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Found at last: long-lost branch of the Nile that ran by the pyramids

Geological survey reveals the remains of a major waterway that ancient Egyptian builders could have used to transport materials.

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There is a new twist in the TikTok tale - FT (No paywall)  
  

A ‘people’s bid’ for the app raises profound questions about how we live online


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Spectacular Nasa footage of solar activity behind the aurora  
  

In May 2024, we saw a huge increase in extreme geomagnetic storms, leading to some spectacular aurora displays around the world. This escalation in charged particles hitting the Earth is because the Sun is reaching its 'solar maximum' - a period of intense activity on its surface.


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'Banks continue to become increasingly less relevant': the professor who sees a $2 trillion hole in the economy predicts a thinning of the herd - Fortune (No paywall)  
  

Silicon Valley Bank’s failure in March 2023 was a watershed moment for the banking sector. The $210 billion collapse was the third-biggest in American history, sending shockwaves throughout the industry and exposing the solvency issues created by rising interest rates. 


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Early this spring, not long after federal agencies identified a strain of bird flu spreading among cow herds in Texas and eight other states, warnings began to emerge from US government agencies: Don’t drink raw milk.


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Scientists find buried branch of the Nile that may have carried pyramids' stones  
  

These heavy materials, most of which were from the south, "would have been much easier to float down the river" than transport over land, the study co-author Suzanne Onstine of the University of Memphis said.


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The Gaza war began on 7 October when Hamas militants stormed into southern Israel, resulting in the deaths of more than 1,170 people, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally of Israeli official figures.


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Is the move to electric cars running out of power?  
  

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Walmart Opens Year With Strong Sales, Aided by 'Upper-Income' Shoppers  
  

Over the past three years, households earning over $100,000 have provided the biggest gains in Walmart’s market share, according to Neil Saunders of GlobalData, an analytics and consulting firm.


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Robert Dennard, IBM Inventor Whose Chip Changed Computing, Dies at 91  
  

DRAM has been the basis of steady progress in the decades since. High-speed, high-capacity memory chips hold and quickly shuttle data to a computer’s microprocessor, which converts it into text, sound and images. Streaming videos on YouTube, playing music on Spotify or Apple Music and using A.I. chatbots like ChatGPT depend on them.


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C.D.C. Warns of a Resurgence of Mpox  
  

There are two main types of mpox: Clade I, the type that is dominant in Congo, and Clade II, a version of which caused the 2022 global outbreak. (A clade is a genetically and clinically distinct group of viruses.) Both clades have circulated in Africa for decades, sporadically erupting into outbreaks.


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FDA approves Amgen's treatment for most deadly form of lung cancer   
  

\"What makes us hopeful is, as you develop cancer medicines, that if they work in later stages of the disease, they can work even better when you move them\" to first-line treatment, Bradner said.


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Former Facebook and Nike diversity manager gets 5 years in prison for $5 million fraud  
  

Nike told prosecutors that she was \"entrusted as a leader for [the] company, that she would embody the value of \'Doing the Right Thing\' which is one of NIKE\'s key maxims,\" the prosecutor said in their memo. \"As Nike explains, \'[t]o say that Ms. Furlow-Smiles violated our trust would be an understatement. The fraud committed by Ms. Furlow-Smiles violated the trust of and devastated the employees who managed and worked with her.\' \"


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Nigerian activists condemn mass 'forced marriages' of 100 girls and young women  
  

"We have given the minister seven days to withdraw her statement she used against us, against our speaker, against the Muslim community … that we want to force them into marriage and the children are underage," said Abdullahi.


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US completes installation of floating pier to deliver aid to Gaza  
  

The Israeli plan included a mechanism for how to manage the crossing after it withdraws, the Egyptian security sources said. Cairo insisted instead that the crossing should be managed only by Palestinian authorities, they added.


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Post-Brexit deal on border between Gibraltar and Spain remains unresolved  
  

The meeting touched on a wide array of topics, including Britain’s hopes to improve electricity trading, which has become more difficult since the UK left the EU’s single energy market. The two sides also discussed long-running disputes over British seed potato exports to the EU and fishing rights in the Dogger Bank nature conservation zone.


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Teen Who Died After Spicy 'One Chip Challenge' Had Enlarged Heart  
  

The chip, dusted with two very hot peppers, the Carolina Reaper and the Naga Viper, had a label on the box that read, “One Chip Challenge” and carried a warning — “Inside: One Extremely Hot Chip.” It came in a coffin-shaped box that bore an image of a skull with a snake coiled around it.


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Biden slams Trump as he touts record-high Dow crossing 40,000  
  

\"Toughest news yet for the one guy in America rooting for the economy to crash because he thinks it\'ll help him politically,\" said Michael Tyler, Biden\'s campaign communication director. \"Donald Trump promised the stock market would crash if Joe Biden was elected. Instead, Joe Biden has broken economic records across the board.\"




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