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Biden in trouble

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  • impeachment inquiry : son’s trouble with justice
  • investigation by the republicans
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Tim to retire

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  • Mitt Romney: make room for the New generation
  • letter
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Trump’s regrets

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  • the ban of the abortion bc of trump
  • regrets it
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Firearms and the police

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  • policemen stepped back bcs of the death of a young man
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Avoidance of shutdown

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  • avoided a shutdown because the house and senate didn’t agree
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US on strike

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-Biden sided workers in strike (a way to campaign)

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Something rotten with republicans

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  • kicked off the speaker K. McCarthy
  • cannot agree to choose a new one
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Marijuana Canada

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  • rare country allowing legal regulated access to recreational marijuana
  • struggling
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Trump’s Trial

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  • M. Cohen - arrsted (financial fraud)
  • 19 other pleaded guilty but not Trump (accused of putting forward a slate of fake electors)
  • 10,000$ breach gag order
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New speaker

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  • election - symbolic gavel
  • 3 weeks of chaos (disagreement)
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Diplomatic relations China/US

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  • Cause : Taiwan : leaders of resources for New technology
  • 80M$ grant for military equipment
  • tense relations since Trump mandate (climate change is a hoax)
  • increasing of taxes on foreign products
  • partner anyway
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Return to calm

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David Cameron = become new foreign secretary

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Hurricane Lee

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Thousands of people without power
Nova Scotia

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UK need petrol

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Use of petrol even if neutral carbon footprint goal

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Thunberg arrested

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Bc of a demonstration that wasn’t prepared

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AI conference

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Meeting between Tech leaders, senate and civil rights representative
Topic = AI development

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AI and Human DNA

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Google’s firm Deepmind - identify changes in Human DNA that cause diseases

18
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Hackers in Canada

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  • attack of hackers
  • disinformation campaign that targeted a dozen of politicians
  • china denied
19
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The fall of FTX

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S Bankman : has been found guilty of fraud and money laundering
Valued only 32bn$ but bankrupt

20
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Fake artist

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YouTube dream track : imitate voice and musical style of artists

21
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We want it all !

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S Altman : kicked out as the head of open AI

22
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New resources on an asteroid

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Psyche-16
60% of nickel

23
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Launching a mammoth

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Space X : to launch an enormous rocket => exploded

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UFOS report

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Numerous reports by us navy
Little conclusive evidence to confirm or deny

25
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Kennedy’s assassination

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New details
Paul Landis - bullet

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Sexual Scandal at Abercrombie

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Mike Jeffries faces allegations of exploitation from men recruited for sex event
Exploit and abuse
Tightly organised network

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Quiz show

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Boris Johnson=> presenter for GB News

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Gutter press

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Prince Harry can proceed with claims against newspaper of unlawfully obtaining informations