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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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Operation Santa Claus launched in Hong Kong to bring care to ‘every corner of the city’

Operation Santa Claus (OSC), one of Hong Kong’s most enduring annual fundraising campaigns, has been launched, with organisers aiming to raise money for 13 local charities this year to “bring care and hope to every corner of the city”. During the launch ceremony on Tuesday, co-organisers RTHK and the South China Mor…

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نخستین نشست سه‌جانبه از فبروری: مذاکرات صلح ابوظبی زیر سایه حملات موشکی روسیه

مذاکرات صلح میان روسیه، اوکرایین و ایالات متحده روز سه‌شنبه در امارات متحده عربی آغاز شد. این نخستین نشست سه‌جانبه از ماه فبروری به این‌سو به شمار می‌رود.

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Investigators recover voice recorder from Florida jet crash that killed nine people

If data from device is recovered, it could give crucial details about what pilots said as they lost control of aircraftInvestigators said Monday they have recovered the cockpit voice recorder from a business jet that plummeted from the sky amid severe weather in Florida eight days earlier, killing all nine people on…

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Iran military chief warns of retaliation beyond the region

Iran military chief warns of retaliation beyond the region Iran’s armed forces chief Ali Abdollahi has warned that the military will “respond without restrictions and beyond the region” if the “enemy” takes action against Iran. “We will have many surprises for the enemy during the future war. If the Zionist entity m…

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Abby Choi’s ex-brother-in-law tells court he was ‘a rather special existence’

The former brother-in-law of slain Hong Kong socialite Abby Choi Tin-fung has insisted in court that the model was “not in a position” to blame him for her strained relationship with his family before her alleged murder, citing their friendship and his contribution to her children’s upbringing. Anthony Kwong Kong-ki…

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White supremacist Nick Fuentes linked to college Republican group, records show

Computer records reveal College Republican Patriot Coalition’s web domain in account registered to Fuentes-managed companyA college Republican coalition claiming 31 affiliated student groups in 14 states that attacked the Trump administration from the right routed its email through the same Microsoft 365 account as …

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Pharma firms’ focus on weight-loss drugs could put insulin supply at risk, experts warn

GLP-1 products such as Ozempic and Mounjaro spread but many in poorer countries struggle to get basic diabetes treatmentThe gold rush into GLP-1 weight-loss drugs risks diverting pharmaceutical firms’ attention away from diabetes treatments such as insulin, the head of the Access to Medicine Foundation has warned.GL…

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How to brighten up a school lunchbox | Kitchen aide

A bento box stacked with familiar and fun shapes, colours and textures beats a drab cheese and ham sandwich any and every dayI’m already struggling with lunchbox inspiration for the kids. Help! Rachel, by email This sounds like a job for Claudine Boulstridge, who has been packing lunchboxes for her three children fo…

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Six Nations and Sanzaar face new battle with World Rugby in bid to scrap relegation

F10 unions fear financial loss if they play in second tierPromotion/relegation set for 2030 Nations ChampionshipThe Six Nations and Sanzaar are facing another battle with World Rugby over a desire from some unions to ensure that none of them can be relegated from the Nations Championship.As reported last week by the…

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This small Alaska town is swamped by cruise ship visitors every summer. But what happens when they all go home?

Skagway’s 1,100 permanent residents are caught between a boom time – when the ships bring more than a million tourists – and a lull in winterOctober comes to the small Alaska coastal town of Skagway like a sigh. The shops that were bustling throughout the crazed tourist season are reducing their opening hours or beg…

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Data link trial: Chinese team finds hollow-core fibre cuts lag 30% across 1,000km

Light travels through conventional optical fibres at about 200,000km per second – about two-thirds the speed it travels in a vacuum – because the signals are passing through solid glass. When vast amounts of data are exchanged between computing centres hundreds or thousands of kilometres apart, this difference amoun…

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‘Without storyboards, I feel like I’m in Grand Central station in my underwear’: film’s fightback against AI

As Hollywood begins to adopt the technology, the professionals in most direct jeopardy are the illustrators mapping out directors’ first visions. They sketch out what could be lostA film industry dominated by AI is a dystopian prospect: stories and dialogue generated by large language models, populated by reincarnat…

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Meghan makes first public appearance since father’s arrest but pulls out of speech

Duchess ‘not strong enough’ to speak about child safety after Thomas Markle Sr charged with child sexual offencesThe Duchess of Sussex has attended an event remembering children who have died after being subjected to online harm, in her first public appearance since her father was charged with child sexual offences.…

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US Gas Dips Below $4, Gas & Diesel Crack Spreads Tumble Ahead Of Thanksgiving

Iran's IRGC Says 3 More Oil Tankers Hit By Sea Mines In Strait of Hormuz Update(12:50ET): On Tuesday Iran has said its forces took out more oil tankers violoating its protocol. The IRGC announced late in the day that a third offending oil tanker on the "unauthorized route of the Strait of Hormuz exploded this aftern…

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