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Elliott Investment Management’s Citgo gamble
An Elliott affiliate in November won a messy bidding war for Citgo, which had been owned by Venezuela’s state oil company.
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Pizza’s popularity wanes in US
Pizzerias were once the second-most common restaurant type in the US.
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Pushback from authors' groups over AI ‘book clubs’
Amazon and ElevenLabs now each allow readers to generate discussion of characters, plot, or themes with AI bots.
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Meet Paul Singer, the Billionaire Trump Megadonor Set to Make a Killing on Venezuela Oil
“Paul Singer’s shady purchase of Citgo has everything to do with this coup.”
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Kenya startup to use geothermal energy to capture carbon
Kenya uses geothermal energy to generate about a quarter of its electricity.
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Gulf sovereign funds ramp up US bets
Investments into the US more than doubled as Gulf funds piled into US tech and the American economy.
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US reduces number of recommended childhood vaccinations
Vaccines for diseases including flu, hepatitis, and meningococcal disease will no longer be universally recommended.
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Iran offers $7 handouts to quell deadly protests
A currency collapse and surging inflation have squeezed living standards.
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China-Japan feud escalates after Beijing unveils export curbs
The raft of export restrictions included goods with potential military applications.
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Climate engineering would alter the oceans, reshaping marine life – our new study examines each method’s risks
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For some Jewish women, ‘passing’ as Christian during the Holocaust could mean survival – but left scars all the same
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Broncos say their new stadium will be ‘privately financed,’ but ‘private’ often still means hundreds of millions in public resources
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Reddit and TikTok - with the help of AI - are reshaping how researchers understand substance use
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US military has a long history in Greenland, from mining during WWII to a nuclear-powered Army base built into the ice
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Building ‘beloved community’: Remembering the friendship between Martin Luther King Jr. and Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh
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There’s an intensifying kind of threat to academic freedom – watchful students serving as informants
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From a new flagship space telescope to lunar exploration, global cooperation – and competition – will make 2026 an exciting year for space
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Could ChatGPT convince you to buy something? Threat of manipulation looms as AI companies gear up to sell ads
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