The latest PISA assessment presents an unusually stark picture of educational performance. More than 760,000 15-year-old students across 91 participating countries and economies were assessed, producing evidence of broad declines in some
The most anticipated film of the summer, Disclosure Day, directed and written by Steven Spielberg, has arrived at a moment when fiction and policy are increasingly difficult to separate. As reported by
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The global rise of Palantir Technologies has become one of the most contested stories in modern technology and geopolitics, as its leaders openly frame artificial intelligence as a tool for Western strategic
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A cache of newly declassified American intelligence records has opened a rare window into the hidden world of Cold War-era UFO investigations, revealing extraordinary encounters tracked by military radar systems across multiple
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An anticipated executive order on artificial intelligence from Donald Trump was abruptly shelved after intense eleventh-hour pressure from Silicon Valley leaders, including Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg, according to people familiar with
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China’s leading universities are increasingly integrating Communist Party ideology into mainstream higher education, offering structured courses on party history, doctrine and leadership that are now being framed by some students and educators
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Global private equity firms are rapidly unwinding their exposure to China’s data centre sector, marking a decisive shift in how foreign capital is retreating from one of the world’s most strategically sensitive
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The global cryptocurrency industry is accelerating efforts to protect itself against a looming technological shift that experts warn could undermine the cryptographic foundations of bitcoin and other digital assets. The concern, highlighted
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A Paris appeals court has found Airbus and Air France guilty of manslaughter in connection with the 2009 crash of flight AF447, which killed all 228 people on board after the aircraft
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In a recognition that underscores the fragile future of global agriculture, the Svalbard Global Seed Vault has been awarded the Princess of Asturias Award for International Cooperation, honouring its mission to protect
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The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention has officially declared the ongoing Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda a Public Health Emergency of Continental Security,
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