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A Messy Trail of Toxic Oil and Gas Waste
Pennsylvania is ground zero for the fracking boom. It’s increased natural gas production there 37-fold since 2008. That production generates a lot of waste, but the state’s ability to track it has failed to keep up. A decade ago, regulators promised to improve reporting standards for the waste, whic…
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Extremists are using AI voice cloning to supercharge propaganda. Experts say it’s helping them grow
Researchers warn generative tools are helping militant groups from neo-Nazis to the Islamic State spread ideologyWhile the artificial intelligence boom is upending sections of the music industry, voice generating bots are also becoming a boon to another unlikely corner of the internet: extremist mov…
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Ford is retreating from EVs — but embracing grid batteries
Amid its $20 billion EV failure, the storied automaker will retool a Kentucky plant to try and break into the booming energy storage sector.
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Epstein files: Whose names and photos are in the latest document drop?
The latest trove of legal documents has been heavily redacted, but several famous figures are recognisable.
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Research Reveals the Optimal Way to Optimize
The leading approach to the simplex method, a widely used technique for balancing complex logistical constraints, can’t get any better.
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'Bazball as we knew it is in the skip - but McCullum has England future'
England must enact change following their Ashes defeat but Brendon McCullum's reaction suggests he can be part of the future, writes Jonathan Agnew.
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Australia commemorates victims of Bondi Beach shooting attack
Australia is observing a national Day of Reflection one week after the deadly shooting at a Jewish festival on Bondi Beach, with crowds gathering at a waterfront memorial and people across the country lighting candles and holding a minute of silence. France24 correspondent Grégory Plesse reports the…
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In the Year of the Snake, China is charmed by ‘Zootopia 2’ pit viper Gary
The fluffy Disney animation — and its snake character in particular — is delighting audiences in China, to the relief both of Hollywood and China’s film regulators.
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How Israel's grassroots hostage families group became a powerful international force
With just one hostage left in Gaza, members of the forum reflect on its influence in Israel and abroad.
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Gunmen kill nine in Johannesburg township in South Africa’s second mass shooting this month
Attackers wound 10 others in Bekkersdal after opening fire at people in a bar and ‘randomly’ shooting in the street, police sayNine people have been killed after gunmen opened fire at a bar near Johannesburg in the second mass shooting in South Africa this month.Ten more were wounded in the early mo…
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Australia beat England to win third Test and retain Ashes
Australia win Adelaide Test against England and forge an unassailable 3-0 lead in cricket's longest running series.
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US, Russia peace talks ‘are proceeding constructively:’ Kremlin envoy
Russian envoy Kirill Dmitriev told reporters that this weekend’s ongoing peace talks in Florida are constructive, amid the Trump administration’s latest push to strike a deal to end the war with Ukraine. “The discussions are proceeding constructively. They began earlier and will continue today, and …
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The Rockettes perform "Parade of the Wooden Soldiers"
As a holiday treat for "Sunday Morning" viewers, The Rockettes perform "Parade of the Wooden Soldiers," a highlight of Radio City's "Christmas Spectacular" since its debut in 1933.
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2025: the year sustainability didn’t die
Even with all the challenges of 2025, sustainability managed to sustain in 2025.
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The Stock Market’s Wild 2025 Roller-Coaster Ride in Six Charts
This was a year of extremes for the US stock market. The S&P 500 Index plunged to the verge of a tariff-induced bear market in April, only to quickly rebound after President Trump relented and by late June was hitting repeated records fueled by enthusiasm for all things artificial intelligence.
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A ‘Timeout Box’ in an Elementary School Draws Outrage: ‘This is Not OK’
An upstate New York district, where most students are Native American, placed its superintendent on leave after images of a wooden box in a classroom spread on social media.
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Hot, humid weather during pregnancy poses far greater risks to child health than heat alone
The dangers of heat and humidity are so well known it's become cliché to mention them. But the impacts can extend farther than even scientists and doctors realized.
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Prince William brings his son to the same homeless shelter he first visited with Princess Diana
Prince William and his son, Prince George, have helped make Christmas lunch at a homeless shelter
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‘I feel special, in my heart’: thousands gather at Stonehenge for winter solstice
People, including druids and pagans, come from across world to watch sunrise on shortest day of the yearThousands of revellers gathered at Stonehenge in the early hours of Sunday morning to celebrate the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year.Crowds amassed in the dark around the historical s…
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Linux 6.19 Lands Fix For Seagate Barracuda HDD Taking Down The SATA Bus
It's not often getting to talk about hard drives on Phoronix these days, but there's an important fix merged to the Linux 6.19 kernel today ahead of Linux 6.19-rc2. If you happen to be using a Seagate ST2000DM008 Barracuda 2TB HDD, an important fix was merged to avoid it taking down the systems' SAT…
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‘It can be quite a thankless job’: why driving examiners are calling it quits
A staff exodus and a broken booking system are helping to cause huge jams in Britain’s driving test system It has long been a stressful rite of passage for many young people but, in recent years, passing the actual driving test is the easy part. Now, many people seeking a test need to wake up early …
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Market upheavals drive biggest gains since 2008 for macro hedge funds
Swings in the dollar, gold and government debt have been fertile territory for funds such as Rokos and Caxton
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Move Aside, Snowflake: ‘Theater Kid’ Is the New Go-To Political Insult
Zohran Mamdani, New York’s mayor-elect, is among the latest politicians to be tagged with the term, raising the question: What did theater kids do to deserve such scorn?
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A new maritime security architecture for the UK and her neighbours
Europe’s front line is the exposed waters of the North and Baltic Seas
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Permira, Warburg Near Deal for Investment Software Firm Clearwater Analytics
A group of private equity firms led by Permira and Warburg Pincus is in advanced talks to acquire investment and accounting software maker Clearwater Analytics Holdings Inc., according to people familiar with the matter.
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Paraplegic engineer becomes the first wheelchair user to blast into space
A paraplegic engineer from Germany blasted off on a dream-come-true rocket ride with five other passengers Saturday, leaving her wheelchair behind to float in space while beholding Earth from on high.
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Amazon better watch out because Kobos new e-reader remote rocks
Kobo just launched its own page-turning remote, and we love it. It's well-designed, allows you to turn the page forward and backward, and is comfortable to hold. Here's everything to know about the new Kobo remote.
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'Test career over for now?' - Ashes player ratings
Chief cricket reporter Stephan Shemilt marks the performances of the Australia and England teams after the third Test in Adelaide.
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Labour admits 60% of parents wrongly targeted in HMRC child benefit fraud crackdown
Exclusive: Scale of government’s anti-fraud fiasco is four times higher than previously admittedMore than 60% of parents who had their child benefit stopped by HMRC using incorrect Home Office travel data were not fraudulently claiming the support from abroad, it has emerged.The scale of the governm…
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More than 800 migrants cross Channel in December record
The 803 arrivals - a record for a December day - brings the total number this year to 41,455.
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Israel’s yellow line in Gaza has become a “site of killing”
“People don’t know exactly where [Gaza’s yellow line] exists … when they pass it, they become targets.”
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Aston Villa looking for 10th consecutive win and Afcon begins – matchday live
⚽ Discussion, news and buildup to all Sunday’s action⚽ Live scores | Tables | Saturday’s reports | Mail us hereThere’s some interesting debate raging below the line about the tempestuous meeting between Tottenham and Liverpool last night, where Xavi Simons and Cristian Romero were sent off but Micky…
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Pat Cummins is in rare air as an Ashes captain. Can his Dad's Army go around again? | Geoff Lemon
He’s achieved an Ashes feat that few others have. But he’s still missing an outright win in EnglandStarc breaks England hearts again as Australia retain the AshesWhile it took longer than expected on the fifth day in Adelaide, eventually it was done. A series won, the Ashes retained for another year…
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Israel approves 19 new settlements in occupied West Bank
Far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said the move was about blocking the establishment of a Palestinian state.
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Starship success, a private moon landing and more: The top 10 spaceflight stories of 2025
Over the past 12 months, we saw multiple spaceflight records broken, the debut of a powerful new rocket and the first-ever fully successful private moon landing.
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United Arab Emirates hosts Macron for security talks
French President Emmanuel Macron is spending two days in the United Arab Emirates to celebrate the Christmas holiday with nearly 900 French troops stationed at three bases near Abu Dhabi, highlighting France’s military presence in a region facing multiple overlapping crises. Nicholas Rushworth repor…
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3Wliners Tesla Floor Mats — All The Protection For Your Car You Want
Floor mats are a funny thing. If they are too fluffy like the shag carpet in a 1970s split level house, they look swell but are impossible to keep clean. If they are tough and durable, they are easy to keep clean, but they make the inside of your car ... [continued]
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Intel Prepares For KVM Guest VMs To Support Advanced Performance Extensions (APX)
Since Linux 6.16 the Intel APX support has been ready for the kernel infrastructure and goes along with the compiler toolchain support for Advanced Performance Extensions with the likes of GCC and LLVM/Clang. The latest element being worked on for APX enablement in the open-source/Linux world is for…
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Friedrich Merz wants Berlin to be a geopolitical hub. Will German voters reward him?
The chancellor is pursuing a risky quest for European leadership, and last week’s setback over Russian reparations is unlikely to knock him off courseFriedrich Merz’s three-month bid to catapult Germany into the role of undisputed leader of Europe has come unstuck.His call for Europe to hand Ukraine…
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Thousands cheer as the sun rises on winter solstice at Stonehenge
Thousands of people have gathered at Stonehenge to celebrate the winter solstice
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Recovery period after doctors’ strikes is concern for NHS, says Streeting
Health secretary says service is coping at the moment but recovery from five-day action comes at NHS’s busiest timeUK politics live – latest updatesWes Streeting has said the NHS is “coping” with resident doctors’ strikes but he is worried about its recovery as the industrial action enters its final…
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When Something Goes Wrong With Your Flight, These People Take Charge
Inside a tornado-hardened office in Texas, 1,700 American Airlines employees manage the carrier’s operations, responding to bad weather, plane trouble and ailing passengers.
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At least 9 killed, 10 wounded in South African pub shooting
Authorities report that nine people have died and at least 10 others are injured after a shooting at a South African pub
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Guns from the United States are Pouring into Canada, Fueling a Spike in Gun Violence
The proliferation of illegal firearms from the United States has fueled a spike in gun violence in Canada, where most guns used in crimes are smuggled across the border.
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‘SNL’: Ariana Grande Channels Kevin McCallister for Family Reunion Gone Wrong
Grande welcomes the Home Alone family back to a house that's still booby-trapped
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Nine People Killed in Mass Shooting at Tavern in South Africa
Around a dozen gunmen opened fire at random at bar patrons. The police said they launched a manhunt to find the unknown assailants.
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NHS to trial potentially life-saving treatment for deadly liver disease
Acute-on-chronic liver failure will be treated with device that cleans patients’ blood corrupted by toxinsThe NHS is to trial a potentially life-saving new treatment for a deadly liver disease that causes the body’s vital organs to fail.Thirteen major hospitals will use a device that cleans patients…
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Gunmen kill nine in Johannesburg township in South Africa’s second mass shooting within weeks
Attackers wound 10 others in Bekkersdal after opening fire at tavern patrons and ‘randomly’ shooting in the street, police sayGunmen killed nine people and wounded 10 others in an attack at a township outside Johannesburg, police said on Sunday, in the second mass shooting in South Africa in Decembe…
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Dalio: Why Market Crises Keep Changing the Rules for Investors
The first 25 years of this century delivered one upheaval after another: the dot-com crash, the housing collapse, the Great Financial Crisis, unprecedented rounds of quantitative easing, a historic pandemic, an inflation surge, and a retail-trading revolution powered by meme stocks. Romaine Bostick …
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‘The game is gone’: Thomas Frank fumes over VAR decisions in Spurs loss
Manager says the ban Xavi Simons faces is ‘too harsh’Slot says his ‘gut feeling’ on Isak injury is not positiveA frustrated Thomas Frank took aim at two decisions, both involving the use of the video assistant referee system, that helped swing proceedings in Liverpool’s favour during his Tottenham s…
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Hydrogen Firm Lhyfe Pretends Minor Revenue Gain Overcomes Strategy Failures & Massive Net Losses
Lhyfe’s recent press release—another just before Christmas, end of the week, hope no one notices effort like others I’ve assessed in recent days—reported on in the usually excellent Hydrogen Insight industry publication, claims that revenues doubled in 2025 and that the company is now strategically …
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Engineering the First Reusable Launchpads on the Moon
Engineers need good data to build lasting things. Even the designers of the Great Pyramids knew the limestone they used to build these massive structures would be steady when stacked on top of one another, even if they didn’t have tables of the compressive strength of those stones. But when attempti…
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From the archives: A New Mexico monastery meets the internet
The purpose of the Monastery of Christ in the Desert, in Northern New Mexico, is to be a place where people can experience the divine. But as Charles Osgood reported in this May 19, 1996 "Sunday Morning" report, it was also branching out to the internet, as both a business and to educate others abou…
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How to watch Jaguars vs. Broncos in the NFL online for free
How to watch NFL for free. Live stream the NFL for free from anywhere in the world.
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Scientists found climate change hidden in old military air samples
Old military air samples turned out to be a treasure trove of biological DNA, allowing scientists to track moss spores over 35 years. The results show mosses now release spores up to a month earlier than in the 1990s. Even more surprising, the timing depends more on last year’s climate than current …
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Linux 6.19-rc2 Adding Support For CRKD Guitar Controllers
Most notable with the input subsystem updates sent out today ahead of the Linux 6.19-rc2 release is some new hardware support. New this week is adding support for CRKD Guitars for those into musical gaming/apps...
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Thousands of candidates sit for government exam on airstrip in India
More than 8,000 candidates sat for a government exam on a runway in Odisha in India.
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The US healthcare system hurts poor Americans. It’s about to get worse
As Congress cuts healthcare access to pay for tax cuts and poor Americans die earlier, billionaires invest in anti-ageingThere’s a weird disconnect to the public debate about health in the United States. In January, millions of Americans may drop their health insurance as premiums skyrocket followin…
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Former Pakistani PM Imran Khan convicted to 17 years in prison
A court in Pakistan has convicted and sentenced the imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife, Bushra Bibi, to 17 years in prison after finding them guilty of retaining and selling state gifts, including jewellery given by Saudi Arabia in 2021. Khan’s lawyer says he will appeal the ru…
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Remembering the treasured films of Rob Reiner
Turner Classic Movies host Ben Mankiewicz looks back at the work of actor and director Rob Reiner, whose films became part of our shared cinematic language because of their humor, drama, and aching belief in humanity.
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Emerging Markets Bring High Hopes for 2026 After Stellar Year
Emerging markets are poised to start 2026 as a favored trade on Wall Street, with money managers betting a multi-year cycle of investment inflows is underway.
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The Rockettes: Kicking up their heels for 100 years
Since their beginnings in Missouri a century ago, the troupe known as The Rockettes has been celebrated for their deftly-coordinated, high-precision dance moves. Since 1933, they've performed in the annual Christmas Spectacular at New York's Radio City Music Hall. Jane Pauley goes backstage with som…
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The solve for America's aging crisis: Universal Basic Investment
America faces an aging crisis: We have too few young people supporting too many older people — at the very moment Social Security, our national retirement program, nears insolvency.To make matters worse, young people are increasingly scared to have kids — in part because they fear AI will make findi…
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The enduring message of "It's a Wonderful Life"
Is civility still alive in Seneca Falls, the Central New York town that fancies itself the inspiration of Bedford Falls, setting of the 1946 Jimmy Stewart film, "It's a Wonderful Life"? Senior contributor Ted Koppel visits Seneca Falls, which holds an annual festival devoted to a Hollywood classic's…
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Americans weigh in on cost of living, Trump, expectations for 2026 in poll
More see Trump's policies responsible for economy today than Biden's; there are also concerns about AI impact on jobs.
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The Pompidou Center Has Been Emptied of Its Art. We Watched It Happen.
The Pompidou Center is the place to see contemporary art in Paris. Or it was, until curators put its astonishing collection into storage.
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Trump’s DNA Dragnet: The Law That Turns Us All into Suspects
A little-used federal law is being activated in ways that could turn immigration screening into the backbone of a far-reaching DNA surveillance system
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A minute of silence for Bondi Beach shooting victims
Australia is observing a national Day of Reflection one week after the deadly shooting at a Jewish festival on Bondi Beach, with crowds gathering at a waterfront memorial and people across the country lighting candles and holding a minute of silence at exactly 6:47 p.m. local time, the moment the fi…
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FT Financial Literacy and Inclusion Campaign
The FT invites readers to join our campaign to promote financial literacy in the UK and around the world
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Grid-Scale Bubble Batteries Will Soon Be Everywhere
This giant bubble on the island of Sardinia holds 2,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide. But the gas wasn’t captured from factory emissions, nor was it pulled from the air. It came from a gas supplier, and it lives permanently inside the dome’s system to serve an eco-friendly purpose: to store large amount…
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Sea change: the drive to restore millions of oysters on the Norfolk coast
The first ever mass deployment of mother reef bricks aims to rebuild habitats – and could reshape the North SeaAllie Wharf’s career unfolded amid conflict. As a senior foreign producer for Newsnight, she reported on Iraq and Afghanistan. Just two years ago, she was filming mass graves in Ukraine.But…
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I Think I’ve Done Irreparable Damage to My Kids When They Were Little. It’s Too Late.
I'm trying to fix this.
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MacMillan’s Christmas Oratorio review – a magical choral performance
Barbican Hall, LondonRoderick Williams and Rhian Lois were the perfectly matched vocal soloists as James MacMillan conducted the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in a ferociously committed performance of his own Christmas storyMany composers today maintain a safe distance from the intimidating asso…
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I saw a drone deliver pies in Atlanta, and it was an uncannily brilliant experience
Wing and Walmart's partnership has expanded to the metro Atlanta area, with other cities in its direct line of sight.
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A year of Trumpian attacks on the rules-based international order
Can global governance survive Donald Trump? How it started; how it’s going
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Get every creative AI tool you need in this lifetime deal for 86% off
Get lifetime access to 1minAI for $74.97 and replace multiple creative, writing, and productivity subscriptions with one all-in-one AI platform.
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There’s a new space race – will the billionaires win?
The commercialisation of the cosmos is already underway, and our current laws aren’t fit for purpose If there is one thing we can rely on in this world, it is human hubris, and space and astronomy are no exception.The ancients believed that everything revolved around Earth. In the 16th century, Cope…
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Bears stun Packers in overtime as Eagles top Commanders to clinch NFC East
Williams hits Moore in OT after Bears steal onsideChicago erase 10-point deficit as Love exits concussedEagles clinch NFC East despite miscues, late brawlCaleb Williams threw a 46-yard touchdown pass to DJ Moore in overtime, and the Chicago Bears overcame a 10-point deficit late in the fourth quarte…
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One week on from Bondi Beach attack, Australia orders security review as thousands attend memorial
Thousands turned out for a memorial on Sunday, one week on from the Bondi Beach mass shooting that shook Australia, as officials announced a review of the country's law enforcement and intelligence agencies
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There are reasons to be cheerful about UK plc in 2026. Here are four | Heather Stewart
Be it better prospects for consumer spending or the tentative signs of rising productivity, the doom and gloom of 2025 could be behind usStalling growth, sticky inflation and fragile bond markets, the UK’s economic record in 2025 has hardly been one to inspire cheer. But in the spirit of the festive…
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I travel with an iPad that acts like a touchscreen MacBook - here's my setup
Here's how I keep working on my iPad when Wi-Fi, power, and travel plans fail.
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Élysée Palace silver steward arrested for stealing thousands of euros' worth of silverware
Three men are set to stand trial next year after a silver steward at the French president's residence was arrested for stealing silverware worth thousands of euros
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How to watch Buccaneers vs. Panthers in the NFL online for free
How to watch NFL for free. Live stream the NFL for free from anywhere in the world.
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WMI Marshalling Support For Linux Aims To Match Windows' ACPI/WMI Handling
Open-source developer Armin Wolf has been working most recently on marshalling support for the Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) platform code within the Linux kernel. This WMI marshalling support is to better match the behavior of Microsoft Windows' WMI ACPI driver and ultimately to allow fo…
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Colombia Ministers Sign Emergency Tax Decree, Reports Say
Colombia’s government has signed an economic emergency decree to raise funds to address a widening fiscal deficit, local media reported on Friday.
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Proposed Space Station Could Be Deployed in a Single Launch
A prototype of Max Space's Thunderbird could launch as early as 2027.
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Astrophysicists map the invisible universe using warped galaxies
By studying tiny distortions in the shapes of distant galaxies, scientists mapped dark matter and dark energy across one of the largest sky surveys ever assembled. Their results back the standard picture of the universe and show that even archival telescope images can unlock cosmic mysteries.
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Top AI investors say maybe it’s a bubble, but ‘bubbles are good for innovation’
"You need a bubble in technology and startups ... to not only attract the world's best talent to work on a certain set of problems."
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Mercosur Wants On-the-Fence EU to Know It Has Other Options
As the European Union struggles to complete a trade deal with Mercosur, competitors eyeing South America’s consumer market and vast mineral resources are taking note.
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Italy: Thousands of dinosaur footprints discovered near Winter Olympics site
Thousands of dinosaur footprints, dating back over 200 million years, have been discovered on a mountain wall in the Italian Alps, just a short distance from the site of February’s Winter Olympics. Peter O’Brien reports on this Jurassic-era find.
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Michele Singer Reiner: A Life Rooted in Activism and Listening to Others
Michele Singer Reiner was the guiding force in the lives of her family, stressing the need to help and respect one another.
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Democrats second-guess DNC decision to end autopsy of losses to Trump, GOP
Democrats say they've finally found their footing. And the Democratic National Committee (DNC) says it agrees. Democrats are winning again. So why would they put out an autopsy report that talks about how they lost? The party, says DNC Chair Ken Martin, needs to move forward, not look back. That's…
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The Major Oscar Contender That Left Me Almost As Cold As a Nordic Winter
Norway’s big acclaimed awards favorite isn’t even the country’s best movie this year.
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‘My dog hates my singing’: Beverley Knight’s honest playlist
She is an unabashed karaoke show-off and thinks a certain Spice Girls hit absolutely rocks, but which diminutive pop sexpot does the soul diva want played at her funeral?The first song I fell in love with
Mum and Dad played mostly gospel music. Secular music wasn’t the thing. As a three-year-old, I…
Mum and Dad played mostly gospel music. Secular music wasn’t the thing. As a three-year-old, I…
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Freed From a Belarus Prison, a Nobel Peace Laureate Experiences ‘Oxygen Intoxication’
Ales Bialiatski, who shared the Nobel in 2022, described long hours of backbreaking work and stints in solitary confinement.
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Stokes vows to remain England captain as McCullum admits regret over Ashes preparations
Tourists’ skipper ‘absolutely’ has energy to stay in roleHead coach after defeat: ‘Sitting here 3-0, it didn’t work’As Ben Stokes stressed his commitment to leading England after losing the Ashes inside 11 days, Brendon McCullum gave his first admission of regret. Poor preparation has been widely bl…
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Boy, 11, who lost legs after abuse takes families to Lapland
Tony Hudgell was joined by 26 families, including 61 children, on the "trip of a lifetime".