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Germany’s 2021 Floods Could Have Been Even Worse, Say Researchers
Technology Networks
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Register for free to listen to this article Thank you. Listen to this article using the player above. ✖ Want to listen to this article for FREE? Complete the form below to unlock access to ALL audio articles. The devastating floods that killed...
Why Russia is gaining ground in Ukraine
The Boston Globe - Massachusetts
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Over the past two months, Russian units have been able to step up their attacks on multiple fronts, from Ukraine’s Sumy region in the north to the steppes of Zaporizhzhia in the south. Russia now controls more than two-thirds of Ukraine’s Donetsk...
The luxury Scottish castle hotel with 'big comfy beds' you can book for half price
Daily Record & Sunday Mail
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July 12, 2025
A boutique castle hotel in Scotland is currently available to stay in at a 50 per cent discount. The unique accommodation has been described as "lovely" and "amazing" by guests. The Glenskirlie Castle Hotel is a four-star hotel situated near the...
Margins to mainstream: Italy complete their T20 World Cup qualification job
The Indian Express
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July 12, 2025
The Azzurri are heading to the World Cup. Not the OGs. But, Italy men’s cricket team. Just six years after playing their maiden T20 International against Germany in 2019, Italy made history on Friday at the Hague. Going into the final fixture,...
“25% & Falling” U.S. Patriot Reserves Shrink As Ukraine Begs For Missiles; Germany, Norway To Bail Out Kyiv
The Eurasian Times
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July 12, 2025
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Germany would pay for two of the patriot AD systems, while Norway has agreed to supply one. US President Donald Trump said on Friday that Washington will send weapons, including Patriot air defence...
Cruise Line Alerts Passengers Over Safety Concerns at Mediterranean Port
Cruise Hive
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July 19, 2025
Key Aspects: Holland America Line alerted guests to unrest in Torre Pacheco, which is around 69 miles from the cruise port in Alicante, Spain. The area around Alicante’s cruise port is still considered safe, and the warning was issued out of an...
Book Review: Virgin Trains – A Pictorial Tribute by Fred Kerr
RailAdvent
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July 7, 2025
This book illustrates Virgin Trains services across its East and West Coast Main Lines and CrossCountry franchises, its various classes of locomotives, and the liveries they carried. Published in June 2022 by Pen & Sword Books and written by Fred...
Britain has always loved nepo babies
New Statesman
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July 8, 2025
It’s like a Mario Puzo novel: the Beckhams are brawling. If you are to take the Daily Mail at their word, David and Victoria “have become estranged” from the eldest son Brooklyn, who is supposedly trapped in a prenup arrangement with notorious...
Book Excerpt: ‘Saving Journalism: The Rise, Demise And Survival Of The News’
Religion Unplugged
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(EXCERPT) Could the flourishing history of journalism provide clues for enabling it to flourish in future? Why is society’s watchdog, the press, with its long and often honorable pedigree, going feral? Failing to bark at misrepresentation and...
POPNOTES | OPINION: After decades locked out of his own catalog, John Fogerty is reclaiming his songs — with his sons at his side
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette
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July 19, 2025
Some folks inherit star-spangled eyes … ■ ■ ■ John Fogerty didn’t. What he inherited was older and stranger. A voice made from gravel and reverb, haunted by unkept American promise. A sense of dread you could dance to. He didn’t just write hits —...
Star Bus Shines On European Tour With Teddy Swims
Cumbria Times
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July 12, 2025
business An East Yorkshire tour bus company has earned glowing praise after taking American singing sensation Teddy Swims around Europe. Mike Moulds, Founder and Managing Director of MM Band Services, with the 'Star Bus'. MM Band Services, based...
ASU researcher: AI is advancing faster than even sci-fi visionaries imagined
Apache Junction/Gold Canyon Independent - Arizona
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By Rizwan Virk | Arizona State University Every time I read about another advance in AI technology, I feel like another figment of science fiction moves closer to reality. Lately, I’ve been noticing eerie parallels to Neal Stephenson’s 1995 novel,...
Europe’s ‘chocolate capital’ is only a £33 bus ride from the UK
Metro
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July 8, 2025
The Royal Galleries in Brussels’ historic centre (Picture: Getty Images) When the sugar cravings hit, there’s no better place to be than Brussels. Belgium’s historic yet hip capital knows how to do chocolate. Colonial ties to the Congo gave it...
EU Slaps Google With Antitrust Complaint Over AI Overviews
CNET
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July 7, 2025
A group of publishers has filed an EU antitrust complaint against Google over its use of AI Overviews, according to a report from Reuters last week. AI Overviews are AI-generated results trained on content across the internet that appears at the...
Germany is ‘importing’ antisemitism, our leaders claim. Irony is not their strong point
The Guardian
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July 8, 2025
It could have been a Mitchell and Webb sketch – a man with a very German accent and a distinguished Nazi grandfather complaining: “These foreigners, coming over here, importing their antisemitism.” Only this was not a comedy. The man was Germany’s...
Book Review | Equality: What It Means and Why It Matters
The London School of Economics and Political Science
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July 6, 2025
Equality: What It Means and Why It Matters is a wide-ranging discussion between economist Thomas Piketty and philosopher Michael J. Sandel on ways to think about and achieve real equality. Though its coverage of race, gender and stigmatised groups...
European Parliamentarians pay Tribute to the Victims of the Srebrenica Genocide
Sarajevo Times
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July 7, 2025
Thirty years after the Srebrenica genocide, the European Parliament is dedicating a special session to one of the darkest pages of European history. The topic is how to preserve memory and prevent the repetition of the crime. The European...
Fantasy Premier League: Analysing FPL's major rule changes for 2025-26
The Athletic
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July 19, 2025
It’s Fantasy Premier League, but perhaps not as you know it. The makers of everyone’s favourite Premier League companion game have announced some pretty major changes to the rules for the 2025-26 season, which will almost certainly affect...
EU publisher group addresses Stop Killing Games movement in early double down: killing online games "must be an option," and this proposal would make them "prohibitively expensive to create"
GamesRadar+
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July 7, 2025
The EU Stop Killing Games initiative recently surpassed its goal of one million signatures, so it seems like everyone in Europe is ready to defend fragile online games to the death… except for those doing the killing. In response to the Stop...
Leigh Bardugo Comes to Sag Harbor Books for Book Signing, Meet and Greet
East Hampton Press - New York
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July 11, 2025
Growing up, best-selling author Leigh Bardugo always knew she wanted to be a writer, but didn’t know how to actually go about writing a book. Her early attempts at narrative began with “a lot of momentum,” and then “hit a wall,” she said in a...