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Apple unveils budget-friendly iPhone 16e with AI features
Apple launches $599 iPhone 16e, its version of budget AI

CUPERTINO, California: Apple is expanding its lineup with a new budget-friendly device, the iPhone 16e, aiming to attract cost-conscious...

Nikola Corp files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy amid EV industry struggles
Nikola goes bankrupt, to sell assets in the latest EV market turmoil

COOLIDGE, Arizona: Nikola Corporation has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, marking another major collapse in the struggling...

Thames water secures legal lifeline, avoids collapse
Judge approves emergency plan to save utility Thames Water

LONDON, U.K.: A judge has approved an emergency financial plan to prevent Britain's largest water company, Thames Water, from collapsing,...

U.S. stocks tumble as Trump policies startle investors
U.S. stock markets sour, Dow Jones dives 749 points

NEW YORK, New York - Concerns over U.S. President Donald Trump's startling diversions from his country's long-held policies, and the...

Southwest Airlines cuts 1,750 corporate jobs in first-ever layoffs
Southwest Airlines slashes 15% corporate workforce, first in 15 years

DALLAS, Texas: Southwest Airlines is laying off 1,750 employees, or 15 percent of its corporate staff, in the company's first significant...

Australian central bank cuts interest rates for first time since 2020
Australian central bank cuts first benchmark interest rate since 2020

MELBOURNE, Australia: Australia's central bank has cut its benchmark interest rate for the first time in more than three years, signaling...

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Mine collapse in western Mali kills at least 43, mostly women
Over 40 people killed in Mali mine collapse

BAMAKO, Mali: A tragic mine collapse in western Mali, West Africa, has claimed the lives of at least 43 people, mostly women, an industry...

UN warns of worsening humanitarian crisis in eastern Congo
Congo fighting leaves 350,000 with no shelter, UN agency says

GENEVA, Switzerland: The humanitarian crisis in eastern Congo is worsening, with around 350,000 displaced people left without shelter...

Delhi: Customs intercepts exotic wildlife smuggling at IGI Airport
Delhi: Customs intercepts exotic wildlife smuggling at IGI Airport

New Delhi [India], February 23 (ANI): Customs at IGI Airport New Delhi on Sunday intercepted three Indian national passengers (male)...

Encroaching desert threatens to swallow Mauritania's homes, history
Encroaching desert threatens to swallow Mauritania's homes, history

CHINGUETTI, MAURITANIA —  For centuries, poets, scholars and theologians have flocked to Chinguetti, a trans-Saharan trading post home...

Mystical beliefs fuel Senegal's illegal big cat trade
Mystical beliefs fuel Senegal's illegal big cat trade

NIOKOLO-KOBA NATIONAL PARK, SENEGAL —  The morning sun slants through the canopy of Senegal's Niokolo-Koba National Park as Sgt. Abdou...

Top 25 roundup: Oregon chases down No. 11 Wisconsin in OT
Top 25 roundup: Oregon chases down No. 11 Wisconsin in OT

(Photo credit: Mark Hoffman/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images) Nate Bittle scored 23 points and Oregon...

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The Light Between Oceans [Blu-Ray]