Hints and tips:
...Michael Whatley, Trump’s handpicked co-chair of the Republican National Committee, openly calls Ukraine an enemy....
...Personally, I hold Michael Douglas wearing a chunky bottle green jumper over a bare chest in 1992’s Basic Instinct as the pinnacle of V-neck wearing....
...edward.luce@ft.com...
...The UN, US and EU say M23 is backed by neighbouring Rwanda, claims that Kigali does not acknowledge. The M23 rebels control key trade routes for minerals between Lake Edward and Lake Kivu....
...James Patterson Washington, DC, US...
...That compares to 0.39 per cent of GDP in the US and 0.5 per cent in Japan....
.../ From Jon Johannessen, Venice, CA, US Biden’s one compelling argument to avert defeat / From Robert Denham, Oakland, CA, US Here’s another reason for Americans to back Trump / From Michael J (Mike)...
...Michael J (Mike) Bond Mercer Island, WA, US...
...“This is a crucial step towards building an AGI,” said Quoc V Le, a DeepMind researcher....
...Additional reporting by Edward White in Shanghai...
...Expectations for a meeting have risen after Michael Chase, the top US defence official for China policy, met Major General Liu Zhan, Beijing’s defence attaché in Washington, ahead of the Xi-Biden summit,...
...I wish we’d had the magic carpet to float us from the cool, damp roadside to sunnier, warmer San Luis Potosí state....
...He was modest enough to delegate major responsibilities to his staffers, and he dovetailed well with the spending of owners Fenway Sports Group and the data-driven Michael Edwards/Ian Graham recruitment...
...Why prosecutors’ odds of victory depend on Michael Cohen’s testimony. (Economist)...
...Do read this strikingly well argued and worrying Substack essay by Michael Podhorzer: “Is Biden’s age really the problem?”...
...Letter in response to this article: Biden silent on the many journalists killed in Gaza / From Andreas V Georgiou, Darnestown, MD, US...
...“The work-life balance concept is just not in his lexicon,” said Michael Dunne, chief executive of Asia-focused car consultancy Dunne Insights....
...At the London Classic in December, he finished third behind England’s Michael Adams....
...Were Alice to wangle an honest answer out of the speaker, he would tell us that his aim is to make it impossible for the US federal government to tax the rich....
...Michael Dunne, chief executive of Asia-focused car consultancy Dunne Insights, said Chinese companies were “realistic” that anti-China sentiment in Washington threatened to block access to the Biden administration...
...Period,” says Michael Dunne, chief executive of Asia-focused car consultancy Dunne Insights. “Boardrooms in America, Europe, Korea and Japan are in a state of shock.”...
...There were no injuries and the ship, the Marshall Islands-flagged, US-owned and operated M/V Genco Picardy, sustained some damage but was “seaworthy and continuing under way”, Centcom said....
...Host and producer Catherine Carr accosts strangers in different locations around the world and asks them the same question: where are you going?...
...[Premium subscribers] Inflation could end up sinking Biden’s campaign since voters won’t care much about US growth if borrowing costs stay high, says Edward Luce....
...Viewpoints Trump’s rants and untrue statements no longer shock, writes Edward Luce, but they are still frightening....
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