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Raiders have three weeks to keep giving Fernando Mendoza reason to wait

Sunday marks the beginning of a three-week reality test for the Raiders, and one of the people with the most riding on the outcome might spend all three games standing on the sideline wearing a headset. Fernando Mendoza can afford to be patient for a little while longer. The question is how much longer the...

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Kyle Shanahan knows Raiders vulnerabilities. Can they do anything about it?

PLAYBOOK: LAS VEGAS RAIDERS (4-4) AT SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS (6-1) The worst thing the Raiders put on film last Sunday might have been the first half against the Jets. The second worst? Giving Kyle Shanahan a reason to keep watching. The Jets ran for 140 yards before halftime. Whatever the Raiders told themselves about …

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Jets vs. Chiefs prediction: Why we’re betting on an offensive struggle at Arrowhead

Are the Chiefs weak enough to lose this game? Andy Reid and the Chiefs are coming off an embarrassing finish against the Broncos. The week before, they were embarrassed by the Seahawks in a primetime spot. They come into Sunday’s game at Arrowhead as 9.5-point favorites, while the Jets lost at home as favorites to...

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The Economic Crunch Fueling Youth Protests From France To Much Of Europe

The Economic Crunch Fueling Youth Protests From France To Much Of Europe Authored by Panos Mourdoukoutas via the Epoch Times,Protests that began in France have spread across much of Europe, drawing young people into the streets in growing numbers and unsettling investors watching for signs of political instability.W…

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نامزد انتخابات ریاست جمهوری فرانسه خواستار خروج از ناتو شد

ژان‌لوک ملانشون در معرفی برنامه انتخاباتی خود، خواستار خروج تدریجی فرانسه از ناتو شد و از نفوذ آلمان بر سیاست اقتصادی اتحادیه اروپا انتقاد کرد. او همچنین وعده افزایش حداقل دستمزد و کاهش سن بازنشستگی را داد.

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Defects at Hong Kong MTR station ‘unimaginable’, engineers and lawmakers say

Mistakes that left about 30 columns defective at a Hong Kong railway station under construction were “unimaginable”, lawmakers and engineers said on Sunday, adding that the repairs were expected to be straightforward and unlikely to delay the project. The MTR Corporation was also urged to set up a reporting mechanis…

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China eyes gig workers and influencers as delegates for Communist Party congress

For the first time, delivery couriers, ride-hailing drivers and influencers could become delegates to the Communist Party’s five-yearly national congress, as Beijing seeks to keep the group close to the official ideology. Guidelines on selecting delegates for the meeting, to be held in the second half of next year, …

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China’s focus on getting its house in order offers lessons in governance

The Communist Party’s call for “self-revolution” may be rooted in the pursuit of internal discipline, but its implications extend well beyond China. As the global order faces mounting challenges, Beijing’s emphasis on internal renewal raises a fundamental question: can countries hope to contribute to global stabilit…

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Cowboys vs. Colts prediction: Everything is on the line for Brian Schottenheimer

Dallas is in desperate need of a win on Sunday. They face a Colts team that completely caved last week against a divison rival the Jaguars in a ridiculous 30-point blowout loss. The Cowboys are just 5.5-point favorites on the road against a Colts team that looked ready to shutter their doors last week. The...

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Riyadh financial district targeted, Aramco skyscraper damaged

An Aramco building in Riyadh was targeted in an "attempted attack", the Saudi energy ministry said on Sunday, with eyewitnesses telling AFP the skyscraper sustained damage, after the Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen's Houthis said it had intercepted missiles launched by the group. Aramco facilities and infrastruct…

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Poles mourn rare mass killing as authorities say attacker had far-right views

Poland began two days of national mourning on Sunday, after a 24-year-old man with far-right views drove into a busy central square in Krakow and opened fire, killing six people and wounding 15 others before police shot and wounded him. The attack, which Poland’s defense minister described as an “act of terror,” hap…

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1-0 to humankind? US midterms vote puts AI, datacentres and the broligarchy back in their box | Heather Stewart

Election results appear to have turbo-charged an already growing social, political and financial market rethink about AI‘AI clog’: UK battles onslaught of chatbot-generated complaintsEditorial: the AI backlash – Silicon Valley’s political power is crackingLast week’s midterms may not have cowed Donald Trump, but the…

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Centrism did not win the Democratic party the election

The blue wave, while a rebuke of Trump’s policies, was also a referendum on the party’s status quoOn election night I stood in a crowd at Harlem Tavern, a restaurant in New York City, at the electoral party for Darializa Avila Chevalier, the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) member and congresswoman-elect from …

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Healthcare, tariffs – but not Trump impeachment: Democrats chart next two years of power

Midterms success gives party potent leverage over Trump – expect tough campaigns of investigating and lawmaking“Costs, chaos, corruption”: after almost two years spent relentlessly criticizing Donald Trump for failing to address those three, broad political concerns, Democrats won a monumental return to power in Tue…

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Stimulant overdoses on the rise as opioid deaths decline, but treatment is complex

More people recognize opioid overdoses, but education about stimulant overdoses hasn’t been as clear-cutOverdoses involving stimulants are on the rise in many parts of the country, according to recently available data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, but experts say recognizing and responding to …

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The efficiency trap: why optimising everything can backfire, badly

From roundabouts to the stock market, relentless streamlining could be making the world more dangerousWe have all been there: packed shoulder to shoulder on the train while the person beside us coughs and sneezes. A protective flu jab offers some reassurance, but so does the thought that there will be a hospital bed…

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Chinese engineers reduce cargo ship fuel use by 5% with high-speed torpedo tech

Supercavitating torpedoes can reach extreme underwater speeds by travelling inside a gas-filled cavity that sharply reduces their contact with water. Beyond torpedoes, supercavitating projectiles can streak through the water at blistering speeds to intercept naval mines, incoming torpedoes and unmanned underwater ve…

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