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Why AI Citations Are Making Freight Press Releases Matter Again
Logistics

Why AI Citations Are Making Freight Press Releases Matter Again

A LeadCoverage test logged 1,058 AI citations in one quarter and found releases built around hard numbers earned 3.5x mo...

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Hidden Brain Repair System: Astrocytes Rebuild Damaged Networks in Mouse Study
Health

Hidden Brain Repair System: Astrocytes Rebuild Damaged Networks in Mouse Study

Mouse study reveals specialized astrocytes can rebuild damaged brain networks by moving new nuclei into injured areas, c...

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Ancient Vietnamese Remains Suggest Yaws, Not Syphilis, Can Pass From Mother to Child
News

Ancient Vietnamese Remains Suggest Yaws, Not Syphilis, Can Pass From Mother to Child

Three children buried in Vietnam more than 3,500 years ago show congenital treponemal infection, weakening a key diagnos...

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Brent Tops $90 as Reduced Hormuz Traffic and US-Iran War Drive Oil Higher
Energy

Brent Tops $90 as Reduced Hormuz Traffic and US-Iran War Drive Oil Higher

Brent crude has risen more than $5 a barrel this week to exceed $90 as shipping through the Strait of Hormuz remains red...

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German Inflation Hits 2.8% as Fuel and Heating Oil Prices Jump
Economy

German Inflation Hits 2.8% as Fuel and Heating Oil Prices Jump

German inflation rose to 2.8% in July as fuel and heating oil prices surged after a temporary tax cut ended. Economists ...

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Germany's Per-Capita Hours Slip as Men and Under-55s Cut Back
Economy

Germany's Per-Capita Hours Slip as Men and Under-55s Cut Back

Average weekly hours per 20–64-year-old fell 0.3 below the 2023 record, driven by men and middle-aged workers; over-60s ...

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Germany Pays 19 North Sea Fishers €12m to Quit as Shrimp Fleet Shrinks 30%
Agriculture

Germany Pays 19 North Sea Fishers €12m to Quit as Shrimp Fleet Shrinks 30%

Germany has approved €12m to pay 19 North Sea crab and flatfish operators to surrender licences and scrap cutters by mid...

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Norway's $2.3tn Oil Fund Turns a Q1 Loss Into a $184bn Half-Year Gain
Markets

Norway's $2.3tn Oil Fund Turns a Q1 Loss Into a $184bn Half-Year Gain

The world's largest sovereign fund reported a 9.4% first-half return, lifted by Asian tech stocks after a €58bn first-qu...

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Google's Pixel 11 Lineup Arrives With Price Hikes, Pixel Watch 5 and a $29 Tracker
Technology

Google's Pixel 11 Lineup Arrives With Price Hikes, Pixel Watch 5 and a $29 Tracker

Google's new Pixel 11 phones start at $899 and go on sale August 20, alongside the Pixel Watch 5 and Pixel Tag. Here's w...

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Washington Man Ordered to Repay $24,248 in Idaho Auto Insurance Fraud Case
Insurance

Washington Man Ordered to Repay $24,248 in Idaho Auto Insurance Fraud Case

Jeremy Joshua Antone pleaded guilty after claiming a 2024 collision knocked out all his teeth for an $80,000 dental insu...

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New Fed Chair Warsh Faces Early Fire Over Communication, But El-Arian Defends Reform Push
Economy

New Fed Chair Warsh Faces Early Fire Over Communication, But El-Arian Defends Reform Push

Former Fed officials and columnists question Kevin Warsh's public silence; FT commentator Mohamed El-Arian argues the pu...

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DAX's April 2025 Sell-Off Was Endogenous, Athens Study Finds
Markets

DAX's April 2025 Sell-Off Was Endogenous, Athens Study Finds

A University of West Attica study finds the German DAX was already in a fragile 'critical period' before the U.S. tariff...

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Russia’s New-Build Prices Trail Inflation as Mass Discounts Stay Off the Table
Real Estate

Russia’s New-Build Prices Trail Inflation as Mass Discounts Stay Off the Table

Primary-market prices rose 3.6% in H1 2026, below 4.2% inflation. Analysts see no mass discounts, but demand is shifting...

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T-Bank's IT Picnic Draws 30,000 as Tech Hiring and Community Building Converge
Technology

T-Bank's IT Picnic Draws 30,000 as Tech Hiring and Community Building Converge

The fourth T-Bank IT Picnic at Kolomenskoye drew 30,000 IT specialists and families for lectures, partner zones, sports ...

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Russia and Syria Agree to Convert Hmeimim and Tartus Bases Into Joint Centres
Politics

Russia and Syria Agree to Convert Hmeimim and Tartus Bases Into Joint Centres

Russia and Syria will turn the Hmeimim and Tartus military sites into joint training centres under Syrian civilian contr...

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Putin Orders Russian Navy to Mirror Western Seizures of Merchant Ships
Politics

Putin Orders Russian Navy to Mirror Western Seizures of Merchant Ships

Russia says it will detain and confiscate cargo from vessels of unfriendly states in response to Western seizures of its...

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Viant's Proprietary Data Surge Collides With Ad Tech's Fast-Accelerating M&A Wave
Companies

Viant's Proprietary Data Surge Collides With Ad Tech's Fast-Accelerating M&A Wave

Viant’s 34% revenue jump, a wave of $2bn ad tech deals and TIME’s chatbot-influence ad backlash signal the end of neutra...

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Uruguay's Carrasco Yacht Returns as a $2m Lakeside Events Hub
Companies

Uruguay's Carrasco Yacht Returns as a $2m Lakeside Events Hub

The Canelones events brand is rebuilding on a Lake Calcagno public concession, with 30-plus events already booked ahead ...

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Source Feed Corruption Leaves Japan Stat Report Unreadable
News

Source Feed Corruption Leaves Japan Stat Report Unreadable

A crawled Japanese-language item from Stat (JP) arrived as garbled mojibake with no verifiable facts; NewsFormal cannot ...

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Tyler Austin Harper on Race, Tokenism and What Went Wrong at Bates
Education

Tyler Austin Harper on Race, Tokenism and What Went Wrong at Bates

The former Bates professor and Atlantic writer explains why he now sees the campus DEI consensus as a threat to academic...

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Virtual TACUNA Program Cuts Cannabis and Alcohol Use in American Indian and Alaska Native Young Adults
Health

Virtual TACUNA Program Cuts Cannabis and Alcohol Use in American Indian and Alaska Native Young Adults

An NIH-funded randomized trial found that the virtual, culturally grounded TACUNA program reduced cannabis use, alcohol ...

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Cannabis Use Stays at Record Highs as U.S. Adults Shift to Vaping and Pouches
Health

Cannabis Use Stays at Record Highs as U.S. Adults Shift to Vaping and Pouches

The 2025 Monitoring the Future study shows cannabis near record levels, surging nicotine pouch use, and a small but sign...

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AI-Cheating Tools Can Now Fake the Writing Process, Not Just the Essay
Education

AI-Cheating Tools Can Now Fake the Writing Process, Not Just the Essay

A professor's experiment shows auto-typers and 'humanizers' can counterfeit Google Docs version history—and why detectio...

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Waist Circumference Exposes Heart Risk BMI Misses in 259,000-Person Study
Health

Waist Circumference Exposes Heart Risk BMI Misses in 259,000-Person Study

A 15-cohort analysis finds waist size and waist-to-hip ratio reclassify cardiovascular risk across every BMI group, incl...

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A Patient's Guide to GLP-1 Side Effects: From GI Upset to Rare Eye Risks
Health

A Patient's Guide to GLP-1 Side Effects: From GI Upset to Rare Eye Risks

GLP-1 drugs are widely prescribed, but patients should understand the range of reported side effects — from common nause...

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Cancer Surgery Wait Times Rose Across Six Tumor Types From 2012 to 2023, Study Finds
Health

Cancer Surgery Wait Times Rose Across Six Tumor Types From 2012 to 2023, Study Finds

A 2.7-million-patient National Cancer Database study found median time from diagnosis to first cancer treatment rose for...

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Zillow Takes Its Home-Intent Audience Data to Pinterest in First Off-Site Deal
Companies

Zillow Takes Its Home-Intent Audience Data to Pinterest in First Off-Site Deal

Zillow Elevate advertisers can now target 34 housing-behavior segments on Pinterest, with Kohler's pilot reporting highe...

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Low Water Forces Berlin, Brandenburg and Thuringia to Lift Sunday Truck Bans
Logistics

Low Water Forces Berlin, Brandenburg and Thuringia to Lift Sunday Truck Bans

Berlin, Brandenburg and Thuringia temporarily allow Sunday truck shipments until 31 August as Rhine, Elbe and Danube low...

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Senate Confirms Glen Smith to Lead USDA Rural Development
Agriculture

Senate Confirms Glen Smith to Lead USDA Rural Development

Former Farm Credit Administration CEO Glen Smith wins Senate confirmation as USDA undersecretary for rural development, ...

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JBS to Convert Pennsylvania Beef Plant to Value-Added Facility, Saving 400 Jobs
Agriculture

JBS to Convert Pennsylvania Beef Plant to Value-Added Facility, Saving 400 Jobs

JBS will spend more than $30 million over 10 years to turn its Souderton, Pennsylvania beef plant into a case-ready oper...

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