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Oct 27 2024SPORTS

Youngest Eight-Thousander Conqueror Aims for More

Nima Sherpa, an 18-year-old Nepalese climber, recently became the youngest person to scale all 14 of the world's highest peaks. Despite this impressive feat, Nima isn't slowing down. He plans to summit Manaslu, the eighth-highest mountain, in winter without extra oxygen or ropes, an unprecedented ch

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Oct 26 2024ENTERTAINMENT

Gaming Wish Comes True: Gamers Help Terminal Patient Play Upcoming Game Early

Meet Caleb McAlpine, a huge Borderlands fan who recently got some devastating news. Doctors told him he has terminal cancer, with only a year or two left to live. This left Caleb wondering if he'd ever get to play the upcoming Borderlands 4, which isn't set to release until 2025. So, Caleb took to

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Oct 26 2024POLITICS

Delayed Vote on Trump Advisor's Censure: Politics or Academic Freedom?

A recent vote by Stanford's Faculty Senate to decide whether to lift the censure on Scott Atlas, a COVID-19 adviser to former President Trump, has been delayed. The Senate wants to avoid any political interpretations, especially with the 2024 elections coming up. This delay seems to be a way to stee

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Oct 25 2024TECHNOLOGY

Recording Calls on iPhone: iOS 18. 1 Makes It Easy and Secure

iPhone users have often turned to third-party apps to record calls, but iOS 18. 1 changes the game. Scheduled for release on October 28, this update brings native call recording and transcription right to your Phone app. The feature is powered by Apple Intelligence, which not only records conversati

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Oct 25 2024POLITICS

Leaders Discuss a New World Order at BRICS Summit

Russian President Vladimir Putin called for a new "multipolar world order" during the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia. This gathering of world leaders from countries like China, India, Turkey, and Iran is the largest diplomatic event in Russia since the Ukraine conflict began. The goal is to show that

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Oct 25 2024SCIENCE

Cyprus Joins NASA's Space Exploration Pact: A Promise for Safe Skies

Cyprus has just joined the Artemis Accords, a space exploration agreement led by NASA. This makes Cyprus the 46th country to sign up for safe space exploration. Nicodemos Damianou, Cyprus' deputy minister of research, innovation, and digital policy, signed the accords in Nicosia. James O'Brien, from

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Oct 25 2024POLITICS

Spy Plane's Historic Flight Along Russia's Border

Imagine a spy plane flying from Greece to Finland, all in one go. That's exactly what a UK Royal Air Force RC-135W did earlier this month. This plane, known as Rivet Joint, can sniff out electronic signals like radar and communications. It started its journey from Greece, then passed through Bulgari

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Oct 25 2024POLITICS

How India and China Are Trying to Mend Fences

After five years of disagreements, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met at the BRICS summit in Russia. This meeting is a step toward healing relations that were damaged by a serious military clash in 2020 along their shared border in the Himalayas. Both leaders ag

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Oct 25 2024POLITICS

Intruders in the Sky: NATO Jets Scramble After Mystery Objects

A mysterious air object swooped over NATO land in Romania. It zipped across the border from Ukraine and headed west, watched by Romanian radars. Two Romanian F-16s roared into action but couldn't spot the intruder. It vanished just north of Tulcea, near Ukraine’s port of Izmail. This isn’t the first

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Oct 25 2024POLITICS

Trump's Immigration Stance: Is the U. S. a Global Dumping Ground?

Former President Donald Trump recently stirred up the immigration debate with a bold statement. He called the United States a "garbage can" for the world during a rally in Arizona, just days before the election. Trump claimed that the country is overwhelmed by violent migrant gangs and serves as a d

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