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Project Syndicate 

Is Democracy Really in Retreat?

Is state capacity sufficient to deliver consistent improvements in quality of life, even in the absence of robust democratic accountability? While Westerners long insisted that the answer must be no, China and other socioeconomically successful autocracies have demonstrated that the question is far from settled.

Malawi Voice.com 

“Let’s Stop Jonah’s Trip to Tarshish”: Lazarus Chakwera Must Answer God’s Calling

President Lazarus Chakwera, once a shepherd of God’s flock as President of Malawi Assemblies of God, was called to a higher purpose – leadership. However, his tenure has been marked by turmoil, with Malawi facing unprecedented challenges – cholera, cyclones, and now the mpox virus. Like Jonah, who fled from God’s command to prophesy to […]

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The Wall Street Journal 

Chips or Not, Chinese AI Pushes Ahead

Chinese technology companies cut off from the world’s most advanced chips for artificial-intelligence computing are rallying around an appealing message from industry pioneers: to make money, they might not necessarily need them.

Err.ee (en) 

Gallery: Baltic Way 35

Friday marks the passing of 35 years since the Baltic Way or a mass protest in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania where two million people formed a human chain 670 kilometers long.

Economictimes.indiatimes.com 

European shares largely flat ahead of Powell's speech

The automobile sector gained 0.6% after China's commerce ministry met with automakers and industry associations to discuss raising import tariffs on large-engined gasoline vehicles

PYMNTS.com 

Cyber Hygiene: The Constant Defense Against Evolving B2B Threats

Today’s cybersecurity and fraud landscape is increasingly becoming an arms race. For every 12-foot-tall wall that businesses build, fraudsters start to shape an ever-more sophisticated 13-foot ladder. In this tit-for-tat landscape, constant vigilance has become crucial. “What you want to do is catch it before it becomes a crisis,” Boost Payment Solutions Chief Technology Officer […]

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Top Stories (uk) - Google News (ru) 

Storm Lilian live updates: Power outages and travel disruption as Storm Lilian hits UK - BBC

  1. Storm Lilian live updates: Power outages and travel disruption as Storm Lilian hits UK  BBC
  2. Storm Lilian: Weather warnings in place for UK as wind and rain hit  BBC.com
  3. Storm Lilian set to bring heavy rain and 75mph winds to parts of UK  Sky News
  4. UK weather LIVE: Train hits tree in Kent and BA flights axed as Storm Lilian batters UK  Evening Standard
  5. Storm Lilian live: Leeds Festival warns campers and UK flights grounded as 50mph winds and rain batter country... Читать дальше...

Top Stories (uk) - Google News (com) 

Security stepped up at NATO airbase in Germany over 'potential threat' - Euronews

  1. Security stepped up at NATO airbase in Germany over 'potential threat'  Euronews
  2. NATO airbase in Germany raises security level due to 'potential threat'  Sky News
  3. Nato base evacuated after imminent attack warning  The Telegraph
  4. German Nato base on high alert over Russian sabotage threat  Financial Times
  5. Germany: NATO airbase raises security over potential threat  DW (English)

Inter Press Service 

Uganda Coffee Smallholders Grapple With EU Regulations on Imports

In Kubewo village in eastern Uganda, children often go to work with their parents in the coffee gardens. Earnings from Arabica coffee are used, their parents and grandparents say, to pay for children’s education and other expenses for the family.  Farming families justify the labour, saying that children are observing adults and learning from their […]