🇨🇦 📚 **45 Canadian nonfiction books to read this fall**
"_Our nonfiction roundup includes new memoirs, essay collections, biographies, sports books and more. (CBC)_"
🔗 https://www.cbc.ca/books/45-canadian-nonfiction-books-to-read-this-fall-1.7579955.
🇰🇷 🖋️ **Trump’s praise of pen spurs 60% rally in South Korean stationery stock**
"_Monami shares jumped as much as 24 per cent on Aug 26, bringing their two-day gains to more than 60 per cent._"
🇰🇷 🖋️ **Trump’s praise of pen spurs 60% rally in South Korean stationery stock**
"_Monami shares jumped as much as 24 per cent on Aug 26, bringing their two-day gains to more than 60 per cent._"
🇬🇧 **Eight in ten Britons say the UK is in a bad state**
"_Fully 82% of Britons consider the UK to be in a bad state, including 36% who see the country as being in a “very bad” state. Only 14% think the UK is in good health, with just 1% proclaiming it to be in a “very good” state._"
🔗 https://yougov.co.uk/politics/articles/52842-eight-in-ten-britons-say-the-uk-is-in-a-bad-state.
🇨🇦 ** Canada is leading the U.K. and France in boycotting American goods due to Trump’s tariffs**
#Canada #Tariffs #Trade #Boycott #Economy #Economics @economics
Parents sue OpenAI after ChatGPT allegedly encouraged teenage son's suicide, company announces safety changes
https://www.techspot.com/news/109243-parents-sue-openai-after-chatgpt-allegedly-encouraged-teen.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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AI is increasing cyberattacks worldwide and Europe is one of the hardest hit regions. This is why
https://www.euronews.com/next/2025/08/28/ai-is-increasing-cyberattacks-worldwide-and-europe-is-one-of-the-hardest-hit-regions-this-?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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**Do demographics still weigh in on geopolitics?**
🇺🇸 🇮🇳 **How hard will Trump’s 50% tariff hit India, and what is Delhi doing about it?**
"_The US is India’s largest export market, worth $86.5bn (£64.1bn) a year. Around two-thirds of shipments are covered by the 50% tariff, threatening jobs and growth across sectors reliant on US demand._"
🔗 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/27/trump-50-percent-tariff-india-explainer.
#News #India #Tariffs #USA #US #UnitedStates #Economy #Trade #Economics @economics
**The Man Who Sold a Fake Country**
"His tactics—scarcity, forged credibility, persuasive storytelling—mirror today’s online scams._"
🔗 https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/misguided/202508/the-man-who-sold-a-fake-country.
🇬🇧 🇺🇸 **On This Day In History**
On this day in 1776 the British Army led by General William Howe fought the forces of George Washington's Continental Army in the Battle of Long Island.
#History #UK #UnitedKingdom #USA #US #UnitedStates
#Image attribution: Henry Bryan Hall, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Page URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gen._Sir_William_Howe.jpg.
🇬🇧 **Food inflation jumps to 18-month high as chocolate and butter prices rise**
🔗 https://www.cityam.com/food-inflation-jumps-to-18-month-high-as-chocolate-and-butter-prices-rise/.
#UK #UnitedKingdom #News #Food #Inflation #Business #Economy #Economics @economics
🇮🇳 **How researchers recreated faces of 2,500-year-old skulls found in India**
"_The features also reveal traces of Middle-East Eurasian and Austro-Asiactic ancestries, hinting at global migration and the mixing of ancient population groups. But Prof Kumaresan says that more research is needed to properly establish the ancestries of Keeladi's residents._"
🔗 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9d061dv36lo.
#Research #Academia #Archaeology #Archaeodons #History #Histodons #India @archaeodons @histodons
Chimes return to 16th Century clock after 100 years
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0l654859ngo?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Summer 2025 'almost certainly' UK's hottest on record
https://www.bbc.com/weather/articles/c1kz18d3wjro?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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