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Current Affairs: Prospect Magazine – March 2024

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Prospect Magazine (March 2024) The latest issue features ‘How The Government Captured The BBC’ – A faceless fixer – and a broadcaster in a state of ‘permanent cringe’…

To whom do we owe shelter?

We do not choose where we are born. That creates rights—and obligations—that we should all seek to honour

Conflict, human rights abuses and climate change have led to a doubling of the global refugee population in the last seven years, and yet the response of many wealthy countries has become increasingly insular and myopic. Constant demands to slash international aid, along with punitive immigration policies and hateful rhetoric, mark a shift away from humanitarian values. The UK’s Rwanda scheme epitomises this trend: it would normalise the mass deportation of asylum seekers and undermine prohibitions on returning refugees to dangerous countries. At the same time, citizens of wealthy countries appear increasingly indifferent to the plight of those who perish in the Mediterranean or along other perilous routes.

How the government captured the BBC

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Ukraine’s fate, Europe’s choice

Friendly fire? Ukraine’s chief commander, Valeriy Zaluzhny, is said to have a frosty relationship with Zelensky © Ukraine President’s Office / Alamy

Politics: The Guardian Weekly – January 26, 2024

The Guardian Weekly (January 25, 2024) – The new issue features ‘True Colours’ – What the AFD really wants for Germany; The fading hopes for Middle East Peace; Trump’s victory and DeSantis’s doomed campaign…

Events in the Middle East continue to unfold at a bewildering pace, with pockets of conflict opening up across the region. Diplomatic editor Patrick Wintour rounds up a week of flashpoints and assesses increasingly slim hopes for controlling the situation. And Oliver Holmes provides a revealing profile of Yemen, one of the most unchanging and least visited countries in the Middle East.

The Weekly went to press before news of Donald Trump’s victory in the New Hampshire Republican primary on Tuesday night, but you can catch up with all the latest Guardian coverage and reaction here. In the magazine, David Smith delivers a postmortem on Ron DeSantis’s doomed campaign, while Jonathan Freedland argues that Trump’s march to the White House can still be stopped.

Our long-read features take somewhat divergent paths this week. First, Charlotte Edwardes meets Gary Lineker, the former England footballer turned TV presenter whose penchant for regularly airing his liberal worldviews has made him public enemy No 1 for Britain’s anti-woke brigade.

Then, Chananya Groner unearths a remarkable story of factionalism and messianic fervour within New York’s Hasidic Jewish community, stretching back 30 years, which led to secret tunnels recently being discovered beneath a Brooklyn synagogue.

And in Culture, Charlotte Higgins meets the classical musicians Dalia Stasevska and Joshua Bell, who are resurrecting a long-forgotten Ukrainian concerto as a gesture of defiance to Russia.

Finally, we’re on the lookout for your best photographs of the world around us. For a chance for your picture to feature in the magazine, send us your best shot, telling us where you were in the world when you took it and why the scene resonated with you at that particular time.

Research Preview: Nature Magazine- January 25, 2024

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Nature Magazine – January 24, 2024: The latest issue cover features ‘Brain Drain’ – A hub for the outflow of Cerebrospinal Fluid…

A quantum fix makes e-commerce more tamper-resistant

Light pulses with specific quantum properties could be harnessed to send digital ‘contracts’ between buyer and seller.

How an exercise habit paves the way for injured muscles to heal

Mice that work out regularly have higher levels of a molecule that promotes muscle regeneration than sedentary mice do.

Flexible geothermal power makes it easier to harness Earth’s inner heat

Next-generation plants that respond to demand could be key to making a low-carbon energy source more economically appealing.

Arts/Books: Times Literary Supplement – Jan 26, 2024

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Times Literary Supplement (January 24, 2024): The latest issue features ‘The Rich Are Always With Us’ – Ferdinand Mount on taming the plutocrats; Empire’s balance sheet; Who is Charles III?; Silvia Townsend Warner’s revival and ChatGPT goes to college…

Finance Preview: Barron’s Magazine- January 22, 2024

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BARRON’S MAGAZINE – JANUARY 22, 2024 ISSUE:

Sizing Up Barron’s Stock Picks of 2023. Why We Trailed the Market.

Sizing Up Barron’s Stock Picks of 2023. Why We Trailed the Market.

The 77 companies featured in bullish Barron’s articles last year returned nearly 10% on average, slightly trailing their benchmarks. Here’s what we got right—and wrong.

The S&P 500 Just Hit a New High. 27 Picks for the Year Ahead, From Our Roundtable Pros.

Tech, energy, entertainment, and more ideas to power your portfolio.

Dividend Cuts Are Coming. They Bring Big Opportunities.

Research Preview: Science Magazine -January 19, 2024

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Science Magazine – January 18, 2024: The new issue features ‘Plants And People’ – Global Hotspots of Utilized Plants; Long Covid Markers of Immune Dysfunction; A mammoth’s life story, written in tusk, and more…

Immune damage in Long Covid

Links between the complement and coagulation systems could lead to Long Covid therapies

Second image of ‘shadow’ confirms giant black hole is real

To zoom in farther, Event Horizon Telescope wants to add more radio dishes to its network—and go to space

Politics: The Guardian Weekly – January 19, 2024

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The Guardian Weekly (January 18, 2024) – The new issue features ‘State Of Emergency’ – How drug cartels upended Ecuador; Why Houthi anger could spread war; Are aliens already among us?…

Not long ago, Ecuador was chiefly known for its volcanoes, wildlife and eco-tourism. It’s an image that may now need some rehabilitation after chaos and bloodshed sparked by the prison escape last week of Adolfo Macías, the country’s most notorious gang leader and drug lord.

With cartels from Peru and Colombia routinely funnelling narcotics through Ecuador’s ports en route to Europe, Latin America correspondent Tom Phillips reports on a rising problem that threatens to tear apart the once-peaceful Andean state.

In the Middle East, Yemen’s Houthi rebels could stymie the increasingly slim chances of preventing a regional war. With the US and UK bombing Houthi bases in response to attacks on commercial shipping, diplomatic editor Patrick Wintour recounts the Houthis’ rise and why military strikes against them may not lead to the desired outcome.

Research Preview: Nature Magazine- January 18, 2024

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Nature Magazine – January 17, 2024: The latest issue cover features the giant ape Gigantopithecus blacki, thought to be the largest primate that ever lived, which lived in China between 2 million and 300,000 years ago.

Why the immune response to a vaccine varies from person to person

A dormant immune system before receiving the BCG vaccine is tied to a greater innate immune response afterwards.

The Higgs boson is caught in a singular transformation

Detectors at the Large Hadron Collider spot the famed particle decaying into a photon and a ‘Z boson’.

Arts/Books: Times Literary Supplement – Jan 19, 2024

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Times Literary Supplement (January 17, 2024): The latest issue features ‘Power Failure’ – The retreat from net zero; Canon wars; The end of literary criticism; Empires imprint on the Middle East; Harvard and plagarism….

Finance Preview: Barron’s Magazine- January 15, 2024

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BARRON’S MAGAZINE – JANUARY 15, 2024 ISSUE:

The Market’s Gains Won’t Come Easy From Here, Barron’s Roundtable Pros Say

The Market’s Gains Won’t Come Easy From Here, Barron’s Roundtable Pros Say

Interest rates will come down, but our panelists don’t see another magnificent year for stocks. Eight picks to beat the odds.

So Long, Apple and Tesla. We Built a Better Magnificent 7.

So Long, Apple and Tesla. We Built a Better Magnificent 7.

Too much tech and communication services. Not enough finance and healthcare. We make some changes.Long read

Bitcoin ETFs Mark a Milestone for Crypto. Now the Real Test Begins.

Bitcoin ETFs Mark a Milestone for Crypto. Now the Real Test Begins.

The industry’s big win could bring a flood of new money to Bitcoin, but it still faces hurdles to going mainstream.Long read