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1. Here Active Listening ($199)
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2. BirkSun Boost Solar Pack ($100)
This waterproof backpack has a built-in solar panel that can generate enough juice to give your phone a 10 percent charge for every 20 minutes in the sun. So no more waiting in line at a festival charging station. Buy it at BirkSun.
3. Big Agnes Rattlesnake SL2 mtnGLO Tent ($350)
This "versatile" three-season tent ($350) has LED lights integrated into an overhead seam, making a lantern unnecessary and your sleeping spot easier to find in a crowd of similar shelters. Buy it at Amazon.
4. Elizabeth & Clarke Unstainable Shirt ($35)
Festival fashion is one thing; this plain white tee is made for fans who want to pack light. Because the shirt's been specially treated, water- and oil-based liquids "roll right off." Pre-order it at Unstainable.
5. Grayl Ultralight ($60)
Don't bother with throwaway bottles, because, as Outside said, "even the sketchiest tap water" can be purified in just 15 seconds with Grayl's newest product. Buy it at Grayl.
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Why quitting your job is so difficult in JapanUnder the Radar Reluctance to change job and rise of ‘proxy quitters’ is a reaction to Japan’s ‘rigid’ labour market – but there are signs of change
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Gavin Newsom and Dr. Oz feud over fraud allegationsIn the Spotlight Newsom called Oz’s behavior ‘baseless and racist’
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‘Admin night’: the TikTok trend turning paperwork into a partyThe Explainer Grab your friends and make a night of tackling the most boring tasks
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Israel retrieves final hostage’s body from GazaSpeed Read The 24-year-old police officer was killed during the initial Hamas attack
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China’s Xi targets top general in growing purgeSpeed Read Zhang Youxia is being investigated over ‘grave violations’ of the law
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Panama and Canada are negotiating over a crucial copper mineIn the Spotlight Panama is set to make a final decision on the mine this summer
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Why Greenland’s natural resources are nearly impossible to mineThe Explainer The country’s natural landscape makes the task extremely difficult
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Iran cuts internet as protests escalateSpeed Reada Government buildings across the country have been set on fire
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US nabs ‘shadow’ tanker claimed by RussiaSpeed Read The ship was one of two vessels seized by the US military
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How Bulgaria’s government fell amid mass protestsThe Explainer The country’s prime minister resigned as part of the fallout
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Femicide: Italy’s newest crimeThe Explainer Landmark law to criminalise murder of a woman as an ‘act of hatred’ or ‘subjugation’ but critics say Italy is still deeply patriarchal
