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Paddy Hirsch

  • Freelance Reporter, NPR
Los Angeles
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Strait talk: Why the oil crisis is getting worse

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By Paddy Hirsch, Ricky Mulvey, Julia Ritchey Verified, Kate Concannon Verified
| NPR Verified
Strait talk: Why the oil crisis is getting worse : The Indicator from Planet Money A vital artery for Saudi oil exports is under siege and it’s not the Strait of Hormuz. Today on the show, we explain what’s going on in the Bab el-Mandeb shipping lane connected to the Red Sea, why it’s important, and why the global oil crisis is poised to get even worse. Fact checking by Sierra Juarez.
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Australian social media users to be offered choice to opt out of algorithms

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By Lauren Frayer Verified, Ruchi Kumar Verified, Paddy Hirsch
| KVCR-TV (San Bernardino, CA) Verified
CANBERRA, Australia — Australian social media users would be given a choice to opt out of algorithms under proposed laws announced by the government Tuesday that would let users have more control over what they see on their social media feeds. "We'll require social media platforms to provide user empowerment tools that give people over the age of 16 genuine and enduring choice about what they see in their feeds," Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told reporters in Canberra.
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U.K. accuses Israeli settlers of 'ethnic cleansing' in West Bank and bans their goods

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By Lauren Frayer Verified, Ruchi Kumar Verified, Paddy Hirsch
| KVCR-TV (San Bernardino, CA) Verified
LONDON — British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband announced a ban on imports of goods produced in Jewish settlements in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Tuesday. He called Israeli settlers "terrorists" and accused them of carrying out "ethnic cleansing" against Palestinians, in a strong escalation of British rhetoric.
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Whatever happened to the Taliban threat: 'We will flog the women'?

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By Ruchi Kumar Verified, Lauren Frayer Verified, Paddy Hirsch
| KVCR-TV (San Bernardino, CA) Verified
We have previously reported on the Taliban's position that public flogging (as well as stoning) are appropriate corporal punishment if they believe a citizen has violated certain precepts –- enabling girls to be educated despite the ban on secondary education for females, for example, or engaging in an adulterous relationship. Have Taliban authorities been employing these methods?
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Has the economy gone C-shaped?

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By Paddy Hirsch
| KWMU-FM (St. Louis, MO) Verified
Today's economy is brought to you by… the letter K! Or is it C? Or … well, it depends on who you talk to about how the rich and poor are doing these days. You've probably heard about "the K-shaped economy." When people talk about it, they generally mean that inequality is widening (and the fortunes of the rich and poor are diverging, so it looks like the right side of the K).
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Has the economy gone C-shaped?

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By Paddy Hirsch
| WCAI-FM (Woods Hole, MA) Verified
Today's economy is brought to you by… the letter K! Or is it C? Or … well, it depends on who you talk to about how the rich and poor are doing these days. You've probably heard about "the K-shaped economy." When people talk about it, they generally mean that inequality is widening (and the fortunes of the rich and poor are diverging, so it looks like the right side of the K).
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Has the economy gone C-shaped?

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By Paddy Hirsch
| KVPR-FM (Fresno, CA) Verified
Today's economy is brought to you by… the letter K! Or is it C? Or … well, it depends on who you talk to about how the rich and poor are doing these days. You've probably heard about "the K-shaped economy." When people talk about it, they generally mean that inequality is widening (and the fortunes of the rich and poor are diverging, so it looks like the right side of the K).
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Has the economy gone C-shaped?

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By Paddy Hirsch
| WRKF-FM (Baton Rouge, LA) Verified
Today's economy is brought to you by… the letter K! Or is it C? Or … well, it depends on who you talk to about how the rich and poor are doing these days. You've probably heard about "the K-shaped economy." When people talk about it, they generally mean that inequality is widening (and the fortunes of the rich and poor are diverging, so it looks like the right side of the K).
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