‘Woke’ military provisions are sticking points for GOP as vote on defense policy bill looms
Republicans are pushing back against the inclusion of "woke" military policies in the annual defense policy bill known as the...
Month: November 2022
Twitter ends COVID-19 misinformation policy after Musk promises ‘general amnesty’ for suspended accounts
Former Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine discusses Twitter's advertising drama, the White House monitoring the social media platform for 'misinformation'...
Cross-Strait Relations After the 2022 Midterm Election in Taiwan
AdvertisementTaiwan held local elections for mayor/county magistrates and city council members on November 26. As many had predicted, the ruling...
New MIT Sloan research measures exposure to misinformation from political elites on Twitter
Findings show a clear partisan split in exposure to political elites who make false claims and reveal that users who...
Study: COVID-19 Hospital Entrance Screening Might Not Be Worth It
COVID-19 symptom and exposure screening at hospital entrances turned away fewer than 0.1% of patients, visitors, and health workers, according...
AP Interview: IMF chief urges targeted COVID policy in China
BERLIN -- It is time for China to move away from massive lockdowns and toward a more targeted approach to...
Twitter is no longer enforcing its Covid misinformation policy
New York CNN Business — Twitter said it will no longer enforce its longstanding Covid misinformation policy, yet another sign...
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The Ten Best History Books of 2022 | History
This year's picks include Half American, Saving Yellowstone and River of the Gods. Illustration by Emily Lankiewicz For many, 2022 was a year of...
Finding space for nature in cities: the considerable potential of redundant car parking | npj Urban Sustainability
Butt, N. et al. Opportunities for biodiversity conservation as cities adapt to climate change. Geo Geogr. Environ. 5, 52 (2018)....
China Protests Over ‘Zero Covid’ Follow Months of Economic Pain
President Xi Jinping’s unbending approach to the pandemic has hurt businesses and strangled growth, squeezing the world’s second-largest economy.The toll...