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Judging this year’s Booker prize taught me our humanity cannot be captured by algorithms and data | Rebecca Liu

As the demand for information and transparency about our lives increases, these brilliant books dealt with shadows, mystery, privacy and intimacy The first box of submissions for the 2026 Booker prize arrived by courier a few days before Christmas. As I made my way through 19 books over the next six weeks (they star…

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Russia Flatly Rejects EU Role In Abu Dhabi, While Brussels Insists Will Be At Table

Russia Flatly Rejects EU Role In Abu Dhabi, While Brussels Insists Will Be At Table Trilateral talks between Russia, Ukraine, and the US are set to begin Tuesday and run through Wednesday, but there's already a serious disagreement brewing involving representation at the negotiating table.On Monday European Commissi…

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Don’t let Taiwan’s silicon shield become a US silicon trap

As the midterms loudly demonstrated, there is considerable gloom over the US economy. Cause for economic optimism is in short supply, though there is some encouraging news regarding US-based semiconductor fabrication spurred by enormous investments from the huge Taiwan company TSMC. According to a recent New York Ti…

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Indonesian fires: twin helicopter crashes expose fragile safety margins

Four deaths in two helicopter crashes within five days have raised questions about the dangers facing those fighting Indonesia’s massive forest fires, prompting a government review on aerial firefighting efforts. But those dangers extend beyond the skies, with volunteer firefighters on the ground describing inadequa…

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As heavy rains swamp Gaza's tents, Israel must face sanctions

As heavy rains swamp Gaza's tents, Israel must face sanctions It took a mere dozen hours of the first winter storm to flood around 70,000 tents in Gaza. Even 1,000 would be worthy of major humanitarian action, but just imagine that multiplied by 70. These devastating floods were predicted and predictable. Nothing ab…

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یادگار عزیزی؛ یادگار ماندگار هنرمند ایرانی‌تبار برای تاریخ آلمان

۹ نوامبر سالروز بازشدن گذرگاه‌های مرزی آلمان غربی و شرقی است. یادگار عزیزی از معدود افرادی است که زندگی در هر دو سوی دیوار را تجربه کرده است. او خالق پانورامای "دیوار"، از مشهورترین آثار هنری مرتبط با دیوار برلین است.

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Felix Nmecha denies goal celebrations promote ‘intolerance, discrimination and hate’

Celebrations linked to ultra-conservative Christian group‘Our message is of love’ Nmecha says in reply to criticismBorussia Dortmund and Germany midfielder Felix Nmecha has responded to criticism of goal celebrations linked to an evangelical network by saying they’ve been misunderstood and are not meant to promote “…

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David Jones’s finances were reviewed and restructuring flagged months before it fell into administration

Department store group kept buying new products and fell months behind in payments to some brands despite discussions with administratorsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastDavid Jones’s administrators have revealed they reviewed its finances six months ago and discussed restructuring the reta…

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Transactional mirage: Why Pakistan’s Trump card isn’t paying off

Pakistan’s military-led hybrid government did nearly everything it could to woo Donald Trump, from pursuing cryptocurrency deals with members of the Trump family to showcasing the country’s rare-earth mineral potential at the White House. Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif left no stone unturned in praising Tru…

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BOK chief becomes first Asian to chair BIS committee

Bank of Korea Gov. Shin Hyun-song has been appointed the chair of a key international payment standards committee under the Bank for International Settlements, becoming the first person from outside the US and Europe to lead the body, the central bank said Tuesday. Shin will head the Committee on Payment and Market …

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The laundry miracle: how to solve 10 stubborn problems – from stains to rough towels to ‘permastank’

For 1 million people on Reddit, the science of clothes-washing is a regular topic of discussion. I tried out their tips and discovered some simple, sustainable answersIt started with a sunscreen stain – a yellowed collar on a white T-shirt that persisted wash after wash. A spray of stain remover did nothing; drying …

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‘I’m looking for faces which surprise me’: how Richard Avedon photographed the soul of his subjects

Ron Howard’s illuminating Netflix documentary looks back on the career of one of America’s most inventive and versatile photographersRichard Avedon had only taken a couple of frames when he accidentally hit his head on a light being held above him. The Dalai Lama burst into laughter. That was when Avedon snapped two…

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Why inhabitants of China’s 5,000-year-old cultural capital buried a stunning ancient palace

The ancient palace would have been considered a crown jewel of its people. Foreigners would have admired it with awe, and locals would have held it in great esteem. Then, 5,000 years ago, the villagers deliberately buried it, and we do not know why. A team of scientists announced several updates in mid-October about…

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Citigroup CEO Jane Fraser strikes bullish tone on China expansion after brokerage approval

Citigroup CEO Jane Fraser has struck a confident and optimistic note that the US lender would become a leading investment bank in mainland China after it received approval to set up a wholly-owned securities firm in one of the world’s largest capital markets. Beijing’s supportive stance on foreign financial service …

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Netanyahu pressed Qatar to continue funding Gaza despite security warnings, report finds

Netanyahu pressed Qatar to continue funding Gaza despite security warnings, report finds Submitted by Nadav Rapaport on Mon, 11/09/2026 - 14:49 Channel 12 investigation says Doha gave Israeli military and security officials gifts worth tens of thousands of shekels Palestinians walk along a street lined with destroye…

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Oil prices fall to lowest since August as Trump says Iran war is ‘effectively over’

Brent crude drops below $90 and markets climb after president downplays prospect of further strikesOil prices have fallen to the lowest level since late August while stock markets climbed higher, as markets reacted with relief to Donald Trump saying that the war on Iran is “effectively over”.Brent crude, the global …

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Comelec surprised by ‘overwhelming’ turnout as voter registration reopens

MANILA, Philippines—The Commission on Elections (Comelec) was surprised by the long lines of applicants at voter registration sites on Tuesday, Nov. 10. The observation comes as the poll body reopened the registration for the May 2028 national and local elections. Comelec Chair George Erwin Garcia described the turn…

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Qatar PM to brief G7 and Saudi Arabia on Iran war after Trump talks

Qatar PM to brief G7 and Saudi Arabia on Iran war after Trump talks Qatar’s prime minister will make an unscheduled appearance at a meeting of G7 foreign ministers in Paris to brief the group and Saudi Arabia on his talks in Washington. Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, who also serves as Qatar’s …

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Why are the UAE, Sudan and Egypt fighting for influence inside Ethiopia’s Tigray state?

Why are the UAE, Sudan and Egypt fighting for influence inside Ethiopia’s Tigray state? Submitted by Daniel Tester on Mon, 11/09/2026 - 10:50 Gulf kingdoms and neighbouring countries are transforming the crisis into a wider battle for the Horn of Africa An Ethiopian Federal Police patrol on 9 October 2026 after forc…

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