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The 25 basis-point hike is the first raise in three years and comes before critical midterm elections in the US., The United States Federal Reserve has said it will raise interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point as inflation, driven by soaring fuel prices amid the US-Iran war,Continue Reading

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Scientists have developed a solar-powered desalination system that turns seawater into fresh water while removing nearly all of the leftover salt as a solid instead of producing harmful brine. The self-cleaning technology could also recover valuable minerals such as lithium, potentially turning desalination waste into a useful resource., Read MoreContinue Reading

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In Ahmed Hassouna’s Gaza chronicle “Al Mowaten Osama” (“Citizen Osama”), a journalist becomes the story. Ignoring warnings to evacuate in mid-2024, independent reporter Osama Al-Ashi remains in northern Gaza to record the human toll of Israel’s assault. The result is a sobering portrait of everyday struggles under constant bombardment. WeContinue Reading

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Last week, the war in Ukraine reached deep inside the Russian Arctic. On Sept. 9, Ukrainian drones struck two natural gas processing plants in the Yamalo-Nenets region, about 1,900 miles from the Ukrainian border. This was Ukraine’s deepest strike on Russia since the war began. Arctic energy infrastructure in theContinue Reading

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This story was originally published by The 19th. As Republicans gathered in Dallas for their pre-midterm convention last week, Texas Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico focused on survivors of Jeffrey Epstein.  Talarico got a tour of the Reading Room, a traveling exhibit of the nearly 3 million files that theContinue Reading

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Deposing Nathan and Tonight We Rule the World by Zack Smedley They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera This is Why They Hate Us by Aaron Aceves Darkhearts by James L. Sutter My Own Kind of Person by Tim Manley, Read MoreContinue Reading