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Known as the Open Agent Safety Platform, Nvidia’s new safety tool is part of an effort to ensure that all AI agents “operate in a zero-trust environment out of the box,” the company said in a press release. the-week-uk.visitlink.me/0AZZL1
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Nvidia’s new security platform launched to stop rogue AI agents
The open-source software ‘sets boundaries for agents’
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The Week @theweek.com · 11h
South Korea “legally regards the North as part of its territory”, said The Associated Press. Its policy is to accept and support defectors from North Korea; more than 34,000 have arrived since the end of the Korean War. the-week-uk.visitlink.me/kWi-WI
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The row over Ukraine’s North Korean prisoners
Seoul accuses Zelenskyy of breaking secrecy agreement by revealing transfer of North Korean battlefield prisoners to South Korea
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The Week @theweek.com · 29/09/2026
Tech company Nvidia has unveiled a new security apparatus that it hopes will stop AI bots from running amok. But many are still worried about the implications of unregulated artificial intelligence. the-week-uk.visitlink.me/WKU4ua
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Nvidia’s new security platform launched to stop rogue AI agents
The open-source software ‘sets boundaries for agents’
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The Week @theweek.com · 29/09/2026
Elon Musk is threatening a defamation lawsuit over explosive claims in Alex Gibney’s film, "Musk." Hollywood is whispering that the former trillionaire's power might keep the public from being able to see the nearly four-hour documentary. the-week-us-9yxy.visitlink.me/WWL8CR
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Will the public get to see the new Elon Musk documentary?
He is threatening to sue
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The Week @theweek.com · 29/09/2026
In an “ominous political landscape”, European progressives will have derived welcome optimism from the result in Sweden, said The Guardian. But the ray of hope it offers is not a bright one. the-week-uk.visitlink.me/zI22Kr
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How nativism has been normalised in Sweden
Far-right Sweden Democrats have made anti-immigrant sentiment mainstream, but election results suggest they may have overplayed their hand
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The Week @theweek.com · 29/09/2026
A recent Gallup poll suggests that they’re now facing more opposition than nuclear power stations: seven in ten Americans don’t want them in their area. the-week-uk.visitlink.me/rqgFQ2
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The march of the data centres
The AI boom will require a massive physical infrastructure to sustain it, which is already proving hugely contentious
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The Week @theweek.com · 28/09/2026
Analysts warn that Russia may expand its Ukraine offensive to target Europe more broadly. Not everyone on the continent is ready. the-week-uk.visitlink.me/sJLRxP
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Russian hybrid attacks risk catching Europe flat-footed
Analysts warn that Russia may expand its Ukraine offensive to target Europe more broadly. Not everyone on the continent is ready.
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The Week @theweek.com · 28/09/2026
The thefts occurred across multiple properties and required a sophisticated operation, with the thieves taking the entire brood boxes – “the colony’s breeding system” – to avoid detection. the-week-uk.visitlink.me/AwxGEC
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The great Aussie bee heist
Surge in thefts comes as a bee-killing parasite spreads
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The Week @theweek.com · 26/09/2026
Mosquito excreta has “recently emerged as a promising alternative substrate for pathogen detection,” said a new study in the Microbiology Spectrum. This detection in mosquito populations “can provide a critical warning before human cases begin”. the-week-uk.visitlink.me/6PaNR9
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Scientists built a mosquito toilet to reveal viral information
The excrement shows potential diseases that could spread
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The Week @theweek.com · 25/09/2026
The president’s unpopularity is spurring defections and reassessment the-week-uk.visitlink.me/3Baclq
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Are conservatives getting fed up with Trump?
The president’s unpopularity is spurring defections and reassessment
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The Week @theweek.com · 25/09/2026
Pezeshkian is the second most-powerful person in Iran behind the supreme leader the-week-uk.visitlink.me/6ovyO0
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Masoud Pezeshkian: Iran’s defiant president clashing with the US
Pezeshkian is the second most-powerful person in Iran behind the supreme leader
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The Week @theweek.com · 25/09/2026
Experts and athletes have raised concerns about the ethics of employer-offered fertility treatments and whether they truly support athletes during pregnancy and after they become parents. the-week-uk.visitlink.me/9xjVu0
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Fertility treatment for female footballers: a mixed blessing?
Governing bodies, federations and clubs are beginning to offer funding for egg freezing, but concerns persist over ethics and efficacy
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The Week @theweek.com · 24/09/2026
President Javier Milei has looked to attract major oil ⁠and mining investments through tax breaks and regulatory reforms, including changes to the 2010 Glacier Law banning damaging commercial activity on the country’s nearly 17,000 documented glaciers. the-week-uk.visitlink.me/X_QJUA
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Argentina’s contested glaciers
Changes to Glacier Law risk accelerating retreat of Andean ice sheets, as geologists warn of water shortages and Nepal-style flash floods
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The Week @theweek.com · 24/09/2026
Brockovich's name has become “synonymous with grassroots activism against powerful institutions”, said Time, and this year, she has “turned her attention to a new target” the AI data centres being built by tech giants like Meta, Google, and Microsoft. the-week-uk.visitlink.me/08REkw
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Erin Brockovich’s next act
The famous activist is turning her ire towards a new target
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The Week @theweek.com · 24/09/2026
Last year China’s reserves were estimated at nearly 600m barrels bigger than the US. This enabled it to dramatically cut slash its oil imports when the war in the Middle East broke out, keeping a lid on global oil prices and safeguarding its own economy. the-week-uk.visitlink.me/DJ8oXF
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Is China the winner of the Iran oil crisis?
Xi Jinping has turned vast energy reserves into ‘a surprising source of geopolitical power’
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The Week @theweek.com · 23/09/2026
Thousands of immigrants are set to arrive next year. Almost all of them are white South Africans. the-week-uk.visitlink.me/imeRBR
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Trump’s South Africa obsession upends the US refugee program
Thousands of immigrants are set to arrive next year. Almost all of them are white South Africans.
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The Week @theweek.com · 23/09/2026
After their Temporary Protected Status was terminated, Haitians are looking for new lives in Canada the-week-uk.visitlink.me/d4olHU
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Canada becomes a safe haven for Haitians fleeing ICE
After their Temporary Protected Status was terminated, Haitians are looking for new lives in Canada
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The Week @theweek.com · 23/09/2026
Men outnumber women but the “novels’ subject matter” is “more revealing” than any author’s “identity characteristics”, said Johanna Thomas-Corr in The Times. the-week-uk.visitlink.me/SF4jvH
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Struggling men take centre stage in 2026 Booker shortlist
Final contenders examine the role of fathers, sons and husbands
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The Week @theweek.com · 23/09/2026
Eralp has become the “new face of radical left-wing parties asserting themselves in major cities around the world”, said Le Monde. Her “historic win” is all the more impressive considering she inherited a party “marred by internal divisions”. the-week-uk.visitlink.me/wJFt2v
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‘Berlin's Mamdani’: a beacon for Germany's bruised Left
Elif Eralp is set to be the city’s first Turkish-origin mayor, running on housing and affordability campaign
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The Week @theweek.com · 22/09/2026
Japanese animated series based on a popular manga have long been an internationally loved medium in both TV and film. These five anime series are in a league of their own. the-week-uk.visitlink.me/ugfIrp
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The best anime series of all time
These anime gems are the genre’s standouts
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The Week @theweek.com · 22/09/2026
After years of reports, the FAA is incorporating artificial intelligence in air traffic control systems at major airports. But while the federal government is lauding the new AI program, here's why many aviation experts are wary of letting the technology take off.
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Concerns fly as AI is integrated into air traffic control
The tool has debuted at several airports in the Washington, D.C., area
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The Week @theweek.com · 22/09/2026
“It’s completely different this time,” one official told Politico. “There’s no drama about having to stay in his good books.” the-week-uk.visitlink.me/KJBlsG
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What does Burnham want from Trump – and will he get it?
PM will press for US support for Ukraine in first meeting, but defence spending, Middle East and North Sea oil remain potential flashpoints
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The Week @theweek.com · 22/09/2026
It is ultimately important not to “confuse sensing and liking different smells with detecting and being affected by pheromones,” said Forbes. the-week-uk.visitlink.me/UUKxG3
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‘Pheromonemaxxing’: Gen Z men thumb their noses at showers and deodorant
They want to enhance their natural scent to attract a partner
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The Week @theweek.com · 21/09/2026
President Donald Trump made gains among Latino voters in 2024 despite his promise of an immigration crackdown. However, the reality of that crackdown is producing backlash that could cost Republicans control of the House and Senate. the-week-uk.visitlink.me/QGoZOd
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Republicans gained Latino votes in 2024. Are they losing them already?
The question could decide the midterms
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The Week @theweek.com · 21/09/2026
Princess Diana’s brother, the 9th Earl Spencer, sat down with Laura Kuenssberg for a 30-minute interview on the BBC and expanded on a series of controversial allegations set out in his new memoir, “Swan Song: Diana, My Sister”. the-week-uk.visitlink.me/L57MJq
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Earl Spencer’s Swan Song: the most explosive claims
Diana’s brother said Buckingham Palace’s response to his tell-all memoir is ‘astonishingly provocative’
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The Week @theweek.com · 21/09/2026
The deal has been described as a win for both sides but, as ever with Trump, “the devil is in the details” and “the details about this deal are still scarce”, said Sabrina Escobar on Barron’s. theweek.com/politics/gre...
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Greenland deal: a victory for Trump?
US president is welcome to take credit for ‘something very close to’ existing arrangement, says Danish politician
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The Week @theweek.com · 20/09/2026
The idea of “reducing aging certainly sounds good” and has become the “obsession of some tech bro-types,” but the “actual utility of aging clocks is up for debate,” said Gizmodo. the-week-uk.visitlink.me/2Phumc
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AI may have cracked the antiaging code
An AI-discovered drug could help slow the aging process
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The Week @theweek.com · 19/09/2026
It has been an “open secret” that the US, Russia and China are developing space weapons, but to say it officially is “extraordinary”, said The Guardian. the-week-uk.visitlink.me/nsJQ_v
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The weapons put in space by US
‘Extraordinary’ announcement has sparked strong criticism from Russia and China, fuelling fears of a space arms race
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The Week @theweek.com · 18/09/2026
The agency has lost count of miscarriages amid record-high pregnant detainees and reports of denial of medical care the-week-uk.visitlink.me/qhHykj
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ICE’s treatment of detained pregnant women
The agency has lost count of miscarriages amid record-high pregnant detainees and reports of denial of medical care
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The Week @theweek.com · 18/09/2026
Over 1,000 gene variants are associated with personality, including more than 800 not previously linked to it, according to a study published in the journal Nature. the-week-uk.visitlink.me/6IKzim
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DNA plays a complex role in personality and life outcomes
Both genes and environment can make a person who they are
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The Week @theweek.com · 17/09/2026
While President Donald Trump promised a $5,000 check to U.S. adults, polls prove voters are skeptical. “This isn’t America’s first rodeo with Trump’s check promises,” said Axios. Here's why Trump's GOP allies are leery. the-week.visitlink.me/0pM273
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The Week @theweek.com · 17/09/2026
From the French Revolution to early aviation, writers continue to draw inspiration from the past. These nine classics are some of the best historical fiction novels of all time. the-week.visitlink.me/icduOw
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The 9 best historical fiction books of all time
From the French Revolution to early aviation, writers continue to draw inspiration from the past
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The Week @theweek.com · 17/09/2026
“United Russia’s popularity has been hovering around 32% in opinion polls,” said political science professor Regina Smyth on The Conversation. That’s the lowest since the invasion of Ukraine, and “the number is likely inflated by respondents’ fear”. the-week-uk.visitlink.me/y5ElRF
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Will Russian elections weaken Putin’s grip on power?
Result of elections not in doubt but how much the Kremlin needs to hide public discontent could spell problems for Russia’s president
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The Week @theweek.com · 17/09/2026
Does money matter in an election? In the US, where billions of dollars are spent each election cycle, the answer has long been a definitive yes. But in the UK, in part because of strict campaign spending limits, the jury is still out.h ttps://the-week-uk.visitlink.me/IqQMHH
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Is big money a threat to UK democracy?
The £72m donations to Reform could be ‘key moment when politics in this country changed’
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The Week @theweek.com · 16/09/2026
Facing a trade war with an unreliable ally turned adversary, Canada looks to the EU for allies the-week-uk.visitlink.me/pBHOdC
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Canada begins its post-US pivot
Facing a trade war with an unreliable ally turned adversary, Canada looks to the EU
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The Week @theweek.com · 16/09/2026
Republicans have a history of claiming the faith mantle in U.S. politics, but this year's midterm elections are developing along a different path. "Faith is back in Democratic politics," Jim Wallis said at Religion News Service. How well will this strategy work?
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Can faith-based politics help Democrats win the midterms?
Candidates are highlighting their religion on the campaign trail
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The Week @theweek.com · 16/09/2026
The city has become one of the first in the country to enact a ban on balaclavas, as part of a wider initiative, dubbed “Operation Reclaim”, to tackle youth anti-social behaviour across Nottingham. the-week-uk.visitlink.me/kVbfdo
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The Nottingham balaclava ban
The city has taken targeted steps to tackle anti-social behaviour
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The Week @theweek.com · 16/09/2026
Control centres in Seoul and Daejeon cover more than 5,000 people under electronic monitoring, and handle 19,000 alerts a day, said The Guardian. the-week-uk.visitlink.me/DwI4a_
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South Korea’s stalker tracking app
Government technology allows victims to know their stalkers’ locations in real time if they come within 2km
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The Week @theweek.com · 16/09/2026
The group represents 49.5% of the global population, 40% of global GDP and 26% of global trade, but many of its members are at odds with their supposed allies, which limits the group’s influence. the-week-uk.visitlink.me/MHBS7P
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What we learned from the Brics summit
‘Historically unruly bloc’ takes stand over Iran war and Gaza but divisions limit influence
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The Week @theweek.com · 15/09/2026
The head of the Environmental Protection Agency said this is the largest deregulatory action of the US power sector ever taken the-week-uk.visitlink.me/JXOL3d
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Trump EPA repeals coal, gas power plant pollution limits
The head of the Environmental Protection Agency said this is the largest deregulatory action of the US power sector ever taken
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The Week @theweek.com · 15/09/2026
Anthropic is caught in a “classic prisoner’s dilemma”, said Tim Higgins in the WSJ. If it “is the only one to heed the call, it falls behind OpenAI”; if all US AI labs follow through, it could see America “fall behind China”. the-week-uk.visitlink.me/ulpgxC
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Will we heed warnings and slow AI down?
With US and China ‘committed to a global AI arms race’, fears about future of humanity likely to fall on deaf ears
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The Week @theweek.com · 15/09/2026
It’s important to remember the advert was a “deliberate business move” from Sweeney, said Chelsea Hui on Mamamia. She knows full well the “precise cultural and physical currency her image holds” and how to turn “moral outrage into money”. the-week-uk.visitlink.me/KH2Y1j
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Why Sydney Sweeney’s betting ad has angered female athletes
The actor’s raunchy advert for sports gambling app Novig has sparked outrage
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The Week @theweek.com · 15/09/2026
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The Week @theweek.com · 15/09/2026
Party campaigns this year were “unusually heated and polarised”, said The Guardian. There have been months of “personal attacks between leaders, accusations of misinformation and Maga-inspired ads”. the-week-uk.visitlink.me/VG1M4s
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Swedish elections on a knife-edge
A ‘razor-thin’ victory for the centre-left is forecast but not certain, in a result that tests the temperature of European politics
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The Week @theweek.com · 14/09/2026
AI developers are expressing alarm that AI could destroy humanity in the next few years, and industry leaders are calling for a slowdown in AI development. Congress, however, seems uncertain what role it should play in reining in the onrushing technology. the-week-uk.visitlink.me/NkJz0P
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Will AI end humanity?
Developers sound the alarms but say the risk is low for now
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The Week @theweek.com · 14/09/2026
In all three countries, support is substantially higher among those aged 45 and under, meaning time is on the side of those seeking the break-up of the UK. theweek.com/politics/is-...
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Is the UK about to break up for good?
Nationalist leaders of Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland sign declaration calling on Westminster to ‘prepare, plan and facilitate constitutional change’
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The Week @theweek.com · 14/09/2026
There’s “an innateness” to how real food looks that “you can feel in your bones”, Emily Hawkes, a food photographer, told USA Today. When you see AI food images “there’s something wrong”. the-week-uk.visitlink.me/UAFRU_
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The ‘nauseating’ horror of AI food slop
Menus with ‘nightmarish’ generated images evoke ‘horror’ but we can’t stop looking
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The Week @theweek.com · 11/09/2026
The number of crimes involving domestic violence also rose 2.5% in four years theweek.com/crime/domest...
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Domestic violence killings are rising even as homicide rates fall
The number of crimes involving domestic violence also rose 2.5% in four years
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The Week @theweek.com · 11/09/2026
Maria Bartiromo is just the latest star to fall the-week-uk.visitlink.me/IMxECi
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The Fox News stars whose reigns ended badly
Maria Bartiromo is just the latest star to fall
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The Week @theweek.com · 11/09/2026
The rise of prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket has made it not only possible but easy to take a stab at making money based on correctly predicting the outcome of a future event. But before you give it a try, though, it’s worth understanding how exactly they work.
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What to know about the trend of betting in prediction markets
Platforms like Polymarket and Kalshi are surging in popularity
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