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How three AI megadeals are rewriting Wall Street’s playbook
A fresh wave of AI infrastructure spending is forcing financiers to invent new ways to move colossal sums.
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How the world’s biggest mining project became China’s global win
A $23 billion iron ore mine in Guinea marks Beijing’s new dominance in global resources.
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Renowned Korean Japanese surgeon accused of defacing sacred sites in Japan
A celebrated endometriosis specialist faces extradition to Japan over oil “anointing” at sacred sites.
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As US government shuts down, private aviation takes off
Private jet travel booms as the US shutdown triggers flight cuts and delays for commercial passengers.
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US shutdown deal explained: How Democrats’ apparent defeat could still shape 2026
A short-term retreat could become a longer-term win by spotlighting Republicans on health subsidies, SNAP and affordability.
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Interstellar object 3I/ATLAS baffles scientists after passing the Sun
A mysterious visitor from beyond the Solar System has emerged from its solar flyby without the cometary tail astronomers expected to see. The absence of debris has reopened debate about what this object truly is and why it is behaving so strangely.
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Why Everest isn’t Earth’s closest point to space
Earth’s highest peak isn’t the point that reaches closest to outer space, and the reason has nothing to do with Everest at all. Because our planet bulges at the equator, a mountain thousands of miles away quietly steals that title.
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Can Congress deport Zohran Mamdani? Here’s what US law really says
Republican lawmakers are pushing to strip Mamdani of his US citizenship and deport him after his mayoral-race success in New York City. The question is whether the law permits removal of a natural-born or naturalised citizen without solid grounds. And the answer is almost always no.
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Inside the cave with the world’s biggest spider web
A vast black-silk lattice in a Balkan cave may be the biggest spider web ever recorded, and it hosts two species that usually do not tolerate each other.
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One-year-old pepper-sprayed during US federal immigration operation in Chicago suburb
A Chicago-area father says federal agents pepper-sprayed him and his one-year-old while they were leaving a store parking lot. US Homeland Security disputes the account as community leaders demand an investigation.
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Chinese worker fired after taking sick leave for foot pain but logging 16,000 steps
A workplace dispute in China has ignited fresh debate over digital surveillance and trust at work after a company dismissed an employee who had called in sick with foot pain, only to later find his phone’s step counter showed 16,000 steps that day. The firm cited dishonesty and policy violation; critics argue step data alone can be misleading and context was ignored.
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Bangladesh protests: Why a former Hasina aide is blaming the US and the Clintons
A former minister in Sheikh Hasina’s government has alleged that Bangladesh’s 2024 student-led protests were not organic but the product of a carefully planned foreign operation.
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How two managers approved the same leave, and what it reveals about Indian vs Japanese work culture
A Reddit post, now widely circulated, ignites discussion on culture and empathy in the workplace and has sparked a nuanced debate about how tone, trust and cultural norms shape our day-to-day experience of work.
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Key to success: Insta360 gifts gold keyboard keys worth nearly Rs 40 lakh to employees
The China-based camera maker’s unusual Programmer’s Day reward has gone viral, with staff joking they will “finish the whole keyboard” if the tradition continues.
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Lawyer storms stage to serve subpoena to Sam Altman during live talk
A packed San Francisco audience gathered for what was meant to be an easy, free-flowing conversation on tech and leadership, until an unexpected interruption jolted the room, briefly derailing the evening and leaving everyone wondering what had just unfolded.
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What America’s longest-tenured workers reveal about how jobs really changed
A handful of corporate lifers trace the quiet revolutions in speed, tech and purpose at work.
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How a childhood virus may raise dementia risk
A new study shows shingles reactivation could harm the brain, and vaccinatioappears to lower long-term risk.
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How Silicon Valley is inching toward engineered babies: The tech, the risks and the legal grey zones
A look at the Silicon Valley startups pushing embryo editing, the billionaires funding them, and the scientific and ethical fight surrounding their work.
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Trump’s $2,000 “tariff dividend”: What it is, who might get it, and the US Supreme Court fight
A closer look at what the president proposed, why he is pushing it now, and the legal fight over his tariff powers.
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A US civil rights museum doubles down on a messy past amid federal push for a rosier narrative
Atlanta’s National Center for Civil and Human Rights reopens with an expanded, unflinching look at America’s racial story.
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Who pays to rebuild Gaza, and why Arab capitals are pushing back
Arab states warn that rebuilding only the Israeli-controlled half of the enclave could cement a de facto division.
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SNAP payouts in limbo: How a US shutdown sparked a global talking point
What the court tussle means for America’s food aid and why the world should care.
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AI and consciousness: Why philosophers say the next leap may redefine the mind
How shifting ideas about intelligence are opening the door to a new debate about artificial consciousness.
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Why we say “hello” when we pick up the phone
When the telephone was invented, the greeting we use today wasn’t always obvious — and “hello” wasn’t the first choice.
