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Shafiq Bagwan was hanging out with some friends in his village of Hasnabad, western India’s Maharashtra state, when he opened Instagram on his phone and… Read More »Instagram posts about a 17th century king get people arrested | WIRED
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At Banana Republic’s design studio in San Francisco, Sandra Stangl, the company’s CEO, pointed out an item that caused quite a stir in stores. It… Read More »Banana Republic also wants to equip your home
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Tom Cruise’s seventh “Mission: Impossible” spectacle, which arrived in theaters Wednesday and cost at least $400 million to make and market, would mark a turning… Read More »‘Mission: Impossible’ for Tom Cruise: Meeting Hollywood expectations
If you enjoy eating at Culver’s, you may be wondering what Culver’s breakfast hours are and what time breakfast is available. That’s a good question… Read More »Culver’s Breakfast Times – Options you can have for breakfast
Sally Kempton, who was once a rising star in the New York journalism world and a fierce exponent of radical feminism but later revolved around… Read More »Sally Kempton, rising star journalist turned Swami, dies aged 80
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Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen on Sunday called on international creditors to accelerate their efforts to provide debt relief to defaulting developing countries, arguing that… Read More »Janet Yellen calls for accelerated debt relief for poor countries
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Discussions, Meta is new Twitter competitor still has that new-app smell as millions of users figure out what to post on the platform. Right now,… Read More »6 Threads App Settings Worth Trying
One of the more threatening aspects of climate change is the potential to unleash feedback, or situations where warming triggers changes that cause even more… Read More »Which countries will warm the most in a 2° warmer world?
