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【欢迎订阅】   每天早上5:30，准时更新。   【阅读原文】   标题：India’s and China’s civil service exams are notoriously difficult  正文：1.Cigarette  butt s,  spectacle lens es and car tyres. Which of those items contain plastic?  Papaya , pineapple,  guava . How many of those fruits were brought to India by the  Portuguese ? Last month ar...

【欢迎订阅】   每天早上5:30，准时更新。   【阅读原文】   标题：The Computer-Science Bubble Is Bursting  Artificial intelligence is ideally suited to replacing the very type of person who built it.  正文：The job of the future might already be past its prime. For years, young people seeking a lucrative career were urged to go all in on computer science. From...

【欢迎订阅】   每天早上5:30，准时更新。   【阅读原文】   标题：'Labubu' is a plush toy that is causing a frenzy. Here's its origin story  正文：1.It's a plush doll. It's a bag charm. It's a collectible that recently sold for six figures. But no, this wildly popular creature isn't a Gremlin or one of the monsters in Maurice Sendak's children's classic Where t...

【欢迎订阅】   每天早上5:30，准时更新。   【阅读原文】   标题：Cram schools for kindergartners are the latest in South Korean college prep  Parents are increasingly preparing their 5-year olds to eventually sit for college entrance exams as competition for good universities grows ever more fierce.  正文：The South Korean kindergartners squirmed through their...

【欢迎订阅】   每天早上5:30，准时更新。   【阅读原文】   标题：The rise of the loner consumer  Solo spenders are a new economic force  正文：In the pandemic years, people became used to staying inside. Outlays on services—everything from restaurant meals and foreign travel to elective medical care—collapsed. Demand for goods jumped, with a rush for computers...

【欢迎订阅】   每天早上5:30，准时更新。    【阅读原文】   标题：Why today’s graduates are screwed  The bottom has fallen out of the job market  正文：1.Pity the ambitious youngster. For decades the path to a nice life was clear: go to university, find a graduate job, then watch the money come in. Today’s hard-working youths, however, seem to have fewer optio...

【欢迎订阅】   每天早上5:30，准时更新。    【阅读原文】   标题：Why are girls still falling behind in maths?  A study in France shows a striking gender gap within the first months of school  正文：FOR DECADES a big story in education has been the ascent of girls. They now outperform boys in most subjects, leave school with better grades and are more likely t...

【欢迎订阅】   每天早上5:30，准时更新。   【阅读原文】   标题：Bride prices are surging in China  正文：MARRIAGE IN CHINA can be mercenary. “Is 380,000 yuan a lot for a bride price?” a woman in Guangdong asks on a social-media site. She is thinking of getting married, and wants to know how much her fiancé’s family should pay for her hand. The sum she is suggestin...

【欢迎订阅】   每天早上5:30，准时更新。   【阅读原文】   标题：Protests against a regal presidency have been notably peaceful  There is no need to send in the troops  正文：At midday, by the time the “No Kings” march in Chicago was due to start, so many people were squashed into Daley Plaza, in the city’s downtown, that it caused a sort of gridlock, with pro...

【欢迎订阅】   每天早上5:30，准时更新。 【阅读原文】   标题：Hundreds Dead in the Fiery Crash of an Air India Jet  正文：An Air India flight bound for London crashed only seconds after takeoff in western India on Thursday, plunging into a local medical college and killing more than 260 people, officials said. It was India’s worst aviation disaster since 1996.  Video v...

【欢迎订阅】   每天早上5:30，准时更新。   【阅读原文】   标题：The stunning decline of the preference for having boys  Millions of girls were aborted for being girls. Now parents often lean towards them  正文：Without fanfare, something remarkable has happened. The noxious practice of aborting girls simply for being girls has become dramatically less common....

【欢迎订阅】   每天早上5:30，准时更新。    【阅读原文】   标题：A short guide to salary negotiations  Don’t threaten. Do research  正文： Talking about how much money you earn is uncomfortable for many people. But there are moments when it is an unavoidable topic of conversation. When you take a new job or learn how much your raise will be for the coming yea...

【欢迎订阅】   每天早上5:30，准时更新。   【阅读原文】   标题：China Bans Bank From Luring Depositors With Popular Labubu Dolls  正文：A Chinese lender’s stunt to woo depositors with gifts including the wildly popular Labubu dolls has been barred by financial regulators, underscoring the increasingly fraught battle among banks for customers as interest rates and...

【欢迎订阅】   每天早上5:30，准时更新。   【阅读原文】   标题：Can Tim Cook Stop Apple  Going the Same Way as Nokia?  正文：A year ago, when Apple used a jamboree at its home in Silicon Valley to unveil its  artificial-intelligence (AI) strategy, grandly known as Apple Intelligence, it was a banner   occasion. The following day the firm’s...

【欢迎订阅】   每天早上5:30，准时更新。   【阅读原文】   标题：What to Know About the Immigration Protests in Los Angeles  正文：1.The first of at least 2,000 National Guard troops began arriving in Los Angeles on Sunday morning, ordered in by President Trump to deal with protests against workplace immigration  raids after two days of unrest.  2.Any dem...

【欢迎订阅】   每天早上5:30，准时更新。   【阅读原文】   标题：We finally may be able to rid the world of mosquitoes. But should we?  Gene editing holds the potential of suppressing mosquito species that carry deadly diseases — and raises ethical questions.  正文：They buzz, they bite, and they cause some of the deadliest diseases known to humanity. Mosquito...

【欢迎订阅】   每天早上5:30，准时更新。   【阅读原文】   标题：The real reason Indians are lost  A dodgy address system means delays that cost billions of dollars a year  正文：A WOMAN TAKES her husband to a psychiatrist. “He’s repeated our address so often he’s lost his mind,” she tells the doctor, as the man mumbles “A-42 Bhanushali Apartments…”So starts a...

【欢迎订阅】   每天早上5:30，准时更新。   【阅读原文】   标题：Why Do Some Men Want So Many Kids?  The ex-prime minister of the UK just had his ninth child.  正文：Carrie, the wife of Boris Johnson, former prime minister of the UK, has been photographed in the press holding the couple’s fourth child. He has, it is widely reported, a total of nine children, f...

【欢迎订阅】   每天早上5:30，准时更新。   【阅读原文】   标题：It’s Not Just a Feeling: Data Shows Boys and Young Men Are Falling Behind  正文：Boys’ educational achievement, mental health and transitions to adulthood indicate that many are not thriving.  知识点：transition /trænˈzɪʃn/（英 /trænˈzɪʃn/；美 /trænˈzɪʃn/；n.）  a change from one form, state...

【欢迎订阅】  每天早上5:30，准时更新。  【阅读原文】  标题：Universal wants to steal Disney’s theme-park magic It should brace for a bumpy ride 正文：In the swampy Florida heat, a gaggle of enthusiasts, influencers and journalists gathered this week for the opening of Epic Universe, a new theme park in Orlando. The sprawling site,made up of five themed “worlds”, took Comcast, owner...

【欢迎订阅】   每天早上5:30，准时更新。   【阅读原文】   标题：Harvard celebrates graduation in the shadow of its fight with POTUS  As the POTUS administration slashes federal funding and threatens visas, the commencement speaker says it’s important to welcome students  from around the world.  正文：Yurong “Luanna” Jiang did not mention POTUS on Thursda...

【欢迎订阅】   每天早上5:30，准时更新。   【阅读原文】   标题：The Uber of the underworld  正文：EVERYTHING’S POSSIBLE at Harrods, proclaims the website of Britain’s glitziest department store. Alas, on May 1st this universe of possibilities included an attempted cyber-attack that forced the company to restrict internet access at its sites, it said. The attempted...

【欢迎订阅】   每天早上5:30，准时更新。   【阅读原文】   标题：For Indian Students, Dreams of America Are Suddenly in Doubt  Nobody knows what the halt on visa interviews means and how long it will last. The uncertainty has upended thousands of carefully made plans.  正文：In India, the country that sends more students to the United States than any other, yo...

【欢迎订阅】   每天早上5:30，准时更新。   【阅读原文】   标题：Can India be cool? India must both promote and prepare for a surge in air-conditioners   正文：MORE EXTREME, less liveable heat is inevitable for India. Last year was the hottest ever recorded there, with some places seeing temperatures in excess of 50°C. Ten of the  country’s 15 warmest years on...

【欢迎订阅】   每天早上5:30，准时更新。    【阅读原文】   标题：Is POTUS’s ‘Made in America’iPhone a Fantasy?  副标题：Apple has resisted pressure to make its most important product in the United States since 2016, and instead has moved some production to India.  正文：POTUS went on the offensive against Apple on Friday, demanding that the company begin maki...