufactured by the outsourced slavery of the 21st century. You can vote for a politician with brown skin or see someone of Asian ancestry play a character on a TV show and think nice thoughts about how far we’ve come as a society, even as your government drops military explosives on people on the other side of the world because they’re not seen as real human beings.</p>
<p>Our species won’t find health and harmony on this planet until we truly start seeing everyone as equal, and acting accordingly. This tyrannical, exploitative way of living is only driving us toward annihilation and dystopia, and poisoning the planet we all depend on for survival.</p>
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<p>China has made significant progress in tuberculosis (TB) prevention and treatment over the past decade, with both the incidence and mortality rates of the disease dropping by approximately 30 percent since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in 2012, health authorities announced on Thursday.</p>
<p>At a press conference held by the National Disease Control and Prevention Administration, officials highlighted that the country's annual decline in TB incidence is twice the global average, while the treatment success rate remains above 90 percent, with mortality sustained at a low level.</p>
<p>Liu Qing, deputy director of the administration's Department of Infectious Disease Control, said that moving forward, the administration will prioritize the National Tuberculosis Prevention and Control Plan (2024-2030), enhancing collaboration between disease control agencies, medical institutions and grassroots healthcare providers. Strategies include expanding proactive screenings to curb transmission, standardizing patient treatment protocols and strengthening financial support policies to alleviate the economic burden on patients.</p>
<p>The announcement came days after World Tuberculosis Day on March 24, a date marked by the World Health Organization (WHO) to rally global action against the disease. In its 2024 Global Tuberculosis Report, the WHO noted that TB remains one of the world's deadliest infectious diseases, with 10.8 million new cases and 1.25 million deaths recorded in 2023. However, funding for TB services has declined sharply, dropping from $6.8 billion in 2019 to $5.7 billion in 2023 – just 26 percent of the global target.</p>
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<p>Twelve aftershocks have been detected following the magnitude-7.7 earthquake that struck Myanmar on Friday. The magnitudes of these aftershocks range from 2.8 to 7.5, according to Myanmar's Department of Meteorology and Hydrology on Saturday morning.</p>
<p>"This earthquake occurred along the Sagaing Fault in Myanmar, which marks the eastern edge of the Burmese Arc," said Jiang Haikun, a researcher at the China Earthquake Networks Center.</p>
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<p>The intense collision between the Indian Plate and the Eurasian Plate caused significant shortening of the lithosphere, forming the Himalayan orogenic belt. The Burmese Arc region, located at the eastern tectonic junction of this belt, experiences intense crustal deformation and strong seismic activity. It has developed a series of north-south-trending tectonic units and faults, making it one of the most seismically active areas in the Himalayan seismic belt.</p>
<p>"The Sagaing Fault is over 1,400 kilometers long with an average movement rate of 20 millimeters per year. The fault is highly seismically active, especially in its middle and northern sections," Jiang said.</p>
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<p>Myanmar's leader Min Aung Hlaing inspects the earthquake-stricken area, Naypyidaw, Myanmar, March 28, 2025. /VCG</p>
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<p>He also noted that this specific earthquake occurred in the southern section, where no major earthquakes have been historically recorded. However, the surrounding area has experienced relatively frequent strong earthquakes, with 10 earthquakes of magnitude 7 or above recorded since 1900. "This earthquake featured a southward rupture process," added Jiang.</p>
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<p>People queue up at a gas station after the quake, Mandalay, Myanmar, March 29, 2025. /VCG</p>
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<p>"This earthquake was a typical shallow-focus event occurring within the Earth's crust, with its rupture plane potentially reaching the surface, causing intense ground shaking. The region surrounding the fault is densely populated in Myanmar, and the collapse of numerous buildings has posed a severe challenge for emergency rescue efforts," said Gao Mengtan, an expert from the Institute of Geophysics at the China Earthquake Administration.</p>
<p>Gao added that, so far this year, global seismic activity has been lower compared to previous years. Given the current situation, it is difficult to say whether the Earth is entering an active seismic phase following this earthquake.</p>
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<p>Based on the preliminary earthquake parameters, the quake might trigger a local tsunami around the epicenter. However, since the epicenter is located outside the Pacific Ocean, it will not affect the coastal areas of China, according to China's Ministry of Natural Resources.</p>
<p>This earthquake marks the 17th earthquake of magnitude 6 or above globally this year. It is not only the largest earthquake to occur so far this year but also the strongest continental earthquake in nearly a decade, according to China Media Group.</p>
<p>On Saturday, a 37-member Chinese rescue and medical team arrived in Yangon, Myanmar's largest city, to carry out international humanitarian relief efforts.</p>
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<p>There is an urgent need to reframe humanity's relationship with emerging technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum computing, according to scholars attending the 6th Media Materiality Forum hosted by Tsinghua University's School of Journalism and Communication in Beijing on Saturday.</p>
<p>Professor Liu Hailong from Renmin University of China and Professor Jens Schröter from the University of Bonn, both the event's keynote speakers, told CGTN Digital that technological progress must align with ethical frameworks, cultural diversity and planetary sustainability.</p>
<p>Both scholars criticized viewing technology as mere tools or revolutions, arguing instead for a holistic view of its societal and ecological impacts.</p>
<p>Liu compared Western instrumentalist approaches – where technology is seen as a neutral tool – with East Asian philosophies emphasizing harmony between humans, tools and nature.</p>
<p>"The illusion of infinite computational growth ignores Earth's finite resources," he warned, pointing to AI's massive energy consumption and e-waste.</p>
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<p>Schröter echoed this, adding that quantum computing, while promising faster problem-solving, risks eroding data privacy through its ability to crack current encryption systems.</p>
<p>"What I criticize in my talk is the rhetoric of revolution," he said. "I guess we should think more in terms of evolutionary transformation."</p>
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<p>On AI, both experts rejected binary narratives. Liu stressed that AI's "creativity" is inherently human-dependent. "Machines process data, but humans define the questions and purposes," he told CGTN. Schröter cited generative AI's disruption of education and creative industries, noting that while generative AI aids productivity, it threatens jobs in law, music and content creation.</p>
<p>While their cultural perspectives differed, both scholars agreed on the need for inclusive, cross-disciplinary collaboration. Liu proposed integrating non-human actors – animals, ecosystems, even energy flows – into media studies to better grasp technology's ripple effects. Schröter urged public participation in shaping AI's trajectory, calling for broad societal discussion about "what technologies we need, what technologies we want and in what form."</p>
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title: Trump Puts The System On Trial
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<p><em><a href="https://realclearwire.com/articles/2025/03/24/trump_puts_the_system_on_trial_1099665.html">Authored by Waters and Ellwanger via RealClearWorld</a>,</em></p>
<p><strong>President Trump’s supporters have denounced the federal judges seeking to stall or stop this administration’s government overhaul.</strong> But there is at least one person who, <a href="https://local12.com/news/nation-world/president-donald-trump-calls-for-impeachment-of-federal-judge-james-boasberg-who-ruled-against-deportation-flights-venezuelan-gang-tren-de-aragua-alien-enemies-act-1798-el-salvador-honduras-house-of-representatives-senate">despite a show of outrage and condemnation</a>, is neither surprised nor intimidated: <strong>Trump himself.</strong></p>
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<p>The politically appointed judges have ordered, among other actions, <strong>that federal agencies reinstate thousands of fired probationary employees;</strong> that billions of taxpayer dollars be paid to questionable USAID projects and contractors; and that foreign-born criminals deported to their native countries be returned and granted due process. Regardless of the legal merits, the American people recognize these orders as obstructions to what Trump said he would do if elected, and what voters elected him to do. <strong>Yet the judges’ resistance is expected—they’re bound up in and rewarded by the system Trump seeks to reform.</strong></p>

<p><a href="https://time.com/5951631/pew-survey-faith-in-political-system/">Two-thirds of Americans believe the “system” is broken</a>, but for years progressive politicians and their mouthpieces posited that the system couldn’t be fixed. Intellectuals on the Left, including <em>New York Times</em> columnist David Brooks, said America’s flaws were “systemic” in nature: <a href="https://currentpub.com/2021/07/23/david-brooks-asks-how-racist-is-america/">systemic racism</a>, <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2003/04/the-return-of-the-pig/302699/">systemic sexism</a>, and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSa52TR9tCA">systemic injustice</a>. They whined and preached but offered no solutions for the millions of Americans of all races and both genders struggling and failing to unlock their potential to succeed.</p>
<p>When Trump announced his candidacy for president in 2015, he too claimed the system was broken, but not because we are racist or sexist by nature, but because <strong>the system itself is old, soft, and corrupt,</strong> with leaders grown unresponsive to the people they are supposed to serve. That core belief guided his first term and remains unchanged at the start of his second.    </p>
<p><strong>For decades, politicians failed to respond to real problems because their agendas, even their identities, were phony, crafted by consultants and pollsters</strong> who aimed not for the truth, but for whichever lies or provocations were most efficacious in winning the next election. But one need not resort to craven and conspiratorial explanations of this sort, which hint that elected officials deliberately ignore the public will. The truth is simpler. They <em>have</em> to ignore voters, if only because they have <em>no idea</em> how to fix the problems we face.</p>
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<p>In one sense, the elites’ ineptitude is understandable: we have a highly complex society that has undergone a recent, rapid, destabilization brought on by technological advance. But to admit that they simply <em>don’t know</em> how to address any contemporary issue would be to concede that it is only their mere status as “elites” that qualifies them to rule. Thus, to conceal their befuddlement, <strong>they explain their inaction by a vague <a href="https://www.theamericanconservative.com/root-causes-and-the-subversion-of-democracy/">demand that we address the “root causes” of every issue</a> – which further justifies them in doing nothing.</strong></p>
<p>The bad faith inherent to the “root causes” strategy was nowhere more obvious than at the border. For years, establishment voices told us that border security measures would fail without addressing the “root causes” of the problem: central American poverty and climate change. These appeals allowed the political class to avoid doing what they <em>didn’t</em> want to do (securing the border) and to manufacture a duty to do the things they <em>did</em> want to do (diverting American revenue to foreign aid “relief programs” and enacting more restrictive environmental policies). Aside from those interventions, they assured us, there was nothing we could do about the illegal immigration crisis.</p>
<p><strong>But as it often happens, Trump called their bluff.</strong> Somehow, he managed to end the flood of illegal crossings within weeks of taking office. And contrary to the best wisdom of the “experts,” it didn’t require a grand congressional bargain like <a href="https://thefederalist.com/2025/02/20/trumps-border-success-proves-republicans-never-had-to-negotiate-our-sovereignty/">the betrayal that Sen. Lankford (R-OK) offered as a solution</a>. Nor did it require a new climate deal. We didn’t have to <a href="https://amgreatness.com/2019/08/15/make-honduras-great-again/">make Honduras great again</a> to stop the caravans. No – <strong>as it turned out, the answer was staring us in the face</strong>. The solution was one that could be intuited by any American voter: just secure the border. Only a class as feckless and clueless as our politicians couldn’t grasp this. But Trump understood it. And Americans see that.</p>
<p>Barring any real action to improve the lot of regular Americans, the lost and divided Democrats cast about for a “message” and a “messenger” to improve their chances in the next election. They believe a magic word or slogan (“<a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/general/aoc-latest-to-claim-elon-used-nazi-gesture-only-to-be-reminded-she-did-the-same/ar-AA1xEXB2">nazis</a>,” “<a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/15/biden-oligarchy-farewell-speech-00198565">oligarchs</a>,” “<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/pritzker-warns-trumps-authoritarian-rule-during-better-way-forward-speech">authoritarians</a>,” and “<a href="https://www.npr.org/2023/12/19/1220443867/trump-s-rhetoric-is-drawing-alarming-comparisons-to-autocratic-leaders-and-dicta">autocrats</a>” all have been tried and failed), rather than concrete beliefs and plans, will “<a href="https://thepulsenetwork.substack.com/p/reclaiming-the-narrative-how-democrats">meet</a> <a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/rachel-maddow-hakeem-jeffries-democrats-trump-musk_n_67bddfe9e4b0d509934a47c6">this</a> <a href="https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/democrats-schumer-meet-the-moment-trump-rcna197316">moment</a>” and win over American voters. But voters know the Democratic Party lacks anything affirmative or real.</p>
<p><strong>Politicians will never make America great again, Trump said at his campaign kick-off in 2015.</strong> “They’re controlled fully by the lobbyists, by the donors, and by the special interests. “[And] it’s destroying our country.” Unlike Bush, Obama, and Biden, Trump spoke to what people felt in the Rust Belt and the Bible Belt and the Farm Belt. He looked into the vast interior of the country and understood what many Americans knew all too well: that working hard and playing by the rules no longer guaranteed their children would be better off than they had been. </p>
<p>Speaking about politicians in 2015, Trump said: <strong>“I hear their speeches. They don’t talk jobs. [They] have no competence.</strong> [They] don’t know what’s happening.” His message of “America First” was clear and authentic, and it implied real action and solid outcomes: protect jobs, livelihoods, and futures of Americans. The hapless politicians had nothing to counter.</p>
<p>“The Resistance” to the first Trump administration was advanced by the machinations of bureaucrats in the vast regulatory state. But with the president rapidly dismantling that apparatus, a new strategy was needed. For the Resistance 2.0, it seems the establishment will depend on the courts to thwart the democratically-expressed will of the people. But there is a higher court in this land, where American voters serve as judge, jury, and executor.</p>

<p><strong>Earlier this month at the Department of Justice, Trump warned of the “violent, vicious lawyers” who persecute the president and bully the American public to get their way.</strong> Expect these lawyers to “play the ref,” Trump said, weaving in a story about former Indiana University basketball coach Bobby Knight, who once threw a chair across the court and screamed like a madman at the referees for a call to be overturned. The referee wasn’t going to change the first call, Trump said of Knight’s rationale for throwing the tantrum. “But he’s going to change for the next play. And sure as hell, he did.” Trump understands that activist lawyers and progressive pundits will put heat on the judiciary, and that, on occasion, they’ll get their way.</p>
<p><strong>For 10 years, Trump has confronted the political class</strong>, calling out their incompetence and dishonesty, and the voters continue to reward him. Federal judges, egged on by the politically-motivated legal establishment, may try to frustrate the president in his pursuit of long-held promises to build a better country. But Trump is building his case <em>outside the courts</em> – and he’s betting on a sympathetic hearing with the American people, who will note the overt evidence of bias, corruption, and incompetence, whether it occurs in the media, executive branch, or the judiciary. Judges will rule on procedure and technicalities, but the people will evaluate the legitimacy of our institutions and credibility of our leaders.</p>
<p><strong>In 2028, the jury will render its verdict.</strong></p>
<p><strong><em>John J. Waters</em></strong><em> is a lawyer. He served as a deputy assistant secretary of Homeland Security from 2020-21. Follow him at @JohnJWaters1 on X. </em></p>
<p><strong><em>Adam Ellwanger</em></strong><em> is a professor at University of Houston – Downtown, where he teaches rhetoric and writing. Follow him at @1HereticalTruth on X.</em></p>
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<p>A new study ranks the best states for house flipping, using data on sale prices, remodeling costs, sales volume, and time on market. By standardizing these metrics into a single House Flipping Score, the study identifies where flipping is most profitable—higher scores mean better conditions for flippers.</p>
<p>Vermont tops the list of best states for house flipping with a score of 99, thanks to fast sales (32 days on market) and high transaction volume. Maine follows with a score of 95, offering the lowest remodeling costs ($27,486) among top states and similarly quick sales, the <a href="https://www.badeloftusa.com/press-release/the-best-states-for-house-flippers-2025-study/">study from Badeloft shows</a>.</p>
<p>New Hampshire ranks third (score: 93), combining low renovation costs with high average sale prices ($462,492). Delaware takes fourth (score: 86) with moderate remodeling expenses and solid sales volume.</p>
<p>Rhode Island (score: 85) has the second-fastest market (under 28 days) and low renovation expenses. Hawaii places sixth (score: 83), driven by the highest sale prices nationwide ($829,941).</p>

<p>Connecticut (score: 79) has the shortest time on market—just 27 days—and solid resale value. Virginia (score: 76) offers decent profits with moderate remodeling costs. North Carolina (score: 74) boasts the most active housing market among top states.</p>
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<p>Massachusetts rounds out the top ten (score: 71) with high property values ($605,614) and a market time of 36 days.</p>
<p>Virginia is ranked eighth for house flipping potential, achieving a score of 76. Home improvement projects here generally require an investment of $39,215, with investors able to sell properties for an average of $382,930.</p>
<p>Finally, North Carolina is positioned ninth on the list of best states for house flipping, achieving a score of 74. The state features the most active housing market among the top-ranking states, with 6,649 houses sold per 100,000 residents.</p>
<p>A <a href="https://www.badeloftusa.com/press-release/the-best-states-for-house-flippers-2025-study/">Badeloft study spokesperson</a> said: <em>“House flipping proves to be a profitable endeavor in many states, particularly those where the cost of remodeling is relatively low, and the potential for high sale prices is strong. It’s important to consider that prioritizing premium quality renovations is essential to maximizing the property’s value and securing a profitable return."</em></p>

<p><em>"Carefully selected and stylish furnishings that complement these renovations can further enhance the home’s appeal, making it even more marketable and increasing its overall value”.</em></p>
<p>The full study data can be found <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQ_i9yU0J0E2DNWb6u50rx0hEqmWxfbINR07ayq7X-IbLLF7FuVwR9OiRLK7w2beQJBG_GRz4KBD3LI/pubhtml">here</a>. </p>
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President Trump commuted the prison sentence of Carlos Watson, a co-founder of now-defunct digital media company Ozy Media, shortly before the entrepreneur was set to start serving a nearly decade-long jail term.  “I am profoundly grateful to President Trump for correcting this grave injustice. His decision reflects his unwavering commitment to fairness and justice for…

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<p><strong>The Gordonstoun coat of arms was emblazoned on the clothing of a paratrooper who died fighting Russian forces in Kursk Region</strong></p>
            
                        
            <p>Russian soldiers have discovered the crest of the prestigious UK school that taught Britain’s King Charles III on a Ukrainian fighter killed in Kursk Region, western Russia, RIA Novosti reported on Saturday.</p>
<p>Gordonstoun is a private boarding senior school in Moray, Scotland, and maintains sailing as a key element of its curriculum. It is the alma mater of both Charles and his late father Prince Philip.</p>
<p>The school’s coat of arms and ‘Gordonstoun Sail Training’ could be seen emblazoned on the soldier’s fleece in a video taken by Russian assault forces from the 22nd Motorized Rifle Regiment of army grouping ‘North’, and given to the news agency. Clothing marked this way is not generally available for sale except to students of the institution. The Ukrainian was part of a paratrooper unit eliminated in the settlement of Guevo in Kursk Region, according to RIA.</p>

            
    

<p>The border region saw a major incursion by Ukraine in August of last year, and earlier in March Russian forces began a major counteroffensive, liberating more than a dozen settlements since.</p>

            
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<p>The Russian Defense Ministry gives regular reports about foreign fighters killed while serving for Ukraine in Kursk Region, and in Ukrainian attacks on neighboring border regions.</p>
<p>Foreign mercenaries fighting for Kiev are not protected by the Geneva Convention, and if caught committing war crimes against civilians will be treated as terrorists, Russian President Vladimir Putin warned earlier in March.</p>
<p>Around 6,000 foreigners have been killed fighting for Ukraine since the conflict escalated in 2022, the Russian Defense Ministry said last year.</p>
<p>According the ministry’s latest estimates, more than 70,000 Ukrainian troops have been killed in Kursk Region since the beginning of the incursion last August.</p>

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<p><em>Authored by José Niño via <a href="https://headlineusa.com/subscribe/">Headline USA</a>,</em></p>
<p>Earlier this week, the House Judiciary Committee <a href="https://headlineusa.com/house-lawmakers-bill-expanding-concealed-carry-nationwide/">passed</a> a bill HR 38, a bill that allows licensed concealed firearm holders to carry in other states that allow <a href="https://headlineusa.com/tag/Concealed-Carry">concealed carry</a>. </p>
<p><a data-image-external-href data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/AP20248798166895-scaled-e1634639.jpg?itok=JozEG0RN" data-link-option="0" href="https://www.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/AP20248798166895-scaled-e1634639.jpg?itok=JozEG0RN"><picture><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="d2750041-97bc-4c99-9b44-1705393de95b" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="277" width="500" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/AP20248798166895-scaled-e1634639.jpg?itok=JozEG0RN" alt typeof="foaf:Image" data-sanitized-class="inline-images image-style-inline-images"></picture></a></p>
<p>However, for Rep. <a href="https://headlineusa.com/tag/Thomas-Massie">Thomas Massie</a>, R-KY, this bill does not go far enough. On X, he said <em><strong>“ I support this bill, but there is a better option, and it is National Constitutional Carry.” </strong></em></p>

<p>He added, <em><strong>“29 states already have Constitutional (i.e. permitless) Carry. Why not extend it to all 50 states?” </strong></em></p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">Yesterday, our Judiciary Committee passed HR 38, National Reciprocity. I support this bill, but there is a better option, and it is National Constitutional Carry.</p><p>29 states already have Constitutional (i.e. permitless) Carry. Why not extend it to all 50 states?</p><p>Under HR 38… <a href="https://t.co/ddS2jECW0q">pic.twitter.com/ddS2jECW0q</a></p>
— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepThomasMassie/status/1905047117409800200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 27, 2025</a></blockquote>
<p><strong>Constitutional carry is the simple concept that any lawful individual can carry a firearm without having to ask the government for permission.</strong></p>
<p>Under HR 38, Massie noted that residents of constitutional carry states can carry firearms in any state that issues permits to its citizens. The recent <em>Bruen</em> Supreme Court decision requires all non-constitutional carry states to issue carry permits.</p>
<p>Massie highlighted how when HR 38 passes, residents of the 29 constitutional carry states will be able to carry in all 50 states without a permit. Though paradoxically, residents of the 21 states without constitutional carry will need permits in their own states, while visitors from constitutional carry states won’t.</p>
<p>In the Kentucky congressman’s view, if Congress can mandate California to allow permit-less carry for out-of-state visitors based on the Second Amendment, it only makes sense to extend this right to California residents as well. </p>

<p>Massie posed the following question: <em><strong>“Why not pass national constitutional carry and afford everyone in the United States the right to ‘bear arms’ which is enshrined in the Constitution?”</strong></em></p>
<p>He also called attention to how HR 38 may create a situation where a Kentucky resident could carry an AR-15 pistol with a 20-round magazine in California, while Californians themselves cannot own or carry such equipment. This appears to contradict the framework established by the Supreme Court decision in <em>DC v. Heller</em>.</p>
<p>In contrast, Massie’s proposed national constitutional carry bill stipulates that if a state allows possession of a particular firearm, it must also allow the carry of said firearm.</p>
<p>He introduced this bill as a substitute amendment to HR 38 in committee but withdrew it to avoid forcing his colleagues to choose between National Reciprocity and National Constitutional Carry. The current consensus is that HR 38 can pass the House, while Constitutional Carry may not have sufficient support.</p>
<p>Pro-gun organizations such as the National Association for Gun Rights are firmly behind Massie’s Constitutional Carry bill. NAGR President Dudley Brown <a href="https://twitter.com/dudleywbrown/status/1905286809547919811">tweeted,</a> <strong>“Massie’s bill is INFINITELY better than *smirk* John Cornyn’s.”</strong></p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">Massie's bill is INFINITELY better than *smirk* John Cornyn's. <a href="https://t.co/vk6qXzKUkY">https://t.co/vk6qXzKUkY</a></p>
— Dudley Brown (@dudleywbrown) <a href="https://twitter.com/dudleywbrown/status/1905286809547919811?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 27, 2025</a></blockquote>
<p>Massie’s bill is INFINITELY better than *smirk* John Cornyn’s.</p>

<p>Headline USA reached out to Brown, who said the following about Massie’s bill: </p>
<p><em><strong>“Massie’s Real Constitutional Carry law skips all the big-brother-may-I requirements and assumes citizens are law-abiding.  National reciprocity is a half measure compromise, as evidenced by the Senate sponsor, Sen John Cornyn.”</strong></em></p>
<p><a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/38">HR 38</a> was introduced by Rep. Richard Hudson, R-NC, and currently has 178 co-sponsors.</p>
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<p><strong>The current “emergency” free-trade regime for Kiev is due to expire in June, according to Brussels</strong></p>
            
                        
            <p>The EU plans to scale down its imports of Ukrainian farm produce, the bloc’s commissioner for agriculture Christophe Hansen has told AFP. An <em>“emergency”</em> scheme that allowed Kiev to sell such goods to the bloc without any tariffs is slated to end in June, as its member states no longer want to extend it, he explained.</p>
<p>Brussels suspended tariffs and quotas for Ukrainian agricultural produce after the start of the Russian military operation against Kiev in February 2022. The stated goal was to enable grain and other farm products from Ukraine to be shipped to global markets. However, these imports ended up flooding Eastern European countries, sparking waves of farmer protests.</p>
<p>Now, the bloc is expected to review its emergency scheme, according to Hansen. <em>“Import quotas won't remain the same as in this temporary liberalization. So, indeed, there will be fewer imports,”</em> he told the news agency in an interview on Friday.</p>
<p>The commissioner urged the bloc’s member states to find a substitute solution before the expiration date. <em>“Discussions will have to be swift. The European Union is ready to negotiate, and it should happen in the coming weeks,”</em> he said, without revealing whether Brussels has any specific plans regarding the issue.</p>

            
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<p>It is still <em>“clear”</em> that the EU members do not want the free-trade regime for Kiev to be extended any further, Hansen admitted. <em>“We've seen that this has caused problems, especially in certain member states.”</em> </p>
<p>Several Eastern European nations, including Poland and Bulgaria, which faced the most massive farmer protests, have repeatedly threatened to take unilateral measures against Ukrainian agricultural imports at the national level if their concerns are not addressed. Sofia called for an outright ban on Ukrainian eggs in September 2024.</p>
<p>Last week Reuters reported that the bloc plans to cut Ukrainian sugar imports <em>“sharply”</em>; further supplies from Ukraine would be <em>“well below”</em> current levels, the news agency said, citing a meeting between Hansen and French farm unions’ leaders.</p>
<p>Kiev has warned that putting an end to the free-trade regime would have grave consequences. <em>“The European Union is our key trade partner, and that’s why it would be really damaging for us if we [found] ourselves in the situation we had before the war,”</em> Ukrainian finance minister Sergey Marchenko told the Financial Times on Monday.</p>

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title: La “paix solide” qui désagrège l’Europe
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Le président Macron a convoqué à Paris une trentaine de gouvernements “volontaires” dans le but officiel de “construire une paix solide pour l’Ukraine et l’Europe”. Il s’est agi en réalité non pas d’un sommet de paix mais de guerre.


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title: Big Soda tries to buy influencers, has a national meltdown
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Comparing a soda ban to COVID authoritarianism might make for a catchy tweet, but it’s intellectually dishonest — and dangerously misleading. 

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title: EU wants to ‘rearm Europe’
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<p data-sanitized-class="ueditor-text-p_display">On March 6, the European Union (EU) held a special summit in Brussels, where the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s ReArm Europe Plan was approved. With a total budget of EUR 800 billion (approximately USD 860 billion), the plan aims to build “a safe and resilient Europe.”According to Von der Leyen, the initiative will introduce five key measures to overcome the current limitations of the EU’s defense system.</p>
<p data-sanitized-class="ueditor-text-p_display">The first measure is to unleash the use of public funding in defense. For the first time, the EU will invoke an exemption under the Stability and Growth Pact, allowing member states to increase significantly their defense expenditures without triggering the Excessive Deficit Procedure. This measure primarily addresses challenges faced by countries like Germany, which have been constrained by debt brake rules in their military expansion efforts. This could create fiscal space of close to EUR 650 billion for member states over four years to boost military spending.</p>
<p data-sanitized-class="ueditor-text-p_display">The second measure is the use of special loans to promote joint procurement. The EU plans to establish a “pan-European capability domains” instrument to offer approximately EUR 150 billion in loans to support member states in jointly procuring air defense systems, artillery, drones, and other military equipment. This initiative seeks to end the fragmented approach to defense procurement and promote standardized equipment production and industrial chain integration.</p>
<p data-sanitized-class="ueditor-text-p_display">The third measure is restructuring the budget to strengthen investment. Member states will be allowed to direct existing budget allocations, such as the Cohesion Fund, to further investment in defense research and the military-industrial sector. This move aims to bridge the long-standing policy gap between “economic Europe” and “military Europe.”</p>
<p data-sanitized-class="ueditor-text-p_display">The fourth measure is accelerating the efforts to introduce private capital. The EU will reform financial market rules to guide long-term investment capital such as pension funds and insurance funds to flow into the defense sector, so as to alleviate the problem of insufficient public funding.</p>
<p data-sanitized-class="ueditor-text-p_display">The fifth measure involves the financing role of the European Investment Bank. The European Investment Bank will break the traditional restriction of not funding lethal weapons and provide credit support for military infrastructure construction and key technology research and development.</p>
<p data-sanitized-class="ueditor-text-p_display">As the largest European defense investment since the Cold War, the Rearm Europe Plan reflects the heightened security concerns of many EU countries amid the Russia-Ukraine conflict. At the same time, it is a significant step in the EU’s effort to reduce its dependence on US military support and reshape its global strategic position. The implementation of this plan may trigger a chain reaction. On the one hand, the substantial increase in EU defense spending may lead to overlapping functions with NATO, causing the military cooperation between the US and Europe to shift from the traditional “leader-follower” model to a more competitive and complementary model. On the other hand, the relevant clauses in the plan, such as producing weapons for Ukraine, may further intensify the contradictions between many European countries and Russia and exacerbate regional tensions.</p>
<p data-sanitized-class="ueditor-text-p_display">At the same time, the plan faces many challenges in its implementation, including the inherent inadequate EU strategic autonomy and political resistance to industrial integration. In terms of finance, southern European countries are concerned that the EU’s relaxation of deficit control may trigger a sovereign debt crisis, while Eastern European countries have criticized the EUR 150 billion loan to be shared by all member states, arguing that it forces financially weaker countries to share the costs of wealthier countries’ defense industries. Therefore, whether the Rearm Europe Plan can achieve its expected goals remains to be seen.</p>
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title: Así paga el diablo a quien bien le sirve
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<p><strong><em>Omar ESCOBAR</em></strong></p>
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<p>Una triste realidad de quienes, con lealtad y entrega, han ayudado a figuras de poder solo para ser castigados con crueldad cuando su utilidad ha llegado a su fin. Zelenskyy…no eres el primero.</p>
<p>Corría el año 2014 y una agitación política en Ucrania terminó con la salida del gobierno Viktor Yanukovych, elegido democráticamente, aspecto que no le importó al gobierno demócrata Obama, pues lo consideraba proclive a Rusia, razón suficiente para apoyar el derrocamiento de ese odioso gobierno. EE.UU. suministró armas a las milicias fascistas pro-nacionalistas que estaban atacando a las minorías de habla rusa en el Donbas. Para nadie es un secreto que los Estados Unidos prestaron su apoyo Maidán, que derrocó a Yanúkovic y llevó al poder al nacionalista Petro Poroshenko quien abrió las puertas a 300 paracaidistas estadounidenses y al año siguiente, en 2015 la CIA, entrenó a fuerzas de élite ucranianas para enfrentar la invasión rusa.</p>
<p>En la primera presidencia de Donal Trump, año 2017, éste inicio el suministro de armas a Ucrania, con los famosos misiles antitanque Javelin, denunciado públicamente por el gobierno ruso. La administración de Biden, adoptó una intervención más fuerte, pese que Putin propuso un tratado de paz, toda vez que se pusiera fin a la expansión de la OTAN, hacia el este. Biden lo rechazó y optó por acelerar las entregas de armas a Ucrania. Así fue como los Estados Unidos obstaculizaron los esfuerzos de Zelenskyy para poner fin al conflicto en el Donbas y motivaron a Zelenskyy a llevar unidades del ejército ucraniano a ejercicios en la OTAN.</p>
<p>“Para 2023, el total de ayuda militar, entregada por EE. UU. a Ucrania ascendía a 111.000 millones de dólares”, representada principalmente en armas, artillería guiada, blindados, artillería antiaérea, munición, bombas de racimo que causó controversia porque la mayoría de la comunidad internacional prohíbe ese tipo de munición. Claro que los políticos estadounidenses han defendido la entrega de armas a Ucrania con el argumento de que crea empleo en Estados Unidos.</p>
<p>La OTAN, fue incapaz ante el poder militar ruso, pero siguió presionando a Ucrania, cuyo presidente no solo utilizó a sus propios soldados, sino también a mercenarios, dejando crueldad y miseria en los dos bandos. Una guerra que pudo ser evitada desde el 2014, sin la intervención de USA, pero sus medios de comunicación, la vendieron ante el mundo, como la defensa a la democracia y a la libertada. La guerra tiene costos y beneficios, los primeros los asumen las clases medias; las utilidades son de Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman Corp. Boeing y General Dynamics Corp. Sin embargo, desde la óptica política, el Zelenskyy no dio la talla y podría ser derrocado por la misma CIA. Hoy es un sujeto que no cuadra con la política del gran patrón, quien pretende ser el salvador del mundo. En ese orden se entiende el cambio de la posición de Trump frente al desgastado patriota de Zelenskyy, quien ahora es grosero, irreverente, mal vestido y o peor aún, la mecha de la tercera guerra mundial. Hace 8 años, fue el ejemplo de patriota… querido de Trump.</p>
<p>“Yo no negocio con perdedores, sino con los vencedores” … dijo Trump. Seguirá hablando con Putin para negociar la recuperación de la destrozada economía de Ucrania. Hay una infraestructura y enormes franjas de tierra por recuperar. Lo que jamás se recuperará, es a toda una generación de padres e hijos que han dado sus vidas, para nada.</p>
<p><em>Publicado</em><em> </em><em>originalmente</em><em> </em><em>por</em><em>: </em><strong><a href="https://elderecho.com.co/asi-paga-el-diablo-a-quien-bien-le-sirve/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><u>El Derecho</u></a></strong></p>


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title: xAI &amp; X Merger Defuses Musk&amp;#039;s Tesla Share Liquidation Risk
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<p><strong>Elon Musk secured a multibillion-dollar margin loan using Tesla stock as collateral to finance his acquisition of Twitter</strong> (now rebranded as X). In recent months, Tesla’s share price has been cut in half due to a confluence of factors—<a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/weak-demand-goldman-lowers-tesla-vehicle-delivery-estimate-quarter">slowing EV demand amid high interest rates</a>, shifting electric vehicle policies under the Trump administration, market volatility driven by trade tensions, <strong>and pressure from a coordinated NGO-driven color revolution known as “<a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/political/tesla-takedown-revolutionaries-prepare-mobilization-far-left-agitators-nationwide">Tesla Takedown</a>,” aimed at crashing the stock</strong> to trigger loan repayment obligations tied to Musk’s pledged equity.</p>
<p><a data-image-external-href data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/CBSN_fusion_elon-musk-sells-off-billions-in-tesla-stock-following-twitter-takeover_thumbnail_1550718_1920x1080_0.jpg?itok=kch2SbnC" data-link-option="0" href="https://www.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/CBSN_fusion_elon-musk-sells-off-billions-in-tesla-stock-following-twitter-takeover_thumbnail_1550718_1920x1080_0.jpg?itok=kch2SbnC"><picture><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="b823e571-5829-4f69-90c7-4dfb746299f9" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="281" width="500" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/CBSN_fusion_elon-musk-sells-off-billions-in-tesla-stock-following-twitter-takeover_thumbnail_1550718_1920x1080_0.jpg?itok=kch2SbnC" alt typeof="foaf:Image" data-sanitized-class="inline-images image-style-inline-images"></picture></a></p>
<p>In short, volatility in Tesla shares left Musk heavily exposed to potential loan repayment thresholds being triggered - which was <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-facing-margin-call-tesla-stock-2047059">set to occur</a> at or below $114 according to reports - until now.</p>
<p>On Friday evening, <strong>Musk announced the merger of X with his AI startup, xAI, in an all-stock transaction</strong> that strengthens his financial position, protects Tesla shareholders, and renders the Tesla Takedown color revolution largely ineffective in achieving its intended goal. </p>

<p>Musk outlined xAI's acquisition of X:</p>
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<p><strong><em>xAI has acquired X in an all-stock transaction. The combination values xAI at $80 billion and X at $33 billion ($45B less $12B debt).</em></strong></p>
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<p><em>Since its founding two years ago, xAI has rapidly become one of the leading AI labs in the world, building models and data centers at unprecedented speed and scale.</em></p>
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<p><em>X is the digital town square where more than 600M active users go to find the real-time source of ground truth and, in the last two years, has been transformed into one of the most efficient companies in the world, positioning it to deliver scalable future growth.</em></p>
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<p><strong><em>xAI and X's futures are intertwined</em></strong><em>. Today, we officially take the step to combine the data, models, compute, distribution and talent.</em> <strong><em>This combination will unlock immense potential by blending</em></strong> <em>xAI's advanced AI capability and expertise with X's massive reach. The combined company will deliver smarter, more meaningful experiences to billions of people while staying true to our core mission of seeking truth and advancing knowledge. This will allow us to build a platform that doesn't just reflect the world but actively accelerates human progress.</em></p>
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<p><em>I would like to recognize the hardcore dedication of everyone at xAI and X that has brought us to this point. This is just the beginning.</em></p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/xai?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@xAI</a> has acquired <a href="https://twitter.com/X?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@X</a> in an all-stock transaction. The combination values xAI at $80 billion and X at $33 billion ($45B less $12B debt).</p><p>Since its founding two years ago, xAI has rapidly become one of the leading AI labs in the world, building models and data centers at…</p>
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1905731750275510312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 28, 2025</a></blockquote>
<p>Musk privately owns and controls both xAI and X.</p>
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<p><strong>The transaction is structured as a stock swap</strong>, with X investors receiving xAI shares in return. Both companies share overlapping investors, including Fidelity Management, Saudi Arabia's Kingdom Holding Co, Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia Capital, and Vy Capital. </p>

<p>Musk, also the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, purchased Twitter in a $44 billion deal in 2022. X CEO Linda Yaccarino wrote on X last night: "The future could not be brighter." </p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">.<a href="https://twitter.com/X?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@X</a> + <a href="https://twitter.com/xai?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@xAI</a><br>The future could not be brighter ✨ <a href="https://t.co/GoJE99KxxI">https://t.co/GoJE99KxxI</a></p>
— Linda Yaccarino (@lindayaX) <a href="https://twitter.com/lindayaX/status/1905737074298572880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 28, 2025</a></blockquote>
<p>Musk's X post announcing the acquisition stated that the deal was about "blending" the AI startup and social media platform to create "a platform that doesn't just reflect the world but actively accelerates human progress." However, the move also eliminates the risk of Musk undergoing a forced liquidation of the $12.5 billion margin loan backed by his Tesla shares.</p>
<p>As we previously described at the beginning of the note, Tesla shares were halved for a number of reasons:</p>
<p><em>And this...</em></p>

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<p>Last week, the Democratic Party and their Communist revolutionaries spelled out their sinister plans...  </p>
<p><strong><u>"If we kill the Tesla brand" and "drive down the stock price low enough.</u></strong> We can force him to <a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/political/tesla-takedown-organizers-plan-color-revolution-kill-brand-death-spiral-investors">sell his stock to pay back the billions of dollars of debt he took on to buy Twitter</a>. </p>
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<p><strong><u>"This will drive Tesla into a death spiral</u></strong>," Micah Lee, The Intercept's former Director of Information Security, explained on a recent Tesla Takedown teleconference with other far-left revolutionaries. </p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">🚨EXCLUSIVE🚨</p><p>Micah Lee, <a href="https://twitter.com/theintercept?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@theintercept</a>’s former Director of Information Security, participated in the Tesla Takedown call to action tonight.</p><p>Interesting. Check this out! <a href="https://twitter.com/ggreenwald?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ggreenwald</a></p><p>The former Director of Information Security for the Intercept was on the call to action for… <a href="https://t.co/rQKz658JeZ">pic.twitter.com/rQKz658JeZ</a></p>
— Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) <a href="https://twitter.com/LauraLoomer/status/1902608329458794995?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 20, 2025</a></blockquote>
<p>Musk's indebtedness from leveraging Tesla shares to fund the X deal is no longer a concern for Tesla shareholders. This strategic move also <strong>renders the Tesla Takedown color revolution funded by rogue Democrats less likely to force a liquidation. </strong></p>

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<div><img src="https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/AP25088024470555-1743263030.jpg?resize=1920%2C1440" data-sanitized-class="ff-og-image-inserted"></div><p>Denmark’s foreign minister has chided United States President Donald Trump’s administration for its “tone” in criticising Denmark over its role in Greenland, saying his country is already investing more into Arctic security and remains open to further <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/3/28/is-trumps-greenland-plan-part-of-a-scramble-for-the-arctic">cooperation with the US.</a></p>
<p>Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen made the sharp remarks in a video posted to social media on Saturday, after US Vice President JD Vance’s visit to the strategic island.</p>

<p>“Many accusations and many allegations have been made. And of course we are open to criticism,” Rasmussen said, speaking in English.</p>
<p>“But let me be completely honest: we do not appreciate the tone in which it is being delivered. This is not how you speak to your close allies. And I still consider Denmark and the United States to be close allies.”</p>
<p>On Friday, Vance, on a fleeting visit, accused Denmark of failing to keep Greenland protected and projected that the US would better protect the semi-autonomous Danish territory that Trump covets and has pressed to take over.</p>
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<p>“Our message to Denmark is very simple: You have not done a good job by the people of Greenland,” Vance said on Friday. “You have underinvested in the people of Greenland, and you have underinvested in the security architecture of this incredible, beautiful landmass filled with incredible people. That has to change.”</p>
<p>The US has suggested that both Russia and China have strategic designs on Greenland.</p>
<p>Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen also pushed back on Vance’s claim that Denmark is not doing enough for defence in the Arctic, calling her country “a good and strong ally”.</p>
<p>“For many years, we have stood by the Americans in very difficult situations,” she said, referring to Danish combat deployments alongside US troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, where dozens of Danes were killed.</p>
<p>“The Vice President’s reference to Denmark is not accurate,” she added.</p>
<p>Frederiksen will visit Greenland on April 2-4 for talks with the semi-autonomous territory’s new government, she said on Saturday.</p>
<p>Vance was accompanied by his wife Usha, National Security Advisor Mike Waltz and his wife, Energy Secretary Chris Wright, Utah Senator Mike Lee and former Homeland Security Advisor Julia Nesheiwat, who is Waltz’s wife.</p>
<p>The vice president stressed that the US has “no option” but to take a significant position to ensure the security of the island as he encouraged a push in Greenland for independence from Denmark.</p>
<p>“I think that they ultimately will partner with the United States,” Vance said. “We could make them much more secure. We could do a lot more protection. And I think they’d fare a lot better economically as well.”</p>
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<p>The reaction by members of Greenland’s parliament and its residents to Trump’s push to annex the island has been a furious one.</p>
<p>Greenlandic legislators on Thursday agreed to form a new government, banding together to resist Trump’s overtures. Four of the five parties elected to Greenland’s parliament earlier this month have agreed to form a coalition that will have 23 of 31 seats in the legislature.</p>
<p>Incoming Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen told a news conference on Friday that the territory needed unity at this time.</p>
<p>“It is very important that we put aside our disagreements and differences … because only in this way will we be able to cope with the heavy pressure we are exposed to from outside,” he said.</p>
<p>The Danish foreign minister, in his remarks, was at pains to note that his country has increased its own investment into Arctic defence.</p>
<p>In January, Denmark announced 14.6 billion Danish kroner ($2.1bn) in financial commitments for Arctic security covering three new naval vessels, long-range drones and satellites.</p>
<p><strong>1951 US-Denmark defence agreement</strong></p>
<p>In his video, Rasmussen also cited the 1951 defence agreement between Denmark and the US. Since 1945, the US military presence in Greenland has decreased from thousands of soldiers over 17 bases and installations on the island, he said, to the remote Pituffik Space Base in the northwest with some 200 soldiers.</p>
<p>The 1951 agreement “offers ample opportunity for the United States to have a much stronger military presence in Greenland”, the foreign minister said. “If that is what you wish, then let us discuss it.”</p>
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<p>Hundreds of protesters demonstrated on Saturday outside the US embassy in the Danish capital Copenhagen, with some lifting signs saying “back off, USA,” Danish broadcaster TV2 reported.</p>
<p>Trump argues that the US needs the vast Arctic island for national and international security and has not ruled out the use of force to secure it.</p>
<p>“We are not talking about peace for the United States. We are talking about world peace. We are talking about international security,” Trump claimed to reporters at the White House on Friday.</p>
<p>Asked about the potential use of force to annex the territory, Vance stressed the US administration did not think that “is ever going to be necessary”.</p>

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<p>Hundreds of Muslim worshippers are feared to be among the more than 1,600 people who died in a powerful <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/3/29/myanmar-thailand-earthquake-live-over-1000-killed-rescue-efforts-ongoing">earthquake</a> which struck central Myanmar when they had gathered at mosques for prayers during Ramadan.</p>
<p>According to the shadow National Unity Government, more than 50 mosques across the country also sustained damage when the <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/3/28/magnitude-7-7-earthquake-in-myanmar-tremors-felt-in-thailand-all-we-know">magnitude 7.7</a> earthquake struck on Friday.</p>

<p>Htet Min Oo was performing ritual ablutions before Ramadan prayers at a mosque next to his house in Mandalay.</p>
<p>His home collapsed along with part of the mosque, trapping half his body with the rubble of a wall that buried two of his aunts. Residents raced to pull them out, he said, but only one survived.</p>
<p>The 25-year-old told the Reuters news agency, that his two uncles and his grandmother were also trapped under piles of concrete. With no heavy equipment available, he tried desperately to clear the rubble with his hands but could not shift it.</p>
<p>“I don’t know if they are still alive under the debris. After so long, I don’t think there’s any hope,” he said on Friday.</p>
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<p>“There’s too much rubble and no rescue teams have come for us,” he added, his voice shaking as he broke into tears.</p>
<p>A 39-year-old resident of the Mandalay region described harrowing scenes as he tried to save a man trapped under the debris of a collapsed mosque in Sule Kone village but had to flee because of strong aftershocks.</p>
<p>“I had to leave him behind … I went in a second time to try to save him,” he told Reuters, declining to be identified. “I retrieved four people with my own hands. But unfortunately, three were already dead, and one died in my arms.”</p>
<p>The resident said 10 people had been killed there, and they were among 23 who died at three mosques that were destroyed in the village. Government restrictions had prevented them from being upgraded, he said.</p>
<figure aria-describedby="caption-attachment-3607841" data-sanitized-id="attachment_3607841" data-sanitized-class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" src="https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/AP25087271430582-1743149724.jpg?w=770&amp;resize=770%2C513" alt="Myanmar destruction" data-sanitized-class="size-arc-image-770 wp-image-3607841"><figcaption data-sanitized-id="caption-attachment-3607841" data-sanitized-class="wp-caption-text">Damaged pagodas are seen after an earthquake in Naypyitaw, Myanmar [File: Aung Shine Oo/AP]</figcaption></figure><p>Muslims are a minority in predominantly Buddhist Myanmar and have been repressed and marginalised by successive governments, while ultranationalist groups have in recent years incited violence.</p>
<p>The Rohingya, a large Muslim minority, have been among the most persecuted groups by the Myanmar authorities, suffering mass deaths and expulsion.</p>
<p>Myanmar authorities have for decades also made it difficult for Muslims to obtain permission to repair or build mosques, according to a 2017 report by the US Department of State, which said historic mosques have deteriorated because routine maintenance was denied.</p>
<p>One man, Julian Kyle, appealed on social media for heavy equipment to lift concrete pillars after the quake destroyed another Mandalay mosque.</p>
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<p>“Underneath the rubble, my family members and others were crushed and lost their lives,” he posted. “We desperately want to recover their bodies.”</p>
<p>A resident from the town of Taungnoo, about 370km (230 miles) away, said he was praying when one side of the Kandaw mosque caved in on two rows of men seated before him.</p>
<p>“I saw so many people carried out from the mosque, some of them died right before my eyes,” he said. “It was truly heartbreaking.”</p>

<p>Citing a local newspaper, Al Jazeera’s Sanad agency said that the collapse of mosques on Friday also increased fears of more buildings falling, especially older ones that are more than 150 years old and have not received the necessary permits for renewal, according to government regulations.</p>
<p>Buddhist buildings were also badly hit by the earthquake, with 670 monasteries and 290 pagodas damaged, according to the military government. It did not mention any mosques in its damage report.</p>
<p>So far, the quake has also destroyed other buildings, bridges and roads across swaths of Myanmar.</p>
<p>But many believe the true scale of the disaster has yet to emerge due to patchy communications in remote areas.</p>
<p>Harry Roberts, a Bangkok-based volunteer, said the situation in Myanmar was likely to be “very complex” and “really serious” considering the government’s rare appeal for international help.</p>
<p>“That request must trickle down to immigration and customs, so nongovernmental organisations like ourselves can get the immediate aid in there,” Roberts said.</p>
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<p>“At this stage, it’s largely about gathering information and assessing the accessibility into the country.”</p>

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title: A Reel War: Israeli filmmaker’s search for stolen Palestinian films
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<div><img src="https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/image-1743263247.jpg?resize=1920%2C1079&amp;quality=80" data-sanitized-class="ff-og-image-inserted"></div><p>An Israeli filmmaker uncovers seized PLO archives, raising questions about Palestinian heritage and identity.</p><div aria-live="polite" aria-atomic="true" readability="44">
<p>Was Palestinian history carefully recorded by the earliest 20th-century filmmakers as a way of preserving their heritage? Or were they, as some Israelis claim, simply disorganised amateurs operating on basic equipment in a primitive society?</p>
<p>In this documentary, Israeli researcher and filmmaker Karnit Mandel uncovers previously unseen footage of Palestinian life and history in a box of old VHS tapes. The cassettes are a small sample from a huge archive seized from the PLO during Israel’s 1982 invasion of Lebanon. Mandel tries to retrieve it from the Israeli army but comes up against overwhelming obstacles and bureaucracy. She hears a range of contrasting views, from Palestinians who describe a well-developed film industry in the 1930s to dismissive Israeli historians who say Palestinian cinema never existed at all. In the end, Mandel is forced to abandon her search – but it highlights the continuing struggle for narrative control over Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territory.</p>
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[unable to retrieve full-text content]Partial eclipse dazzled Europe, Africa, and Newfoundland, offering a glimpse of the celestial alignment.

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title: Tufts University student can’t be deported to Turkiye without court order
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<p data-sanitized-class="article__subhead"><em>Pro-Palestine student Rumeysa Ozturk was arrested on Tuesday by US immigration authorities in Massachusetts.</em></p>
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<p>A federal judge in Massachusetts has temporarily barred the deportation of a Turkish doctoral student at Tufts University, who <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/3/29/live-israel-kills-almost-900-since-breaking-gaza-ceasefire-ministry">voiced support</a> for Palestinians in Israel’s war in Gaza and was detained by US immigration officials.</p>
<p>Rumeysa Ozturk, 30, was forcibly taken into custody by masked federal agents in broad daylight near her Massachusetts home on Tuesday. Immigration officials also revoked her visa.</p>

<p>On Friday, US District Court Judge Denise Casper gave the government until Tuesday evening to respond to an updated complaint filed by Ozturk’s lawyers.</p>
<p>“To allow the Court’s resolution of its jurisdiction to decide the petition, Ozturk shall not be removed from the United States until further order of this court,” the judge wrote.</p>
<p>Ozturk’s <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/3/26/trump-administration-arrests-turkish-student-at-tufts-revokes-visa">arrest</a> came a year after she co-authored an opinion piece in Tufts’ student newspaper criticising the university’s response to calls by students to divest from companies with ties to Israel and to “acknowledge the Palestinian genocide”.</p>
<p>Friends have said Ozturk was not otherwise closely involved in pro-Palestine protests against Israel.</p>
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<p>A lawyer soon after sued to secure her release, and on Friday, the American Civil Liberties Union joined her legal defence team, filing a revised lawsuit saying her detention violates her rights to free speech and due process.</p>

<p>On Saturday, Oncu Keceli, a spokesperson for Turkiye’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said that efforts to secure Ozturk’s release continued, adding consular and legal support was being provided by Turkish diplomatic missions in the US.</p>
<p>“Our Houston Consul General visited our citizen in the center where she is being held in Louisiana on March 28. Our citizen’s requests and demands have been forwarded to local authorities and her lawyer,” Keceli said in a post on X.</p>
<p>US President Donald Trump has pledged to deport foreign pro-Palestinian protesters and has accused them, without providing evidence, of supporting Hamas, being anti-Semitic and posing foreign policy hurdles.</p>
<p>Protesters, including some Jewish groups, say the Trump administration conflates their criticism of Israel’s assault on Gaza and their advocacy for Palestinian rights with anti-Semitism and support for Hamas.</p>
<p>Several students and protesters have had their visas revoked by the Trump administration, which says it may have revoked more than 300 visas.</p>
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title: How stable is Lebanon’s peace – after Israel attack on Beirut?
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<div><img src="https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/image-1743268837.jpg?resize=1920%2C1080&amp;quality=80" data-sanitized-class="ff-og-image-inserted"></div><p>Country on edge after Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu warns of more possible attacks.</p><div aria-live="polite" aria-atomic="true" readability="45">
<p>Israel bombs the southern suburbs of Beirut – the first air strike on the Lebanese capital since November’s ceasefire.</p>
<p>Hours earlier, rockets were fired at Israel from southern Lebanon.</p>
<p>After numerous ceasefire breaches by Israel in four months, how serious is this one?</p>
<p><strong>Presenter:</strong> Cyril Vanier</p>
<p><strong>Guests:</strong></p>
<p>Ali Rizk – Security affairs analyst.</p>
<p>Lorenzo Kamel – Associate professor of international history at the University of Turin.</p>
<p>Sami Nader – Director at the Levant Institute for Strategic Affairs.</p>
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<p>Rounding out his first week on the campaign trail, Liberal Leader Mark Carney made his first stop in the riding of Nepean on Saturday.</p>
<p>Speaking to a crowd of volunteers at his new campaign office, Carney called the race “the most important election of our lifetime.”</p>
<p data-async>“It’s critical in redefining our relationship with the United States. It’s critical in redefining our economy on our own terms, standing up for Canada, creating one economy, one strong economy,” he said <a data-evt-val='{"control_fields": {"mparticle": {"keys": {"click_source_type": "click_source_type", "anchor_text": "anchor_text", "target_url": "target_url", "layout_section": "layout_section"}, "mp_event_type": "Navigation", "extra_keys": ["click_vertical_position_percentage", "click_vertical_position_pixels"]}}, "click_source_type": "in-page link", "anchor_text": "in remarks that were recorded by CPAC", "target_url": "https://www.cpac.ca/leaders-tour/episode/mark-carney-makes-campaign-stop-in-ottawa--march-29-2025?id=1db3b93e-32fd-4725-8c66-0deca8a39e90", "layout_section": "in-page-link"}' href="https://www.cpac.ca/leaders-tour/episode/mark-carney-makes-campaign-stop-in-ottawa--march-29-2025?id=1db3b93e-32fd-4725-8c66-0deca8a39e90" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-evt="click" data-evt-typ="click" target="_blank">in remarks that were recorded by CPAC</a>.</p>
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<p>Journalists were not given an opportunity to ask questions at the event. And the Liberal Party did not inform several local media outlets of the location of the event. A Liberal Party staff member later told the Ottawa Citizen that the exclusion of local media was a misunderstanding.</p>
<p data-async>Carney is running in Nepean after the party <a data-evt-val='{"control_fields": {"mparticle": {"keys": {"click_source_type": "click_source_type", "anchor_text": "anchor_text", "target_url": "target_url", "layout_section": "layout_section"}, "mp_event_type": "Navigation", "extra_keys": ["click_vertical_position_percentage", "click_vertical_position_pixels"]}}, "click_source_type": "in-page link", "anchor_text": "disqualified Chandra Arya", "target_url": "https://ottawacitizen.com/news/liberals-revoke-nepean-mps-nomination-federal-election", "layout_section": "in-page-link"}' rel="noopener noreferrer" data-evt="click" data-evt-typ="click" href="https://ottawacitizen.com/news/liberals-revoke-nepean-mps-nomination-federal-election" target="_blank">disqualified Chandra Arya</a>, who had represented the riding as its MP since 2015. In January, the party <a data-evt-val='{"control_fields": {"mparticle": {"keys": {"click_source_type": "click_source_type", "anchor_text": "anchor_text", "target_url": "target_url", "layout_section": "layout_section"}, "mp_event_type": "Navigation", "extra_keys": ["click_vertical_position_percentage", "click_vertical_position_pixels"]}}, "click_source_type": "in-page link", "anchor_text": "also disqualified Arya", "target_url": "https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/liberal-party-ottawa-mp-chandra-arya-leadership", "layout_section": "in-page-link"}' rel="noopener noreferrer" data-evt="click" data-evt-typ="click" href="https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/liberal-party-ottawa-mp-chandra-arya-leadership" target="_blank">also disqualified Arya</a> from running for the party leadership.</p>
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<p>Previously, Carney has said Trump’s tariffs has profoundly and permanently changed U.S.-Canada relations and it’s time to renegotiate the partnership.</p>
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<p>On Saturday, Carney also appealed to local Nepean residents, calling the region the “best in our country.” He also mentioned his friendship with Peter Chiarelli, a National Hockey League executive with the St. Louis Blues, who has roots in the area.</p>
<p>“This is what we are, the community, the community that grows and believes in each other and stays together. And I hope to have the honour of representing you in Ottawa at this crucial time for Nepean, for Ottawa, for Ontario, or Canada, for the world,” Carney said.</p>
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<p>Hundreds of thousands of protesters in Turkiye’s Istanbul have taken to the streets again, rallying against the government’s decision to imprison the <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/3/24/who-is-jailed-turkish-opposition-leader-ekrem-imamoglu">city’s popular mayor</a>.</p>
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<p>A letter from Imamoglu was read out at the rally to loud cheers from the crowd. “I have no fear, you are behind me and by my side. I have no fear because the nation is united. The nation is united against the oppressor,” the letter said. “They can put me in jail and try me as much as they want, the nation has shown that it will crush all traps and plots”, it added.</p>
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<p>This week, <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/3/24/turkiye-detains-over-1100-as-erdogan-blames-evil-opposition-for-protests">Erdogan denounced the rallies</a>. “Those who spread terror in the streets and want to set fire to this country have nowhere to go. The path they have taken is a dead end,” he said.</p>
<p>Those demonstrating in Istanbul’s streets on Saturday had an opposing view: “We must speak out against injustice and unlawfulness. I am 25 and have only known one government – I want to see change,” a protester told Al Jazeera. “A state is strong only when it’s fair, but I am not hopeful. The judiciary is not independent,” said another one.</p>
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<p>“They’ve detained hundreds of our children, thousands of our youths … arrested hundreds of them,” said Ozgur Ozel, the leader of the Republican People’s Party (CHP) that organised the protest. “They only had one goal in mind: to intimidate them, terrify them, make sure they never go out again.”</p>
<p>Nearly 1,900 people have been detained since March 19, and pro-government media reported Friday that public prosecutors had requested up to three years imprisonment for 74 of them.</p>
<p>“For many people here, this is not just about [Imamoglu] but about democracy, especially for students. Attending the rallies is a way for them to show resilience and protect their freedoms for their future,” said Al Jazeera’s Sinem Koseoglu, reporting from the protest.</p>
<figure aria-describedby="caption-attachment-3610165" data-sanitized-id="attachment_3610165" data-sanitized-class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" src="https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/2025-03-29T121927Z_1865065915_RC20NDAK4K0J_RTRMADP_3_TURKEY-OPPOSITION-MAYOR-PROTESTS-1743266823.jpg?w=770&amp;resize=770%2C513" alt="Ozgur Ozel, leader of Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) attends a rally to protest against the arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu as part of a corruption investigation, in Istanbul, Turkey, March 29, 2025. REUTERS/Umit Bektas" data-sanitized-class="size-arc-image-770 wp-image-3610165"><figcaption data-sanitized-id="caption-attachment-3610165" data-sanitized-class="wp-caption-text">Ozgur Ozel, leader of Turkiye’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) attends a rally to protest against the arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu as part of a corruption investigation, in Istanbul, Turkiye [Umit Bektas/Reuters]</figcaption></figure><p>Police kept their distance at Saturday’s rally with no new arrests reported. Ozel called for the immediate release of Imamoglu, as well as for other political prisoners, including Selahattin Demirtas, a former presidential candidate and founder of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party, or DEM.</p>
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<p>“In Turkiye, we envision presidential candidates will not be imprisoned,” added Ozel.</p>
<p>Last Sunday, hours after he had been formally arrested, <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/3/24/jailed-imamoglu-elected-turkish-oppositions-presidential-candidate">Imamoglu won a symbolic primary to be the CHP</a>‘s candidate in a presidential election currently scheduled for 2028, but which is likely to take place earlier. Ozel noted they would begin collecting signatures for Imamoglu’s release and also to demand an early election.</p>
<p>Other speakers at Saturday’s rally included Dilek Imamoglu, the imprisoned mayor’s wife, as well as Ankara Mayor Masur Yavas, another high-profile CHP figure.</p>

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<p>The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal plays an important role in promoting and stabilizing China's economic development. It served as a crucial transportation route for various necessities during ancient times and is celebrated as a UNESCO World Heritage site in recognition of its cultural, historical significance. Traversing the canal, Maojiadu Bridge offers a harmonious view of the towns along both sides of the waterway. Join CGTN live to take a look at the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal in east China's Zhejiang Province.</p>
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title: Live: China travel with Chinese films – a World Insight special
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<p>As Chinese movies reach global audiences, one may wonder: how are historical films about ancient China brought to life on screen? Hengdian, the world's largest film studio, is located in Dongyang City, Zhejiang Province, eastern China. It has been the backdrop for thousands of iconic Chinese movies and TV dramas. Step back in time as you walk through Qin-dynasty palaces and bustling Tang- and Song-dynasty streets and markets – a place where history comes to life not just for filmmakers but also for visitors. How did Hengdian achieve this? How have the town and the films shot here helped preserve and pass down Chinese civilization to future generations? For insights, we spoke with a diverse group of film producers. Don't miss the CGTN special "China Travel with Chinese Films" at 2 p.m. on Thursday, February 27, Beijing Time.</p>
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title: Live: Film tour in Shanghai Film Park
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<p>As Shanghai welcomes a growing wave of international tourists, the Shanghai Film Park beckons movie enthusiasts with its immersive experience. Imagine sipping coffee in the cafe from an Ang Lee film or strolling down Huanghe Road, featured in the popular series "Blossoms Shanghai." Visitors can immerse themselves in authentic sets, witness live productions and even create their own movie moments. Join CGTN reporter Chen Yilin and UK vloggers Simon Nicholas Phillips and Ethan Gabriel Phillips as they explore the magic of filmmaking at the Shanghai Film Park.</p>
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title: Live: Palestinians gather in Khan Younis to receive released prisoners
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<p>Preparations have begun at Gaza's European Hospital in Khan Younis to receive Palestinian prisoners who were released on Wednesday, after Hamas handed over the bodies of four Israeli hostages in an overnight exchange marking the final swap under the first phase of a truce deal.</p>
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title: Live: Explore the night sky and the mysterious planet parade
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<p>A stunning "parade of planets" will grace the night sky this week, with all seven of Earth's celestial neighbors – Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Venus, Neptune, Mercury and Saturn – being briefly visible in the evening sky. The planetary parade occurs when multiple planets line up along the great circle that represents the Earth's orbit around the sun. </p>
<p>Join CGTN to explore the breathtaking night sky and the mysterious planet parade!</p>
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title: Live: Discover Shenjian Stone Forest in S China&amp;#039;s Guangxi – Ep. 4
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<p>Located between Mount Damian and Nuba Village, Shenjian Stone Forest can be found in Fuchuan Yao Autonomous County, Hezhou City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. This scenic area features a typical karst landscape and is home to oddly-shaped rocks resembling swords, flowers, gates, fairies and beasts, among other forms. Join us live to take a closer look!</p>
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title: Live: Explore the prototype of Avatar Hallelujah Mountains in C China
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<p>Zhangjiajie, a natural wonderland, features thousands of spectacular peaks rising abruptly from the ground, waters winding across, and clouds floating gently with the wind, creating a dreamy and illusory scene. It served as the inspiration for the movie <em>Avatar</em>. The fascinating Hallelujah Mountains in the movie were filmed here. The unique landforms of Zhangjiajie blend perfectly with the fantasy scenes in the film, captivating countless tourists. They all set foot on this magical land, seeking that touch of fantasy from the movie.</p>
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title: Live: View of Jinghang Grand Canal in China&amp;#039;s Zhejiang Province
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<p>The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal plays an important role in promoting and stabilizing China's economic development. It served as a crucial transportation route for various necessities during ancient times and is celebrated as a UNESCO World Heritage site in recognition of its cultural and historical significance. Traversing the canal, Maojiadu Bridge offers a harmonious view of the towns along both sides of the waterway. Join CGTN live to take a look at the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal in east China's Zhejiang Province.</p>
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title: Watch: NPC deputies in action for the people
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<p>From bustling city streets to remote mountain villages, from snow-capped plateaus to vast grasslands, China's grassroots voices are being heard. Deputies of the National People's Congress (NPC) from all walks of life are taking public concerns and bringing real changes and solutions – promoting rural revitalization, protecting the environment, safeguarding workers' rights, and driving the development of new-quality productive forces. This is China's whole-process people's democracy in action, close to the people, making a difference. CGTN presents "People's Choice, Deputies' Voice" – a special documentary following NPC deputies across China as they turn public concerns into meaningful changes.</p>
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title: Live: Explore real-life Chenyu Vale and Kashyyyk Planet in Guilin
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<p>Nestled in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Guilin is a natural treasure. Its emerald green waters meander gracefully through a landscape of uniquely shaped peaks, resembling a flowing ribbon that paints a scene of earthly paradise. This breathtaking scenery has inspired creators worldwide. From the Kashyyyk Planet in "Star Wars: Episode 3" to the Chenyu Vale in "Genshin Impact," echoes of Guilin's beauty can be found all over. Join CGTN and embark on a virtual journey to explore Guilin.</p>
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title: Live: China&amp;#039;s NPC holds press conference ahead of annual session
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<p>China's top legislature, the National People's Congress (NPC), holds a press conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Tuesday, one day ahead of the opening of its annual session. The spokesperson takes questions from journalists concerning the agenda of the session and the work of people's congresses. </p>
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title: Live: Special coverage of CPPCC starting its third session
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<p>The third session of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), the country's top political advisory body, opens on Tuesday in Beijing. Prior to the opening, CPPCC members speak to the public and take questions from the media at the Members' Corridor.</p>
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title: Live: Explore Yi&amp;#039;ai Lake in central China&amp;#039;s Hubei Province
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<p>Yi'ai Lake Park is situated in Huanggang City, central China's Hubei Province. As a thematic park that takes Dongpo culture (named after Su Shi, a literary and cultural master of the Northern Song Dynasty) as its core, it skillfully combines ecological protection, recreational activities and cultural inheritance. The park has been rated as a national 4A-level tourist attraction and a national wetland, standing as a shining example of the perfect blend of natural beauty and cultural charm.</p>
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link:
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title: Live: Yi&amp;#039;ai Lake – a blend of Dongpo culture and natural beauty
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<p>Yi'ai Lake Park is situated in Huanggang City, central China's Hubei Province. As a thematic park that takes Dongpo culture (named after Su Shi, a literary and cultural master of the Northern Song Dynasty) as its core, it skillfully combines ecological protection, recreational activities and cultural inheritance. The park has been rated as a national 4A-level tourist attraction and a national wetland, standing as a shining example of the perfect blend of natural beauty and cultural charm.</p>
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link:
https://news.cgtn.com/news/2025-03-05/Live-Yi-ai-Lake-a-blend-of-Dongpo-culture-and-natural-beauty-1BuFEKsEmXu/p.html?UTM_Source=cgtn&amp;UTM_Medium=rss&amp;UTM_Campaign=Video

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title: Live: Legal Talk with Hou Na
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<div><img src="https://news.cgtn.com/news/2025-03-05/Live-Legal-Talk-with-Hou-Na-1BuWmq0JQCA/img/b9aecccff8d74497a66d45979bf7c03d/b9aecccff8d74497a66d45979bf7c03d-1280.jpeg" data-sanitized-class="ff-og-image-inserted"></div><div readability="51" data-sanitized-class="text en">
<p>In today's world of opportunities and challenges, young people are driving social progress and connecting cultures. On March 6, "Legal Talk with Hou Na" brings together young voices from around the world for a lively roundtable discussion. With diverse backgrounds and unique viewpoints, they tackle key issues shaping China's future – from economic growth and legal reforms to cultural development – sparking bold ideas and fresh perspectives. Together, they explore what it means to be young in this new era and the responsibilities that come with it.</p>
<p>The discussion also features young National People's Congress deputies from the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions, who share their insights from the Two Sessions, China's annual political gathering. With deep roots in their communities and firsthand experience in national governance, they offer unique perspectives on China's development while exchanging ideas with other young participants from around the world.</p>
<p>Tune in on March 6 to join CGTN anchor Hou Na and an inspiring group of young leaders as they dive into the hottest topics from the Two Sessions and explore the power of ideas through cross-cultural dialogue.</p>
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https://news.cgtn.com/news/2025-03-05/Live-Legal-Talk-with-Hou-Na-1BuWmq0JQCA/p.html?UTM_Source=cgtn&amp;UTM_Medium=rss&amp;UTM_Campaign=Video

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title: Live: View of sea in Southport as Cyclone Alfred barrels to Australia
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<p>Australia ordered thousands of people in its eastern regions especially Brisbane to evacuate before Tropical Cyclone Alfred hits land on Saturday (March 8), as the storm brought heavy rain, huge waves and strong winds that cut off power, swamped beaches and shut airports. Queensland Premier David Crisafulli said the number of power outages has now crossed 60,000 homes, with the figure is expected to rise. </p>
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https://news.cgtn.com/news/2025-03-07/Live-View-of-sea-in-Southport-as-Cyclone-Alfred-barrels-to-Australia-1Byc9eabqIE/p.html?UTM_Source=cgtn&amp;UTM_Medium=rss&amp;UTM_Campaign=Video

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title: Live: Discover splendor of Wuxi Grand Theater in eastern China
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[unable to retrieve full-text content]Come and discover the vibrant and diverse charm of Wuxi in Jiangsu Province.

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title: Live: The third session of 14th NPC holds its second plenary meeting
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<p>The third session of the 14th National People's Congress (NPC) holds its second plenary meeting on Saturday at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. NPC deputies are invited to take questions from the media before the start of the plenary at the Deputies' Corridor. Ministers are invited for interviews after the end of the plenary at the Ministers' Corridor.</p>
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title: Watch | Talking China: Decoding China&amp;#039;s economic governance
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<div><img src="https://news.cgtn.com/news/2025-03-07/Watch-Talking-China-Decoding-China-s-economic-governance-1Byo7BHxJYY/img/ce27b3fe651a45a18a83803e4a53c867/ce27b3fe651a45a18a83803e4a53c867-1280.jpeg" data-sanitized-class="ff-og-image-inserted"></div><div readability="46" data-sanitized-class="text en">
<p>During China's 2025 Two Sessions, CGTN presents a special program, Talking China<em>,</em> dissecting the nation's economic governance. The program features CGTN senior political editor John Goodrich, social media specialist Li Jingjing, Prof. Wang Wen from Renmin University's Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies and Prof. Li Cheng from HKU's Contemporary China and the World Center. Together, they analyze China's GDP growth strategies, evolving consumer spending patterns, foreign investment dynamics, and the harmony between sustainability and development. Through in-depth analysis, the panel decodes policy frameworks shaping China's economic resilience, offering a nuanced understanding of governance decisions that balance domestic imperatives with global expectations.</p>
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https://news.cgtn.com/news/2025-03-07/Watch-Talking-China-Decoding-China-s-economic-governance-1Byo7BHxJYY/p.html?UTM_Source=cgtn&amp;UTM_Medium=rss&amp;UTM_Campaign=Video

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title: Live: South Korea&amp;#039;s impeached President Yoon released from custody
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<p>South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk-yeol was released from detention center on Saturday, a day after a Seoul court canceled his arrest to allow him to stand trial for rebellion without being physically detained. Join CGTN reporter Shane Hahm for the latest on site.</p>
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link:
https://news.cgtn.com/news/2025-03-08/Live-South-Korea-s-impeached-President-Yoon-released-from-custody-1BzNtKVl4RO/p.html?UTM_Source=cgtn&amp;UTM_Medium=rss&amp;UTM_Campaign=Video

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title: Watch: China travel with Chinese films – a World Insight special
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<div><img src="https://news.cgtn.com/news/2025-03-09/Watch-China-travel-with-Chinese-films-a-World-Insight-special-1BAV7hWZyg0/img/be6eadd0248746be8b1c3f82684b7aad/be6eadd0248746be8b1c3f82684b7aad-1280.jpeg" data-sanitized-class="ff-og-image-inserted"></div><div readability="41" data-sanitized-class="text en">
<p>Amazing Chinese stories are brought to life on the silver screen for global audiences, thanks to blockbuster movies and TV dramas. But how are epic films about ancient China created? Hengdian, the world's largest film studio, often referred to as China's Hollywood, has been the filming location for thousands of iconic Chinese films and series. How did Hengdian become a film hub, and how does it help preserve and pass down the cinematic treasures of Chinese civilization to future generations? Join CGTN's Tian Wei and French TV host Olivier Grandjean on a tour of this marvelous studio lot. Additionally, enjoy a "time-traveling" conversation with a diverse group of film producers about the unique charm of Chinese culture.</p>
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https://news.cgtn.com/news/2025-03-09/Watch-China-travel-with-Chinese-films-a-World-Insight-special-1BAV7hWZyg0/p.html?UTM_Source=cgtn&amp;UTM_Medium=rss&amp;UTM_Campaign=Video

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title: Live: Enchanting nightscape of east China&amp;#039;s Wuxi City – Ep. 2
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<div><img src="https://news.cgtn.com/news/2025-03-09/Live-Enchanting-nightscape-of-east-China-s-Wuxi-City-Ep-2-1BAVkyZuoDe/img/fa43e02d8faa476d857d081acebdf1a7/fa43e02d8faa476d857d081acebdf1a7-1920.jpeg" data-sanitized-class="ff-og-image-inserted"></div><div readability="38" data-sanitized-class="text en">
<p>Ermao Peak, a prominent summit in the Huishan Mountain range of Wuxi City, east China, serves as our vantage point for this livestream. Join us to experience the breathtaking night view of Wuxi. As the city lights twinkle below, you'll have the opportunity to take in the beauty at a leisurely pace.</p>
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link:
https://news.cgtn.com/news/2025-03-09/Live-Enchanting-nightscape-of-east-China-s-Wuxi-City-Ep-2-1BAVkyZuoDe/p.html?UTM_Source=cgtn&amp;UTM_Medium=rss&amp;UTM_Campaign=Video

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title: Watch: Global lens – the Two Sessions
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<p>China's most important annual political gatherings – the Two Sessions – have captured global attention. Lawmakers and political advisors are in Beijing to discuss and decide on key state affairs. We'll explore how international media are covering the event and bring you expert insights from across continents. Tune in to CGTN for our special coverage!</p>
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https://news.cgtn.com/news/2025-03-09/Watch-Global-lens-the-Two-Sessions-1BBv1EeINck/p.html?UTM_Source=cgtn&amp;UTM_Medium=rss&amp;UTM_Campaign=Video

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title: Watch: The Forefront&amp;#039;s exclusive with Hainan Governor Liu Xiaoming
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[unable to retrieve full-text content]CGTN's Liu Xin sat down with Governor of the Hainan Province Liu Xiaoming for an exclusive interview, delving into the province's key initiatives and future opportunities.

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title: Live: Closing meeting of 3rd session of 14th CPPCC National Committee
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<p>The third session of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), the country's top political advisory body, holds its closing meeting on Monday at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Prior to the meeting, CPPCC members speak to the public and take questions from the media at the Members' Corridor.</p>
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https://news.cgtn.com/news/2025-03-09/Live-Closing-meeting-of-3rd-session-of-14th-CPPCC-National-Committee-1BBEkQXXwOc/p.html?UTM_Source=cgtn&amp;UTM_Medium=rss&amp;UTM_Campaign=Video

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title: Watch: Advancing Modernization – Signals from China&amp;#039;s Two Sessions
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<p>The message from China's Two Sessions is clear: reshape the growth paradigm with new quality productivity, resist protectionism with high-level opening-up, and build consensus in the Global South by empowering development. CGTN Dialogue host Xu Qinduo and six think tank representatives from Global South countries discuss the new momentum of China's economic development and the bright prospects of South-South cooperation. In the face of global economic fluctuations, how can China continue to contribute growth momentum to the world economy and achieve common development with the Global South? Stay tuned to CGTN!</p>
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title: Live: Explore the dreamy blooming of rapeseed flowers in SW China
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<p>Recently, over one million mu of rapeseed flowers in Luoping County, Qujing City, Yunnan Province, located in southwestern China, are blooming in profusion. The sea of flowers, in harmony with the surrounding mountains and villages, creates a pastoral spring landscape that irresistibly draws passersby to immerse themselves in this idyllic scene.</p>
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https://news.cgtn.com/news/2025-03-11/Live-Explore-the-dreamy-blooming-of-rapeseed-flowers-in-SW-China-1BF5CNcGamQ/p.html?UTM_Source=cgtn&amp;UTM_Medium=rss&amp;UTM_Campaign=Video

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title: Live: Don&amp;#039;t miss the first &amp;#039;blood moon&amp;#039; since 2022!
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<div><img src="https://news.cgtn.com/news/2025-03-13/Live-Don-t-miss-the-first-blood-moon-since-2022--1BHBzijOjhS/img/f913c6159fe2403099b2d36efe95afbf/f913c6159fe2403099b2d36efe95afbf-750.png" data-sanitized-class="ff-og-image-inserted"></div><div readability="42" data-sanitized-class="text en">
<p>For the first time since 2022, a total lunar eclipse is occurring, with the full moon slipping into Earth's shadow and transforming into a deep reddish hue. This phenomenon, known as the "blood moon," is caused by sunlight being filtered through Earth's atmosphere due to the perfect alignment of the sun, Earth, and moon. The Blood Moon is expected to be visible across the nighttime side of Earth during totality, with North America in prime position for a spectacular view. Join CGTN to witness this cosmic wonder.</p>
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https://news.cgtn.com/news/2025-03-13/Live-Don-t-miss-the-first-blood-moon-since-2022--1BHBzijOjhS/p.html?UTM_Source=cgtn&amp;UTM_Medium=rss&amp;UTM_Campaign=Video

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title: Watch: In-depth exploration of China&amp;#039;s sustainable development
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<div><img src="https://news.cgtn.com/news/2025-03-13/Live-In-depth-exploration-of-China-s-sustainable-development--1BHLuPr6qis/img/6b52e18b01f14b31b16c6c39643582fb/6b52e18b01f14b31b16c6c39643582fb-1280.jpeg" data-sanitized-class="ff-og-image-inserted"></div><div readability="44" data-sanitized-class="text en">
<p>The 2025 Two Sessions have successfully concluded. In this episode of Talking China, CGTN's senior political editor, John Goodrich, teams up with social media specialist Shen Shiwei to engage in an insightful conversation with Research Fellow Xia Lu from the National Academy of Development &amp; Strategies at Renmin University of China, and Senior Fellow Einar Tangen from the Taihe Institute, who is also the Chairman of Asia Narratives. Drawing on factual insights, they explore China's multifaceted approach to sustainable development, highlighting the country's global leadership in health governance, the balance between ecological and economic priorities, and efforts to ensure food security.</p>
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https://news.cgtn.com/news/2025-03-13/Live-In-depth-exploration-of-China-s-sustainable-development--1BHLuPr6qis/p.html?UTM_Source=cgtn&amp;UTM_Medium=rss&amp;UTM_Campaign=Video

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title: Live: Press conference on Beijing meeting on Iranian nuclear issue
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[unable to retrieve full-text content]China holds the Beijing meeting between China, Russia and Iran on the Iranian nuclear issue on March 14.

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title: Live: Witness the grandeur of the Song Dynasty through new technology
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<div><img src="https://news.cgtn.com/news/2025-03-15/Live-Witness-the-grandeur-of-the-Song-Dynasty-through-new-technology-1BLbd7ui6UE/img/2f77568fd7544f6fb55ea6030fd03ea0/2f77568fd7544f6fb55ea6030fd03ea0-1280.png" data-sanitized-class="ff-og-image-inserted"></div><div readability="36" data-sanitized-class="text en">
<p>China is always a pioneer in utilizing technologies in people's daily lives. Today, CGTN reporter Daniel Arapmoi and editor Yang Zhou walk into the ancient Chinese city of Kaifeng, to experience how an old city is using technology to help us visualize our imagination of China a thousand years ago.</p>
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title: Live: Witness canola flowers blooming in SW China – Ep. 4
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<div><img src="https://news.cgtn.com/news/2025-03-15/Live-Witness-canola-flowers-blooming-in-SW-China-Ep-4-1BLlvXeLWbC/img/de1d1d6cb4174aed8c5928cb52b09ad5/de1d1d6cb4174aed8c5928cb52b09ad5-750.png" data-sanitized-class="ff-og-image-inserted"></div><div readability="41" data-sanitized-class="text en">
<p>Nearly 67,000 hectares of canola flowers in Luoping County, Qujing City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, are blooming. The sea of flowers, together with the rolling mountains and scattered villages, paints a pastoral spring landscape. This picturesque scenery attracts tourists from both home and abroad.</p>
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https://news.cgtn.com/news/2025-03-15/Live-Witness-canola-flowers-blooming-in-SW-China-Ep-4-1BLlvXeLWbC/p.html?UTM_Source=cgtn&amp;UTM_Medium=rss&amp;UTM_Campaign=Video

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title: Live: Welcoming spring with migratory birds
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https://news.cgtn.com/news/2025-03-15/Live-Welcoming-spring-with-migratory-birds-1BLApMfQxsA/p.html?UTM_Source=cgtn&amp;UTM_Medium=rss&amp;UTM_Campaign=Video

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<div><img src="https://news.cgtn.com/news/2025-03-15/Live-Welcoming-spring-with-migratory-birds-1BLApMfQxsA/img/b0509f32e8e14e389624fb66999be27c/b0509f32e8e14e389624fb66999be27c-1920.png" data-sanitized-class="ff-og-image-inserted"></div><div readability="38" data-sanitized-class="text en">
<p>As winter's chill fades, early spring heralds the return of millions of migratory birds across China, transforming wetlands and rivers into vibrant hubs of life. CGTN coverage invites global audiences to witness this delicate dance between species and seasons in China's Shanxi, Liaoning and Xinjiang. Follow these winged ambassadors to embrace spring.</p>
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title: Live: Latest on nightclub fire incident in North Macedonia
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<p>People continue to gather outside the Kocani General Hospital in North Macedonia after a nightclub fire left at least 59 dead and over 100 injured. According to the state-run Media Information Agency, about 1,500 people were at a concert in the nightclub when the fire erupted. Some more bodies of the victims are believed to still be inside the premises.</p>
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https://news.cgtn.com/news/2025-03-17/Live-Latest-on-nightclub-fire-incident-in-North-Macedonia-1BO92fiQ9Ow/p.html?UTM_Source=cgtn&amp;UTM_Medium=rss&amp;UTM_Campaign=Video

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title: Live: China&amp;#039;s economic performance in first two months of 2025
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<p>China's State Council Information Office holds a press conference on the country's economic performance in the first two months of 2025. Fu Linghui, spokesperson for the National Bureau of Statistics and director general of the Department of Comprehensive Statistics of the National Bureau of Statistics, delivers remarks and takes questions from media.</p>
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https://news.cgtn.com/news/2025-03-17/Live-China-s-economic-performance-in-first-two-months-of-2025-1BO6gex6dVu/p.html?UTM_Source=cgtn&amp;UTM_Medium=rss&amp;UTM_Campaign=Video

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title: Live: Meet the Exceptional | How Can Chery "Outsmart" the future?
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<div><img src="https://news.cgtn.com/news/2025-03-17/Live-Meet-the-Exceptional-How-Can-Chery-Outsmart-the-future--1BOXZ8AEYq4/img/aa76910bd75048039eeec813cbfe6e23/aa76910bd75048039eeec813cbfe6e23-1280.jpeg" data-sanitized-class="ff-og-image-inserted"></div><div readability="42" data-sanitized-class="text en">
<p>What would it be like if a car understood you like a close friend? Intelligence has quietly transformed the very nature of automobiles. At Chery's Smart Manufacturing Factory 1, from the germination of intelligent connectivity technology to the global takeoff of Falcon Intelligent Driving today, let's see how Chery fulfills its promise of "Intelligence for both gas and electric, going global together." With Falcon Intelligent Driving, humanoid robots, and flying cars, as Chery transforms from an automobile manufacturer to an intelligent technology enterprise, how far is all-round intelligent life from us? Let's meet the infinite possibilities that can change the world.</p>
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https://news.cgtn.com/news/2025-03-17/Live-Meet-the-Exceptional-How-Can-Chery-Outsmart-the-future--1BOXZ8AEYq4/p.html?UTM_Source=cgtn&amp;UTM_Medium=rss&amp;UTM_Campaign=Video

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title: Live: Latest situation in Gaza as hundreds killed in Israeli strikes
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<div><img src="https://news.cgtn.com/news/2025-03-19/Live-Latest-situation-in-Gaza-as-hundreds-killed-in-Israeli-strikes-1BS6JLk9vlm/img/4408a8c5a0fa42d7ac848e6b4b0b149b/4408a8c5a0fa42d7ac848e6b4b0b149b-750.png" data-sanitized-class="ff-og-image-inserted"></div><div readability="35" data-sanitized-class="text en">
<p>At least hundreds of people have reportedly been killed in airstrikes across Gaza after Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said it was resuming combat operations in the Palestinian territory. He warned that a wave of airstrikes is "only the beginning." He added that future ceasefire negotiations would "only take place under fire." Join CGTN for the latest.</p>
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https://news.cgtn.com/news/2025-03-19/Live-Latest-situation-in-Gaza-as-hundreds-killed-in-Israeli-strikes-1BS6JLk9vlm/p.html?UTM_Source=cgtn&amp;UTM_Medium=rss&amp;UTM_Campaign=Video

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title: Live: Feel the &amp;#039;Hainan Vibe&amp;#039; at the coastline of Danzhou City
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<div><img src="https://news.cgtn.com/news/2025-03-21/Live-Feel-the-Hainan-Vibe-at-the-coastline-of-Danzhou-City-1BVbVgZZgpa/img/56651a3ad2d94b8bb694887151fab74d/56651a3ad2d94b8bb694887151fab74d-1920.jpeg" data-sanitized-class="ff-og-image-inserted"></div><div readability="49" data-sanitized-class="text en">
<p>The Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) Annual Conference 2025 is taking place from March 25 to 28 in Boao, south China's Hainan Province. With the theme "Asia in the Changing World: Towards a Shared Future," this year's event focuses on development, fostering dialogue, exploring innovative formats and valuing tangible outcomes, all aimed at promoting international development and cooperation.</p>
<p>Hainan, known for its year-round sunshine and pristine beaches, has a lot to offer for travelers. Located in the northwest of Hainan Province, Danzhou takes pride in its rich cultural, natural resources. It has also attracted visitors by organizing sports events. Join us to the coastline of Danzhou to enjoy the "Hainan Vibe."</p>
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https://news.cgtn.com/news/2025-03-21/Live-Feel-the-Hainan-Vibe-at-the-coastline-of-Danzhou-City-1BVbVgZZgpa/p.html?UTM_Source=cgtn&amp;UTM_Medium=rss&amp;UTM_Campaign=Video

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title: Live: The latest for Heathrow Airport amid &amp;#039;significant power outage&amp;#039;
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<p>UK's Heathrow Airport was closed on Friday after an electrical substation fire caused a power outage. It is not yet known what caused the fire. More than 1,000 flights will be impacted by the sudden closure of Heathrow today. Customers due to travel from Heathrow on Friday are advised not to travel to the airport until further notice. CGTN brings you the latest.</p>
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title: Live: Take in the unique view of conical stone &amp;#039;Nantianyizhu&amp;#039; in Sanya
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<p>The Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) Annual Conference 2025 takes place from March 25 to 28 in Boao, south China's Hainan Province. With the theme "Asia in the Changing World: Towards a Shared Future," this year's event focuses on development, fostering dialogue, exploring innovative formats and valuing tangible outcomes, all aimed at promoting international development and cooperation.<br>Hainan, known for its year-round sunshine and pristine beaches, has much to offer travelers from all over the world. Situated in the popular Tianya Haijiao Scenic Spot, the conical stone Nantianyizhu, meaning "Southern Heaven Rock", is a must-see for visitors coming to Hainan's Sanya City. Standing roughly 7 meters high, this majestic rock symbolizes fortune and great power. Join us and take a look at this famous site.</p>
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title: Live: Latest on Middle East tensions
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<p>Israel's military says a ground invasion of southern Gaza's Rafah is underway, and troops are pushing into the north near the town of Beit Lahiya and central areas. Hundreds of residents have been killed since Israel resumed its war on the besieged Palestinian enclave this week, according to local authorities. CGTN brings you the latest. </p>
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title: Live: Scientific innovation delivers multi-colored rapeseed flowers
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<p>As spring arrives, China's landscapes are brightened by blooming flowers. In recent years, viewing rapeseed flowers has become a highlight of spring tourism. Traditional golden rapeseed fields attract numerous visitors, but scientific innovation has now introduced rapeseed flowers in vibrant colors. Follow CGTN's Tao Yuan to Xinjin in southwest China's Sichuan Province, where emerging businesses such as "Flower-field Hotpot" and "Flower-field Cafe" have further enriched rural tourism experiences, stimulating the diversity and vitality of rural economies.</p>
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title: Live: SCIO briefing on 5th China International Consumer Products Expo
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<p>The State Council Information Office (SCIO) holds a press conference on the topic of the fifth China International Consumer Products Expo. Sheng Qiuping, vice minister of commerce, and Gu Gang, vice governor of Hainan Province, meet the media and take questions.</p>
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title: Live: Unlocking how poetry and code share the same spring
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<p>This 600-meter-long corridor of cherry blossoms is Luojia Mountain's ode to spring. From the first tree planted in the 1930s to AI-powered light shows that choreograph 3D holographic petals, Wuhan University's Cherry Blossom Avenue bridges nature and tech across a century. Witness autonomous shuttles gliding under BeiDou navigation, AR guides unlocking the "Luojia Blossom Archive" via tree-scanning, and student poets weaving verses as crowdsourced lyrics bloom on projection walls – all guarded by Unitree's robotic caretakers. Here, history's whispers meet algorithms: a blossom transforms into a cultural cipher, a data node, and a viral spectacle. In China's living innovation lab, cherry blossoms root tradition in silicon soil, proving that poetry and code share the same spring.</p>
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title: Live: Cherry blossom serenity at East Lake in central China&amp;#039;s Wuhan
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<p>As spring embraces Wuhan, CGTN goes live from East Lake Cherry Blossom Garden on March 27, capturing the fleeting magic of 26,000 cherry trees in bloom.</p>
<p>Glide along a kilometer-long lakeside path lined with cascading cherry blossoms, where weeping varieties and Yoshino cherry petals pirouette into the tranquil waters. Witness timeless scenes: Tang-style pavilions framed by blossom-laden branches, arched bridges vanishing into pink-hued horizons and the garden's nocturnal transformation as twilight illuminations cast cherry shadows onto the starlit lake. Rolling waves of blossoms merge with East Lake's emerald expanse and distant mist-clad hills.</p>
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title: Live: Follow our lens to the picturesque views of Boao
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<p>The Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) Annual Conference 2025 takes place from March 25 to 28 in Boao, south China's Hainan Province. With the theme "Asia in the Changing World: Towards a Shared Future," this year's event focuses on development, fostering dialogue, exploring innovative formats and valuing tangible outcomes, all aimed at promoting international development and cooperation.</p>
<p>With year-round sunshine and pristine beaches, Hainan is a paradise for travelers. Situated on the eastern coast of Hainan, Boao welcomes people from all over the globe to delight in its beauty. Follow our lens to the picturesque views and feel the vibe of Boao.</p>
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title: Live: Follow Boao Lighthouse and feel the vibe of Hainan – Ep. 2
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<p>The Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) Annual Conference 2025 takes place from March 25 to 28 in Boao, south China's Hainan Province. With the theme "Asia in the Changing World: Towards a Shared Future," this year's event focuses on development, fostering dialogue, exploring innovative formats and valuing tangible outcomes – all aimed at promoting international development and cooperation.</p>
<p>Hainan, known for its year-round sunshine and pristine beaches, has much to offer travelers from all over the world. Boao Lighthouse, situated on the northern side of the entrance to the harbor in Boao, is a vital navigation aid on Hainan's eastern coast. Installed with advanced navigation equipment, this iconic landmark adds maritime charm to Boao. Join us and feel the vibe of Boao.</p>
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title: Live: Visit Danzhou City exhibition at Boao Forum for Asia 2025
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<p>Danzhou City, nestled in the northwest of Hainan Island in southern China, is a vibrant urban space known for its lush tropical nature, history and culture. Surrounded by verdant forests and azure seas, Danzhou boasts a warm and humid climate, making it an ideal destination for eco-tourism and relaxation. Yangpu Port, a major shipping hub in Hainan Province, further enhances Danzhou's connectivity and trade potential, making it an important gateway to the region and beyond. Join CGTN's Zang Shijie to learn more about Danzhou City at Boao Forum for Asia 2025.</p>
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title: Live: Latest on Myanmar&amp;#039;s earthquake as rescue operation is underway
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<p>More than 1,000 people are confirmed dead after a magnitude-7.7 earthquake struck Myanmar on March 28. A rescue operation is underway, and rescuers are desperately searching for survivors. China's rescue teams were swiftly deployed to affected areas and provided urgent assistance. CGTN brings you the latest.</p>
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<p>President Trump signed an executive order Thursday aimed at overhauling the Smithsonian to combat what he calls "divisive, race-centered" narratives pushed under the Biden administration, <a href="https://redstate.com/rusty-weiss/2025/03/28/trump-signs-eo-to-restore-statues-improperly-removed-in-past-5-years-restore-truth-to-american-history-n2187204">according to RedState.com</a>.</p>
<p>Titled "Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History," the order criticizes the museum system’s recent direction: “Once widely respected... the Smithsonian Institution has, in recent years, come under the influence of a divisive, race-centered ideology,” it states, arguing such views frame American and Western values as “inherently harmful and oppressive.”</p>
<p>The order tasks Vice President JD Vance, a member of the Smithsonian’s Board of Regents, with leading efforts to “remove improper ideology” across the institution.</p>
<p>President Trump’s latest executive order targets the Smithsonian, aiming to restore what he calls a truthful, uplifting view of American history and culture. The directive criticizes recent shifts toward “divisive, race-centered ideology” and tasks Vice President JD Vance with rooting out “improper ideology” across its museums and research centers.</p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><a href="https://t.co/BQy31t6E8Z">https://t.co/BQy31t6E8Z</a><br>President Trump has signed an executive order aimed at restoring accurate representations of American history in educational institutions. <a href="https://t.co/BQy31t6E8Z">https://t.co/BQy31t6E8Z</a></p>
— Executive Order &amp; Presidential Action News (@47_Tracker) <a href="https://twitter.com/47_Tracker/status/1905395212618248269?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 27, 2025</a></blockquote>
<p>The <a href="https://redstate.com/rusty-weiss/2025/03/28/trump-signs-eo-to-restore-statues-improperly-removed-in-past-5-years-restore-truth-to-american-history-n2187204">RedState.com report</a> quotes the order:<strong> “It is the policy of my Administration to restore Federal sites… to solemn and uplifting public monuments that remind Americans of our extraordinary heritage,” the order states, insisting museums should educate, not “indoctrinate.” </strong></p>
<p>The order also instructs Interior Secretary Doug Burgum to review and “restore” public monuments removed over the past five years. A White House fact sheet says many were taken down to “perpetuate a false revision of history” or unfairly disparage historical figures.</p>
<p>Critics quickly lashed out. Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) wrote on X: “You cannot erase our past.” But as Trump allies note, this comes from a party that demanded the removal of statues of figures like George Washington and Jefferson.</p>
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<p>Trump’s move follows earlier efforts to reclaim institutions from what he calls far-left ideologues—turning places like the Smithsonian and the Kennedy Center into cultural battlegrounds.</p>

<p>Past controversies at the Smithsonian include omitting Justice Clarence Thomas from its African American history museum in 2016—later correcting it only under pressure—and celebrating transgender activists like Sylvia Rivera in its American Women’s History Museum. It even preserved a suit worn by Rep. Andy Kim (D-NJ) during Capitol cleanup after January 6, a move critics call symbolic pandering.</p>
<p>The order sets a deadline of July 4, 2026—America’s 250th birthday—for completing all reforms. “President Trump aims to ensure that the Smithsonian… sparks children’s imagination, celebrates American history and ingenuity… and makes America proud,” the White House said.</p>
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<p><em>Submitted by <a href="https://quoththeraven.substack.com/p/downsize-your-euphoria">QTR's Fringe Finance</a></em></p>
<p>While the <em>25 Stocks I’m Watching for 2025 </em>list (part 1 <a href="https://quoththeraven.substack.com/p/25-stocks-im-watching-for-2025-part" rel>here</a> and part 2 <a href="https://quoththeraven.substack.com/p/25-stocks-im-watching-for-2025-part-748" rel>here</a>) continue to perform well relative to the S&amp;P, I can’t say the same about the overall market.</p>
<p>The looming question yesterday was whether the market snapback early in the week was a path to the S&amp;P taking back its trend and continuing to move higher, or just a “bear market rally”. It shouldn’t be a surprise that I believe it was the latter.</p>
<p>There’s an old expression that “nothing good ever happens below the 200-day moving average.” As you can see, that’s where the S&amp;P 500 continues to be (under the red line).</p>

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<p>Then there was the question of auto tariffs yesterday, and whether or not Trump was going to immediately flip-flop on them—or whether he was even serious about them to begin with. While he does have a history of changing his mind quickly with regard to tariffs, it appears that, at least for the time being, these auto tariffs are here to stay.</p>
<p>The tariffs are sizable enough, and in a consequential enough industry, that they will create significant trade uncertainty between the U.S. and many of its major trading partners—introducing the stock market to more of the one thing it doesn’t like: uncertainty.</p>
<p>Finally, the big headline this morning is the news that CoreWeave, a purported player in the same atmosphere as Nvidia, was being forced to downsize its plans for an initial public offering.</p>
<p>Semafor <a href="https://quoththeraven.substack.com/p/downsize-your-euphoria" rel>reported</a> that CoreWeave is set to scale back its IPO, cutting both the share price and fundraising target. The cloud firm is now aiming for a valuation closer to its $23 billion private-market figure from last year, down from the $30 billion it originally sought. It may also raise less than the $3 billion it had planned.</p>
<p>Shares are expected to price Thursday night and begin trading Friday, though shifting sentiment during today’s session could influence final decisions.</p>

<p>My longer-term readers know that about a year and a half ago, I started asking questions about where the black swans in the market could be. Where are the bodies buried that the rest of the market doesn’t necessarily know about yet? One of the places I <a href="https://quoththeraven.substack.com/p/has-the-markets-black-swan-just-arrived?utm_source=publication-search" rel>ventured a guess</a> was potentially between Nvidia and CoreWeave.</p>
<p>I wrote about the two following critical analysis that began circulating in lesser-trafficked analyst circles about the circuitous relationship between Nvidia and CoreWeave. As a reminder, here’s <a href="https://quoththeraven.substack.com/p/downsize-your-euphoria" rel>one video discussing the relationship</a> I linked to with another writeup by <em>The Mad King</em> (paywalled now) — both of which made their rounds in mid-2023.</p>
<p>That circuitous relationship seems to, again, be what’s holding up CoreWeave:</p>
<figure><a data-component-name="Image2ToDOM" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0ad8c601-ff54-4cfa-8b1b-03eb7ae88435_1200x630.jpeg" rel target="_blank"><img alt data-attrs='{"src":"https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/0ad8c601-ff54-4cfa-8b1b-03eb7ae88435_1200x630.jpeg","srcNoWatermark":null,"fullscreen":null,"imageSize":null,"height":630,"width":1200,"resizeWidth":null,"bytes":129990,"alt":null,"title":null,"type":"image/jpeg","href":null,"belowTheFold":true,"topImage":false,"internalRedirect":"https://quoththeraven.substack.com/i/159987636?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0ad8c601-ff54-4cfa-8b1b-03eb7ae88435_1200x630.jpeg","isProcessing":false}' height="315" loading="lazy" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0ad8c601-ff54-4cfa-8b1b-03eb7ae88435_1200x630.jpeg" width="600"></a></figure><p>“CoreWeave has been compared to WeWork because its tremendous revenue growth has come at the expense of unsustainable capex and cash burn, which in turn require tremendous constant outside investment (or debt): CoreWeave burned nearly $6 billion of cash in 2024 and $1.1 billion the previous year, because of the massive capex to build out its AI infrastructure,” <a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/ai-bubble-canary-meets-coalmine-coreweave-reportedly-drastically-downsizes-ipo-size" rel>Zero Hedge wrote Thursday morning</a>, in their must-read analysis of the situation.</p>
<p>“Not surprisingly, CoreWeave - which also counts Microsoft as its largest customer - has been frequently rumored to be a core spoke in revenue roundtripping schemes involving Microsoft, Nvidia and OpenAI,” they continued.</p>
<p>And over the course of time since <em>my</em> 2023 article, other players in the same industry—namely Super Micro—have also <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2024/08/28/super-micro-shares-fall-23percent-on-filing-delay-hindenburg-research-report.html" rel>had skeptical eyes cast upon them</a>.</p>

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<p>And just yesterday, legendary short-seller Jim Chanos raised critical questions about one of Nvidia’s acquisition of Lepton AI.</p>
<p>“Don’t know if this deal happens, and it’s not particularly big, but trying to buyout your resellers is usually a huge red flag. It’s often a way to bury inventory costs and/or avoid receivables provisioning,” <a href="https://x.com/RealJimChanos/status/1904968699582251447" rel>Chanos wrote on X</a>.</p>
<p>He continued: “Just to be clear, these kinds of deals w/customers and distributors do not necessarily have to be material in size to be material in impact, since near the end-of-cycles managements know that missing guidance by even a few pennies can be disastrous…”</p>
<p>For those unfamiliar with Jim Chanos’s pedigree, not only was he first to blow the whistle on Enron, he teaches a course called “A History of Financial Market Fraud: A Forensic Approach” at Yale. His short-sale of Enron shares was dubbed by Barron’s as "the market call of the decade, if not the past fifty years."</p>
<p>Does the CoreWeave IPO necessarily denote that there’s fraud or wrongdoing under the surface? No. But at the very least, what it does show is that the market’s appetite for the AI story—and perhaps for risk-on type investments in general—isn’t what it was a year ago. When companies start pricing IPOs under expectations, it is an indicator that the bid many thought to exist in the market—whether it’s for a specific industry, specific style of stock, or specific name in general—<em>isn’t there.</em></p>
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<hr><p>To me, this CoreWeave news this morning, combined with concerns that Mr. Chanos raised yesterday—on top of what we already knew—sure seems to suggest to me that the AI story may at least be temporarily losing steam. Lest we also forget just yesterday it was <a href="https://www.reuters.com/technology/microsoft-pulls-back-more-data-center-leases-us-europe-analysts-say-2025-03-26/" rel>announced that Microsoft was pulling back</a> from more data center leases “due to an oversupply relative to its current demand forecast”.</p>
<p>Even David Faber on CNBC <a href="https://x.com/ConsensusGurus/status/1904989671920181687" rel>did a good job yesterday pushing back</a> on CoreWeave’s IPO. I know I give CNBC a lot of shit—and much of it well-deserved for things like perpetually <a href="https://www.marketwatch.com/story/these-are-the-10-fund-management-firms-that-lost-the-most-money-in-the-past-decade-youll-never-guess-no-1-d07d2196" rel>inviting on the largest value destroyer over the last 10 years</a> for her opinion on things—but Faber has done great lately.</p>
<p>Not only did he raise critical questions about customer concentration and debt load just hours before the IPO was significantly downsized, I also watched him a couple of weeks ago argue the bear case against multiple analysts who pushed the same AI narrative we’ve heard for the last year, and made bombastic claims like stocks that are trading at 40x earnings are “cheap” because they’re down a couple percent off their highs.</p>
<p>I’ve often said that crypto is the tip of the risk-taking spear, and to watch that asset class as the canary in the coal mine for the rest of the market. As it relates to equities, however, AI is the tip of the narrative spear that still lures people into buying technology equities. If that narrative starts to crumble, I don’t think it is too much of a stretch to suggest there could be a domino effect in the rest of the equity market.</p>
<p>I don’t want anything to do with these AI names until I get significantly more clarity on the space and the overall market is far less volatile.</p>
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