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Amazon Acquires Healthcare Provider Network in $8.5 Billion DealThe acquisition of MedFirst Health gives Amazon a physical primary-care footprint of 3,200 clinics across 28 US states, deepening its healthcare ambitions.
Tate Modern's Most Visited Exhibition Ever Opens to Queues Around the Block
A retrospective of Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama sold out its first six weeks within hours of tickets…
Silicon Valley's Hottest Startup Raises $1.2 Billion for Nuclear Fusion
Helion Energy's Series F round, led by a consortium of sovereign wealth funds, will fund a demonstra…
Arctic Sea Ice Reaches Record Low for Third Consecutive Summer
Satellite measurements confirm this year's minimum extent is 23% below the 1981–2010 average, with i…
Loneliness Declared a Public Health Emergency in the United States
The Surgeon General's landmark report links chronic loneliness to risks equivalent to smoking 15 cig…
Cyber Attack Disrupts Power Grid Across Three European Nations
A sophisticated intrusion targeting SCADA systems knocked out electricity to 2.3 million households …
7.8 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Northern Japan, Tsunami Warning Issued
Authorities have evacuated 340,000 coastal residents as waves of up to four metres are forecast to r…
G20 Summit Ends With Historic Climate Finance Commitment
Leaders agreed to triple climate finance to $300 billion annually by 2035, but developing nations sa…
Opinion: We Built the Attention Economy. Now We Must Dismantle It.
The former CTO of a major social platform argues that the advertising model that funds the internet …
The Booker Prize Shortlist Announced — Six Novels That Redefine the Form
This year's list spans three continents, four debut novelists, and an extraordinary range of narrati…