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The variety was embodied in the five stories David Wilson selected as his best from 2023.

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The variety was embodied in the five stories David Wilson selected as his best from 2023.

Danish container-shipping giant Maersk said Tuesday it would re-route all Red Sea-bound vessels around South Africa's Cape of Good Hope -- a 3,500-mile diversion -- to avoid attacks by Houthi rebels in Yemen.

TOMMY Mallet has revealed he’s treating himself to a very flash custom-built Ferrari.

Since the October 7 Hamas attack and Israel's crushing response in the Gaza Strip, more than 1,500 anti-Semitic acts have been recorded in France – three times as many as in the whole of 2022. For many French Jews, this outpouring of hatred has awakened a feeling of vulnerability. We went to meet Rachel Jedinak, a survivor of the World War II Vel d'Hiv' roundup; Jonas Jacquelin, a rabbi at a synagogue in Paris’s Copernic Street; Hanna Assouline, president and co-founder of the NGO Women Warriors for Peace; and Michel Wieviorka... Читать дальше...

A new technology co-developed at EMBL Hamburg provides new insights into mRNA pharmaceuticals and other nanomedicines, which can be helpful for the development of new products

The year had started so well for robotaxis. Cruise and Waymo came into 2023 riding high on fresh investments from General Motors and Google, respectively, as well as rapidly growing interest from the general public and a downright rabid rate of adoption by city governments. Things were looking up, very up, for the burgeoning self-driving vehicle industry! Then a driverless Crusie taxi accidentally dragged a hit-and-run victim down a San Francisco street for a few dozen feet and everything just sort of went to shit from there. Читать дальше...

You may have noticed that, as of the end of the 2023 MLB season, the counter on the front page of Baseball-Reference indicated that there had been 23,115 players in major league history and that that number now says 23,114. This change is due to the hard work and dedication of the SABR Biographical Research […]

As record numbers of us prepare for holiday travel, many of us are on our way to celebrate with a flurry of festive feasting. But while we’re destined for tables laden with family favorites, potluck staples, and fancy hors d’oeuvres, the airlines, interstates, and Amtraks we’ll take to get there may not offer the…

Author Kliph Nesteroff on how his new book, Outrageous, traces the history of show business and the culture wars, from minstrel shows to canceled comics

Several small-sized Canadian oil and gas producers prefer to wait and see if Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Liberals will survive the 2025 election instead of investing a lot of money and cutting production now to start complying with a federal framework to slash emissions by 2030. “Say that we would have to spend significant capital (to comply), we would have a look at, is this government going to survive and what are the chances of this legislation surviving?” Bonterra Energy's Pat Oliver told Reuters. Читать дальше...

Apple will discontinue sales of the Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2 in the U.S. following a patent dispute with the health tech company, Masimo.

(Telecompaper) Latvian operator LMT has signed an agreement with the European Investment Bank (EIB) on a EUR 50 million loan for the development of 5G infrastructure...

RadarOnline.com is told that Nanny Faye is "concerned about the family" ahead of the holidays and Todd and Julie Chrisley's appeal hearing.

A diligent surveyor of the night skies, NEOWISE is sadly approaching its fiery demise as the Sun’s erratic outbursts are causing the infrared telescope to gradually fall out of its orbit before it eventually burns up in Earth’s atmosphere.

Haven't ordered any of your holiday gifts yet? Well, you might find solace in discovering some of America's biggest retailers are working to increase their shipping speeds to please shoppers expecting faster and faster deliveries.

Experts aren’t always right, but we can overly depend on them and blindly trust them, especially with complex or difficult decisions.

SpiceJet has requested an extension from the resolution professional for submitting an offer

Britain’s “loneliest dog” is looking for his forever home this Christmas after spending more than 600 days in kennels.

Our betting expert provides Toulouse vs Monaco predictions for this Ligue 1 match on Wednesday, December 20th. Both sides will be keen on bouncing back from disappointing results in the last round of games. The home side is desperate to escape the relegation battle, with the visitors looking to keep in touch at the top.

1. Universal Studios confirms plans for first UK attraction - and buys huge site in Bedford to build it  Sky News
2. Universal Studios buys Bedford brickworks for theme park plan  bbc.co.uk
3. Universal Studios Great Britain — Possible Location Revealed for UK Theme Park  Orlando ParkStop
4. Universal Studios rumoured to be opening massive 500 acre theme park in the UK  Welwyn Hatfield Times

TikTok is taking steps to make the app experience better for those who want to watch their favorite clips on larger devices. This includes optimization in the TikTok app for Android foldables with larger displays and iPads.

The Massachusetts DPH report is a beautiful holiday gift for harm reduction advocates.

Music superstar Britney Spears filmed herself in the bizarre video seemingly throwing shade again at ex Justin Tiimberlake by wearing a Fedora hat and sticking up her finger at the camera