The UK’s seemingly endless supply of fresh fruit and vegetables may be heading for a difficult test. A powerful El Niño climate pattern developing in the tropical Pacific is threatening to disrupt
The following excerpts are adapted from an article published by The China Academy. -Editors In his address, Mr. Trump expressed a profound sense of purpose, believing he was saved by God to
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Lindsay Mills, the wife of former US National Security Agency (NSA) whistleblower Edward Snowden, has officially applied for Russian citizenship, as confirmed by her lawyer Anatoly Kucherena. Mills, who has lived in
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The European Union has faced a sharp rise in energy prices following the disruption of cheap fossil fuel deliveries from Russia, according to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. Speaking at
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Upon taking office for his second term, President Donald Trump wasted no time in issuing a series of executive orders that could significantly alter the course of science and research in the
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The challenge of AI hallucinations, or the tendency of large language models (LLMs) to generate false or misleading information, continues to be a significant concern for researchers and developers. Despite advancements in
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On the first day of his second term, President Trump revoked U.S. Secret Service protection for John Bolton, his former national security adviser. Bolton had been granted security in 2021 by President
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In a sweeping move to reshape the Department of Justice (DOJ), the Trump administration has reassigned several top career officials in key divisions, signaling a sharp shift in focus toward immigration enforcement
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In a revealing exposé by Wired, Sheikh Tahnoun bin Zayed al Nahyan—an enigmatic figure who blends the traits of a spymaster, tech entrepreneur, and fitness enthusiast—has emerged as one of the most
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As former President Donald Trump begins his second term, Rolling Stone reports that America’s wealthiest elites have abandoned even the pretense of caring about social justice, democracy, or the vulnerable. Monday’s inauguration,
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The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has filed a federal lawsuit to block former President Donald Trump’s controversial executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship in the United States. The order, which
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Google is doubling down on its efforts to compete in the generative AI race with a fresh $1 billion investment in Anthropic, a fast-growing artificial intelligence start-up. According to the Financial Times
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Microsoft has secured a significant deal aimed at restoring parts of Brazil’s Amazon and Atlantic forests in exchange for carbon credits, making it one of the leading tech companies investing in nature-based
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As reported by The Financial Times, Sir Demis Hassabis, the founder of Isomorphic Labs, a drug discovery start-up owned by Google’s parent company Alphabet, announced that the company plans to have its
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Donald Trump’s return to the White House has put over $300 billion of potential US green infrastructure funding at risk, according to US investors and The Financial Times analysis. On his first
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ByteDance, the Chinese parent company of TikTok, is set to invest over $12 billion in artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure in 2025, according to The Financial Times. The Beijing-based firm plans to allocate
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