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“It requires immense preparation”: Advice from Afghanistan’s president on how to talk to Trump
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Quartz - Come prepared'very well prepared. And be brief'very brief.
2 hours ago
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The UN general assembly’s events have truly terrible titles 'so we fixed them
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Quartz - At Quartz we pride ourselves on our headlines. At the United Nations, it’s safe to say, they do not.
2 hours ago
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The Philippines’ opinion on the US and China is wavering, but one thing’s for sure: Duterte’s the man
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Quartz - Over a year into Rodrigo Duterte’s controversial presidency, an overwhelming number of Filipinos still support him.
3 hours ago
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Even dinosaur vegetarians cheated with seafood
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Quartz - Even some vegetarian dinosaurs'who never even knew the joys of ribeye steak'didn’t stick to their green diets.
3 hours ago
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If you want to upgrade your data analysis skills, which programming language should you learn?
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Quartz - For a growing number of people, data analysis is a central part of their job.
3 hours ago
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What Facebook told Congress suggests its Russian ad problem could be bigger than it looks
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Quartz - Earlier this month, Facebook admitted that Russian-linked ad buyers had spent $150,000 on US political ads during the 2016 election campaign.
3 hours ago
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Theresa May’s big Brexit speech won’t make a difference to breaking the negotiation deadlock
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Quartz - There’s a lot of fanfare about Theresa May’s big Brexit speech today.
3 hours ago
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Why almost no men take paternity leave in a country that offers 12 months of it
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Quartz - Japan has one of the most generous paternity-leave policies among developed countries, but a look around the average Japanese office might not seem that way.…
3 hours ago
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How Germany took in one million refugees but dodged a populist uprising
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Quartz - Germany’s upcoming national election was supposed to be the toughest one yet for Angela Merkel. When the disciplined statesman, who had maintained the trust of…
3 hours ago
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How Germany took in one million refugees and managed to dodge a populist uprising
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Quartz - Germany’s upcoming national election was supposed to be the toughest one yet for Angela Merkel. When the disciplined statesman, who had maintained the trust of…
3 hours ago
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How KPMG got caught up in the breathtaking corruption of South Africa’s private sector
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Quartz - Moses came down from the mount with tablets inscribed with 10 commandments.
5 hours ago
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Instead of more sanctions and bombast, let 's try a smarter, nuanced approach to North Korea
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Quartz - This is a Quartz Ideas piece.
5 hours ago
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Uber is getting set to launch a national bus service in Egypt
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Quartz - Uber is set to launch a bus service in Egypt, the most populous Arab country with over 90 million inhabitants and notoriously heavy traffic.
6 hours ago
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In 20 hours, Flipkart sold a record-breaking 1.3 million smartphones
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Quartz - Flipkart says it has created history. The Bengaluru-based e-commerce major sold 1.3 million smartphones within 20 hours on Sept. 21, a company release said.
7 hours ago
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Led by cash-rich Flipkart and Amazon, Indian e-tailers will burn up to 60% more cash this festive season
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Quartz - What funding crunch and pressure for profits? It’s India’s biggest festive season and, as usual, e-commerce players are splurging.
7 hours ago
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How ancient India pioneered fundamental math concepts centuries before Europe
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Quartz - It should come as no surprise that the first recorded use of the number zero, recently discovered to be made as early as the 3rd…
7 hours ago
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Academic arguments backing white supremacy and colonialism are making an ominous comeback
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Quartz - Ek tarz-e-taghaful hai so vo unko mubarak; Ek 'arz-e-tamanna hai so ham karte-rahenge.
8 hours ago
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India may be watching more videos online than ever but content makers are not earning much
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Quartz - Online video consumption in India is on fire, but content companies are struggling.
8 hours ago
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France will skip the 2018 Winter Olympics near North Korea if safety can’t be guaranteed
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Quartz - It was bound to happen.
9 hours ago
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Dotard: Kim Jong-un’s latest insult to Donald Trump roughly translates as “old lunatic beast”
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Quartz - An obscure word used in Kim Jong-un’s latest tirade against Donald Trump has the world scratching its head and reaching for the dictionary.
9 hours ago
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Pakistan keeps it predictable at the UN: hostility for India, love for China
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Quartz - United Nations, New York It took Pakistan’s prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi all of three minutes to first mention Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) in his…
9 hours ago
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Japan 's economic overhaul is inspired by Uber and rainbow bagels
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Quartz - Japan’s tepid growth, depressed economy, and overworked population has been a problem for decades'but Shinzo Abe is confident his nation is on the brink of…
12 hours ago
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One in five central banks say they will be using blockchain tech by 2019
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Quartz - Central banks are pretty bullish on blockchain technology, according to a new study by the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance. One in five central banks…
13 hours ago
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Thousands of huge, aggressive dogs are roaming Tibet after their rich Chinese owners abandoned them
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Quartz - Tibet is full of unwanted dogs.
13 hours ago
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A university president explains the two key ways to get the most out of college
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Quartz - Over the next several weeks 18.4 million students will be headed to colleges and universities in the United States. They, their families, and taxpayers are…
13 hours ago
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What Obama 's secretary of Education tells his kids about Trump: The battle is never over
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Quartz - I ask Arne Duncan a question about the Trump administration's dismantling of the Obama administration's education policies, from practices protecting students from predatory lenders to…
14 hours ago
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A dog named Frida is among the heroes rescuing survivors of the Mexico earthquake
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Quartz - As the Mexican saying goes, it's pouring over wet ground. The Sept. 19 earthquake that shook Mexico City and surrounding states was the latest in…
15 hours ago
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Justin Trudeau spent his entire UN speech talking about human-rights abuses in his own country
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Quartz - Rich Western countries’ use of the UN as forum to lecture everyone else on human rights is one of the most well-worn'and valid'criticisms of the…
16 hours ago
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You can now buy a Volvo like an iPhone
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Quartz - You can now buy a Volvo like an iPhone
17 hours ago
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A French chef’s move to give up his Michelin stars should inspire us all to resist being ranked
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Quartz - Some chefs spend their lives chasing a Michelin star. S bastien Bras has three'and he would very much like to give them back.
17 hours ago
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A French chef’s plea to relinquish his Michelin stars is proof success can be truly soul-crushing
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Quartz - Some chefs spend their lives chasing a Michelin star. S bastien Bras has three'and he would very much like to give them back.
17 hours ago
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UNGA 2017: Pollution deaths are the equivalent of three jumbo jets crashing every hour
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Quartz - Each year, an estimated 12.6 million people die from pollution, according to the UN's World Health Organization. Ibrahim Thiaw, the deputy executive director of the…
18 hours ago
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Pollution deaths are the equivalent of three jumbo jets crashing every hour
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Quartz - Each year, an estimated 12.6 million people die from pollution, according to the UN's World Health Organization. Ibrahim Thiaw, the deputy executive director of the…
18 hours ago
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The US is making it harder for skilled foreign workers to get visas
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Quartz - The US is increasingly asking high-skilled foreign workers to support their visa applications with more information.
18 hours ago
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The UK went from fastest to slowest-growing economy of the G7 in just four years
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Quartz - The UK went from fastest-growing economy of the G7, at 3.1% in 2014, to slowest-growing, at 1% in 2018.
18 hours ago
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Germany’s far right party is dominating Twitter ahead of the election
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Quartz - The far-right party, Alternative for Germany, inspired 30.1% of the messages posted on Twitter ahead of the general election on Sept. 24, according to the…
18 hours ago
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Canada has to import most of its bodily fluids
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Quartz - If you’re looking for a sperm donation in Canada, there’s a good chance you’ll wind up with American semen.
18 hours ago
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To break our fast-fashion addiction, Greenpeace says we have to embrace “true materialism”
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Quartz - Clothes are cheaper and more disposable to shoppers than ever, and the environment is suffering for it.
19 hours ago
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TV 's most brilliant comedy is a reality show about social anxiety'and it 's finally back
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Quartz - In the season three finale of the comedy-reality show Nathan for You'which returns to Comedy Central tonight (Sept. 21) in the US'host and creator Nathan…
19 hours ago
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“Get Out” director Jordan Peele is making a TV show about hunting Nazis in America
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Quartz - Jordan Peele, one of the busiest men in Hollywood, has a new television project.
19 hours ago
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Mark Zuckerberg is a bit sensitive about the small army he has managing his Facebook page
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Quartz - Mark Zuckerberg has revealed one of his deepest-held anxieties'and it apparently is not that the social platform he runs may have enabled Russia to increase…
19 hours ago
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Solar, wind, and water account for 2% of Puerto Rico’s energy'and now it’s 100% in the dark
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Quartz - Puerto Rico’s 3.4 million island residents are completely without power (paywall) following a lashing this week by Hurricane Maria. Even before the storm battered the…
19 hours ago
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Jamie Dimon is being accused of market abuse in Sweden for badmouthing bitcoin
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Quartz - Remember when Jamie Dimon called bitcoin “a fraud” a week ago? Well, it turns out that the JPMorgan chief executive could have been flouting European…
20 hours ago
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Donald Trump wants to lead a 21st century scramble for Africa'but he doesn't know how
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Quartz - Eight months into his term, president Donald Trump made his first Africa policy speech on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly meeting in New…
20 hours ago
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Watch the video that emboldened Justin Trudeau to publicly call himself a feminist
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Quartz - Watch the video that emboldened Justin Trudeau to publicly call himself a feminist
20 hours ago
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China is trying to clean its mining industry. But that’s raising the price of this rare metal
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Quartz - The price of tungsten, a rare metal used in light bulbs, military projectiles, cutting machines, and rocket engines, jumped 52% in Europe since July.
21 hours ago
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Where the iPhone 8 is cheapest and most expensive'in dollars, pounds, and yuan
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Quartz - The iPhone 8 and 8 Plus will be available for purchase starting tomorrow (Sept. 22).
21 hours ago
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WhatsApp’s role as a government protest tool is in the spotlight again as Togo blocks it
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Quartz - The internet has been intermittent in Togo with the government blocking access to social media networks and shutting down mobile messaging, activists in the country…
21 hours ago
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