As an American attack on Iran seems increasingly inevitable, America’s allies in the Persian Gulf — the very nations hosting U.S. bases and bracing anxiously for an Iranian blowback — are terrified of escalation and are lobbying Washington…
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US and EU battle over online censorship
Whether it’s control of Greenland, security strategy or tariffs, relations between the US and Europe are dangling by a fraying thread. In recent months, major disagreements over the control of social media platforms and legislation to combat…
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Winter Olympics 2026: Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo wins sixth medal of Games
Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo, Norway’s king of cross-country skiing, broke the record for the most gold medals won at a single Winter Olympics with his sixth of the Games.
Klaebo led a Norwegian sweep of the podium in the 50km mass start classic, with team-mates Martin Loewstroem Nyenget and Emil…
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URCS warming centers continue to operate
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The Ukrainian Red Cross Society (URCS) reports on the support for the continuous…
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Fico threatens to halt electricity supplies to Ukraine starting Monday
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Saturday that if Ukraine did not resume oil transit to Slovakia, he would initiate a halt to electricity supplies to Ukraine on Monday.
TVP World reported this, as cited by Ukrinform.
Earlier on Thursday, Slovakia announced…
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Giant tortoises reintroduced to a Galapagos island
Nearly 150 years after giant tortoises vanished from Floreana Island in Ecuador’s Galapagos archipelago, the species has made a long‑anticipated return.
Ecuadorian authorities this week released 158 juvenile tortoises, each between 8 and 13…
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As war in Ukraine enters a 5th year, will the ‘Putin consensus’ among Russians hold?
Perceived wisdom has it that the longer a war goes on, the less enthusiastic a public becomes for continuing the conflict. After all, it is ordinary citizens who tend to bear the economic and human costs.
And yet, as the war following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February…
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Hezbollah says Israeli strikes on eastern Lebanon on Friday have killed eight of its members
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Hezbollah says Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon late on Friday have killed eight of their members, including several local officials. The strikes targeted…
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Ultramarathons may damage red blood cells and accelerate aging
Running extreme distances may do more than exhaust muscles. A study published in the American Society of Hematology’s journal Blood Red Cells & Iron reports that ultra-endurance events can injure red blood cells in ways that may interfere with how they function. Researchers do not yet know how…
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