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Donald Trump celebrates his 80th birthday in typically forceful style on Sunday (June 14, 2026), as the oldest U.S. President ever to take office holds a bloody cage match on the White House lawn. The unprecedented “UFC Freedom 250” event will see 14 Ultimate Fighting Championship stars beat each other to a pulp in a…
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I am an oncologist. I have watched large language models (LLMs) do something I have been trying to do for years: make cancer comprehensible. A patient sits across from me with newly diagnosed cancer. I used to explain the PDL1 status and the role of neoadjuvant therapy, where patients get immunotherapy first followed by surgery…
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Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo warms up before their FIFA World Cup match against Congo on June 17, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP Portugal is very aware of the enormous expectations it faces in the World Cup. The squad featuring star forward Cristiano Ronaldo is among the favorites to win the expanded 48-team tournament and hoist its…
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A global map of the density of AM fungi. | Photo Credit: Truth & Beauty/Moritz Stefaner Justin Stewart, SPUN A new study published in Science has reported the first global map of the earth’s vast underground network of arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi. These fungi have sustained plant life for millions of years but their scale…
Scotland’s John McGinn celebrates along with his teammates as they defeated Haiti in the FIFA World Cup 2026 Group C match in Boston on June 13, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Scotland battled past Haiti 1-0 on Saturday (June 13, 2026) courtesy of John McGinn’s deflected first-half goal to go top of World Cup Group…
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The recent death of two people in Brazil during its dengue vaccination campaign, leading to the shot’s suspension on June 8, is a crucial wake-up call for India. This is because the dengue vaccine in Brazil, Butantan-DV, is pretty similar, if not identical, to India’s soon-to-be-launched dengue vaccine, DengiAll. Both the Brazilian and Indian vaccines…
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Minister for Law and Energy C.T.R. Nirmalkumar is inspecting the Vaigai dam at Andipatti in the Theni district on June 13, 2026. District Collector R. Vaithinathan accompanied him during the visit. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Lifting the silt from the Vaigai dam would be a long-drawn process and it would be executed in phases,…
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A restored road stretch on Huzur Road in Coimbatore city on June 13, 2026. | Photo Credit: S. Siva Saravanan Motorists have raised concerns over uneven roads on several stretches in Coimbatore where patchwork had been carried out after laying drinking water pipelines, underground drainage (UGD) lines and other utilities. Commuters pointed to stretches on…
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An upper-air cyclonic circulation over north coastal Tamil Nadu will bring scattered rainfall over various parts of the State till June 15, providing a respite from the searing heat. The Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) has forecast that heavy rainfall may occur over the delta districts, including Thanjavur, Tiruvarur, and Mayiladuthurai, on Sunday. The weather system…
Representative image. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto A school administrator was shot dead outside the gate of a private school in Shimla’s Sanjauli area on Saturday (June 13, 2026) evening, police said. The deceased was identified as Meenakshi Mittal, administrator of Saraswati Paradise International Public School in Housing Board Colony, Sanjauli. According to police, unidentified…
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