What’s on the agenda for today’s meeting between the US president, Joe Biden, and Japan’s prime minister, Fumio Kishida? Plus: voters in India’s contested Kashmir region will soon be able to vote for the first time; the head of one of the world’s largest oil companies becomes president of the Cop28 talks; and the latest business news.
Monthly Archives: January 2023
Front Page: The New York Times – January 13, 2023
Garland Appoints Special Counsel to Investigate Handling of Biden Documents
The appointment of Robert K. Hur comes two months after the attorney general named a special counsel to investigate former President Donald J. Trump’s mishandling of classified material.
Inflation Is Slowing, Good News for American Consumers and the Fed
Consumer Price Index inflation moderated to 6.5 percent in December, helping Fed officials to lean toward slower rate moves.
Western Tanks Appear Headed to Ukraine, Breaking Another Taboo
The West has sent an array of weapons once seen as too provocative, and it looks like tanks will be next. With a new Russian offensive expected, officials see an urgent need to shift the balance.
With F.B.I. Search, U.S. Escalates Global Fight Over Chinese Police Outposts
Beijing says the outposts aren’t doing police work, but Chinese state media reports say they “collect intelligence” and solve crimes far outside their jurisdiction.
Epigenetics & Aging: DNA Breakage & Repair Effects
It also shows that restoring the integrity of the epigenome reverses age-related symptoms.
Learn more at https://hms.harvard.edu/news/loss-epi…
2023 Reviews: Consumer Reports – February 2023
How to Get a Great Night’s Sleep
Toss and turn all night? Wake up tired and sore? Our expert advice—and the top mattresses, pillows, and more from our tests—can help you finally rest easy.
New Car Features We Love—and Some We Don’t
Cars you can unlock with your phone, cameras that can see where you can’t, and high beams that turn on by themselves. We’ve got the cool new tech to seek out on your next car.
Lead and Cadmium Could Be in Your Dark Chocolate
Consumer Reports found dangerous heavy metals in chocolate from Hershey’s, Theo, Trader Joe’s and other popular brands. Here are the ones that had the most, and some that are safer.
Books: London Review Of Books – January 19, 2023
Puzzled Puss
Buster Keaton: A Filmmaker’s Life by James Curtis.
From acclaimed cultural and film historian James Curtis—a major biography, the first in more than two decades, of the legendary comedian and filmmaker who elevated physical comedy to the highest of arts and whose ingenious films remain as startling, innovative, modern—and irresistible—today as they were when they beguiled audiences almost a century ago.
I want to be queen
The Drunken Boat: Selected Writings by Arthur Rimbaud, translated by Mark Polizzotti
Poet, prodigy, precursor, punk: the short, precocious, uncompromisingly rebellious career of the poet Arthur Rimbaud is one of the legends of modern literature. By the time he was twenty, Rimbaud had written a series of poems that are not only masterpieces in themselves but that forever transformed the idea of what poetry is. Without him, surrealism is inconceivable, and his influence is palpable in artists as diverse as Henry Miller, John Ashbery, Bob Dylan, and Patti Smith.
‘Everyone is terribly kind’
The Newspaper Axis: Six Press Barons Who Enabled Hitler by Kathryn Olmsted
Last Call at the Hotel Imperial: The Reporters Who Took on a World at War by Deborah Cohen
Arts/Books: Times Literary Supplement – Jan 13, 2023
Times Literary Supplement (January 13, 2023):
Three in this marriage
Why Vincent van Gogh’s sister-in-law was responsible for his worldwide fame
A real papist plot
How did Henry VIII’s love letters to Anne Boleyn get to the Vatican?
Et in Arcadia ego
The eccentric members of the Hypocrites set
News: Russia Claims To Capture Soledar, China-Taliban, Aid To Pakistan
Russia claims control of Soledar but Ukraine remains silent. Meanwhile, is China pulling away from Russia and turning towards the Taliban? Plus: Pakistan receives a pledge of $9bn (€8.4bn) from the international community and a roundup from Art SG.
Front Page: The New York Times – January 12, 2023
Discovery of More Classified Records Raises Questions Over Biden’s Handling of Documents
The revelation is sure to intensify Republican attacks on the president, who has called former President Donald J. Trump irresponsible for hoarding sensitive documents at his estate in Florida.
Hunter Biden’s Tangled Tale Comes Front and Center
Federal prosecutors could decide soon whether to indict the president’s son on tax and gun charges, and he faces a fresh round of hostile congressional hearings. But a close look at his story shows that it differs in important ways from the narrative promoted by Republicans.
Here Are All the Ways Republicans Plan to Investigate Biden
House Republicans are preparing a cascade of investigations, some overlapping, into the Biden administration and its policies. Right-wing lawmakers have said the ultimate goal is to impeach the president.
Obamacare Is Everywhere in the Unlikeliest of Places: Miami
A decade after the Affordable Care Act’s federal health insurance marketplace was created, its outsize — and improbable — popularity in South Florida persists.
Research: New Scientist Magazine- January 14, 2023
How can we understand quantum reality if it is impossible to measure?
If we can’t measure something, we can’t know its true nature. This fundamental limitation hampers our understanding of the quantum world – but it doesn’t preclude scientific thinking
How AI is shifting the limits of knowledge imposed by complexity
From weather to the structure of proteins, some things are predictable in theory, but too complex to figure out in practice. But the rise of artificial intelligence is changing that fast
Why some aspects of physical reality must be experienced to be known
We will never fully know what pain, colour and love are really like for other people – never mind other animals. That means we may never know if we have created sentient AI
Infographic: Obesity And Cardiovascular Disease
Our new position paper with @worldheartfed summarises the relationship between obesity and cardiovascular disease (#CVD) mortality.
World Obesity Federation (January 2023) – The ongoing obesity epidemic represents a global public health crisis that contributes to poor health outcomes, reduced quality of life, and >2.8 million deaths each year. Obesity is relapsing, progressive, and heterogeneous. It is considered a chronic disease by the World Obesity Federation (WOF) and a chronic condition by the World Heart Federation (WHF).
People living with overweight/obesity are at greater risk for cardiovascular (CV) morbidity and mortality. Increased adiposity (body fat), particularly visceral/abdominal fat, is linked to CV risk and CV disease (CVD) via multiple direct and indirect pathophysiological mechanisms. The development of CVD is driven, in part, by obesity-related metabolic, endocrinologic, immunologic, structural, humoral, haemodynamic, and functional alterations.
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