• 03/17/2025

Putin announces call up of Russians to military training camps

Pravda Ukraine Vladimir Putin, the President of Russia, has announced the call of reservists to military training camps. Source: Russian Kremlin-aligned news agency RIA Novosti Quote: “[I hereby order to] call up the citizens of the Russian Federation, who are a part of the reserve army, to the military training in the Armed Forces of…

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We May Be Getting Used to High Inflation, and That’s Bad News

Wall Street Journal The more people behave as if high inflation is here to stay, the likelier it is to stay. That would force the Federal Reserve to choose between inducing a potentially deep recession to force inflation lower, or giving up on its 2% inflation target. https://www.wsj.com/articles/we-may-be-getting-used-to-high-inflation-and-thats-bad-news-d3a63e6f

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Kiel-Qingdao Sister City Plan Stalled Amid German Wariness of China

New York Times The German port of Kiel and the Chinese port of Qingdao have a lot of things in common. Unfortunately, submarines are among them. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/10/world/europe/germany-china-sister-cities.html

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How the Demographics of Entrepreneurship Has Changed

Wall Street Journal For one thing, there are many more entrepreneurs with Latino and Asian heritage. https://www.wsj.com/articles/entrepreneur-demographics-latino-asian-9044bc30

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Congressman George Santos Indicted on Fraud Charges

Wall Street Journal Republican from Long Island surrendered to authorities Wednesday morning https://www.wsj.com/articles/congressman-george-santos-indicted-on-fraud-charges-9755064c

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Diplomat slams Ukrainian intel chief’s remark about plans to keep killing Russians

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. Maria Zakharova was surprised at the lack of a clear reaction from the West https://tass.com/politics/1615529

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People from elite backgrounds increasingly dominate academia, data shows

Washington Post A new analysis shows that two thirds of new U.S.-born PhDs in economics have parents with graduate degrees, up from around 20 percent a few decades ago. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/07/08/dept-of-data-academia-elite/

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Will data privacy concerns kill ChatGPT?

Jerusalem Post A data privacy expert weighs in on the concerns raised by ChatGPT’s rampant data collection, and explains what safeguards should be implemented to the platform. https://www.jpost.com/business-and-innovation/article-742632

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French expert in Russian history wins Spanish award

Washington Post Ninety-three-year-old French historian Hélène Carrère d’Encausse, an eminence in Russian and Central Asian history, has won Spain’s Princess of Asturias Award for Social Science for 2023 https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/10/spain-carrere-dencausse-asturias-history-soviet-union-russia/02075092-ef3a-11ed-b67d-a219ec5dfd30_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

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Microsoft Employees Are Hooked on the Company’s Training Videos

Wall Street Journal Instead of a finger-wagging snoozer about corporate misbehavior, ‘Trust Code’ has flawed characters, dramatic cliffhangers and fans worldwide https://www.wsj.com/articles/microsoft-employees-are-hooked-on-the-companys-training-videos-c8684a1

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