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Bumpy skies: How climate change increases air turbulence

Bumpy skies: How climate change increases air turbulence

The seatbelt sign pings on, trays rattle, drinks slosh in their glasses.

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Chinese tiger, French berets and space cannons mark Gamescom 2025

Chinese tiger, French berets and space cannons mark Gamescom 2025

A new instalment in Chinese action saga "Black Myth", a long-awaited indie favourite and stereotypically French cosplay have all marked the vast Gamescom trade fair this week in Cologne.

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US judge orders dismantling of Trump's 'Alligator Alcatraz'

US judge orders dismantling of Trump's 'Alligator Alcatraz'

A US federal judge on Thursday barred the Trump administration and Florida state government from bringing any new migrants to the detention center known as "Alligator Alcatraz" and ordered much of the site to be dismantled, effectively shuttering the facility.

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Evicted from their forests, Kenyan hunter-gatherers fight for their rights

Evicted from their forests, Kenyan hunter-gatherers fight for their rights

Fred Ngusilo stoops to pick up a leather pouch, once used to collect honey, and a discarded shoe from the Mau forest floor, painful reminders that his Ogiek hunter-gatherer community once quietly flourished in southern Kenya, before they were evicted and their homes destroyed.

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Japan city proposes two-hour daily smartphone limit

Japan city proposes two-hour daily smartphone limit

A Japanese city will urge all smartphone users to limit screen time to two hours a day outside work or school under a proposed ordinance that includes no penalties.

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A rise in the mountains as Vuelta a Espana cranks up the climbing

A rise in the mountains as Vuelta a Espana cranks up the climbing

Dane Jonas Vingegaard is the man to beat at cycling's final Grand Tour of the season when the Vuelta a Espana rolls out of Turin on Saturday for a 21-day run packed with mountains.

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Thai ex-PM Thaksin acquitted of royal insult charges

Thai ex-PM Thaksin acquitted of royal insult charges

Thailand's former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra was cleared Friday of royal defamation charges, relieving a threat to his embattled political dynasty which has dominated Thai politics for two decades.

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Japanese amateur boxer in intensive care after latest incident

Japanese amateur boxer in intensive care after latest incident

A Japanese amateur boxer underwent brain surgery two weeks ago and has not regained consciousness, authorities said on Friday, as the sport in the country reels from the deaths of two professional fighters.

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US wine sellers left in limbo despite EU tariff deal

US wine sellers left in limbo despite EU tariff deal

At a wine shop in Washington's Capitol Hill neighborhood, bottles sourced from Europe are becoming costlier to import -- and soon, pricier for customers to buy, the owner says -- thanks to a resident just down the road in the White House.

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Erik Menendez denied parole, decades after parents' murders

Erik Menendez denied parole, decades after parents' murders

Erik Menendez was denied parole Thursday more than three decades after he and his brother Lyle slaughtered their parents in the family's luxury Beverly Hills home.

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