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“Inside, there’s a feeling of being weighed down by society,” Cheng said, “a sense of resignation.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
Under the government's plan magistrates will have the power to jail for up to two years - the aim being to keep more cases out of Crown Court, to help clear backlogs.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
“Dating and being in a relationship is an emotional matter, but getting married and having kids is a financial one,” said Zhang, who is from Jiangsu province north of Shanghai.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
In his view, Nvidia, AMD and other chip stocks were being dragged down Monday by ongoing concerns about the sustainability of the AI trade and the financial position of OpenAI.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026
"You make me very proud. You are capable of being a good governor, not of one but of many islands."
From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios
"We always have the possibility that there's going to be a mistake made when human beings are involved in executions," said Robin Maher, the executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
The answer, in the end, was by breaking his lifelong conditioning, contradicting one of the main qualifications of heroic worthiness established by a council of powerful beings most people aren’t even aware exists.
From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026
"Why is it that human beings don't have the right to challenge these things?"
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
Since the 1980s, psychologist and MIT professor Sherry Turkle has been warning that modern technology is scrambling our ability to live in the real world and feel empathy for fellow human beings.
From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2026
You always lent a hand to other human beings.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
