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  • Corpus Portuguese Langauge / Corpus do português This website allows you to quickly and easily search more than 45 million words in almost 57,000 Portuguese texts. Este site permite que você rapidamente e facilmente buscar para mais do que 45 milhões de palavras em quase 57.000 textos do portugueses.
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• NY Times – Business

  • Martial Law Didn’t Silence South Korea’s Media. It Empowered Them.
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  • BlackRock Acquires HPS, a Major Lender of Private Credit
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  • Is Kristi Noem ready to run FEMA? South Dakota flood victims doubt it.
  • Most Americans oppose medical gender transition care for children
  • A lower court allowed Tennessee’s ban to take effect for now
  • How the 2020 ‘Bostock’ ruling may apply to the Tennessee case

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  • ‘I don’t feel free yet’: Woman testifies in trial alleging detectives framed her in ‘01 killing
  • Hamas, Fatah near agreement on who will oversee postwar Gaza
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  • Former state senator tapped for seat on Nevada Board of Regents
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  • President-elect Donald Trump’s lawyers urge judge to toss his hush money conviction
  • County OK’s reduced payment for Formula One trackside ads
  • CCSD Trustee Lola Brooks resigns prior to end of her term
  • Woman driving drunk who killed bride still in wedding dress sentenced to prison

• BBC World News

  • BBC Verify tracks week of rebel advances in Syria
  • Diddy accused of dangling woman from high balcony in new case
  • Why did South Korea's president declare martial law - and what now?
  • Georgians risk serious injury and jail in fresh pro-EU protests
  • 'Deeply disturbed': South Koreans react to President Yoon's martial law order
  • Telegram U-turns and joins child safety scheme
  • The awkward parallels between the Biden and Trump convictions

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  • Trump may replace Hegseth with DeSantis: WSJ
  • Ohio Democrat says he would also join Congressional DOGE caucus
  • Rahm Emanuel: ‘Trump is going to turn the Oval Office into eBay’
  • Man living in California accused of exporting guns, ammunition to North Korea
  • Judge in Hunter Biden tax case rebukes president’s claims of unfair treatment
  • Jeffries presses Biden to issue more pardons before leaving office
  • Moskowitz on joining DOGE Caucus: 'We got to go to where the conversations are happening'

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• Julia Bloggers

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  • A Fresh Approach to Lithium-Ion Battery Simulation: Insights from JuliaCon 2024
  • Julia’s package registration tooling
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  • Calibration of HVAC, Battery Systems: Latest Trends and News | JuliaHub
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• The New Republic

  • Elon Musk’s Real Plan Is Starting to Appear
  • Eric Adams Really, Really Wants Trump to Pardon Him
  • Kash Patel’s Bonkers Enemies List Doesn’t Just Target Democrats
  • Hypocrite Mitch McConnell Complains That Democrats Are Too Partisan
  • Shocking Exit Poll Reveals Why Trump Beat Harris
  • Stunning Memo Exposes Which SCOTUS Justices Want to Keep Being Crooks
  • Angela Merkel Slams Trump’s “Fascination” with Dictators Like Putin
  • Surprise: Trump’s Latest Appointment Has Conflicts of Interest
  • Meet the Democrat Helping Elon Musk Gut the Federal Government
  • Team Trump Won’t Rule Out This Drastic Move Despite Massive Legal Wins

• Economia & Negócios

  • Os 89 anos do poeta Paulo Bomfim
  • São Paulo mantém, mas não preserva a lenda do DC-3
  • Os 50 anos do TUCA -- Teatro da Pontifícia Universidade Católica
  • Os 20 anos do Windows 95 e o museu brasileiro do computador
  • Estados Unidos reabrem embaixada com festa e desconfiança mútua
  • Funcionário vai auxiliar deficientes em supermercados
  • Constellation: Um passeio aéreo e musical pelas ondas do Rádio
  • Quem souber pode me ajudar a explicar o Brasil
  • Da maioridade de Dom Pedro II aos dias atuais, o Brasil sempre foi um país de "pedaladas"
  • O Rádio segue vivo e com ouvintes fiéis, confirma o IBOPE.

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