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Tracing uncertainty: Google harnesses quantum mechanics at California lab

Tracing uncertainty: Google harnesses quantum mechanics at California lab

Outside, balmy September sunshine warms an idyllic coast, as California basks in yet another perfect day.

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Hurricane Ian pounds Florida as a monster storm

Hurricane Ian pounds Florida as a monster storm

Hurricane Ian plunged much of coastal southwest Florida into darkness Wednesday, as the monster storm brought "catastrophic" storm surges, wind and flooding that had officials readying a huge emergency response.

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Judge blasts 61st homer to equal Maris record

Judge blasts 61st homer to equal Maris record

New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge blasted his 61st home run of the season on Wednesday to equal the legendary Roger Maris's longstanding American League record.

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Top Rwanda genocide suspect Kabuga goes on trial

Top Rwanda genocide suspect Kabuga goes on trial

Alleged Rwandan genocide financier Felicien Kabuga goes on trial in The Hague on Thursday, one of the last main suspects in the 1994 ethnic slaughter that shocked the world.

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High stakes for climate-change race in Brazil vote

High stakes for climate-change race in Brazil vote

The image would indelibly mark President Jair Bolsonaro's term: the sky over Sao Paulo turning dark at 3:00 pm as smoke from fires in the Amazon rainforest engulfed Brazil's biggest city.

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Australia's largest carbon emitter to exit coal by 2035

Australia's largest carbon emitter to exit coal by 2035

Australia's biggest carbon emitter AGL announced Thursday it will close one of the country's most polluting coal-fired power stations by mid-2035, a decade earlier than previously targeted.

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Football injuries 'up 20 percent' in Europe's top leagues

Football injuries 'up 20 percent' in Europe's top leagues

Injuries across Europe's top five leagues rose by 20 percent in the 2021/22 season, according to a study published on Wednesday, as arguments intensify over football's congested calendar ahead of the World Cup.

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MacDonald to coach All Blacks XV against Ireland A, Barbarians

MacDonald to coach All Blacks XV against Ireland A, Barbarians

Leon MacDonald was on Thursday named head coach of an All Blacks XV - essentially a New Zealand B team - for their November games in Europe against Ireland A and the Barbarians.

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Balmain turns fashion show into music fest featuring Cher

Balmain turns fashion show into music fest featuring Cher

French designer Olivier Rousteing pulled out all the stops on Wednesday in his latest collection for Balmain at Paris Fashion Week, closing his show with US star Cher on the catwalk.

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Hurricane Ian pounds Florida as monster Category 4 storm

Hurricane Ian pounds Florida as monster Category 4 storm

Hurricane Ian slammed into the coast of southwest Florida as a monster Category 4 storm on Wednesday with powerful winds and torrential rains threatening "catastrophic" damage and flooding.

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