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Iran says protester Erfan Soltani not sentenced to death as it reopens its airspace – live | Iran
Iranian judiciary says protester Erfan Soltani not sentenced to death Iran’s judiciary says Erfan Soltani has not been sentenced to death, according to Iranian state media. Soltani, 26, was the first Iranian protester given a death sentence since the current unrest began. His family said earlier that it had been told his execution had been postponed. We’ll bring you more…
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Thailand suffers another construction accident
Nakasima Ratchasima: A new construction accident on a road near Thailand’s capital, Bangkok, was reported on Thursday, January 15, just 24 hours after a construction crane fell on a moving passenger train in the country’s northeast, killing at least 32 people. There was no immediate official confirmation of deaths in Thursday’s accident, but the Facebook page of Fire & Rescue…
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RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat casts vote
Nagpur: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat cast his vote in the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) polls on Thursday, January 15, and remarked that choosing the NOTA option indirectly helps promote an unwanted candidate. Bhagwat was among the early voters in the Nagpur civic body polls. He went to a polling booth in the Mahal area of the city around 7.30 am…
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Global subsidence of river deltas
Selection of global river deltas We selected 40 deltas globally, prioritizing 35 deltaic systems with the greatest exposed area and population currently below sea level, supplemented by five less-exposed deltas of local and regional significance and previously identified risks9. To assess the 35 deltas with the greatest exposure among global river deltas, we used 955 delineated delta boundaries in ref. 6…
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James Bond movies ranked from worst to best as 007 films hit Netflix and Callum Turner circles role
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Office of Public Affairs | Kaiser Permanente Affiliates Pay $556M to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations
Affiliates of Kaiser Permanente, an integrated healthcare consortium headquartered in Oakland, California, have agreed to pay $556 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by submitting invalid diagnosis codes for their Medicare Advantage Plan enrollees in order to receive higher payments from the government. The settling Kaiser Permanente affiliates are Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Inc.; Kaiser…
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Israel’s recognition of Somaliland and Yemen conflict fuel tensions
Reuters Somali women protest in Mogadishu on 7 January during a demonstration against what they describe as Israel’s interference in Somalia’s sovereignty For weeks, Somalia has been engaged in intense diplomatic efforts to rally international support after Israel recognised its breakaway region of Somaliland as an independent state. Through diplomatic outreach and high-level phone calls, Somalia’s government has won the…
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What It Means for DeFi
What are decentralized stablecoins? A decentralized stablecoin aims to maintain a stable value while being issued and managed onchain, without relying on a single company to mint or redeem dollars. Stablecoins are already central to decentralized finance (DeFi). Because fiat money is not native to blockchains, stablecoins perform the day-to-day role of moving value between protocols and acting as collateral.…
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In 2025, were movies ready to meet the political moment?
The most uncomfortable scene in “One Battle After Another,” the latest film from recent Golden Globe winner and Emerson College dropout Paul Thomas Anderson, does not involve immigration stings or clandestine white supremacist gatherings, two of the film’s thematic targets. Rather, it’s a moment that earnestly depicts a high school mosh pit — a gathering of bodies awkwardly congealed in…
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Berggruen Institute
The Berggruen Institute is pleased to announce the 2025 winners of the Berggruen Prize Essay Competition, an annual award recognizing bold, original philosophical thinking that illuminates the most pressing questions of our time. The following English essay winner will receive a $50,000 USD award: Anil Seth, “The Mythology Of Conscious AI” The following two Chinese essays winners will share a…
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