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China targets the U.S. because of Trump’s tariffs
China’s State Council said that the proposed tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China will disrupt normal economic and trade cooperation between the countries. The Chinese finance ministry said that the World Trade Organization rules have been broken and that the tariffs will disrupt normal economic and trade cooperation between China and the US.
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Prince Harry and Murdoch are in a relationship with the British tabloids
British Prince Harry has reached a settlement with Rupert Murdoch’s UK publishing arm to resolve a legal battle over alleged phone hacking at Murdoch’s News Of The World tabloids. In April, the prince and a senior member of the UK’s Parliament had sued Murdoch for “wilful failure” to prevent the phone-hacking scandal. Murdoch’s newspaper empire…
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The hottest year on record was in 2024
The world’s temperature in 2023 was 1.1C above the average 1850-1901 period, and Earth is 1.3C prior to El Nio, NOAA said. Last year’s temperature was 1.5C above the average 1850-1901 period, according to its data. “The real punchline is, it was another really warm year,” said Russell Vose, a climate scientist at NOAA’s National…
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The school shooting were not real
During an interview with WIRED, Dennis, the man who helped in the investigation of the Black Hole swattings, said, “Things will reveal themselves. Things will happen that’ll change the course of your life.” He added, “Things will happen that will offer you a chance to repair your career and some part of the world. Things…
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There are not going to be Z2 handheld gaming chips near you
AMD has launched the Ryzen AI Max and Z3D laptop chips, which it claims to be the world’s most powerful processor. The Ryzen AI Max and Z3D chips come with 16 Zen-5 CPU cores, up to 40 RDNA 3.5 compute units, up to 256GB of memory and up to 18 hours of battery life. The…
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America needs more Jimmy Carters
Former US President Jimmy Carter in his 2001 memoir, ‘An Hour Before Daylight: Memories of a Rural Boyhood’, said he “always found a way to bring up” issues at home when he thought it might help. “I usually found a way to bring up these issues…when I thought it might help,” he added. Carter was…
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Science struggles in the year of environmental summits
The world’s top scientists on Thursday signed a statement at a United Nations (UN) conference on drought and desertification that recognises science as essential to tackling global challenges. The statement recognises science as essential to tackle global challenges in its final document, the ‘Pact for the Future’. The summit was organised by UN Secretary-General Antnio…
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A third person has received a transplant
A woman in US’ New York has become the world’s first to receive a genetically modified pig’s kidney. Towana Looney was referred to the hospital last month after she developed kidney failure and was on waitlist for a kidney transplant. Towana is off of dialysis and her doctors said that she is in good health.
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The girl killed at Abundant Life was a 15-year-old
A 17-year-old boy opened fire at his school in the US state of Wisconsin on Tuesday, killing a teacher and a student and injuring at least three others. The shooter was taken to a hospital where he is believed to have died. The victim’s mother said her daughter was in a physics class when the…
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The human body has mysteries that are unlocked through cellular atlases
Researchers have created the world’s first atlas of human neural organoid cells with 1.1 million cells. It incorporated 36 single-cell RNA-sequencing data sets, generated with 26 protocols for producing organoid cells from cultured cells. The human neural organoid cell atlas can be compared with the stem cell atlas to identify origins of metaplastic cells, researchers…
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Trump’s message at the G20 will be changed by Biden’s ‘America’s back’ message
US President Joe Biden has said that the G20 summit in Brazil will be one of the last major multilateral gatherings in his term. “It’ll be one of the most important multilateral events in the world,” Biden added. This is Biden’s first meeting with world leaders at the G20 summit since taking office on January…
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Climate, artificial intelligence and more could suffer as a result of Trump winning the election
Scientists globally reacted to US President-elect Donald Trump’s election win, with some calling it a “historic day”. “We need to be ready for a new world. We need to be ready for the time when we are no longer just a country but also a superpower,” a member of the American Geophysical Union said. “This…
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What could happen at the Supreme Court under Trump and Harris?
The US Supreme Court is likely to become “a tragedy for the American people, not a Supreme Court” under the new administration of President Donald Trump, Harvard Law School professor Noah Feldman said. He added that the current Supreme Court supermajority will be many decades away from aligning with the actual beliefs and values of…
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Is hurricanes getting worse?
Climate change could have enabled Hurricane Helene’s intensity to be more intense, a World Weather study said. It added that climate change could have made heavy rainfall up to 70% more likely in central and southern areas of the US where catastrophic flooding washed away roads and destroyed homes and businesses. The Atlantic Ocean has…
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A weird signal was traced to a megalandslide
Scientists have traced a global seismic signal from ice-blown Ice in a ice-Collapsing ice sheet to a giant glacier slide. The signal was traced to the giant slide in the eastern side of the fjord that was caused by the melting of the glaciers. The scientists traced the seismic signal that was detected on sensors…
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The Apalachee High School shooting victims are well-known to us
A 14-year-old boy who shot two teachers and two students dead in US’ Georgia on Wednesday has been charged with murder. He was arrested after he called his father and said he would “shoot everyone at his school”, according to a report. The name of the gunman at the Sandy Hook school in Connecticut was…
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Link never got the powers that the Princess Powers gave him
Zelda’s first game in the leading role, ‘Echoes of Wisdom: A Swordfighter’s Guide for the Open World’, will launch on September 26 for the Switch. It is set in Zelda’s Open World and will feature Princess Zelda as she sets out to stop Ganon from taking over the world. By waving the Tri Rod at…
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A guide to the nature index
Researchers from South Korea and other Regions, Regions and States have contributed to the Nature Index’s research in Physical Science and Information Technology for South Korea and other Regions, Regions and States. They contributed to 10 articles in 2023 and one in 2022. The tables in this Supplement show the leading South Korean institutions based…
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Susan Wojcicki was the former CEO of YouTube
Susan Wojcicki, the first female CEO of Google’s parent company Alphabet, passed away aged 56 on Friday. Wojcicki had left Intel in 2004 to become Google’s first marketing manager. “I was sold – on Google and Susan,” Google’s Co-founder Larry Page said. Google’s Co-founder Sergey Brin said that Wojcicki will be remembered as a leader…
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Evan Gershkovich was freed from a Russian prison in a prisoner swap
Former US Marine Paul Whelan has been released from a Russian jail after being held there for over two years on accusations of spying. He was sentenced to 16 years in prison last year. Whelan’s release is a part of an exchange of prisoners between the US and Russia, which also involves the release of…
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The Secret Service has said full federal resources weren’t given to Trump
An independent review of the attempted assassination of former US President Donald Trump in 2015 will be conducted by a panel of experts, said US Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. The review will provide recommendations to ensure that “something like this from ever happening again”, he added. Trump was shot by guard Thomas Matthew Crooks…
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A panel has been named to review the Trump assassination attempt
US Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has appointed a panel to conduct an independent review of the 2016 assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. “We are committed to getting to the bottom of what happened on July 13, and I’m grateful to the distinguished members of this independent review who will bring decades of…
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There are some prime day laptop deals for work and play
A 16-inch MacBook Pro with M3 Pro is now available for under 41,000 at Amazon on Prime Day, as per WIRED. The laptop is equipped with an Intel Core i5-8300U processor, 6GB of RAM and 256GB of SSD storage. It also features a 13-inch Retina display and comes with Apple’s own ‘M3 Max’ battery which…
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The Russian region of Dagestan is holding a day of mourning
The Islamic State affiliate in Afghanistan is not behind the March 11 attacks in Derbent, Dagestan and Makhachkala, according to the Institute for the Study of War (IWW). This comes after IWW said that the Vilayat Kavkaz branch of the Islamic State group is likely to have been behind the attack. IWW added that the…
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China has recently returned the first ever samples from the far side of the moon
China’s Chang’e 6 spacecraft has returned to Earth with the first samples taken from the far side of the Moon. China plans to send its Chang’e 7 spacecraft to the Moon’s south pole in 2026 to search for water and other resources that could potentially support long-term missions on the Moon. The Chang’e 6 probe…