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GOP leaders abruptly cancel House vote on Iran war powers, shielding Trump from rebuke | CNN Politics

House GOP leaders abruptly canceled a vote Thursday on a resolution to limit President Donald Trump’s war powers in Iran just as Republicans were on the verge of losing the vote due to absences.

Indictment of former Cuban president includes 5 fighter jet pilots | AP News

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GOP rift over Trump's $1.8B settlement fund delays immigration bill | AP News

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Sen. Collins criticizes White House for proposed cuts to biomedical research

“Breakthroughs like these can only be sustained if research institutions are able to cover this cost, yet the administration's budget request once again proposes a 15 percent arbitrary, across-the-board cap for indirect research costs after Congress specifically blocked a similar proposal ...

Breakthroughs for batteries could soon make them much better

Scientists are developing solid-state and sodium-ion batteries to overcome lithium-ion limitations, promising higher energy density and improved safety for electric vehicles. | Science & technology

Mathematicians stunned by AI's biggest breakthrough in mathematics yet | New Scientist

Artificial intelligence built by OpenAI has cracked a decades-old conjecture by Paul Erdős, which mathematicians have hailed as a monumental moment for AI in mathematics

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Andrew was not vetted for controversial UK trade envoy role that was late Queen’s ‘wish,’ files show | CNN

WINDSOR, UNITED KINGDOM - APRIL 20: (EMBARGOED FOR PUBLICATION IN UK NEWSPAPERS UNTIL 24 HOURS AFTER CREATE DATE AND TIME) Prince Andrew, Duke of York attends the traditional Easter Sunday Mattins Service at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle on April 20, 2025 in Windsor, England.

United States and United Kingdom See Alaska Airlines Expand Transatlantic Travel With Seattle to London Flights and Landmark Lounge-Everything You Need to Know - Travel And Tour World

Alaska Airlines launches Seattle to London flights, expands European network, and opens flagship Seattle lounge with premium suites and Starlink Wi-Fi.

Weird Britain: 10 glorious oddities to visit and marvel at | United Kingdom holidays | The Guardian

Eccentric public art, strange ruins, eerie landscapes, follies … Britain has a rich store of curiosities. An enthusiast selects 10 of the quirkiest finds from his new book

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GB News issues major breaking news alert - and it's embarrassing for Reeves | TV & Radio | Showbiz & TV | Express.co.uk

Rachel Reeves was humiliated on GB News after a breaking update was shared following her latest plans for the UK. An economist appeared on the show to say her latest programme read as though it was a "student government election".

QROM Copying Mechanism Halves Quantum Data Loading Costs

Xanadu Quantum Technologies has achieved a reduction in the operational costs of quantum computing through a breakthrough in Quantum Read-Only Memory (QROM) technology. The company’s new implementation approximately halves the number of expensive Toffoli gates required within QROM modules, ...

276K+ KPMG Employees Gain Access To Claude Via Alliance

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$100 Million To Speed Atom Computing’s Fault-Tolerant Quantum Path

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The Berlin Conference of 1884–1885 saw European powers divide Africa among themselves, establishing the basis of modern African borders.

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