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Daily Edition:
Deal in the Desert
Good morning, Core crew!
I’m running late today (blame my overly ambitious alarm-clock optimism), but thankfully, the world awaited me.
While everyone else is still unpacking Trump’s Saudi adventure or puzzling over Biden’s future, we’ve already jumped to the next chapters—because here at The Core, we’re always a step (or five) ahead.
Coffee poured, inbox open, and your daily dose of clarity is right here.
Let’s dive in!
Fatih Taskiran
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Middle East
Silicon Sheikhs
U.S.
The Biden Mirage
Science
Big Bang Theory 2.0
Beyond the Core
Nutella's New Flavor
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U.S.
The Biden Mirage
There have always been whispers about Joe Biden's age, but a new book by Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson has turned them into shouts. Original Sin shows startling details: Biden's closest aides debated wheelchair use during re-election, meticulously stage-managed his appearances, and downplayed signs of cognitive deterioration.
 In months of elaborate choreography designed to project strength, Biden's team misidentified George Clooney at a fundraiser and delivered disastrous debate performances. While critics say this secrecy robbed voters of transparency, supporters say age doesn't mean incapacity. The revelations raise tough questions—not just about Biden, but about how far parties go to protect power.
In Context: In the 119th Congress, there are fewer Boomers and more Gen Xers.
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Science
Cosmic Detectives
While the world obsesses over AI and chatbots, two teams of scientists—one buried beneath South Dakota, the other nestled in a gleaming Japanese cavern—are locked in a fierce but little-known race to uncover why our universe didn’t simply self-destruct at birth. Both groups are building huge detectors to study neutrinos, which might explain why matter (that's us!) edged out antimatter.
 The American-led DUNE project involves 1,400 researchers firing neutrinos 800 miles underground, while Japan’s Hyper-K lab plans to beat them to the punch, boasting bigger, flashier detectors. It's not your average science rivalry: whoever crosses the cosmic finish line first could rewrite humanity's origin story—and maybe even win a Nobel.
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Together with Watch Word
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If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased.
— Katharine Hepburn
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💬 Beyond the Core
Bag-gage
Here's how the millennials, boomers, and Gen Xers travel.
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Nutel-all
Nutella is making a new flavor for Americans after 61 years. I'd have thought they could do better.
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Knock, Knock
The study found that 44% of Americans trust all or most of their neighbors.
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📸 Lens to Life
Here are pictures of Indonesia's 'Silvermen' begging for survival.
🗓️ Flashback
1787
Delegates gather in Philadelphia to draw up the Constitution of the United States.
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1796
English country doctor Edward Jenner administers his revolutionary cowpox-based vaccine for smallpox in Berkeley, Gloucestershire.
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1804
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark's expedition, commissioned by Thomas Jefferson, set out from St. Louis for the Pacific Coast.
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1853
Land surveyor, newspaper publisher, and inventor Gail Borden patents his process for condensed milk.
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1948
David Ben-Gurion declared Israel independent from the British administration, and Golda Meir was one of the signatories.
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1955
The Soviet Union, Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, and Romania signed the Warsaw Pact.
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1998
Seinfeld's final two-part episode, "The Finale," airs on NBC-TV to 76.3 million viewers. The 30-second commercials cost $2 million.
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2024
At its annual conference, Google announces generative AI features, forcing users to view incorrect AI Overviews.
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Fatih Taskiran
I'm glad we could get together here. Looking forward to seeing you tomorrow!
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