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Ep.994: Google ha chiesto un permesso speciale al governo americano per liberare 64 milioni di zanzare in California e in Florida. Le zanzare sono l’animale più letale al mondo. E la divisione di scienze della vita di Alphabet, la società madre di Google, dice di avere una soluzi ...  Show more

Ep.993: Roman Gofman è il nuovo capo dei servizi segreti israeliani. In un diario pubblicato nel 2020, ha raccontato di aver vissuto un’adolescenza da immigrato per nulla integrato. E dice che è stato il servizio militare a fare di lui un israleiano. Due giorni fa, il valzer dell ...  Show more

Over the weekend, protests against China’s strict coronavirus restrictions ricocheted across the country in a rare case of nationwide civil unrest. It was the most extensive series of protests since the pro-democracy movement in Tiananmen Square in 1989.

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Le président chinois, Xi Jinping, est attendu en visite d’Etat en France lundi 6 et mardi 7 mai pour célébrer les 60 ans de relations diplomatiques entre les deux pays, mais aussi pour évoquer avec Emmanuel Macron les crises internationales, dont la guerre en Ukrai ...  Show more

One year ago, we had Anne Applebaum on the podcast to talk about her essay, "The Bad Guys Are Winning." And I think you could have made an argument that this was the most important story in geopolitics. Across the world, the rise of authoritarianism—in Russia, China, Turkey, Vene ...  Show more

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Jimmy Lai was born in mainland China but made his fortune in Hong Kong, starting as a sweatshop worker and becoming a clothing tycoon. After the Tiananmen massacre in 1989, he turned his attention to the media, launching pu ...