[NEWS] Some Friday links

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• Bloomberg notes the upcoming meeting of North Korea's governing party, observes the absence of a groundswell in favour of Brexit in the United Kingdom, and notes NIMBYism can appear in many forms.


• CBC reports on the upcoming summit of North American leaders, notes Mike Duffy's first appearance in the Senate, reports on the likely huge toll of insurance payouts in Fort McMurray, and notes the dependence of many Syrian refugees on food banks in Canada.


• The Independent notes that Brexit might depend on the votes of Wales, which could be swayed either way by the fate of the Port Talbot steel plant.


• The Inter Press Service notes, in a photo essay, how Third World farmers are seeking a technological revolution for their industry.


• National Geographic notes how Atlantic City is coping with rising seas, mainly badly in ways which hurt the poor.


• Open Democracy considers the Argentine government's likely approach to geopolitics in the South Atlantic.


• Universe Today notes the possible discovery of a new particle and looks at how Ceres might, or might not, be terraformed.


• Wired looks at a new documentary on film projectionists and reports on the difficulties of fighting the Alberta wildfire.