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Transcript: Trump Fury Erupts at NYT as Mental Decline Visibly Worsens
Lurie: Well, first of all, I think we’re past the point of having a strain of authoritarianism. It doesn’t mean that we are Putin’s…
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Navies Go To War With The Fleets They Possess
Congress must focus on shoring up the Navy’s operational strategy and its industrial base in the next U.S. defense budget. Source link
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SoftBank’s Son ‘cried’ about Nvidia stake sale to fund AI bets
The company needs to raise capital to fund projects including data centre construction SoftBank Group founder Masayoshi Son said he…
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‘Hiding Saddam Hussein’ Director Unveils Feature ‘No Paradise if You Are Killed by a Woman,’ About Female Sniper Who Takes on ISIS (EXCLUSIVE)
Two years after he explored how former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein evaded capture following his ousting from power in the 2023…
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Huntingdon train attacks suspect refuses to appear at court
A man accused of stabbing 10 people on a train failed to appear in court after refusing to join a video link from prison. Passengers were…
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Chris Mason: Why, in my judgement, Reeves was misleading on one specific point
Chris MasonPolitical editor You may have seen the blizzard of headlines over the weekend, in which the Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, was…
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What Makes Goethe So Special?
On his return to Frankfurt, he found it: the life of Götz von Berlichingen, an early-sixteenth-century knight with a prosthetic iron hand,…
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This ‘made in’ label could give Europe’s brand a boost
As the U.S. and China battle over technology, tariffs, and global influence, one question still looms for Europeans: what is Europe’s…
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How Police Harassed and Infiltrated Civil Rights Groups
It may be a pedantic distinction, but Davis tends to exclusively reach for the term “police violence” even when he is talking about, say,…
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The High-Born Rebel Who Took Up the Cause of the Commoner
Much like her childhood identification with communism, her writing began as something of a joke. She was utterly devoted to the Party’s…
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Klaas Verplancke’s “White House of Gold”
For the cover of the December 8, 2025, issue, the cartoonist Klaas Verplancke wanted to capture how, as he put it, “shiny gold pales in…
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Immigration Crackdown, Looming War: Desperate Acts of a Desperate Man
But that’s just the economics. There’s also morality to think about it, and the moral question is, is it up to the United States of…
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The Best Albums of 2025
Looking back at the songs I played the most in 2025, I can sense my own hunger for music that felt wounded, carnal, unfamiliar, tactile,…
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Tim Robinson Finds Humanity—and Tests It—in “The Chair Company”
In this outline, “The Chair Company” could be a sketch premise: “guy loses it after embarrassing himself at a big meeting.” This was the…
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“An Enemy of the People” Becomes a Spanish Opera
Perhaps Rigola should have been more willful in his handling of the text, since his libretto unfolds more like a selection of highlights…
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UK lenders approve more mortgages than expected in October, consumer lending cools
British lenders approved more mortgages than expected in October, despite concerns about finance minister Rachel Reeves’ budget, and…
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‘Parasocial’ named Cambridge’s 2025 word of the year
“Parasocial” is the Cambridge Dictionary’s Word of the Year. That feeling that you and Harry Styles would instantly become friends if you…
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Singapore shares rise marginally as investors turn cautious ahead of Fed decision
Decliners beat gainers 279 to 271 across the broader market, as 1.3 billion securities worth S$1.4 billion are transacted Singapore stocks…
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China’s slow-motion stock rally starts to win investor trust
Blue-chip index CSI300 has matched the S&P 500 with a roughly 16% year-to-date gain [SINGAPORE/SHANGHAI] Fund managers are picking Chinese…
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‘Gomorrah — The Origins’ Trailer: ’70s-Set Prequel Series Shows the Rise of Mobster Pietro Savastano (EXCLUSIVE)
Sky has released a trailer for “Gomorrah – The Series. The Origins,” the hotly anticipated prequel show to gritty Neapolitan mob series…
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Death toll in Indonesia floods passes 500
Flora Druryand BBC Indonesian The death toll in the floods which struck Indonesia last week has now climbed to more than 500, with rescue…
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India orders smartphone makers to preload state-owned cyber safety app
Smartphone companies have 90 days to ensure the app is pre-installed on new mobile phones India’s telecoms ministry has privately asked…
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Standard Chartered raises China 2026 GDP growth forecast to 4.6%
Standard Chartered revised its forecast for China’s 2026 gross domestic product growth to 4.6 per cent from 4.3 per cent, citing the…