Al Jazeera asked people on the Benin-Agbor-Asaba road how they view this infrastructure crisis.

Al Jazeera asked people on the Benin-Agbor-Asaba road how they view this infrastructure crisis.

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As my 20s are set to come to an end later this year, Iβve officially reached the age where sleeping in the wrong position or stretching just a little too far can cause aches and pains. Iβve always been somewhat skeptical of massage guns, mostly because Iβve tried a few off-brand ones and just assumed [β¦]

An elderly South Korean waits to see a brother in the North one last time, while a North Korean defector risks it all.

He fought for fascism to triumph. And it did.

Not all adapters handle Bluetooth devices equally well. The right blend of speed, range, and reliability keeps your wireless gear working the way you expect.

A lot of datacenter networks are run by absolute clowns. Not Amazon's

How Liverpool and Nottingham Forest's players rated following their Premier League match.

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At least four Palestinians are trapped inside the home, while settlers have set fire to nearby Palestinian land.

Rescuers raced to clear roads leading to the mudslide-hit border port of Gyirong, China's Tibet Autonomous Region.

An UNRWA vocational centre in the occupied West Bank has been raided by Israeli forces and ordered to close.

The new generation of data center systems is increasing efficiency with smarter traffic control instead of just more processor cycles.

What do you want from a flip phone when it's closed? A simple interface, perhaps notifications and a widget or two, for handling the basics? Or a fully fledged Android experience shrunk down for the Flip form factor? For years, Samsung has insisted on the former, even as some fans - and Razr rival Motorola [β¦]

How to use the new Siri app in iOS 27.

Israel threatens the Qalandiya Training Centre, one of Jerusalem's oldest still-operational educational institutions.

After nearly three years of war, a farmer returns to Sheikh Ijlinβs renowned grape fields.

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Indonesia sets up shelters for babies, children affected by wildfire smoke

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PC Matthew Blades and PC Tom Clough died in a head-on collision on the A66 near Middlesbrough.

Last season, 26-year-old Norris delivered McLaren's first drivers' title since Lewis Hamilton won it in 2008.

Any Mac will become slower over time, but slowdowns don't have to mean a new machine. Try these tricks to get your computer running faster again.

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Asha Sharma said Xbox is developing a 'great family of devices' for Helix.

HMS Duncan, HMS St Albans and HMS Severn used radars to monitor four vessels as they passed through the North Sea and English Channel last week.

The crash occurred when a truck overtook another vehicle and struck the minibus, police say.

As audio-focused generative tools and platforms have gotten more sophisticated, the internet has become increasingly filled with AI-generated music whose melodies and vocals are algorithmically derived from the work of human artists. While some of the people pumping out this kind of content immediately own up to using AI, others have denied using the technology [β¦]

She said she wasn't offended by dumb blonde jokes because "I know I'm not dumb...and I also know I'm not blonde!" We take a moment to remember the smart, funny and uniquely talented Dolly Parton.

Unless you've put some custom software on your phone, Android Auto will work on nearly all modern phones.

A charity built 96 bridges to connect communities separated by rivers and gorges. A new study looks at the life-changing impact of a concrete-and-steel pedestrian crossing.

Disclaimer: This project was entirely vibe coded, this was done by a professional, do not try to reproduce this at home. I also fully understand that this may not match some people's values, so I'd like to point out that I built this project for my personal use first and foremost. If my approach still bothers you, well, that's ok. For personal reasons, I've had to do document scans every day for the past month, photos of my ID papers, and I realized something: the online offering for processing images is horrible. Generally these tools focus on one thing, conversion, optimization, or resizingβ¦
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Data suggests "significantly higher" rates of referral for gender-affirming surgery compared with English services, according to the health board.

Start your weekend by diving into our latest roundup of what's new in the indie gaming space.

101 East investigates whether Palau may hold the key to saving the worldβs coral reefs from climate-driven destruction.

Nottingham Forest launch an ambitious bid to sign Everton's teenage midfielder Harrison Armstrong.

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British number one Katie Boulter complains that the smell of cannabis is putting her off her game at the US Open.

I built Niche in order to have a centralised platform where I can check the conditions for different spots for climbing/surfing. It's currently in beta and only shows spots in Romania. Planning to add other countries soon, as well as winter sports :) Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49488884 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
Hi HN, I built a desktop client for DeepSeek Harness (DeepSeek's open-source coding agent). V1 wraps the official Harness Web UI in an Electron shell with some desktop additions β installer, system tray, built-in browser panel (visible Edge, so you can watch the agent browse), and a sandboxed terminal. One-click install, just need an API key. V2 is in development β replacing the upstream Web UI with a custom workbench built for desktop. Source available under PolyForm Perimeter. Would love feedback on what you'd want from a desktop coding agent client. Comments URL: https://news.ycombinatβ¦
Researchers and advocates are applauding the changes that Meta agreed to make for minors on Instagram and Facebook. Cutting kids off at night and during the school day are two big changes.

Outstanding call quality and an excellent price point put these earbuds way ahead of pricier competition.

Testing 100 companies found privacy requests often led to confusion and dead ends.

The 23-year-old French forward would bolster new boss Andoni Iraola's squad after the departure of Mohamed Salah.

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The former Duchess of York is renting a six-bed house in the Home Counties, reports say.

Zelenskyy says a warehouse was struck outside Kyiv, 'followed by a detonation', triggering a major fire and explosions.

Mutinous soldiers attack airport, presidency in Niger capital, sources say Β Β Reuters
The imminent return of Parliament will put the new prime minister under real scrutiny, with MPs finally getting a chance to grill him.

Astronomers will test equipment that, if itβs successful, will one day be crucial for discovering Earthlike planets.

Plus: Hackers target over 100 US water systems, ICE puts in an order for robot dogs, and youβll never guess what βMrChildPornβ was arrested for.

Spike drone defense system is designed to be carried in a rucksack or mounted on top of a vehicle

Far-right commentator Milo Yiannopoulos detained by ICE

Iran's president said sanctions and the US naval blockade had caused exports and imports to slump by nearly 35 percent.

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Installing a large language model on your personal computer gives you a handy digital assistant that wonβt compromise your data privacy.

The federal government recruits top experts to volunteer to advise on pressing research issues of the day. Since President Trump took office, hundreds of these experts have been dismissed.

King Harald, Europe's oldest monarch, was viewed as a reformer who embraced inclusivity.

A 14-year-old girl is among the dead after an attack near the capital overnight, the region's governor said.

A ketogenic diet outperformed Mediterranean and low-fat diets in several measures of metabolic health during a clinical trial involving people with obesity, prediabetes, and fatty liver disease. All three groups lost about 10% of their body weight, but keto reduced liver fat by 67%, compared with 45% for the other diets. About half of the keto group also no longer qualified as having prediabetes after four to five months.
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Lando Norris signs a new contract that will keep him at McLaren until at least the end of 2030.

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The US has revoked an award-winning former Iraqi ministerβs visa after the FBI placed her on a βterrorism watchlist'.

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Their videos have proliferated on social media, but the payments are frequently hidden from viewers.
The WNBA's popularity has risen in recent years, but so have threats and abuse directed at its players. One team is taking a novel approach to this, by partnering with national security specialists.

The great Dolly Parton died earlier this week and tributes have poured in from across the country. Fans are mourning the loss of a country music icon who not only changed the musical landscape but gave back to communities with her Imagination Library program and donations to develop the Moderna COVID vaccine.

Psychedelics are often associated with disconnecting from reality, but a recent neuroimaging study found that psilocybin can actually make our brain activity more connected to the world around us.
Brighton will fancy their chances against Chelsea though, having won their last three league games against the Blues.

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Dogs and humans may have more in common when it comes to aging than scientists realized. Researchers with the Dog Aging Project found that patterns of small molecules in dogsβ blood were linked to longer or shorter lifespans in remarkably similar ways to those seen in people. These metabolic βfingerprintsβ could offer clues about the biological processes that drive aging, including metabolism, inflammation, and cellular stress.
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Live text updates from our commentary stream coverage as Florian Wirtz and Dominik Szoboszlai try to inspire the Reds.

Researchers have discovered a way to turn notoriously difficult-to-recycle PVC plastic into a key ingredient used in high-performance lubricants such as engine oil. The technique could give mountains of plastic waste a valuable second life while making lubricant production more sustainable.
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Liverpool agree a deal worth up to Β£123m for Paris St-Germain forward Bradley Barcola.

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A major new analysis challenges recent claims that the universe's expansion is slowing, finding that the evidence for cosmic acceleration remains strong. The findings preserve the leading role of dark energy, while leaving scientists with the enduring mystery of what this strange cosmic force actually is.
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good morning New Doodle project is live -> https://doodleai.art/ I started this project for the Kiro Hackathon and honestly now I just love building this lol. Not sure if Iβll get any return from this or not, but still feels worth building instead of just making some random .lol site Still adding more features, but you can try it now. Youβll get some signup credits too. Itβs open source, so if you like it, please give the repo a star https://github.com/Type-Think-AI/doodle-ai any feedback ? Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49487781 Points: 1 # Comments: 1

Jackson arrives as a replacement for Ollie Watkins, whose move to Saudi Arabian side Al Hilal is being finalised.

At last, somewhere comfy to sit while your PlayStation 5 game loads

ClassTrace Explorer captures JVM class-resolution activity and turns it into an interactive, self-contained HTML graph. It helps explain startup behavior, application/runtime boundaries, dependency coupling, and unexpectedly loaded code. Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49487721 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
The staffer was found to have used his prior knowledge of the president's speeches to place lucrative bets.
