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More than four years after Russia’s large-scale invasion of Ukraine, civilians on both sides are paying an increasingly heavy price as the war shifts further towards long-range strikes and attacks deep behind
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By publicly documenting her decision to freeze her eggs, the US congresswoman has transformed an intensely private medical choice into a wider debate over reproductive autonomy, women’s careers and the political struggle
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August 13, 2026, marks the 100th anniversary of Fidel Castro’s birth, recalling the Cuban revolutionary leader who governed the Caribbean nation for nearly five decades and became one of the most prominent
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Google co-founder Sergey Brin has in recent months urged key artificial intelligence staff to focus intensely on the company’s Gemini model as parent company Alphabet seeks to close a widening gap with
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India’s Tamil Nadu state is set to sign investment agreements worth about 150.5 billion rupees ($1.58 billion) for more than a dozen new projects by overseas companies, according to a government source,
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