 China has issued sanctions against U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her family. The mostly symbolic action comes after Pelosi visited Taiwan as she led a congressional delegation on a tour of Asia. More: - China also provided official details about its live-fire military drills near Taiwan, which have caused diplomatic tensions with Japan.
- China's state-run Xinhua News Agency confirmed on Friday that 100 military aircraft and 10 naval vessels participated in live-fire military drills that began Thursday.
- Five missiles fired during the drills entered Japan's exclusive economic zone, landing off the Japanese island of Hateruma.
- Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi called the missile landings "serious threats to Japan's national security and the safety of the Japanese People."
- China's foreign ministry called Pelosi's visit "a blatant political manipulation," and said that the country had no choice but to respond to "the U.S.-Taiwan collusion and provocation."
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 The Biden administration has declared Monkeypox a national health emergency. The declaration, made on Thursday, will provide authorities with new resources to help stem the outbreak. More: - The announcement was made by Health Secretary Xavier Becerra.
- Monkeypox has infected over 6,600 people in the U.S.
- The country is currently experiencing a shortage of the Monkeypox vaccine Jynneos.
- The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is considering the possibility of managing the shortage by administering lower quantities of the vaccine between layers of skin.
Zoom Out: - The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the monkeypox outbreak a global health emergency last month.
- In the U.S., the monkeypox health emergency comes while the COVID-19 health emergency -- declared in Jan. 2020 and renewed in July 2022 -- remains in effect.
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 A message from WIND RIVER Can the VxWorks real-time operating system fill your embedded system needs? A real-time operating system (RTOS) is an operating system with two key features: predictability and determinism. In an RTOS, repeated tasks are performed within a tight time boundary, while in a general-purpose operating system, this is not necessarily so. Predictability and determinism, in this case, go hand in hand: We know how long a task will take, and that it will always produce the same result. - Determinism: Repeating an input will result in the same output.
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- Safety and security: As RTOSes are frequently used in critical systems, such as robotics or flight controllers, they must have higher security standards and more reliable safety features.
- Priority-based scheduling: Actions are scheduled according to their assigned priority; the most important tasks come first.
- Small footprint: Versus their hefty general OS counterparts, RTOSes weigh in at just a fraction of the size: Windows 10, with post-install updates, takes up approximately 20 GB. VxWorks, on the other hand, is measured in the low single-digit megabytes.
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 Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) is willing to "move forward" with a landmark healthcare, energy, and climate-focused policy package. Her assent removes the last major hurdle holding the bill. More: - In its current form, the bill would raise taxes on corporations and high earners, cap drug prices, and support new initiatives in healthcare, fossil fuels, and clean energy.
- The new policies would bring in $739B, $300B of which will be used to reduce federal deficits.
- The remaining revenue will be spent on health, clean energy, and fossil fuel initiatives.
- Senate Democrats plan to use a simple majority and a tie-breaking vote from Vice President Kamala Harris to move the bill through the chamber, which is currently split 50/50.
Zoom Out: - Last month, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) announced his intention to withdraw his support for the bill, leading to doubts about its future.
- But he later changed his mind and agreed to support a revised and slimmed-down version of the package.
- Manchin's reversal and Sinema's approval mark a remarkable turnaround for the bill, which is viewed as emblematic of the Biden administration's social, economic, and environmental policy agenda.
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 Diane Akers via eveningnews24. GOOD NEWS: A tortoise has undergone successful shell surgery after being struck by a train. Clyde, a 110lb (50kg) African Spurred Tortoise, will soon return to his home at the Swallow Aquatics wildlife center in East Harling, England. More: - Clyde escaped from the wildlife center and walked onto a nearby railway line on Monday.
- Railway workers initially attempted to remove Clyde from the tracks but the tortoise was too heavy to move, resulting in disruptions to the rail service.
- After being struck by a train, a member of the train crew managed to get the tortoise to a reptile specialist.
- Clyde caused two cancellations and delayed another train.
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 Increased coal mining activity in Afghanistan is providing financial support to the Taliban. As global commodity prices continue to skyrocket, children are increasingly used as mine workers to fill labor shortages in the country's mines. More: - Afghanistan's economy contracted by 20% following the withdrawal of the U.S. and NATO from the country in 2021.
- After taking control of the country, the Taliban has been trying to overcome global sanctions and revive the economy.
- The global spike in commodity prices this year has increased the value of Afghanistan's coal resources.
- The Taliban has ignored social and environmental concerns in reactivating and controlling Afghanistan's mining operations.
- Afghanistan's economic conditions have forced children as young as 8 to work in the mines.
Zoom Out: - On Wednesday, the Nippon Steel Corporation purchased thermal coal for $375 per tonne, the highest price in Japan's history.
- Afghanistan's total mineral wealth is estimated to be worth around $1T.
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 A jury has found conspiracy theorist Alex Jones liable for over $4M in compensatory damages. The compensation will go to Scarlett Lewis and Neil Heslin, the parents of a victim of the 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School that resulted in the deaths of 20 children and six adults. More: - Jones falsely claimed on his media platform Infowars, a subsidiary of his company Free Speech Systems, that the Sandy Hook massacre was staged.
- Lewis and Heslin filed a defamation lawsuit against Jones and his company Free Speech Systems for $150M in 2018.
- After failing to comply with court orders to provide information, Jones was found guilty of defamation by a default judgment.
- The court previously ordered Jones to pay the family $1.5M, bringing the total compensation owed by Jones to $5.6M
- Punitive damages are still to be decided for other defamation lawsuits brought against Jones.
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- Actor Kevin Spacey and his production companies will be forced to pay $31M to Media Rights Capital, an independent company that produced "House of Cards." The payment will cover the losses incurred after Spacey was fired following allegations of sexual harassment and assault.
- A fire at a nightclub in Chonburi province in south-eastern Thailand has killed at least 14 people and injured approximately 40 others. The fire began during a live music performance and killed one of the performers.
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 |  | Gregory Bridgman is a writer and researcher with an academic background in politics and the philosophy of science and technology. He holds a BA from the University of Cape Town, an MS from University College London, and is currently completing a PhD at the University of Cambridge. He is interested in climate issues, technological changes, and the implications of the fourth industrial revolution. Please feel free to contact me at gregory@inside.com! | | | | Editor | Eduardo Garcia is a writer and editor based in New York. He is the author of "Things You Can Do," an illustrated book about climate action. Bylines in The New York Times, The Guardian, Slate, Scientific American, and others. In one of his previous lives, Eduardo worked as a Reuters correspondent in Latin America for nearly a decade. | |
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