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Having seemingly hit the bottom, the 2009 French champions now at least have something to build on after being bought by US investment fund Park Bench for one euro.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

The current dispute between China and Taiwan dates to a civil war between the nationalist forces of Chiang Kai-shek, who retreated to the island in 1949 after being defeated by Mao Zedong's communist fighters.

From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2026

He caught his flights but said he was worried about being able to get back on Sunday after the Thursday attack.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

Traditionally, residents locate homes and buildings by giving directional descriptors, such as being on the “west side of San Antonio Street, 3 houses south of 12th Avenue.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

I think it was in that moment that I realized that even though I’ve always been okay with being just Lexie, his friend, now I think I want to be Lexie, without the just.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

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

"As human beings, we have this tendency to compare ourselves to others," said Phillippa Diedrichs, professor of psychology at the Centre for Appearance Research, UWE Bristol.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 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

For them, human beings are barely visible to the naked eye.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton