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Briefing: How An Engine From 1816 Paved The Way For The Refrigeration Revolution

Strategic angle: Refrigeration today is something we can easily take for granted. But in the early 1800s, there was one entirely different method of cooling.

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Briefing: Polluted drinking water takes center stage in Denmark's election campaign

Strategic angle: The presence of nitrates and pesticides in drinking water catchment sites raises concerns among Danes regarding industrial farming practices.

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Briefing: Friction without contact discovered as magnetic forces break a 300-year-old law

Strategic angle: Researchers unveil a new form of friction driven by magnetic interactions, challenging long-held scientific principles.

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Briefing: Greaves' 114-match winning run ended by Sherrock

Strategic angle: Beau Greaves' record run of 114 consecutive wins in the PDC Women's Series is ended by Fallon Sherrock.

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Briefing: Hawaii Tests Asphalt Made with Recycled Plastics and Fishing Nets

Strategic angle: Researchers in Hawaii are pioneering a method to tackle plastic waste by testing asphalt made from recycled materials.

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Briefing: 'All eyes are on the three biggest cities– Paris, Marseille and Lyon'

Strategic angle: FRANCE 24's journalist Antonia Kerrigan discusses the political stakes in France's major cities.

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Lin cleared for boxing return after sex test

Chinese Taipei's Olympic champion Lin Yu-ting is cleared to compete again by World Boxing after undergoing the governing body's new sex test.

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Briefing: The city of Nabatieh in Lebanon has been hit hard by Israeli airstrikes

Strategic angle: Hezbollah has a strong presence here, this is one of the heartlands of Lebanon's Shia community.

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Briefing: 'They think I just go home and make TikToks - it's not true'

Strategic angle: Leicester forward Alisha Lehmann addresses misconceptions about her life beyond social media.

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Briefing: Assessing Lithium Americas (TSX:LAC) Valuation After Loss, Thacker Pass Spend And New Equity Program

Strategic angle: A detailed analysis of Lithium Americas' financial standing following recent developments.

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Briefing: How one Minnesota school is bouncing back after the ICE surge

Strategic angle: NPR spent time inside a Minnesota school talking with educators, parents, and children as it tries to help kids feel safe again after the ICE surge.

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Briefing: Fury: I was happily retired, but you can't beat a stadium fight

Strategic angle: Tyson Fury keeps trying to quit boxing. Yet, of course, just when he’s out, it pulls him back in.

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Briefing: 'Heartbreaking' - fighter pay debate laid bare at UFC London

Strategic angle: The debate around fighter pay reemerges at UFC London amid some career-defining performances on the undercard.

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Briefing: HopTab: A Free and Open Source macOS App Switcher and Tiler

Strategic angle: Replace Cmd+Tab with HopTab for a more efficient app switching experience on macOS.

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Briefing: China touts itself as ‘harbour of stability’ to global CEOs

Strategic angle: Premier Li Qiang paints contrast to US at business gathering in Beijing as Donald Trump gets bogged down in Iran.

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Briefing: Leafs G Stolarz out after taking puck to throat

Strategic angle: Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender Anthony Stolarz missed his expected start in Saturday's loss after taking a puck to the throat during warmups.

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Briefing: Sources: Lakers appeal tech with Luka facing ban

Strategic angle: Luka Doncic faces a one-game suspension after a verbal exchange with Orlando's Goga Bitadze earned him his 16th technical foul of the season.

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Briefing: World faces gas supply cliff edge as Gulf’s final LNG shipments approach ports

Strategic angle: Carriers that departed from the Middle East before Iran’s missile attacks began are due to arrive in the next 10 days.

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Briefing: Global carmakers retreat en masse from electric vehicle plans

Strategic angle: Rolls-Royce is latest of more than a dozen groups to change course as demand for petrol engines persists

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Briefing: Reading Socrates in Silicon Valley

Strategic angle: Self-proclaimed stoics who denounce self-examination only prove the bankruptcy of the tech bro worldview