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Salima Kitwana, a resident of Dar es Salaam, holds her head in anguish as she speaks about the disappearance of her son Hemedi, a moment that captures the deep uncertainty and pain endured by families still searching for answers. Credit: Kizito Makoye/IPSby Kizito Makoye (dar es salaam, tanzania)Monday, July 13, 2026Inter Press Service DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, July 13 (IPS) – Every evening just before sunset, Salima Kitwana hobbles into her backyard holding a photograph. In the picture, her son Hemedi, wearing a green football jersey, smiles awkwardly into the camera, unaware that his fate would soon be engulfed in one…

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Let’s be clear from the get-go: tokenmaxxing isn’t good because people wasted tokens. It’s good because it forced enterprises to ask a question they’ve been avoiding: what is AI actually costing us?Amazon shut down an internal AI leaderboard after employees started using AI simply to climb rankings. Disney has dashboards tracking usage. Across Silicon Valley, companies are rethinking whether token consumption is a useful measure of AI adoption at all.One Disney employee used Claude 460,000 times in nine days. Top token users at some companies reportedly spent millions. Not on business outcomes. On leaderboard rankings. It highlighted the difference between…

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Women are taking to social media with a bold directive: “Be a bitch or get an autoimmune disease.” The implication is that regular self-sacrifice causes chronic stress, which can do serious harm to the body. “People pleasing is probably the no. 1 cause for women’s autoimmune diseases,” wrote industrial engineer Ronak Pakzad on X.As evidence, social media users have pointed out that 4 out of 5 people with autoimmune diseases are female — a fact that has stumped scientists for decades.[1]The antidote, some women are saying, is to stop worrying about others and put yourself first: Stand-up comedian Pearl Rose,…

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Getting a little less sleep each night may have a bigger impact on your health than you realize. Researchers at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons found that adults who cut their nightly sleep by about 80 minutes for six weeks gained an average of one pound and spent more time being inactive. The findings add to growing evidence that consistently getting enough sleep may play an important role in preventing weight gain and lowering the risk of obesity related diseases. “Our study shows that getting adequate sleep may help reduce the risk of weight gain and obesity-related…

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The National Association of Manufacturers is putting its muscle behind advancing legislation intended to spur the development of waterway infrastructure projects. NAM called on the top lawmakers on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee to get the Water Resources Development Act out of committee and onto the House floor. The WRDA, which comes up for reauthorization every two years and has significant bipartisan support, enables the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to shore up U.S. ports, harbors and inland waterways. NAM’s Christopher Phalen and Kirbie Ferrell made the case for the bill in letters to the committee’s chairman, GOP Rep. Sam…

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California Attorney General Rob Bonta is one of several attorneys general seeking to stop the merger of Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery. Bloomberg via Getty Images/Bloomberg hide caption toggle caption Bloomberg via Getty Images/Bloomberg Stay up to date with our Up First newsletter, sent every weekday morning. A dozen states, led by California, are suing to block Paramount from buying Warner Bros. Discovery in a Hollywood mega-merger that would unite some of the nation’s largest movie studios, television newsrooms, and other entertainment properties. “The unlawful merger of these two entertainment behemoths would lead to higher prices, lower quality, and less content for…

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A Wisconsin female who was renting an Airbnb at a Florida resort purposely drove into and injured a resort security guard after refusing to provide ID earlier this month, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office said.The victim — who works security at the Windsor Island Resort on Aloha Boulevard in Davenport — contacted authorities around 9 p.m. July 4, the sheriff’s office said.’All this woman had to do was show some ID and register her car at the resort where she was staying.’The victim told officials a female driving a gray Chrysler Pacifica was attempting to enter the property when she…

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by Sania Farooqui (bengaluru, india)Monday, July 13, 2026Inter Press Service BENGALURU, India, July 13 (IPS) – For most individuals, the process of peace starts with the signing of a ceasefire or an agreement among politicians. However, those who live in regions experiencing violence understand that peace is made long before politicians meet at the negotiating table. Peace is created among communities by people who work everyday to ensure that no violence takes place, and that disputes are sorted out. Muna Luqman, Yemeni peacebuilding advisor and humanitarian leader.Women have been playing central roles in the process of making peace, but their role…

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