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The World Wants Nuclear Power Again—America Can Lead
After a decades-long slowdown marked by fits and starts, the U.S. is once again building and innovating in nuclear power. In April, the second of two new nuclear units went…
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Wisconsin man bought 6k worth of cleaning supplies — just after wife disappeared
A Wisconsin man has been charged with identity theft after allegedly using his wife’s credit cards to buy $6,000 worth of cleaning supplies — just a week after her family…
What to expect as Taliban joins third UN-held talks on Afghanistan in Qatar
Delegations from Afghanistan and about 30 other countries have arrived in Doha to start a third round of United Nations-sponsored talks on integrating the South Asian country into the international…
Angered by Georgia’s ‘foreign agent’ law, Gen X protesters try new tactic
Tbilisi, Georgia – Beads of sweat gather on Zviad Tsetskhladze’s brow as he shouts into a megaphone, his fist clenched in the air on a sweltering summer’s evening.“Sakartvelo!” the 19-year-old…
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Titanic shipbuilder suspends shares amid row with auditors
Belfast-based shipbuilder Harland & Wolff asked for trading of its London-listed shares to be halted - Radharc Images/Alamy Stock PhotoShares in the troubled shipyard that built the Titanic have been…
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Asian, Black and Hispanic populations are driving Placer County growth, new data shows
Placer County’s population growth in 2023 was largely a result of in-migration from Asian, Black and Hispanic populations, new census figures released last week show.One of the fastest growing counties…
Israel frees hospital chief with prisons ‘full’ of Gaza captives
The detainees endured ‘almost daily torture’, claims al-Shifa Hospital Director Muhammad Abu Salmiya.Israel has freed dozens of Palestinians detained during its war in Gaza, including the director of one of…
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Macron scrambles to build alliance against far-right after National Rally sweeps first round of elections
Insights from The Irish Times, Politico, and EuronewsThe NewsFrench President Emmanuel Macron called for a “broad” democratic alliance against the far-right after Marine Le Pen’s National Rally clinched a historic…
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Voters kick all the Republican women out of the South Carolina Senate
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The only three Republican women in the South Carolina Senate took on their party and stopped a total abortion ban from passing in their state last…
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Intel’s Arrow Lake chips could be using a brand new core layout for the first time in years
After years of using the same fundamental layout of processing cores in its desktop CPUs, it looks like Intel will mix things up a little with its forthcoming Arrow Lake…
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A Physicist Claims Gravity Can Exist Without Mass
Some clusters of galaxies may not need dark matter in order for their physics to work.In new research, a physicist describes a “shell singularity,” where gravity applies without mass.Today’s theories…
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South Africa’s unprecedented new coalition has 7 parties in the Cabinet. Here’s a breakdown
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has included seven different parties in his Cabinet in an unprecedented power-sharing agreement in the continent's most industrialized country…