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Zuckerberg says Meta will invest hundreds of billions in superintelligence
Mark Zuckerberg said on Monday (Jul 14) that Meta Platforms would spend hundreds of billions of US dollars on computing power to build…
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Russia orders jailing of exiled writer Boris Akunin
A Russian court on Monday sentenced author Boris Akunin to 14 years jail in absentia after he voiced support for Ukraine and suggested a…
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LinkedIn settles antitrust lawsuit, agrees to contracting changes
Business social network LinkedIn has agreed to make temporary changes to its contracting practices to settle a lawsuit by US users who…
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Master Negotiator Trump Whines That Putin Is Embarrassing Him
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem claimed Sunday that reports that she’d kneecapped FEMA’s response to the deadly flooding in Texas…
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Five Samurai: Managing Japan’s Baby Bust
The week of July 7, 2025: Adapting to a falling population, tariffs, fiscal policy, Mamdani’s grocery stores, and much more. Source link
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Creepy find: German customs net tarantulas in cookie shipment
German customs officers have discovered a massive haul of about 1,500 tarantulas hidden inside a shipment disguised as cookies,…
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US: Wall Street opens mixed as investors digest fresh tariff threats
Street’s main indexes opened mixed on Monday (Jul 14) as investors digested President Donald Trump’s latest tariff threats against the…
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US dollar steadies amid muted reaction to Trump’s 30% tariff threat to EU and Mexico
THE euro briefly hit a three-week low on Monday (Jul 14) before partially recovering, while the US dollar held steady in a muted reaction…
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German tourist describes 12-day ordeal, lost in Australian wilderness
A German backpacker who survived 12 days lost in Australia’s remote outback has said she is “beyond grateful to have survived.” In her…
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The African Union has not announced plans to impeach Kenya’s president
On June 7, 2025, Kenya marked 35 years since the landmark pro-democracy protests of 1990 that pushed for an end to a one-party state, but…
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Transcript: Trump’s Threats to Jail Foes Darken amid Brutal Poll Slide
Kurtz: Yeah, I guess I would say two things to that. One is that I think the investigations themselves are very bad and themselves corrupt…
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From Srebrenica to Gaza, why ‘never again’ keeps failing
The raw statistics speak to the scale of the suffering in two places, separated by decades. Israel has killed more than 58,000…
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Body of former Nigerian leader Buhari to be flown home for simple burial
The body of Nigeria's former President Muhammadu Buhari, who died aged 82 in a London clinic on Sunday is being flown home to be buried in…
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Ryan Davis’s Junk-Drawer Heart
On Easter Sunday, the Louisville-based singer-songwriter Ryan Davis opened a matinée show for Bill Callahan in the assembly room of a…
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Contributor: Alligator Alcatraz, the concentration camp in Florida, is a national disgrace
The first detainees have started arriving at Alligator Alcatraz, Florida’s immigrant detention center in the Everglades. The facilitywent…
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A.I. Is About to Solve Loneliness. That’s a Problem
There’s real reason for caution here, starting with the idea that interactions with A.I. can be treated as genuine relationships. Oliver…
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Joost Swarte’s “Sunny-Side Up”
For the cover of the July 21, 2025, issue, the artist Joost Swarte portrays how New Yorkers have been feeling in the midst of a heat wave.…
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A Memoir of Working-Class Britain Wrings Playfulness from Pain
The escape from working-class life has good narrative pedigree, a classic form—beginning with the idea of escape itself. It’s something…
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Man with severe nut allergy asking plane to make announcement sparks debate
A video showing a man requesting an airline announcement to protect his severe nut allergy has gone viral on TikTok, amassing more than…
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VinFast, RoadGrid in Indian aftersales partnership
Vietnamese battery electric vehicle (BEV) manufacturer, VinFast Auto, announced it has signed a partnership agreement with India’s…
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Three Singapore gencos to study carbon capture and storage to decarbonise power sector
The studies will allow EMA and the industry to identify infrastructure and site-specific requirements Three power generation companies…
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Trump’s Threat to Jail Enemies Darkens amid Brutal New Poll Slide
President Trump’s Justice Department is now criminally investigating James Comey and John Brennan, apparently in retaliation for their…
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Musk says he does not support merger between Tesla and xAI
Elon Musk said on Monday (Jul 14) he does not support a merger between his electric vehicle maker Tesla and his artificial intelligence…
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World's oldest president to seek eighth term
The world's oldest head of state, Cameroon's President Paul Biya, 92, has said he will run once more for re-election in October aiming to…