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Month: December 2025

India’s push for battery recycling promises jobs, clean energy and mineral security

By SIBI ARASU Associated Press BENGALURU, India (AP) — Across India, battery recycling faces a mixture of challenges and opportunity as it plays an important role in the country’s shift to clean power. A fledgling system has taken off in the past decade for recovering materials from the batteries used in electric vehicles, smartphones and

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Passengers walk past an information board showing delayed flights at Gimpo airport in Seoul on November 13

This college entrance exam was so hard an official had to resign. Could you ace these questions?

By Jessie Yeung, Gawon Bae, CNN (CNN) — Imagine this: You’re a South Korean teenager taking a notoriously grueling 8-hour college entrance exam. You’ve been prepping for this for months, perhaps years. You reach the English portion, and you see this: If you thought that was difficult, how about this? These were among the questions

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Mamdani appointee resigns after her decade-old antisemitic social media posts resurface

NEW YORK (AP) — One of New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani ’s appointees has resigned over social media posts she made more than a decade ago that featured antisemitic tropes, Mamdani’s office said Thursday. In a statement, Catherine Almonte Da Costa, who was tapped this week to join the incoming administration, said she expressed

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Tennessee governor pardons country star Jelly Roll, who has sought redemption from criminal past

By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee’s governor pardoned country star Jelly Roll on Thursday for his criminal past in the state, acknowledging the Nashville native’s long road back from drugs and prison through soul-searching, songwriting and advocacy for second chances. The rapper-turned-singer whose legal name is Jason Deford has spoken for

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