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TIFF Docs Chief Not Worried About Taking on Elon Musk

The Toronto International Film Festival’s documentary czar feels confident about taking on Elon Musk. On Wednesday, the 2026 edition of TIFF unveiled its documentary films slate, consisting of 21 doc titles from around the world, and one film stood out for the controversy — and

A new take on interpreting chemical bond analysis in solids

Researchers from Skoltech, SberUniversity, the M.N. Mikheev Institute of Metal Physics of UB RAS and Ural Federal University have published a review of a novel approach to interpreting chemical bonding in solids. The method not only describes crystals in terms of precise

Michigan says 'technical issue' slowed voting

Michigan state officials on Tuesday said a "technical issue" slowed down voting as millions of registered voters cast their ballots in the state's primary election. The Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget (DTMB) "addressed a technical issue that temporarily

World faces fresh food price surge, FAO warns

FRANKFURT, Aug 5 - The world is on the verge of another bout of food inflation as wars in Iran and Ukraine along with El Nino create a perfect storm of higher costs and lower crop yields, the chief economist of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization said.

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Fauci had every right to take the Fifth

Public criticism of Fauci's decision to invoke the Fifth Amendment has been conspicuously silent on whether he reasonably believed that he would otherwise be vulnerable to a vindictive prosecution by Trump's Department of Justice.

Disney Says Commercials for Super Bowl LXI Have Sold Out

Disney said it had sold out all its commercial inventory tied to its coming 2027 telecast of Super Bowl LXI, showing a remarkable push to a financial touchdown that seemed in danger of being blocked just a few weeks ago. Hugh Johnston, the company’s chief financial officer,