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Selena Gomez says vaping has changed her voice. Can e-cigarettes really affect your vocal cords – and is it reversible?

Experts say the practice can damage delicate tissues in the voice box and there is not yet sufficient data to say if people can recoverRead more in the Antiviral seriesWhile vaping is known to cause lung damage, breathlessness and nicotine addiction, the singer and actor Selena Gomez has posted in a video on Instagr…

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Xi and Trump set for Apec talks, but major deliverables expected to wait for G20

The presidents of the US and China are set to meet again at next week’s Apec summit, but observers expect few tangible bilateral deliverables to emerge from their talks. The face-to-face meeting between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping will be the third between the two leaders this year, following reciprocal state visits…

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Afterpiece review: Stephen Fung, Angela Yuen anchor a bitter tale of theatrical narcissism

3/5 stars The narrative tradition of the washed-up male creative attempting to validate his bruised ego at the expense of his muses is a rich one. Cross the backstage chaos of Birdman with the bitter rivalries of All About Eve and the obsessive grooming of Pygmalion and you’ll have a recognisable template of toxic t…

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ZUS Coffee rallies past Galeries Tower for first PVL win

MANILA, Philippines — ZUS Coffee finally barged into the win column after rallying from two sets down to overcome Galeries Tower, 17-25, 21-25, 25-20, 25-20, 15-12, in the 2026-27 Premier Volleyball League (PVL) All-Filipino Conference-Siklab Series on Tuesday night at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City.

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'FBI Looking Into It': Trump Reveals What Jensen Huang Told Him When Asked If He Knew She Was A Spy

House GOP Threatens Jensen Huang With Subpoena Over Alleged Chinese Spy Affair; Rubio Warned Trump Update (1450ET): House Foreign Affairs Chairman Brian Mast (R-FL) is prepared to subpoena Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang if he doesn't respond by Wednesday to a request from House Republicans for a closed-door briefing on his…

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Hong Kong slashes costs for Northern Metropolis rail link by 28% to HK$86.2 billion

Hong Kong has cut the cost of its new Northern Metropolis rail link by 28 per cent to HK$86.2 billion (US$11 billion), after the government approved the funding for the project’s second phase, ahead of a planned launch by 2034. The Transport and Logistics Bureau and the MTR Corporation signed a project agreement on …

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CPI Prints Hotter Than Expected; 50bps Rate-Hike Now On The Table As Fed's Waller Sparks Hawkish Panic

CPI Prints Hotter Than Expected; 50bps Rate-Hike Now On The Table As Fed's Waller Sparks Hawkish Panic With today's CPI print (and its 'ghost' YoY data and healthcare plug) on everyone's mind, hawkish comments from Fed Governor Chris Waller already gave markets a jolt this morning, pushing bond yields off their lows…

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‘We woke up soaking wet’: Gaza’s displaced face another winter of floods and collapsed shelters

‘We woke up soaking wet’: Gaza’s displaced face another winter of floods and collapsed shelters Submitted by Ahmed Dremly on Tue, 11/10/2026 - 11:52 Heavy rains flood tents and threaten damaged buildings, leaving families with nowhere safe to go as Israel restricts humanitarian supplies Displaced Palestinians at a p…

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Before Xi and Trump’s Apec meeting, what’s on hold – and what’s on the table?

China has announced the extension of suspensions on a slew of trade measures against the United States on Monday, following a similar move by Washington days earlier, maintaining the bilateral trade truce ahead of a planned leaders’ summit. The arrangement was initially due to expire on November 10. Following negoti…

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AI microdramas cause ‘aesthetic fatigue’, professor tells Macau forum

Formulaic AI-generated microdramas risk stifling human creativity and innovation, a Beijing professor has warned at a forum in Macau. Zhang Lanshan, a professor at the School of Digital Media and Design Arts at the Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, said that while audiences loved such standardised …

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طرح استیضاح پیت هگست؛ آیا رئیس پتناگون باید نگران از دست دادن سمت خود باشد؟

برای دموکرات‌ها، پیت هگست از همان ابتدا چهره‌ای نامطلوب بود. اکنون به دلیل جنگ با ایران، او حتی در میان جمهوری‌خواهان نیز بخشی از حمایت خود را از دست داده است. آیا طرح استیضاح او می‌تواند موفقیت‌آمیز باشد؟

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Pentagon Scrambles Tankers From Second British Base, Weeks After Bombers Fled Fairford

Pentagon Scrambles Tankers From Second British Base, Weeks After Bombers Fled Fairford The U.S. military moved refueling tankers and other aircraft out of RAF Mildenhall in England on Monday over a reported Iranian threat, the Wall Street Journal reported, weeks after Washington pulled its B-1 bombers from RAF Fairf…

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Futures Stall As Waller Threatens 50bps Hike Hours Before CPI; Brent Breaks Below $90

Futures Stall As Waller Threatens 50bps Hike Hours Before CPI; Brent Breaks Below $90 US futures are flat as a Waller hawkish curveball, hours before the October CPI report, took the air out of Wall Street's best session in six months, while oil extended its slide on US-Iran diplomacy hopes and the Claude-maker Anth…

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Alibaba chip unit T-Head files Hong Kong IPO plan amid China’s AI self-sufficiency drive

Alibaba Group Holding’s chip design unit T-Head has filed for an initial public offering (IPO) on a confidential basis in Hong Kong, the company said in a stock-exchange filing on Tuesday evening, setting up a high-profile listing in the city amid rising competition between the US and China as the latter continues i…

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Tech’s biggest names sunk a tax on billionaires’ wealth with $425m and a familiar playbook

California saw the most expensive opposition campaign in its history as funding of political campaigns broke records in the US midtermsIn the hours after polls closed on election day, tech industry players began praising Sergey Brin, the co-founder of Google, on social media.“Huge thanks to Sergey Brin here,” wrote …

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