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How Americas Major Crop Farmlands Compare to Entire Countries

Growing the big four American crops—corn, soybean, hay, and
wheat—require farmlands bigger than entire countries.

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Johnson & Johnson files third bankruptcy case seeking to end talc
lawsuits - WSJ (No paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=67813&nl=daily]
Johnson & Johnson filed an unprecedented third chapter 11 case seeking
to end the mass lawsuits linking its cosmetic talc products to cancer,
this time with the backing of tens of thousands of personal-injury
plaintiffs for a roughly $8 billion compensation plan.

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Sorry, the Fed can't save us from a bear market - WSJ (No paywall)
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Wall Street commentary around this week’s Fed rate cut could have
filled a very long and boring book, but much of what you need to know
about its effect on the stock market can be found in a movie rarely
linked with monetary policy: “The Wizard of Oz."















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Death toll from Israeli strike on Hezbollah military leaders rises -
WSJ (No paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=67813&nl=daily]
BEIRUT—Israel’s airstrike on a building in southern Beirut
didn’t just kill a top Hezbollah commander—it took out an entire
class of senior leaders of the militant group’s most elite fighting
force, as the two foes lurch closer to all-out war.

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Elon Musk prepares for next act: Red-tape cutter in chief - WSJ (No
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His recent comments suggest the Federal Aviation Administration and
Environmental Protection Agency would be where he directs scrutiny if
he is put in charge of leading Donald Trump’s government efficiency
commission, tasked with reducing government and regulations.














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How We Discovered That People Who Are Colorblind Are Less Likely To Be
Picky Eaters - Discover Magazine (No paywall)
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The seventh season of Julia Child’s “The French Chef,” the first
of the television series to air in color, revealed how color can
change the experience of food. While Child had charmed audiences in
black and white, seeing “Bouillabaisse à la Marseillaise” in
color helped elevate the experience from merely entertaining to
mouthwatering.

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A fresh understanding of OCD is opening routes to new treatments - New
Scientist (No paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=67813&nl=daily]
When my daughter was young, she washed her hands a lot. We might have
poked what we thought was gentle fun at her, saying she was “a
little bit OCD”. Later, she began to disclose “bad thoughts”,
which I assumed were the typical products of a child’s imagination.
I told her we all had thoughts like that, and if we ignored them, they
went away.














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Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant to Restart After Microsoft AI Power
Deal - Inc.com (No paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=67813&nl=daily]
Constellation Energy and Microsoft have signed a data-center power
deal that will enable the restart of one of the units at the U.S.
utility's Three Mile Island nuclear plant in Pennsylvania, the
companies said on Friday. 

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Research: How Should Multinational Firms Navigate Local Rules? -
Harvard Business Review (No paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=67813&nl=daily]
When multinational firms enter new markets, they have to choose how to
manage the formal and informal local rules that can vary greatly.
Local institutions and rules matter, and there are clear risks for top
executives at headquarters who don’t take them seriously. But
constantly adapting to local practices could jeopardize a company’s
ability to integrate operations across markets. A study of five
globally successful Scandinavian companies identified six tactics that
firms can use to address local rules while maintaining competitive
advantage: Avoid, alter, adapt, imitate, influence, and innovate.














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First Opinion readers on clinical trials in Africa, compounded
semaglutide, depressed mice, and more - STAT (No paywall)
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First Opinion is STAT’s platform for interesting, illuminating, and
provocative articles about the life sciences writ large, written by
biotech insiders, health care workers, researchers, and others.

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The Art of Taking It Slow - The New Yorker (No paywall)
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There are places in California that can make a person feel in tune
with geological time, newly alert, on the brink of something cosmic.
Walnut Creek, an affluent suburb east of San Francisco, is not one of
them. Nestled in the foothills of stately Mt. Diablo, the city’s
quaint downtown is buffeted by chain retailers and big-box stores. On
a recent summer morning, I took the train there to meet Grant
Petersen, the bicycle designer, writer, and founder of Rivendell
Bicycle Works. Petersen has become famous for making beautiful bikes,
using materials and components that his industry has mostly abandoned,
and for promoting a vision of cycling that is low-key, functional,
anti-car, and anti-corporate. He has polarizing opinions and an
outsized influence. Sensing that it would be uncouth to arrive on
foot, and wanting to honestly communicate my level of commitment to
cycling, I brought my bike: a red nineteen-eighties Nashbar that I
purchased in my mid-twenties, rode happily for a decade, and abandoned
when I became pregnant and freshly terrified of death. The bike had
spent the past two years hanging vertically in the garage, where, from
time to time, I accidentally backed into it with the car. The wheels
were out of true, and—a separate issue—couldn’t be removed: I
had installed locking anti-theft skewers, then lost the key.














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Agatha All Along is a Marvel show you don't have to do homework for

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The mysterious trail of Hezbollah's exploding pagers - WSJ (No
paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=67813&nl=daily]
The puzzle of how thousands of pagers were sabotaged in an Israeli
attack on Hezbollah this past week has sparked investigations into the
supply chain behind them, leading investigators to a labyrinth of
shadowy companies and individuals spanning Asia and Eastern Europe.














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America is becoming less "woke" - The Economist (No paywall)
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Regina Jackson and Saira Rao achieved a degree of fame at the height
of the backlash in 2020 after police killed George Floyd, an unarmed
black American accused of buying cigarettes with a counterfeit $20
note. For a hefty fee, rich white women would hire the pair to help
them confront unconscious biases at dinner parties that featured such
ice-breakers as, “Raise your hand if you’re a racist.” Guests
may often have broken down in tears when told that their claims to be
colour-blind were simply another brick in the edifice of white
supremacy, but there was lots of interest. The two women were featured
in many news reports and made a film about their dinners,
“Deconstructing Karen”, in which a guilt-stricken participant
confesses, “I am a liberal white woman. We are absolutely the most
dangerous women.”

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Trump's Base in North Carolina Still Supports Mark Robinson, but Some
Doubt He Can Win
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Not only was Mr. Robinson not at the rally, but Mr. Trump also did not
mention his name once to the thousands of supporters who were in
attendance, the very people who helped fuel the rise of the lieutenant
governor in 2020.














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Elon Musk's X Backs Down in Brazil
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The abrupt about-face from Mr. Musk in Brazil appeared to be a defeat
for the outspoken businessman and his self-designed image as a warrior
for free speech. Mr. Musk and his company had loudly and harshly
criticized Brazil’s Supreme Court for months, even publicly
releasing some of its sealed orders, but neither had publicly
mentioned their reversal by Saturday morning.

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John A. Clements Dies at 101; His Research Saved Thousands of Babies
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His work led to a breakthrough three years later by two Harvard
researchers whom Dr. Clements advised: Pulmonary surfactant, they
found, was absent in premature babies with undeveloped lungs who died
of respiratory distress syndrome, or R.D.S.













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For Americans Haunted by Beirut Bombings, a Killing Resurfaces Decades
of Pain
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The first attack, a bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Beirut in April
1983, killed 63 people, including 17 Americans. Six months later, a
suicide bomber drove a truck packed with explosives into the U.S.
Marine Corps barracks in Beirut, killing more than 300 people,
including 241 American service members.

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A Week of Chaos Pushes Lebanon's Doctors to the Limit
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The attacks on Hezbollah’s communication devices this week —
widely attributed to Israel — wounded thousands of people, leaving
many of them permanently disabled and in need of long-term
rehabilitative care. The Israeli airstrike just miles from downtown
Beirut on Friday, which killed at least 37 people and injured dozens
more, has only added to the toll. Others are still presumed trapped in
the debris.

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Electric outboard startup Pure Watercraft is selling itself for parts
| TechCrunch
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Electric watercraft is a growing but still nascent industry, with
startups like Candela, Navier, FleetZero and Zin Boats making a play
for cleaner, more efficient waterways and infrastructure.

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Early Prime Day deals include the Pixel Buds A-Series for only $64
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Google says the Pixel Buds A-Series earbuds get about five hours of
listening time on a charge, or 2.5 hours of talk time. With the
charging case, listening time goes up to about 24 hours. With the
current deal, you can get the Pixel Buds A-Series earbuds in Clearly
White or Dark Olive for $35 off the usual price. For a dollar more,
you can grab them in Charcoal. (The pale blue Sea color option
unfortunately isn’t covered in the discount). At $64, the Pixel Buds
A-Series is almost at a record low, and cheaper even than during Prime
Day in July.

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Children and Hezbollah commander among 37 killed in Beirut strike,
Lebanon says ? as it happened
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Several thousand people have gathered in Liverpool to call for a
permanent ceasefire in Gaza.Sky's @ShingiMararike says it is the first
pro-Palestinian national march to be held in the UK outside of
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Activist with far-right ties fronts Marco Rubio-linked
anti-immigration effort
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In May, in the American Mind, Hochman began a glowing review of The
Unprotected Class, a book by the Claremont Institute’s Jeremy Carl
that claims America is racked by anti-white racism, with the line:
“Ethnic discrimination is as old as human civilization itself,”
and goes on to argue: “Racial revenge is the germ of the sustained
campaign to defame, attack, and disenfranchise white Americans on
behalf of their country’s most powerful institutions.”

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India's Oyo acquires Motel 6 for $525M | TechCrunch
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As the startup landscape evolves, so do hiring strategies. With Big
Tech downsizing and the labor market tightening, founders must
navigate a conservative job market to attract and retain top…

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3 Stock-Split Stocks to Buy Before They Soar as Much as 243%,
According to Select Wall Street Analysts
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Bank of America is an advertising partner of The Ascent, a Motley Fool
company. Danny Vena has positions in Nvidia and Super Micro Computer.
The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends Bank of America and
Nvidia. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.

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Motel 6 sold to Indian hotel operator for $525 million
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“This transaction is a terrific outcome for investors and is the
culmination of an ambitious business plan that more than tripled our
investors’ capital and generated over $1 billion in profit over our
hold period,” Rob Harper, the head of Blackstone Real Estate Asset
Management Americas, said in a statement.

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He Makes Less Than $15,000 and Is Trying to Hold Springfield, Ohio,
Together
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“This job as mayor was never supposed to have this type of
intensity,” Mayor Rue, 54, said in a telephone interview on Friday.
“But when you sign up to serve a city, you never know what’s
coming.”

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F.B.I. Agents Board Ship Managed by Company of Vessel in Baltimore
Bridge Collapse
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The early-morning collapse of the bridge killed the six men who were
repairing pavement on it and paralyzed the Port of Baltimore for
weeks. On Tuesday, the families of three of the men who were killed
announced that they were also suing the owner of the Dali.

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At a Rally in North Carolina, Trump Avoids Topic A: Mark Robinson
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Building on his effort to make immigration, an area where voters are
dissatisfied with Democrats, the central issue of the presidential
campaign, Mr. Trump announced that he would push Congress to pass
legislation outlawing so-called sanctuary cities, places that limit
how local law enforcement can cooperate with federal immigration
authorities. During his presidency, Mr. Trump issued an executive
order that tried to withhold federal grants to such locales, an effort
that was blocked by federal courts.

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Newsom Signs Bill That Adds Protections for Children on Social Media
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In June, Governor Newsom also called for a ban on smartphone use in
all public schools in California. Legislation now before him includes
a requirement that the schools devise a policy by July 1, 2026, to
limit or prohibit smartphones during the school day, though most
school districts already have cellphone policies.

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JD Vance to Appear With Tucker Carlson, Who Amplified False Holocaust
Claims
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Later this month, Mr. Carlson will be joined by Alex Jones, a
conspiracy theorist who has been ordered to pay over $1.4 billion in
defamation damages to the families of the victims of the mass shooting
at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012; Representative Marjorie
Taylor Greene of Georgia; and Donald Trump Jr., the former
president’s eldest child and the host of the podcast
“Triggered.”

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Harris Agrees to a Second Debate, but Trump Declines
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At a rally in Wilmington, N.C., on Saturday, Mr. Trump once again
rejected the idea of another debate, insisting that he won his debate
against Ms. Harris and blaming timing. “The problem with another
debate is that it’s just too late,” he said. “Voting has already
started.”

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Biden Hosts a Final 'Quad Summit' at His Delaware Home
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“The vibe of it was sort of two guys, one at the other guy’s home,
talking in broad strokes about where they see the state of the world,
you know, swapping some stories from their respective political
careers,” Mr. Sullivan told reporters on Saturday. It felt, he said,
as if “you had someone come over for a cup of coffee.”

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Arizona Court Allows 98,000 to Vote in State and Local Races Despite
Database Glitch
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“Today marks a significant victory for those whose fundamental right
to vote was under scrutiny,” he said. “The court faced a stark
choice: to allow voters to participate in just a few federal races on
a limited ballot, or to make their voices heard across hundreds of
decisions on a full ballot that includes a variety of local and state
offices.”

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Liz Cheney Suggests a New Political Party May Be Needed
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The daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, who also recently
said he would vote for Ms. Harris, Ms. Cheney has supported only
Republican presidential candidates since casting her first ballot for
Ronald Reagan in 1984. But her estrangement from her party was evident
when she was asked if she still called herself a Republican and she
said, “I’m a conservative.”

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Harris Enters Homestretch With a Far Bigger, Costlier Campaign Than
Trump
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The candidates had already announced their top-line figures for the
month of August: Ms. Harris’s campaign, when combined with allied
party committees, had almost tripled Mr. Trump in fund-raising,
collecting $361 million for all of her committees while Mr. Trump’s
campaign and associated committees took in just $130 million for his.
All told, including some campaign committees that don’t file reports
until next month, Mr. Trump entered September facing a $110 million
cash deficit against Ms. Harris, according to their self-disclosed
numbers.

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'Disaster' at Stellantis, Larry Ellison passes Jeff Bezos, Trump Media
troubles: Business news roundup
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It seems even billionaires have to beg for the most coveted items in
the world. Oracle (ORCL) co-founder Larry Ellison says he spent a
dinner “begging” for more of Nvidia’s (NVDA) artificial
intelligence chips.

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'When you're single and in the city, your friends are your family':
Why the key message of Friends endures - 30 years on
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The idea of spending hours hanging out with your friends with no one
distracted by their phone has become aspirational – a slightly
depressing thought, but one that reveals how much Friends tapped into
an enduring truth. For most of us, at least for a time in our lives,
there was nothing we'd rather be doing.

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Exploding Pagers Deliver a Supply Chain Warning
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“Companies must decide which level of security must be implemented
in their supply chains,” Hannah Kain, the chief executive of ALOM, a
global supply chain company, told DealBook. “We just moved several
notches out on the paranoia scale.”

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Women Entrepreneurs Are Hitting a Funding Wall
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Founders like Ms. Papin-Zoghbi are hitting — or fear hitting — a
funding wall, an obstacle they say has been heightened by a rollback
in diversity, equity and inclusion efforts and a general downturn in
start-up investing.

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Earth's Fall Equinox Ushers In Astronomical Autumn
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The ever-changing dates of equinoxes and similar events cause the
timing and length of the astronomical seasons to vary, which means
they are not useful for scientists analyzing climate trends from year
to year.

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Harris agrees to CNN debate on Oct. 23, Trump says 'it's too late'
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"Donald Trump should have no problem agreeing to this debate,"
O'Malley Dillon wrote in her statement. "It is the same format and
setup as the CNN debate he attended and said he won in June, when he
praised CNN's moderators, rules and ratings."

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Harris raised 4 times more than Trump in donations for final election
sprint
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"The Trump-Vance campaign has momentum for the final stretch of the
race," Trump campaign senior adviser Brian Hughes said in a statement.
"These fundraising numbers from August are a reflection of that
movement."

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How Elon Musk hopes his new supercomputers will boost his businesses
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Despite being one of its founders, Elon Musk left OpenAI in 2018 and
has since become one of the company's harshest critics. In June, it
was announced that xAI would build a supercomputer in Memphis,
Tennessee to train Grok. In early September, Musk revealed that a
portion of the Memphis supercomputer, called Colossus, was already
online.

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Intel's wild week leaves Wall Street more uncertain than ever about
chipmaker's future
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"If you pull these two things apart, you go, 'Well, what are they best
at anymore? Do they have the best process? Do they have the best
design?'" he said. "I think part of what made them strong was that
they did it all."

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North Carolina GOP governor nominee Mark Robinson denies making racist
and sexually graphic posts on porn forum
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In March, Trump compared Robinson to civil rights legend Martin Luther
King Jr. "on steroids." At an Aug. 21 campaign rally in Asheboro,
North Carolina, Trump called Robinson a "good man" and said he's
"gotta win."

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Attacks on Hezbollah Alter Balance of Power in Long-Running Fight
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“Eighteen years of mutual deterrence has now given way to a new
phase of one-sided superiority on the part of Israel,” said Lina
Khatib, an associate fellow at Chatham House, a London-based research
organization. “The facade that Hezbollah had been presenting to the
world of it being an impenetrable organization is shattered, and
Israel has displayed with flair how much of an upper hand it has in
this equation vis-à-vis Hezbollah.”

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Macron Appoints Cabinet as He Seeks to Move France Out of Political
Impasse
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The delay was the longest such deliberation in the history of the
Fifth Republic, following the longest ever time taken by a president
to name a prime minister. Agreeing on a budget will be the
government’s first priority, with the country’s debt and budget
deficit ballooning amid growing international concern.

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Opinion | Sean Combs and the Limits of the 'Family Man' Defense
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They’re trying it because, to some extent, we still assign a
positive moral value to getting married and having children. It’s
why Republicans keep using Kamala Harris’s lack of biological
children to attack her character. Combs’s lawyers are also likely
playing on built in prejudices against Black women in particular, who
have always had a harder time being seen as respectable, aspirational
or worthy of protection in the public eye.

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Opinion | When Gunmen Impose a Policy of Rape
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Suad’s daughter, Namarag, is 2 years old and suffering from acute
malnutrition. Suad said that’s because the Arab militia has
prevented members of her community from planting and harvesting crops.

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Novartis' Pluvicto expected to dominate prostate cancer
radiopharmaceutical market
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The market for radioligand therapies (RLT), also known as
radiopharmaceuticals, a relatively new kind of treatment, is expected
to soar between now and 2030, with Novartis' (NYSE:NVS) Pluvicto
expected to account for the lion's share as a prostate cancer

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