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19 hours ago
Current Event kxh'I still cannot get over it': 75 years after Japan atomic bombs, a nuclear weapons ban treaty is finally realised
Sixty-nine nations, however, have not signed it, including all of the nuclear powers such as the US, UK, Russia, China, France, India, Pakistan and North Korea, as well as NATO member states (apart from the Netherlands who voted against), Japan and Australia.
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19 hours ago
Comment kxh
Mind you, the Australian government only said anything after it got into the media. They hid the incident for 2 weeks.
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19 hours ago
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Australia slams 'grossly, grossly disturbing' invasive searches of women at Doha airport
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19 hours ago
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Australia slams 'grossly, grossly disturbing' invasive searches of women at Doha airport
Marise Payne is demanding answers after female travellers on an Australia-bound Qatar Airways flight were subjected to invasive physical examinations at Doha Airport.
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20 hours ago
Current Event kxh
Pope Francis appoints Wilton Gregory, an outspoken civil rights advocate, as first black American cardinal
Archbishop Wilton Gregory has been appointed the first African-American Roman Catholic cardinal.
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1 day ago
Analysis kxh
Monkeys May Have Self-Domesticated Just Like Humans Did, Study Suggests
Monkeys, much like humans, could be engaged in the process of self-domesticating themselves, altering the course of their own evolution and physiology through the way they behave with one another, new research suggests.
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1 day ago
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Workers vacuum murder hornets from first nest found in the US
Asian giant hornets are a major concern for farmers in North America, who fear important local bee populations will be devastated.
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2 days ago
Analysis kxh
We're Already Hyping 6G When 5G Hasn't Even Finished Disappointing Us Yet
It was the technology that was supposed to change the world. According to carriers, not only was fifth-generation wireless (5G) supposed to bring about the "fourth industrial revolution," it was supposed to revolutionize everything from...
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2 days ago
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Open Sesame! Researchers discovered the second ‘key’ used by the SARS-CoV-2 virus to enter into human cells | University of Helsinki
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2 days ago
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Open Sesame! Researchers discovered the second ‘key’ used by the SARS-CoV-2 virus to enter into human cells | University of Helsinki
To efficiently infect human cells, SARS-CoV-2 is able to use a receptor called Neuropilin-1, which is very abundant in many human tissues
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3 days ago
Current Event kxh
CIA agents suspect being attacked with microwave weapon while in Australia
The two agents, one of whom is believed to be a top-ranking CIA official, felt sick and dizzy after the suspected attack that an expert says would signal "Cold War-style conflict" reaching new highs.
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3 days ago
Current Event kxh
Pope met COVID-19 infected bishop at Vatican
Pope Francis has been warned of potential exposure to COVID-19 after a Vatican diplomat was infected, Australian media reported on Friday. Archbishop Adolfo Tito Yllana, the Holy See’s ambassador to Australia, had a face-to-face meeting with Francis at the Vatican on Oct. 6, less than two weeks before testing positive to COVID-19 in Australia, Nine News reported. Australian authorities say a diplomat who flew into Sydney on Oct. 9 had tested positive to the coronavirus. They won’t reveal the...
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8 days ago
Review kxh
Sweden's new car carrier is the world's largest wind-powered vessel
With its five, massive, solid sails, this ship will carry 7,000 cars across the Atlantic, while being almost emission-free.
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8 days ago
Analysis kxh
No, Microsoft is not rebasing Windows to Linux
The choice will not really be Windows or Linux, it will be whether you boot Hyper-V or KVM first, and Windows and Ubuntu stacks will be tuned to run well on the other.
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9 days ago
Analysis kxh
Germany says Thai king cannot rule from there
Germany's foreign minister has said that Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn should not be conducting politics from the European country, where he spends much of his time.
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10 days ago
Current Event kxh
Vote Secrecy in 2020 Election - a Freedom of Information request to ACT Electoral Commission
In accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2016, I apply for access to documents held by the Commission in relation to the design, implementation, and approval of electronic voting for the 2020 legislative assembly election. The specific documents I request are: - Documents related to the following determinations: 1. Electoral (Computer Program) Approval 2020 (No 1) 2. Electoral (Computer Program) Approval 2020 (No 2) 3. Electoral (Electronic Devices) Approval 2020 which were relied upo...
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11 days ago
Comment kxh
She warned curious onlookers to be cautious if they came across a turtle mating area, with some swimmers mistaken for female turtles and becoming the target of males.
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11 days ago
Analysis kxh
'Crazy' sea turtle mating marathon underway on Great Barrier Reef
Hundreds of sea turtles are gathering off the coast of Bundaberg for a frenzied annual breeding season involving hooks, multiple partners, the threat of sharks and the odd case of mistaken identity.
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12 days ago
Analysis kxh
Dissecting the Nobel: how Milgrom and Wilson changed the face of auctions
Their big contribution was that auctions aren't just auctions. How an auction is designed matters enormously for what it does.
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13 days ago
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Google Earth frenzy as '60ft man-made disc' exposed by melting Antarctic ice
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13 days ago
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Google Earth frenzy as '60ft man-made disc' exposed by melting Antarctic ice
The conspiracy theorist who made the so-called discovery is convinced the object is "intelligently designed". But viewers on YouTube had some rather more plausible explanations
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2 weeks ago
Comment kxh
Microsoft is/was king of the desktop, but it realised a while ago that google and facebook and phones were what it needed to beat. It's trying to harvest personal data off people with Windows 10. It's own search engine and phones were failures, but it still can make a lot of people use bing by default and it is still trying to force everyone to use MS Office. It's just conflicted, it wants everyone to pay to use Office, rather than give them away for free and get all that sweet data.
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2 weeks ago
Analysis kxh
US prison labour, foreign weapons-makers finance Australian government think tank ASPI - Michael West
The Australian Strategic Policy Institute receives sponsorship from US corporations using prison workers paid as little as 23 cents an hour. In some states, prisoners who refuse to work are put in solitary confinement.
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2 weeks ago
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Electric shocks to the tongue can quiet chronic ringing ears
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2 weeks ago
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Donald Trump's so-called 'miracle' coronavirus treatment was tested on cells derived from an abortion
The Trump administration has notably opposed medical research that uses fetal tissue from abortions, while knocking back numerous requests from scientists to work with it.
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