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How Elon Musk's Tweets Unleashed A Wave Of Hate | Marianna Spring

Marianna Spring -- BBC Disinformation and social media correspondent March 20, 2023 (BBC) -- I had just finished my investigation into whether Twitter can protect users under Elon Musk's ownership, when -- to my surprise -- the man himself tweeted about it. "Sorry for turning Twitter from nurturing paradise into a place that has … trolls," he said in one tweet, posting a screengrab of the report. ...

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:::ADVISORY::: -21- Tuesday 21 March 2023 -21- World News Trust -21- GOOD MORNING! -21- The editor today is Francis Goodwin, working from New York, New York. -21- Contact: fmgoodwin@worldnewstrust.co ...

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Will China Dump Its Dark Deal With America? | Yanis Varoufakis

Yanis VaroufakisA new cold war is upon us, but only China is in a position to push it beyond the point of no return. That moment will come when China’s policymakers cross the Rubicon and decide to we ...

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Anatomy Of A Financial Meltdown | Nouriel Roubini

Nouriel RoubiniA vicious circle is currently underway in the United States, and its reach could broaden to the global economy Nouriel Roubini -- Project Syndicate Mar 13, 2023 In this February 2008 c ...

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Credit Suisse Unease Sparks Fresh Selloff In World Stocks | Dhara Ranasinghe

LONDON, March 15 (Reuters) - Renewed unease gripped world markets on Wednesday as news that Credit Suisse's largest investor said it could not provide the Swiss bank with more financial assistance se ...

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SVB Shockwaves Rattle Global Banks In Grip Of Contagion Fears | Trevor Hunnicutt and Tom Westbrook

Contagion fears hammer global bank stocks March 14 (Reuters) -- Silicon Valley Bank's collapse pressured global bank stocks further on Tuesday as investors fretted over the financial health of some l ...

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Analysis: Silicon Valley Bank's Fall Widens Systemic Cracks As Cheap Money Vanishes | David Randall And Davide Barbuscia

NEW YORK, March 12 (Reuters) - Cracks are appearing in the global financial system as the decade-long era of cheap money ends, with some investors worrying the shock collapse of Silicon Valley Bank s ...

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ChatGDP: How We End Poverty | Francis Goodwin

Francis Goodwin asks ChatGPT: "How do we end poverty?" ChatGPT: As an AI language model, I do not have personal beliefs or opinions. However, according to the United Nations, ending poverty requires ...

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The Techno-Feudal Method to Musk’s Twitter Madness | Yanis Varoufakis

Elon Musk/Twitter. Source: El Portaculo. Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.Immediately after taking over Twitter and pronouncing himself Chief Twit, Elon Musk affirmed his commit ...

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Wars Aren’t Won with Peacetime Economies | Joseph E. Stiglitz

pexels.comSince launching his war of aggression in Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin has described his barbaric project as a confrontation with the entire West. But while Western governments ...

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Strangers Behind the Trees: On the Death of Rayan Suliman and His Fear of Monsters | Ramzy Baroud

7-year-old Palestinian boy Rayan Suliman. (Photo: via Social Media) Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Oct. 12, 2022 Children of my Gaza refugee camp were rarely afraid of monsters but of Israeli soldi ...

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