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https://worldview.stratfor.com/article/worlds-oil-producers-prepare-new-era-low-prices
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Stratfor
A glut of oil in the market means prices are likely to remain low throughout 2019. That's likely to bring contrasting fortunes to major producers around the globe.
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https://migrationsmap.net/#/USA/arrivals
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Migrations Map
昼夜問わず多くの人で賑わう渋谷には、朝から夜まで遊べるキャバクラ店が軒を連ねています。ミグレイションズマップでは、そんな渋谷及び近隣エリアでおすすめのキャバクラ店をご紹介しています。また、同伴やアフターに使えそうな飲食店なども取りあげています。
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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/13/us/politics/john-bolton-africa-china.html/
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The New york Times
In Africa, the president’s national security adviser said, the greatest threat is not from poverty or Islamist extremism but from an expansionist China, as well as Russia.
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Human rights groups and governments are concerned about neurotechnology's use of brain data.
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https://www.bloombergquint.com/global-economics/putin-chef-yevgeny-prigozhin-is-now-meddling-in-africa#gs._=qNHsw
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Bloomberg
The secretive businessman known as Vladimir Putin’s “chef” for his Kremlin catering work is alleged to have helped Russia seize parts of Ukraine, turn the tide in the Syrian war and meddle in U.S. elections.
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https://www.technologyreview.com/2019/05/17/103059/big-tech-firms-are-racing-to-track-climate-refugees/
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Technology Review
To be an undocumented refugee, these days, is to exist in many places and to not exist at all. It is to have your movements, words, and actions tracked, archived, and multiplied. It is to live between fences, tents, and databases—one new entry per doctor’s visit, per bag of rice, per canister of water. It…
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQGe0Ys-b4U
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The National
How anti-immigration voices may soon bring the downfall of some of Europe’s most powerful leaders»»» Subscribe to The National to watch more videos here: h...
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State-sponsored cyberattacks have become a normalized war tactic for disabling enemy systems and critical infrastructures.
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https://www.reddit.com/r/geopolitics/comments/algtd1/where_does_the_idea_of_investment_gap_in_africa/
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Reddit
SS: I feel like I have read a lot of headlines and articles over the years that claim that the US and other western countries/institutions are not …
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https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2018/02/09/584555705/episode-823-planet-monet
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NPR
Investors are pouring money into art, and a lot of it is disappearing into storage. We try to find out where the art goes, and why it goes there.
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/aug/02/climate-change-to-cause-humid-heatwaves-that-will-kill-even-healthy-people
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The Guardian
If warming is not tackled, levels of humid heat that can kill within hours will affect millions across south Asia within decades, analysis finds
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/theworldpost/wp/2018/09/28/artificial-intelligence-3/?noredirect=on
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The Washington Post
In the digital age, the AI race will decide the fate of nations.
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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46071747
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BBC
The White House describes it as "the toughest sanctions regime ever imposed on Iran".
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The United States and China are both taking different approaches to achieve quantum supremacy and win the geopolitical, technological, and military advantages that come with it.
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https://worldview.stratfor.com/article/us-washington-new-strategy-africa-aid-investment
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Stratfor
U.S. national security adviser John Bolton has revealed only the broad strokes of a new strategy designed to promote American interests in Africa.
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https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-fiveeyes/exclusive-five-eyes-intelligence-alliance-builds-coalition-to-counter-china-idUSKCN1MM0GH
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Reuters
The five nations in the world's leading intelligence-sharing network have been exchanging classified information on China's foreign activities with other like-minded countries since the start of the year, seven officials in four capitals said.
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https://www.newsweek.com/ai-asilomar-principles-artificial-intelligence-elon-musk-550525?rx=us
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Newsweek
The pair joined prominent researchers in pledging support for principles to protect mankind from machines.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRGnYpxTVh8
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Youtube - The Agenda with Steve Paikin
Last month, China's President Xi Jinping announced that his country would invest another $60 billion across the African continent. Africa is now the third-la...
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVbee35cugE&feature=youtu.be
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World Economic Forum
http://www.weforum.org/Unresolved violent conflict and increasing persecution have led to a rise in refugee flows around the world. Beyond providing safety a...
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1beuc2sPH7Q
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CaspianReport
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https://worldview.stratfor.com/article/central-america-how-drought-affects-migration
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Stratfor
The world is gearing up to deal with El Nino. Last year saw dry conditions in Central America and the Caribbean, and these ongoing weather patterns will likely extend them into 2016.
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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/scotland-considering-enshrining-right-food-its-own-laws-a7422631.html
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The Independent
The Scottish Government is considering enshrining a ‘right to food’ in Scots law.