China’s Flood of Plastic, Yellen Departs: Sunday Asia Briefing
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen completed her task in Beijing today, potentially adding a small measure of relief
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Chinese authorities swoop on restaurant that challenged customers to eat 108 dumplings
A restaurant in China that challenged its customers to eat more than 100 dumplings in return for a free meal has fallen foul of authorities, who are investigating whether it has violated the country's anti-food waste law.
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TikTok and Title 42 rumours fuel human smuggling at the US border
TikTok ads and misinformation are driving migrants to multi-billion dollar smuggling organisations.
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Alex Lange had perfect NSFW reaction to Tigers no-hitter
You can say that Detroit Tigers closer Alex Lange was happy that the team threw a combined no-hitter on Saturday against the Toronto Blue Jays.The Detroit Tigers had quite the bounce-back on Saturday, less than a day removed from their 12-2 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays. What better way to regai...
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Syrian government cancels BBC press accreditation
The move follows a BBC documentary that linked the president's family to the drug trade.
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How the Food System Is Changing and What It Means for Investors
Global shifts in incomes and populations, geopolitics and climate change are combining to drastically alter the outlook for
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Teens among at least 8 injured in shooting at Texas party, police say
At least eight people ages 15 to 18 were injured in a shooting after an argument broke out between two groups at a house party in El Paso, Texas, authorities said Saturday.
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Texas sued over plan to deploy floating barrier on Rio Grande to curb border crossings
The owner of a Texas canoe and kayaking company filed a lawsuit on Friday seeking to stop the installation of a marine floating barrier on the Rio Grande, claiming Gov. Greg Abbott has no right to regulate the border.
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Struggling Bitcoin Miners Wary of Token’s Big ‘Halving’ Event
Crypto enthusiasts are hopeful that a once-in-four-years event which rewrites the underlying code of the world’s biggest cryptocurrency
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Russian defence minister Shoigu shown inspecting troops
(This content was produced in Russia where the law restricts coverage of Russian military operations in Ukraine) MOSCOW (Reuters) -
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Yair Rodriguez vs. Alexander Volkanovski prediction and odds for UFC 290
After going up in weight to face lightweight champion Islam Makhachev, Alexander Volkanovski is back at featherweight to face interim champion Yair Rodriguez.Volkanovski has never lost at this weight class, and is the heavy favorite to stay that way on Saturday night in the UFC 290 main event. R...
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This is what happens when ChatGPT tries to create crochet patterns
ChatGPT, a publicly available language-learning AI, was not designed to create things like crochet or knitting patterns, but what happens when you ask it to do just that? We crocheted some ChatGPT-generated patterns to find out.
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