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One winter’s morning I was cycling to work when I saw a man in flip-flops and shorts walking fast in the opposite direction to me and calling out the name “Lola”. It seemed strange that anyone would be out in this freezing weather in those clothes, but I cycled on without thinking any more about it. Suddenly the cars in front of me screeched to a stop as a little terrier ran across the road. A woman in a raincoat called to the frightened dog “Poochy, Poochy!” Again, I cycled on, wondering why she had let her dog off the lead on such a busy street. I’d been cycling for another 10 minutes when I worked out what I’d witnessed. Of course! The little dog wasn’t called Poochy. She was Lola. She didn’t belong to the woman in the raincoat but to the man in flip-flops and shorts. Clearly Lola had somehow escaped and the man was searching for her.I could have cycled back and helped restore the dog to its owner. That would have been the kind and thoughtful thing to do. But I didn’t. I cycled on. This incident is recorded in the diary I kept while I was working on my book on how to be kinder, and illustrates a common issue with kindness: that we’re often hesitant to do the right thing. I don’t consider myself to be any kinder than anyone else, but in this case, the reason I didn’t go back wasn’t because I was being unkind or thoughtless. Rather, I was worried about how my intervention might be perceived. If I cycled back to the woman in the raincoat and tried to take the dog from her, claiming I knew who the owner was, would she think I was trying to steal it, since I didn’t actually know him? I also excused myself from acting by telling myself that other people had probably stepped in to help by now. Wouldn’t it perhaps be embarrassing to speed back up the road, just as the man in shorts was reunited with Lola? I comfort myself with the thought that my hesitancy in this instance probably didn’t really matter. The dog was safe, the chances are that she was microchipped and Lola and shorts-man were hopefully reunited. But I might have saved him some time and heartache.In my book, The Keys to Kindness, I draw on the world’s largest in-depth study into kindness, the Kindness Test, which I worked on with a team led by Professor Robin Banerjee at the University of Sussex and launched on BBC Radio 4 in 2021. More than 60,000 people from 144 countries chose to take part. Participants answered questions on their levels of kindness, their perception of the view of kindness in the workplace, their wellbeing, personality, health, value systems and more. One of the findings that most intrigued me was that the chief obstacle to us carrying out more kind acts is not that we don’t care, but that our actions might be misinterpreted. I’d categorise myself as a hesitant helper. I’m no saint, but I want to be kind if I can and yet it seems I’m not alone in being held back by a fear that my offer of help might not be welcome. LINK

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Sunday she is waiting to decide about her next steps in the new Congress, saying any decision to run for leadership depends on her family and her Democratic colleagues. “Well, the fact is, any decision to run is about family, and also my colleagues and what we want to do is go forward in a very unified way, as we go forward to prepare for the Congress at hand,” the California Democrat told CNN’s Dana Bash on “State of the Union.” “Nonetheless, a great deal is at stake because we’ll be in a presidential election. So my decision will again be rooted in the wishes of my family and the wishes of my caucus. But none of it will be very much considered until we see what the outcome of all of this is. And there are all kinds of ways to exert influence.” “You’ll make a decision before (the Democrats’ leadership elections on Nov. 30)?” Bash asked Pelosi. “Of course. Well, you know that I’m not asking anybody – People are campaigning, and that’s a beautiful thing. And I’m not asking anyone for anything,” Pelosi said. When asked if she believes House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy has what it takes to be House speaker if Republicans win the chamber, Pelosi said she wants to see the results of the election first. “Let’s just get through the election, OK? They haven’t won yet. They’ve been measuring the draperies, they’ve been putting forth an agenda. They haven’t won it yet. After the election is concluded, depending on who was in the majority, there’ll be judgments made within their own party, in our own parties, as to how we go forward,” Pelosi said.When Bash asked again if McCarthy “has it,” Pelosi said no. “Why would I make a judgment about something that may or may not ever happen? No, I don’t think he has it,” she said. “But that’s up to his own people to make a decision as to how they want to be led or otherwise.” The battle for control of the House is now the biggest unanswered question of this year’s midterm elections after Democrats kept their narrow Senate majority. Republicans have won 211 of the 218 seats they’d need to take the majority, according to CNN projections, while Democrats have won 204, with 20 undecided as of Sunday morning. This is a breaking story and will be updated. LINK

The party defied the historical trend of midterm elections breaking against parties in power and overcame anxiety over high inflation, cementing its majority as voters rejected Republican candidates who had aligned themselves with former President Donald Trump and in many cases parroted his lies about widespread election fraud. Retaining Senate control is a huge boost to President Joe Biden over the remaining two years of his first term in the White House, with one more Senate race outstanding that will determine the final balance of power in the chamber – and how much leverage the president’s party will ultimately have. “I think it’s a reflection of the quality of our candidates,” Biden told reporters in Cambodia shortly after CNN and other news outlets projected Democrats would keep their Senate majority. “They’re all running on the same program. Wasn’t anybody who wasn’t running on what we did,” Biden went on. Democrats will have the ability to confirm Biden’s judicial nominees – avoiding scenarios such as the one former President Barack Obama faced in 2016, when then-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell refused to hold a vote on his Supreme Court nominee, Merrick Garland. It also means that Senate Democrats can reject bills passed by the House and can set their own agenda. The Senate win comes with control of the House – where Republicans were widely expected to win a majority – still up for grabs. Ballots are still being counted in key districts in some states, including California, Arizona and Oregon, with large shares of mail-in ballots. Even if Democrats don’t retain control of the House, they could leave the GOP with a small and unruly majority.After CNN projected Democratic victories in Arizona on Friday and Nevada on Saturday, Democrats now have 50 Senate seats to Republicans’ 49 seats. Although it no longer matters for control of the chamber, Georgia’s Senate runoff will determine just how big Democrats’ majority is. Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker are facing off on December 6 after neither candidate cleared the 50% threshold on Tuesday. Biden said he was “looking forward to the next couple of years” with Democrats, and said he was now focused on the Senate runoff in Georgia, acknowledging it would be better to have 51 seats in the Senate. “It’s just simply better, the bigger the number the better,” he said. The Senate is currently evenly split, with Vice President Kamala Harris holding the tie-breaking vote, but that’s meant that Democrats have no votes to spare.Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Saturday night called the Democrats’ hold on the Senate a “vindication” of the party’s agenda and said it amounted to a rejection of “anti-Democratic, extremist, MAGA Republicans.” “Oh and one other thing we did, which I cannot forget, we staunchly defended a woman’s right to choose,” Schumer said, referring to the battle over abortion rights after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. “Because the American people turned out to elect Democrats in the Senate, there’s now a firewall against a nationwide abortion ban threat that so many Republicans have talked about.” Only one Senate seat has changed hands so far in the 2022 midterm elections: Pennsylvania, where Democratic Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, who campaigned as he recovered from a May stroke, defeated Republican Mehmet Oz, the celebrity doctor who was endorsed by former President Donald Trump. Democrats’ defied political gravity to deliver a surprisingly strong midterm showing. CNN exit polls showed that 49% of voters who said they somewhat disapprove of Biden voted for Democrats while 45% backed Republicans; of the 38% of voters who said the condition of the economy is “not so good,” 62% voted Democratic compared to 35% for the GOP. Republicans successfully defended seats in hard-fought races in Florida, North Carolina, Ohio and Wisconsin, while Democrats retained their seats in competitive contests in Arizona, Colorado, Nevada and New Hampshire. Ultimately, the battle for Senate control came down to Arizona and Nevada – states with large shares of mail-in ballots and rules that can slow the processing of those ballots. LINK

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“The success of this new sanctuary is important not only for the future of native wildlife but for the conservation landscape of Australia,” Allard said. “It will demonstrate to the rest of the world what can be done with private land to create better outcomes for Australia’s biodiversity and provides hope for threatened native wildlife and their habitats.” The AWC manages several sanctuaries spread across different landscapes and species in Australia. The Hunter property is the organisation’s first sanctuary in the tall forests of south-east Australia. Many of the conservancy’s sanctuaries are remote but Andrew Clifford said he hoped the Hunter site could eventually be visited by members of the public interested in understanding conservation work and the plight of Australia’s beloved wildlife. “There’s a real problem in terms of the survival of our endangered species,” Clifford said.Almost 4,000 hectares of koala habitat in the Hunter region of New South Wales will be protected after the land was privately acquired for conservation. Sydney philanthropists Andrew and Jane Clifford bought the property north of Newcastle, which scientists from the Australian Wildlife Conservancy (AWC) estimate is habitat for more than 100 vertebrate species, including the endangered koala and 11 other animals listed as threatened. The property was previously used for small-scale timber harvesting but its ecosystems, which range from dry sclerophyll forests at its peaks to wet rainforest in the deeper gullies, are mostly intact, making it well-suited for conservation. The property is surrounded on three sides by largely intact forest, including the Ghin-Doo-Ee national park to the east and two other privately-owned forested blocks. Connected forests are important for wildlife conservation because they allow animals to move freely from place to place. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup The AWC will manage the site under a conservation agreement, focusing on weed management, feral animal control and fire management, with the ecological improvements tracked and measured on a yearly basis. The conservancy’s chief executive, Tim Allard, said the “extraordinary opportunity” that had been gifted to the conservancy by two of its longtime supporters would allow ecologists to restore crucial habitat for species including the yellow-bellied glider, the golden-tipped bat, glossy-black cockatoos and the tiny green-thighed frog, as well as koalas.The koala po[CENSORED]tions of NSW, Queensland and the Australian Capital Territory were listed as endangered this year and a 2020 NSW parliamentary inquiry found the species would be extinct in the state by 2050 unless governments took urgent action to protect koala habitat and turn the declines around. LINK

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IBM Introduces 433 Qubit "Osprey" Quantum Processing Unit Osprey's launch is a significant one for IBM: smack in the middle of IBM's roadmap, it carries the biggest boost in number of qubits within a single chip. Compared to Eagle, Osprey increases qubit counts by 3.4 times; it's an even larger increase in qubit counts than the company expects to achieve in three years' time, when it is planning to introduce the 4,158 qubit Kookaburra QPU. It's also higher than any other qubit jump since the introduction of Falcon and its 27 qubits back in 2019. Due to Osprey's positioning within IBM's roadmap — right before the company starts exploring quantum scaling by interconnecting multiple QPUs next year with Heron and its p couplings — the increase in qubit counts without a compromise in quality is exceptionally relevant. But perhaps more impressive is the fact that this jump in qubit counts was engineered at the same time that IBM laid most of the groundwork for its future modular products. The company is looking to 2023 to introduce its 133-qubit, scalable Heron QPUs, which will leverage p-couplings to interconnect several Heron chips. The idea is that it's easier to scale qubits within a given package and link separate packages than it is to create a monolithic QPU. It does bring about challenges regarding workload distribution — there are a number of ways to cut up a higher-volume quantum problem so that it fits the chip (or chips) you have available to run the quantum circuits on, and the way this is done severely impacts performance. But multi-chip scaling is a necessity, and adopting this approach meant re-engineering the entire control electronics subsystem — the bridge between classical and quantum computing. According to Dr. Oliver Dial, Chief Hardware Architect at IBM Quantum, a significant improvement came from changing the qubit control mechanism inside the company's dilution refrigerators — the hardware responsible for cooling the superconducting qubits towards near absolute zero (−273.15 °C). Before Osprey, IBM employed coaxial cables to transmit microwave control information towards the operating qubits. Now, the coaxial cables have given way to flexible ribbon cables (the same sort that's used wherever there are electronics and hinges, such as in your laptop). These ribbon cables themselves occupy much less space and offer much higher throughput than the previous solution while costing less time and resources to deploy. Dr. Oliver Dial says they allowed IBM to increase control density by 70% while reducing costs fivefold.At its Quantum Summit today, IBM announced the successful development of its 'Osprey' QPU (Quantum Processing Unit) — its 433-qubit 2022 roadmap target. The new QPU significantly increases the number of working qubits within a single QPU — the previous-gen 'Eagle' QPU only carried 127 of them. The new launch is another confident step for IBM's aggressive quantum computing roadmap, which aims to deliver QPUs with tens of thousands (perhaps even hundreds of thousands) of qubits by 2030. "The new 433 qubit 'Osprey' processor brings us a step closer to the point where quantum computers will be used to tackle previously unsolvable problems," said Dr. Darío Gil, Senior Vice President, IBM and Director of Research. LINK

Razer is jumping into the PlayStation 5 controller scene with an officially licensed premium gamepad. Dubbed the Razer Wolverine V2 Pro, the controller has a white and black design and is fitted with high-end components and customization features. Most notably, the Wolverine V2 Pro has offset analog sticks and boasts a wireless connection using Razer's HyperSpeed Wireless tech. Aimed at competitive gamers, the Wolverine V2 Pro will cost $250. Though this is the first PS5 controller from Razer, it's not the first in the Wolverine line. Multiple Wolverine controllers have been released for Xbox/PC over the years, but all of them have only offered wired connections. In this regard, the Wolverine V2 Pro remedies the only major complaint we had with the stellar V2 Chroma Xbox controller. It has a similar form factor to the V2 Chroma, but it appears to be slightly larger. As an officially licensed PS5 controller, it has all of the standard menu buttons as well as the touchpad. But it doesn't have an internal speaker or Adaptive Triggers.Instead of the DualSense's Adaptive Trigger technology, the V2 Pro has what Razer calls "HyperTriggers." These are trigger stops with two settings controlled by flipping switches on the back of the controller. Engaging the lock reduces the pull distance to register trigger inputs. Trigger stops are generally aimed at fans of first-person shooters, as they can increase your rate of fire, bringing the controller experience closer to mouse-and-keyboard controls. The Wolverine V2 Pro utilizes Razer's Mecha-Tactile buttons. This unique design makes the face buttons, D-pad, and shoulder buttons resemble the feel and responsiveness of clicking a high-end gaming mouse. The eight-way D-pad uses microswitches for each individual input to improve accuracy. There are four remappable buttons on the back of the controller and two on the top. The rear triggers have the same general layout as the ones on the V2 Chroma, but they are spaced slightly closer to the handles.Inside the box, you'll find a pair of alternative, magnetic caps for the analog sticks. Players can replace the default traditional caps that will feel familiar with a tall, concave or short, domed style. For added customization, you can download the Razer Controller Setup app for iOS and Android. This app can be used to remap the back and top multi-function buttons. Of course, it wouldn't be a Razer product without Chroma RGB lighting. You can tinker with the lighting effects that run along the handles within the app. You can also add what is essentially a second profile for analog stick sensitivity. Designating a "clutch" button lets you change to the other sensitivity setting on the fly while playing. In addition to connecting wirelessly with a 2.4GHz USB dongle, you can also use a wired connection with the included USB-C cable. Like the cable that comes with the Wolverine V2 Chroma, this is a lengthy, braided cord. Though the Wolverine V2 Pro is most notable as being the first PS5 controller from Razer, the controller is also compatible with PC both wirelessly and wired. The Razer Wolverine V2 Pro isn't your only premium controller option for PS5. PlayStation's DualSense Edge controller releases January 26 for $200. Meanwhile, the Victrix BFG Pro is another officially licensed, third-party PS5 controller with offset sticks. The BFG Pro releases on December 1 for $180. LINK

Joost Bakker believes a house can be more than a place to live: it can be a self-sustaining weapon against the climate crisis. A new Australian documentary explores his bold blueprint Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email Max Veenhuyzen Wed 9 Nov 2022 14.00 GMT “The most destructive things we humans do,” says Joost Bakker, “is eat.” In terms of sentences that grab your attention, the introduction to new Australian documentary Greenhouse by Joost is right up there. Then again, Bakker – a multi-disciplinary designer, no-waste advocate and the film’s eponymous protagonist – has long been something of a provocateur.As a florist, he’s turned heads by combining plant life with found electrical clamps and steel frames to create surprisingly butch flower arrangements. He’s used hay bales to build restaurants with rooftop gardens in the middle of Australian capital cities (plus inspired spin-offs further afield). He’s collected bones from Melbourne fine-diners, boiled them up and served them at a soup kitchen. In 2020, the Dutch-born, Australian-raised designer’s two decades of high-concept sustainability projects came to a head when he hit go on the construction of Future Food System. Erected in one of the busiest areas of Melbourne, the off-grid, three-storey house and urban farm produced all of its own power and food. Even the cooking gas was generated from human and food waste (Google “biodigester toilet”). Ambitious? Certainly, but that’s how he likes it.“We can have it all,” Bakker tells Guardian Australia. “We can have houses covered with biology, plants, ecosystems and waterfalls. It’s not necessary for us to be destroying the planet or killing each other with materials that are making us sick. The infrastructure is already there. It’s just about reimagining our suburbs and reimagining our buildings.” Shadowing Bakker throughout the project from set-up to pack-down, was film-maker Nick Batzias (The Australian Dream, 2040) who squeezes plenty of action into the pacy 90-minute documentary. While Covid and construction provide moments of drama, the bulk of the film focuses on the building’s green-thinking initiatives. Steam from the showers is used to grow mushrooms; the foundation-less building is anchored by self-watering garden beds filled with 35 tonnes of soil. Cameras take viewers inside the Ballarat factory that produces Durra Panel: a biodegradable, fireproof wall and ceiling panel made of straw.Although Greenhouse by Joost is released nationally next week, Bakker and team meticulously documented and shared the project in real time on social media. Jeremy McCloud, co-founder of Melbourne-based architecture firm Breathe, says clients have already approached him with requests to include rooftop gardens in building plans, as well as to build with Durra Panel. (While clients reference Future Food System in regards to the latter, it’s worth noting that other influential buildings around Australia have also used Durra Panel.) Although Breathe is a practice committed to sustainable thinking, McCloud says Bakker’s projects are on another level. Sign up for the fun stuff with our rundown of must-reads, pop culture and tips for the weekend, every Saturday morning Advertisement “He does stuff that we as architects just can’t do … We could never have those aspirational conversations with developers or governments that he does.” While McCloud is encouraged by the rapid uptake of some of the solutions offered by Future Food System, he’s also aware that widespread acceptance only comes with time. He points to his experience with induction cooktops, a key initiative in the move towards electrified kitchens and away from natural gas. Although Breathe has been incorporating these in residential projects since 2016, it’s only recently that the technology has become (somewhat) accepted. LINK

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich must testify before the Atlanta-area special grand jury investigating efforts by Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia, a Virginia judge ordered Wednesday. Fairfax Circuit Court Judge Robert Smith ordered Gingrich to appear before the grand jury on November 29. Because Gingrich is an out-of-state witness and resides in Virginia, the Virginia court was tasked with whether to issue and enforce the subpoena from Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, who is leading the election interference probe in Georgia.Prosecutors are interested in hearing from Gingrich about his role working with Trump’s campaign after the 2020 election, including the scheme to send “fake electorate” certificates to the National Archives and encouraging the then-president’s campaign “to air advertisements promoting the false narrative that election workers had smuggled suitcases containing fake ballots at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta,” according to court filings. In issuing the subpoena, Georgia prosecutors cited information from a letter the House Select Committee investigating January 6 issued seeking Gingrich’s testimony. Gingrich’s attorney, John Burlingame, argued in court that Gingrich already plans to testify before the House committee on November 21 and should not be forced to“It’s not necessary for Speaker Gingrich to have to travel to Georgia to address the exact same topics,” Burlingame argued. The judge, however, disagreed. The Atlanta-area grand jury has also subpoenaed Randy Evans, who is one of Gingrich’s attorneys, to testify. Evans said prosecutors want to ask him about correspondence Gingrich sent that includes mention of Evans. Evans told CNN he plans to comply with the subpoena and testify next week. The battle for control of Congress is still up in the air, with the Senate coming down to three key races while Democrats and Republicans are still hanging onto hopes of winning a narrow majority in the House. Republicans began the night with a rout in Florida, where Gov. Ron DeSantis won heavily Latino, historically Democratic regions on his way to a blowout victory that could serve as a launch pad for a 2024 presidential run. But in the hours that have followed, Democrats reclaimed ground. In Pennsylvania, Democratic Lt. Gov. John Fetterman defeated Republican Mehmet Oz for the seat of retiring Republican Sen. Pat Toomey. Meanwhile, the battle for the House majority – one that favored Republicans, who expected to benefit from high inflation, historical trends and friendly new district lines after 2021’s redistricting – remains unsettled.Although a number of key Senate races remain uncalled, including contests in Nevada, Arizona and Georgia, earlier on Tuesday, CNN projected one Democratic incumbent: Sen. Maggie Hassan, a first-term Democrat who faced Republican retired Army Brig. Gen. Don Bolduc, won her race. A Hassan loss would have effectively ended Democrats’ hopes of retaining their majority. And CNN projected Wednesday that Republican Ron Johnson will keep his Senate seat in Wisconsin. The Democrats are still defending seats in Arizona, Georgia and Nevada – so it will take time to settle Senate control. LINK

The story of President Joe Biden’s Election Night can be told by the two congratulatory messages he delivered roughly four hours apart. The first went to Rep. Abigail Spanberger of Virginia, the second to Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman. Together, the messages represented an initial signal of an electorate that appears set to buck decades of American voters delivering cascading midterm losses for a first-term president. White House officials were cautious early Wednesday morning not to lay out definitive conclusions, keenly aware that votes would be counted in the days ahead. In a West Wing filled with campaign veterans, the idea of drawing definitive conclusions when votes were still being counted and key races remained uncalled was, as one official described, “a fool’s errand.” But on several fronts, Biden advisers said they viewed the initial results as early-stage vindication that their multi-faceted messaging approach – one that had drawn criticism for not focusing more on the economy – may have landed more fulsomely than predicted. “We have defied historical trends,” a senior Biden adviser told CNN. “It’s pretty extraordinary if you think about it.” “Just a historic trend bucking,” another Biden adviser said.There are millions of votes still to be counted and three toss-up races that hold the keys to the Senate majority remain uncalled. One of those – the Georgia Senate contest – will likely be decided in a runoff one month from now. Republicans still appear on the precipice of a taking the majority in the House, an outcome loaded with dramatically reshaped political, policy and investigatory implications that Biden and his advisers haven’t had to grapple with in their first two years. But optimism in the White House about the Democratic pathway to hold onto the Senate was real – even if it was tempered by the reality the hardest-fought races still remained too close to call. Multiple states with abortion-related ballot measures all looked headed toward victories for abortion rights advocates, underscoring the salience of an issue Democrats sought to leverage in the wake of the Supreme Court decision to strike down Roe vs. Wade. Democrats facing off against election-denying Republicans in critical secretary of state races were also either victorious or hanging onto leads in races to be the top state-wide election official. Biden’s move to elevate the centrality of “democracy on the ballot” had drawn grumbles from some Democrats who were concerned it wasn’t a driver of voter sentiment.And Democrats also held onto the governor’s mansion in three critical swing states – Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania – where falsehoods pushed by former President Donald Trump and his supporters about the 2020 election had been pervasive. But it was Virginia’s 7th Congressional District and the US Senate race in Pennsylvania that truly made it clear: The midterm wipeout that had affected so many of Biden’s predecessors had not materialized. A big win in the DC suburbs Shortly before 10 p.m. ET, as Biden placed calls to an initial group of seven Democrats, Spanberger’s race was still viewed as too close to call. It was a race White House officials had quietly identified before Election Day as a harbinger of the night to come, and they were watching it closely. Despite the close race not being called, Biden still offered his congratulations as the front-line Virginia Democrat started to widen her lead, giving the White House confidence the contest was heading in her favor. For Biden, Spanberger’s win carried several layers of significance beyond its broader signal about the political environment. A moderate Democrat who flipped her district in the 2018 Democratic wave, Spanberger is, in the words of one Biden adviser, “a Biden kind of Democrat.” She’s vocally pushed back against progressive proposals that animated the party in recent years, largely aligning with Biden’s more tempered view of Democratic policies. But she also delivered a scathing critique of Biden’s own sweeping domestic agenda in the closing days of what would become a victory in the reliably blue Virginia governor’s race last year. “Nobody elected him to be F.D.R., they elected him to be normal and stop the chaos,” Spanberger was quoted saying in the New York Times. The remarks caught Biden’s attention, and he soon asked to speak to Spanberger by phone. Within two months, he was in her district holding an official event, even as other front-line Democrats had taken clear steps to distance themselves from Biden’s sagging approval ratings. As the race turned definitively, it marked a critical moment for Biden and his political team, which entered the night with the view that there was a pathway to hold the Democratic Senate majority. They had campaigned by hammering on Biden’s agenda and relentlessly framing the vote as a stark choice at hand, aiming to dampen growing talk of a red wave of Republican victories across the country. LINK

The U.N. is “failing to speak out about the situation in Xinjiang, failing to demand access in a meaningful way and to investigate these very serious and credible allegations,” Currie told reporters on a media call. The Associated Press has previously reported that China has been carrying out a draconian campaign to cut birth rates among its Uighur Muslim po[CENSORED]tion by forced sterilization and compulsory family planning practices. The Trump Administration withdrew the U.S. from the U.N. Human Rights Council in 2018, citing what it said was a bias against Israel and the human rights track records of member countries. China was reelected to the council earlier in October in a move condemned by major democratic nations and human rights groups. Pointing to what it says are ongoing abuses, the U.S. has in recent months issues a series of sanctions against actors in Xinjiang, including senior officials and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps that operates as a government-within-a government within the resource-rich region. On Tuesday, a group of U.S. senators introduced a resolution to call what is happening in Xinjiang genocide.China has maintained that there are no human rights abuses in Xinjiang, denouncing reports to the contrary as fabrications. Critics say China has detained more than 1 million Uighurs, Khazaks and members of other Muslim groups under prison-like conditions in political indoctrination centers across the vast region. China at first denied the existence of the centers, but now says they are intended to teach job skills and deradicalize potential terrorists and religious extremists. LINK

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