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Canadians who eat ultra-processed foods at risk of developing brain damage and dementia: study
A Canada-wide research study that began in 2014, has uncovered a new possible link between brain damage and ultra-processed foods.
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Lone holdout juror in Lindsay Clancy mistrial says he has felt harassed
Michael P. Desronvil doubled down during an interview with “Fox & Friends,” insisting claims he was not following the standard of reasonable doubt during jury deliberations were false.
cnb.cx
TSMC chip capacity is ‘fierce’ battleground for AI customers, amid record quarter
TSMC had a record quarter, but it can't make chips for everyone as Nvidia, Apple, Broadcom and AMD fight for capacity.
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AFRICA-FX-Kenyan and Ugandan currencies under strain
The currencies of Kenya and Uganda are expected to be under pressure in the next week to Thursday, while Ghana's could extend gains and those of Zambia and Nigeria may be little changed, traders said.
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Trump is reportedly looking to replace Susie Wiles: ‘She’s burned a lot of people’
President’s top aide has been left out of the loop on several major decisions in recent weeks
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Lisa Nandy ‘minded to intervene’ in Sky’s £1.6bn purchase of ITV
Culture secretary’s move paves way for deeper scrutiny of deal that would create UK’s biggest commercial broadcaster The culture secretary, Lisa Nandy, has said she is “minded to intervene” in Sky’s £1.6bn purchase of ITV, in a move that paves the way for deeper scrutiny of a deal that would create the UK’s biggest commercial broadcaster. Sky announced over the summer that it had reached a deal to buy ITV’s broadcasting and streaming arm, representing a major shift in the ownership of Britain’s public service media. Continue reading...
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Milei adviser claims UK being ‘colonised by Islam’ as Falklands row grows
Santiago Caputo cites election of Sagal Abdi-Wali as MP and calls UK a threat to the west in post shared by Argentina’s president The chief adviser to Argentina’s president, Javier Milei, has cited the election of Sagal Abdi-Wali to the UK parliament as evidence of the Islamisation of Britain and further reason for Argentina to take sovereignty over the Falkland Islands. In a post on social media, Santiago Caputo, who is reportedly taking a key role in Argentina’s strategy over the Falklands, suggested that the taking of the south Atlantic islands was necessary to prevent the “interference of an Islamic state” in the region. Continue reading...
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Neanderthal remains may be earliest human ancestor find killed by a spear
Adult excavated in an Iraqi Kurdistan cave died more than 70,000 years ago and bears ‘kill shot’ shoulder wound A smooth round hole in the shoulder blade of a Neanderthal who died more than 70,000 years ago may be the oldest evidence so far of a human ancestor being killed by a wooden spear. Archaeologists spotted the distinctive injury after excavating skeletal remains of the adult and other Neanderthals from under nearly 8 metres of rock and sediment in the Shanidar cave in Iraqi Kurdistan. Continue reading...
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Byron Donalds is pro data centers. So is his stock portfolio.
The Republican candidate for Florida governor is bucking the trend opposing these facilities.
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Market selloff, rising rates test AI data centre deal boom
A market selloff is forcing companies driving the global AI boom to delay fundraising plans or pay more for capital as investors demand proof they can absorb rising interest rates and computing-power costs.
