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Middle East crisis live: Trump says Iran being ‘decimated’ as Gulf states hit with wave of strikes – The Guardian
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Explosion reported outside US embassy in Oslo, police say
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Bigger and bigger data centers are leading to proposals for massive electric power transmission lines, sometimes across hundreds of miles.