Consumers are spending more time with media than ever before—13 hours per day, according to McKinsey—yet attention is increasingly fragmented across platforms, creators and even multiple screens.
However, the longer-term consequences could be more profound and bifurcated, a Reuters columnist argued, with governments increasing their support for electrification and renewables, as well as ramping up purchases of coal to reduce reliance on Middle East transit routes.
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Prashant Rao,
semafor.com,
17 June 2026
In this scenario, a member's economic interest and other interests (voting rights and the like) would be carefully bifurcated, with the economic interest being transferrable and the other interests being non-transferrable.
Mysterio tripped Page onto the second rope, but Page cut off Rey Mysterio with a big boot as Rey attempted a 619.
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Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
Soon after then-President Nicolás Maduro was captured by the US in January, Venezuela ended Cuba’s long-standing medical mission in the country, cutting off a key resource in underserved communities.
The car had to be redesigned to accommodate the new structure, which is dominated by large glass panels and bisected by a central strip that runs from the windshield to the rear of the car.
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Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
26 June 2026
Wind Creek Chicago Southland Casino, Hotel and Spa is located adjacent to the mammoth Thornton Quarry, a south suburban landmark bisected by Interstate 294.
In 1865, more than eight decades after Elizabeth Freeman defeated slavery in Massachusetts, the practice was finally abolished throughout the United States, though only after a civil war that cleaved the young nation and cost more than 600,000 lives.
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New York Times,
New York Times,
22 June 2026
For years, Seattle’s waterfront was isolated and written off as a tourist trap thanks to a double-decker highway that cleaved it from the rest of the city.
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Allecia Vermillion,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
26 May 2026
Guests can also rent Freedom Flyer cruiser bikes to pedal around the property and to nearby shops like Brewster Book Store, The Brewster Store, and Pelo Mar boutique.
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Beth Luberecki,
USA Today,
23 June 2026
For Mosta, the bet is that owning the dollar moving through the system beats renting someone else's.
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