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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has overseen the construction of a new nuclear-powered strategic guided missile submarine and inspected key munitions factories, underscoring Pyongyang’s determination to accelerate the nuclearization and modernization
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The United Kingdom is on track to overtake Japan and become the world’s fifth-largest economy by the end of the next decade, according to new long-term forecasts that point to a gradual
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The dominance of the so-called Magnificent Seven US technology companies is likely to be challenged as competition in artificial intelligence intensifies, according to one of London’s largest technology investors, raising questions about
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Artificial intelligence-driven discovery, landmark space missions and major advances in medicine and Earth science are set to shape global research in 2026, according to a wide-ranging outlook published by the journal Nature.
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Once an obscure backbone of the internet, data centers have emerged as a flashpoint of public and political debate across the United States, as communities push back against a rapid expansion driven
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BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, is acquiring large tracts of farmland in Argentina’s Patagonia region as part of carbon offset initiatives, prompting growing concern among activists and local communities over what
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Africa’s experience with Western medicine is deeply scarred by a legacy of exploitation, forced experimentation, and disregard for human life, raising persistent questions about ethics and equity in contemporary vaccine programs. Historical
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Nearly sixty years ago, in January 1966, hundreds of revolutionaries from across the Third World gathered in Havana, Cuba, for the First Solidarity Conference of the Peoples of Africa, Asia, and Latin
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