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US sanctions more Cuban companies and officials
The United States has imposed a fresh round of sanctions on Cuban state-run companies and officials, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced. The move targets nine state-owned mining, metal and construction firms, the Ministry of Construction, and figures linked to a Cuban international institute, as Washington continues to escalate economic pressure on Havana under the…
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Melania Trump jokes about her low profile in Rose Garden remarks
First lady Melania Trump poked fun at her low profile throughout her husband’s second term during a White House event Thursday, making her first major public appearance since mid-July. “Good afternoon,” the first lady greeted press at the White House Rose Garden for an event highlighting her new foster care scholarship initiative. “I heard you…
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Meghan denies she wanted to be US Senator amid claim she met with top Democrat to lobby for her appointment
Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, has denied that she sought a US Senate seat after reports claimed she met a senior Democrat to lobby for an appointment. The allegation concerns a possible vacancy and has renewed scrutiny of her potential political ambitions, although the report provides no confirmed evidence that she formally pursued the role.…
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Rain to stop in time for weekend as sun returns
High pressure will bring drier, sunnier weather across the UK this weekend after several days of heavy, sometimes thundery downpours. Friday will still see further heavy showers, particularly across England and Wales, while Scotland and Northern Ireland stay largely dry, but conditions improve significantly by Saturday and Sunday with sunny spells returning and daytime temperatures…
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AI data startup Micro1 reaches $500M gross run rate amid AI training boom
Micro1, a four-year-old AI data-labelling startup, has seen its gross annual run rate surge from $100 million to $500 million over the past eight months, reflecting soaring demand from AI labs and corporations for high-quality training data. The company, which contracts domain experts such as doctors, lawyers and scientists, retains roughly 60-70% of that revenue,…
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10 Essential X-Men Comics For Beginners
This Collider feature offers a beginner-friendly reading guide to essential X-Men comics, timed to renewed interest in the team following the announcement of the X-Men cast at Disney’s D23 convention and Jean Grey’s (Sadie Sink) upcoming Marvel Cinematic Universe debut in Spider-Man: Brand New Day. With decades of complex, interconnected storylines to navigate, the article…
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To many voters alarmed by mass migration, this man is a charismatic messiah. He’s also a pro-Russian on the verge of becoming the first far-Right nationalist to run a state government since the Nazis… So is this the most dangerous man in Germany?
The provided article text does not contain the actual body of the report — only the headline and a set of unrelated Daily Mail links (mostly about the Royal Family, celebrity news and other stories) were supplied, so no substantive details from the piece itself are available to summarise. Based on the headline alone, the…
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How much could Trump’s ‘economic D-Day’ hurt Iran?
US President Donald Trump has promised an “economic D-Day” of sanctions against Iran, nearly six months into a conflict that has settled into a stalemate with neither a military breakthrough nor a negotiated settlement in sight. The move reflects growing frustration within the administration that its existing strategies have failed to force Iran to capitulate,…
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Matt Calkins quits Seattle Times over rejected women’s sport column
Matt Calkins, a sports columnist at the Seattle Times for nearly 11 years, resigned this week after the paper declined to publish his column on the “Save Women’s Sports” movement. Calkins said the rejection left him unable to do the job he was hired for, and framed it as the immediate cause of his departure…
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Unmasked: Cops identify man accused of terrorizing woman in terrifying Chucky-style costume
Police have identified a man they say terrorised a woman while wearing a costume resembling Chucky, the killer doll character from the horror film franchise. According to the Daily Mail headline, officers have now “unmasked” the suspect, though the article text supplied does not contain further reporting details, such as the location, date or nature…