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  • All 20 personnel on a Turkish military cargo plane that crashed in Georgia died

    All 20 personnel on a Turkish military cargo plane that crashed in Georgia died

    ANKARA, Turkey — All 20 personnel on board a military cargo plane that crashed in Georgia were killed, Turkey’s defense minister announced on Wednesday.

    The C-130 plane had taken off from Azerbaijan and was on its way back to Turkey when it…

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  • Booking.com’s David Adamczyk on vibes, AI, and next steps for the connected trip | WiT Studio

    Booking.com’s David Adamczyk on vibes, AI, and next steps for the connected trip | WiT Studio

    Booking.com’s David Adamczyk on vibes, AI, and next steps for the connected trip | WiT Studio

    What happens when you move from building Booking.com’s rides product to leading its core accommodations business? For David…

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  • 2.3 million returnees strain Afghanistan’s recovery: UNDP calls for investments in return areas and lifting restrictions on women’s work – United Nations Development Programme

    1. 2.3 million returnees strain Afghanistan’s recovery: UNDP calls for investments in return areas and lifting restrictions on women’s work  United Nations Development Programme
    2. This Country Bans Women From School – Here’s Why  Travelbinger
    3. On…

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  • A breakthrough in laser cooling: trapping of a stable molecule with deep ultraviolet light

    A breakthrough in laser cooling: trapping of a stable molecule with deep ultraviolet light

    Researchers from the Department of molecular physics at the Fritz Haber Institute have demonstrated the first magneto-optical trap of a stable ‘closed-shell’ molecule: aluminum monofluoride (AlF).  They were able to cool…

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  • Comet C/2025 K1 ATLAS fragmentation: 12 Nov. 2025 image.

    Comet C/2025 K1 ATLAS fragmentation: 12 Nov. 2025 image.

    We imaged comet C/2025 K1 ATLAS again, after its nucleus fragmentation, spotting two main “parts”, while the sunward feature we reported yesterday is now stronger, looking like another piece/cloud.

    Comet C/2025 K1 ATLAS: the…

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  • Davis Cup Final 8 TV & Streaming Schedule – Davis Cup – The World Cup of Tennis – Davis Cup

    Davis Cup Final 8 TV & Streaming Schedule – Davis Cup – The World Cup of Tennis – Davis Cup

    1. Davis Cup Final 8 TV & Streaming Schedule – Davis Cup – The World Cup of Tennis  Davis Cup
    2. Davis Cup Finals Picks, Odds & Preview (Nov 18-23)  offshoresportsbooks.com
    3. TENNIS: Davis Cup Finals 2025 infographic  Graphic News
    4. Davis Cup 2025 Finals…

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  • Tech Mahindra Licenses AT&T’s Network Test and Automation Platform to Enhance Global CSP Network Reliability

    Tech Mahindra Licenses AT&T’s Network Test and Automation Platform to Enhance Global CSP Network Reliability

    Pune – November 11 th , 2025: Tech Mahindra (NSE: TECHM), a leading global provider of
    technology consulting and digital solutions to enterprises across industries, today announced
    a licensing agreement with AT&T for its proprietary Automated Network Testing (ANT) and
    Open Tool platforms. These applications deliver an advanced platform designed to transform
    network testing and certification across Long Term Evolution (LTE), 5G Non-Standalone
    (NSA), and 5G Standalone (SA) domains.

    Tech Mahindra will integrate the ANT and Open Tool into its suite of telecommunications
    solutions, which will empower Communication Service Providers (CSPs) to conduct network
    health checks, connectivity tests, and debugging with unprecedented speed and precision,
    ensuring a robust and reliable network for the customers. The ANT platform provides a user-
    friendly graphical interface, a robust test execution engine, and an automated backend to
    simplify test execution and validation of networks. It acts as an orchestrator, seamlessly
    integrating with multiple external industry traffic generation tools.

    Manish Mangal, President and Head – Americas Communication Business, Tech
    Mahindra
    , said, “Networks have become the invisible lifeline of our digital society, every
    innovation, every human connection, every leap forward depends on them. In an era of
    unprecedented technological change, maintaining network reliability requires testing at
    equally unprecedented speed and scale. Integrating these AT&T applications enables us to
    reimagine network reliability in the AI-native era, providing global telecom operators with a
    highly automated solution for end-to-end network testing and certification.”

    The licensing agreement represents a significant milestone in an ongoing collaboration
    between Tech Mahindra and AT&T, showcasing their shared commitment to innovation in the
    telecommunications sector. A key component of this platform is the Open Tool, a versatile
    data and voice traffic simulation tool developed by AT&T. This tool is crucial for certifying and validating the functionality and connectivity of the mobile packet core network in both lab and
    production environments.

    Kelly Marlar, Vice President and Managing Director of AT&T Intellectual Property, LLC,
    said, “This licensing agreement highlights AT&T’s dedication to innovation and the value of
    our technology development. Licensing relationships like the one with Tech Mahindra
    transform our investments into new growth opportunities for AT&T, our licensees, and the
    industry. By working closely with trusted third parties, AT&T Intellectual Property helps
    accelerate innovation, drive new revenue streams, and bring proven solutions to market
    faster. This agreement is a strong example of how our technology licensing program is open
    for business, and we look forward to collaborating with more companies to deliver value and
    advance the industry together.”

    As part of this agreement, Tech Mahindra will now offer this proven solution to wireless
    providers in global markets where AT&T does not operate. This license aligns with Tech
    Mahindra’s focus on enhancing and scaling customer service for global telecom providers
    with advanced telecommunication technologies. With a strong presence in the telecom
    industry and over 250 customers across 90 countries, Tech Mahindra is a trusted
    transformation partner with leading capabilities in network engineering and simplifying
    customer experience.

    About Tech Mahindra

    Tech Mahindra (NSE: TECHM) offers technology consulting and digital solutions to global enterprises
    across industries, enabling transformative scale at unparalleled speed. With 152,000+ professionals
    across 90+ countries helping 1100+ clients, Tech Mahindra provides a full spectrum of services
    including consulting, information technology, enterprise applications, business process services,
    engineering services, network services, customer experience & design, AI & analytics, and cloud &
    infrastructure services. It is the first Indian company in the world to have been awarded the
    Sustainable Markets Initiative’s Terra Carta Seal, which recognizes global companies that are actively
    leading the charge to create a climate and nature-positive future. Tech Mahindra is part of the
    Mahindra Group, founded in 1945, one of the largest and most admired multinational federation of
    companies. For more information on how TechM can partner with you to meet your Scale at Speed™
    imperatives, please visit https://www.techmahindra.com

    For more information on Tech Mahindra, please contact:

    Abhilasha Gupta, Global Head – Corporate Communications, Tech Mahindra
    Email: [email protected] ; [email protected]

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  • Sandra Vásquez de la Horra: Soy Energía – Announcements

    Sandra Vásquez de la Horra: Soy Energía – Announcements

    “That was the moment, I think, when I really started to understand myself. Armed with a tripod and this camera, I started recording short performances to express what was going through my mind—what it’s like to live in Germany as a woman, as…

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  • ‘Beat the Chinese’: President irked as U.S. race to the moon falters – Genetic Literacy Project

    1. ‘Beat the Chinese’: President irked as U.S. race to the moon falters  Genetic Literacy Project
    2. Blue Origin will “move heaven and Earth” to help NASA reach the Moon faster, CEO says  Ars Technica
    3. Elon Musk’s new simpler Starship aims to land…

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  • Oil and gas demand to rise for 25 years without global change of course, says IEA

    Oil and gas demand to rise for 25 years without global change of course, says IEA

    Global oil and gas demand will rise for the next 25 years if the world does not change course, the International Energy Agency has said, in a new scenario that reflects governments’ fading commitment to climate change.

    Until this year, all of the Paris-based body’s modelling assumed that fossil fuel consumption would peak this decade, a claim that was hotly contested by the oil and gas industry and the White House.

    But in its latest World Energy Outlook, published on Wednesday, the body, whose research helps to shape global energy policies, said if the world continued on its present trajectory, oil and gas demand would continue to rise and there would be no meaningful fall in CO₂ emissions.

    It laid out a scenario taking in countries’ changing stance on climate goals, as well as a growing desire for secure and affordable energy and a slowdown in the growth of electric vehicles.

    “Climate change is declining — and declining rapidly — in the international energy policy agenda,” Fatih Birol, the head of the IEA, told the Financial Times. “And this is happening while 2024 was the hottest year in history.”

    The report, released as leaders gather in Belém, Brazil, for the COP30 climate change summit, states it is now “all but certain that 1.5 degrees of warming will be exceeded within a decade or less, and that pathways that limit this overshoot to low levels have now slipped out of reach”.

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    The IEA said it had not introduced its new scenario in response to pressure from the US, which has strongly criticised the notion of “peak oil” as it attempts to boost its fossil fuel industry and achieve “energy dominance”.

    In July, Chris Wright, the US energy secretary, told Bloomberg that the IEA’s modelling of peak fossil fuels was “total nonsense”, that he was in contact with Birol and that the US would either reform the IEA or withdraw its support. The US contributes 14 per cent of its budget.

    The IEA said there was a “wider range of uncertainty around the outlook” this year, and it had discussed its approach with “all our member governments and they expressed their interest in multiple scenarios”.

    Major oil and gas producers such as the US, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have insisted the world needs all forms of energy, including oil and gas, in order to meet the surging demand for power from artificial intelligence and rising living standards.

    Under the new scenario, called Current Policies, energy and climate change policies that are in force “remain as they are for the next 25 years and no new policies are introduced”, said Birol.

    Traditionally the Current Policies scenario was included in the watchdog’s World Energy Outlooks but it was dropped from 2020 after campaigners said it had understated growth in renewable energy sources. However, the decision drew criticism in the US, where the House committee on energy and commerce pushed for its reintroduction last year.

    “For some people it is very optimistic, for some people it is very pessimistic,” Birol said, adding that the IEA did not assign any probabilities to each of its scenarios. “We just put the scenarios on the table.”

    The Current Policies scenario envisages the share of EVs reaching a plateau of about 40 per cent by 2035, and oil demand growing from 100mn barrels a day in 2024 to 113mn b/d by 2050, underpinned by the aviation, trucking and petrochemical industries.

    Under the IEA’s Stated Policies scenario, which reflects energy and climate policies that have been proposed, if not yet put into law, oil demand peaks at 102mn b/d by 2030 with half of all vehicles sold in 2035 being electric.

    Both scenarios also assume strong growth in gas, but that the use of coal peaks this decade before declining.

    At the heart of all of the IEA’s projections is a huge growth in electricity demand, which rises roughly 40 per cent by 2035 in both the Current Policies and Stated Policies scenarios and 50 per cent in a more ambitious Net Zero scenario.

    By 2035, 80 per cent of energy consumption growth would come in regions that were well suited to solar power, it said.

    The IEA said this demand growth was driven by the increasing penetration of white goods and air conditioners, as well as advanced manufacturing and data centres.

    While investment in data centres was concentrated in advanced nations, the energy sector would be increasingly shaped by emerging economies led by India and south-east Asia and including the Middle East, Latin America and Africa, it added.

    Representatives of the renewable energy industry noted all of the scenarios the IEA suggested show continuing huge growth in clean energy.

    “Nearly all new electricity demand — driven by manufacturing growth, AI, cooling needs, and the shift to electric cars — will be supplied by renewable energy,” said Bruce Douglas, chief executive of the Global Renewables Alliance. 

    Data visualisation by Ella Hollowood in London

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