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Bizarre ontwikkelingen in cruciale senaatsrace in Alaska: volgens The New York Times regelden de Democraten ‘nepkandidaat’

Bij de Senaatsverkiezingen in Alaska hebben Democraten bewust verwarring gezaaid door een ‘nepkandidaat’ met dezelfde naam als de belangrijkste Republikeinse kandidaat deel te laten nemen aan de verki...

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For Israel’s Neighbors in Middle East, the Election Offers Little Hope of a Reset (Gift Article)

Few countries in the Middle East expect a turning point in relations with Israel. But the outcome of the vote has implications for the regional conflict with Iran.

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Four Scenarios for How the Midterms Could Go (Gift Article)

Expectations are cresting for Democrats, and some kind of wave seems likely, but so much will depend on a few close Senate races.

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Nvidia Chief, Jensen Huang, Is Seen as Target of Chinese Spy Plot (Gift Article)

A Chinese businesswoman who had a close relationship with Jensen Huang was found to be passing intelligence to Beijing. President Trump was briefed and took no action.

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Medium technologypolitics
Google’s Harness² Suggests the Next AI Upgrade May Not be a New Model

The open-source framework lets agents rewrite the prompts, tools, skills, and guardrails around a frozen model. Its results are promising…

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New York Times politics
Five Takeaways From the New Hampshire Senate Debate (Gift Article)

Representative Chris Pappas and former Senator John E. Sununu both stressed their willingness to buck their parties on occasion. Neither had kind words for President Trump.

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De mooiste (en soms aangrijpendste) foto’s van het leven op aarde

In Beeld: Het Natural History Museum in Londen organiseert elk jaar een wedstrijd voor natuurfotografen. Dit zijn de winnaars, gekozen uit ruim 65.000 inzendingen.

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De roemruchte kasteelruïne wordt gesloopt, ook al is niet iedere Almeerder daar blij mee: ‘Iedereen is er over de hekken geklommen’

Kasteel Almere: Een onafgebouwd spookkasteel torent al 25 jaar uit boven de naastgelegen A6 bij Almere. Maar dat is binnenkort mogelijk verleden tijd. De gemeente en een bouwconsortium gaan over tot s...

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The Brutal Harvard Class That Suddenly Everyone Wants to Take

It’s an ungodly amount of reading and no easy A. So why are freshmen lining up to get into Humanities 10?

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Scottish carbon capture project in doubt as cash ‘reprioritised’

The Scottish secretary is warning of significant challenges for Acorn, near Peterhead, after more than 30,000 jobs were originally pledged

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Medium politics
Street Fighter (2026) — a neon-lit, time-wasting cartoon of a movie

Street fighters Ryu and Ken reunite when Chun-Li recruits them for the World Warrior Tournament. As they face a hidden conspiracy, they…

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Column | Europa staat al twaalf jaar met lege handen en een mond vol tanden

Terwijl de Russen dagelijks burgerdoelen bombarderen en één op de drie Oekraïners kampt met PTSS, voeren de Amerikanen de druk op president Volodymyr Zelensky op tot boven het hoogste PTSS-niveau. Don...

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Hoogste opkomst sinds 1973 op dit tijdstip bij Israëlische verkiezingen, meerdere partijen melden knoeien met stembiljetten

Om 12.00 uur lokale tijd (11.00 uur Nederlandse tijd) is het opkomstpercentage bij de Israëlische parlementsverkiezingen het hoogste sinds 1973. Ongeveer 2,3 miljoen mensen brachten in de ochtend al h...

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PLATFORM SIX—The City Beyond the Last Stop—Episode 3

The train didn’t take me somewhere new — it took me somewhere I never left

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Column | Vogels kijken verrijkt je wereld, probeer het eens zelf

Wie vogels gaat kijken moet in de eerste plaats leren luisteren. Want als je alleen maar met je ogen vogelt, dan vind je vrijwel niets.

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John Healey got his can and gave it an almighty kick down the road

The chancellor has avoided making any difficult decisions in his budget. This was dishonest both economically and politically

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Opinie | Pangram is de moderne Heksenwaag

Kunstmatige intelligentie: De hetze met AI-detectietools doet Barend Last akelig veel denken aan de middeleeuwse Heksenwaag in Oudewater. Net als die weegschaal zegt een AI-detector volgens hem niks o...

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The Oil Industry Won’t Stop One of Its Dirtiest Practices, Even After Pledges

Exxon, Occidental and Diamondback are among those touting efforts to end routine gas flaring, but their flames keep spewing pollution around the world.

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Hundreds of GP websites down after tech firm collapses

Thousands of people cannot view test results or make appointments after the website provider Silicon Practice went into administration

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Tv-recensie | Caroline van der Plas zag weer eens een zweem van antisemitisme bij de publieke omroep

ZAP: Niet meedoen aan het Songfestival was het onderwerp dat in alle talkshows ter sprake kwam. Daarbij ging het niet om de ethiek achter de beslissing, maar om de „blamage van de NTR” en om AvroTros ...

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Meta plotted ‘takedown’ of author who inspired social media bans

Staff discussed how to ‘turn academics against’ Jonathan Haidt, the psychologist whose book The Anxious Generation pushed Australia to ban social media for children

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New York Times sportsculture
Oksana Chusovitina, the 51-year-old gymnast who refuses to retire: ‘I think about the Olympics all the time’ (Gift Article)

The Uzbekistani feels as fresh as ever and has a ninth Summer Games in her sights in Los Angeles

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Wat vindt NRC | Kabinet moet eerst visie op ‘slimme overheid’ hebben, voordat het 25.000 banen schrapt

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Kleptocracy, Inc.

Under Trump, conflicts of interest are just part of the system.

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The Times (UK) politicslegal
Putin calls Elon Musk ‘real genius’ after throttling of Starlink

President says Russia is beginning to develop its own satellite communications system, claiming it might be better than US version

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Evacuees from Oleshky will be ‘forced into Russia-held areas for propaganda’

Those fleeing the town will have to go through Russian-occupied Crimea, or to Russia, before they can return to Ukraine, officials say

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Siena and the Art of the Butt (Gift Article)

A show of bronzes at the Frick Collection reveals a divine and ancient craft they’d revived — and lessons in gluteal grace.

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New York Times technology
Who’s Who Behind the Dawn of the Modern Artificial Intelligence Movement (Gift Article)

Before chatbots exploded in popularity, a group of researchers, tech executives and venture capitalists had worked for more than a decade to fuel A.I.

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AJ Dybantsa’s NBA debut highlighted by 19 points, promising moments despite Wizards loss (Gift Article)

No. 1 draft pick AJ Dybantsa showed no rust while making his NBA debut against the Cleveland Cavaliers.

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Medium technologyculture
John Ternus Is Leading a Reality Distortion Field at Apple — and the Touchscreen Macs Build My Case

Apple is glowing again, but please don’t touch my Mac (yet)

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Vance Proposes Restarting Peace Talks in Outreach to Iranian Official (Gift Article)

In his letter, the vice president suggested an immediate resumption of comprehensive talks, including about Iran’s nuclear program.

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In Michigan, El-Sayed Faces Heat From Former Primary Rival as Election Nears (Gift Article)

Representative Haley Stevens has been less than enthusiastic about Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, injecting late intraparty tensions into a race that could decide Senate control.

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New York Times sports
The Brewers nearly landed Tarik Skubal. They won the World Series anyway (Gift Article)

“We have enough,” Brewers manager Pat Murphy told his team after Milwaukee's bid for Skubal fell short.

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New York Times sports
Building the Brewers: 10 moves that brought Milwaukee to the World Series (Gift Article)

The Brewers made big adds, and then layered important role players on top.

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New York Times sports
Unshakable Brewers claim first World Series title, capping magical October run (Gift Article)

The Brewers finished off the Rays with a Game 5 victory at Tropicana Field, where their fans gathered for the vacation of a lifetime.

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The 2027 Way-Too-Early MLB Power Rankings: Where does your team stand now? (Gift Article)

In way-too-early fashion, we ranked all 30 teams based on how they stack up once free agents are removed from rosters. So who's on top? Duh.

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Brewers win World Series for first time, beat Rays in Game 5: Live updates and reaction (Gift Article)

Milwaukee shut down Tampa Bay 4-1 on Wednesday to clinch the title

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Win tonight. Win it all. How the Brewers built their first World Series champion (Gift Article)

The Brewers didn't land Tarik Skubal. They funneled that trade deadline disappointment into a belief they could win it all anyway.

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Medium businessworldpolitics
The Costly Unravelling of American Deterrence in the Middle East and Persian Gulf

How discarding the Weinberger-Powell doctrine fuelled an asymmetric trap that fractured regional alliances and broke naval power.

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New York Times politics
Solace for Humphrey: Senate Democrats Give Him a $7,450 Pay Rise, a Chauffeured Limousine and New Title (Gift Article)

Sen Dems on Jan 5 unanimously name Sen Hubert Humphrey to new post as Deputy Pres pro tem of Sen; chauffeured limousine, entree to White House leadership meetings and $7,450 raise comes with position;...

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Fire Breaks Out at South Carolina Nuclear Site (Gift Article)

The fire at the Savannah River National Laboratory prompted officials to limit air traffic in the area. One person was hospitalized with minor injuries, officials said.

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‘I’m Carrying This Baby Just to Bury It’: The Struggle to Decode Abortion Laws (Published 2022)
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Surprise Showing by Arab Parties in Israeli Vote Puts Them in Spotlight (Gift Article)

The Arab parties have long been kept on the political sidelines. But stunning turnout by their supporters makes the Arab minority an Israeli political reality that cannot be ignored.

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NY Daily News politics
Civil rights leader, labor activist Dolores Huerta dies at 96

Dolores Huerta, who co-founded the United Farm Workers union to improve working conditions in the nation’s fruit and vegetable fields and coined the phrase “Sí, se puede!” has died. She was 96.

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What’s in Our Queue? Laurie Berkner and More
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‘The Lowdown’ Season 2 Episode 4 Recap: The Milk of Human Unkindness
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Political Science (Gift Article)

When Donald Kennedy, a biologist and editor of the eminent journal Science, was asked what had led so many American scientists to feel that George W. Bush's administration is anti-science, he isolated...

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Supernatural Scrolls

Exploring the spooky Japanese art that has recorded the surreal world of yōkai for centuries, from woodblock to celluloid…

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New York Times politics
Trump Calls for Mary Peltola, Alaska Senate Candidate, to Be Prosecuted (Gift Article)

The president lashed out at the former representative after The New York Times reported that her campaign and national Democrats helped recruit spoiler candidates to the race. He offered no explanatio...

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Judge Rejects Trump Officials’ Bid to Set Aside California Ballots (Gift Article)

The judge ruled that no immediate action was necessary, dealing another setback to the administration as it moves to target voting by noncitizens.

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