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How can the super-rich help the world?
Google AI Overview: The super-rich can help the world by tackling global issues like poverty, climate change, and lack of education through large-scale philanthropy, investing in sustainable tech, creating jobs, funding research, ...
Google AI Overview: The super-rich can help the world by tackling global issues like poverty, climate change, and lack of education through large-scale philanthropy, investing in sustainable tech, creating jobs, funding research, ...
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Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi of Japan and President Lee Jae Myung of South Korea jammed to BTS and “KPop Demon Hunters,” in a display meant to show warming ties between their countries at a time of deep geopolitical and economic uncertainty.
Watch the Leaders of Japan and South Korea Jam to K-pop on the Drums
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi of Japan and President Lee Jae Myung of South Korea played along to BTS and “KPop Demon Hunters,” in a display meant to show warming ties.
trib.al
January 14, 2026 at 11:10 AM
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi of Japan and President Lee Jae Myung of South Korea jammed to BTS and “KPop Demon Hunters,” in a display meant to show warming ties between their countries at a time of deep geopolitical and economic uncertainty.
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The stone capsule will be reopened on 4 July 2276 📆
Foster + Partners designs time capsule for USA’s 250th anniversary
Foster + Partners designs time capsule for USA’s 250th anniversary
www.architectsjournal.co.uk
January 13, 2026 at 11:34 AM
The stone capsule will be reopened on 4 July 2276 📆
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For the first time since “Game of Thrones” ended in 2019, Emilia Clarke is playing the lead in a television series. In the Cold War-era drama “Ponies,” Clarke stars as the wife of an intelligence agent who abruptly becomes a spy herself.
In ‘Ponies,’ Emilia Clarke Is Done With Dragons
The “Game of Thrones” actress plays a fledgling spy in “Ponies,” a Cold-War era drama that takes her career in a new direction.
nyti.ms
January 13, 2026 at 12:55 PM
For the first time since “Game of Thrones” ended in 2019, Emilia Clarke is playing the lead in a television series. In the Cold War-era drama “Ponies,” Clarke stars as the wife of an intelligence agent who abruptly becomes a spy herself.
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Researchers have also found “enormous” amounts of microplastics floating through urban air – far exceeding previous estimates.
More microplastics found in rural woodland than major city. Here’s why
Researchers have also found “enormous” amounts of microplastics floating through urban air – far exceeding previous estimates.
l.euronews.com
January 13, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Researchers have also found “enormous” amounts of microplastics floating through urban air – far exceeding previous estimates.
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January 8, 2026 at 2:35 AM
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The Art Nouveau style hotel Gran Hotel Ciudad de México in Mexico City. 1899. Designed by the Frenchman Jacques Grüber.
January 12, 2026 at 1:41 PM
The Art Nouveau style hotel Gran Hotel Ciudad de México in Mexico City. 1899. Designed by the Frenchman Jacques Grüber.
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Absolutely massive.
Behold This Massive Airborne Wind Turbine Hovering Over China
Chinese company Linyi Yunchuan recently deployed a massive airborne wind turbine, which dominated the skyline over Sichuan Province.
trib.al
January 10, 2026 at 12:51 PM
Absolutely massive.
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Olin Petzold nestles self-built treehouse in Swiss valley: www.dezeen.com/2025/12/28/casetta-tessino-treehouse-olin-petzold/
January 10, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Olin Petzold nestles self-built treehouse in Swiss valley: www.dezeen.com/2025/12/28/casetta-tessino-treehouse-olin-petzold/
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We've just announced our new programme for the first half of 2026, celebrating the people and movements that protect England's rural landscapes.
@olliedouglas.bsky.social shares what's coming up in our new blogpost.
merl.reading.ac.uk/news-and-vie...
@olliedouglas.bsky.social shares what's coming up in our new blogpost.
merl.reading.ac.uk/news-and-vie...
Come and join our big rural party
This year we're celebrating the organisations, artists and activists who defend the voices and soul of rural England.
merl.reading.ac.uk
January 8, 2026 at 12:12 PM
We've just announced our new programme for the first half of 2026, celebrating the people and movements that protect England's rural landscapes.
@olliedouglas.bsky.social shares what's coming up in our new blogpost.
merl.reading.ac.uk/news-and-vie...
@olliedouglas.bsky.social shares what's coming up in our new blogpost.
merl.reading.ac.uk/news-and-vie...
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📯 Applications open today for our Journalist Fellowship!
The programme is open to outstanding mid-career journalists who want to spend time with us exploring the future of journalism.
🧵 Key details in thread
🔗 Everything you need on this webpage: reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/fellowships
The programme is open to outstanding mid-career journalists who want to spend time with us exploring the future of journalism.
🧵 Key details in thread
🔗 Everything you need on this webpage: reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/fellowships
January 7, 2026 at 12:20 PM
📯 Applications open today for our Journalist Fellowship!
The programme is open to outstanding mid-career journalists who want to spend time with us exploring the future of journalism.
🧵 Key details in thread
🔗 Everything you need on this webpage: reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/fellowships
The programme is open to outstanding mid-career journalists who want to spend time with us exploring the future of journalism.
🧵 Key details in thread
🔗 Everything you need on this webpage: reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/fellowships
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IKEA to close seven stores in China amid strategy shift reut.rs/4pLXMU1
IKEA to close seven stores in China amid strategy shift
Furniture retailer IKEA is closing seven stores in China from February 2, it said in a statement on Wednesday.
reut.rs
January 7, 2026 at 12:50 PM
IKEA to close seven stores in China amid strategy shift reut.rs/4pLXMU1
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Are you a PhD student interested in using museum collections in your research?
Our next free doctoral training webinar takes place next Wednesday. Join us for guidance and examples of uncovering marginalised and minoritised stories in collections.
collections.reading.ac.uk/whats-on/doc...
Our next free doctoral training webinar takes place next Wednesday. Join us for guidance and examples of uncovering marginalised and minoritised stories in collections.
collections.reading.ac.uk/whats-on/doc...
Doctoral Training Programme: What's Not There? Absences in Collections | Museums and Collections
Explore techniques to research 'against the grain' and uncover marginalised stories.
collections.reading.ac.uk
January 7, 2026 at 12:51 PM
Are you a PhD student interested in using museum collections in your research?
Our next free doctoral training webinar takes place next Wednesday. Join us for guidance and examples of uncovering marginalised and minoritised stories in collections.
collections.reading.ac.uk/whats-on/doc...
Our next free doctoral training webinar takes place next Wednesday. Join us for guidance and examples of uncovering marginalised and minoritised stories in collections.
collections.reading.ac.uk/whats-on/doc...
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This solar-charging keyboard can harvest power from...indoor lights? #CES2026
Lenovo debuts a concept 'no-charging' keyboard and mouse combo at CES 2026
The solar-charging keyboard can harvest power from indoor lights, Lenovo claims.
bit.ly
January 7, 2026 at 1:15 PM
This solar-charging keyboard can harvest power from...indoor lights? #CES2026
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Vet Hospital Tirana by Davide Macullo Architects, TIRANË, ALBANIA
January 7, 2026 at 1:16 PM
Vet Hospital Tirana by Davide Macullo Architects, TIRANË, ALBANIA
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Would you ever actually want to put an AI companion in a tube on your desk? Razer’s most unexpected #CES2026 reveal, Project AVA, does just that.
January 6, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Would you ever actually want to put an AI companion in a tube on your desk? Razer’s most unexpected #CES2026 reveal, Project AVA, does just that.
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Chamberlain’s new smart lock will lock your door and shut your garage upon spotting a stranger
Chamberlain’s new smart lock will lock your door and shut your garage upon spotting a stranger
The smart lock will “recognize” you as you approach.
buff.ly
January 6, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Chamberlain’s new smart lock will lock your door and shut your garage upon spotting a stranger
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"Intricate craftsmanship" revives modernist Vejrhøj summerhouse in Denmark: www.dezeen.com/2025/11/01/vejrhoj-marshall-blecher-jan-henrik-jansen/
January 2, 2026 at 12:44 PM
"Intricate craftsmanship" revives modernist Vejrhøj summerhouse in Denmark: www.dezeen.com/2025/11/01/vejrhoj-marshall-blecher-jan-henrik-jansen/
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In 2007 China had about 1,700 museums attracting some 250m visits per year. Since then the number has more than quadrupled to 7,000, while annual visits are up nearly six-fold to 1.5bn
China’s museum boom, take two
Once-empty halls now heave with visitors—and treasures
econ.st
January 3, 2026 at 12:00 PM
In 2007 China had about 1,700 museums attracting some 250m visits per year. Since then the number has more than quadrupled to 7,000, while annual visits are up nearly six-fold to 1.5bn
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Buildings become "dance partners" at Snøhetta's Dartmouth arts centre extension: www.dezeen.com/2025/10/28/snohetta-expansion-dartmouth-hopkins-center-for-the-arts/
January 3, 2026 at 12:44 PM
Buildings become "dance partners" at Snøhetta's Dartmouth arts centre extension: www.dezeen.com/2025/10/28/snohetta-expansion-dartmouth-hopkins-center-for-the-arts/
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January 1, 2026 at 9:32 AM
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Panzhou International Hotel, designed by Shing & Partners, stands out as a distinctive high-rise building in Guangdong, China
January 1, 2026 at 11:21 AM
Panzhou International Hotel, designed by Shing & Partners, stands out as a distinctive high-rise building in Guangdong, China
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🎆 Happy 2026 from GSD! Starting off the year with an accurate, edible gingerbread scale model of Gund that students Miu Kondo, Kiyomi Langenhagen, and Sun Woo Byun built for fun before winter break!
January 1, 2026 at 2:01 PM
🎆 Happy 2026 from GSD! Starting off the year with an accurate, edible gingerbread scale model of Gund that students Miu Kondo, Kiyomi Langenhagen, and Sun Woo Byun built for fun before winter break!
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Retired Chicago Blackhawks goalie Nikolai Khabibulin and his wife, Victoria, sold their three-bedroom, 2,333-square-foot condominium for $1.355 million — some $407,500 less than they paid for it 20 years earlier.
Retired Blackhawks goalie Nikolai Khabibulin sells River North condo for $1.4M
The sale price received by the Khabibulins is another indicator of the softness in condo resale prices downtown.
trib.al
January 1, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Retired Chicago Blackhawks goalie Nikolai Khabibulin and his wife, Victoria, sold their three-bedroom, 2,333-square-foot condominium for $1.355 million — some $407,500 less than they paid for it 20 years earlier.
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modular emergency habitats transform from flat objects to 3D structures by pulling a string www.designboom.com/technology/m...
modular emergency habitats transform from flat objects to 3D structures by pulling a string
www.designboom.com
December 30, 2025 at 10:37 AM
modular emergency habitats transform from flat objects to 3D structures by pulling a string www.designboom.com/technology/m...