4 d. ago France’s finances are in turmoil. Here’s how it came to this

France’s finances and politics are in turmoil. President Emmanuel Macron has just appointed his fourth prime minister in 12 months, the deficit is out of control, borrowing costs are rising and parliament can’t muster a majority to tackle spending. It’s a serious comedown for a major industrial power that has the second-largest economy in Europe. […]

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5 d. ago Ontario NDP defends province’s trustees as Ford government dangles axe

The education minister has sidelined the elected officials at some of the province's largest school boards and is mulling a complete overhaul of the power given to trustees.

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5 d. ago World Athletics says most female athletes have completed sex testing ahead of worlds

The remainder of the tests will be done in Tokyo before the start of the competition this weekend

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6 d. ago 21X rings the bell as trading starts on the world’s first blockchain

– Pioneering digital asset exchange is the first regulated financial market infrastructure globally to enable atomic trading and settlement of securities – Frankfurt, Germany, Sept. 08, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Heralding a new era for global capital markets, 21X has today announced the launch of its exchange for tokenized cash and securities. As the world’s […]

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1 week ago Someone built a working model of Canada's Wonderland coaster in his yard

While the real Yukon Striker ride at Canada's Wonderland took 13 months to build and years of planning, one audacious YouTuber recently undertook the daring task of constructing a working model of the dive coaster in his yard. The U.K.-based content creator, who runs the YouTube channel TheKnexMaker with 22,000 subscribers, built the world-record-breaking dive coaster last month, completely out of K'NEX and documented his whole process. The legendary roller coaster at Canada's Wonderland holds the record for being the tallest, longest, and fastest dive coaster in the world, with a 245-foot-tall, 90-degree drop and a maximum speed of 130 km/h. It's also the only dive coaster in the world with a 360-degree loop. In the 11-minute video, the YouTuber designs, engineers, and constructs the roller coaster piece by piece (or rather, K'NEX by K'NEX), including its towering vertical drop and all of its twists and turns...

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2 w. ago General Atomics Marks Completion of the World’s Largest and Most Powerful Pulsed Superconducting Magnet for Fusion Energy

Central Solenoid Project Highlights California’s Role as a Global Fusion Research and Technology Leader SAN DIEGO — Scientists and engineers at General Atomics (GA) are celebrating a landmark achievement today with the successful completion of the Central Solenoid Modules that make up the largest and most powerful pulsed superconducting magnet ever built. At nearly 60 […]

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3 w. ago LevelBlue Completes Acquisition of Trustwave to Form the World’s Largest Managed Security Services Provider

DALLAS — LevelBlue, a global leader in cloud-based, AI-driven managed security services (MSS), has completed its acquisition of Trustwave, a global provider of cybersecurity and managed detection and response (MDR) leader. Today’s acquisition establishes LevelBlue as the world’s largest pure-play MSSP with the broadest and most comprehensive portfolio of managed security, offensive security, strategic advisory, […]

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3 w. ago Utility to buy power from advanced nuclear plant to power Tennessee and Alabama Google data centers

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The nation’s largest public utility plans to buy power from an upcoming advanced nuclear plant to help fuel Google data centers in Tennessee and Alabama, according to a deal announced Monday. The Tennessee Valley Authority, California-based Kairos Power and Google say the agreement will deliver up to 50 megawatts of energy […]

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