PortugalECO28 Sept
I spent the last few days in the neighbouring country debating business prospects and the path of the global economy with colleagues from Spain and the UK.
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O país que ainda pode cobrar impostos
Passei os últimos dias no país vizinho a debater perspetivas de negócio e o caminho da economia global com colegas de Espanha e do Reino Unido.
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Earth Observatory Science Earth Observatory Uncovering the Valleys Hidden… Earth Earth Observatory Image of the Day EO Explorer Topics All Topics Atmosphere Land Heat & Radiation Life on Earth Human Dimensions Natural Events Oceans Remote Sensing Technology Snow & Ice Water More Content Collections Global
AIarXiv AI28 Sept
We assembled BioEVAL (BioEngineering Validation of AI and LLMs), a global, multi-institutional initiative designed to assess experimental reasoning capability across bioengineering (BE) subfields.
EuropePoliticsEuronews — My Europe28 Sept
Could Canada become a test case for a wider EU partnership model?
WorldGlobal Voices27 Sept
This post is part of Global Voices’ September 2026 Spotlight series, “Protest in Democracy.” With this Spotlight, we seek to explore the many forms of protest, the tactics states use to delegitimize and suppress them, and the complex relationship between protest and democracy.
SciencePhys.org27 Sept
Even if industry rapidly becomes more sustainable, households will still need to change their lifestyles to meet climate targets.
EuropeEuronews — My Europe28 Sept
Elsewhere,Trump rejects Iran's Hormuz offer, claiming the US is "winning tremendously," and Pope Leo XIV heads to Metz for his final day in France.
SciencePhys.org27 Sept
How are species boundaries maintained in the face of environmental disturbance?
SciencePhys.org27 Sept
When Marineland Canada in Niagara Falls, Ontario, closed in September 2024, it had no regular income to support the care of the 30 belugas and four dolphins housed there.
WorldRNZ Pacific28 Sept
Pacific Islands leaders have used their addresses to the United Nations General Assembly to urge Indonesia to allow the UN human rights chief access to West Papua.
TechPoliticsThe Verge27 Sept
| AFP via Getty Images Security researcher Rowan Howard-Jones says that OpenAI agents scanned the UN Conference on Trade and Development's (UNCTAD) statistics site over 16,000 times between April and June.
WorldRNZ Pacific27 Sept
Fiji's national women's rugby team has finished the WXV Global Series Challenger tournament unbeaten after a late penalty saw them defeat the Netherlands 20-17 on Saturday.
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Fijiana finish WXV Global Series Challenger unbeaten
Fiji's national women's rugby team has finished the WXV Global Series Challenger tournament unbeaten after a late penalty saw them defeat the Netherlands 20-17 on Saturday.
Automatic translation by Bittrees-hosted AI. The source link opens the original publication.ClimateInside Climate News28 Sept
From electric vehicle exports to massive overseas infrastructure projects, China is having a big—and contradictory—environmental impact worldwide.
ClimateMongabay28 Sept
According to the ZCA analysis released in July, tropical forests worldwide could hold a median of $714 billion — within a range of $382 billion to $1.176 trillion — in potential commercial value from undiscovered drugs based on flowering plants.
WorldFrance 24 English28 Sept
While Pope Francis placed particular emphasis on the Catholic Church’s peripheries and the needs of the Global South, Leo is subtly bringing the Church’s historic European heartlands back into focus.
PortugalObservador28 Sept
After agreement with the U.S. for the AI dialogue channel, Beijing reiterated position at the UN: AI must be "oriented to the common good" and "under human control".
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China quer governação global da IA e frisa diálogo com EUA
Após acordo com EUA para canal de diálogo sobre IA, Pequim reiterou posição na ONU: IA deve ser "orientada para o bem comum" e "sob controlo humano".
Automatic translation by Bittrees-hosted AI. The source link opens the original publication.WorldGlobal Voices28 Sept
Small businesses may look marginal, but for individual households they represent independence.
TechRest of World28 Sept
Two South Korean companies control 83% of the global memory chip market.
PortugalPoliticsPúblico28 Sept
For the senior researcher at Peterson Institute for International Economics in Washington, there are real risks of setbacks in the country if the polls confirm the victory of the far right in the elections.
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Brasil enfrenta desgaste, desencanto e desconfiança de eleitores, diz Monica de Bolle
Para a pesquisadora sênior do Peterson Institute for International Economics, em Washington, há riscos reais de retrocessos no país se as urnas confirmarem a vitória da extrema-direita nas eleições.
Automatic translation by Bittrees-hosted AI. The source link opens the original publication.EconomyPoliticsThe Guardian Economics28 Sept
Trump’s tariffs and his war against Iran caused prices to rise, but the US president continues to claim it’s ‘the greatest economy in history’ Donald Trump has taken to repeating a familiar boast: “We have the greatest economy in history,” Trump said recently at a
EuropeEuronews — My Europe28 Sept
Europe continues to be a global leader when it comes to what is possible for men and women, but huge gaps exist between European countries, and full equality remains a very distant reality.
WorldFrance 24 English28 Sept
Parents across Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh received messages from schools on Sunday announcing a last-minute plan to shift to remote learning for a week.
SciencePoliticsPhys.org28 Sept
Salted herring from the so-called Skanör-Falsterbo fishery fed large parts of Europe.
EuropeEuronews — My Europe28 Sept
Gabrielius Landsbergis, former Foreign Affairs Minister of Lithuania, said his country expects hybrid attacks by Russia to be "mitigated by the Allies", as there is "so much Lithuania can do".
ScienceSean Carroll's Mindscape28 Sept
The worry about debates over free will is that they degenerate into semantics -- what do you mean by "free will," really? But there are important substantive issues that shouldn't be ignored. Do people deserve blame for doing wrong things? Can we make choices that create meaning for our lives? Philosopher Gregg Caruso denies the reality of free will, but is in favor of making good choices, as he discusses in his new book How to Live Well Without Free Will. Listen or watch Rolex Planet Visionaries wherever you get your podcasts. #ad Blog post with transcript: https://preposterousuniverse.com/po
TechOdd Lots28 Sept
Bill McBride did not just predict the 2008 housing bubble, he helped invent financial blogging with his Calculated Risk newsletter. Zach Lasry, meanwhile, is much newer to the scene, but in his career as a real estate developer, he is already responsible for building one of LA's hottest new neighborhoods — Melrose Hill. We spoke to both of them at our live show at the Vermont Hollywood, for a wide-ranging panel discussion on LA real estate. We talk about the difficulty of sourcing construction components, the Kafkaesque process of getting a crosswalk built in LA, and how self-driving cars migh
TechThe Twenty Minute VC (20VC)28 Sept
Alex Mashrabov is the Founder and CEO of Higgsfield, the third fastest scaling company to $1BN in ARR behind OpenAI and Anthropic. Reports suggest their latest funding round could place an $8BN valuation on the company. Prior to Higgsfield, Alex sold his prior company to Snap Inc for $166M. Alex was a competitive programmer as a kid, reaching third best in the world. AGENDA: 00:00 The Programming Prodigy Who Sold to Snap for $166M 09:00 Burning $10M: The Pivot That Saved Higgsfield 12:00 A $1B Revenue Run Rate in 18 Months; How Real Is It? 16:00 Will OpenAI and Google Wipe Out $20 AI Subscript
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