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Trump and Mamdani are meeting for the first time today. What to know
President Donald Trump has called New York City’s Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani a “100% Communist Lunatic” and a “total nut job.” Mamdani has…
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New anti-Mamdani AI videos and the deepfake generation of astroturfing
A creepy account that’s almost certainly using AI to generate videos of imaginary New Yorkers criticizing mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani…
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Yankee Candle designed a new luxury candle line
Yankee Candle is going luxury with a new line of candles that’s designed to be upsold. The Massachusetts-based candle company launched the…
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Jimmy Kimmel accuses Trump of trying to get him fired and tells him: ‘Quiet, piggy’
Early on Thursday morning, Donald Trump made another plea for ABC to fire the late-night comedian Jimmy Kimmel, writing on his Truth…
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Stock market today: AI bubble fears, rate cut probability whipsaw ‘Mag 7’ tech giants. Here’s the latest
Thursday, November 20, ended up being a bit of a whirlwind for tech investors. The day started off on a positive note, with Nvidia’s…
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Nathan Gill: How WhatsApp messages revealed ex-Reform politician's pro-Russian bribes
Daniel Davies,Wales political correspondent and David Deans,Wales political reporter WhatsApp messages have revealed how a prominent MEP…
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The Download: the secrets of vitamin D, and an AI party in Africa
“At some point you’ve got to wonder whether the bug is a feature.” —Alexios Mantzarlis, director of the Security, Trust and Safety…
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Bitcoin crash continues as ‘fear and greed’ index hits historic lows. What’s happening with crypto now?
Bitcoin is having a horrible week. Until yesterday, the cryptocurrency had declined by roughly 2.5% over the preceding five days. But in…
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The Ashes 2025-26: Australia's Steve Smith falters after the hype of facing England
That the 24 hours before the first Test were entirely focused on Smith was completely of his own making. Pre-planned and pre-mediated, he…
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Jon M. Chu wants to ‘entertain the hell’ out of people
Before Wicked opened on Broadway in October 2003, the musical’s production team took the show to the Curran Theatre in San Francisco for…
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Europe scrambles to respond to US plan for Ukraine and ‘aggressive timeline’ – Europe live
EU not told about plans for Ukraine, EU's Costa admits Unsurprisingly, the questions focus on Ukraine, however. European Council president…
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Google is spending $40 billion to build 3 new data centers in Texas
Google has 44 data centers in operation or in development around the world, but as demand for AI and the need for compute capacity grows,…
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St Mary's School in Niger state: Pupils abducted from Nigerian Catholic school
An unknown number of pupils have been abducted by armed men from a Catholic school in central Nigeria, marking the second school…
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TikTok cares about your well-being and now has a special hub to prove it
Instead of teens simply putting down their phones to take a break, TikTok wants them to use the app’s new breathing exercises and…
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We’re learning more about what vitamin D does to our bodies
In fairness to researchers, it can be difficult to run a randomized clinical trial for vitamin D supplements. That’s because most of us…
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Michael Gove apologises after Covid report alleges 'toxic' culture
Former cabinet minister Lord Michael Gove has apologised on behalf of the then-government and Conservative Party for "mistakes made"…
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The billion-dollar AI startup rejecting 996 hustle culture
As startups race to keep up with advances in artificial intelligence, some of them seem to be borrowing from China’s exacting work…
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The Ashes 2025: Steve Smith out for 17 as Australia wickets fall against England
Australia captain Steve Smith is caught behind by England's Harry Brook at second slip for 17 as Australia fall to 30-3 on day one of the…
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3 signs in an interview that your future boss might be a bad boss
“Your new boss didn’t even offer you a glass of water?” my mother had questioned me in disbelief. “After how many interviews? You should…
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Australia v England: Ashes first Test, day one – live
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature 14th over: Australia 28-1 (Labuschagne 9, Smith 17) A poor…
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Premier League: What is going wrong at Liverpool?
With just one win from their last six Premier League matches, BBC Sport look what has gone wrong for Liverpool this season. Source link
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Repairs left unfinished as firm behind huge schools PFI contract goes into liquidation
The company behind the largest schools Private Finance Initiative (PFI) contract in England is going into liquidation, heightening…
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Miss Universe: Mexico's Fatima Bosch, who walked out on organisers, wins pageant
Joel Guinto,in Singapore and Panisa Aemocha,in Bangkok Miss Mexico Fatima Bosch has been crowned the new Miss Universe in Thailand on…
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Starmer defends G20 trip to South Africa despite Trump's absence
Chris Mason,Political editor and Raphael Sheridan,Senior Political Producer The prime ministeris travelling to the G20 gathering of world…