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These Are Hayao Miyazaki’s 5 True Masterpieces
It would be wild to say that the only anime movies worth watching are those directed by Hayao Miyazaki, but at the same time, his contributions to that whole medium (yeah, more a medium than a genre) cannot be overlooked. Being a fan of anime and not watching anything by Miyazaki would be a bit like being a fan of…
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Union Budget announcements like high-speed rail link kickstarts debate in TN
Chennai: While the ruling DMK has claimed often to be sitting pretty ahead of the Assembly polls due by April, the Union Budget presented on February 1, which has initiatives like high speed rail to links for Chennai, has served as more fodder to the state’s governing party to target the BJP-led Centre. However, the BJP has sought to turn…
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A Rare Look at the Secretive RQ-170 Operations at Creech Air Force Base
A newly released video shows RQ-170 Sentinels at Creech Air Force Base, offering also a rare size comparison with an MQ-9 Reaper and nearby pickup trucks. Less than two weeks after the images and video of the mysterious ‘Dorito-shaped’ aircraft flying late at night near Area 51, Anders Otteson, the famous author of the popular Uncanny Expeditions YouTube channel, published…
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US, Iran ready to talk, with mediators organizing meeting in Ankara — report
The US and Iran have reportedly informed each other that they are ready to conduct negotiations on an agreement to end tensions between them, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held top-level meetings on the situation. A senior American official told the Axios news site on Sunday that US President Donald Trump’s administration has made it clear it is open to…
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Mamata Banerjee to meet CEC in Delhi today on SIR issue
New Delhi: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will be meeting the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), Gyanesh Kumar, at the Election Commission of India (ECI) headquarters in New Delhi on Monday. She will be departing for the national capital on Sunday afternoon, with multiple programmes scheduled during her trip, primarily focusing on the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in the…
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Gaza patients in limbo amid Israel’s ‘pilot reopening’ of Rafah crossing | Israel-Palestine conflict
Gaza City – With what remains of her wounded forearms, Nebal al-Hessi scrolls on her phone to follow news updates on the reopening of the Rafah land crossing from her family’s tent in an-Nazla, Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip. Nebal’s hands were amputated in an Israeli artillery attack on the home where she had taken shelter with her husband…
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7 Worst Movies To Watch With Your Boss, Ranked
Sunday afternoons are when it typically hits. You know the feeling, when you get the shivers, and you sit thinking about what’s to come after a relaxing weekend. That feeling is called the “Sunday Scaries,” and the cause of it is going to work on Monday. This feeling hits particularly hard if you work with a boss that you absolutely…
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CBP Agents Jesus Ochoa, Raymundo Gutierrez ID’d in Alex Pretti Shooting — ProPublica
The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez. The records viewed by ProPublica list Ochoa, 43, and Gutierrez, 35, as the shooters during the deadly encounter last weekend that left Pretti dead and ignited massive protests and…
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Iran’s internet shutdown, explained | The Verge
After protests broke out in early January, the Iranian regime shut down the internet, starting the longest blackout in Iranian history. Despite this attempt to stop the protests from spreading, they did not stop. Still, the internet shutdown slowed down the spread of information both inside and outside Iran. Behind the heavily policed borders and the jammed signals, an unprecedented…
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After SIT questions KCR, KTR attacks Telangana govt
Hyderabad: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) later in the evening on Sunday, February 1, concluded questioning Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) president and ex-Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR). Hyderabad Police Commissioner VC Sajjanar wrote on X after the SIT was done. “The Special Investigation Team (SIT) has concluded the questioning of Gajwel MLA and former Chief Minister Sri. K.…
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