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Middle Kingdom retaliates against White House's 'instrument and weapon to bully and coerce'

World War Fee  China is upping tariffs on US imports to 125 percent, branding the Trump administration's tax policies a "joke."…

Somewhere in Montana sits the only coal-fired power plant in America that hasn't installed modern pollution controls to limit particulate matter, according to the Environmental Protecction Agency. Mining.com notes that it has the highest emission rate of fine particulate matter out of any U.S. coal-burning power plant. When inhaled, the finest particles are able to penetrate deep into the lungs and even potentially the bloodstream, exacerbating heart and lung disease, causing asthma attacks and even sometimes leading to premature death. Yet America's dirtiest coal-fired power plant — and dozens of others — "are being exempted from stringent air pollution mandates," reports Bloomberg, "as part of US. President Donald Trump's bid to revitalize the industry: Talen Energy Corp.'s Colstrip in Montana is among 47 plants receiving two-year waivers from rules to control mercury and other pollutants as part of a White House effort to ease regulation on coal-fired sites, according to a list seen by Bloomberg News. The exemptions were among a slew of actions announced by the White House Tuesday to expand the mining and use of coal. The Trump administration has argued coal is a vital part of the mix to ensure sufficient energy supply to meet booming demand for AI data centers. The carve-out, which begins in July 2027, lasts until July 2029, according to the proclamation. In an email to Bloomberg, a White House spokesperson said the move meant that America "will produce beautiful, clean coal" while addressing "necessary electrical demand from emerging technologies such as AI."

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It's got a lovely mixture of built-up residential areas and beautiful greenery

Kristin Cavallari has kept her kids Camden, 12, Jaxon, 10, and Saylor, 9, out of the spotlight and off her social media. Until now that is.

Owen Cooper, the 15-year-old star of Netflix school murder drama Adolescence, today sensationally became the favourite to win an historic Emmy Award for his performance.

It was a huge project and had to be carefully lifted into place

Witnesses reported seeing the vehicle, which appears to be a dark coloured Volkswagen,  'start smoking' at Gatwick Airport earlier this afternoon, April 13.

The Celebrity Big Brother housemates were seen just moments after Mickey Rourke was removed from the show in now-deleted live stream.

Hallucinated package names fuel 'slopsquatting'

The rise of LLM-powered code generation tools is reshaping how developers write software - and introducing new risks to the software supply chain in the process.…

Plus a fresh version ... nine years after its last

After five years, the extremely experimental GoboLinux project is springing back to life with a new maintainer and a new release.…

As millions of Brits battle runny noses, croaky coughs and watery eyes, it may be easy to chug an antihistamine, but the nation is also known for a series of common viruses this time of year.

Linux Mint Debian Edition 7 "will come with full support for OEM installations," according to their monthly newsletter, so Linux Mint "can be pre-installed on computers which are sold throughout the World. It's a very important feature and it's one of the very few remaining things which wasn't supported by Linux Mint Debian Edition." Slashdot reader BrianFagioli speculates that "this could be a sign of something much bigger." OEM installs are typically reserved for operating systems meant to ship on hardware. It's how companies preload Linux on laptops without setting a username, password, or timezone... Mint has supported this for years — but only in its Ubuntu-based version. So why is this feature suddenly coming to Linux Mint Debian Edition, which the team has repeatedly described as a contingency? In other words, if the Debian variant is merely a plan B, why make it ready for OEMs? Their blog post goes on to speculate about possible explanations (like the hypothetical possibility of dissatisfaction with Snap packages or Canonical's decisions around telemetry and packaging). Slashdot reached out to Linux Mint project leader Clement Lefebvre, who responded cheerfully that "I know people love to speculate on this. There's no hidden agenda on our side though. "Improving LMDE is a continuous effort. It's something we do regularly." "Any LMDE improvement facilitates a future potential transition to Debian, of course. But there are other reasons to implement OEM support. "We depend on Ubiquity in Linux Mint. We have a much simpler installer, with no dependencies, no technical debt and with a design we're in control of in LMDE. Porting LMDE's live-installer to Linux Mint is something we're looking into. Implementing OEM support in live-installer kills two birds with one stone. It improves LMDE and opens the door to switching away from Ubiquity in Linux Mint."

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The 60-year-old philanthropist separated from the Microsoft founder in May 2021 after 27 years of marriage and having three children together, receiving an estimated settlement of $12.5 billion.

Police have found a body in their hunt for schoolgirl Kaliyah Coa who fell into the Thames two weeks ago.

Meghan Markle dropped the first episode of Confessions of a Female Founder on Tuesday, which sees her chat with women who launched their own businesses and brands.

Fans were delighted to catch a glimpse of a familiar face from classic cinema in Los Angeles recently, as the elusive actor from Jaws and Halloween II made a rare public appearance.

The Hollywood actor, 72, who was kicked out of the Celebrity Big Brother house on Saturday night has been pictured in a series of different hair styles over the years.

The Employment Rights Bill could make employers liable if they do not take 'all reasonable steps' to prevent their staff from harassment

Shocking footage emerging from the holiday hotspot showed rioters storming the streets just after midnight as the rowdy mobs came head-to-head with cops.

Transgender people will be made to present Gender Recognition Certificates and organisations are compelled to define the difference between sex and gender under the proposed changes.