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This year, there were 338 nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize by the January deadline and, in March, the committee prepared a shortlist.
How does the Nobel Peace Prize work?
Activist María Corina Machado wins prestigious prize, despite public campaign by Donald Trump
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Far from being just a way to get passport photographs or take fun snaps with friends, these booths have played a surprisingly significant part in social history.
Why photo booths are enjoying a revival
It’s 100 years since it first appeared, but the photo booth is far from an analogue relic
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If this agreement holds, it could stand as the “signature achievement” of Trump’s second term, said the BBC. Where Biden’s relationship with Netanyahu was more “tenuous”, Trump’s friendship with the Israeli PM and popularity with Israeli voters allowed him to put “pressure” on Netanyahu.
Gaza peace deal: why did Trump succeed where Biden failed?
As the first stage of a ceasefire begins, the US president’s unique ‘just-get-it-done’ attitude may have proven pivotal to negotiations
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OpenAI is currently “burning through cash” as unexpectedly high numbers of Sora users generate “countless resource-intensive AI videos”, said Futurism
Sora 2 and the fear of an AI video future
Cutting-edge video-creation app shares ‘hyperrealistic’ AI content for free
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When will the government shutdown be over? There appears to be no end in sight. But one specific group of federal employees may be able to steer Congress toward a resolution: air traffic controllers. Here's what you need to know.
Could air traffic controllers help end the government shutdown?
The controllers were crucial in ending the last shutdown in 2019
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Trying to figure out how to retire early? There's one method you can try to help you get closer to reaching your financial goals: FIRE. This is the concept of 'financial independence, retire early' and it requires extreme saving and frugality. Here's what to know.
The FIRE movement catches on as people want to retire early
Many are taking steps to leave the workforce sooner than usual
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his month Icarus launches the first of a series of satellites into space that hope to track 100,000 animals worldwide, so data from their movements can inform conservationists about habitat loss and climate change – and, hopefully, help us anticipate natural disasters and zoonotic disease.
Icarus programme – the ‘internet of animals’
Researchers aim to monitor 100,000 animals worldwide with GPS trackers, using data to understand climate change and help predict disasters and pandemics
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Sanseito uprooted Japan’s political foundations when it won 14 new seats in the House of Councillors election in July, “shattering the long-standing belief that modern Japan is immune to populism”, said news agency Anadolu.
The party bringing Trump-style populism to Japan
Rise of Sanseito is ‘shattering’ the belief that Japan is ‘immune’ to populism
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Do you enjoy watching a good murder mystery but don't want to walk away from your limited leisure time feeling like humanity is hopeless? A competing genre has arisen: "cozy crime." These eight shows have perfected a feel-good crime formula.
8 of the best ‘cozy crime’ series of all time
Murder mysteries don’t necessarily have to make us miserable, and these shows have perfected a feel-good crime formula
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Here's why the younger demonstrators (mostly Gen-Z) have felt “disenfranchised by the country’s policies and international ambitions.”
Youth revolts rattle Morocco as calls against corruption grow louder
Snowballing controversy over World Cup construction and civic services has become a serious threat to Morocco’s political stability
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Morocco has been rocked in recent days by a growing protest movement that has threatened the civic and political fabric of a country considered by many international observers as one of the most open and stable on the continent.
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It is not surprising that the internet has become so addictive. After all, it was designed that way.
Digital addiction: the compulsion to stay online
What it is and how to stop it
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Aston Martin’s sliding demise is a “stark reminder that prestige cannot shield a brand from tariffs and sluggish demand”, said Euronews.
The struggles of Aston Martin: burning cash not rubber
The car manufacturer, famous for its association with the James Bond franchise, is ‘running out of road’
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Apple is just the latest in a long string of brands that have been targeted by the Trump administration. Other major companies that have settled lawsuits with Trump include Paramount, Meta and Disney.
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Apple announced it has removed several apps from its store that allowed users to report sightings of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. ICEBlock, the most well-known of the apps, has pledged to fight the move.
Apple bows to Trump administration pressure over ICE tracking apps
It’s the latest company to capitulate to Trump’s demands
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Syrians are awaiting the results of the first elections since the fall of Bashar al-Assad, which authorities hope will represent a new chapter for the war-torn country.
Syria’s strange post-Assad election
Sunday’s limited vote ‘suited the phase Syria is undergoing’, says interim president
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Experts are not sure if the discounts will mean much to most people, who "often depend on insurance coverage" to pay for their prescriptions.
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President Trump last week announced the launch of a Trump-branded website where Americans will be able to find links to manufacturer sites that sell discounted medicine. The site will not "sell or distribute medications," an administration official said to CNN.
Can TrumpRx really lower drug prices?
Pfizer’s deal with Trump sent drugmaker stocks higher
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Carried by family members from their home to a temple palace in Kathmandu, the toddler was installed as the latest Kumari last week during the country’s most significant Hindu festival, Dashain.
Nepal’s new ‘living goddess’... is a two-year-old
Girls between two and four are chosen to live inside the temple as the Kumari – until puberty strikes
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Viewing the situation in the “most generous” light, the “thawing relationship” between China and the UK could have “undermined the case”, said Caroline Wheeler and Gabriel Pogrund in The Sunday Times.
Why did the China spying case collapse?
Unwillingness to call China an ‘enemy’ apparently scuppered espionage trial
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“Brollywood” is booming, after years of struggle, thanks to Britain’s generous tax breaks and cheaper labour. But there’s a black cloud on the horizon, as Donald Trump threatens to impose 100% tariffs on “films made in foreign lands”.
Hooray for Brollywood: the UK’s film industry is booming – for now
US production giants are flocking to film in British studios but Trump tariffs could threaten end of golden era
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"Guilds, actors and filmmakers” have reacted to Norwood’s emergence with an “immediate wave of backlash,” said The Associated Press. Acting performances should remain “human-centered,” the Screen Actors Guild said in a statement.
Is the first AI ‘actor’ the beginning of Hollywood’s existential crisis?
‘Tilly Norwood’ sparks a backlash
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Last month, the Federal Reserve made the first in what is anticipated to be a series of rate cuts, and it raised a question: Will they do anything to reshape the housing market, namely, mortgage rates?
How will Fed rate cuts affect the housing market?
An anticipated series of Federal Reserve cuts could impact mortgage rates
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Stratus “has become dominant because it is more infectious (able to bypass existing immunity to some degree) than prior variants”, Paul Hunter, a professor of medicine at the University of East Anglia, told The Telegraph.
The new Stratus Covid strain – and why it’s on the rise
‘No evidence’ new variant is more dangerous or that vaccines won’t work against it, say UK health experts
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The figures aren’t falling because the “underlying causes of migration have changed” but because, in response to a shift in public sentiment, the EU is “experimenting with new ways” of heading migrants off, said The Economist.
What’s behind Europe’s sharp drop in illegal migration?
Fall in migrant crossings won’t head off tougher immigration clampdowns
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