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Accelerated Learning: Learn Faster and Remember More
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the act of incorporating new facts, concepts, and abilities into our
brains. We start learning in the womb and we never stop; we are always
developing new competencies. Every new bit of knowledge we acquire
builds on what we already know and gives us a fuller, richer picture
of the world. And the more developed our understanding of the world
is, the easier it is for us to adapt and pivot when our circumstances
change.

We know from biology that organisms that can adapt to their constantly
changing environment survive and thrive. Those that can’t eventually
go extinct. The same is true for us in our life and work. We all know
the person at work that hasn’t adapted to the changing times. Their
unwillingness to stretch themselves and learn something new makes it
seem like they are moving backwards.

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"A one-stop source for understanding the forces shaping our world."
- Dr. Samantha Turner, Global Economist

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The Undoing of New York Nightlife's Lawyer King
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Mr. Strazzullo’s rise was enabled by a city awash with music,
models, nightclubs and the shimmering wealth that has beckoned
strivers for centuries. But in New York, fame and success are fickle
companions: The city also provided all the conditions necessary for
his fall.

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The German problem' It's an analogue country in a digital world |
Larry Elliott
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Sir Keir Starmer is not the first Labour leader to hanker after a
closer relationship between Britain and Germany. Jim Callaghan
snuggled up close to chancellor Helmut Schmidt in the 1970s, and ever
since there has been a sense among the social democratic left in the
UK that there is much to be learned from Europe's biggest economy.















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Why Pennsylvania and Georgia Are Must-Win States in November - WSJ (No
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Harris and Trump are pouring time and money into a pair of
battlegrounds that are crucial to their paths to victory

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Shootings Soar in One of North America's Safest Cities. The Culprit:
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A turf war has fueled a 50% rise in Toronto shootings, mostly with
guns smuggled from the U.S.














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Killing of Israeli-American Hostage Prompts Outpouring of Grief Across
U.S.
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On Sunday, tributes to Mr. Goldberg-Polin, who was 23 and a dual
citizen of the United States and Israel, poured in from many pockets
of America. People who knew him expressed immense grief and recalled
moments they shared. To many across the country, he had become a
symbol of hope.

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About 10,000 Hotel Workers Walk Off the Job on Labor Day Weekend
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UNITE HERE, which has more than 250,000 members in the United States
and Canada, and is the main union representing hospitality workers in
many large American cities, has a history of trying to impede busy
travel periods with labor actions. Last year, thousands of workers in
Southern California went on strike demanding higher pay and better
benefits during the Fourth of July holiday.














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What to Know About the Six Hostages Killed in Gaza
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Mr. Goldberg-Polin was a dual Israeli American citizen who was taken
hostage from the festival in southern Israel on Oct. 7. His mother,
Rachel Goldberg-Polin, had traveled the world since, advocating the
release of the hostages.

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Opinion | Young Americans Can't Keep Funding Boomers and Beyond
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Today, tax revenues are so committed to mandatory spending, largely
for older Americans, and to interest on the national debt (which has
quadrupled as a share of G.D.P. since 1980) that few revenues are left
for everything else. So, unless we borrow to pay for it, there’s
little for education, infrastructure, environment, affordable housing,
reducing poverty, or the military.














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Falling tree kills woman as severe weather sweeps across Victoria and
Tasmania and into NSW
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Storms lead to flood evacuation warnings and thousands left without
power in Tasmania as trees down and homes damaged across Melbourne

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Ukrainian drone attacks hit power stations and refineries in Russia
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On Sunday Russia’s defence ministry said it had captured two more
villages in Donetsk oblast, Ptyche and Vyimka. Thousands of civilians
have left Pokrovsk after an order to evacuate. Shops, banks and
businesses have closed in anticipation of an imminent Russian attack.














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'Emotion AI' may be the next trend for business software, and that
could be problematic | TechCrunch
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TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 in San Francisco is just two months away, and
we’re still looking for enthusiastic and driven volunteers to assist
our events team. Don’t miss this opportunity to…

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From InstaDeep to Paystack: Here are Africa's biggest startup exits
and how much they raised | TechCrunch
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Bruce, Clyde, Warren Clark and George Karageorgiades founded
Johannesburg-based PaySpace in 2007 as a cloud-based payroll and HR
platform to streamline payroll runs and backup procedures. The
bootstrapped startup raised undisclosed venture for the first time
last year from local payments solutions provider Netcash before its
acquisition. 














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This Ultra High-Yield Dividend Stock Just Raised Its Payout. Should
You Buy?
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Eric Volkman has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The
Motley Fool recommends British American Tobacco P.l.c. and Philip
Morris International and recommends the following options: long
January 2026 $40 calls on British American Tobacco and short January
2026 $40 puts on British American Tobacco. The Motley Fool has a
disclosure policy.

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HCA and UnitedHealth resolve contract disputes in four states hours
before deadline
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In the latest contract negotiations, HCA claimed UnitedHealthcare paid
its hospitals below market rates, while UnitedHealthcare claimed HCA
was demanding unsustainable price hikes. If the two powerhouses
hadn’t reached agreements over the weekend, thousands of
UnitedHealthcare members in Texas, Colorado, South Carolina, and New
Hampshire would have been stuck with fewer hospital and physician
choices. 














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Trump Campaign Uses Statements From Gold Star Families to Attack
Harris
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The statement spoke of the heroism of the troops killed at Abbey Gate,
and the grief that the family members have felt in the three years
since their loved ones were killed. But it also sought to blame Ms.
Harris for the politicization of the cemetery, asserting that it was
the vice president who had “disgracefully twisted” Mr. Trump’s
visit “into a political ploy,” and effusively praised Mr.
Trump’s leadership, with the family members of the troops asserting
that “if he were still commander in chief, our children would be
alive today.”

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Meandering? Off-Script? Trump Insists His 'Weave' Is Oratorical
Genius.
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“Unlike Kamala Harris, who can’t put together a coherent sentence
without a teleprompter, President Trump speaks for hours, telling
multiple impressive stories at the same time,” said Karoline
Leavitt, a spokeswoman for Mr. Trump. “Kamala Harris could never.”













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Tim Walz Heads Home to the Minnesota State Fair
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Like other state fairs happening across the nation, the Minnesota
State Fair, affectionately known as the Great Minnesota Get Together,
has a storied political tradition as a spot to woo voters in a
less-scripted forum. Over the years, it has been an opportunity for
once and future officeholders to appear, well, normal, while chowing
down pronto pups — which, depending on whom you ask, are not so
different from corn dogs — and buckets of Sweet Martha’s cookies
and posing for photos.

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Harris's Team, With a Wink, Insists She's an Underdog
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Mr. Biden never declared his campaign an underdog. Neither did Ms.
Harris until July 27. Before that, with Mr. Biden still running, she
had nothing but confidence in public. Several times in the post-debate
period, as Mr. Biden’s campaign began to look like a rolling
catastrophe, Ms. Harris declared that they would be re-elected.

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Wolfs review: George Clooney and Brad Pitt star in 'genially watchable
but forgettable' crime caper
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Ocean's Eleven stars Clooney and Pitt reunite as underworld fixers who
have more in common than they'd like to admit the result is a laidback
bromantic comedy which lacks spark.

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Hiking energy tax will hit growth, oil industry says
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A spokesperson for the Treasury said: “We are committed to
maintaining a constructive dialogue with the oil and gas sector to
finalise changes to strengthen the windfall tax, ensuring a phased and
responsible transition for the North Sea.

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Railcard train travel to offer less of a discount
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A spokesperson for Railcard, the organisation which manages the
discount cards on behalf of train operators, said: "The cost of a
Railcard hasn't increased for over 10 years and will continue to
provide customers with a third off their rail fare for just £30 a
year - a cost that can be made back in just one or two journeys."

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Oasis tickets sales 'shambles' defended by industry chief
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Mr Brown said technology is used to distinguish between a bot and a
human being. Actions taken by a customer, such as rapid refreshing of
a screen or using a VPN, could be seen to emulate a bot, he said.

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Behind the Big Changes at 'Wheel of Fortune'
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Ryan Seacrest is taking over as host of the longtime game show as it
tries to move into the streaming future.

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Man Sentenced to 27 Months in Prison for Harassing Journalists
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Mr. Cockerline was part of a group of men who spray-painted vulgar and
threatening language on the homes of a reporter, her parents and her
editor, prosecutors said. The men also threw rocks and bricks through
the windows of some of the homes.

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Dialysis May Prolong Life for Older Patients. But Not by Much.
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Ms. Outlaw was mistaken on one point — dialysis can prolong the
lives of patients with kidney failure. But a new study published in
the journal Annals of Internal Medicine analyzed data from a simulated
trial involving records from more than 20,000 older patients (average
age: about 78) in the Veterans Health Administration system. It found
that their survival gains were “modest.”

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How Will the Nationwide Hotel Strike Affect My Labor Day Plans?
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Besides weighing the effect on services, consider your feelings about
the dispute itself, said Bjorn Hanson, an adjunct professor at the New
York University Jonathan M. Tisch Center of Hospitality. Some
travelers like to support the business and keep their reservation at
the property, Dr. Hanson said. Others prefer to support the striking
workers by not crossing a picket line.

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How Media Outlets on the Right and Left Are Covering the Debate Over
the Debate
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Before the June debate, President Biden’s team pushed to mute the
microphone of the candidate who wasn’t speaking so that Mr. Trump
would not interrupt Mr. Biden. But this week, Ms. Harris’s team
asked that the network keep the microphones live throughout the
debate. A spokesman for Ms. Harris’s campaign suggested that Mr.
Trump’s team had objected to the request out of concern he could not
“handle himself” with a live microphone.

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Good News for Deal-Seekers This Fall: Travel Demand Has Softened
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“The revenge travel effect is finally receding, and so are
prices,” said Steve Hafner, chief executive of the Kayak search
engine, adding that the fall season will be an ideal time for
travelers to “snag up a deal.”

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Trump debate prep: Tulsi Gabbard advises Republican to attack Harris
on 'hypocrisy'
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Still, surrogates like Gabbard and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the former
Democrat turned third-party presidential candidate who recently
dropped out of the race and endorsed Trump, allow the Republican to
paint his campaign as a refuge for independents and Democratic
defectors.

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Discovery of 6 Dead Hostages in Gaza Spurs Protest and Division in
Israel
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For many in Israel, the news brought months of simmering anger to a
furious boil on Sunday, much of it directed at the country’s prime
minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, whose critics blamed him for refusing to
make a cease-fire deal that would bring the hostages back. Protesters
flooded the streets of Tel Aviv and other cities on Sunday night in
what was one of the largest demonstrations in the nearly 11 months of
war.

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East Germans Lean Toward Extremes in State Elections
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While the results may augur well for the Christian Democrats for the
next federal elections, scheduled for September 2025, they are certain
to add to the troubles of the three parties in Chancellor Olaf
Scholz’s governing coalition, which performed badly.

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Opinion | We Know Mental Health Affects Physical Health. Why Don't We
Act Like It?
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Our minds’ potential to unravel our bodies goes even further: People
with symptoms of depression have a greater risk of developing coronary
artery disease. Among patients who already have heart failure, those
struggling with loneliness are around four times as likely to die. Job
stress has been linked to strokes.

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Strikes start at top hotel chains as housekeepers seek higher wages
and daily room cleaning work
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Tracy Lingo, president of UNITE HERE Local 7, said the Baltimore
members are seeking pensions for the first time but the biggest
priority is bringing hourly wages closer to those in other cities.

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Bill Ackman says Brazil's ban on X will make country 'uninvestable'
(NASDAQ:META)
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Hedge fund billionaire Bill Ackman is among the latest critics of a
court order to suspend Elon Musk’s social-media platform X in
Brazil. The ruling likely will

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Hotel workers strike in U.S. during Labor Day weekend (NYSE:HLT)
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Strikes were in effect at hotels in Honolulu and Kauai, Hawaii;
Seattle; San Diego, San Jose and San Francisco, California; Greenwich,
Connecticut; and Boston. Hotel workers in other regions may also
participate.

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Audi replaces its bestseller--here's the next Q5 SUV
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The Starliner spacecraft has started to emit strange noises
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Electrolight is a short and sweet Playdate adventure game about
branching out
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It’s a short game that’s perfect for a moment when you just want
something lighthearted to keep you busy for a half-hour or so. I
completed it in about 20 minutes. Electrolight only costs $2 on the
Playdate Catalog.

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Now there's a creepy, sonar-like sound coming through one of
Starliner's speakers
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It’s still unclear what caused the sound. The Boeing spacecraft has
been docked with the ISS since early June, and engineers have since
had their hands full trying to get to the bottom of the issues that
arose during its first crewed flight. When Starliner finally heads
back to Earth on September 6, it’ll be leaving its crew — Wilmore
and NASA astronaut Suni Williams — behind on the ISS, where
they’ll continue to work for the next few months while they wait for
a ride home from SpaceX in February 2025.

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Labor Day sales from Apple, Amazon, Samsung and more: All of the best
tech deals to shop now
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Astro A40 TR gaming headset for $100 ($30 off): This is a great deal
on a top pick in our guide to the best gaming headsets, and we liked
it for its comfortable design, spacious sound profile and solid value.

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Apple reportedly plans to drop USB-A ports with the M4 Mac mini and is
working on a low-end Magic Keyboard
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Apple is also reportedly working on a cheaper, pared down version of
its Magic Keyboard that’s slated to launch “by the middle of next
year.” The company introduced a new Magic Keyboard for iPad Pro this
spring, and Gurman indicates it’s now turning its attention to the
non-Pro devices. He writes that the upcoming accessory “will be a
low-end version that may be designed for an entry-level iPad or the
new iPad Airs.”

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South African beauty queen crowned Miss Nigeria after nationality row
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Even though she had not been in the country for 20 years, organisers
of the Nigerian contest invited her to join their final, saying it was
a chance for her to “represent your father’s native land on an
international stage”.

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NSW urged to remove 51 shark nets after hundreds of dolphins and
turtles caught last summer
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He said the situation was a “wicked problem” for governments
responsible for protecting people and threatened species. “I think
you could certainly reduce the shark nets without much risk to the
politicians of being blamed for endangering swimmers at the beach,”
Harcourt said.

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Greens appeal to renters with regulator that could fine real estate
agencies
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On Sunday the Liberal senator Andrew Bragg raised the possibility of
withholding GST from the states unless they accelerated domestic
housebuilding, which has not previously been raised as one of the
Coalition’s policies. Bragg said “everything was under
consideration”.

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Spanish police arrest three over raids on 'at least 22' luxury Ibiza
homes
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Video footage released by the police on Sunday appeared to show masked
intruders combing through valuables and making their way through the
grounds of a villa. The video also showed what appeared to be one of
the victims confronting an alleged robber.

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Success of far-right AfD shows east and west Germany are drifting
further apart
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But both Mau and Morina suggest that winning back voters from the far
right can only work by engaging them directly through unconventional
and creative means, such as local citizens’ assemblies. To halt and
eventually reverse the drifting apart of Germany’s east and west,
the political centre needs to start thinking outside the box.

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German state elections: Far right leads in Thuringia exit poll,
centre-right ahead in Saxony ?as it happened
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SACHSEN | 18 Uhr Prognose Landtagswahl Infratest dimap/ARDCDU: 31,5%
(-0,6)AfD: 30,0% (+2,5)BSW: 12,0% (NEU)SPD: 8,5% (+0,8)GRÃNE: 5,5%
(-3,1)LINKE: 4,0% (-6,4)Sonstige: 8,5% (-5,2)Ãnderungen zum
Wahlergebnis von 2019#ltwsn pic.twitter.com/hcMBULZE1u

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German far-right party AfD poised for state election victory in east
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Riven by ideological differences and personal rivalries, the
government has stumbled in recent months in realising its main policy
initiatives, including kickstarting the moribund economy and getting
more electric vehicles on German roads. The Greens’ co-leader, Omid
Nouripour, recently described the coalition in Berlin as a
“transitional government” in the period after Merkel’s 16 years
in power.

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British swimmer claims women's record for fastest Lake Geneva crossing
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Farrow's longest swims before Lake Geneva were across Loch Awe, Loch
Lomond and Loch Ness in Scotland, which measure between 36km and 41km.
She started training for her more than 70km swim in December, juggling
it with her job as an infant feeding practitioner and spending time
with her two children.

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