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Business
Longest and deepest undersea tunnel is now being built
“Norway is currently building a 26.7-kilometer-long subsea road tunnel, which will be the longest and deepest in the world once…
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Law and Government
France’s legislature passes assisted-dying bill
“France’s National Assembly gave final approval Wednesday to a bill allowing adults with incurable illnesses to receive lethal medication, the…
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Law and Government
New York will ban large data centers for a year
“New York will block the construction of any new large data centers for up to a year so the state…
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Unyielding
FAA will likely end the ban on supersonic flights
“The Federal Aviation Administration has proposed a new rule that would allow civilian aircraft to fly faster than Mach 1…
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Business
16 die of starvation, but regenerative agriculture saves others
16 people have died of starvation in Uganda’s impoverished northeast due to a drought: Farmers say they’ve lost crops because…
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Foreign Affairs
Genocide Committed in Western Sudan, UN Confirms
“Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) committed genocide in the western city of el-Fasher, carrying out mass killings, gang rapes…
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Unyielding
Tobacco use plunges by more than 50% in world’s most populous country
“The share of adults in India who use tobacco halved between 2000 and 2022, dropping from 50 percent to 24…
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Coffee protects against some major diseases
“For a while, scientists suspected that drinking coffee was hazardous to your health. But hundreds of studies have painted coffee…
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Science and Technology
Artificial intelligence saves life of man with heart disease
An artificial intelligence tool saved a man’s life in New York City: “A patient came to an emergency room with…
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Fourth of July cookouts get more affordable for the average person
“Every year, the American Farm Bureau Federation estimates the cost of a traditional Independence Day cookout. The basket includes summer…
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Science and Technology
Experimental treatment heals burns without the scars that come from skin grafts
“Doctors in Ontario recently used an experimental treatment to help treat a burn victim’s face. Instead of skin grafts, which…
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Business
New York City is suffering now due to left-wing anti-energy policies
New York City “had a nuclear power plant 36 miles away called Indian Point. It supplied carbon-free safe power that…
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Business
Solar powered cooling systems prevent hunger in Africa
“Solar-powered cold storage systems are helping farmers save more of their produce in Africa, where many rural areas lack reliable…
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Flamingos flock to Venice
“In the early 2000s, a population of flamingos began making the Venetian Lagoon their winter home. Since then, the annual…
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One-child family is now the European norm, report says
Eurostat says that the “one-child family is now the European norm.” In Portugal, 62% of families with offspring have only…
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Business
Pepsi is now using driverless trucks
“PepsiCo is operating a fleet of 35 driverless trucks in Arizona.” It is “the first major U.S. consumer-goods company to…
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Economy
Oklahoma voters reject minimum wage hike
“Voters in Oklahoma rejected a minimum wage increase earlier this month. That’s actually the third time in a row voters…
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Business
Nuclear power grows 76 percent in China
“According to data compiled by the US Energy Information Administration, China’s nuclear energy generation capacity nearly doubled between 2016 and…
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Business
1.5 million mosquitoes are being spawned each week in a French facility
“A new mosquito-breeding facility in France is producing 1.5 million sterile mosquitoes per week to help control the population of…
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Business
New York City imposes rent freeze on one million apartments, resulting in huge losses for some
In 2023, a bank collapsed after New York’s legislature tightened rent control, making it impossible for some cash-strapped landlords to repay…
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Infant mortality falls to record low in the U.S.
“According to provisional CDC data, the US infant mortality rate fell to an all-time low in 2025, reaching fewer than…
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Business
Berries become more affordable, despite growing demand from kids
“Despite increased demand (particularly from voracious children), berries are becoming more affordable in the United States. The economist Jeremy Horpedahl…
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Economy
India likely to avoid big increase in hunger despite Iran war and bad growing season
The Iran war increased oil and diesel prices and cut the flow of fertilizer through the Persian Gulf to the…
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Foreign Affairs
Heat wave strikes France, where most people lack air conditioning, leading to drowning deaths
A heat wave is producing a red alert all over France, with record-breaking temperatures, notes NPR. Temperatures are expected to…
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Big island cleared of feral pigs
“Kangaroo Island, a large island off the Southern coast of Australia, has been fully cleared of invasive feral pigs, setting…
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Deregulation reduced air pollution
“A new study finds that economic liberalization is not at odds with protecting the environment. After examining 49 cases of…
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Foreign Affairs
Couple sentenced to 50 days behind bars for homeschooling their children
“A Brazilian couple was sentenced to 50 days behind bars for the ‘crime’ of homeschooling their children — despite the…
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Business
Amazon data centers now use less water. They also spawn tax cuts for homeowners.
Amazon’s data centers are using water more efficiently than in the past. A company report shows that “Amazon’s data centers…
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Law and Government
Georgia opens more licensed jobs to people with criminal records
“Georgia is opening more licensed jobs to people with criminal records. Under a new law, licensing boards can no longer…
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Science and Technology
Greenpeace killed 106,000 children by blocking Golden Rice, report says
“Greenpeace and its activists allies have blocked for more than two decades the adoption of Golden Rice, which is genetically…
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Science and Technology
America’s drinking water is getting cleaner
America’s drinking water is “getting cleaner. A recent National Bureau of Economic Research analysis of 266 million drinking water readings…
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Education
7700 ghost students discovered at Minnesota state colleges and universities
“Over 7700 suspected ‘ghost students’—people who take taxpayer funds for college then never show up,” were “found in Minnesota,” reports The…
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Foreign Affairs
Tourism expands between African countries, reflecting growing middle class
A growing intra-African tourism industry is “made possible by rising incomes, growing flight coverage, and loosening visa requirements,” reports The Doomslayer. The…
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Business
FDA finally approves more effective sunscreen ingredient long available in Europe
“The FDA has approved a new sunscreen ingredient for the first time in 20 years. The reform is a long…
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Mangrove forests recover around the world
“Global mangrove forests are recovering. A recently published analysis of Landsat satellite imagery found that, although the global area of…
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Crested ibises return to Japan
“Crested ibis are being reintroduced to the Japanese mainland, where they were extirpated in the 1970s,” notes The Doomslayer. The…
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