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Italy’s visa centers in Russia, VMS and AlmavivA, stopped accepting applications submitted through third parties as of May 12, the Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR) reported
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Kyiv’s High Anti-Corruption Court has ordered the arrest of Andriy Yermak, the former head of the Ukrainian presidential office, but offered him the option of posting bail of 140 million hryvnias ($3
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SportsMadonna, Shakira & BTS to headline World Cup final half-time show
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For the first time, the World Cup final will host a Super Bowl-style half-time show, featuring Madonna, Shakira, and BTS. This unprecedented commercial spectacle, curated by Coldplay's Chris Martin, marks a bold shift for FIFA, prioritizing celebrity performance over pure sport.
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Tech AI News Microsoft’s Edge Copilot update uses AI to pull information from across your tabs The new features include AI podcasts, summaries, and quizzes based on what you’re browsing
TechnologyEveryone at the Musk v. Altman Trial Is Using Fancy Butt Cushions
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BusinessTrump and Xi set to meet for summit overshadowed by Iran war
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May 14, 2026 Hungary summoned the Russian ambassador in Budapest on Wednesday evening following a major drone attack on Western Ukraine that targeted a region home to a significant ethnic Hungarian mi
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Italy’s visa centers in Russia, VMS and AlmavivA, stopped accepting applications submitted through third parties as of May 12, the Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR) reported
PoliticsKyiv court orders arrest of former Ukrainian presidential office head
Kyiv’s High Anti-Corruption Court has ordered the arrest of Andriy Yermak, the former head of the Ukrainian presidential office, but offered him the option of posting bail of 140 million hryvnias ($3
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Russian forces struck Kyiv overnight on May 14 with a combined drone and missile attack
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Economic desperation pushes India's youth into a precarious secondhand fashion market. With 10% unemployment, online thrift stores offer a brutal gamble, not a safety net.
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The aftermath of the Russian attack on Dnipropetrovsk Oblast on 13 May
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In 2016, Ben Friedman wrote, “The Trump Administration Will be Hawkish,” where he argued that despite Trump’s non-interventionist campaign rhetoric, structural forces, hawkish appoin
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ScienceNeanderthals treated a dental cavity by drilling into the tooth
A 59,000-year-old Neanderthal tooth found in a Siberian cave shows signs of deliberate drilling to treat a deep cavity, pushing back the earliest evidence of dentistry by about 45,000 years