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Business, Technology

Is Tesla in trouble?

Tesla's stock price has decreased more than 40% since January. Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla, has lost $121 billion in the last three months.

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Business, Technology

Skype is shutting down

Microsoft announced that Skype, its internet calling and video service, will stop working on May 5th. This service has been around for about 20 years.

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Nature, Other

Drone hits firefighting airplane over LA

A firefighting airplane was damaged when it was hit by a drone near Los Angeles. The plane is a special type called a “Super Scooper”. These planes scoop up water from the ocean to drop on fires.

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Science, Technology

NASA astronauts still stuck in space

Two astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) will have to stay in space longer than planned. Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams went to the ISS in June. They were supposed to be back on Earth after one week.&nbsp

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Sports

Guardiola will stay one more year at Man City

Pep Guardiola has decided to stay with Manchester City for one more year, according to multiple sources. Guardiola's contract was originally planned to end after this season.

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Business, Entertainment

Instagram lowers quality for less popular videos

Instagram has said that it lowers the quality of older and less popular videos. This has made many creators upset. Adam Mosseri, the head of Instagram, said that the platform keeps better quality for more popular videos.

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Business, Travel

Tokyo wants to stop customers harassing workers

Tokyo has introduced Japan's first regulation to protect service industry workers from "kasuhara," which means "customer harassment." The regulation will start in April but will not have any penalties. Experts hope it wi

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Entertainment, Technology

First person ever completes Tetris, game resets

Michael Artiaga has become the first person to make the classic video game Tetris reset to level 0 after beating it. The 16-year-old from the US achieved this during a livestream on Twitch on Sunday. He was playing Ninte

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Politics

Mexico has its first female president

On Tuesday, Claudia Sheinbaum became the first female president of Mexico. This event was an important moment in the country’s history. 

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Business, Nature

California says ExxonMobil lied about plastic recycling

The state of California has filed a lawsuit against ExxonMobil. California says the company misled people about plastic recycling. According to the state, ExxonMobil is the world’s top producer of single-use plastics tha

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