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Friday, September 15, 2023

TJ Yarra Re Holy Days

Missed by that much  

Mushroom poisonings are up in France - and it’s all due to the weather 


Yarra & Praha 


The president is aware that as a public figure she is obliged to take a higher level of criticism … but she is not obliged to put up with escalating public bullying and unwarranted accusations

Zuzana Čaputová has said she got death threats after Robert Fico made ‘unwarranted accusations’ about her


Researchers gave 200 people $10,000 each to study generosity Big Think

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‘The customer is the loser’ in the new hotel industry, where the rooms are dirtier, the prices are higher and you’re getting less service, analyst says Fortune


The wife of former Cabinet Minister Jeremy Hunt presents a TV show for China’s state-run media that has been accused of ‘whitewashing’ the Communist Party’s human rights abuses. 

Jeremy Hunt's wife presents show on China's state-run TV 'that whitewashes Communist Party's human rights abuse'


U.S. Marines shifting focus to China, threat is “real”: top general Kyodo Times 


China Sows Disinformation About Hawaii Fires Using New Techniques New York Times 


Shut out of Western Markets, Top Exec Arrested, Access to Chips and Other Technologies Denied by the US: Instead of being Destroyed, Huawei is Reemerging Stronger than Ever! Eastern Angle 


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