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Flint's flexible, rechargeable paper batteries could one day replace their lithium-ion counterparts in your smartwatch, phone and more.

Nine different GST rates make the tax “complex and absurd”, says Kharge; says BJP is “rubbing salt into people’s wounds” by celebrating record collections of a tax on public consumption

New York’s highest court has declined to block Donald Trump’s upcoming sentencing in his hush money case, leaving the U.S. Supreme Court as the president-elect’s likely last option.

Cover Corp works with virtual influencers known as VTubers who are gaining popularity. CEO Motoaki Tanigo breaks down the company's business model.

Lamborghini set a new sales record in 2024, the Italian sportscar maker said on Thursday, defying the gloom that has hit mass-market car companies.

The Scottish rock band Franz Ferdinand sent a jolt across the music world two decades ago

Israelis want the fighting to end but their leaders don’t.

Franco Colapinto has joined Alpine as a test and reserve driver after the team reached an agreement with Williams, for whom he made his Formula 1 debut last year.

Police have rescued eight of 17 workers, associated with a mining project, who were abducted at gunpoint in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Lakki Marwat district on Thursday morning, officials said.

Shaun Ing said it took 90 minutes to land the 150-pound catfish during a fight he described as "absolute madness."

Kevin Durant hasn't been a great GM.

The top court has said that the long-pending case based on a petition filed by the mothers of Rohith Vemula and Payal Tadvi would be heard periodically

Alpine have confirmed a place for Franco Colapinto for the 2025 season.

The Escape From Tarkov experiment with no flea market for the early wipe has been extended further after positive initial feedback from players.

A Swiss national detained in Iran on espionage charges has killed himself at a prison in rural Semnan province. That's according to a state media report Thursday. The report by the Iranian judiciary’s Mizan news agency did not identify the man, only saying the man had asked his cellmate to bring him food and then killed himself while he was alone. Attempts to resuscitate the man reportedly failed. Semnan prison is some 180 kilometers east of Tehran, Iran’s capital. Swiss authorities did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Читать дальше...

3,248 agency rules vs. 175 laws in 2024—19 rules for every law. This imbalance underscores Congress’s neglect of its constitutional role in lawmaking.

Los Angeles officials delivered an update on the efforts to combat wildfires across the city on Thursday, saying more evacuations are expected.

Both 1-gram and 1-ounce gold bars can be a smart investment, but one may be the better option in today's market.

Barack Obama and Donald Trump shared a laugh at Jimmy Carter’s funeral at the Washington National Cathedral on Thursday, 9 January.

The story is deeply personal for LA-based reporters, who have put their lives on the line to cover the devastation in their own communities. “Everyone you know is affected somehow,” says one CNN producer.

The Facebook and Instagram boss has shown just how deep he’s willing to stoop for the benefit of his commercial empire — and just how little his last eight years of promises really meant, writes Io Dodds

The Senate will vote to begin debate on the Laken Riley Act, a GOP-led bill aimed at cracking down on illegal immigration that has attracted support from Democrats.

More than 280,000 people have visited the "Van Gogh: Poets and Lovers" exhibition, which opened on September 14 and closes on January 19. It is the third most successful paid exhibition in the gallery's 200-year history. The show focuses on the Dutch painter's works created between February 1888 and May 1890 -- the two years he spent in the south of France, in Arles and Saint-Remy-de-Provence. More than 60 works are on display, including "Starry Night over the Rhône", "Sunflowers" and "Van Gogh's Chair". Читать дальше...