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Beijing has agreed to fast-track approvals for rare earth export licences for some European companies after China’s…
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Russian truck drivers ‘didn’t know anything’
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky stated that Russian truck drivers were unaware they were transporting drones used in the Security Service of Ukraine’s (SSU) operation Spiderweb.
He said this in an interview with the ABC, according to Ukrinform.
“They (the…
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All of the cheese, none of the hassle: Why I took a small-group rail tour through Switzerland
Keen to save time on planning, Vicky Smith tried a guided train trip with small-group adventure company Intrepid.
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‘We don’t want to be a niche brand’: Seaweed is taking plastic out of stadiums and sandwich boxes
Notpla is aiming to expand in Europe and displace 1 billion units of single-use plastic by 2030.
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Parents in Gaza Are Running Out of Ways to Feed Their Children
It had made sense to Nour Barda and Heba al-Arqan in November 2023 to try for another baby when a temporary truce had just taken hold in Gaza. Mr. Barda’s father, who had only sons, kept asking when he might have a granddaughter at last. Back…
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What is it like to die? The reassuring science of near-death experiences
I’ll never forget the day the neuropsychiatrist Dr Peter Fenwick visited my undergraduate psychology class in the 1990s. Tall and dapper with a refined voice and neuroanatomical terms tripping from his lips, Fenwick conveyed old-school authority.
One of the subjects he lectured us about was…
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Russian Spies Are Suspicious of China, Even as Putin and Xi Grow Close
In public, President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia says his country’s growing friendship with China is unshakable — a strategic military and economic collaboration that has entered a golden era.
But in the corridors of Lubyanka, the headquarters…
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Even Before Trump’s Visa Clampdown, U.S. Was Losing African Students
When students in Africa pine for an education overseas, the United States is often not top of mind.
For many, it is China.
The Trump administration’s recent tightening of visas for international students has raised fears that the United States…
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‘Mutually assured destruction’: Trump’s and Musk’s quiet day is less détente than Cold War
The White House is billing Friday’s relative quiet following a public and fiery clash between President Donald Trump and Elon Musk as a détente.
Trump allies, ill at ease about the possibility of another blowup at any minute, are calling it something else.
“Reminds me of the Cold War:…
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Massive Russian aerial attack targets Kharkiv, killing at least three
Kharkiv’s mayor Ihor Terekhov said the attack damaged 18 apartment buildings and 13 private homes. According to him it was “the most powerful attack” on the city since the full-scale invasion in 2022.
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