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“A great opportunity to create something fresh and unique”: BLAST sheds light on its Bounty format eSports

“A great opportunity to create something fresh and unique”: BLAST sheds light on its Bounty format

Image credit: Adam Lakomy, BLAST Tournament formats in Counter-Strike esports rarely change, with several event organisers often opting for a Swiss Stage followed by a Playoff to determine the eventual champion. However, in January 2025, BLAST tweaked the system slightly, launching its Bounty event that saw the world’s best teams…
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January 12, 2026
Satellite sees 40-year-old iceberg melt, turn blue | Space photo of the day for January 12, 2025 Chernobyl

Satellite sees 40-year-old iceberg melt, turn blue | Space photo of the day for January 12, 2025

Could this be the end of the line for this 40-year-old iceberg? (Image credit: NASA Earth Observatory image by Michala Garrison, using MODIS data from NASA EOSDIS LANCE and GIBS/Worldview.) A colossal Antarctic iceberg that first broke free in the 1980s is now soaking up the summer warmth, and from…
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January 12, 2026
EU-India trade deal possible by end of January, says Germany’s Chancellor Merz Protectionism

EU-India trade deal possible by end of January, says Germany’s Chancellor Merz

Friedrich Merz, Germany's chancellor, during a joint press statement with Narendra Modi, India's prime minister, not pictured, in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, on Monday, Jan. 12, 2026. | Photo Credit: Bloomberg German Chancellor Friedrich Merz floated the possibility that the European Union and India could sign a free ‍trade agreement as…
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January 12, 2026
European Commissioner Says U.S. Military Takeover of Greenland Would Be End of NATO Greenland

European Commissioner Says U.S. Military Takeover of Greenland Would Be End of NATO

Reuters FILE PHOTO: Members of the Danish armed forces practice looking for potential threats during a military drill as Danish, Swedish and Norwegian home guard units together with Danish, German and French troops take part in joint military drills in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, September 17, 2025. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane/File Photo By Johan…
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January 12, 2026