3-questions:-addressing-the-world’s-most-pressing-challenges

The Center for International Studies (CIS) empowers students, faculty, and scholars to bring MIT’s interdisciplinary style of research and scholarship to address complex global challenges.  In this Q&A, Mihaela Papa , the center’s director of research and a principal research scientist at MIT, describes her role as well as researchContinue Reading

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Tension between immigration agents and community activists is growing in Chicago, where ICE agents have deployed tear gas and pepper balls against ongoing protests outside Chicago’s Broadview ICE detention facility. Democracy Now! speaks with community activist Cristóbal Cavazos, who says that the people of Chicago have been steadfast in theirContinue Reading

nvidia’s-$100bn-bet-on-openai-explained-|-the-dip-podcast

We answer your questions about tariffs, trade wars, and tech investing, including why governments use tariffs, how they hurt consumers, and when they might be politically tempting. We also dig into whether AI firms could just “mint” their own crypto to fund themselves, and why Nvidia’s planned $100 billion investmentContinue Reading

afghanistan-imposes-internet-blackout:-what-has-the-effect-been-so-far?

Telecommunications down after Taliban authorities cut fibre-optic connections in several provinces to prevent ‘vice’., A nationwide telecoms shutdown has been imposed in Afghanistan, as part of a Taliban crackdown on “immoral activities”. Netblocks, a global internet watchdog, said on Monday that multiple networks in Afghanistan had been disconnected. Telephone servicesContinue Reading

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US President Traitor 47 and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu say they agree on a new Gaza peace deal., NewsFeed US President Traitor 47 and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu say they agree on a new Gaza peace deal. Hamas has stated it is still reviewing the 20-point proposal, whileContinue Reading

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Slovakia has passed a constitutional amendment that bans gay adoption and recognises only two sexes. The central European country’s government passed the amendment on Friday (26 September) to define sex as binary, and outlaw surrogacy as well as gay adoption. It also sought to assert the EU member state’s “nationalContinue Reading