The large-scale protests might have signaled to Beijing that the Hong Kong public was becoming more politically divided and that Tung was losing control.
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Kanis Leung,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Sep. 2026
Like the public writ large, the House of Representatives and the Senate are divided so deeply that Americans don’t have confidence in their ability to make hard choices.
The annual awards, which recognize the most absurd research science can offer, were handed out at a ceremony in Zurich on Thursday.
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Adam Kovac,
Scientific American,
4 Sep. 2026
In addition to a multitude of crafts awards, there are several program categories being handed out from Reality to Variety to Documentary to Game Shows.
Kazan writes the entire series, sharing one co-writing credit with Alexander Chee for Episode 6, while Garth Davis and Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre split directorial duties.
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Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
2 Sep. 2026
The season brings back the franchise’s ‘Cutthroat’ format, splitting 24 competitors into three teams battling for a share of $500,000.
The Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office, which covers an area just outside New Orleans and was allotted the highest amount — nearly $4 million through 2025 — did not respond to more than a dozen calls and emails.
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Aneri Pattani — KFF Health News,
STAT,
27 Aug. 2026
For example, the original plan by the department’s consultant assumed that the park would have access to a sewer main and allotted about $76,000 for a routine sewer connection.
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Jack W. Hill,
Arkansas Online,
15 July 2026
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The thousands of emergency responders had, as of Wednesday morning, doled out medical treatment to at least 4,070 people throughout several districts as of early Wednesday, officials said.
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Kevin Shalvey,
ABC News,
2 Sep. 2026
Before Tuesday's vote, the punishment has been doled out just 28 other times.
The oil major has been assigned two additional oilfields in the Orinoco Belt, the region that contains most of Venezuela's vast reserves of extra-heavy crude oil.
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Spencer Kimball,
CNBC,
2 Sep. 2026
The company said Venezuela assigned its new oil fields to exploit in the country’s Orinoco Belt, a region that produces thick, sludgy, tar-like oil that many US Gulf-area refining facilities are tailor made to refine.
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