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Asian shares track Wall St’s rise as tech shares advance and investors shrug off the US shutdown


Shares have jumped in Asia, tracking Wall Street’s rise to new records despite the the shutdown of the U.S. government.

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87-year-old Royal Caribbean passenger planning 26th cruise even after…


“I’m 87 years old, I’ve never been this sick in my life,” Pettit said.

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Five students pulled alive from collapsed Indonesia school but hopes fade for remaining classmates


A rescue team crouched under huge slabs of concrete and corrugated iron as they carefully slid 13-year-old Syailendra Haikal to safety from the twisted wreckage of a collapsed Indonesian boarding school; a brief glimmer of hope in the middle of a disaster.

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Imelda descends on Bermuda as Category 2 hurricane with damaging wind and waves


Hurricane Imelda is descending on Bermuda as a Category 2 storm that forecasters have warned is expected to bring potentially destructive weather to the British territory.

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(7) BREAKING: Building collapse in Bronx



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(7) BREAKING: Building collapse in Bronx



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How can Ukraine help Europe build its drone wall?


Kyiv has offered to European countries to counter a string of Russian drone incursions with the experience and expertise it has gained the hard way.

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Jazz Chisholm Jr. proves one thing again — he’s worth going by a…


The Yankees didn’t exactly “step on necks” as the colorful Jazz Chisholm Jr. recently promised they’d do. But Jazz did save their necks, that’s for sure. 

One day after he was…


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Figma’s CEO said his software won’t replace the work of a world-class designer


Dylan Field said Figma’s AI tools “raise the ceiling” for designers to do more, and remove the “drudgery” of the design process.

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In Black columnist’s firing, advocates fear decreasing diversity, vital perspectives in news media


Karen Attiah, a former opinion columnist at The Washington Post, says she was fired after social media posts expressing concerns about gun violence and rhetoric against Black women.