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Has Donald Trump improved the US economy in fifty days?
Money & Business

Has Donald Trump improved the US economy in fifty days?

...open question for economists. But there seems to be an agreement that the multipliers peak after a considerable amount of time. One influential study by British economist Andrew Mountford and US economist Harald Uhlig in 2009, which was based on data on the US economy, found that the maximum impact is estimated to occur only after five years. So while it’s difficult to...
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How can scientists fight the tide of "fake news"?
Science, Maths & Technology

How can scientists fight the tide of "fake news"?

...opening the way for state regulation of social media. Singapore is now studying the possibility of introducing a law to “force social media companies to remove misleading reports,” says Singapore law and home affairs Minister Kasiviswanathan Shanmugam. Shanmugam says he was inspired by German Chancellor Angela Merkel to introduce legislation to “force social media...
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The dark side of American populism in the Trump era
Society, Politics & Law

The dark side of American populism in the Trump era

...open carry legislation) and clashed with anti-fascist and other groups who stood up to them. Then 20-year-old James Alex Fields Jr ploughed his car into a group of protesters, and has now been charged with the second degree murder of Heather Heyer, who died after he ran into her. Transcript The context for these events is as old as the US itself. The country was borne of...
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How does earthquake science help us track North Korea's nuclear tests?
Science, Maths & Technology

How does earthquake science help us track North Korea's nuclear tests?

...opened for signatures, aiming to ban all nuclear explosions. To enforce this treaty, the Vienna-based CTBT Organisation is establishing an International Monitoring System with over 50 seismic monitoring stations to detect nuclear tests anywhere on Earth. This system doesn’t just use seismometers. Infrasound instruments listen for very low frequency sound waves,...
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Mugabexit: an opportunity for Zimbabwe to build resilient systems from resilient people
Society, Politics & Law

Mugabexit: an opportunity for Zimbabwe to build resilient systems from resilient people

...Harare, The Open University and University College London, United Kingdom. Southwick S. M, Douglas-Palumberi H, Pietrzak R. H. Resilience. In: Friedman M. J, Resick P. A, Keane T. M, editors. Handbook of PTSD: Science and practice. 2nd ed. New York: Guilford Press; 2014. pp. 590–606. World Development Report (2017) http://www.worldbank.org/en/publication/wdr2017 pp.195....
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How much money does the UK really contribute to the European Union?
Science, Maths & Technology

How much money does the UK really contribute to the European Union?

...figures. There are also some payments to the EC that are not allocated to a particular country and therefore are also not included in their figures. An example of this is fines, which is again a small proportion of total spending, typically between 2 and 3% of total expenditure. This article was originally published on the ONS website under an Open Government licence...
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Canada & UK launch coal phaseout plan
Nature & Environment

Canada & UK launch coal phaseout plan

...opened with 25 signatories. By the end of the 75-minute launch event on the second-last day of COP23 here in Bonn, El Salvador and Oregon had both signed on. By joining the alliance, governments commit to “phasing out traditional coal power and placing a moratorium on any new traditional coal power stations without operational carbon capture and storage,” the formal...
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Life in immigration limbo: Befriending the women of Yarl's Wood
Society, Politics & Law

Life in immigration limbo: Befriending the women of Yarl's Wood

...opened, opposition to staff restraining a detainee escalated to riots and arson that eventually destroyed half of the centre. [The aftermath of the Yarl's Wood fire, taken on the morning of 15th February 2002] The 2002 fire at Yarl's Wood, viewed from a distance of three and a half miles In a system where migrants have little to no control over the processing time and...
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