Demography. The economy. Climate. What will the world look like in 2040?

Hear from the Global Economic Scenarios project team @paulrsamson, Tracey Forrest, Bessma Momani, Tim Sargent and Nikolina Zivkovic as they introduce the program.

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🎉🇨🇭The Swiss Parliament voted to adopt a motion (144 yes vs 24 no) to protect Swiss Internet users from indiscriminate scanning of private messages proposed by the European Commission. ❌ 🕵️
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Up to 20,000 people are feared dead in Libya’s catastrophic floods. Our report from the worst affected city of all, Derna, where we witnessed death and destruction on a massive scale: washingtonpost.com/world/2023/09/… Alice Martins.

We live in a digital ecosystem that is invasive-by-design and poorly regulated...

Naturally, intel agencies and the firms that service them have found ways to exploit surveillance capitalism for targeted espionage.

Nice deep dive into 'AdInt' by Omer Benjakob 👇

A very international war. German tanks, French artillery, British cruise missiles, American rockets and Turkish cluster bombs all pounding Russian forces relying on Iranian drones and North Korean shells. And both sides reliant for large spells on off-the-shelf Chinese drones.

If accurate, this would raise further questions about what is happening in Beijing these days. A series of coincidences? A campaign? Something else? In the absence of information, the vacuum will get filled with speculation.

'Research conducted by the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) has revealed that dozens of university professors in Iran have been fired, suspended, or forced into retirement due to allegations of supporting the (Women, Life, Freedom) movement.'

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Neglect and corruption have caused 'long-running suffering' in the Libyan city of Derna, says Libya expert Aya Burweila. She says poor maintenance of the city's dam is what pushed it to break bbc.in/469eG5w

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Libya flooding deaths feared to be up to 20,000 in Derna amid search efforts: “Bodies are in seawater & under rubble. We need specialized rescue teams.” Only two from overseas had made it to Derna. Reporting by ⁦Louisa Loveluck⁩ Kareem Fahim ⁦Sarah Dadouch | سارة دعدوش washingtonpost.com/world/2023/09/…

This case will reveal whether the #US will join the #EU in reining in #BigTech or whether it continues to outsource that to the Europeans. #DigitalEmpires
US says Google pays $10bn a year to maintain search dominance ft.com/content/e7b033…

A draft policing law is stirring debate in China. Many critics focus on new police powers to sanction people whose clothes 'hurt the Chinese people's feelings'. In fact, the law helps to build a grassroots police state with an arbitrary, populist bent. economist.com/china/2023/09/…

Libya might have lost more than 20,000 lives in the recent floods. The country's chaotic politics, with two competing governments, hasn't made rescue operations any easier. But now, the rival governments are coordinating relief efforts. bbc.in/3sRCi0b

This has been doing the rounds on Insta as a response to racism. Clip from Channel 4 sitcom Home about a Syrian asylum seeker Sami (played by the brilliant Youssef Kerkour) living with a middle class family in Dorking. Might be time to share it on here too.
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Iran is getting ready for the anniversary of protests triggered by death in custody of #MahsaAmini by pressuring &arresting families of those killed, disrupting the Internet, sacking academics who supported protesters+ increasing security measures. Video sent to us from Tehran

This has been in the rumor mill for a while. Mounting frustration with Sisi gives him an incentive to lock in a third term sooner rather than later. It also pretty much guarantees no movement on the currency or an IMF review until 2024. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

BIG NEWS: Brussels to launch anti-subsidy investigation into Chinese electric vehicle exports it claims distort the EU market. Probe constitutes one of the largest such trade cases ever.

by @AliceMHancock, Henry Foy, @kanghexin & @PeterCampbell1 ft.com/content/55ec49…

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