Tucked into a Sept. 10, 1998, intelligence report sent to President Bill Clinton’s White House was a warning that, more than a quarter-century later, reads with striking prescience. A CIA analyst wrote
Russia is falling sharply behind its global rivals in the race to develop artificial intelligence, weighed down by political suspicion of digital technologies, heavy-handed state control and the economic fallout of war.
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Britain is preparing to introduce landmark legislation that would allow the government to ban Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, marking a significant escalation in its response to Tehran’s violent suppression of anti-government
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In the midst of the Cold War’s early years, Soviet scientists quietly explored an engineering idea so vast it bordered on science fiction: sealing off the Bering Strait with a colossal dam
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As protests and unrest flared in Minneapolis following the second reported death involving federal agents, a parallel controversy emerged over the digital tools powering US immigration enforcement. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has
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Hundreds of fighters from Iraq’s powerful Kata’ib Hezbollah militia have reportedly volunteered for so-called “martyrdom operations” in the event of a direct war between the United States and Iran, signaling a sharp
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Kobani, the Syrian town that became a symbol of Kurdish resistance and the turning point in the fight against ISIS, is once again under siege — this time from the Syrian government,
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Chinese hackers allegedly targeted the mobile phones of senior officials in the UK government over a three-year period, according to a report in the Daily Telegraph. The newspaper claims the spying operation,
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Germany is quietly preparing for the possibility of a full-scale war with Russia, with military planners warning that hybrid attacks, sabotage and long-range missile strikes could cripple supply routes and overwhelm hospitals
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China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force will send its Bayi Aerobatic Team to the Singapore Airshow later this month, marking a significant return to the regional aviation showcase and a first-ever
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President Xi Jinping has assumed unchallenged control over China’s military following the abrupt purge of General Zhang Youxia, the country’s most senior uniformed officer, in a move that underscores the president’s tightening
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