Why Japan has such good railways - Works in Progress Magazine Japan's railways are the finest in the world. Other countries can copy its formula.

Why Japan has such good railways ~> worksinprogress.co/issue/why-ja...

Court of appeal says it cannot rule on which identical twin fathered a child One twin wanted to take parental responsibility from the other for child P after both had sex with child’s mother

Court of appeal says it cannot rule on which identical twin fathered a child ~> www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

American Airlines passengers shocked to learn their ‘flights’ were actually bus routes: ‘There’s no plane’ American Airlines passengers continue to be disappointed after paying for what they believed was a flight, only to be boarded onto a bus.

American Airlines passengers shocked to learn their ‘flights’ were actually bus routes ~> nypost.com/2026/03/27/l...

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Is Germany's gold safe in New York? Germany's gold reserves have been stored in the US for decades. Some think they should be brought back. With US President Trump breaking up the rules-based world order, they fear he could seize the…

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KP Sharma Oli: Nepal's ex-PM arrested over fatal protest crackdown More than 70 people were killed during an uprising last year which ousted Oli's government.

KP Sharma Oli: Nepal's ex-PM arrested over fatal protest crackdown ~> www.bbc.com/news/article...

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The day that CAF died CAF's decision to overturn the AFCON final hurts everyone and helps no one, least of all itself

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The U.S. spent $30 billion to ditch textbooks for laptops and tablets: The result is the first generation less cognitively capable than their parents | Fortune Neuroscientist Jared Cooney Horvath said older generations “screwed up” giving students access to so much technology: “I genuinely hope Gen Z quickly figures that out and gets mad.”

The U.S. spent $30 billion to ditch textbooks for laptops and tablets: The result is the first generation less cognitively capable than their parents ~> fortune.com/2026/02/21/l...

Croatia declared free of landmines after 31 years Interior Minister Davor Božinović announced Friday that Croatia is officially free of landmines. Thirty-one years after the end of the Homeland War, all known minefields have been cleared — a major…

Croatia declared free of landmines after 31 years ~> glashrvatske.hrt.hr/en/domestic/...

The Inside Story Of America's Slowing Job Market | Bankrate Economists are seeing what workers and business owners have lived for months: a slowdown that’s been quietly reshaping their finances.

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An AI startup founder says he's planning a 'March for Billionaires' in protest of California's wealth tax | TechCrunch The organizer of the event swears it's not a joke.

An AI startup founder says he's planning a 'March for Billionaires' in protest of California's wealth tax ~> techcrunch.com/2026/02/06/a...

Make Time Your Friend: A Guide to Long-Term Thinking As I’ve been getting older, one of the core principles I’ve come to live by is this: make time your friend. Anything that isn’t built to last eventually gets crushed. Let me explain this idea across…

Make Time Your Friend: A Guide to Long-Term Thinking ~> blog.chenchatech.com/posts/13_mak...

Hollywood Is ‘Hot, Horny and White’ Again ~> www.nytimes.com/2025/08/09/o...

The World’s Black Billionaires 2025 ~> www.forbes.com/sites/jabari...

Why do so many Muslims marry their cousins? Go to https://ground.news/elephants to think for yourself and get the full picture. Subscribe through my link for 40% off unlimited access to Ground News. "In a good number of Muslim countries, most…

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Scams, Schemes, Ruthless Cons: The Untold Story of How Jeffrey Epstein Got Rich For years, rumors swirled about where his wealth came from. A Times investigation reveals the truth of how a college dropout clawed his way to the pinnacle of American finance and society.

Scams, Schemes, Ruthless Cons: The Untold Story of How Jeffrey Epstein Got Rich ~> www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/m...

Something Went Wrong Alaska's court system built an AI chatbot. It didn't go smoothly.

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ACCA to scrap remote exams from March 2026 amid cheating concerns The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) plans to discontinue remote examinations from March 2026.

ACCA to scrap remote exams from March 2026 amid cheating concerns ~> www.theaccountant-online.com/news/acca-sc...

Men, Where Have You Gone? Please Come Back. So many men have retreated from intimacy, hiding behind firewalls, filters and curated personas, dabbling and scrolling. We miss you.

Men, Where Have You Gone? Please Come Back ~> www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/s...

Employers Are Buried in A.I.-Generated Résumés Candidates are frustrated. Employers are overwhelmed. The problem? An untenable pile of applications — many of them generated with the help of A.I. tools.

Employers Are Buried in A.I.-Generated Résumés ~> www.nytimes.com/2025/06/21/b...

Will Smith's concert crowds are real, but AI is blurring the lines - Waxy.org Will Smith is being accused of generating fake fans with AI, but it's complicated: the crowds are real, but the videos were manipulated by Smith's team and YouTube itself.

Will Smith's concert crowds are real, but AI is blurring the lines ~> waxy.org/2025/08/will...

When You’re Named Isis for the Goddess, Not the Terror Group (Published 2015) Many are pushing for the news media to stop using the acronym ISIS in reference to the Islamic State, and some businesses are even changing their name.

When You’re Named Isis for the Goddess, Not the Terror Group ~> www.nytimes.com/2015/11/21/w...

New Process Uses Microbes to Create Valuable Materials from Urine Engineered yeast can produce artificial bone and other materials while lowering the cost of wastewater management

New Process Uses Microbes to Create Valuable Materials from Urine ~> newscenter.lbl.gov/2025/06/17/n...

Adolf Hitler re-elected in Namibia for fifth time - and is finally changing his name The 59-year-old has had to explain his unfortunate moniker for years - though it has never hampered his successful political career

Adolf Hitler re-elected in Namibia for fifth time ~> www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Why many Asian megacities are miserable places And why Shanghai and Tokyo are not

Why many Asian megacities are miserable places ~> www.economist.com/asia/2025/12...

"I was forced to use AI until the day I was laid off." Copywriters reveal how AI has decimated their industry Copywriters were one of the first to have their jobs targeted by AI firms. These are their stories, three years into the AI era.

"I was forced to use AI until the day I was laid off." Copywriters reveal how AI has decimated their industry ~> www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/i-was-forc...

Weight loss jabs: What happens when you stop taking them? You may have lost the weight you wanted to lose - but now you've stopped the jabs, how easy is it to keep it off?

Weight loss jabs: What happens when you stop taking them? ~> www.bbc.com/news/article...

Musk’s X Lags Further Behind Zuckerberg’s Threads In New Daily User Data Threads first surpassed X in terms of daily active users on mobile devices worldwide in September, according to Similarweb.

Musk’s X Lags Further Behind Zuckerberg’s Threads In New Daily User Data ~> www.forbes.com/sites/conorm...

Somalia's Siad Barre: Kenyan pilot tells BBC of his secret mission to fly his body from Nigeria An ex-air force pilot explains how he carried out an undercover mission to fly Siad Barre's body home for burial.

Somalia's Siad Barre: Kenyan pilot tells BBC of his secret mission to fly his body from Nigeria ~> www.bbc.com/news/article...

IRS to watch OnlyFans content in 'no tax on tips' dispute Agents from the IRS will need to watch OnlyFans content to determine if it meets the “no tax on tips law.”

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