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Sorting Out Competing Claims on Air Traffic Control

President Donald Trump and former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg have sparred over the condition of the air traffic control system, which is complex and carries a history of planned upgrades and overhauls that stretches back decades. The post Sorting Out Competing

US, Iran spar over nuclear talks at UN

Dec 23 (Reuters) - The United States and Iran traded barbs at the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday over conditions for reviving nuclear talks, with the U.S. saying it remains ready for direct negotiations and Iran rejecting Washington's terms. The two countries held

Carney taps financier as new Canadian ambassador to the US

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Monday named former BlackRock financier Mark Wiseman to serve as Canada's next ambassador to the U.S. Wiseman also previously served as president and CEO of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and chair of the board of the Alberta

Africa: Russia-Africa - New Horizons for Old Friends

[Ghanaian Times] Cairo will soon host an important political event: heads and officials of the foreign ministries of Russia and the African countries will gather in the hospitable capital of Egypt to assess the state of Russian-African relations and set out ways of their

If Stayin’ Alive Had Been Written in 16th Century

Watch Jonas Wolf and three friends sing a choral arrangement of the Bee Gee’s Stayin’ Alive in the style of a madrigal . Just in case (like the me of 1 minute ago) you don’t know what that is (although you will recognize it from just a few seconds of listening to the video),

Microsoft's year of shame

Can't make a few trillion dollars without ditching game developers, going googoo gaga for AI and supplying tech to the military, I suppose!

How to Sustain Privacy & Free Speech

The world has been forced to bear the weight of billionaires and politicians who salivate over making tech more invasive, more controlling, and more hostile. That's why EFF’s mission for your digital rights is crucial, and why your support matters more than ever. You can fuel

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How to Watch the NBA on Christmas Day Online Free

The NBA has released its 2025 Christmas Day schedule with this year’s games featuring superstars like LeBron James, Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Luka Dončić, Victor Wembanyama, Anthony Edwards and more. The 2025 “NBA on Christmas Day” schedule features

The 120 Most Powerful Executives in Entertainment, Ranked

In business, the power of individual leaders is an inherently hard thing to measure. It’s subjective, and it fluctuates on any given day, just like the strength of an electrical current goes up and down depending on environmental conditions. To commemorate Variety’s 120th