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Adam Posen, president of the Peterson Institute for International Economics, said the bursting of the dot-com bubble didn’t spill over and damage the financial system and the economy.

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Littler won the youth title in 2023 aged 16, a few weeks before he burst into the spotlight by finishing runner-up at the 2024 World Championship.

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There is also an opportunity to start teenage sensation Agyemang, who burst on to the scene at Euro 2025 with crucial goals off the bench.

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In the long run, the winner will be human “wetware,” which thrived before the fossil-fuel bubble and will do so long after it bursts.

The duo stared up in the sky as dozens of lilac balloons burst into the sky.

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