New Zealand Vowed 100,000 New Homes to Ease Crunch. So Far It Has Built 47.

By CHARLOTTE GRAHAM-McLAY from NYT World https://nyti.ms/2ToOqPw

Can Big Global Sports Come Around to Human Rights Advocacy?

By HANNAH BEECH from NYT World https://nyti.ms/2WyEEMv

Massaging Away a Potential Complication of Birth?

By JEN GUNTER from NYT Well https://nyti.ms/2DIXZ6k

A Secret Tunnel Leading Toward a Florida Bank Puzzles the F.B.I.

By JULIA JACOBS from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2UsUR47

He Says ‘Wall,’ They Say ‘Border Security’: A Glossary of the Border Debate

By GLENN THRUSH from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2FX6UUl

36 Hours in St. Moritz

By LAURA RYSMAN from NYT Travel https://nyti.ms/2MGm1C0

On Jackie Robinson’s 100th Birthday, 100 Photos of an Icon

By ERIC MOSKOWITZ from NYT Sports https://nyti.ms/2HUfjK3

Was C.T.E. Stealing His Mind? A Gunshot Provided the Answer

By JOHN BRANCH from NYT Sports https://nyti.ms/2CTl2Ki

A Canadian Scores From Long Distance

By JOYCE COHEN from NYT Real Estate https://nyti.ms/2Uv7bke

From The Times’s Photo Vault, the Many Dimensions of Jackie Robinson

By TERENCE McGINLEY from NYT Corrections https://nyti.ms/2S24JoT

Who’s Leading the Democratic Primary?

By Unknown Author from NYT Opinion https://nyti.ms/2RoqF8t

Does ‘Creative’ Work Free You from Drudgery, or Just Security?

By JODY ROSEN from NYT Magazine https://nyti.ms/2RZ5lM2

How Iran’s Greatest Director Makes Art of Moral Ambiguity

By GILES HARVEY from NYT Magazine https://nyti.ms/2D66mYr

Locast, a Free App Streaming Network TV, Would Love to Get Sued

By EDMUND LEE from NYT Business https://nyti.ms/2CURADK

As Chances of No-Deal Brexit Rise, British Companies Scramble to Prepare

By PETER S. GOODMAN from NYT Business https://nyti.ms/2sZzJH7

Your Thursday Briefing

By CHRIS STANFORD from NYT Briefing https://nyti.ms/2BbhIda

Marlon James: By the Book

By Unknown Author from NYT Books https://nyti.ms/2CYjSwX

As a Reporter, She Wrote About Business. As a Novelist, She Writes About Murder.

By AMELIA LESTER from NYT Books https://nyti.ms/2RZ5uiy

Nintendo reports Q3 profit of ~$1.5B, up 36% YoY, on revenue of $5.6B, up 26% YoY, sells 9.41M Switch consoles, but cuts its fiscal year target from 20M to 17M (Nick Summers/Engadget)

Nick Summers / Engadget:
Nintendo reports Q3 profit of ~$1.5B, up 36% YoY, on revenue of $5.6B, up 26% YoY, sells 9.41M Switch consoles, but cuts its fiscal year target from 20M to 17M  —  Nintendo sold 9.41 million Switch consoles in the three months leading up to December 31st, 2018, bringing lifetime sales to 32.27 million.

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Crypto funds have begun resembling VC funds more than hedge funds, following a tough year; Polychain Capital raises $175M for fund with a 7-year lockup period (Olga Kharif/Bloomberg)

Olga Kharif / Bloomberg:
Crypto funds have begun resembling VC funds more than hedge funds, following a tough year; Polychain Capital raises $175M for fund with a 7-year lockup period  —  - Polychain's $175 million fund includes 7-year lockup provision  — More digital asset venture funds are opening than hedge funds

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Afghan Government Control Over Country Falters, U.S. Report Says

By ROD NORDLAND from NYT World https://nyti.ms/2SiNnDp

Jackie Robinson Showed Me How to Fight On, Not Fight Back

By CLAIRE SMITH from NYT Sports https://nyti.ms/2Rojg9b

Whether They Wanted it or Not, Jackie Robinson Raised Americans’ Consciousness

By GEORGE VECSEY from NYT Sports https://nyti.ms/2G4bq3t

Trevor Noah Doesn’t Think Weather Reporters Ought to Freeze in the Cold

By GIOVANNI RUSSONELLO from NYT Arts https://nyti.ms/2G0nPp2

Could You Last 11 Days Without the Internet? Tonga Finds Out the Hard Way

By DANIEL VICTOR from NYT World https://nyti.ms/2Rv8pdq

The Best Movies and TV Shows New to Netflix Australia in February

By NOEL MURRAY from NYT Watching https://nyti.ms/2MMcPw4

‘Russian Doll’: Programmer, Debug Thyself

By JAMES PONIEWOZIK from NYT Arts https://nyti.ms/2SexJsK

Frida Kahlo Was a Painter, a Brand Builder, a Survivor. And So Much More.

By REBECCA KLEINMAN from NYT Arts https://nyti.ms/2sYCybg

LG Sees Fourth-Quarter Profit Plunge as Rivals Crowd TV Business

LG Electronics Inc posted its slowest quarterly profit growth in two years on Thursday citing higher marketing costs and tougher competition in the television business.

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Learning With: ‘A Merciless Cold Lingers in the Midwest’

By KATHERINE SCHULTEN from NYT The Learning Network https://nyti.ms/2GcDKj6

Venezuela opposition 'has met military', says Juan Guaidó

Opposition leader Juan Guaidó says his team has held talks with the army about regime change.

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Polar vortex brings deadly cold snap to US states

At least eight people have died in the deep freeze, which has paralysed transport services.

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'American Dying' cooled Earth's climate

European settlement of the Americas killed so many people, it disturbed Earth's climate.

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Facebook users continue to grow despite privacy scandals

The number of people who logged into the site at least once a month rose 9% last year.

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Tom Brady 'cheater' slur costs TV producer his job

The New England Patriots quarterback was labelled a "known cheater" during a Pittsburgh broadcast.

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Sarah Sanders says 'God wanted Trump to be president'

In an interview, the White House press secretary says Donald Trump had divine support.

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Saudi Arabia ends major anti-corruption campaign

Hundreds of princes and billionaires were held and more than $100bn recouped by the state since 2017.

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Bastia attack: Gunman found dead in police raid

France's interior minister says "the fanatic committed suicide" after killing one and injuring five.

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Senator Rand Paul wins damages after neighbour attack

Senator Rand Paul was awarded more than $580,000 (£441,000) in damages after his neighbour attacked.

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Mystery illness sees Canada halve its Cuba embassy staff

A 14th employee at Canada's embassy in Havana falls ill, and the country cuts staff there by half.

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China's factory activity shrinks as slowdown worries rise

The data comes as several global firms warn China's slowing economy will hit their bottom line.

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Emiliano Sala: Missing Cardiff striker's former club Nantes pay tribute

Nantes pay tribute to missing former striker Emiliano Sala during their 1-1 draw with Saint Etienne.

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The story of a US raid on al-Qaeda in Yemen

The BBC has gained rare access to Athlan village, the site of a major US attack on al-Qaeda in Yemen.

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Polar vortex: What is it and how does it happen?

The deep freeze gripping much of the US has been blamed on a polar vortex. Here's what that means.

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Actor 'tasted brutality of hatred'

Stars support Empire actor Jussie Smollet, the victim of a suspected hate crime in Chicago.

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The Afghan Invictus athletes claiming asylum in Australia

The fears of six athletes who claimed asylum in Australia after the 2018 Invictus Games.

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Zimbabwe women raped as government crackdown continues

Six women tell the BBC they were raped by security forces as part of a government crackdown.

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MP defends unmasking shot reporter

Kennedy Agyapong tells the BBC he regrets journalist Ahmed Hussein-Suale’s death, but has a clear conscious.

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Richard E Grant in tears over Barbra Streisand's reply to 1970s fan letter

The actor and superfan was "overcome with emotion" when Streisand replied to his childhood letter.

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The Lord of the Ringos? Peter Jackson to direct a Beatles film

The Lord of the Rings director will use unseen footage of the tense sessions for their final album.

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Bulgarians decry ‘eco vandalism’ on coast

Social media outcry puts controversial construction on Bulgaria's Black Sea coast under scrutiny.

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Why some Japanese pensioners want to go to jail

Japan is in the grip of an elderly crime wave. Poverty and loneliness are two of the possible causes.

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How do you compost a human body - and why would you?

A US state could become one of the first places in the world to allow corpses to become fertile soil.

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The Indians sharing their villages with crocodiles

In most places, a crocodile would send people scurrying in fear. But not in this part of India.

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Maduro and Guaidó: Who is supporting whom in Venezuela?

The international community is split over who it recognises as the country's current president.

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Nastya Rybka: Model who got caught up in the Trump-Russia row

The story of Nastya Rybka, who was questioned in a Thai jail by the FBI about the Trump-Russia inquiry.

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Why Dutch fear Brexit no deal will leave onions to rot

Imagine onions - tonnes of them, rotting in a customs queue. It's a Dutch farmer's Brexit nightmare.

from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2DLoiZL

Rescue Pets

By KATHERINE SCHULTEN from NYT The Learning Network https://nyti.ms/2G91nt3

Samsung Galaxy M10 Review

Samsung Galaxy M10 sports a display notch and interesting design aspects. But is there more to this phone than just its looks? Read our review to find out.

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Research: in 2018, startups in the SF Bay Area raised $22.4B across 87 $100M+ funding rounds; startups in the rest of US raised $24.9B across 103 $100M+ rounds (Joanna Glasner/Crunchbase News)

Joanna Glasner / Crunchbase News:
Research: in 2018, startups in the SF Bay Area raised $22.4B across 87 $100M+ funding rounds; startups in the rest of US raised $24.9B across 103 $100M+ rounds  —  The San Francisco Bay Area 1 may be best understood as one giant reality distortion field.  People live on top of earthquake faults.

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Apple shutting down Facebook's internal iOS apps should serve as a reminder of the power Apple holds over the rest of us (Casey Newton/The Interface)

Casey Newton / The Interface:
Apple shutting down Facebook's internal iOS apps should serve as a reminder of the power Apple holds over the rest of us  —  At around 2:30 a.m. ET on Wednesday, Facebook sent me an update about the controversial market research program revealed on Tuesday by TechCrunch.

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Grab raises $200M from Thai retail conglomerate Central Group, says the deal is not part of ongoing Series H but an investment into its Thailand-based business (Jon Russell/TechCrunch)

Jon Russell / TechCrunch:
Grab raises $200M from Thai retail conglomerate Central Group, says the deal is not part of ongoing Series H but an investment into its Thailand-based business  —  Grab's fundraising push continues unabated after the Southeast Asian ride-hailing firm announced that it has raised $200 million …

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"Wrapped Bitcoin" (WBTC), a joint initiative between BitGo and other partners, has launched its ERC-20 token that is backed one-to-one by a regular bitcoin (Christine Kim/CoinDesk)

Christine Kim / CoinDesk:
“Wrapped Bitcoin” (WBTC), a joint initiative between BitGo and other partners, has launched its ERC-20 token that is backed one-to-one by a regular bitcoin  —  A new token backed one-to-one with bitcoin is now live on the ethereum blockchain.  —  “Wrapped BTC” (WBTC) officially launched its ERC-20 token Wednesday evening.

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Ironclad, a startup focused on automating the creation and management of legal contracts and other paperwork, announces $23M funding round led by Sequoia (Jordan Novet/CNBC)

Jordan Novet / CNBC:
Ironclad, a startup focused on automating the creation and management of legal contracts and other paperwork, announces $23M funding round led by Sequoia  —  When Jason Boehmig was in law school at Notre Dame in 2012, he decided he really wanted to be in technology.

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Electric scooter startup Grin, which merged with São Paulo-based Ride in October, merges with Brazil-based Yellow as it expands further across Latin America (Megan Rose Dickey/TechCrunch)

Megan Rose Dickey / TechCrunch:
Electric scooter startup Grin, which merged with São Paulo-based Ride in October, merges with Brazil-based Yellow as it expands further across Latin America  —  Consolidation in the micromobility space has arrived — in Brazil, at least.  A few months after Y Combinator-backed Grin merged …

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New York AG, in precedent-setting settlement, finds selling fake followers and likes or using stolen IDs on social media is illegal in its case against Devumi (Athena Jones/CNN)

Athena Jones / CNN:
New York AG, in precedent-setting settlement, finds selling fake followers and likes or using stolen IDs on social media is illegal in its case against Devumi  —  New York (CNN Business)A company that brought in millions of dollars in revenue by creating fake social media posts and comments …

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Samsung reports Q4 revenue of $53.3B, down 10% YoY, operating profit of $9.7B, down 29% YoY, says earnings primarily affected by falling demand for memory chips (Sam Byford/The Verge)

Sam Byford / The Verge:
Samsung reports Q4 revenue of $53.3B, down 10% YoY, operating profit of $9.7B, down 29% YoY, says earnings primarily affected by falling demand for memory chips  —  Samsung Electronics has turned in an earnings report in line with its guidance, as happens every quarter.

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DHS announces rule changes to H-1B visa lottery favoring workers with US advanced degrees starting Apr. 1, making it harder for outsourcers to hire from abroad (Melia Russell/San Francisco Chronicle)

Melia Russell / San Francisco Chronicle:
DHS announces rule changes to H-1B visa lottery favoring workers with US advanced degrees starting Apr. 1, making it harder for outsourcers to hire from abroad  —  A subtle change with major implications is coming to the H-1B visa program that could give large tech companies an edge …

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Zuckerberg says combining Facebook's messaging apps into a unified platform is a "2020 thing or beyond" (Chaim Gartenberg/The Verge)

Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge:
Zuckerberg says combining Facebook's messaging apps into a unified platform is a “2020 thing or beyond”  —  'There's a lot more we need to figure out.'  —  Facebook is reportedly working to combine Messenger, WhatsApp, and Instagram messaging into a single, unified platform …

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