May 18, 2016 12:22
- Bloomberg notes Twitter will stop counting photos and links against its 140-character limit, reports on the challenges of the new Taiwanese president, and reports on Japan's efforts to boost its workforce.
- Bloomberg View argues European banks just aren't good at investment banking, suggests austerity worked for Latvia, and argues an IMF suggestion of a debt holiday for Greece is impolitic.
- CBC notes J.K. Rowling's defense of Donald Trump.
- Via The Dragon's Gaze, I found this Eurekalert post noting a search for Earth-like worlds around highly evolved stars, like the red giants that our sun will evolve into.
- Gizmodo reports on how Sweden is moving the city of Kiruna to safer ground, and describes Amazon's interest in opening more physical bookstores.
- The Inter Press Service wonders what will happen to Brazil now.
- The National Post notes the mysteries surrounding a secret American military spaceplane.
- Open Democracy looks at the human rights consequences of Mexico's long-running drug war.
- TVO considers the impact of a long NDP leadership campaign on the party.
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