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- Whale found dead in Denmark after private German rescue operation
- Ford’s Bronco becomes a lifestyle for its owners
- Taiwan reaffirms independence despite Trump warning
- BlackRock considers investing $5-10 billion in SpaceX IPO
- Wes Streeting to run for Labour leader and prime minister
- Congo reports at least 80 Ebola deaths in eastern Ituri province
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Whale found dead in Denmark after private German rescue operation
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For owners, the Ford Bronco isn’t just a truck — it’s a lifestyle
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Taiwan reaffirms independence despite Trump warning
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Tata Electronics and ASML partner on India’s first semiconductor fab reut.rs/4nxpq7v
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It might make sense right now to look at investing in a business-development company whose shares trade at a premium to the underlying asset value. on.wsj.com/4tIyojD
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The three high-school birders, dubbed The Pete Dunnelins, have one day to count as many bird species across the state of New Jersey as physically possible. Here’s what it takes.
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16% chance the SpaceX IPO closes above $3 trillion.
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Semenyo strikes as Man City beat Chelsea 1-0 to win FA Cup reut.rs/4nDSpqu
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At least 80 people have died in Congo’s new Ebola disease outbreak in the eastern Ituri province.
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After waging legal battle for two years, Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni have reached a legal settlement – except for this one issue.
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After they bought into a failed prophecy that Republicans would have an “epiphany” after they lost the 2020 election, Democratic voters are now demanding less compromise and more combat against the GOP.
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Most sports teams pump up their crowds with AC/DC or Metallica, but the Montreal Canadiens skate to “Fix You” by Coldplay.
The song, chosen in 2005, creates a unique pregame atmosphere, enhancing fan experience despite the team’s Stanley Cup drought.
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Hamas confirms killing of Qassam Brigades leader in Israeli attack https://aje.news/3wjx0m
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At least 80 deaths have been reported in Congo’s new Ebola disease outbreak in the eastern Ituri province, authorities said, as health workers raced Saturday to intensify screening and contact tracing to contain the disease.
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15% chance Clavicular does time.
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JUST IN: BlackRock is reportedly weighing a $5 billion to $10 billion investment in SpaceX’s IPO.
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Missouri RB Ahmad Hardy hoping to leave hospital Monday reut.rs/3RaiIZa
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Supreme Court rejects Virginia map, ballroom bill and Tesla robotaxis reut.rs/4uj5RCD
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Wes Streeting, who resigned as U.K. health secretary this week, announced Saturday he will run to replace Keir Starmer as Labour leader and prime minister, after the party suffered disastrous local election results.
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Colorado governor faces backlash over clemency for 2020 election denier Tina Peters
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Blue Jays RHP Jose Berrios to have surgery for elbow fracture reut.rs/4uhdVUs
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The hantavirus outbreak on the MV Hondius set off alarms for a world still traumatized by Covid. For those on board, the danger was much closer. nyti.ms/4tF5u4c
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BlackRock weighs multibillion-dollar investment in SpaceX IPO, the Information reports reut.rs/3RcQq04
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Much of the focus of the ongoing redistricting war has been on which political party will come out on top. But it’s voters who will pay a cost, say voting experts and voting rights advocates.
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🇬🇧 Wes Streeting, who resigned as UK health secretary this week, announced Saturday he will run to replace Keir Starmer as Labour leader and prime minister, after the party suffered disastrous local election results u.afp.com/SRnZ
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Kane grabs hat-trick as champions Bayern crush Cologne 5-1 in season finale reut.rs/4wOorUS
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Officials on both sides are doubling down on their negotiating positions, indicating they will not be willing to budge.
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Iranian leaders and TV have ramped up pressure on the US with a stream of messaging to domestic and foreign audiences.
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Friendship Bench DC has a team of about a dozen older adults, known as “grandparents,” who fan out across Washington, D.C., sitting with people, listening to them share their lives, and helping them solve their problems.
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A long-awaited experiment in market-based forecasting is underway. But without clearer boundaries, it risks becoming little more than gambling, says John Authers. Read more: bloom.bg/3P7SoOJ
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🛎️NNNより【速報】です。
【速報】熊本県八代市で刃物のようなものを持った男が逃走中 20代男性が頭と両手をケガし搬送 関連は？ (2026-05-17 00:46) #ニュース
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Reports: Orioles signing veteran OF Tommy Pham reut.rs/4uWuPaQ
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News Analysis: President Trump called a delayed arms sale to Taiwan a “negotiating chip” with China, raising doubts about U.S. support for the island.
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🔊 ‘Everything about Cannes is about style.’ The Cannes Film Festival looks like glamour from the outside. But reporter Rollo Ross tells On Assignment what really goes on reut.rs/4nzQX8o
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Many facing economic pressures and frustrations have begun shopping at budget grocery stores and warehouse clubs in lieu of traditional supermarkets, with priorities shifting in pursuit of good deals.
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Leotlela wins maiden Diamond League 100m, Duplantis fails in world record bid reut.rs/3RgBBJQ
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The surge in cases marks the 17th Ebola outbreak in the Congo since 1976.
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The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a bid by Virginia Democrats to revive its new voter-approved congressional map that was drawn to advantage the party for the upcoming midterm elections.
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8% chance an AI is charged with a crime this year.
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JUST IN: Looksmaxxer, Clavicular, mogged by “Chad” judge in Miami court hearing.
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🔔防災科研より【強震モニタ】動画です。
震源:西表島付近, 深さ:10km マグニチュード:3.0, 最大震度:1 📍https://www.google.com/maps?q=24.5%2C123.9&ll=24.5,123.9&z=7&t=h 地震発生日時:2026-05-17 01:09頃 (10倍速▶120s→12s) #地震
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🔔気象庁より【地震速報】です。
1時9分頃、沖縄県で最大震度1の地震を観測しました。 震源:西表島付近, 深さ:10km, 規模:M3.0 この地震による津波の心配はありません。 (2026-05-17 01:11:53) #地震 https://earthquake.tenki.jp/bousai/earthquake/detail/2026/05/17/2026-05-17-01-09-08.html?xlarge_image=1
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Triumph and tears as WSL season ends with fan favourites departing reut.rs/42EXghj
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Magnitude 6.0 earthquake hits Antigua and Barbuda, USGS says reut.rs/49Ap3TU
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A surfer and dog-collar magnate built his dream home on the coast. Then the state’s most powerful regulator cracked down. on.wsj.com/4do9G3v
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Employers are clamoring for workers who can do doctor-like work but who are trained faster and can cost them less. on.wsj.com/42F8Hpd
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A collaboration between the Swiss watch brands generated surprising hype—and fierce debate. on.wsj.com/4nApG5K
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A train has crashed into a public bus in Bangkok, killing at least eight people.
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Narvaez strikes again with solo victory in gruelling Giro stage eight reut.rs/4dxiMcY
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🇹🇭 A collision between a freight train and a bus killed at least eight people and injured more than 30 in the Thai capital Bangkok on Saturday, police said. ➡️ u.afp.com/SReC
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After she made a Facebook post grieving her stillbirth, a Nevada mom was charged with manslaughter. Experts say she’s not alone. https://cnn.it/4wtTl4N
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Sodium is an essential nutrient your body needs to function properly, so the real challenge is balance.
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Some of the nation’s most selective institutions are slowly increasing their rural enrollment with the help of millions of dollars from a rural alumnus of the University of Chicago. n.pr/3RdnmWe
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A network of Span nodes, communicating with each other across the country, is the equivalent of a small to mid-sized traditional data center.
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It’s officially tick season, and they can transmit some nasty infectious diseases. We have some tips to keep you and your dogs safe:
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🧩 Alphadots, Bloomberg’s daily word game with a plot twist, is live. Test your skills with a new puzzle every day. Play now:
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Massie is locked in a tight congressional primary race in Kentucky against a fellow Republican endorsed by US president.
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Straus Family Creamery is voluntarily recalling a variety of organic ice cream flavors and sizes sold in 17 states because of concerns there may be metal fragments in the frozen treats, the Food and Drug Administration said Friday.
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🛎️JNNより【速報】です。
【速報】八代市古閑中町付近で、刃物の様なものを所持した男が逃走 1人けがで病院搬送 男との関連不明 熊本 (2026-05-17 00:53:00) #ニュース
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A freight train plowed into heavy traffic that was crossing train tracks in Bangkok on Saturday, killing at least eight people and injuring dozens of others, according to Thai officials. It was not immediately clear what caused the crash.
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🚵 Ecuadorian Jhonatan Narvaez powered away from his breakaway rivals to win stage eight of the Giro d’Italia on Saturday for his second victory and injury-decimated Team UAE’s third so far. ➡️ u.afp.com/SRet
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NEW: Stanford researchers found that overworked AI agents began embracing Marxist views.
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India’s Vodafone Idea posts surprise fourth-quarter profit reut.rs/4nyM2EM
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🎙️🎵 A fiery Finnish violinist-singer duo and an acclaimed Australian star are the favourites to win Saturday’s grand final of the Eurovision Song Contest, as protesters demonstrated in host city Vienna against Israel’s participation. ➡️ u.afp.com/SRej
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🛎️NNNより【速報】です。
【速報】熊本県八代市で刃物のようなものを持った男が逃走中 20代男性が頭と両手をケガし搬送 (2026-05-17 00:46) #ニュース
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India’s Vodafone Idea posts surprise fourth-quarter profit reut.rs/3RcuVwq
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🎾 Jannik Sinner will face Casper Ruud in the men’s final of the Italian Open after finishing off Daniil Medvedev in Saturday’s closing chapter of an enthralling last-four clash, which was paused overnight due to rain in Rome. ➡️ u.afp.com/SRey
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A humpback whale found dead this week off a Danish island has been identified as the animal released two weeks ago in a spectacular and controversial rescue effort after repeatedly becoming stranded off Germany’s Baltic Sea coast, Danish authorities said Saturday. n.pr/4uhsbN1
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Salah urges Liverpool to revive ‘heavy metal’ football after Villa defeat reut.rs/4wOjfQS
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Czech police arrested a man who they said stole what is believed to be the skull of a saint, before he encased it in concrete and planned to throw it in a river.
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🐋 A humpback whale that underwent a rescue operation in Germany two weeks ago after beaching itself there has been found dead near a Danish island, officials said Saturday. ➡️ u.afp.com/SRe9
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China signals tariff cuts, advances in farm market access after Trump-Xi summit reut.rs/3Rhpoog
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For years, Julieta Venegas sprinkled traditional elements of northern Mexican music throughout her records. Her new album, Norteña, places the singer-songwriter’s folkloric sensibilities front and center.
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Agreement could come as soon as Monday, assuming talks don’t fall apart. on.wsj.com/3Ps8CSH
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International Pickle Day embraces a dill-icious new trend
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From six-figure posts to millions in ad revenue, family influencing can be highly lucrative. A new book explores the pressures — and trade-offs — behind it.
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🇬🇧 Streeting’s announcement comes two days after Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham unveiled a bid to become an MP.
If successful, that would allow Burnham to run in a Labour leadership contest that now appears all but inevitable, though it is yet to be formally triggered by MPs. [2/2]
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🇬🇧 Wes Streeting, who resigned as UK health secretary this week, announced Saturday he will run to replace Keir Starmer as Labour leader and prime minister, after the party suffered disastrous local election results. [1/2]
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Israeli army kills Palestinian man, raids homes in occupied West Bank https://aje.news/qar4ak
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Rain wipes out Indy 500 practice, threatens qualifying reut.rs/3RdTs4a
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📽️ “The Hours” star Julianne Moore said she did not like “explosions and guns” as she bemoaned the drop in leading roles for women in Hollywood Saturday, saying women were being squeezed out everywhere. ➡️ u.afp.com/SReV
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The U.S. government is suing one of Chick-fil-A’s franchisees, alleging it denied an employee Saturdays off to observe her sabbath. on.wsj.com/42EzYbr
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In Sri Lanka, the islanders revere elephants. But for farmers, there’s rising tension that’s leading to more fatal encounters — for both humans and hungry pachyderms. n.pr/4ufk6YT
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PGA Championship joins other majors in $20M club reut.rs/4dso60W
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Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on a two-day trip to Beijing next week, the Kremlin said Saturday.
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73% chance Starmer is out by the end of the year.
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Cannes entry ‘Gentle Monster’ tackles taboo with no easy answer, says director reut.rs/4dgefNc
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⚠️ A new Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo that has caused scores of deaths has a “very high lethality rate” and no vaccine nor specific treatment, the country’s health minister warned Saturday. ➡️ u.afp.com/SReH
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JUST IN: London police deploy heightened security as tens of thousands join rival “Unite the Kingdom” & pro-Palestine protests.
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JUST IN: Swatch forced to clarify their Audemars Piguet x Swatch Royal Pop Collection is “NOT A LIMITED EDITION” after chaos erupted outside boutiques, forcing closures.
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73% chance Starmer is out by the end of the year.
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Chipmakers and F1 teams: A match made in compute heaven
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Ralph Fiennes and David Hare talk acting, obsession and the gut-punch power of theatre: ft.trib.al/tzDy34q
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The fate of Jim Clyburn’s congressional career has turned into a flashpoint during a moment of crisis for Black representation in Congress. on.wsj.com/4uNhyBe
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JUST IN: London police deploy heightened security as tens of thousands join rival far-right & pro-Palestine protests.
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Former minister Streeting says he will stand in any contest to replace UK’s Starmer reut.rs/4uiWfI3
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The Cannes Film Festival is known for its strict dress codes. But one event, created by filmmakers who were frustrated by the exclusivity of Cannes parties, has a different clothing requirement: You must wear pajamas.
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North America’s largest commuter rail system has shut down as unionized workers have gone on strike.
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🇱🇧 🇮🇱 Israel has launched a series of airstrikes on southern Lebanon, despite the extension of the truce between the two countries. ➡️ u.afp.com/SReR
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A new report concludes that sexual violence against men, women and children was systematic and integral to the Oct. 7 2023, attacks by Hamas.
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In the five years since his last album, the Chattanooga rapper retreated from the public eye after a very private betrayal. He emerges with raw new music in pursuit of a warts-and-all self-acceptance. n.pr/4dnEoIE
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Gas prices matter less to the US economy than they used to. They may still define Donald Trump’s legacy.
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🔔令和8年5月17日(日)になりました。 🌀2026年137日目、残り229日(62.74%)
🍀仏滅/旧暦4月1日🌑 🐴午/平成38年/昭和101年
🌈今日も平穏に過ごせますように✨