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Ukraine's AI-enabled drones are starting to disrupt Russia's energy industry

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There’s a loud buzzing sound as a small silhouette approaches in the air. The noise is...
There’s a loud buzzing sound as a small silhouette approaches in the air. The noise is eerily reminiscent of Russian drone strikes on Ukraine, but this episode was recorded closer to Moscow than to Kyiv. “They’re flying right towards us,” a woman is heard saying in Russian, in a video shared on social media and revi...
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Dozens trapped in tunnels after Taiwan's strongest quake in 25 years

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Rescuers in Taiwan scrambled to free dozens of people trapped in highway tunnels after the island...
Rescuers in Taiwan scrambled to free dozens of people trapped in highway tunnels after the island was struck by its strongest earthquake in 25 years Wednesday, killing at least nine and injuring more than 900 others. The powerful 7.4 magnitude tremor shook the island’s east coast, hitting at 7:58 a.m. local time 18 ...
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Half a million California fast food workers will now earn $20 per hour

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As of Monday, about half a million fast food workers in California are making at least...
As of Monday, about half a million fast food workers in California are making at least $20 per hour, $4 higher than the overall state minimum wage. The new rate applies to restaurant chains with more than 60 nationwide locations and is a result of a years-long fight by workers to establish better wages and working c...
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Part of California's famed Highway 1 crumbles into the ocean

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1 in every 13 bridges in America is in 'poor' condition

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A container ship colliding into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore is drawing attention to...
A container ship colliding into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore is drawing attention to potential vulnerabilities among some of America’s more than 600,000 bridges. The Key Bridge stood for 47 years, and in that time it never received the sort of jolt that anyone could have thought would bring it down. But...
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Italy races to stop leaning Garisenda Tower from collapsing

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It’s become Italy’s other “leaning tower.” And now, after mounting concern that the Torre Garisenda in...
It’s become Italy’s other “leaning tower.” And now, after mounting concern that the Torre Garisenda in Bologna might be on the verge of collapse, a plan has been hatched to save it using the same equipment that shored up the Tower of Pisa. The 48-meter (158 feet) Garisenda tower was built in the 12th century, during...
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SBF Sentenced to 25 years in Prison

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Visa and Mastercard agree to $30B settlement that will lower merchant fees

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Two of the world’s largest credit card networks, Visa and Mastercard, as well as the banks...
Two of the world’s largest credit card networks, Visa and Mastercard, as well as the banks that issue cards with them, have agreed to settle a decadeslong antitrust case brought upon by merchants. The settlement is set to lower swipe fees merchants pay when customers make purchases using their Visa or Mastercard by ...
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A negative leap second has never been added or tested

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One day in the next couple of years, everyone in the world will lose a second...
One day in the next couple of years, everyone in the world will lose a second of their time. Exactly when that will happen is being influenced by humans, according to a new study, as melting polar ice alters the Earth’s rotation and changes time itself. The hours and minutes that dictate our days are determined by E...
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A Nigerian woman reviewed some tomato puree online. Now she faces jail

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A Nigerian woman who wrote an online review of a can of tomato puree is facing...
A Nigerian woman who wrote an online review of a can of tomato puree is facing imprisonment after its manufacturer accused her of making a “malicious allegation” that damaged its business. Chioma Okoli, a 39-year-old entrepreneur from Lagos, is being prosecuted and sued in civil court for allegedly breaching the cou...
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Archaeologists are now finding microplastics in ancient remains

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Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Microplastics have been found in historic soil samples for the first time, according to a new study, potentially upending the way archaeological remains are preserved. Rese...
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Laurent de Brunhoff, 'Babar the Elephant' author, died

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Writer and illustrator Laurent de Brunhoff, who continued his father’s legacy by producing dozens of original...
Writer and illustrator Laurent de Brunhoff, who continued his father’s legacy by producing dozens of original books for his “Babar the Elephant” series, has died aged 98. De Brunhoff died at his home in Key West, Florida on Friday following a recent stroke, his wife, the critic and author Phyllis Rose, told CNN via ...
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Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia will be completed in 2026

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The Sagrada Familia in Barcelona will finally be finished in 2026, more than 140 years after...
The Sagrada Familia in Barcelona will finally be finished in 2026, more than 140 years after construction started, officials have confirmed. The construction of the last of six towers will mark the completion of the structure of the basilica, the organization responsible for managing the site announced last week. “T...
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One of the largest eruptions in Earth's history could have wiped out humans

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Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. About 74,000 years ago, Sumatra’s Mount Toba experienced a super-eruption, one of the largest in Earth’s history, potentially kicking off a massive disruption in the world’...
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Italian town is struggling to sell off its empty homes for one euro

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Italy’s one-euro-home sales have been attracting a lot of interest over the past few years, with...
Italy’s one-euro-home sales have been attracting a lot of interest over the past few years, with dozens opting to snap up abandoned properties in some of the country’s depopulated towns. But while towns like Mussomeli in Sicily and Zungoli in Campania have managed to offload various abandoned dwellings to foreigners...
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Why are bidets just now getting popular in America?

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Bring up installing a bidet to the average American before the pandemic, and they might have...
Bring up installing a bidet to the average American before the pandemic, and they might have likely flushed the idea straightaway. The bathroom washer business, once a foreign concept to many in the US, experienced a huge boom during the Covid-19 pandemic, when shoppers were battling over toilet paper shortages. But...
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Why don't humans have tails?

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Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Humans have many wonderful qualities, but we lack something that’s a common feature among most animals with backbones: a tail. Exactly why that is has been something of a m...
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Pandas aren't all black and white. Some come in a different shade

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Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. With its striking coloration, the giant panda is an instantly recognizable species. A handful of giant pandas that aren’t black-and-white, however, do exist. These majestic...
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A nostalgic look back at when the Internet still felt joyful

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At the turn of the millennium, web-based technology was in a state of chrysalis. Google was...
At the turn of the millennium, web-based technology was in a state of chrysalis. Google was just one of several mainstream search engines, not yet a monopolistic empire. Dial-up internet (and its iconic dial tone) was still a thing in many American homes. File-sharing services like Napster and LimeWire were just beg...
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Netflix's'3 Body Problem' divides opinion and sparks nationalist anger in China

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A Netflix adaptation of wildly popular Chinese sci-fi novel “The Three-Body Problem” has split opinions in...
A Netflix adaptation of wildly popular Chinese sci-fi novel “The Three-Body Problem” has split opinions in China and sparked online nationalist anger over scenes depicting a violent and tumultuous period in the country’s modern history. Reactions have been mixed on Chinese social media since the Thursday premiere of...
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ISIS claims responsibility for Moscow concert venue attack that killed least 60

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ISIS has claimed responsibility for an attack at a popular concert hall complex near Moscow Friday...
ISIS has claimed responsibility for an attack at a popular concert hall complex near Moscow Friday after assailants stormed the venue with guns and incendiary devices, killing at least 60 people and injuring 145. The terror group took responsibility for the attack in a short statement published by ISIS-affiliated ne...
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Gigantic new aircraft design aims to create the largest plane ever to fly

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There’s a global energy crisis and onshore wind farms are a potential growth option. Larger wind...
There’s a global energy crisis and onshore wind farms are a potential growth option. Larger wind turbines produce more power than standard ones, but the components are too big to be transported by road. What’s the solution? A Colorado-based energy startup named Radia has an idea. It’s developing the biggest aircraft...
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Beijing accuses Evergrande of inflating revenues by $78B

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Editor’s Note: Sign up for CNN’s Meanwhile in China newsletter which explores what you need to...
Editor’s Note: Sign up for CNN’s Meanwhile in China newsletter which explores what you need to know about the country’s rise and how it impacts the world. Chinese regulators have accused Evergrande and its founder of inflating revenues by $78 billion, putting the insolvent property developer at the heart of the coun...
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Nearly 5M animals dead in Mongolia's harshest winter in half a century

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Mongolia is freezing through its harshest winter in half a century with extreme conditions killing more...
Mongolia is freezing through its harshest winter in half a century with extreme conditions killing more than 4.7 million animals and threatening the livelihoods and food supply of thousands of people, the International Federation of the Red Cross has warned. The severe conditions, known as dzud, are characterized by...
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