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Muscle Inc.: The New Frontier of Bodybuilding Drugs | Drugs

Fitness influencers are marketing dangerous new classes of performance-enhancing drugs to their teenage followers. Performance-enhancing drugs were once a closely guarded secret in the bodybuilding world, but a new generation of fitness influencers is openly sharing their use on social media and marketing dangerous new substances known as research chemicals to their teenage followers. These […]

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Flash floods kill 51 in southeast Spain, rescuers say

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CNN — At least 51 people have died in flash floods in southeastern Spain, the regional government of Valencia said on Wednesday. Some locations in southern and eastern Spain received up to 12 inches of rain in just a few hours on Tuesday. Footage from the city of Valencia showed muddy water flooding through the

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Presidential candidate Chase Oliver wants to disrupt US politics | US Election 2024

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Centre Stage Chase Oliver is the Libertarian Party’s presidential candidate in the 2024 US election. He joins Centre Stage to talk to Al Jazeera’s Phil Lavelle about why having more voting options is important, and what the US would be like under Libertarian governance. Oliver also offers his take on US foreign policy, how he’d

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EU hikes tariffs on Chinese EVs, prompting rebuke from Beijing

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China’s Commerce Ministry promises to take ‘all necessary measures’ to protect the interests of Chinese firms. The European Union has decided to sharply raise tariffs on Chinese-made electric cars, prompting an angry response from Beijing. The tariffs of up to 45.3 percent will take effect on Wednesday after an inquiry concluded that Beijing was undercutting

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Vast ancient Mayan city is found in a Mexican jungle — by accident

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A research team then went on to discover a huge ancient city that they named “Valeriana” after a nearby freshwater lagoon. The researchers say Valeriana, which may have been home to 30-50,000 people at its peak, probably collapsed between 800 A.D. and 1,000 A.D., for a complex set of reasons, including climate change. “The growing

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Why are people boycotting Apple’s new iPhone 16? | Technology

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We join the debate as protests over the iPhone 16 demand accountability for exploitation in mineral mining. Protests and boycotts surrounding the iPhone 16 launch have taken centre stage with thousands gathering outside Apple stores worldwide, from London to Tokyo. Activists chant slogans like “A child died in Congo for your iPhone,” highlighting the exploitation

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Hezbollah names Naim Qassem as new chief

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Deputy leader promoted after Israeli assassinations left the Lebanon-based group in a leadership vacuum. Hezbollah has announced Naim Qassem as its new head. Qassem, whose promotion from deputy leader was announced on Tuesday, replaces Hassan Nasrallah as secretary-general of the Lebanon-based armed group. Nasrallah was killed in Beirut in late September by an Israeli strike.

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How Russia, China and Iran Are Interfering in the Presidential Election

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When Russia interfered in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, spreading divisive and inflammatory posts online to stoke outrage, its posts were brash and riddled with spelling errors and strange syntax. They were designed to get attention by any means necessary. “Hillary is a Satan,” one Russian-made Facebook post read. Now, eight years later, foreign interference

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US finalises restrictions on AI, semiconductor investments in China

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Treasury Department says curbs will ensure US investment does not advance technologies that threaten national security. The United States has finalised rules that limit investments in critical technology sectors in China such as artificial intelligence on national security grounds, the Treasury Department has announced. The restrictions will bar US citizens and permanent residents, as well

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Israeli parliament approves bill to ban UNRWA

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BREAKINGBREAKING, The UNRWA, which has been under Israeli attacks since the war began last year, provides essential aid to Palestinians. The Israeli parliament has approved a controversial bill to ban the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), considered a lifeline for Gaza, from operating on Israeli territory. The legislation, which won’t

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