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• What is an FM Coil? A Beginner’s Guide to Understanding Its Function

  30-04-2025 17:14 via article.wn.com
  What is an FM Coil? Definition and Basic Function An FM coil, also known as a frequency modulation coil, is an essential electronic component used in various devices to manage and control electromagnetic signals. At its core, an FM coil is a type of inductor that stores energy in a magnetic field when electrical current passes through it. This stored energy is then used to filter, tune, or stabilize signals in circuits, particularly those involving radio frequencies. FM coils are specifically de
  
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• Ukraine-Russia war latest: Kyiv strikes Russian tanker in Mediterranean in ‘unprecedented’ attack

  19-12-2025 15:51 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘It’s daylight robbery,’ the Russian leader hit out
  
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• Shein ordered to make changes or face fines amid sex doll controversy

  19-12-2025 15:48 via independent.co.uk
  
  A consumer watchdog discovered banned weapons and sex dolls resembling children on its marketplace
  
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• Hakeem Jeffries goes scorched earth on Trump admin over Kennedy Center move

  19-12-2025 15:36 via independent.co.uk
  
  House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries tore into the Trump Administration over their plan to rename the Kennedy Center.
  
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• Erika Kirk formally endorses JD Vance for 2028, 3 years ahead of presidential election

  19-12-2025 15:28 via independent.co.uk
  
  Her endorsement comes during a period of MAGA infighting over her husband’s death and legacy.
  
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• Putin says Russia deceived repeatedly on NATO's eastward expansion

  19-12-2025 15:13 via article.wn.com
  MOSCOW, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) -- Russia has been deceived several times by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO's)...
  
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• Huawei, Safaricom launch low-cost internet service in Kenya

  19-12-2025 15:13 via article.wn.com
  NAIROBI, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) -- Chinese tech giant Huawei, in partnership with Kenya's mobile service provider Safaricom, on Friday launched a program to provide low-cost internet service for...
  
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• Watch: Burj Khalifa Hit By Lightning In Stunning Clip Posted By Dubai Crown Prince

  19-12-2025 15:11 via article.wn.com
  In an electrifying sight, lightning hits the Burj Khalifa during severe UAE weather, as the National Centre of Meteorology issues storm warnings. ......
  
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• Vladimir Putin Terms EU's Attempts To Seize Russian Assets As 'Robbery'

  19-12-2025 15:11 via article.wn.com
  European Union leaders will raise 90 billion euros in joint debt to fund Ukraine for the next two years after they failed in their plan to issue a reparations loan. ......
  
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• US Embassy Issues Security Alert Ahead Of Sharif Osman Hadi’s Funeral In Dhaka

  19-12-2025 15:11 via article.wn.com
  In a precautionary advisory, the US Embassy urged citizens in Dhaka to exercise caution as large gatherings are expected during Sharif Osman Hadi’s funeral. ......
  
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• Trump administration suspends US green card lottery

  19-12-2025 15:11 via article.wn.com
  US homeland security chief Kristi Noem has suspended a green card lottery, saying it was used by the suspect in a mass shooting at Brown University. Claudio Neves Valente, a 48-year-old Portuguese national, is accused of bursting into...
  
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• Suspected gunman in Brown University shooting found dead, official says

  19-12-2025 15:11 via article.wn.com
  By CJ Gunther, Nate Raymond, Jana Winter and Brad Brooks, Reuters The suspect in the mass shooting at Brown University last weekend is dead, a US attorney says, as authorities investigate whether the same person killed a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor two days after the rampage at Brown. Two other federal officials also confirmed the suspected Brown shooter was dead. It is believed that his body was discovered in a storage unit in Salem, New Hampshire, about 20...
  
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• Seven men arrested in Sydney have ideological links to Bondi gunmen, police say

  19-12-2025 15:11 via article.wn.com
  A senior NSW police officer says investigators believe a group of men arrested in Sydney's south-west have "extremist Islamic ideology" and may have been en-route to Bondi. Heavily armed officers arrested seven men in Liverpool on Thursday. Police said...
  
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• Seven men arrested after operation in Sydney's Liverpool released, NSW Police say

  19-12-2025 15:11 via article.wn.com
  All seven men arrested in Sydney's south-west on Thursday have now been released, NSW Police say. It comes as Intelligence sources confirmed one of the men arrested in the dramatic vehicle interception in Sydney's south-west was under investigation by the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO). The men were arrested after tactical police rammed a car in Liverpool on Thursday, in what is being characterised as a precautionary measure following the Bondi terror attack that claimed 15
  
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• No-confidence motion against Vanuatu PM defeated

  19-12-2025 15:11 via article.wn.com
  A motion of no confidence against the Vanuatu Prime Minister Jotham Napat has been defeated. The motion was voted down by 36 votes against and 12 votes in favour. MPs...
  
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• Netball Australia unveils new competition for Pacific Island-based players

  19-12-2025 15:11 via article.wn.com
  Pacific Islands netball playing nations believe the new PacificAus Sports Netball Challenge is the right step towards helping strengthen regional netball. Netball Australia, in partnership with the Australian government through PacificAus Sports, has confirmed the first-ever Pacfic Challenge tournament, to take place in Brisbane in November 2026. The tournament will be the first national competition designed exclusively for Pacific-based netball players. Netball Australia said that unlike previo
  
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• Man resembling Bondi gunman Naveed Akram caught on Philippines CCTV in mid-November

  19-12-2025 15:11 via article.wn.com
  Exclusive by ABC correspondent Tim Swanston and Haidarr Jones in Davao, Philippines A man resembling suspected Bondi gunman Naveed Akram has been captured on CCTV in Davao in mid-November, as authorities continue to investigate the movements of him and his father, Sajid Akram, in the lead-up to the attack. In a video obtained exclusively by the ABC, a man resembling the 24-year-old is seen walking down a Davao street on 11 November, just before 5am, local time. The CCTV was filmed near a hotel w
  
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• French President Macron calls New Caledonia's politicians back to the table

  19-12-2025 15:11 via article.wn.com
  French President Emmanuel Macron has called New Caledonia's politicians back to the negotiating table in Paris on 16 January 2026. The Presidential invite also implies that a de facto popular referendum, scheduled to take place on 15 March next year, is now cancelled. The "anticipated consultation" was designed, according to French Minister for Overseas Naïma Moutchou, to "give (New Caledonia's) people their voice back" in the process initiated in July 2025, in the form of a text since dubb
  
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• 'Blatant propaganda': Fiji lawyers, civil society push back against proposed National Referendum Bill

  19-12-2025 15:11 via article.wn.com
  Fijian lawyers and civil society are pushing back on a bill that would create the country's first-ever legal framework for a referendum. The was tabled at the final sitting of the Fijian parliament for year on 4 December. The bill sets out how a constitutional amendment would work, after the government managed to ease provisions that made Fiji's 2013 Constitution almost impossible to change. At the beginning of the year, any amendment required a three-quarters majority vote in referendum: not ju
  
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• Australian PM Anthony Albanese announces national gun buyback after Bondi Beach attack

  19-12-2025 15:11 via article.wn.com
  By Brianna Morris-Grant, Ahmed Yussuf and Luke Cooper for ABC A new national gun buyback scheme has been announced after the deadly Bondi terror attack. The scheme, unveiled by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Friday, will be similar to the policy brought by the former Howard government in response to the 1996 Port Arthur massacre. Accelerating the launch of a national firearms register, limiting the number of guns a single person can own, making Australian citizenship a condition of holding a
  
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• At least 9 injured in Taipei smoke grenade, knife attack

  19-12-2025 15:11 via article.wn.com
  Suspect was very likely to have jumped from a building fearing arrest, the mayor said ......
  
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• Verdict looms for Malaysia’s Najibin mega 1MDB corruption trial

  19-12-2025 15:09 via article.wn.com
  KUALA LUMPUR – Jailed...
  
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• Trump shifts top mission to Moon

  19-12-2025 15:09 via article.wn.com
  WASHINGTON, DC – US...
  
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• Winter solstice on Dec. 21 marks shortest day of the year

  19-12-2025 15:08 via article.wn.com
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• Wife plotted with secret lover to murder her husband in terrifying caravan attack

  19-12-2025 15:08 via article.wn.com
  Michelle Mills, 46, conspired with her lover Geraint Berry, 47, to kill her husband Christopher Mills so they could start a new life together ......
  
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• Prince Harry and Meghan Markle reveal surprise rebrand in rare joint statement

  19-12-2025 15:08 via article.wn.com
  The Duke and Duchess of Sussex confirmed their Archewell Foundation will be renamed Archewell Philanthropies five years after it was founded ......
  
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• Iran Seen Working on Nuclear Site Hit by US

  19-12-2025 15:08 via article.wn.com
  New satellite...
  
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• Suspect in deadly Brown University shooting, MIT professor killing found dead

  19-12-2025 15:06 via article.wn.com
  Officials have found the dead body of the suspected shooter in a...
  
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• Putin says could pause long-range strikes on ballot day if Ukraine holds election

  19-12-2025 15:02 via article.wn.com
  Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday he could order his forces...
  
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• Fragmentation Costs Tokenized Assets Up to $1.3B Annually, Report Finds

  19-12-2025 15:02 via article.wn.com
  TL;DR Fragmentation across blockchains is already draining between $600 million and $1.3 billion per year due to price divergences, operational frictions, and immobilized capital. Each blockchain operates as a silo where liquidity gets trapped, arbitrage fails to correct 1% to 3% spreads, and moving assets costs more than the price difference itself. RWA.io projects a $16 trillion to $30 trillion market by 2030; maintaining current frictions implies annual losses of up to $75 billion. Fragmentat
  
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