National Geographic Traveller – May 2024

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National Geographic Traveller Magazine (April 5, 2024): The latest issue heads to Mexico where we discover this diverse and spirited nation through the communities and craftspeople keeping its culture alive. Plus, explore the remote reaches of Vietnam, dive into the folk traditions of Istria and taste the flavours of Philadelphia.

Also inside this issue:

Vietnam: Discover the country’s remote reaches along the Mekong River and Con Dao islands. 
Istria: Explore the festivals and folk traditions of Croatia’s unique Adriatic enclave. 
Antarctica: This barren land of rock, water and ice is home to a surprising amount of wildlife. 
Egypt: Itineraries to discover the country, from the Nile and the Red Sea to the Sinai Peninsula.
Philadelphia: Food in Pennsylvania’s largest city is as much about coming together as it is about flavour. 
Birmingham: The UK’s historic industrial powerhouse is flaunting its heritage with style. 
Le Mans & around: Come for the eponymous car race, stay for canoe trips, wine-tasting and more. 
Fez: Food traditions and culinary innovation come together in the medina of this Moroccan city 
Tokyo: Accommodation in the Japanese capital is all about character, from traditional ryokan inns to a cosy literary hotel. 

News: Early Election Calls In Israel, An Anti-Coup Drone Attack In Myanmar

The Globalist (April 5, 2024): Benjamin Netanyahu’s main rival and member of the war cabinet, Benny Gantz, calls for early elections, Myanmar’s opposition carries out a drone attack on junta-controlled Naypyidaw, Moscow declares that Russia and Nato are now in “direct confrontation” and we celebrate the life and legacy of Gaetano Pesce.

Plus: Andrew Mueller takes a look at what we learned this week.

The New York Times — Friday, April 5, 2024

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Israel to Add Gaza Aid Routes as Biden Hinges Support on Civilian Protection

The president denounced the killing of seven humanitarian workers in a tense call with Israel’s prime minister. Within hours, Israel agreed to increase aid deliveries.

What Are We Told About the Health of Biden and Trump? They Decide.

President Biden and former President Donald J. Trump are the oldest people ever to seek the presidency, challenging norms about what the public should know about candidates’ health.

Sexual Assault of Migrants in Panama Rises to Level Rarely Seen Outside War

The New York Times interviewed more than 70 people who said they had been victims of armed robbery. Fourteen were women who said they had suffered sexual violence.

Research Preview: Science Magazine – April 5, 2024

Current Issue Cover

Science Magazine – April 4, 2024: The new issue features ‘Lucy At 50’ – Fifty years ago in Ethiopia, paleoanthropologists unearthed the 3.2-million-year-old skeleton known as “Lucy” and transformed our views of humanity’s origins.

LUCY’S WORLD

Was Lucy the mother of us all? Fifty years after her discovery, the 3.2-million-year-old skeleton has rivals

Intelligent textiles are looking bright

Flexible fiber electronics couple with the human body for wireless tactile sensing

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The Economist Magazine – April 6, 2024 Preview

China’s risky reboot

The Economist Magazine (April 4, 2024): The latest issue features China’s risky reboot; Trump and nuclear deterrence; Latin America’s right-wingers; Why India’s elite love Modi and more…

Xi Jinping’s misguided plan to escape economic stagnation

It will disappoint China’s people and anger the rest of the world

Central banks have spent down their credibility

That will make inflation trickier to handle in future

Beware a world without American power

Donald Trump’s threat to dump allies would risk a nuclear free-for-all

Arts/History: Smithsonian Magazine – April/May 2024

Smithsonian April-May 2024 (Digital)

Smithsonian Magazine (April 4, 2024) – The latest issue features ‘Australia’s Underwater Wonderland’ – For divers off the Sunshine Coast, tiny creatures with big personalities put on a spectacular show…

Slugs in Paradise

Psychedelic hedgehogs, purple pineapples, living strawberries—welcome to the magical world of nudibranchs

BY HELEN SULLIVAN

Las Vegas Bets on the Future

As the Southwest dries, can a city notorious for excess find a way to survive with less and less water?

Greek Revival

Modern Athens savors its connections to antiquity—while reappraising its past

BY TONY PERROTTET


News: 75th Anniversary Of NATO, Philippines Navy, UK & US Arms Sales To Israel

The Globalist (April 4, 2024): Today marks the 75th anniversary of Nato. We assess the alliance’s future at a worrying time for global security. Then we hear why the Philippines’ navy is preparing for the worst-case scenario in the South China Sea and discuss the future of UK and US arms sales to Israel.

Plus: McKinsey experts on the future of the urban environment, and the life and legacy of Guadeloupe’s grand storyteller Maryse Condé, who has died at the age of 90.

The New York Times — Thursday, April 4, 2024

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They Had Just Delivered Tons of Food. Then Their Convoy Was Hit.

The deaths of World Central Kitchen workers pushed the number of aid employees killed during the war in Gaza to at least 196, according to the U.N. secretary general, António Guterres.

Zelensky Lowers Ukraine’s Draft Age, Risking Political Backlash

The idea of requiring more men to join the fight against Russia’s invasion has become toxic, but Russia is not relenting in its assault.

Taiwan’s Strongest Earthquake in 25 Years Kills 9 and Injures Hundreds

The magnitude-7.4 quake was followed by more than 200 aftershocks. Dozens of people were trapped. Two buildings in the city of Hualien teetered perilously.

Warming Is Getting Worse. So They Just Tested a Way to Deflect the Sun.

A trial in California is testing a machine designed to reflect sunlight back into space. “All my colleagues hope that we never use these things,” one researcher said.18h agoBy CHRISTOPHER FLAVELLE and IAN C. BATES

Research Preview: Nature Magazine – April 4, 2024

Volume 628 Issue 8006

Nature Magazine – April 3, 2024: The latest issue cover features ‘Close Connections’ – Atlas reveals vast network of host-microbiome interactions…

A glowing glass transmits X-rays with ease

Copper-containing ‘nanoclusters’ form glasses with an orderly structure and unusual properties.

First pig kidney transplant in a person: what it means for the future

The operation’s early success has made researchers hopeful that clinical trials for xenotransplanted organs will start soon.

‘Best view ever’: observatory will map Big Bang’s afterglow in new detail

The Simons Observatory will search for signs of gravitational waves that originated from the Big Bang.

Arts/Books: Times Literary Supplement – April 5, 2024

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Times Literary Supplement (April 3, 2024): The ‘The Art Issue’ features ‘Miss Lonelyhearts’ – Tom Seymour Evans: Carson McCullers’s unruly life; Violence and Climate Change; Posing for John Singer Sargent and Huckleberry Jim – Mark Twain’s escaped slave wrests control of his story…

Life at the sad café

Carson McCullers, 1939

Carson McCullers: a novelist of the marginalized and ‘those struggling to understand who they are’

By Tom Seymour Evan

Huckleberry Jim

Eddie Hodges and Archie Moore in The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn, 1961

Mark Twain’s escaped slave wrests control of his story

By Clifford Thompson

Nods and winks of recognition

Jeffrey Wright in American Fiction

Percival Everett’s wry, provocative novel on the publishing world brought to the screen

By Colin Grant