Around 5.8 million refugee children did not attend school in 2025, according to the United Nations refugee agency UNHCR, leaving 44 per cent of the world’s 13.2 million school-age refugee children without
A new investigation has revealed the significant financial influence China holds over some of the UK’s most prestigious universities, raising questions about Beijing’s growing role in shaping academic and research agendas in
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As the United States steps further into the age of technological dominance, the transformation of Austin, Texas, serves as a cautionary tale of what could be in store for the entire nation.
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In recent years, social media has undergone a profound transformation, evolving from a space of lively connection and culture to a battleground of toxicity and outrage. Platforms like Facebook, Twitter/X, and Instagram,
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An investigation has revealed Microsoft’s extensive collaboration with the Israeli military, underscoring its integral role in powering Israel’s technological warfare infrastructure, particularly during the 2023 conflict in Gaza. This exposé, based on
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The wife of the former UK Prime Minister and her mother, renowned engineer and philanthropist Sudha Murty, share insights on wealth, philanthropy, and the values that shaped their lives. Below are excerpts
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The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has updated its assessment on the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic, stating with “low confidence” that the virus likely originated from a laboratory leak in China. This
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The MIT Technology Review has reported a groundbreaking achievement in artificial intelligence by Chinese startup DeepSeek. Despite stringent U.S. sanctions restricting advanced semiconductor exports, the company has unveiled DeepSeek R1, an open-source
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A new $500 billion initiative championed by the Trump administration, dubbed the Stargate Project, has sparked both hope and alarm. Touted as a revolutionary step in artificial intelligence (AI), the initiative seeks
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Microsoft’s growing independence from OpenAI raises questions about the future of their partnership. As competition intensifies in the AI market, signs of divergence have become increasingly clear. The Backstory: From Alliance to
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Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous. ~ Confucious International Day of Education falls on 24 January each year. Under the theme “AI and Education: Preserving Human Agency
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A luxurious, state-of-the-art doomsday bunker named Aerie is set to redefine survival in style, offering unparalleled luxury for the ultra-wealthy in the event of global catastrophe. This £242 million ($300 million) underground
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by Our Economic Affairs Editor The inexorable march of time has always been mankind’s most immutable adversary. For centuries, the enigma of ageing has fuelled an unrelenting pursuit to decode its mysteries,
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OpenAI has launched Operator, its first AI agent capable of performing online tasks within a web browser, marking a significant milestone in AI-driven automation. Powered by the new Computer-Using Agent (CUA) model,
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When artificial intelligence and science intersect, the results can be groundbreaking. Consider AlphaFold, the protein-folding program by Google’s DeepMind, which earned a Nobel Prize for its creator and fundamentally transformed biology. Now,
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Recent research has confirmed the existence of enormous mountains buried deep beneath the Earth’s surface—structures far taller than Mount Everest. These mountains, located within Earth’s mantle, are around 1,000 kilometers tall, over
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