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Vietnam approves $67 billion high-speed railway project
Vietnam has approved the construction of a high-speed railway connecting the capital Hanoi in the north with the financial capital of Ho Chi Minh in the southWorld - ABC News - 10 hours ago -
Watch: Moment road worker dodges high-speed truck crash
Footage shows a truck crash and almost hit a highway worker on the side of an Interstate in New York.Top stories - BBC News - November 8 -
China Is Building 30,000 Miles of High-Speed Rail---That It Might Not Need
The train system is one of the biggest public works in history, and it’s becoming a giant money pit.World - The Wall Street Journal - November 20 -
Over $2.8 billion bet on bitcoin topping $90,000 as it hits all-time high
Bitcoin hit a new record high as futures premiums soared, in a clear sign that investors believe the record-run will continue.Business - CNBC - November 10 -
The Watch Industry’s Role in Your Speeding Ticket
It was the development of the chronograph, essentially a stopwatch, that laid the groundwork for automobile speed limits.Lifestyle - The New York Times - November 7 -
Speed of cricket balls could stump housing scheme
Developers and Sport England disagree over the risk from cricket balls to future residents.Top stories - BBC News - November 12 -
Trump Can Speed Up the Inevitable in Ukraine
He should force a settlement to save lives and avoid more destruction.Top stories - The New York Times - November 17 -
Car speed limits could be cut but raised for HGVs
Under government plans, the car limit would go from 60mph to 50mph on single carriageways and from 40mph to 50mph for lorries.Top stories - BBC News - 3 days ago -
North Korea tells UN it is speeding up nuclear weapons programme
Pyongyang’s envoy to the United Nations says buildup is to counter threat from ‘hostile nuclear weapons states’. North Korea’s UN envoy has said Pyongyang will accelerate a buildup of its nuclear ...World - The Guardian - November 5 -
UK health agencies join with Oxford Nanopore to speed up pathogen screening
Initiative is part of growing international efforts to give early warning of pandemic threatsWorld - Financial Times - November 5 -
Puppygraph speeds up LLMs’ access to graph data insights
While PuppyGraph is less than a year old, it is already witnessing success with several enterprises, including Coinbase, Clarivate, Dawn Capital and Prevelant AI.Tech - VentureBeat - November 7 -
The 2 female racers speeding to break NASCAR's glass ceiling
Two female racecar-driving teens are competing to win a NASCAR championship in the male-dominated motorsport. Brady Halbleib has more on their chase for victory.Top stories - CBS News - November 9 -
WATCH: Watch this 15-year-old boxer's unbelievable tricks on the speed bag
Amateur boxing champion Marley "Baby Bug" McNealy shows off her masterful skills and signature tricks with her speed bag training videos.Top stories - ABC News - November 12 -
Double-digit deficits are barely a speed bump for Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs
Falling behind by a double-digit deficit is typically a death knell for most NFL teamsSports - ABC News - November 13 -
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Under the Chandelier at Mar-a-Lago, Trump Makes Picks at Breakneck Speed
President-elect Donald J. Trump is more contemptuous than ever of Washington expertise and determined to hire people based on loyalty.Top stories - The New York Times - November 16 -
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Canada’s defense minister: Help us speed up spending under Trump
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia — Canada’s military chief is working to soften the expected blowback from President-elect Trump’s return to office, with Canada trailing the majority of NATO allies in reaching ...Politics - The Hill - 5 days ago -
I Ran Operation Warp Speed. I’m Concerned About Bird Flu.
Avian influenza might mutate to enable human-to-human transmission.Top stories - The New York Times - 4 days ago -
MicroStrategy buys $2 billion in bitcoin in 10 days. Is there $42 billion to go?
Shares of MicroStrategy Inc. entered record territory Monday for the first time in 24 years, as the self-proclaimed largest corporate holder of bitcoin continued to ride the postelection frenzy in ...Business - MarketWatch - November 11 -
The High Risk, High Reward Trump Market
Faced with unconventional and disruptive proposals, investors are figuring out how to place their bets.Business - The New York Times - November 22 -
Speeding delivery e-bikes are a menace – but the solution isn't to push all cyclists into the road | Peter Walker
Birmingham’s plan to ban bikes from pedestrianised streets ignores the real problem of food couriers’ illegally souped-up cycles. Are cyclists a menace on a similar scale to street drinking and ...World - The Guardian - November 2 -
Social media influencer known for racing dies in crash while speeding, NYPD says
A social media influencer known for drag-racing videos died in a car crash early Wednesday on a New York City expressway.Top stories - NBC News - November 7 -
The Guardian view on Cop29: 1.5C has been passed – so speed up the green transition | Editorial
Sir Keir Starmer’s pledge on emissions is an encouraging step at a frightening moment. Predictions that this will be the first calendar year in which the 1.5C warming limit enshrined in the Paris ...World - The Guardian - November 12 -
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McDonald's to invest more than $100 million to speed up recovery after E. coli outbreak
This week, the company completed the return of Quarter Pounder burgers, with slivered onions, to all restaurant menus nationwide.Business - CNBC - November 15 -
Wales’s 20mph speed limit saves lives and money. So why has it become a culture-war battlefield? | Will Hayward
In a world of online outrage, evidence is no longer enough – for a policy to work, politicians must explain it and stick by it. Imagine you’re a politician running a country. In front of you there ...World - The Guardian - November 18 -
S&P 500 bounces as stocks’ bull-market cycle seen potentially speeding up in 2025
The S&P 500 has bounced from its drop last week, a decline that had eroded its U.S. election bump without knocking the index off course toward a potentially big 2024 gain.Business - MarketWatch - November 20 -
Jordan Stolz opens speed skating World Cup season with more wins and a new goal
Jordan Stolz won the 500m and the 1500m on the first day of the speed skating World Cup season.Sports - Yahoo Sports - November 22 -
Trump's sharp tariff hikes could speed up China's shift to new markets and offshore factories
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has threatened to sharply raise tariffs on all Chinese imports and close some loopholes Chinese exporters currently use to sell their products more cheaply in the ...World - ABC News - 4 days ago -
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The highs and lows of the ‘Trump trade’
US stocks rallied after Donald Trump’s election victory, but inflation fears hang over bondsWorld - Financial Times - November 8 -
Kroger Finalizes $1.37 Billion Opioid Crisis Settlement
Kroger finalized a $1.37 billion settlement in connection with the grocery chain’s role in the U.S. opioid crisis, Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford said.Business - The Wall Street Journal - November 4 -
U.K. government cuts NatWest stake by £1 billion
The British government on Monday said it further trimmed its crisis-era investment in U.K. bank NatWest.Business - MarketWatch - November 11 -
Rivian’s stock soars as joint venture with Volkswagen is upsized to $5.8 billion
Rivian Automotive Inc. and Volkswagen have launched their upsized joint venture, joining forces with the goal of creating “cutting-edge” electric-vehicle technology.Business - MarketWatch - November 13 -
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Samsung Electronics Plans $7 Billion Share Buyback
The South Korean technology giant’s stock repurchase plan comes amid investor concerns over its flagship memory-chip business, which is missing out on the artificial intelligence boom.Business - The Wall Street Journal - November 15 -
MicroStrategy’s stock surges on $4.6 billion bitcoin buy
MicroStrategy shares are surging on the software company and cryptocurrency play’s $4.6 billion bitcoin buy.Business - MarketWatch - November 18
