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Smith backs El-Sayed in Michigan Senate race
The article’s text is unavailable because access was denied, so its claims and supporting details cannot be independently summarised. The title indicates that Smith has backed El-Sayed in Michigan’s Senate race, but the article provides no further context. No information is available on which Smith made the endorsement, the timing, El-Sayed’s opponents, or the race’s…
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USA Today columnist who slammed Caitlin Clark declared US greed would ruin World Cup
Fox News reports that a USA Today columnist’s warning that American commercialism would undermine the World Cup has been challenged by subsequent evidence of strong public interest. The article frames the dispute as a contrast between concerns over high prices and profit-driven hosting, and the tournament’s apparent ability to attract record demand. The report refers…
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Following the jailing of two of his children for violent assault, publican Charlie Chawke will change paperwork of famous pub his son Bill ran to avoid objections to upcoming licence renewal
Dublin publican Charlie Chawke is set to change the ownership paperwork on a well-known pub previously run by his son Bill, in a move reported to be aimed at heading off objections when the venue’s licence comes up for renewal. The shift comes just weeks after two of Chawke’s children were jailed following convictions for…
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Australia hit with 12.5 per cent tariff by Donald Trump – as US plans levies on dozens of trade partners
The article reports that Australia is set to face a 12.5 per cent US tariff under plans announced by Donald Trump, alongside proposed levies affecting dozens of other trading partners. The move matters because tariffs can raise costs for exporters and consumers, potentially straining trade relationships and disrupting supply chains. The available text provides little…
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3 Vulnerable Joni Mitchell Songs From the 1970s That Still Stop Us in Our Tracks
Joni Mitchell’s 1971 album Blue is highlighted through three songs that exemplify her unusually candid songwriting, which helped reshape expectations of singer-songwriters in the 1970s. – “Little Green”: a deeply personal song about Mitchell placing her daughter for adoption while facing poverty in Toronto; she reunited with her daughter in 1997. – “A Case of…
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Kacey Musgraves Shares Grandma’s Unfiltered Reaction to Her Next Hit Single
Kacey Musgraves shared her grandmother’s blunt reaction to the video for “Mexico Honey”, a song from her recently released album Middle of Nowhere. Her grandmother said the track would “never” make her favourites list, highlighting a playful contrast with the strongly positive response from fans. The video was released on Wednesday and had surpassed 110,000…
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AMD and Cerebras join forces against Nvidia’s Groq LPUs
AMD and Cerebras have announced a collaboration to build a disaggregated AI inference platform, combining AMD Instinct GPUs with Cerebras’s wafer-scale accelerators. The partnership is intended to deliver faster, lower-latency responses for AI agents and strengthen AMD’s position against Nvidia, whose acquisition of Groq addressed a similar inference-focused capability. AMD’s GPUs would handle compute-intensive prompt…
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It’s not just a No 10 in the north, it’s an engine for growth throughout the whole UK | Andy Burnham
Andy Burnham argues that establishing “No 10 North” in Manchester is intended to shift meaningful decision-making power away from London and make regional growth a central government priority. He says decades of political centralisation, privatisation and deindustrialisation have left many communities unable to recover, contributing to economic inequality and political discontent. The new office would…
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Odysseus Has Been Funko Pop-ed
Funko has announced a 5-inch Odysseus collectible based on Matt Damon’s portrayal in Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster adaptation of “The Odyssey”. The pre-order release marks one of the film’s first prominent licensed products and reflects growing commercial interest following its strong cinema debut. The figure depicts Odysseus in a helmet, cloak and belt, holding a sword,…
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Trump administration to impose fresh wave of tariffs on more than 80 countries
The Trump administration will introduce new tariffs of 10% or 12.5% on more than 80 countries, replacing a 10% global duty due to expire on Friday. The move marks a further escalation of Donald Trump’s trade policy and could affect prices and trading relationships, while the administration says it is intended to address forced labour…