The Divine, the Digital and the Political at Humanity’s Largest Gathering

• Auschwitz 80th anniversary gathering raises difficult questions

  World leaders gather in Poland on Holocaust memorial day, Fed and ECB make rate calls, and the Year of the Snake begins
  
  Financial Times - 6d
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  Trump embraces role of demagogue on divine mission to reshape America

  The president cast himself as a holy warrior in a speech that made 2017’s ‘American carnage’ theme seem almost innocent. He is risen. After dodging an assassin’s bullet and the prospect of jail, ...
  
  The Guardian - Jan. 20
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  'I was saved by God': Trump cites divine intervention in assassination attempt

  Citing the assassination attempt that left him wounded, President Trump said "I was saved by God to make America great again" in his inaugural address.
  
  NBC News - Jan. 20

• Trump supporters gather in Washington for inauguration

  CBS News' Maurice DuBois speaks with supporters of President-elect Donald Trump who have traveled from Indiana to be in Washington for Inauguration Day. They said, that as he prepares to take ...
  
  CBS News - Jan. 20
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  India kicks off a massive Hindu festival touted as the world's largest religious gathering

  Millions of Hindu devotees, mystics and holy men and women flocked to kickstart the Maha Kumbh festival
  
  NBC News - Jan. 13
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  India kicks off a massive Hindu festival touted as the world's largest religious gathering

  Millions of Hindu devotees and mystics have gathered in the northern Indian city of Prayagraj for the Maha Kumbh festival, which is the largest religious congregation on earth
  
  ABC News - Jan. 12
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  Diplomats discuss Syria at international gathering in Riyadh

  Yahoo News - Jan. 12
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  AI is taking the 'human' out of human resources

  Companies increasingly rely on AI-based tools to replace everyday HR functions, from tracking job applications to monitoring employees’ performance to making decisions about promotions and layoffs.
  
  The Hill - Jan. 10
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  The silent business of digital identity has remade Relx

  Company once known as Reed Elsevier has moved from legal and scientific publishing into AI fraud detection
  
  Financial Times - Jan. 9

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  How US Tariffs Challenge China

  China chose swift retaliation for trade measures in the first Trump administration, but that led to an upward spiral of trade measures and much broader tariffs.
  
  The New York Times - 3h
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  Elon Musk’s Team Now Has Access to Treasury’s Payments System

  Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent gave Mr. Musk’s representatives at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency a powerful tool to monitor and potentially limit government spending.
  
  The New York Times - 8h
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  Health Programs Shutter Around the World After Trump Pauses Foreign Aid

  Lifesaving treatment and prevention programs for tuberculosis, malaria, H.I.V. and other diseases cannot access funds to continue work.
  
  The New York Times - 4h
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  Pitch of American Airlines Jet Turned Upward Just Before Crash

  Transportation safety investigators are seeking to determine if the pilots of the American Airlines plane detected danger just before the midair crash with a helicopter.
  
  The New York Times - 5h
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  Trump Orders Airstrikes Against ISIS in Somalia

  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said that “multiple operatives” had been killed in remote mountains in the country’s north.
  
  The New York Times - 1h

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  Losing 16-0 has to be a good thing for England - here's why

  England's 16-0 defeat in the Women's Ashes cannot be swept under the carpet, writes Ffion Wynne.
  
  BBC News - 1h
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  Personalised number plate sales soar: 'I own 220'

  Private plates are increasingly being seen as an investment, often never even being used on a car, say experts.
  
  BBC News - 1h

• The “No Body” Case of Dee Warner

  When a woman disappears, her children are certain she’s been murdered. But without a body, they know it will be hard to get justice. "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty reports.
  
  CBS News - 1h

• Lakers land Luka Dončić from Mavericks in blockbuster trade involving Anthony Davis

  The Los Angeles Lakers have acquired star guard Luka Doncic in a stunning trade that sees Anthony Davis heading to the Dallas Mavericks, according to reports from ESPN.
  
  CBS News - 1h

• Woman convicted of homicide says victim liked to drink vodka & Visine

  After a deceased woman's toxicology report showed an abnormality — a chemical compound found in several brands of over-the-counter eye drops — suspicions grow over her caregiver's story.
  
  CBS News - 1h