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- The top 25 stories curated by editors and fellow readers!

Editor's Pick

20 Years of 'Places to Go'

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made its debut in 2005, when world travel was about half of today’s
1.3 billion arrivals and phones were for making calls. Here’s how
The Times’s annual travel list — and travel itself — has changed
in the last two decades.

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Editor's Note: The popular use of the word "overtourism" can be traced
to a 2016 article about Iceland in Skift, a travel-industry
publication. But it's been a theme on the list since at least 2006,
when we suggested Istria, in northern Croatia, as an alternative for
"foodies weary of overpriced and overcrowded tables in Tuscany and
Provence."

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Toyota is 'exploring rockets' with nearly $45 million investment in
Japanese launch startup, chairman says
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Woven by Toyota was announced five years ago by Toyoda at CES as a
"prototype city of the future," located on a 175-acre site at the base
of Mt. Fuji in Japan to test and develop new emerging technologies
such as autonomous vehicles.

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6 former Apple employees charged in charitable donations scheme
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Six former Apple employees are facing fraud charges in a scam that
targeted the tech giant's program for matching workers' charitable
donations, according to the Santa Clara County District Attorney's
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David Attenborough "Profoundly Disturbed" By AI Clone Of His Voice
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David Attenborough, the legendary natural history presenter, is
rallying against AI -- unathorized cloning, specifically. The
broadcaster and naturalist said he was "profoundly disturbed" after
receiving notification from the BBC that his voice was being cloned by
AI creators.

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Eli Lilly seeks to join lawsuit on compounded drugs - STAT (No
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Morning. Today, we have a new biotech scorecard, which lays out the
next quarters worth of the sectors expected stock-moving events. Also,
we see the Trump administrations transition at the FDA taking shape,
and more.







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Foreign LeadersAnd The EUStep Up Challenges To Musk As His Feuds With
Global Politicians Heat Up - Forbes (No paywall)
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More European leaders voiced concern Monday about the worlds richest
man Elon Musks increasingly outspoken stance on European political
issues after the billionaire called on the UKs right-wing Reform Party
to replace leader Nigel Farage, attacked the UKs left-leaning Prime
Minister Keir Starmer and prepared for an interview with a far-right
German leader on X.

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Justin Trudeau leaves a wrecked party and divided Canada - The
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On January 6th Justin Trudeau, Canadas prime minister, announced his
resignation after weeks of speculation and a mounting political
crisis. The Liberal Party has won three successive elections since
2015 under his leadership. But over the past year he has become an
isolated and deeply polarising figure as supporters have abandoned the
party, angry that it has failed to tackle inflation, housing costs and
the strains from high immigration. In the coming weeks the Liberals
will be gripped by a leadership struggle. Canada faces an election
which must be held by October. It will be fought over his deeply
flawed legacy, and how the next government responds to a looming trade
war, geopolitical risks and a sluggish economy.















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Macron Warns Irans Nuclear Program Close to Point of No Return -
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Macron said Iran is the biggest security challenge for Europe Iran has
sufficient material to fuel a handful of warheads

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COVID map update reveals US cases at Christmas
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Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, Minnesota and Wisconsin had 9.4
percent of COVID-19 tests come back positive, while Connecticut,
Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont had a
7.4 percent positivity rate, and Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska
had a 7.3 percent positivity rate.







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AI detects ovarian cancer better than human experts in new study
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For the nearly 20,000 women in the U.S. who receive an ovarian cancer
diagnosis each year, artificial intelligence is emerging as a
potentially life-saving tool.

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CES 2025 updates: Live coverage of all the biggest tech, AI and gadget
news from Las Vegas
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Join us as we bring you not just the most important news from CES
2025, but also the most interesting product launches and some
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The year China's famous road-tripping 'auntie' found freedom
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Sixty-year-old Chinese grandmother Su Min had no intention of becoming
a feminist icon. She was only trying to escape her abusive husband
when she hit the road in 2020 in her white Volkswagen hatchback with a
rooftop tent and her pension.

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Venezuelan opposition leader who claims to have defeated Maduro to
meet Biden at White House
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CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- The Venezuelan opposition leader who claims
to have defeated President Nicolas Maduro in last year's presidential
election will meet with U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday at the
White House, a senior administration official confirmed to The
Associated Press.














 









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What Can We Learn About Sleep From the Land of the Polar Night
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The 24-hour darkness during the winter near the Poles can disrupt
sleep - this is how the people who live there cope.

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That Arctic blast can feel brutally cold, but how much colder than
'normal' is it really?
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An Arctic blast hitting the central and eastern U.S. in early January
2025 is creating fiercely cold conditions in many places. Parts of
North Dakota dipped to more than 20 degrees below zero, and people as
far south as Texas woke up on Jan. 6 to temperatures in the teens.






















 









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Loneliness Could Be Making You Sick
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It's no surprise that isolation and loneliness affect our overall
mental health. In fact, research suggests that an individual's sense
of community can reduce distressing mental and emotional symptoms like
anxiety and depression.

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Motorbike-sized tuna sold to Tokyo sushi restaurateurs for $1.3m
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Sushi restaurateurs in Tokyo say they have paid 207m yen ($1.3m; ?1m)
for a bluefin tuna which is about the size and weight of a motorbike.
The sale is the second highest price ever paid at the annual new year
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Unitree's humanoid robots dance like humans with new open-source data
set
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To this end, they want to democratize legged robotics and make them as
common and affordable as modern devices like drones and smartphones.

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Mapping How Aging Affects Different Brain Cells
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Summary: New research shows that not all brain cells age equally, with
certain cells, such as those in the hypothalamus, experiencing more
age-related genetic changes. These changes include reduced activity in
neuronal circuitry genes and increased activity in immunity-related
genes.

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Soccer-loving nun from Brazil is world's oldest person at nearly 117
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Sister Inah Canabarro was so skinny growing up that many didn't think
she would survive childhood, Cleber Canabarro, her 84-year-old nephew,
told The Associated Press.

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Infosys Postpones Salary Hikes; Know IT Company's Plan On Pay
Increment
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According to Infosys Chief Financial Officer Jayesh Sanghrajka, some
increments will take effect in January, while the remainder will be
rolled out in April 2025.

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Plants may control their own microbiomes
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Plant leaves may seem unassuming, but beneath their glossy surfaces
lies a surprising discovery: they are coated with a diverse array of
RNA (ribonucleic acid) molecules.

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HellHives: How A Shipping Box And A Hook Could Transform Drone Warfare
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VRR Inc does not make drones, but CSO Dutch Alessi and CTO Kevin
Hernandez believe their company can transform drone warfare. One of
their most important products is not much more than a cardboard
shipping box.

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The next generation of Google TVs will let you talk to Gemini without
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Google TV is set to enter its 'Gemini era' in 2025. Today at CES,
Google revealed that new Google TV devices coming later this year will
integrate new hardware to make it easier to initiate conversations
with your TV's voice assistant as well as see helpful information at a
glance.

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Kiss and capture scientists offer new theory on how Pluto got its
largest moon
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It sounds like one of Kipling's Just So Stories but it is rooted in
science: experts say they have a new theory for how Pluto got its
largest moon.

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Far-right Herbert Kickl gets his chance to form government in Austria
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Anti-immigrant and Russia-friendly FPO is now in pole position to lead
in Vienna.

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Danish king changes coat of arms in apparent rebuke to Donald Trump
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The Danish king has shocked some historians by changing the royal coat
of arms to more prominently feature Greenland and the Faroe Islands -
in what has also been seen as a rebuke to Donald Trump.

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Syria's foreign minister visits Qatar as new authorities seek regional
and global diplomatic ties
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DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) -- Syria's new foreign minister met with his
Qatari counterpart and Qatar's prime minister in Doha on Sunday, as
Syria's new de facto authorities under Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, or HTS,
establish diplomatic ties with regional and global governments.

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Old wisdom meets new tech: Traditional Chinese medicine inspires pulse
sensors
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A team led by Penn State researchers used principles of pulse
monitoring in traditional Chinese medicine to design a
pressure-sensing platform to identify the optimal pulse signal, which
they combined with a machine learning model to also predict blood
pressure.

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Taiwan says cyberattacks on government doubled in 2024, mostly from
China
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Security guards stand outside the Presidential Office Building in
Taipei in May 2024. The National Security Bureau has accused Chinese
cyber forces of a significant escalation in online attacks. (C)
Reuters

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Virtual employees could join workforce as soon as this year OpenAI
boss says
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Virtual employees could join workforces this year and transform how
companies work, according to the chief executive of OpenAI.

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It's Time to Do Away With Early School Start Times
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Pushing back the first bell can improve the sleep of not only
students, but also teachers, administrators, and parents.

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What to know about the siege outside South Korea's presidential
compound
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TOKYO (AP) -- A standoff between rival government forces outside the
presidential compound in South Korea has been a startling development,
even for observers used to the country's famously rough and tumble
politics.

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AI means the end of internet search as we've known it
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We all know what it means, colloquially, to google something. You pop
a few relevant words in a search box and in return get a list of blue
links to the most relevant results. Maybe some quick explanations up
top. Maybe some maps or sports scores or a video.

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CEO Survival Guide in 2025.
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My Personal Peek Into the 2025. As a CTO, I've been reflecting on
what's ahead in 2025, and I see a landscape that's both challenging
and exciting. Here's my take on where we're heading and how we can
prepare to lead effectively. 1.

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Massive study of adolescent brains puts "gateway drug" theory into
question
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Those who grew up when Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.

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'My second chance at life after liver transplant'
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The first patient in the UK with advanced bowel cancer to receive a
liver transplant said she had been given "a second chance at life".
Bianca Perea, a 32-year-old trainee lawyer from Wigan in Greater
Manchester, had the pioneering operation in the summer of 2024.

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Productivity "hacks" don't work. These do.
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Productivity "hacks" don't work. These do.The best methods are
low-tech and free.Jan 6, 2025, 11:00 AM UTCAllie Volpe is a senior
reporter at Vox covering mental health, relationships, wellness,
money, home life, and work through the lens of meaningful
self-improvement.

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LG and Samsung are adding Microsoft's Copilot AI assistant to their
TVs
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LG and Samsung have both announced their 2025 smart TVs at CES this
weekend, and some of them will include access to Microsoft's Copilot
AI assistant.

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How to Hit Peak Fitness After 40
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Not long ago, 40 was considered over the hill in sports. But we are
increasingly seeing athletes, like the skier Lindsey Vonn, 40, and the
climber Chris Sharma, 43, staging midlife comebacks. Peak performance
is still within reach for the rest of us, too.

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The top 10 countries in the world by computing power
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As the artificial intelligence race heats up, so does the global
competition for computing power -- something the boom would be
impossible without.

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Chinese venture capitalists force failed founders on to debtor
blacklist
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Preserving muscle with GLP-1 weight loss drugs: Big deal or nothing to
worry about?
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On the surface, the formula for weight loss seems simple: eat less and
move more. But giving that advice to someone with obesity is like
telling someone with depression to cheer up.

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Los Angeles man trapped in circling Waymo says he missed flight home
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L.A. tech entrepreneur Mike Johns posted a video three weeks ago on
LinkedIn of his call to a customer service representative for Waymo to
report that the car kept turning in circles and that he was nervous
about missing his flight. "I got a flight to catch.

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French top diplomat 'would have preferred' if Syrian leader shook
German counterpart's hand
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French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot on Sunday said he would have
preferred if Syria's new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa had shaken the hand of
his German counterpart Annalena Baerbock on their visit to Syria last
week, but insisted that this was not the point of their trip.

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Why is Ukraine losing ground? Mobilization crisis and command failures
exposed
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"A small Soviet army cannot defeat a big Soviet army." Once a
cautionary tale, this phrase now rings prophetic.

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The Real Reason People Dont Trust in Science Has Nothing to Do with
Scientists - Scientific American (No paywall)
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In the sketch turned popular meme, bystanders didnt buy his story.
Scientists, and the rest of us, might well follow their lead now, in
contemplating Novembers annual Pew Research Center survey of public
confidence in science.

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Historys Lessons on Anti-Immigrant Extremism - The New Yorker (No
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President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to begin enacting the
anti-immigrant agenda at the center of his campaign the moment he
takes office: mass deportations, a crackdown on people pouring up
through Mexico and other places, even the elimination of birthright
citizenship. (The fate of high-skill immigration is one area of
uncertainty; a dispute over H-1B visas consumed maga world over the
holidays.) The scale of what Trump has promised is difficult to fathom
and without recent precedent. A century and a half ago, however, a
movement to cast out a different group of people began to accelerate
in the United States.

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Michael Barr to step down as Feds top Wall Street regulator - FT (No
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Federal Reserves vice-chair for supervision will leave his role in
February but stay on as Fed governor

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Ozempic 'microdosing' is the new weight-loss trend: Should you try it?
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With approximately 70% of American adults meeting the criteria for
being obese or overweight, more people are turning to weight loss
medications to help them shed pounds. Ozempic is approved for type 2
diabetes, while its counterpart, Wegovy, is approved for treating
obesity.

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Minneapolis Promises Police Overhaul in Deal With Justice Department
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The Minneapolis decree was set in motion in the summer of 2023 after
the Department of Justice issued a report accusing the city’s police
department of routinely discriminating against Black and Native
American residents, of needlessly using deadly force and of violating
the First Amendment rights of protesters and journalists. The
Minneapolis police union did not immediately respond to a request for
comment on the new agreement.

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