Elfyn Evans' hopes of claiming his first World Rally Championship title suffered a major blow on Friday when the Welshman lost valuable time with a puncture in Saudi Arabia. He had to change a rear-left tyre which cost him around two minutes, giving the title advantage to his
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The mega genus Begonia (Begoniaceae) is widely distributed in tropical and subtropical areas. It is one of the largest plant genera in the world with over 2,100 species. In China, the number of Begonia species has increased to 304 (including subspecies, varieties and natural
Researchers at the Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT) and the University of Bremen have studied the nutritional value of five edible seaweed species, including some lesser-known algae, and examined their potential for sustainable nutrition. The study, published
A strong geomagnetic storm in spring 2024 brought the northern lights unusually far south, as the auroral oval expanded well beyond its typical position. "I am surprised at how sparse the measurement network is, even though we know that the impacts of space weather can vary
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BEIRUT - The head of Lebanese militant group Hezbollah said on Friday it retained the right to respond to Israel's killing days ago of its top military commander and left open the possibility of a new conflict with Israel.
People who left Afghanistan urge the US president not to toughen his stance after an attack allegedly carried out by an Afghan national.
A cosmological simulation study by researchers from the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has systematically revealed, for the first time, how the interaction between dark matter and dark energy significantly influences the rotation and shape
Ahead of the UN’s Cop30 summit, China appeared keen to take on the mantle of new global leader on climate change, stepping into the gap left by the US’s withdrawal from the top spot under Donald Trump. In trying to understand what China wants from this role, it’s worth
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Although largely forgotten, a little-known Tennessee school once powerfully influenced the U.S. Civil Rights movement and its leaders, while preserving Southern Appalachian culture. Its inspiring impact on the lives of two participants — one Black, one white — have lessons for
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An arbitration court in Moscow has ordered Italian engineering firm Tecnimont S.p.A. and its Russian subsidiary to pay more than $2.19 billion in damages and penalties, placing new financial and geopolitical pressure on its parent company, Milan-listed MAIRE S.p.A. The ruling,
The ruling junta has said the polls, scheduled to start on Dec 28, are the path to peace.
The Aphex Twin fan experience can be quite piecemeal. Sometimes Richard D. James gives us carefully curated packages like last year’s Selected Ambient Works reissue. And sometimes we get unpolished gems dumped onto the internet with haphazard filenames. So it went on
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After Al Jazeera and the 2022 FIFA World Cup soccer tournament put Qatar on the global map, the tiny Arab state rich in oil and gas is now turning to film and TV. And Hollywood is an integral part of that plan. The Industry Days component of the just concluded Doha Film
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What if a surface could instantly switch from sticky to slippery at the push of a button? By using electricity to control how ions and water structure at the solid liquid interface of self-assembled monolayers of aromatic molecules, researchers at National Taiwan University
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A major data center outage halted futures and options trading early Friday, leaving investors in the dark for more than 10 hours.
When describing collective properties of macroscopic physical systems, microscopic fluctuations are typically averaged out, leaving a description of the typical behavior of the systems. While this simplification has its advantages, it fails to capture the important role of
Researchers from the Institute of Applied Ecology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the University of California, Riverside, have investigated how the loss of forest soil gaseous nitrogen (NO, N2O, and N2) is affected by climate warming, highlighting the critical role of
A new study led by the Yunnan Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has detected quasi-periodic oscillation (QPO) signals in an unusual gamma-ray burst (GRB) event. The findings are published in The Astrophysical Journal.
BEIRUT (Reuters) -Lebanon's Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem said on Friday the group has the right to respond to Israel's killing of senior commander Haytham Ali Tabtabai and will "set the timing" for any retaliation. In a televised speech, Qassem described the Israeli strike that
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As the new national Syrian army juggles the demands of thousands of Assad deserters, foreign fighters who joined the rebels during the war, and new Kurdish conscripts, al-Sharaa's regime is expected to leverage the clashes with the IDF in southern Syria to pressure Israel into
The walkout began on its Red Cup Day on Nov. 13 with 65 stores and more than 40 cities.
Hong Kong is one of the world's last remaining cities to use the frames for modern construction and building repair, a practice which dates back centuries in China and other parts of Asia.
Nintendo's newest acquisition is Splatoon co-developer Bandai Namco Studios Singapore, which is now Nintendo Studios Singapore.
Scientists have captured an exceptionally rare, high-resolution view of an active region that produced two powerful X-class solar flares—an achievement rarely possible from Earth. Using the GREGOR solar telescope in Tenerife, researchers recorded the explosive activity of the
As the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences continues to diversify its voting membership, with 55% of 2025’s invitees hailing from outside the U.S., these efforts have not only resulted in more international films like “Drive My Car” and “Emilia Pérez” earning
“The first image in my head was a giant beating heart muscle, throbbing and pulsing with blood,” says “Hamnet” costume designer Malgosia Turzanska. Red becomes the main color palette for Jessie Buckley’s Agnes. Based on Maggie O’Farrell’s 2020 novel, “Hamnet,” now playing in
Owen Mahoney is the game industry exec who hates blockchain but hails the arrival of generative AI. Listen to our conversation with him on this week’s Game Developer Podcast.
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[ENA] Addis Ababa -- Ethiopia needs to make the most of the 32nd UN Climate Change Conference (COP32) to play a pivotal player in the global fight against climate change and to transform its rich cultural heritage into a platform for promoting tourism, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
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Apple rarely discounts prices on their own devices, so it’s always a big deal when their latest products go on sale elsewhere — like on Amazon. For it’s October Prime Day event (officially known as “Prime Big Deals Day“) Amazon has slashed prices on a slew of items, including
Germany’s restored Zugspitze summit cross returns to the peak, after a gold-leaf renovation and new measures to protect the landmark from visitor damage.
