Billionaire wealth jumped by over 16 per cent in 2025, three times faster than the past five-year average, to $18.3 trillion – its highest level in history, according to a new Oxfam report today as the World Economic Forum opens in Davos.

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Die ePetition Keine Streichung der Lohnfortzahlung am ersten Krankheitstag vom 27.11.2025 trifft hier doch bestimmt einen Nerv, oder?

Disclaimer: of course, everything is a spectrum. To ADHD-people, caffeine has varying effects. Some get tired from it, others it affects less or not at all.

Und halb eins wär noch früh.

Lieber Jonas, da Ihr Land mir den Friedensnobelpreis für die Beendigung von über acht Kriegen verweigert hat, sehe ich mich nicht länger verpflichtet, ausschließlich an Frieden zu denken, obwohl dieser immer im Vordergrund stehen wird. Ich kann mich nun darauf konzentrieren, was gut und richtig für die Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika ist. Dänemark kann dieses Land nicht vor Russland oder China schützen, und warum sollten diese überhaupt ein ‚Eigentumsrecht‘ haben? Es gibt keine schriftlichen Dokumente, nur die Tatsache, dass vor Hunderten von Jahren ein Boot dort landete – aber auch wir landeten dort mit Booten. Ich habe seit der Gründung der Nato mehr für sie getan als jeder andere, und nun sollte die Nato etwas für die Vereinigten Staaten tun. Die Welt ist nicht sicher, solange wir nicht die vollständige Kontrolle über Grönland haben. Vielen Dank! Präsident DJT“

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Podcaster interviews Executive Director of MoveLA to talk about existing and future plans of transit in LA.

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At least 32 people died in ICE jails in 2025, and four more have already died in ICE custody this year.

Carbon capture and storage (CCS) may sound simple and promising enough. It involves the capture of carbon dioxide (CO2) at its source—such as an industrial plant—before it can enter the atmosphere, storing it deep underground in geological formations such as oil wells.

Niels Bohr hat die Medaille für seinen Chemie-Nobelpreis in Säure aufgelöst, um zu verhindern, dass die Nazis sie klauen. Was die letzte Trägerin des Friedensnobelpreises mit ihrer Medaille gemacht hat, ist ja bekannt…

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Nearly 100 UK newspaper editorials opposed climate action in 2025, a record figure that reveals the backlash against net-zero in the right-leaning press

Let’s make sure the Streisand Effect goes into full-swing here.

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Verloren und gefunden: Comic aus Pooptober 2025. gute alte Zeiten, als ich noch jung und knackig war.

I heard about this story decades ago and never got to reading it. Is it worth reading, I heard it is a very hard story to read and has many characters to keep up with, nearly 40 major characters, and over 400 additional ones.

A round-up of reactions from European leaders in response to Trump’s tariff threats.

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China’s population fell for a fourth consecutive year in 2025 as the birthrate plunged to a record low, official data showed on Monday, with experts warning of further decline.

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Meanwhile, Pavlovskyi had been working on a far simpler device. Initially, he dismissed it as unpromising, but this cost-effective device is now in use against Russian reconnaissance and FPV drones as well as ambush UAVs – those the Russians leave on standby along roads, waiting for targets.

NOTE: This is still a work-in-progress and far from finished. It is free to use and not sold or monetized in any way. It has NOT been audited or reviewed. For testing purposes only, not a replacement for your current messaging app. I have open source examples of various part of the app and im sure more investigation needs to be done for all details of this project. USE RESPONSIBLY!

Today’s game is Animal Crossing New Leaf. My playtime has kind of been tapering off with this game, as is my usual play style with these games (you can tell because i haven’t replaced the hat). I went ahead and built a bridge recently though. I didn’t realize there was a ceremony though until just now.

MOT:n mukaan suomalaisia taloja palaa viikottain virheellisesti rakennettujen palokatkojen vuoksi. Yksittäisessä kerrostalossa voi olla satoja virheitä, rakennustarkastus ei näitä huomaa, rakennuttaja (Skanska) salailee virheitä ja kieltäytyy korjaamasta sekä vaatii salassapitosopimuksia, asukkaille tulee maksettavaksi kalliit korjauskulut.

Found a mention about this in a book by the German coach Martin Wehrle (titled: “Bin ich hier der Depp?"), who describe how many aspect of modern work environments can literally make people ill - and often are like designed for that.

Nvidia Corp. supplier Micron Technology Inc. said an ongoing memory chip shortage has accelerated over the past quarter and reiterated that the crunch will last beyond this year due to a surge in demand for high-end semiconductors required for AI infrastructure.

Laser based charging system aims to keep drones airborne indefinitely by delivering kilowatt class power over long distances

The futuristic Night City seems like an ideal environment to explore using a VR headset. Sadly, there is no official support for the devices, and CD Projekt Red has now issued a DMCA takedown for a Cyberpunk 2077 VR mod. Its author believes he deserved to profit from the paywalled creation.

Major AI firms slow to disclose training data under EU rules

Two people detained in Kermanshah, including 16-year-old, tell group they were subjected to sexual abuse during arrest

The event was the first at The Harris museum after its four-year closure for a £19.2m refurbishment.

Ukraine has, for the first time, sent into combat a hybrid drone powered by hydrogen fuel. According to the builder Skyeton, a variant of its Raybird was deployed for full-scale combat duty with the Ukrainian Armed Forces in an active war zone.

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My six-year-old asked me how we walk and as I was trying to tell him a literal simple explanation of how our brain tells our muscles to move and lift our leg etc. he lifts his knee and as soon as I see his pose it hits me like HEY there’s a game that is about exactly this. QWOP!

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Six years after the US justice department launched an immediate criminal investigation of the video-recorded killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer, deputy attorney general Todd Blanche confirmed on Sunday that the department is “not investigating” the fatal 7 January shooting of Renee Good by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent in the same city.

At least 21 people were killed and 73 were injured after two trains collided in southern Spain. Officials say that the death toll will likely increase.

Portugal’s Socialist candidate António José Seguro won the first round of the presidential election and will face far-right rival André Ventura in a runoff, near-complete results showed on Sunday. With 95% counted, Seguro led with 30.6%, ahead of Ventura on 24.2%.

The study: The Cerrado crisis review: highlighting threats and providing future pathways to save Brazil’s biodiversity hotspot

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Data collected by Oxfam shows 48 billionaires hold more wealth than bottom 40% of the population – 11 million people – combined

The Nordic nation leads the way when it comes to both the design and construction of the vessels.

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Thousands of new mothers feel unsafe, unsupported and overwhelmed, according to the National Childbirth Trust