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WorkIsraeli military urges full evacuation of Gaza City ahead of expanded military operation The Israeli military has urged a full evacuation of Gaza City ahead of its planned expanded military operation in the city in northern Gaza. The announcement Tuesday morning was the first warning for a full evacuation of the city in the current round of fighting. Defense Minister Israel Katz says Israel has demolished 30 high-rise buildings overnight in Gaza, which it accused Hamas of using for military infrastructure. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday said Israel has destroyed at least 50 "towers of terror" that he said are used by Hamas. WorkWorkWork WorkIs It Time for Emmanuel Macron to Resign? - Foreign Policy France finds itself yet again mired in a political crisis. Prime Minister Franois Bayrou, unable to secure a majority of votes in the National Assembly in favor of his proposed austerity budget, has called for a vote of confidence on Monday, Sept. 8 - a vote he is all but certain to lose. If the government falls, France will have run through four governments since President Emmanuel Macron's reelection in 2022 WorkWorkWork WorkThe vibe coding hangover is upon us AI coding assistants Claude Code, Cursor, and Lovable have been riding high, but 'development hell,' 'toxic waste,' and 'evil genies' are killing their buzz. WorkWorkWork WorkWorkWorkWork WorkWorkWorkWorkHow evolution explains autism rates in humans A paper in Molecular Biology and Evolution finds that the relatively high rate of autism-spectrum disorders in humans is likely due to how humans evolved in the past. The paper is titled "A general principle ... WorkWorkWorkA budget battle offers Democrats a chance to show some backbone - The EconomistTHE CLIFFHANGER is familiar. Funding for the federal government expires on September 30th: welcome to shutdown season. In theory, the president proposes a budget, Congress negotiates and legislation is signed into law ahead of the new fiscal year, which begins on October 1st. But this is Washington and so, with just three weeks to do a deal, prediction markets place the odds of a shutdown at around 50%. WorkWorkWorkWorkStrong earthquake strikes off Oregon coast Shane Croucher is a Breaking News Editor based in London, UK. He has previously overseen the My Turn, Fact Check and News teams, and was a Senior Reporter before that, mostly covering U.S. news and politics. Shane joined Newsweek in February 2018 from IBT UK where he held various editorial roles covering different beats, including general news, politics, economics, business, and property. He is a graduate of the University of Lincoln, England. Languages: English. You can reach Shane by emailing [email protected] WorkInside the Chaos at the C.D.C. - The New Yorker A month ago, on August 8th, Dan Jernigan, a bespectacled sixty-one-year-old scientist, was the lone senior leader on the campus of the Centers for Disease Control, in Atlanta. He sat at his desk in a five-story glass-and-concrete building that contains the National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, the largest of the C.D.C.s dozen centers. Jernigan was its director. Hed been at the agency, in a variety of roles, including ones overseeing vaccine safety and influenza control, for thirty years, under five Presidents. It was five oclock, on a typical Friday, when he heard what sounded like a jackhammer outside the building. The sound continued for nearly fifteen minutes. A laboratory-science lead came to my office, Jernigan told me. Shes on the phone with her husbandalso a C.D.C. employeewhose building nearby was shaking. Shes, like, Do you hear that? Im, like, Yeah. She said, Is that an active shooter? Im, like, No, no. I think a lot of us were thinking, Why would anyone do that? And then it stopped, and then it started up again. Other employees were confused, too. Jernigan recalled, One person a floor below me, in our migration-and-health group, had somebody come to her office who said, Hey, do you hear that sound? They got up to go to another part of the building, and just then a bullet hit her glass. WorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkTrump's presidency is a cash grab According to Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president is a very generous man. I am proud to be the only President (with the possible exception of the Late, Great George Washington) to donate my Salary, he said in a Truth Social post. My first Paycheck went to the White House Historical Association, as we make much needed renovations to the beautiful Peoples House. WorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkAI agents are coming for your privacy, warns Meredith Whittaker - The EconomistSOON WE WILL all have robot butlers, an army of AI agents anticipating our needs and fulfilling our desires. At least, this is the tech promise of the moment. From booking a restaurant to asking your crush on a date, we'll be able to put our brain in a jar while a bundle of AI systems does our living for us. Why waste time on wooing when you can leave it to your botservant to turn on the charm? In pursuit of this future, the companies that dominate this market are busy injecting AI agents into the nervous system of the digital world. But as in fairy tales, so in life: relying on magical fixes leads to trouble. WorkWork'Competence Is Controversial' - The Atlantic The main attraction in the Wembley neighborhood of northwest London is the eponymous football stadium where the England national team hosts its matches. But just half a mile away, situated in an almost aggressively unbeautified six-story office block, youll find an even more impressive repository of human excellence. WorkWho can save France now? - WSJ Franois Bayrou couldnt, and Emmanuel Macron probably cant anymore, either. Can anyone else save France? Thats the 1 trillion question after another administration collapsed in Paris Monday. TradeBriefs Publications are read by over 100,000 Industry Executives About Us | Advertise | Privacy PolicyUnsubscribe You are receiving this mail because of your subscription with TradeBriefs.
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