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Exclusive: UK’s Schroders discussed private capital tie-ups in growth push, sources say

Schroders has held ​high-level talks about potential tie-ups to speed up the growth of its private capital business, three people ‌familiar with the matter told Reuters, as the 222-year-old British asset manager seeks to gain scale.

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Jan 29 • 9:04 AM EST • Business • reuters.com
There won’t be a Nothing Phone 4 this year

CEO Carl Pei says there’s no new flaghip on the way, but teased improvements for the 4A series instead.

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Jan 29 • 7:16 AM EST • Technology • theverge.com
Democratic Sen. Klobuchar says she's running for Minnesota governor after Gov. Walz dropped out

Democratic U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar says she’s running for governor of Minnesota

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Jan 29 • 7:04 AM EST • Politics • washingtonpost.com
Opinion | A ‘Fringe Epidemiologist’ on What’s Wrong With Public Health

Jay Bhattacharya, the N.I.H. director, says authorities broke the public’s trust in the Covid era. Now it’s up to outsiders to restore it.

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Jan 29 • 5:05 AM EST • Science • nytimes.com
Opinion | A ‘Fringe Epidemiologist’ on What’s Wrong With Public Health

Jay Bhattacharya, the N.I.H. director, says authorities broke the public’s trust in the Covid era. Now it’s up to outsiders to restore it.

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Jan 29 • 5:05 AM EST • Health • nytimes.com
Health Care Costs Tops the Public’s Economic Worries as the Runup to the Midterms Begins; Independent Voters Are More Likely to Trust Democrats than Republicans on the Issue

Heading into this midterm election year, the cost of health care tops the public’s economic anxieties and more than 4 in 10 voters say the issue will have a major impact on their vote, this KFF Health Tracking poll finds.

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Jan 29 • 5:00 AM EST • Health • kff.org
KFF Health Tracking Poll: Health Care Costs, Expiring ACA Tax Credits, and the 2026 Midterms

Looking ahead to the midterm elections, health care costs are the public’s top economic concern, and many voters say the issue will have a major impact on their vote. On health care issues, including the cost of health care, voters currently trust Democrats more than Republicans, though neither party has an advantage on addressing the overall cost of living. Following the expiration of the ACA enhanced tax credits, two-thirds of the public say Congress did the “wrong thing” by not extending them.

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Jan 29 • 5:00 AM EST • Health • kff.org
Louisiana restructured child care tax credits for businesses to help families, workers

State leaders restructured and renamed a tax credit program for childcare businesses and businesses that invest in child care, which early childhood education advocates say will increase the quality of child care and ease parents back into the workforce.

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Jan 29 • 5:00 AM EST • Business • theadvocate.com
Survey of over-50s women finds almost two in three struggle with mental health

Of those affected by midlife challenges such as menopause, nine in 10 do not seek help, therapists’ organisation says

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Jan 29 • 2:00 AM EST • Health • theguardian.com
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Xavier 68-86 Seton Hall: What was that?

My first job in high school was cleaning bathrooms at a state park campground. Camping is a foul enough activity, but what people did in those bathrooms defies explanation. I say this to let you know I have stared into the dark heart of a man experiencing a bowel emergency and apparently the desire to […]

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Jan 29 • 12:55 AM EST • Sports • bannersontheparkway.com
A potentially habitable new planet has been discovered 146 light-years away – but it may be -70C

The Earth-size planet HD 137010 b has a ‘50% chance of residing in the habitable zone’ of its sun-like star, scientists say

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Jan 29 • 12:00 AM EST • Science • theguardian.com
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Health officials report new measles exposure in Mesa

The Maricopa County Department of Public Health says there was an exposure at the Arizona Athletic Grounds in Mesa on Jan. 23 and Jan. 24.

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Jan 28 • 11:11 PM EST • Health • fox10phoenix.com
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Tim Walz says he'll never seek elected office again

The Minnesota governor unexpectedly announced this month that he wouldn't run for re-election.

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Jan 28 • 10:17 PM EST • Politics • nbcnews.com
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Highway 21 Dairy Queen closure sparks conversation amongst local business owners

some local business owners say despite the roadwork, they say the project is good for the community.

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Jan 28 • 9:34 PM EST • Business • kbtx.com
Trump has 'dementia', is 'obsessed,' Ilhan Omar says following attack

The Minnesota Democrat’s comments come in the wake of an attack on her Jan. 27 where a man sprayed her with an unknown substance.

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Jan 28 • 8:49 PM EST • Politics • usatoday.com
U.S. health officials monitor deadly virus

Authorities in India have confirmed two cases of nipah virus, often carried by fruit bats. The CDC says it is monitoring the situation and stands ready to assist as needed. NBC News’ Raf Sanchez has more.

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Jan 28 • 6:47 PM EST • Health • nbcnews.com
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Chicago mother claims unsafe conditions in apartment are harming her children's health

A mother of four living in a subsidized housing apartment on the 4800 block of North Avers says unsafe conditions inside her unit are putting her children’s health at risk — and despite months of repair requests, she says little has changed.

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Jan 28 • 5:42 PM EST • Health • fox32chicago.com
Tenor Health's acquisition of Moses Taylor, Regional and Wilkes-Barre General hospitals gets OK by state, foundation executive says
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Jan 28 • 5:39 PM EST • Health • wnep.com
ASNC says PET is now the preferred nuclear imaging test for CAD

Which imaging modality is better for evaluating heart patients, PET or SPECT? After years of discussions and debates, the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology is now ready to point to PET as the No. 1 choice. “There are no clinical scenarios or patient subgroups where cardiac PET with myocardial blood flow should be excluded," the group wrote.

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Jan 28 • 5:35 PM EST • Business • cardiovascularbusiness.com
Case of measles confirmed in Arizona ICE facility

The US Department of Homeland Security says a person in detention at an Arizona Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility has measles, a highly contagious virus that can cause high fevers and a distinctive rash.

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Jan 28 • 5:35 PM EST • Health • cnn.com
Ray J Says He’s in His ‘Last Days’ Due to Deteriorating Heart Health: ‘I F-cked Up’

Ray J said he has months to live due to a heart condition stemming from substance abuse and claimed his sister Brandy is covering his medical bills.

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Jan 28 • 5:25 PM EST • Health • rollingstone.com
As major CEOs respond to ICE Minneapolis crackdown, CNBC survey finds many leaders saying it’s 'not relevant to their business'

Apple, OpenAI CEOs respond to ICE crackdown in Minneapolis, but a CNBC survey finds some business leaders sensing no business need, or fearing Trump backlash.

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Jan 28 • 5:19 PM EST • Business • cnbc.com
Accountant stole more than $1M from N.J. business owner to fund sports betting, mortgage, state says

He is accused of using the funds for sports betting, credit card bills and mortgage payments, authorities said.

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Jan 28 • 5:18 PM EST • Business • nj.com
Mike DeWine says biggest mistake as governor was to sign bill legalizing sports gambling

Gov. Mike DeWine says he considers his signing of legislation legalizing sports gambling his biggest mistake as governor. “Any control that we can get over this, anything we can do, we should be doing,” DeWine said Wednesday.

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Jan 28 • 4:47 PM EST • Sports • cleveland.com
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Blackstone's biggest hedge fund business returned 12% in 2025, sources say

Blackstone's biggest hedge fund platform, Absolute Return Composite (AR), returned nearly 12% last ​year, beating the benchmark HFRX Global Hedge Fund Index's 7.1% gain, two ‌people familiar with the numbers said on Wednesday.

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Jan 28 • 4:45 PM EST • Business • reuters.com
Trump endorses Republican Rep. Tom Tiffany in Wisconsin's open race for governor

Trump announced the endorsement in a social media post on Tuesday night, saying Tiffany “has always been at my side.”

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Jan 28 • 4:41 PM EST • Politics • pbs.org
'Miracle on Ice' players discuss political climate heading into Winter Olympics

Mike Eruzione says the country needs a unifying moment: "We could use an '80 now."

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Jan 28 • 4:09 PM EST • Politics • nbcnews.com
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Meta Says Revenue to Beat Estimates, Supporting AI Spending

Meta Platforms Inc.’s better-than-expected sales outlook helped ease Wall Street concerns about plans for unprecedented spending on artificial intelligence this year.

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Jan 28 • 4:07 PM EST • Business • bloomberg.com
These two viruses may become the next public health threats, scientists say

Two emerging pathogens with animal origins—influenza D virus and canine coronavirus—have so far been quietly flying under the radar, but researchers warn conditions are ripe for the viruses to spread ...

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Jan 28 • 4:00 PM EST • Health • medicalxpress.com
ICE presence threatens small business in Minneapolis and Minnesota, some owners say: 'I can hardly do my normal job'

Some Minneapolis small-business owners say they fear for their personal safety, their community's safety and their businesses' survival amid ICE's presence in the city.

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Jan 28 • 3:47 PM EST • Business • cnbc.com
Dispatch Is Censored on Nintendo Switch Due to Platform 'Content Criteria', Developer Says

Dispatch, the superhero workplace comedy made by Telltale veterans at AdHoc Studio, is out now on Nintendo Switch. But a number of excited new and returning players aren't super happy about the release, as it turns out the game has been pretty aggressively censored on the system.

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Jan 28 • 3:05 PM EST • Technology • ign.com
Give Your Problems (and Passwords) to Moltbot, Then Watch It Go

A viral new virtual assistant formerly known as Clawdbot is complex and brings security risks—but some early adopters say it feels like the future.

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Jan 28 • 2:01 PM EST • Technology • wired.com
WATCH: Nicki Minaj says she's Trump's No. 1 fan, won't let him be bullied
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Jan 28 • 1:57 PM EST • Politics • pbs.org
Amazon layoffs: Leaked memos explain job cuts amid startup shift

Amazon announced 16,000 corporate layoffs on Wednesday. Executives say it aims to transform into the 'world's largest startup' with a cultural reset.

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Jan 28 • 1:28 PM EST • Business • businessinsider.com
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Ray J says he has only a short time left to live after hospitalization: 'Heart is only beating, like, 25 percent'

Ray J says he was notified by doctors that he only has a short time left to live after his recent hospitalization: 'My heart is only beating, like, 25 percent.'

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Jan 28 • 1:15 PM EST • Entertainment • ew.com
Fact check: Trump says Democrats don’t talk about affordability anymore (they do) because inflation is over (it isn’t)

President Donald Trump tried Tuesday to concoct an alternative reality on the subject of “affordability” – piling lie on top of lie to try to convince Americans that the issue has vanished.

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Jan 28 • 1:09 PM EST • Politics • cnn.com
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How your health is being commodified by social media

From heath tech developers to influencers, our health is being monetised – and we need to be aware of what's going on, says Deborah Cohen

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Jan 28 • 1:00 PM EST • Health • newscientist.com
Maduro was an 'impediment to progress' and refused deal, Rubio says

Secretary of State Marco Rubio made the comments at a Jan. 28 Senate hearing on Venezuela.

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Jan 28 • 10:39 AM EST • Politics • usatoday.com
Starbucks Says Turnaround ‘Ahead of Schedule’ as Sales Rebound

The coffee chain’s stock jumped after a better-than-expected earnings report.

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Jan 28 • 8:31 AM EST • Business • nytimes.com
Claire Danes says she freaked out when she found she was pregnant at 44

Claire Danes has said she went into “meltdown” when she discovered she was pregnant with her third child at age 44.

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Jan 28 • 8:27 AM EST • Entertainment • cnn.com
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After D.C. clears homeless encampments, health workers warn of growing risks

While Trump administration officials say that sweeps of homeless encampments make public spaces safer, health workers say they are disrupting care for people with serious medical needs and increasing the risk of illness and death.

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Jan 28 • 8:09 AM EST • Health • wamu.org
Kemi Badenoch apologises for Suella Braverman mental health claim

But she branded defectors from the Conservative party "drama queens", saying people who did not agree with the direction she was taking the party "need to get out the way".

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Jan 28 • 7:56 AM EST • Health • bbc.com
FreshBooks 2025 Ontario Small Business Snapshot: Owners More Reserved Than U.S. Peers, but Most Say Their Businesses Are Stable

Ontario survey data shows lower optimism and higher interest-rate sensitivity than U.S. counterparts, while operating conditions stay steady for most businessesTORONTO, Jan. 28, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ontario small business owners are entering 2026 with a more reserved outlook than their U.S. counterparts, reflected in lower economic optimism, softer financial sentiment, and greater sensitivity to interest rates, according to a new Ontario snapshot from FreshBooks’ 2025 State of Small Business

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Jan 28 • 7:29 AM EST • Business • finance.yahoo.com
‘I don’t let bullies win’ Ilhan Omar says after attack, as Trump says he will ‘de-escalate’ in Minneapolis

President had mocked congresswoman hours before she was sprayed with unknown substance during a town hall event

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Jan 28 • 7:07 AM EST • Politics • theguardian.com
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‘Shameful’: Trump’s EPA accused of prioritizing big business over public health

A year into Trump’s second term, critics say the EPA is rolling back dozens of protections and giving a leg up to polluters

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Jan 28 • 7:00 AM EST • Health • theguardian.com
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‘Shameful’: Trump’s EPA accused of prioritizing big business over public health

A year into Trump’s second term, critics say the EPA is rolling back dozens of protections and giving a leg up to polluters

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Jan 28 • 7:00 AM EST • Business • theguardian.com
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National Institutes of Health Need Agencywide Strategy to Prioritize and Fund Pediatric Research, Says New Report

Childhood health is foundational to lifelong well-being. A new National Academies report makes recommendations on how NIH and Congress can best support pediatric health research and improve health outcomes through childhood and beyond.

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Jan 28 • 7:00 AM EST • Health • nationalacademies.org
As the U.S. bids adieu to the World Health Organization, California says hello

In the wake of the U.S. withdrawal from WHO, California is the first state to participate in the agency's disease monitoring network. Are others following?

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Jan 28 • 6:47 AM EST • Health • npr.org
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Centrist ideas no longer wanted in Conservative party, says Kemi Badenoch

Party leader tells MPs that one-nation Tories doubting her rightward direction ‘need to get out of the way’

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Jan 28 • 6:45 AM EST • Politics • theguardian.com
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Night Owls Have Worse Heart Health, Study Finds

By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterWEDNESDAY, Jan. 28, 2026 (HealthDay News) — Do you prefer to stay up late, living it up through the night while everyone else is snoozing away? You might be doing your heart health a disservice, a new study says. Middle-aged and older night owls appear to have ...

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Jan 28 • 6:35 AM EST • Health • usnews.com
Analysis: Trump’s team almost never backs down from its false claims. This past week has been different

From the start, this has been a say-anything presidential administration.

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Jan 28 • 6:00 AM EST • Politics • cnn.com
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Why comedian Katherine Ryan won't make fun of her kids on stage: 'I don't wanna get Brooklyn Beckhamed'

The British-Canadian comedian says she steers clear of making any of her five children the punchline for fearing of stirring up Beckham-style family drama.

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Jan 28 • 6:00 AM EST • Entertainment • latimes.com
Investment and Statecraft: The International Politics of Sovereign Wealth Funds - Georgetown Journal of International Affairs

In 1953, Kuwait established the world’s first sovereign wealth fund to invest the country’s oil revenues and generate returns that would reduce its reliance on a single resource. Since then, over 100 separate funds have been created to preserve national wealth and ensure long-term fiscal sustainability. Today, they manage over $10 trillion in global assets. In this discussion with GJIA, political economist Kathryn Lavelle explains the increasingly novel dynamics that surround fund behavior and what the world can come to expect from their growing presence in international financial markets. GJIA: When it comes to the roles sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) play in global markets and politics, what would you say makes them unique? Kathryn Lavelle: Sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) operate on behalf of governments as investors. That in itself is a strange relationship. Within them, a core contest takes place between the state’s interests (or sovereign) part of the dynamic, and the money interests (or wealth) part of it, and these two aspects are frequently in contradiction, serving fundamentally different goals. SWFs are also quite fascinating because when you talk to the people who manage these funds, they have an interest in convincing you that the decisions are made almost exclusively on a financial basis—they really will go to great lengths to differentiate their government owners and those who make the management decisions. At the same time, these people ultimately answer to someone in power. Therefore, for most SWFs, it remains deeply unclear who is actually making the investment decisions and for what purposes. Of course, it is not always clear how other vehicles, such as hedge funds and private equity make the decisions they do, but I think what a lot of people find particularly disconcerting about SWFs is that they seem to act on behalf of people who have a different identity from their own. People who could be trying to manipulate politics and markets in a way that would have a long-term effect on their own populations. Regular investors come and go at will, and they only share an interest in profit as far as most of us understand. However, SWFs have that extra “sovereign” part right behind them that obscures their true interest. GJIA: These funds can be found in countries all across the globe, in both authoritarian states and democracies. Would you say SWFs differ in their goals and structures between regime-type? KL: It is not necessarily regime type that makes the goals and structures of SWFs different. It has to do with their economies. Let’s look at a country like China. There’s going to be a debate about exactly how to characterize the regime, but it is a country with many different kinds of sovereign wealth funds, and a particularly opaque state connection to each. At one time, some of the state-owned Chinese oil companies created specialized investment vehicles listed outside Chinese markets that excluded parts of the firms that were more associated with human rights violations. At the same time, the China Investment Corporation (CIC)­—China’s largest SWF—draws a lot of concern, not necessarily because of its investment activities, but because of the dynamics of global politics. So, I wouldn’t really tie differences to regime types themselves in a wholesale way, but rather to how such funds are perceived and how they are structured. Saudi Arabia’s SWF is getting all kinds of attention for its involvement in Hollywood, and this takes me right back to when I was a student in the 1980s, when people were concerned about Japanese investment entities buying assets in Hollywood. They aren’t quite the same in financial terms, but it’s the same kind of concern about foreign investment that drives people to be suspicious, and the whole idea that “foreigners are influencing Hollywood.” This holds true across industries, and it reflects where politics are in places like the United States right now. One metric we can try to look at is transparency, where all the funds will tell you, “we are transparent.” The problem you’ll keep running into with this approach is how you value things. When trying to do comparative studies of equity markets, you’ll find that every country doesn’t use Generally Accepted Accounting Principles like we do in the United States. A fund may appear opaque politically and not want people to show what they’re invested in or what their intent with that investment is, but they could also just not be able to report it because of the way it was purchased, or the kinds of shares they purchased. There are some assets out there that really are difficult to put a monetary value on. GJIA: To what extent do domestic politics shape SWF behavior in both the investing “home” country and the recipient “host” country? KL: This depends on the type of fund present and also on the extent to which voters’ political views are able to influence the fund. For example, in a democratic home state like Norway, the SWF doesn’t invest in nuclear weapons or tobacco because of social concerns, but there is a continuing debate over whether it should invest in oil, even though that’s where most of the money comes from. The degree to which Norway will continue to make those investments, and whether they contradict the government’s overall climate goals, is an open question in Norwegian politics. Because of the way the fund’s governance is structured, it may not be easy to resolve. On the other hand, some people consider pension funds, like the State Teachers Retirement System (STRS) in Ohio, to be quasi-SWF. They have a very strict separation between the people who make up the management division and the fund owners. No teacher or professor would want to invest in things that may harm the future of their students. At the same time, a fund manager might see an opportunity in a diversified multinational corporation that offers a good return, despite it deriving part of its revenue from e-cigarettes. These contests are very apparent. Domestic politics can work in host countries too. A good example is Singapore’s SWF, Temasek, investing in Thailand’s telecommunications sector. If you study political economy, you already know that countries everywhere are uncomfortable with foreign ownership of their telecom sectors because a foreign entity could monitor or manipulate our communications with each other. In the case of Temasek, there was significant pushback from Thai citizens surrounding the deal, which went on to influence national political sentiment toward Singapore as a whole, underscoring the risks some SWFs may face with their investment choices. In this case, fund behavior led to the dissolution of the entire Thai government in 2006 and a subsequent coup d’état. GJIA: To address some of this unease, the Santiago Principles were established in 2009 to ostensibly promote trust and transparency. From your perspective, have these mechanisms actually changed fund behavior? KL: In international relations theory, we always like to have a clear set of norms and best practices­—the orientation we want the proverbial ship to be going in. In that regard, the Santiago Principles at least got the discussion going about which direction SWFs should take at a time when people were very skittish about the growing size of these funds. Nobody wanted them to be out there and potentially destabilizing economies, so talks about disclosure, conditions for withdrawal, and the independence of managers were helpful when initiated. The biggest stumbling block was that there wasn’t exactly a good way to measure compliance with the Principles, let alone how to hold funds to them. If you read the Principles, they’re overall quite vague. In general, a fund doesn’t want to reveal how and why they make certain investment decisions because that information is proprietary—a fund makes money off of how and why it makes decisions—so how do you reconcile that with loosely-defined ideas of openness? Some decisions might have a political purpose. The bottom line is that trying to figure out and assign a score to compliance is not easy, and it is therefore the reason why the Santiago Principles never really got off the ground to the point where they could truly direct fund behavior. GJIA: Many emerging markets are looking to build their own SWFs from mineral and oil revenues. Historically, have funds shaped development trajectories in these countries? KL: I think the big story in international emerging markets investment is that the investment is increasingly no longer unidirectional. In the past multinational corporations of primarily Western background were the main form of foreign direct investment in a country. That has changed dramatically, to the point where you have companies from so-called “developing countries” taking over companies in the United States. Therefore, the landscape of international investment has changed, and I think SWFs are certainly a possibility to be the next step in the game. Historically, you didn’t need an entire financial vehicle to reinvest commodity revenues in your country, but as emerging markets get more financially sophisticated, their capacity to operate such funds has increased. SWFs would allow treasuries to move from relying on holding foreign exchange assets like cash or government bonds to having broader financial markets and targeted growth areas, while easing pressure on welfare expenditures. GJIA: With their increasing financial weight, do you see the presence of SWFs being a factor in the political choices leaders will have to make with regard to domestic and foreign policy? KL: It will depend on just how big the funds get. One of the reasons people are already apprehensive is because of their scale, and if certain SWFs in certain countries achieve a large-enough size, the presence will absolutely be cause for concern. The other factor political leaders will have to consider are their objectives. It’s not always clear how to define a SWF, or even where its activity is concentrated, but it is certainly a worry from the perspective of national security of opaque external investment. More than that, I think one of the most interesting questions going forward is whether the United States, the home to the world’s largest financial markets, will develop its own fund, for which the Trump administration announced a plan. There have also been several proposals in Congress. Were it to come into being, it would have tremendous weight. At the same time, one of the hallmarks of U.S. capitalism is a lack of government ownership of shares, so it would not be clear how such a fund would be received in domestic politics, or which direction it would take. Given how politically fragmented the country is, a Democratic administration would likely be concerned about different sectors of the economy, such as healthcare, and want investment there, rather than a Republican administration, which might prefer defense industries. No investment vehicle could thrive under conditions of such instability. Moreover, it remains unclear where the money to fund a theoretical U.S. SWF would come from. It would be a fundamentally different entity depending on whether it is financed with debt, economic surplus, commodities, or the sale of state companies, as in the case of Singapore. If it is debt, or government borrowing of some form, then the fund would have to outperform whatever the cost of that debt is, which is not an easy thing to do. I think our political leaders have enough on their plate. Our system has worked well keeping political and investment functions generally separate. We have seen different forms of business rise and fall, and even the perception of different countries, all of which funds are tied to. Unless a major SWF either starts—like in the case of the United States—or collapses—an issue that concerns the Saudis, I don’t see any political tsunamis on the horizon. . . . Kathryn Lavelle is the Ellen and Dixon Long Professor of World Affairs at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. Her research explores the exchange between domestic and international and political institutions with a particular emphasis on political economy and multilateralism. Dr. Lavelle’s first book, The Politics of Equity Finance in Emerging Markets, explored the political circumstances that surround large issues of stock in the developing world. After being granted tenure at Case Western, she was awarded an American Political Science Association Congressional Fellowship and named the William A. Steiger fellow, a designation given to the most promising political scientist in her class of fellows. While in Washington during 2006-2007, she worked on the staff of the House Committee on Financial Services on issues related to domestic and international monetary policy. Dr. Lavelle holds a PhD in political science from Northwestern University; an M.A. in government and foreign affairs from the University of Virginia; and a bachelor’s degree in international economics from Georgetown University. She is a permanent member of the New York Council on Foreign Relations. This transcript has been lightly edited for clarity and length. Interview conducted by Sid Mehrotra. Image Credit: Jason Leung, Unsplash Content Licenses, via Unsplash

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Jan 28 • 6:00 AM EST • Politics • gjia.georgetown.edu
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Scientists say these two viruses may become the next public health threats

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Two emerging pathogens with animal origins — influenza D virus and canine coronavirus — have so far been quietly flying under the radar,…

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Jan 28 • 5:41 AM EST • Health • ufhealth.org
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Bengals player shoots down silly Joe Burrow narratives

A Bengals player had something to say about all the Joe Burrow rumors.

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Jan 28 • 5:31 AM EST • Sports • bengalswire.usatoday.com
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How has your local high street changed since 2019? Check your postcode

The makeup of Great Britain’s high streets has changed dramatically. See what the data says about where you live

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Jan 28 • 5:01 AM EST • Business • theguardian.com
Tear gas causes health concerns for Twin Cities residents

Federal agents are regularly using chemical irritants like tear gas in attempts to disperse protesters and observers in the Twin Cities. Medical experts say there’s a lot of uncertainty about the health impacts of those chemicals.

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Jan 28 • 5:00 AM EST • Health • mprnews.org
Vern Buchanan says opportunity for fresh leaders, not difficult political environment, drove choice to retire

The Longboat Key Republican hasn't endorsed a successor, but says the region has plenty of talent.

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Jan 28 • 4:15 AM EST • Politics • floridapolitics.com
India says it has contained Nipah virus outbreak as some Asian...
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Jan 28 • 3:51 AM EST • Health • nypost.com
How scientists predict big winter storms : Short Wave

This past weekend, Winter Storm Fern struck the States. Sleet, snow and ice battered Americans all the way from New Mexico to New York. Scientists predicted its arrival in mid-January, and in anticipation of the storm, more than 20 state governors issued emergency declarations. But how did scientists know so much, so early, about the approaching storm? NPR climate reporter Rebecca Hersher says it has to do with our weather models… and the data we put into them. Which begs the question: Will we continue to invest in them?Interested in more science behind the weather? Check out our episodes on better storm prediction in the tropics and how the Santa Ana winds impact the fire season this time of year. Have a question we haven’t covered? Email us at shortwave@npr.org. We’d love to consider it for a future episode! Listen to every episode of Short Wave sponsor-free and support our work at NPR by signing up for Short Wave+ at plus.npr.org/shortwave.This episode was produced by Hannah Chinn. It was edited by our showrunner Rebecca Ramirez. Tyler Jones and Rebecca Hersher checked the facts. The audio engineer was Robert Rodriguez. News clips were from CBS Boston, Fox Weather, Fox 4 Dallas-Fort Worth, and PBS Newshour.

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Jan 28 • 3:00 AM EST • Science • npr.org
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Yes, romance & fantasy novels are political. : It's Been a Minute

How do romantic tropes and fantasies impact how you understand politics?You might be a fan of Romantic Fantasy, or as the internet calls it: Romantasy. Even if you're not, you would recognize the tradwives or fascism. Romantasies combine supernatural characters and plotlines with the rush of a whirlwind romance novel, and, in this episode, we're exploring how the politics of some of these books have an effect on politics in the real world.Brittany is joined by Netta Baker, Advanced Instructor of English at Virginia Tech, and Princess Weekes, video essayist and online pop culture critic. They get into how this genre demolishes misogyny while reinforcing conservative politics.Support Public Media. Join NPR Plus.Follow Brittany Luse on Instagram: @bmluseFor handpicked podcast recommendations every week, subscribe to NPR’s Pod Club newsletter at npr.org/podclub.

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Jan 28 • 3:00 AM EST • Politics • npr.org
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Reid Hoffman warns CEOs against staying quiet in the Trump era

Reid Hoffman says business leaders are wrong to stay silent and that they have a responsibility to speak up.

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Jan 28 • 2:53 AM EST • Business • businessinsider.com
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AI boom will produce winners and ‘carnage,’ says tech boss; dollar sinks to four-year lows after Trump comments

Cisco chief executive says technology ‘will be bigger than the internet’ but current market is probably a bubble; dollar selling intensifies, gold climbs through $5,200 an ounce to new record high

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Jan 28 • 2:46 AM EST • Business • theguardian.com
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India says it has contained Nipah virus outbreak as some Asian countries ramp up health screenings

NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian authorities said they had contained a Nipah virus outbreak after confirming two cases in the eastern state of West Bengal, as several Asian countries tightened health screenings and airport surveillance for travelers arriving from India.

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Jan 28 • 2:13 AM EST • Health • wral.com
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India says it has contained Nipah virus outbreak as some Asian countries ramp up health screenings

Indian authorities have contained a Nipah virus outbreak after confirming two cases in eastern West Bengal state

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Jan 28 • 2:11 AM EST • Health • abcnews.go.com
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India Says It Has Contained Nipah Virus Outbreak as Some Asian Countries Ramp up Health Screenings

NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian authorities said they had contained a Nipah virus outbreak after confirming two cases in the eastern state of West Bengal, as several Asian countries tightened health screenings and airport surveillance for travelers arriving from India. India’s Health Ministry said Tuesday ...

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Jan 28 • 2:11 AM EST • Health • usnews.com
NI health: About 200,000 extra patients seen to tackle NI waiting lists

The Department of Health says across the past year, "significant gains have been achieved".

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Jan 28 • 1:28 AM EST • Health • bbc.com
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David Faustino saying he talks to 'Married With Children' costar Christina Applegate often as she lives with MS

Former 'Married... With Children' star David Faustino says he and Christina Applegate, who played his older sister on the Fox sitcom, speak often.

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Jan 27 • 11:15 PM EST • Entertainment • ew.com
Ethan Hawke says Tom Cruise makes him 'angry' because he's 'changed what’s expected for actors'

Ethan Hawke says that over the years, a certain aspect of Tom Cruise's star persona has gotten him 'angry,' because now, the star has 'changed what's expected for actors.'

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Jan 27 • 11:05 PM EST • Entertainment • ew.com
31,000 Kaiser Permanente health care workers on strike

Those on strike say wages have not kept pace with inflation, and there is not enough staffing to keep up with patient demand.

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Jan 27 • 10:05 PM EST • Health • seattletimes.com
Do trees prevent landslides? What science says about roots, rainfall and stability

After the fatal landslides at Mount Maunganui, attention has focused on recent tree removal from Mauao. But landslides rarely have simple causes.

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Jan 27 • 9:53 PM EST • Science • theconversation.com
Goshen Health looks to partner with Parkview Health

Goshen Health says it's planning for the future, annoucing a letter of intent to partner with Parkview Health, a regional healthcare system based in Fort Wayne.

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Jan 27 • 9:44 PM EST • Health • wsbt.com
NAU AD Farkas resigns to focus on health, family

Uri Farkas resigned as Northern Arizona's athletic director on Tuesday, saying he wanted to focus on his "physical and mental health, as well as the overall well-being of my family."

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Jan 27 • 9:23 PM EST • Health • espn.com
Faith leaders form 'human wall' at Westbrook business to help protect workers from ICE

A local business in Westbrook says it's facing a challenge it has never seen before: workplace fear.

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Jan 27 • 9:17 PM EST • Business • wgme.com
Vacant Houston properties burn four times, threatening established business next door

Four fires in two years. 50% of customers gone. And the city-cited buildings just burned again. This Westheimer restaurant owner says enough is enough.

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Jan 27 • 8:55 PM EST • Business • khou.com
Mental Health Crisis Line For Music Industry Launches A Year After Chappell Roan’s Grammy Speech

One year ago Chappell Roan used her time on stage at the Grammys to implore the music industry to provide artists with health insurance and a livable wage. This week Backline debuts B-LINE, a mental health and crisis support line the organization says is rooted in the movement Roan sparked at the podium.

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Jan 27 • 8:51 PM EST • Health • forbes.com
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Republican candidate challenges Tuberville residency, says he appears to live Florida, not Alabama

A Republican opponent is challenging U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s eligibility to run for governor of Alabama

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Jan 27 • 8:50 PM EST • Politics • washingtonpost.com
Who Decides When a Home Is Safe? A California Bill Says Science, Not Insurers.

Following a Times investigation, a state lawmaker is proposing the first health-based standards for assessing smoke contamination after wildfires.

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Jan 27 • 7:45 PM EST • Science • nytimes.com
Google Says AI Agent Can Now Browse on Users’ Behalf

Google is launching an artificial intelligence assistant on its Chrome browser that can open websites and click around on a user’s behalf.

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Jan 27 • 7:00 PM EST • Technology • bloomberg.com
Norfolk’s Pagoda is a “gem.” Local entrepreneurs say doing business there was a nightmare.

The crux of tensions between business owners and the foundation that runs the Pagoda is the question of what the property is, and should be, to the city of Norfolk.

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Jan 27 • 6:28 PM EST • Business • whro.org
Trump suggests his shakeup of federal officials in Minnesota may 'de-escalate' things

President Donald Trump spoke of his sending "border czar" Tom Homan to Minnesota during an interview on Fox News’ “Will Cain Show” on Tuesday saying, “we’re going to de-escalate a little bit.”

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Jan 27 • 5:47 PM EST • Politics • pbs.org
Senate Dems demand immigration enforcement reforms before funding DHS : The NPR Politics Podcast

Congress may be headed toward a partial government shutdown. After a federal immigration officer fatally shot Alex Pretti last weekend in Minneapolis, Senate Democrats say they won’t vote to fund the Department of Homeland Security without changes to how the federal government enforces immigration laws. We discuss what Democrats want, what Republicans are offering, and the political risks of another government shutdown. This episode: senior White House correspondent Tamara Keith, congressional reporter Sam Gringlas, and senior political editor and correspondent Domenico Montanaro.This podcast was produced by Casey Morell and Bria Suggs, and edited by Rachel Baye.Our executive producer is Muthoni Muturi.Listen to every episode of the NPR Politics Podcast sponsor-free, unlock access to bonus episodes with more from the NPR Politics team, and support public media when you sign up for The NPR Politics Podcast+ at plus.npr.org/politics.

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Jan 27 • 4:04 PM EST • Politics • npr.org
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Pet exposed to rabid raccoon in Charleston County, health officials say

The South Carolina Department of Public Health confirmed that a raccoon found in Johns Island tested positive for rabies Monday.

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Jan 27 • 3:39 PM EST • Health • live5news.com
Curbing your drinking? This number of drinks raises colon cancer risk

Drinking alcohol is linked to higher chances of colorectal cancer − but just how many drinks increase your risk? Here's what new research says.

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Jan 27 • 3:33 PM EST • Health • usatoday.com
Koepka 'rang Woods first' over PGA Tour return

Five-time major winner Brooks Koepka says Tiger Woods was the first person he called to discuss a return to the PGA Tour after leaving the LIV Golf circuit.

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Jan 27 • 3:14 PM EST • Sports • bbc.com
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China is purging its military leaders. Is this a step toward war?

Xi Jinping is eliminating the people who might be willing to say no to him.

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Jan 27 • 2:55 PM EST • Politics • vox.com
Scientists recover the oldest wooden tools from a site in Greece

Scientists say two artifacts found at a lake shore in Greece are the oldest wooden tools uncovered so far.

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Jan 27 • 2:03 PM EST • Science • latimes.com
Measles cases in South Carolina rise by 89 to 789, state health department says

South Carolina reported a surge to 789 measles cases on Tuesday, state health data showed, including 89 additional infections since Friday, as officials warned the widening outbreak could last weeks or months amid lagging vaccine uptake.

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Jan 27 • 1:46 PM EST • Health • reuters.com
WATCH: 'You can't have guns. You can't walk in with guns,' Trump says of Alex Pretti killing

The president's remarks reiterates a talking point from the administration that Pretti should not have brought a legally carried handgun to the scene — a position that has infuriated gun rights advocates.

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Jan 27 • 1:44 PM EST • Politics • pbs.org
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Sonos bursts out of the shadows with a bespoke amplifier, says more is coming

Sonos just announced the Amp Multi after going radio silent for over a year. The company says this is just...

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Jan 27 • 1:38 PM EST • Technology • 9to5google.com
How One Business School In Minneapolis Is Navigating The ICE Surge

The University of St. Thomas Opus College of Business campus in downtown Minneapolis, where administrators say students have reported feeling safer on campus than in surrounding neighborhoods amid heightened federal immigration enforcement across ... The post How One Business School In Minneapolis Is Navigating The ICE Surge appeared first on Poets&Quants.

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Jan 27 • 1:31 PM EST • Business • yahoo.com
Breaking: Goshen Health to partner with Parkview

Goshen Health intends to join Parkview Health in a partnership.Goshen Health announced it entered a “Letter of Intent” to pursue the partnership.Goshen says the

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Jan 27 • 12:06 PM EST • Health • wsbt.com
Android phones are getting more anti-theft features

Google says Android devices will get new security features, like stronger authentication safeguards and enhanced recovery tools.

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Jan 27 • 12:00 PM EST • Technology • techcrunch.com
Clawdbot creator says Anthropic 'forced' name change

Clawdbot, the viral AI agent that caused techies to buy up Mac Minis, is now Moltbot after Anthropic reached out about name and mascot similarities.

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Jan 27 • 11:28 AM EST • Technology • businessinsider.com
'Never Underestimate' Erling Haaland, Says Man City coach Pep Guardiola

Manager Pep Guardiola blamed Erling Haaland's goal drought on Man City having to "create more chances."

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Jan 27 • 9:32 AM EST • Sports • foxsports.com
Fight over US healthcare subsides stuck on familiar snag: abortion

Republicans refuse to move forward without further restrictions on abortion coverage – Democrats say that’s a non-starter

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Jan 27 • 8:00 AM EST • Politics • theguardian.com
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ZOTAC Korea warns of steep RTX 5090 and RTX 5060 price hikes, says some models may be unavailable for a while

ZOTAC Korea warns RTX 5090 and RTX 5060 prices are set to jump ZOTAC Korea has published a new notice on its official TagTag Mall account, warning that

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Jan 27 • 7:00 AM EST • Technology • videocardz.com
Climate-risk scores shape billion-dollar decisions, and new study says science behind them needs to be more transparent

A new paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences argues that trustworthiness of climate-risk scores depends not just on the sophistication of the models used to produce the scores but also on whether the science behind them is open, reusable and transparent enough for others to examine, test and improve.

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Jan 27 • 7:00 AM EST • Science • news.rice.edu
Breakdown In Federal Health Tracking Leaves U.S. Vulnerable To Outbreaks, Pandemics, Experts Warn

By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterTUESDAY, Jan. 27, 2026 (HealthDay News) — The United States is more vulnerable to future outbreaks, pandemics and health crises due to a breakdown in federal disease tracking, a new study says. Nearly half of once-routinely updated health surveillance databases ...

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Jan 27 • 6:55 AM EST • Health • usnews.com
Fear of ICE is driving patients away from medical care

Health workers say many patients aren't coming in for necessary care out of fear they'll be detained by federal agents.

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Jan 27 • 5:30 AM EST • Health • axios.com
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