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Amazon cloud outage takes down many online services around the world

October 20, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Amazon cloud outage takes down many online services around the world

LONDON (AP) — A problem with Amazon’s cloud computing service disrupted internet use around the world Monday, taking down a broad range of online services, including social media, gaming, food delivery, streaming and financial platforms. The disruption […]

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Trump suggests US will buy Argentine beef to bring down prices for American consumers

October 20, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Trump suggests US will buy Argentine beef to bring down prices for American consumers

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (AP) — President Donald Trump said the United States could buy Argentine beef in an attempt to bring down prices for American consumers. “We would buy some beef from Argentina,” the Republican president […]

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Burning ship loaded with gas abandoned in Gulf of Aden off Yemen as 1 mariner missing

October 19, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Burning ship loaded with gas abandoned in Gulf of Aden off Yemen as 1 mariner missing

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A Cameroonian-flagged ship has caught fire in the Gulf of Aden off Yemen. At least one mariner was missing Saturday and another still likely abroad the burning tanker after […]

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US blocks a global fee on shipping emissions as international meeting ends without new regulations

October 19, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on US blocks a global fee on shipping emissions as international meeting ends without new regulations

The U.S. has blocked a global fee on shipping emissions as an international maritime meeting ended Friday without adopting new regulations. The world’s largest maritime nations had been discussing ways to move the shipping industry […]

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FAA allows Boeing to increase 737 Max production nearly two years after door plug flew off plane

October 17, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on FAA allows Boeing to increase 737 Max production nearly two years after door plug flew off plane

The Federal Aviation Administration said Friday it will allow Boeing to produce more 737 Max airplanes by increasing the limit that was imposed after a door plug flew off an Alaska Airlines jet that the company built. After the […]

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From what language did English borrow the word "ukulele"?

In the Hawaiian language the word ukulele roughly translates as 'jumping flea', perhaps because of the movement of the player's fingers. Legend attributes it to the nickname of Englishman Edward William Purvis, one of King Kalākaua's officers, because of his small size, fidgety manner, and playing expertise.

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On what show did Heather Locklear make her TV debut in a recurring role?

In 1982, Locklear began a long term association with television producer Aaron Spelling. First, she was cast in a recurring role as Sammy Jo Dean on Spelling's Dynasty. The following year, while still appearing on Dynasty, Locklear took on a starring role as Officer Stacy Sheridan on the police drama T.J. Hooker.

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Originally called pimento, what popular spice was first grown in Jamaica?

Allspice, also known as Jamaica pepper, myrtle pepper, pimenta, or pimento, is the dried unripe berry of Pimenta dioica, a midcanopy tree native to the Greater Antilles, southern Mexico, and Central America, now cultivated in many warm parts of the world.

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Who recorded the song "Everybody Wants to Rule the World"?

"Everybody Wants to Rule the World" is a song by the English pop rock band Tears for Fears from their second studio album Songs from the Big Chair (1985).

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Who wrote the book "Gone with the Wind"?

Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell was an American novelist and journalist. Mitchell wrote only one novel that was published during her lifetime, the American Civil War-era novel Gone with the Wind.

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