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Under EU rules, this will allow airlines to avoid paying financial compensation to passengers, though they will still be entitled to reimbursement or an alternative flight.
From BBC • May 3, 2026
Now, with support from the Foundational Questions Institute, FQxI, an international group of physicists has taken a closer look at alternative explanations known as quantum collapse models.
From Science Daily • May 3, 2026
The alternative asset manager posted higher income and revenue in its latest quarter and logged record first-quarter fundraising of $30 billion, a 45% jump from the previous year.
From Barron's • May 1, 2026
“If the Strait of Hormuz remains closed, it is hard to see how oil, gas and other important commodities produced in the Middle East could find alternative routes to market,” Kashkari wrote.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
An alternative view is that postmodernists do not want to recognize the existence of ‘reality’.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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