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Nicaragua's Miss Universe Title Win Exposes Deep Political Divide In The Central American Country    
Nicaragua's Miss Universe Title Win Exposes Deep Political Divide In The Central American Country
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The Telegraph, the autocracy and free speech: can RedBird IMI calm media fears?    
The Telegraph, the autocracy and free speech: can RedBird IMI calm media fears?
While IMI and RedBird bring different attributes to the partnership, they do have one thing in common. Of the five people on Abu Dhabi-based IMI’s global executive leadership team, one is a woman. Its American joint venture partner has an even lower level of female representation. The RedBird website lists 14 senior staff, including partners and its chief financial officer. Only one of the 14 is a woman, although two-thirds of its entire staff are female.


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The housing market will be stuck in a rut for a long time even if the US avoids a recession, Fannie Mae says    
The housing market will be stuck in a rut for a long time even if the US avoids a recession, Fannie Mae says
Experts say housing conditions are unlikely to improve until mortgage rates dial back to the 5% range. The average rate on the 30-year fixed mortgage, meanwhile, rose to 7.48% in the last week, according to Mortgage News Daily, touching a 23-year-high.




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5 things investors should know about a coming recession, according to Bank of America    
5 things investors should know about a coming recession, according to Bank of America
\"This means that the market will typically begin its recovery from the trough while the economic data are still showing a contraction in output,\" Quinlan said. \"The upshot: Investors waiting for economic growth to turn positive could therefore potentially miss several months of positive returns in the initial stages of the new market upturn.\"


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Charles Peters, Founder of The Washington Monthly, Dies at 96    
Charles Peters, Founder of The Washington Monthly, Dies at 96
Robert D. McFadden is a senior writer on the Obituaries desk and the winner of the 1996 Pulitzer Prize for spot news reporting. He joined The Times in May 1961 and is also the co-author of two books. More about Robert D. McFadden




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Five Ultra-Cool Gadgets You Need On Your Superyacht    
Five Ultra-Cool Gadgets You Need On Your Superyacht
Loving fishing but find the wait frustrating? Never miss another school with an ultra-high-tech Sonar fishfinders. By passing back and forth over a space a few times, this gadget can build up a colourful, wildly clear 3D map of the ocean bed and everything in between. As well as depth, it can identify structures and even different types of fish, for targeting like never before.


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Nissan to invest £2bn in Sunderland electric car plant    
Nissan to invest £2bn in Sunderland electric car plant
The government\'s independent economic forecaster, the Office for Budget Responsibility, said on Wednesday that just 38% of new vehicles sold in the UK in 2027 would be electric, lower than the 67% it predicted in March.




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Black Friday: Amazon staff in Coventry strike    
Black Friday: Amazon staff in Coventry strike
Amazon said its pay was above that level already, as well as being higher than the voluntary Real Living Wage, which stands at £12 an hour for workers outside of London. It added that it also offers other benefits.


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Black Friday deals: How to shop smart and spot rip-offs    
Black Friday deals: How to shop smart and spot rip-offs
Kat, who lives in Manchester, says she turns off marketing emails which tend to clog up your inbox and tempt you into impulse buys - \"one of the worst habits you can have\" when it comes to saving cash.




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These Retail Workers Make Your Holiday Shopping Spree Possible    
These Retail Workers Make Your Holiday Shopping Spree Possible
Julie Creswell is a business reporter covering the food industry for The TImes, writing about all aspects of food, including farming, food inflation, supply-chain disruptions and climate change. More about Julie Creswell


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Black Friday Isn’t What It Used to Be    
Black Friday Isn’t What It Used to Be
The National Retail Federation, an industry trade group, forecasts that holiday sales will increase 3 to 4 percent from last year, which is in line with prepandemic levels but not as high as the past two years. Holiday sales rose 5.3 percent in 2022 and 12.7 percent in 2021.




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¿Cuáles son los riesgos del armamento que funciona con IA?    
¿Cuáles son los riesgos del armamento que funciona con IA?
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After Couple’s Fatal Bridge Crash, Investigators Search for Reason    
After Couple’s Fatal Bridge Crash, Investigators Search for Reason
Jesse McKinley is a Metro correspondent for The Times, with an emphasis on coverage of upstate New York. He previously served as bureau chief in Albany and San Francisco, as well as stints as a feature writer, theater columnist and Broadway reporter for the Culture desk. More about Jesse McKinley




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Rioters Clash With Police in Dublin After Children Hurt in Knife Attack    
Rioters Clash With Police in Dublin After Children Hurt in Knife Attack
In a statement, the Irish justice minister, Helen McEntee, called the knife attack “an appalling crime” but said “the scenes we are witnessing this evening in our city center cannot and will not be tolerated.”


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Lawsuit Accuses Eric Adams of Sexual Abuse Three Decades Ago    
Lawsuit Accuses Eric Adams of Sexual Abuse Three Decades Ago
Several more celebrities were sued in the past few days before the law’s lookback window expired. They include Axl Rose, who was the lead singer of Guns N’ Roses, and Sean Combs, the hip-hop mogul. Both men have denied wrongdoing. Mr. Combs’s accuser, Cassandra Ventura, reached a settlement with Mr. Combs a day after filing her lawsuit.




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How a North Korean Soccer Prodigy Vanished, and Re-emerged    
How a North Korean Soccer Prodigy Vanished, and Re-emerged
John Yoon reports from the Seoul newsroom of The Times. He previously reported for the coronavirus tracking team, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service in 2021. He joined The Times in 2020. More about John Yoon


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4-Day Truce Begins In Gaza, Setting Stage To Swap Dozens Of Hostages For Palestinian Prisoners    
4-Day Truce Begins In Gaza, Setting Stage To Swap Dozens Of Hostages For Palestinian Prisoners
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'Pieces Of S**t': New Book Divulges Trump's Private 'Colorful Language' On Evangelicals    
'Pieces Of S**t': New Book Divulges Trump's Private 'Colorful Language' On Evangelicals
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Charleston Elected Its First Republican Mayor Since The 1870s This Week    
Charleston Elected Its First Republican Mayor Since The 1870s This Week
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Olympic Runner Oscar Pistorius Up For Parole On Friday    
Olympic Runner Oscar Pistorius Up For Parole On Friday
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Seth Meyers Shares His Favorite Bit Of Trump’s ‘Golden Showers’ Reprisal    
Seth Meyers Shares His Favorite Bit Of Trump’s ‘Golden Showers’ Reprisal
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Man Leaves $3.8 Million To Small Town In New Hampshire    
Man Leaves $3.8 Million To Small Town In New Hampshire
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Rare earth discoveries mean coal mines could have a key role to play in the energy transition    
Rare earth discoveries mean coal mines could have a key role to play in the energy transition
Asked by CNBC if there was the potential for more discoveries of a similar ilk, Ramaco CEO Randall Atkins appeared cautiously optimistic. \"I think it\'s probably logical to conclude that there would be,\" he said.


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North Korean spy satellite team attend banquet with Kim Jong-un and daughter Ju Ae    
North Korean spy satellite team attend banquet with Kim Jong-un and daughter Ju Ae
Experts have said putting a working spy satellite into orbit would improve North Korea’s intelligence-gathering capabilities, particularly over South Korea, and provide crucial data in any military conflict.


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Killing kangaroos could be banned in metro Melbourne in plan hailed as 'step in the right direction'    
Killing kangaroos could be banned in metro Melbourne in plan hailed as 'step in the right direction'
"Victoria takes a conservative approach when setting maximum kangaroo control levels at no more than 10% of the population each year - we will continue to carefully consider the research and population modelling to determine future levels."


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Black Friday: Australian shoppers tipped to spend more than $6bn in four-day sales period    
Black Friday: Australian shoppers tipped to spend more than $6bn in four-day sales period
Research from Westpac earlier this month found 74% of Australians were planning a smaller Christmas and 72% said they would be cutting back on their holiday spending.Westpac’s research also found that 74% would be actively seeking bargains and looking for coupons, deals and cashback offers to help stretch their spending further.


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Bruce Lehrmann tells court he did not have sex with Brittany Higgins while she was 'semi-conscious or passed out'    
Bruce Lehrmann tells court he did not have sex with Brittany Higgins while she was 'semi-conscious or passed out'
"You'd been out drinking with Ms Higgins and others from your arrival at The Dock at 8.39 in the evening, until your departure from [nightclub] 88mph at about 1.30 in the morning," Collins said. "You'd gone on a trip to Parliament House with Ms Higgins between about 1.48am and your departure at 2.38am.


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Deaths of four women in South Australia prompt calls for royal commission into domestic violence    
Deaths of four women in South Australia prompt calls for royal commission into domestic violence
SA’s attorney general, Kyam Maher, said the number of deaths was “alarming”, and that the government was working on a range of laws to tackle domestic violence. It is consulting on coercive control laws, legislating on people who breach intervention orders and further tightening strangulation laws.


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Israel-Hamas war live: four-day ceasefire begins but IDF says 'war is not over yet'    
Israel-Hamas war live: four-day ceasefire begins but IDF says 'war is not over yet'
A BBC reporter in Sderot in southern Israel also noted an Israeli airstrike, drones and the sound of small arms and mortar fire coming from Gaza with less than an hour to go before the truce is supposed to be implemented.


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Ceasefire between Israel and Hamas comes into effect ahead of expected Gaza hostage release    
Ceasefire between Israel and Hamas comes into effect ahead of expected Gaza hostage release
The Israeli defence minister, Yoav Gallant, said during a visit to a naval base on Thursday: “This will be a short respite, at the end of which the fighting will continue intensely, and we will create pressure to bring back more hostages. At least another two months of fighting is expected.”


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East Anglian Fens were covered in yew trees 4,000 years ago, study finds    
East Anglian Fens were covered in yew trees 4,000 years ago, study finds
Bebchuck said: “We want to know if there is any link between these climatic events. Are the mega-droughts in Asia and the Middle East possibly related to the rapid sea level rise in northern Europe? Was this a global climate event, or was it a series of unrelated regional changes?


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'We are overwhelmed': southern Gaza's exhausted doctors forced to leave children to die    
'We are overwhelmed': southern Gaza's exhausted doctors forced to leave children to die
But amid the devastation, there were moments of slender hope. Recently, Ley treated a 32-year-old man with shrapnel injuries to his abdomen, left leg and a "fist-sized hole" in his right forearm. The patient's young sister thanked Ley, saying she was proud of her brother and happy he was alive. She wanted to be a surgeon whens she was older, she said.


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Sunak faces Tory backlash as net migration to UK hits record high    
Sunak faces Tory backlash as net migration to UK hits record high
Braverman’s successor as home secretary, James Cleverly, told the Times: “This figure is not showing a significant increase from last year’s figures and is largely in line with our immigration statistics.”


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Nissan to build three new electric car models at Sunderland plant    
Nissan to build three new electric car models at Sunderland plant
Nissan said its £1.1bn investment would include spending on the factory, the wider supply chain, training for workers and research and development of electric technologies. It will also include wind and solar generation to power the factories with 100% renewable energy, an important consideration in producing zero-carbon batteries and electric cars.


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Actors and academics criticise UK over climate 'madness' and limits on protest    
Actors and academics criticise UK over climate 'madness' and limits on protest
The letter says: "Women throughout history have always gathered to resist in the name of life and love. Now, as money and power steer us on a path towards total climate and ecological collapse, protests like this are a rational response to the greatest crime humanity has ever faced. These women believed, as we do, that they are duty bound to resist a violent system that is risking the survival of everything we know and love."


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NVIDIA sued for stealing trade secrets after screensharing blunder showed rival company's code    
NVIDIA sued for stealing trade secrets after screensharing blunder showed rival company's code
This is but another proof that competition continues to heat up in the autonomous driving market. Back in 2017, Waymo accused Uber of colluding with its former employee, Anthony Levandowski, to steal over 14,000 confidential and proprietary design files. Levandowski was sentenced to 18 months in prison, but he was pardoned six months later by then President Donald Trump.


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Saudi Arabia may make surprise oil cuts, sending prices soaring and the futures market into backwardation, says a 30-year energy expert    
Saudi Arabia may make surprise oil cuts, sending prices soaring and the futures market into backwardation, says a 30-year energy expert
Right now, it\'s the opposite, he said. The futures market is in contango, which means futures contracts are higher than current prices. This incentivizes investors and companies to store oil, causing inventories to rise. If Saudi Arabia does implement additional cuts, then this will flip the futures curve into backwardation, he noted.


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A 31-year-old millionaire who has 7 different types of investment accounts says that his HSA is 'my favorite by far' — and explains how he's using it to build long-term wealth    
A 31-year-old millionaire who has 7 different types of investment accounts says that his HSA is 'my favorite by far' — and explains how he's using it to build long-term wealth
\"You have to be aware of the potential cost that could come if you do have to go to the doctor,\" said Schlagbaum. \"A lot of people go down this route and they get an HSA because they hear someone online talk about it, but all of a sudden it becomes a nightmare because they\'re out-of-pocket all this money.\"


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Xi Tolerance for Property Pain Nears Limit as Rescue Emerges    
Xi Tolerance for Property Pain Nears Limit as Rescue Emerges
“It’s definitely a must to try to save developers,” said Andrew Zhu, Beijing-based fund manager at Hainan Shire Asset Management Co. “When your job is to fight a fire, you don’t have time to worry about whether one or two arsonists got away.”


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Cathie Wood’s Ark Pares Holdings of Top Pick Bitcoin Trust    
Cathie Wood’s Ark Pares Holdings of Top Pick Bitcoin Trust
The daily trading updates from Ark show only active decisions by the management team and do not include creation or redemption activity caused by investor flows. Ark’s internet ETF is up 65% for the year compared with a 46% advance in the Nasdaq 100 Index.


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